Takopi’s Original Sin Review: Devastating, Bittersweet, and Beautiful

Rating: 9/10 ⭐️🐙

This anime caught my attention because of the online hype; at just six episodes I expected a quick watch, but instead I was hit with something heavy and gut‑wrenching. From the start, I felt for Shizuka, a young girl relentlessly bullied by Marina while her mother remained absent, with only her dog Chappy as comfort, until Takopi, an octopus‑like alien from a happy planet who arrives on Earth with happy gadgets, one of them being the Happy Camera that rewinds time. He tries to fix Shizuka’s suffering, but every reset only spirals into new pain.

One of the most haunting scenes for me was when Takopi disguises himself as Shizuka to talk to Marina, hoping to resolve the bullying. But when Marina lashes out, he freezes in terror, showing how fear can silence action. As the story unfolds, we see Marina’s cruelty mirrored by her own abusive home life. Azuma, on the other hand, struggles to live up to impossible parental expectations. Together, their stories show how each child was shaped and broken by the adults around them. The way trauma fed into cruelty, manipulation, and despair was heartbreaking. Shizuka herself, once the victim, starts to manipulate others, and I began questioning how much of her innocence remained, though given the neglect and heartbreak she endured, her descent feels tragically believable.

The story reaches devastating lows. Shizuka is rejected by her father, the truth about Chappy comes out, and Marina meets a violent end in another timeline. All the while, Takopi keeps trying desperately to make things right. The final twist, with Takopi sacrificing himself through one last reset, erases his presence but leaves Shizuka and Marina with a faint chance to bond, bound by the memory of someone who once brought them joy. It isn’t a happy ending in the conventional sense, but it offers a fragile hope that the cycle of trauma might finally break.

What absolutely enraged me was the adults: neglectful, manipulative, abusive, and pressuring. Every one of them failed their children in ways that made me, as a parent, furious, and after finishing this anime I just wanted to hug my one‑year‑old son tightly. In that moment I felt grateful that he is still surrounded by warmth and love, and it made me think about how deeply a parent’s love or lack of it shapes a child’s world. Takopi’s Original Sin is an unforgettable watch: devastating, bittersweet, and strangely beautiful.