[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Description: The future city "NO.6" in the year 2013. In this city where the ideals of humanity have been realized, Shion has been raised as an elite of the highest rank since she was 2 years old. On the night of her 12th birthday, her destiny takes a sudden turn when she meets a boy who calls himself "Mouse. Why did I open the window that night?　I could have never known hunger, lamentation, or battle. ...... I wonder if I will be able to grasp som...

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eefarasays

June 21, 2025

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A great intro to utopia/sci-fi fiction

Protagonist 紫苑 (しおん) lives in the utopia called No. 6: there's plenty of food, the well-maintained spots of city nature are beautiful, and everyone is happy in the slice of society that's been assigned to them. Things begin to change for him one stormy night when 12-year-old 紫苑, wanting to feel and experience the force of a typhoon passing through the city, accidentally (and then intentionally) helps a young boy named ネズミ who's on the run and has a bullet in his shoulder. 4 years later, mysterio

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powzsays

July 28, 2023

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Immediately hooked!

I am a bit of a sucker for a dystopian story, and this has been no exception! Each volume of this has been somewhat short, but the pages are used to the fullest. I never really felt like I was waiting for things to finally happen, as the story moves along at a great pace in my opinion.

Vocabulary and sentences are mostly easy, but I think what brings the difficulty up a bit is the medical vocabulary here and there. A bit of government-related talk as well.

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basilsaucesays

March 9, 2025

The protagonist Shion tested into the elite track, and lived as one of the privileged until the age of 12, when he helped a fugitive, Nezumi. This disqualified him from the elite world, and he became a commoner. Several years later, a strange incident occurs and Shion becomes the prime suspect. The one who comes to help is Nezumi.

The story is fast-paced and full of action. I haven’t seen the anime but it doesn’t surprise me that it was made into one, because this is packed with the type of act

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Juinrated

January 2, 2023

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