Yakusoku no Neverland 2nd Season

A butchered adaptation, neglecting to include fan favorite characters from the manga and removing entire arcs, complete and utter disregard of the great tone and atmosphere that was so carefully crafted in the first season, and rushing a once engaging story to high hell to make it a sloppy mess. This is horror. This is The Promised Neverland Season Two. And it's frickin brilliant. Now you may be sitting in your comfy chair, mouth agape in shock, and asking yourself "Is this guy quite possibly insane?" Probably. But I also had a revelation to something that you don't know...yet. But that's ok. I'm here to enlighten you dear reader. I came to realize that this season's apparent monumental failure was in fact done on PURPOSE. Yeah, I know it sounds unbelievable, but let me lift the veil from your eyes so you too can begin to appreciate this anime's efforts. Let me ask you something. What is the primary genre of Promised Neverland? The one that enticed viewers to watch and kept them craving more? The one that propelled this series to the height of popularity? It's horror. THAT is the driving appeal of this series. The first season did an excellent job with this. I'm sure you don't need me to reiterate the solid pacing, timing, character growth, conflict, and more. But most importantly, it was a faithful adaptation to the source material. Now imaging destroying all of that. The once well defined and centralized plot has become convoluted, characters have become one dimensional, and the solid build up has just completely evaporated among other things. But also...taking an anime original approach!? Gasp! Now this is what I call true horror! There's only so far you can go when trying to instill fear into viewers through animation. Studio Cloverworks clearly knew that they had to take things to the next level, so instead of providing some exterior unnerving content like they did with the first season, they strike directly at the heart of fans by making them feel the utter despair of watching something they love turn into...this. Wow. Totally soul crushing. And absolutely genius! And that's why this season is clearly a subversive masterpiece. Shows of this genre aim to break the viewer through deep and dark content. Yet Cloverworks found a way to effectively do this through an entirely different approach, and it clearly shows. Seriously, the overwhelming animosity towards this season by fans is almost as scary as this show's complete and utter implosion. I applaud them for their enlightened and forward thinking methods! But here's a warning. This only applies if you read and were a fan of the manga. Otherwise, it's just a incredibly lackluster sequel to a really good first season. Through watching, fans get to experience the purest, most rage inducing kind of horror there is. The horror of a butchered adaptation.

I debated whether it was even worth writing a review for the sham that is Yakuneba season 2 for about an hour or so before deciding that after all the time, energy and think pieces I’ve given this series, I should write one. Let me be clear, season 2 of Yakuneba, or TPN, whatever you prefer, is the biggest disappointment I’ve ever seen in all my years of watching anime. Those familiar with the manga will know that the content after season 2 has an astronomical drop in quality, but season 2’s material was the best in the series. Yet, for some unknown reason, Cloverworks and the author decided to rewrite the story and condense the entire second half of the manga into 11 episodes and remove one of the best characters in the series. Why? There’s been rumours that the author didn’t like the pacing of Goldy Pond(the arc that should have been adapted this season) and decided to rework things. Out of all the things that went wrong in the second half of the manga, Goldy Pond was not one of them. Now that I’ve got my manga reader tirade out of the way, I’ll explain just how atrocious this season was. “Well, I didn’t read the manga, so I might like it still, right?” No. Even if you were fortunate enough to not read the final half of Yakuneba’s manga, you will still find plenty of faults with this season. For one, the pacing is comically bad. Conflicts are set up and resolved in the span of a few minutes, often with huge leaps in logic. For two, the kids are often put into situations for which they have no training or previous experience and yet able to magically work their way out of with no casualties or so much as a scratch. For three, none of the mystery and tension that the first season or first half of the manga had are present. There’s never a need to fear for anything because you know Emma will talk no jutsu her way out of things. This season is just bad, not just because it butchered a fan favourite arc or cut out a fan favourite character and moments. It’s bad because it’s poorly written, poorly directed and a shadow of the former glory of TPN. Honestly, I thought it would be hard to get worse than the manga, but Cloverworks succeeded here on that front. If you want a somewhat mediocre conclusion to the story, check that out, but even then don’t expect much. Yakuneba S2 gets 2 dumpster fires out of 10.

Hear me out❤️,I don't care what anyone thinks about this season but I enjoyed it and in fact I thought it was amazing, most people who were mad are the ones who read the manga, as a person who didn't, I can say that I absolutely enjoyed every episode of this season. Animation 9/10 Music 10/10 Story 9/10 Voice acting 10/10 Pacing 7/10 Say whatever you want but this season was goated and a great continuation to the story. Yes, the pacing was fast and even tho I didn't read the manga I felt things were rushed abit but I still understood the story. The only thing that I will complain about is that they could have made a third season but iam satisfied with this season overall.

The Promised Neverland was one of the best anime of 2019. In 2021 the highly anticipated second season was finally released, but it was a big disappointment for me. So where did it go wrong? Was it because they choose to not follow the source material? Was it because they rushed the whole story in 11 episodes? Probably both of them were the reason. I didn't read the manga, so I don't actually know if the manga is better or not. If felt like they wrote the key points of the story couldn't connect them. Conflicts are set up and resolved in the span of a few minutes, often with huge leaps in logic. For two, the kids are often put into situations for which they have no knowledge or experience and yet magically work their way out without a scratch. They threw away the character traits and relied on plot armor to make up for their bad writing. They never tried to give a logical explanation behind the events that take place. It felt things are just happening for the sake of plot progression. The animation and sound were pretty decent. The story concept was good, but they couldn't express it properly.

This anime knows how to keep me on the edge of my seat and give me heart palpitations due to its intensity (but I love it!). The character development was lovely to see and I enjoyed how the designs of the characters came to be also. Seeing the characters grow and develop really meant a lot to me after witnessing them in season 1 and I feel astho the anime managed to do them justic. Good points: - Art Style - Unpredictability of what will happen next - Satisfying ending - Good balance of happy moments and intense moments Bad points: - I have brief questions about the odd tiny detail here and there (that may figure itself in a second watch) Overall I enjoyed this season and think I would rewatch it again back to back and see if I missed out on any extra small details that help build up the story. I miss the characters already.

I don't usually write reviews,this is my first one. I had to write this review after seeing so much hate. This season isn't bad, manga readers are just sad that it deviates from manga,but if you are not interested in its manga and are only watching the anime it isn't so bad. It picks up right where the s1 ended,it has good pacing,good story,good ending,good animation and overall it is very enjoyable. My only suggestion is that if you are interested in its manga then don't watch s2 and just go read the manga but if you are an anime only then you should definitely give this a try.

In all honesty, I can not understand why people will hurt such a great anime on purpose. I think that some things could have been better, but it doesn't mean it deserved at 5 mark. Please guys, minimum a seven. Art and sound are good. Animation also on point. The new characters add depth to the story. I believe that we two or 3 more episodes the story could have been showed better. The story was great. I enjoyed the show and the outrigger song is so good. In all honesty, I can not understand why people will hurt such a great anime on purpose. I think that some things could have been better, but it doesn't mean it deserved at 5 mark. Please guys, minimum a seven. Art and sound are good. Animation also on point. The new characters add depth to the story. I believe that we two or 3 more episodes the story could have been showed better. The story was great. I enjoyed the show and the outrigger song is so good.

As someone who watch the anime i recommend it i read manga readers complaining but honestly except the fact that as s2 doesn't keeps you on edge compared to S1 ,the story is good . The story pace was fine as well I'd rather the anime end in 2 seasons then being dragged on forever by adding unnecessary arcs if the story is fine without them . honestly if the story felt weird or cut scenes , then it would make sense adding more but no it was good everything made sense you got a nice ending the smartness of charachters stayed . As someone who just watched anime the anime is good if anyone is more interested in other arcs they can read the manga but even without things that people are mentioning from the manga the story is nice . Are people just complaining about the anime not following the manga 100% accurately? Or for not dragging on with seasons ?? Honestly if there is any complaint it would be the thriller or horror was better in s1 and that's fine S1 had this whole escape situation where it would make sense the charachters the horrors of ,can they escape what will happen next , but s2 they're outside now and have different problems if they added the thriller and horror in all the scenes it'd just feel unnecessary. Maybe the manga is super amazing but not everyone watches anime for accurate manga depiction in anime . As long as they didn't add unnecessary scenes or cut not too major scenes the anime is good . I watched the anime for the story and it was good i liked it . Unless you're not keen on accurate manga depiction or want that thriller and horror all the time I see no point in not watching the s2 . But again the anime is good why not just watch one season and stay happy if you've soo many complaints about s2 (most of which are it not being dragged on or of more seasons). I've seen enough animes where they made too many seasons for manga accuracy and still couldn't finish the anime or make it good this anime kept the story good even with all the arcs or charachters not mentioned. I honestly don't think there's anything wrong with not adding too many arcs anime takes time and budget and if someone told me the anime was not finished because they added all manga arcs i would rather be more mad because of that then having the story finished in 2 seasons with a good ending.

The Promised Neverland season 2, it was indeed awesome. The story answered all the questions I had when I started watching season 1. The characters all developed into what were expected of them. Side stories and supporting characters did their job splendidly. However, in this review, I'd like to talk about the short comings of Promised Neverland 2nd Season, and what could have been done better. First we look at how the story was delivered. Frankly, everything was fine, but it was given to us too quickly. I wish there were more episodes to further emphasize what the story would progress to. I wanted the specifics. The ending was basically summarized into a few minutes, and usually I would love that, if the series was taking too long with it's fillers, but I feel a few minutes of summary could have at least taken up space with two or three episodes. Even if those episodes were just mainly narrated by the main character. Second we look at the genre of the anime. Sci-fi, Mystery, and psychological thriller. Surely these were all present, but were all lacking in certain ways. The sci-fi part of the series was indeed lacking when most of the contents were not specified. Although I do not consider myself to be an expert, but as an amateur, I see that more of this genre had the opportunity to elaborate itself. The mystery part, which was perfectly portrayed in season 1, was demystified in this season, and sadly, I don't see myself wanting to know what happens next, mainly because I know what happens, but I want to see it lay out in front of me. I want it all... lol The psychological and thriller part of the anime, I can't say much on the lacking part for these genres, because I found myself biting on the tips of my nails hoping no one dies. So it worked for me, I guess. However, the delivery of these genres could not fully reach the extent of its potential, due to the graphics/art of the anime. I gave the art an 7 because I am not as captivated as I once was, but perhaps it is because i watched it in 720p, we may never know. Overall, I liked it, but it couldve been better.

Overall: 1/10 Holy shit this turned out to be a big ass fucking rant/essay, so I apologise for anyone who tries reading this whole thing. Before I start this review of TPNL the anime, I just wanna say the manga nosedived beyond belief after the first arc, “Escape from Grace Field”. If we rated that arc at a 9 or 10, the next major arc, “Goldy Pond”, would probably come in at a 6 or 7. Everything after that? 2 or 1. No debate. These are literal facts: if you thought that straight up adapting the manga, panel for panel, into a S2 and beyond was a good idea, you are gravely mistaken and likely VERY stupid, or delusionally obsessed with how good the first arc was in TPNL and riding that arc wayyyyy too hard. TLDR for non-manga readers. TPNL went from a series about carefully considered mind games, great characters with distinct personalities, goals, and agency on the story, and moral complexity/ambiguity to a series of deus ex machinas consequence and unearned kindness and forgiveness, all of which felt entirely unearned. Above all else, Emma became a literal GOD who would never, and I mean NEVER, face any consequences from her actions or be challenged on her beliefs. In essence, pursuing an anime-original route was the right call. If anybody disagrees with this GENERAL notion, I really can’t say anything at this point aside from stop reading this review. Now, did they execute this good, well-intended idea properly? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Everything that made the manga horrible after the first arc has literally just reappeared in the anime, only reskinned. CloverWorks: Hey man, we were hoping to do an anime original route since so many people hated the latter half of the manga you wrote, you know? Kaiu Shirai: Yea sure thing, I’m down with that. CloverWorks: Great, what do you think we should include? Kaiu Shirai: Remember those coincidences and deus ex machinas that ruined the manga? CloverWorks: Uhhhhh yea? Kaiu Shirai: We’ll just reskin them and remove the few good things we had going for us too. That’ll work perfectly! We shouldn’t be blaming CloverWorks, but the man who set our expectations so high only to rip out the ladder from underneath our feet: Kaiu Shirai, who also happened to be “helping guide the direction” of the anime. The pacing was rushed beyond belief and we missed out on a lot of important development (both plot and character) and details in worldbuilding, making it IMPOSSIBLE to get invested in the story, characters, or action. Pathetic. Story: 1/10 Honestly, I don’t even know what the story is about anymore. Sure, Emma wants to go back and save the kids. That’s been the premise from the start. But any points of interest such as the mind games, the challenges to overcome, the UBER VAST multitude of themes that were brought up, such as ends justifying the means, kill or be killed, vegetarianism/religion, euthanasia, etc. were all DROPPED and never seen again after the first arc: this shit went out to get some milk and never came back. First off, pacing. If you think this pacing is good, get your eyes and ears checked. As a byproduct of this rushed pacing, we lose any semblance of character/plot development, WORLDBUILDING (which is sooooo important considering how we’ve expanded the world/setting), and story progression. The ripple effects are bigger than I can put into words. Just think about how Norman was introduced: we had a random timeskip that omitted a bunch of possibilities for character development and worldbuilding, and then lo and behold Norman is alive with no buildup. What an awful joke. Most importantly, the major problem was the prevalence of “coincidences” that are never explained or justified. In the first season, everything happens for a reason. We were either explained the situation beforehand, so we could understand all the possible risks arising from the escape plan and the actions Isabella would take to shut it down, OR, we were left with enough clues to foresee a “twist” happening, such as Sister Krone being hired to help out. We don’t get this at all in S2. Instead, we just get plot conveniences one after another. How do the bad humans find the shelter? We don’t know. Why did the giant demon attack only these evil humans and not the kids standing in front of them? Plot armor? HOW DO THESE KIDS RUN AWAY FROM A GIANT DEMON? Beats me. How do Isabella and the others know shelters even existed, or that they have radios in them? And even if they did know, why the fuck didn’t they trap or destroy all the shelthers? We also don’t know! It’s just a mashup of plot armor and convenience, one after the other, to force the story along. I was watching episode 9, and enjoyed how they portrayed Norman and his followers as having some trace sympathy for demons: their siding with Emma was handled slightly better than the manga, albeit rushed and underdeveloped. But here I was thinking deus ex machinas were gone, when LO AND BEHOLD. Old Man Demon brings out a pen piece, he just HAPPENED to be keeping on him, which also just HAPPENS to contain the entire map of Grace Field, WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO CONTAIN THE CURE TO LAMBDA SEIZURES. Why the fuck, did a cure for Lambda exist 15 years ago, if Lambda wasn’t even completed then? How can you cure an incomplete/unknown ailment. And even then, why/how did it end up at Grace Field instead of staying at the Lambda facility? What? If this isn’t the biggest ass pull I’ve seen in the history of anime, I don’t know what the fuck is. I could go on and on, but I don’t want to make this braindead keyboard review longer than it already is. It’s impossible to get invested in a story, regardless how bad it is, when there are no stakes whatsoever. Not once have I ever watched this season and thought something bad would happen, or that Emma would finally grow up and face some consequences because everytime something bad could possibly go wrong, it doesn’t because the story squirms around like a snake to find an escape route. Disgusting writing and Kaiu Shirai should be absolutely disappointed in himself, especially after writing the Escape From Grace Field Arc. Art: 6/10 Art is alright. Everything is fine, but my biggest concern was with the demons not looking scary enough, compared to the first season: Sonju could’ve looked wayyyyy more menacing and “demonic” when salivating over the thought of eating humans. I’ve seen kids get whipped into a frenzy over pizza rolls, cmon. Sound: 6/10 Nothing standout, but nothing horrible either. It’s serviceable, and the voice acting is pretty good at least. Character: 1/10 Oh boy, if there’s something I hated about TPNL, it’s how character development just disappeared. Kaiu Shirai should become a magician considering how good he is at making things disappear: character development, plot points, fine details, and his fan base. First off, I hate Emma as a character. Not because of her values: I can understand having those idealistic views. Instead, I hate her because she is never challenged on anything and NEVER faces any consequences or difficult decisions. When Norman announced he wanted to kill all the demons, almost ALL the other kids were fully on board with it. Emma is the only one who sees the questionable morality behind this decision. She decides she doesn’t want to kill the demons, because there are good ones like Sonju and Mujika. Do the other kids stop and think about her point? Do they argue that Sonju and Mujika might only be a small minority? Do they bring up how them and others have been mistreated by almost every other demon? NOPE! They just all agree with Emma and side with her instantly, no hesitation or questions asked. What? Any semblance of intelligence and thinking has disappeared from the main cast. Nobody even tries executing the same amount of planning and rational thinking we saw in the first season. Everyone just does stupid things and gets away with it thanks to plot armor. Peter Ratri who has been running these farms for ages,…

(TL;DR at bottom, most of this review will be comparing season 1 and season 2 of TPN. Before I start, I don’t know what happened in the manga, so I won’t be comparing the manga and anime and how they would differ.) “Reality is often disappointing” is a phrase that I would use to describe The Promised Neverland’s second season. Winter 2021 received many subsequent sequels to popular, well-known animes. Most of the sequels, in my opinion, lived up to its prequel. This isn’t the case for The Promised Neverland. Where do I even start? There are many, noticeable problems in (S2), but first, I want to address (S1) comparatively to (S2). (S1) had so many outstanding factors going for it. Despite being part of the shonen category, it had many boastful features that distinguished itself to stand out. Great characters that kept the story rolling, a good story setting (but had much more to be explained and explored, which this season tries to do), anything sound-related fits the tone of what a scene is trying to portray, and CloverWorks never disappointed once to highlight how much of a perfect fit of a studio it was for this work. (S1) delivered a suspenseful thriller with mystery, horror, and psychological elements. What (S2) aims to do is to create something of this nature, but it didn’t even reach the bare minimum. All the special elements of what (S1) gave is gone. Everything. There is no profound feeling when watching (S2). Watching this series fall to this caliber made me feel miserable because like I wrote, there are many features that distinguish itself from other shonens. Characters: 3/10 Emma, in this season, pissed me off. Everyone did. All the characters turn into bland characters that have the most cliché ideals and motives. They don’t surprise me anymore with their clever tactics. They become unrealistic with ideas, and everything works out their way. They are faced with very few difficulties and little hardships - it very much feels that way to me. Very different from (S1). Ray and Norman become Emma’s sidekicks, and they don’t even have their own character to them. Their performance in (S1) is a different story, but in (S2) it felt like a drag to watch the kids explore the world outside of Grace Field House. Many missed opportunities and took the lazy route with all the characters. Story: 3/10 While (S2) follows the story after (S1), the story following (S1) became unknown to everyone on what was prone to happen since it was an anime-original. But to summarize what happened, the story picks up on the kids’ escape, and they find out their lives may be even more at risk than it was, living in their farms. The kids face troubles, hardships, and some of their relationships with characters feel conflicted, blah blah so on, so forth. I’m not going to go deep in details since this is a spoiler-free review. Everything that happens is forced. It’s so boring. All the points in the story that seem crucial and vital are rushed and are missed opportunities to further expand upon. At the end of each episode, the story tries to leave off a cliffhanger with the most generic ideas, and following the start of the next episode, the idea is immediately tossed away for the characters’ own benefits. For example, the end of episode nine and the start of episode ten is so forced. Most of the episodes are poorly developed and written, especially episode ten. Sure, in the earlier episodes, it was alright and somewhat enjoyable, but following that, I couldn’t even keep up with what was happening. A million unanswered questions and plot holes are also very apparent. There was even a time-skip that I was unaware of... bottom line, (S2)’s story is pretty baddd... Art: 6/10 Is it just me or do the kids look a little different? Emma’s face looks different from (S1) - not enjoyable but bearable. It could be a new art style or whatever, but it definitely is comparatively worse than (S1). Either way CloverWorks worked on multiple shows this season, so props to them. I’ve noticed some reviews say the camera angles were inconsistent, but it’s not like (S2) gave me any feeling remote to mystery or suspense - just dissatisfaction. Sound: 6/10 The OP and ED are really nice to listen to, and I would go out of my way to listen to them, but unlike (S1)’s OP and ED, I feel like they don’t contribute to the show in any way. There were no moments in the story either that needed heavy, dramatic music like (S1) did, but I guess (S2) in the sound department is ok. Enjoyment: 5/10 Did I look forward to watching the new episode every week? For the first half, yes. The next half, not so much. All the characters are butchered, the story feels generic, the sound is a downgrade, the art is the same, no emotional feeling swelled up within me for the majority of this season, which contributes to my enjoyment of (S2) being less than average. Overall: 4/10 The Promised Neverland (S2) filled me with false hope and dissatisfaction. I was promised a great series that I could look forward to. For the sake of this review, I watched all the episodes. There are redeemable parts in (S2), which is why I gave it a 4. Putting my opinion out there, but to say that (S2) was a complete atrocity is an overstatement. It does not live up to (S1) in any form, but (S2) is really, really just a poor version of what it could have been. Most parts of it are just mediocre. It’s a shame too since (S1) was one of the first animes that I would consider a near masterpiece as a shonen series. TL;DR: The Promised Neverland is the disappointment of Winter 2021 as a sequel to an anime. Its inability to compare itself to its prequel is what makes it fall short.

I watched the second season on my own, and even though I had heard a lot of mixed opinions about it, I honestly didn’t feel like it was rushed. The pacing worked fine for me, and I was able to enjoy the story without feeling overwhelmed or confused. It’s true that it differs quite a lot from the manga, and I definitely noticed those changes, but it didn’t ruin the experience it just made it feel like a slightly different take on the same world. Even with the differences, I still found it interesting, emotional, and engaging in its own way. Some moments were really strong, and I appreciated that it kept me curious about what would happen next. Overall, I liked it again and I’d give the second season a solid 8/10. It wasn’t perfect, but it was definitely enjoyable and worth watching.

Ok so hear me out, I read the manga right after S1 aired so my hopes were over the roof and when this season came out my hopes were shattered. However, if you perhaps haven't read the manga then you will not be disappointed. The animation is good, the visuals are stunning and the quality is pretty amazing too. It's just that in the manga, it's 10x better. This season omitted A LOT of characters and a few amazing and thrilling arcs. The fights and suspense in the anime could not compare to the thrill I felt when reading the manga. I feel like they could have made the plot follow the manga a lot more. If not exactly the same then atleast keep the fan favourite arc(s) and characters. Overall, I'll give this review a mixed feeling because even though I was heavily disappointed with the adaptation, one could still enjoy watching it if you ignore a few stuff.

"Victim of inexcusable MAL review bombing", AKA "The Promised Neverland Season 2", picks off where the first season left off. And despite a large number of people trying to destroy this show's ratings for god knows what reason, the quality of the show is fairly comparable to the first season. The inevitable genre morphing and change of pace should come as no surprise to anyone who finished Season 1, so don't let yourself be fooled by a bunch of manga purists, and allow yourself to enjoy a second season to a great show. Animation / Art / General Visuals - 9/10 ----------------------------------------------- The high quality visuals continue from the first season, though I will say that the inevitable change in scenery and the progression of the story does lead to somewhat less refined overall package. Not really surprising. After all, it's easier to draw the exact same kids in a single house, than it is to draw them and countless others in a dozen different sceneries. Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 10/10 ------------------------------------------ The sound, music and voice acting is still great. Can't find any real fault with any of that. Story - 8/10 ------------- The kids have finally escaped from the Orphanage, but their struggles are only starting. Being forced to survive in a world where everything wants them dead, they're forced to make the most of their training and determination. The Second season branches out a fair bit from the original premise and genre, but that should come as no surprise. While some people may dislike the direction the story takes, it is an inevitable outcome. You can't write a prison break horror story where folks escape by Season 1, and then somehow have the exact same prison break horror story in S2. That's not how it works. The world and story outside the prison is always going to be different. Season 2 tones down the psychological horror, and falls more into regular shounen'esque style. While there's still some mystery and some horror elements, more time is spent on survival and ultimate goals. The kids are determined to establish themselves outside the orphanage and return to save their siblings as soon as possible. But things are not easy, and a few twists and turns later, will lead them towards far grander goals. The story and ending does feel a little bit rushed, with the resolution especially seeming like it could have been a whole other season, and there are a notable amount of lucky breaks and plot armour moments to allow the protagonists to succeed. But ultimately it's not hard to imagine how with a longer runtime, the show could have patched those issues. And if there was never going to be a S3 for a proper full depth ending, I'll much rather take an Epilogue fueled conclusion over an endless cliffhanger. So I will not hold it against the show too much. Characters - 8/10 --------------------- There's not much change from the first season. Emma and Ray along with Don and Gilda are in the forefront while multiple new and old characters also getting a notable amount of screen time. One can argue that the logic, reasoning, and personal drive believability is pushed to the limits, as some characters get awfully close to not matching their personalities and history, but I do feel like they managed to tip-toe the line just enough. The new characters are interesting in their own right. We get quite a bit of backstory despite the limited run-time, and there's enough to get sufficiently attached to some of them to keep the cast interesting. --- Total - 9/10 --- "Rabid manga fan punching bag", also known The Promised Neverland S2, is a very solid follow-up to a great Season 1. As an anime only watcher I was left plenty satisfied. If you liked the first season, I see no reason why the second season shouldn't be at least decently enjoyable as well.

the promised neverland season 1 had GREAT pacing it felt slow and stuttery and tense which fit the series super well. It adapted chapter 1 to chapter 37 in 12 episodes. giving the anime time to pace itself giving it about 3 chapters of the manga per episode. and since each episode was 22 minutes thats around 264 minutes overall meaning 4 and a half hours of watchtime. meanwhile season 2 adapated the next 144 to get to the end. meaning thats 13 chapters per 1 episode. thats the amount of content of over 4 episodes (a quater of the first season) to just 1 episode. overall coming out to 242 minutes of watchtime overall. which meant it skipped ALOT of important and most importantly good arcs especially goldy pond. the music and atmosphere and stuff like that may have been good but rushing an anime to the end just because is horrible practice. the story may have still been good with all that stuff cut out, but thats just a byproduct of how they chopped up peak meaning they still had peak. i assure ALL anime only watchers that it would have been even better if they had been as faithful as they had with the first season. it would have been MUCH better if they just slowed it down getting all the content in even if never renewed it for a third season.

Watch the first season, then jump over to the manga. Season 1 ends at about chapter 37. Why swap to manga? Because Season 2 attempts to shove the entire rest of the series into 11 episodes. Arcs are cut, butchered, and the ending is turned into a slide show with NO context as to what is being shown. I hadn't read the manga yet, so I had no idea what to expect. I was still heavily disappointed, and was even more disappointed when I figured out how much was cut and changed. If you're a manga reader, stay FAR away from this season, it will infuriate you.

This sequel fully deserves the rating it has. I'm sure, by now, all that had to be said has already been said in the numerous negative reviews. But I'll add to the pile anyway. The second season has a massive tone-shift from the first. It is a completely different genre and doesn't hold up to even 1% of the first season. It is as if an isekai writer — and not even a good one at that — has picked up the series and was tasked with ending it. Well, he ended it alright. Ran it straight into the ground. The events of the second series pick up exactly where the first one left off. And we're immediately shoved into this new magical world full of wonders and dangers... that do not resemble the fauna and flora of the farm in the slightest. It's as if our children lived in Sandy Cheeks's underwater habitat and suddenly, when they go past the wall, they're in Bikini Bottom. I don't think I have to elaborate why that is just bad writing. But all that is fine. You changed the setting, you changed the dynamic, you changed the goals. That is all peachy. Where is stops being peachy is around the halfway mark. I don't want to give any spoilers, but if you thought things were bad until here, they suddenly plummet. Massive character assassinations, all for the sake of progressing the plot. A stupid plot to begin with. And, of course, a very anime-ish Heel-Face Turn because god forbid our protagonists stand for what they believed in 5 minutes ago. Now if you thought episodes 7 or 8 were a plummet, from here it's like a piece of shit detaching from a falcon doing a skydive at 200km/h. Massive plot holes and very, extremely, unequivocally poor — both in taste and execution — plot twists that frankly serve no purpose and are set up and revealed in like a span of 5 minutes. Heck, one of them is set up at the end of an episode and immediately revealed at the beginning of the very next, right after the intro. In fact, had they waited with the plot twist like 5 minutes, they might have had some suspense there for a second, but the action scene that follows lands flat on its face because of this. And to top it all off, we don't even get an impactful ending to the story. The best analogy I have for that ending is: you're falling to your death; the end is in sight; you can taste it! The sweet release of death after an arduous journey. But just before you hit the ground, you actually fall on a whoopee cushion (like a small one, not big enough to save your life) that makes a fart sound and literally ruins even your death. I cannot comprehend how we can go from a season 1 that, I would argue, rivals the writing levels of Death Note (both in tension and intensity) to a season 2 that is a subpar isekai. My advice: consider the ending of season 1 as all there is. The kids escaped and they lived happily ever after. The end. You can come up with head cannon that is better than this.

The first season of The Promised Neverland wasn’t as good as many say. It had a cool thriller atmosphere, but it was just jump scares around fairly bland characters. The second season on the other hand doesn’t waste any time in showing you how worse it is by ruining even that. 1) The adaptation stopped following the source. And sure, it’s the execution that matters and not how faithful of an adaptation a series is. Yet even there it didn’t try to offer a better version of that lukewarm soup the manga had turned into. It was even worse than that! 2) Nobody died on the side of the good guys for making the world outside the orphanage to seem like a dangerous place. As if that wasn’t enough of a problem, even characters who were supposed to be dead or about to be killed in the first season and proof of why the demons pose a deadly threat, return alive and more powerful than ever before. Meaning, this new setting doesn’t feel deadly despite being far more savage than their secure life within the walls, since the fear of death no longer exists. 3) The children know what they are up against. In the first season it was mostly hidden or implied. They weren’t sure who was with them or against them and most of them didn’t even know about the demons. Their fear was more psychological than physical and it was essentially an internal conflict. Now it’s just a bunch of monsters which they know of, they clearly see, and which they can outrun. Heck, one of them can outright kill multiple demons with no problem. The adversaries come off as pathetically weak compared to what they were before. Heck, there is a scene where elite soldiers with machineguns get bested by a bunch of kids with sticks and stones. 4) Since there never were any actual life or death situations during the first season, nobody was in any immediate threat of getting killed, and thus nobody needed to be saved on the spot. The second season ruined even that, because now the characters need to be saved all the time and at the last possible moment, which means they got a lot of plot armor and most of the tension is fake. For example, those soldiers from before never try to kill the children. Even when they manage to capture them, a monster conveniently appears out of nowhere for a last moment save and doesn’t attack the children, despite being sitting ducks. It attacks the elite soldiers with machineguns who are of course incapable to stop it and are wiped out, while the kids with the sticks and stones have no problem running away with no casualties and while injuring it. 5) The characters have freedom of movement. During the first season they were trapped within the walls and felt helpless to do something about it. Now they are out in the open and can go anywhere they want, including the option to run away from the danger. That wasn’t the case before, when the thing that could kill you was right next to you and you couldn’t do anything about it. 6) Another appeal of the first season was the mysterious setting, since nobody knew what exactly is going on with the world. What are these demons, where are the rest of the humans, what is going on with society? It was pure mysterybait for the pretentious overthinkers to make up any bull theories they want and for the vegans to keep proclaiming the show to be about not eating meat. Well, that’s gone once they got the answers to all their questions. 7) Even the exposition is bad, since most of the explanations are infodumped on the viewer instead of us seeing what is going on. A ton of things happened out of screen and the viewer is supposed to be content with a brief mentioning of them. There is a facility where they experiment on people and create a magic gas for killing everything, all of which are described in a flashback that squeezed material for an hour, in about 15 minutes. 8) Some plot threads even feel like they lead nowhere. That woman from the first season who magically became a good guy in the last episode and everyone instantly and idiotically felt sorry for all the terrible things she had done, returns and she’s evil again. So, is it okay to hate her again until you instantly like her again? What’s with this sudden flip flop? Well, it doesn’t matter since this plot thread goes nowhere. Despite promising to capture the children she does nothing for the rest of the show until they come to her in the last episode and she reveals she was good all along. What was the point of this nonsense? 9) This issue is like a natural follow up of what had happened in the first season. None of the characters matter. There is a ton of kids that run along with the main trio, a truckload of demons who are after them, and you are never given any reason to care about them. It was always about the thrills of what will the demons do to the kids if they ever capture them, which never happens. None of these characters matters to the viewer, because none of them do something worthy of his attention. Which is why when a massacre happens in the finale, the viewer doesn’t feel a thing. And that is how a show that began as psychological survival horror, and which was never that good to begin with since the characters were all dull, degraded to a forgettable borefest. It was a sham all along.

As a huge fan of the manga and the first season, I was incredibly disappointed with this. While the first season was one of my favorites of all time, this slaughterhouse (pun intended) felt like a completely different show, and not in a good way. The biggest issue for me was that they left out LITERALLY THE BEST ARC from the entire series and one of the best character, which was a huge disservice to the source material. The pacing was off, and the story felt rushed and disjointed, making it difficult to connect with the characters and their struggles. Furthermore, the changes from the source material were unnecessary and didn't add anything to the story. To make matters worse, the animation quality was inconsistent, and the last episode featured a like a slideshow shit that was a disgrace to the series and the fans. Overall, I was extremely disappointed with the second season of 'The Promised Neverland,' and it's a shame to see such a fantastic series being mishandled in this way. What god do I have to pray to, to get this series a Brotherhood adaptation?

Edit: What the hell? So people here gave low score to this anime because of the MANGA!? I'm not a manga reader, but you shouldn't give score to an anime by it's manga... Instead of go to it's manga review and give score there, it's not a bad anime, the score should be around 7.5/10. Don't listen to top reviews here, if you liked the 1st season, it's worth to watch those 11 episodes of the 2nd too. Without any spoilers: I can't understand why the 2nd season of this anime got lower than 6/10, while it was as great as the 1st season. Also i was sceptical to start this season because of the review i've red here, bulls*it... This season is deserves more that a 5.6. I have to say that the first 4-5 episode of the season is starts a bit slowly, but the 1st season had those kinda boring episodes too. If you start to watch this anime without any expectation, you won't be disappointed. It's still a great anime, i gave it 7/10 because i usually watching animes these days because i got nothing better thing to do. So if any episodes gets me bored i pause it and play with geoguesser or watch a YouTube video then i keep continue to watch that episode. (If it happens i won't give 10/10 to that anime, also i could fall asleep on AOT episodes too, so i give fair points in my opinion).