Update: Oshi no Ko Season 2 Episode 9 is now streaming on HIDIVE.
In Oshi no Ko Season 2 Episode 8, Kana Arima's flashback revealed that her mother had dreamed of becoming a celebrity and had tried to achieve that dream through Kana, but when she became sensitive to Kana's popularity, she often let out her frustrations on her daughter. It turned out that this was the root cause of Kana's current anxieties about her career and her tendency to want to perform well with others.
However, Aqua was able to encourage Kana, helping her unleash her true potential as an actress to deliver a brilliant performance that astounds the audience and her co-stars. While Akana fan-girled over her performance, Kaburagi said that despite Kana being famous for her ability to cry, it was her amazing performances such as this that made her remarkable.
Last week's episode also featured the climax of the play, which is Sayahime's death scene. Touki was put into the spotlight with her downfall. A quick flashback showed Aqua discussing his panic order with Akane, who told him to find the trigger, so we can expect him to do just that in the next episode.
Today, the official website of Oshi no Ko has revealed a teaser video, preview stills, and official synopsis for Oshi no Ko Season 2 Episode 9 (Episode 20 overall), which is titled Dream, and it's expected to shift the story's focus on Aqua. Although the eighth episode mostly put the spotlight on Kana, the latter half shifted to Aqua and his complicated relationship with acting. The next episode is expected to explore his darkest, deepest emotions, which will be reflected on his performance on stage as Touki battles Blade.
Aqua's real-life experience resonates with Touki's character now, with Sayahime's death reminding him of Ai's. The synopsis teases that Aqua will channel his real emotions into his acting for the play's epic finale. Thus, we can expect Episode 9 to feature highly emotional scenes, to show a grand finale to Tokyo Blade and the anime's 2.5D Stage Play Arc.
Watch the teaser video for Oshi no Ko Season 2 Episode 9 below:
You can check out the preview stills for Oshi no Ko Season 2 Episode 9 in the image gallery below:
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Aka Akasaka, Mengo Yokoyari / Shueisha / Doga Kobo
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Aka Akasaka, Mengo Yokoyari / Shueisha / Doga Kobo
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Aka Akasaka, Mengo Yokoyari / Shueisha / Doga Kobo
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Aka Akasaka, Mengo Yokoyari / Shueisha / Doga Kobo
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Aka Akasaka, Mengo Yokoyari / Shueisha / Doga Kobo
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Aka Akasaka, Mengo Yokoyari / Shueisha / Doga Kobo
Here's the official synopsis of Oshi no Ko Season 2 Episode 9:
Aqua performs a painful yet convincing emotional performance as she recalls the past. She uses all of her feelings - regret, sadness, and the impossible dream of saving him... to perform to the end!
Studio Doga Kobo returned to animate Oshi no Ko Season 2, and the official website revealed that the main staff of Episode 9 includes Tanaka Jin on screenplay, and Daisuke Hiramaki and Kazuaki Komatsu on storyboard and direction. Haruka Inate and Ayaka Muroga are the chief animation directors while
Hirayama Hirona is in charge of the character drawing supervision. The animation directors are Hattori Miyu, Shuri,Ren'o Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ogura, Shun Sawai, Yukiko Kawamoto, Ai Motoya, Masahiro Isomoto, Ken Itakura, Kimiaki Mizuno, Junichiro Taniguchi, Kyoko Nagata, Tokutaka Tateguchi, Ayaka Muroga
The main Japanese voice cast members of Oshi no Ko Season 2 cast members are:
Rie Takahashi as Ai Hoshino
Takeo Otsuka as Aquamarine Hoshino
Yurie Igoma as Ruby Hoshino
Megumi Han as Kana Arima
Rumi Okubo as Mem-cho
Manaka Iwami as Akane Kurokawa
Lynn as Miyako Saito
Where to watch Oshi no Ko Season 2 Episode 9
Just like the first season, Oshi no Ko Season 2 is currently available to stream on HIDIVE, so you can watch the ninth episode today, August 28, at 11:00 pm JST, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (EDT), 10:00 a.m. Central Time (CDT), and 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PDT).on TOKYO MX, KBS Kyoto, TV Hokkaido, AT-X, BS11 TV Aichi and other networks across Japan. According to the home media release listing for the new season, there will be a total of 13 episodes released across six Blu-ray and DVD launches in Japan, and with nine episodes already out, that means we can expect more new episodes to arrive in this Summer 2024 anime season.
Update: It was announced that Episode 10 was delayed to September 11 due to unknown reasons. A recap episode will be shown next week.
Here's the schedule of the remaining episodes of Oshi no Ko Season 2:
Episode 9: August 28, 2024
Episode 10: September 11
Episode 11: September 18, 2024
Episode 12: September 25, 2024
Episode 13: October 2, 2024
What is Oshi no Ko Season 2 about?
Oshi no Ko anime is based on the manga series of the same title written by Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari (Scum's Wish). The series has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump while Manga Plus digitally publishes the official English version of the manga. Yen Press publishes the English physical editions of the manga.
HIDIVE shared a description for Oshi no Ko Season 2:
Aqua's desire for revenge takes center stage as he navigates the dark underbelly of the entertainment world alongside his twin sister, Ruby. While Ruby follows in their slain mother's footsteps to become an idol, Aqua joins a famous theater troupe in hopes of uncovering clues to the identity of his father—the man who arranged their mother's untimely death, and the man who once starred in the same troupe Aqua hopes to infiltrate.
For more information about Oshi no Ko Season 2, check out the official website of the anime.
