Manga/ The Promised Neverland

...And? I never said anything different.

Edited by LSBK on Aug 6th 2018 at 8:51:58 AM

Oh I wasn't referring to you, just the idea all demons have indulged in human even after the pact.

Chapter out: New arc is officially a go.

They are quite quick to leave the shelter again, this time to look for an Eye of the Dragon. Something tells me things won't be peaceful in the shelter either.

…This is kinda starting to look like an RPG, with the guild, the NPCs telling you to go to point A or B, the shelter as the hub town and the wild demons as Random Encounters in the forest.

But at least, the small group will allow Don, Gilda, Violet and Zack to have a bit more spotlight and development. Hopefully.

Notice that we have exactly three boys and three girls. How convenient. I swear that in any other Jump series, the ratio would have been 5-1 or 4-2 at most.

Edited by Lyendith on Aug 18th 2018 at 3:12:57 PM

Just (re)read volume 3, which just came out here, and man I had almost forgotten how masterfully paced that part was. Reading it in volumes only makes it ten times better. I'm don't know how the authors will come up with a villain that tops Izabella… I mean, Leuvis was great but he still falls a little bit short.

Chapter 100:

Something pretty unexpected a look at how Phil is doing, and it's not great. The situation is getting to him, and now it seems the bad guys are on to him.

Surprisingly it seems the squad arrived at their destination already, almost without incident.

Ouch… I guess it makes sense that they're being extra-cautious of anyone who was in contact with the escapees, and Phil's results must be starting to get suspiciously good.

I didn't expect the group to reach their destination so soon either, but any other scenario would have been a repeat of the previous transitional arc, so…

That bit where he had to watch someone he had grown attached to sent off to his death...ouch.

New chapter is up.

So we know what Scribbles looks like now and even have a touch of insight into his personality. He drops some extra cryptic otherworld stuff and is gone. I dig it.

Edited by Zeromaeus on Sep 1st 2018 at 6:09:07 AM

Heh… ### reminds me a bit of the Truth. So was Musica some sort of High Priest or what?

Welp, that's a 2 month travel for a 5 minute stay. Being the heroes ain't easy.

Wait, that's !@#$%? Let me tell you, that's not how I imagined him. He's adorable!

I doubt things will be as simple as Emma thinks.

We don't for sure that it's him. That is just Emma's theory.

I want it to be true because
A: that means Scribbles isn't openly hostile, which I find more interesting than the alternative
B: Scribbles looks nothing like I imagined, which I find pretty interesting
C: Scribbles is friggen adorable

I wonder how they're gonna pronounce his name in the anime…

They all just make static-y noises with their mouths.

It's clearly a Record Scratch because it's [RECORD SCRATCH]

Yeah, I'm also hoping that the sorcerer imp is the Demon Formerly Known as Prince. It's more interesting if the leader is feared for something other than brute strength, and wants to challenge Emma in a different kind of game of wits. Also, if that was him, that would make the journey more worthwhile than just "I went to Cuvitidala, and all eye got was this crummy vision of the past." Pun intended.

Edited by Sailor11sedna on Sep 3rd 2018 at 9:54:31 AM

She should instead get eyes on her brain for increased insight.

Reading the chap in Japanese, there are a couple of minor but interesting details lost in translation. First, Chibioni has his lines written entirely in Hiragana, without kanji. Not sure what that's supposed to indicate, but the only time I've seen that in another series was with very young children characters.

Second… Violet uses the masculine pronoun "ore", which further explains Emma's confusion early on.

Also, Chibioni's last line ("Come… Come…") makes me think that the trip back to the shelter might not be smooth sailing.

Popularity poll results are out! Predictably, the main trio all got more that double the votes of everyone else, with Emma>Norman>Ray. Then comes Phil, Anna (?), Musica, Yuugo, Isabella, Gillian (the clear favorite among the Gold Pond Kids), and Krone rounding out the top ten. Beyond that, the most notable thing is that both Don and Gilda lost to Connie's stuffed rabbit.

Apparently Anna placed so high because she and Ray are Japan's Fan-Preferred Couple, to be Ship Mates to Emma/Norman and Don/Gilda. Never change, shippers.

Edited by IniuriaTalis on Sep 6th 2018 at 12:26:44 PM

I guess you have to have an obscure character in every top ten.

Still, it's refreshing to have 6 female characters in the top 10 of a non-romance series.

Who is Anna again?

It kinda annoys me. Shippers! *Shakes fist angrily toward the Heavens*

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Sep 6th 2018 at 1:13:15 AM

I think she's the one with the braids on the right.◊ Not sure.