GeekNights Wednesday - Shin Sekai Yori - Final Thoughts

MrPeriod

Tonight on GeekNights, Rym and Emily give a full review, as well as some final thoughts, on Shin Sekai Yori - From the New World. It's a solid show with a complex story, good characters, and a surprising ending.

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Anthony Heman

I hadn't thought of the series as possibly "horror" before. It does have a little bit of that though, or at least psychological thriller stuff is going on.

J.Sharp

The head monk's double pupil look was freaky. I was not disappointed when his mask came off.

Ark

I won't listen to this now as I just started the series on Monday. So can I ask, when they say "solid" do they mean average, or that it doesn't have any major flaws? Thanks

Coldguy

I won't listen to this now as I just started the series on Monday. So can I ask, when they say "solid" do they mean average, or that it doesn't have any major flaws? Thanks

B+ solid

Rym

This show is a little above Scrapped Princess, but below Eva or Madoka.

It's very close in quality to Bokurano, really.

There are relatively few shows I'd even consider calling "solid." Solid implies that it starts strong and holds up all the way to the end.

Anthony Heman

Rym's comments about wishing they continued to show the past was pretty spot-on. I am really curious to hear more feedback on the novel from Emily. I didn't find an English translation the last time I looked, and that's the closest I can get to the source at the moment.

Ark

This show is a little above Scrapped Princess, but below Eva or Madoka.

It's very close in quality to Bokurano, really.

There are relatively few shows I'd even consider calling "solid." Solid implies that it starts strong and holds up all the way to the end.

Oh okay.I only asked because I've heard other anime reviewers describe shows as solid which then turned out to be pretty average.

I agree that Bokurano was pretty strong throughout, although I did feel that the "Yakuza" backstory was weak.

Cremlian

Man, why is Bokurano so underrated? I never see anything about that show. Also why has that show never been picked up

Nissl

I love dystopias and muddled morals. Hope I can actually get to this show soon. Right now I'm finally starting on Eva though.

When I call something "solid" the implication is "solid but unspectacular" and it would be around a B/B- or mid to high 3/5 (yeah that implies I'm not curving around a C, but that's how I see those grades parceled out usually). Oh, the joy of everyone having a different scale.

By the way, based on some sales figures I saw recently on r/anime, apparently this show did absolutely terribly in Japan. That's a bummer. Brace yourselves for even more moe and borderline porn.

Axel

I love Bokurano. If Bebop is an A+, Bokurano sits at like, a B+, MAYBE even A-.

Ark

Just watched ep4.I like where this is going.

Cremlian

damn it Japan, why you have some good taste but way not enough of it.

VichusSmith

Man, why is Bokurano so underrated? I never see anything about that show. Also why has that show never been picked up

As far as America goes, it's because the anime's not widely available. I still haven't seen it./ I had to track down the manga.

By the way, based on some sales figures I saw recently on r/anime, apparently this show did absolutely terribly in Japan. That's a bummer. Brace yourselves for even more moe and borderline porn.

No surprise that it did poorly. It's not the type of anime general audiences would pounce on.

chaosof99

Rym

I could watch this show again. But it's a show that doesn't need a rewatch to fully understand.

The beats and cues are sparse enough that, by the end, their full meaning stands out starkly in retrospect. It's not like Utena, where you'll notice things you'd missed that fundamentally alter interpretation of the show...