Today’s review is on The Promised Neverland, vol. 1 by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu. It is 192 pages long and is published by Shonen Jump Advanced. The cover is a picture of the three main characters on it looking at the reader. There is no foul language, no sex, and implied and discussion of violence in this manga. The story is told from third person close of different characters. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- 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.
Review- Fantastic first volume and a new series with an incredible start. The Promised Neverland starts off very slow with the reader not being sure anything is wrong until well into the first chapter; all you see the idyllic life that the children are lead, some of them are adopted and some of them are not but they all get enough to eat, their clothes are clean and they receive an education, everything that they could possibly need to thrive including a woman that they call Mother. But by the end of the first chapter our main characters Emma and Norman realize that they are being raised as food for things they call Monsters. From there the story continues slowly with them discovering the limitations that they have on them, how far they can go, and how tragically little they know of the real world. Emma is a driving force in the manga and she is determined to save every one of her siblings that she can, even though she understands that no matter what she does a lot of them are probably going to die. I look forward to seeing where this manga goes and what the outside world is really like.
I give this manga a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing from my review and I bought this mango with my own money.
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