Shin Sekai Yori

[Ryllharu]

Kiromaru at least appears to have some semblance of honor and pride in his servitude. But more importantly, he despises Squealer. He is more likely to abandon them if he sees the opportunity to kill Squealer than he his to betray them.

It doesn't really matter who gets their hands on the PsychoBuster, it couldn't be used to exclusively kill humans. It's Anthrax, biological warfare grade. It works against everything that isn't routinely vaccinated. There will be an inherent danger in using and handling it. I also doubt anyone other than the humans would be able to even produce a vaccine. So if Squealer took it and started using it all over the place, there would be nothing to stop it. Sooner or later, much of their livestock would die, and many of their people. Once the spores are released, there would be no stopping the slow spread.

At least until the queerrats end up with their equivalent of Louis Pasteur. This information wasn't input to mobile libraries if I understood Saki's mother's letter correctly. It was very controlled information.

[Kraco]

It doesn't really matter who gets their hands on the PsychoBuster, it couldn't be used to exclusively kill humans. It's Anthrax, biological warfare grade. It works against everything that isn't routinely vaccinated. There will be an inherent danger in using and handling it. I also doubt anyone other than the humans would be able to even produce a vaccine. So if Squealer took it and started using it all over the place, there would be nothing to stop it. Sooner or later, much of their livestock would die, and many of their people. Once the spores are released, there would be no stopping the slow spread.

Even if it killed 95% of queerats as collateral victims, Squealer would still put it to use if it killed most of humans as well. The only thing holding him back might be the immense success they have had with the fiend. Considering they kidnapped the babies, he must be planning to repeat that success in greater numbers. However, if he really has plans to conquer the whole world, he will need something else than a few fiends. It might suit the Japanese mentality for humans to render themselves defenseless against other humans, but when he gets to Europe and especially America, no chance in hell the humans there would be as pitiful as this. I wouldn't be surprised if the old style of cantus users living as gods using ordinary humans as slaves still existed elsewhere.

[Kraco]

Kiromaru at least appears to have some semblance of honor and pride in his servitude. But more importantly, he despises Squealer. He is more likely to abandon them if he sees the opportunity to kill Squealer than he his to betray them.

Something about this whole adventure makes me feel Kiromaru could be out to betray them. Perhaps Squealer is holding all the remains of his clan as hostages. It would also explain a bit of the ease of following them. I wouldn't put it beyond Squealer's intelligence to form multiple plans for contingencies, one of them being to make sure the humans can't fetch any secret weapons from elsewhere. A good way to prepare for that, considering the humans never leave their villages, would be to make a seemingly trustworthy guide available to them. Still, I'm sure Kiromaru hates Squealer's guts, so the mastermind needs to keep a close watch.

However, at the end of the day, I'm sure Kiromaru would have nothing against getting rid of humans. Humans weren't exactly good neighbours. He might not be as fanatical as Squealer, but he's still a man who would put his own people above everything else.

[MFauli]

However, at the end of the day, I'm sure Kiromaru would have nothing against getting rid of humans. Humans weren't exactly good neighbours. He might not be as fanatical as Squealer, but he's still a man who would put his own people above everything else.

That´s what makes no sense to me about Kiromaru´s behavior. Why would he be so loyal towards humans, when they treated queerats like shit? He´s too intelligent to just ignore that. We have to remember: At the end of the day, Yakomaru isn´t evil. He´s doing whatever he can to protect/improve/strengthen/free his kin. Of course, he´s on a power trip, too, but that´s more of a queerat thing in general, I think. You know, the whole ... once they see a chance, they take it, at whatever costs. Maybe Yakomaru might pose a problem to the queerat community AFTER defeating humans, but right now, he´s the needed dictator to harbour success.

So, yeah, I kinda hope that Kiromaru will betray Saki and Co., likely due to his clan being held hostage or, more to my liking, due to realizing that while he hates Yakomaru on a personal level, he´s doing it all for the whole of the queerats species. It´d be great if such self-realization could change Kiromaru´s heart, instead of a simple, clichee hostage-scenario.

Btw that undersea boat somehow wouldn´t work, would it? Both spinning wheels face parallel to the vehicles length. Why would it create a forward push, instead of pushing into all and any direction, lol.