Takopi’s Original Sin

An anime that is based on subverting expectations. It’s a depressing school drama wrapped in a comedy anime about a 4th grader, Shizuka, that meets always optimistic alien, Takopi.

 

The 4th grader, in contrast, is depressed, suicidal. Her father absent, her mother is an escort (in other words, prostitute) and she’s bullied at school. The only positive part of her life is the dog that’s left from her father.

 

It quickly turns out into a “Groundhog Day” time loop story, where Takopi tries to prevent Shizuka from killing herself by unraveling the cause in an naive, alien way. Until it doesn’t.

In the first episode it’s revealed that the bully, Marina, hates Shizuka because her father frequents Shizuka’s mother. And I thought that now the motivations of the different characters will slowly unravel. I also expected that Takopi is an imaginary friend. Instead, in the second episode Marina is killed by accident, and 3rd episode is dedicated to hiding a dead girl body.
Still, it is interesting how psychological some dialogs are. Marina calls Shizuka “parasite”, and it could be because her family is on some kind of social care (she’s obviously poor). But then turns out Marina’s father calls her mother “parasite” (she’s a housewife).