So we have quite a few things to discuss.
First, you can find the first pages of the novel on >3119766 kindly translated by translatanon.
And now for the juicy stuff : spoilers from the first BD.
>Shindo's main motivation in his negotiation career wasn't altruism, but his sense of accomplishment and success in resolving the problem
>Saraka always secretly doubted whose side he was really on (human or the anisotropic); in a way, it was both
>zaShunina's proactive approach is very rare among the anisotropics
>the real winners are the anisotropics, not humans; the events, Yukika included, are a net gain for them
>zaShunina never lied before ep9 and didn't truly understand lying; his comment "lies make me sad" was made precisely because it all finally started making sense to him and the implications were depressing
And last but not least
>the show was originally written to be 24 episodes long; in that version, Saraka didn't exist
>Saraka didn't exist
>Saraka
>did not
>exist