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By this point, Emma and Norman's experiences had changed them in such different directions that they now had a real philosophical conflict over how to deal with the demons. After that reveal, a reunion was inevitable but separating the characters for so long made the reunion all the more emotional. In the manga, finding out Norman was alive was a genuine shock. If The Promised Neverland anime is truly going an original storytelling route, however, it shouldn't be treating plot events from the source material as mere bullet points to check off without proper build-up.
To its credit, this episode has some good scenes tackling how Emma's lost her optimism after so much time doing nothing more than barely supporting the other kids. There could be something interesting about an alternate take on The Promised Neverland that's less concerned with mystery-solving and more focused on the drudgery of survival. RELATED: The Promised Neverland Anime Completely Breaks From the Mangaĭespite what some hardcore fans might believe, changing an anime from its source manga is not inherently a bad thing. The anime, in contrast, has practically eliminated all of the adventures up to this point. While the manga also included a time skip, the passage of time there felt more natural because the story had spent more time showing the kids' adventures before the skip. With a six-month time skip between Season 2's fourth and fifth episodes, the Cultivada arc, which established essential aspects of the series' mythology, has also been eliminated. It was already known that the Goldy Pond arc, the part of the manga where the Norman reveal occurs, was being cut from the anime. In the anime, those 88 chapters have been cut down to a mere seven episodes, sapping the reunion of its emotional impact. It's another 44 chapters between that reveal and his reunion with Ray and Emma. In the original Promised Neverland manga by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu, there are 44 chapters between Norman's sacrifice and the reveal to readers that's he's actually alive. WARNING: This following contains spoilers for The Promised Neverland Season 2, Episode 5, now streaming on Funimation and Hulu.