'The Promised Neverland' ends as manga releases bittersweet epilogue

It's an emotional time for "The Promised Neverland" fans as the popular manga released its final chapter.

Chapter 181 brought an bittersweet end to Emma's journey with an epilogue set two years into the future.

« TPN SERIES HAS REACHED ITS CONCLUSION!!!
Kaiu Shirai, June 2020.

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I think some points couldn’t be achieved but I gave all my best efforts. The fact that I could run devotedly 4 years with TPN is because you readers gave us your support! Thank you so much!! pic.twitter.com/55vBlJiE0X

— ????The Promised Neverland???? (@TPNManga) June 15, 2020

"The Promised Neverland" follows three gifted kids, Emma, Ray, and Norman, as they learn that their isolated orphanage isn't the haven they thought. They then make a plan to break out of the only home they ever knew as they battle demons.

Co-creator Posuka Demizu treated fans to a final sketch, saying, "Complete! Thank you very much!"

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"The Promised Neverland," written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2016. An anime adaptation was aired in 2019.

The second season of the anime series is set to air in January 2021.

—JCB, GMA News