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Shin Sekai Yori - Manga Discussion Thread
Welcome to the Shin Sekai Yori - Manga Discussion Thread! To provide an outlet for readers of the manga to discuss without spoiling anime only viewers, this thread has been created. Please note that at this time, the manga is not fully translated or finished, so please be mindful of spoiler discussion.
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2012-12-01, 06:25 | Link #12 |
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manga is disgusting, definitely has good points, but can not find a good combination it moves from highly sexual scenes to which they devote much time to fully serious scenes or emotional impact, does not convince me.
is like "hi, how are you? -> sex ---> I feel sad -> sex ---> good morning! ---> sex" I pity the approach that gave the manga, since it could be a wonderful adaptation. Last edited by deadsea; 2012-12-09 at 10:08. |
2012-12-09, 16:26 | Link #14 |
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I just checked out the manga for this.
I wouldn't say its bad (in fact, in some ways, I prefer it to the anime), but it reminds me of some of the reasons why I generally prefer anime to manga. What I find is that manga has a tendency to make everything louder. For example, the manga's version of Saki's school-teacher is basically Iskander airdropped straight in from Fate/Zero. Of course, that's much cooler than what we have in the anime, so I approve in this one instance. But Shin Sekai Yori is so overwhelmed with such "coolness", that I feel like I'm reading a Bleach-esque Shounen manga rather than a dark, serious, sci-fi story for adults set in the future. The manga is basically... 100 times "cooler" than the anime 1,000 times "more moe" than the anime 10,000 times "more yuri" than the anime The way the characters feel about each other is as subtle as an Acme anvil. It's "Blushes Ahoy!" with Ships more obvious than The Titanic, equipped with Sparkling Eyes Anchors. And there's more shouting than you see in a mid-80s superhero comic book. If Shin Sekai Yori the novel was a person, and you stuffed him full of steroids and heavy drugs, the result would be this manga. I can definitely see why someone would prefer the manga to the anime. But for me, the manga makes it so over-the-top that it's like Grade A Shounen cheese. It's fun to read, but the anime just feels more mature to me. And yeah, the Shin Sekai Yori manga plays the narrative straight (more than I thought it would, actually) until you get to the sex. Then it's like it decides to go full-fledge hentai, being utterly indistinguishable from an actual H-Doujin.
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2012-12-09, 18:30 | Link #15 |
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I just checked the manga (since it seems it is playing catch up with the anime, which for me is pretty unusual) and liked the fact that even though it is the same story, it feels/looks quite different. In a sense it makes me realize that the anime is working with a limited budget (removing three of the main characters from the robber colony story arc cannot be explained otherwise) and shows vividly things that the anime takes for granted (Reiko's death).
I can bet that when they reach to the BL parts they will tone them down (as in showing only the dialogue and showing Saki's facial reaction only) which I understand, if there is a well established demographic buyer for a manga it would be suicide to ignore that. |
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>Triple_R There's also how the manga turns poor Satoru into a non-entity. :E And seriously, Shun as the manly macho action guy? |
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2012-12-10, 21:55 | Link #20 |
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You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Yuri Zone!
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