INTRO
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Oh man! That was one hell of a roller coaster ride. Heck I got to say that watching this show was more thrilling than a trip to 6 FLAGS MAGIC MOUNTAIN and that means quite something. When I watched episode 1, I could already feel that I may be watching something special. Holding back my urge to marathon the show (I hate doing it on a great show), I managed to prolong my viewing over a month.
I clenched my fist, pulled my bedsheets, screamed at the TV, cringed and got traumatized by a "certain episode",and cried as I witness the lives of a group of kids unfold in an illusory utopia.
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THE REVIEW
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The great thing about this show is how it tells its story and how you get an understanding of its world and its inhabitants with each passing episode. This might be because its adapted from an award winning novel but a friend of mine said that the animation staff made a fantastic job of adapting it.
From the first episode, there seems to be a lot of confusing things that the viewer might get lost and lose interest (There are still some unanswered questions by the end of the show). But if you stick with it, you are treated with a show unlike other.
The story is told through the experiences of 5 psychic kids living in a post apocalyptic world ruled by psychics. You will experience their lives as children through adulthood. As far as personality goes, the author did a good job of straying away from making a typical character archetype. For the world, it is a great mesh of old civilization with somehow modern technologies. The amazing thing here is how the author made a pretty realistic society that fits in that world and create bizarre things/creatures that live in it.
The art/animation team did a fantastic job of creating a theme/palette that suits shinsekai's world. It is cryptic, bizarre, beautiful, and nostalgic. There are a couple of episodes with huge animation dips but it does not detract from my enjoyment (I event thought that it was intended at first lol). The sound did an amazing job in pulling you and immersing you in the world. I'm not a good critic when it comes to music but if I have to summarize my thoughts regarding this department it is: Intense, serene, and mystifying.
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VERDICT
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From the new world is one of those animes/adaptations that comes around once in several years. It tackles human behavior, shunned social practices, and a lot disturbing scenes. It comes with a couple of faults but such is expected in a daring and thought provoking show like this.
So, to finally wrap things up and as a thanks to anyone who has read my longest review yet, I will now be giving a final score which comprises the built-in scoring system coupled with my personal bias and a fairly complicated process of mustering up my imaginary cantus and drawing the energy from the environment so that I can ask my homophobic future self for a fairly reasonable score that is not influenced, in any way, by teens making out and having a smexy time with the same gender and as I get lost in my own write up my future self finally told me the score of..
9.2/10!
A great show that makes the viewer feel like they also live in its world. Fans of video entertainment regardless of their genre/type preferences are advised to watch it and I'm strongly recommending to buy this show rather than stream it.
Homophobes will surely despise the series though lol.
