Rookie Idol Ruby's Raw Ambition in Sucking Up to AD to Get Famous, Anime "Oshi No Ko" Episode 26

Episode 26 of the anime "Oshi No Ko" has been airing sequentially since January 21st. Viewers have expressed concern with comments like "Her descent into darkness is progressing more and more" and "I hope she doesn't get tainted by dirty adults" as they watched rookie idol Ruby (CV: Yurie Igoma) charming everyone around her to climb the entertainment industry ladder.

Ruby had her mother Ai Hoshino (CV: Rie Takahashi) and Goro (CV: Kento Ito), someone she had romantic feelings for in her past life, taken from her by an unknown assailant. This caused her cheerful and carefree personality to completely change, igniting a burning desire for revenge against the culprit. Ruby is desperately aiming for success in the entertainment industry, partly to identify the mastermind behind the incident.

In Episode 26 "Calculated Moves," Ruby follows the advice of Ichigo Saito (CV: Hisao Egawa), the former president of her agency Ichigo Production, who told her, "Be nice to the ADs. They'll become directors eventually. You need to be calculating to make it." She ingratiates herself with AD Shun Yoshizumi (CV: Yuto Takenaka).

Ruby keeps kindly speaking to Shun with remarks like "Yoshizumi-san, it's hot today too, isn't it?" and "Yoshizumi-san, what do you do on your days off?" completely making him misunderstand and think, "Could it be that I'm her type!?"