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Terra e... (TV)
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Shinsekai yori
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Terra e... and Shinsekai Yori are both animes about people with telekinetic powers set in a futuristic distopia environment. While Shinsekai Yori has a darker feel to it the plots of the first episodes are nearly identical.
Let's see...a plot that takes place far in the future? Check. Humanity developing psychic powers? Check. A society that looks good on the outside, but is teeming with corruption underneath? Check. Children being killed if they are considered a threat? Check. Includes several time skips in order to show characters coming of age? Check. Haunting soundtrack filled with the ominous chanting of a choir? Check. Waaaaaaay under appreciated? Double check.
These two series have so many surface elements in common that it's hard not to pair them. However, even beyond superficial plot elements, these two series have something else in common, something powerful and intangible. They
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Watching Shinsekai yori gave me a strong feeling of déjà vu. Both series share many themes and plot elements but the setting differs which lends a different overtone that is reflected in their respective genres of space opera and horror. The same emotional framework is in both series as seen in the character development and even in the familiarity of the relationships. Both series attempt to make bare the human condition, don't pull any punches, and don't necessarily allow the viewer a sense of catharsis. So steel yourself beforehand or just let yourself go for a ride on an emotional roller coaster that doesn't end
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- The undertone and underlying theme about humanity in both series are almost the same.
- This is that kind of anime that make you question whether "the side" you are on is "right" or "wrong" (apparently nothing is right, nothing is wrong). Yes it has a subtle gray morality.
- Both have similar 'coming-of-age' tone
- Both has 'time skip' that was really needed to the impact of plot and characterization.
- Both deal with human with psychic power
- Setting in the post-apocalypse (the different is that Terra E in space, while Shinsekai Yori in Earth)
- Deal with humanity and its superiority complex
- Battle against "the system"
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1. Both anime follow the lives of a few children as they grow up (shown via time skips).
2. Psychic powers exist in both worlds. Specifically, psychic powers gradually develop in human beings due to evolution. As a result, some human beings do not possess psychic powers (most of the humans in Toward the Terra).
3. As a result of a deteriorating world, the previous generations of both anime worked to control their societies through cruel means. As both anime progress, the protagonists discover the conspiracies and fight to protect what they care about.
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So you're interested in a story about a society with psychic powers. Ok. But you'd like those powers to have rules and downsides. Sure. And maybe there's a power-struggle between those who have power and those that don't. Absolutely.
Well you just described Toward the Terra and Shin Sekai Yori, both stories about cultures that seem like they're well-adjusted and maybe a dash utopian but are turned on their head by the young, well-meaning but inquisitive protagonist.
Both have heaping handfuls of action and conflict, but what sets them apart is the shades of gray morality. You'll find that people
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