Shinsekai Yori is an excellent dystopian anime held slightly held back by its pacing. The concept is that sometime in the 21st century certain humans developed intense telekinetic powers, called Cantus, which allowed them to control ANY form of matter. Some of these humans lost their mind due to the powers and began mass murdering entire populations, making it so almost all non-Cantus-wielding humans were elimintated. The plot of this anime concerns the society that develops around these super-powered telekinetic humans.
I felt it necessary to include this description of the plot because this anime revolves HEAVILY around world-building, and it is done excellently. The
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May 23, 2016
Boku dake ga Inai Machi
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This anime is suspense and mystery done perfectly. It is 12 episodes of plot twists and turns that play with both your emotions and expectations of the story. After watching each episode I had to stop and pace around about what would happen next, thinking about who the killer was or how the authors were going to close the series up. Although I think it became pretty obvious after a while who the killer was, I didn't even care because I wanted so much to see how the story was going to pan out. The strengths of this anime here are definitely the writing and
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