Kind of true yeah. Really depends on the level of talent. The more talent the easier it is to do less work and still end up in the same levels as someone working with less but working hard. At some point the sliding scale hits so far it's nigh impossible to work hard enough to keep up. But that's many standards of deviations above the norm.
Im so happy yall have gotten to know Melt. Hes one of my favorites in the series. And back when season 1 was airing i just kept thinking about how excited I was for yall to eventually get to know him. And learn he isnt a minor one off background character but this well developed character who has his own arc and growth that is so well done. I kept rewinding scenes from this epsiode back and watching them over and over. They did such a fantastic job
I can relate to him so much 😭 Long story alert: I have ADHD but it somehow became my benefit before I turned 16. It allows me to be easily hyper-focusing and enjoying most of the things I do, and so I was good at everything. Studying, dancing, sports, singing, piano, drawing, (basically master everything I learned from talent classes), and I even have good look. I once asked my family that if I could join the entertainment industry but they were against it. Then I asked them if I could go study abroad, they agreed. That decision was rather reckless if I gotta say now, because back in the day I couldn’t even spoke English well and was very introverted. Then it came the period I started suffering. I was sent to one of the top international high school in the UK after 16. Everyone there was crazily talented, smart, good at studying and rich. I couldn’t make friends and have nothing good enough to gain any attention . My grades were bad compared to them too. All I could feel in those days was pressure and frustration everyday I woke up, and I soon gave up putting any effort into my academic work, which all the subjects soon dropped to D in the second year mini exams. I once scored an A* in further math, when finally being able to feel a little joy once in a while, I was told that my score was the lowest among my classmates. I felt despair and hollow inside, questioning myself what was the point of all this? The day when my math teacher were congratulating all my other classmates who got a Cambridge interview, I was the only one in the class who didn’t even past the first round. That discussion last for the entire 2 hours of the class and I have to hold my tears for the entire time while no one cares about one failure student’s mental health issue. The principal of that school even host a private meeting, suggesting me to drop further math. Thankfully, I don’t have friends so I didn’t have to keep up appearances in any social events. There was never a single social event for me to begin with:) My old confidence and self recognition were completely destroyed, but a new one was gradually building up. Most of the people fell to the bottom would surrender and gave up, because their self esteem could not bear the pressure of being the absolute worst among their peers. I chose to ignore the advice from the principal, staying in the class and slowly work my way up. During mock exams my score was still C, but maybe my determination reached that math teacher, he stopped treating me like thin air, and started giving me some words of encouragement and help. Two months later, I was 5/300 marks away from A* in the formal exam as the result, while probably still the one scoring the least in my class, but I think that along is enough to proof my strength. The first year in the University still sparkled the depression inside me along with the haunting memories back in the days. I always believed that I could overcome it one day, which I did recover eventually after 1 year. Now I know what my strength truly is. And I learned the words by heart that the motivation should not come from competing with the others, rather it should come from oneself.
i luv ur instant interpretation during melt imagery animation. at first his image is more cartoonish resembling his naivety of how easily he became popular until he get reality check and everything swallowed into a void. Then just like u say he work hard try to catch the star which maybe his ideal person he wanted to be but if u look closely he didnt catch it because he know how far he is from those ideal actor. so the only thing he can do is to reshape himself from blood, sweat and tears until it cleanse himself from his past self. atleast that is how i saw it. its really has a great abstractional story telling during that moment.
ngl even tho sakuya seemed like a bit of an asshole i completely understand why he hates melt. He has been working in the industry for 10 years and someone just got into the same field with terrible acting and by just looking good? Imo his hatred for melt is completely understandable if you put urself in his shoes.
It's so evident that Melt's a lot more humble now. As soon as I saw him this season, I could tell something was different, but I never thought I'd be rooting for him so strongly. This episode made me cry. It's true that when the audience's expectations are low, their guard is down.
I agree with absolute everything that you said about watching a character work hard. And even tho I DO NOT want to cause controversy here, this is one of the reasons i like Akane more than everyone else. I'm not saying Kana doesn't put effort into it, but bc their acting methods are different, they make look like Kana just have to go there and act, and that's it. Easy peasy. Now Akane has to read into every single detail of the character, and then she embodies them. While both are geniuses, Akane you ACTUALLY SEE her struggling and working hard. I love that about her. Same as Melt here.
FWIW, Kana went through all that prior to episode 2. It's obviously more engaging and personally affecting to watch it rather than hear about it, but that's on us to keep in mind.
@@effortlessfury Oh you mean when she was a child? Sure. I didn't say otherwise tho. It's just that everything seems really easy for her, bc....it is. And i'm not judging, just saying that bc i've seen a lot of the "Akane is so perfect that she becomes not relatable" arguments, so...yeah. Ironically, the same people who say this are the ones who most found flaws on her, which is also an argument to say "a character feels realistic". Struggling to act/impersonate a character is very relatable imo.
@@JoshBacon-uf2sp yea, i'm sure kana does the same with her characters, but the fact that we actually get to see akane do it, and struggle to get the characters right, is what makes me more invested in her
in any other series Melt would be the type of one-off character who fade into the background after their role is over. only in OnK would he get this much development and screentime to show how he, like everyone else, is capable of growth like a human being instead of a cardboard cutout background character
If u checked the manga version of this, you will see how beautifully they adapted this eps. Since Melt moments here is one of the anticipating part i've been waited for in this season, i'm glad even beyond my expectation, the animation and the art direction for his episode is even better than the first episode. he's must be loved by the studio staff 😊❤
I had high expectations for this episode with it being melts part in the manga being so good ontop of how good episode 6 of last season was and it matched and surpassed all of them.
15:43 It took me seeing this episode in reactions like four or five times to notice the difference between this shot of his hand and 24:53 the shot when he looks at it after the play. From pristine and pretty and barely used to torn up, bruised, and cut. It really goes to show the insane, unrelenting, effort he put in to just be a little better.
I was holding off from saying that anime is better than the source material until today's episode. This last sequence was just AMAZING they did such a good job. We just wanted for anime to give justice to the source material as always but they did even more than justice. Now I am really excited for future scenes, because this one is not even my most favourite one from this arc
Melt backstory was oddly relatable... Even the middle school part, that was so depressing. Gotta keep Sakuya on check (the guy that was constantly making fun of Melt) because he is lowkey a creep trying to pick up Ruby and her friend when he is 22 yrs old. Melt was already so much better this season, he grew a lot and now with this episode he became my fav side character in this show.
I loved the Sweet Today creator's reaction(I forget her name) to Melt putting his all in that fight scene. I think it doesn't fully take away the sting from her disappointment in him for his Sweet Today performance, but it made him look a bit better in her eyes 😊
I'm the same as you about not having to try hard during school and studying.. but life hits you hard REAL FAST lol. Getting a career, married and kids makes life feel so much more real. I do reminisce about my carefree times in high school though.. where the biggest pain in my ass was waking up "early" to go to school lol. Also I was really hoping for a redemption vid for Melt after taking that compliment from Aqua about leaning into his emotions. Such a good ep!
Just think about that that Melt got taken advantage essentially at 12 or 13 by a 17 or 18 year old. Put it that way it's like a 7th grader sleeping with a 12th grade senior. That's f'd up. What until you get to season 3.
23:30 Nah. He is not chasing what he "had." He's chasing excellence, betterment, satifaction. That star is the level he craves to reach, which he now realizes that he had NEVER actually touched. What he yearns for isn't what's lost. It's something new. Something he only sees in others, those better than him. Now, he strives to touch, to claim, his own Light. The point of his arc here is him learning that he accomplished nothing before(to him). He had only been pretty and lucky and clever enough to go with the winds that brought fortune. Now, he demands that he swims against the current of his previous lethargy and complacency and arrogance, to reach that shore where he sees extravagant, blinding Lights, like Kana, Aqua, Akane, and Taiki. Melt's fight here is a death match against the Melt who never actually tried.
Started watching your dangers in my heart videos first, and now i keep up with all your uploads. I love your reaction videos. Keep up that great work 😊
5:25 Yeah, Kana's knife in the manga looks totally different, more normal. I don't know why they changed it and made it all fancy, but I think I like it more now.
20:30 No, they only cast him because the producer pushed him through. No one associated with that play wanted Melt. Just like with what Aqua said. When their expectations are real low, they hope for nothing out of you, and then suddenly you do something spectacular?!? All of a sudden, you're an supernova of excellence or awe! Honest. That's how I get through my whole day. I expect nothing or for everything to go horribly wrong. 5hat way, when something goes even the slightest bit in my favor, my day is made.
as always, thanks for the reaction. seeing someone else's emotions gives a new taste to content you've already consumed. melt's situation of having all the doors open for him until a point, then getting slammed shut in his face is something i can understand a little bit. all the respect for him working his ass off after the realization. another thing i noticed is that kamoshida (the womanizer) didn't apologize, so i'm not sure how to feel about him complimenting melt. rest of this comment is just me putting my rather-unrelated thoughts into words. i was one of the "gifted" ones, at least academically. i was diagnosed(not sure if this is the word) with above-average intelligence. i wasn't full of myself or anything but i really didn't have to try in order to get good grades. then high school crushed me lol, because that's as far as my "gift" could take me on its own and i wasn't used to putting in elbow grease to achieve things. i guess a (possibly overly) kind family environment is partly to blame too. the issue is, i never switched to working hard. i'm still drifting wherever life takes me while putting in minimal effort. i hope i can eventually find the thing that will be my encouragement to give it my all.
Faroh doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve she wears it on the tip of her nails, at this point am convinced she'll cry if someone tears up in front of her lol it's adorable
Ironically from my experience, when you reach the point of top top in any career, hardworking along cannot make you outshine anymore. The scariest thing in the world is that those born with talents work harder than you, and the speed of your improvement couldn’t catch up with them no matter how hard you try.
i sobbed for approximately 15 minutes after this episode. 🧍🧍🧍🧍 while looking at fan content for this anime a year ago, i accidentally found out that this melt guy wasnt just a shitty background character and that he has his own arc and character development. i got curious so i read the chapter this episode adapted and he's been one of my favorite characters ever since, even if that was the only oshi no ko manga chapter ive ever read ive been waiting about a year for my boy to finally have his moment animated and its finally here and they did him so well i cant believe how good they did him i cant stress enough how incredible and beautiful and how much i love this episode ive legit never cried out of happiness before i never expected that this anime would bring this emotion out of me even when i knew my own excitement towards this episode but im STILL bawling my eyes out ive only found my passion for acting a few months ago, and i forgot a lot about this chapter of the manga because i refused to look back at it so i can relive it all through the anime. melts character and his story both before entering the showbiz and after and his passion and hardworking nature just spoke out to me so much it rlly does feel like i see myself in him that just added more to my crying 💔💔 narushima melt ily im your biggest fan 🔥🔥‼️‼️😭😭 THANK YOU AKA AKASAKA FOR CREATING HIM 🙏🙏 (if yall see this comment on other reactors' videos then shhhhhh i just wanna share my love for this character LMFOAOAO 🙌🙌)
This episode had an impact of comparable caliber to the Maine episode of cyber punk edge runners. No lie, my fave episode of any anime so far this year. From the very beginning was so immersed that it felt uncanny, like watching a play, and then the whole stretch of melt broke through all the male bravado, and had me tearing up, nay full on balling like a bitch. If the Maine episode is a 10/10 episode, this is a 9/10 for me
Honestly- that imagery for Melt WRECKED ME. it was so masterfully done I- just have no words.
💓💓💓💓
This part was adapted so well from the manga by far my most fave episode
So in the end he was able to Melt your heart huh....sorry 😂
get out😂
I LITERALLY SAID THAT IN MY PATREON DESCRIPTION OMG ME AND U SHARE A BRAIN CELL!
he is Melt for a reason, should have known 🙄
@@farohreacts Lmao reading your response actually made me laugh quite a bit. Such an obvious joke and I never made it!!
I once heard someone say it best:
"Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard"
So either way, work hard always comes out on top.
Kind of true yeah. Really depends on the level of talent. The more talent the easier it is to do less work and still end up in the same levels as someone working with less but working hard. At some point the sliding scale hits so far it's nigh impossible to work hard enough to keep up. But that's many standards of deviations above the norm.
Im so happy yall have gotten to know Melt. Hes one of my favorites in the series. And back when season 1 was airing i just kept thinking about how excited I was for yall to eventually get to know him. And learn he isnt a minor one off background character but this well developed character who has his own arc and growth that is so well done.
I kept rewinding scenes from this epsiode back and watching them over and over. They did such a fantastic job
I can relate to him so much 😭
Long story alert:
I have ADHD but it somehow became my benefit before I turned 16. It allows me to be easily hyper-focusing and enjoying most of the things I do, and so I was good at everything. Studying, dancing, sports, singing, piano, drawing, (basically master everything I learned from talent classes), and I even have good look. I once asked my family that if I could join the entertainment industry but they were against it. Then I asked them if I could go study abroad, they agreed. That decision was rather reckless if I gotta say now, because back in the day I couldn’t even spoke English well and was very introverted.
Then it came the period I started suffering. I was sent to one of the top international high school in the UK after 16. Everyone there was crazily talented, smart, good at studying and rich. I couldn’t make friends and have nothing good enough to gain any attention . My grades were bad compared to them too. All I could feel in those days was pressure and frustration everyday I woke up, and I soon gave up putting any effort into my academic work, which all the subjects soon dropped to D in the second year mini exams. I once scored an A* in further math, when finally being able to feel a little joy once in a while, I was told that my score was the lowest among my classmates. I felt despair and hollow inside, questioning myself what was the point of all this? The day when my math teacher were congratulating all my other classmates who got a Cambridge interview, I was the only one in the class who didn’t even past the first round. That discussion last for the entire 2 hours of the class and I have to hold my tears for the entire time while no one cares about one failure student’s mental health issue. The principal of that school even host a private meeting, suggesting me to drop further math. Thankfully, I don’t have friends so I didn’t have to keep up appearances in any social events. There was never a single social event for me to begin with:)
My old confidence and self recognition were completely destroyed, but a new one was gradually building up. Most of the people fell to the bottom would surrender and gave up, because their self esteem could not bear the pressure of being the absolute worst among their peers. I chose to ignore the advice from the principal, staying in the class and slowly work my way up. During mock exams my score was still C, but maybe my determination reached that math teacher, he stopped treating me like thin air, and started giving me some words of encouragement and help.
Two months later, I was 5/300 marks away from A* in the formal exam as the result, while probably still the one scoring the least in my class, but I think that along is enough to proof my strength.
The first year in the University still sparkled the depression inside me along with the haunting memories back in the days. I always believed that I could overcome it one day, which I did recover eventually after 1 year.
Now I know what my strength truly is. And I learned the words by heart that the motivation should not come from competing with the others, rather it should come from oneself.
i luv ur instant interpretation during melt imagery animation. at first his image is more cartoonish resembling his naivety of how easily he became popular until he get reality check and everything swallowed into a void. Then just like u say he work hard try to catch the star which maybe his ideal person he wanted to be but if u look closely he didnt catch it because he know how far he is from those ideal actor. so the only thing he can do is to reshape himself from blood, sweat and tears until it cleanse himself from his past self. atleast that is how i saw it. its really has a great abstractional story telling during that moment.
ngl even tho sakuya seemed like a bit of an asshole i completely understand why he hates melt. He has been working in the industry for 10 years and someone just got into the same field with terrible acting and by just looking good? Imo his hatred for melt is completely understandable if you put urself in his shoes.
A bit? He straight up told him he sucks ass in his face.
Multiple times.
It's so evident that Melt's a lot more humble now. As soon as I saw him this season, I could tell something was different, but I never thought I'd be rooting for him so strongly. This episode made me cry. It's true that when the audience's expectations are low, their guard is down.
I agree with absolute everything that you said about watching a character work hard. And even tho I DO NOT want to cause controversy here, this is one of the reasons i like Akane more than everyone else. I'm not saying Kana doesn't put effort into it, but bc their acting methods are different, they make look like Kana just have to go there and act, and that's it. Easy peasy. Now Akane has to read into every single detail of the character, and then she embodies them. While both are geniuses, Akane you ACTUALLY SEE her struggling and working hard. I love that about her. Same as Melt here.
FWIW, Kana went through all that prior to episode 2. It's obviously more engaging and personally affecting to watch it rather than hear about it, but that's on us to keep in mind.
@@effortlessfury Oh you mean when she was a child? Sure. I didn't say otherwise tho. It's just that everything seems really easy for her, bc....it is. And i'm not judging, just saying that bc i've seen a lot of the "Akane is so perfect that she becomes not relatable" arguments, so...yeah. Ironically, the same people who say this are the ones who most found flaws on her, which is also an argument to say "a character feels realistic". Struggling to act/impersonate a character is very relatable imo.
@@JoshBacon-uf2sp yea, i'm sure kana does the same with her characters, but the fact that we actually get to see akane do it, and struggle to get the characters right, is what makes me more invested in her
"Oshi no Ko" is an anime that features an anime within it, and that anime also features a theater play.
in any other series Melt would be the type of one-off character who fade into the background after their role is over. only in OnK would he get this much development and screentime to show how he, like everyone else, is capable of growth like a human being instead of a cardboard cutout background character
best part about wednesdays, getting 2 farah videos instead of 1 👀great work!
ehehhe ilysm
If u checked the manga version of this, you will see how beautifully they adapted this eps. Since Melt moments here is one of the anticipating part i've been waited for in this season, i'm glad even beyond my expectation, the animation and the art direction for his episode is even better than the first episode. he's must be loved by the studio staff 😊❤
I had high expectations for this episode with it being melts part in the manga being so good ontop of how good episode 6 of last season was and it matched and surpassed all of them.
15:43 It took me seeing this episode in reactions like four or five times to notice the difference between this shot of his hand and 24:53 the shot when he looks at it after the play. From pristine and pretty and barely used to torn up, bruised, and cut. It really goes to show the insane, unrelenting, effort he put in to just be a little better.
メルト、頑張った！！！🎉
I was holding off from saying that anime is better than the source material until today's episode. This last sequence was just AMAZING they did such a good job. We just wanted for anime to give justice to the source material as always but they did even more than justice. Now I am really excited for future scenes, because this one is not even my most favourite one from this arc
i love melt i've been looking forward to his development forever. it exceeded my expectations.
Melt backstory was oddly relatable... Even the middle school part, that was so depressing.
Gotta keep Sakuya on check (the guy that was constantly making fun of Melt) because he is lowkey a creep trying to pick up Ruby and her friend when he is 22 yrs old.
Melt was already so much better this season, he grew a lot and now with this episode he became my fav side character in this show.
If you liked how Aqua helped Melt when he was struggling, you'll love who's next on his list 🤭🧡
I loved the Sweet Today creator's reaction(I forget her name) to Melt putting his all in that fight scene. I think it doesn't fully take away the sting from her disappointment in him for his Sweet Today performance, but it made him look a bit better in her eyes 😊
I'm the same as you about not having to try hard during school and studying.. but life hits you hard REAL FAST lol. Getting a career, married and kids makes life feel so much more real. I do reminisce about my carefree times in high school though.. where the biggest pain in my ass was waking up "early" to go to school lol.
Also I was really hoping for a redemption vid for Melt after taking that compliment from Aqua about leaning into his emotions. Such a good ep!
melt and aqua act whilst leaning into their emotions and faroh reacts while leaning into her emotions i love it
Just think about that that Melt got taken advantage essentially at 12 or 13 by a 17 or 18 year old. Put it that way it's like a 7th grader sleeping with a 12th grade senior. That's f'd up. What until you get to season 3.
It slightly worse. Japanese middle school starts around US 6th grade. It's really disgusting what happened to him.
Third year junior high school students in Japan are 15 years old.
The voice actor who played the role of a bad actor did a great job.
23:30 Nah. He is not chasing what he "had." He's chasing excellence, betterment, satifaction. That star is the level he craves to reach, which he now realizes that he had NEVER actually touched. What he yearns for isn't what's lost. It's something new. Something he only sees in others, those better than him.
Now, he strives to touch, to claim, his own Light. The point of his arc here is him learning that he accomplished nothing before(to him). He had only been pretty and lucky and clever enough to go with the winds that brought fortune. Now, he demands that he swims against the current of his previous lethargy and complacency and arrogance, to reach that shore where he sees extravagant, blinding Lights, like Kana, Aqua, Akane, and Taiki.
Melt's fight here is a death match against the Melt who never actually tried.
Started watching your dangers in my heart videos first, and now i keep up with all your uploads. I love your reaction videos. Keep up that great work 😊
GRAH im finally early
This episode was sad but im glad to see your video❤
i appreciate u!
5:25 Yeah, Kana's knife in the manga looks totally different, more normal. I don't know why they changed it and made it all fancy, but I think I like it more now.
20:30 No, they only cast him because the producer pushed him through. No one associated with that play wanted Melt.
Just like with what Aqua said. When their expectations are real low, they hope for nothing out of you, and then suddenly you do something spectacular?!? All of a sudden, you're an supernova of excellence or awe!
Honest.
That's how I get through my whole day. I expect nothing or for everything to go horribly wrong. 5hat way, when something goes even the slightest bit in my favor, my day is made.
as always, thanks for the reaction. seeing someone else's emotions gives a new taste to content you've already consumed.
melt's situation of having all the doors open for him until a point, then getting slammed shut in his face is something i can understand a little bit. all the respect for him working his ass off after the realization. another thing i noticed is that kamoshida (the womanizer) didn't apologize, so i'm not sure how to feel about him complimenting melt. rest of this comment is just me putting my rather-unrelated thoughts into words.
i was one of the "gifted" ones, at least academically. i was diagnosed(not sure if this is the word) with above-average intelligence. i wasn't full of myself or anything but i really didn't have to try in order to get good grades. then high school crushed me lol, because that's as far as my "gift" could take me on its own and i wasn't used to putting in elbow grease to achieve things. i guess a (possibly overly) kind family environment is partly to blame too. the issue is, i never switched to working hard. i'm still drifting wherever life takes me while putting in minimal effort. i hope i can eventually find the thing that will be my encouragement to give it my all.
Faroh doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve she wears it on the tip of her nails, at this point am convinced she'll cry if someone tears up in front of her lol it's adorable
I do cry when people cry in front of me 😭😭😭
@@farohreacts And we love you crybaby ❤😂
Amazing reaction ❤
This episode had me feeling things yall 😂
faroh understands😌
Ironically from my experience, when you reach the point of top top in any career, hardworking along cannot make you outshine anymore. The scariest thing in the world is that those born with talents work harder than you, and the speed of your improvement couldn’t catch up with them no matter how hard you try.
Such a great episode.
i sobbed for approximately 15 minutes after this episode. 🧍🧍🧍🧍
while looking at fan content for this anime a year ago, i accidentally found out that this melt guy wasnt just a shitty background character and that he has his own arc and character development. i got curious so i read the chapter this episode adapted and he's been one of my favorite characters ever since, even if that was the only oshi no ko manga chapter ive ever read
ive been waiting about a year for my boy to finally have his moment animated and its finally here and they did him so well i cant believe how good they did him i cant stress enough how incredible and beautiful and how much i love this episode ive legit never cried out of happiness before i never expected that this anime would bring this emotion out of me even when i knew my own excitement towards this episode but im STILL bawling my eyes out
ive only found my passion for acting a few months ago, and i forgot a lot about this chapter of the manga because i refused to look back at it so i can relive it all through the anime. melts character and his story both before entering the showbiz and after and his passion and hardworking nature just spoke out to me so much it rlly does feel like i see myself in him that just added more to my crying 💔💔
narushima melt ily im your biggest fan 🔥🔥‼️‼️😭😭 THANK YOU AKA AKASAKA FOR CREATING HIM 🙏🙏 (if yall see this comment on other reactors' videos then shhhhhh i just wanna share my love for this character LMFOAOAO 🙌🙌)
I remember being so sad when I read this chapter like I know he's not real but I felt so bad for him😭
This episode had an impact of comparable caliber to the Maine episode of cyber punk edge runners. No lie, my fave episode of any anime so far this year. From the very beginning was so immersed that it felt uncanny, like watching a play, and then the whole stretch of melt broke through all the male bravado, and had me tearing up, nay full on balling like a bitch. If the Maine episode is a 10/10 episode, this is a 9/10 for me
I'm here to watch you cry like i did and im not disappointed 😋
first time seeing you and believe me its not going to be the last time
Aww
💗💗💗💗💗
melt best boy.
akane best girl.
Not much of a fan of this show but ur Angel Next Door reaction got u a sub keep up the great work
weak
great show but its not for everyone