Not that the trademark mystery-solving and cat-and-mouse outwitting is absent, but The Promised Neverland yet again frames the latter in a different matter: all-out battle. Hence the modus operandi of this volume - pure grit.
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Just when we think we’ve grown desensitized from the series’ core impetus - ending the demons’ cycle of farmed children - the series stoically rips off the bandage first applied after Volume 1’s poor Connie and mercilessly pours salt on the wound. As always, artist Posuka Demizu’s terrifying expressions act in tandem, raw trauma running fresh through every survivor as circus music signals their predators’ arrival. Whereas Grace Field Orphanage’s homely warmth masked the truth as Emma and the others plotted their escape, Goldy Pond never lets you forget it’s a living nightmare - the former sanctuary for child escapees, mirroring that of a Disneyland playground, now regularly runs red with blood as a hunting ground.
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Since 2016, readers of Kaiu Shirai’s horror thriller know The Promised Neverland never hesitates with enforcing soul-destroying despair within this demon-eat-man world, and Emma’s meeting with Goldy Pond’s resistance group - headed by Lucas, an old friend of The Man - is its grimmest poignancy thus far.Ĭhilling as it may be, The Promised Neverland bewitches most when it reminds us what’s at stake here, and Goldy Pond’s horror show is its most morbid yet. It says something about The Promised Neverland‘s stunning quality that Volume 9’s mid-way twist - confirming a long-lost character’s survival - isn’t its most jaw-dropping moment if anything, I’d suggest it’s impossible to pick, considering Volume 9’s immaculate blend of survival and mystery renders it the series’ most riveting since the very first volume.