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Originally Posted by dreamcastegirl

I screamed the like two times Onyanko Club get mentioned in this show. Such moments were what really made me warm to the 1986 narrative, and I really think it's wonderful whenever they ground the story in the setting like this, and it makes me faintly regretful that these moments aren't more prevalent.

I say all this like I have this grand critique of the story, but really I just like Onyanko Club, and wanted them to get mentioned more, lol.

It's a very Inoue joke, the Onyanko Club stuff. It could've just been some way for Jirou to insinuate himself into Mal d'Amour and, subsequently, W.A.K.E.U.P. Or it could've just been a way to ostracize Otoya at the start that little extra bit. But, like, no. Jirou is a legitimately card-carrying fan of Onyanko Club. He absolutely loses his chill when he thinks he's gotten an autograph from his bias. And it totally works? Hilarious, but also genuine and charming? And slightly humanizing?

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Also, a bit of a pun that might be lost in translation. When the old man passes out before he can reveal who Kiva is, he makes the sound of straining yourself, which is written down as ?€œkivadearu?€?. I?€™ve no idea how well OZC gets that joke across.

I think they get it across great? Like, it's this weirdly specific portmanteau that also serves as the linking tissue for the Otoya possession. Wataru is incredibly anxious about being Kiva right now. Kengo thinks Kiva is a rock god. Nago thinks Kiva is a mass murderer. Megumi thinks Kiva is a friend to humanity. But Kiva's really a young man who's afraid that his friends are going to find out his real identity and everything's going to change. What better time for the boy who wants to run away to have his soul literally escape his body?

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

It was definitely humorous to see Jirou and Master get so excited about a fake autograph from a teen idol group. This episode was full of classic Inoue comedy like that though and I guess it's a nice break from the heaviness of the last few episodes. Otoya possessing Wataru isn't explained outside of the implication that the psychic summoned him, but who cares, it's perfectly chaotic!

See above, but also, I am totally fine with the explanation being A Wizard Did It. Why shouldn't a crazy soothsayer accidentally draw Otoya's soul forward 22 years? I don't really know how soothsaying works! That could happen on a twice-weekly basis! It might've been in the disclaimers when they booked on this guy's website!