Tag: Yakusoku no Neverland
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The Promised Neverland Season 2 Episode 2: Recap and Review
Mujika and Sonju are the demon rescuers of the orphans. They don’t eat humans for religious reasons. They eat everything else. Mujika and Sonju reject the demon’s society farming system. Sonju tells them an “old tale.” Demons used to hunt humans. Some humans surrendered, while others killed demons. Eventually the number of demons killed by […]
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The Promised Neverland Season 2 Episode 1: Recap and Review
Freedom is beautiful, yet so cruel The Promised Neverland season 2 episode 1 opens with the orphans running frantically with a black background. Considering how the last season ended, most would assume that they are fleeing from the orphanage. However, when Emma claims that “it’s just like a game of tag,” the scene shifts to […]
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The Promised Neverland Episode 12 Review – 150146
The final episode of the first season of The Promised Neverland has arrived. It shouldn’t come to anyone’s surprise that the second season of The Promised Neverland was announced, set to premiere in 2020. Anyway, the episode begins with the children reaching the wall. In a flashback, we see that Phil is the mastermind behind […]
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The Promised Neverland Episode 11 Review – 140146
To say this episode marks a major turning point in this series is the definition of an understatement. Emma reveals that she had never stopped planning their escape. Mom’s constant surveillance of Ray and Emma backfire as they are able to use this to their advantage. Emma leaves the rest of the training and preparation […]
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The Promised Neverland Episode Review – 011145
Krone exposes her own intentions regarding Isabella, the fact that she was once a child for harvest like them, the system in which only girls are permitted to survive to adulthood and how the transmitter in an adult’s body work. Krone exposes a lot in this moment. She admits her desire to become a “Mom.” […]
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The Promised Neverland Episode Review – 311045
Check the outside The cliffhanger from last week quickly deflates as Phil turns out to be the one entering the room that Don and Gilda are snooping in. As the children determine their plans to escape, the outside is what remains a complete mystery. The trio collectively decide that they need to explorer the outside […]
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The Promised Neverland Episode 5 Review – 301045
Ray’s the spy I gotta be honest I though the series was just messing with us. However, it turns out that they were sincere. I turns out that Ray was indeed the spy. Of course things are always more complicated in this series. Ray claims that he “sold himself” for the purpose of escaping. According […]
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The Promised Neverland Episode 04 Review – 291045
Isabella threatens Krone In the last episode, Krone made it clear that she was coming for Isabella’s head. In this episode Isabella turns the tables. She asks Krone how she feels about living here. Krone tells her that it’s a “wonderful house,” and all the children are well behaved. Isabella notes that Krone has been […]
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The Promised Neverland Episode 002 – Review
Ignorance is Bliss Emma now with the burden of knowing that Conny has been killed by monsters. Having nightmares as a consequence of this event she can’t put the genie back into the bottle. Mom (Isabella) sweetness towards the children must now feel like a thin facade. She is clearly frighten by Isabella and justifiably […]
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First Impressions – The Promised Neverland 001
The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku no Neverland) is a series that starts off happy and endearing, but quickly becomes heartbreaking and horrific. The fact that the anime involves children makes it even worst. Emma (a happy and energetic girl) awakens, she then wakes her “siblings,” and gets them ready for breakfast. We meet Norman and Ray […]