Kaiu Shirai
Author of The Promised Neverland, Volume 1: Grace Field House
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Works by Kaiu Shirai
The Promised Neverland, Volume 17: The Imperial Capital Battle (2020) — Author — 226 copies, 2 reviews
The Promised Neverland Complete Box Set: Includes volumes 1-20 with premium (2023) 10 copies, 1 review
The Promised Neverland Vol (1-20): 20 Books Collection Set by Kaiu Shirai (2021) — Author — 3 copies
シークレットバイブル 約束のネバーランド 0 MYSTIC CODE (ジャンプコミックス) — Author — 2 copies
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- Kaiu Shirai
白井カイウ - Birthdate
- NA
- Gender
- male
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- Escritor
- Awards and honors
- Premio Shōgakukan al «mejor shōnen» (2018)
- Short biography
- Kaiu Shirai es un guionista y mangaka japonés conocido principalmente por ser el creador de la historia del manga The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku no Neverland), publicado entre 2016 y 2020 en la revista Weekly Shōnen Jump. Aunque mantiene su identidad personal en reserva, se sabe que Shirai escribió el guion mientras el arte estuvo a cargo de Posuka Demizu.
La obra se destacó por su trama psicológica, su crítica social y su mezcla de suspense, ciencia ficción y drama, ganando gran reconocimiento internacional y adaptaciones al anime y live action. Tras The Promised Neverland, Shirai ha trabajado en historias cortas y continúa siendo una figura influyente en el manga contemporáneo. - Nationality
- Japan
- Birthplace
- Gifu, Japan
- Map Location
- Japan
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The Promised Neverland (Volume 1 of 16) (The Promised Neverland, 1) (Japanese Edition) by Kaiu Shirai
‘You love Peter Pan’ they said. ‘It’s a cute manga’ they said. My friends suck!
I gotta say though this manga is amazingly written! It is making me think so much as I root for the kids of this story! Emma, Ray, and Norman are so bright for 11 year old children and you can’t underestimate their abilities to out think their opponents, but their advertisers are just as bright. It is like a chess game where lives are on the line if they don’t win. I look forward to continuing this show more series!
The first season of the anime is on Crunchyroll and it is amazing as well! show less
I gotta say though this manga is amazingly written! It is making me think so much as I root for the kids of this story! Emma, Ray, and Norman are so bright for 11 year old children and you can’t underestimate their abilities to out think their opponents, but their advertisers are just as bright. It is like a chess game where lives are on the line if they don’t win. I look forward to continuing this show more series!
The first season of the anime is on Crunchyroll and it is amazing as well! show less
First rule of reading this manga: do not look up anything about it. Just trust me! This is how I got into it, besides seeing it on the popular list and liking the cover. Believe me, discovering what this manga is really about without a summary just enhances the experience!
Now, onto spoilers that YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT CLICK UNTIL YOU READ THE BOOK:
This manga's shining feature is the suspense. Even though it's nothing out of the ordinary with horror in manga, I was drawn by the primal show more fear of impending death, especially a kind of death were you get eaten. I love that the manga so far is not scrambling to catch us up on what exactly is going on: the first priority is to escape and then worry about the outside world. In horror, I love when things are left to the imagination as much as possible because oftentimes, the unknown is much scarier than the known (however horrible it may be). Here, the same formula follows. Aside from the demons, we know nothing about them (or if they really are demons. There's a possibility they could be aliens). Why do they kill people with a single flower stalk? All questions that I am dreading to have answered, in the best way possible!
THE ART:
while the characters are drawn very cutely (to contrast with the demons), I have dual feelings about the consistency. Sometimes characters are drawn disproportionately and may seem off, and while it adds to the creepiness/uncanny factor, I found myself often snickering at some mistakes. For example, Mama is often depicted as having a normal or large body, but a tiny head and it's just so... dumb! It doesn't make me fear her, it makes me want to take a red pen and adjust the anatomy!
The weird anatomy ties in with expressions, but this time it works spectacularly in the mangaka's favor. no character (save for the toddlers) is spared from violent expressions that further escalate the tension. My favorite was definitely Sister Krone, as she had the size and unrestricted emotions that made her character design shine. Maybe that is why I'm not satisfied with Mama's style? Because we've only seen her composed so far?
THE CHARACTERS:
I truly wish Emma defied the stereotypical Shonen go-getter archetype, but. she. does. NOT. If you despise the happy-go-lucky manga protags, you'll have a tough time with Emma. She gets on my nerves for being too optimistic, but there is a part of me that wants to rescue all of the kids, so I can't be too harsh on her. And honestly, even though she's described as a quick learner, she's still used as a vehicle for the audience, and thus is subjected to the slow pace of gaining knowledge. I wish she was more fleshed out.
Norman and Ray are the traditional cool characters that somewhat vie for the girl's attention, but they're interesting in the setting they're placed in. I think we'll see them more fleshed out, especially aas the stakes get raised higher, so I'm not too worried about them.
For some reason, I really got into Sister Krone's character! Her personality is frightful and forceful, and I can only imagine it gets better. Of course, I don't expect her to have the upper-hand long because she's such a hothead, but I enjoy the contrast she provides for Mama.
To sum it up, I love the manga for its possibilities. I hope that the mangaka will not lose sight and try to expand the story beyond its means just because it's getting popular. The best stories are ones that run their due courses, and I have high hopes for this one!
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Now, onto spoilers that YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT CLICK UNTIL YOU READ THE BOOK:
This manga's shining feature is the suspense. Even though it's nothing out of the ordinary with horror in manga, I was drawn by the primal
THE ART:
while the characters are drawn very cutely (to contrast with the demons), I have dual feelings about the consistency. Sometimes characters are drawn disproportionately and may seem off, and while it adds to the creepiness/uncanny factor, I found myself often snickering at some mistakes. For example, Mama is often depicted as having a normal or large body, but a tiny head and it's just so... dumb! It doesn't make me fear her, it makes me want to take a red pen and adjust the anatomy!
The weird anatomy ties in with expressions, but this time it works spectacularly in the mangaka's favor. no character (save for the toddlers) is spared from violent expressions that further escalate the tension. My favorite was definitely Sister Krone, as she had the size and unrestricted emotions that made her character design shine. Maybe that is why I'm not satisfied with Mama's style? Because we've only seen her composed so far?
THE CHARACTERS:
I truly wish Emma defied the stereotypical Shonen go-getter archetype, but. she. does. NOT. If you despise the happy-go-lucky manga protags, you'll have a tough time with Emma. She gets on my nerves for being too optimistic, but there is a part of me that wants to rescue all of the kids, so I can't be too harsh on her. And honestly, even though she's described as a quick learner, she's still used as a vehicle for the audience, and thus is subjected to the slow pace of gaining knowledge. I wish she was more fleshed out.
Norman and Ray are the traditional cool characters that somewhat vie for the girl's attention, but they're interesting in the setting they're placed in. I think we'll see them more fleshed out, especially aas the stakes get raised higher, so I'm not too worried about them.
For some reason, I really got into Sister Krone's character! Her personality is frightful and forceful, and I can only imagine it gets better. Of course, I don't expect her to have the upper-hand long because she's such a hothead, but I enjoy the contrast she provides for Mama.
To sum it up, I love the manga for its possibilities. I hope that the mangaka will not lose sight and try to expand the story beyond its means just because it's getting popular. The best stories are ones that run their due courses, and I have high hopes for this one!
I was really excited to read this because I absolutely loved the anime. I just want to say, I knew what I was getting into when I picked this up because of seeing the anime first, but I envy the people who don't know! It's just brilliant.
The story is about a group of children who have lived their whole life in an orphanage, living happy lives until they are adopted by new parents, who then discover the dark truth behind their lives. It starts of cutesy, with a bit of an ominous feeling, and show more then it gets downright horrific. The artwork is great. It's super cute, but also really creepy and disturbing. There's a great balance bewteen the cuteness and the creepiness.
The three main characters are Emma, who is bubbly and optimistic, and really cares about her younger brothers and sisters; Norman, who is very smart and good at strategy; and Ray, who is a bit edgy (check out that fringe). Ray is my favourite, I really have a soft spot for that kind of character. This manga really makes you feel for all of the characters, and then it hurts you. It's brilliant. I'm really looking forward to reading the next volume. show less
The story is about a group of children who have lived their whole life in an orphanage, living happy lives until they are adopted by new parents, who then discover the dark truth behind their lives. It starts of cutesy, with a bit of an ominous feeling, and show more then it gets downright horrific. The artwork is great. It's super cute, but also really creepy and disturbing. There's a great balance bewteen the cuteness and the creepiness.
The three main characters are Emma, who is bubbly and optimistic, and really cares about her younger brothers and sisters; Norman, who is very smart and good at strategy; and Ray, who is a bit edgy (check out that fringe). Ray is my favourite, I really have a soft spot for that kind of character. This manga really makes you feel for all of the characters, and then it hurts you. It's brilliant. I'm really looking forward to reading the next volume. show less
This was a perfect freaky crazy WTF read. Based on the cover and the words Neverland I went in thinking it would be some type of Peter Pan retelling. And in only the loosest way could it be considered that. Instead it’s about a group of orphans who find out that there’s more to the orphanage than child care. To say anymore gives away the story and I’m not going to do that. You have to read this and go in as blind as possible because it is amazing. There is an anime that was done based show more off this book as well that’s available on one of the streaming platforms but read the book 1st. show less
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