Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland)

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English: The Promised Neverland

Japanese: 約束のネバーランド

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 20

Chapters: 181

Status: Finished

Published: Aug 1, 2016 to Jun 15, 2020

Genres: Mystery, Horror, Sci-Fi, Shounen

Authors: Demizu, Posuka (Art), Shirai, Kaiu (Story)

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

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Score: 8.34¹ (scored by 94,911 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #225²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #15

Members: 196,752

Favorites: 16,975

8.34

Ranked #225Popularity #15Members 196,752

MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Demizu, Posuka (Art), Shirai, Kaiu (Story)

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Synopsis

At Grace Field House, life couldn't be better for the orphans! Though they have no parents, together with the other kids and a kind "Mama" who cares for them, they form one big, happy family. No child is ever overlooked, especially since they are all adopted by the age of 12. Their daily lives involve rigorous tests, but afterwards, they are allowed to play outside.

There is only one rule they must obey: do not leave the orphanage. But one day, two top-scoring orphans, Emma and Norman, venture past the gate and unearth the harrowing secret behind their entire existence. Utilizing their quick-wittedness, the children must work together to somehow change their predetermined fate.

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Background

As a part of the JUMP START initiative, the first three chapters of Yakusoku no Neverland were published in English as The Promised Neverland in VIZ Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump on the same day as the Japanese release. After, the series was added to VIZ Media's Weekly Shonen Jump lineup. The publisher has been physically releasing the series since December 5, 2017. The series has also been licensed in Polish by Waneko, and in Spanish by Norma Editorial.

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Related Manga

Spin-off:	Oyakusoku no Neverland
Side story:	Yakusoku no Neverland: Norman kara no Tegami, Yakusoku no Neverland: Mama-tachi no Tsuisoukyoku, Yakusoku no Neverland: Senyuu-tachi no Record, Yakusoku no Neverland: Tokubetsu Bangai-hen - Hajimari no Isshi, Yakusoku no Neverland: Tokubetsu Bangai-hen - Jijyuu no Sora wo Motomete, Yakusoku no Neverland: Tokubetsu Bangai-hen - Haha no Ketsui
Other:	Yakusoku no Neverland: Tokubetsu Yomikiri - We Were Born
Adaptation:	Yakusoku no Neverland 2nd Season, Yakusoku no Neverland

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Characters

Ray

Main

Norman

Main

Emma

Main

Phil

Supporting

Isabella

Supporting

Yuugo

Supporting

Mujika

Supporting

Sister Krone

Supporting

Gilda

Supporting

Lewis

Supporting

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Jun 14, 2020

181 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 6

moozooh (All reviews)

314 people found this review helpful

*CAUTION: Contains minor spoilers. Skip to the last two paragraphs for the summary.*

It is really a twist of cruel irony that The Promised Neverland has lived up to its name in a way I did not expect it to: it continually PROMISED a clever, poignant story but NEVER followed it through. (I'm sorry I couldn't LAND this joke better.)

TPN became an object of hot discussion among the manga-reading crowd already after the first few chapters. For all the good reasons, too: it was, at the time, a competently done psychological thriller, something that Weekly Shonen Jump typically didn't feature, which immediately made it stand out read more

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Jun 14, 2020

181 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 1

Tanooshii (All reviews)

118 people found this review helpful

*THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS*

Sometimes receiving various influences to create a story becomes something very good and advisable, as a way to further expand your creativity, even though you have learned a lot about some more well-known titles. Usually imagination and reality become a step of coming together to cover what we call fantasy, being a simple fantasy or a dark fantasy, and in this environment of dark fantasies, it common to always have those that stand out, but even with a dangerous and violent universe, like Berserk for a more famous example, stands out for leaving a message for the reader to absorb, or at read more

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Jun 14, 2020

181 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 4

animejas (All reviews)

110 people found this review helpful

The Promised Neverland was one of the first manga I ever read, the first manga I bought and was a manga I stuck with for many years, so I clearly feel a little bit sad that this manga is finally complete and the journey was over. But sadly those emotions are also clouded by tons of disappointment by the end as it was almost depressing seeing how far this manga fell from grace overtime.

Story & Writing (3/10)

The manga in my opinion, easily has one of the best starts in all of manga for me with the Escape Arc. It's a simple concept but with the read more

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Jun 14, 2020

181 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

abystoma2 (All reviews)

77 people found this review helpful

Note: this review contains some minor spoilers

Yakusoku no Neverland is a manga that started great, then lost its drive for a mediocre middle part, picked up a bit of the steam for the later part with a different driving force for the interest but failed to do a satisfactory/interesting ending.

As mentioned, the first part is the best. Unfortunately the rest of the manga fails to catch up to the hype by both the first arc of the manga itself and by the well done anime adaptation of the said arc. The protagonists, the villains, the revelations, there is not a dull moment in this arc. One thing about the characters is that you have suspend your disbelief to accept that those very young kids are perfectly capable of waging Death Note-esque mind wars, but this is at least somehow excused by the setting being orphanage that focuses on creating extremely gifted children.

Regrettably, those engaging mindgames recede into the background as the next part focuses more on fighting capabilities and firepower. Some smartness is still included, but it can be abbreviated to running around, hiding and gunning down the demons while occasionally being hunted in turn. Or maybe the other way around. This is undoubtedly the weakest part that feels a bit repetitive and most importantly far from the uniqueness of the first part. It's still not bad, mind you, but it's still not exactly great either.

Now, contrary to the popular opinion, I don't believe Yakusoku no Neverland only went downhill. I, for one, enjoyed the demon politics, hierarchy and the power struggle between them. I also enjoyed the changes within a certain character that made them grow colder as they had to sacrifice their feelings for a personal good, which also helped to make a contrast with Emma and quite surprisingly made her something more than just a generic goody two-shoes "everyone must be happy" character. While she still is beamingly positive, it is shown that those are not just reflexive reactions and she too is willing to go to greater lengths for what she believes is the greater good. Emma wasn't my favourite, but this part certainly made good job of making the reader understand her closer.

The later part also has one of my most favourite moments in the whole manga to which I will refer as to a "dog girl" to avoid giving too much spoilers. It was one of the greatest twists in the series that really makes you feel and consider some other sides of the story. Reversal of expectations, in a good way. Compared to for example the final "villain" turning out to be a weird goblin with riddles who seemed to create the whole conclusion just for the lulz it makes out the uninterestingness of the ending stand out even more.

The finale just doesn't fit the mood. Heroic sacrifice that gets toned down to what is just a minor inconvenience in the context of the overall situation feels just like pouring boiling water on your ice-cream. I certainly expected some more ballsy ending than this. Emma is shown to be stubborn lawful good and for this to have a character pay-out her decisions should have their full consequences to give weight to actions she did to follow through with her belief.

Overall this is still an enjoyable watch that compensates for its weaker parts with the brilliant parts. You might not enjoy every part of it, but as a whole you'll most likely like it.

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