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BWTraveller · 2018-09-02, 08:51

An odd request, but I was wondering if there were any stories which have a setting where people feel like they have to be happy, polite, kind, etc.? Not like they're unable to feel sad or angry or anything, but rather like there's some sort of stigma or fear that makes people consciously suppress such things beyond a mere matter of not believing their anger appropriate. Manga, light novels and anime all fine as long as there's a way to get my hands on them.

Obelisk ze Tormentor · 2018-09-02, 09:33

Psycho-Pass & Shin Sekai Yori anime should be a good start if you haven't watched them already. For Shin Sekai Yori, there's a source novel.

0cean · 2018-09-02, 15:04

Like that one Twilight Zone (1961) episode with the kid that would kill all unhappy people? I'm not sure there's quite anything like that as an anime. Maybe Mousou Dairinin. It has a kid on rollerblades with a baseball bat that puts people into the hospital and makes them eerily happy that way.

dragon1412 · 2018-09-03, 03:04

In a way, Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon, Aoi Toori make a contract where he effectively have to stay happy or he died if he sad.

BWTraveller · 2018-09-04, 10:16

Haven't watched Psycho Pass yet though I think I will. I didn't go far in Shin Sekai Yori. And I'm definitely going to have to look at Horizon.

2018-09-02, 08:51	Link #1
BWTraveller Born to ship Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Texas	Story where people need to be happy An odd request, but I was wondering if there were any stories which have a setting where people feel like they have to be happy, polite, kind, etc.? Not like they're unable to feel sad or angry or anything, but rather like there's some sort of stigma or fear that makes people consciously suppress such things beyond a mere matter of not believing their anger appropriate. Manga, light novels and anime all fine as long as there's a way to get my hands on them.

2018-09-02, 09:33	Link #2
Obelisk ze Tormentor Black Steel Knight Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Indonesia	*Psycho-Pass* & *Shin Sekai Yori* anime should be a good start if you haven't watched them already. For Shin Sekai Yori, there's a source novel. __________________

2018-09-02, 15:04	Link #3
0cean Transfer Adventurer Join Date: Oct 2017	Like that one Twilight Zone (1961) episode with the kid that would kill all unhappy people? I'm not sure there's quite anything like that as an anime. Maybe Mousou Dairinin. It has a kid on rollerblades with a baseball bat that puts people into the hospital and makes them eerily happy that way. __________________

2018-09-03, 03:04	Link #4
dragon1412 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: somewhere in Asia	In a way, Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon, Aoi Toori make a contract where he effectively have to stay happy or he died if he sad.

2018-09-04, 10:16	Link #5
BWTraveller Born to ship Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Texas	Haven't watched Psycho Pass yet though I think I will. I didn't go far in Shin Sekai Yori. And I'm definitely going to have to look at Horizon.