Jailbreak Arc

Jailbreak Arc
Kanji	脱獄編
Romaji	Datsugoku-hen
Manga Volume(s)	Volume 2 - 5
Manga Chapter(s)	Chapters 10 - 37
Anime Episode(s)	Episodes 4 - 12
Beginning	October 10, 2016
End	May 8, 2017
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The Jailbreak Arc (脱獄編, Datsugoku-hen^?), also referred to as The Escape Arc (エスケープアーク, Esukēpuāku^?) is the second story arc in The Promised Neverland series.

After finding out their orphanage is, in reality, a human farm, Emma, Norman and Ray attempt to escape the orphanage with the other children.

Summary

Behind the facade of a happy orphanage, the children of Grace Field House are secretly being raised as food for demons. Determined to save themselves and the other kids, Emma, Norman, and Ray begin planning an escape. But their caretaker, Isabella, has brought in extra help to keep the orphans in line.

The trio recruits the two other oldest children, Don and Gilda, and just as the plan to escape the orphanage is coming together, Isabella breaks Emma’s leg and reveals that Norman's days are numbered. Emma and Ray will do anything to save their friend from being eaten by the demons, but they are unable to come up with a plan to outsmart their foe.

With no time on their hands, Norman is shipped out from Grace Field House. A few months later and just before Ray's 12th birthday, he attempts suicide, but with the help of Norman, Emma and the other children had already coordinated a new plan and proceeds to burn their house down. Emma, Ray, and thirteen other children make their run for freedom. Isabella refuses to give up and an army of demons is at her call, but Emma sacrifices it all and succeeds in escaping the orphanage, once and for all.

Chapters

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	10	Control		October 8, 2016
Emma continues to train the kids for the day of the escape, while Norman and Ray plan a way to get rid of the adults.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 3 Episode 4

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	11	Traitor, Part 1		October 17, 2016
Gilda and Don are recruited by the trio and are told that the whole orphanage system is a field for dietary goods where humans are the meat. The trio eventually starts suspecting there might be a traitor amongst the children.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 4

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	12	Traitor, Part 2		October 24, 2016
Emma continues to investigate whether Gilda is really the spy between them when she is called to talk to Sister Krone. The identity of the true spy is finally revealed.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 4

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	13	Traitor, Part 3		October 31, 2016
Norman confirms Ray to be the spy, but is Ray really an enemy?
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 5

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	14	Trump Card		November 7, 2016
Ray tells Norman all of his reasons for working under Isabella: he wants Norman and Emma to survive no matter what, he wants to get tools from the outside world that might help in the escape, and lastly because he found the secret of the house when he was young.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 5

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	15	Never Again		November 14, 2016
Ray eventually tells Emma he is Isabella's spy; she forgives him but also tells him to never to something in the same manner again. It is also revealed from Emma's group investigation that Isabella disappears at 8 PM, and they think Isabella hides a secret room.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 5

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	16	The Secret Room and William Minerva, Part 1		November 21, 2016
Don and Gilda go to investigate the secret room where Isabella reports to the HQ despite being advised to not do so. Meanwhile, Emma shows Ray and Norman some books written by William Minerva, who has hidden some clues for the children at the farms.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 5 Episode 6

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	17	The Secret Room and William Minerva, Part 2		November 28, 2016
Don and Gilda enter Isabella's secret room, which is revealed to have the toys of the other kids who were shipped-off.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 6

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	18	Resolve		December 5, 2016
Don and Gilda sneak out of the secret room, having realized the truth to a certain extent. Don confronts Emma, Norman, and Ray punches Norman and Ray for not telling them the whole truth about the farming and demons. He wants his siblings to rely on him. The trio eventually apologizes and wholeheartedly recruits Don and Gilda to the escape plan. But Krone witnessed their whole conversation.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 6

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	19	Out		December 12, 2016
Emma, Ray Norman, Don, and Gilda prepare for the investigation. Ray reports to Isabella and she informs Ray about HQ's shipment schedule. Krone shows herself to ask if the five of them would team up with her.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 6

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	20	Teaming-Up		December 26, 2016
Sister Krone proposes her plan to the five. Throughout retelling her story, Norman has realized her true plan. The two parties then agreed to the deal.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 7

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	21	An Obvious Trap		January 7, 2017
Emma and Norman have a conversation with Krone, where they can ask her anything they want.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 7

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	22	Bait		January 16, 2017
To pull off the escape, Emma, Norman, and Ray, has to make a deal with Sister Krone. Meanwhile, Krone searches possible weaknesses to Isabella, which she eventually finds. After that, Isabella hands Krone a letter saying it was from the headquarters.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 7

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	23	Destroy		January 23, 2017
Sister Krone has realized that the letter is a trapped and there is no other way in avoiding it. Being told by Grandmother that she is a loser, Krone accepted her faith. Before she died, she planted a special pen in Norman's cabinet as her last gamble of shattering the current society.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 8

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	24	Inspection, Part I		January 30, 2017
To pull off their long-awaited inspection, Ray distracts Isabella while Norman and Emma investigate the wall. Meanwhile, Isabella reveals to Ray that she knows their plans from the very start. Locking Ray in a room, Isabella caught up to an unsuspecting Emma and Norman.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 8

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	25	Inspection, Part II		February 6, 2017
Isabella introduces her real self to Emma and Norman and told them to give up resistance. Realizing their worth, the two proceed to continue the investigation. To stop them, Isabella breaks Emma's leg and to finish them, she tells them that Norman is being shipped out.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 8

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	26	I Want To Live		February 13, 2017
The plan failed. Emma's leg was twisted by Isabella to hinder their escape plan. Ray and Emma refuse to let Norman die and are planning on making him escape alone.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 9

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	27	Won't Let You Die		February 20, 2017
To keep Norman from being shipped out, Emma and Ray wants Norman to pretend that he escaped. They then formed a plan which leads to Norman questioning Ray how he found out the truth.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 9

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	28	Concealment, Part 1		February 27, 2017
Ray reveals that he knew the truth from the start. Norman's adoption has been revealed to the whole house. He then finds a mysterious pen in his cabinet and the next day, he disappeared.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 9

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	29	Concealment, Part 2		March 6, 2017
Norman finds out the layer of the entire area, he decided to come back and tell them the news. His time is up, and he has decided to accept death.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 9 Episode 10

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	30	Resistance		March 13, 2017
Desperate to keep Norman alive, Emma decided to do something reckless which was eventually foiled by him. After saying his goodbyes, he then entered a room within the gate and was surprised.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 10

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	31	Empty		March 18, 2017
After Norman is shipped, Emma and Ray goes into depression. Though after two months of doing nothing, Ray deduces that Emma hasn't given up.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 10

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	32	Action, Part I		March 27, 2017
After both Emma and Ray reveal that they have not given up running, they discuss the last details of the escape. Following his own plan for the escape, Ray sets himself on fire.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 11

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	33	Action, Part II		April 3, 2017
Isabella finds a crying Emma who is calling our Ray's name in front of a fire. Flashback 20 minutes before the fire, Emma reveals Norman's plan.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 11

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	34	Action, Part III		April 10, 2017
Norman preemptively thought that Ray will sacrifice himself by setting up a fire so that they would escape. The rest prepare for the escape. Isabella was about to go after them when Phil tugs her dress.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 11

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	35	Action, Part IV		April 17, 2017
Emma, Don, and Gilda decided to leave the younger kids behind, she then tells Phil their plan, promising to come back in two years. Isabella then informs the headquarters about the escapees.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 12

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	36	Action, Part V		April 24, 2017
It is revealed that the kids have been training and practicing during the two months. They escaped leaving Isabella to see last remaints of their trails.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 12

Cover	Number #	Title		Release Date
	37	Escape		May 8, 2017
Isabella recalls her past, which revealed Ray being her son. She then bid the escaped children farewell and wished for their safety. Meanwhile, Emma and the others witness their first independent morning.
Adapted Anime Episode(s) Episode 12

Impact of Story

• Emma, Ray, and Norman investigate the library and finds several books by William Minerva, who has left morse code messages about the human farm. This gives clues about the outside world and its inhabitants.
• Krone reveals useful information about the demons and the outside world, but the children realize she knows more than she reveals.
• Krone attempts to usurp Isabella's position as a "Mama", which leads to her death at the hands of the demons and the higher-ups. Before her demise, she remembers how she left a pen for the children, hoping it will help them in the future.
• The children attempt to climb the wall, but Isabella breaks Emma's leg and reveals Norman will be shipped out the next day.
• After realizing there is a cliff behind the wall and before his shipment, Norman writes out his fully-coordinated plans for the escape in a letter, including methods, tools, and tricks to use. He leaves behind the promised pen he found in Krone's possessions, and he also reveals he knows Ray will attempt suicide, and asks Emma to prevent it when it happens.
• The reason Ray has known the House's secret from the beginning and has been planning for the escape since the age of 6, is because he was not affected by infantile amnesia. He can recall memories from when he was a baby, passing through the demon's headquarters and the gate before being brought to the House.
• During Norman's shipment day, he is taken to a certain room instead of instantly being killed by the demons.
• Emma and Ray seem to have given up, but are eventually able to set their plan to motion with the 13 other children with a few complications. Knowing the trackers' position, all children take it out while Emma cuts her ear off so they can't be pursued by their enemies.
• Emma reveals that the children under 4 years old are being left behind, but that she will come back to rescue them after two years.
• The children are successfully able to escape the farm on January 12, 2046.
• Isabella couldn't retrieve them, and she recalls when she was also just a child on one of the farms, and watched her closest friend being harvested. She began training to be a mom to survive and gave birth before becoming the Mama of Plant Three, where she realized that Ray was her son. She eventually accepts defeat and removes the ropes in order to hide any traces of their escape.

Trivia

• The Jailbreak Arc is referred to with several other names including: The Escape Arc, The Grace Field Arc, The Orphanage Arc and The Farm Arc.
• Many people falsely consider the Jailbreak Arc to be the first arc of the series not realizing that the beginning part of the story set at Grace Field is actually split up into two parts - the Introduction Arc and the Jailbreak Arc with the Introduction Arc coming first.

See Also

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5