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[Flutterz]

I've been watching stuff done by HorribleSubs for a long time and I never really had any complaints about their translations...

I know, I was (mostly) kidding, but seriously, "Squeara" instead of "Squealer"?

[Down]

HorribleSubs releases are all rips from official simulcast sites (Crunchy, funi, etc). So that means this is from official subs.

[Nosebleed]

What I like from Shinsekai Yori, as someone who's seen it like a year or so ago.

What captivated me was the mystery behind the world, what lead humanity to stray down the path it did, the events that happened 1000 years earlier and how they translated into the current world.

 

But then it became more than that. The way society lives, the dogmas society placed to keep itself under control, all of it was so fascinating to me.

As someone who actively studied philosophy at the time, this was brilliant.

 

But most importantly, the journey the characters undergo to find out about all these things, all the developments between them that are definitely not what I would consider cliché, really brought out the essence of the world of Shinsekai Yori.

 

I loved their relationships, the way they interacted and how they matured throughout the show.

Something so very few shows do, depict their characters maturing.

 

And the story itself was, in my opinion, quite unpredictable at times.

The little twists and turns felt awesome to me at the time (maybe they wouldn't be as big now, though personally I think i'd still have liked them).

 

And by the end, I was just thankful an anime managed to take me on such a great journey and a beautiful fictional world.

 

I understand the social critique side of it, but I do not think of Shinsekai Yori as a fleshed out social critique, but just a beautiful, well fleshed out fictional world with an amazing story and characters and I never regretted watching it.

[Ezeefreak]

What I like from Shinsekai Yori, as someone who's seen it like a year or so ago.

What captivated me was the mystery behind the world, what lead humanity to stray down the path it did, the events that happened 1000 years earlier and how they translated into the current world.

 

But then it became more than that. The way society lives, the dogmas society placed to keep itself under control, all of it was so fascinating to me.

As someone who actively studied philosophy at the time, this was brilliant.

 

But most importantly, the journey the characters undergo to find out about all these things, all the developments between them that are definitely not what I would consider cliché, really brought out the essence of the world of Shinsekai Yori.

 

I loved their relationships, the way they interacted and how they matured throughout the show.

Something so very few shows do, depict their characters maturing.

 

And the story itself was, in my opinion, quite unpredictable at times.

The little twists and turns felt awesome to me at the time (maybe they wouldn't be as big now, though personally I think i'd still have liked them).

 

And by the end, I was just thankful an anime managed to take me on such a great journey and a beautiful fictional world.

 

I understand the social critique side of it, but I do not think of Shinsekai Yori as a fleshed out social critique, but just a beautiful, well fleshed out fictional world with an amazing story and characters and I never regretted watching it.

 

I've read you post three times to not overlook something ... Everything what you describes, hadn't any effect on me. In fact, some of them I see completely different. But thats the way it is with the personal taste . Especially the thing with the twists and turns ended for me after EP 4.

 

I think that show is quite average in nearly every aspect but if you get caught by the story and theme I can understand that people will love it.

 

Another thing to my choice of words earlier... maybe pseudo-philosophical and pseudo-social critical arent the right choice. I meant that the show fakes to be "deep" and isn't it really, at least not to me .

[Nosebleed]

 

I've read you post three times to not overlook something ... Everything what you describes, hadn't any effect on me. In fact, some of them I see completely different. But thats the way it is with the personal taste . Especially the thing with the twists and turns ended for me after EP 4.

 

I think that show is quite average in nearly every aspect but if you get caught by the story and theme I can understand that people will love it.

 

Another thing to my choice of words earlier... maybe pseudo-philosophical and pseudo-social critical arent the right choice. I meant that the show fakes to be "deep" and isn't it really, at least not to me .

 

It's not really trying to be deep in my opinion.

It is mysterious at first, but everything is explained to you throughout the show so it's not like it's trying to say "look at me, i'm so deep".

You don't finish Shinsekai Yori thinking "what did this mean!?".

I finished Shinsekai Yori and felt kind of like when I finish a good book: "This was a great story".

 

Shinsekai Yori to me was a breath of fresh air from all the mediocrity that exists in the anime industry nowadays.

 

If you consider average something that's been done before, sure Shinsekai Yori is average, but that's really poor way of looking at things given that pretty much every anime today follows strict patterns and never really deviate from them or try to be original with them. Like seriously, judging any show by this is a recipe for hating the show. (Do you want me to go on a rant on why Sakurasou is pretty meh? By your standards it's just an average romcom that's already been done a million times )

 

The difference with Shinsekai Yori, in my opinion, is that it really develops the world and characters it's set in. Everything is carved out to make a nice, steady and fluid storyline, and that's what I loved about it. 

Everything fell in place, all the things that were happening in Shinsekai Yori felt right, they felt like they were being executed properly, and that's really what makes or breaks a show in my opinion.

 

Has Shinsekai Yori touched any particularly deep subjects or has it done something incredibly original that hasn't been done before? Not in particular.

But did it excell when it came to executing the story it set out to tell? In my opinion, most definitely.

[Ezeefreak]

Sometimes I think nobody really read posts here... If I'm right I rated it with 6 / 10 what is WAYS mor objectively like some others did with other shows ... Also I never said I hated it, I watched it and was a little bit entertained, but thats all. So it's just average for me and I rated it exactly like that. People have to understand and how to handle critical posts ...

 

 

 

Do you want me to go on a rant on why Sakurasou is pretty meh? By your standards it's just an average romcom that's already been done a million times 

 

You can rant as much as you want about that I'll still love it. And yeah I like romcoms and there is nothing wrong with that ... but thats not my standard. I've watched tons of tv shows (maybe not anime's) now and thats my standard...

[Tyrael]

Do you want me to go on a rant on why Sakurasou is pretty meh? By your standards it's just an average romcom that's already been done a million times )

 

How dare you! 

[Eclipsed]

I don't really have elitist tastes yet to crave originality & deep meanings and whatnot.

All I care about are likeable characters. Don't really have a set standard for liking characters; I'll either click with them or I won't which consequently results in me either enjoying the show or not enjoying it. (Accel World being my prime example of a good setting/premise/plot w/e ruined by DSKFJKASJSFKL ANNOYING CHARACTERS KLSJFLKASJSDF I WANNA STRANGLE EVERYBODY except Kuroyukihime of course KLFJSDLKJAD)

Shinsekai Yori's Episode 1 & 2 were a tad bit difficult for me to get through because 1) I was overhyped 2) The lore had me a bit confused so I couldn't settle in properly and appreciate the characters. Episode 3 rectified this, and now I'm having a blast 8D

[EldritchCherub]

Finished Death Parade Ep.5. I'll start Shinsekai Yori tomorrow, since I was bogged down with midterms this week. Here are my thoughts:

 

Dequim notices at the beginning of the episode that something is off with the guests, but is unable to put two and two together to deduce that their memories are missing.

 

The psychological games are set aside and instead we focus on the memory test being administered to Dequim. We also get to see more of how Quindecim works and the intricate work going on behind the scenes. There are several departments such as the Information Bureau, which is in charge of distilling memories into a format that the arbiter can decipher.

 

The old man playing pool with Nona said that God had left a long time ago. Perhaps that is why the arbiters exist in the first place, to fill the void that God left behind after his departure.

 

The fight between Dequim and Ginti was pretty cool. I wonder how they ended up getting these strange powers, but I guess in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter. The focus is now on the relationship between arbiters and humans. It will be interesting to see whether the assistant alters in any way how things are run in Quindecim.

[Eclipsed]

Episode 8 of Shinsekai Yori

Wtf where's Episode 7.5?!@# I want to see what happens during the timeskip ;-;

 

Random VA comments to start off: HOLY SHIT I didn't realize that Satoru is voiced by same VA as Haruyuki from Accel World. FK ME. Luckily Satoru isn't the whiny helpless type or else I would've been irritated to death by now >.>

 

Also, Maria is voiced by Kana Hanazawa (S;G Mayuri, Angel Beats! Angel, etc...). This lady's everywhere. Can't believe it took me 8 episodes to recognize these VAs.

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2 year time skip. Everyone's 14 now. This is so awesome. Will there be another timeskip in the future? Will we get to see everybody as adults? :D . Ahem. Outside of the basic looking older/more mature,

• Kyaaaaa!!! Saki's hair got longer!! I thought she was pretty then- she's even more pretty now~
• Maria looks the same;
• Satoru's voice got deeper;
• Shun's hair became more disheveled / he has a 'cool guy' look now (he looked so nice-guy back then).
• Mamaro looks the same and is ... just there. As usual. The poor sod's a 3rd wheel wherever he goes xD

 

So much for Saki x Shun huh. Wtf happened for there to be Saki x Maria and Shun x Satoru LOL (Episode 4 already established that all PK users were raised to be a "Society of Love" which included sexual contact & relations between people regardless of gender so I didn't mind the homosexuality/feel it came out of nowhere, but aww it seems Saki still has feelings for Shun >.>)

 

Shun x Sataro

Well hot damn!!! I mean uh.. EWWW GET A ROOM YOU TWO!@#

Saki x Maria

Now that's what I'm talking about. Don't feel bad for not getting Shun, Saki. This is definitely the better choice

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Something's obviously up with Shun. For a moment I got annoyed by his distant shady attitude + breaking up with Satoru (he was such a nice boy 2 years ago; remember the starry river canoe moment he had with Saki? That's something only nice guys would do.)

 

I was worried that he was up to no good/doing illegal shit/will become a villain, but by the end of the episode it's hinted that he's doing the whole "I'm going to play hero and shoulder the burden all by myself to protect everybody" thing so props to him.

 

The 'burden' of course being the horse-demon-lies incident 2 years ago that the crew thought they had covered up, but apparently it took this long for it to come back and bite them in the ass.

[Flutterz]

Episode 8 of Shinsekai Yori

Wtf where's Episode 7.5?!@# I want to see what happens during the timeskip ;-;

 

Random VA comments to start off: HOLY SHIT I didn't realize that Satoru is voiced by same VA as Haruyuki from Accel World. FK ME. Luckily Satoru isn't the whiny helpless type or else I would've been irritated to death by now >.>

 

Also, Maria is voiced by Kana Hanazawa (S;G Mayuri, Angel Beats! Angel, etc...). This lady's everywhere. Can't believe it took me 8 episodes to recognize these VAs.

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2 year time skip. Everyone's 14 now. This is so awesome. Will there be another timeskip in the future? Will we get to see everybody as adults? :D . Ahem. Outside of the basic looking older/more mature,

• Kyaaaaa!!! Saki's hair got longer!! I thought she was pretty then- she's even more pretty now~
• Maria looks the same;
• Satoru's voice got deeper;
• Shun's hair became more disheveled / he has a 'cool guy' look now (he looked so nice-guy back then).
• Mamaro looks the same and is ... just there. As usual. The poor sod's a 3rd wheel wherever he goes xD

 

So much for Saki x Shun huh. Wtf happened for there to be Saki x Maria and Shun x Satoru LOL (Episode 4 already established that all PK users were raised to be a "Society of Love" which included sexual contact & relations between people regardless of gender so I didn't mind the homosexuality/feel it came out of nowhere, but aww it seems Saki still has feelings for Shun >.>)

 

Shun x Sataro

Well hot damn!!! I mean uh.. EWWW GET A ROOM YOU TWO!@#

Saki x Maria

Now that's what I'm talking about. Don't feel bad for not getting Shun, Saki. This is definitely the better choice

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Something's obviously up with Shun. For a moment I got annoyed by his distant shady attitude + breaking up with Satoru (he was such a nice boy 2 years ago; remember the starry river canoe moment he had with Saki? That's something only nice guys would do.)

 

I was worried that he was up to no good/doing illegal shit/will become a villain, but by the end of the episode it's hinted that he's doing the whole "I'm going to play hero and shoulder the burden all by myself to protect everybody" thing so props to him.

 

The 'burden' of course being the horse-demon-lies incident 2 years ago that the crew thought they had covered up, but apparently it took this long for it to come back and bite them in the ass.

I'd address everything you said but that'd be too spoilery. Instead I'll just say that there will indeed be more time skips.

[Eclipsed]

Up to Episode 16 Shinsekai Yori;

This show should be renamed: Saki & Satoru's Monster Rat Adventures

[Eclipsed]

*Deep breath*

Episode 9 of Shinsekai Yori

So good ol' Shun goes missing for four days and the crew finally decide to go search for him. 

 

A sacred barrier has been erected where Shun's village(?) or w/e the place they visit (very interesting how PK users have been trained to be so afraid of crossing the barrier btw xD) and Saki x Satoru discover that it's been completely deserted. Upon doing some scouting, the duo discover a rather inappropriate-looking tree which apparently has some significance though I don't know what.

 

 

 

Oh I get it. That was where Shun's house was.

 

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Later back at home, Saki inquires her parents regarding Shun to which her mom freaks out and pleads with Saki to stop prying because "she doesn't want to lose another child" which she immediately rephrases (finally) to "I don't want to lose you".

 

I felt for Saki's mom at that point ;-;. If I was Saki I might've totally just dropped everything to keep the peace for the sake of mum. But Saki being Saki will obviously continue to pry.

 

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Random flashback childhood Saki is soo adorable goddamn!!

 
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SLKFJASKLFJ FRIGGEN' MARIA!!!!!! I'M WATCHING THIS WITH HEADPHONES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHY YOU MUST SCARE ME!@#

 

Maria reveals that she and Mamoru went to tthe off-limits courtyard at their school and that the 'storage containers' contained... the Impure Cats!@#

They heard one of their teacher's voices amongst the adults...

"Must take care of it before the transformation into a Karmic Demon is complete"... 

"He was so talented. It's such a shame"

Welp I guess that means Shun's the poor sod who is turning into a Karmic Demon and therefore must be eliminated. Damn shame indeed.

Saki gears up, says her goodbyes to Maria and then heads out in the middle of the night to go look for Shun.

And guess who what she runs into!!!!

THE TERRIFYING IMPURE CATS!!!!!!!1


...

That's... it? LOLOLOL there was soo much hype to the Impure Cats but man this felt soo underwhelming xD

 

 

 

Episode 10

Saki has a pretty awkward battle with the Impure Cat but manages to kill it via lieing on the floor mouthing her incantations (yeah, the cat was totally overhyped. For some reason I thought they would be these invincible killing machines >.>)

 

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Sigh... RIP Shun.

 

Info dump on Karmic Demons aka PK users with Hashimoto-Appelbaum syndrome. I was wondering when the story would focus on Ogres and K Demons

• Their powers 'leak out' unconsciously, negatively affecting the environment and those around them like a walking nuclear radiator causing death and destruction -> Explains why Shun distanced himself from everybody.
• That giant wasteland area that Saki x Satoru visited where they saw that one tree in previous episode was caused by Shun's condition. Also, his parents died because of him. Poor guy.

An Impure Cat pops out of nowhere but is killed by Shun + his mutated dog easily. Yeah, the cats were definitely overhyped >.>

Nothing Saki can do to help Shun so they shed some tears and express their regrets and confess that they love each other. Shun reaches his limit in restraining his powers and forcibly ejects Saki so he could put an end to this/magically implode on himself/commit suicide or something.

 

 

 

SIGHHH. I liked Shun ;-;

 

 

 

Episode 11 

The adults that were in charge of memory erasing to make everybody forget about Shun should be FIRED since obviously they did a shitty job since Saki was able to piece together that something was up

(She ultimately can't remember Shun's name,  but at least she was able to determine that Ryou =/= Shun despite everyone's memories suggesting so)

 

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa HOLD UP!@# THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SIX PEOPLE PER GROUP? Saki, Satoru, Maria, Shun, Mamoru... who the fk was the sixth...? 

Le gasp..!! REIKO!!! I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT EPISODE 1 & 2 AND HER DISAPPEARING!@# GAHHHH I FEEL BAD ;-;.

 

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Didn't really care for any interactions the crew had with Ryou. The guy's fodder and a waste of screentime.

What I would like to see more of, though, is:



Mhmmm. Don't judge

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Mamoru. Typical whiny pathetic baby character who cracks when the crew start digging and conclude that Ryou =/= Shun based on their skewed memories.

 

You may have noticed by now but I HATE these types of characters. They are the bane of my existence. Chaos;Head's Takumi. Hated him. Accel World's Haruyuki. HATED HIM. Mamoru is no exception.

Oh c'mon GET A GRIP YA BIG BABY!!!

 

 

Though later on, Maria says something to Saki that finally made me realize something about whiny characters

 

This was an eye opener for me. Okay, not really, but like it made me think about how inconsiderate I was being. Like what if it was my friends that were being weak and in need of support? Would I just be like "OMG you're annoying, GTFO" like I am towards these characters or would I try to be considerate and supportive of them like Maria?

 

Obviously these whiny characters will never be 'my friends' just like how in VNs you are never really 'the protagonist' AKA don't really have to do the whole "put yourself in protagonist shoes to relate better' but it was a nice food for thought.

Saki still wishes to pursue their lost memories of Shun but agrees to not involve Mamoru in their investigations anymore.

Oh and YESSS, more Saki x Maria <3 <3 <3

Btw top left corner you can see Satoru's hair. Yup he be third wheelin' xD

 

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The head of the Ethics Committee (revealed to be Satoru's grandmother) summons Saki / Satoru / Maria. Uh oh. The resulting banter among the trio from this revelation was very much appreciated in the midst of all of this tension

 

 

 

Episode 12

Revelations galore. This episode was another lore-heavy explanations episode that was necessary and quite interesting to listen to. But first off, as soon as I saw the title, "Weak(est) Link" I just knew Mamoru would be the focus soon >.>

• Tomiko-sama, head of the Ethics Committee, has taken a liking to Saki/wants her to be her successor since Saki's "Personality Index" showed no drastic changes after the group learned the various truths about the world via the False Minoshiro/magic horse from Episode 4- signs that Saki would be a good leader (everybody else though apparently were traumatized/affected by the truth in one way or another).
• The Education Committee, not Ethics Committe, are the ones tasked with filtering out students and ganking the unworthy PK users. The reason they didn't go after our characters 2 years ago was because of Tomiko-sama seeing potential in Saki.
• Ogres and Karmic Demons. That's why all the adults act so paranoid. That's why the system exists as it is now with all of these procedures and customs being enforced so strictly. Karmic Demons as revealed by Shun in episode 10 are PK users who unconsiously leaked their power, unintentionally destroying everything around them. Ogres on the other hand are PK users who are simply mentally unstable or something and thus prone to spontaneous rampages.
• Tomiko-sama lived through an Ogre attack in the past. One Ogre caused the death of one thousand people. That's fking insane and I can totally understand now why this society lives the way they currently do (even though I still think they are too extreme). It's even more scary thinking about how nobody was able to fight back due to everybody having the "Death of Shame" aka 'no killing people' programmed into them.
• Everybody's basic human rights was pushed from 22 months to 17 years of age and all of the practices we see today are the result of this society's attempt to prevent future Ogre & K Demon attacks.
• "A chain always breaks at the weakest link"

Upon hearing the story about the K Demon, Saki unconsciously tears up, obviously because of her lingering memories of her best K Demon friend, Shun. Tomiko-sama confirms that everybody's memories of Shun were altered for the sake of keeping the peace.

 

Tomiko-sama still wants Saki to be her successor and promises her that "When the time comes, you'll be allowed to regain your memories". Saki is conflicted. "I could never do what you do!"

 

Looking forward to what Saki's future holds for her

 

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Mamoru, the weakest link, disappears so Saki x Satoru x Maria head out to find him.

 

 

 

Episode 13

Spend 10 minutes exploring the snowfields / following Mamoru's sled tracks / finally locate him under the care of a Monster Rat Squnk we met in Episode 2. Mamoru explains he ran away because an Impure Cat was after him.

 

And why's an Impure Cat after him? I didn't really pay attention but I think it's something along the lines of back in Episode 9 when he and Maria spied on the courtyard and saw the adults + Impure Cats... aka 'You saw things you shouldn't have seen so now you die'. That or he was deemed too weak/unworthy like Reiko.

 

Misc. Episode 13 comments

• It took me 10 minutes to realize Saki and Satoru were using their powers to ski rather than actually skiing
• I enjoyed just watching Maria use her levitation to jump around
• Satoru is actually pretty damn smart/good at paying attention to detail. He's the one that deduces Mamoru's sled was purposely buried, Mamoru wasn't dead because the Monster Rat dragging his body avoided hitting tree roots, etc. etc.

 

 

 

Episode 14

Saki and Satoru leave Mamoru and Maria behind and go back to the village (Why...). Saki is interrogated by the Education Committe (damn they're an intimidating bunch) and she finally musters up the courage to explain that Mamoru left because of the Impure Cats that the Education Committee sent after them.

 

Meanwhile we get some flashbacks which explain the (Why...) I had earlier . Mamoru *chose* to stay behind/plans on running, and Maria because she's so nice and considerate decides she will elope with him.

I shed a quick tear. Maria is soo damn sweet. Did I mention that I REAAALLY like her character?

 

Btw does that mean no more Saki x Maria...? NOOOOOOOOOO

PLS SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! ;-;

 

Btw why did these scenes have to happen in flashbacks!@# >.> Ahem..

 

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The Education Committee play the whole "WTF is this blasphemy you speak of?" card but Tomiko-sama finally steps in and vouches for Saki. The once-scary Education Committee suddenly sound so passive. Wow, Tomiko-sama really does have HUGE influence 0.0

 

Saki has some heart to heart with Tomiko-sama; she is revealed to be 267 years old because her PK powers allow her cells to idk divide and not naturally deteriorate/something about Telomeres and that's why she has so much influence- with age comes experience, wisdom...

 

Tomiko-sama offers to protect Mamoru x Maria should Saki be able to bring those two home within 3 days otherwise the Education Committee will act on its own to execute the two elopers.

 

Saki meets up with Satoru and they begin their search for M & M. Hey look, it's Saki x Satoru vs. the world again. Looks like this is the default couple  -_- 

 

 

 

Episode 15 - 16

Saki x Satoru's search leads them to a chance encounter with a familiar face:

Squeara! New name Yakomaru or w/e but I'm still callin' him Squeara to spite Flutterz

 

 

 

But alas, despite the initial friendly re-introductions, immediately you get the shady vibe from this guy and it's subtlely revealed later as to why. So I guess all of my suspicions in the earlier episodes about not to trust this guy *are* right soo yay me xD

 

Meh, don't really care about the lore regarding the Monster Rats. Yada yada yada we're building our colony by merging with other colonies and we got our hands on old-school technology/concrete and we incapacitate our Queens because they are too paranoid blah blah blah one day we'll mount a large scale attack against you Kami-samas

 

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They track down Squnk with the help of Squeara and his questionable methods. Squnk gives them a letter from Maria and OMFG WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Maria's letter was an official "Good-bye don't come looking for me"

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME MARIA T____________________________T

Btw why couldn't we have some episodes dedicated to the crew as children xD. They were so adorables!@#

 

 

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WTF KIND OF NIGHTMARE IS THIS SAKI?!??!

 

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

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No leads on Maria x Mamoru. One day remains... will they be able to find them...? Saki x Satoru start talking about how they'll rebel and elope together and meet up with M & M and then Saki all of a sudden bursts into tears ;-;

 

Soo uh, Saki x Satoru confirmed?

[FinalChaos]

Episode 5 Death Parade

This episode we come to know a lot about the workings behind an arbiter. The guy Oculus(the old man) says that God is long gone and he is the one closest to being god. We don't know what that means but I guess everything will be explained slowly. Didn't really get what Castra's job is and what age meant by "All righteousness is in competition with itself". 

The fight scene was pretty cool, hadn't expected to see a fight scene in Death Parade. 

I get a feeling that the human assistant will have a major role in causing a change in the workings of arbiters.

[Flutterz]

I'm still callin' him Squeara to spite Flutterz

you're going to love ep 18

[Eclipsed]

I saw that edit!

Dammit I have to watch TWO MORE episodes? Waaa 

Btw am I like the only one watching this (excluding rewatchers)

Where the other peeps ;-;

(feels like am talking to a brick wall with my episode recaps atm)

[Flutterz]

I saw that edit!

Dammit I have to watch TWO MORE episodes? Waaa 

Btw am I like the only one watching this (excluding rewatchers)

Where the other peeps ;-;

(feels like am talking to a brick wall with my episode recaps atm)

Yeah, I actually went and checked to see which one it was, I'm only at ep 12 atm.

And the recaps are much appreciated, your thoughts are similar to what mine were the first time I watched it. You'll also appreciate them yourself once you're done watching.

[Stray Cat]

I saw that edit!

Dammit I have to watch TWO MORE episodes? Waaa 

Btw am I like the only one watching this (excluding rewatchers)

Where the other peeps ;-;

(feels like am talking to a brick wall with my episode recaps atm)

Busy week.  Probably won't get to much until the 17th or so, then I'll marathon. 

[colekitt]

I saw that edit!

Dammit I have to watch TWO MORE episodes? Waaa 

Btw am I like the only one watching this (excluding rewatchers)

Where the other peeps ;-;(feels like am talking to a brick wall with my episode recaps atm)

I'm watching for the first time I just don't update every episode, I'm on 8 of 9

[SilverLi]

Well I am probably going to watch it when I figure out why the hell the file format isn't working on my TV. But I am already watching Golden TIme and Akame ga Kill. So my schedule is packed atm.

[Ezeefreak]

Btw am I like the only one watching this (excluding rewatchers)

You guys are just to slow   ... Since I finished Shinsekai Yori a couple days ago I finished 2 other animes    

[Tyrael]

Well I am probably going to watch it when I figure out why the hell the file format isn't working on my TV. But I am already watching Golden TIme and Akame ga Kill. So my schedule is packed atm.

 

Golden Time? More like Drama Time 

 

 

You guys are just to slow    ... Since I finished Shinsekai Yori a couple days ago I finished 2 other animes     

 

*cough* too much free time *cough* 

[SilverLi]

 

Golden Time? More like Drama Time 

 

*cough* too much free time *cough* 

 

Drama is good.    Too much spare time indeed. I don't understand how you guys can finish it in 2 days. But I guess I could've done that too if I was unemployed/studying. You got way to much time in that case, sad times in one way.

[Tyrael]

Drama is good.    Too much spare time indeed. I don't understand how you guys can finish it in 2 days. But I guess I could've done that too if I was unemployed/studying. You got way to much time in that case, sad times in one way.

 

Yeah, Golden Time is a pretty good series if you can stomach Kouko's behavior 

 

I can tell you I prefer studying over working myself for sure 

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Episode 17

Whoop-dee-doo, another time skip. This time Saki's 26 years old!!! With being an adult comes work so Saki's part of the Monster Rat Department. Btw did I mention that I totally do not care about Monster Rats so pls no story focusing on them PLSS I HATE SQUEARA!!!

Saki's very beautiful, as usual~ But kinda weird that she's older than me now

Satoru also grew into a fine young man. His VA actually sounds decent when he's not playing whiny baby characters >.>

But I had to take a moment of silence because this time skip meant that they went 12 years without seeing M & M aka they never found them ;-; (unless they'll randomly pop up in the next 20 minutes and start reminiscing about the good 'old days)

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Fk. Do the creators of this show have a thing for rats or something? Why does this show feature Monster Rats so much?! I want Ogres! Karmic Demons! Anything but RATS!!!

Not going to go into Monster Rat lore cuz I don't give a damn (quick summary: colonies going to war with each other and having drama about who attacked who) but it's interesting how they have do paperwork to go to war with each other >.>

And I'll be honest, if the Monster Rats at least looked half as decent as Kiroumaru I would've liked them better. Yes, appearances matter. Besides, it's not like Squeara had a good personality to contrast with his ugliness.

It's annoying to see Squeara silver-tongue his way through everything, but w/e.

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Committee of Badasses:

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What. The. F#@$%? The Giant Hornets led by Kiroumaru were wiped out by Robber Fly lead by Squeara?! Obviously this fking annoying rat has something up his sleeve, but I am totally disappointed in this show for having the Monster Rats be the 'grand conflict'.



Episode 18

Flutterz you lie! There was nothing special about episode 18!@#

Oh wait nvm you mean this?

KYAAAAAAAAA THEY'RE 'SHO CUTEEE!!!!!!

 

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Denial Mode #1: At the summer festival, Saki has halluncinations of Maria. That means Maria's still alive right...?

The Monster Rat Department has more meetings as to how the Robber Fly Colony could devastate the all mighty Giant Hornets. Conclude based on how effortlessly it was and the lack of damaged weapons could only mean one thing: they have a PK user on their side. But how...?

...Maria...? Mamoru? No way..!!! Why would they possibly side with Monster Rats? Revenge on society for exiling them?! Are they gonna be the big baddies?!

But that theory is quickly debunked by Tomiko-sama saying that that was impossible since they have the skeletal remains of M & M returned by Squeara that were thoroughly, 100% checked and confirmed to be theirs so it is for absolute certain that those two are dead.

Denial Mode #2: Wait, what? Those are really M & M's bones or is Tomiko lying to cover up that they never found M & M?  Or maybe Squeara's just really good at coming up with legit-looking remains..? 

 

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Yup, the fking Monster Rats are the 'grand conflict'. 0/10 this show sux trololol GOD WHY RATS.?!@# Hopefully this arc is done by Episode 20 and the remaining 5 can deal with more interesting things.. Sorry, I just don't care about the rats >.>

The Rats mount an assault during the Summer Festival. It feels soo weird how everybody was caught off guard and how even the elite fodders get taken down by fodder rats.

That's cuz you were waving your fans dancing around like an idiot

Shisei had the single most badass moment in this show so far though God I hope he has a worthy death

Denial Mode #3: A flashback of Maria at the end of the episode with a 'Good bye' plastered all over it? Definitely means she's alive and that we'll get a reunite soon right?

BTW THIS IS A SHITTY REASON FOR LEAVING THE SAKI X MARIA SHIP, MARIA!!!!!

S-s-see you soon..?

Episode 19

Everybody disperses from the festival and groups up into 5s; Saki x Satoru group up with 3 fodder characters

(I kept thinking about how much better the show would be if it was our 5 main characters in this situation instead of all of these fodder characters. Like the main 5 never actually got to go on a 'mission' together together; it's always just Saki x Satoru AKA characters weren't used to their full potential)

The group reach a hospital, barbecue some Monster Rats ambushing them, and then enter the hospital to search for survivors.

Well, well, well. Seems I spoke too soon about Monster Rats being the 'grand conflict'... The way the survivors in the hospital are freaking out about 'it'.... Looks like things are going to get really interesting!!!!

AN OGRE!!!!!!!! OMG FINALLY!!!!!!!

Contrary to the Impure Cats which I totally laughed at for being so overhyped, this time I actually *felt* scared >.>. That moment where everybody hid in the closet was 10/10 tension.

 

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Fodder girl pulls a Maria & volunteers to stay behind with wimpy fodder lady while Saki x Satoru escape to warn the village about the Ogre. RIP.

You sure you don't wanna just come with us and replace Maria? JK nobody could ever replace her ;-;

I didn't really take time to think about 'who' the Ogre could be. I merely thought it would be a fodder Ogre that would be explained like 'due to the Monster Rat attack, this person became traumatized so severely and thus became an Ogre".



Episode 20

The Ogre was done right. Unlike the Impure Cats which ended up being fodder (resulting in their horror moments in the early episodes sucking ass) I actually felt tension for the Ogre scenes. Maybe it's cuz I was watching this in the middle of the night xD

Denial Mode #4: C'mon, is Maria alive or not?! Stop teasing me ;-;

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Anyway Saki x Satoru cleverly escape the Ogre by using a mirror/reflection. A gunpowder-igniting monster thingy from the river then attacks them and Saki x Satoru are separated (I thought it was weird she didn't try looking for him after regaining her ground >.>)

Saki makes it back to the village and informs about Ogre. Wow seeing the 267 never-aging Tomiko-sama wrapped up in bandages made me feel bad x.x. Tomiko says that if there really is an Ogre, then all hope is lost because apparently even though she lived through an Ogre attack in the past it was just luck/a complete miracle. Dw, Saki can manage xD

No pressure

Episode 21

Man, this episode. The one that ties everything together. Probably one of my favorites.

We start off with Shisei, head of the Security Committee, doing his thing killing Monster Rats. I immediately realized what his existence as fodder was for: the Ogre xD

Speaking of the Ogre, holy shit that reveal impacted me sooo much ;-;

As soon as I saw that red hair I was verbally going into denial mode saying "No" multiple times. No.


No. Noo!! NO!!!

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like I legit had tears going down my eyes. "Maria, the Ogre?! FK ME. FK THIS SHOW. 0/10 FK EVERYTHING. WHYYYYY" was my reaction xD

Immediately started thinking of reasons why she would end up like this and side with the Monster Rats. Why...? Revenge against society for Mamoru dying or something...?

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Shisei easily gets ganked by the Ogre and Saki x Satoru flee. They meet up with some other guy who was tasked with eliminating the Robber Fly colony earlier but failed to do so because of said Ogre.

And then another shocking revelation: Squeara's grand plan? Raise an army of PK users by stealing babies. Well, shit. I was disappointed earlier for the 'grand conflict' being the Monster Rats, but this plan of theirs made things 100x more interesting.

But then that made me realize something. That Ogre isn't Maria. All of those Denial Modes where I was clinging onto hope that Maria was still alive was all for naught.

The Rats' plan was to raise an army of Ogres, right? So how'd they get their first one? From M & M's child.

And I bawled like a freakin' baby for quite some time upon finally realizing that. Maria's DEAD. She's gone forever. The remains they mentioned before is 100% proof of that. Killed by that fking Squeara and her child raised to become the ultimate weapon in his conquest.

Goddam that got me depressed. Like c'mon, you guys elope specifically so you guys could continue living, not die to these rats and then have your child raised to become their weapon!!!! FK!!!!

Ok I gotta stop now before I tear up again.

Ahem

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I'm surprised I was impacted by Maria's death this much (or rather, the realization/confirmation of her death). I usually just shed a tear or two for character deaths aka Shun, but man, Maria's was just soo tragic.

 

It was probably a combination of me liking her character so much and then having to go through several episodes wondering if she truly was dead or not clinging onto hope even when facts are presented and then BAM the harsh reality is confirmed. T________T