The Promised Neverland Movie Novelization (映画「約束のネバーランド」ノベライズ, Eiga `yakusoku no nebārando' noberaizu?) is an official novelization of the 2020 live-action film adaptation of The Promised Neverland. The novel follows the same story as the film. It is published by Shueisha and written by Nanao and based on the screenplay by Noriko Gotou.[1] The novel was released on December 18, 2020.
A Mirai Bunko Edition written by Tsuyoshi Ogawa was also released on December 18, 2020.[2]
The novelization is currently only officially available in Japanese. An official English translation of the volume is yet to be released.
Summary[]
- Main article: The Promised Neverland Movie
Grace Field House is a paradisaical orphanage filled with happiness. The orphans who live there with their “Mother”, the caretaker, Isabella, all look forward to the day they grow old enough to be adopted. Emma (Minami Hamabe), Ray (Kairi Jyo) and Norman (Rihito Itagaki) also believe they could lead an even happier life once they get to live in the outside world… only until "that day". After Emma and Norman see Conny off, who smilingly leaves the orphanage to be adopted, they find the stuffed toy Conny always kept in her arms left at the dining area of the house. To take the toy back to Conny, the two head to the "gate" which Isabella strictly has taught the children to stay away from, where they find Conny dead and ready to be shipped out as "food". The orphanage which the children thought to be was idyllic, was actually a "farm" to grow edible children to be offered to demons. Furthermore, the "Mother" they had all loved like their actual mother was actually a "cultivator" whose role was to raise the children to be premium feed. Finding out that everything was all but a fantasy, Emma, Ray and Norman begin their reckless attempt to break out of Grace Field House along with their other siblings.
Emma was living happily with her "mama" at the orphanage. She was looking forward to the day when she would be adopted by foster parents and live in the outside world. After finding a foster parent and leaving the orphanage, Emma and Norman realize that Conny has forgotten something, and head to the "gate" that they must never approach. What he saw there was Conny being offered as food to a demon. A novelization of the popular jailbreak suspense movie.
Chapters[]
Original Novel[]
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
Mirai Bunko Edition[]
0. Prologue
1. The Truth About Grace Field House
2. Iron-Clad Mama
3. Full Score Strategy
4. New Observer
5. Insider
6. Collaborator
7. Elimination
8. The End of The Spy
9. Plan Failed
10. We Won't Let You Die
11. Goodbye Norman
12. In Total Despair
13. Escape
14. Epilogue
Mirai Bunko Edition[]
Mirai Bunko is a series by Shueisha that adapts popular series and movies into written novels for elementary and junior high school students to encourage reading and imagination. Mirai Bunko novels typically have the movie/series poster as it's front cover, but with a yellow boarder. The Mirai Bunko Edition of The Promised Neverland Movie Novelization follows the same story as the original novel, but is written by Tsuyoshi Ogawa. Some other differences are the Mirai Bunko Edition is written for slightly younger audiences, has slightly different front and back cover art, contains only 196 pages as opposed to the original novel's 228 pages and is divided up into more chapters.
Author Notes[]
Extra Pages[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The author of the novel, Nanao, is also the author of all four Light Novels based on The Promised Neverland.
- The novel was released the same day as the film it is based on (December 18, 2020).
- Both versions of the novel include four different colored pages containing screenshots and promotional posters for the movie as well as basic information about the story and characters.
- The original novel has different dimensions than the Mirai Bunko Edition.
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230828124409/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-680359-5
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231114084234/https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E7%99%BD%E4%BA%95-%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A6/dp/4083216239/ref=zg-te-pba_sccl_2_4/356-5408960-1309306?pd_rd_w=ww4sx&content-id=amzn1.sym.46270640-5101-4065-bf32-09e335aceee7&pf_rd_p=46270640-5101-4065-bf32-09e335aceee7&pf_rd_r=T4ZMPHSDM58D1V4QSBGV&pd_rd_wg=9qlEG&pd_rd_r=2255d820-b4b3-4fb6-846e-e4593d201222&pd_rd_i=4083216239&psc=1
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