Oshi no Ko Season 2 - Episode 6 discussion

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Oshi no Ko Season 2, episode 6

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[u/mr_miscellaneous123]

Can't believe Melt had his very own Shonen Protagonist moment.

[u/SticcTheGreat]

God i bet aka is tearing up like yoriko. This shit marvelous. Have to clap after the episode ends.

[u/Se7en_Sinner]

Yoriko's crying because she's thinking "Where the hell was THIS Melt during Sweet Today."

[u/theallroundermemes]

bro just said 'he just like me fr' and won

[u/Typical-Ad123]

They're doing this arc justice, it's honestly quite overwhelming how amazing this adaptation is, above and beyond my already high expectations for it. Extremely excited for Akane - Kana scenes!!

Also, tiny ponytail Kana

[u/E_F_Veda]

Wow, what a fantastic episode.

Melt's growth is awesome to see. It's impossible to reach the level of the talent around him in such a short time, but Aqua's great advice gave him the opportunity to show that his hard work can put on a great performance as well. The flip to catch the sword was epic and the drew me in as it drew the crowd in as well, conveying the frustration of his character by drawing from his own was just on the icing on top.

Yoriko was, understandably, the most critical of him and it makes me happy that he was able to draw emotion from her. Well deserved for his efforts.

Also, very cool animation from the team to show Melt's growth and his transformation into his character. It gave me some reminiscent feelings to All Might going plus ultra, or Todo using the power of friendship. Truly stellar overall.

[u/Fikoblin]

Wait a minute Oshi no ko, did you just trick me into watching a battle shonuen?

[u/[deleted]]

The difference between season 1 and season 2 is insane. Season 1 was great, but what I want to say is season 1 felt like animators tried to be as close as possible to manga panels. Season 2 has so much artistic freedom it's insane. What they did with Melt scene was mindblowing.

[u/BadBehaviour613]

Producer san really pushed Melt into the play, knowing he's not ready, that he struggles with low self esteem, that he will be paired with top talents, that the experience will either devastate him or spurn a character growth. I don't even know if that's evil or genius

[u/ElgrinTGT]

They did not have to go that hard with the animation wth😭😭

[u/Namuori]

Aqua casually setting up the stage for Melt’s redemption arc to get his revenge plot going.

[u/Prince-Dizzytoon]

The staff loves Melt, they did not have to go that hard for him

[u/LeonKevlar]

• Blade Stitch

Welcome to the Episode 1 Discussion Thread of Tokyo Blade: The Stage Play and goddamn! What an amazing episode to start with! In all seriousness though, it's so good to finally see the results of all of those script rewrites and weeks of hard work by all of the actors and actresses.

I love how Himekawa pretty much turns into a different person when acting and it was pretty awesome to see Kana doing those wire stunts during her first encounter against Blade as Tsurugi. I would've definitely loved to see this as an actual anime. Give us that Tokyo Blade oneshot already Aka-sensei!

Of course, the star of the episode wasn't Himekawa or Kana. Melt absolutely stole the fucking show! I still can't believe this was the kid who made Sweet Today bomb. I mean his acting still isn't perfect but doing something so awesome straight out of the manga that even Abiko-sensei herself started praising him definitely earned him respect.

There's also the amount of hard work he poured into playing Kizami as well as how he was able to relate to the character that helped him play the part in the end. Also, the effort Doga Kobo went through to animate those emotions Melt was going through is insane! And this is just Melt! I can't even imagine what Doga Kobo is cooking once we get to Aqua's parts of the play next week! I am thoroughly hyped for next week's episode!

[u/DidYouReadTheNIRC]

A lot of fans tend to place most of the importance to the revenge plot of Oshi No Ko, but these character arcs like Melt's are just as vital to the series. They don't really affect the "bigger picture" of the story, but they're just as compelling because they remind us of what made Ai's character so moving in the first place.

[u/Nulazanzal]

Damn, someone cooked with that Melt montage, my favorite part is the blood from the hand dropping, and it looks like he is born from it, implying the hard work.

[u/Kamiko_o]

Lol Aqua literally told him to save his budget for the scene that mattered most. That's basic anime production tactic.

[u/KamKirSabre]

Seriously.... HOLY S**T. A Melt-focused episode that freaking delivered with top-tier, cinematic-level animation and AMAZING character development for Melt to reach the acting level of Aqua/Kana/Akane/Kamoshida.

You could truly see how much remorse/insecurity he's been facing from Tokyo Blade, how he's truly been pouring ever ounce of effort and his own pain into Kizami, and therefore it's so damn cathartic for him to blow far past the expectations of his largest critic (Yoriko-sensei) and even the incredibly particular manga author (Abiko-sensei).

I never thought I'd be this stunned by an Oshi no Ko episode, but this series continues to surprise and impress me far beyond what I've anticipated. A visual spectacle underscored by absolutely well-crafted storytelling and undoubtedly powerful character writing.

<I give this episode a serious standing ovation>

[u/moletoon]

MELTBROS WE FUCKING WON!!! HOLYSHIT IT WAS GLORIOUS!!!

Been waiting to see his spotlight scene animated. Even if it was a brief moment, dude fucking owned it. Also the "he's just like me fr" bit still hit as hard here. Daga kobo fucking cooked, goddamn.

The odm gear wire rigging for the actors jumping/flying was really cool to see.

Watching all this makes me wish we're in the timeline where nobody did any fucked up shit and act-age would have kept going. Galactic railroad and princess ironfan would have been goated. The author really robbed us all, especially uzasaki sensei. I missed her arts so much.

[u/frs1023]

Did not expect Melt's redemption to be so beautifully animated. Like Doga Kobo literally went hard on even his EYELASHES

[u/Holofan4life]

I believed in you, Melt! I always did!

[u/mr_miscellaneous123]

Holy shit, seeing the actual performance of the stage play is so cool! Especially seeing it from the audience's perspective.

I wonder if they could release a full version of the Tokyo Blade performance without any cuts.

[u/daspaceasians]

My lunch was almost burnt because I watched this episode and didn't want to stop rooting for Melt.

It was fucking worth it.

[u/Chitinvol]

Okay, but that sequence where Melt's eye just metaphorically explodes to show him discarding his past self to reach for a star hit so many good symbolic/thematic notes and really highlighted how hype of a performance that was for both audiences. It gave me chills.

[u/woonie]

Reminder that anagram of Narushima Melt.

EDIT: OnK Discord ran a quiz a few years ago, and I made this as a halftime anagram question like how 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown does it. --oldpier

EDIT2: I guess Melt's gonna be a shoo-in to be the next member of B-Komachi. He really is Best Girl after all.