The promised neverland vol 19-20 by Kaiu Shirai

All of the plans laid out by Norman, Emma, and Ray finally come to their end game - The demons are all in the capital celebrating their holiest of days; Emma has found the Entrance they have been searching for, and she is determined to make a new Promise that will allow her family to be free; The “Evil Blooded” ones have been found, and the Ratri Clan is trying to keep their strangle-hold on the current order of farms of children and the hierarchy of demons. None of the paths these characters take are completely without their hitches, but all of them for the many different groups of characters lead them to reunite where it all began: Grace Field House.

There must have been one heck of a pegboard somewhere keeping track of all these different storylines and how they would all work together in the endgame because here we are, five groups of characters and many volumes later, everything pieces together like the most complicated jigsaw puzzle. While volume 20 is several more pages than the rest of the series, it still didn’t feel like enough time to get everything out and fully explore the very final stage of the story. Emma’s “price” she paid for the new Promise was probably the most rushed bit of the entire series, so it left a little bit of a dissatisfied feeling at the very end. However, fans who have watched the anime who are extremely dissatisfied with that ending might find a lot of comfort about how Shirai wrapped this up for our beloved characters.

Sara's Rating: 9/10
Suitability Level: Grades 10-12

Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1, vol 2, vol 3, vol 4, vol 5, vol 6, vol 7, vol 8, vol 9, vol 10, vol 11, vol 12, vol 13, vol 14, vol 15, vol 16, vol 17, vol 18

Vol 19:
Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: May 4, 2021
ISBN: 9781974721832 (Paperback)

​Vol 20:
Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: August 3, 2021
ISBN: 9781974721863 (Paperback)

​Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Dystopian, Horror, Demons, VIZ Media