Chapter 34

Action ③ (③) is the thirty-fourth chapter of The Promised Neverland manga. It is adopted into episode 11 of the anime.

Synopsis
Norman pre-emptively thought that Ray will sacrifice himself by setting up a fire so that they would escape. The rest prepare for the escape.

Plot
We open with a little more explanation for how they faked Ray’s death before flashing back further to when Norman began constructing this plan. The manga gets a bit flashback happy here, although it’s still fairly easy to follow. Norman discovered Ray’s plan himself, which helped him to construct his own. Although I really have to wonder if it was so easy for Norman to find where Ray hid materials all these years that they really never went discovered by Mother? He left a message for Emma in the trees near the edge of the farm. Pulling even the younger kids in, Emma made that plan a reality. We flashback to a few more instances before Norman died, like when they met with Sister Krone and learn that many of the younger children learned the truth that day by spying on the meeting.

Reaching the wall Emma prepares to get everyone climbing. However Ray notices something. At the same time Mother decides that she won’t let them escape. She’ll merely recapture them all. Just then little Phil tugs on Mother’s dress as Ray wonders if everyone is really there with them.

Research Elements
In this chapter we have the following Research Elements:

Trivia

 * Norman gave Emma (through Gilda and Don) a key mould and a pen (which later proves useful) which he got from Krone.
 * Emma tells four other kids when they were asking Krone.