Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World) Discussion Thread

[HitokiriShadow]

That last line was very ominous...

Interesting that they all barely even remember Reiko and basically don't even notice the one guy that went missing here. They quickly dropped the subject of Saki being the last person from her class despite there still being others behind her as well. It seems there's something that's inhibiting their ability to remember or mentally address certain subjects.

Also, maaaaaan that King of Delight was a bastard. If that was his inauguration, I shudder to think of what life must have been like under him for the rest of his rule.

[Fencedude]

Man this show is fucked up.

It creeps me out severely.

[something]

Episode 1:

- Death!
- Dunno what's going on but it's pretty awesome.

- Meeting the cast in prsent day. I wonder which of these cute girls dies first? Don't let it be HanaKana's...
- Evil cows.
- Feeling like Reika will be the first to go, but maybe that's too obvious?
- Saki is gonna get eaten by a demon cat. ;_;
- Oh. Well, bye Reiko!

Damn (positive) that was rather fantastic.
Damn (negative), CR is on a fucking delaycast. They get a pretty anemic Fall lineup and hen one of the good shows they do have is delayed enough to come out on a Monday and miss my weekend viewing window. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. UTW it is, then.

[something]

Episode 2:

- Five hundred years later than what?
- "The first hundred people to stop clapping will be sacrifices." Haha wow.

- Nobody seems too worried that Reika disappeared. I guess time has passed.
- Lots of time spent on that game. Doesn't end until after the midpoint. Still, it was pretty neat.
- Cheaty kid got eaten by the demon cat. =D

- Helping rat people. Sooo will that help her down the line or bite her in the ass?
- Oh dur the narrator woman is an older Saki. Hadn't paid enough attention to her before. Well, guess that means she lives.
- She also addresses that it was easy to forget about the missing children.
- Well jeeze that was an incredibly foreboding thing to say about Maria.

More "normal" than episode one, but you have to figure that would happen.most eps will be. There's still a very strong tension in the background though.

[HitokiriShadow]

Originally Posted by something

Episode 2:

- Five hundred years later than what?

Our present day, when that psychic massacre in episode 1 happened. I'm pretty sure, anyway.

[ookamigirl]

The karma demon story was interesting.
Their rock pushing game was kinda fun to watch.
The power of the mind is a scary thing.
The broken pusher incident rattled them a bit.
Saving the Queerat was a nice gesture.

[bear]

So we've had one who's Cantus ability was weak and one who was too full of himself. Both gone.

Interesting that the teacher declared it a draw. Didn't want to identify that one of the kids was on the chopping block I guess.

Someone had mentioned "The Village" and the teachers keep stressing the idea of sacrifice and the danger of not emotionally being part of the group. I'm beginning to think that those with the Cantus ability who might become dangerous are "offed" and possibly (I hope) those without it are exiled to the outside world instead of being "offed". That's assuming there are some normals on the outside.

As far as the Queerrat... No good deed goes unpunished.

[FUNiOP]

This episode didn't give me any more of an idea of how this would develop in this aspect, but from pictures I've seen of the manga, it seems to turn into yuri hentai ... Not sure if that's just the manga, which is another adaptation, and not the novel. If so, it may not end up happening to the anime. I really can't see it happening from these two episodes.

[ookamigirl]

This episode was mostly relaxing.
Enjoying the camping trip.
Although kids camping alone is kinda reckless.
They sure were having fun exploring.
The weird creature-like walking library was interesting.
Wonder what kinds of mysterious things they'll learn from it.

[Fencedude]

Wait. Why is the library a transparent creature that can hypnotize you?

This show is soooo weird.