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Humanity Has Declined

Humanity Has Declined (人類は衰退しました, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita), or Jintai (人退) for short, is a Japanese light novel series written by Romeo Tanaka. The novels originally featured illustrations by Tōru Yamasaki for the first six volumes, but Yamasaki was replaced by Sunaho Tobe in 2011. Shogakukan published 11 volumes from May 2007 to September 2016. Three manga adaptations have been produced. An anime adaptation produced by AIC A.S.T.A., directed by Seiji Kishi, and written by Makoto Uezu aired in Japan between July and September 2012. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime in North America.

Humanity Has Declined
Cover of the first edition of Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita volume 1.
人類は衰退しました
(Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita)
Genre
Light novel
Written byRomeo Tanaka
Illustrated by
Published byShogakukan
ImprintGagaga Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runMay 24, 2007September 16, 2016
Volumes9 + 2 specials
Manga
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita: Nonbirishita Hōkoku
Written byRomeo Tanaka
Illustrated byTakuya Mitomi
Published byShogakukan
ImprintIkki Comix
MagazineMonthly Ikki
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 25, 2011May 25, 2012
Volumes1
Manga
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita: Yōsei, Shimasu ka?
Written byRomeo Tanaka
Illustrated byTerae Kichijō
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 27, 2012January 26, 2013
Volumes3
Manga
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita: Nonbirishita Hōkoku 4-koma
Written byRomeo Tanaka
Illustrated byTakuya Mitomi
Published byShogakukan
MagazineMonthly Ikki
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 25, 2012August 25, 2012
Anime television series
Directed bySeiji Kishi
Written byMakoto Uezu
Music byKow Otani
StudioAIC A.S.T.A.
Licensed by
Hanabee
Original networkTV Saitama, tvk, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, CTC, TV Aichi, BS11, AT-X
Original run July 2, 2012 September 17, 2012
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

Plot

Humanity Has Declined is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the human civilization has regressed and humanity keeps decreasing in numbers. The story follows an unnamed girl who acts as a mediator between humanity and the "fairies" who are small elf-like creatures attracted by sweets and happy things, but also have the habit to cause trouble to her with their powers in their endless search for amusement.

Characters

Protagonist (主人公, Shujinkō)
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
Generally referred to as either "I" (わたし, Watashi) or "Ms. Sweets" (お菓子ちゃん, Okashi-chan), the heroine is a sensible mediator between humankind and the fairies. She is one of the few humans left capable of creating sweets, which causes the fairies to naturally flock to her. Having observed the slow decline of humanity, her outlook on life is grim.
Grandfather (祖父, Sofu)
Voiced by: Unshō Ishizuka
The protagonist's grandfather, a researcher and firearm fanatic. Thanks to the fairies, he met with his granddaughter when he was 13 years old and a time paradox was created.
Assistant (助手さん, Joshu-san)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
A young boy in a Hawaiian shirt who almost never speaks and serves as the protagonist's assistant.
The Fairies (妖精さん, Yōsei-san)
Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashi, Sayaka Aoki, Satomi Akesaka, Nozomi Sasaki, Hisako Kanemoto, Satomi Arai
They are mysterious beings with advanced technology that could be called magic. The fairies have permanent smiles on their faces and very literal, honest viewpoints on everything. Despite their cute appearance, they seem to have a total disregard for human safety. The presence of many fairies is supposed to increase one's fortunes, but they cause potentially fatal situations. They often request sweets from the protagonist in exchange for their assistance.
Y
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro
An old classmate of the protagonist's whose job is to identify human artifacts. She discovers a yaoi doujinishi from our era, however, and then spends her time self-publishing yaoi doujinshi.
Pion/P-ko (ぴおん/P子)
Voiced by: Nana Mizuki
A humanoid robot with cat ears. She makes sound effects whenever she acknowledges something of interest. Her original name is "Pioneer".
Oyage/O-taro (おやげ/O太郎)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Pion's partner, who she is searching for. His original name is "Voyager".
Curly (巻き毛, Makige)
Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto
The protagonist's classmate from her school days, who is disturbingly affectionate.

Media

Light novels

Humanity Has Declined began as a light novel series written by Romeo Tanaka. Shogakukan published 11 volumes between May 24, 2007 and September 16, 2016 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint; nine comprise the main story, while the other two are short story collections.[3][4][5][6] For the first six volumes, the novels featured illustrations by Tōru Yamasaki, but he was replaced by Sunaho Tobe in 2011. Shogakukan republished the novels with Tobe's illustrations between November 18, 2011 and March 16, 2012.[7][8] The novels are published in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press.[9]

Volume list

No. Release date ISBN
1 May 27, 2007[3]978-4-0945-1001-0
2 December 18, 2007[10]978-4-0945-1044-7
3 April 18, 2008[11]978-4-0945-1061-4
4 December 18, 2008[12]978-4-0945-1104-8
5 January 19, 2010[13]978-4-0945-1183-3
6 February 18, 2011[14]978-4-0945-1255-7
7 July 18, 2012[15]978-4-0945-1353-0
8 February 19, 2013[16]978-4-0945-1393-6
9 July 18, 2014[4]978-4-0945-1393-6
December 18, 2014[5]978-4-0945-1525-1
September 16, 2016[6]978-4-0945-1632-6

Manga

One chapter of a manga adaptation, illustrated by Rei Neyuki, was published in the March 2010 issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki magazine, published on January 25, 2010,[17] however, the manga went on an indefinite hiatus and was ultimately cancelled.[18] Another manga, illustrated by Takuya Mitomi and titled Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita: Nonbirishita Hōkoku (人類は衰退しました のんびりした報告), was serialized between the January 2012 issue of Monthly Ikki, published on November 25, 2011, and the July 2012 issue, released on May 25, 2012.[19][20] A single tankōbon volume for Nonbirishita Hōkoku was released on July 30, 2012.[21]

Mitomi also illustrated the four-panel comic strip manga Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita: Nonbirishita Hōkoku 4-koma (人類は衰退しました のんびりした4コマ), which began was serialized from the August 2012 issue of Monthly Ikki on June 25, and finished in the October issue of the same year, released on August 25.[22][23] A manga illustrated by Terae Kichijō and titled Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita: Yōsei, Shimasu ka? (人類は衰退しました ようせい、しますか?) was serialized between January 27, 2012 and January 26, 2013 in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive. Three compiled volumes have been released.[24]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation produced by AIC A.S.T.A. and directed by Seiji Kishi[25] aired in Japan between July 2 and September 17, 2012; it was also simulcast by Crunchyroll.[26] The screenplay was written by Makoto Uezu, and the chief animation director Kyūta Sakai based the character design used in the anime on Sunaho Tobe's original concepts.[25] Six bonus episodes were included on the Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases. The opening theme is "Real World" (リアルワールド, Riaru Wārudo) by Nano Ripe and the ending theme is "Yume no Naka no Watashi no Yume" (ユメのなかノわたしのユメ, My Dream Within a Dream) by Masumi Itō. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series for subtitled BD/DVD release in North America in December 2013.[27][28]

Episode list

No. Title Original airdate
01"The Fairy's Secret Factory (Part 1)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san no, Himitsu no Kōjō" (Japanese: 妖精さんの、ひみつのこうじょう)
July 2, 2012 (2012-07-02)
In a world where humanity is nearing extinction, the main character, a girl who acts as a mediator with fairies, is sent to turn butcher chickens, but the chickens escape. After some strange FairyCo products show up in the village, including a tonic that restores her hair, the heroine, her grandfather, and her assistant go to a fairy factory where mass-produced fairy products are made.
02"The Fairy's Secret Factory (Part 2)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san no, Himitsu no Kōjō" (Japanese: 妖精さんの、ひみつのこうじょう)
July 9, 2012 (2012-07-09)
The heroine and her assistant become lost after being separated from her grandfather and the receptionist. She soon gets separated from her assistant and comes across the factory's manager, who directs her to an off-limits area so she can try to find the upper management. She soon discovers the factory is run by a group of intelligent plucked chickens who plan to take over the world. They are soon stopped by the arrival of the assistant and his camcorder, which drives them to commit suicide. After freeing all the trapped fairies, the heroine finds that her hair has been brought to life due to the tonic.
03"The Fairies' Subculture (Part 1)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san-tachi no, Sabukaru" (Japanese: 妖精さんたちの、さぶかる)
July 16, 2012 (2012-07-16)
A woman named Y who supposedly works in researching the Human Monument manages to find a disc full of data inside an old mansion, which turns out to be a volume of a yaoi manga. She soon gets into the habit of publishing yaoi manga which she distributes across the country. When the fairies catch wind of the trend and start publishing their own yaoi manga, Y begins to work harder to compete, bringing about a manga renaissance. However, her manga becomes too heavy that the couriers do not want to deliver the boxes themselves, leading her to create a dōjin fair. Some time later, the heroine discovers a mysterious dōjin which traps her and Y inside a blank panel.
04"The Fairies' Subculture (Part 2)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san-tachi no, Sabukaru" (Japanese: 妖精さんたちの、さぶかる)
July 23, 2012 (2012-07-23)
Exploring the strange world they winded up in, the heroine and Y encounter her assistant, who had also gotten himself stuck. They deduce that in order to proceed through the panels, they must do something dramatic enough to make a printed sound effect materialize. They also realize they can draw things into existence, as well as understand that if their manga becomes too boring, they will descend into cancellation. As such, the trio start going through various genres to make it through the manga world. After encountering some fairies, they realise that in order to escape, they need to reach the ending, though a desire for ratings soon leads the stories into a complicated mess. The manga soon becomes unpopular and ends up getting cancelled, but thankfully they manage to end up back in the real world.
05"The Fairies' Homecoming (Part 1)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san-tachi no, Osatogaeri" (Japanese: 妖精さんたちの、おさとがえり)
July 30, 2012 (2012-07-30)
As the village prepares an electric-powered festival for the Human Monument Project, the heroine hears from the fairies that they are leaving to avoid the electromagnetic waves from the festival that are deadly to them. They leave behind a good luck charm and a curious manual explaining the dangers that come if no fairies are met during the day. During the festival, the heroine meets a curious girl named Pion, who is searching for her companion. The next day, the heroine and her assistant are sent to explore an underground structure, where they get trapped. As they search for the exit, the charm the heroine received turns into a fairy who tries to lead them towards water but instead comes across a group of acidic slimes. As they face more dangers upon reaching a computer room, they are rescued by Pion.
06"The Fairies' Homecoming (Part 2)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san-tachi no, Osatogaeri" (Japanese: 妖精さんたちの、おさとがえり)
August 6, 2012 (2012-08-06)
As Pion, revealed to be a robot who the heroine now calls P-ko, joins the party, they encounter her companion Oyage, a similar robot who calls himself O-taro, who wants to abandon his mission and live in the strange city. As he sends a killer digger truck after them, they all fall down a hole, winding up at an underground castle. The heroine and assistant are confronted by O-taro, who combines with the slimes to become a 'Killer Death Cat', though the fairies step in to help them. With help from the fairies, P-ko manages to defeat O-taro using a super powered microwave, which in turn restores their memories. After the gang manage to escape the city, it is revealed P-ko and O-taro, whose real names are Pioneer and Voyager, were deep space probes that gained humanoid form. Alluding to the Pioneer anomaly, O-taro makes P-ko realize that deep inside, like himself, she does not want to leave the warmth of the solar system. Hearing these thoughts, the heroine sabotages the electric generator, stopping P-ko and O-taro from being able to leave before reworking them to become wind-up powered.
07"The Fairies' Time Management (Part 1)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san-tachi no, Jikan Katsuyō Jutsu" (Japanese: 妖精さんたちの、じかんかつようじゅつ)
August 13, 2012 (2012-08-13)
As the heroine is sent by her grandfather to look for his assistant, she encounters someone who looks exactly like her. Things only get stranger as she starts to encounter a lot of deja vu and encounters more versions of herself, with no clear memory over what is happening. She soon learns it to be the work of the fairies, who are manipulating time in order to get several copies of the heroine to make sweets for them. After several loops resulting in hundreds of clones making sweets, the heroine soon encounters a village full of dogs where the assistant lies.
08"The Fairies' Time Management (Part 2)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san-tachi no, Jikan Katsuyō Jutsu" (Japanese: 妖精さんたちの、じかんかつようじゅつ)
August 20, 2012 (2012-08-20)
As the heroine reflects on her multiple timeloops, she focuses on the details about the assistant given to her by her grandfather and the doctor looking after him. During a certain timeloop between the fourth and fifth times, the fairies make a bug which takes the heroine "far away", where she encounters a boy whom she thinks is the assistant, finding him to be an excitable and lecherous young boy who calls himself the Ringo Kid. It turns out that Ringo Kid was the younger version of the heroine's grandfather from the distant past. After hearing more about him from her doubles during the fifth time, the heroine meets the assistant on the sixth, finding him to have a gentler and plain personality, believing he had finally found his own personality, using the doubles to get opinions from others about how he should be.
09"The Fairy's Survival Skills"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san no, Hyōryū Seikatsu" (Japanese: 妖精さんの、ひょうりゅうせいかつ)
August 27, 2012 (2012-08-27)
After an increase in fairy population leads to bullying, the heroine is sent to accompany asylum seeking fairies to find a new home for them. Through various circumstances, the heroine ends up stranded on an island in the middle of a lake, along with a group of pessimistic fairies who declare her the queen of their new nation. The fairies' motivation to work on building their new nation soon increases their population. The nation soon evolves into a bustling civilization dedicated to serving its queen, who begins living in luxury. Upon cultivating a plant that can produce candy, the fairies' research and development soon turn the nation into a literal candy island. However, after a lapse in judgement causes everyone to build monuments everywhere, the island is soon ruined and devoid of food and water, sending it into poverty. The heroine feels they should leave the island, but remains trapped by a rainstorm caused by the collective depression of the fairies. After the island ends up collapsing on itself, the heroine returns to dry land and her daily life.
10"The Fairy's Earth"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san no, Chikyū" (Japanese: 妖精さんの、ちきゅう)
September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03)
The heroine begins her job as a mediator and finds it not to be what she expected. Whilst observing an abandoned site, she encounters a group of fairies and brings some of them home with her. After getting over the initial worries, the heroine finds the fairies to be quite talkative and curious and gives them some names, only to be tasked with naming all the other fairies as well. Finding the abandoned site she found them at turned into a metropolis overnight, she gives the fairy population a naming dictionary so they can decide on their own names. The next day, the heroine finds herself hailed as a god and ends up causing chaos when she tries to pass the responsibility onto someone else, leading the city to be destroyed.
11"The Fairy's Secret Tea Party (Part 1)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san no, Himitsu no Ochakai" (Japanese: 妖精さんの、ひみつのおちゃかい)
September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)
The heroine thinks back to when she was ten and began attending school, having to start at the lowest grade. As she decides to remain inconspicuous and focus on skipping through the grades, she finds herself the target of bullying from some of the other students, including a young Y, leading her to alienate a girl referred to as 'Curly' who tries to become her friend, believing her to be the mastermind. One day, the heroine rescues a fairy from a group of bullies and has it tag along with her. As the stress of her school life leads the heroine to admit to herself that she feels lonely, the fairy does something before disappearing. The heroine finds Curly has joined her in skipping grades, also facing some bullying from jealous peers. As the heroine decides to repay some of her kindness, she finds Curly to be disturbingly affectionate with her. Curly then moves into the heroine's dorm and invites her to join a secret organisation called the Wildrose Society.
12"The Fairy's Secret Tea Party (Part 2)"
Transcription: "Yōsei-san no, Himitsu no Ochakai" (Japanese: 妖精さんの、ひみつのおちゃかい)
September 17, 2012 (2012-09-17)
Whilst spending time having tea parties with the Wildrose Society, the heroine learns that Y was once part of the society. A year later, the heroine moves up to year 4 and becomes Y's classmate. She soon learns Y had been stealing books to build her own yaoi library. In exchange for her not revealing her secret, Y sneaks the heroine into the rooms of the other Wildrose members, revealing their hidden agendas, including how mentally unstable Curly is. After learning all of this, the heroine joins Y in searching for a true fairy tea party, and over the years they rekindle with the Wildrose Society. As the heroine, Y and Curly discover a room full of robots, the heroine remembers about the fairy she met years ago. After everyone graduates and the school is torn down, the heroine is visited by Y, who brings her the robot from the school dorms, which is soon revealed to contain the fairy she had met at school.
Bonus episodes
No. Title Release date
EX01"Mankind's Survival of the Fittest #1"
Transcription: "Ningen-san no, Jakuniku Kyōshoku #1" (Japanese: 人間さんの、じゃくにくきょうしょく #1)
September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)
Whilst sorting through a box of curious items left behind by the fairies, the heroine finds a spoon that lets her scoop flour out of her head. However, she ends up overusing it and winds up small.
EX02"Mankind's Survival of the Fittest #2"
Transcription: "Ningen-san no, Jakuniku Kyōshoku #2" (Japanese: 人間さんの、じゃくにくきょうしょく #2)
October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)
Unable to get help from the grandpa, due to the way her miniature form transforms her speech patterns, the heroine searches for the fairies but comes up against a hungry bird.
EX03"Mankind's Survival of the Fittest #3"
Transcription: "Ningen-san no, Jakuniku Kyōshoku #3" (Japanese: 人間さんの、じゃくにくきょうしょく #3)
November 21, 2012 (2012-11-21)
After narrowly escaping the bird, the heroine meets an intelligent hamster named Yameta whose civilization is under threat from weasels.
EX04"Mankind's Survival of the Fittest #4"
Transcription: "Ningen-san no, Jakuniku Kyōshoku #4" (Japanese: 人間さんの、じゃくにくきょうしょく #4)
December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19)
The weasels' attack sends the heroine flying into a pond, where she is rescued by a handsome looking fairy.
EX05"Mankind's Survival of the Fittest #5"
Transcription: "Ningen-san no, Jakuniku Kyōshoku #5" (Japanese: 人間さんの、じゃくにくきょうしょく #5)
January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)
The heroine gives up on trying to find a way to change back and enjoys her luxurious new life. However, whilst doing some cooking, she ends up using the spoon on herself again, becoming even smaller. She soon learns that the spoon converts her intelligent thoughts into flour, shrinking her to match her intelligence.
EX06"Mankind's Survival of the Fittest #6"
Transcription: "Ningen-san no, Jakuniku Kyōshoku #6" (Japanese: 人間さんの、じゃくにくきょうしょく #6)
February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)
The fairies' realizing that she is shrinking, take her to her own home without realizing that they are the same person thinking that they can get some help. There they find more of the flour (which used to be her brains) with which they proceed to make cookies. Accidentally eating one before dying, the heroine realizes that it restored some of her intelligence and height. By keeping the fairies from eating the freshly made cookies, she ends up eating all of them and going back to normal.

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Humanity Has Declined 人類は衰退しました Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita or Jintai 人退 for short is a Japanese light novel series written by Romeo Tanaka The novels originally featured illustrations by Tōru Yamasaki for the first six volumes but Yamasaki was replaced by Sunaho Tobe in 2011 Shogakukan published 11 volumes from May 2007 to September 2016 Three manga adaptations have been produced An anime adaptation produced by AIC A S T A directed by Seiji Kishi and written by Makoto Uezu aired in Japan between July and September 2012 Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime in North America Humanity Has DeclinedCover of the first edition of Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita volume 1 人類は衰退しました Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita GenreFantasy comedy 1 Post apocalyptic 2 Light novelWritten byRomeo TanakaIllustrated byTōru Yamasaki 2007 2011 Sunaho TobePublished byShogakukanImprintGagaga BunkoDemographicMaleOriginal runMay 24 2007 September 16 2016Volumes9 2 specialsMangaJinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Nonbirishita HōkokuWritten byRomeo TanakaIllustrated byTakuya MitomiPublished byShogakukanImprintIkki ComixMagazineMonthly IkkiDemographicSeinenOriginal runNovember 25 2011 May 25 2012Volumes1MangaJinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Yōsei Shimasu ka Written byRomeo TanakaIllustrated byTerae KichijōPublished byMedia FactoryMagazineMonthly Comic AliveDemographicSeinenOriginal runJanuary 27 2012 January 26 2013Volumes3MangaJinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Nonbirishita Hōkoku 4 komaWritten byRomeo TanakaIllustrated byTakuya MitomiPublished byShogakukanMagazineMonthly IkkiDemographicSeinenOriginal runJune 25 2012 August 25 2012Anime television seriesDirected bySeiji KishiWritten byMakoto UezuMusic byKow OtaniStudioAIC A S T A Licensed byAUS HanabeeNA Sentai FilmworksUK Animatsu EntertainmentOriginal networkTV Saitama tvk Tokyo MX Sun TV CTC TV Aichi BS11 AT XOriginal runJuly 2 2012 September 17 2012Episodes12 List of episodes Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Media 3 1 Light novels 3 1 1 Volume list 3 2 Manga 3 3 Anime 3 3 1 Episode list 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditHumanity Has Declined is set in a post apocalyptic world where the human civilization has regressed and humanity keeps decreasing in numbers The story follows an unnamed girl who acts as a mediator between humanity and the fairies who are small elf like creatures attracted by sweets and happy things but also have the habit to cause trouble to her with their powers in their endless search for amusement Characters EditProtagonist 主人公 Shujinkō Voiced by Mai Nakahara Generally referred to as either I わたし Watashi or Ms Sweets お菓子ちゃん Okashi chan the heroine is a sensible mediator between humankind and the fairies She is one of the few humans left capable of creating sweets which causes the fairies to naturally flock to her Having observed the slow decline of humanity her outlook on life is grim Grandfather 祖父 Sofu Voiced by Unshō Ishizuka The protagonist s grandfather a researcher and firearm fanatic Thanks to the fairies he met with his granddaughter when he was 13 years old and a time paradox was created Assistant 助手さん Joshu san Voiced by Jun Fukuyama A young boy in a Hawaiian shirt who almost never speaks and serves as the protagonist s assistant The Fairies 妖精さん Yōsei san Voiced by Yumiko Kobayashi Sayaka Aoki Satomi Akesaka Nozomi Sasaki Hisako Kanemoto Satomi Arai They are mysterious beings with advanced technology that could be called magic The fairies have permanent smiles on their faces and very literal honest viewpoints on everything Despite their cute appearance they seem to have a total disregard for human safety The presence of many fairies is supposed to increase one s fortunes but they cause potentially fatal situations They often request sweets from the protagonist in exchange for their assistance Y Voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro An old classmate of the protagonist s whose job is to identify human artifacts She discovers a yaoi doujinishi from our era however and then spends her time self publishing yaoi doujinshi Pion P ko ぴおん P子 Voiced by Nana Mizuki A humanoid robot with cat ears She makes sound effects whenever she acknowledges something of interest Her original name is Pioneer Oyage O taro おやげ O太郎 Voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama Pion s partner who she is searching for His original name is Voyager Curly 巻き毛 Makige Voiced by Hisako Kanemoto The protagonist s classmate from her school days who is disturbingly affectionate Media EditLight novels Edit Humanity Has Declined began as a light novel series written by Romeo Tanaka Shogakukan published 11 volumes between May 24 2007 and September 16 2016 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint nine comprise the main story while the other two are short story collections 3 4 5 6 For the first six volumes the novels featured illustrations by Tōru Yamasaki but he was replaced by Sunaho Tobe in 2011 Shogakukan republished the novels with Tobe s illustrations between November 18 2011 and March 16 2012 7 8 The novels are published in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press 9 Volume list Edit No Release date ISBN1May 27 2007 3 978 4 0945 1001 02December 18 2007 10 978 4 0945 1044 73April 18 2008 11 978 4 0945 1061 44December 18 2008 12 978 4 0945 1104 85January 19 2010 13 978 4 0945 1183 36February 18 2011 14 978 4 0945 1255 77July 18 2012 15 978 4 0945 1353 08February 19 2013 16 978 4 0945 1393 69July 18 2014 4 978 4 0945 1393 6 December 18 2014 5 978 4 0945 1525 1 September 16 2016 6 978 4 0945 1632 6Manga Edit One chapter of a manga adaptation illustrated by Rei Neyuki was published in the March 2010 issue of Shogakukan s Monthly Ikki magazine published on January 25 2010 17 however the manga went on an indefinite hiatus and was ultimately cancelled 18 Another manga illustrated by Takuya Mitomi and titled Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Nonbirishita Hōkoku 人類は衰退しました のんびりした報告 was serialized between the January 2012 issue of Monthly Ikki published on November 25 2011 and the July 2012 issue released on May 25 2012 19 20 A single tankōbon volume for Nonbirishita Hōkoku was released on July 30 2012 21 Mitomi also illustrated the four panel comic strip manga Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Nonbirishita Hōkoku 4 koma 人類は衰退しました のんびりした4コマ which began was serialized from the August 2012 issue of Monthly Ikki on June 25 and finished in the October issue of the same year released on August 25 22 23 A manga illustrated by Terae Kichijō and titled Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Yōsei Shimasu ka 人類は衰退しました ようせい しますか was serialized between January 27 2012 and January 26 2013 in Media Factory s Monthly Comic Alive Three compiled volumes have been released 24 Anime Edit An anime television series adaptation produced by AIC A S T A and directed by Seiji Kishi 25 aired in Japan between July 2 and September 17 2012 it was also simulcast by Crunchyroll 26 The screenplay was written by Makoto Uezu and the chief animation director Kyuta Sakai based the character design used in the anime on Sunaho Tobe s original concepts 25 Six bonus episodes were included on the Blu ray Disc and DVD releases The opening theme is Real World リアルワールド Riaru Warudo by Nano Ripe and the ending theme is Yume no Naka no Watashi no Yume ユメのなかノわたしのユメ My Dream Within a Dream by Masumi Itō Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series for subtitled BD DVD release in North America in December 2013 27 28 Episode list Edit No Title Original airdate01 The Fairy s Secret Factory Part 1 Transcription Yōsei san no Himitsu no Kōjō Japanese 妖精さんの ひみつのこうじょう July 2 2012 2012 07 02 In a world where humanity is nearing extinction the main character a girl who acts as a mediator with fairies is sent to turn butcher chickens but the chickens escape After some strange FairyCo products show up in the village including a tonic that restores her hair the heroine her grandfather and her assistant go to a fairy factory where mass produced fairy products are made 02 The Fairy s Secret Factory Part 2 Transcription Yōsei san no Himitsu no Kōjō Japanese 妖精さんの ひみつのこうじょう July 9 2012 2012 07 09 The heroine and her assistant become lost after being separated from her grandfather and the receptionist She soon gets separated from her assistant and comes across the factory s manager who directs her to an off limits area so she can try to find the upper management She soon discovers the factory is run by a group of intelligent plucked chickens who plan to take over the world They are soon stopped by the arrival of the assistant and his camcorder which drives them to commit suicide After freeing all the trapped fairies the heroine finds that her hair has been brought to life due to the tonic 03 The Fairies Subculture Part 1 Transcription Yōsei san tachi no Sabukaru Japanese 妖精さんたちの さぶかる July 16 2012 2012 07 16 A woman named Y who supposedly works in researching the Human Monument manages to find a disc full of data inside an old mansion which turns out to be a volume of a yaoi manga She soon gets into the habit of publishing yaoi manga which she distributes across the country When the fairies catch wind of the trend and start publishing their own yaoi manga Y begins to work harder to compete bringing about a manga renaissance However her manga becomes too heavy that the couriers do not want to deliver the boxes themselves leading her to create a dōjin fair Some time later the heroine discovers a mysterious dōjin which traps her and Y inside a blank panel 04 The Fairies Subculture Part 2 Transcription Yōsei san tachi no Sabukaru Japanese 妖精さんたちの さぶかる July 23 2012 2012 07 23 Exploring the strange world they winded up in the heroine and Y encounter her assistant who had also gotten himself stuck They deduce that in order to proceed through the panels they must do something dramatic enough to make a printed sound effect materialize They also realize they can draw things into existence as well as understand that if their manga becomes too boring they will descend into cancellation As such the trio start going through various genres to make it through the manga world After encountering some fairies they realise that in order to escape they need to reach the ending though a desire for ratings soon leads the stories into a complicated mess The manga soon becomes unpopular and ends up getting cancelled but thankfully they manage to end up back in the real world 05 The Fairies Homecoming Part 1 Transcription Yōsei san tachi no Osatogaeri Japanese 妖精さんたちの おさとがえり July 30 2012 2012 07 30 As the village prepares an electric powered festival for the Human Monument Project the heroine hears from the fairies that they are leaving to avoid the electromagnetic waves from the festival that are deadly to them They leave behind a good luck charm and a curious manual explaining the dangers that come if no fairies are met during the day During the festival the heroine meets a curious girl named Pion who is searching for her companion The next day the heroine and her assistant are sent to explore an underground structure where they get trapped As they search for the exit the charm the heroine received turns into a fairy who tries to lead them towards water but instead comes across a group of acidic slimes As they face more dangers upon reaching a computer room they are rescued by Pion 06 The Fairies Homecoming Part 2 Transcription Yōsei san tachi no Osatogaeri Japanese 妖精さんたちの おさとがえり August 6 2012 2012 08 06 As Pion revealed to be a robot who the heroine now calls P ko joins the party they encounter her companion Oyage a similar robot who calls himself O taro who wants to abandon his mission and live in the strange city As he sends a killer digger truck after them they all fall down a hole winding up at an underground castle The heroine and assistant are confronted by O taro who combines with the slimes to become a Killer Death Cat though the fairies step in to help them With help from the fairies P ko manages to defeat O taro using a super powered microwave which in turn restores their memories After the gang manage to escape the city it is revealed P ko and O taro whose real names are Pioneer and Voyager were deep space probes that gained humanoid form Alluding to the Pioneer anomaly O taro makes P ko realize that deep inside like himself she does not want to leave the warmth of the solar system Hearing these thoughts the heroine sabotages the electric generator stopping P ko and O taro from being able to leave before reworking them to become wind up powered 07 The Fairies Time Management Part 1 Transcription Yōsei san tachi no Jikan Katsuyō Jutsu Japanese 妖精さんたちの じかんかつようじゅつ August 13 2012 2012 08 13 As the heroine is sent by her grandfather to look for his assistant she encounters someone who looks exactly like her Things only get stranger as she starts to encounter a lot of deja vu and encounters more versions of herself with no clear memory over what is happening She soon learns it to be the work of the fairies who are manipulating time in order to get several copies of the heroine to make sweets for them After several loops resulting in hundreds of clones making sweets the heroine soon encounters a village full of dogs where the assistant lies 08 The Fairies Time Management Part 2 Transcription Yōsei san tachi no Jikan Katsuyō Jutsu Japanese 妖精さんたちの じかんかつようじゅつ August 20 2012 2012 08 20 As the heroine reflects on her multiple timeloops she focuses on the details about the assistant given to her by her grandfather and the doctor looking after him During a certain timeloop between the fourth and fifth times the fairies make a bug which takes the heroine far away where she encounters a boy whom she thinks is the assistant finding him to be an excitable and lecherous young boy who calls himself the Ringo Kid It turns out that Ringo Kid was the younger version of the heroine s grandfather from the distant past After hearing more about him from her doubles during the fifth time the heroine meets the assistant on the sixth finding him to have a gentler and plain personality believing he had finally found his own personality using the doubles to get opinions from others about how he should be 09 The Fairy s Survival Skills Transcription Yōsei san no Hyōryu Seikatsu Japanese 妖精さんの ひょうりゅうせいかつ August 27 2012 2012 08 27 After an increase in fairy population leads to bullying the heroine is sent to accompany asylum seeking fairies to find a new home for them Through various circumstances the heroine ends up stranded on an island in the middle of a lake along with a group of pessimistic fairies who declare her the queen of their new nation The fairies motivation to work on building their new nation soon increases their population The nation soon evolves into a bustling civilization dedicated to serving its queen who begins living in luxury Upon cultivating a plant that can produce candy the fairies research and development soon turn the nation into a literal candy island However after a lapse in judgement causes everyone to build monuments everywhere the island is soon ruined and devoid of food and water sending it into poverty The heroine feels they should leave the island but remains trapped by a rainstorm caused by the collective depression of the fairies After the island ends up collapsing on itself the heroine returns to dry land and her daily life 10 The Fairy s Earth Transcription Yōsei san no Chikyu Japanese 妖精さんの ちきゅう September 3 2012 2012 09 03 The heroine begins her job as a mediator and finds it not to be what she expected Whilst observing an abandoned site she encounters a group of fairies and brings some of them home with her After getting over the initial worries the heroine finds the fairies to be quite talkative and curious and gives them some names only to be tasked with naming all the other fairies as well Finding the abandoned site she found them at turned into a metropolis overnight she gives the fairy population a naming dictionary so they can decide on their own names The next day the heroine finds herself hailed as a god and ends up causing chaos when she tries to pass the responsibility onto someone else leading the city to be destroyed 11 The Fairy s Secret Tea Party Part 1 Transcription Yōsei san no Himitsu no Ochakai Japanese 妖精さんの ひみつのおちゃかい September 10 2012 2012 09 10 The heroine thinks back to when she was ten and began attending school having to start at the lowest grade As she decides to remain inconspicuous and focus on skipping through the grades she finds herself the target of bullying from some of the other students including a young Y leading her to alienate a girl referred to as Curly who tries to become her friend believing her to be the mastermind One day the heroine rescues a fairy from a group of bullies and has it tag along with her As the stress of her school life leads the heroine to admit to herself that she feels lonely the fairy does something before disappearing The heroine finds Curly has joined her in skipping grades also facing some bullying from jealous peers As the heroine decides to repay some of her kindness she finds Curly to be disturbingly affectionate with her Curly then moves into the heroine s dorm and invites her to join a secret organisation called the Wildrose Society 12 The Fairy s Secret Tea Party Part 2 Transcription Yōsei san no Himitsu no Ochakai Japanese 妖精さんの ひみつのおちゃかい September 17 2012 2012 09 17 Whilst spending time having tea parties with the Wildrose Society the heroine learns that Y was once part of the society A year later the heroine moves up to year 4 and becomes Y s classmate She soon learns Y had been stealing books to build her own yaoi library In exchange for her not revealing her secret Y sneaks the heroine into the rooms of the other Wildrose members revealing their hidden agendas including how mentally unstable Curly is After learning all of this the heroine joins Y in searching for a true fairy tea party and over the years they rekindle with the Wildrose Society As the heroine Y and Curly discover a room full of robots the heroine remembers about the fairy she met years ago After everyone graduates and the school is torn down the heroine is visited by Y who brings her the robot from the school dorms which is soon revealed to contain the fairy she had met at school Bonus episodesNo Title Release dateEX01 Mankind s Survival of the Fittest 1 Transcription Ningen san no Jakuniku Kyōshoku 1 Japanese 人間さんの じゃくにくきょうしょく 1 September 19 2012 2012 09 19 Whilst sorting through a box of curious items left behind by the fairies the heroine finds a spoon that lets her scoop flour out of her head However she ends up overusing it and winds up small EX02 Mankind s Survival of the Fittest 2 Transcription Ningen san no Jakuniku Kyōshoku 2 Japanese 人間さんの じゃくにくきょうしょく 2 October 17 2012 2012 10 17 Unable to get help from the grandpa due to the way her miniature form transforms her speech patterns the heroine searches for the fairies but comes up against a hungry bird EX03 Mankind s Survival of the Fittest 3 Transcription Ningen san no Jakuniku Kyōshoku 3 Japanese 人間さんの じゃくにくきょうしょく 3 November 21 2012 2012 11 21 After narrowly escaping the bird the heroine meets an intelligent hamster named Yameta whose civilization is under threat from weasels EX04 Mankind s Survival of the Fittest 4 Transcription Ningen san no Jakuniku Kyōshoku 4 Japanese 人間さんの じゃくにくきょうしょく 4 December 19 2012 2012 12 19 The weasels attack sends the heroine flying into a pond where she is rescued by a handsome looking fairy EX05 Mankind s Survival of the Fittest 5 Transcription Ningen san no Jakuniku Kyōshoku 5 Japanese 人間さんの じゃくにくきょうしょく 5 January 16 2013 2013 01 16 The heroine gives up on trying to find a way to change back and enjoys her luxurious new life However whilst doing some cooking she ends up using the spoon on herself again becoming even smaller She soon learns that the spoon converts her intelligent thoughts into flour shrinking her to match her intelligence EX06 Mankind s Survival of the Fittest 6 Transcription Ningen san no Jakuniku Kyōshoku 6 Japanese 人間さんの じゃくにくきょうしょく 6 February 20 2013 2013 02 20 The fairies realizing that she is shrinking take her to her own home without realizing that they are the same person thinking that they can get some help There they find more of the flour which used to be her brains with which they proceed to make cookies Accidentally eating one before dying the heroine realizes that it restored some of her intelligence and height By keeping the fairies from eating the freshly made cookies she ends up eating all of them and going back to normal References Edit Humanity Has Declined Sentai Filmworks Retrieved April 26 2019 Kimlinger Carl August 16 2021 Humanity Has Declined Episodes 1 6 Streaming Review Anime News Network Retrieved March 15 2021 a b 人類は衰退しました 1 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 1 in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on 2014 11 29 Retrieved August 3 2020 a b 人類は衰退しました 9 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 9 in Japanese Shogakukan 18 June 2014 Retrieved February 15 2017 a b 人類は衰退しました 平常運転 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Heijō Unten in Japanese Shogakukan 18 December 2014 Retrieved February 15 2017 a b 人類は衰退しました 未確認生物スペシャル Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Mikakunin Seibutsu Special in Japanese Shogakukan 16 September 2016 Retrieved February 15 2017 人類は衰退しました 1 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 1 in Japanese Shogakukan Retrieved September 7 2012 人類は衰退しました 6 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 6 in Japanese Shogakukan 16 March 2012 Retrieved September 7 2012 人類衰退之後 01 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 1 in Chinese Sharp Point Press Retrieved December 16 2011 人類は衰退しました 2 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 2 in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on 2013 11 05 Retrieved August 3 2020 人類は衰退しました 3 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 3 in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on 2017 02 17 Retrieved August 3 2020 人類は衰退しました 4 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 4 in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on 2013 09 06 Retrieved August 3 2020 人類は衰退しました 5 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 5 in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on 2017 02 16 Retrieved August 3 2020 人類は衰退しました 6 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 6 in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on 2017 02 15 Retrieved August 3 2020 人類は衰退しました 7 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 7 in Japanese Shogakukan 18 July 2012 Retrieved February 15 2017 人類は衰退しました 8 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita 8 in Japanese Shogakukan 19 February 2013 Retrieved February 15 2017 根雪れい 中川いさみ IKKI3月号はダブル新連載 Natalie in Japanese January 25 2010 Retrieved September 18 2020 見富拓哉 人類は衰退しました をIKKIでコミカライズ Natalie in Japanese September 27 2011 Retrieved September 18 2020 Ikki 最新号紹介 Ikki New Issue Introduction in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on December 3 2011 Retrieved December 16 2011 月刊IKKI 7月号 Monthly Ikki July issue in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on February 18 2013 Retrieved September 7 2012 人類は衰退しました のんびりした報告 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Nonbirishita Hōkoku in Japanese Shogakukan Retrieved September 7 2012 月刊IKKI 8月号 Monthly Ikki August issue in Japanese Shogakukan Archived from the original on February 18 2013 Retrieved September 7 2012 月刊IKKI 2012年10月号 Neowing in Japanese Archived from the original on September 18 2020 Retrieved September 18 2020 人類は衰退しました ようせい しますか 3 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Yōsei Shimasu ka 3 in Japanese Media Factory Archived from the original on October 6 2014 Retrieved August 4 2020 a b Angel Beats P4 s Kishi Directs Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Anime News Network December 15 2011 Retrieved December 16 2011 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Anime Slated for Next Summer Anime News Network November 17 2011 Retrieved December 16 2011 Sentai Filmworks Adds Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita Anime Anime News Network July 1 2012 Retrieved July 2 2012 Otakon 2013 Sentai Filmworks Anime News Network August 9 2013 Retrieved August 12 2013 External links EditOfficial website at the Wayback Machine archived September 17 2012 in Japanese Humanity Has Declined anime at Anime News Network 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