Takopii no Genzai Episode 3 Discussion

@llcrazyacell sure, but that doesn't mean its not manipulative. Manipulation is a common defense mechanism in children.

We been celebrating Marina death all week. Thank you Takopi for your contribution to humanity, but NOTHING could’ve prepared me for how crazy this episode was gonna get holy shit. I think I have a pretty good idea how things will end, but there’s gonna be a lot of pain and suffering before that.

I’ve seen some crazy romances, but holy shit Azuma falling in love with Shizuka because she asked him to help cover up a murder is fucking crazy 😭 obviously this is because of his need for validation and praise due to his abusive POS mother who only compliments his brother and withholds food from him, but still. Just the fact his eyes light up like no tomorrow seeing Shizuka rely on him like this is insane.

Also the way bro was willing to steal his older brother’s ring just because Shizuka gave him a little bit of encouragement.. he’s desperate not to disappoint anyone because of the trauma from his mother :/

This series is just a disaster-class in parenting, literally everyone’s a pos that needs to die. There’s no book on what to do to be a good parent, but this series is sure as hell a good guide of things NOT to do. Azuma’s mom emotionally abusing him so he gets good grades, Marina mom emotionally and physically abusing her to cope with the shitty dad, Shizuka’s worthless mother.. what’s in the water in that town?

Takopi going through Marina’s daily routine and seeing the abuse she goes through every day.. yikes. I was kinda thinking the mom might kill herself when Takopi/marina said she wanted to go live with the dad, instead she broke down and we see how truly broken a person she is. I do think deep down she cares about Marina, but she’s taken all that pain out on her instead of just leaving her shitty husband. I can’t forgive that.

So how I think this’ll go. Now that Takopi feels bad for killing Marina and understands all the abuse she goes through daily, I believe he’ll somehow try and turn back time and go back to make Marina and Shizuka become friends. Clearly that’s the only way for everyone to get a happy ending. He’ll understand more about Marina and really be able to connect with her this time. BUT in the meantime, I think this’ll get a lot darker and sadder and I’m excited to see it. This story’s amazing

Takopi is too pure for this story, he needs to be in a precure series not a psychological horror.

one thing interesting, Takopi doesn't know how to go back to his home planet, something tells me that's his original sin, something happened in his home.

only more 3 episodes guys, so short.. OMG 🥲, I'm already liking this series.

Reminder that Marina did nothing wrong and Shizuka is a bitch who deserves everything that happened to her.

@Marinate1016 Never have kids

@LucianF I have a hunch it no longer exists. A terrible hunch that he had something to do with it, anyway.

@GoateeMusic it's very uncomfortable for a lot of people to think of anything unconscious as manipulation, because most of the time there's a certain level of intentionality implied in conversation when a word as heavy as "manipulation" is being used.

Not saying it can't happen, of course. Hell, from my college days, I'm still in therapy fighting with the idea of if I was guilty of that or vice versa - friendships ending were very messy, especially when a lot of it also came down to political differences and ways we saw the world at large.

Point being though, that kind of thing is a lot harder to pin down, though I agree that we can assume from how blatantly the boy's crush was illustrated that the audience is meant to draw on the idea that, intentionally or not, his brains and dedication is making him to be some kind of useful idiot for her, as harsh as it may be to say.



@Gonta29 you mean the camera that broke episode 2? or did I miss something?