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Shōma Takakura is one of the Takakura twins, brother to Kanba and older brother to Himari. He is the sole biological child of Kenzan and Chiemi Takakura, whose arrest for orchestrating a subway terrorist attack on the night of his birth left the three siblings to fend for themselves. That attack claimed many lives, including Momoka Oginome.
In the wake of his parents' imprisonment, Shōma shoulders the burden of domestic life, tending to the cooking and cleaning for his family. His nature stands in stark contrast to Kanba's—more emotionally fragile, earnest, and unversed in romance. He possesses a firm moral conscience, often resisting any descent into wrongdoing, even when the goal is to save his sister.
Himari’s terminal illness becomes the driving force of his life. After she dies and is resurrected by a mysterious force within a penguin hat, Shōma and Kanba receive a mission: find the Penguindrum to sustain her life. Shōma is charged with securing Ringo Oginome’s diary, believed to be the very object they seek.
His pursuit of the diary draws him into a complicated bond with Ringo. What begins as a calculated effort to obtain the diary slowly deepens into genuine concern. He becomes her cautious guide, trying to temper her dangerous fixation on their teacher, Keiju Tabuki. A tentative closeness grows between them, strained when Ringo confesses her feelings. Overcome with guilt upon remembering his parents’ role in her sister Momoka’s death, Shōma pushes her away after the diary is lost.
He carries a weight of guilt and despair not only for his parents’ crimes but for the cruel fate handed to his family. His protectiveness of Himari is fierce, fueling a desperate determination to keep her alive—a drive that constantly wars with his principles. He fights against the idea that they are being punished for their parents’ sins.
His story culminates in a act of sacrifice. To spare Ringo from a transferred punishment, he takes it upon himself and disappears in a blaze of fire. Before vanishing, he confesses his love for her. In the end, he and Kanba are reborn as young children, offering them a chance to start anew, unshackled from the past.
In the wake of his parents' imprisonment, Shōma shoulders the burden of domestic life, tending to the cooking and cleaning for his family. His nature stands in stark contrast to Kanba's—more emotionally fragile, earnest, and unversed in romance. He possesses a firm moral conscience, often resisting any descent into wrongdoing, even when the goal is to save his sister.
Himari’s terminal illness becomes the driving force of his life. After she dies and is resurrected by a mysterious force within a penguin hat, Shōma and Kanba receive a mission: find the Penguindrum to sustain her life. Shōma is charged with securing Ringo Oginome’s diary, believed to be the very object they seek.
His pursuit of the diary draws him into a complicated bond with Ringo. What begins as a calculated effort to obtain the diary slowly deepens into genuine concern. He becomes her cautious guide, trying to temper her dangerous fixation on their teacher, Keiju Tabuki. A tentative closeness grows between them, strained when Ringo confesses her feelings. Overcome with guilt upon remembering his parents’ role in her sister Momoka’s death, Shōma pushes her away after the diary is lost.
He carries a weight of guilt and despair not only for his parents’ crimes but for the cruel fate handed to his family. His protectiveness of Himari is fierce, fueling a desperate determination to keep her alive—a drive that constantly wars with his principles. He fights against the idea that they are being punished for their parents’ sins.
His story culminates in a act of sacrifice. To spare Ringo from a transferred punishment, he takes it upon himself and disappears in a blaze of fire. Before vanishing, he confesses his love for her. In the end, he and Kanba are reborn as young children, offering them a chance to start anew, unshackled from the past.