Yakusoku no Neverland, aka The Promised Neverland is not necessarily a masterpiece, but with its amazing overall story, and characters it sure as hell is close to being one.
This review will be as spoiler free as possible, but I will mention the general feel of the show, so if you have no idea what this show is about, then you should avoid reading this review.
Now with the warning out of the way, the promised neverland as the title of the show suggests, follows the story of a group of children who are raised to believe that outside the orphanage there is a wonderful and amazing world. This however, is not the truth, in fact what awaits them is nothing close to a promised land, it is in fact a major nightmare.
This nightmare is portrayed perfectly in this show, with the use of a lot of dramatic scenes, amazing characters and amazing writing. There were a few moments within the show where I was genuinely terrified over the safety of our amazing protagonists. Furthermore, this show also manages to make some wonderful wholesome moments to contrast the very dark themes in the show.
Furthermore, the story within this anime is very unique, and I personally have never seen a story quite similar to this one, and as such I will have to call the story outstanding. I really love seeing new themes being explored within anime, and having an amazingly written, and completely original story really makes me on edge to see what will happen next within the anime.
For art I will consider both the Aesthetics (ie how the show looks) and the animation, since I feel that animation should also fall under the art style of the anime.
In regards to Aesthetics, I am not really a fan of how the characters within this show look like. However, the themes of this show really come out with this current art-style and as such I will have to admit that it is in this regard pretty good.
In regards to Animation, I feel some scenes in this season aren't really animated properly, but there is nothing too bad in this regard, as such I believe that an overall 7/10 will suffice.
The music within this anime always seems to fit the theme, and the voice actors portray their characters really well.
There are only 2 soundtracks which genuinely attracted my attention, as such I believe the score of 8/10 is pretty fair, since the music is good, but I wouldn't classify it as a masterpiece.
As I have previously mentioned, one of the strongest aspects within this show are its really interesting, and very well written characters. Each character within this show, both the main characters and some of the sider characters, have their own unique personalities, their own likes, dislikes and general ideas.
I definitely was on the edge of my seat throughout this entire anime, and there wasn't a single moment when I was bored, or felt that the show was uninteresting.
I highly recommend this anime, and if you wish to watch something new, unique and exciting, by all means, give this anime a go.
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