Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World) Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

I haven't actually looked for it yet, so I have no idea what's going on with it.

Yeah I can't find much on it. Just that it's called 割れたリンゴ (Wareta Ringo) and is sung by Taneda Risa, Saki's seiyuu. Nothing on the official website mentions it. The Music section of the official site is still under construction. Amazon brings up nothing. Blargh. Hopefully it gets listed soon.

[Buckeye]

First, a bit of history. Next a psychic golf game where psychic powers are used to push a ball into the hole. Things were going well for group 1 until a cheater ruins everything by stopping the pusher in its tracks. And he's outta here, just like Reiko was. Then some sort of mutant rat falls into the river, and Saki saves him with her power, which is against the rules.

After the first episode drops a lot of stuff on you, the second episode focuses more on the five kids who are destined to save the world from destruction, or something like that. Not exactly the most exciting stuff, but it works well that this episode was all about the children and their lives at school rather than all the other stuff going on.

[FUNiOP]

Very intense world history lesson there. Murder is a new concept that greatly disturbs the children, because modern humanity is genetically modified to find the concept almost unbelievable to everyone, and even if they do end up going through with it, they die themselves. I guess that's one way to sustain humanity's existence. There are clearly some major issues with some of the characters involving this. Also, some stuff about sexual history. I was wondering when that was going to start coming up.

[Buckeye]

One more flash of history, and this time it is a conquest from a long time ago. Back to the present, the kids are going on a camping trip, and canoeing down the river, and going stargazing at night. Next day, they continue their trip to catch some spirit called the Minoshiro. Except that it is not the real one. Thanks to Saki's special glasses that she uses because of her sensitivity to light, she is able to pluck away at its defense system.

Really nice episode there, and at the very least no students disappear in this episode, instead focusing on the five children as a group doing a summer vacation assignment. The whole trip is great, and the episode ends with the encounter with that spirit, setting the stage up for big things to happen when the next episode comes.

[HitokiriShadow]

o_0 That queen scene....

I was a little annoyed at how Saki took a largely passive role in this episode, but it was nice to see her take a more active role in her sexual encounter with Satoru, and didn't become the typical blushing virgin who becomes barely capable of stringing words together once a situation becomes sexual.

[ookamigirl]

Their problems just continue to accumulate.
Lots of running and hiding.
Didn't think those rat creatures could talk.
That rat queen was really weird.
So a legit colony is having problems with a rogue one.
Those kid just ended up in the middle of it all.

[Fencedude]

HEY THERE INFODUMP.

Still, pretty interesting. Would like to explore further the idea of Saki and Maria...relieving stress.

[Fencedude]

We've secretly replaced episode 5 of Shin Sekai Yori with a random episode of Casshern Sins! Will anyone notice?

YES I FUCKING NOTICED.

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Episode 5:

- Oh right. I was very confused at first and thought I'd missed a scene, then I remembred the previous episode ended with the balloon dog thing.
- Bleh the art took a major downgrade in this episode. I was okay with the Casshern Sins style... in Casshern Sins. There are few things I hate more than animation directors changing character design styles in the middle of a show, so this is reallllllllly distracting. Major major major major pet peeve. I find the awkward camera angles distracting too. Bleh, I hope this is a one episode thing only.

- So anyway, about that sex talk. Will they go through with it?
- Nope.
- Ewww, queerat queen is icky.

Bleh. The style can sorta work, but not as episode 5 of a show that already had its own style for four episodes. And definitely not when done in the incredibly half-assed manner we saw here. Slow movement, bad camera angles, very poor sense of flow and space and just about everything.

Very disappointing. Pretty much a lost episode. I hope things are back to normal next week.

[Damius]

Well, that was a really interesting first episode. I'll definitely watch more. Poor Reiko ;_;