All through the Oshi no Ko manga and anime, we watch as Aqua Hoshino steadily strikes items into place to get revenge for the homicide of his mom Ai Hoshino, and the in-series film The 15 Yr Lie is a significant a part of that plan. He is aware of it’s the one approach to expose the reality and the one who killed her. Now that we hit volume 12 of the manga, it’s beginning to come collectively. So whereas meaning usually painful and main adjustments and realizations for characters, it additionally means we’re nearer to the reality.
Editor’s Be aware: There might be minor spoilers for quantity 12 of the Oshi no Ko manga beneath.
From a procedural standpoint, quantity 12 of the Oshi no Ko manga is de facto insightful. The collection usually will get into the within baseball components of the leisure trade. On this case, that comes all the way down to getting ready to get The 15 Yr Lie film about Ai Hoshino really made. So this installment begins with the film producer Masaya Kaburagi drumming up help by getting a distributor.
Once they get Eikyo Inc to deal with getting the movie in theaters, that comes at the price of securing their very own 100 million yen in funding from different sources. However then meaning acquiescing to their calls for with a view to safe their funding. So whereas the precise occasions referring to characters are enormous spoilers that I’d really feel dangerous discussing and disclosing, within the occasion it’d damage revelations for folks, the procedural components will be equally attention-grabbing.
That results in one other fascinating component of the progress of The 15 Yr Lie film in Oshi no Ko, as traders’ pursuits differ from the director Taishi Gotanda’s. Whereas one investor desires Frill Shiranui and Akane Kurosawa is being thrown round, Gotanda desires Ruby Hoshino after assembly her once more and seeing precisely how related she is to her mom. However whereas there isn’t a conventional audition course of, with Frill explaining why after encountering Ruby at college. Because of this, we see how the heroine of the movie is de facto chosen.
We’re seeing all these steps come collectively. A lot in order that we additionally see Aqua’s machinations and manipulations affect issues. From the best way he handles Akane and Kana Arima particularly, we see the thought he places into his mission. This culminates in us seeing all of the shifting components on the manufacturing aspect come collectively to permit filming correct to start within the subsequent quantity.
Oshi no Ko quantity 12 is one other instance of the collection managing to mix the drama and thriller of the characters’ lives whereas additionally providing potential perception into components of the leisure trade. Main strikes are occurring involving characters like Aqua, Ruby, and Kana on this entry! However equally necessary is seeing how the producer, director, and actors make their extra strikes to get The 15 Yr Lie film made.
Quantity 12 of the Oshi no Ko manga is obtainable now, and Yen Press will launch quantity 13 on April 28, 2026. The primary two seasons of the anime are on HIDIVE, and season 3 is streaming on Crunchyroll beginning in 2026.
