Oof, that episode was a LOT. The writing, direction, and animation are all on-point, but this is going to be tough to get through. Takopi's upbeat, cartoony reactions to real, serious problems were painful to watch, but I think it's only going to get worse as he learns more and more what kind of suffering exists in this world. I definitely want to keep watching this, but I'm going to need to make emotional space for it, because jeez.

Even after the first trailer I knew it's going to be a dark and heavy show but honestly I'm still shocked.
Everything, artstyle, music, atmosphere, contrast between characters makes this uneasy feeling... You feel this pain, this hopelessness.

Takopi has a really hard job to do but I really hope we will get a happy ending.

Ouch, that was a rough first episode, even as someone who've read the manga before. The contrast between Takopi's cute design with the bleak, rough style of everything else really captures the contrast between Takopi's innocent and the much more bleak reality of both Shizuka and Marina.

They also drew Shizuka's house with a messy background to reflect how messy the reality is. Shizuka's depression isn't as simple as being bullied, her home was a wreck because of her mother is allegedly having an affair with Marina's dad. There's also a glimpse on Marina's side also having a broken home because of it.

This is a wonderful adaptation, with not only a great animation but also great cinematography. I like how they depict the bullying with Marina and Shizuka with that split view. I also like how they show Takopi's first-hand experience with bullying and how scary it looked at the point of view of the victim. There's also this beautiful sequence of Takopi hesitated on helping Shizuka facing Marina.

Oh boy, I'm not ready experiencing this the second time

Never seen a show with a suicide warning at the beginning, but its understandable. Still can’t believe this got animated.

They’ve done a great job maintaining the manga’s squiggly design for Takopi in motion while the children look more cartunesque, almost malnourished.

The animation is also fairly good when it matters; for a dramatic show, there’s no high octane action, instead relying on character’s minor gestures - plus Takopi’s jelly-like body having some fun bits

Though the shining point is really are the character’s expressions and emotions - or lack of them