There are some shows out there that are inherently hard to recommend to people. It’s not because the media is not good or badly written, but because the media takes you a journey far from a happy one. How do you recommend media so immersed in tragedy, shock value and inherent horror themes? In a world where many people see media as a form of escapism, I totally understand that I never want to touch such a show Takopi’s original sinbut I will never agree with the idea that such a media should not exist. Just like how the kids on this show have to deal with situations that far exceed anyone should face, it is sometimes worth exploring these tricky real problems in the safety environment of audiences to avoid such situations in the real world.
Don’t let the cute alien mascot fool me into like me when I first read the original comics based on this series. This is not a timid story. Takopi’s original sin It is a story about issues such as bullying, suicide, neglect of children, abuse and murder of children. There will be many moments in these six episodes, which actually run into some of the most realistic and terrifying images you’ve seen over a considerable period of time. The series’ directing approach utilizes hard cuts and sharp scene transitions to really ring the frustrating situation. It’s a sense of pride in its juxtaposition, watching things through the lens of a simple alien mascot character as it is exposed to some of the worst-case scenarios that humans have to offer. The whole show feels like a harsh reality check, with pure creatures slowly realizing that the world doesn’t follow. It shows that simple and clear things like trying to make others happy are much more difficult than you think.
I’m grateful for such a fact Takopi’s original sin Not only can it be entered from time to time, even if it is easy to enter. Given the massive abuse on display, there may be a few minutes in which you feel overwhelmingly uncomfortable. You see a little girl hang herself, you see people being defeated and the character’s sanity deteriorates in real time. There are even times when I have to pause the show and walk for a minute off my table just to restore my bearings. But that’s how I invest in the series. It’s like watching a train crash: you know it’s a tragedy, you want to look away, but you keep going back to it because you want to make sure everyone involved in the crash gets out of that. Whether it’s the weird alien or the two primary school leaders, I just want to reach into the screen and embrace everyone and tell them everything will be OK while also accepting the reality that even if I can, it won’t change.
Our main role is just elementary school students, but despite being in a small and isolated town, what they experience is common. The subject is that parents’ screwed up actions can inadvertently spill on the children they should be caring for. The reputation of the hostess’ mother can lead to their children being seen as parasites, and abuse in a broken family can distort a person’s perception of others. Violence has intensified more violent incidents and the cycle continues to evolve. It is appropriately frightening to touch all these atrocities through an innocent, Derby little mascot character who barely understands things over the age of five. Unfortunately, the kids who tried to help were used to abuse, but Tarkibe went through it for the first time. It wants to help, but the lack of understanding of the situation makes it difficult.
Takopi wants to help these girls become friends and try out a bunch of quirky devices that won’t be too out of place in more typical comedy anime, such as magical ribbons and time travel cameras, but quirky anime habits can barely put the dent into a cold, tough reality. This is also reflected in the speech. We’ll get really cute and happy mascot music and whenever Takopi is on screen it feels like something on Saturday morning Magic Girls show. Its sound acts pleasantly exaggerating the points that sound annoying at first, and its circle is in stark contrast to everything else on Earth. Human characters are more angled and dirty. The scratches covered their entire body to reflect the abuse they were dealing with, and the palette was muddy. The best part of the show is that aesthetics can effectively cross over those short blissful moments, which seems to work. But we also have moments of silence. We sometimes scream in the background when the harsh reality of something horrible happens on the screen. This aims to create an environment where relaxation is almost impossible while watching the show.
It’s a very scary and cynical structure because even something narrative like literal time travel can’t break the cycle of abuse. It’s almost like this kind of animation is anti-academic, because even if a problem can be solved or a traumatic result is avoided, it will be emulated. The slow escalation of things will never get better, as if these primary school students’ tragedies were a fixed point in time, no matter what, no matter what. Unfortunately, this brings us to the end of the show, which is undoubtedly an incredible point. How do you end up justifying everything that happened when you spend nearly six episodes building an impossible situation?
I wouldn’t go that far and say the ending invalidates everything, I wouldn’t be able to solve all these problems on how to solve them. Thematically, I think it works, showing that life is terrible, but there is always a chance to get better, especially when you are with other people who really know you. The irony about tragedy is that it can be said that it can make people more than just a happy memory of each other. I can see what the show says at the end, which is very emotionally effective, but from a narrative point of view, it is very unsatisfactory. In some ways, I feel like things are a little shorter than they should have been, or a stronger elaboration of what happened in the last 15 minutes, which deviates everything from a specific result.
I do feel that if the show ends stronger and more fulfilling, this would be a strong suggestion for me personally. Watching shows like this has a certain amount of catharsis, walking around in horror tragedies or experiencing them from different angles can lead to intense emotional catharsis. No one wants to feel terrible, especially when the art itself seems almost on the hammering route, some tragedy cannot be avoided. But there is some comfort to watch Takapi desperately trying to help the two girls who are obviously experiencing something that will affect the rest of their lives. This tragedy is inherent, but it is only a stronger implementation of the idea that we, as people who need to do their best, do it for others. We may not fully understand what they are going through or there are always solutions, but if there is one thing that will certainly hammer the home, it is that being there is sometimes better than having those people alone. If you have a stomach and know what you are entering, then I think it might be a satirical show that can be uplifting and special in a sea of frustrating tragedy.
