The dialogue contains big speeches about lies, how acting is a lie, how audiences want to be lied to. Unlike a good idol deconstruction like Perfect Blue, Oshi no Ko is still pandering to the otaku. but as soon as you take a closer look you realize it's doing the same thing it tries to criticize. You get a dozen cute girls that all look the same but with different clothes and wigs, you got your edgy protagonist, you get the pretentious "self-awareness" that the show tries to show off
The story follows the apologetic simp trend that is so popular these days. Kinda ironic given the subject matter of the story. Combine that with a superficial studio and you get an anime that looks good on the surface but has no soul.
Oshi no Ko is what happens when a self-indulgent writer and a mediocre artist team up: An exposition-heavy mess with flat character designs and overall pretty unimaginative visual storytelling.
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