Ray

Ray (レイ) is one of the protagonists of The Promised Neverland series next to Emma and Norman. Initially, Ray appeared as an aloof and introverted individual who was often seen having his head buried in a book instead of socializing with the other orphans in Grace Field House. Nevertheless, Ray is able to interact well with the orphans and is fiercely loyal and caring of them, most noticeably Emma and Norman.

Being one of the smartest children living in Grace Field, Ray is considered as one of Grace Field House's three "Premium quality goods"undefined next to Norman and Emma. Ray is also the only orphan whose intelligence can match with Norman's.Citation needed

History
A year after his birth, Ray was removed from his mother's hands, and a year later in 2035, he being sent to Grace Field, growing up along with Emma, Norman and several other children. During his time there, Ray has been an introvert and preferred to read a book under a tree when the rest play.

Growing up in Grace Field, Ray is the closest to Emma and Norman, as the two often sought to play and spend time with him. The two wished for Ray to socialize more and not have his head stuck to a book all the time.undefined

Introduction Arc
Taking a litany of tests, eating scrumptious homemade food and having a good time – Ray went through the same routine everyday in Grace Field, an orphanage where he lived since the day he was born. Under the loving parental care of Isabella and the companionship of Emma, Norman and the other orphans, Ray spent a pleasant childhood in Grace Field.

When the day came for Conny to be sent off to foster parents, Ray and the other orphans bade farewell to the toddler. Some time after Conny left with Isabella, Emma found Conny's beloved stuffed toy on a tabletop in the house, Ray remarked how Conny might not have traveled far from Grace Field, and thus advised Emma to return the toy back to Conny.

Some time later, Ray was loitering through the orphanage's hallway and noticed the saddened Emma and Norman returning, he questioned the two, and stared at them as they did not answer him.undefined

Appearance
Ray has dark, somewhat messy hair that slightly covers his left eye. Originally, he wore the standard white uniform. He has dark eyes and a slender appearance wearing usually a tired like look.

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, also using his intelligence to decipher problems and to come out with solutions.

Ray appears 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 Norman and Emma wanted Ray to spent more time with them than to have his head stuck to a book all the time, the three also went to explore the gates which surrounds and guards the orphanage.

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 various situations, like when 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.

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

Trivia

 * Kaiu Shirai revealed Ray, Emma and Norman's birthdays in Volume 5, though he stated how Ray's birthday is on 15 January, he later stated how Ray's birthday is actually on another date.


 * A mini game in The Promised Neverland official site revealed two manga pages for players who achieved high scores. The pages showed how Isabella named Ray after the American singer-songwriter Ray Charles.
 * Isabella furthermore explained how she was listening to Ray Charles' music which gave her the idea of giving Ray the musician's name, and how "Ray" is a unisex name and is of no particular nationality, which makes sense since Ray Charles is an African-American.
 * Kaiu Shirai's commented in Volume 5 how Ray at a young age aimed to read all the books in Grace Field House before he turns 12. Hence in Chapter 32, 14 January 2046, one day right before his 12th birthday, the book he has is the final book he just finished reading.
 * When Ray was around 4 to 5 years old, he revealed how all the books he had read are fantasy books, thus implying how fantasy is his favorite genre of books as they are the first type of books he chose to read.undefined
 * 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.
 * The following are Ray's rankings in some of The Promised Neverland's official popularity polls.
 * Announced in Chapter 75, Ray is in 3rd place in the Color Illustration Character Poll which was held on The Promised Neverland's official LINE account.
 * In Shounen Jump's popularity poll results released in May 2018 in Chapter 88 of the Manga, Ray is in 3rd place.
 * In commemoration of the manga's 2nd Anniversary, in Shounen Jump's 2nd popularity poll results released in September 2018 in Chapter 102, Ray is in 3rd place with a total of 4651 votes.
 * One of Ray's favourite things to do is dissassembling machines. He likes to take items such as clocks apart together with Norman when they were younger.undefined
 * Posuka Demizu considers Ray to be a fast character to create as compared to Norman and Emma.undefined
 * Ray's dream when he can get into the human world in future is to see the famous Mona Lisa painting and the Sagrada familia church in Barcelona, Spain.undefined

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