Yakusoku no Neverland review

Elle2915
Mar 31, 2021
For those of you who are going into this series after watching the anime (which is not actually finished yet fyi) you'll most definitely enjoy it. And if you haven't... well... you'll enjoy it anyway!

I really like this manga for a number of reasons. I feel like the first 36 chapters (the first season of the anime which I gave a 10) are incredibly entertaining, enthralling, creative, and even heartwarming (when they're trying to be of course). Everything after this is epic too. It's a very unique take on the post-apocalyptic stereotype and is very interesting overall. The characters are great and I never feel like there's a bunch of plot convenience. I can never resist the urge to face-palm when one of an anime/manga's cruelest characters or a genuine antagonist just kind of flips personalities and becomes a good guy, but that never happens in this manga. Well... at least up until the manga's main emotional moment in chapter 118 (I think you know what I'm talking about if you're up-to-date with the manga like I am). Everything from that moment on kind of just goes downhill...

Remember how I mentioned that the story was creative? Yeah well not for long. You can tell a little bit after the big emotional moment that the writers are running out of ideas. They kind of just make things up that don't really make a lot of plot sense and it gets boring and tired. There ends up being a lot of plot convenience and a ton of concepts that don't really line up with the main storyline. Also, remember what I said about character personality shifts? Yeah throw that out the window two. Not only do they desperately try to redeem some of the most heartless villains in any anime (which, by the way, fails miserably), but they also go so far as to ruin one of the best characters who I sympathized with and was rooting for (I'm not talking about the main protagonist btw). There was a lot of let down and at this point I'm only reading this manga out of a sense of obligation (the standard "I can't just drop it when I've come this far" feeling).

Now normally I wouldn't give a manga like this a 9 BUT MUSIKA/MUJIKA (my translation sources aren't very accurate) IS BY FAR THE BEST WAIFU AND I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL SHE APPEARS IN THE ANIME. Everything about this character is amazing. She's the perfect mix of innocence and maturity and she's not naïve like most animes/mangas make this sort of character. She is also by far the most important character in the entire manga (those who have read it know what I mean) and she has an incredible personality.

So if you want my advice just read up to 118 or 119. Assume everyone ends up happy, they all live great lives and nobody dies. Otherwise, you'll have to trudge through over 50 chapters of what feels like filler honestly. The only good thing about everything afterwards is that Mujika (if I'm writing her name wrong tell me please) gets a lot more time on paper. Aside from that it's just meh. Giving it a 9 is a bit too generous, it definitely deserves more of an 8 but I had a lot of fun reading it so if you don't have any plans by all means read this one.

However if you want to read an even BETTER manga I recommend Boku dake ga inai machi (Erased) or Koe no Katachi (a silent voice). I should have my reviews on those soon so if you guys want to read them feel free to check out my reviews page!

-Your friendly neighborhood YouTuber/Man-of-culture Kallocarina
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