Volume 17

The Imperial Capital Battle (王都決戦) is the seventeenth volume of The Promised Neverland manga series.

Synopsis
Norman devises a plan to eliminate the demons as he leads his army into the demon capital. However, it is much easier said than done. Norman must use all of his skills, including trickery, to defeat the most powerful demons in the kingdom, including its queen.

Meanwhile, Emma and the other children head towards the capital to stop Norman before it is too late!

Plot
Volume seventeen of The Promised Neverland began Norman’s assault on the capital during the Tifari celebration. Emma and Ray have returned from the seven doors after making the new promise and a race is now on to get to the capitol in order to try and stop Norman after it becomes clear to everyone that his true plan is to annihilate all of the demons, including the Royal Family. Together, Normal and Geelan’s groups move in on the capital and seize it. Norman’s calculations were spot on (as expected) and that made it almost too easy for Norman’s plan to come to fruition. The bulk of the volume deals with Geelan’s backstory in addition to his battle against the Royal Family as well as the Queen herself.

The end of the volume comes when Emma makes it to the capital and comes face to face with Norman.

Cover and Volume Illustration
The cover shows Norman and his group holding their weapons at hand, ready to begin their master plan.

Chapters

 * 144. Help Us (助けて)
 * 145. Respective Reasons (それぞれの)
 * 146. The Imperial Capital Battle (王都決戦)
 * 147. Accumulated Grievances (積怨)
 * 148. I'm Coming (今行くよ)
 * 149. Duty to Attest (証明する義務)
 * 150. Vow of 700 Years (700年の悲願)
 * 151. The Ones to Win (勝つのは)
 * 152. Time (刻限)

Author Notes
It's Volume 17! I hope you enjoy the battle between Norman and the queen.

By the way... The queen's hair and other things require applying different screen tones in various places. This intensely tedious job is done by a staffer named Z-san. I met Z-san on Pixiv, and we've been friends for over five years despite never meeting dace-to-face. You never know where you can make friends. Whether it's online or in real life, I've realized it's important to treasure your relationships. Now, the relationship between Norman Emma is getting worrisome, and that's where the story will go next!

Volume 18 is scheduled to be released in English in January 2021! Please look forward to it! Writer Shirai's interesting tidbits for The Promised Neverland fanatics, part 5!

I love the art on page 143. The queen's so cool! The phrase "Team I-Want-the-Queen-to-Step-on-Me" popped into my mind.

But if she actually stepped on you, you'd die 100 percent, so I wouldn't actually want to be on that team. But the captain would probably be Yverk.

This volume has a lot of demons. So many different ones appear.

Do we really understand what demons are?

Please enjoy this volume!