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Nov 16, 2012 8:21 PM

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well... after all that homo part the episode itself wasn't that bad; the Shinsekai Yori as ever<3 xD

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Nov 16, 2012 8:21 PM

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If it only had the the yuri scene and removed the yaoi scene, most of the people dropping it would continue watching it.
Ah hypocrisy at it's best.

No, I'm not gay.
I just tend to not get butthurt because an anime shows something that I can't relate too for a few seconds.

Remember this is in the future so the morals are way different than the morals and lifestyle today. So expect to see stuff that isn't generally accepted today. If you get butthurt easily, then drop it.
Nov 16, 2012 8:23 PM

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Takana_no_Hana said:
I can see that the quality in animation has clearly dropped ... What happened?
I can see them save up the budget to make the animation really high quality when it would be needed. Drop in animation quality often happens with A-1 Pictures.
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First part of the episode was so good, second best episode so far (first is the satoru showcase of past episodes), my otp being canon was like kind of a wish come true, should have kept going even, shirt was even opened somehow. Enjoyed the whole scene and just the many little moments throughout. Though was so sad when Shun broke up with Satoru :( Satoru looked crushed How could he turn him away. And Saki, what even, such terrible comments to Momoru.

Plotwise was just plain interesting with a mix of fun moments then serious. I liked the balance. Why do people make it seem like Shun died or something, I think he just left to avoid being punished or maybe was banished or something, ultimately punishment must be catching up to the others. It was interesting how the most powerful cantus user was interested so much in Satoru, but then that moment with power distortion around Shun, what was that, was it Shun or the dudes doing.
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Kurini said:
Takana_no_Hana said:
I can see that the quality in animation has clearly dropped ... What happened?
I can see them save up the budget to make the animation really high quality when it would be needed. Drop in animation quality often happen with A-1 studio.


The animation quality has been dropping for several episodes. It is inconsistent.
Save when needed? Those animation, even when fighting were terribly done. (See 2 previous episode).
Nov 16, 2012 8:29 PM
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The m/m and f/f scenes were super tame, barely anything I would consider yaoi/yuri, so I hope viewers don't spend 50 posts getting into a lather about them. My only complaint is that the scenes appear awkwardly done, almost amateurish.

This episode was so slow compared to the earlier ones. Everyone looked a bit ragged. Was that deliberate or just poor artwork?

Hehe, I wonder what Shun made hatch. The eyeball was a nice follow-up to the egg drop.

Does Shun's collar really protect Saki later?
Nov 16, 2012 8:31 PM

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Takana_no_Hana said:
Kurini said:
Takana_no_Hana said:
I can see that the quality in animation has clearly dropped ... What happened?
I can see them save up the budget to make the animation really high quality when it would be needed. Drop in animation quality often happen with A-1 studio.


The animation quality has been dropped for several episode. It is inconsistent.


I don't think this anime has a really big budget(probably because the producers felt that the series' marketability may not be very high because of scenes like the ones in this episode). I've noticed the massive drop in quality in some episodes and scenes too. Or it probably is because they're using most of the budget for certain episodes and events.
Nov 16, 2012 8:33 PM
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jimjimex said:
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You'd assume that they're already on some form of contraception with all the sex they have.


Why prescribe *pharmaceutical* contraception if you can genetically encode a *behavioral* trait that can outright eliminate your drive to reproduce completely.
Eliminate the drive to reproduce? They have sex all the the time and they're not even ashamed about showing ti off. It doesn't matter if they don't intend to have kids. Human anatomy says that even if you don't want to have kids, you'll get them if you don't use something to prevent it.
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Remember. Our real world Oil-based-Industrial-Civilization was based on agricultural societies.
In agricultural societies, they hate people who do not have kids because the society needed as many people for labor as possible. So if you eat the food, sit around and be all homosexual and don't reproduce, you were hated.

Look at history. All societies that permit homosexuality like the Roman Empire, Liu Song Dynasty of China, had economies that were WAY out of their agricultural roots. They became trade-based economies before they permitted homosexuality.

Look at us in the 21st Century. Our trend to tolerate homosexuality is no exception.
Nov 16, 2012 8:37 PM
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AiCon said:
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Eliminate the drive to reproduce? They have sex all the the time and they're not even ashamed about showing ti off. It doesn't matter if they don't intend to have kids. Human anatomy says that even if you don't want to have kids, you'll get them if you don't use something to prevent it.


Yep. You won't reproduce if you have HOMOSEXUAL sex.

And human anatomy? The story tells us that all these kids are genetically modified. HEAVILY.
Nov 16, 2012 8:39 PM
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Engineered homosexuality by this civilization actually makes perfect sense!

Introduction of homosexuality behaviors by genetic and social engineering actually keep their population VERY low.

If their civilization have a population curve like we do today, there is NO way they can monitor and control the kids' education in such detail.


First novel I recall dealing with that concept was Joe Haldeman's Forever War. As for contraception, it is never 100%.

I have a strong feeling that tight selective breeding and genetic control is taking place in this society, so the LAST thing they would want is for boys and girls to fall in love and want to have kids on their own. Harmless hetero sex, sure, but definitely not relationships where an unplanned child could result. Far safer to program them to pair bond with their own gender.

This would make sense. Before they were kids, so there wasn't any harm with them having hetero sex, but they are starting to reach the age where people fall in love and rebellion is high, so the leaders have probably manipulated body chemicals/minds to get them through this age until they become more sedate around twenty- twenty-two.

As for people dropping it because <gasp> they showed boys kissing.... Please go watch pokemon or something, this is obviously a bit too mature for you.
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AiCon said:
jimjimex said:
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You'd assume that they're already on some form of contraception with all the sex they have.


Why prescribe *pharmaceutical* contraception if you can genetically encode a *behavioral* trait that can outright eliminate your drive to reproduce completely.
Eliminate the drive to reproduce? They have sex all the the time and they're not even ashamed about showing ti off. It doesn't matter if they don't intend to have kids. Human anatomy says that even if you don't want to have kids, you'll get them if you don't use something to prevent it.



Maybe the human body has changed. I believe this is over a thousand years in the future. They've harnessed controlling "physic" powers in that time, I'm sure some genetic traits have changed due to their rapid evolution. Remember this is an anime, not a factual scientific documentary. There's bound to be a few things that doesn't really have scientific proof or wasn't approached in a proper scientific manner, it's SCI-FI.


There is a possibility of genetic manipulation, like others have said. They've given some plausible evidence throughout the series.
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jimjimex said:
AiCon said:
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Eliminate the drive to reproduce? They have sex all the the time and they're not even ashamed about showing ti off. It doesn't matter if they don't intend to have kids. Human anatomy says that even if you don't want to have kids, you'll get them if you don't use something to prevent it.


Yep. You won't reproduce if you have HOMOSEXUAL sex.
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deave112 said:
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InfiniteDestiny said:
Found it odd how they treated the one straight guy like the outcast....


LOL. It's like straight people don't exist in this show :|


Actually they're all bi. So they're half gay half straight...
So they have both gay sex and straight sex. Even if half of them have gay sex, the other half are having sex the old fashion way.
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And human anatomy? The story tells us that they are genetically modified. HEAVILY.
So they've been modified to be sterile? If that's the case then how do they reproduce?
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AiCon said:
So they've been modified to be sterile? If that's the case then how do they reproduce?


EXACTLY. Think about it. They were SOMEWHAT heterosexual when they were ~12 years old.

When they turn 14 and all of a sudden they are all homo. WHY?
Female's first menstrual cycle happens, on average, at 14 years old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menarche
They turn homo RIGHT at the time when the females in their age group start to ovulate.

I am sure when they reach the society's "designed reproductive age", they will turn hetero again.

If you are into this kind of thing, please refer to
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/berg7e
Chapter 10: Gene Regulation Strategy
for how to TURN ON / OFF genes in the real world. Yea. Scientists actually know how it works already.
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jimjimex said:
AiCon said:
So they've been modified to be sterile? If that's the case then how do they reproduce?


EXACTLY. Think about it. They were SOMEWHAT heterosexual when they were ~12 years old.

When they turn 14 and all of a sudden they are all homo. WHY?
Female's first menstrual cycle happens, on average, at 14 years old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menarche
They turn homo RIGHT at the time when the females in their age group start to ovulate.

I am sure when they reach the society's "designed reproductive age", they will turn hetero again.

If you are into this kind of thing, please refer to
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/berg7e
Chapter 10: Gene Regulation Strategy
for how to TURN ON / OFF genes in the real world. Yea. Scientists actually know how it works already.
I can believe that's happening but they still have feelings for the opposite sex.

Saki wanted to have sex with Satoru and Mamoru wanted to be with Maria. That doesn't sound homo to me.
Nov 16, 2012 8:50 PM
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So I guess I was the only one who thought the episode (well, the ending of it) was incredibly depressing? :-(
Nov 16, 2012 8:52 PM
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deave112 said:
So I guess I was the only one who thought the episode (well, the ending of it) was incredibly depressing? :-(
That's because you
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AiCon said:
jimjimex said:
AiCon said:
So they've been modified to be sterile? If that's the case then how do they reproduce?


EXACTLY. Think about it. They were SOMEWHAT heterosexual when they were ~12 years old.

When they turn 14 and all of a sudden they are all homo. WHY?
Female's first menstrual cycle happens, on average, at 14 years old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menarche
They turn homo RIGHT at the time when the females in their age group start to ovulate.

I am sure when they reach the society's "designed reproductive age", they will turn hetero again.

If you are into this kind of thing, please refer to
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/berg7e
Chapter 10: Gene Regulation Strategy
for how to TURN ON / OFF genes in the real world. Yea. Scientists actually know how it works already.
I can believe that's happening but they still have feelings for the opposite sex.

Saki wanted to have sex with Satoru and Mamoru wanted to be with Maria. That doesn't sound homo to me.


Exceptions, maybe? And they haven't got the drive to ACT on it.
Screenshot at 11:56, EVERY couple in the hallway are homo couples.
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jimjimex said:
AiCon said:
jimjimex said:
AiCon said:
So they've been modified to be sterile? If that's the case then how do they reproduce?


EXACTLY. Think about it. They were SOMEWHAT heterosexual when they were ~12 years old.

When they turn 14 and all of a sudden they are all homo. WHY?
Female's first menstrual cycle happens, on average, at 14 years old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menarche
They turn homo RIGHT at the time when the females in their age group start to ovulate.

I am sure when they reach the society's "designed reproductive age", they will turn hetero again.

If you are into this kind of thing, please refer to
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/berg7e
Chapter 10: Gene Regulation Strategy
for how to TURN ON / OFF genes in the real world. Yea. Scientists actually know how it works already.
I can believe that's happening but they still have feelings for the opposite sex.

Saki wanted to have sex with Satoru and Mamoru wanted to be with Maria. That doesn't sound homo to me.


Exceptions, maybe? And they haven't got the drive to ACT on it.
Screenshot at 11:56, EVERY couple in the hallway are homo couples.
So they're in the minority. Minorities still count.

Saki would have acted on it if Satoru wasn't madly in love with Shun. Mamoru would have surely have had sex with Maria with the way he was looking at her if only she'd given him the attention he wanted.
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What the fucking fuck did i just watch...

The hell is up with all of this yuri and yaoi?
The hell is up with this terrible animation?
The hell is up with this jumble of a story?
The hell is up with these inconsistent personality's?
The hell is up with no Saki x Satoru?
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Sorayin said:
What the fucking fuck did i just watch...

The hell is up with all of this yuri and yaoi?
The hell is up with this terrible animation?
The hell is up with this jumble of a story?
The hell is up with these incontinent personality's?
The hell is up with no Saki x Satoru?
Lmao

This is just the beginning. Get ready to go for a mind trip for the next couple episodes.
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Found it odd how they treated the one straight guy like the outcast....
Isn't it just because he's the odd number ?
When the kids started their monogamous pairing, Satoru with Shun and Saki with Maria... there's nobody left for him. Him liking only Maria is not helping either. Satoru can find another pair after breaking up with Shun, but Maria is still with Saki.
He'd end up the same even if he loved Satoru or Shun :P

About the outcast, he is the replacement for Reiko, who has been friend with the other four since they're much younger. Even if they believed him to be member of their group since they entered the middle school, he's still more distanced from them.
Which bring question. If the children are organized into 5 men cells, and then reorganized as needed to fill in the disposed individuals, where do they get the replacement ? It's not like they can have exactly 5 peoples disposed (and disband a group to fill in the gap) everytime. There should be group with less than 5 members then.

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Hehe, I wonder what Shun made hatch. The eyeball was a nice follow-up to the egg drop.
It's something out of Full Metal Alchemist
*grins*
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AiCon said:

Saki would have acted on it if Satoru wasn't madly in love with Shun. Mamoru would have surely have had sex with Maria with the way he was looking at her if only she'd given him the attention he wanted.


But you still can't deny that the overall trend of their society is to engage in homosexual behavior when they are ~14, right?

What are we debating again?
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Yaoi and Yuri pairings..
did not see that comming.
Oh well it didn't realy affect my thoughts of the show
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jimjimex said:
AiCon said:

Saki would have acted on it if Satoru wasn't madly in love with Shun. Mamoru would have surely have had sex with Maria with the way he was looking at her if only she'd given him the attention he wanted.


But you still can't deny that the overall trend of their society is to engage in homosexual behavior when they are ~14, right?

What are we debating again?
I'm not denying any homosexual trend.

I'm just wondering how is it that they don't get pregnant with the amount of hetero sex (minority even) given how sexual they are with each other and seemingly without any form of contraception.
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my fangirl side had its heart rupture at the homosex. my ghetto side kept screaming YYYOOOOOO dem foos be kissin and shit YYYYYOOOO


yuri was fukken win tho

didnt look liek a regular chick in the egg. wonder what that guy saw in shuu
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my fangirl side had its heart rupture at the homosex. my ghetto side kept screaming YYYOOOOOO dem foos be kissin and shit YYYYYOOOO


yuri was fukken win tho

didnt look liek a regular chick in the egg. wonder what that guy saw in shuu
You must have been in Heaven when you saw this episode. lol

I guess that Satoru saw Shun at the strong, silent type who''s also quite handsome.
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Sorayin said:
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Sorayin said:
What the fucking fuck did i just watch...

The hell is up with all of this yuri and yaoi?
The hell is up with this terrible animation?
The hell is up with this jumble of a story?
The hell is up with these incontinent personality's?
The hell is up with no Saki x Satoru?
Lmao

This is just the beginning. Get ready to go for a mind trip for the next couple episodes.


Oh god.
It's not going to be that bad since Shun is gone and Satoru's guy shouldn't get much screen time since he's a minor character. Try to stick with it until they become adults.
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AiCon said:
I'm not denying any homosexual trend.

I'm just wondering how is it that they don't get pregnant with the amount of hetero sex (minority even) given how sexual they are with each other and seemingly without any form of contraception.


Until now, I haven't seen anyone over 14 engaging in heterosexual behavior in the anime.
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jimjimex said:
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I'm not denying any homosexual trend.

I'm just wondering how is it that they don't get pregnant with the amount of hetero sex (minority even) given how sexual they are with each other and seemingly without any form of contraception.


Until now, I haven't seen anyone over 14 engaging in heterosexual behavior in the anime.
The story revolves around Saki and her friends so that's why we don't see others having hetero relationships. As we seen with Saki liking Satoru and Mamoru liking Maria, hetero people do exist and they have to get together.
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Dunno if anyone else noticed but when Satoru pushes the other guy he sticks his finger up his arse:


I didn't notice it at first.
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jimjimex said:
AiCon said:
So they've been modified to be sterile? If that's the case then how do they reproduce?


EXACTLY. Think about it. They were SOMEWHAT heterosexual when they were ~12 years old.

When they turn 14 and all of a sudden they are all homo. WHY?
Female's first menstrual cycle happens, on average, at 14 years old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menarche
They turn homo RIGHT at the time when the females in their age group start to ovulate.

I am sure when they reach the society's "designed reproductive age", they will turn hetero again.

If you are into this kind of thing, please refer to
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/berg7e
Chapter 10: Gene Regulation Strategy
for how to TURN ON / OFF genes in the real world. Yea. Scientists actually know how it works already.
No, it's quite right at the Genetics Levels of tech right now. I am surprised by the IRL stuff too but in this world it was a no choice and the scientist groups most likely did and figured it out just like they did to it IRL right now.

Quite plausible. Perhaps to have a better control. It is said the less there are the easier they are to control and for that birth control is needed. Cruel but with the population decimation, it's the safest.

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Dunno if anyone else noticed but when Satoru pushes the other guy he sticks his finger up his arse:


I didn't notice it at first.
I did notice that but I forgot it. Thanks for reminding me. lol

I guess Satoru didn't waste any time moving on from Shun.
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jimjimex said:
AiCon said:
I'm not denying any homosexual trend.

I'm just wondering how is it that they don't get pregnant with the amount of hetero sex (minority even) given how sexual they are with each other and seemingly without any form of contraception.


Until now, I haven't seen anyone over 14 engaging in heterosexual behavior in the anime.


I'm unsure what you guys are going on about, BUT! I'll put this under spoiler in case it is, I don't wanna risk it.


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Dunno if anyone else noticed but when Satoru pushes the other guy he sticks his finger up his arse:


I didn't notice it at first.


And omg, no I didn't actually notice that! :'D
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myuun said:
jimjimex said:
AiCon said:
I'm not denying any homosexual trend.

I'm just wondering how is it that they don't get pregnant with the amount of hetero sex (minority even) given how sexual they are with each other and seemingly without any form of contraception.


Until now, I haven't seen anyone over 14 engaging in heterosexual behavior in the anime.


I'm unsure what you guys are going on about, BUT! I'll put this under spoiler in case it is, I don't wanna risk it.


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Dunno if anyone else noticed but when Satoru pushes the other guy he sticks his finger up his arse:


I didn't notice it at first.


And omg, no I didn't actually notice that! :'D
Thanks myuun for telling us this. We would have argued to no end if you didn't say anything. I do have one question though:
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what happen to the artwork though, it's terrible.

I mean, it used to be so perfect.



Look at that, that is the quality I'm expecting from Shinsekai Yori

I hope they fix it in the BD...
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OK first thing's first; They are not all homosexuals they are all (except Mamoru apparently) BISEXUAL! There is no gender discrimination here, I thought people who didn't know what Bonobos are would look it up by now, they are a species of apes who are bisexual.

Ok imagine a world where boys didn't "have" to be with girls and girls didn't "have" to be with boys. Imagine sexual intimacy is something you can have with anyone you are close to, something you both benefit from and just a less violent way of relieving stress.
Now imagine you are in puberty and you child body is changing very quickly, and you start having a wider range of emotions and you are looking at your friend's bodies differently. It's all confusing and a little scary. I remember at that age I was very close to my friends of the same gender, they were having the exact same changes as I was. I don't see it as a big stretch that in a community where there is no "only boys kiss girls" and vice versa, that you would explore your new sexual feelings and urges with someone of the same gender. It's less scary that way with a close friend who shares a similar body. I can guarantee that as they get older there will be more boy/girl coupling.

And anyway if they were all homosexual their community would cease to exist.

I think I can understand the Shun x Satoru coupling.
Saki likes Shun + Shun likes Saki + Satoru likes Saki = Satoru likes Shun, Shun likes Satoru
or something like that.

Shun went a little nuts in this episode, I guess he knew they were coming for him and he didn't want to get the others involved. Can't wait to see what comes next.

I always wonder about the voice actors, I mean they're in a room together and they're kind of making these declarations and um, sexy noises at the other's character. I know there is a level of professionalism involved but what do you say at the end of recording, "It was nice making the sounds of making out with you,"? I mean do any of them blush at all?
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People are forgetting why the relationship is predominantly homosexual at that age in the context of that society.

Oh well.
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That was far more gay than I expected...

Seriously, was there even one straight couple? Seems like Saki and Mamoru were the only weirdos thinking about someone of the opposite sex.

Well, like others suggest, I guess this is one effective birth control system...

Other than that... the art quality did drop quite a bit (maybe the animators didn't feel quite like doing so much yuri/yaoi? >.>)
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AiCon said:
Thanks myuun for telling us this. We would have argued to no end if you didn't say anything. I do have one question though:


No problem at all!

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This episode was pretty good, although the story is still very slow paced. However it makes it up for character development that happened in this episode:

Saki - You could see that she doesn't know what's going on but eventually falls into it and goes for Maria

Satoru - You could definitely see that he is in love with Shun as he wants to be like him.

Shun - It's hinted that there's definitely something wrong with him and even though he tells you what it is, there's more to it than what you hear.

Maria - Not too sure about her, but it looks like she is oblivious to what's happening around her.

Mamoru - You can definitely tell he's in love with Maria.

As for the Yaoi/Yuri things happening:
Do not let your belief and morals get the best of you. All the characters here a purely fictional as well as the story itself. It's nice that you like to put yourself in their shoes, but remember you cannot control the characters action (unless you were the one behind the story). The whole purpose is to entertain you and it doesn't matter how they do it.

With that said, I do hope they can pick up the pace with the story. Getting boring by each episode.
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myuun said:
AiCon said:
Thanks myuun for telling us this. We would have argued to no end if you didn't say anything. I do have one question though:


No problem at all!

You fan girls must be having the times of your lives right now. lol

Judging from how fast this show moves through the content, how many episodes do you think all this BL/GL stuff will last?
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Probably my favorite episode yet despite the mildly poor animation in comparison to the first couple... And I don't even swing that way.... Still not a fan of Saki though, I mean she does realize Mamoru feels the same way she does, except with Marie... Right...? Guess some people just don't give a shit about their friends after all..

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I bet my house that if those 'sex scenes' were between a boy and a girl no one would be raging and dropping the show. My fucking house.
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AiCon said:
You fan girls must be having the times of your lives right now. lol

Judging from how fast this show moves through the content, how many episodes do you think all this BL/GL stuff will last?

Pfft, I'm pretty damn happy, ngl. But I'll be even more happy when the plot thickens and people get into the anime, not 'cause of the yaoi, but because of the incredible direction it is taking. Now that will be a joy to see.

Aaaahm... to be quite honest, I wasn't expecting the episode to end this way, so for me that is a sign that the BL/GL won't last very long. In fact, I give it like one more episode if it even comes up in the next episode. From now on if I think it will be mostly focused on the plot rather than relationships 'cause something huuuge is about to happen. If they do show any BL/GL, it will be for a very small amount of time and like spread around. That is what I believe.

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myuun said:
Pfft, I'm pretty damn happy, ngl. But I'll be even more happy when the plot thickens and people get into the anime, not 'cause of the yaoi, but because of the incredible direction it is taking. Now that will be a joy to see.
As a straight guy I can absolutely assure you that the yaoi isn't the reason why I watch this show.

I guarantee it.
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The second half of this episode was rather exciting. I have no idea what is going on and I can't wait to find out!
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YorozuyaGinSan said:
Still not a fan of Saki though, I mean she does realize Mamoru feels the same way she does, except with Marie... Right...? Guess some people just don't give a shit about their friends after all...
I wouldn't say she doesn't care, in fact she looked on the verge of crying on seeing how much he longed for Maria. She can't still let go of her though, since they were made with a high intimacy need.

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I'm not sure if this train of thought is frowned upon, but being tolerant of gay people (esp. male gays) doesn't exactly translate that I (male) like to watch dude on dude action.

I'm pretty sure the girl betting her house is going to keep her house, she has my vote as to "people wouldn't drop this anime if that was straight not gay".
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AiCon said:
As a straight guy I can absolutely assure you that the yaoi isn't the reason why I watch this show.

I guarantee it.

Nah, I know you don't and that many people don't, but it's so irritating going on tumblr and seeing things like, "Omg I'm gonna start watching this anime all the yaois". It's kind of the opposite of here. Here some people drop it for the gay love, over there people start it for the gay love. But, hey~ whatever floats peoples' boats.
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AnimeKami said:
I'm not sure if this train of thought is frowned upon, but being tolerant of gay people (esp. male gays) doesn't exactly translate that I (male) like to watch dude on dude action.

I'm pretty sure the girl betting her house is going to keep her house, she has my vote as to "people wouldn't drop this anime if that was straight not gay".

I think it depends. But straight sex in an anime is way more tolerated than gay sex. But sex is still a really hot topic whether it'd be straight or gay. I don't know, really it depends.

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