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''From the New World'' (新世界より ''Shin Sekai Yori'') is a Japanese novel by Yuusuke Kishi. It was adapted into an anime television series and [[Fall2012Anime began airing in September 2012]]. The anime has been picked up for streaming and home video release in North America by SentaiFilmworks.

The story is set in Japan a millennium from now. Five children -- the protagonist [[TheHeroine Saki]], [[ChildhoodFriend Satoru]], [[TeamMom Maria]], [[ShrinkingViolet Mamoru]], and [[TheSmartGuy Shun]] -- have been born and raised in a tranquil town that can be described as a utopia, overflowing with water and green foliage. The world is ruled by people who have the "cursed power" or the "gods' power" of telekinesis.

After a certain incident, Saki and the others come to realize the true nature of their world. Before long, they learn everything, including the bloody history that brought humanity to this state. The five throw themselves into life-threatening adventure and fighting to protect friends and a world on the brink of collapse.

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!!The book/anime provides examples of:

* AfterTheEnd: Takes place in the distant future, after a long decline of humankind.
* AndManGrewProud: [[spoiler:Curse Power is not the power of the gods. It's inherent in every human. Akki and Gouma aren't monsters of legend, they are people with Curse Power whose PowerLimiter doesn't work.]]
* ChildEater: The Copycats.
* CityInABottle: Saki's town is enclosed in a "Holy Barrier" that is supposed to prevent demons and monsters from finding them, and children are highly discouraged from wandering outside the barrier without an adult.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: The setting of the story. Within the village's barrier, life is seemingly idyllic, peaceful, and filled with natural beauty. But many horrors lurk outside the barrier [[spoiler:and the underbelly of the Saint Academy and the village itself is... shady to say the least.]]
* ExtranormalInstitute: The Sage Academy, where the students are taught to master their [[PsychicPower ability]].
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In-universe, the textbooks that the students read in the Saint Academy teach their aesops through very dark and depressing means, usually ending in the horrible death of the main character and sacrificing oneself for the greater good.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Since an older Saki is narrating the events of the anime, she drops some hints about what will happen in the future, such as [[spoiler:her musing that countless people could have been saved if Maria had never been born.]]
* GrotesqueCute: Bakenezumi.
* HumansArePsychicInTheFuture
* MindOverMatter: People with "Cursed Power". It's linked to the telomere in the DNA, or something. It can potentially surpass nuclear bomb in term of power.
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:"Attack Suppression" and "Proxy Mechanism", incorporated into human DNA to prevent societal collapse due to Curse Power, which was implied by the opening scene.]]
* RopeBridge: In the story of the man who gather herbs in the forbidden ground. [[spoiler:He ends up cutting it so that the {{Slenderman}}-like monster chasing him fall to the ravine --[[TakingYouWithMe along with him]]-- and preventing it from destroying his village.]] {{Foreshadowing}}, definitely.
* SacrificialLamb: Reiko.
* SceneryPorn: The idyllic landscape of Kamisu 66.
* ShrineMaiden: The uniform of the main characters have this motif. For all purpose, they ''are'' ShrineMaiden and Kannushi, power of the gods and all.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The entire opening of the first episodes is [[spoiler: Psychic kids exploding peoples heads to The New World's Symphony's First Movement.]]
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Copycats are allegedly mythical monsters that steal away children who don't develop their Curse Power. It is an urban legend among children, and their existence is usually denied by the adults. However, there are numerous hints that there is some truth to the stories.
* TimeSkip: It is confirmed that the anime will follow Saki and her friends at age 12, age 14, and age 26.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Except it doesn't stop with the town, going all the way to humanity itself.
* WeirdnessCensor: Saki and her class don't seem to be too concerned that several students have gone missing and never returned.
* WhamLine: After telling her mother about seeing a Copycat, Saki overhears her parents. She catches her mother saying: [[spoiler:"I don't want to lose any more children!"]]
* ZigzagPaperTassel: Ubiquitous, indicating sacred or forbidden place/items.

* SOundtrackDissonance: The entire opening of the first episodes is [[spoiler: Psychic kids exploding peoples heads to The New World's Symphony's First Movement.]]

* MindOverMatter: People with "Cursed Power". It's linked to the telomere in the DNA, or something.

* AwesomeArt: The anime adaptation so far is nothing short of ''gorgeous'' to look at.

* NightmareFuel: Oh yeah.
** The damn opening of the first episode. Nothing quite like [[spoiler:seeing telepathic children massacring entire populations in the modern world]] to set the dark, gloomy tone of this series.
** [[spoiler:The Fiend from Maria's retelling of the tale of a villager's sacrifice. Dear god, the Fiend...]]
** [[spoiler:Throughout much of the first episode, Saki's friends tell stories of hideous monsters (such as the Copycat) hunting students who struggle in school and a sealed-off room deep inside Saint Academy. Hearing Saki's mother lamenting the loss of her previous children not only serves as a TearJerker, but also confirms that Saki is in one hell of a CrapsackWorld.]]

The story is set in Japan a millennium from now. Five children -- the protagonist Saki, Satoru, Maria, Mamoru, and Shun -- have been born and raised in a tranquil town that can be described as a utopia, overflowing with water and green foliage. The world is ruled by people who have the "cursed power" or the "gods' power" of telekinesis.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The setting of the story. Within the village's barrier, life is seemingly idyllic, peaceful, and filled with natural beauty. But many horrors lurk outside the barrier [[spoiler:and the underbelly of the Sage Academy and the village itself is... shady to say the least.]]

** [[spoiler:Throughout much of the first episode, Saki's friends tell stories of hideous monsters (such as the Copycat) hunting students who struggle in school and a sealed-off room deep inside Sage Academy. Hearing Saki's mother lamenting the loss of her previous children not only serves as a TearJerker, but also confirms that Saki is in one hell of a CrapsackWorld.]]

* GenerationalSaga: It is confirmed that the anime will follow Saki and her friends at age 12, age 14, and age 26.

* AwesomeArt: The anime adaptation so far is nothing short of ''gorgeous.''

* NightmareFuel: Oh yeah.
** The damn opening of the first episode. Nothing quite like [[spoiler:seeing telepathic children massacring entire populations in the modern world]] to set the dark, gloomy tone of this series.
** [[spoiler:The Fiend from Maria's retelling of the tale of a villager's sacrifice. Dear god, the Fiend...]]
** [[spoiler:Throughout much of the first episode, Saki's friends tell stories of hideous monsters (such as the Copycat) hunting students who struggle in school and a sealed-off room deep inside Sage Academy. Hearing Saki's mother lamenting the loss of her previous children not only serves as a TearJerker, but also confirms that Saki is in one hell of a CrapsackWorld.]]

''From the New World'' (新世界より ''Shin Sekai Yori'') is a Japanese novel by Yuusuke Kishi. It was adapted into an anime television series and began airing in September 2012. The anime has been picked up for streaming and home video release in North America by SentaiFilmworks.

* ShrineMaiden: The uniform of the main characters have this motif. For all purpose, they ''are'' ShrineMaiden, power of the gods and all.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Except it doesn't stop with the town, going all the way to humanity itself.