For those for whom it wasn’t clear that Aqua likes Kana, Akane, who Akasaka uses as the voice of reason in Oshi no Ko, pretty much outright stated in Episode 26 that that is the case. This is not to say that Akane has no chance in the end, but I’m just sharing why it […]
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