History YMMV / FromTheNewWorld

** Among English-speaking fans, it's often referred to as "[[GirlsLove Shinsekai Yuri]]" or "Shinsekai Yaoi" on account of the generous helpings of both Ho AND Les Yay.

* WinBackTheCrowd: A meta-example for Satoru's seiyuu Creator/YuukiKaji. While Kaji's career was never in danger, he DID attract [[XPacHeat a lot of criticism]] from anime viewers for his performances as the leads in ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' and ''LightNovel/AccelWorld''. Kaji's tour de force portrayal of Satoru, however, recified his career for the fans (or at least, is well on his way to being redeemed).

* UncannyValley: Shisei Kaburagi. Courtesy of his SupernaturalGoldEyes. No wonder he keeps them hidden.

* FanPreferredCouple: Saki/Satoru has always been a popular pairing [[spoiler:and they actually become the OfficialCouple in the end.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The use and abuse of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, which coincidentally (or not) is also titled "From the New World".

* BrokenBase: Satoru's relationship with Shun in Episode 8 is a rather unfortunate example of this. Many viewed their relationship as heartwarming and were driven to tears when [[spoiler:Shun ends the relationship just before he transforms into a Gouma]]. Some however were disgusted by this development, ''to the point of dropping the show altogether.''

** Starting with episode 18, some fans have been complaining about the way the anime seems to be downplaying the Saki/Satoru relationship while placing more emphasis on Maria [[spoiler:posthumously, via Saki's memories/imagination/visions of her.]]
*** [[spoiler:For example, the novel has Saki realize that Satoru is the most important person to her. She later reveals to Satoru that she would like to have a child with him, and build the future together]]. The anime completely cuts this out.

* CreatorsPet: Maria in the anime adaptation. It's obvious that she is Creator/A1Pictures' favorite character, as she gets loads of screen-time ([[spoiler:even after her death]]) and much more emphasis than in the original novel. Given that it comes at the cost of development toward Saki's and Satoru's relationship in the third story arc, [[BrokenBase quite a few fans are not impressed]].
** Part of it also likely stems from the double standard surrounding the popularity of Saki and Maria's romance as opposed to Satoru and Shun's romance. Satoru and Shun are only together for a single episode in the anime (though to be fair the relationship gets brought up a few times after), and aren't even a couple in the manga, while Maria and Saki kiss on screen several times and have implied sex.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: A FourStarBadass [[spoiler:who eliminates the Ground Spiders and later saves Saki and her friends from being turned in to the Ethics Committee]], Kiromaru has established himself as this to viewers.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: By the end of the series, its hard to sympathize with either the human or the monster rat societies, as both have committed some truly horrible things in the name of neccessity. This makes it ultimately hard to root for anyone, especially the human main characters, as at least the monster rats seem like the underdogs.
** To be fair, that's pretty much the point. The utopia of the series' beginning has been deconstructed.

* InNameOnly: The manga is an independent adaptation of the novel, and it's less an adaptation than an "inspired by" with [[HotterAndSexier added gratuituous fanservice and sex scenes for the female characters]] (but [[DoubleStandard completely ignoring all the male homosexuality and the m/m sex scene in the original story]], a completely different story (it mostly does its own thing and only touches on key plot points from the novel), entirely different characterization (most characters are unrecognizable), and even original characters. [[FanonDiscontinuity A lot of fans pretend it doesn't exist.]]

** While the show doesn't have an official opening theme, episodes 1-7 opens with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rNU-2e4v_k this track]]. And boy, is it simultaneously terrifying and glorious to listen to.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The use and abuse of Dvoøák's Symphony No. 9, which coincidentally (or not) is also titled "From the New World".

** "[[TeensAreMonsters Boy K]]" was a psychopathic "fiend" who used his [[PersonOfMassDestruction powers]] to slaughter his fellow villagers. Starting with his teacher and classmates, K returned to the village and caused a bloodbath with 66 deaths. Immune to the "[[PowerLimiter death feedback]]" programmed into humans to prevent them from attacking each other, K was delighted in massacring people unable to protect themselves from him.

* CompleteMonster: These two {{Predecessor Villain}}s from the 2012 anime necessitate the brutal culling system of the present day "Ethics Committee":

%% ''From the New World'' has no other examples of CompleteMonster, per the Special Efforts forum. Do not add any more.

** "[[EnfantTerrible Boy K]]" was a psychopathic "fiend" who used his [[PersonOfMassDestruction powers]] to slaughter his fellow villagers. Starting with his teacher and classmates, K returned to the village and caused a bloodbath with 66 deaths. Immune to the "[[PowerLimiter death feedback]]" programmed into humans to prevent them from attacking each other, K was delighted in massacring people unable to protect themselves from him.

* CompleteMonster: The boy referred to as "[[BewareTheSuperman K]]" is a [[PosthumousCharacter flashback character]], whose tale warns society to not allow a person's psychic abilities to go unchecked. Pleas by his teacher to address his sociopathic tendencies ignored, K impulsively decided to attack everyone in sight, slaughtering any he could find in his school and then the whole village, the death toll reaching one thousand. Different from others in that his psychic abilities would not kill him when he attacked other humans, K delighted in massacring helpless people.

** Episode 7 was [[ConspicuousCG worse]]. But after that, it improved ''a lot''.

* CompleteMonster: The boy referred to as "[[BewareTheSuperman K]]" is a [[PosthumousCharacter flashback character]], whose tale warns society to not allow a person's psychic abilities to go unchecked. Pleas by his teacher to address his [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] tendencies ignored, K impulsively decided to attack everyone in sight, slaughtering any he could find in his school and then the whole village, the death toll reaching one thousand. Different from others in that his psychic abilities would not kill him when he attacked other humans, K delighted in massacring helpless people.

* UnfortunateImplications: Despite the prevalence of [[EveryoneisBi supposedly bisexual characters]], all the main characters ultimately find their true loves in [[ButnotToobi opposite-sex pairings]].

%%* IronWoobie: Saki.
* {{Moe}}: Oh my, Saki and her friends at age 12.
** Later, [[spoiler: Maria and Mamoru's daughter (son in the novel).]]
*** Uhhh, [[CuteAndPsycho maybe when he's asleep]].
* MoralEventHorizon: Any moral props Yakomaru might have had left go out the window in Episode 21 when [[spoiler:the Akki's identity is revealed. Combined with Tomiko's findings of the remains, it becomes crystal clear that he murdered Maria and Mamoru '''nearly as soon as she gave birth to her child.''' One can only imagine how he gave the two a false sense of security, before stripping both their child ''and'' their lives away from them the minute that little one finally enters the world. If that [[FromBadToWorse wasn't already reprehensible enough]], he raises the kid and turns him into a horrifyingly sadistic madwoman. In addition to kidnapping the other babies in the nursery so he can do the same to them]].

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: K. See the Episode 12 entry in the [[NightmareFuel/FromTheNewWorld Nightmare Fuel page]]? All but two of the sub-entries are about him.
** Akki in general.

* UglyCute: The Bakenezumi...''sometimes''...It depends on your thoughts on naked mole-rats. [[spoiler: And dark grey morality.]]
** The Minoshiro-modoki, ''definitely''. But the garden-variety minoshiro register as more regular-cute on the UglyCute scale.
*** The normal Minoshiro seems to fit the description better: it has a big head, large eyes and stubby little limbs, but also gelatin-like skin and no proper mouth. The Minoshiro-modoki, on the other hand does away with most of the cute traits, instead possessing an elongated body with dignified proportions, but also the same grotesque elements as the normal Minoshiro. YMMV, ofcourse.

* TheWoobie: '''EVERYONE''' from Group 1, most notably [[FragileFlower Mamoru]].
** IronWoobie: Saki. Seriously, with everything she's been through, the girl needs a hug. She experienced some cutie breakage from learning the truth behind her [[FalseUtopia society]], gets put into unwanted danger in all of the arcs, loses many, many friends and loved ones over the course of the story [[spoiler: up to, and including four of her friends, two of whom were LoveInterests, and then both of her parents,]] nearly gets killed loads of times (from ''many'' different sources mind you), witnesses a comrade get killed saving her before her very eyes, [[spoiler: is forced to indirectly kill the homicidal child of two of her close friends,]] and then learns the AwfulTruth about the Bakenezumi. She was always ''this'' close to crossing the DespairEventHorizon and breaks down crying several times in the story, but instead of becoming a BrokenBird like in most cases, her experiences instead make her grow stronger within each arc. Thank goodness she [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns her happy ending]].
*** Ditto for Maria, who [[spoiler: was forced to leave her life in the village after the Board of Education decides to dispose of Mamoru and she chooses to run away with him to live a life with him in the wilderness to protect him.]] Her letter to Saki drives this point home.
** StoicWoobie: Satoru in the 3rd arc. He's also a bit of an IronWoobie like Saki above and shares her experiences of pain, but takes everything more stoically.
** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Shun, post Karma Demon transformation. See [[Tearjerker/FromTheNewWorld Tearjerker]] for more info.]] Also, Izumi Kutegawa, the last recorded Gouma from Tomiko's story, for her very, ''very'' sad backstory. The Destroyer of Worlds part comes in not because they want to, but because their condition as Gouma, whose growing powers go out of control, force them to.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff]]: You know a show has fans overseas when they start a movement pressing a licensing company to translate and publish the original novels in the US, UK, and Canada.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff The Anglosphere Loves From The New World]]: You know a show has fans overseas when they start a movement pressing a licensing company to translate and publish the original novels in the US, UK, and Canada.