Manga 'Yakusoku no Neverland' Ends Four-Year Serialization

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Jun 14, 2020 5:53 PM | 29 Comments

Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland) manga concluded its four-year serialization in the 28th issue of Weekly Shounen Jump on Monday.

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. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Shirai and Posuka launched the fantasy thriller manga in Weekly Shounen Jump in August 2016. Shueisha published the 18th volume on March 4 (pictured), with the 19th volume scheduled for a July 3 release. The 20th and final volume will ship in October. Yakusoku no Neverland has a cumulative 21 million copies of its volumes in print worldwide.

VIZ Media published the first three chapters in English simultaneously with the Japanese release as a part of its Jump Start initiative and subsequently serialized it in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The company now simulpublishes the manga on its new Shounen Jump platform and released the 15th volume on June 2. Shueisha's Manga Plus platform also began simulpublishing the manga in English last January.

CloverWorks produced a 12-episode television anime in Winter 2019. Aniplex of America licensed the anime and simulcast it on Crunchyroll, Funimation, HIDIVE, and Hulu. The company released the anime on Blu-ray on March 31. Adult Swim's Toonami programming block began airing the show with an English dub in April 2019. A second season was originally scheduled for Fall 2020, but has since been delayed to Winter 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19.

Shueisha announced a Japanese live-action film adaptation last September, which will screen in theaters on December 18. A Western live-action series is currently in development by Amazon.

Yakusoku no Neverland was nominated for the 10th and 11th Manga Taisho awards and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The series won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen manga and placed first in the male readers' division in the 2018 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings.

Source: Comic Natalie

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Ahh it ended huh. Welp I hope they at least make this whole manga into an anime. I would be lying if i said I wasn't sad

Jun 19, 2020 3:45 AM by Sharmin22

What's the total volume count?

Jun 17, 2020 7:16 AM by NG_Chloe

So excited for the second season!
Time to read the manga, I hope it will have a good ending.

Jun 16, 2020 8:08 PM by LacusClyne20

MichaelJackson said:

shanimebib said:
Man, you read these comments and it really takes away the motivation to continue. I was not interested in Kimetsu no Yaiba at all. But I was thinking about picking this one back up from where I stopped but now I am not sure if I would want to continue.

I even read Vinland Saga lost a lot of steam after the animated story.

Comments like these makes me think whether

I know every 19 out of 20 readers who finished it think it was the perfect ending for the story.

Go give it a chance. Both vinland saga and the promised neverland
And vinland Second arc is actually great its one of the most interesting character transformations ever done in fiction. People hating on it just dont have an appreciation for manly men doing farming and agriculture sh*t. cheers.

Vinland Saga second arc is arguably more well balanced for me than the first, weaker highlights, but overall more consistent and you can finally start to like the MC.

As for Neverland, I was never in the hype even after reading the first 40 chapters, so when people say it goes weaker from there...

Jun 16, 2020 7:31 AM by Playcool

I know every 19 out of 20 readers who finished it think it was the perfect ending for the story.

Jun 15, 2020 3:29 PM by MichaelJackson

Despite its last weak stretch, its still a really recommended read. I just hope Shirai never has a daughter, or hes gonna pamper that lil brat as much as he did with Emma.

Jun 15, 2020 3:24 PM by MichaelJackson

Really sad to see it end, I hope it all gets adapted and maybe the anime can change a few things to have more of a satisfying end that doesn't leave me crying :')

ibm30rpg said:

Lmao when I read the manga I read their name as "dybghcnayfgeauh", maybe we will get to hear their name in the anime. :)

Jun 15, 2020 2:50 PM by ashlynww

I hope they adapt the whole work.

Jun 15, 2020 7:47 AM by Kinyoubi

Now it has ended, hope they fully adapt the manga.

Jun 15, 2020 7:13 AM by Taffy_x3

Really underwhelming final chapter and they had extra pages too.

Jun 15, 2020 6:33 AM by Zhou

kinda dissapointing ending, but it was a ride

Jun 15, 2020 4:40 AM by rem_is_garbage

Great. Now I might come around to actually reading it. Put it on hold a couple of years ago.

Jun 15, 2020 4:33 AM by grandy_UiD

Thanks for your hard work.
I hope to get another great manga from you.

Jun 15, 2020 4:19 AM by _aLiez_LIN

Just finished the final chapter and... bruh... there are even more unanswered questions.

Jun 15, 2020 1:36 AM by ibm30rpg

I know every 19 out of 20 readers who finished it think it was the perfect ending for the story.

im guessing everyone here expected it to be a perfectly written shounen. id say to finish it up, its still really good and the characters are all lovable. although its up to you, just dont let others negative opinions affect if youll continue or not ^^

Jun 15, 2020 1:21 AM by removed-user

Second season please T^T

Jun 14, 2020 11:57 PM by Silver_Graph

operationvalkyri said:
I hope they'll adapt the entire series now.

I hope too !

Love the conclusion of this manga...

Jun 14, 2020 11:08 PM by MisterPuzzle3D

Guess it is time to put the cow to rest. The manga kept getting more and more generic as the story progressed and it was really noticeable after the great first arc. Clearly the author had ideas only for the first arc and wrote whatever came to his mind afterwards.

Jun 14, 2020 10:51 PM by Chrome_Falcon

Man, you read these comments and it really takes away the motivation to continue. I was not interested in Kimetsu no Yaiba at all. But I was thinking about picking this one back up from where I stopped but now I am not sure if I would want to continue.

I even read Vinland Saga lost a lot of steam after the animated story.

Comments like these makes me think whether

I know every 19 out of 20 readers who finished it think it was the perfect ending for the story.

Jun 14, 2020 10:19 PM by shanimebib

I feel sorry for those who only watched the anime and are hyped for this shit.

Jun 14, 2020 9:37 PM by Jin_uzuki

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