The Promised Neverland is a story with many twists and turns. The children who had been brought up in what they believed to be an orphanage were in fact high-class food for the demons. After learning this truth, Emma and Norman plot to escape from the plantation. However, it seems that Mama knows what they are doing. Yes, in fact, one of the people they were consulting with, Ray, was a spy for Mama. In this article, we will be introducing Ray in detail.
Rei's Profile
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One of the geniuses who gets perfect scores on the daily tests. Rei has the numbers 81194 carved into his neck. He doesn't join in on the others' games, and instead always reads books in the shade of a tree. However, he's not on bad terms with everyone, and he takes good care of the children in the house and chats to them in a friendly manner. He seems to be surprisingly caring, teasing the childish Emma and giving her advice on how to beat Norman. When the story begins, he was 11 years old. Ray is a wise and knowledgeable man who is the only one who can stand up to the genius Norman, and he is also a good confidant for Emma.
Rei and his mother's relationship and how he became a spy
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Humans lose memories from when they were babies without realizing it. This is called infantile amnesia. However, Rei remembered his memories as a baby. He was born at the headquarters, came to this farm, and the demons in front of him. Now that Ray can read, he understands everything about the plantation and begins to plan to escape before he turns 12. So he starts negotiating with Isabella, who was his mother at the time. He says that he will help control his mother, knowing everything. Of course, he makes it clear to his mother that he is completely obedient. In return, he will order any product he wants from outside. He was always reading books, not because he liked them, but to get smarter so he wouldn't be shipped out, to know the current state of the outside world, and to escape. And in fact, Ray's real mother is Isabella, his mother. Ray remembered the lullabies that Isabella used to sing to him as nurses. So, Ray, who was spying and planning his escape, began to plan his escape as he approached the age of 12.
Ray and the Escape Plan
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First, Ray hides Connie's stuffed toy that is being shipped out as he plans to escape. He even calculates that Emma and Norman will deliver it, so that they will know the truth. As planned, Emma and Norman, who have learned the truth, try to plan an escape, but there is an unexpected miscalculation. They leave Connie's stuffed toy behind, and Mama finds out that someone has found out the truth. On top of that, Emma starts to take action to save everyone. When the escape plan itself falls through, Ray works behind the scenes as Mama's spy, making arrangements to prevent early shipment and other drastic measures from being taken. He probably also took into account the possibility that Norman would find out that Ray is a spy. Ray, who knows how to disable the transmitter and seems to be trusted by Mama, is an indispensable key person in the escape. They are all so brilliant that it's hard to believe they are really 11 years old.
The true meaning of Ray's words
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Why was Ray spying? He says it was to stop them from killing you two. He values the lives of Emma and Norman when he escapes. In fact, Norman and Ray had made a secret promise to abandon a certain number of people without telling Emma. Norman was aware of the true meaning of these words. Later, when he found oil in Ray's room, he became convinced. Ray was planning to sacrifice himself in order to escape. Unfortunately, Norman was shipped out before they could do so, but Emma followed Norman's words and saved Ray during the escape. By cutting off their own ears, they successfully fooled Mama and escaped safely. Cutting off an ear to deceive the enemy was the most shocking thing since Kaiji.
Change in Ray's state of mind
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Originally, Ray knew that it was impossible for everyone to escape, and he came up with a plan to save Norman and Emma. Even at the cost of sacrificing himself. However, while everyone was escaping with Ray and the children over the age of 5, he changed his mind as he saw the children at the facility who had been training hard and were gradually making what he had thought was impossible possible. They all decide to survive together. From this point on, Ray truly begins to play the role of a caring older brother. Just as you would expect from one of the best Rays around. When crossing a cliff with a rope, he says he learned how to do it by watching, and escapes holding the frightened Jemima in his arms.
The relationship between Ray, Emma and Norman
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As for the relationship between Ray and Emma, he seems to care about her very much. However, it is unclear whether it is love or not. Both Ray and Emma are filled with the desire to protect each other at all costs. Even in Secret Garden, they went to rescue Emma who was captured without regard for their own danger. I wonder how the relationship between these two will develop in the future. And while we believe Ray and Emma are dead, Norman is being forced to do something at the new farm. Norman will definitely be involved in the story. I'm really looking forward to seeing how these three will get involved in the story.
Rei was Mama's spy in the end
Source: The Promised Neverland © Kaiu Shirai/Posuka Demizu/Shueisha/CloverWorks
Rei was Mama's real child, and in the end he betrayed Mama and escaped. Rei would have roughly guessed what would happen to Mama after that. At the beginning of the story, Ray is a very talented but somewhat cold character, but he has changed and grown into a person who cares deeply for all his friends. His future growth will be something not to be missed.
