Has an AOTS ever been as swiftly, immediately, and obviously apparent as the winner of this season?

yeah last years

>>280073317 (OP)
Yeah, last season with ninja to koroshiya

>>280073317 (OP)
Isn't this just misery porn?

>>280073317 (OP)
pic unrelated

>>280073317 (OP)
It's straight up misery porn. Such an obvious emotional manipulation.
Animation and aesthetics are 10/10 though. Manga had some pretty great art as well. The story is quite simply shit.

>>280074765
>misery porn is le shit
autist-kun...

>>280074794
I'm calling it exactly what it is.
It ramps up the pity baiting so much that it ends up falling completely flat. The family situations of both characters was a good foundation, but the bullying itself was so over the top with so little buildup that it just didn't do anything.
>inb4 that's how it is in Japan
Yeah, I get it, but it's still not good storytelling.
That annoying little octopus shit is an active detriment to the story and I felt absolutely nothing when he sacrificed himself.

>>280074904 (me)
Goldfish Kingdom deserved this kind amazing adaptation, instead of this surface level schlock.

>>280074904
at least you felt nothing and didn't rip a perfectly good manga book to shreds like you did your Gunslinger Girl

>>280073317 (OP)
what? I read the manga I had no idea there was an anime adaptation

Dandadan season 2 will be anime of the year just like season 1 last year

>>280075126
It's a 6 ep ONA. Seems pretty faithful so far, and surprisingly high production quality.

I remember when this shitty manga was shilled on /a/, the adaptation looks no better.

>>280073317 (OP)
OVAs never count for this discussion.

>>280073317 (OP)
i cant watch this, i hate watching innocent people suffering
i hate misery porn
i hate japan
i hate myself

>>280073317 (OP)
So this is not like Magical Girls Site? Screenshots in last suggest that but way anon talk about feels like it more than just edge for sake of it

>>280075850
>innocent

>>280076506
The only truly evil person here is Happy Mama

>>280075705
They only don't count in some scrubs' minds because they're not on subsplease therefore don't exist at all, but this one is so that's not an excuse any more

>>280075855
yes it's about the human condition, and actually has some wholesome themes

>>280074904
>but the bullying itself was so over the top
>>inb4 that's how it is in Japan
>Yeah, I get it
No, you don't get it. If you got it, then you wouldn't think it's over the top. There are people out there with actual terrible lives. Anyways, it has a happy ending with a decent lesson, unlike something like punpun which is just sad all the way through.

>>280075850
fag

is her motehr just a hostess or a whore?

>>280077202
you don't get ahead as a hostess if you don't work outside the club

>>280077260
but the crunchyroll subs explicitly calls her an escort, when from my understanding she's a hostess and is never explicitly said to be a whore

>>280073317 (OP)
poor squid stuck in such an awful show

>>280073904
yes

>>280075855
Mahou Shoujo Site was a comedy though.

I'm literally Chappy. The only difference is that I smell worse.

me and my wife

>>280076892
Site had all of that too though

Yes

>>280073361
this

>>280074765
>emotional manipulation

>>280078434
This blondie is a disgusting bitch.

>>280073317 (OP)
absolutely
it's hot af

>>280077296
you have to have a very good reason to reject offers from clients otherwise your fellow hostesses will bully you

>>280077296
同伴 means one of her regulars is paying a fee to wine and dine her outside her workplace, but the guy blatantly choosing a hostess over his own wife means they're almost certainly fucking.

>>280073317 (OP)
i don't agree with the misery porn consensus. this story isn't bad things happening to shizuka ad infinitum like punpun, feels more like how mahou shoujo site handled aya

>>280078434
This seems physically impossible for little girl to kick that hard.

I think I've grown out of being able to enjoy depressing plots, but the art and animation is absolutely beautiful so I'm watching the whole thing.

>>280078805
but more like a mistress/hostess or a straight up prostitute?

>>280078550
You will be surprised who your favourite character will be at the end of the show

>>280080090
Maybe it's a pro wrestling kayfabe

>>280080090
it's a grapefruit-sized alien squid taking the illusory form of a malnourished hooker's daughter, if anything it's more of a surprise he didn't reach escape velocity and get sent back on the way to his home planet

>>280073317 (OP)
Yes, Lycoris Recoil was extremely obvious AOTS in the first episode.

>>280074794
faggot-kun...

>>280080728
Lycoshit wasn't even top 3 of it's season

>>280074904
>That annoying little octopus shit is an active detriment to the story and I felt absolutely nothing when he sacrificed himself.

Sounds like you were actively trying not to enjoy it.

>>280073317 (OP)
>What if Doraemon but edgy?
It sucked as a manga ad it's probably just as shitty in animated form.

>>280081196
if you admit that you like popular thing then you get kicked out of autist club, and if these jackoffs get kicked out of autist club then they'll be truly alone
>>280080800

>Like the 1st ep
>tfw all the hate in the thread

>>280082321
The airing thread was better

>>280082391
it derailed even quicker and harder, but at least the lolifags enjoyed their lolis

>>280073317 (OP)
Can someone please inform me if it has male-perpetrated rape and male demonization in general?

>>280082415
Yes, I rape Marina frequently.

>>280082422
Please give me a serious answer. I can't stand male demonization, especially male sexual demonization.

Takopi is pretty shit all in all, tries so hard with the twist and the ending is fairly crap.
At least it was only two volumes, who knows what kind of ichinose family abomination it would have turned into if it ran for longer.

>>280073317 (OP)
Let me guess, the ending is gonna be something like "happily ever after" type of thing, isn't it ?

>>280082415
>tfw no one cares...

>i thought she was gonna use the ribbon to become a mahou shoujo and abuse the power
I might be retarded

Why don't Takopi just tie the friendship ribbon to Marina without her knowing?

>>280073317 (OP)
Didnt the girl hang herself in the end ? This is just 10000% Misery porn. Even Punpun had some salvation in the end

>>280073317 (OP)
Hideous artstyle makes it unwatchable.

>>280083450
ehm this is about the suffering. I only enjoy suffering (in others) as it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, what is the point of watching if they get along? the plot shouldn't stray from misery 24/7

>>280083505
You need mental help

>>280082698
She killed herself. The end.

>>280083478
She hung herself at the start, at least try a little if you're going to bait.

I can't enjoy Takopi anymore having read Ichinose Family. Mangaka is a one trick hack who can only keep on piling on misery and sadness to cover up the fact that he can't write for shit.

>>280083527
So not bad ending ? Might watching this if its true

>>280082698
The ending is "we'll understand each other if we talk"

>>280073317 (OP)
I want to fuck her so bad

>>280078434
>>280078633
Damn brat needs correction

Why is the background so low-res? fuck digital anime

>>280083649
its probably a photo with a filter overlaid on it. Just how things are these days

>>280083626
I think she will get it at start of next episode

>>280083542
it has a good ending but things will get a lot worse before they get better

>>280075170
based tiktokCHUD

>>280083600
Why are japanese so obsessed with this theme? Do they seriously belive that all human conflicts are caused by lack of communication ?

>>280082415
it doesn't

>>280082391
>>280082321
Dont worry the second e-pi thread will be better! I promise-pi!
There is no reason for prude retards to watch that if they didnt like this one!

>>280073317 (OP)
It's humanity seen through the eyes of an extraterrestrial being.
It's simple yet so deep at the same time.

>>280084437
They are just shit at communication. A vague language with tons of homophones doesn't help either.

>>280084674
this
that's why so often anime plot seems retarded and contrived because everything could be solved if they just talked to each other
would do away with the constant "misunderstanding" plots

>>280084491
Thanks, anon!

What happened to the dog?

>>280073317 (OP)
Darling in the franxx but youre too underage to know about it

>>280085314
Marina bullied Shizuka, dog defended her by biting Marina, dog was then put down as a result

>>280073317 (OP)
Is this yuri?

After watching the first episode, I decided to read it so as to not get spoiled, but I have a question:
How did Takopii get back to the original spot after he was assaulted with a rock by Shizuka in Tokyo?

>>280085314
You'll see when Takopii gets there and we get the title drop

>>280073317 (OP)
Misery porn sewage will never be aots even if it's the only thing airing somehow, tasteless shiteater takes notwithstanding.

>misery porn with obligatory punching bag character
pass

>>280078434
If the blonde girl doesn't rape her I'm not interested.

>>280085608
Your loss, your description is inaccurate.

Is misery porn the new buzzword just like native isekai?

>getting a hard-on watching shows with loli getting abused
Why?

Why is the dog raping her in the OP?

>>280083525
me like smelly girl

>>280084437
It's an Asian thing in general. Their societies function on the expectation that everybody knows the correct behavior to follow for each and every scenario. The problem is that everyone is different and can have slightly different interpretations on what "correct" is and all hell breaks loose when 2 interpretations conflict with each other; "why is he doing that, he should know better than to...!!!" and the standard way of trying to fix the problem is waiting for the other person to admit they're wrong so everyone can get back on track etc. It is completely fucked up on so many levels which is why asian societies is rife with depression and anxiety, made worse due to the fact that many older people still don't believe in mental health.

>>280084437
It actually is. Communication is absolutely necessary for understanding.

>>280085701
Holy fuck this is just too much even for edgelord like me

>>280086310
Dont worry shes fine

>>280086310
https://youtu.be/HYehU-mj0Oc?si=QOtN2xxeWpTjsMMg

I didn't like this and it only strengthens the idea I have that little girls should be adopted to young men who will cherish them and make them into wives. She wouldn't be sad if she had me.

>>280085992
understanding ≠ lack of conflict

>>280073904
No. It has a good end

>>280087044
Based daughterwife adopter

>>280085440
He flew all the way back, while we're being shown the flashback
I thought he died but it doesn't seem to be the case

>>280085336
This but unironically, it’s like anime version of Love Island

>>280085336
Oh fuck you, Franxx isn't that old... right?
>7 years ago

>>280085336
>darling of the frankly not so good
Can't agree.

>>280087640
Shit like Haruhi and Lucky Star are almost two decades old. Talking about those shows now, is like talking about shows like Invader Lum, Dr Slump, Getter Robo, etc.

I want to die

>>280073317 (OP)
Yeah, Hayasaka's anime was apparent aots
everything else was trash

>>280084437
Every single conflict in your entire life could be resolved if both parties just spoke to each other and leveled as human beings. You aren't some caveman fighting over the last buffalo before the ice age sets in. Modern problems are all about communication and being misled by dehumanization.

>>280085701
It is seeing a unique and intimate thing happen to her. I'm pretty sure Takopi is intended as a sort of dark comedy with some guro content mixed in.

>>280084437
For first-world problems yes.

>>280073317 (OP)
Anime adaptation? Since when? Most importantly why? Art style looks shit btw.

>>280087870
Since Friday
>Art style looks shit
It's faithful to the original artstyle

>>280073317 (OP)
The problem with this story is the characters are typical ‘cute girls’. Girls don’t experience things like this, you can tell especially with >>280078434
No girl kicks like that. This is clearly a male bullying another male. Japs girlifying everything can be cringe sometimes.

>>280087508
Oh, alright. Thanks!

>>280088099
The story has alien octopi but a fairly healthy girl kicking a malnourished girl with an unusual amount of force breaks your immersion?

>>280084437
Because it is one thing they are very bad at. Typically.

I say that, and I have family in Osaka who are much more communicative and functional than my family in the west, so lmao there

>>280074765
Simple story doesnt equal to shit story anon.

>>280085699
>new buzzword
Reminds me of another buzzword for people who don't like drama.

Melodrama

>>280088317
Had to read the manga today to see it for myself, and I don't get the misery porn comments, it's so fucking tame compared to real edgy shit
I did like it, however
It's just the perfect length for a story like this
It's as if the only other piece of media these retards have ever consumed was Solo Leveling

>>280088140
Why would blatantly fantastical elements break immersion.

>>280088099
Girls are more likely to do this shit, especially at the age where they are all still cute. Cases of girls doing psychotic and violent things is on the news all the time. That is aside from stuff like this that wouldn't be reported or even told to anyone else.

>>280087916
It works in the manga, looks shit in anime.

Anyone who thinks the anime looks bad is lying to their self. This is better animated than many of the anime that air every season. The style is very pretty too.

>>280073317 (OP)
Edgefags won't like the ending for this one.

>>280088416
You know that's not what I'm talking about
Flipping A->B to B->A doesn't really work in this case
I'm saying in a story that already has fantasy elements, you're fixated on something as stupid as someone getting kicked a little too hard
Is this your first anime? They exaggerate movements a lot, so I'm not sure why that scene felt weird to you

>>280078434
>>280078633
Why are they moving at 4fps?? Shitty adaptation I fear!

>>280088420
I see

>>280081196
The only two parts I didn't like were the poorly executed misery/tragedy and the octopus. Everything else about it was a solid 7-8/10.
The manga was just too short to form a connection with a character which was purposefully designed to be as one dimensional as possible.
There are cases which the "innocent genki character suffers for the greater good" is done well, Anohana is an example of that. This just doesn't do anything for me. The octopus was a plot device, not a character.

>>280088317
ESL. The phrase "The story is quite simply shit." has nothing to do with the complexity of the story. The story isn't even that simple, it involves time looping and at least two shitty twists.

Takopi being completely unequipped to recognize or deal with the situation is what makes it high art.

>>280078633
>>280073317 (OP)
Giving an unusually high standard of living to people with no empathy was a mistake, which is why such a plots appear. Too bad, it looks really good

>>280088808
Loli chest too

>>280088614
I never got the impression that Takopi was supposed to be a complicated or engaging character, he's just the personification of the innocence these children were robbed of.

>>280078434
>>280078633
Is it made by AI? They just traced the manga panel + rendered at 4-5 frame per second, And called it a day!!

>>280088895
If that's the case, then his sacrifice falls even flatter. This stupid octopus makes both Shizuka and Marina break down in tears just from the unconscious memory of him, yet as a character, he did absolutely nothing to endear him to the viewers. If he's just a blob of symbolism, with no character whatsoever, then it has none of the potency of, for example, the sacrifice of someone who is actually a character AND represents something greater than himself. It's dissonant.
It's supposed to represent childhood innocence, sure, but there also has to be a character there to give some emotional purchase. Just slapping on symbolism on a flat character with no other redeeming qualities has the opposite effect of delivering a narrative punch that was most likely intended in the climax.

>>280078633
>>280078434
Edgelord garbage

>>280078434
why are americans like this

I really hope we don't get text walls in every one of these threads. Not everything has to be super deep.

>>280073317 (OP)
I don't know what bothers me more about works like this: the fact that they use bullying to make misery porn or the fact that they try to justify bullying as mommy issues.

>>280091542
It is supposed to be sex. A carefully crafted story just to have 4th graders say words like prostitute and whore over and over again.

>>280091542
It's not justification, it's just something that often happens and it makes a more engaging story than "oh she's just evil".

Marina wears kumapan

I watched the first episode, finished the manga and made a fanart of it all in a single afternoon. that's gotta be a record for me

>>280091890
>Oh, she's not evil... her mother is!

i was afraid to watch it thinking it was gonna be just misery porn like berserker but its actually wholesome and uplifting

dont fall for the memes

>>280092113
Beautiful art anon

>>280092113
Cool. Good skills, anon.

>>280092323
Her mother is evil because her husband abuses and abandons her because Shizuku's mom fucks him because that's how she gets the money she needs to live.

Some people should not be allowed to have children.

>>280092113
looks adorable, keep it up

>>280092113
damn, that's well made, anon
good job!

>>280092467
yes

>>280092113
This is really good. I almost don't want to believe you

I can fix them.

>>280092605
source

>>280092833
really nigger?

>>280092391
And that's the problem. Instead of treating the subject as something complex, the anime simplifies it using extreme characters and plot conveniences. And why? Because it’s easier to "engage" the audience this way.

>>280092920
Does it really need to be complex?
Did the author present it as high brow literature?

>>280085336
>Franxx
I remember the dumb megane getting cucked and that was it.

>>280092956
It is pretentious
It insists upon itself.

>>280092920
it's not complex though? it was literally spelled out even with the cartoon characters and the cartoon plot, but you apparently couldn't pick up on it until you were literally told

>>280093018
This isn't trying to be serious. This is a dark comedy.

>>280088276
Yeah because they live in Osaka and those motherfuckers all run food stands, scream at baseball games and work at outdoor farmer's markets so they're used to yelling.

>>280092956
>>280093023
The subject is complex, so I think it's fair to expect a less basic approach. But he chose the easy route, which is exactly what I'm criticizing.

>>280094992
nobody cares about the criticism of retards

Not sure I'd call it AOTS yet, since it's AFAIK the only show that's actually aired for Summer so far, but it is pretty fantastic. Gorgeous animation and direction, the production value on this is simply absurd. The story, while very clearly miseryporn, I think has a pretty solid heart, >>280088808 has it right in that what makes the show effective is that Takopi simply can't understand human misery, outside of the stuff depicted in cartoons for literal babies. It's the type of messaging a lot of kids, myself included growing up, are fed constantly with, the idea of simply getting along, apologizing for giving each other booboos, stuff like that, paired against actual sadistic bullying. Takopi learning how truly scary the situation is and finding himself unable to help in ways that don't simply seem to get her more in trouble is really heartbreaking but also realistic, and he's a great vehicle to mesh against this story. Obviously Shizuka is a child, but having the person trying to save with her being an even younger child in effect is really great. Excited to watch more.

>>280095248
You still can't call it that way because it won't count for the AOTS category.

The fuck happened to the dog in the end?

Does anyone know the name of the "lala la la" song that plays when Takopi is helping Shizuka?

>>280095064
Oh, you're one of those insecure kids who needs everyone to like what you like, right?

>>280095363
Was there a specific streaming-exclusive series that BTFO everything airing on cable that season, especially some cruddy moeshit that /a/ alone cared about, so hard that it mindbroke certain /a/nons and reduced them to "ONAs don't count! They just don't! REEEEEEE"? Was it Kimi ni Todoke S3?

>it's a "children have to deal with the fallout of their parents' bullshit" anime

>>280088276
The Norf FC of Japan

Another Erased. "Great".

>>280095682
If you hate moe so much, why are you in the thread for a moe anime? Takopi is a show full of cute girls doing funny things, I don't care if you don't think it is good, it is my aots. Possibly even aoty but I can't decide if I like it more than Ninkoro yet.

>>280095248
>heartbreaking but also realistic
yeah, portraying characters as shonen villains is pretty realistic. the words have lost their meaning.

>>280095832
I didn't ask if you were mindbroken, I asked which series mindbroke you

>>280095893
Mind broken over what? I don't seethe over anime that much, if I don't like something I ignore it. I don't even know how you were asking me something anyway when I replied to you. Moe anime > Shonen.

>>280095972
learn to read please

>>280096015
Reading your post doesn't explain how you were asking me a question without replying to me. Your initial post was replying to some anon shitposting about this show not counting somehow. You doubled down on the sentiment by adding that you hate moe and recommend some forgotten hag show. I simply asked why someone who hates Takopi is in a thread for Takopi. These threads in general have been filled with shitposts. This happens whenever there is a good loli series too. Like some people on Discord or something coordinate raids on lolicon moe shows so they can later troll by claiming we don't get anything (saying the good things we got don't count because of their shit posting, or in your case, hating OVAs).

>>280095890
You underestimate how cruel people, especially kids, can be.

>>280096202
That's just how it has always worked and will ever work, like an anime counting only for the season it started regardless of it still airing after the season is over, that's how things work, not a shitpost.

>>280096310
ladder monkey logic

Shizuka or Marina
You can only screw one, who do you choose?

>>280095890
These kids are pretty tame. Back when I was in school, kids getting stabbed or head-busted was not common but not rare either. That was only 2008.

>>280096578
If this were real life, that pen would've likely gone right into the eye and the kicks would be going into her teeth. Marina is pretty benevolent when compared to a real girl in her situation.

>>280073317 (OP)
This show came out just at the right time, come on AI bros, do your thing.

>>280096832
Oh yeah definitely. I have never seen any case that escalated to manslaughter personally, but otherwise the level of physical violence and mental abuse in the manga is very tame. I don't know what it's like today but we used to call other kids and their mothers whore and slut and all kind of nasty thing and sabotage them even in primary school, just because of how they look and act. Although we also didn't really think anything of it and got whacked hard by teachers if they caught us doing it.

>>280073904
many such cases.

>>280095890
How can someone end up on 4chan and still be takopi?

>>280097111
If I were to assume, kids nowadays are less physically violent in the better off areas. However, they are a lot more cruel in other ways. Like deliberately driving others to suicide. I could see packs of students nowadays hanging up on another who was simply labeled as "problematic" in one way or the other. It also would be more than just the usual problem cases getting in on it. Just look at the behaviors of tweens on social media and how they'll harass content creators who draw something they don't like. Essentially feverous mobs that can be whipped up over someone considered funky. It would be interesting to see a bullying manga or anime that have the MC dealing with this kind of mass psychological torture. I suppose Takopi already shows it in some ways, as a lot of other girls around Marina also engage in mockery. I think Takopi is supposed to take place in a sort of transitional period between the older times and super modern (I base this off the (3)ds shown).

>>280095722
Wait till you speak to somebody from Aomori. Them niggas are completely incomprehensible

>>280095248
>Not sure I'd call it AOTS yet, since it's AFAIK the only show that's actually aired for Summer so far,
Confirmed AOTS by default

Other shows absolutely BTFO. Do you even air?

>>280097515
I suppose the shift to interaction mostly on social media changes how kids' cruelty manifests. Even though I use social media and can see mob bullying on them every day, I have a hard time connecting that to what it's like when I was younger. I know it doesn't work like that, but I always think in the back of my head that you can solve cyberbullying by just not engaging, it's much harder to do that with real physical bullies.

Saying that Takopi is realistic is like saying that Oshi no Ko is realistic. A mistake. Look at pic related. These are the kind of visual choices you typically see in battle shonen, usually when the villain is talking, made to shock. Realistic works don't want to shock.
>Does this mean that only realistic things are good?
Of course not. It means that Takopi is not realistic and trying to use this term to defend its quality is wrong (also because not all realistic works are good either).

Saying that Takopi is realistic is like saying that Oshi no Ko is realistic. A mistake. Look at pic related. These are the kind of visual choices you typically see in battle shonen, usually when the villain is talking, made to shock. Realistic works don't want to shock.
>Does this mean that only realistic things are good?
Of course not. It means that Takopi is not realistic and trying to use this term to defend its quality is wrong (also because not all realistic works are good either).

>>280098061
I agree that you can ignore it, although some people seem incapable of doing so. I was partially drawing a comparison though, kids are probably doing this stuff in person in schools too now. They won't beat you, but they will make sure to make your life hell over the most petty reasons. Many of the ones behind the bullying will still act all cutesy and happy all the rest of the time too. Either not fully realizing what they are doing or not feeling remorse because people nowadays seem to have little to no sympathy for those that go against their morals. An even more dangerous form of regular ostracization because it all hinges on the bully group viewing the target as evil or repulsive. Even worse than cyber bullying because it essentially uses these techniques but applies them to every facet of a person's life even irl. A cruelty that seems to just arise mindlessly in some people now. Social media where people demonize others, share the things about others that make them go eww, and other such behaviors just encourages this stuff. I guess to put it simply, some people now are just waiting for the opportunity to jump on someone. Randomly going on crusades against "bad" people has become normalized. Even worse since they view everyone they go against as an absolute evil. Outside of the other things Marina accuses Shizuka of, her simply being awkward could get her treated terribly nowadays. Maybe she lingers a bit in the bathroom. Someone sees it and goes "ayo sus" or some shit. Suddenly a crowd of students now view her as the evil pervert who is going to try to watch them use the toilet. Maybe she has a keychain of a show that becomes considered "problematic". Now Shizuka is essentially forced to denounce what she likes or face the wrath of the mob. I doubt Asian countries have this kind of moralism in their bullying (I think they still mostly focus on academic stuff and family issues), but I could definitely see it being present in the west.

>>280098740
That's the presentation, not about how the characters' actions and motivations. Which I also wouldn't call realistic, they talk too much and too eloquently, and they are not violent enough. Kids don't and usually can't verbalize their thoughts like that, that's why they express it in a physical way. They are more like caricatures to communicate with older target audiences. Realistic kids would talk like something Tomino would write.

God I love Marina, fucking best girl.

>>280098740
Is any nigga actually saying takopi is realistic? The entire show is based on a time travelling octopus alien

>>280098740
I didn't realize my post (>>280095248) would continue this far so I just ignored replies but reading this I want to now. I didn't say the show is realistic, in fact I agree with you that it's depiction of bullying is unrealistic (not in content but in presentation, it's a great way to tell the story of bullying visually) but when I say realistic, I meant the emotions and turmoil Takopi faces when he tries to help. In trying to help he really only makes the situation worse, or at least feels that he's making the situation worse. It's a very hard hitting and emotional beat that anyone whose experienced abuse can relate to. Learning for the first time that abuse and bullying isn't just something you can slap a bandaid on or tell a teacher about.

>>280074904
The octopus is the protagonist anontachi
But by how long they the hanging sequence took in the twist reveal just to flex some animation made the twist fall flat and pretty much set this is going to be edgy misery porn.
The manga is but it hits the misery moments just right, the anime seems is just going to pander to sakugatards and normalfags who just want to jerk off to animation and not enjoy anime.

It's not misery porn, it just looks like it. Actual misery porn is something like Liverleaf from that guy who wrote Pupipo.

This could all have been solved by corrective rape

This was the saddest part of the manga for me.

>>280098740
Arguments about whatever something is realistic or not is dumb because real life is full of things and moments what would be called unrealistic if they were in fiction

>>280084437
>Why are japanese so obsessed with this theme? Do they seriously belive that all human conflicts are caused by lack of communication ?
They believe everyone suffers their level of civilisation autism borne out of two centuries of isolation from the rest of the world, where castaways from overseas would be executed on sight.

>>280073904
Oh, it's not the misery I'm jerking it to.

>>280099844
Based coomer

>>280099844
I want to make love to her while she makes silly faces

I look like Takopi IRL

>>280099926
Kill Shizuka for me

>>280099926
Rape Shizuka for me

>girl has magical space creature literally jump into her life and doing everything for her
>she's still le sad depressed retard
Are women actually like this or is it just a meme?

>>280082321
Ignore cancerous anti-anime /a/ posters, they want arguement not anime

>>280101491
>pic
You just know

>5+23=2
Is Shizuka retarded?

>>280085846
It's also impossible to have a productive argument with a Japanese person unless you first acknowledge their worldview as valid, otherwise they will take it as an extreme personal attack. I think this is why Japan has so many levels of politeness and filler expressions.

>>280073317 (OP)
yeah apocalypse hotel really stood out

>>280074904
The bullying is over the top? Nigga please. When i was a kid my bullies held me down and set my hair on fire. Kids have the potential to be fucking demons.

>>280103650
If I was your bully, I would have also bummed you to assert dominance over your sissy ass

>>280102855
she's not white

>>280103650
Scene where Marina douses a tire around Shizuka's neck with gasoline when?

One of the disadvantages of being a tranny is that I'm sterile and can't have children, but I swear that one day I'll adopt someone or take care of someone who needs it and basically turn their miserable life into a privileged one by giving them everything I have now so they'll be in a better position. Fuck, animes like this trigger my broken bird complex.

>>280104041
Please do not approach any children.

>>280104041
Ewww

>>280104041
>3dpd image
>Made up story

>>280104188
>>280104230
Kys and fuck you asshole

>>280073317 (OP)
What the fuck they animated this? The world isn't ready.

>>280073317 (OP)
>>280078434
>>280078633
>>280085314
I can't watch this shit. Especially since the dog dies. No happy ending either. Why would anyone watch it? Why would anyone make it? The little psychopath isn't even punished properly. Deranged.

>>280104259
You're mentally unwell, you aren't fit to raise a child. Love your life, but don't involve others with your broken mind.

>>280104259
>41% telling me to kms
Oh no...

>>280104298
>Why would anyone watch it?
Cunny

>"The Vibrating Happy Stick!"
>"A Happy device that can bring pleasure to even the saddest girls!"

>>280104603
>supposedly happy ending
>muh nothing bad happens time reset
>it's still after the dog fucking dies yet they forgive the psycho bitch for it
What the fuck did they mean by this? It's Vinland Saga levels of cuckery.

>>280104892
It can't be helped...

>>280104938
They could've at least saved the dog goddammit

>>280104892
>psycho bitch
Which one?

>>280073317 (OP)
Last year and this year it's Dandadan

>>280103901
Japs are also huge degens

>>280105066
Blonde one obviously I'm not doing the whole moral relativity thing

>>280104259
>first reaction is to tell people to kill themselves
Hopefully you will never get the opportunity to groom children to act like you

>>280104041
>>280104259

>>280104892
>>it's still after the dog fucking dies yet they forgive the psycho bitch for it
Are you retarded?

>>280105308
kek

>>280105323
I never read it and only heard vague outlines of the story, I was baiting for confirmation the dog survives. I'll watch the show now, thanks anon.

>>280105363
All good nigga.

>>280105396
Sometimes a man has to be devilish my G.

>>280073904
I hate when this buzzword is thrown at anything dark.

>>280104041
It's crazy how you don't see the entire story is about criticizing people with saviour complexes like you.

>>280105087
Shock value sells, I see.

>>280105087
Does it show her bare ass? If it doesn't I have no interest.

>>280104892
>noooo not the heckin pupper
It's not real bro, it's a story

>>280105363
You can finish the manga in 1-2 hours, maybe even less

>>280073317 (OP)
Even last season shounenslop like Yaiba looks better. This passive crap is more boring protagonist's onaholes.

god i wish there was some form of retribution for the shitty parents in these sorts of stories, even in the 'good' timeline marina's face gets fucked up by her mum

>>280085626
Takopi will split open her head in next episode.

Filtered by pure cinema. Couldn’t be me.

>>280080090
Well if she's kicking another little girl

>>280106744

>>280107234
I want to finish this game but the controls are so jank and ass I couldn't get past the first boss.

>>280080090

>>280107290
I think that's the type of situation where watching Let's Plays aren't weird.

Why is there so much art of Sizuka and Marina as a manzai duo?

>>280105543
You expect to much from their kind

>>280073317 (OP)
Probably. But yeah it'll likely be the best show this season

>>280107415
It is how Japanese view any duo. It is sort of a correct view too as it can really be applied to any duo as one person will always be more serious in any given situation. It is worth noting that Marina does get lobotomized, at least for a part (I didn't read the complete manga).

>but the bullying itself was so over the top
how much of /a/ lives sheltered lives do you think?

>>280107234
I was thinking about this game the other day, it hadn't crossed my mind in years. I wonder what happened with the Xenophobia sequel, if it ever got released.

Thanks for posting the image too, I've long lost that any many others to time and hard drive failures

>>280083533
In other words you only read two stories. His oneshots are pretty good and not depressing at all.

Don't tell me Sizuka actually starts developing some sort of Stockholm Syndrome towards Marina despite being mutilated by her

>>280073317 (OP)
I'll have to check it out.

>>280107958
Marina dry humps Shizuka in a hotel room

>>280107549
What makes a work over the top is not what it shows but how it shows.

>>280107554
No problem bro. I wonder about it too. These kinds of games are in an awkward situation, fellow degenerates keep virtue signaling on how disgusting it is to play them or know about them to LARP as normies, but those same people saying all that also played. It's so weird.

>>280108620
>These kinds of games are in an awkward situation, fellow degenerates keep virtue signaling on how disgusting it is to play them or know about them to LARP as normies, but those same people saying all that also played. It's so weird.
Yeah, I've noticed an increase with this over the years, especially as GenZs become more present in these spaces. They'll act like they belong, but the moment something genuinely morally uncomfortable comes up, the facade soon drops and the normalfag moral grandstanding begins, as though they're trying to get clout on Tiktok or something

>>280107290
I thought you meant Devil May Cry at first and started to get angry

>>280105464
Anon there's dark and then there's "And then my super mascot fucking murdered my hilarious school bully in front of me"

>>280104298
>No happy ending either
Nigger did you actually read it? It's about as happy of an ending possible for a mamfa like this.

>>280073317 (OP)
what's the status quo saying about it? honestly i thought it was going to be all one-sided but the twist at the end was perfect but maybe because it almost hit close to home because my mom behaved that way at first when finding out my dad got separated because he had an affair. of course i didn't bully anyone but it led me to a path or almost self destructive it is a miracle i am still alive

>>280078161
>>280078292
>>280085314
it's always unfair when the dog gets the short end of the stick by simply doing its sole duty of protecting their owners
>b-b-but pitb-
fuck off with that ad hominem, chappy is not bred to be a killing machine

>>280109530
he survives, i had to bait the answer but it was a success dogbro >>280105323

I was hoping that Marina would become Shizuka's dog too by the end

>>280109688
I want to be Shizuka's dog

The only victim is Takopi he didn't need to deal with humanity's bullshit

>>280109723
takopi wants to bring happiness but humanity is too bitter

>>280109723
Marina's mom and Chappy would've died if he didn't come to Earth

>>280109723
>>280109739
Is Takopi, Jesus?

Very good first episode, I don't get the "misery porn" comments, I think this is very grounded, although maybe the kids should've been middle schoolers since elementary school bullying being this extreme is pretty weird.
I also really like how they revealed the bully's household life in the first episode, if it were any other show they would've revealed it in the last episode and expected you to forgive her immediately.

>>280109792
>expected you to forgive her immediately
It does kind of do that thoughever

>>280109883
>if it were any other show they would've revealed it in the last episode and expected you to forgive her immediately
There's a reason why the show/manga did it differently, you'll just have to wait and see if you don't want to read the manga

>>280109934
Meant for >>280109883
LOL

>>280073317 (OP)
Did you forget Made in Abyss ep1? When that aired, it was obvious.

>>280110763
>loli sufferkino = win
wtf why don't they just do this more often?

>>280080414
>>280105066
Anyone else think female bullies are generally portrayed more sympathetically in fiction than male bullies even when they do equally or more heinous things? It's an annoying double standard.

>>280110990
Men can take it
Culling the weak is based, actually

>>280111008
What do you mean? I don't see how your post is relevant.

>>280074794
Drama is always adjacent to comedy and inevitably tips over when it gets laid on too thick.

Like that movie Precious which is straightup laugh out loud funny with the main Characters situation and all the shit the writer dumbs on her.

>>280110990
No, I think they are the same. If you think so, you are the problem. If you meant people in-universe tend to forgive the female bullies easier, maybe I can't say for sure, but that's a different thing.

>>280111394
Nta but I'd sooner call Takopi a comedy than a drama. I don't really know why people are taking it this deeply. It feels kind of obvious reading the manga and even watching the anime. Maybe people are just shocked though because the character dynamics are still given proper care. Unlike a western dark comedy where they'd make it lazy and offensive if it wasn't meant to be a drama.

The first episode reminded me of my favourite bullying oneshot
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/rooftop_1

>>280111589
Uoh

>>280073317 (OP)
there is an anime original about cute girls bowling this season. Nothing else stands a chance

>>280107958
Marina gets cucked

It came with kino warnings so I assume so

>>280112292
>All characters depicted in this work are over 8

>>280112323
out of 5.

Why are they so fucking cute together bros? They’ve gave eachother nothing but suffering and we only have 1 panel of them being friends, but everytime I see fanart of them lovey dovey it gives my heart a boner

>>280111807
>expensive boomer sport
might as well they play golf instead.

>>280112978
>expensive
>boomer
>bowling
Huh? Going pro maybe, but not recreational.

>>280113039
you know that every sports anime are just them tryharding to win and not have fun right?

also it's still expensive to go a bowling alley every now and then.
unless you have your own dedicated bowling alley that your parents inherited to you.

>>280110958
Beats me, seems like a working formula.

>>280112744
The 15 chapters of them ruining each other's lives make their reconciliation that more satisfying. Their lives suck and they need each other.

>>280112978
i liked sorairo utility

>>280084437
Because for them it seems to be like 90% you can communicate and solve problems, i bet people there rarely ever fail the breakfast question, they rarely have to deal with low IQ retards that can’t hold a conversation, they sure have evil people but there’s an internal reasoning for their actions is not like when police try to reason with blacks and they get answers like “i dunno” “i just felt like it”

>>280073904
No, it has time travel too

>this is a real thing that happens in Japan

>it's out
Damn, how did I miss it.

>>280115549
too busy sucking dick

>>280073317 (OP) I liked this anime. A lot of people here call this misery porn but this is not even half as crazy as madoka.

>>280116208
Madoka didn't have dog stuff so this is automatically worse

>>280084437

>>280073317 (OP)
naru taru did this better and it didn't forgive the dog killing girl
>b-but the dog lives in the end
she still went out of her way to specifically kill that dog across multiple timelines, she is beyond redemption

>>280103051
a friend of mine has a scanlation team and hired a japanese guy who also speaks fluent english to help with translations. nobody on the team wants to talk to him outside of strictly work related stuff because he is a walking minefield that threatens to quit over every minute perceived slight againsy him

Should I watch this? I love lolis but I am sensitive and don't like sad things

>>280116865
It's been a while since I read the manga but I don't think she ever directly killed the dog? Just got him taken away by animal control and probably didn't realize what would really happen. She even tries to justify it saying that the main girl doesn't deserve a pet dog.

>>280112978
Funnily enough loli golf was AOTY 2024

>>280117101
It all gets reset so the sad things aren't that relevant

>>280084437
Really feels like I'm in bizzaro world when I see retarded posts like this. As if communication isn't the basis of western counseling.

>>280115360
>work is popular
>it has time travel
Instant pass and never look back

>>280116611
She cheated on him

>>280106744
Based and Cobrapilled

>>280117702
Maybe anon grew up in the hood.

I fucking hate cheating whores

>>280118003

>>280118024
lol

Fuck I posted in the wrong thread, oh well

>>280118073

>>280116268
The dog got plastic surgery after it moved in with the dad.

>>280118003
>>280118024
>>280118042
>>280118073
lmao

Gonna add to the pile and say this is just surface level misery porn. Absolutely trash writing, and people who "enjoy" this are often just psychos themselves. Tiktok rotted brains, possibly depressed, looking for a 'high' just to feel anything at all.

Or they're such diehard fucking toxic fans they're literally unable to form constructive criticism of a show, and they just say they like it. Many such people in the world. Bigly.

As a life long anime fan, I'm sure starting to hate current anime. I'd honestly take another food isekai than the shit that's been pumped out the last few seasons.

>>280119320
I didn't ask for a pile of naked autistic men in my living room but thanks for coming

>>280119320
This is not supposed to be deep so this is your problem. It is like reading a doujin and complaining that the writing is trash because it focuses more on the sex than whatever else you wanted it to be written about. This is a story about an alien with a warped world view trying to make lolis happy. A rather simple but intriguing concept. I almost feel like this has to be one person saying this over and over again. There is no way someone could actually view this and think it is trying to be pretentious or serious.

>>280118003
>>280118024
>>280118042
>>280118073
picked up

>>280109883
>Miseryporn
It's one of all those buzzwords such as "escapism." They are anti-animanga, anti-art or even anti-human. Those self-proclaiming editor-thrashers ruin everything because they want to feel important, completely lost grasp. A decent human being would avoid such behavior.

>>280119479
>>280119479
"lol of course its' retarded, it was supposed to be all along! crying basedjak with im fine mask"

I expect my (actual) porn to be about sexy images, yes. But the definition of "misery porn" is "I just want to suffer fuck your opinion" then aren't you just telling me I'm right in having my opinion? lool

regardless, absolutely regarded

>>280119650
We don't want to suffer. We want to enjoy cute girls and also, in this case, watch them suffer. It is pretty obviously supposed to be more of a comedy.

The first episode is a lot, but its something worth watching. Sin begets sin and children can be very evil. I am curious to see where this series goes. Its not every day you see a honest to given trigger warning at the start of a series.

>>280120028
It wasn't really a trigger warning in the actual Japanese. Crunchyshit just changed it to one. The original Japanese warning mostly feels like it was put there so no one accidentally watched this show not knowing what it was fully about.

I didn't know the manga was like THAT

>>280120224
I want to kiss that belly

>>280120082
I meant that its not exaggerating. She takes her life and dies. The alien does what he can from his "sin" after that.

>>280120465
It is mostly about how it is framed regardless of content. Explicit "trigger" warnings with numbers to a hotline always feel incredibly tacky. The Japanese way is a lot more natural feeling.

>>280119597
>buzzwords
>Escapism
Board is 18+

>>280084437
>/a/

>>280120028
What that other anon said, the Japanese one wasn't really a trigger warning, it's more of a "cover my ass" message from the production saying we are not trying to promote this bad thing being portrayed in our show
Like those "this media is a product of its time" messages on old shows with racist themes or whatever

>>280120224
Dear lord

>>280084437
Literally most issues come from this. I've never personally actually had a fight in my life that wasn't over a misunderstanding and/or quickly devolved into semantics. 4chan is a great example too. Anons will spend hours fighting back and forth until one explains what they meant in more detail and then it ends.

>>280073317 (OP)
this manga was complete garbage no clue how it even got the okay for an adaptation

>>280121197
"implicit." A girl dies. From hanging herself. Watch the damned thing for your self. This isn't a reply to these iditols but something I want to convey to the reader of this post.

>>280121390
He doesn't say the word implicit at all though

>>280104298
>The little psychopath isn't even punished properly

tagobi :-DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

>>280122171
would you say she needs correction?

>>280073904
Yes, the fundamental appeal is being made to cry along with the cute kids to whom very bad things happen. Whether the portrayal of violence or abuse is "realistic" or not, cute kids being hurt and crying is the hook. And for what it is Takopi is quite effective. If you simply oppose that type of story categorically, then you're not going to like this one.

>>280122171

>>280119597
Miseryporn describes this perfectly where bad things happen just for the sake of it.
What you wrote is like saying "scat" is anti-food.

>>280123174
how would bad things happening "not for the sake of it" look like in this situation?

>>280123996
Giving some space before the bullying happens, to start with.

Literally me with any friends, college, family member in my life

didn't this end with a bullshit forced happy end? I remember being disappointed with the way it ends.

>>280124527
Yes. It's one of those "there are problems in society, look at it" and then half-asses a happy ending with magic. It's still among the better ones.

If anyone wants misery porn done well, try watching 嫌われ松子の一生 (the movie) instead
>not anime
yeah, but definitely better than most

I'm gonna use the happy ribbon if the shitposting in these threads doesn't stop.

>>280124527
Do the japanese just not plan their endings? Reset just feels like a cheap cop out.

>>280124639
That characterization of the ending is not entirely accurate, since the resolution is a return to the original timeline which continues without Takopi's influence and turns out to be happy because the characters connect over their trauma. So ultimately it's a "there are problems in society...but life gets better" story. Generalized anti-suicide/bullying, pro-communication/friendship psa

>>280073317 (OP)
The mangaka is hinting a sequel or a special chapter when the anime ends.

>>280126378
But the whole story is about using resets to change events. Why is it suddenly a cop out when it happens at the end?

>>280126445
Because it doesn't change anything? How is that even a question?

>>280126382
>the resolution is a return to the original timeline which continues without Takopi's influence
No, you are wrong. The dog is dead in the original timeline, Shizuka tried to kill herself but failed and Marina lives a miserable life with her alcoholic mother. In the magical happy ending timeline Shizuka and Marina manage to bond together through their vague memory of Takopi, triggered by Shizuka's goofy drawing.

>>280126445
In the west, we have Suffering Obsessed People for some reason. They ruin every story like this by calling it "unrealistic" or "bullshit" to have a happy ending. After over two decades of SOPs messing with stories, the fact that the Japanese still do happy endings is refreshing. I want to see a sort of triumph in the end, not "realism".

Watched it. Still don't like the art style. Too much AI'ish.

>>280126598
I think you're right actually, I might have been mistaken on the literal events. But on a higher level it's not just magical bs because the point is just that the two characters connect over something, anything, rather than continuing to fight. The fact that what causes them to connect literally speaking has a magical source isn't that important.

>>280124117
but seeing her life before she was bullied doesnt matter to the beginning of the story
the whole point of the story is takopi timelooping to save her, and when he arrived she was already getting bulleid

>>280080090
Have you never kicked a kid before? They're surprisingly light.

>>280126759
>Too much AI'ish.
Nothing about it looks AI?

>>280130024
Anti AI people in general are so delusional they see it everywhere.

>>280073317 (OP)
not

>>280124527
>>280124639
>>280126382
>>280126598
Except Takopi sacrifices himself so it is really sad still

>>280119320
There is a clear overlap of audiences between this and Violet Evergarden.
Surface level, emotionally manipulative, well animated schlock that these people eat right the fuck up.

>>280120224
the anitwitter community's heads will rolll if they find out this pic

>>280133893
They'll go crazy when it's animated

>>280074904
I was forced to watch episode 1 because someone wanted me to and yeah I could tell it was heading in this direction before anything overtly grim happened and could guess the spoiler without knowing the context how or why.
Just one of those shows that is easily predictable with the low hanging fruit it wants to grab and the cheap emotions it wants to evoke.

>>280134091
IF they ever do, i doubt anime studios will even try considering how much they bend the knee for western audience

>>280073317 (OP)
fantastic first episode, not sure yet if it's aots because there are a bunch of other interesting looking anime this season

>>280134341
Because they don't care about the west, they'd censor things the Japanese themselves want to see?

>>280126244
That’s a lot of fingers to tie it to, good luck anon.

>>280133893
it's from a doujin comic dumbfuck

>>280123174
>bad things happen just for the sake of it
It's not for the sake of it. The setup already showed why the blonde is bullying the girl, and it's obviously going to be the main conflict of the show.

>>280084437
I mean while sure there are some people that you can't talk to because either they're deadset on their ways or they're too retarded to empathize with others, you can resolve issues with most people if both of you start to talk while respecting each other.

>>280089214
>he did absolutely nothing to endear him to the viewers
Why are you talking like your experience of the show is universal?

Is this the next Frieren or the next To Your Eternity?

>>280136482
It's the next Dead Dead Demons Dededededede

>>280136463
Baffling post. I am stating my opinion you faggot.

MAL loves it.

>>280136482
It's the next Koe no Katachi

>>280137371
wtf I hate takopi now

>>280137371
oh no now I must be le contrarian

>>280137371
They'll hate it when we get the anime original cunny shot

This kinda reminds me of Shimeji manga series. I doubt anyone on /a/ ever heard of it but I do recommend it if you like this series. Just google Shimeji Simulation.

>>280137371
It's still 8.97. Not as good as Frieren.

>>280137665
>I doubt anyone on /a/ ever heard of it
You're kidding, right?
I know this board is infested by shounenspics but surely you're not being serious?

>What did she mean by this?
Is her mom diddling her or something? Is her mom literally the personification of
>Ur mom gay
but unironically?

>>280137665
I would argue that this is more similar to End Of Goldfish Kingdom.
God I wish that manga was finished with translations.

>>280137953
Her mom regularly tickles her slit to make up for the fact that her father isn't present.

>>280107290
You’re meant to suffer like getting punched in the face endlessly that’s the whole point.

>>280137989
Does she make her dress up like her father before diddling her?

>>280138027
Yes, even making her wear some of his clothes from the closet. Sometimes the sticky messes he finds on them makes him beat her mother though.

>>280138058
I don't know if you're just fucking around, but I unironically hope this is true, kek.

>>280078434
>>280078633
Literally how the fuck are teachers in this backwater neighborhood so goddamn inept as to let this happen?

>>280137665
I don't think they're anything alike. sorry

>>280138187
Teachers there actually support it. They think the kids deserve bullying, and that they'll grow out of whatever it is that gets them bullied.

>>280083626
I think her mom is correcting her.

>>280138187
>Teachers there
As in Japan or at that school in the story?

>>280138271
meant for >>280138246

Bros... I don't feel anything for Shizuka (because we barely know anything about her), but I almost teared up when Takopi started to cry.
This innocent retard just wants to make her happy.

Will I like this if I'm a redditor?

>>280138347
I honestly just found him annoying as shit until he got his ass beat.

>>280138347
In the end, he's the only one that actually suffers. It's not fair.

>>280099844
so where exactly did she stick that

>>280099844
built for NTR

So is this sorta like Erased?

So tell me, the mangaka is a guro artist aren't they?

>>280138604
I wish tksn would get serialised. I love his characters.

>>280138581
In what way?

>>280138581
Yes but with Gore and Violence

No, there's a reason the manga is so lowly rated.

>>280138849
7.5 is not lowly rated though

>>280138347
Poor Takopi. I hope he gets the appreciation and the happy ending he deserves.

>>280073317 (OP)
After finishing the manga, the most jarring part has to be how inconsistent Shizuka is. Like if she could do what she did, why didn't she do it earlier? It's like she's a completely different person after chapter 3.

For the ending it's so rushed that Shizuka and Marina somehow got past their differences and got together. You would expect there to be context showing the two understanding the circumstances of their family, but psycho Shizuka and kill bill Marina just put aside their differences due to Happyian magic I guess. Logically I can see a way for the two to get together, but it's way too rushed. Azuma imo got the most complete story. Takopi would've had a much better time if it just ditched the two landmines and stuck with glasses boy

>finished the manga
There is no way either of these two won't kill themselves if the other one leaves or gets a bf. I don't doubt they're probably close, but they've gotta have the most toxic, yandere relationship ever

>>280138969
Why are random parts of that image blurred? Did the artist just apply the blur effect to some lines for no reason?

>>280138999
Actually true
I don't think Takopi fixed their personalities, just did enough meddling to save any of them from dying, and prevent Marina's mom and Chappy from dying

>>280138999
Trips of holy truth but I don't really like that art because they look too mature in it.

>>280138999
Funnier too is that Marina most likely killed her mom in the new timeline due to the scar on her right cheek. And if history is to go by Shizuka probably helped her hide the body. These girls just don't stop being terrible people but they're cute together so who cares really

I just can't stop replaying in my head Mommyko Noto saying itoshii wagako yo, gotta be my favorite two seconds of the year
The rest of the show is aight

>>280139031
Image resizing. Artist drew the eyes too small and had to enlarge it

>>280138999
I can see how Marina could maybe somehow through a saint-like transformation find it in herself to forgive Shizuka, but Shizuka truly became an irredeemable sociopath. She really wasn't kidding when she said Chappy mattered to her the most. She'd probably an hero when the doggo dies of old age

>>280139757
Sex

>>280126998
It is important because of the way the story frames itself. Shizuka's and Marina's violent relationship is already near the climax at the beginning of the story and it reaches the climax with the dog getting taken away (and killed) within a week. All Takopi's efforts only show that at that point, no intervention can fix this or prevent the misery and depression, except for literal Clarktech/magic.
If you want to look at more generalized messages, such as it can be fixed if they have had their childhood innocence or if they can communicate through a common interest, or so and so, fine. But the story's actual ending is poorly executed and conveyed, fundamentally because of how it starts.

>>280138187
she just needs to tough it out and take matters into her own hands

>>280073317 (OP)
I don't get the hype

>>280087261
Is it really tho?

This should've been yuri.

>>280103650
Niggers aren't people

>>280085626
This

>>280138886
That's cos you have low standards. I don't usually waste my time around the 7.5 range because they usually have some strong things but glaring flaws. And with Takopii, the opening hook was amazing but the plot and misery porn were the flaws.

So how's a plot heavy anime gonna be AotS if the plot is the problem? Change the plot?

>>280138999
>they've gotta have the most toxic, yandere relationship ever
so, a yuri relationship...

>>280088827
>Giving
lmao retard

loli ryona is hot, doesn't seem like the focus tho

>>280138886
For a plot-heavy adaptation to become AotS when the flaw is literally the plot?

>>280139985
It is.

>>280139985
Damn that chest wiggle while she was rubbing it in is nice. I don't know how I didn't notice that before.

>>280140099
It pretty much is the focus, you should watch it anon. It is essentially a loli ryona timeloop.

A concept like this would have had potential but the author made everything really obvious and laid the drama and abuse shit on way too thick

>>280139985
>>280140204
>>280139757

Huh ? They literally beat each other and they kissed in the end ? Might watch this

>>280139985
But you just posted yuri

>>280073317 (OP)
I love misery porn and I can't wait for the inevitable yuri rape this will spawn.

>>280074904
>>280077005
>>280103650
I think some people underestimate Asian bullying. I once saw a Chinese video of a schoolgirl with her bottom half stripped naked and pinned down with her legs spread by other girls while another girl was kicking her in the cunt.

>>280139905
I guess it was implied that what the two of them needed was for someone to understand them and the only ones who could do that was each other due to their broken families. But Marina really got the short end of the stick in this scenario. The message was probably that not everyone is equipped with the emotional tools to help someone, but somewhere out there will be the person they need. But the whole thing is so rushed and contrived that it does feel extremely unrealistic.
Also what they did to Azuma in the end just felt so obtuse. Yes it does make sense, but it's giving off mixed signals. Does he not help because somehow he knows from the other timeline that he isn't who Shizuka needs? Or did he not help because he already got the validation and recognition from his brother and new friends? To be fair it's much better for him if he didn't get involved kek

>>280111449
I don't know. I feel it's more often for female bullies to be portrayed as complex characters who may have sad backstories and may redeem themselves while male bullies are more often one dimensional villains or plot devices made to be hateable

>>280140477
That sounds awful, what unpleasant site would host such a video?

>>280140661
/gif/ sometimes has such threads.

>>280140661
I don't frequent shock/gore sites so I wouldn't know. But for you I did my best. This is definitely the video but probably isn't the site I originally watched it on since you need premium membership (definitely don't do that)
https://www.xrares.com/video/21013/Chinese-girl-kicked-to-the-groin-
I found a censored version. It also seemed to have spread in certain Japanese internet circles.
https://vk.com/video-177848767_456239029?to=L3ZpZGVvLTE3Nzg0ODc2N180NTYyMzkwMjk/
http://re-file.com/44/816/?sort=3
https://www.po-kaki-to.com/archives/19083.html
You'll probably be disappointed if you have certain expectations. It's low quality and only 6 seconds long. Apparently bullying like this is not uncommon in East Asia and they do take pictures or videos and spread them/post them online.

>>280073317 (OP)
I'm watching Pyramid Game and will start watching this too...
Well lads.

>>280123174
>where bad things happen just for the sake of it
I agree with that and this manga is certainly not the case. No conclusive moral or dramatic lesson is also the case, which Takopi also has.

>>280141353
>Apparently bullying like this is not uncommon in East Asia
The revenges are pretty brutal too. We don't shoot people because guns are extremely hard to get access to but stabbing, poisoning, and chemical splash were relatively common when I was in school. I got to see a scissors stabbing in person once, it was ineffective but pretty graphic.

I don't know how Marina's mom hasn't ended herself yet when both her husband and child were taken away by sluts from the same family

post marina harapan

>>280113302
>Bowling is expensive
How poor are you god damn. Looking at the local bowling alley it's $3 per person per game or $9 for all you can bowl (shoes included) from 12-5 then $5 per person per game from 5-12 +4.5 for shoes.
Sure it adds up but if you have a group of 4-5 people a full game is going to take over an hour easily.

>SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
nice ANIME thread guys

I don't care for it so far based off ep 1. Too hamfisted in its theme

>>280142318
It gets even more ham-fisted

>>280142474
Yeah i kinda figured it would. I do like the art style so I give it points for that. But if you're gonna handle something with as much gravity as the subject matter displayed here I am going to be a lot more critical in my judgement. In my opinion it's handled really poorly. Almost caricature how cartoonishly villainous the antagonist behaves. Hard to imagine a fucking 4th grade girl acting like that shy of being an actual psychopath, which do exist but even for Japan I find it hard to believe such an intense degree of bullying would go unaddressed by adults outside of very extreme/abnormal circumstances. I sincerely think less is more with a topic like youth suicide. Pic related for example imo far far better handling. But it also mostly uses only implications and focuses more on the impact without having to ever go into any detail. Sort of like horror actually in that by letting the viewer fill in the gaps you can actually manage to give a far stronger impact without destroying the authenticity/plausibility of the plot.

I have the exact same gripe with One Piece with respect to how he handles topics such as fucking slavery and genocide. Just way too cartoonishly over the top with how evil the villans are. It's just pure shock value which detracts from what these topics are actually like in the real world. The difference is at least one piece obviously isn't trying to portray itself as grounded. But this Takopi anime is very much presenting as a sort of realistic setting, then brings up very realistic and serious topic as child suicide and bullying by using absolutely unrealistic characters. For this reason I do not care for it. A swing and a miss.

>>280078434
Me on the left

>>280138100
Sadly, it isn't. Her mother only physically abuses her

>>280138187
It's Japan. People don't like to talk about problems, because that makes it real. Community is all about showing face, and that things are outwardly fine and perfect.

That's why you get a shit load of corruption over there. People will do anything to paper over the cracks and pretend that it's all good because it can damage their reputation and that is far worse than dealing with the problem. You see it when people report things to the police, officers in a konban will be troubled at actually having to do some work. It's also a reason why the country is, on the whole, unproductive.

>>280141948
well the opening seems like a big spoiler already

>>280142806
>a 4th grade girl walking around town battered, bruised, bleeding, and clothes tattered with "DIE" written on her backpack isn't outward
Okay

>>280142865
It's not their problem to deal with. People would rather stay quiet and

Just look at Tokyo. Toyoko kids are a well known demographic of homeless teenagers that congregate in kabukicho, hundreds of them hang out together every evening before dispersing. If the country can't even sum up the ability to house homeless children, the fuck do you think they'll do about some random kid in a bumfuck inaka?

Especially when said child is from a single-mother household, where the mother is an established whore. Being a divorcee is already a huge stigma there. People would rather go "eeeeeeh, look it's the daughter of the escort. Didn't you hear? She's causing the marriage of X to break down!" than to actually intervene. Because then it becomes their responsibility, and they don't want that.

Everyone is saying the manga is shit. The visuals are wasted on this.

>>280143026
The biggest flaw of the manga is that the ending is very rushed which the anime can easily fix.

>>280143043
You know it won't. If we get more than 2 minutes to wrap, that will be an exception to the norm

>>280143071
5 more 40-minute episodes is way too long to cover the rest of the manga, some things will definitely get expanded on.

Can’t wait to see this kino animated.

>>280143093
Is it 5x40 confirmed though? I expect the rest to be standard length. I hope I'm wrong, and that you're right

>>280141353
thanks
This stuff is hard to imagine since I grew up after zero tolerance policy came into effect. I'd literally be punished for defending myself.

>>280142588
Being kinda unrealistic wasn't the problem. The scenario is just too straightforward and boring for me. We didn't get any interesting development or characterization, we just got a suicide. Also the show has the ultimate anti-development weapon, time travel.

>>280143346
Also agree. Show shot its load very early. Like 10 minutes in. And I agree time travel is the lamest shit ever

>>280143435
Eh it would be worse if they kept going for "oh this is actually totally a cute wholesome show" instead of showing their hand.

>>280143525
Yeah Urobuchi beat them to it by a decade anyway
Setting the overall tone of the show during the first episode feels just right
I wonder why they compressed it to 6 40-minute episodes, was it because they're not constrained by having to show it on TV anymore? Or they thought the pacing would be bad if done in 20-minute increments?

Is it weird if I feel more sorry for Takopi than any children out there.

Like, I think the author did a good job showcasing the effect of neglected abused bullied Shizuka, however that fucking Squid man.

Here's the creature coming from a planet named Happy, his main objective to make others happy. Literally an MC from a toddlers cartoon. And he has to deal with our harsh (and a bit hyper (un)realistic) world

You know what broke me. His speech at Chapter 15. He apologizes for Shizuka (While she beats him) for not understanding anything, that despite trying to help her he failed over and over. He is sorry for leaving her alone. That shit broke me.

Takopi is pure innocence. Its clear that his species was unfamiliar with almost every negative emotion. And he went through hell in the series... But despite all of that, in the end.... His main objective was to still try to make Shizuka happy

>>280141353
Good for the girl that the uncensored version didn't manage to spread too far.
But if it were a boy, it would've spread far and wide. And it pisses me the fuck off.
Some subhuman recorded a video of a guy from my (elite) university masturbating and it spread around like wildfire and my shithole doesn't even have any laws against such crimes towards males.

>>280143768
>Sq*id
He is an alien octopus. Please don't use slurs like sq*id around here, you nigger.

>>280143768
You're not alone >>280138347 >>280138947.

>>280143773
The recording was done with a creepcam, by the way.

>>280143768
The anime didn't do a good job of making me empathize with that little critter. His voice is way too annoying. I don't normally get "cute aggression" but I kept wanting to stomp on him.

>>280143811
You're an asshole. He was cute in every way.

>>280143817
I would shove him up my ass and tell him that this is how humans show appreciation, so he can stew in my shit

Making Marina into a happy mother of a happy baby!

>>280143811
Honestly i was expecting way worse voice for him (Like something like catbug). Yeah I'm mostly a manga reader but it didn't bothered as much