2015-07-11, 21:54 | Link #781 |
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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A Calm From the New World's Tomorrow
An elderly Saki and Satoru foresaw the degradation of their society and how it would eventually lead to a global catastrophe. In order to save humanity they lead a group of like minded scientists in a project to genetically engineer human embryos with the ability to survive underwater with a special membrane called "Ena". They limited the embryos' ability for Cantus to only a faint emphatic ability when their Ena reacts with water. Saki's protege, a brilliant young man used his Cantus to alter himself to survive underwater so he can watch over the fledgling civilization. He was known and worshiped by the Sea Humans as the Sea God. As the Cantus Humans caused untold destruction in the surface, the Sea Humans were spared from the calamity under the protection of the Sea. Thousands of years pass and the surface has calmed and the Cantus Humans were no more. Many of the Sea Humans cast off their Ena to return to the surface. To this day the Sea Dwellers and Surface dwellers are oblivious to their origins.. |
2016-09-11, 10:24 | Link #782 | |
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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Some interesting observations on bonobo social orders in this morning's New York Times. It discusses the use of sex as a means of conflict resolution, and how matriarchal bonobo clans appear to be in stark contrast with chimpanzees.
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2019-05-04, 13:05 | Link #783 |
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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I just rewatched this show for the first time in years and was even more impressed this time around.
A lot of forum commentators complained about the animation quality, but I thought the artwork in SSY was generally quite superior to what I see in most anime, particularly shows from A-1. The score was appropriately atmospheric, never really getting in the way, but insistent enough to enhance a scene when needed. But I really wanted to ask a question that bothered me this time around? With all the advanced genetic abilities the "scientists" had in this story, why did they not attempt to remove the PK gene? All their actions like the bonobo reaction and death feedback were defenses against PK powers. Why not remove the source of the problem itself? I realize if that were true there would have been no story at all, but the fact that it was never discussed was, in retrospect, surprising.
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