[Reckoner]

Originally Posted by 4Tran

I think that the endings of the two shows are nothing alike.

Spoiler for Shinsekai Yori:

Squealer may be the antagonist of the story, but he isn't the bad guy. The human villagers are. Killing him was both an act of mercy and an apology for all the things that had been done to his people.

Moreover, Saki becomes the leader of the village at the end of the story, and she's working to make a lot of changes.

Yes, except Saki had one advantage. A giant time skip. We are also not notified of any actual change that happened.

And yes, Squealer is the bad guy. He killed tons of innocent people. As far as our human cantus users are concerned, he's evil. Even if it they are oppressed.

The main difference between the two shows is that PP's ending screamed sequel whereas SSY clearly concluded whatever it wanted to tell about Saki.