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Shin Sekai Yori 09 — Ratcheting up the Tension

Shin Sekai Yori,

This episode was mainly spent ramping up the tension and horror, so I don’t have too much to say. They certainly succeeded at their intended goal. These kids have guts of steel. Slipping into the zone completely surrounded by fences, filled with weaponized queerats and likely the ethics committee— no way they’re going to get away with this. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 09 — Ratcheting up the Tension →

Shin Sekai Yori 08 — Making Love

Shin Sekai Yori,

What type of matrimonial structure would you prefer?

  • One primate, one dakimakura. I don't cheat on my waifu. (27%, 34 Votes)
  • Marriage??! Free love, baby! I'm with the bonobos! (26%, 32 Votes)
  • One primate, another primate. I'm a prude like Mamoru! (22%, 28 Votes)
  • Polygyny all the way! I want to be the harem lead! (19%, 24 Votes)
  • Polyandry, duh! Let's share the love! (6%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 125

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This school’s dating scene is even more dramatic than my middle school was. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 08 — Making Love →

Shin Sekai Yori 05 — Be Human in this Most Inhuman of Ages

Shin Sekai Yori,

 Coming of Age

The children come of age in an instant, when they leave their peaceful walled garden behind and enter the wider world, filled with suffering. One moment they are children:

And the next they are most certainly not:

The change is as stunning visually as it is emotionally for the characters. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 05 — Be Human in this Most Inhuman of Ages →