Takopi's Original Sin
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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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I've watched this twice over and it always gets me to be more grateful for my friends and the people around me. It really is an eye opener. I'm looking forward to the new movie coming out too, I hope it will get a bigger fan base with some extra scenes and such. I will say the fact it is a short series is such a shame because it had a lot more potential for something bigger. (*´･ω･)
He found me crying. He crew too. We both crode. 😢😭
> awww omg cutiepies > kms > awww its all ok hes making it better > kms even worse > its better ig but at what cost,,
This anime really spreads awarness for all kinds of things like bullying and how a divorce can affect a child and that is what i really love about this anime
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.
So emotional
Made me cry so many times, such a beautiful impactful anime
Don’t play with ropes kids
Th best anime of 2025. You should watch it
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
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