Takopii no Genzai Episode 6 Discussion

@clixc 9/10. Got a great rewatch value. Gonna miss this.


@mshfqtny You must watch the remaining episodes.

@aurora_yuuki this is the only anime i wouldn't rewatch because of how dark it is
10/10 nonetheless. I'm the type of person who has to watch cute cat videos after watching something dark and depressing to cool my mind lol

I think the ending works. Takopi knew they had the Happy Powers all along. Also, Takopi didn’t describe exactly what the Happy Powers were capable of doing apart from fixing the camera.

I believe the Happy Powers are like a wish, as implied by the shooting stars when the end credits roll. Although, it might be a bit of a stretch to say they’re connected. Maybe the studio wanted there to be a pretty night sky. I’m more inclined to agree with the latter tbh, but it’s a nice thought.

The point is, Takopi didn’t describe the Happy Powers in full. If they were capable of granting a wish, why wouldn’t Takopi use it earlier on, you may ask? Well, Takopi isn’t entirely naive. They may understand the concept of death, just not suicide or killing. Because of this knowledge, Takopi realizes that sacrifice (death) is only a last resort. Since Takopi is attached to Shizuka, and they realize that Shizuka isn’t truly happy at the end, they believe they have no other choice. That is when Takopi makes the wish.

Toward the end, Takopi realizes that all three of the characters are alone. Shizuka, at the beginning of the episode asks herself what she truly wanted. What she truly wanted was someone by her side (e.g; Chappy). Takopi being a cutesy, innocent alien may be able to help, but they cannot resolve the issues Marina, Shizuka, and Azuma have all by themself. Takopi takes it upon themself to grant a wish to rewind time and give them the company they need.

That is why only certain memories come back. And yes, it is deus ex machina. I don’t think the author had this all in mind from the start. Yet, it still works. There was no definition given to the Happy Powers unlike the previous gadgets. It is magic. It’s the magic that Shizuka couldn’t believe in. And Takopi would use it to make them all happy.


Another thing. Someone else described this anime as only existing to shock people. I don’t disagree that it is designed to shock people. I disagree that it’s the only purpose. If the anime had ended tragically, I wouldn’t disagree with that statement at all. Yet, the ending exists for a reason. The author made it end happily and gave it that ending for a reason. That reason? To tell people they’re not alone, to seek out help.

Maybe there isn’t anything Shizuka could’ve done like Shizuka said. Then it’s up to us to help others and be kind to others. Marina stopping to notice the Tapoki drawing was what gave us the happy ending. The bully had to stop and realize what they were doing was wrong. Was it because Marina would’ve originally chose to? No, of course not. It was because Tapoki had reminded her to. It wasn’t her choice, she never would’ve stopped bullying Shizuka. But in a better world (that we can make happen), we can stop to think like Tapoki and choose to be kind instead of bullies. We can end cycles of hatred. Yadadadada all that preachy stuff. Despite its “preachiness,” it’s still important.

Trash Ending. Why do Shizuka and Marina randomly remember Takopi in the new timeline? Why did the author think it was a good idea to have the deux ex machina camera return? Seriously, there are so many things that they could have expanded on if they wanted to give this series a better ending. The best part of the episode is when Shizuka is venting to Takopi and he apologizes for not being smart enough to understand the reality of the world. Everything after that squanders all of that for no reason. Takopi brings out the camera to change everything after it was already broken because the series decides to magically invent a new power because he got his memory back last episode. Then when we do the time travel shenanigans again and then Shizuka is beaten to an inch of her life by Marina and suddenly Marina just stops???? Then they become besties? I'd like to emphasize that the last two sentences are questions that will never be answered because it is NOT EXPLAINED. There is literally no explanation, it just happens!

@TehManiac they didn’t forget about all their problems at all, and just because the first five were extreme doesn’t mean it can’t have a happy ending, the whole point of this show, it’s themes and messages, get across regardless of the ending being happy or tragic, and most people wanted to see a happy ending where things kinda work out, it was rushed and the weakest episode but it was still the right idea

That's it? What? Like that's it? Why are they suddenly best friends? What did Takopi exactly do?

Deus ex machina bs

First of all, I apologize, because in the episode 5 discussion forum, I mistakenly thought that Shizuka killed Takopi.
But I'm curious—what actually happened after Shizuka was about to hit Takopi with a rock on that Tokyo city street?
Why did Takopi suddenly end up under the concrete structure—the same place where he first met Shizuka and Marin?

Also, was the news about the two missing girls in Tokyo caused by Shizuka?
But the two girls were found safe in the end, right?

My god, six episodes in and Takopii is still the same annoying mess he was at the start. He finally got his memories back last episode, and yet he's still going around saying things like, "DoN't YoU WaNna SeE ShIzUkA HaPPy?" Like seriously? Please for the lvoe of god, FUCKING STOP. At least Azuma showed some actual development. Meanwhile, Takopii hasn’t changed a bit, still clinging to this version of Shizuka that barely even feels like Shizuka anymore.

But ofc, since it’s the final episode and we have to force a happy ending, we somehow manage to change the mind of a literal murderer in under three minutes, because that totally makes sense. And then we reset the timeline, effectively making everything that happened completely pointless. What a joke. Oh, and somehow Marina and Shizuka magically remember Takopii after all that, just conveniently enough to give us a feel-good bonding moment at the end.

God, the show was already awful, but this ending honestly rivals disasters like Darling in the FranXX, truly. And the similarities are hard to ignore, both are carried almost entirely by their animation, with everything else falling apart. That said, I’m still genuinely curious to see where the studio goes from here. ENISHIYA is easily one of the most interesting new companies to emerge this decade. I just hope their next project actually lives up to their potential instead of being another frustrating waste of talent.

it's the same ending.