The Promised Neverland (Manga)

The Promised Neverland is a manga written and illustrated by Posuka Demizu and Kaiu Shirai and published in Weekly Shonen Jump. The first chapter was published on August 1, 2016 in issue 35 of Weekly Shonen Jump.

Plot
Emma and her friends have a pretty good life at the orphanage they grew up in. Though the rules here are strict, Izabella takes good care of them. The children at this orphanage are forbidden from leaving. Emma and her friends soon find out the dark and twisted truth behind the orphanage, and now they must make their escape!

Reception
According to an advertisement placed by Shueisha in Shinjuku Station, the first three volumes had printed 700,000 copies as of May 2017. As of July 31, 2017, the first four volumes had over 1.2 million copies in print.As of October, 2017, the manga had 2.1 million copies in print. The manga was nominated for the 10th Manga Taishō awards in January, 2017, and gets 43 points from the "Executive Committee" of Manga Taishō awards.