It’s a parody (the Original Sin)

0mni-kun said:
I pretty much just finished the anime and have been scrolling through to find videos talking about it while I try to stop myself from crying any longer. And to my surprise no one seems to have made the same connection I have on what Takopi’s original sin was. Maybe it’s just so obvious it’s not worth mentioning or some other reason I’m not aware of, but I believe Takopi’s original sin is meant to parody Adam and Eve’s original sin.

While those two gaining knowledge of good and evil doomed all of humanity, Takopi’s ignorance of good and evil was the cause of all his problems and misunderstandings. His ignorance made him naive to the world’s cruelty, and like a newborn, he was unable to discern people’s intentions and could only make simplistic assumptions based on his shelter worldview. Even after experiencing the horror the other kids were exposed to, he still lacked the understanding, and was operating off of “this doesn’t feel good so it’s bad, and vice versa”. It’s pretty much shoved right in our faces when he asks azuma why he still cares for shizuka even despite the horrible things shes done. With his full memory, he had made up his mind by this point she was evil, but he was still conflicted because he has experienced her capacity for good, which mirrors his experience with marine who he believed to be good but having only experienced her capacity for cruelty.

I have a headache from the crying and I’m rambling, so sorry if this is hard to follow. But what I’m saying is, Takopi slightly understanding that humans have the capacity for both good and evil was what allowed him to take the best course of action. The kids still suffered no doubt, but it’s a better outcome for all parties involved. Everyone becomes a bit more aware of the complexities of human nature allowing them to open up more and understand how their good parts inform their bad parts and vice versa.