Ruby has made it her goal to perform as a top idol in one of the biggest domes. She is currently striving to become like her renowned mother, Ai Hoshino, in order to continue the legacy she has left behind. This means that there are a lot of things in Ruby’s life that she needs to work and focus on, but is love also one of them?
Therefore, Ruby’s love life has also stirred a lot of questions. Whether Ruby will end up with someone or not remains a vast wonder to all, unlike Aqua, who has experienced blushing at Akane’s imitation of Ai. Aqua also had Kana Arima, who confessed to herself that she does love Aqua, and a lot of girls have shown admiration for him after the LoveNow reality tv show. He may look like Aqua is ahead of his sister in love. However, Ruby has always liked and loved someone, even before being reincarnated as Ai Hoshino’s daughter.
Who Does Ruby Hoshino Like?
Ruby Hoshino has strong feelings of attachment to a person who genuinely cared for during her previous life. Sarina Tendouji was the name of Ruby before being reincarnated as one of the twins of Ai Hoshino. Compared to the life she lives today, Sarina Tendouji suffered from a severe illness called anaplastic astrocytoma.
Ruby Hoshino has a huge potential to make it big in the entertainment industry because of her beautiful face, charm, and passion that she inherited from her mother. With her blonde hair, sparkling pink eyes, the flashing star in her right eye, and her optimistic personality, Ruby Hoshino is qualified to be a top idol. All she needs is to put in more effort and continue her dedication and passion in pursuing her dream. But, no matter how glamorous her life is now, Ruby still cannot forget a man from her past.
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Like most isekai shows, Aqua and Ruby Hoshino maintained their experiences, knowledge, and memories from their past life. She doesn’t have the confidence to tell her brother about the life she used to live because, compared to today, she was a very frail girl who even had difficulties standing up. However, even living such miserable life, Sarina chose to continue being optimistic.
She made Ai Hoshino one of her inspirations to become better. Sarina (Ruby Hoshino) wished to attend one of B-Komachi’s concerts someday. She also used her longing to go home with her family as a motivation, as well as one of the doctors who treated her with immense kindness, Gorou Amamiya.
The anime adaptation of Oshi no Ko began with the life Ruby and Aqua used to live as Gorou and Sarina. In episode one, it was featured that the two were very close to each other. Gorou is one of the doctors in the hospitals who showed great empathy and care toward his patients, including Sarina.
Sarina spent all of her time in the hospital until her sickness completely took over her body and stole her life. However, the moments she spent inside those white walls were not so empty because of the friendship she formed with Dr. Gorou Amamiya. Sarina’s obsession with Ai Hoshino made Gorou love idols, too, particularly Ai. Despite their huge age gap, Sarina found comfort in the company of Gorou as well as him.
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Episode one of Oshi no Ko featured Sarina and Gorou having a heartfelt conversation. During his internship at the hospital, Gorou spent a lot of his time talking to her. In one of their conversations, Sarina expressed her aspiration to become an idol herself and not only look at them from afar.
Sarina brought out the topic of being reincarnated, mainly as someone connected to celebrities. This might be because she knows that her illness might not allow her to pursue that dream. However, Gorou told her she was cute enough that being reborn as a relative of a celebrity was not needed. He encouraged her to have faith that she would surpass the disease that was making her suffer for many years.
Sarina, you’re cute too. There’s no need to be reincarnated. Once you are discharged, go and became an idol. Then, I’ll be your fan.
Gorou Amamiya to Sarina Tendouji (Episode 1)
These kind words of Gorou Amamiya made Sarina blissfully hug him and tell him that she loved him. Sarina even followed it up with a request for Gorou to marry her. But, of course, she was only a happy 12 years old girl. As an adult, Gorou answered that he would only consider her marriage proposal when she turned 16.
Because of Sarina’s case, Gorou’s statement turned out to be a sad and hopeful statement. It sounded mean to her because she knew she wouldn’t last that long. Sarina knew that her illness was already eating away her life from her. Thus, it remained a big question to fans, Sarina, and Gorou if these feelings of love she once conveyed to the doctor were true love or mere infatuation.
But what’s certain is Gorou Amamiya’s admiration towards Sarina. This is because she is the reason why his dedication to supporting Ai Hoshino started. In addition, Ai Hoshino reminded her of Sarina; hence, supporting her was also to keep her memory alive.
Spoiler Warning: This part of the article contains major manga spoilers that are yet to be animated. Read at your own risk.
Is Gorou Amamiya (Aqua Hoshino) Ruby’s First Love?
Yes, he is her first love! Sarina Tendouji died, but her feelings for Gorou stayed even after being reincarnated. With the lively life that Sarina or Ruby Hoshino now has as one of the children of Ai, she can make her dreams of being an idol come to life.
Before, she couldn’t gather the strength to stand up or walk due to her sickness, but as Ruby, she can now attend plenty of auditions, do live streamings, and sing and dance in concerts. But despite her success in her reincarnated life, Ruby was always looking for one person in the sea of B-Komachi fans, which is none other than Gorou Amamiya.
In episode 10, the newly formed B-Komachi are relentlessly preparing for their upcoming debut performance at the Japan Idol Festival. One night before their performance, Kana Arima and Ruby had a sentimental conversation. Ruby shared her experience as a shut-in in the past and how much she relied on idols as her source of happiness, excluding all the reincarnated stuff.
Ruby slowly achieving the dream she once thought was a punch to the moon made her look back to her life as an idol otaku when she was still Sarina. However, the surprising part during their conversation was when she admitted to Kana that Gorou Amamiya was her first love. Ruby being unaware that Gorou Amamiya died and was reincarnated as his twin brother, made her believe he was still an idol otaku like before.
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Furthermore, it was not only Kana for whom Ruby expressed her feelings for Gorou. In chapter 77 of the original manga, Ruby happily tells Akane Kurokawa that she likes someone older than her. Though she never mentioned the name to Akane, the only person in Ruby’s mind at that time was Gorou Amamiya. She admitted that it was him who gave him the reason to live and also wanted to meet him someday so that she could show how far she had come, even as Ruby.
Right after expressing her feelings for Gorou to Akane, Ruby was shockingly devastated by something they found – the corpse of Gorou Amamiya. This changed Ruby because she always thought that the person she loved was out there living his life happily. It was not until chapter 122 that both Ruby and Aqua found out about each other’s real identities before being reincarnated.
In chapter 122, while Aqua was comforting his sister, who was having a meltdown, he found out through the keychain she was holding that she was Sarina. Thus, he couldn’t help but call Ruby the name he had long spoken of. This surprised Ruby, especially since her twin brother also mentioned her past moments in the hospital. Aqua’s actions made her realize that he is not just her brother but is also the man she was always looking for.
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Ruby cried tears of joy and hugged Aqua like before they were still Gorou and Sarina. She couldn’t contain her happiness because the person she thought all this time was dead was actually alive and had always been near him. She was ecstatic to have finally found him after searching and longing for him. However, does she still feel the same? Well, it seems like it.
The reaction of Ruby and Aqua after finding out their real identities proved that their love and care for each other was always there. They were able to give the fans the heartfelt reunion they have always anticipated between the two. Aqua made Ruby realize that being an idol is the dream she has always wanted for herself, not for Ai.
He told her that back then, Sarina Tendouji was even more radiant than Ai. While this chapter was truly heartfelt, what wasn’t anticipated was Ruby repeating her marriage proposal when she was still Sarina, even now that she is his twin sister.
You said you’d marry me when I turn 16, right? Sensei, I have already turned 16.
Ruby Hoshino to Aqua Hoshino (Chapter 123)
Although chapter 123 ended with this statement of Ruby, it can be safely assumed that Aqua’s reaction will be like most fans – surprised. Yes, the two might have the potential before Sarina and Gorou. And the promise of Gorou could have been fulfilled. However, for some fans, things are different, especially since they are now biologically related.
As of the writing of this article, Ruby does love Aqua as a family. It is unclear if the affection Ruby once had for Gorou is the same as she feels about Aqua. However, what is certain is that Sarina Tendouji was, is, and will always consider Gorou Amamiya her first love.
Fans Reactions
For fans, the two might have worked out if only they were not siblings. Now, the statement of Ruby has caused fans to have an outburst because of her words, “You said you’d marry me when I turn 16, right? Sensei, I have already turned 16.” For most fans, this is outrageous because no proper person would say this to their brother.
Some fans immediately took their frustrations on Twitter after the release of chapter 123 because of the last panel where Ruby told that statement to Aqua, or as she knows him now, Gorou Amamiya:
However, some fans are also hopeful that Ruby’s words are not to be taken seriously.
A fan also assumed that this might just be her imitating Ai Hoshino’s expertise in lying since Ruby will star as her mother in a movie centered on Ai’s life:
The relationship between Gorou and Sarina has changed since they got reincarnated as Ruby and Aqua. Sarina was only 12 years old at that time and didn’t have enough love she needed, but not until Gorou came into her life. It is natural for her to grow an attachment to him, and it is understandable that Gorou admired Sarina’s strength.
Ruby Hoshino is a smart girl, even when she was still Sarina Tendouji. She is a bright and lively girl. It is possible that these words of hers might only mean to be taken as a joke to bring up the silly proposal she once made to Gorou Amamiya.