Volume 7

Decision (判断) is the seventh volume of The Promised Neverland series.

Synopsis
After learning the truth of the world they find themselves in, the orphans finally make their way out of the forest. With their improved survival skills, Emma, Ray and the other children arrive at the location laid out in Minerva’s hidden message. But awaiting them there is a new kind of challenge…

Plot
The Promised Neverland Vol. 7 picks up when the introduction of the man they find in the underground shelter, although we don’t get to learn his name. Right away, he tells the kids to get out and even pulls a gun on them! He holds Emma hostage and tells them to leave the shelter immediately but Emma plants her fist right between his legs and they end up tying him up. While the man is incapacitated, they search the shelter and learn a bit more about the world but the volume doesn’t go into much detail. They end up finding a letter from William Minerva stating that if they want to live in something beyond just a shelter, to go to new coordinates to a place called Goldy Pond. Emma and Ray end up formulating a plan which blackmails the man into being their guide; however, the man has no intention of truly helping them. In fact, he’s planning on getting of them killed in order to get them to change their minds about finding Minerva.

The journey to Goldy Pond begins. They make it through the wasteland with ease but run into a man-eater in the forest. The man shoots it but it regenerates and calls for backup! The man relishes in the fact that they have no chance of survival as our volume comes to a close!

Cover and Volume Illustration
The cover has the series title coloured in red with a with outline. In the center of the page sit the escaped orphans of Grace Field House who are all seemingly looking at the reader. From left to right there's Anna, Gilda, Emma, Ray and Don. They are sat in what appears to be Shelter B06-32.

The Illustration features Gilda, Emma, Ray and Don half popping out of the entrance to Shelter B06-32, seemingly greeting someone by the expressions on most of the orphans' faces.

Chapters

 * 053. B06-32, Part 3 (B06-32③)
 * 054. B06-32, Part 4 (B06-32④)
 * 055. B06-32, Part 5 (B06-32⑤)
 * 056. A Deal, Part 1 (取り引き①)
 * 057. A Deal, Part 2 (取り引き②)
 * 058. Decision (判断)
 * 059. Choose Your Weapon (好きに選べ)
 * 060. Goldy Pond (ゴールディ・ポンド)
 * 061. Try Surviving (生きてみろよ)

Author Notes
I'm so excited about the underground shelter! The water is good! The food is good! And the small space is also good! Being frugal with resources and using the garden to manage is very good!

But after a month—no, after even a week—anyone would probably start wanting sunlight.

I wonder how long the young children are going to spend underground.

Hoping they can run around in the green gardens again, they quietly wait for Emma and Ray to return. To be continued soon in volume 8.

These were things I found when I reviewed my early notes.

Norman isn't the knight, he's the shining armor.

Krone has an amazing bod under her clothes.(*Probably talking about muscle)

The geezer is the type of horrible adult who throws poo at you

What the heck? These are pretty…out there.

Anyway, please enjoy the volume!

Commercial Performance
During the first 3 days of its release, an estimated total of 164,072 copies were sold, thus earning the top position on the highest manga sales in Japan alone during the first week of 2018 from January 1 to 7. During the following week, an estimated total of 90,179 copies were sold, and still remained as the number 1 highest selling manga in Japan from January 8-14.

During its third week, from January 15–21, it dropped to the eighth position with 19,156 copies sold. 24,052 copies were sold from January 22–27, achieving the sixteenth position. It later dropped to the twenty-ninth position with a total of 17,781 copies sold during the subsequent week. 12,280 copies were sold following on from February 5–11, ranking as the forty-seventh highest selling volume.

Currently, an estimated number of 347,520 copies were sold in total from January 4 to February 11, 2018.

Awards and Nominations
Some time after Volume 7's release, The Promised Neverland was nominated for the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The awards commemorate the contributions of the manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka, with works that are regarded as classics such as Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack, by recognizing the manga that best follow his traditions.

Later in 2018, the series as a whole won under the category of "Best Shōnen Manga" in the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Awards, one of Japan's major manga awards. The series was honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$9,000).