Aug 18, 2020
Some people, when they like an anime or manga, they want it to be as long as possible. Unfortunately, at this manga latest chapters, I wished it would come to an end.
The Promised Neverland to this day is one of my favourite mangas. The certain problem it has, is that the idea is well exploited in the first half of the story, and the unique atmosphere of the story, fades as we go with the next chapters. I still think there was a way to fix this problem, but since the story was finished, lets review, what was given.
Story 3/10
I hate myself for doing that,
...
but I don't think, that in summary this manga deserves any better.
Before I started this manga, I haven't checked its genre, or read anything about it, and I'm glad I didn't. In the very first chapter when I still was fooled by it's cute art, I got amazed by how well we were introduced to the main plot, and how good was writing in those chapters. The same "orphanage" looked so different, and I loved how the first chapter made the atmosphere of this piece so dark and mysterious.
It made such a good psychological thriller, that I read the whole arc in the less than a day, and I still think that the way children tries to outsmart mama is genius. All encounters with mama are tense, and when we think that our protagonist, are getting one step ahead of her, she proofs to be two steps further.
Also something that I loves about the jailbreak, and goldypound arc, is that story is progressing by killing characters. Our protagonist are getting mature by the pression of death, and unfortunately we won't encounter that in later chapters. That also gives the story such a dark and mysterious atmosphere, that makes things more tense, and pushes story onward.
The biggest problem with this story, is definitely the ending. While it should summarize, all the hardships and encounters the kids has gone thru to become mature, and change their fate, it feels more like coming back to square one, but this time everyone is happy, and we can live a happy life. The atmosphere is gone, there is no tragedy involved, mystery is forgotten, and answeres are now obvious. But even tho it was going all the way down here, there was one thing that keep me reading.
Characters 9/10
If there is any reason I was able to accept this ending, that was because I loved the characters. Maybe it was because we've seen them growing. Maybe because most of them were introduced early, while the writing was still on a really high level. regardless of the reason I really liked all the characters from orphanage. The only problem I had was with latest antagonists. While reading I found 4 antagonists pointed out in the story;
- Mama
- poachers
- queen and aristocracy
- Ratri clan
The last one being mainly Peter Ratri, and worst at the list. To don't spoil anything I won't tell you why I dislike him so much, but lets just say, that to make villains look better, story often make them sacrifice themselfs, or change sides, and that can be very destructive to the story.
Art 9/10
I'm not an artist, so it might be a bad assumption, but I thought the art of TPN was wonderfull I loved how it changed to make a mood and how good it was at fooling you at certain situations, so I think I should really give some credit to the artist Posuka Demizu.
Enjoyment 8/10
Well as long as I have mixed feelings regarding this manga I really enjoyed reading it, and at the same time was reallly pissed when it dropped on quality. Still, I know people who didn't feel this drop and really enjoyed the story, up to the last arc, so I won't judge you if you think the story is still 10/10 that all depends on you.
So my final rating is still 7/10, it is still my favourite manga, regardless of its fall, and I know a lot of people who enjoyed it as well so I recommend you give it a try.
Thanks for reading my review. Have a nice day!
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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