Takopi's Original Sin
Oshimeter
Synopsis
Takopii, a cute squid-like alien from the Planet Happy, travels to Earth carrying a bag of magical gadgets designed to make people smile. He meets Shizuka Kuze, a quiet fourth-grader who won't smile no matter what he tries. Don't let the adorable alien mascot concept fool you, but this one goes to some genuinely dark places. Shizuka is dealing with relentless bullying from a classmate named Marina, a fractured home life, and the kind of loneliness that no magic gadget can fix. Takopii doesn't understand any of this. He's from a planet where happiness is the default state, so he keeps pulling out cheerful little devices thinking they'll solve everything, and they just... don't. His inability to grasp why a child is suffering becomes the central tension of the whole thing, and it hits way harder than you'd expect from a 6-episode ONA. The time travel elements kick in when Takopii's desperation escalates, and that's when the story really starts twisting. If you liked the tonal whiplash of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the emotional gut-punches of Anohana, or the time-loop stakes of Erased, this is in that same neighborhood. Studio Enishiya adapted the manga faithfully, and at only six episodes it never wastes your time. It's a compact, emotionally heavy watch that uses its sci-fi premise to examine how hard it actually is to help someone who's drowning, especially when you don't even understand water.
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Things start to make more sense, but not in a good way. Looking back at what happened before just feels different, and the ending hits a bit.
The people around these kids are so out of touch and it's just painful to watch. Nothing really explodes, it just keeps piling on and on.
Pacing's slower here but it still kept me hooked. There's a scene where Takopi tries something unexpected that somehow managed to be both tense and a little funny at the same time.
Watching Takopi make the same mistakes over and over gets genuinely annoying. Then the ending just comes out of nowhere and suddenly none of that matters anymore.
The art style really had me fooled going in. Didn't take long before things took a turn, and by the end I was just kind of staring at my screen not knowing what to do with that.
Doesn't fix everything — the real problems are still there. But watching these characters finally find each other after all of it is more than enough
Shizuka got absolutely crushed by her father is so hard to watch. That "Who are you?" line is a total gut punch.
What
i should've known i wouldn't be able to survive this
i'm honestly surprised i didn't cry at least once
a perfect adaptation for an incredible story
Very good, it managed to make me uncomfortable which is AMAZING because I am extremely apathetic to basically anything I watch so feeling uncomfortable from a show is great
When Shizuka was finally happy
depressing Af but brilliant
This was an episode I rewatched quite a dozen times. The message of the story sinks on the audience heavily. Highlights the importance of understanding before dismissing people's feelings and thinking that your solution is always the right solution. No one's life is perfect, and a little connection is sometimes all it takes to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Dark, depressing with a hopeful ending
Fina agridulce para los 4 personajes con un reinicio mejor al inicial pero sin el adorable alienígena, aunque sigue su eco emocional en ellos.
Sumamente crudo con flashback que nos revela el origen de todo y los deseos inocentes de Takopi por querer ayudar.
Capitulo mas enfocado en Azuma y sus problemas familiares y sentimientos de presión . Es bastante desgarrador pero a mi gusto una obra maestra sin suavizar nada.
Capitulo emocionalmente difícil de ver, profundiza la parte psicológico de los personajes y sus respectivas crianzas.
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