Shin Sekai yori

Description

From Kodansha:
Saki and her schoolmates enjoy what they consider normal lives in a peaceful provincial setting. Only their village cannot be of this era. Its customs differ from those of any known in modern-day Japan. The landscape while familiar is also much more constrained than what modern-day maps may exhibit. So when 6 friends embark on a journey of mental and physical training, this fateful journey will lead them to a series of mind-shattering truths for these characters and for us as readers.

**English Translations: **INKR Comics

Type

Manga

Related Series

Shin Sekai yori (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

From the New World

Shinsekai Yori

新世界より

Groups Scanlating

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New World Project

Latest Release(s)

v.7 c.24-27 (end) by display: none; 11 years ago

v.6 c.20-23 by display: none; 11 years ago

v.5 c.16-19 by display: none; 11 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

7 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (Different Settings)

Ends at Vol 7, Chap 27

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

1 topics, 1 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7 / 10.0 (180 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.89 / 10.0

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Last Updated

August 25th, 2025 10:32pm PDT - 5 days ago

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Genre

Adult Adventure Drama Mystery Romance Sci-fi Shounen Supernatural Yuri
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Author(s)

KISHI Yuusuke

Artist(s)

OIKAWA Tooru

Year

2012

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Bessatsu Shounen Magazine (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

INKR

Kodansha USA (7 Volumes - Complete)

Vertical (7 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1697

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3 Month Pos #2943

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6 Month Pos #3535

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Year Pos #5365

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List Stats

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On 549 wish lists

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From the New World Manga to End in 2 More Chapters

11 years ago

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One of the worst shit i've ever read

by DefaultPeanut
4 months ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

By far the worst adaptation of the novel, just watch the anime, it's way better than this version.

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Interesting worldbuilding and mystery letdown by a complete failure to follow-through and forced fanservice

by tigerstar186
8 months ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

At its core, Shin Sekai Yori is about exploring the world group one lives in and realizing how it's fucked up in just about every way imaginable.

There's a really satisfying way to follow through on that: have your characters, now aware of the truth and with greater power in the world, work to change that.

...and then that just doesn't happen. There's a timeskip and they just become cogs in the machine, perpetuating all the horrible practices of the village and never really make strides to change it even when they are put in the perfect positions to do so. The MC is literally the trained successor to the former village leader and a war hero, but doesn't even try to suggest that maybe repeatedly killing children to death and forcibly keeping their former enemy alive as nothing but a brain put through constant pain but not allowed to die might be just a teensy bit wrong.

The fanservice is utterly atrocious too. There's a flimsy in-universe explanation that humans could avoid their current predicament if they created a society based on love like that of bonobos -- but all we ever see is the female characters getting stark naked and having gratuitous and extended sex scenes over and over. There'll literally be pages of exposition where the images in panel are just numerous images of sex rather than things relating to said exposition.

It's so bad that even after the timeskip and all her female friends being dead, the mc decides to perpetuate it by forcing her 26-year-old self onto a teenager who didn't ask for it.

... Last updated 8 months ago

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Worthwhile retelling

by Dr. Love
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

As someone who watched the anime first this was a decent read. If you're expecting this to be 1:1 with the anime then you couldn't be more wrong. The main story beats are all present but the story flows differently, some characters get fleshed out more than in the anime and there are even some new characters who weren't included in the anime. There are things the manga did a better job on and there are things the anime did a better job on.

Do keep in mind that this version has a lot of (yuri) fanservice, which I don't mind, but sometimes it comes off as incredibly forced.

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What the?!!

by rennov
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

Honestly, that was my first reaction when I saw the yaoi/yuri scene at the series. Well, not that I mind the Yuri... but, really... is that even necessary for this kind of thriller-tense-wannabe series?

Take that aside, overall, my review more or less have the same tone with mr/miss residentgrigo. The plot is somehow messed up (one time about school life, another time about 'odd' romance, another time about war of certain clan), the twist is not that awesome, and the thriller tension of certain arc... is fail I guess.

Thankfully, The art is great (u should look at the anime if u don't believe it).

Well, I haven't finished the series, but seeing how 'boring' the plot is... I hope I can convince myself to watch/read it again. But, given how great the anime/novel rating, I guess it's just me having a different preference of story

... Last updated 10 years ago

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I'm waiting for the novel (to be completely translated)

by Kuroi
10 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I had already watched the anime, which is one of the best I'll probably watch, I started this manga. The art is good beyond words, not only the cute girls (and boys), just look at those backgrounds!

I'm against using "yaoi" and "yuri" terminology in this work because (at least yaoi) are very specific names of specific genres (originally, "yaoi" means "nonsense"). They're (inexistent) "gay" and (too much) "lesbian" scenes, and they had a purpose. I would be hypocritical if I say I don't enjoy girl-on-girl action, but they are too long and too much, and it was embarrasing to read it on the bus; one of my friends asked me "what are you reading?" I replied "I'm still with the hentai manga I showed you the other day".

The downtone of Shun and Satoru relationship from lovers to good pals is a wrong choice (I would prefer to keep them boyfriends but not showing me their relationship graphically): when I watched the anime, I was horrified by that kiss between Satoru and Shun, but I understand that it had a purpose, and it was justified both by the social organization and the personal relations between the main characters, in fact, as an amateur writer, I feel jealousy of the author for this whole idea of the bonobos (including same-sex relationships). It's brilliant, he is a damn genius.

OK, that was too much whining about terminology and gayness. Let's move on.

I like the more joyous characters, specially Shun, Maria and Saki, all of them are less melancholic that the anime, even Mamoru is annoying (but still very annoying). Maria is more cheerful and aggresive, Saki is less frozen by revelation and more instantly shocked (this way she can act) and Shun is more charismatic and less gloomy (it worked fine in the anime nonetheless).

I read reviews about the novel that tells that it is very dark and cruel, the sex scenes unappealing, sad and ultimately unsatisfactory for the characters. I like how it sounds, I'm waiting for it.

... Last updated 10 years ago

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There's never enough!

by pandasamurai
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Shin Sekai Yori has been my favorite story, and I am excited to see that it's being made into a formidable manga; the level of Oikawa's art is astonishing. The story doesn't cut too many corners so the story is still very cohesive and the emotion riding the plot is as glorious as ever.

I am still angry at the paranoid, murdering schoolteachers, utterly disgusted by the Queerats (like the way they look and how they get treated by humans) and I'm raining tears when Saki learns of Maria's death. I hope that the author decides to revisit Saki's world in a sequel. By the way, Risa Taneda who voiced Saki got more than 20 new roles for various anime because she did so well in Shin Sekai Yori. Ah, I could die a little more peacefully if I had her voice from Wareta Ringo playing nearby as I did. The Yuri elements might not be everyone's cup of tea, (I can hear my friend Kassidy yelling, "Where's the Yaoi?!") but it's mine for certain.

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Good art, but a bit too depressing

by Laclongquan
11 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Post apocalypse world, what can go wrong?

Well, the theme, apparently. since it's too depressing, and the characters get killed right and left, and not enough sex scenes to take our minds of that... I must say that it's not to everyone taste.

Good shit, but it's an acquired taste.

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Isn't quite there

by yuno19
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

Yes, the bigger problem it face is pacing. The manga will benefit greatly with more structured story telling, revealing strange nature of the world in timely manner. I can imagine the thrill if they don't get revealed whimsically. Exclusion of yaoi, since it's mentioned to be exist in the novel, is a welcomed alteration, since I believe demographic for manga is more segmented than for novel. The art is great, but the design is not.

Would not recommend.

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Shinsekai Yuri, more like

by ferian
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

The anime and the novel have far superior storytelling. Here, the story is a jambled mess. Build up, which made the anime so suspenseful, is almost absent here. This manga would benefit greatly from a much slower, measured pacing.

Cutting the yaoi parts was unnecessary (especially considering the unwelcome changes to the story that this caused), in my opinion, but the yuri gets my full approval.

edit: Dat final solution...

Just keep pleasuring her until she believes she's human... No matter how silly the notion of it working is, it's hilarious enough for me to excuse any attached plot hole.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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the story !

by Yurella
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

To be honest, I like the manga better than the anime or novel, because in my opinion the novel and anime is a bit slow-paced and out of order so it leaves confusion as to the manga is organized and I could completely understand what's going on. If we were to decide I bet Shinsekai Yori would be more famous if they followed the manga since it's more understandable. Also, I have noticed that 75% have been rooting to not kill off Maria so I just hope that they would atleast alter those events since it's an economical demand and might invite more readers from the unexpected turn of events! the art is also awesome and the plot is better ~ Maria ♥ Saki

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