Episode 22

Episode 22 is the tenth episode of season 2 of The Promised Neverland anime. It aired on March 19, 2021.

Synopsis
Emma, Ray, and Norman, along with all the other escapees break into Grace Fields in attempt to save Phil and the others. They bellive they have succeded when Isabella and the sisters surround them, as well as Peter Ratri. However, Isabella turns on Ratri and ends up helping the children.

Plot
Emma, Ray, and Norman plan a break-in to Grace Field to rescue Phil and 119 more children along with him. They plan to launch hot air balloons and drop a demon-killing drug on the farms. However, Norman was in with Vincent ratting out the information to Peter Ratri's base, allowing Isabella to update her security to handle the raid. Intending on capturing Norman and killing everyone else, Ratri gives the operation a green light. Meanwhile, Phil, Simon and other children from the farm are instructed to get ready to be "shipped out", to everyone's delight, but to Phil's horror. Despite his attempts to delay it, the woman proceeds to do it for him. Soon after, the children from Lambda begin infiltrating Grace Fields via hot air balloons. Ratri's trap to lure the escapees back to the house is going just as planned, and has rewarded Isabella by promoting her to the grandma position. However, the hot-air balloons were decoys planted to explode on impact with the ground, allowing Sonju and Norman's co-conspirators to attack and kill them from above. Emma, Ray, Norman, Gilda, Don and others manage to get inside, and attack demons they see there with smoke bombs. They obtain a headset from a demon they have tied up, which is connected to Peter Ratri. Jemima and some of the younger children from Grace Fields go to the gate where Phil and the others are giving them a note with Phil's part of the plan. Vincent hacks into the network and taunts Ratri for falling for the trap, and the demons watch Emma sabotage the CCTV system. Emma and Cislo hack into the headsets so that they can communicate with each other, declaring a promise fulfilled. Once the lights were shut down, Jemima leads the children to the elevator while Phil distracts the women with the suitcases, causing them to trip and miss catching the children. The group head to the elevator where everyone reunites. However, the reunion was short-lived, as the breeders point SMGs at them, ready to pull triggers. Isabella tauntingly welcomes the children back. Ratri takes in the defeat of the children, and asks them to stand down and surrender. Barbara tries to fight her way out of it, but one of the women shoots her in the foot. Left with no choice, everyone drops their weapons. As Ratri is about to kill Emma, Isabella turns on Ratri and points her gun at his back, everyone following her lead, frustrated with the harsh working conditions and threats of death by the demons and human superiors. Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, Ratri still believes he is safe and already won due to backup coming, however the backup was dispatched by civilians of the demon town along with Mujika, Sonju and Vylk, in an uprising against the farms. Vylk breaks into the elevator chamber and declares war on Ratri after enduring centuries of starvation and oppression by the ruling demons and humans. Horrified at seeing Mujika with him, Ratri breaks down, unable to accept that he lost, and taunts everyone that this would only bring destruction upon them all like the devastating war 1,000 years ago. As Isabella is about to kill Ratri, Emma approaches him and proposes a truce with him: to flee to the human world together and be free of all this or die at their hands.

Research elements

 * All demon civilians gained the power of evil blood
 * All the kids from different farms were supposed to be shipped out.

Trivia

 * They used bows and arrows instead of guns.
 * Simon makes his debut and he was not eaten unlike in the manga.
 * This episode did not contain any writing credits due to the backlash season 2 had received thus far.