Ray

Ray (レイ, Rei) is one of the main protagonists of The Promised Neverland and a former orphan from Grace Field House which he escaped from.

Appearance
Ray has dark, somewhat messy hair that slightly cover's his left eye, he wears the standard white uniform. He has dark eyes and a slender appearance wearing usually a tired like look. Ray stopped wearing the standard uniform when he arrived at the shelter where he found new clothes. He began wearing long, black pants, a black shirt, and a long white-colored coat together with the old brown shoes he wore at the Grace Field House.

Personality
Ray's strengths are his cunningness, sharp wits, and his manipulative nature, he is also rational, logical and highly intelligent, Ray is an academically inclined young boy who excels in the orphanage's daily tests, he also uses his intelligence to decipher problems and to come out with solutions.

An outspoken person with little patience for inconvenience and silliness (like Emma's), he frequently loses his temper or is often left dumbfonded when people such as Emma displays reckless behaviour and intentions, noticeably when he considered Emma as an "airhead" when she intended to rescue every orphan from Grace Field.undefined According to the data Krone obtained, Ray is a person who gives up easily. This was specifically proven when after the plan of saving Norman got foiled, Ray lost hope and excluded himself from helping the others to devise another plan to escape.undefined

Ray also seems to be rather aloof and introverted, as he often excludes himself from playing with the other orphans and prefers to read a book instead. However, he is able to interact well with his fellow siblings and is fiercely loyal to them. Even if there are times when they do not get along, he still deeply cares about their well-being and would go to great lengths to keep them safe.

Ray is also noted to be extremely courageous and audacious. He willingly risked his life by lighting himself on fire in order to allow the plan of the orphans' escape to run smoothly; he sacrificed his life to lure the man-eaters away from the other orphans; he has the nerves to blow up B06-32 (a shelter vital to both the orphans and the man) in order to get Yuugo to cooperate with him and Emma.

Intelligence
Ray is an extremely intelligent and cunning strategist. He is a highly studious boy. Ray gains knowledge of the outside world from the books that he reads hence act as a trump card for the group during and after their escape from the Grace Field House. Ray is also extremely perceptive, as it is revealed that he realized years ago that the "orphanage" is, in fact, a farm, with the children as livestock, without ever having to actually see the reality with his own eyes (like Emma and Norman) in order to realize this fact. Ray was also the first human (possibly aside from those working for the demons) to discover the demons' physical weakness (their middle eyes) and managed to get Emma to slay a wild demon before it ate him. Hence showing his capability in quick-thinking under pressure in a life-and-death situation l.

Enhanced Stamina
Ray has proven himself to possess incredible stamina. He, together with Emma managed to follow Yuugo for hours without slowing down or losing track of him when they followed him to Goldy Pond.citation needed Ray was also able to outrun a wild demon for several minutes before Emma killed it.citation needed

Culinary Skills
Ray was shown to be an excellent and talented cook when he and Pepe helped Yuugo to make Yakisoba for his food stand. He was also fast at cooking them.undefined

Norman


Growing up together for almost their entire lives, Ray has been close friends and brotherly figures with Norman in Grace Field. Of all the orphans, Norman is the closest to him besides Emma and often hang out with one another ever since they are toddlers, most noticeably when the three went to explore the gates which surrounds and guards the orpahange.

After discovering that Isabella is evil, Norman was the only other person besides Emma Ray initially put his trust on when they strategized their plan to escape from Grace Field. Ray acknowledges and understands Norman's strengths and weaknesses– knowing how Norman is one of the smartest children in the orphanage, he sees Norman as a strength and trump card he and the others can use.

Norman is one of the people that Ray swore not to let die, he believes Norman to be more logical and less reckless as opposed to Emma and hence trusts and rely on him more. This was proven when Ray was dumbfonded by Emma's reckless intention of rescuing all of the orphans and thus Ray preferred to work and rely on Norman more. The two, however, do have opposing views on the situation, Ray wanting to leave the others behind to heighten the chance of their survival, while Norman, believing in Emma, wants to help find a way to help everyone escape. While they have incredible differences, they are two of the smartest children and are making their effort to escape.

After Norman was shipped out from Grace Field, Ray was devastated and greatly saddened over the loss of his friend to the degree of "giving up" and excluding himself from devising the escape plan with the other orphans. Ray (and Emma) mourned over their friend   –whom they supposed is already dead– over a period of 4 months. Eventually, Ray revealed how he still had the desire to help Emma and the rest to make their escape, partially due to his thirst in avenging Norman. Hence showing the deep bond and friendship the two had.

Emma


Ray has a rather complex relationship with his close friend and adoptive sister. As their personalities are arranged to contrast with each other's; with Emma being a jovial, gullible and sociable person and Ray as more of an edgy and sharp-witted introvert. He often displays a brusque, casual attitude with her, which belies their deep bond and care for each other. Despite his blunt exterior, he is always looking out for her, and will not hesitate to comfort or reassure her when he senses that she needs him to. Like typical siblings (or at least friends), they do not always agree and Emma's nature and opinions sometimes get on Ray's nerves. Since their escape from Grace Field, Ray has been an aid in her plans, and has gained more respect for her as their leader.

Isabella
Ray has been working as a spy for Isabella since he was young after discovering the secret of the orphanage, In reality, he has been planning a way of escape the whole time as working as a double agent. The two seem to play on each other's words and have a tension, however they both listen to what the other has to say, this will not stop Isabella from most likely shipping Ray and the others, leading Ray to find out all he can from her in order to make sure that doesn't happen. It is later revealed that Isabella and Ray are in fact, mother and son.

Don
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Gilda
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Goldy Pond Resistance members
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Lucas
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Yuugo
Ray and Yuugo do not see eye to eye ever since they first met. Their animosity deepens as soon as Yuugo threatens to kill him and Emma. During journey to Gold Pond, Ray is very suspicious of Yuugo and never lets his guard down around him. After their escape from Goldy Pond, Ray and Yuugo have come to terms and are now friendlier towards to each other.

Sister Krone
Ray tells his mama that Sister Krone is acting on herself. It is currently unknown how Ray feels about Krone after she decided to help the children.

Trivia

 * Ray, unlike the other orphans, didn't experience childhood amnesia. This contributed greatly to his discovery about the truth of the orphanage. It is likely that he has hypermnesia- abnormally sharp or vivid recall.
 * Ray is ranked third in the official Color Illustration Character poll.undefined
 * Ray is ranked 3rd in the Popularity Poll that was announced in Chapter 88 of the Manga.