the super hyped the promised Neverland! Was it that amazing or just overhyped! So
what's up guys Foxen here! you got the recently released promised Neverland
episode one. here's my initial thoughts just keep in mind I did go into this
blind. I heard some great things about the series but I really went out of my
way to avoid spoilers about it. I just new it involved orphans and
potentially escaping. Also this being as shonen anime. would it be like one
piece or more like my hero academia or even black clover? if you really want to
go whole school how about Naruto or bleach? and about the hyped up parts I've
actually seen a lot of comparisons to Death Note and even Attack on Titan so
two top tier anime setting that bar quite high. first off what the hell is
the promised Neverland? For the story setting you got this weird orphanage in
the middle of nowhere. they're going with the classic shown in
set up two guys and one girl. finally confirm that's a girl I'm like 80% sure
but really Emma was actually the one that stood out for me. you then have the other
the two guys along with her that are in the top three. one being athletic and the
other one more strategic. for this first episode you do meet some of the other
orphans not really too much from them although just enough to get something
out of them they exist. as expected this first episode is purely a setup for this
promised neverland world is it actually gonna be like Neverland? you really get
the most from the orphans from their little game of tag but most importantly
the outside is super bad! you're told multiple times to be suspicious about
the gates and the supposed dangers outside. this combined with them being
freakin branded really just that's your imagination run wild for a little while.
anyway getting into some of the minor negatives a surprisingly the initial
premise regarding the orphanage was pretty predictable. I mean they aren't
exactly subtle about it. something has to happen to kick this story into gear.
it feels like when the walls have to come down for Attack on Titan to get
kicked off or for isekai anime for the main character to die in some way
before meeting their beloved goddess. that's why i gotta give it a pass. As for
an actual potential negative in this first episode you do get a lot of
dialogue stating what everyone is good at and what their weaknesses are in
other words let me just tell you instead of show you what the character traits
are. I'm really hoping that this is only a distraction or
it's gonna make me think is this one of those typical Shonen, other words
are they just gonna continue spoon feeding you all these things which is
fine I guess. I just hope that is much more than that.
either way all of this actually leads into the grand reveal while watching
this I really had to table guesses oh these kids they're either gonna be
eating them? or they're gonna be doing weird
experiments with them? ding dong this orphanage is actually a frickin human
meat farm. Oh delicious how do you want your human medium-rare for me! what I
didn't expect was the monster or alien twist. I'm still not sure what exactly
those are I still got trigger on the brain so I'm leaning towards aliens. this
now listen to some of the strong points for this promised Neverland
which were the actual visuals for the grand reveal. I mean that censor of choice
for the poor little blonde girls body in that blues syrup aha I could feel that
too the expression on Emma and the other kid. you could just taste the sweet
terror from them finding out about something they definitely shouldn't have.
I really got that horror movie vibe. that being said the alien or monster
thing does like a bit generic. Who knows maybe it'll creep me out or get
more interesting later. on the other hand that mama lady definitely some potential
nightmare fuel going on with her. for the actual tale here they set up a pretty
standard escape story for the trio. to be honest I'm actually not too worried
about them although I do like how they managed to spice things up the three of
them are the top students for kids so they might be able to escape but you
actually has the potential dead weight to carry that's gonna be fun and
interesting I'm predicting right now then like half of them won't even make
it. naturally I'm sure that involve a lot of suffering for the main trio directly
or indirectly. the only question that really got me wondering is what part
does their intelligence play? in like the middle of the episode you saw the
orphan is doing some type of test. towards the end of episode you see the
monster with the score list from there's. this is actually why I was leaning
towards them being used for experiments so who knows? perhaps it's like massaging a
cow for Kobe beef. a smart happy orphan is that much more delicious. overall for
the promised Neverland episode one this episode does follow some very familiar
story beats and it potentially has all the characters telling you instead of
showing you what their unique character traits are. also the premise about the
orphanage being used as a human meat farm really isn't anything new for
horror although I can't exactly think of some prime example for anime which is
why I definitely gotta say the first episode got me on board. I'm really
curious to see what this ultimately leads up to. I think partially I am
giving it a pass just because of how much hype I've heard about the current
story. I really have a feeling that the main trio is gonna take a page out of
Subaru for the upcoming suffering but anyway more important let me hear
from you! did you like the promised Neverland Episode one? what did you think
about the twist about the human meat farm? Was it too cliche? did you have any
problems with it? Is the Art style too weird for this anime? and have you even
seen it or maybe you're interested now? and I don't know perhaps I'll do a
follow-up video just to give you my thoughts after the first three episodes.
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