| I think that it is possible Odokawa is the only one seeing everyone as animals. In episode 6 where the whole gun thing happened everyone thought dobu was the shooter when it was the cat guy. If everyone saw each other as animals it would have been clear that it was not dobu and some cat. Odokawa also notes how he is good at spotting people in crowds, him seeing everyone as animals would explain why. Also in the most recent episode the gorilla talks about curing Odokawa. So he probably has so sort of disease causing him to see people as animals. It should also be noted that Odokawa is the only person to address people by their animal names. |
ClobbopusJun 30, 2021 1:49 PM
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| Oh wow, that's actually super interesting. I'm not expecting them to ever reveal it but if they do, I wouldn't be sad if this is the case since it would be a cool twist |
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Clobbopus said: Love this theory and 100% agree. Thanks for putting it out into words. Episode 7 confirmed that more too when dobu is surprised odokawa recognized him in the mask as if he's not a baboon underneath it.I think that it is possible Odokawa is the only one seeing everyone as animals. In episode 6 where the whole gun thing happened everyone thought dobu was the shooter when it was the cat guy. If everyone saw each other as animals it would have been clear that it was not dobu and some cat. Odokawa also notes how he is good at spotting people in crowds, him seeing everyone as animals would explain why. Also in the most recent episode the gorilla talks about curing Odokawa. So he probably has so sort of disease causing him to see people as animals. It should also be noted that Odokawa is the only person to address people by their animal names. |
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| Yeah the latest episode pretty much confirmed that at this point. |
| check out odd taxi |
| I think Odokawa has: 1)PTSD 2)Amnesia 3)Schizophrenia It may be odd (BUT THE TITLE SAYS ODD TAXI so xD), but Odokawa may ACTUALLY be the same taxi driver responsible for the deaths of police-brother's parents O_o. This may be the event that made him forget the incident and turned him into a schizo who sees people as animals (Dobu made this clear in episode 7; though ep6 made good hints on it too. Odokawa sees Dobu as a freaking gorilla, and there aren't many gorillas running around, hence why he located him so easily. Considering how Dobu is actually just a random human with a mask - it makes sense why he's so surprised with Odokawa and even asks him "do you see people's aura or something?" This question doesn't make sense since SUPPOSEDLY there are different species of animals everywhere thus locating certain species/people in the crowd should be rather easy!) I also theorize that the lost girl may actually be the dead girl they discovered in ep7. So far we have no evidence that there's anyone in Odokawa's house at all (they haven't even made a sound and It doesn't seem like they eat or drink). Also, OP shows someone hiding in Odokawa's house and then we see how this someone is "inside/back of Odokawa's head". This either implies that Odokawa is the only one who knows about her, or she may just be a part of Odokawa's imagination - thus only inside his head. The missing girl may have asked Odokawa to hide her in his house, but Odokawa could have refused, resulting in her death. odokawa may be blaming himself for this and imagining that he chose to hide her that day, and that he's still hiding her. xD |
| Also, isn't it funny xD in the OP Odokawa is trying to pet a LITTERAL cat! So, there are catgirls and cats? odd. |
Sigmar-Unberogen said: Also, isn't it funny xD in the OP Odokawa is trying to pet a LITTERAL cat! So, there are catgirls and cats? odd. Also someone mentions that they had a pet bird somewhere. I think it was the cat dude but idk |
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| ohhhh thats interesting. makes a lot of sense too, since i dont think the other characters besides him have referred to each other as the animals they are |
| I agree. Even though they are show as animals, they dont have any other animal trait aside from appearance, nor the characters call each other by what animal they are. At first I thought it was the anime way to somehow highlight their personalities showing them as animals, but Odakawa seems to have a brain disease, so this makes sense. |
| As a counterpoint... In episode 6, when the "horse" comedian Baba indicates that the "poodle" Rui may be keeping him as a pet, she does respond "I don't want a pet with a horse face". Clever distraction? |
aeroperf said: As a counterpoint... In episode 6, when the "horse" comedian Baba indicates that the "poodle" Rui may be keeping him as a pet, she does respond "I don't want a pet with a horse face". Clever distraction? The animal they are probably resembles their irl face in a way. If anything this makes it even more likely because why would you say horse face when you can just say horse? |
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kaiki_fan_boy said: Yeah the latest episode pretty much confirmed that at this point. Nothing impresses you, right? xD Clobbopus said: I think that it is possible Odokawa is the only one seeing everyone as animals. In episode 6 where the whole gun thing happened everyone thought dobu was the shooter when it was the cat guy. If everyone saw each other as animals it would have been clear that it was not dobu and some cat. Odokawa also notes how he is good at spotting people in crowds, him seeing everyone as animals would explain why. Also in the most recent episode the gorilla talks about curing Odokawa. So he probably has so sort of disease causing him to see people as animals. It should also be noted that Odokawa is the only person to address people by their animal names. Cool Theory. Would explain a lot of things, you're right. Glad I read it :) Thank you |
Merve2LoveMay 18, 2021 7:09 PM
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| A good point to support this theory is the full OP of the series. (watch at 2:55 onwards) Throughout the video you see humans, however, Odokawa is the only "animal" in the video. At 2:55 you see the rearview mirror from Odokawa's perspective and both the people in the back seat appear as animals, which hints that it's just Odokawa that sees people as animals. But this is a music video so same rules don't apply. |
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| I agree that Odokawa is absolutely the only one seeing everyone as animals. I’m also thinking that the “thing” Odokawa talks to at his house is a regular pet cat, like the one at the beginning of the OP. Like, maybe the Nerima girl passed on her pet cat to Odokawa before going missing because she knew something would happen to her? I’m not really going off of anything. It’s just a strong gut feeling. |
| I actually really like this theory, it's extremely interesting and it changed the way I saw this anime, slowly but surely Odd Taxi is gaining more and more respect as a great anime of this season. |
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| This is an amazing theory honestly. It really explains why the show isn’t like Beastars which is defined by animals and their biological behaviors and it adds a new level of nuance to Odokawa as an unreliable narrator. Although we cheer for him, it’s ambiguous if he’s always doing the right thing. The only ‘hole’ in this theory I suppose is that we see everyone as animals even when Odokawa is not on screen, but I think it’s negated by the fact that Odokawa is the main character and he’s our gateway to the anime. I was gonna reference this too, but also, the fact that we get a lot of PUNPEE cameos (he wears the lumberjack hat) in animal form, just like in the MV, it heavily implies at least Odokawa sees everyone differently, just like the MV. I think the only way the MV could’ve made more sense is if we saw Odokawa’s human form in the MV and how looking in the mirror shows the animals (i.e. seeing himself and the two OP singers) but I feel like the theory is very solid and well-supported ^^ Judevin said: A good point to support this theory is the full OP of the series. (watch at 2:55 onwards) Throughout the video you see humans, however, Odokawa is the only "animal" in the video. At 2:55 you see the rearview mirror from Odokawa's perspective and both the people in the back seat appear as animals, which hints that it's just Odokawa that sees people as animals. But this is a music video so same rules don't apply. |
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| I wrote it off early on but at this point I just can't imagine this not being the case |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
firstawahono said: I think odokawa is the boss haha Isn't the boss the elephant? I think the theory that everyone is human and it's just Odokawa that sees everyone as animals is sound. It is known that Odkawa experienced quite a few traumatic events like his parents abandoning him, having to grow up in a support group/facility (I guess an orphanage), he was in an vehicular accident and the last one is he was kidnapped himself when he was young and his parents didn't want to pay the ransom (the abandonment part). Perhaps, Odokawa wanted revenge against his kidnapper "Don-chan" (the friend of the Elephant (maybe an Antelope) Boss, who's daughter is currently missing) and has kidnapped his daughter. This show is so damn intriguing, I was hailing Mashiro no Oto as my favourite of the season but watching this, I'm not too sure anymore. |
JCDRANZERMay 23, 2021 2:50 AM
| This will be a long message, so hear me out (in addition to shamlessly plugging my forum disucssion on these happenings): https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1920951 Clobbopus said: Most people would just assume that this theory is a layman one, but that's because people like you and me (and the rest of us here) only tends to see from the anime's focal point and not looking at the rest of the stuff OUTSIDE the anime (say like the Production Committee, OP/ED MVs and what-have-yous).I think that it is possible Odokawa is the only one seeing everyone as animals. In episode 6 where the whole gun thing happened everyone thought dobu was the shooter when it was the cat guy. If everyone saw each other as animals it would have been clear that it was not dobu and some cat. Odokawa also notes how he is good at spotting people in crowds, him seeing everyone as animals would explain why. Also in the most recent episode the gorilla talks about curing Odokawa. So he probably has so sort of disease causing him to see people as animals. It should also be noted that Odokawa is the only person to address people by their animal names. And this is the most obvious hint that we had so far from the beginning: Judevin said: Even if this was just a plain ol' OP MV, PLEASE DO NOT downsize this significance because it adds to the pverall mystery of the entire plot of the show.A good point to support this theory is the full OP of the series. (watch at 2:55 onwards) Throughout the video you see humans, however, Odokawa is the only "animal" in the video. At 2:55 you see the rearview mirror from Odokawa's perspective and both the people in the back seat appear as animals, which hints that it's just Odokawa that sees people as animals. But this is a music video so same rules don't apply. IshigamiCrisis said: To reference this, we are just as blind as how Odokawa is like now, but with seemingly the entire cast coming together to witness an odd person, it's gonna slowly reveal more facts and figures to support and debunk whatever theories we will have now.This is an amazing theory honestly. It really explains why the show isn’t like Beastars which is defined by animals and their biological behaviors and it adds a new level of nuance to Odokawa as an unreliable narrator. Although we cheer for him, it’s ambiguous if he’s always doing the right thing. The only ‘hole’ in this theory I suppose is that we see everyone as animals even when Odokawa is not on screen, but I think it’s negated by the fact that Odokawa is the main character and he’s our gateway to the anime. I was gonna reference this too, but also, the fact that we get a lot of PUNPEE cameos (he wears the lumberjack hat) in animal form, just like in the MV, it heavily implies at least Odokawa sees everyone differently, just like the MV. I think the only way the MV could’ve made more sense is if we saw Odokawa’s human form in the MV and how looking in the mirror shows the animals (i.e. seeing himself and the two OP singers) but I feel like the theory is very solid and well-supported ^^ JCDRANZER said: That was what I was questioning at the very beginning: who's the ACTUAL boss: Donraku the baboon or Kuroda the hippo.firstawahono said: I think odokawa is the boss haha Isn't the boss the elephant? I think the theory that everyone is human and it's just Odokawa that sees everyone as animals. It is known that Odkawa experienced quite a few traumatic events like his parents abandoning him, having to grow up in a support group/facility (I guess an orphanage), he was in an vehicular accident and the last one is he was kidnapped himself when he was young and his parents didn't want to pay the ransom (the abandonment part). Perhaps, Odokawa wanted revenge against his kidnapper "Don-chan" (the friend of the Elephant (maybe an Antelope) Boss, who's daughter is currently missing) and has kidnapped his daughter. This show is so damn intriguing, I was hailing Mashiro no Oto as my favourite of the season but watching this, I'm not too sure anymore. Most people here REALLY MISSED this crucial information: https://oddtaxi.jp/#cast But there's one thing y'all can do: seek out my reference discussion and pave more theory crafting, I will have more information soon! |
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KANLen09 said: This will be a long message, so hear me out (in addition to shamlessly plugging my forum disucssion on these happenings): https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1920951 Clobbopus said: Most people would just assume that this theory is a layman one, but that's because people like you and me (and the rest of us here) only tends to see from the anime's focal point and not looking at the rest of the stuff OUTSIDE the anime (say like the Production Committee, OP/ED MVs and what-have-yous).I think that it is possible Odokawa is the only one seeing everyone as animals. In episode 6 where the whole gun thing happened everyone thought dobu was the shooter when it was the cat guy. If everyone saw each other as animals it would have been clear that it was not dobu and some cat. Odokawa also notes how he is good at spotting people in crowds, him seeing everyone as animals would explain why. Also in the most recent episode the gorilla talks about curing Odokawa. So he probably has so sort of disease causing him to see people as animals. It should also be noted that Odokawa is the only person to address people by their animal names. And this is the most obvious hint that we had so far from the beginning: Judevin said: Even if this was just a plain ol' OP MV, PLEASE DO NOT downsize this significance because it adds to the pverall mystery of the entire plot of the show.A good point to support this theory is the full OP of the series. (watch at 2:55 onwards) Throughout the video you see humans, however, Odokawa is the only "animal" in the video. At 2:55 you see the rearview mirror from Odokawa's perspective and both the people in the back seat appear as animals, which hints that it's just Odokawa that sees people as animals. But this is a music video so same rules don't apply. IshigamiCrisis said: To reference this, we are just as blind as how Odokawa is like now, but with seemingly the entire cast coming together to witness an odd person, it's gonna slowly reveal more facts and figures to support and debunk whatever theories we will have now.This is an amazing theory honestly. It really explains why the show isn’t like Beastars which is defined by animals and their biological behaviors and it adds a new level of nuance to Odokawa as an unreliable narrator. Although we cheer for him, it’s ambiguous if he’s always doing the right thing. The only ‘hole’ in this theory I suppose is that we see everyone as animals even when Odokawa is not on screen, but I think it’s negated by the fact that Odokawa is the main character and he’s our gateway to the anime. I was gonna reference this too, but also, the fact that we get a lot of PUNPEE cameos (he wears the lumberjack hat) in animal form, just like in the MV, it heavily implies at least Odokawa sees everyone differently, just like the MV. I think the only way the MV could’ve made more sense is if we saw Odokawa’s human form in the MV and how looking in the mirror shows the animals (i.e. seeing himself and the two OP singers) but I feel like the theory is very solid and well-supported ^^ JCDRANZER said: That was what I was questioning at the very beginning: who's the ACTUAL boss: Donraku the baboon or Kuroda the hippo.Isn't the boss the elephant? I think the theory that everyone is human and it's just Odokawa that sees everyone as animals. It is known that Odkawa experienced quite a few traumatic events like his parents abandoning him, having to grow up in a support group/facility (I guess an orphanage), he was in an vehicular accident and the last one is he was kidnapped himself when he was young and his parents didn't want to pay the ransom (the abandonment part). Perhaps, Odokawa wanted revenge against his kidnapper "Don-chan" (the friend of the Elephant (maybe an Antelope) Boss, who's daughter is currently missing) and has kidnapped his daughter. This show is so damn intriguing, I was hailing Mashiro no Oto as my favourite of the season but watching this, I'm not too sure anymore. Most people here REALLY MISSED this crucial information: https://oddtaxi.jp/#cast But there's one thing y'all can do: seek out my reference discussion and pave more theory crafting, I will have more information soon! So I originally dismissed the cast list because the image of the "connection tree" didn't load but I just opened it again and I see a few interesting things such as:- 1.) The Skunk and The Hippo have some kind of connection with the pink-haired bunny girl, there is no actual arrow between the Skunk and her but just a line that becomes an arrow when it goes to Odakawa, whereas, it's an arrow from The Bunny Girl to The Hippo. My assumption is that she is only aware of him via his social media antics and that she herself works at the cabaret with the Skunk. 2.) Interestingly there are no lines or arrows that connect to the Elephant Yakuza except the dashed arrow of him looking for the missing girl. 3.) The dashed arrows means they are looking for this person or investigating the person. 4.) Donraku is Don-chan and probably a gangster gone clean (since he's a Rakugoka entertainer) but is based in Nerima and is on friendly terms (or not) with Kuroad the Yakuza Elephant....actually he's a Yakuza Tapir. Another thing that we haven't deduced, is who is ditch-11, I think it might be Shirakawa herself since she knows it's the only eraser of it's kind in the world. At first, I thought it might have been given to her via Dobu but I remembered when Odakawa asked her to sing and she just started belting a song, perhaps her interests lie in Rakugoka. Originally I had forgotten that Shirakawa had the eraser and I thought it might be with Don-chan's daughter (the missing girl). Perhaps, her money problems stem from the fact that she spends too much on Zooden but it would have had to been a lot of money though. What do you guys think? EDIT #1:- Perhaps, Odakawa is a serial killer who targets women who remind him of his mother, he dumped a body at the beginning of the series and tells the person in his closet that they will think it's her because he see's all women (apart from Shirakawa) between the ages of 18 to 30's look like "cats" to him. Ah, this show has got me invested in it. |
JCDRANZERMay 23, 2021 4:21 AM
| Great theory! OddTaxi is certainly my favorite series so far this year. |
| But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize When he catches his reflection on accident |
JCDRANZER said: For now, we can assume that ditch-11 is DEFINITELY Shirakawa, she mentioned before that she won(?) it from somewhere, which is the auction that Tanaka lost heavily. Regarding Don-chan a.k.a Donraku's missing daughter, it could be just Odokawa hallucinating about his surroundings, it's also confirmed that in Episode 7 Dobu even mentioned that Odokawa recognized him before he took off his cosplay mask. Furthermore, if you go back and look at the first 30 seconds of the anime OP, you'll see that Odokawa is taking care of a cat, thus implying that it could be a "she", and further supported that all Odokawa sees are just anthropomorphic humans.So I originally dismissed the cast list because the image of the "connection tree" didn't load but I just opened it again and I see a few interesting things such as:- 1.) The Skunk and The Hippo have some kind of connection with the pink-haired bunny girl, there is no actual arrow between the Skunk and her but just a line that becomes an arrow when it goes to Odakawa, whereas, it's an arrow from The Bunny Girl to The Hippo. My assumption is that she is only aware of him via his social media antics and that she herself works at the cabaret with the Skunk. 2.) Interestingly there are no lines or arrows that connect to the Elephant Yakuza except the dashed arrow of him looking for the missing girl. 3.) The dashed arrows means they are looking for this person or investigating the person. 4.) Donraku is Don-chan and probably a gangster gone clean (since he's a Rakugoka entertainer) but is based in Nerima and is on friendly terms (or not) with Kuroad the Yakuza Elephant....actually he's a Yakuza Tapir. Another thing that we haven't deduced, is who is ditch-11, I think it might be Shirakawa herself since she knows it's the only eraser of it's kind in the world. At first, I thought it might have been given to her via Dobu but I remembered when Odakawa asked her to sing and she just started belting a song, perhaps her interests lie in Rakugoka. Originally I had forgotten that Shirakawa had the eraser and I thought it might be with Don-chan's daughter (the missing girl). Perhaps, her money problems stem from the fact that she spends too much on Zooden but it would have had to been a lot of money though. What do you guys think? EDIT #1:- Perhaps, Odakawa is a serial killer who targets women who remind him of his mother, he dumped a body at the beginning of the series and tells the person in his closet that they will think it's her because he see's all women (apart from Shirakawa) between the ages of 18 to 30's look like "cats" to him. Ah, this show has got me invested in it. For now, speculate all you want about the character cast and how they are interlinked towards each other, this'll definitely come to bite those who still can't understand the link at this point. |
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I’m pretty sure the ditch-11 thing happened when our eraser collector was in third year of grade school. That was far enough back in time (11 years?) that Shirakawa, who is now 28, wasn’t into massive on-line bidding for an eraser. Though the way this series goes, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out that she got the eraser from Dobu, the real ditch-11, during their 4-year relationship. |
KANLen09 said: For now, speculate all you want about the character cast and how they are interlinked towards each other, this'll definitely come to bite those who still can't understand the link at this point. Colour me intrigued, did I miss something? or would it better if you revealed your answer in a PM? |
JCDRANZER said: I'm just saying...enjoy this ride while we can.KANLen09 said: For now, speculate all you want about the character cast and how they are interlinked towards each other, this'll definitely come to bite those who still can't understand the link at this point. Colour me intrigued, did I miss something? or would it better if you revealed your answer in a PM? |
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| Since the producer is extra worried about the dead woman, I think sadly she's the "hiding" girl in Odokawa's house. Odokawa likely transported her and recorded where she stopped (maybe there were some people with her as well, or outside the taxi?). In other words, Odokawa's cam probably recorded people who either killed the girl, or know who killed her. Odokawa could be blaming himself for being unable to save her, thus he's imagining her hiding in his house instead. |
| I feel like it was confirmed several episodes ago in my book but this one just piled it on extra thick, so congrats to the guy who figured this shit out in episode 2 cause damn you ahead of the curve. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Copying myself from the other thread, but whatever: that would make sense, but we're not told the story only from his perspective - plenty of situations in which he's not and have no way of knowing about, most obvious being the whole backstory of gaccha addict. That being said I really have trouble recalling someone using an animal name as Odokawa does. |
Rincen said: the only time that its happened thus far was the Idol girl saying her comedian boyfriend has a horseface. So far everytime that Odakawa has brought it up people ignore him for the first few episodes and more recently start to question what hes talking about.Copying myself from the other thread, but whatever: that would make sense, but we're not told the story only from his perspective - plenty of situations in which he's not and have no way of knowing about, most obvious being the whole backstory of gaccha addict. That being said I really have trouble recalling someone using an animal name as Odokawa does. The different perspective thing I think is kind of a valid criticism if it goes that route cause yeah, it is pretty disingenuous to the viewer, but I'd also argue that the downside is greatly outweighed by the pros of it and how its being used in the story. Like I'm glad it not bogged down to having odakawa there to see all these events or only showing it from his perspective, it feels like the show is making it less of a twist and more just a plotpoint you slowly figure out on your own, that is of coruse if the theory holds up of course. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| It is very intriguing theory, only I cannot find an explanation why we see animals even when Odokawa is away (like in the bar, in the onsen, Kakihana's "dates" and many more). Then there's a very intriguing scene in episode 1: Odokawa asked why he became taxi driver, in his flashback clearly sees humans... |
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