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This Week in Anime - Are the Changes in The Promised Neverland Working?

When I see people write about how wonderful it is to have two versions of a thing they like, I can't but wonder: have you guys never had friends who don't read manga who you wanted to be able to experience the story you fell in love with? For me, half the pleasure of getting an anime adaptation is not in experiencing the same story I read in manga form already, but being able to see friends and family who do not read manga get to experience it for themselves in a medium that they are more familiar with.

I mean, if everyone read the manga, there would be no point in anime adaptations, would there? So the frustration is not that they aren't adapting the story in a way I will enjoy, but that they're changing it completely, and someone who I got to watch the show (who would never take the time to read a manga) is being deprived of a story that I really wanted to see them enjoy. It is, emotionally speaking, an utter letdown of the highest order, a betrayal of expectations built up over the previous season. Surely others can relate?

... although I didn't watch Brotherhood, I just lost interest after those episodes that rushed through the "already covered" parts; it saddens me that the Tucker arc most people nowadays are familiar with is the abridged Brotherhood version.

the Tucker arc most people nowadays are familiar with is the abridged Brotherhood version.

This one will be the next (and I would have skipped it otherwise). Just like that also made me read Black Cat and FMA... although I didn't watch Brotherhood, I just lost interest after those episodes that rushed through the "already covered" parts; it saddens me that the Tucker arc most people nowadays are familiar with is the abridged Brotherhood version.

To be fair, the Tucker arc in the manga is -one- chapter out of 108; the 2003 series just padded it out quite a bit. I like both versions more or less equally; both have great music and their own atmospheres. I enjoy BH because it's a more faithful manga adaption; I like 2003 because it had a darker, steampunky vibe and went its own direction(in an interesting way).

Gem-Bug wrote:

To be fair, the Tucker arc in the manga is -one- chapter out of 108; the 2003 series just padded it out quite a bit. I like both versions more or less equally; both have great music and their own atmospheres. I enjoy BH because it's a more faithful manga adaption; I like 2003 because it had a darker, steampunky vibe and went its own direction(in an interesting way).

Huh, thanks for the correction. I read that part of the manga over 15 years ago and remembered it differently. The anime's version made quite an impression with all the time we got to spend with that family; although the chimera Tucker thing later was a bit cheesy.

Well, how many times do we have to see Trisha Elric die and Edward lose his limbs? People complained when The Amazing Spider-Man retold the origin story only a decade after the Raimi movie came out, so I'm sure people would have complained about FMA doing the same thing only six years after the 2003 anime.

Brotherhood skipped exactly 2 chapters: the coal town and the train robbery. They kept all the backstory for Trisha and the brothers losing their limbs. I think people forget just how much filler the early 2003 had added to it. The cat burglar lady, that one puppet doll guy, and those fake Elric Brothers weren't in the manga. I wouldn't say Brotherhood was 'rushed' so much as the 2003 series was drawn out in the beginning with a bunch of filler episodes before the main plot kicks in.