Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
April 6, 2021
Status:
Still Airing
Summary:
In a city which should be familiar, there is the feeling of something a little different.
Odokawa is a taxi driver who lives an ordinary life, taxing some quirky customers around. A slightly eccentric stranger who has no relatives nor any relations with other people, Odokawa's hobby is to listen to Rakugo on the radio before going to bed. For the time being, the only people he can consider as friends are his family doctor Gouriki, and his high school classmate Kakihana.
Kabasawa, a college student who wants a buzz, Shirakawa, a nurse who's hiding something, comedian group Homo Sapiens, who isn't selling well, the city hoodlum Dobu, and the rookie idol group Mystery Kiss—the conversations with these people, which should not have meant much, lead to a girl who disappeared.
This anime would easily be among the best works of all time, but it chose not to be, by giving every viewer the middle finger at the very ending of the credits in the final episode. I won't spoil what or how. But consider yourself warned.
There's an accompanying radio drama to this, as well, in the official Japanese Odd Taxi YouTube channel. It has been fantranslated on YouTube (almost completely subbed, as of the time of writing this), but its final episode only makes the anime ending worse.
Easily one of the biggest cases of wasted potential in all history of storywriting. Spare yourself from the depression it will otherwise bring.
