Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland)

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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: Award Winning, Mystery, Suspense

Themes: Psychological, Survival

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

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

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Score: 8.14¹ (scored by 162,990 users)

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Ranked: #534²

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Popularity: #18

Members: 319,565

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8.14

Ranked #534Popularity #18Members 319,565

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

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At Grace Field House, life could not 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 afterward, 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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Yakusoku no Neverland ranked first in the 2018 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division. It won the 63rd Shougakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category. In 2017, the manga was nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho Award and placed 11th in the final ranking.

As a part of the JUMP START initiative, the first three chapters of the series 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 and it was simulpub through MANGA Plus. The volumes were published by VIZ Media from December 5, 2017, to August 3, 2021. The series was also released in Polish by Waneko; in Spanish by Norma Editorial; in Portuguese by Devir; in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics; and in Czech by Crew.

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Phil

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Yuugo

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Mujika

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Lewis

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Gilda

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Jun 14, 2020

abystoma2

Recommended

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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Jun 14, 2020

moozooh

Mixed Feelings

*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 ...

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Jun 14, 2020

animejas

Not Recommended

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 ...

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