The Promised Neverland is a story about the protagonist Emma and her friends who discover that children are being farmed as food for demons in the demon world, and set out to save all of them. It's a masterpiece with a wonderful story full of foreshadowing and plenty of touching scenes. Here, we'll be introducing some of those touching scenes in a ranking format!
Touching Scene Ranking #10: Embracing Gilda
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Emma and her friends were planning to escape. However, they find out that there is an informant for Mama. Meanwhile, they tell Don and Gilda that they are planning to escape. However, one night, Gilda enters Sister Krone's room. Emma thought this was suspicious and eavesdropped on the conversation. However, after hearing the conversation, she realized that Gilda was not a traitor. When Emma came out of Krone's room, she hugged her and apologized for her doubts.
Touching Scene Ranking #9 Phil's Determination
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The escape plan is in the final stages. However, Emma is unsure whether to take the children under the age of four with her. So she tells the truth about the farm to Phil, who is the most reliable of the four-year-olds, and promises him that they will definitely return in two years. Phil sees through it all. Being so intelligent, he has a vague feeling that there is some secret about the farm. It is a touching scene in which Phil makes a decision that is hard to believe for a four-year-old, and also shows his absolute trust in Emma.
Touching Scene Ranking #8: On the way home after learning the truth about the farm
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When Connie was taken to the outside world, Emma and Norman came to the forbidden gate to return something Connie had left behind. There they saw Connie's corpse, her mother, and the demon. She has now discovered the truth about the farm. On the way back from the gate to the house, Emma is so shocked that she wants to believe she was mistaken, so she asks Norman if the girl wasn't Connie. Norman replies that it was Connie, and Emma simply bursts into tears. It is a sad scene, and the story begins to move from here.
Touching Scene Ranking #7 Emma Wants to Help Her Uncle
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The uncle who was already in the underground shelter, as drawn by Minerva's pen. This uncle has lost all of his past companions. He seems to be annoyed with Emma and her family, as he sees them as their own past selves. However, Emma tells him bluntly that she wants to free him from his suffering. Come along, uncle. Let's go together. To the human world. Let's see the world our friends wanted to see! These words change the uncle's emotions.
Touching Scene Ranking #6: Don Learns the Truth
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Don and Gilda sneak into Mama's secret room and find out that Connie is already dead. They confront Emma, Norman, and Ray, saying they didn't know anything about it and asking them to tell them everything. Don, who knows everything, hits Norman and Ray. They were the ones they had to protect, and they simply felt frustrated at their own incompetence. It was a touching scene where the emotions of Don and the others, who wanted them to trust them because they were family, and Emma and the others, who wanted to protect their family, were intricately intertwined.
Moving Scene Ranking #5: Lucas' Tears
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Emma is taken to the Secret Garden. There, she meets Lucas, an old friend of her uncle's. The name Lucas catches Emma's attention. Lucas timidly asks Emma, "Is he still alive?" As Emma nods, Lucas repeats that he is just glad and begins to cry. It was a scene that likely brought tears to the reader's eyes, as he finds out that the family he was separated from 13 years ago is still alive.
Moving Scene Ranking #4: The Ritual and Connie
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Ema and Sonju went outside to ask for help in killing animals. Sonju said he would perform a ritual (Gupna) on the bird he had successfully killed. It was a traditional demon ritual that also involved draining the blood. The act of sticking a blood-sucking plant called Vida into the chest of the victim signifies offering food to God. It is said that when the flower blooms, God accepts the food. This plant was also found stuck in Connie's corpse. It was a scene that made us think about the preciousness of life, as the victim makes the flowers bloom on his prey while thinking of his family who died despite wanting to live, and praying for a peaceful end.
Touching Scene Ranking #3: Isabella's Regret
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Isabella, a mother, was a mother in order to survive. That was managing the food for the demons. However, the food escaped. Isabella gave up everything and became a mother. Although you would think he would hate the escaped children, he expresses regret that he wished he could have just loved them. Perhaps he did in fact love his children. There is also a memorable scene at the end where he plays for the remaining children a song that he used to hum, which he loved to sing.
Most moving scene ranking #2: Norman being shipped out
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Norman is shipped out. Emma and Ray think of a way to save him and decide to hide him in the forest. However, Norman climbs the wall to check things out and comes back. This is the last scene of Norman, Emma, and Ray. "Thanks to you two, I had a good life," Norman said as he hugged them. It was a touching scene in which he gave up his own life and expressed his wish for the two of them, his family, to survive.
Touching Scene Ranking #1: Silent Embrace
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Emma and her friends have defeated all the demons that control the Secret Garden. Emma and the others return to find Lucas treating the injured after the battle. There, Lucas and Yugo (the uncle) are reunited for the first time in 13 years. The two embrace in silence. This is a classic scene that needs no further explanation.
Touching Scene Ranking Finally
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I've introduced them in a ranking format, but these are not the only great scenes in The Promised Neverland. You can read it while interpreting the foreshadowing in various ways, or you can just read it straightforwardly without thinking too much about it, and there are plenty of wonderful scenes. It's truly a masterpiece.
