Volume 16

Lost Boy is the sixteenth volume of The Promised Neverland manga series.

Synopsis
In order to locate the Seven Walls, Emma and Ray find themselves trapped in a mysterious world. Can they escape this labyrinth and make the promise that will finally bring peace to this world? Meanwhile, Norman has his own plans…

Plot
Volume sixteen of The Promised Neverland showed Emma and Ray in the twisted reality version of Grace Field House as they continue to search for the Seven Walls. Meanwhile, Norman is charging Don and Gilda with tracking down Mujika and Sonju with a promise to bring them back to protect them. They are assigned Hayato as well as a new girl named Ayshe to escort them. Due to the escorts, Don and Gilda suspect that Norman is looking to double-cross them and decide to formulate a plan to keep Sonju and Mujika safe. Inside of the warped reality, things keep changing. Emma becomes a small child while Ray grows old. Their clothes and gear keep changing along with everything else. As they go around and around in the maze, things start becoming clear to them… at least that’s what they thought. Suddenly, they begin to feels the effects of the dimension ripping away at their minds. Ray almost succumbs to it when small child Emma grabs his attention, claiming to have figured out the secret. Once Emma discovers it, the “Seven Walls” appears but Ray is transported back to Norman’s base while Emma is brought before Him.

Meanwhile, Don and Gilda are confronted by Ayshe. We get some great backstory on her and we find out that Ayshe is not there to kill Mujika and Sonju which brings great relief to Don and Gilda. In fact, Ayshe has other plans but I’ll leave those for you to read and discover on your own. Back inside the dimension, Emma and ol’ squiggles have a discussion about making a new promise. We are then taken back 1,000 years to when the promise was first made by Julius Ratri which lead to how the world came to be. Of course, Julius had a to pay a price for his wish as does Emma. What Him wants is something of Emma’s that is precious to her but it’s never revealed what that is… for now.

Meanwhile, They track down Mujika and Sonju and it’s a happy reunion for all of thirty seconds. Norman’s flunkies find them with the goal of eliminating the two of them. However, Sonju and Mujika are not going down without a fight.

Cover and Volume Illustration
The cover shows Ray preventing Emma from falling down from the hideout shelves by grabbing her hands tightly.

Chapters

 * 134. Lost Boy (Lost Boy)
 * 135. The Search (捜索)
 * 136. Maze (迷路)
 * 137. Conversion (変換)
 * 138. Demon Search, Part 1 (鬼探し①)
 * 139. Demon Search, Part 2 (鬼探し②)
 * 140. I'm Here! (来たよ！)
 * 141. The Promise Made 1,000 Years Ago, Part 1 (1000年前の約束 ①)
 * 142. The Promise Made 1,000 Years Ago, Part 2 (1000年前の約束 ②)
 * 143. Eliminate (抹殺)

Author Notes
How is volume 16? Ayashe, who appears in this volume, is someone I've been looking forward to revealing.

And finally, the Japanese live-action movie was announced! I just received the production materials, and wow! The demons are super real!

They've already built the 3D models, and even at this point the texture of the skin is creepy and amazing, but after some discussion they're going to polish the shapes and textures further.

They also asked about the food the demons eat. I wonder how it's going to turn out?!

How exciting!!

Writer Shirai's personal highlights for The Promised Neverland fanatics, part 12!

1. They take home the trash! (expected behavior from Isabella's adorable children!)

2. Yukgaejang soup!! (is all I can see-again!)

There aren't very many demos who can speak the demon language anymore. Then why did that demon...?

Please enjoy this volume!