I feel like gushing, except I don't have words.
This novel (yes, all 9 volumes) is fascinating.
Well, it's full of gruesome and terrifying and ugly too.

OMG I absolutely loved it!

I watched the anime first - and loved that too. They switched some things around, skipped some explanations compared to the novel. But the story didn't suffer.

DON'T PASS THIS OVER!
(that's the whole series review btw) ( )

Fan translated in English.
A wonderful dystopian utopia & coming of age story with elements of fantasy. I've read it last year here: http://9th-ave.blogspot.com/p/no-6.html
Shion & Nezumi made my heart bleed with their suffering. It's a story about life on Earth after some sort of nuclear apocalypse where all remaining population exists in six cities. The way these cities are governed reminds of George Orwell's 1984.
Really liked it. ( )