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Entrepreneur Hiroyuki (Hiroshi Nishimura) reported on his X account that he had finished reading all 20 volumes of “The Promised Neverland,” calling it a “brainy manga where the escape from the orphanage plays out like a Kaiji-style battle of wits” (Kaiji being the famous psychological gambling manga/anime), and praising its “beautiful ending that pays off a massive web of foreshadowing in a way you wouldn’t expect from a Weekly Shonen Jump series — good stuff,” giving it 4 out of 5 stars. This sparked discussion. On 5ch, while some commenters agreed with the rating itself, the conversation expanded into the long-standing split in opinion over the series’ shift toward a battle-manga direction after the orphanage escape, as well as the backstory of the heavily-criticized 2021 anime second season, which diverged sharply from the source material.
Entrepreneur Hiroshi Nishimura (Hiroyuki), 49, updated his X (formerly Twitter) account by the 17th, rating the popular manga as having a “beautiful ending.”
Hiroyuki reported: “Finished reading all 20 volumes of ‘The Promised Neverland.’ It’s a brainy manga where the escape from the orphanage plays out like a Kaiji-style battle of wits.”
He also rated it, saying: “After that it turns into more of an action series, but it wraps up by paying off a massive web of foreshadowing at the end — a beautiful ending you wouldn’t expect from a Weekly Shonen Jump series. Good stuff. ★★★★☆ 4 stars.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
And the live-action movie too
Read all of 20th Century Boys first, then say that again
Yeah, don't need foreshadowing that was obviously planted just so it could be 'paid off' later
But I love the subtle kind where you suddenly go 'wait, THAT connects to THIS?!'
Season 2 was the bad one, season 1 wasn't that bad
Is it actually good?
The source material was at least edible, but the original creator themselves turned the anime into garbage
'Crap-ish' and 'crap' are different things, you know
If it had run in Sunday or Magazine it probably wouldn't have gotten this much praise
Same deal as Yoshimoto (the talent agency) force-pushing their comedians
That one's the real masterpiece Hiroyuki himself would rave about, no question!
The opening setup feels like 'Never Let Me Go,' but it turns into a battle manga and becomes a much bigger-scale story
There are plenty of series that do wrap up their foreshadowing properly but drag on forever with a sagging middle
I remember thinking Jump was on a hit streak back then, then Dr. STONE came along not long after
Even the ebooks, I only bought up to that point lol
made his fans furious
One Piece, for instance, is just way too stretched out now
It turned into a 'what even is this' kind of show
Even Narou (web-novel site) stuff sets up foreshadowing too, you know
Couldn't agree more
After the escape it just became anything-goes, so I stopped reading partway through
So I don't actually know how it ends
Oh, guess I gotta read Mii-Yama too then
Don't spoil it, don't spoil it lol
I'm rereading Attack on Titan, and I noticed — oh, whenever this part of the story comes up, it's these particular characters (the ones tied to that scene) who get drawn in
I saw that kind of thing in another manga I read recently too, so if you pay attention to it you might be able to connect the dots
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
“The Promised Neverland” ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2016 and concluded after 20 volumes. It became a hit thanks to its shocking early twist — that the orphanage children were secretly being raised as food for demons — but after the escape from the orphanage, the series shifted toward a battle/action direction, and opinion on it has long been divided. The anime’s first season (2019) was generally well received, but the second season (2021), constrained by its episode count, cut and altered large portions of the source material, drawing harsh criticism from fans — a point that keeps coming up repeatedly in the thread. Commenters split between the “it’s still good after the escape” camp and the “it lost steam after the escape” camp, and that same divide shows up in the mixed reactions to Hiroyuki’s “beautiful ending” rating itself. Note that the claim circulating in the thread — that the original creator was personally involved in making the anime’s altered version worse — is stated as fact by some posters but isn’t backed by any verifiable primary source, so it should be treated with caution.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports News+) thread “What popular manga is Hiroyuki praising? ‘Pays off a massive web of foreshadowing at the end… a beautiful ending. Good stuff.’“
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