A Letter from Norman

A Letter From Norman (ノーマンからの手紙) is a spinoff novel written by Nanao (七緒), based on The Promised Neverland Manga written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu.

The novel is first published on June 4, 2018 in Japan under Shueisha's Jump j-Books. The release date for an English translated version of the novel is yet to be confirmed.

It was announced that a sequel spinoff novel is set to be published on 4 January 2019 alongside Volume 12 of the manga. The sequel is titled "Moms' Song of Remembrance".

Synopsis
On the day before Norman is set to leave Grace Field House, he goes through various memories he has of Emma and the other kids in the facility.

Prologue
Tearing out a piece of drawing paper from Ivet's sketchbook, Norman began writing a letter to Emma, as he recalled and wrote the events that had happened when he and Emma attempted to return Conny's stuff animal, Little Bernie, to her at the gates that surrounds Grace Field House. Afterwards, Norman wrote how Gilda and Don were later recruited into the team, and how Ray is a spy secretly working for their caretaker and enemy, Isabella. Before he finished writing, he gave directions and instructions to Emma on how she and Ray should carry out the escape plan 2 months after his shipping date.

Research Elements

 * The cover of the novel is one of the many fisheye illustrations done by Posuka Demizu. Other fisheye illustrations done by the latter include:


 * All the events that took place after the prologue are prior to the main story, before the Introduction Arc.
 * The story is written in Norman's perspective.
 * Norman writing his letter to Emma could be seen in a flashback scene in Chapter 34 of the manga, as he used a piece of drawing paper from Ivet to write.
 * Norman's shipping date from Grace Field House is on 3 November 2045. Which all happened in Chapter 30 of the manga.
 * There were at least 4 known orphans who were older than Emma, Norman and Ray: Olivia, Michelle, Marcus, and Robert.
 * In a Q&A with Kaiu Shirai, it was revealed that Olivia and Michelle are the two girls who were shown in the Christmas Omake Chapter 21.5.
 * Ray is not a superstitious person unlike most of the other orphans in Grace Field, as he do not believe in the existence of ghosts.Citation needed
 * Ray revealed how all the books he had read are fantasy books, thus implying how fantasy is his favorite genre of books.

Author Comments

 * Below are fan-translations of the authors' comments, please scroll down to "See Also" for more information.