Emotional Acting「感情演技, Kanjō Engi?」 is the fifteenth episode of Oshi no Ko anime adaptation.
Synopsis[]
Abiko sees a play that GOA has worked on and decides to believe in him. In exchange, she makes one condition regarding the writing of the script. The script is finally completed, and the cast is put to the test...![1]
Summary[]
Abiko watches the stage play that Aqua and Akane previously watched. Her appearance is reported to Raida, who proceeds to scramble and give her a proper welcome. Raida attempts to schmooze Abiko over as she says she watched the play to give her inspiration on the rewritten script, but then he remembers the words Aqua said. He suddenly switches tone and pleads with Abiko to change her mind regarding the script, because there is a good chance that whatever Abiko writes, no matter how awful, will be used as-is in the production of the stage play. Abiko is not deterred, but she also remembers Yoriko's words about meeting people halfway and relents with just one condition.
Abiko works with Goa to revise the stage play's script.
Later on, Abiko and her editor, along with Raida and Goa have an online meeting. Abiko's demands are revealed: she and Goa will talk through the changes in real-time without intermediaries. Raida has reservations about this arrangement, as similar arrangements have led to disputes in the past. However, as there is nothing left to lose at this point, it is worth the gamble. After bouncing ideas with each other, the two manage to come up with a script that satisfies Abiko. Raida, on the other hand, is somewhat horrified at the results but with little time left for rehearsal, there are no alternatives.
Aqua hallucinates Gorou's vengeful spirit.
The heavily revised script reaches the actors, and while most of the actors are happy with the changes, some have concerns. However, there is little time to waste, and together, they get on with the rehearsals. While rehearsing the climactic scene, Aqua is stopped by director Kindachi, who tells him to pour more emotions into his acting. Akane tells Aqua not to feel disheartened, but Kana tells Akane not to baby him, pointing out that Aqua has never done emotional acting before. Since he does not normally show his emotions, they do not convey with his acting. Aqua knows Kana is right, so he seeks her advice, specifically how she cries when acting. Kana explains that there are several ways to get child actors to start crying, but the most common method is to tell them to imagine if their mother died. However, he needs to show joy in his scene, so Kana recommends thinking of a happy memory. As Aqua thinks about happier times, he suddenly hallucinates a vengeful spirit reprimanding him for enjoying the moment and reminding him that he failed to save her. Remembering Ai's death, Aqua collapses to the floor.
Akane embraces Aqua.
Aqua excuses himself from the rehearsals, and Akane follows behind to take care of him. She suggests calling his family, Aqua interrupts her as he does not want Ruby to find out, and he settles on letting her call Taishi Gotanda. Gotanda is not pleased but takes him in anyway. He is also surprised to learn that Akane is Aqua's girlfriend. Akane apologizes for coming to the place uninvited, but Gotanda waves her off, saying that he's the only one who knows about Aqua's "situation" and relays his story to Akane. Once he finishes the story, he returns to his work and asks Akane to look after Aqua. As Aqua gets haunted by his past, he starts muttering Ai's name in his sleep. Akane remembers the name as the idol that Aqua admires who died years ago. She then has an epiphany and realizes Aqua and Ruby's connection to Ai. Aqua eventually wakes up and sees Akane crying. When asked about it, she brushes it off and gives him an embrace. Meanwhile, Gotanda looks at his computer with files linked with Aqua.
Characters[]
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Episode Previews[]
Illustration[]
![Episode 4 Release Illustration by Shuri[2]](/wiki/File:Oshi_no_Ko_Season_2_Episode_4_Release_Illustration_by_Shuri.png "Oshi no Ko Season 2 Episode 4 Release Illustration by Shuri.png (1.4 MB)")
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Anime Notes[]
- Raida's pleading with Abiko in his sleep is anime-original.
- Abiko has extra dialogue for her disgust with Raida's statement about the lengths he will go for his job.
- After Abiko and Goa complete their revised script, Raida thanks her for her work, after which Abiko and her editor leave their group call while Raida talks about the aftermath with Goa.
- Extra dialogue is added for the cast members while they rehearse the revised script.
- Immediately after Kana tells Aqua the common method to make child actors cry, scenes of Ai's death briefly flash up.
- When Aqua thinks of happy memories, he recalls scenes from Season 1 in his perspective.
- The video of the "real reality show" going viral.[3]
- Work date with Akane.[4]
- Yuki hugging Akane at Shibuya Police Station after Akane's attempted suicide was prevented.[3]
- Balcony talk with Kana while disguised as Pieyon.[5]
- Skipping school and play catch with Kana.[6]
- Kana's gloating when Aqua says that his relationship with Akane is for work only.[4]
- The new generation of B-Komachi's first stage performance.[4]
- It is worth noting that only the scene of Yuki and Akane is reused from the past episode, all other scenes are newly drawn for this episode.
- Compared to the manga, Gorou in Aqua's mind initially appears as a black vestige instead of his human self.
- Compared to the manga, Koyuki Yoshidomi's comment about hangovers was about Reida whereas in the anime it is Kindaichi.
- When Akane takes Aqua to Gotanda's apartment, she changes into her school uniform.
- In the manga, when Gotanda asks Akane if she is Aqua's girlfriend, he assumes it would be Kana but this is skipped.
- The scene where Gotanda looks at his computer is anime-original.
- One of the folders is named "hajimari", which is in the name for Gotanda's movie That Was the Start.
- One of the folder on Gotanda's computer is named "hikaru", which would later revealed to be the first name of Aqua's real father.
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References[]
- ↑ Oshi no Ko Official Anime Website: STORY -アニメ『【推しの子】』公式サイト- (in Japanese).
- ↑ 朱里/shuri (@ebiebieshrimp).１５話作画班で参加させて頂いておりました ありがとうございましたー #推しの子 (in Japanese)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oshi no Ko Anime: S1, Ep. 7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Oshi no Ko Anime: S1, Ep. 11.
- ↑ Oshi no Ko Anime: S1, Ep. 10.
- ↑ Oshi no Ko Anime: S1, Ep. 8.
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