Cameron Ilavsky
Mrs. Kopp
January 19, 2021
Honors English 10
The Promised Neverland was a twenty-part manga series that was turned into an anime in January of 2019. It follows the main character, Emma, and her friends in a foster home in the Grace Field House. At the beginning of the series, we are introduced to the concept that when each kid turns 12, they are adopted by a family and get sent away from the farm. However, things quickly take a turn when Emma and her friend Norman try to catch up to one of the adopted kids to return something they left behind, only to be faced with their caretaker, Isabella, feeding the child to a demon.
After this, the main group of children must find out as much about the farm as they can and escape before the next child can be “adopted”. The group consists of Emma, Norman, and Ray, later recruiting Don, Gilda, and one of the toddlers, Phil. Things get increasingly difficult as Isabellacomes closer and closer to finding out which kids have learned the secret, setting obstacles in the way of their escape plan.
This series is really cool because of how the characters are put under pressure to save their own lives, while also being capable of pretending to be okay around Isabella. Since most of the main children in this show are still around 11 years old, they are portrayed as very conflicted and betrayed, since this house that they grew up in was all they knew, most of them had a very hard time coming to terms with the dark truth about it.
As the season progresses, the children are faced with more and more obstacles and hardships with not only the escape attempt but also each other. One of the main conflicts in the show is the debate on if taking the smaller kids was the only morally correct option or if they would just end up being dead weight. You really grow to love each of the characters and find yourself being nervous along with them.
All in all, I think that this series is really interesting, and was one of the only animes that’s been able to keep my attention throughout the entire series. The characterization in it is truly wonderful and one of my favorite examples in modern media. With the release of season two on Netflix soon, I am more than excited to watch how their journey unfolds.
Sounds interesting!
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