Line #50 YMMV/FromTheNewWorld


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The anime adaptation so far is nothing short of ''gorgeous'' to look at. [[OffModel Episode 5 might be an exception...]]
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3	** The use and abuse of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, which coincidentally (or not) is also titled "From the New World".
4	** While the show doesn't have an official opening theme, episodes 1-7 open with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rNU-2e4v_k this track]]. And boy, is it simultaneously terrifying and glorious to listen to.
5	* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Gets more attention for the same-sex romances than for the dystopian psychological horror that is the focus of the plot.
6	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The hallucination (?) of a boy turning into a False Minoshiro in episode 6 came completely out of the left field and was never explained.
7	* BrokenBase:
8	** 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.''
9	** The show's decision to [[spoiler:keep Satoru's and Saki's sex scene off-screen]] is quickly becoming a point of contention for fans who read the novel first and those still butt-hurt by Episode 8. [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt Like TV Asahi would really show it.]]
10	** 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. 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.
11	* CompleteMonster: These two {{Predecessor Villain}}s necessitate the brutal culling system of the present day "Ethics Committee":
12	** [[TheCaligula The Emperor of Delight]] was a self-obsessed monster who made his entire populace clap during his coronation, [[ManOnFire immolating]] the first 200 to stop with his PsychicPowers. With his terrified population having to celebrate for three days in torment, after his passing, he was forever remembered as the "Emperor of Eternal Screams".
13	** "[[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 many 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.
14	* 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.
15	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
16	** 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.
17	** Despite being [[spoiler:the head of the Ethics Committee]], Satoru's grandmother Asahina Tomiko has earned this status thanks to her kind-heartedness with Saki and her willingness to tell her the truth about Akki and Gouma. The fact that she remains physically attractive never hurts either.
18	* EsotericHappyEnding: Yes, [[spoiler:Satoru and Saki may be HappilyMarried and expecting a child]], but [[spoiler:Maria, Mamoru, and Shun are dead, the war between the Monster Rats and humanity has killed many from both sides, Squealer was subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath so horrible that Saki {{Mercy Kill}}ed him out of pity, and Satoru could possibly have broken from learning the awful truth about the Monster Rats. Despite many residents of Kamisu 66 being killed, it's not clear that humanity will be moving toward the better, or even that they were humbled by Yakomaru's attacks.]]
19	* FanNickname:
20	** Among English-speaking fans, it's often referred to as "[[YuriGenre Shinsekai Yuri]]" or "Shinsekai Yaoi" on account of the generous helpings of both Ho AND Les Yay.
21	** [[spoiler:[[PortmanteauCoupleName Mamoria]]: For Maria and Mamoru's unnamed child.]]
22	* FridgeHorror:
23	** The children (most specifically, Satoru) and Rijin the monk all show a disturbing tendency to pick the violent solution whenever they come across a conflict, as long as they aren't fighting against actual humans. It pretty plainly shows that for all the conditioning they go through, the PK-users are still prone of highly destructive behaviour, only barely kept in check by the social and genetic conditioning.
24	** It turns out that the Sacred Barrier [[spoiler:is actually meant to psychologically condition people to associate the outside world with the dark depths of their subconscious mind, so the entire world outside the protected areas is constantly being ravaged by the uncontrollable thoughts and emotions of the psychically talented people. Think of the Bakenezumi and how they probably used to be ordinary people.]]
25	** Maria and Mamoru were [[spoiler:murdered by Yakomaru nearly as soon as Maria gave birth to her child. Imagine the two being led into a false sense of security, before having their child ''and'' their lives brutally torn away from them the minute that little one finally enters the world. Then, if that [[FromBadToWorse wasn't already horrible enough]], what sort of child rearing did that kid have to endure that would turn him into an absolutely AxCrazy, homicidal [[{{Moe}} twelve year old]]?]]
26	* 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.
27	** And as of now, it worked... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor only for the manga.]]
28	* IronWoobie:
29	** Saki experienced some [[BreakTheCutie 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]].
30	** Maria, [[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.
31	* MagnificentBastard: The monster rat [[HiddenAgendaVillain Squealer]] plays the part of a smug coward while plotting the downfall of the bigoted Kamisu 66 village. Having the psychic heroes Saki Watanabe and Satoru Asahina help him defend against an attacking monster rat colony, Squealer goes on to [[TheUsurper overthrow his psychotic queen]] and creates a technologically advanced democratic society. Absorbing other rat colonies into his, Squealer uses another meeting with Saki and Satoru ostensibly to find their friends but takes the opportunity to take in another colony and steal a psychic child to raise to fight against humans who cannot use their powers on another human. Launching his attack on Kamisu, Squealer nearly wipes his enemy out and even when caught, reveals monster rats' history as mutated humans and remains defiant until the moment a pain-inducing parasite takes over his brain, his plight touching enough for Saki to personally [[MercyKill end his misery]].
32	%%* {{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]].
33	* MoralEventHorizon:
34	** 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]].
35	** Human society ''as a whole'' is revealed to have crossed this in the past in Episode 25. [[spoiler:As Satoru shares his discovery that Bakenezumi have 23 chromosomes (exactly the same as human beings) with Saki, he then reveals who the Bakenezumi really are. Remember the hunter-gatherers and the commoners who did NOT have PK powers? Yeah, it turns out that when Death Feedback was introduced, those with PK suddenly viewed those without PK as threats to their authority since they can't harm thanks to Death Feedback. So what do they do about it? They forcibly deformed and transformed those without PK by inserting naked molerat genes into their DNA. [[BodyHorror The transformation that ensued was so severe,]] [[UnPerson it reached the point where killing the deformed PK-less people would not trigger Death Feedback.]] After learning this, you will probably find it much more easy to be sympathetic to Squealer. The worst part is that most humans don't even know this since the ones in charge kept it a secret.]]
36	* NauseaFuel:
37	** The Queen of the Bakenezumi colony. Her appearance is one thing, [[ImAHumanitarian but the way she treats her people...]]
38	** In episode 15, [[spoiler:what's done ''to'' the Queen]] is just as bad, if not even worse.
39	** In episode 22, while travelling through the underground of [[spoiler:what's left of Tokyo]], Saki and the rest of her current group are forced to walk though [[spoiler:an enormous pile of maggot-ridden fecal matter]]. Saki herself finds it completely disgusting!
40	%%* NightmareFuelStationAttendant:
41	%%** K. See the Episode 12 entry in the [[NightmareFuel/FromTheNewWorld Nightmare Fuel page]]? All but two of the sub-entries are about him.
42	%%** Akki in general.
43	* RootingForTheEmpire: Some fans sympathize with [[spoiler:Yakomaru, since his race has been enslaved and treated like dirt by the humans]].
44	%%* 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.
45	* TooBleakStoppedCaring: By the end of the series, it's 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. Although to be fair, that's pretty much the point. The utopia of the series' beginning has been deconstructed.
46	* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Tomiko Asahina, Kaburagi Shisei, Kiromaru and Shun Aonuma]] whom would have been a sort of OP GameBreaker had he lived.
47	* UglyCute:
48	** The Bakenezumi...''sometimes''...It depends on your thoughts on naked mole-rats. [[spoiler: And dark grey morality.]]
49	** The normal Minoshiro 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.
50	* VillainHasAPoint: When Saki and Satoru confront [[spoiler:Yakomaru over his reasons for revolting against humanity, Yakomaru points out that the Bakenezumi are intelligent beings that have essentially been enslaved by the telepathically gifted human ruling class, and that he was only fighting to secure freedom for his people.]]
51	* 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 ''Literature/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).
52	* TheWoobie: '''EVERYONE''' from Group 1, most notably Mamoru.
53	* 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.

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