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6/28/2025, 2:53:24 AM
I just finished reading the omnibus. Surprisingly, I don't have much to say by way of spoilers, but I sure do have VERY IMPORTANT OPINIONS to share.
Can't say I loved the manga. Reminds me a lot of Dedededede but slightly better. What bothers me about it is the cynicism. Not sure just how contrived these school bullying scenarios are, I know from media osmosis that it seems to be a more or less prevalent thing in Japan, but I have no idea how much of it actually real. Regardless, the sheer inaction of parents and the school staff is simply mind boggling to me. Is it even possible to ignore this kind of thing? Where are the adults? Is just one of those Japanese insectoid things that I can't understand?
I don't like the HAPPY HAPPY bullshit, it's such obvious emotional manipulation that it ends up feeling extremely hacky. But what intrigues me the most is the title. "Takopi's Original Sin". Original sin? Takopi is a kind of angelic being, he doesn't seem to be culpable of anything. He is ignorant of most things and profoundly well-intended in his actions. The only thing I can imagine would be sinful was him rebelling against his mother. Was this his original sin? Minor spoilers, but his mother back in Happy Happy planet seems to be some kind of dumb god, the general lack of religious sophistication of the Japanese is something that really impoverishes their media output and I cannot find this anything other than repulsive. Many times, and particularly in the case of this manga, it feels like the author is wrestling with larger metaphysical concepts but is eternally unable to reach an eureka moment. Chesterton said that everything about the Christian faith may be impossible to prove except for the certainty of original sin. The characters in this story are all trapped in a cycle of evil from which they can't truly escape, they receive evil from their parents and in due time will gift evil of their own to their children.
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Can't say I loved the manga. Reminds me a lot of Dedededede but slightly better. What bothers me about it is the cynicism. Not sure just how contrived these school bullying scenarios are, I know from media osmosis that it seems to be a more or less prevalent thing in Japan, but I have no idea how much of it actually real. Regardless, the sheer inaction of parents and the school staff is simply mind boggling to me. Is it even possible to ignore this kind of thing? Where are the adults? Is just one of those Japanese insectoid things that I can't understand?
I don't like the HAPPY HAPPY bullshit, it's such obvious emotional manipulation that it ends up feeling extremely hacky. But what intrigues me the most is the title. "Takopi's Original Sin". Original sin? Takopi is a kind of angelic being, he doesn't seem to be culpable of anything. He is ignorant of most things and profoundly well-intended in his actions. The only thing I can imagine would be sinful was him rebelling against his mother. Was this his original sin? Minor spoilers, but his mother back in Happy Happy planet seems to be some kind of dumb god, the general lack of religious sophistication of the Japanese is something that really impoverishes their media output and I cannot find this anything other than repulsive. Many times, and particularly in the case of this manga, it feels like the author is wrestling with larger metaphysical concepts but is eternally unable to reach an eureka moment. Chesterton said that everything about the Christian faith may be impossible to prove except for the certainty of original sin. The characters in this story are all trapped in a cycle of evil from which they can't truly escape, they receive evil from their parents and in due time will gift evil of their own to their children.
(1/2)
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