NO ChoP!
Old Head
What's unique about Takeda is that it caves in on the middle part of the blade, that's from the manufacturing process and in your cade they didn't finish that part, I would demand an exchange. I just got a brand new one myself and while the 'grind' is not ideal, at least the blade itself was fine.
I noticed this, but just figured it wasn't the normal tall gyuto. Anyone else have one of the sasonohas for reference?
It looks like He's getting a very acute edge, but wow, did you see the shoulders on that guy? That's linebacker material...
edit** after looking at it on my laptop and not the celly, the concavity is there, slightly. Honestly, thinning the high shoulders wouldn't just move them back, but blend them into the slight concavity, making it a mess...