3.83 AVERAGE


I cried a bit too much
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starscarlet76's review

3.0
challenging dark emotional
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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k4yb4y's review

4.0
dark funny tense
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perrilous's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

En seulement deux tomes, Le Péché originel de Takopi dégage une aura unique en son genre qui parvient à émouvoir aux larmes.

Ce manga communique tant de tristesse et désespoir. On ressent une réelle détresse pour ces enfants qui ne sont pas traités comme ils le devraient, engendrant toujours plus de souffrance et de désespoir dans un cycle qui peut-être sans fin.

C'est un portrait fascinant de la nature humaine à travers les yeux d'un extraterrestre optimiste et positif qui ne comprend pas les humains.

Un alien adorable, Takopi, étranger aux vices de ce monde, trop "happy", trop naïf, incapable de comprendre le harcèlement, la maltraitance, la solitude, la mort. C'est cette bestiole ingénue qui va prendre en pleine face toute la violence de la société.

Taizan5 parvient à retranscrire une très bonne exploration des personnages et de leurs traumatismes à travers une nouvelle perspective. C'est un récit agréable, sombre et intéressant sur des sujets sérieux dont l'influence d'Inio Asano et le clin d’œil à Punpun avec le design de Takopi éclate aux yeux.

Toutefois, c'est un titre à réserver à un public averti, en raison de scènes violentes aussi bien physiques que psychologiques.

Guat da fac

Excelente manga, pésima lectura si estás deprimido

No me ha gustado demasiado. Lo que empieza como una historia simpática e infantil acaba derivando hacia una historia cruel, dura, de suicidio y maltrato infantil.

Si lo que quería explicar el autor es la inocencia de los niños ante la violencia, creo que no ha sabido encontrar el como, ni el con quien.

Review for the entire series. Read on Manga Plus

Takopi's Original Sin is about Takopi, and cute little octopus-looking alien whose mission is to make someone happy. He comes to Earth and meets a girl named Shizuka. Shizuka is constantly looked down on by her classmates, bullied by one named Marina. One day, after constantly failing to make her smile, Takopi sees Shizuka come to him dirty and bruised, and her dog missing. She leaves him and he goes to find her. He finds her dead by suicide. Heartbroken and determined to make Shizuka smile, Takopi goes back to the past and tries everything he can to get Shizuka to smile. However, things get worse when Takopi does something horrible to Marina. Soon, another classmate named Azuma is pulled in and things splinter off and get worse.

This isn't a horror manga, though there are some dark and edgy moments. Despite the somber synopsis, it is ultimately a story with a happy and tearful ending. You feel for Shizuka, Marina, and Azuma and all the horrible stuff they have had to go through. Takopi is so innocent and kind and he tries everything to make them feel better. He learns hard and tough lessons, but he does it all for Shizuka's sake.

The ultimate message of Takopi's Original Sin is that we need to understand each other. Talking to each other, not at each other, can alleviate our pain and help us find support and new friends and loved ones. The ending is a bit rushed, but completes its goal.

ginbat's review

4.75
dark emotional
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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