Yakusoku no Neverland

The Promised Neverland

Progress: 181 / 181

Status: finished

Volumes: 20

Shounen

Drama

Fantasy

Horror

Mystery

Psychological

Thriller

23 days

March 10, 2025

April 02, 2025

Description:

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.

(Source: Viz Media)

Note: Nominated to the 22nd, 23rd, and 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Review:

One of the most important things that you should have in a story is good MC - unfortunately, Emma is quite possibly the worst character in any manga I've ever read. From the beginning, she's selfish, naive and ignorant, with basically 0 character development. She literally goes as far as to put her own family in danger just because she thinks its the right thing to do. And ofc it all works out for her (cos anything else would be too much work for the author). Just lazy writing in general, such as using flashbacks just for plot convenience or to fill in plot holes. And whats the deal with characters constantly being able to predict what the enemy is going to do? Like I get they're meant to be clever kids but come on you can do a better job than that. And then they commit the biggest sin in story telling - reintroducing old characters that are either dead or presumed to be dead. Both Mom and Leuvis were brought back just for the sake of moving the plot along. Not a good manga at all.

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April 02 2025, 07:30