How many of you drop the anime after finishing episode 8?
YES
10.2%
136
I don't really care, means NO
89.8%
1,197
1,333 votes
| I considered dropping it even before episode 8. Heard episode 10 was good. Watched until episode 10. Now I am definitely dropping it. The problem I have with this series is that the story is hard to follow with too many open ended mysteries involving not-so-interesting characters doing bizarre things living in a lame backward future society where everything is suppressed. I find myself asking "WTF is going on?!" and whether it's worth finding out. Ugh. Let me know how it turns out in the end. Maybe I'll consider going back to it. But for now. It's not worth my time. Peace out. |
| I am amazed people are still going on about this, weeks after. Sure, the topic's died down, but it still baffles me this sort of conversations continues. I read this entire thread, and I must say it also amuses me the general hate for the homosexuality stems solely from the short scene of Shun and Satoru kissing. Not any other scene featuring homosexuality, of which there were plenty of, just that one mild scene. I mean, it's not like this show's been one for comforting thoughts. There's a lot of grotesque scenes offered to us in Shin Sekai Yori, I don't see why this episode had to be the one to bother people. And of course, it's just the male on male. Or, mostly so. Heaven forbid anyone get up in arms about Saki shoving her face in Maria's breasts. I have to say, I think my favourite argument against this episode is that it served no purpose or progression. You'd think the episode was just a whole twenty-some minutes of gay pornography. Ah well, perhaps this response in itself is just prolonging a discussion that really shouldn't be an issue. It just sort of bothers me that people even care this much about consensual kissing making them feel disgusted in a show that has never made it it's mission to make you feel comfortable. |
MountainMewDec 8, 2012 8:11 AM
NinJah15 said: Well, you do seem pretty retarded if you seriously pull such a brainless strawman.No trolling at all. You have the nerve to say that anyone that is not okay with watching little boys kissing is a pussy. Then watch some gay porn if that's how you feel or by your own definition you are a pussy. Get out of here just cause some people aren't okay with what you are gives you no right to ridicule them or call them names. I'm in no way retarded but you and your logic may very well be the most retarded thing on this forum. If you actually managed to grasp what I was saying, you should have understood that I was obviously talking about different grades of gay stuff, this episode being as mild as can be, and thus in no way necessitating a drastic response like dropping it. Unless you are a huge pussy that is insecure about your sexuality I guess. Now, obviously, when you completely fail to see this and instead blabber on about watching actual gay porn, which i explicitly stated would be a solid reason for dropping something, you do not make yourself appear very clever. |
| I hope more dumbasses will drop this series, the series is too intelligent for some people, well smart anime do intimidates stupid people. :P this series destined to be a cult anyway!! |
| You are retarded if you drop this awesome series because of some yaoi/yuri... i cant believe that people like this actually exist. Truly sad. |
deave112 said: this!To everyone who will drop it solely for that reason I'll say... good riddance :) If you can't handle a small part that was foreshadowed in earlier episodes then you should get out of here. |
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millo said: I hope more dumbasses will drop this series, the series is too intelligent for some people, well smart anime do intimidates stupid people. :P this series destined to be a cult anyway!! this. |
| I dislike yaoi alot but still this anime is far too good to drop just for that. |
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| Looking back to this topic and all the stupidity really makes me laugh/ |
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| Wow, I didn't know this topic existed, I missed a lot of funny comments. Was a good read. P.S. The anime is 9/10 for me after last few episodes. |
| Haha, good topic. At first I didn't know what was it all about. In the anime I thought about it as good illustration of wolf-ish behaviour inserted into society. The same thing as when they were captured by rats. In this anime I wouldn't mind if they were doing it in full uncensored mode. As long it's for the story :D. But I would feel uneasy if I wasnt watching it alone (><). |
| im on episode 14 now and i still dont get why this topic was alive for such a long time. i wholeheartedly enjoyed episode 8 not becuz im a shallow skin-deep horny fuck that gets off with anime adolescents kissing and sexing, but because it was done so well, it really adds a whole new layer of sophistication to the story and characters of this anime. unless those people who dropped for the yaoi/yuri we've been discussing realize the true meaning of aforementioned factors, then they will never truly understand, thus its meaningless to argue over it with them though posts. funny thread, this has been. |
HunterHeartsJan 8, 2013 12:08 AM
| I was an idiot for dropping this back then. Shit is much better than I gave it credit for. |
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| I'm rehashing what others have said before me, but I had to get this off my chest. Having just finished episode eight, I know I'm a bit of a slowpoke here, but anyone who would drop this simply because of the homolust needs to grow up. It was clearly explained in earlier episodes that same sex couples were much more common and socially acceptable in their society, and if you only expected that to result in yuri, you completely misinterpreted what kind of show this is. If you want something that overtly caters to your specific sexual preference, there are no shortage of shows out there to fulfill that need for you, but to drop a plot and character driven show like this simply because it happens to have gay couples is just ridiculous. |
| I didn't drop it at episode 8 but I dropped it at like episode 12. Not because of the touching or anything, but the animation and leaving scenes from the novel out just pissed me off. That, and the heroine annoys me. |
PervisumChaos said: steaminferno said: IDex said: Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. I really, really want to drop this, but then again the writer(s) have shown that they have what it takes and the setting has been promising. Decisions, decisions. On another note, why does it seem that half the people here sound like they've been personally insulted by the people who have trouble with men-on-men? Openmindedness? Childish? Retarded? Really? Being ok eating meat doesn't mean you'd have to be willing to watch butchering videos ffs. That episode is one of the better reasons for dropping a show. Apparently having any kind of aversion to seeing yaoi or gay stuff is clear homophobia regardless of how you may treat gay people. Regardless of homophobia, it is immature to drop a series from a simple scene of discomfort that is quickly overshadowed and really, doesn't represent the series at all. If you're going to let homosexuality "ruin" a story for you, it's testament on your own personality. Given the fact that you're one of the people who has been posting for a majority of the thread, it definitely doesn't seem like a "small" issue for you. Why would you drop a series because of a single scene? And you claim to be not a homophobic when unable to uphold the idea of gender equality and the rights they uphold such as kissing each other? You do NOT see homosexuals dropping a series for heterosexuals kissing, yet you are dropping a series from a single scene of kissing? It's idiocy. What's next? You quitting life because you saw a homosexual couple kissing in the streets? Not very logical. As said above, dropping a series for "0.03%" of the series is COMPLETELY nonsensical no matter what the subject is. It just happens that this is a more controversial issue, even more so for the people who feel offended for getting attacked or verbally insulted for saying they dropped the series for two guys kissing. It's even somewhat mature. It's fallacious of you to speak for a whole and defend the claims of being called homophobic when there are people who clearly are. One of the finest posts in this thread. Bravo. It's disturbing how so many people on MAL can find a kiss between two consenting men disgusting but can't wait to see the rape scene in the upcoming Berserk movie http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=518297&show=0 |
sauveterreJan 9, 2013 3:58 PM
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rederoin said: Kuraaiiya said: Anyone who did is retarded. Dropping a series you don't like is retarded? I know you don't like this series, but at least try to read what the thread is about. |
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| I do find guys kissing awkward, just like a straight couple kissing. If the homo scenes were exaggerated and focus on, I might drop the series or skim through it. I feel bad for the people who dropped this series, because I am on the edge of my seat on episode 15 :) AND BAM! 90% = 900 people are open minded, good to see this! |
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| Not wanting to watch this because of BL doesn't make you a homophobe. If so, I guess me dropping a show for too much mecha makes me a mechaphobe. Or skipping on vegies makes be a vegiephobe. Oh, I don't like high heels either, guess that makes me a high-heelaphobe. Seriously. Some people just don't like Bl/yaoi. It simply doesn't interest them and is a valid for dropping a show if it becomes the main theme of the show. |
Z-flame said: J_B said: But they don't know if it will.Not wanting to watch this because of BL doesn't make you a homophobe. If so, I guess me dropping a show for too much mecha makes me a mechaphobe. Or skipping on vegies makes be a vegiephobe. Oh, I don't like high heels either, guess that makes me a high-heelaphobe. Seriously. Some people just don't like Bl/yaoi. It simply doesn't interest them and is a valid for dropping a show if it becomes the main theme of the show. Whether or not it is the main theme of the show, after episode 8 there was just no hope of it recovering from that. The amount of replies in each SSY episode thread after episode 8 is enough evidence of that. |
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J_B said: Seriously. Some people just don't like Bl/yaoi. It simply doesn't interest them and is a valid for dropping a show if it becomes the main theme of the show. I don't like BL/Yaoi either. I didn't drop it. And if you actually watched it, you would know that BL/Yaoi did not become the main theme of the show. The main theme has remained, as it was before, dark conspiracy and thus, BL/Yaoi is not a valid reason to drop this show, it means you are homophobic. Naxrrhid said: Whether or not it is the main theme of the show, after episode 8 there was just no hope of it recovering from that. The amount of replies in each SSY episode thread after episode 8 is enough evidence of that. If you actually did some research, you would know that the earlier episode discussion threads had symbv and the others explaining parts that were confusing to the people who didn't read the novel. Now that the concepts have all been explained, they no longer need to explain it to us anymore and thus, the replies are not as much as they used to be. Also, if you checked the top of this thread, you'll see that not even 10% of the people that watch this show was even bothered by it. |
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yhunata said: J_B said: Seriously. Some people just don't like Bl/yaoi. It simply doesn't interest them and is a valid for dropping a show if it becomes the main theme of the show. I don't like BL/Yaoi either. I didn't drop it. And if you actually watched it, you would know that BL/Yaoi did not become the main theme of the show. The main theme has remained, as it was before, dark conspiracy and thus, BL/Yaoi is not a valid reason to drop this show, it means you are homophobic. I don't watch the show, this thread just caught my eye. I did say IF it becomes the main theme. Shows can have more than one one theme. And it's not homophobic. What it someone dropped it because it suddenly switched to be a show witch mecha overtones. Would they be mechaphobic? |
J_B said: yhunata said: J_B said: Seriously. Some people just don't like Bl/yaoi. It simply doesn't interest them and is a valid for dropping a show if it becomes the main theme of the show. I don't like BL/Yaoi either. I didn't drop it. And if you actually watched it, you would know that BL/Yaoi did not become the main theme of the show. The main theme has remained, as it was before, dark conspiracy and thus, BL/Yaoi is not a valid reason to drop this show, it means you are homophobic. I don't watch the show, this thread just caught my eye. I did say IF it becomes the main theme. Shows can have more than one one theme. And it's not homophobic. What it someone dropped it because it suddenly switched to be a show witch mecha overtones. Would they be mechaphobic? Yes, they would (by stretching the meaning of phobia a bit). But that wouldn't be a problem. Phobia (meaning fear) doesn't have a negative connotation on its own. The problem here is that (some) people decided to stop watching due to homosexual relationships because they are disgusted by them (as in disgusted by something that shouldn't be considered disgusting-> despising homosexual relationship may lead to negative consequences in real life, like intolerance/violence towards other people with no real justification but personal taste). Disliking mecha shows doesn't have the same consequences (mecha is only a genre of entertainment after all and there can hardly be negative consequences irl for disliking it). Still i'm not saying that everyone who stopped watching for that reason is an evil person or something (i'm pretty sure most of them are tolerant of gay relationship irl). Only wanted to point out that despising yaoi/yuri and despising mecha is not exactly the same. Everyone is perfectly free of doing whatever he/she wants with the anime and some of the responses against people who dropped the show may have gone too far. |
J_B said: I don't watch the show, this thread just caught my eye. I did say IF it becomes the main theme. Shows can have more than one one theme. And it's not homophobic. What it someone dropped it because it suddenly switched to be a show witch mecha overtones. Would they be mechaphobic? I don't know, when you get bothered by a 7-second kiss between two boys and then later get a minute and half long yuri foreplay and yet still drop this show due to the boy love, I'm pretty sure you're being homophobic then. Especially considering how it doesn't play any major role in the series and doesn't show up later at all. I'm thinking you're talking about SSY here and if SSY were to make a sudden turn to mecha and people drop SSY because of that, no that doesn't mean that person is being mechaphobic. SSY has had a dark conspiracy theme going on and switching to a mecha theme (or any other opposing theme for that matter) would completely destroy the series. Please don't mix genres in with silly little things as kisses, though you wouldn't know that since you don't watch the series. Either way, that was a weak comparison. |
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yhunata said: rederoin said: Kuraaiiya said: Anyone who did is retarded. Dropping a series you don't like is retarded? I know you don't like this series, but at least try to read what the thread is about. The thread is part about dropping it at episode 8, going by the question the OP is asking. I acteally dropped this at episode 7, so it doesn't even apply to me. The poster I replied to implied it was 'retarded' for dropping the show at episode 8. |
rederoinJan 16, 2013 3:26 PM
| I didn't drop it nor did it bother me, but it felt so out of place. I know the library balloon animal told them that they mimicked monkeys for intimacy in order to relieve stress, but with the Satoru x Saki scene earlier in the series I just don't see how things went that direction. |
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| I'i agree that it was a bit out of place for such an anime, but nevertheless, in my opinion, it's not a good enough reason to drop a series. just sayin bros -- Like, it bothered me as well, being a sakki x shun fan, but since it wasn't anything deep (just a kiss and some breast-caressing) i kept going. Sides.... WHO GIVES A F*CK ABOUT YAOI, THIS PLOT IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ｏ(>∇<;)Ｏ |
rederoin said: yhunata said: rederoin said: Kuraaiiya said: Anyone who did is retarded. Dropping a series you don't like is retarded? I know you don't like this series, but at least try to read what the thread is about. The thread is part about dropping it at episode 8, going by the question the OP is asking. I acteally dropped this at episode 7, so it doesn't even apply to me. The poster I replied to implied it was 'retarded' for dropping the show at episode 8. Ah, you wouldn't know about it then. What happened was, in episode 8, there was a 7-second long kiss between Shun and Satoru and later, a minute and long yuri foreplay between Maria and Saki. This thread is asking for who dropped it due to that yaoi kiss, thus the poster implying that anyone who dropped this show just for that is "retarded". It was revealed in episode 4 that yaoi and yuri relationships are encouraged between youngsters of their world to reduce stress and hetero relationships are discouraged to prevent pregnancy. In other words, they were warned it was coming and yet, they dropped SSY because "it came out of the blue" and "there was too much" (NOTE: it was just for 7 seconds). |
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yhunata said: (NOTE: it was just for 7 seconds). Civilizations fall; empires are crumbled and cities can be overrun in less than 7 seconds. I would like to think an anime can be ruined in that time as well...., but alas that's just me, with my own personal opinion, in my own personal world. |
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Naxrrhid said: yhunata said: (NOTE: it was just for 7 seconds). Civilizations fall; empires are crumbled and cities can be overrun in less than 7 seconds. I would like to think an anime can be ruined in that time as well...., but alas that's just me, with my own personal opinion, in my own personal world. no they cant. Never happened before. |
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TheUnknownOne said: Naxrrhid said: yhunata said: (NOTE: it was just for 7 seconds). Civilizations fall; empires are crumbled and cities can be overrun in less than 7 seconds. I would like to think an anime can be ruined in that time as well...., but alas that's just me, with my own personal opinion, in my own personal world. That doesn't mean it's not ridiculous and the fault lies within not the material, but the viewer. Having superior taste is now ridiculous...., I guess that really is my fault. Oh MAL, how you never cease to amuse me.... |
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| such a shame if your dropping a wonderful series due to something that happens in ONE episode, to those that did, your missing out |
R3iJan 19, 2013 2:27 AM
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