Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World) Discussion Thread

[Ingraman]

Pop quiz time with the Education Committee!!

Good cop, bad cop?

Asahina Tomiko comes to save the day, and then she and Saki go have tea next to some kitties (ones that might, "perhaps", have been there to nibble on Saki, no less). Aa! Sakakibara-sama!

She's how old?!? O_O She must have eaten the missing children to have lived so long. ;p

Mamoru and Maria have moved on, and Saki/Satoru have only three days...

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Episode 14:

- Satoru and Saki go back, Maria stays with Mamoru.
- Aww, Saki and Maria has one last steamy lesbian romp before parting. I fear it'll be their last.
- Ugh, inquisitor lady is a bitch. They ask Saki to tell the truth, so she does, and they get all uppity. Saki is pretty awesome in how she's handling all this though.
- And yay Tomiko.
- Hah, she makes the committee her bitch.

- Japan is down to 50-60k people? That puts the death of a few hundred in a new perspective.
- Tomiko is rather well aged for a 267 year old.
- Off to bring Maria and Mamoru back. Except for one small problem...

Very good episode. Once again, I really really like Tomiko and I'm totally on her side in all this. I don't want Shinsekai Yori to have a storybook ending where everything is happy. I don't want Shun to come back, I don't care if Mamoru survives, I don't need Saki to become an invincible heroine who makes everything perfect and doesn't have to compromise.

(I do want Maria to live though...)

I was worried about next episode because it's a multiple of five, and that's when the bad man comes to do bad things, but thankfully it looks like it might be a normal episode.

[FUNiOP]

It's so great to see Saki stand her ground so strongly in the face of this oppressive system. Tomiko's entrance and contributions were definitely very appreciated as well. I hope Maria and Mamoru will survive, but living happily ever after doesn't seem like a very likely possibility, and it's getting close to what looks like their time to go.

[ookamigirl]

So they managed to make their way to Robber Fly colony.
Along the way the found out some things there weren't pleasant.
Looks like the colony life is far from being simple.
Those two set out to find their friends but ended up finding other problems.
Their little search brought yet another colony war. This time with the Goat Months.
Squealer seems to be using those two to get more power.
Maria and Mamoru seemed to have left by their own will.

[Ingraman]

Originally Posted by ookamigirl

Squealer seems to be using those two to get more power.

He's done it before successfully, and he's doing it again.

The news that he gave, about the combining of several of the colonies, what's happened to their queens, and what they've learned from a "book", is concerning. With their numbers, they definitely pose a threat to the human villages, which might find it hard to defend themselves with their self-imposed power limitations.

I wonder what's coming up, both with Maria/Mamoru and when Saki/Satoru return to their village and give their report (if that actually happens, anyway).

[Nikopol]

So the queerrats were having a nice revolution, dethroning their ruling nobles (just short of beheading them) and installing a democracy. They read about it in a "book".

Iirc, most books about the past have been disposed of. So where did squealer get the book from? My guess: a False Minoshiro. Which is potentially very dangerous, as he could also learn about the humans not actually being gods, but just "normal" people with a few powers. Normal people without a standing army.

I keep loving this show. It has such a nice, almost constant atmosphere of dread, like this whole world is only one small step away from breaking apart. I just hope, they can find a strong ending for it all. And as it's been said before, this ending probably shouldn't be a (true) happy end with Saki solving all the problems and they lived happily ever after and such.

[FUNiOP]

So instead of finding Maria and Mamoru, Saki and Satoru come across the Monster Rats attempting to presumably rise up and take over humanity's spot on the totem pole. That makes for a good issue for the time being. Not unlike past events in this series, our protagonists are stuck in a situation in which the other players are hiding their true intentions and pose a serious threat. Fortunately, the humans are realizing what's going on pretty quickly, so hopefully they'll be able to get out of this without any lasting problems. At the very least, their relationship with the rats is not looking like it will be stable in the future, and that's one ally group that has been good to have on board.

[ookamigirl]

Flashbacks and memories of childhood days.
Thoughts about society and life.
Still searching for Maria and Mamoru.
Satoru and Saki were restless in their search.
They disappeared without a trace..

[Eteal]

Saki and Satoru had sex!

[Nikopol]

What a great and emotional episode this was. When Saki was reading that letter (for what feels like half of the episode no less), i had chills down my spine several times. A great way to probably end this arc, with another time jump being on the horizon.