Oshi no Ko (2023) s02e10 Episode Script
Liberation
1
You and I
have the same biological father.
Could you tell me
about your father?
DNA SIBLING TEST REPOR
Half-brothers.
These things really happen, huh?
It's not something we can talk about here.
I want to put him to bed too.
Let's go somewhere else.
Where?
My place?
You even did a DNA test.
So, you had a hunch?
Who's your mother?
I can't tell you.
I see. Someone in show business.
Same as me.
Do you know Airi Himekawa?
Yeah.
She played the female lead
in a morning drama. Ages ago.
Oh, here it is.
Happened when I was about five.
My mom committed suicide with her husband.
Your father is Seijuro Uehara.
He was a third-rate actor.
Suicide?
He's dead?
You're about 17, right?
Our father was married
before you were born.
Apparently, he liked messing around
with talented women.
Maybe he felt inferior
about his lack of talent
and was trying to deceive himself
by sleeping with talented women.
No one knows
the real reason for their suicide anymore.
But I can guess.
As a child, I also hated my father.
Is that why you use your mother's name
for a stage name?
Yeah. My real name is Taiki Uehara.
It sucks. My womanizing nature
seems to be hereditary.
Watching you fool around with
Arima and Kurokawa fills me with despair.
I'm doing no such thing.
Yes, you are.
You better make up your mind.
Or you'll end up like our dad.
That's not funny.
Any other questions?
I'll answer them.
No. No more questions.
Then let's drink again.
It feels strange.
Even if it's just a half-brother, to have
a blood relative show up out of the blue
On top of that, we're both actors.
Hilarious.
But don't start calling me
"Bro" or anything. That'd be creepy.
I won't.
Hey, Bro! Staying out all night?
You're a delinquent! Unbelievable!
What?
Nothing.
I was at Mr. Himekawa's place.
Nothing to worry about.
Oh, the guy who played Blade.
I guess it's fine
if you were having male bonding time.
I'll introduce him to you one day.
Huh? Really? Why?
You're so weird.
Our father had died a long time ago.
There's no way to avenge Ai anymore.
Then what am I supposed to do?
My revenge
ARIMA
-Hello
-Where did you disappear off to?
Akane had left too. Did you two
No. I went to a different bar
with the director and Himekawa.
Oh, is that right?
Geez, don't confuse me like that.
You idiot!
Dummy! Good night!
Did you get home safely?
Remember that a minor
shouldn't drink alcohol.
Don't drink
even if grown-ups tell you to, okay?
These girls are so
Is it okay?
Is it really okay
for me to be free?
To be happy
like a normal person?
Do you want breakfast?
I'm making fried eggs.
Yeah. Thanks.
Our channel is about to hit
20 thousand subscribers on YouTube.
Oh, still only that much, huh?
We need to work harder.
A million subscribers is a long journey.
You're supposed to praise me!
It's 20 thousand! Give me some credit
for doing whatever I can to get this far!
But it's only 20 thousand, right?
Geez! Do you not see
how impressive that is?
Listen. There are about 300 thousand
YouTube channels in this country.
75% of them have a thousand subscribers
or less, making zero profit.
It's an exploitative society
worse than the Middle Ages,
where the top few percent
monopolize the wealth!
And we have made it in the top 10%.
Do you understand how amazing that is?!
You brats, don't talk about getting
a million subscribers if you don't get it!
It's a huge wall where only
0.1% of all channels can get past!
You can only get to the top by climbing
over countless numbers of corpses!
Still, our income this month is
a few hundred thousand yen, right?
If we deduct the agency's share,
pay the video editor,
and divide the rest amongst us,
all we get is pocket money.
Working part-time would pay better.
Well, that's how it is now.
This is how it'll be
until we become more popular.
For the time being,
B-Komachi Channel's finances aren't great.
We have to do whatever we can.
And so,
let's take a room tour video today!
A room tour video?
Isn't that the one
where you show everyone your room?
I've seen a lot of them.
I'm not doing that!
What kind of person
enjoys showing off their room?
We may be out of ideas, but it's over
once you start selling your private life!
What? Come on, let's do it.
If you film a room tour video,
everything in it
can be claimed as expenses.
Let's film it right now.
Here, this is the latest handbag
from Ch.
It was about 90 thousand yen.
This is a water-cooled gaming PC
I bought for game streaming.
But I've never used it.
It was about 300 thousand yen.
The chair is from Her ller and
You bought some expensive stuff, huh?
I paid for it myself, so it's okay. Right?
In order to be a first-class entertainer,
you need to own first-class products!
In this industry,
it's over if they think you're cheap!
Surprisingly, Kana seems to be
the materialistic type.
Let's take a taxi.
But not the privately owned ones.
For a struggling actor,
you sure live in a nice apartment
Well, I do have my savings
and I invest too.
All celebrities should live
in apartments with double auto-lock.
After all, the scariest thing about being
in this profession is weird fans.
If we have the money, that is.
Anyway, you told me
about a good tax-saving method.
I'll make sure to film it
when I'm buying a car.
Tax-saving?
A lot of YouTubers make videos of them
buying expensive stuff, right?
They're doing it to
write them off as business expenses.
What a horrible reality.
I'll help you out
if you want to film a room tour video too.
But I don't buy expensive stuff.
You say that now, but you'll regret it
when you file your tax returns.
You'll learn the pain of paying taxes
when you're older.
I'll think about it.
Hey, could you film my kitchen
and other rooms as well?
Sure.
RUBY'S ROOM
Should I take them down?
I'm her child.
That's a secret I'm taking to my grave.
But Ai will always be there inside of me.
Is it okay to hide that?
The right thing to do as an idol is
I wonder what he would say
I bet he'd just brush me off saying
I should do what I want.
Doctor.
I named our group "B-Komachi"
for two reasons.
One is to take over and fulfill
Mama's dream.
Another reason is
Huh? What do you mean?
We suddenly lost contact
with Dr. Amamiya a few years ago.
He's considered missing.
There's no way he won't notice
the name "B-Komachi."
I'm sure he's watching over me somewhere.
Now that the room tour video is done,
let's move on to the second part of the
YouTube boosting plan! A music video!
A music video!
It's the easiest way to earn more viewers.
I want at least one video with
over one million views on our channel.
Then we can use that video as a sample
and promote ourselves.
This is it.
Sounds like fun.
But it'll be expensive, right?
Don't worry.
My friend runs a design company
in the countryside.
And they'll give us a friend discount
if we shoot the video over there.
We can go sightseeing too.
So it's killing two birds with one stone.
You can thank my personal connections.
Yay! We're going on a trip!
But I can't go
until the stage play is over.
Of course, I'll take that into account
when I'm planning the schedule.
We'll shoot the video in one day
and go on a two-night three-day
relaxation trip. How's that?
A relaxation trip after Tokyo Blade.
That's nice.
Huh?
And where are we shooting at?
Um, it's Miyazaki.
That's far.
It's a nice place.
We're not done yet!
Boosting plan part three!
Let's make an original song!
We've been getting by
singing old B-Komachi songs until now,
but they're songs from over a decade ago.
We need a new song
for the current generation!
But
President! What happened
to the song you commissioned?
You said you commissioned it a while ago.
Who did she ask anyway?
I didn't tell you
because I wanted to surprise you all.
But for the new B-Komachi's
first original song,
I asked Mr. Himura, who wrote
many of the original B-Komachi's songs.
What? Mr. Himura?
That popular singer.
He wrote so many hit songs.
The man who wrote "STAR☆T☆RAIN"?
-Oh, wow!
-It's gonna be a great song!
That's right.
Ai might've been involved
with musicians too.
I have to get in touch with Himura and
BODIES FOUND. COUPLE'S SUICIDE?
No.
I don't have to do that anymore.
Something wrong?
Nah, nothing.
I'm glad you got a good songwriter.
Have fun.
You seem a little different.
Do I?
Yeah, you seem more gentle.
It's nice. I like it.
Yeah?
I want to sing it! I want to sing it!
The thing is
I asked him to finish the song
by the end of last month,
but he hasn't sent it to us yet.
What?
Ah, I bet he's not taking us seriously.
The longer they've been in this industry,
the less they care about deadlines.
They postpone it to the very end.
I know he's busy
so we can't really pressure him.
So wait a little longer.
No. Let's pester him.
Still, we should be grateful
he's even writing a song for us.
I've been sending him emails.
No! Call him right now!
-But
-No, no, no!
I said no!
The president's being pressured.
She has a soft spot for Ruby.
-You don't have to rush
-Yes, we do!
Idols can only be idols
for a limited amount of time.
If we take it slow,
we'll soon be out of time.
Senpai might go back to acting
when the time comes.
When the time comes, Memcho will also
turn 30.
I have five years!
I still have five years left!
Then we only have five years.
Ruby, I know you mean no harm,
but stop stabbing her with words.
Don't use adult logic here.
We're running with all we have.
There's no time to slow down.
Fine.
Let's give him a call.
Yay!
Hello? Oh, hi ma'am.
The song?
I'm a little stuck at the moment.
It's the first song for the new B-Komachi.
I don't want it to be half-baked.
I have a lot on my plate right now,
so when I have the time to work on it
Okay, let's do this.
I'm writing such mediocre songs.
NEW B-KOMACHI
STARTING OVER
CHALLENGE
A NEW STAR
Damn it.
It's not done?
Yeah.
It could be big shot syndrome.
Big shot syndrome?
When you're young, you can write songs
with your impulse and passion.
But big shots have written
hundreds of songs in their long career.
They've already spat out
everything they want to say.
It's not a slump,
but a serious lack of motivation.
He has nothing
he wants to write about anymore.
I have to work on it, but my motivation
Maybe it's about time I quit.
But even if I did, there's nothing else
I can do besides music.
MIYAKO SAITO
A MESSAGE FROM ONE OF THE GIRLS
MIYAKO SAITO SHARED
DEARMR.HIMURA.mp4
Mr. Himura!
I'm Ruby from the new B-Komachi.
I've been singing the song you wrote,
"STAR☆T☆RAIN", since I was little.
I knew the dance moves
even before I joined B-Komachi.
I'm really happy
to be able to sing your song!
I know you're busy,
but I'm really looking forward to it!
Take care of yourself and good luck!
That's all from Ruby!
Creators are simple creatures.
Something like this
can light up his fire again.
Just seeing the face of the person
who'll sing his song
and knowing who he's writing the song for.
All right, then.
Let's write them a masterpiece.
The Tokyo Blade stage play
has come to an end.
My schedule is empty for now.
I suddenly have a chunk of free time
and I know I should use it
to prepare for my future.
But I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
You look so lifeless.
You wanna go to Miyazaki with us?
Oh, for the music video shoot?
Yup, you're free anyway.
You're unemployed now that the play ended.
I'm still an actor. Plus, I'm a student.
Senpai thinks it could be
your relaxation trip after the play.
Miyazaki, huh?
Come to think of it,
I haven't been there since then.
You're right.
I'll go.
Subtitle translation by: Aya Kudo
You and I
have the same biological father.
Could you tell me
about your father?
DNA SIBLING TEST REPOR
Half-brothers.
These things really happen, huh?
It's not something we can talk about here.
I want to put him to bed too.
Let's go somewhere else.
Where?
My place?
You even did a DNA test.
So, you had a hunch?
Who's your mother?
I can't tell you.
I see. Someone in show business.
Same as me.
Do you know Airi Himekawa?
Yeah.
She played the female lead
in a morning drama. Ages ago.
Oh, here it is.
Happened when I was about five.
My mom committed suicide with her husband.
Your father is Seijuro Uehara.
He was a third-rate actor.
Suicide?
He's dead?
You're about 17, right?
Our father was married
before you were born.
Apparently, he liked messing around
with talented women.
Maybe he felt inferior
about his lack of talent
and was trying to deceive himself
by sleeping with talented women.
No one knows
the real reason for their suicide anymore.
But I can guess.
As a child, I also hated my father.
Is that why you use your mother's name
for a stage name?
Yeah. My real name is Taiki Uehara.
It sucks. My womanizing nature
seems to be hereditary.
Watching you fool around with
Arima and Kurokawa fills me with despair.
I'm doing no such thing.
Yes, you are.
You better make up your mind.
Or you'll end up like our dad.
That's not funny.
Any other questions?
I'll answer them.
No. No more questions.
Then let's drink again.
It feels strange.
Even if it's just a half-brother, to have
a blood relative show up out of the blue
On top of that, we're both actors.
Hilarious.
But don't start calling me
"Bro" or anything. That'd be creepy.
I won't.
Hey, Bro! Staying out all night?
You're a delinquent! Unbelievable!
What?
Nothing.
I was at Mr. Himekawa's place.
Nothing to worry about.
Oh, the guy who played Blade.
I guess it's fine
if you were having male bonding time.
I'll introduce him to you one day.
Huh? Really? Why?
You're so weird.
Our father had died a long time ago.
There's no way to avenge Ai anymore.
Then what am I supposed to do?
My revenge
ARIMA
-Hello
-Where did you disappear off to?
Akane had left too. Did you two
No. I went to a different bar
with the director and Himekawa.
Oh, is that right?
Geez, don't confuse me like that.
You idiot!
Dummy! Good night!
Did you get home safely?
Remember that a minor
shouldn't drink alcohol.
Don't drink
even if grown-ups tell you to, okay?
These girls are so
Is it okay?
Is it really okay
for me to be free?
To be happy
like a normal person?
Do you want breakfast?
I'm making fried eggs.
Yeah. Thanks.
Our channel is about to hit
20 thousand subscribers on YouTube.
Oh, still only that much, huh?
We need to work harder.
A million subscribers is a long journey.
You're supposed to praise me!
It's 20 thousand! Give me some credit
for doing whatever I can to get this far!
But it's only 20 thousand, right?
Geez! Do you not see
how impressive that is?
Listen. There are about 300 thousand
YouTube channels in this country.
75% of them have a thousand subscribers
or less, making zero profit.
It's an exploitative society
worse than the Middle Ages,
where the top few percent
monopolize the wealth!
And we have made it in the top 10%.
Do you understand how amazing that is?!
You brats, don't talk about getting
a million subscribers if you don't get it!
It's a huge wall where only
0.1% of all channels can get past!
You can only get to the top by climbing
over countless numbers of corpses!
Still, our income this month is
a few hundred thousand yen, right?
If we deduct the agency's share,
pay the video editor,
and divide the rest amongst us,
all we get is pocket money.
Working part-time would pay better.
Well, that's how it is now.
This is how it'll be
until we become more popular.
For the time being,
B-Komachi Channel's finances aren't great.
We have to do whatever we can.
And so,
let's take a room tour video today!
A room tour video?
Isn't that the one
where you show everyone your room?
I've seen a lot of them.
I'm not doing that!
What kind of person
enjoys showing off their room?
We may be out of ideas, but it's over
once you start selling your private life!
What? Come on, let's do it.
If you film a room tour video,
everything in it
can be claimed as expenses.
Let's film it right now.
Here, this is the latest handbag
from Ch.
It was about 90 thousand yen.
This is a water-cooled gaming PC
I bought for game streaming.
But I've never used it.
It was about 300 thousand yen.
The chair is from Her ller and
You bought some expensive stuff, huh?
I paid for it myself, so it's okay. Right?
In order to be a first-class entertainer,
you need to own first-class products!
In this industry,
it's over if they think you're cheap!
Surprisingly, Kana seems to be
the materialistic type.
Let's take a taxi.
But not the privately owned ones.
For a struggling actor,
you sure live in a nice apartment
Well, I do have my savings
and I invest too.
All celebrities should live
in apartments with double auto-lock.
After all, the scariest thing about being
in this profession is weird fans.
If we have the money, that is.
Anyway, you told me
about a good tax-saving method.
I'll make sure to film it
when I'm buying a car.
Tax-saving?
A lot of YouTubers make videos of them
buying expensive stuff, right?
They're doing it to
write them off as business expenses.
What a horrible reality.
I'll help you out
if you want to film a room tour video too.
But I don't buy expensive stuff.
You say that now, but you'll regret it
when you file your tax returns.
You'll learn the pain of paying taxes
when you're older.
I'll think about it.
Hey, could you film my kitchen
and other rooms as well?
Sure.
RUBY'S ROOM
Should I take them down?
I'm her child.
That's a secret I'm taking to my grave.
But Ai will always be there inside of me.
Is it okay to hide that?
The right thing to do as an idol is
I wonder what he would say
I bet he'd just brush me off saying
I should do what I want.
Doctor.
I named our group "B-Komachi"
for two reasons.
One is to take over and fulfill
Mama's dream.
Another reason is
Huh? What do you mean?
We suddenly lost contact
with Dr. Amamiya a few years ago.
He's considered missing.
There's no way he won't notice
the name "B-Komachi."
I'm sure he's watching over me somewhere.
Now that the room tour video is done,
let's move on to the second part of the
YouTube boosting plan! A music video!
A music video!
It's the easiest way to earn more viewers.
I want at least one video with
over one million views on our channel.
Then we can use that video as a sample
and promote ourselves.
This is it.
Sounds like fun.
But it'll be expensive, right?
Don't worry.
My friend runs a design company
in the countryside.
And they'll give us a friend discount
if we shoot the video over there.
We can go sightseeing too.
So it's killing two birds with one stone.
You can thank my personal connections.
Yay! We're going on a trip!
But I can't go
until the stage play is over.
Of course, I'll take that into account
when I'm planning the schedule.
We'll shoot the video in one day
and go on a two-night three-day
relaxation trip. How's that?
A relaxation trip after Tokyo Blade.
That's nice.
Huh?
And where are we shooting at?
Um, it's Miyazaki.
That's far.
It's a nice place.
We're not done yet!
Boosting plan part three!
Let's make an original song!
We've been getting by
singing old B-Komachi songs until now,
but they're songs from over a decade ago.
We need a new song
for the current generation!
But
President! What happened
to the song you commissioned?
You said you commissioned it a while ago.
Who did she ask anyway?
I didn't tell you
because I wanted to surprise you all.
But for the new B-Komachi's
first original song,
I asked Mr. Himura, who wrote
many of the original B-Komachi's songs.
What? Mr. Himura?
That popular singer.
He wrote so many hit songs.
The man who wrote "STAR☆T☆RAIN"?
-Oh, wow!
-It's gonna be a great song!
That's right.
Ai might've been involved
with musicians too.
I have to get in touch with Himura and
BODIES FOUND. COUPLE'S SUICIDE?
No.
I don't have to do that anymore.
Something wrong?
Nah, nothing.
I'm glad you got a good songwriter.
Have fun.
You seem a little different.
Do I?
Yeah, you seem more gentle.
It's nice. I like it.
Yeah?
I want to sing it! I want to sing it!
The thing is
I asked him to finish the song
by the end of last month,
but he hasn't sent it to us yet.
What?
Ah, I bet he's not taking us seriously.
The longer they've been in this industry,
the less they care about deadlines.
They postpone it to the very end.
I know he's busy
so we can't really pressure him.
So wait a little longer.
No. Let's pester him.
Still, we should be grateful
he's even writing a song for us.
I've been sending him emails.
No! Call him right now!
-But
-No, no, no!
I said no!
The president's being pressured.
She has a soft spot for Ruby.
-You don't have to rush
-Yes, we do!
Idols can only be idols
for a limited amount of time.
If we take it slow,
we'll soon be out of time.
Senpai might go back to acting
when the time comes.
When the time comes, Memcho will also
turn 30.
I have five years!
I still have five years left!
Then we only have five years.
Ruby, I know you mean no harm,
but stop stabbing her with words.
Don't use adult logic here.
We're running with all we have.
There's no time to slow down.
Fine.
Let's give him a call.
Yay!
Hello? Oh, hi ma'am.
The song?
I'm a little stuck at the moment.
It's the first song for the new B-Komachi.
I don't want it to be half-baked.
I have a lot on my plate right now,
so when I have the time to work on it
Okay, let's do this.
I'm writing such mediocre songs.
NEW B-KOMACHI
STARTING OVER
CHALLENGE
A NEW STAR
Damn it.
It's not done?
Yeah.
It could be big shot syndrome.
Big shot syndrome?
When you're young, you can write songs
with your impulse and passion.
But big shots have written
hundreds of songs in their long career.
They've already spat out
everything they want to say.
It's not a slump,
but a serious lack of motivation.
He has nothing
he wants to write about anymore.
I have to work on it, but my motivation
Maybe it's about time I quit.
But even if I did, there's nothing else
I can do besides music.
MIYAKO SAITO
A MESSAGE FROM ONE OF THE GIRLS
MIYAKO SAITO SHARED
DEARMR.HIMURA.mp4
Mr. Himura!
I'm Ruby from the new B-Komachi.
I've been singing the song you wrote,
"STAR☆T☆RAIN", since I was little.
I knew the dance moves
even before I joined B-Komachi.
I'm really happy
to be able to sing your song!
I know you're busy,
but I'm really looking forward to it!
Take care of yourself and good luck!
That's all from Ruby!
Creators are simple creatures.
Something like this
can light up his fire again.
Just seeing the face of the person
who'll sing his song
and knowing who he's writing the song for.
All right, then.
Let's write them a masterpiece.
The Tokyo Blade stage play
has come to an end.
My schedule is empty for now.
I suddenly have a chunk of free time
and I know I should use it
to prepare for my future.
But I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
You look so lifeless.
You wanna go to Miyazaki with us?
Oh, for the music video shoot?
Yup, you're free anyway.
You're unemployed now that the play ended.
I'm still an actor. Plus, I'm a student.
Senpai thinks it could be
your relaxation trip after the play.
Miyazaki, huh?
Come to think of it,
I haven't been there since then.
You're right.
I'll go.
Subtitle translation by: Aya Kudo