Eden - It's an Endless World!

Description

In the panic surrounding a worldwide pandemic which kills 15 percent of the population and cripples many more, a secret organization, the Propater, topples the UN and seizes control of much of the world. A boy and a girl, raised in an abandoned virology research center, immune to the virus, are attacked by the Propater and escape.

Based strongly on Gnostic mythology, all major characters are named after gnostic deities, and have analogous roles.

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Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Eden (ENDO Hiroki)

Эдем: Этот бескрайний мир

بهشت : جهانی بی پایان است

エデンイッツアンエンドレスワールド

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Illuminati-Manga

It's an Endless World!

Kindan no Aku

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Latest Release(s)

v.18 c.119-126 (end) by Manga Underground 15 years ago

v.17 c.118 by Manga Underground 15 years ago

v.17 c.117 by Manga Underground 15 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

18 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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Eden by Master_M2K

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Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (1009 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.53 / 10.0

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Last Updated

February 14th, 2020 6:07am PST - 5 years ago

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Action Drama Mature Psychological Sci-fi Seinen
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Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Afternoon (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Dark Horse (14 Volumes - Dropped)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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3 Month Pos #2507

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6 Month Pos #2511

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Year Pos #2231

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9 years ago

Eden - The End

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Best Seinen Manga - Eden

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Good manga but

by MLGSwag
4 months ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

It feels disjointed to be honest. Like after every chapter things happen to which we are not exactly told in the next chapter. Like some characters the mc meets are not properly explained to be honest

After reading such a large chunk of it. I am hoestly mad i read this, tere are so many things that happen that in the grand scheme of the story are meaningless. Im not talking about the parts where they add depth to characters. I am talking about the missions near the middle end. Like all these missions we are seeing are all for naught becuase every single time something goes correct, it just goes wrong.

Overall, i really loved the charcaters and their development. The plot was good. However i hated how the author treats these characters and essentailly waste the time for the reader. After a certain point, you already can expect something is going to happen

I also hate the philosphical part of it. Something extremely sad happenes3. And then all of a sudden they go full on philosphy on you, like wtf, i dont give a shit about your philosphy. All this effort everyone has gone through was all for fucking naught. I dont care about animal kingdom, you know what, fuck your animal kingdom, it can suck a dick for all I care. Literally a third of the manga effort was shot in the foot because of this shit the author pulls.

This manga is great, but my god i am so angry at this author and their shit

... Last updated 4 months ago

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woke liberal transgender muslim action. there's nothin' like it

by yabukidust
5 months ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

The opening chapter starts with a gay man in a wheelchair explaining to a girl that Christians invented the fable that Eve seduced Adam with apple to have an excuse to oppress women. At several points in time a character will look directly into the camera and say that sexual violence and drug abuse are cudgels of western expansion. The mangaka deleted his twitter due to harassment after criticizing Shinzo Abe post-assassination. This uneven, messy, cyberpunking the fuck out pro-tsundere adventure is undoubtedly Endo's masterpiece and I love, love, love it.

The pacing and plot threads of this story are all over the place. By the end it kinda devolves into scifi (vague hand gesture) apocalyptic somethings with the character studies-- the best part of the damn thing-- taking a seat on the bench. The story goes from introspective quiet daily life to brutal action to political intrigue to actual sex comedy to transhumanist clusterfuckery, I'm gonna be honest I'm not sure what the hell was happening for a moment since there are so many characters and so many genres smashed into one, but that's not why we're here. We're here because Endo is a master of writing short stories, and when he's doing that in Eden, it's really, really fuckin' good.

Eden is about people. The lowest of the low. Whores, drug dealers, killers and the kids they leave behind. There is a strong focus on sex workers and the struggles they experience without ever getting exploitative (there's plenty of explicit sex but when it comes to sexual violence, you never see more than you have to-- what is important is the effects of such violence). I was pleasantly surprised to see many Muslims which one user here complains are all terrorists but I want to point out that everyone in this comic is a part of some violent illegal organization, Islam is treated respectfully and the "terrorists" are using violence as a means of liberation from real-life oppression. Never thought I'd see a manga tackle Uyghur genocide, but here we are. The manga zeroes in on the characters very messed up lives to craft beautiful stories about how to be human amidst unimaginable cruelty. A lot of these people are indisputably bad. My favorite character by far is a nympho hacker cybernetic sociopath lady who keeps discarding her children, but somehow Endo is able to make this abominable person extremely charismatic. The female characters in this are great. Very headstrong and sexually in control, Endo clearly has a type lol.

Art is incredible, obviously. Really clean seinen style with some great looking action. There's lots of gun and some funky lookin' mecha. The characters are somewhat realistic but are still able to emote all silly when need be. I don't have much to say except "it's very good looking" and "he sliced that guy with a mecha arm, so cool"

I love this series because it loves people and their experiences. I honestly don't think you have to read the whole thing to get the full experience, since I admit it gets kinda wonky at the end. But if you want an action story with a wide breadth of everything, this is it. It's bloody, it's heartbreaking, it gives its main character a pink apron and a nice ass, it really is a wonderful world!

... Last updated 5 months ago

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If you like action and 80's plots you'll probably like this

by Joese
2 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I you're accustomed to new manga you might find it slow but the action is really well done, with lengthy chapters. But there was literally one chapter to set the scene, cram two generations and then they give us a 20 year time skip ... I don't care how well the action is, there was not chance to sympathise with the MC (I sympathised more with the dam robot,, the only character whose context we know).

If you liked the first chapter you'll probably like the rest though be ready for cyborgs, explosions and carnage, rather than a fast advancing plot. At least until ch 22.

After the time skip there's so much action with barely any time for some flash backs. Of course as most manga references on other cultures come from Jap general knowledge and Wikipedia (which is better than no references at all).

... Last updated 2 years ago

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OVERRATED

by MissMahina
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

I cannot with this manga. Just flip off.

It's an exercise in depression. The whole "no character is safe" edgelord mentality got stale after Game of Thrones.
LATAM representation is limited to sex, corruption, and cartel violence.
All muslim characters so far have been terrorists or terrorist-adjacent mercenaries.
All female characters fall into the Madonna-Whore binary. They are either prostitutes or virginal Joan of Arc freedom fighters. Sometimes they get to be nympho freedom fighters. In all cases they are discarded like used condoms after fulfilling whatever life lesson or emotional pivot point they were supposed to impart to a male character.

I am being forced to complete this manga for a report, but I am ready to DNF at chapter 65. Believe me this manga is a product of its time and increasingly does not age well.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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Good 1990s sci-fi manga.

by Zahr P.
4 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

t's 10/10 for me. As I said a masterpiece. I highly recommend it to any Mature(not the genre), Manga lover.
Somehow I always feel this Empty feeling after reading this. Not a feeling of dissatisfaction but, just empty. Maybe I just wanted a more Happier Ending.

To the ones, who're thinking about reading this : Some of the first chapter maybe a little confusing, but, don't give up till you read at least three volumes. It might also get a little confusing in the middle, because of a Sudden Timeskip. But, read it, you will eventually became hooked to it.

Agreed, @MinatoAce. I've taken some advices here too to not have long break from this manga so to finish it all in one sitting at least few days binge, with great focus.

My rating said it all. Regarding happy ending, I think Eliah has stated it enough nearing the end with his gf (I forgot her name cus I didn't write this review sooner, I equally liked all characters) and who later had a baby together as a way to have their own happy ending.

This is really character driven sci-fi story done well.

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gouging your eyes out good.

by Cosmogiri
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

this is good material. like said before, it's a very violent manga, where you will cry, laugh and instantly stick to the characters, which are really well made, for most.
the 90's atmosphere hasnt aged too much, tablets and phones aside, which is unusal.
(ie appleseed aesthetics have taken a bigger toll than this manga's)

this said, not softcore, not cuddly, not easygoing. drama hits you when you expect it the less, apart one character you will track the death for a few episodes, as the hero prepares for a smackdown.

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BEST ADULT MANGA EVER.

by leo.d.monkey
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This manga was amazing, it has every thing, incredible characters, fascinating science and technology theories, mature relationships, great art, the new geopolitical world created by the author is amazing. Eden is the game of thrones of the manga world . hands down the best Adult manga i read so far.

PS:First i would say this is not quite a post-apocalyptic, since just a small part of population died , and society it's just kept the same, the world it's not in complete ruins, but the crisis severely change the world geopolitical order.

... Last updated 10 years ago

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A Masterpiece Indeed !!

by MinatoAce
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

“ You're alone at the time of your birth, you're alone at the time of your death, Again. ”

It's an Awesome manga. It has a very deep story and blood boiling, emotional moments. Every single important character has their unique characteristic.

It's a Reality-like story. You'll discover bitter/hellish life of people around the world. You'll witnesses cruel truths like Murders, Drug, Rape, Prostitution, Racial Discrimination, Ethical Cleansing, Politics etc. It got many sad moments. Many characters death. Even villains have, depth past.

It's 10/10 for me. As I said a masterpiece. I highly recommend it to any Mature(not the genre), Manga lover.
Somehow I always feel this Empty feeling after reading this. Not a feeling of dissatisfaction but, just empty. Maybe I just wanted a more Happier Ending.

To the ones, who're thinking about reading this : Some of the first chapter maybe a little confusing, but, don't give up till you read at least three volumes. It might also get a little confusing in the middle, because of a Sudden Timeskip. But, read it, you will eventually became hooked to it.

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Good Story, Well Told, but Potentially Misleading

by cecropiamoth
11 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

This has a terrific post-apocalypse setting, and excellent presentation of it and many ideas about same. Also offers truly fine, realistic drawing and characters, and good pacing.

Where I am reading in it now, though, it's morphed into the usual manga/anime Heroic Battle mode. The presentation of all this hyper-violent heroism--by soldiers who actually but unnaturally manage to stay ALIVE through their section of the manga--thoroughly undermines all the story's previous blather about how bad people killing each other is. Kind of reminds me of the prologue to World War I, where Europeans societies armed themselves to the teeth with killing machinery while telling their potential cannon fodder how great it would be to fight and die for their country.

When the whole continent finally actually went to war after almost 100 years of that, the said killing machinery slaughtered those brave young people in unbelievable numbers. Most soldiers didn't stay alive long enough to discover any Opportunities for Glorious Heroism. And the War then degenerated into a trench warfare stalemate during which similar, and worse, slaughter continued for 3 years.

After another round of similar slaughter in WWII, Europe and Japan had learned their lesson--for a while. I hope they don't forget. Popular stories of individual heroism in mechanized warfare like this, however, can gradually set us all up for another round of slaughter.

... Last updated 9 years ago

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A Good Read

by fallen.enigma
12 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Post-apocalypse setting is not really my thing and all the talk about science stuff kinda gets me lost but i still got hooked on the series and in just 2 days I've completed it!

The series started good but halfway it went a bit downhill but still i enjoyed reading it.
I also loved the characters all of them are well developed even the villains especially the main character Elijah BUT

it was kind of a bummer for me how he didn't had any major role in the end part of the series he was put onto the sidelines and one thing i did not like is how the mangaka left plot holes like who created Maya and what happended to the universe the colloid created

... Last updated 12 years ago

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