Adult Wisdom Becomes a Smash Hit! Anime "Oshi No Ko" Episode 26, Specific Advice That Made a Rookie Idol Shine on a Variety Show

Episode 26 of the anime "Oshi No Ko" has been airing sequentially since January 21st. The "strategic advice for surviving in the entertainment industry" that idol Ruby (CV: Yurie Igoma) learned from Ichigo Saito (CV: Hisao Egawa) left viewers impressed, commenting "So this is how celebrities are seasoned and delivered to our screens..."

Ruby was assigned to be a reporter on a TV program where her brother Aqua (CV: Takeo Otsuka) also appears as a regular. In Episode 26 "Calculation," Ruby makes contact with Ichigo, the former president of Ichigo Production, and asks him, "What should I do to become popular?"

Ichigo explained about how to behave on set, saying "Show your own character on the program" and "Having a clear character. This is the most important aspect in variety shows." Then he advised Ruby to bring out her "stupid, rude, and brazen side" to the forefront, telling her to "make your gestures, hand movements, and way of speaking seem stupid" and "bring some intense stupid episodes."

Later, when Ruby performed her "intense stupid episode" on the program, the studio was thoroughly entertained, but Aqua internally retorted, "She exaggerated the story so much, it's completely different now."