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Mar 13, 2022 9:44 PM
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So, after going through the threads on here, it seems like that everyone is against Sara’s decision to keep her unborn child despite being raped by numerous Hellywood soldiers. And that this series has a pro life message forced into it. Do you think it would have been better if she aborted it? And does that really undermines her character?
Jul 6, 2022 4:26 PM
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Because of how insanely stupid it is. Not only was it stupid for her to remain in Hellywood where resources are running out fast and she won't be able to take care of herself, let alone her child, but it was also stupid for her to keep the damn fetus alltogether.
Jul 13, 2022 2:56 PM
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Gonna be that one guy who isn't against her decision to keep the child.

I was more shocked with her decision to stay in the new world, but I wouldn't call it stupid either.

We don't know much about Sara's past. It's highly unlikely her life was worse before coming to this world, but I assume it wasn't all nice either. Otherwise, she wouldn't hesitate going back to the loving family.

Abortion isn't an easy decision. Today, they may make it look morally right and "nothing special", but every woman should think hard before making that decision.
At the end of the day, it was Sara who decided to keep the baby.
Babies are innocent, even if the father is a monster. The woman that got wounded and died, told Sara not to hate the kid because of the crimes of the father.
Sara decided to spare the new life so I don't know why I should dislike her. It's way "easier" to just do the abortion, saving own life (she's young so she may die while giving birth), sparing self from the "burden" of raising a child.
It's admirable that Sara chose the harder path.
Since she has to raise a kid, it also makes sense why she'd decide to stay. Returning back home pregnant after being missing for a while. Either way her life would never be the same anymore.
Jul 15, 2022 9:51 PM
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from what i read at the comments most people hated that a fetus conceived from rape d be allowed to live, i am as pro choice as it gets so im fine with Sarahs decision, there was no good or bad decision in that situation in my opinion
even her decision of staying in a dying world can be understood when one stops to think about the trauma that she just went through
Sep 1, 2022 9:02 PM
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the pro-life message is the only thing I don't like about the series

didn't spoil my enjoyment tho, if I downrated every series based on every view of the author I disagreed with my average score would be 1/10
Jun 21, 2023 5:30 PM
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Personally I don't think there is a pro-life message here. I know it kind of seems like it but when the doctor finds out she's pregnant he puts out that if they were to do an abortion it would have to be soon for ease of her. Sis doesn't even tell her to keep the baby, she only says that if it's brought into the world to not resent the child for the vile actions that were done to her, "nobody comes into this world wanting to be rejected by it's mother." honestly teared me up.

Sara chooses to keep the baby not out of guilt but because she's grown to see a better future for not only herself but a life she can bring into the world. Which is obviously inspired by Sis taking her in.

Jul 17, 2024 3:37 PM
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Yea, it was fucking stupid. But I like it in a way, it's fun exploring decisions that go against my common sense or sensibilities within a fictional context. As long as it's not hardcore advocating for that decision, which I don't think this story was trying to do. Still, kind of fucking dumb.
Oct 20, 2024 8:39 PM
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Really a picture of the modern world, when a mother's decision of having a baby is considered stupid.

Feb 20, 4:39 AM
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Should've just brought back the kids to Earth. Their world is a horrible place to live in lmao.

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Apr 13, 12:36 AM
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The only things I disagree with Sara is that she want to stay at that place. She should just go back to earth. For those who say she must abort her child, Y'all is stupid. It's not the child fault, it is the soldier fault why would you want to kill the child. This kind of mentality is wrong
Aug 24, 12:21 AM
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The climax of this work centers on the theme of self-sacrifice. For instance, the Hellywood soldier who plunges into the raging flood to save a child, Lalalu, who unleashes all her power to save everyone even knowing she will vanish, and Sara, who refuses to abort and chooses to remain in another world for the sake of the orphaned children left behind. Over the course of twelve episodes, the series meticulously depicts a human world filled with violence and devoid of hope, and it looks to each character’s self-sacrificial spirit as a source of hope to break through that despair. That’s why even Sara’s final choice feels consistent and convincing within the context of the story.

As for Shuu being the only one to return to the original world, it’s because he is given the role of a surrogate for the viewers—standing in for each individual watching the story unfold on screen.
ramune1234Aug 30, 11:47 PM

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