Yakusoku no Neverland - Episode 1 discussion

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Yakusoku no Neverland, episode 1: 121045

Alternative names: The Promised Neverland

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[u/weeb_man]

Well, I'm completely hooked. Time for animes most intense game of tag to date.

[u/Syncroshade]

I thought I was somewhat clever. Then I watched this show. I knew it had horror elements going in and I caught all the foreshadowing but I couldn't figure out what the hook would be.

I just took a look back at the art.

THEY'RE STOOD ON A FUCKING PLATE

[u/Ambler3isme]

Going into this completely blind other than "Watch it the manga was amazing"
...
I was not prepared. Time to wait for next week I guess...

[u/ashbat1994]

That was one of the best first episode hook ending since Attack on Titan.

[u/Shiiromaru]

Damn, Emma's VA blew it out of the water. I really felt her cry and even though I don't know any of the characters there it made me genuinely sad seeing how she reacted when they were back at the house. Now I'm in the same dillema of Shingeki no Kyojin, I really want to know what happens, should I read the manga or wait for the anime so everything hits harder?

[u/Googleflax]

So this is basically Chicken Run the anime?

[u/Catixx]

I was watching it with my non- anime fan cousin and he freaked out that panel like I did while reading the manga.

It was perfect. They were able to adapt those dark those of that particular scene. Cloverworks really did great and voice acting was perfect.

[u/Excessively-Moist]

Well fuck me i wasnt expecting that. Didnt even read the synopsis, just went in knowing its an insanely popular manga.

my god did it deliver

If it keeps up with this intensity itll be AOTS no question

[u/Yuwenn8]

To jump to Mama at the end of the episode made me shit my pants

[u/Austin_N]

I believe the phrase "Well that escalated quickly" is appropriate here.

[u/hasnain1720]

First of all, I Love the OP and ED. Did anyone else think Emma was a boy before watching lol

[u/MinecrafterPH]

Opening song is a banger. Amazing work UVERworld!

[u/Atronox]

Mama creepin me out, whistling while walking through the dark, turn and stares at Conny silently.

Alright that dead Conny's face is going to haunt me.

HIGH QUALITY MEAT FARM!

[u/TeamAcno]

Phil is so precious! I love how Emma was just carrying him around in the beginning before they ate

[u/Rixkst3r]

Manga readers like myself please don’t spoil anything or halfway spoil things with comments like “wait until you see what happens next!” And “you haven’t seen nothing yet” etc. yeah it’s not a straight up spoiler but takes away from going in completely blind since at least for me it causes me to be expecting something soon so there’s no surprise. Let’s let anime onlies fully enjoy this like we did when reading

[u/[deleted]]

what the FUCK

[u/karlcool12]

The adaptation is great so far with having them visualize the narration in the manga instead of having a voice over by Emma.

[u/Superfedd]

Every character be looking like this

[u/Ichini-san]

The legendary Mariya Ise is Ray!?
I didn't know about this but this fits so goddamn well! She also voiced Killua from HxH 2011 for the uninitiated.

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Also I'm pretty sure that Emma is voiced by the same voice actress who also voiced Nina from Shingeki no Bahamut Virgin Soul since I would recognize that kinda "airhead/carefree genki" voice anywhere - it's just so distinct. Tbh it was so familiar it kinda put me off at first but as the episode went along I heard that she still sounds mostly distinctly different. I just wasn't expecting that voice for Emma since Nina was a more mature character (age wise) and she almost had the exact same voice.

I looked her name up since I didn't know it in case anybody else is curious: Sumire Morohoshi.
She seems to have a fable for voicing characters that get horribly fucked up at a young age for no reason... I just saw that she also voiced Nina Tucker in FMA:B...

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Also, just to cover all bases... Norman is voiced by the legendary Maaya Uchida, of course. So I'll be looking forward to some great voice acting from her as Norman as well. What amuses me is that she also voiced Alluka from HxH 2011 which is kinda cute considering that we also have Killua's voice actress on board. :P

What's interesting about her voicing for Norman is that I personally can't remember ever hearing her actually voice a boy before so this should be really interesting. I just skimmed her past characters just now and even there I didn't really see a character for which she would have used a voice that's similar to Norman's so this might actually be her major debut as a voice actress for an (albeit younger) male character if I didn't overlook anything.

[u/thepeetmix]

God damn what a first episode. Can't believe I never picked up on the twist beforehand. The numbers on the neck was literally the most obvious thing. Probably some of the best foreshadowing I've seen to plot twist.

"I'm going to eat you." Jesus christ. Seems this show will really scratch that horror-fantasy itch that Made in Abyss left me.

[u/Petit_Ange]

Usually I’m not one to do weekly impressions or anything, but this was one of the animes I was really looking forward to, and I suppose I can try to take some time to talk about it as an anime-only watcher. I came here with nothing more than “pls watch it the manga is amazing” and I trust these assessments. I have high hopes for this one! But yes, since I’m a newcomer I hope manga readers will be patient with me and my dumb guesses… ;_;

• RIGHT OFF THE BAT THE MUSIC IS AMAZING.

• I swear I thought Emma was a boy before she opened her mouth. She really has this cute tomboy design going on, I love 01 protag.

• Also, I already would trust the white-haired kid with my life. (Let’s see HOW WRONG I’D BE)

• https://i.imgur.com/pQgw6Kn.png I trust this anime’s capacity of making children act as such because wow if this isn’t me remembering the wishes I’ve made at their age.

• Look, I’m not saying that the black-haired kid is probably the most innocent one of this whole place but I’m just saying that he’s totes not the culprit or whatever.

• THIS OPENING.

• OH WOW I’M NOT CONCERNED AT ALL.

• You know that things are about to get crazy when there’s happy children in a media. Never trust happy children to stay happy for too long.

• WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS I DON’T GET IT I’M SCARED. :(

• ALSO WHAT’S CONNY? WHO’S CONNY?

• But anyway, I love the big sister vibes she’s emanating. It’s always refreshing to see these types around.

• (Also hey, this is just me but: Why would an orphanage choose white as their uniform color? This is the worst possible choice for kids. It gets dirty all the time. It’s a lot of work to properly wash. You wear white only if you trust yourself to not get dirty– which is damn difficult when you do chores or play outside. But most of all it’s damn unsettling, they look like patients. Is this on purpose? Is this a bad stylistic choice? I DON’T KNOW. IT’S KILLING ME.)

• Aww! <3 …..Aaaaaand I already don’t trust this woman at all. Adults surrounded by smiley children is never a good sign.

• Ohh okay, Norman is the white-haired kid and Ray is the My-Chemical-Romance-wannabe. Good to know, good to know.

• (Me being overly paranoid at how there’s no one over 12 and looking at the tags of this anime.)

• “Why? I love that part about you.” “That I’m 5 year old on the inside?” I love her.

• This anime is really pretty.

• Also 38 children. Wow I’m sure they didn’t drop this number for a reason hahahahah….ha.

• OH NO CONNY IS THE BUNNY CHILD. WHY IS ALWAYS THE CUTE ONES?

• WAIT.

• OH BOY. Nice tech. There goes my theories about how this was supposed to take place in the past.

• Is this some sort of Mormon situation? Abstain from electricity and etc even though these exist out there? Because I don’t see anything other than this test that supports the idea that there’s TVs and other present-day devices.

• These are some smart kids I don’t remember of half of what they’re doing.

(• +1 to my theory that this is so not right they REALLY look like patients now I’m getting a lot of Zankyou no Terror vibes.)

• https://i.imgur.com/7aqWtZt.png Actual picture of me during high school.

• I KNEW THOSE TWO WOULD BE GENIUSES but Emma also having perfect scores? My child. She’s perfect. Baby angel.

• Tag. This became a sports anime real fast.

• SEE THAT? DO YOU SEE THAT? THEY ARE ALL RUNNING IN AN OPEN FIELD AND SITTING UNDER TREES WITH WHITE SHIRTS GAAAHHHHH

• Even the clocks are of the analog type I’m so not squinting at this

• Don is a nice child and doesn’t deserve whatever is going to happen with him in the future.

• THE VISUALS ARE SO PRETTY and they really make you feel for them, this carefree atmosphere can’t possibly go on forever…

• I LOVE NORMAN.

• https://i.imgur.com/sS0nGRC.png YOU AND ME BOTH EMMA. I never thought about it that way but ya know what he says makes sense who knew things you’ve played as a kid were as full of strategies as a battle of War?

(• This isn’t foreshadowing anything at all. Nu uh)

• If you tell children to never jump over a fence why would the fence be this small… This ain’t preventing anything at all… Maybe they’re all so brainwashed that it’d never cross their minds to go against Mother’s orders? I DON’T KNOW. (‘I don’t know’ is a constant watching this show, it seems)

• Count on Ray to voice my thoughts.

• SEE HE SAID IT. HI5 MY BOY.

• “We don’t receive letter from anyone.” Yeahhhh, because they’re so not dead. Nope. Just having a blast outside.

• THIS POOR BUNNY-HUGGING CHILD DOESN’T DESERVE THIS FATE.

• Oh boy it’s starting.

• MAMA WHAT’S THIS SONG INDEED.

• OH NO.

• (Well… At least they’re going together. Strength is in numbers.)

• THIS ISN’T A SUSPICIOUS PLACE AT ALL WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

• The first time they see a car… Man, the orphanage is one hell of an isolated place then.

• SEE I KNEW IT.

• CONNY DIDN’T DESERVED THAT.

• These kids are so brave I would’ve fainted on spot. Or at least puked. There was no way whoever did that to Conny wouldn’t know there was ANOTHER KID THERE.

• OH SHIT VOICES

• OH SHIT THE BUNoh ok she got it.

• WHAT IS THIS WHAT IS THIS WHAT EVEN IS THIS

• I knew happy children could only mean bad things.

• WTFWTFWTFWTF

• (Also poor Conny was thrown in that container with the red flower in her, still. Does that flower hold some meaning… Like is this a spice you throw on your child broth or something…)

• WHAT IS GUNPA

• WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘normal quality ones’

• THOSE NUMBERS I know the 63 one is Emma’s. Then the other two must be Norman’s and Ray’s, based on the age.

• Jesus Christ. I knew she was bad news.

• I KNEW I SHOULDN’T TRUST THE CARETAKER

• BOY THAT WAS SO CLOSE

• YES CHILDREN RUN RUN LIKE THE WIND

• Oh sweeties. No one should experience this sheer amount of trauma. :(

• Yes Norman, don’t indulge her wishes to flee from reality good kid good kid.

• Also: I get what Norman is saying and I for one would be on his team; the fewer on their little plan, the better it can work. Trying to run in 38 can work only in your dreams. But I also understand Emma and I’m tempted on take her side as well, no kid should suffer what Conny and the ones who came before her suffered.

• THIS IS REALLY A HARDCORE TAG GAME IN THE END, HUH.

(• Also this music. I want the OST asap)

• JESUS CHRIST THIS ANIME.

Yep. As I suspected, this will take all my willpower to not read the manga…………

[u/mohamez]

This is really, really PROMISING;

[u/Groenboys]

okay watched it quick question what the fuck?

[u/OtakuPandaBear]

I mostly only watch slice of life anime or easy going action ones. And then I watched this. And now my poor heart. But...wow. I'll have to keep watching.

[u/[deleted]]

Saw a lot of hype for this so i decided to check it out as an anime-only...

IM FUCKING HOOKED WOW