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View Poll Results: Shin Sekai Yori - Episode 8 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 10 | 13.33% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 10 | 13.33% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 20 | 26.67% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 14 | 18.67% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 15 | 20.00% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 4 | 5.33% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 1.33% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 1.33% | |
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2012-11-18, 23:56 | Link #122 |
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Just watched the episode. Surprising relationship developments. Maria and Saki look much prettier. Poor Satarou, always getting rejected. Curious what happened when Shun and the Sensei got close and had a 'clash'.
The last scene, why did Shun just randomly decide to throw out 3 balls and have them rotate around him for no reason...I have no idea what that's suppose to accomplish.
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2012-11-19, 00:32 | Link #123 |
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That doesn't seem to be the case, according to the explanation the "library" gave. Also, Saki loves Shun. But she has no problems being with Maria at the age of 14. That to me indicates that she is bisex. Other details seem to indicate that most kids in that society are, too.
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2012-11-19, 02:54 | Link #124 | ||
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We learn as we grow up, the same way some like small and other big boobs, short or tall partners... the same way we develop a taste for guys, girls or both. During other historical periods being homo/bi-sexual was socially acceptable and more common than heterosexual intercourse. |
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2012-11-19, 04:44 | Link #126 | ||
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2012-11-19, 07:23 | Link #127 |
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Storywise SSY is still very strong but animation quality it has drop very much. The first 3-4 EP animation was top, but as of now it is a better than medicore. In Ep 8 e.g. Saki hair color change from being green-grey to orange-red and back (and dont tell me it because of the sunset...)
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2012-11-19, 07:39 | Link #129 | |
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Secondly, PK abortions? They're not supposed to harm other humans in any way much less kill them, and I'd guess even a fertilized egg counts. The average person probably doesn't even know PK can be used on other humans to cause damage, then there's also the death feedback... Thirdly, there's a spoiler that supports the contraception theory, but I'm not supposed to post that here. Their community is small, nobody seems to have siblings (not sure whether Saki's mother's lament about not wanting to lose any more children in the earlier episodes suggests Saki had siblings), which leads me to believe that reproduction, like most things is very tightly controlled in their society. |
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2012-11-19, 07:58 | Link #130 | |
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The anime is not cutting the porn because it's trying to be family friendly, it's cutting it because 1) in case of the first one, they're 12-YEAR-OLDS. Good luck trying to get that on TV... 2) as for the rest, they would be gratuituous. (As they are in the manga: for anyone who claims the manga is doing a better job, no, the manga actually inserted random hot two girl action scenes not in the novel without any explanation.) The only reason they're not that gratuituous in the novel is because of Saki's internal narration throughout them, but since they can't exactly do that in the anime, the scenes wouldn't add anything to the anime except for providing some fap material for horny viewers (but then if someone wants that they can find other shows that were made specially for that reason). And the anime is still not messing up the plot "pretty badly". Apparently they left out one important bit of information that would've made this episode easier to understand, but otherwise from what I can tell the plot is still progressing pretty much as it should. Also, I'm not touching this debate, but... Not really. Homoromantic relations were, if not more acceptable than heterosexual, but at least acceptable during most of history, as long as sexual behavior wasn't involved. When it comes to sex, social acceptability depends on the culture and the historical period - sometimes it was acceptable as long as one was doing the penetration not the other way around, later the whole thing was condemned as sodomy (such as in Europe in the middle ages). But being the "woman" in a homosexual relationship was regarded as something no self-respecting adult man does. Even in the Japanese middle ages where homosexual relations were common, it's not like you could just go and bang any good-looking guy. There was a hierarchy about who can penetrate whom and under what circumstances. Anything outside that was frowned upon. |
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2012-11-19, 13:04 | Link #132 |
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But if it's the norm for their society, wouldn't the 'love' be authentic? I mean, what's there to say that society, friends, and even your family, has conformed you into how you think, and not by your own standards? I was under the impression that generally, humans are creatures that adapt to the environment they are given, and, given said environment, will earnestly shape themselves to become natural within it. Even if that environment is/was staged with the intent of manipulation, wouldn't that still make the feelings and experiences of those within it still be just as valid?
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2012-11-19, 13:57 | Link #133 | |||
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2012-11-19, 14:39 | Link #134 |
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Regarding the ominous stuff about the "super powerful PK user" and Shun, I think he may be developing one of those syndromes the minoshiro mentioned in 4. Karma Demon, Fiend, whatever, we'll see later. But it would be a nice way to bring them back to a relevant plane.
About the animation, the animation was good and abundant, I don't see where is the problem with that. What was jarring was the sakkaning, it seems like Ishihama got lazy/decided for a not so attractive approach, since Uchuu show didn't have these problems. It's obvious that that a lot of original drawings were preserved and not fixed by the AD. While I don't have a problem with this per-se, many of those drawings were just not up to par. Anyway, I wouldn't say the episode is ugly. 90 OVAs, early 2000 shows were ugly. This is just a small production fuckup. |
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2012-11-19, 17:53 | Link #136 | |
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