Chapter 48

Crunch Time (修羅場) is the forty-eighth chapter of the Oshi no Ko manga series. It is written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It was released in Weekly Young Jump on July 8, 2021.

Characters

 * Abiko Samejima
 * Yoriko Kichijouji

Trivia

 * The Japanese title Shuraba (修羅場) is a Buddhism term (the term actually originate from Hinduism) which refers to the battle between Asura and Deva. The term have slightly different interpretation in different countries.
 * In Japan, the belief is that Asura started the war after Deva forcefully marry Asura's daughter. Today, it usually refers to chaos or shambles in modern day context such as overtime at the work place or a complicated relationships such as a love triangle.
 * Therefore the title of this chapter can be used to describe Abiko's work place condition as well as the state of the "Tokyo Blade" stage play adaptation as of this chapter.
 * In China, it is believed Asura has beautiful women but lack fantastic food while Deva has the latter but lack the former. Their envy towards each other led them go to war with each other. The term is rarely used outside of manga and anime imported from Japan or Buddhist context.
 * In Korea, the term retain more of original meaning of mayhem and battle but it is sometimes interpret as hell, specifically Avīci, the lowest level of hell in Buddhism.