From the New World

No cover — 貴志祐介: From the New World (2013)

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2013

ISBN:: 978-1-939130-13-6

(1 review)

From the New World (Japanese: 新世界より, Hepburn: Shin Sekai Yori) is a Japanese novel by Yusuke Kishi, originally published in January 2008 by Kodansha. It follows Saki that lives quietly in a beautiful and calm village, and has just acquired her power at the age of twelve. She then goes to the academy to learn how to master it with other young people in her age, including her friends Maria, Shun, Satoru and Mamoru. But during an outing, the five of them will learn things they never should have known. The story received a manga adaptation with slight disparities in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, which was serialized between May 2012 and June 2014, and an anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures, which aired in Japan between October 2012 and March 2013. In North America, the manga has been licensed by Vertical (itself an imprint of Kodansha USA) and the …

From the New World (Japanese: 新世界より, Hepburn: Shin Sekai Yori) is a Japanese novel by Yusuke Kishi, originally published in January 2008 by Kodansha. It follows Saki that lives quietly in a beautiful and calm village, and has just acquired her power at the age of twelve. She then goes to the academy to learn how to master it with other young people in her age, including her friends Maria, Shun, Satoru and Mamoru. But during an outing, the five of them will learn things they never should have known. The story received a manga adaptation with slight disparities in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, which was serialized between May 2012 and June 2014, and an anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures, which aired in Japan between October 2012 and March 2013. In North America, the manga has been licensed by Vertical (itself an imprint of Kodansha USA) and the anime by Sentai Filmworks. In 2008, From the New World won the Grand Prize of the 29th Nihon SF Taisho Award.

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Heart-wrenching and introspective.

4 stars

I rarely decipher with any confidence what an author intends to convey via their fiction. However, I understand that this novel is a warning regarding the apparent solvency of society based upon humanity's history, and the need for utmost care when considering the processes by which society functions. It as importantly demonstrates the need for difficult choices to uphold that ideal, but the consequences of those choices. Its original novel form is incredible.

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