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The promised neverland is one of the most popular Shounen mangas of all time- And rightfully so! The entire story is so exhilarating and the premise is so unique. The characters are very developed and you form a beautiful connection to the entire cast, it almost feels illegal how the manga makes you adore how each character is developed, most of the cast are not one dimensional even though they retain their own distinctive personality respectively. The ending was severely rushed, as the manga was supposed to continue production for three more years so that is indeed understandable. I may be a bit bias in ... my review since I started this series in a time where I was indeed in need of a likeable and related cast (Which this story REALLY delivered) so please excuse me here! And so now I will continue commenting on my 3 favourite things in this entire manga:

1- The art-style: The art style is SO amazing, some of the s, specially the ones with the bigger plot points are so genuinely flabbergasting, the whole thing is nourishment to the eye, the attention to detail is also very irable. I do not want to spoil anything but to say the least, the art style at the Goldy Pond arc and the final arc made me genuinely smile at time.
2- The cast: Emma, Norman and Ray are all so well developed, a bit more than the entire cast but that is to be expected. You would notice if any of them were absent from a since they are all so diverse! And it is such a shocker that almost 85% of them were skipped in the 2nd installment of the anime :(
3-Last and definitely not the least, the villains: I LOVE me a good villain, one of the key factors that makes me love an anime or a manga is the villain. I feared for the characters when they showed up, I related to their ideals at times and even though most of them were defeated rather quickly, I still loved their entire character arcs.

But to keep this fair I will mention what I did not like about this manga:
1-The lack of decisiveness in the writing: You can clearly see that the mangaka was confused on whether to let a character live or remove it from the story, so many characters went from "Oh he's definitely dead" to "Oh he is alive?" then to "Oh never-mind he is dead again...". And then repeat this for 4-5 more characters.
2-Ending: The ending was clearly so rushed, and as I mentioned above it was not really up to the writer, as we all know the shounen jump magazine sometimes rushes the writers into wrapping the story unnecessarily quickly, around more 20 chapters were needed to absolutely finish the story in its perfect way, but alas.

To conclude, the promised neverland will always carry a special place in my heart, even though the ending was a bit gob-smacking, it will most likely remain in my heart as one of the best pieces of fiction I have ever laid my eyes upon.

A great start but it declined over time...

When I started reading this work it was still being released and I had the idea that I was reading the new "Death Note" of today but in reality it wasn't quite like that. The beginning of this work is in fact very good, it has an impactful first act and shows well what the initial purpose of the work is, in fact it is something quite shocking to see and it buys readers well (I was bought like that too lol). This work was one of the first works I started collecting physically and I sincerely regret ... that decision, the work declined over time in of plot. My disappointments with this work are the same as most people's, the post-orphanage act, most people stopped liking this work precisely because of this arc in which in my opinion it is not very well developed, the plot seems to want to exaggerate its own universe too much making it boring. The fact is that the plot had a change of objective from the middle to the end and many people did not buy this idea easily, I was one of them, I did not like the change of focus in the plot, this change was a shot in the dark, in the same way that happened with the Fast and Furious film series where they changed the genre of the film, here it seems to happen the same but even so I consumed the work until the end. For me The Promised Neverland is a work that has a beginning that borders on perfection, in fact it was a work that left a big mark on readers at the time of its release but the author was not able to finish the work in its greatness, he extended the serialization too much and expanded a universe too much that he was not able to sustain the same quality as the beginning, with all this I still say that even if the ending was weak compared to the beginning, it was still a decent ending, in my opinion it was a well-written ending but obviously far from what I expected. Finally, I conclude my review with a score of 8, but this score refers more to the first part of the story than the second, even though the second is not horrible, in fact it is weaker than the first.

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Um otimo começo mas decaiu com o tempo...

Quando comecei a ler essa obra ela ainda estava em lançamento e eu tive a ideia de que estava lendo o novo "Death Note" da atualidade mas na realidade não foi bem assim. O começo dessa obra de fato é muito bom, tem um primeiro ato impactante e mostra bem qual é o intuito inicial da obra, de fato é algo bem chocante de se ver e compra bem os leitores (fui comprado assim tambem kkk). Essa obra foi uma das primeiras obras que comecei a colecionar fisicamente e sinceramente me arrependo dessa decisão, a obra foi decaindo com o tempo em questão de enredo. Meus desapontamentos com essa obra são os mesmos que a maioria das pessoas, o ato pós orfanato, a maioria das pessoas deixou de gostar dessa obra justamente por esse arco no qual ao meu ver não muito bem desenvolvido, o enredo parece querer engradecer demais seu próprio universo tornando-o chato. O fato é que a trama teve uma mudança de objetivo do meio pro final e muita gente não comprou essa ideia tranquilamente, eu fui uma delas, não gostei da mudança de foco no enredo, essa mudança foi um tiro no escuro, da mesma forma que aconteceu com a serie de filme Velozes e Furiosos onde mudaram o gênero do filme, aqui parece acontecer o mesmo mas mesmo assim consumi a obra até o final. Para mim The Promised Neverland é uma obra que tem um começo que beira a perfeição, de fato foi uma obra que marcou muito os leitores em sua epoca de lançamento porem o autor não conseguiu terminar a obra em sua grandeza, alongou demais a serialização e aumentou muito um universo que ele não foi capaz de sustentar a mesma qualidade do inicio, com tudo isso ainda digo que mesmo que o final tenha sido fraco se compararmos com o inicio, ele ainda foi um final decente, ao meu ver foi um fim bem escrito mas obviamente longe do que eu esperava. Enfim, concluo minha review com uma nota 8 porem essa nota se refere mais a primeira parte da historia do que a segunda, mesmo que a segunda não seja horrível, de fato ela é mais fraca que a primeira.

This manga is unfortunately one of the worst things a manga can be: a total waste of time.

The Promised Neverland generated quite a bit of hype when it was initially released because of its interesting premise. I will be the first to it I was drawn in by this premise and the first arc was incredibly enjoyable. The characters are likable, the pacing is perfect, and the cat-and-mouse game that the characters have to play is so full of suspense I couldn't stop reading (it reminded me quite a bit of Death Note). "I can't wait to see what kind of trials and tribulations these ... characters have to face next!" said I, after finishing the first arc. Little did I realize that the characters would not have to face any trials and tribulations. In fact pretty much NOTHING happens for the last 15 volumes or so.

This is obviously an exaggeration, but the drop-off in quality after the first arc is significant. The psychological thriller aspect that made the first arc so good is essentially absent from the rest of the story. Characters don't go through any real character development. Sure they are likable at first glance, but as the story goes you eventually realize that it just boils down to Emma being plucky and optimistic, Ray being smart, and Norman being inconsistent. None of the characters actually have to face negative consequences or question their values, which is wild considering they live in such a brutal world.

I strongly believe the author just didn't have any ideas after the first arc. If you are truly curious about The Promised Neverland, give the first arc a read, you will probably like it quite a bit. But if you choose to read beyond that and you find yourself getting bored, just that it does not get better and the ending is honestly not that interesting. Just save yourself some time and read something else.