Each and every time the plot itself would stretch a helping hand for the author to make a turnaround, they would high-five it and plunge deeper down the abyss of mediocrity. It was the first manga in many years that took relatively normal characters-without any sort of superpowers or the like-and put them in a relatively realistic setting where actions have intentions, words have meaning, and decisions have consequences.Īnd then it just. And more than that, it was a story that really wanted itself to be taken seriously. Not perfect by any means-but damn impressive nonetheless. Wow, what's not to like?Īll of this, combined with Urasawa-esque cliffhangers, made the first arc of TPN one of the tightest pieces of writing to come out in Weekly Jump this entire decade. And not just that-right from the beginning TPN had established a gripping conflict with clear stakes, believable balance of power, and an awesome antagonist. For all the good reasons, too: it was, at the time, a competently done psychological thriller, something that Weekly Shonen Jump typically didn't feature, which immediately made it stand outįrom the endless conveyor of action and sports series, low-brow comedies, and various mixtures thereof. TPN became an object of hot discussion among the manga-reading crowd already after the first few chapters.
(I'm sorry I couldn't LAND this joke better.) It is really a twist of cruel irony that The Promised Neverland has lived up to its name in a way I did not expect it to: it continually PROMISED a clever, poignant story but NEVER followed it through. Skip to the last two paragraphs for the summary.*
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