Even though I know first hand what suicide ideation is, nothing wrenched my gut watching first episode. Until mother's hand on Marina's face.
I understand why Takopii is the way he/she/it is, but I wonder how they will leverage it. So far he/she/it just annoys me. "Just be happy" kind of mentality does not help in real life. Yes, you probably want to strive towards it, in a sense, but you can't really force it on someone in any way. Takopii seemed to get an inkling of that in the episode, which is good, and even though he was secretly helping, he/she/it did not deny the fact, which is also good, because now Shizuka knows she has an ally.
My point is this is a very difficult topic for an anime, and for a story in general, that's very easy to screw up. it can become too unrealistic (like "Magical Girl Website", for example, although there is was kind of the point), or even outright harmful, if bad advise is shared. Unless negative consequences of bad advise are shown, which is kind of what happened already. And BTW, I would say both "plot twists" were kind of predictable, which is another flag telling me that the narrative is really easy to screw up here.
But, of course, we'll see how it goes. I hope that it will be able to deliver a good and grounded message.
