The Real Monsters of Shinsekai Yori / From the New World

Shinsekai Yori / From the New World has quickly become one of my favorite anime series of all time. Instead of a traditional review, I decided to analyze some of the themes present throughout the series. Psychokinetics, Monster Rats and Orges/Akki/Fiends aside, I wanted to discuss the real monsters of Shinsekai Yori / From the New World.

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[AnanaNana]

I watched this 6 years ago. This is legit one of my favorite anime series as well. I didn't think much of it at first. Half way through the series, I thought it was kinda deep but by the last episode, I was completely fucked. It is so incredibly thought provoking. There is just so much about the series. It is so powerful when you finally understand everything. I'd like to re-watch it but I get this weird anxiety and chest tightness when I think about this anime lol

[Alam-hiry]

"Shinsekai yori is a hard series to summarize"

That's a very very good summary

[KatherineSinahon]

this anime— the ending made me stare blankly for five minutes... it's just— damn

[chunyinanimation]

Shin sekai yori has a very deep story that somewhat reflects on our society. Years after, watching it again, I have a different feeling from it.

[Sophia-ztms]

shinsekai yori is so underrated. immediately read the novel after the series end. this is just brilliant.

[justyna]

Shinsekai yori is the best anime I've seen (I've seen over 150 series). It made me better person and I know how important is having opened eyes and mind.

[joelneedham]

I am stunned at the fact this has so few views for it's quality.

[forgetfulstranger]

This anime cleverly distracts you from the overarching plot with various, interesting subplots then german suplexes you with a gut wrenching reveal at the end. That ending made me feel powerless and empty, that I'd spend most of the show looking down on the monster rats because of how they treated the humans with Canti only to realize that I, the viewer, am more closer in retrospect to the monster rats that to the humans with Canti. And added to that is that Satoru and Saki still selfishly hope for a better world for their child and stay complicit even knowing this truth. So cruel yet so human, to just choose what is convenient for you. The humans in this show are more like beasts than the actual beasts. It kinda reminds me of the Chimera Ants arc from hxh. Anyway, this is definitely a hidden gem locked away in obscurity yet surpasses the likes of Death Note and Code Geass to be my top anime.

[AppleBS]

Watched it 6 times. Once per year. Each time I learn something new.
It was only the last time that I realised none of the plot would have happened if Saki is not chosen by Tomiko to be the leader.

Saki would be "erased" by the cats before she enter the middle school.
Minoshiro Modoki would never been opened.
The group would never seek the truth.
Shun would not die because Saki taught him the secret of the power.
Mamoru, the weakest chain, would not break.
Maria, my favorite girl, would not have to run away with Mamoru.
Akki would not be born.
Giant Hornets colony and others would not be defeated by Robber Fly
Squealer would never gain enough power to invade the village.
And all those villagers would not have died.
Kaburagi would not be killed by Akki.

All these, just so Saki could succeed as the head of Ethics Committee.

It has been 2 years since I last watched, so I might get some details wrong.

[tiagofigueira]

Easily the best storyline ever adapted to anime

[brendanmorin]

One error I noticed- at around 5:40 you mentioned how the psychics “couldn’t fight back against the human military forces” bc they couldn’t harm other humans. But that’s actually not true. In the beginning they were perfectly capable of harming both normal human and other PK users. It wasn’t until long after the war that this changed. Their society was super unstable bc just one unstable PK users could threaten their entire society. The queerats were developed as a consequence of PK users first deciding that they would alter their OWN genes to make it so that they couldn’t harm each other (and other small changes but). But they knew that if they made it so they couldn’t harm each other, then they also wouldn’t be able to harm normal humans- which would make them very vulnerable. That is why they altered the normal humans and made them into queerats. Hope this made sense!

[keke]

I first watched this series when I was 15. And now, years later, it still makes me think about it. Truly an amazing series

[dijonemus]

Watched this growing up I think on toonami. I was talking to my younger brother recently about favorite animes growing up and I couldn’t remember this name for the life of me. I remembered the whole plot and story but thankfully I finally found it.

[alexgan]

You should try covering more mainstream titles, it might help you get recognized more! I found your channel by searching up From The New World, so it might do you wonders to appeal to mainstream fans.

[burnsyy]

That bit about revealing real world parallels was so on point and eloquently put that it captures why I hate the humans (Just the ethics committee and the Education board) to the core after rewatching the series. I was probably too unaware about history to make that connection when I watched it 6-7 years ago and just enjoyed the anime.

[raven]

I don't know why I hated when humans killed monster rats in the series
Squeeler was my favourite character, he did nothing wrong, he just wanted equality, he definitely wasn't a good guy but still better than humans
EDIT: i am back here after an year, and yes a lot of the things he did were wrong, maybe i was too immature to realize it back then but still squeller is my fav character

[sccr]

Man, that opening about how good The Promised Neverland is really didn’t age well

[amay]

It's theorized in the LN that monster rat Queens likely have a mild form of telekinesis due to their ability to create mutants (such as the variants seen in the camping trip arc)

SSY is a great series and is something that I usually rewatch at least once a year.

[TheLeAlan]

This show is my absolute top 1. And I have seen hundreds of anime. It is nice to see that other people also appreciate this masterpiece. :) Also, last episode has one of the best speeches in anime history ever, IMO.

[Tea-Spin]

I remember i randomly stumbled upon this manga and read it didn't know it has anime adaptation.