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This is without a doubt the greatest episode of Takopi's Original Sin and a contender for Episode of the Year. It deserves a 10/10 rating on IMDb, just like Ozymandias. Although 9.9 is more likely. But nothing less than that. My personal rating: 2022/10

Peak direction, peak animation, peak characterization, peak plot, peak lore-everything about this episode is a masterpiece. As a manga reader, I already knew this was going to be my favorite episode. But the adaptation is beyond perfect. The direction and animation are so good that the anime elevates the source material in every way. There are even anime-original scenes that give more context to the situation. It is no wonder this episode is so visually stunning when names like Hirotaka Mori, Yuuki Hayashi, Takashi Kojima, and Keiichirou Saitou worked on it.

Episode 5 finally reveals the true meaning of the title "Takopi's Original Sin". This is one of the most mind-blowing plot twists ever seen in an anime that rivals the greatest plot twists in Attack on Titan. Given the titles of the first and fifth episodes, I am pretty sure the author, Taizan 5, was inspired by AoT. I don't know how true this is, but I've also read somewhere that Taizan 5 claimed their favorite series to be Re:Zero (W taste). This makes so much sense because Takopi reminds me of Re:Zero in so many ways. And this episode has tons of parallels to Arc 6. But I won't spoil anything.

This is the darkest and most shocking this anime has ever been, and we've already had a lot of messed-up moments in the series. The drama and tension are at their peak. But what really stands out to me is the character of Takopi. Our perspective on all the characters changes with this episode, especially Shizuka and Marina. But the true protagonist has always been this alien who wants to make others happy. And he is the character who has to deal with the trauma of all these children. Once innocent, now broken.

Overall, one of the greatest episodes in television history. The next and final episode of Takopi will be an emotional rollercoaster. I don't think it will surpass this one, but it may end up being my second favorite episode of the anime. I can guarantee that the ending will be perfect.

First of all, I have to say that I'm an anime only and I haven't read the manga. I've only seen one other series by Naoki Urasawa and that is the anime of Monster.

So going into this blindly, I expected something similar like a realistic psychological crime story. But what I got was something completely different and it's honestly hard to believe that these are two mangas written by the same author. It's a science fiction that takes place in the future with a lot of fantasy elements, such as extremely advanced technology like robots and artificial intelligence on the level of or even more developed than humans. That was definitely a nice change and just proves that Urasawa is a genius of a mangaka who can write very diverse stories. The only thing halfway similar is the murder mystery aspect of the story, but I definitely loved that.

This anime had some interesting themes like the never-ending cycle of hatred. It's also very emotional with hard hitting deaths that almost made me cry for literal robots. Every episode is interesting and has some nice moments, but no episode is even close to the level of the masterpiece that is the last one.

That final episode is one of the greatest TV episodes I've ever seen. It has a plot twist on the same level of Attack on Titan, which absolutely shocked me. And that final fight had me on the edge of my seat the whole time as it's just pure craziness and emotion. It's genuinely the greatest finale that I've ever seen in any anime and this is not an exaggeration. I'm just so glad to finally see another very well executed ending. Most endings that I've seen felt kind of unsatisfying.

Overall, I really enjoyed this fairly short show and it was an incredible experience. The only thing I disliked was the animation of environmental elements like tornados and explosions. The studio used too realistic CGI for this that just looks a bit odd compared to the 2D animation.