what is going on with the promise neverland?
why is it going anime original since the promised neverland season 2 started it's been skipping
content, first chapters and now outright skipping arcs.
If you're a hardcore fan you should be pissed so let's find out why did the promised neverland
anime make so many drastic changes!
Smash that like and subscribe let's go over the recent episode changes plus some juicy
stuff i found on the japanese side of things.
Kicking this off with episode 1 you had the giant cg monster chasing the kids from the
getgo.
The change up here the little kiss could outrun the monster no problem you even had Emma running
while carrying a kid she must be a ACKERMAN.
For some removed chapters the whole manga scene of them falling down underground got
axed.
This involved discovering some carnivorous plants i guess screw world building?
Part of this was meant to show how resourceful Emma and the group were from reading and learning
about the outside world from the books.
In reality for the first episode it was mostly the same the anime did add some things that
you could argue could make up for the various cuts although it did speed through the most
amount of chapters.
Unfortunately not the worst offender.
Episode 2 you'll instantly notice Emma's faces her expressions getting super toned down for
the anime especially her feeling fear and anger.
To be fair i do think this is similar to what season 1 did for the part about the demon
giving the history lesson.
It was all talk in the anime the manga actually showed you the various demons and humans fighting
throughout history.
This included a certain owl figure responsible for the current state of the world.
Throughout this episode and a lot of the others you had Emma and Ray’s and her thoughts
removed for this episode and the ones that followed you did have the anime removing Mujica
and the demons speaking in their own language.
This is a recurring thing so i guess the anime just didn't want to bother.
Episode 3 the anime actually skipped over the every imagery of the mass-produced kids
used as livestock don't show the kitties this.
For an actual major change in the anime so far the anime did give you Emma receiving
this amulet but in the anime there's no longer any mention of the seven walls.
this is a major plot detail you're going to see as we go along and this keeps on coming
up for Mujica’s buddy his reason for actually helping the kids got abridged.
Anyway getting into the actual major change that everyone realized the guy Yugo got completely
removed in the anime which means the anime officially diverted as soon as Emma and the
guys got to this hideout.
Yugo was supposed to be this last survivor of this previous group he escaped from his
farm 13 years ago.
Perhaps in the anime timeline Yugo either died or tried to flee to the special human
zone. it really sucks the guy is no longer around to give Emma a warm welcome.
No fun for Emma now especially Emma smashing some family jewels and just to confirm with
you i was in disbelief.
i thought perhaps this could be a different hideout.
perhaps a kid stopping at this place then moved to a different one however at the end
of episode 3 you got this special room which pretty much confirms it being the same hideout.
It did get changed up a bit for the anime you got help instead of poachers tagged on
the wall no more mention of poacher since you'll see something else got cut.
Thankfully episode 4 does give you a close-up of the names the upper four names are now
absent or cut off.
For the anime looking at the secret room the kids stumbled upon from playing the piano
in the manga there also was a secret area except it was this armory super jam-packed
with weapons.
For the anime that's completely absent.
Now for the spot where you would have found Yugo instead the anime gives you this empty
room with a bunch of monitors i don't know if the anime made this as a sick joke but
they actually left the same teacup and the expired cookies on the table.
It matches the manga except for someone obviously missing.
Instead for the anime Emma and the friends are now greeted with a single letter.
i will point out how this letter did exist in the manga except they randomly found it
in one of the ancient books.
you won't be surprised that the anime cut out some of the letter it read: should you
want to go beyond merely living in peace then use your pen and head here.
A new location was given.
Next up episode 4.
continuing from the previous episode he actually had the call from William.
Emma originally didn't get the phone call from William until much later chapter 72 that
wouldn't be until four to five episodes later if the anime was following the manga.
Besides the anime giving you this early you got a good chunk of the phone call removed.
William is actually James.
He revealed himself to be the 35th head of the family who made the promise a thousand
years ago.
It was his duty to act as his representative between a human and demon world.
James revealed he actually had constructed this path located in Goldy pond to the human
world but at the time that Emma received the phone call the path had already been sealed
off.
Thankfully all hope was not lost.
James revealed other locations to a path to the human world one of them included the grace
field house.
James went on to encourage them to search for the seven walls previously mentioned by
Mujica.
i'm gonna get to the seven walls and the Goldy pond in a little bit.
Anyway getting to the hideout getting raided get this this wouldn't happen until three
arcs later hell the anime kicked him out of their home before the time skip what a shame
cause the manga gave the group a huge loss here.
it was devastating.
You had kids getting killed off left and right in their escape.
As for a better surprise we actually have Isabella getting reintroduced here let me
just mention i don't mind this changeup the anime brought her back a lot sooner.
Compare this to the manga where Isabella didn't come back until the second final arc it was
practically the final.
naturally the whole deal with her is anime original.
we got her being allowed to go after the kids in exchange for her freedom.
i'll just say in the manga this deal and this whole conversation never happened.
Without getting into the spoiler details if anything is the complete opposite which is
why i'm awfully curious to see how this mess turns out who knows the anime may kick ass
with this change up.
Episode 5 so this jumps all the way to chapter 102.
they did it season 2 officially skipped three arcs this episode.
none of them were filler arcs by the way .that’s an anime time skip for your ass. most of this
episode was anime original especially anything involving those two demons chasing them.
i guess the anime just added this chase scene to take up some time.
as a slight positive i do like that the anime tried to make you sympathetic for them.
for the actual demon Temple hideout this is another mind-boggling thing.
originally Emma and the group were searching for this tempo for a way to get closer to
the seven walls the tempo gave them this clue about day and night now.
Compare this to the anime where it seems like they're just randomly staying there as their
current hideout.
Let me also point out that Emma got to this demon temple before they got raided at their
hideout so they're really just jumbling everything together.
Along with Isabella appearing here's Norman.
this is probably the final straw in the manga you wouldn't find out he's still alive until
chapter 74.
Episode wise that wouldn't be until five episodes later but notice Norman didn't meet up with
Emma until chapter 118 which would have been about two thirds into the series.
For the anime that wouldn't be until seasons later so how astonishing was this one anime
episode?
Episode 5 just skipped about 4 arcs worth of content i now know the pain for tokyo goul
manga fans.
For the actual Goldy Pond arc skipped which is a fan favorite it involved Emma and Ray
going into poacher territory.
They actually learned to use those weapons they had.
On top of this both of them went through the trouble of learning to survive in the outdoors
killing these monsters.
Ray and Emma look like they were about to die by the end of it.
Part of this involved Emma finding this human hunting ground they were hunting these kids
as a sport in this playground. if you ever seen the anime or series it had a Gantz feel
to it.
For poor Emma it actually gave her a taste of seeing kids dying firsthand.
My god the anger she found compare this to the anime who needs character development?
Post this Goldy Pond incident Emma was determined as hell to find the seven-wall place and forge
a new promise.
You already saw how the anime didn't even mention any of that.
Either it got retconned or the anime will heavily simplify it.
I will ask you to notice the opening it actually included Ray and Emma getting those updated
jackets one that they get for this skipped arc they even left a vacant spot for the missing
Yugo come on this is a cruel cruel timeline.
So let's get into it why they change them why is the promised neverland season 2 going
anime original?
It's no surprise you got a tokyo Ghoul Turn A comparison.
I did research to see if there was any official reason for the anime changes was there anything
from the promised Neverland author.
any tweet or blog post?
Anything from the anime studio?
Part of this research even pushed back this video for me.
Surprisingly almost nothing from either the author or the anime studio except this little
gem from the japanese side of things.
Detailed in this japanese news article turns out they did actually announce some anime
changeups at the jump festival in 2020.
what those changes would be for the anime were not outlined so turns out they did warn
you it just went under the radar.
My japanese research buddy did find this tweet from an animator.
According to them it's not the studio's fault for the changes they're claiming that it's
the promised Neverland author who made the call.
if you got any complaints about what's going on in the anime totally understandable but
please complain to the author instead of the studio so things are getting interesting.
Couple things to keep in mind this animator went ahead and deleted those tweets.
i think it just got too much attention.
We were able to confirm this is an animator but unfortunately we can't confirm that they're
actually working on this promised neverland anime.
For some fun stuff some actual japanese fan reaction to what's going on you won't be surprised
that they're not too happy either.
the promise neverland has trended on japanese twitter but it's mostly people being pissed
off at the state of the anime especially after episode 5.
so now my thoughts speculation speculation speculation.
The promised neverland manga is over it ended last year.
Perhaps the production committee didn't see any benefit monetarily in doing a full anime
adaptation.
not when the final arcs would be animation heavy for battles.
It's practically non-stop action or worse it could have just turned this into the cg
festival if they were trying to do it cheap.
Even the skipped Goldy Pond arc would have required a lot of resources since it is battle
heavy.
In case you are new to the world of anime production anime is made with the intention
to promote manga sales and hopefully sell a crap ton of merch.
It is common to see manga sales double or even multiply more with the anime starting.
Even a simple anime announcement gives the manga a huge sales boost.
Unfortunately with the promise neverland manga being over you're really left with two choices
either no more season 2 no more anime or do this what if story and end the anime much
much sooner.
Hardcore fans may not like the anime going anime original but at the same time the fan
of backlash would give the anime more attention especially pissed off fans comparing and complaining
about the differences like this video!
Putting it bluntly it is a crappy way to treat the fans.
If you're anime only just know that a lot of fans do consider the series peaking in
the Goldy Pond arc which makes it even more unfortunate at being skipped over.
A lot of fans were not happy with how the series ended but those issues started long
before the final arc. perhaps this could be playing with the key into the story changes
going forward.
you might be wondering how about the author involvement did they really decide this? why
are they letting this happen?
For an anime project technically the original author is always involved in some way. to
what extent really varies from one anime project to another.
For example the Attack on Titan creator Isayama has been super involved in the anime.
he's been there in person to oversee the voice actor performances.
he's worked with the studios to make any anime updates and so on.
On the flip side you have cases where the author isn't involved maybe they don't care.
maybe they're just too busy with their own weekly series.
practically all of these authors are working non-stop to get their manga series out weekly.
There's cases of authors offloading the anime responsibilities to an assistant.
let them sign off.
in other words being completely hands off.
let me stress for the promised neverland anime the extent that the author is involved is
unknown although i'm predicting that eventually some news of this tragedy will ooze out.
One thing is certain expect anything coming out of the promised neverland author to be
positive about the anime.
don't expect them to badmouth the anime or studio.
unless they're stupid or they slip up you're not going to see them burning any bridges.
Even if they don't like what's going on it really is just business not to talk crap.
not to mention it wouldn't be very japanese of them to voice any concerns loudly.
If anything does pop out from the author expect it to be while the anime isn't airing but
is it really all bad? is there anything positive i could say about the anime?
As a manga reader i do notice them putting more emphasis on other characters.
in the manga anyone that isn't from the main group anyone that is in Emma is pretty much
forgettable.
At least from the first episodes you do have the anime focusing on the other kids helping
out instead of it mostly being the Emma show.
That said it does feel that whatever positive there was just got wrecked with the latest
episode 5.
let me give you my prediction for this messy anime.
The anime did show Emma this new map when they entered the word future into the hologram
pen.
i'm predicting the anime will still lead the group over to the special location except
this time without putting any blood sweat or tears.
what a shame the seven walls won't feel the same if it's just handed over.
Watch them randomly stumble upon it.
Given how Norman is already introduced i'm calling it now the anime is gonna rush it
they're gonna try to wrap up everything in this super messy fashion in season two.
For hardcore fans it really is a shame since the anime feels like a discount imitation.
this watered-down anime version is simply a what if. why do you have a sneaking suspicion
that they're gonna make a live-action sequel and adapt this story.
if you did like the promised neverland season 1 anime i highly suggest reading the manga.
The anime does adapt the first 37 chapters pretty well.
i would start from chapter 38.
go ahead read the manga catch up then cry or laugh with us watching the anime and i
thought Ex-arm was a train wreck this season but The promise Neverland season 2 we're not
letting you fly under the radar.
So definitely let me know what do you think about this promise Neverland mess?
Are you pissed off with it going anime original?
Anyone still watching?
Or have you given us?
And if you are enjoying it what are the positives changes?
Unfortunately it feel like it’s gone into car crash territory
S definitely let me know down below!
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