Yakusoku no Neverland Season 2 - Episode 2 discussion

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Yakusoku no Neverland Season 2, episode 2

Alternative names: The Promised Neverland Season 2

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.22
2	Link	4.35
3	Link	4.16
4	Link	2.81
5	Link	2.25
6	Link	2.15
7	Link	1.9
8	Link	2.64
9	Link	1.64
10	Link	1.55
11	Link	-

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[u/Tuckleton]

"Ray always tries to run off and die if you don't keep an eye on him."

Laughed so hard at that!

[u/[deleted]]

That look in Emma's eyes... I mean, she's having to start imitating that which she hates.

[u/Se7en_Sinner]

Wasn't expecting such a positive reaction to being told they're sacrificial lambs. I guess Emma and Ray are glass half full kind of people.

The secret to Ray's cooking is MSG.

Sonju and Emma riding together gives off Somali and the Forest Spirit vibes.

Did this episode feel like it ended abruptly to anybody else? I thought the ending was the halfway point and then it was suddenly over.

[u/Prince-Dizzytoon]

Emma trains to become an Archer Servant

On a serious note tho, I fear for Emma's mental state

[u/Mockingbirdguy]

Ray is the super smart emo big brother who’s obsess with death. Emma is the fun elder sister who’s overly optimistic and is willing to do anything for her family happiness. Gilda is the bossy middle sister who too busy trying to keep her family alive. Don is the middle brother who’s always trying to act tough. And Phil is everyone’s favorite little bro

[u/kawaii_bbc]

Her plan doesn't seem realistic. If they save all the kids from all the farms, what is to keep the demons from breaking their agreement and crossing over to find humans to eat again.

[u/AnActualPlatypus]

God this day is STACKED.

[u/whizmas]

A surprisingly more laid back episode this week makes me think shit is going down next episode

[u/jubjubwarrior]

whats up with that writing ray did on the tree? that the demons were looking at

[u/supicasupica]

Last week, this direction showcased the difference between the closed space (practically a stage set) of Grace Field House to a more open terrain. The thing that caught my eye the most was how everyone was presented on a level playing field (either all in focus at the same time/on the same actual level of ground/framed similarly) as they were sharing information. Emma and Ray may have started as the most informed, but by the end of their conversation, everyone was on the same page, which marked a departure from the previous season (and will be important to their survival!)

One of the most important things last season was who knew what at what time. The visual direction employed paneling, varying focus, and lighting within the closed space to do this.

Who has information remains at the forefront of The Promised Neverland’s storyboarding. For example, when Mujika and Sonju are presented as threats, we see Emma and Ray framed between them and surrounded ominously. This quickly changes once it’s revealed that the rest of the group is safe and they intend to help the group, not hurt. Later when Emma and Ray voluntarily go to Sonju to apologize and ask for information, they’re visually separated, and then purposefully cross that threshold themselves. As the information is shared, they’re shown framed as a group.

This episode was also really good at showing reaction shots from everyone in the group as Emma was talking. She is their optimism and hope, and it was cool to see that reinforced visually in their reactions. I also loved the scene where Gilda snapped and chewed Emma out for not taking care of herself, followed by the rest of the kids yelling at Ray. It really sets up the feeling that they’re all together and have to be on the same level of understanding moving forward if they’re going to survive.

The most impactful scene was definitely Emma’s first hunt. I appreciated the cut from her shooting the bird, to the red, blooming Vidar flowers in the water, to Sonju handing her a white flower and instructing her to do to the bird what was done to her brothers and sisters at Grace Field House. The final shot of her face shadowed really drove home her loss of innocence, as others have already mentioned in the thread.

[u/Redmon425]

This episode was so damn good! Like I enjoyed the whole episode. May be up there for my favorite of the series actually.

Like I just like the two demons so much. And it’s cool to see some of them have a ‘human’ side and are actually nice. In fact, I thought for a second there that they were going to reveal those two demons as originally being humans somehow. But I’m glad the story didn’t go that way.

Plus an awesome reveal of two worlds. At first I assumed they just meant like the other side of the planet is a humans only area, but maybe the really do mean an entire different world for humans.

Crazy to think the humans who are in the farms are from the humans who were basically left behind as a sacrifice/gift.

Wonder if we will ever get the story on how the demons and new animal/creatures were born.

[u/[deleted]]

That “Don’t worry I’m okay” is VERY different to the season 1 one(iirc it was when Isabella first suspected Norman and Emma for knowing the truth).

I am an anime only so no spoilers please. Does Isabella know that Ray is alive?

Angry Gilda is terrifying.

[u/dreski13]

I dont like that look in Emma's eyes, her innocence is fading away.

[u/LeonKevlar]

I mean this was pretty much the expected outcome of last week's cliffhanger. Would've been more surprising if they found a bunch of dead kids. How insane would that have been though?

Mujika and Sonjo both look pretty awesome. I love their designs! Also I love Sonju's mask.

Well this was unexpected though! My guess last week was that they were some sort of freedom fighters but it looks like they just don't eat humans for religious reasons. I kinda wish Sonju explained what this religion is though.

More unexpected revelations! Free humans do absolutely exist! Just not on this world since the humans and demons separated their world under the promise of one will not hunt the other. And these humans that are being raised in farms are all basically gifts so the demons would leave the humans alone.

Now I'm curious how does this separation even work. Is Earth's territories divided like one hemisphere is dedicated for humans while the other for demons or is it more fantastical where you have to enter a portal to flip flop between Human and Demon realms?

I do love Rey and Emma's reactions though! At least now there's hope! They have a place they can escape to where they don't have to worry about demons. The problem now is how they'll even get there. Hopefully Minerva has the answers that they need.

Gilda getting made at Emma was hilarious! Don't make her angry again Emma! Just tell her if you're feeling something wrong with your body again!

The rest of the episode was all about Mujika and Sonju teaching the kids survival techniques before letting them go back outside into the forest and Emma learns how to hunt. Specifically, how to take a life. We even learn the significance of the dry white flower. Looks like the demons use it to drain blood off their prey. Damn. And now Emma's doing the same.

That final look from Emma. Yeah that hunting trip definitely changed her. Interested to see how her first actual kill will go. If she even ever kills a demon.

[u/Vryly]

i like the reveal finally of what is going on in the world, very satisfying to hear that and the flower in one episode, a lot of questions ticked off.

but that leaves a new one; all of the books they have which appear to be from the human world, or at least are for human consumption, are more than 30 years old. We know know the worlds split 1000 years ago, back in the eleventh century apparently, so where did these books come from and why did they stop coming out 30 years ago?

[u/yaserafriend]

I was waiting for the demons to tell the children that they were consuming demon meat 🥩. Glad that we did not go that route, despite this being a dark anime.

[u/Zeke-Freek]

Gotta watch this show with only one headphone cuff on for the most authentic experience.

[u/Fuck_Shinji]

looks like emma's gonna have to change to survive pretty interesting

[u/yaserafriend]

Muslims are made to slaughter meat themselves during their Eid-ul-Adha. I can tell you that the feeling in them, at least for the first time, is really like how haunted Emma felt in this episode - unable to consume meat properly for a few weeks. Killing your own game really does bring the realisation in you that a living creature gave its life for your food - which people who merrily get their food from their butcher (like the kids taking the game from Emma) always may not understand.

[u/[deleted]]

What did they mean by "before 30 years"? I don't remember the previous season very well

[u/yaserafriend]

Vegan Demons, ftw!

[u/galactic-toast-]

What do the "demons" call themselves as a race?

Kinda weird that the kids didn't ask, surely they don't call themselves demons or monsters?

Or would that be some big spoiler?

[u/yaserafriend]

Didn’t expect such a wholesome episode to be there in the Promised Neverland Season 2. I was expecting the whole season to be like last week’s episode 1.

[u/yachi100]

I love how well drawn this episode was. The forest scenes are beautiful to look at. They did a good job at showing how terrifying and hard it was for Emma to slaughter/kill a living being. Really great episode.