Anime and Manga Differences

This page documents the major differences in The Promised Neverland’s story arcs and characters between its original manga and anime adaptation.

Episode 1 and Chapter 1

 * The flashback scene of young Emma, Norman, and Ray standing at the gate of the wall was shown at the start of the episode. In the manga, it was shown in the middle of chapter 1.
 * There are more interactions between Don and Conny in this episode as compared to chapter 1 of the manga. Though the two did interact more in the extra pages of a few of the manga volumes.
 * The scene with Norman lock-picking in chapter 1 was not shown in this episode. It was, however, shown in episode 2 instead.
 * The setting where Norman was comforting a traumatized Emma after discovering Conny's corpse is different in the anime. In the manga, Norman consoled Emma when they were in the field outside the house. In the anime, the setting was changed to the bedrooms inside the house, where Norman consoled Emma next to a bed.
 * Additional dialogue between Norman and Emma in this scene was added. Such was the part where Emma talked about a game of tag.
 * In the anime, Conny is holding Little Bunny while she is by the front door saying goodbye to everyone and in the manga she is not.

Introduction Arc

 * Season 1 faithfully adapts this arc with very few differences.
 * In the manga, Norman consoles a distraught Emma outside of Grace Field house, while in the anime he does so in a bedroom. Additional dialogue is also added to this scene.

Jailbreak Arc

 * Season 1 faithfully adapts this arc with very few differences.
 * Several scenes are added where Krone talks to her doll.
 * In the anime, Isabella finds Emma just as she is about to zip-line across the cliff and Emma says bye to her, while in the manga everyone escapes before Isabella's arrival.
 * In the manga, there is a flashback to Ray as a baby when he explains infantile amnesia and describes his earliest memories to Emma and Norman. However, in the anime, Ray simply explains these things and there is no flashback to accompany it.
 * In the manga, Isabella appears to be happy while pregnant with Ray, while in the anime she's vaguely depressed.

Promised Forest Arc

 * The anime depicts an abridged version of this arc.
 * The Bloodsucker Trees do not appear in the anime.
 * The Seven Walls and Factory Farms are unmentioned in the anime, as opposed to the manga.

Search For Minerva Arc

 * The anime depicts an abridged version of this arc.
 * Yugo does not appear in the Shelter in the anime.
 * In the anime, Anna discovers a journal in the Shelter containing entries presumably written by Yugo saying he went to search for the Human World, which does not happen in the manga.
 * In the anime, Emma and the other children discover the Secret Room right after arriving in the Shelter and immediately receive a call on the Telephone from William Minerva which does not happen until much later in the manga.
 * In the anime, the word 'Help' is written on a wall in Shelter B06-32, as opposed to the word 'Poachers,' which appears in the manga version of the Shelter.
 * In the anime, the children catch a bunch of fish called "Goowee" for food and then draw straws to see who will taste test it. Nat wins the draw, but refuses to do it. As a result, Lannion, Thoma and Ray volunteer to test the food and they all love it and continue to eat it. None of this happens in the manga.
 * The Hidden Weapons Room in the Shelter does not exist in the anime.
 * The note in the Shelter from William Minerva telling the escapees to go to A08-63 does not appear in the anime, and thus Goldy Pond and it's inhabitants do not appear either.
 * The children train with bows and arrows in the Shelter in the anime, which does not happen in the manga.

Goldy Pond Battle Arc

 * The anime completely skips over this arc. However, there is chance that this arc happened off-screen in the anime, particularly between the events of Episode 16 and Episode 17 because of Emma's hair clip in her hair from Episode 17 and onwards which she got at Goldy Pond in the manga.

Cuvitidala Arc

 * The anime largely skips over this arc. However, a few things from it appear such as the Escape from Shelter B06-32. Granted, there are many differences between the Escape from Shelter B06-32 in the manga and anime.
 * In the manga, the children evacuate the Shelter in October 2047 and in the anime they evacuate the Shelter a year earlier in 2046.

King of Paradise Arc

 * The anime largely skips over this arc. However, a few things from it appear such as Emma, Ray and the other children reuniting with Norman; however, their reunion happens in a different location and under completely different circumstances in the manga.
 * In the anime the children live in an abandoned Temple in a Demon Village after evacuating the Shelter, whereas in the manga, they go to live in the Paradise Hideout, which does not appear in the anime.
 * One day, while the children are wandering around the Demon Village in disguise, two demons discover that they are humans after catching a glimpse of the shoes underneath their robes. the demons chase them throughout the village before being killed by Norman and his gang. While the children do wander around the Demon Village in disguise in the manga, they do not get discovered or chased by any demons there.
 * The children befriend an elderly blind demon named Vylk who visits the Temple that they are staying in often. Due to his poor eyesight, Vylk does not realize that the children are humans. Vylk is an anime original character and does not appear in the manga.

Seven Walls Arc

 * The anime completely skips over this arc. However, there is a chance that this arc happened in the anime off-screen because Him appears in the slideshow in the final episode.

Imperial Capital Battle Arc

 * The anime largely skips over this arc. While Norman's Massacre of the Demons occurs in the anime, it is very different from how it went in the manga.
 * The aftermath of the Massacre of the Demons is very different too. After returning to the Paradise Hideout after killing the Queen and the Five Regent Families, Emma, Ray, Norman, Don, Gilda, Ayshe and her dogs, Zack, Oliver, Gilda, Nigel, Hayato, Vincent, Barbara, Cislo, Zazie and a few other unnamed children discover that everyone else at the Paradise Hideout has been captured by Peter Ratri and the Demons and brought to the nearest high security top-grade farm, Grace Field House, to be processed as food. As a result, Emma, Ray and Norman decide it is finally time to return to Grace Field to rescue their younger sibling whom they initially left behind when they escaped as well as all of the other children who were recently captured and brought there. Meanwhile, chaos erupts in the Demon World after the death of the Queen and the Five Regent Families. Many civilians are arrested and executed for possessing the "Evil Blood" and Sonju and Mujika plan to revive The High Priest and The Four Sages to rule over the Demon World. In the anime, the escapees are lured back to Grace Field because Phil and the others getting shipped, which was not the case in the manga, nor was Vincent "betraying" Norman by contacting Peter Ratri. In the anime, the Pen Cap is given to Emma by Vylk who acquired it from an unnamed human he killed and ate years ago and the Pen Cap contains a map of Grace Field and the cure to the Lambda children's excruciating headaches which is not the case in the manga. Also in the anime, Sonju, Mujika and many other demons civilians start a revolt and break in to Grace Field, which does not happen in the manga.

Return to Grace Field Arc

 * The anime depicts an abridged version of this arc and the central event, the Return to Grace Field, is very different from how it was in the manga.

Human World Arc

 * This arc only appears in a slideshow at the end of the final episode and it is completely different from the manga.

Grace Field House

 * Grace Field House is largely the same in the anime as it was in the manga.
 * One of the only differences is that the music room and picnic table with a parasol do not exist in the anime version.
 * The house in the anime has fewer bathrooms and storage rooms than the house in the manga.
 * Also in the manga, the house has blue roofs with light orange, brown and cream-colored walls, whereas in the anime it has black roofs with brown and cream-colored walls.

Temple
The Temple serves a completely different purpose in the manga than it does in the anime. In the manga, Emma has a vision of The Temple while at Cuvitidala and has to find it in order to access the Seven Walls and Day and Night.

In the anime, The Temple serves as the new hideout for the Grace Field Escapees after the Shelter was destroyed. However, the religious significance of The Temple, Day and Night and the Seven Walls are never mentioned.

Evil Blood
While the Evil Blood is present in the anime, it is only used as a tool to prevent degeneration. The political elements of the Evil Blood and on a larger scale, the farm system being used by the wealthy and high ranking Demons to control the civilians is absent from the anime. The Queen and the Five Regent Families also do not play a role in the anime, being reduced to cameo appearances in the final episode.

Promised Pen
In the manga, the Pen Cap is found by Emma and Lucas hidden in a desk drawer in the cabin on the golden lake at Goldy Pond after solving a riddle by William Minerva hinting at it's whereabouts. In the anime, the Pen Cap is given to Emma by Vylk who acquired it from an unnamed human he killed and ate years ago. Also in the anime, the Pen Cap contains a map of Grace Field and the cure to the Lambda children's excruciating headaches which is not the case in the manga.

Radio
The radio plays a larger role in the anime than it did in the manga. In the manga, the radio does not play a role after the Jailbreak Arc. However, in the anime, the children find a radio inside Shelter B06-32 which they use to listen in on the reports the mothers are giving back at Grace Field. When the children escape from the Shelter, they take the radio with them and continue to keep tabs on what is happening at Grace Field using the radio. In 2047, the children are lured back to Grace Field after hearing via the radio, that Phil and the other children will be shipped out. Vincent uses the radio to contact Peter Ratri and mislead him on how they plan to return to Grace Field.

Krone's doll
Krone's doll does not appear in the manga series. Because the internal monologues from the manga were not included in the anime, Krone's doll was likely created to be a device that Krone could communicate her true feelings and plans to - conveying that information to the audience in the process.

Escape from Shelter B06-32
The are many differences between the Escape from Shelter B06-32 in the manga and anime series. In the manga, Andrew and his team ambush the Shelter after searching for it for months by orders from Peter Ratri. The ambush occurs in October of 2047. The children were prepared and already had multiple precautions in place to protect themselves. Despite this, Mary, Johnny, Elliot, Fred, Michael and Malcolm are killed in the ensuing conflict. Additionally, Chris is shot in the head, knocking him unconscious and Dominic is shot in the leg, immobilizing him. Rossi and Lucas hide in the Secret Room and everyone else hides in the hidden weapons room behind the piano. The children then attempt to escape through a series of underground tunnels leading out of the Shelter. Rossi steals a soldier's communication device and brings it to Emma so they can listen in on the soldier's plans. Yugo and Lucas take out several soldiers with guns. After the children make it out safely, Yugo and Lucas go back to stop Andrew from following the kids. After being severely shot, wounded and cornered by Andrew, Lucas decides to blow up the Shelter by shooting a leaking tank of combustible gas in order to kill the rest of the soldiers still inside, but it also kills himself and Yugo in the process. Andrew barely manages to survive the explosion and proceeds to capture Alicia and hold her at gunpoint in order to get the other children to do as he says. He then stomps on an immobilized Dominic and threatens to kill Alicia and all of the children before being attacked and eaten by a wild demon.

In the anime, a group of unknown assailants attack the Shelter one day in 2046. It is unknown who they are, who they work for, where they came from or if they are even the same soldiers from the manga. While the children escape through the underground tunnels leading out of the Shelter just like in the manga, none of the children are killed or injured in the conflict and they manage fight off the soldiers with bows and arrows instead of guns. After the children make it outside, the Shelter is destroyed and the children fight off several wild demons with bows and arrows before running away into the nearby woods.

Massacre of the Demons
The are many differences between the Massacre of the Demons in the manga and anime series. In the anime, Norman simply unleashes a poisonous gas onto a Demon Village as revenge for what demons did to him at Lambda. However, in the manga, Norman plans to cause a civil war within the Demon World by wiping out the Queen, the Five Regent Houses and all of the civilians in the Imperial Capital and eventually drive the demon species to extinction by destroying all of the farms. Many key components of the Massacre of the Demons in the manga including the Queen, the Five Regent Houses, Lord Geelan, the Tifari, the Seven Walls, the Imperial Capital and the social and political aspects of demon society and the hierarchy of demons are completely absent from the anime. Also in the anime, Norman stops his massacre when he hears the blind demon, Vylk, call out for his granddaughter who is coincidentally also named Emma, which does not happen in the manga considering Vylk and Emma (Demon) are anime original characters.

Return to Grace Field
The Return to Grace Field in the manga is very different from the anime. In the anime, the escapees are lured back to Grace Field because Phil and the others getting shipped, which was not the case in the manga, nor was Vincent "betraying" Norman by contacting Peter Ratri. In the anime, the characters use hot air balloons and underground tunnels to get back into Grace Field and some of the kids dress up in shipment day clothes to deliver a message to Phil and the other kids, none of which was in the manga. Also in the anime, Sonju, Mujika and many other demons civilians start a revolt and break in to Grace Field and Peter Ratri gives up because he sees Mujika which does not happen in the manga. The aftermath is different too. In the manga, Isabella is killed and Emma loses all of her memories as a result of making a new Promise and then goes missing for two years in the Human World. In the anime, Isabella does not die, Emma does not loose her memories nor does she make a new Promise, and Emma, Ray, Norman, Barbara, Cislo and Zazie decide to stay behind in the Demon World with Sonju and Mujika for several years while all of the other children go to live in the Human World.

Shipments

 * Shipments are largely the same in the anime as they were in the manga.
 * One difference is the colors of the shipment clothes. In the manga, the clothes consist of a plain white long sleeved button-up shirt and yellow waistcoat underneath a blue blazer, a red necktie, a brown skirt or pants, brown shoes, and a white fedora. In the anime, the clothes consist of a plain white long sleeved button-up shirt and grey waistcoat underneath a black blazer, a red necktie, a grey skirt or pants, brown shoes, and a black fedora.

Norman

 * Rather than reunite with the Grace Field children in the Paradise Hideout, he does so while disguised as a demon in a Demon Village.

Krone

 * Krone talks to a doll that was given to her as a child in the anime that is not present in the manga.

Yugo

 * Despite never being shown or mentioned, Yugo is strongly implied to have existed in the Anime series due to the names of his friends being written on the Shelter wall. Anna also finds a journal in the Shelter containing an entry presumably written by Yugo which says he left to go search for the Human World.

Yugo's comrades
Their faces are not shown, but they exist in the anime because their names are written on the Shelter wall.
 * Lucas
 * Dina
 * Nicolas
 * Mike
 * Erica
 * Anny
 * Walter
 * John
 * Maria
 * Viviana
 * Damian
 * Flore
 * Pedro
 * Abel
 * Jatte
 * Hilda
 * Bess
 * Stacie

Legravalima

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Dozza

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Noum

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Pupo

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Bayon II

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Yverk

 * Has a brief appearance in Episode 3 and is briefly shown again in the slideshow in the final episode.

Him

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

The High Priest

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Cuvitidala Dragon

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Julius Ratri

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Orange-haired man

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Black-haired man

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

White-haired woman

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Bearded man

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Bald man

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Andrew

 * While he is never mentioned nor confirmed to exist in the anime, there is a chance that he exists as one of the human soldiers that attacks Shelter.

Andrew's Teammates

 * While a group of human soldiers similar to Andrew's Teammates attack the Shelter in the anime, it is unknown who they are, who they work for, where they came from or if they are even the same soldiers from the manga.

Mike Ratri

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Minerva's Owl

 * Briefly shown in the slideshow in the final episode.

Hao

 * Mentioned, but never shown.

Sadie

 * Mentioned, but never shown.

James

 * Mentioned, but never shown.

Gary

 * Mentioned, but never shown.

Michelle

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Olivia

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Marcus

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Robert

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Abby

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Susan

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Helena

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Kate

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Cindy

 * Appears briefly in the Season 1 end credits song.

Ugo

 * Mentioned, but never shown.

Marvine

 * Mentioned, but never shown.

Jellyfish
A species resembling jellyfish are shown to live in the Demon Forest in the anime, but not in the manga. They are bio luminescent and do not live in water. Instead, they appear to be able to float throughout the forest.

Black-haired boy
An extra 2-year old child who resides at Grace Field House Plantation 3, replacing Milly from the manga. He has an identical appearance to the 2-year old Dark brown-haired boy, but with black hair and his hair is parted on the opposite side.

Manga characters who did not appear in the anime

 * Jackie
 * Helen
 * Milly
 * Matilda
 * Scarlet
 * Jessica
 * Sienna
 * Cecile
 * Chucky
 * Jimmy
 * Hana
 * Eric
 * Grant
 * Mack
 * Rosie
 * Gotao?
 * Oliver
 * Gillian
 * Zack
 * Nigel
 * Pepe
 * Violet
 * Paula
 * Sandy
 * Sonya
 * Theo
 * Jake
 * Monica
 * Mary
 * Johnny
 * Michael
 * Malcolm
 * Elliot
 * Fred
 * Windmill Boy
 * Lucy
 * Lala
 * Emilia
 * Sophie
 * Adam
 * Hayato
 * Jin
 * Alex Mikhaylov
 * Margo
 * Rita
 * Leo
 * Mr. Mendel
 * Father
 * Ayshe
 * Ayshe's father
 * Ayshe's dogs
 * Nous
 * Nouma
 * Luce
 * Bayon
 * Leuvis
 * Palvus
 * Geelan
 * The Geelan Clan
 * The Noum Clan
 * Luce's servants
 * Bayon's servants
 * Bayon II
 * Dozza
 * Yverk
 * Noum
 * Pupo
 * Awla
 * Mawla
 * Mawla and Awla's mother
 * Mawla and Awla's father
 * Noumu
 * Former Lord Noum
 * The Four Sages
 * Lady Bayon
 * Bayon II's child
 * Bayon II's baby
 * Oliver's brother
 * Sonya's brother
 * Sonya's friend
 * Sandy's friend
 * Light-haired boy
 * Black-haired girl
 * Light-haired girl
 * Betty (One of Vincent's Owls)
 * Oscar (One of Vincent's Owls)
 * Samuel (One of Vincent's Owls)
 * Susie (One of Vincent's Owls)
 * 28 unnamed Goldy Pond member