Manga Review: The Promised Neverland, Volume 2, by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)

Release Date: February 2018

Volumes: 8+

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 3.

Goodreads Synopsis:

The children of the Grace Field House orphanage have their happy lives upended when they find out they’re being raised to be fed to demons. Can they escape their fate before it’s too late?

Life at Grace Field House has been good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious foods and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems…

The children of Grace Field House find themselves in even more trouble as Sister Krone continues to snoop around. Can they keep their escape plans from being uncovered? And which child is the traitor working for Mom?

Review:

The artwork is really interesting to me. The covers in particular; they're very pretty, and they have a creepy eerie childishness to it, particularly when we see the house itself. I think it fits with the plot line really well.

So the group has narrowed some of their findings and plans down, and are deciding what's most important and what they still need to learn and find out. All three of them are being very critical and smart in this way.

They discover a traitor among them, and I admit I was very surprised by who it was. The story threw in a curveball that I wasn't expecting, and that only makes it more interesting. But instead of ruining their plans, this twist helps in a lot of ways, but also makes things a little more difficult in a different way. Their little group also grows a little bit, but that might have also ruined them. By keeping some factors secret, it might have caused a bigger problem.

They're also trying to figure out what they have to do when they get out, and that has me very intrigued, the little tidbit Emma discovered.

I'm quite hooked on this series already. It's has a very apparent creepy edge to it, while trying to appear cheery, and I'm really enjoying that. I want to know where it's going next.

A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!