Manga Review: The Promised Neverland, Volume 13, Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)

Release Date: January 2020

Volumes: 17+

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 12. 14.

Goodreads Synopsis:

The children of the Grace Field House orphanage must escape a macabre fate before it’s too late.

Life at Grace Field House is 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 food and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems…

Emma and the other children have been driven out of their safe shelter back into the dangerous demon world. Can they summon the courage to fight against this new imminent threat?!

Review:

Now that their home base has been invaded, the kids have to find somewhere new to stay. They have a back-up, temporary location picked out, and they recover there, hoping for the best for the two who stayed behind.

Aside from the two older kids, Emma and Ray act relatively in charge of the group, and it makes sense that there would be some conflict among the kids, and that some of the kids would disagree with their decision and want to do something else. I appreciate that this is addressed here, and some of the middle-aged kids decide to do something about it, even though it doesn't go very well.

We finally meet some new characters in the second half of this volume. We're discovering what other humans might be out there, who Emma has been trying to reach, but also what they're doing against the monsters. This might be an interesting plot change next, and I'm curious where it's going.

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