Volume 20

Beyond Destiny (運命の向こう岸) is the twentieth and last volume of The Promised Neverland manga series.

Synopsis
Back at Grace Field House, Emma faces Peter with the future of the demon world hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, something unexpected is happening in the demon capital. Can the children finally escape to the human world? And what fate awaits Emma at the end of her long journey?

Plot
Being the final installment, we learned about everything. We did see the fate of demons under their new royal regime that was set up in the last volume. In turn, we saw the fate of the farms as well as the conclusion to Grace Field standing up to Peter Ratri. We learned what kind of promise Emma made, and we saw the end of their journey.

Cover and Volume Illustration
This cover shows all of the current children in a group, smiling togehter.

Chapters

 * 172. Free (自由)
 * 173. Prisoners
 * 174. A New World, Part 1 (新しい世界①)
 * 175. A New World, Part 2 (新しい世界②)
 * 176. We're Home! (ただいま！)
 * 177. Mother (母親)
 * 178. To the Human World (人間の世界へ)
 * 179. Compensation (代償)
 * 180. Your Everything (きみのすべて)
 * 181. Beyond Destiny (運命の向こう岸)

Author's Notes
I hope you enjoy volume 20.

Thank you for staying with us through the four years of serialization.

The anime, movie and some short stories are still coming, so please continue to look forward to the never-ending Neverland!

Lastly, to Shirai sensei! I'm very grateful that I was able to accomplish this huge project with you!

If I were alone, I don't think I would be here. It's been a miraculous four yeard.

I will keep working hard for just a bit longer to create more content.

Well then, everyone, let's meet again somewhere!

Writer Shirai's personal highlights for The Promised Neverland fanatics, part 13!

1) It's not just the special omurice, there is also the secret salted konbu!

2) The name of the girl on page 170, in panels 5 and 6, is Lucy. (Demizu Sensei named her in chapter 105.)

3) It turns out that Gillian has been cutting everyone's hair since they've been in the shelter (and Nat too!).

The Promised Neverland and I are both here thanks to the miracle of meeting Demizu Sensei.

This is the final volume for the main story.

Please enjoy!

Trivia

 * From chapter 178 onwards, Shirai felt that the number of pages was too few to include everything he wanted. Chapter 179 was particularly affected by it. He once considered redrawing the chapter for the volume version. Originally, it was supposed to have a slightly eerie atmosphere where Chris would wake up and others would proceed to talk without worrying about Emma, then Chris would suddenly ask "Huh, where is Emma?" Some fans could correctly predict this pattern, resulting in Shirai's loss of motivation to draw it. The pages weren't sufficient either. Shirai developed 5 different patterns for chapter 179's storyboard but he was still running out of pages. Eventually, he prioritized Norman and Ray's despair over Chris waking up.