Shin Sekai Yori episode 24- All you need is love…?

I really do have to hand it to Shin Sekai Yori, right up to the very end I’ve no idea how this series is going to wrap itself up! Part of me doesn’t want to ruin the surprise by theorising about the show’s conclusion, you know, just in case I actually guess right!! *scoff* But then again, very few of my educated guesses about the show have turned out to be on the mark so far, so… And as a blogger, it’s sorta my duty to provide a service for my readers… If that service just so happens to be making you guys giggle at how spectacularly wrong I turned out to be, so be it!!!

So after some deliberation (and tea and cake) these are two theories I managed to come up with!

Shin Sekai Yori episode 17- Smelling a rat

This episode was devoted to building up the queerats as a legitimate threat, not just to Saki and her small group of friends this time, but to all humans. So it is strange that, at the start of the episode, I actually felt pity for the queerats- I had no idea they were controlled by humans to the extent they are, I thought they simply kept a wary eyes on them, using their cantus as a deterrent against bad behaviour. This soon changed, however, the confusion stirred by not knowing for certain who the true perpetrator of the attack on the Spider Wasps was, or their motive, thanks to Squealer’s elaborate theories, and the authorities seriously considering them, making it seem as though the queerats may actually have the upper hand.

Shin Sekai Yori episode 13- I have maternal instincts now!?

Well it appears I may be right (something I always enjoy) about Mamoru! I suggested he was the next most likely character to become a fiend, postulating that his skittish nature, and fear of being eliminated by the Ethics Committee for being the ‘weakest link’, as it were, could cause him to lash out, using his cantus as a weapon. And whilst that has not yet happened, the Ethics Committee certainly seem to be thinking along the same lines as I! It is not disobedience that makes him a threat, he is actually very compliant, but his intense fear of the world around him.

Shin Sekai Yori episode 11- Q&A

Given that in almost every single episode of Shin Sekai Yori so far more and more questions have been raised, it is little wonder I’ve found episodes dedicated to exposition so satisfying. Indeed, the most satisfying part of this episode was finding out that their having completely forgotten about that girl from episode one (I can’t remember her name, and neither can MAL or Wikipedia, apparently) after her disappearance wasn’t just sloppiness on the part of the writer, the kids have had their memories tampered with. That also explains why Saki has only just remembered she used to have a sister. Nevertheless, that leads to more questions, such as: why bother tampering with the kids’ memories in the first place?

Shin Sekai Yori episode 7- All’s well that ends well?

So this episode we see the war between the queerat colonies draw to a close, and the children make it back to their village. As with other episodes, some interesting questions were raised, including: whether or not the children had done the right thing in helping the Robber Fly colony, and how dangerous an element are children in the society our main characters belong to? As is my tendency, I have formulated these questions simply by observing characters’ behaviour and/or facial expressions, and making my own inferences from that- Shin Sekai Yori is a show that doesn’t give much direct insight into characters’ thought, you see- so pardon me if any of what I say seems a little screwy!