I started reading Oshi no Ko around 2 years ago but dropped it after a few chapters as I wasnt very interested. Not too long ago the anime came out and the first season just finished so I thought Id share my opinion on it. Its gonna be a fairly short review and will include SPOILERS. Starting off with what I liked: The first episode was great no doubt about that. Its pretty much an entire movie on its own with two completely different types of characters being reborn as the daughter / son of the idol Hoshino Ai which they both adored in their past lives. The premise is really original and interesting the characters are all pretty unique and the ending definitely left me wanting more. I really liked Hoshino in particular as a character seeing her try her best as both a mother and entertainer / idol and getting an insight into the whole industry while also watching Aqua and Ruby growing up was really enjoyable. The art and animation are also above average. Some scenes definitely look better than others but overall the show is really nice to look at. 420https://ramenparados.com/wpcontent/uploads/2022/01/oshinokodestacado1000x600.jpg Now the things I didnt like: To put things into perspective I pretty much only really liked ep 1 6 and 11. Everything in between just didnt seem interesting or important enough for me to truly care about and Ill get into why that is. Firstly I just dont think the characters are that great. Aqua has pretty much no character development after ep 1 Kana is a super stereotypical tsundere and the rest including Ruby just arent that well written or have anything going for them to set them apart from the rest. Secondly the humor. Its just not funny. I laughed maybe once or twice during the entire show and thats because it caught me offguard like Aqua suddenly starting to dance in the last episode. The rest is just incredibly stale anime humor thats been done 100 times before or just really badly timed jokes that ruin the atmosphere. The fact that its written by the same author as Kaguyasama is really noticeable in some scenes because as soon as he tries to write anything serious he feels the need to put in some completely unnecessary joke for no reason. This also ties into my other complaint as the serious parts of the show fail to have much of an impact on me because of that. It feels like Oshi No Ko occasionally just forgets what kind of show its trying to be. On one hand its about Aqua trying to get revenge on whoever killed his mother and on the other hand its about Kana / Ruby finding their place in the entertainment business. And then somewhere inbetween its also a romance / lovetriangle I dont even know... Its also just really overdramatic most of the time which creates this weird contrast between being a comedy and a serious revenge anime. In the end I did enjoy some parts of Oshi No Ko and I do think its an above average show but I simply fail to see the hype around it. Maybe its the fact that it has both male and female main characters which both sides can relate to or simply that theres just nothing better to watch currently I genuinely have to idea.