zah's Reviews > 約束のネバーランド 20 [Yakusoku no Neverland 20]

when I first started this manga, I was super impressed at how the plot just becomes better and better the more I continue. Sadly, I caught up and ended up dropping the manga for almost 2 years up until I heard the news that the manga's finally finished! So I was like, heck, why not? Let's finish this!

And so I did.

The plot was so exciting until the end, though I was sooo upset that Isabella died :( it was just too sudden and didn't make up for any character development AT ALL, like, they could've had that heartfelt conversation when they escape, so why did the author just decided to discard Isabella's character growth like that, I wonder? But, at least they DID got their happiness back. Well, I was half expecting Emma and the others would find each other once again in a more dramatic setting, because that ending wasn't it for me, like there're just a lot of loose strings everywhere and the author just wanted to wrap things up real quick you know? Would've liked a longer time skip, maybe until they're adults and more chapters about their new lives, and more details on looking for Emma, and a more sophisticated way to make them reconcile once again?

I do like easter eggs that I found while reading the manga, like when Emma mentioned the upcoming hurdles, wars, shortcoming that humanity has faced throughout the years, the way that the author implemented REAL issues that happens in the same time sequence such as us, reader, like COVID-19, BLM Movement, riots, World War, and others, I just got so happy that the author did that.

final note : Ray and Phil, still best boys and best characters for me, even until the end.