This episode made me realize how people often don't post or comment about good things, and they're much more likely to comment about things they're unhappy about. If you happen to read this, thank you so much Alana for posting your reactions. They've honestly helped me get through some days. I don't watch a lot of react content but I found you and several other react youtubers around when CSM was airing and I don't have a lot of friends who are into anime and stuff and it's really nice hearing your thoughts on different episodes and different shows. Your opinions and perspectives are fair and you seem like a really nice person. So thank you so much. I love the vids.
Aka knows how to do that and having a range from Rom Com like Love is War to this a tragic drama shows how great he is. All this while he was doing these two series all within the same week.
@@beyondviolet It's a good thing he wrote Oshi no Ko. Apparently he wanted to add a lot more depressing stuff to Kaguya and his editor told him to back off a bit. So he channeled it into Oshi no Ko. Now we have 2 great stories.
@@redmustangredmustang i know he started a new manga, but man I want a crime comedy drama from him about life in the yakuza, feel like he could do that pretty well
RIP Hana Kimura (1997-2020), whom Akane was based on. She was cyberbullied for slapping the hat off someone on Terrace House, a reality TV show, for accidentally ruining one of her expensive wrestling costumes in the laundry. The drama was staged by the producers.
Just to give people an idea of how overwhelming and persistent the abuse was, she was a pro-wrestling heel. Getting people to hate her was literally her job. And the abuse she was subjected to over this was so severe that she took her own life.
3:44 What Aqua means is that lying can build up a character to protect yourself, the haters will only attack your character that shows in front of the camera. But for the ones show their true self, the hate comments may cause huge damage.
9:42 This is what Aqua meant before earlier in the episode. "Lying is also the very best way to protect oneself". Akane is not lying (or acting in this case). She show her trueself to the viewers, so when she gets harashed, it's directly to her true self, not to her character she is acting.
Akasaka wrote this chapter a month after Hana Kimura killed herself. It was a very similar situation to the show and events portrayed here. Some of the twitter comments shown in this episode were apparently taken word for word from what Hana Kimura read about herself. Unfortunately, she did not have Aqua to save her like Akane did.
@@TheyCallMeDio Actually Akakasa has hinted in some interviews that he originally planned a much darker end for this, but Mengo (who draws the manga) convinced him to change it.
This episode hurt so much to watch, especially because you can actually see this happen in real life. People getting cancelled and flamed on twitter, being hated no matter what they do. Great episode as always Also, day 93 of requesting Alana to watch plastic memories
Apparently this is based on a real situation that happened. But unfortunately Aqua was not real... Even some of the comments were real. RIP Kimura Hana
@@topotu_7473 A lot of events in Oshi no Ko are. That why I love akasaka's works so much. He does so much research for the manga he writes. I remember he mentioned in the kaguya Sama manga that he went to India to research just for a single chapter
Man, they animated this so well. It hurts so much seeing Akane suffer because of her not putting on a facade. She’s too genuine for the show, and it causes her to take everything to heart.
The worst part is that this is actually based on a true story. About a month before this part of the manga was written, there was a highly publicized event where a young female entertainer commited suicide after getting canceled online following her appearance on a reality TV show. Unfortunately, that entertainer was not as lucky as Akane who was saved by someone. It makes me sad when l know events like these are common in this era of advanced technology.
@@beyondviolet In this specific case the author used even some original comments from Hana Kimura's online harassment in the Akane's story! Aka and Mengo really want to stir things up with this manga.
In the manga (ch 24-25) theres an obituary for Kimura Hana, who went through this in real life when she was on the reality dating show Terrace House and unfortunately she was not saved like Akane was by Aqua. Some of the comments that were shown in the anime were copied word for word from comments Kimura received online. Really unfortunate that stuff like this happens all the time on the internet.
@@farizghifari4456 yes, the time the Kimura Hana passed away and the whole issue around it, and this chapter being released after happened the same year
Guess that wasn't included in the Official English translation of those Chapters, as i don't see the obituary (unless i am blind), or the obituary is something that the fan-translator made on the incident.
Alana, you really save my days. You make me happy everytime I see your videos, and this channel its a bit like my safe place so...thanks, thanks for your videos and ur daily work ❤
The last message she sent was that she went outside. One of the guys responded with LOL since there was a typhoon going on. I think Aqua saw this and when looking for her
i can't believe how real this show is WOW this episode give me goosebumps.. the moment she jumped scared me.. hope more people watch this show and learn something, also the thing about "leaving no mark" happened in daily life too and i feel that way sometimes like the feeling of you're not that important so u tried so hard to make any kind of impression that will make people remember u
I love your reactions Alana.. truly. And I also love and respect everything you said during and really empathize with those words and feelings because you’re right.. you never really know what people are going through behind the scenes. Thank you.
you could tell how this episode was gonna end up. although, i was thinking back to the first episode and told myself “if only aqua would somehow be there to save her, but this isnt that kind of anime” AND OH MY GOD AM I GLAD I WAS WRONG.
I can't even imagine being in the spotlight like that, like I have enough problems on my own so everyone criticizing me too I don't know how I'd react. And ditto to your message Alana, empathy is so important even when you're behind the mask of online anonymity.
After this episode, I actually reached out to a lot of my friends with larger social media followings. I've seen so many people go through this sort of thing, and just, be assaulted and harassed for literally existing? Just having the most heinous and disgusting shit said about them behind the guise of anonymity and I just. Gods. I feel for them so hard. So fucking hard. I hope you are well, and know that as a total stranger and outsider, know that your strength to be in the spotlight is seen and beyond respected and admired. Keep up the amazing work~
It just goes to show how good Aka is at putting the finger on the pulse of social media, the entertainment industry, and the good and especially bad of the two. Showing that with real life tragedy can be a learning point for viewers and he can seamlessly put in real events into the story without batting an eye.
It's important to realize how Aqua has been keeping mental tabs on everyone. He's been watching Akane struggle. I don't know if he thought it'd get that bad. But remember that he's a fully grown adult in a teenage body. And a doctor at that. It's fortunate that he's quite attuned to this kind of stuff, it's not unusual for him to suspect something.
13:57 One Rude / Hate comment literally could destroy someone's confidency for sure.. That's why we gotta have a ball of steel when facing people online, heck even that much is not enough. I am glad that you got a good community on you Alana.
14:05 and that is why I abide by a tip that one of my favorite streamers shared: keep a tab of all the nicest comments you get, so when you feel down because of a rude one you can always have those that can cheer you up
Something I noticed is how caring Aqua is. From back when he was a doctor and his interactions with his patients, thru now with trying to protect Ruby and keeping tabs on his coworkers (which like you said is prolly how he found her), I think it really shows how much he genuinely cares for other people and I really like that aspect of his character.
Poor Akane, God I felt so bad for her, and the sickening thing is that there are people who will do things as disgusting as what this episode showed. Akane must be protected from the parasites that is humanity at all costs!!!
Online world is very bad, people just insult eachother without knowing the actual story. I really felt bad for Akane, because similar incidents happened in real life as well. I heard her character is based on a real life japanese idol but this type of cyberbullying happened with a celebrity in my country as well and later she found dead in her room, the body was hanging from a ceiling fan.
For those who wanna know, this episode/sequence was a reference to Kimura Hana’s suicide a few years ago after being cyberbullied on her social medias (mostly death threats) due to terrace house (a reality show) after a scripted scene.
This episode was really hard to watch, but also absolutely hit the nail on such a dark subject. especially as reading other comments this was based on true events. So sad. But I really appreciate not just anime's but most shows when they are willing to breach the subjects that people dont want to know or talk about to raise more awareness. This was a masterful episode in raw story telling.
After rewatching this episode. Yeah i agree everything u said. It's sad. I know this was 2 months ago cos i found u on Bocchi the Rock (my fave anime) but i wanna leave a genuinely good comment for u. I love your channel! I really enjoy watching those anime with u and your reactions. Many more to come and i'll be there to watch it! Have a nice day Alana.
i don't know if this anime has manga or like original anime who did't have manga or ln but i always pay attention to every single detail in every anime that i watch, so the person responsible for the yuki incident is yuki herself, sounds crazy? let me explain, 1. in episode 5 ruby say to aqua that she recommend her(yuki) because she is a nice girl, then aqua said "you are not good at judging people" 2. in this episode 5 yuki say to aqua that she is .... and that was not yuki's fact, she lie, but it become fact if that refer to akane. 3. in this episode what yuki put on Akane's nails (on the index finger to be exact) is glass and it's been proven several times, at 13:30 yuki said she won't let it happen this line is the strong fact that prove that also you can clearly see the glass shining and in 13:36 yuki's evil smirk showed and we can exactly see that it is a glass even yuki took that glass with tweezers because she knows if she took it with her finger, her finger will be injured 4. in this episode at 14:28 we can clearly see that the wound is caused by the glass that yuki put on akane's index finger nail and i think the reason for color changed is to hide it. 5. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the netizens, especially here, suspects that comment at 22:10 is Yuki's comment, i don't know it is true or not because i can't see her as a nice girl anymore not even bad girl.
12:00 maybe i assumed Aqua knows from their group chat when Akane said want to buy food outside and nobu said there's typhoon on the outside. Aqua maybe knows Akane struggles tho, that's why he searched for her(?)
The symbolism scattered around in this episode is crazy. Almost all the contrast between light-and dark in the scene "slashed" across her. The moment i saw them, i know this episode won't end well. Thank god Aqua was there.
i feel like the craziest part of this episode is despite I myself, not relating that much to the subject it was still able to just get me in the feels :(
Akane's situation is based on a true story centering around a real celebrity in Japan. Sadly, the real person, Hana Kimura, didn't have anyone who would save her like that.
Even after the first episode's incredibly dark ending, the show still managed to disarm people enough with some generally lighthearted story telling to completely catch us off guard with this episode. As much as I enjoy the reactions to this show, the reactions to this episode are almost harder to watch due to how close to home this episode hits for some people.
The "focus on the good" thing is so hard to do, even for someone who barely has any online presence like me. One little drip drop of sewage could very well stain my mood for a day. Nothing compared to the disgusting smudge of my first relationship that lingers in the back of mind whenever I watch anything romance-related though. And it's been 20 years too, so I have the sinking feeling it's going to stay with this little snowflake till the day he melts. That aside, the I loved the bit where they left the dishes for Aqua to do as punishment 😂
I should say this, and I've been saying this, and those who are most vulnerable absolutely need to hear this: When people get flamed on the internet, it might seem like a huge number of people gathered together to shit all over you, but the reality is it's a very small minority of people who are either immature kids or adults with dysfunctional personalities that are spamming their garbage all over the place because they feel like they're doing something good when they see seemingly so many other people doing the same thing. They are on a bandwagon. The majority of people don't even comment about the flaming when they see it happen, or they might put down a comment here or there. But the most outraged people have far more presence on the internet than those who don't feel strongly about the issue. If you get flamed, keep in mind it's a very small number of screwed up people that are doing the flaming, and the majority just don't register that they should say something. Though I will say, at least in RUclips and CrunchyRoll comments sections, I do see a lot more people lately saying things along the lines of "I see a lot of people saying harsh thing x, but that's wrong because y, z, and w." These comments then get launched to the top of the top comments list via likes, making it almost impossible to find the original negative comments that are actually being called out (newest comments first tends to show more of the negative comments, naturally). Now, unfortunately, sometimes the crazies don't just have a high social media presence. Oshi no Ko talked about how idols can't have boyfriends or, god forbid, children, because their careers would essentially end on the spot due to outrage. The problem there is that the most dysfunctional, delusional, prone to outrage fans of idols are also the people who spend the most on exclusive events, merch, etc. That means that despite being a small minority of fans, the crazies that demand their idols remain single are responsible for a disproportionately large chunk of their idol's revenue. Add on the fact that profit margins are generally pretty slim for the vast majority of idols, and you find that angering these most "loyal" fans by doing things like dating will immediately drop an idol into the red. And recovering from that is basically impossible, you may as well retire on the spot if that happens to you. Having said that, I don't know what might happen if an idol tried to start their career having a boyfriend already, or declaring the intent to date others. There would be no outrage because there's no super fans to be outraged to begin with. But could such an idol drum up enough support to make profits while having such an image? We do have vtubers who talk about taking fat dumps and dating, after all. Actually, I think for all of these types, idols, vtubers, youtubers, streamers, etc., making any change to the content they provide is more than likely to dent their viewership, as those who grew accustomed to a certain kind of content lose interest faster than new viewers gain interest in the new content. It's very difficult to change what content you create and not lose big time. I kind of went off on a tangent there. Point is, there aren't actually that many bad people on the internet, but sometimes those bad people can have disproportionately high influence on others, so the best thing you can do is focus on the bigger picture, and not focus on hating humanity.
It got me. It really got me very upset. By hearing other peoples voices makes me want them to stop talking and denying what they said to Akane. I don't want Akane to die like Ai from the first episode.
It's a very harsh reality that the online world is so filled with malice. It feels like anonymity reveals a persons hidden darkness, the part that's constantly repressed to fit in society. It also reveals the lack of empathy that people have cultivated. It's like everyone has shitty lives and I get it, but the fact that they will use someone else as a scapegoat, and can even ruin their lives without a care for the consequences of their cruelty. It's not ok. We need the phantom thiefs of hearts.
This episode was really really hard to watch cause it was so real... people can be so cruel and not care at all about how it effects people.. this hurt a lot.. but was a great episode..
In my opinion episode 1 and episode 6 are contenders for episode of the year, oshi no ko has peak storytelling, the only anime I see better is vinland saga, that's it😊
This was definitely the darkest moment for Akane....though there's a reason she's called best girl by manga readers. And yes, this episode is a tribute to Hana Kimura (RIP).
I saw it a mile away and wanted to think that they won't even try. But then I remembered what happened the first episode. I was like, yeah, they're doing it.
I was so annoyed with the comments in this episode ~ the internet just assumes they know you even though they never interacted with you personally before ~ what’s worst is that people that do know Akane conformed to the negative comments and said such untruthful things about her ~
I agree with the other.commenters about Aqua. In that past life, he was a friggin doctor AND he was obessed and knowledgeable about an idol. When Akane wound up in this position, I gotta think "Mr Adult in The Room Aqua" would immediately considered that one of his coworkers, a FUCKING TEENAGER, would be getting torn to pieces, all alone. He acts all aloof and focused on his goals, but he was once one of THE professions that was purely to make other people's lives better. I think he would have kept an eye on her from day one. Now....how was he behind her at that exact moment.....there's no way this brilliant auther wouldn't have a valid, realistic explanation, right?!?
The problem is eventhough the issue has been resolved between them, the audience didn't know cause the production wanted the drama. The cast members also can't say anything to defend cause they wanted to keep kayfabe and avoid spoiler as part of their contract. Its very sad such thing can't be resolved easily
I remember something similar time ago. an anime called darling in the franxx had a episode where a girl call Ichigo confessed to MC and all fandom hate the way she did so they did harassment to the seiyuu (voice actress) and director through Twitter so massive and toxic was they have to leave all social media just for an anime I can't believe how cowards and selfish can people be to do that
I can't those that oversimplified this problem by saying the victim should just stop looking online comments or stay away from social media. It just shows how lack of understanding towards mental health issues. Depression is not something that can be turn off in a click nor just gone the moment your stay away from the source of it. It is like a ghost that keep haunting you no matter how hard you try to get rid of it. The dark thoughts will always be on your mind beckoning you to keep drowning in it. Thats why alot cases when victim commit suicide, their family and friends have no idea why they do so.
I saw both Akane's attempt (though I had no idea how she'd do it) and Aqua's saving her coming. That said, I still loved this episode, and wouldn't use the word "predictable". Social media, and people who run their mouths anonymously about people and situations they don't know anything about are just a sad part of modern life. Akane is a sweet character. The personality traits that make her endearing are what made her an easy target. She's a bit timid and unsure of herself, but she wants to make everyone happy. That's just blood in the water for people who are no better than, and often infinitely worse, than the things they say about others.
Went from last episode with a dancing bird man in speedo to this depression episode. Goes to show you how this series can catch you off guard sometimes.
I get the value of life in this episode, if we do something wrong maybe the people around us will forgive, but not necessarily netizens on the internet
While it already has been stated a couple times that its based on a real story, its also happening right now with alot of internet personas & celebreties. The vtuber pikamee or Henya, which she redebuted as, is just one example. Imagine you see your name in the twitter trends just to find out they are mostly cancel tweets...
Like even if they watch this im sure most the people who do this online dont really care at all but heres to hoping that if theres 10,000 of them outhere and theres atleast 1 who would reflect. Just people being insecure about themselves
These haters are too ugly to see. Not even close to knowing the person they are so willing to bully online, they define that person entirely based on the single accident and depict them as the villain in their selfish heart and happily torture her without consequences. The internet and social media perfectly enabled this type of people. Haters be posting false info and hate comments everywhere, other randoms will be swayed by those comments too. The negativity spreading like wildfire. Meanwhile Akane is too fair and square and hard working to overlook these hostile comments and let it all come crushing down on her along with her own guilt. It's really hurts to watch her falling down this spiral of depression, whilst her mother, oblivious to all of this, came close to losing her forever.
As others will note, the ideas here and the theme of this episode aren't theoretical: it happened. Hana Kimura committed suicide after enduring an ongoing hate campaign in the wake of *showrunner-directed* drama on the reality show Terrace House.
Just quickly before I comment: As a reaction channel, please don't push yourself to talk if you're not comfortable. Please make sure you're good before feeling the 'work ethic' of the channel. But also ignore me if it's not that deep :) Seeing the one negative amongst all the good is a part our psychology. You don't remember the good because it doesn't threaten your life, or yourself. You remember the bad because our brains are developed to survive - that's why it's so hard to focus on the good. You should focus on the good, but it's not always possible. In a study about online presence, researchers have found that overwhelming hate leads to 50% of people having suicidal ideation. It's the no.1 highest chance for suicide globally and it trumps all other likely causes by 5-10 times. To say that you can't be damaged as an online entity is not an understatement. My heart goes out to anyone who has to deal with any form of negative hate whether it's grounded in truth or an outright misconception. Stay safe all, remember talking and helplines are always available - you need only google them.
Seriously to anybody going through this just turn off social media and don't turn it back on you'll be much better off mentally if it gets to you. Save yourself to mental stress and potential suicidal thoughts
You can't expect anyone that was in that position have that kind of mindset like you do. Depression is not like something that can be turn off like lights. If that easy, we won't see those suicide cases happened right? Best be just have empathy for them and try to help them go through the dark time.
@@teddyyo8146 I'm not expecting anybody to have a mindset like me my mindset would be to not care about what anybody says I'm giving advice to cut off from social media so you aren't faced with that negativity anymore. Giving advice isn't telling them to have your mindset or lacking empathy and being there for that individual. The worst thing to do is make somebody going through this to feel powerless and cutting off social media is showing them they have power
Its the horrible reality of the internet where people judge an entire person's personality and worth from a snippet of their life.... like how can u conclude a person's worth and personality based off of something that wouldn't even make up 1/1000th of their actual time on this earth
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this was definitely an Episode.... 😔
It hits me personally when she pretends to be fine with her mother...
Out of all the 6 episodes, this is definitely one of them.
This is one of the episodes of all time.
This episode made me realize how people often don't post or comment about good things, and they're much more likely to comment about things they're unhappy about. If you happen to read this, thank you so much Alana for posting your reactions. They've honestly helped me get through some days. I don't watch a lot of react content but I found you and several other react youtubers around when CSM was airing and I don't have a lot of friends who are into anime and stuff and it's really nice hearing your thoughts on different episodes and different shows. Your opinions and perspectives are fair and you seem like a really nice person. So thank you so much. I love the vids.
It's sad to tell you that it's a actual thing based on Hana Kimura
We went from "haha goofy Piyeon"
To "Oh god, pls no..." In one episode
The author really does know how to play with our feelings :')
Aka knows how to do that and having a range from Rom Com like Love is War to this a tragic drama shows how great he is. All this while he was doing these two series all within the same week.
only the Kaguya-sama writer could pull this off fr
@@beyondviolet It's a good thing he wrote Oshi no Ko. Apparently he wanted to add a lot more depressing stuff to Kaguya and his editor told him to back off a bit. So he channeled it into Oshi no Ko. Now we have 2 great stories.
@@redmustangredmustang bro imagine that guy has an iq for gory genre lmao
@@redmustangredmustang i know he started a new manga, but man I want a crime comedy drama from him about life in the yakuza, feel like he could do that pretty well
RIP Hana Kimura (1997-2020), whom Akane was based on. She was cyberbullied for slapping the hat off someone on Terrace House, a reality TV show, for accidentally ruining one of her expensive wrestling costumes in the laundry. The drama was staged by the producers.
Jeez, she's just slightly older than me.
Some of the comments to akane received are also came from the comments of cyber bullying that Hana Kimura received.
Hopefully, in the not too distance future there will be a way to prevent cyberbullying. The internet can be such a messed up place.
Just to give people an idea of how overwhelming and persistent the abuse was, she was a pro-wrestling heel. Getting people to hate her was literally her job. And the abuse she was subjected to over this was so severe that she took her own life.
@@TyTimeIsAwesome I doubt it but sure
3:44 What Aqua means is that lying can build up a character to protect yourself, the haters will only attack your character that shows in front of the camera. But for the ones show their true self, the hate comments may cause huge damage.
poor Akane
fuck, I've been doing that on my daily lifes and I'm not even famous lol
9:42 This is what Aqua meant before earlier in the episode. "Lying is also the very best way to protect oneself". Akane is not lying (or acting in this case). She show her trueself to the viewers, so when she gets harashed, it's directly to her true self, not to her character she is acting.
Akasaka wrote this chapter a month after Hana Kimura killed herself. It was a very similar situation to the show and events portrayed here. Some of the twitter comments shown in this episode were apparently taken word for word from what Hana Kimura read about herself. Unfortunately, she did not have Aqua to save her like Akane did.
In a way, Akasaka tried to make a good ending for Kimura-san's story
@@TheyCallMeDio Actually Akakasa has hinted in some interviews that he originally planned a much darker end for this, but Mengo (who draws the manga) convinced him to change it.
@@Icapica Glad he changed, my heart was about to explode and R.I.P Hana Kimura(i got to know about her after this episode aired)😢
This episode hurt so much to watch, especially because you can actually see this happen in real life. People getting cancelled and flamed on twitter, being hated no matter what they do. Great episode as always
Also, day 93 of requesting Alana to watch plastic memories
Apparently this is based on a real situation that happened. But unfortunately Aqua was not real...
Even some of the comments were real.
RIP Kimura Hana
@@topotu_7473 A lot of events in Oshi no Ko are. That why I love akasaka's works so much. He does so much research for the manga he writes. I remember he mentioned in the kaguya Sama manga that he went to India to research just for a single chapter
i support your request. plastic memories is definitely a must watch
I add to the Plastic Memories request, very emotional show
Man, they animated this so well. It hurts so much seeing Akane suffer because of her not putting on a facade. She’s too genuine for the show, and it causes her to take everything to heart.
The worst part is that this is actually based on a true story. About a month before this part of the manga was written, there was a highly publicized event where a young female entertainer commited suicide after getting canceled online following her appearance on a reality TV show. Unfortunately, that entertainer was not as lucky as Akane who was saved by someone. It makes me sad when l know events like these are common in this era of advanced technology.
I thought the point is that it’s based off of multiple true stories. Like it’s not just a one-time thing
@@beyondviolet In this specific case the author used even some original comments from Hana Kimura's online harassment in the Akane's story! Aka and Mengo really want to stir things up with this manga.
Am happy she doesn't die for people who cares about people tho
@@beyondviolet Yep, there a lot of such stories. Delutaya (vtuber) jumped off a 7th floor in 2020 after cyber-bullying. (She survived the jump.)
In the manga (ch 24-25) theres an obituary for Kimura Hana, who went through this in real life when she was on the reality dating show Terrace House and unfortunately she was not saved like Akane was by Aqua. Some of the comments that were shown in the anime were copied word for word from comments Kimura received online. Really unfortunate that stuff like this happens all the time on the internet.
word for word? damn, I didn't know that. So we can safely assume it was really based on that?
@@farizghifari4456 yes, the time the Kimura Hana passed away and the whole issue around it, and this chapter being released after happened the same year
Guess that wasn't included in the Official English translation of those Chapters, as i don't see the obituary (unless i am blind), or the obituary is something that the fan-translator made on the incident.
@@Sup_D the OP probably meant the translator note of the fan group, because there is nothing like that in the official release
Reporting for misinformation.
The worst truth out of all, is that we would become one of those bullies without even noticing it, and we would think we are doing the rightous thing.
"I hope we see more of the fake reality dating show, because I feel like that's just where the laughs are gonna be"
Uh oh
That didn't age well
Turns out it was neither fake nor laughs
I was laughing because I know their fate
Alana, you really save my days. You make me happy everytime I see your videos, and this channel its a bit like my safe place so...thanks, thanks for your videos and ur daily work ❤
The last message she sent was that she went outside. One of the guys responded with LOL since there was a typhoon going on. I think Aqua saw this and when looking for her
i can't believe how real this show is WOW this episode give me goosebumps.. the moment she jumped scared me.. hope more people watch this show and learn something, also the thing about "leaving no mark" happened in daily life too and i feel that way sometimes like the feeling of you're not that important so u tried so hard to make any kind of impression that will make people remember u
I mean this is based on a event that happened 2020 the year this manga arc came out
Anime’s that can hit the feels this hard are amazingly made. This one is becoming my fave of all time. Thank you for this reaction.
so glad to be subbed to such a sensitive and kind soul. loved the reaction and the talk at the end :)
This brought me to tears. What an emotional series and thank God Aqua did someting and saved her. People are so mean online.
I love your reactions Alana.. truly. And I also love and respect everything you said during and really empathize with those words and feelings because you’re right.. you never really know what people are going through behind the scenes. Thank you.
you could tell how this episode was gonna end up. although, i was thinking back to the first episode and told myself “if only aqua would somehow be there to save her, but this isnt that kind of anime” AND OH MY GOD AM I GLAD I WAS WRONG.
I can't even imagine being in the spotlight like that, like I have enough problems on my own so everyone criticizing me too I don't know how I'd react.
And ditto to your message Alana, empathy is so important even when you're behind the mask of online anonymity.
After this episode, I actually reached out to a lot of my friends with larger social media followings. I've seen so many people go through this sort of thing, and just, be assaulted and harassed for literally existing? Just having the most heinous and disgusting shit said about them behind the guise of anonymity and I just. Gods. I feel for them so hard. So fucking hard.
I hope you are well, and know that as a total stranger and outsider, know that your strength to be in the spotlight is seen and beyond respected and admired.
Keep up the amazing work~
It just goes to show how good Aka is at putting the finger on the pulse of social media, the entertainment industry, and the good and especially bad of the two. Showing that with real life tragedy can be a learning point for viewers and he can seamlessly put in real events into the story without batting an eye.
It's important to realize how Aqua has been keeping mental tabs on everyone. He's been watching Akane struggle. I don't know if he thought it'd get that bad. But remember that he's a fully grown adult in a teenage body. And a doctor at that. It's fortunate that he's quite attuned to this kind of stuff, it's not unusual for him to suspect something.
13:57 One Rude / Hate comment literally could destroy someone's confidency for sure..
That's why we gotta have a ball of steel when facing people online, heck even that much is not enough.
I am glad that you got a good community on you Alana.
14:05 and that is why I abide by a tip that one of my favorite streamers shared: keep a tab of all the nicest comments you get, so when you feel down because of a rude one you can always have those that can cheer you up
Something I noticed is how caring Aqua is. From back when he was a doctor and his interactions with his patients, thru now with trying to protect Ruby and keeping tabs on his coworkers (which like you said is prolly how he found her), I think it really shows how much he genuinely cares for other people and I really like that aspect of his character.
16:24 - be nice to people -online- everywhere (but only to a certain extent of course) :D
Poor Akane, God I felt so bad for her, and the sickening thing is that there are people who will do things as disgusting as what this episode showed. Akane must be protected from the parasites that is humanity at all costs!!!
Thank you Alana for making these videos. They make me so happy. I appreciate what you do.
This episode broke me 😭
I really enjoy your reactions and commentary. You’re my favorite anime reaction channel for sure
Online world is very bad, people just insult eachother without knowing the actual story. I really felt bad for Akane, because similar incidents happened in real life as well. I heard her character is based on a real life japanese idol but this type of cyberbullying happened with a celebrity in my country as well and later she found dead in her room, the body was hanging from a ceiling fan.
For those who wanna know, this episode/sequence was a reference to Kimura Hana’s suicide a few years ago after being cyberbullied on her social medias (mostly death threats) due to terrace house (a reality show) after a scripted scene.
No. Reporting for misinformation.
This episode was really hard to watch, but also absolutely hit the nail on such a dark subject. especially as reading other comments this was based on true events. So sad. But I really appreciate not just anime's but most shows when they are willing to breach the subjects that people dont want to know or talk about to raise more awareness. This was a masterful episode in raw story telling.
I’m the same way, I can hold my self together as long as I don’t talk about it, but as soon as I try to explain my feelings the water works begin😂
After rewatching this episode. Yeah i agree everything u said. It's sad. I know this was 2 months ago cos i found u on Bocchi the Rock (my fave anime) but i wanna leave a genuinely good comment for u. I love your channel! I really enjoy watching those anime with u and your reactions. Many more to come and i'll be there to watch it! Have a nice day Alana.
i don't know if this anime has manga or like original anime who did't have manga or ln but i always pay attention to every single detail in every anime that i watch, so the person responsible for the yuki incident is yuki herself, sounds crazy? let me explain,
1. in episode 5 ruby say to aqua that she recommend her(yuki) because she is a nice girl, then aqua said "you are not good at judging people"
2. in this episode 5 yuki say to aqua that she is .... and that was not yuki's fact, she lie, but it become fact if that refer to akane.
3. in this episode what yuki put on Akane's nails (on the index finger to be exact) is glass and it's been proven several times, at 13:30 yuki said she won't let it happen this line is the strong fact that prove that also you can clearly see the glass shining and in 13:36 yuki's evil smirk showed and we can exactly see that it is a glass even yuki took that glass with tweezers because she knows if she took it with her finger, her finger will be injured
4. in this episode at 14:28 we can clearly see that the wound is caused by the glass that yuki put on akane's index finger nail and i think the reason for color changed is to hide it.
5. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the netizens, especially here, suspects that comment at 22:10 is Yuki's comment, i don't know it is true or not because i can't see her as a nice girl anymore not even bad girl.
Aqua was really into that stalker role xd
"Cause I feel that's where the laughs are gonna be". Ooooooh boy, here we go.
6:57 I mean she did leave a mark
12:00 maybe i assumed Aqua knows from their group chat when Akane said want to buy food outside and nobu said there's typhoon on the outside. Aqua maybe knows Akane struggles tho, that's why he searched for her(?)
Let's not forget he's a doctor, maybe he see that coming 👀
The symbolism scattered around in this episode is crazy. Almost all the contrast between light-and dark in the scene "slashed" across her. The moment i saw them, i know this episode won't end well. Thank god Aqua was there.
i feel like the craziest part of this episode is despite I myself, not relating that much to the subject it was still able to just get me in the feels :(
she said she thinks the reality tv show is where the laughs are gonna be...
That's just fu-ed up 💀
Akane's situation is based on a true story centering around a real celebrity in Japan. Sadly, the real person, Hana Kimura, didn't have anyone who would save her like that.
Misinformation. Reported.
such a heavy episode. I wish more shows portrayed real life problems like this
Even after the first episode's incredibly dark ending, the show still managed to disarm people enough with some generally lighthearted story telling to completely catch us off guard with this episode. As much as I enjoy the reactions to this show, the reactions to this episode are almost harder to watch due to how close to home this episode hits for some people.
The "focus on the good" thing is so hard to do, even for someone who barely has any online presence like me. One little drip drop of sewage could very well stain my mood for a day. Nothing compared to the disgusting smudge of my first relationship that lingers in the back of mind whenever I watch anything romance-related though. And it's been 20 years too, so I have the sinking feeling it's going to stay with this little snowflake till the day he melts.
That aside, the I loved the bit where they left the dishes for Aqua to do as punishment 😂
I should say this, and I've been saying this, and those who are most vulnerable absolutely need to hear this:
When people get flamed on the internet, it might seem like a huge number of people gathered together to shit all over you, but the reality is it's a very small minority of people who are either immature kids or adults with dysfunctional personalities that are spamming their garbage all over the place because they feel like they're doing something good when they see seemingly so many other people doing the same thing. They are on a bandwagon.
The majority of people don't even comment about the flaming when they see it happen, or they might put down a comment here or there. But the most outraged people have far more presence on the internet than those who don't feel strongly about the issue.
If you get flamed, keep in mind it's a very small number of screwed up people that are doing the flaming, and the majority just don't register that they should say something.
Though I will say, at least in RUclips and CrunchyRoll comments sections, I do see a lot more people lately saying things along the lines of "I see a lot of people saying harsh thing x, but that's wrong because y, z, and w." These comments then get launched to the top of the top comments list via likes, making it almost impossible to find the original negative comments that are actually being called out (newest comments first tends to show more of the negative comments, naturally).
Now, unfortunately, sometimes the crazies don't just have a high social media presence. Oshi no Ko talked about how idols can't have boyfriends or, god forbid, children, because their careers would essentially end on the spot due to outrage.
The problem there is that the most dysfunctional, delusional, prone to outrage fans of idols are also the people who spend the most on exclusive events, merch, etc. That means that despite being a small minority of fans, the crazies that demand their idols remain single are responsible for a disproportionately large chunk of their idol's revenue. Add on the fact that profit margins are generally pretty slim for the vast majority of idols, and you find that angering these most "loyal" fans by doing things like dating will immediately drop an idol into the red. And recovering from that is basically impossible, you may as well retire on the spot if that happens to you.
Having said that, I don't know what might happen if an idol tried to start their career having a boyfriend already, or declaring the intent to date others. There would be no outrage because there's no super fans to be outraged to begin with. But could such an idol drum up enough support to make profits while having such an image?
We do have vtubers who talk about taking fat dumps and dating, after all.
Actually, I think for all of these types, idols, vtubers, youtubers, streamers, etc., making any change to the content they provide is more than likely to dent their viewership, as those who grew accustomed to a certain kind of content lose interest faster than new viewers gain interest in the new content. It's very difficult to change what content you create and not lose big time.
I kind of went off on a tangent there. Point is, there aren't actually that many bad people on the internet, but sometimes those bad people can have disproportionately high influence on others, so the best thing you can do is focus on the bigger picture, and not focus on hating humanity.
It got me. It really got me very upset.
By hearing other peoples voices makes me want them to stop talking and denying what they said to Akane.
I don't want Akane to die like Ai from the first episode.
It's a very harsh reality that the online world is so filled with malice. It feels like anonymity reveals a persons hidden darkness, the part that's constantly repressed to fit in society. It also reveals the lack of empathy that people have cultivated. It's like everyone has shitty lives and I get it, but the fact that they will use someone else as a scapegoat, and can even ruin their lives without a care for the consequences of their cruelty. It's not ok. We need the phantom thiefs of hearts.
from now best girl akane will grow stronger & stronger ❤
This episode was really really hard to watch cause it was so real... people can be so cruel and not care at all about how it effects people.. this hurt a lot.. but was a great episode..
In my opinion episode 1 and episode 6 are contenders for episode of the year, oshi no ko has peak storytelling, the only anime I see better is vinland saga, that's it😊
I love Mondays and Wednesdays ❤
Thank u ❤ Finally start one of the best moment best girl akane aqua best couple time ❤
This was definitely the darkest moment for Akane....though there's a reason she's called best girl by manga readers. And yes, this episode is a tribute to Hana Kimura (RIP).
Love your reaction ! Thanks for your thoughts at the end !
And the feels from episode 1 have come back around for a second gut punch.
I saw it a mile away and wanted to think that they won't even try. But then I remembered what happened the first episode. I was like, yeah, they're doing it.
Oh wow, I just realized "34 seconds ago"
I always enjoy your videos Alana. 👍
12:00 "How did he find her" Well, he's a stalker after all
I was so annoyed with the comments in this episode ~ the internet just assumes they know you even though they never interacted with you personally before ~ what’s worst is that people that do know Akane conformed to the negative comments and said such untruthful things about her ~
I agree with the other.commenters about Aqua. In that past life, he was a friggin doctor AND he was obessed and knowledgeable about an idol. When Akane wound up in this position, I gotta think "Mr Adult in The Room Aqua" would immediately considered that one of his coworkers, a FUCKING TEENAGER, would be getting torn to pieces, all alone. He acts all aloof and focused on his goals, but he was once one of THE professions that was purely to make other people's lives better. I think he would have kept an eye on her from day one. Now....how was he behind her at that exact moment.....there's no way this brilliant auther wouldn't have a valid, realistic explanation, right?!?
The problem is eventhough the issue has been resolved between them, the audience didn't know cause the production wanted the drama. The cast members also can't say anything to defend cause they wanted to keep kayfabe and avoid spoiler as part of their contract. Its very sad such thing can't be resolved easily
my heart dropped to the ground i swear
0:28 well that aged like milk
I remember something similar time ago. an anime called darling in the franxx had a episode where a girl call Ichigo confessed to MC and all fandom hate the way she did so they did harassment to the seiyuu (voice actress) and director through Twitter so massive and toxic was they have to leave all social media just for an anime I can't believe how cowards and selfish can people be to do that
from after this episode, you'll see the rebirth of the best girl
I can't those that oversimplified this problem by saying the victim should just stop looking online comments or stay away from social media. It just shows how lack of understanding towards mental health issues. Depression is not something that can be turn off in a click nor just gone the moment your stay away from the source of it. It is like a ghost that keep haunting you no matter how hard you try to get rid of it. The dark thoughts will always be on your mind beckoning you to keep drowning in it. Thats why alot cases when victim commit suicide, their family and friends have no idea why they do so.
Aqua: finally I save a life.
You should give 86 a watch
Oh god how I love Akane...
the fact this happened in real life is heartbreaking
テラスハウス事件をこれを見てる海外の人は良く知ってるんですね。
国が違ってもツッコミ所や反応は同じですね。
作者が描いたのが事件後、一ヶ月。 日本でショッキングなニュースとして暫く報道された。 しかし他の話題が出たら、そちらに変わってしまった。 一話の終盤と同じ様に。 そうした現状に対した、作者のアンチテーゼなんだろう。
This episode reminds me of how internet made light of Etika's situation. Especially keemstar and his fans.
man im just screaming fuck last minute lol
I saw both Akane's attempt (though I had no idea how she'd do it) and Aqua's saving her coming. That said, I still loved this episode, and wouldn't use the word "predictable". Social media, and people who run their mouths anonymously about people and situations they don't know anything about are just a sad part of modern life.
Akane is a sweet character. The personality traits that make her endearing are what made her an easy target. She's a bit timid and unsure of herself, but she wants to make everyone happy. That's just blood in the water for people who are no better than, and often infinitely worse, than the things they say about others.
so i was in Japan a few weeks ago.. wanna know which streaming service had this show? Disney Freaking Plus
Went from last episode with a dancing bird man in speedo to this depression episode. Goes to show you how this series can catch you off guard sometimes.
It was the first time in years an anime made me cry
I get the value of life in this episode, if we do something wrong maybe the people around us will forgive, but not necessarily netizens on the internet
While it already has been stated a couple times that its based on a real story, its also happening right now with alot of internet personas & celebreties.
The vtuber pikamee or Henya, which she redebuted as, is just one example.
Imagine you see your name in the twitter trends just to find out they are mostly cancel tweets...
This episode was so raw in showing how disgusting the internet can be and how it effects people.
The akane episode yes yes very sad, on another note, 9:50 HIMEKAWA!
Kana really helped Ruby dodge a bullet there. Who knows what would happen if she actually tweeted something
Like even if they watch this im sure most the people who do this online dont really care at all but heres to hoping that if theres 10,000 of them outhere and theres atleast 1 who would reflect.
Just people being insecure about themselves
These haters are too ugly to see. Not even close to knowing the person they are so willing to bully online, they define that person entirely based on the single accident and depict them as the villain in their selfish heart and happily torture her without consequences. The internet and social media perfectly enabled this type of people. Haters be posting false info and hate comments everywhere, other randoms will be swayed by those comments too. The negativity spreading like wildfire. Meanwhile Akane is too fair and square and hard working to overlook these hostile comments and let it all come crushing down on her along with her own guilt. It's really hurts to watch her falling down this spiral of depression, whilst her mother, oblivious to all of this, came close to losing her forever.
Alana lookin fine as hell as always
As others will note, the ideas here and the theme of this episode aren't theoretical: it happened. Hana Kimura committed suicide after enduring an ongoing hate campaign in the wake of *showrunner-directed* drama on the reality show Terrace House.
Just quickly before I comment: As a reaction channel, please don't push yourself to talk if you're not comfortable. Please make sure you're good before feeling the 'work ethic' of the channel. But also ignore me if it's not that deep :)
Seeing the one negative amongst all the good is a part our psychology. You don't remember the good because it doesn't threaten your life, or yourself. You remember the bad because our brains are developed to survive - that's why it's so hard to focus on the good. You should focus on the good, but it's not always possible.
In a study about online presence, researchers have found that overwhelming hate leads to 50% of people having suicidal ideation. It's the no.1 highest chance for suicide globally and it trumps all other likely causes by 5-10 times. To say that you can't be damaged as an online entity is not an understatement. My heart goes out to anyone who has to deal with any form of negative hate whether it's grounded in truth or an outright misconception.
Stay safe all, remember talking and helplines are always available - you need only google them.
Seriously to anybody going through this just turn off social media and don't turn it back on you'll be much better off mentally if it gets to you. Save yourself to mental stress and potential suicidal thoughts
You can't expect anyone that was in that position have that kind of mindset like you do. Depression is not like something that can be turn off like lights. If that easy, we won't see those suicide cases happened right?
Best be just have empathy for them and try to help them go through the dark time.
@@teddyyo8146 I'm not expecting anybody to have a mindset like me my mindset would be to not care about what anybody says I'm giving advice to cut off from social media so you aren't faced with that negativity anymore. Giving advice isn't telling them to have your mindset or lacking empathy and being there for that individual. The worst thing to do is make somebody going through this to feel powerless and cutting off social media is showing them they have power
YESS
In fact, there are data that there are more than 40 people in the world who have committed suicide due to romance reality shows.
Best girl from kana -> akane
Its the horrible reality of the internet where people judge an entire person's personality and worth from a snippet of their life.... like how can u conclude a person's worth and personality based off of something that wouldn't even make up 1/1000th of their actual time on this earth
Omg, you're so cute with that style😳
5:42 what will be there about you-