2012-10-20, 21:44 | Link #546 |
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Now it's getting interesting, the episode was very good.
Looks like I guessed right, kids considerated to be a threat are executed or emprisoned. And the punishment to small "crimes" is sealing the cantus. There are also those changes they made to human genom so humans would refrain from acting violent towards other humans. I'm looking forward to more revalations next episode.
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2012-10-20, 22:20 | Link #548 | |
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2012-10-20, 22:53 | Link #549 | |
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On a simpler note, does 26 year old Saki have nice boobs? |
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2012-10-20, 23:43 | Link #550 |
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oh man Monk dude is a hero.
I have a feeling he's gonna die in next episode, but he did his duty. The info dump was kind of overwhelming. I feel that the "sealing their PK" is just a mental block. The monk guy just tells him he's gonna seal their PK, and punctures the paper. Now the kids think their PK is sealed, and they don't even try to use to find out because they're so afraid.
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2012-10-21, 00:11 | Link #552 |
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from the look of PV, and the sound of it saki seems to be yelling at satoru to stop and satoru said i have no choice but at the end they seems to be having sex anyway, just like what the library said about bonobos about the way of relieving stress...
i wonder if the other, mamoru, maria and shun will do it as well they seem pretty stressed too, especially after this they will be chased by those queratts from the preview... |
2012-10-21, 00:46 | Link #553 | |
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Does seem likely the whole sealing thing is just a mental block. Considering how far they went to condition them regarding hurting people, seems rather easy to 'seal' away their abilities. Even if they know it's conditioning, not going to be easy to break through it (if it's even possible).
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2012-10-21, 00:54 | Link #554 |
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Two percent of the population left? That is insane. Basically, the human race is on the verge of extinction. All of the other tidbits mean nothing without that piece of info. So the remaining humans are genetically modified so that they cannot kill another human, and strong stressful emotions cause acts of intimacy, skinship in the young, sexual acts in the older.
The entire explanation is not only disturbing, but extremely well thought out and logical. It's entirely believable. It explains all of my previous questions: 1. Where are the ruins? The war was so bad there was nothing left standing. 2. Why all the new species? The human mind is subconsciously affecting the environment. 3. Why the cruelty? Fear and power. 4. What happened to the scientists? True science was able to preserve the last remaining humans after the first 500 years or so of civilization collapsing and regressing, and morphed into religion afterwards. 5. Why didn't the parents speak out? They literally cannot. 6. What about knowledge? What little was left, was destroyed. Only tradition remains, and only a few are left who understand the basic reasons why those traditions exist. One final bit of info that should scream "remember me, I'm important!": when the original psychics underwent extreme stress, their telekinesis underwent extremely rapid evolution. While the "librarian" mentioned the genetic modifications of other traits, this one was not mentioned as being touched. Also, the way the librarian was speaking, I am thinking that it was artificial intelligence that had evolved into a creature, or a machine that developed intelligence as a result of the evolution. It was very robotic, and requested very outdated information. The image of the human at the end makes me think that the scientists put that in as a defense mechanism (along with the hypnosis light) in the hope that the information would survive well into the future. Final thought - it's interesting how many people here are focusing on the sex. I'm satisfied with the explanation, I don't see a need for the show to demonstrate it.
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2012-10-21, 01:16 | Link #555 |
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Regarding this, I don't think strong emotions cause intimacy, but rather the intimacy was used to deter strong, hostile emotions. That was just the scientists being aware that sexual attraction is a natural instinct, and repressing those instincts would be counterproductive to their goals and cause unnecessary frustration.
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2012-10-21, 01:19 | Link #556 | |
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2012-10-21, 01:21 | Link #557 | |
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Shame on me for only getting into this series now (ep. 4), it's unbelievably fantastic. Admittedly I was struggling a bit with the first episode, as there was really nothing in it that hooked me until the very end. Episodes 2+ had fixed that however, and like many in this thread I find it hard to believe the episodes are actually ending and 20 minutes have passed. Though this is mitigated somewhat thanks to that wonderful ED, where both song and image are pure joy.
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Anyways, glad to be on this ride and definitely eagerly waiting for more.
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2012-10-21, 01:27 | Link #558 | ||
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2% of the current population would still be 140 million people -- lower than it's been during recorded history, but nowhere near extinction. And that was at the end of the PK War -- we don't know what the population's done in the centuries since then. |
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2012-10-21, 02:12 | Link #559 | |
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Still, all speculation.
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2012-10-21, 02:14 | Link #560 |
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I think even the young engage in sexual acts. The anime was just subtle about it imo.
Satoru freaked out at one moment though. And Shun wasn't "fascinated". He was as worried and disturbed as the others but he knew they needed to know this so he kept listening as much as he could.
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