【Oshi no Ko】 - Ch. 134 - DEPTHS

[MangaDex]

 

[Mangamoz]

I guess Aka thinks method acting is a uber pro tactic of actors.

That is absolutely NOT true, and various actors have spoken out about how much method acting fucks up your mental health, and is really just a sign that an actor is not good enough to just act purely with their own skills.

 

[RollOmega]

I guess Aka thinks method acting is a uber pro tactic of actors.

That is absolutely NOT true, and various actors have spoken out about how much method acting fucks up your mental health, and is really just a sign that an actor is not good enough to just act purely with their own skills.

In fairness to Akane, she's what, 16? Not remotely surprising she'd have an unhealthy view of some aspect of show business, particularly in a series where the entire premise is "show business sucks and everyone involved badly needs therapy".

 

[Mangamoz]

In fairness to Akane, she's what, 16? Not remotely surprising she'd have an unhealthy view of some aspect of show business, particularly in a series where the entire premise is "show business sucks and everyone involved badly needs therapy".

I meant Aka as in the author, not Akane.

 

[RollOmega]

I meant Aka as in the author, not Akane.

Oh, sorry, my bad.

In that case, I suppose it's possible that the author actually believes this, but it may also be possible that the author is simply setting Akane up for a reality-shattering revelation about the subject later on down the line.

 

[jaaaace]

They haven’t reached Jared Leto levels of method acting - sending your costar an actual rat. Man was insane and not even a good actor.

Also Act-Age portrayed method acting (and acting in general) better but not a fair comparison I guess and the mangakas a pedo

 

[no168_92]

Oh, sorry, my bad.

In that case, I suppose it's possible that the author actually believes this, but it may also be possible that the author is simply setting Akane up for a reality-shattering revelation about the subject later on down the line.

I feel like Aka is well connected enough in the industry that he knows and maybe talked to a few actors for research purposes.... Kaguya did get a RL movie adaptation after all IIRC...

 

[Grimmycoffee]

I guess Aka thinks method acting is a uber pro tactic of actors.

That is absolutely NOT true, and various actors have spoken out about how much method acting fucks up your mental health, and is really just a sign that an actor is not good enough to just act purely with their own skills.

Hmm? Then again, it might be less "method acting" and more of just understanding the character in a somewhat deeper way in contrast to what the producer to/for Ruby did in a previous chapter where he intentionally annoyed her to get a better scene.

Just a guess though, I'm not the author and haven't done enough to understand them.

 

[Luna-pyon]

Our girl Mem-cho was in this chapter!

 

[UnvalidUserName]

If they really hate each other so much then go hate fuck to prove it to us! Absolutely fundamental to the plot. At least 20 pages of it

 

[thanghe]

I guess Aka thinks method acting is a uber pro tactic of actors.

That is absolutely NOT true, and various actors have spoken out about how much method acting fucks up your mental health, and is really just a sign that an actor is not good enough to just act purely with their own skills.

There's no way the author would think like that if they made Akane such an amazing actor, who can basically make a clone of Ai after a few nights of web searching about her. Her method definitely not method-acting.

 

[luigiymario2]

Of course Ai Hoshino was frail as well! No one is perfect and she was definitely always hiding her emotions and keeping it all to herlsef!

 

[FSLGS]

She's been telling you since chapter 1.

Her smile is a lie.

 

[WanRa]

There's no way the author would think like that if they made Akane such an amazing actor, who can basically make a clone of Ai after a few nights of web searching about her. Her method definitely not method-acting.

Akane is a method-actor. Give her enough information and she will give you a fantastic performance. But as stated in this chapter, that method also has downsides. If the director has a different view about the character from the one you researched and materialised in your mind,when he ask you to do something you consider "out the character" the performance will crumble.

Actors that relies only on their acting skills can change and follow the director's directions way easily and deliver what they are supposed to do.

The downside in this case is that improvisation is almost none, something that most of the time makes a character seems real and alive.
Like how it happened in Django Unchained, where Di Caprio was so much in-character that he injured his hand by hitting the table with all his might even tho that action wasn't in the script, yet stil continued to act and add details on it (like removing the glass shards off his hand while still reciting his lines), making the scene several times better than how it was in the director's mind.

A really good actor is capable of doing both.
Be the character but also act outside of it if the situation requires it, but is easier said than done.

 

[Asheron]

Trying to psychoanalize and explore the thoughts and motivations of a character who is dead is getting pretty boring. Lets get back to the murder mystery and wincest already.

 

[Kampfarsch]

The cringe just doesnt stop huh? Can we please go back to aqua being a smug piece of shit already
Im so sick of seeing ruby
this girl drama shit is not what I signed up for

 

[Lustrist]

love seeing ruby’s blackstars again

 

[fennec]

You know, it occurred to me this chapter that Ruby has this specific image of Ai due to idolizing her so much. While we the readers know about how "her smile is a lie", I don't think Ruby ever fully realized that. Ai wouldn't really talk about that to her kids very much. And I doubt Ruby would pick up on that side of her since even in her last life she was a kid, and one who'd been hospitalized and thus sheltered at that.

Also, re: the acting conversation, I don't think it was necessarily meant to be about method acting, so much as how playing a character can get into your own mind. It does help to put yourself in the character's shoes and think of their thoughts and motivations, especially when it comes to improv scenes. You don't need to fully become the character, but understanding them helps.

And in this case, Ruby is playing a REAL person, her own mother. So I think the whole point of that scene was to make it clear this role is helping her understand Ai better as a person, rather than just an idol.

As a final side note, this manga has at least mentioned how drawing on real experiences for acting can be harmful, namely back when Aqua was learning to act. Which... Actually makes me a bit scared to see him play his dad in this movie, given how much playing Ai is impacting Ruby.

 

[Mangamoz]

She's been telling you since chapter 1.

Her smile is a lie.

How fucked up would it be if they reveal Ai was the mastermind of all of this all along.

 

[GentleWizard]

I guess Aka thinks method acting is a uber pro tactic of actors.

That is absolutely NOT true, and various actors have spoken out about how much method acting fucks up your mental health, and is really just a sign that an actor is not good enough to just act purely with their own skills.

Bad for mental state: some what true

“Sign that an actor is not good enough to just act purely on their own skills”
Stupidest take I’ve ever heard. Literally some of the most celebrated actors of all time are hardcore method actors. Get your head out of your ass dude.