Chapter 38

The Promised Forest (いの) is the thirty-eighth chapter of The Promised Neverland manga. It is adopted into episode 13 of the anime.

Synopsis
Sees the aftermath of the children’s escape, namely with Isabelle berated for her failure, as well as the demons setting about mounting an operation to retrieve Emma and the rest.

Plot
Isabella receives a reprimand for letting the kids escape. The demons arranged a pursuing party to capture them dead or alive. The kids walk through a forest with much different flora than the forest at Grace Field. Emma has a compass that she is using. The kids start getting tired, so they take a break to have breakfast. Emma skips breakfast and acts as a lookout when Ray brings her water and tells her that he hasn't seen any signs of wild predators. Ray takes her place as lookout and apologizes, vowing to live and protect his family. They start walking again, Emma deciding to check a river to see if it has drinkable water. After that she plans to head south to see Minerva in B 06-32. Ray, confused about the area, is given a pen that was given to Norman from Krone. When taking it apart and twisting it, a display shows. As Ray looks at the display which shows the owl with a morse code circle and B 01-14, Thoma notices that Lani disappeared in thin air. While calling for Lani, Ray realizes that no one else is answering either, saying that they've all disappeared.

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

Trivia

 * This chapter starts the Promised Forest Arc.
 * The events occurred in this chapter took place in 15 January 2046, during Ray's "birthday". Evident when Ray apologized to Anna for sacrificing her braids to save him, Anna instead wished Ray a happy birthday.