Manga/ The Promised Neverland

Chapter's out.

Oooooh I wonder what Lewis is gonna do.

"You're a pain to deal with."

"I get that a lot."

I'm thinking the hat demon is going to kill those kids to piss Emma off, so she becomes more interesting prey.

I wonder, what is the significance of the demon masks? Is it a religious thing?

^I think it was stated before its pretty much protective gear. Though I suppose it has become sort of fashion statement since not all of them have masks that cover middle eye

Yikes, Lewis knows how humans shonen heroes work. If what is implied really happens, that would be incredibly dark for a Jump series… Still expecting a Big Damn Heroes from Ray and Noname.

You know… I think this series is doing something very important: proving that a non-romance shonen series can be popular even with a female protagonist. If others could follow suit, that would really be a step forward for the genre.

That seems plausible, but I'm not sure it would add much to the story − at least on Ray's side. Whether his biological dad was his mom's crush is pretty irrelevant. It could be an interesting addition to Izabella's backstory though, to an extent.

Little bit of news: the Japanese publisher Takarajima makes a yearly ranking of the best manga according to the votes of 600 booksellers, authors and publishers. And this year's ranking has just dropped:

1. The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu
2. BEASTARS by Paru Itagaki
3. To Your Eternity by Yoshitoki Ōima
4. Getsuyōbi no Tomodachi by Tomomi Abe
5. Efu no Shichinin by Takayuki Yamaguchi
6. Tongari Bōshi no Atelier (Atelier of Witch Hat) by Kamome SHIRAHAMA
7. Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda
8. 1-nichi Gaishutsu-roku Hanchō by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, Tensei Hagiwara, Kazuya Arai, Motomu Uehara
9. Chi no Wadachi by Shūzō Oshimi
10. Violence Action by Renji Asai, Shin Sawada
11. 1122 by Peko Watanabe
12. Peleliu: Rakuen no Guernica (Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise) by Kazuyoshi Takeda
13. Made in Abyss by Akihito Tsukushi
14. Drifting Dragons by Taku Kuwabara
15. Eizōken ni wa Te wo Dasuna! by Sumito Oowara (tied for 15th)
16. Dr. Stone by Riichirou Inagaki and Boichi (tied for 15th)
17. Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san (Pompo: The Cinéphile) by Shogo Sugitani'
18. Satan's Secretary by Kamotsu Kamonabe (lol XD)
19. 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge
20. And Yet the Town Moves by Masakazu Ishiguro

(that's the "manga for males" ranking)

edited 11th Dec '17 10:20:31 AM by Lyendith

Oh, neat. Beastars is pretty popular. I had no idea.

Chapters out.

............ Holy shit.

Lewis is one evil motherfucker and I love it.

…Welp... No Big Damn Heroes from anyone… I'll be damned.

Th… This is still a shonen, right…?

Interesting tidbit It's not obvious because MS scans are SHIT! not very good but the two black suited ones are wearing a high tech suit.

Also now we get to see human steak. Yunny in the demons tummies~

edited 22nd Dec '17 5:46:44 AM by OmegaRadiance

So this went exactly how I though it would.

Damn this series is pretty hardcore.

Emma is not well right now.

Chapter out: Well, that's one person I didn't expect to see.

Surprised they didnt figure out before this point that its the eye. Probably doesn't help that the man had Emma and Ray learn the hard way.

They never fought the wild unintelligent demons. The ones who don't wear masks to protect their weak point.

I actually wonder if they need to have the fatal eye uncovered to see anything…

Lots of new faces to remember in this chap. The casting is getting a bit overcrowded, considering most of the Grace Field kids are still glorified background characters at this point. I hope these will have some individual focus.

The variety of designs and almost even gender ratio is quite remarkable though.

Chances are a lot of people are gonna die these coming chapters.

Still expecting the Grace Field kids to die by droves because they aint got no character except The oldest ones and Phil and he got left behind.

Damn, that bouncer kid is huge. If I were a demon I'd eat that kid. Never mind the pipsqueaks.

Anyone get the impression Lucas has been lying to the Grand Valley group about the demons being unkillable? I thought his Grace Field gang had figured out how to kill them. Maybe it is to protect them and build up their numbers or something like that because I don't think he has sinister intentions. Yet.

edited 30th Dec '17 11:02:38 AM by DocJamore

He's not from Grace Field.

And the Nameless Man knows how to kill them, that doesn't necessarily mean anyone else from his group found out how to do so.

Volume 7 cover!◊

Note how Ray's smile illuminates it.

Yeah, he's the proverbial Ray of sunshine, that one.

@ Lyendith

They don't every Intelligent Demon we have seen has covered their central eye.

Chapie out… They might finally have reached Minerva's location… if their princess isn't in yet another castle.

Still, thanks a bunch for telling the kids to meet you in the most unsafe place in the world, Minerva. >.>

Why is Lucas not calling his friend by his name? Feels forced.

So the entire Goldy Pond complex completely with the forest is underground? Got to hand to demons, they got some engineering chops. Also, really lucky that they didn't dug deep enough to find Minerva secret corridor.

Not sure if the Goldy Pond existed when he made the whole thing.

Maybe it's the other way around. Demons, feral and otherwise, noticed kids escaping farms congregated in that area and everything else stemmed from that over time.