The Promised Neverland falls into the thriller genre for its first season and even embraces this genre for parts of the second. For this reason, the things that make no sense are likely just part of the show's attempt at keeping viewers on their toes before they are revealed at a later time.
Still, there are some things that happen in The Promised Neverland that still don't make sense after a second watch-through.
10 Ray Hid Little Bunny To Guide Emma & Ray To The Truth
It makes perfect sense for Ray to guide his friends toward the truth, but there must have been a way for him to teach Norman and Emma that didn't involve the young pair risking their lives. When Norman confronts Ray about his plan, he basically thanks the young man for tricking him and Emma into facing down a pair of hungry demons and witnessing Conny's dead body.
There is the fact that this truth is pretty difficult to believe, but Ray isn't the type of person to invent an imaginary world where demons eat children just for a laugh. If he had been honest with his words, Norman and Emma could have learned the truth without ever having to risk their lives.
9 Ray Started Inventing His Anti-Tracking Chip Device Soon After He Turned 6
The children in Grace Field House are exceptional in terms of their physical and mental fortitude, but Ray's intelligence is a bit difficult to believe. During his chat with Norman about leaking information to Isabella, he explains that his partnership with Isabella granted him a few benefits that no other kids at Grace Field were allowed.
First, Ray was able to procure items from outside the orphanage. Second, Ray would be able to avoid shipment as long as he provided Isabella with information on the other children. If Ray had a free path to survival as an informant, it makes very little sense that he would be motivated to excel beyond his peers intellectually. Yet he was still brilliant enough to begin building a device that could counter the tracking devices in his ear at the ripe age of 6 years old.
8 He Didn't Tell Norman Or Emma About His Deal With Isabella Until Norman Figured It Out
Ray's biggest character flaw has to be his lack of communication skills. On multiple occasions, he fails to tell Emma and Norman important life-saving information.
One of these occasions comes before Norman figures out that Ray is the traitor reporting information to Isabella. Why Ray would keep this information from his friends is beyond reason. Especially considering that his communication skills with Isabella are what allowed him so much freedom in Grace Field House from the beginning.
7 He Tried To Frame Don As A Traitor
Ray didn't just avoid sharing the fact that he was Isabella's informant, he tried to frame Don as the traitor. Of course, Norman's big brain helped him see through Ray's plot, but as soon as the truth was revealed, Ray admits that his entire plot was meant to help Norman and Emma escape.
If this were indeed the case, Ray could have just admitted that he was the spy all along. Looking back at Season 1, Ray gains almost nothing by framing Don other than losing the trust of the people he claims to be helping.
6 Ray Settles In As Emma's Hype Man For The Entirety Of Season 2
The second season of The Promised Neverland falls well short of the first season. That isn't to say the second season is terrible, but sidelining a character as interesting and dynamic as Ray is bound to hurt fans who fell in love with the dark-haired best boy in Season 1.
Ray is one of the most helpful characters when formulating an escape plan in the first season of The Promised Neverland. Even though everyone loves Emma, turning Ray into her yes man for the entirety of Season 2 is a genuine shame and makes no sense considering his character's personality.
5 "I'd Rather You Get Shipped Than Die After We Escape"
The big reveal that Ray is the traitor reporting to Isabella comes as a big shock to fans of The Promised Neverland. This shock may have hidden Ray's contradictory behavior from first-time viewers, but on a second watch, Ray's words are still hard to make sense of.
Ray explains that he would rather let Emma and Norman get shipped than help them escape just for them to die in the outside world. There is absolutely no way that Ray can guarantee his friend's safety outside of Grace Field House which makes this statement moot the moment he agrees to help the pair escape.
4 Ray Did Not Experience Childhood Amnesia
Ray was able to figure out the truth of Grace Field House because he never experienced what he calls childhood amnesia. This childhood amnesia is what makes children forget the first few years of their life.
Ray, unlike all the other children at Grace Field, remembers his past and therefore understands the idea that Grace Field House is not just an ordinary orphanage. While this does make for an interesting plot twist, it doesn't make much sense that Ray was simply blessed with his childhood memories by sheer coincidence and luck.
3 Ray's Plan For Self-Destruction Is Much Too Shortsighted For The Brilliant Young Man
The fact that Ray remembers everything from his childhood means that he should genuinely understand the scale of the child farm industry that he lives within. Still, when Norman is shipped off, and he is forced to separate from Emma, he has hopes of going out in a self-centered blaze of glory that he knows will have little to no effect on the over-arching farm industry.
2 Ray Has No Words Of Consolation For Norman After His Genocidal Phase
For fans to make sense of Ray's passiveness in the second season of The Promised Neverland, they are forced to consider that Ray has perhaps lost confidence in himself after planning his own death inside Grace Field House. His suicidal thoughts may have crippled his confidence and sent him spiraling into Emma's arms.
Still, when Norman is going through his whole genocidal phase, Ray has no words for his friend despite having experienced the same feelings of despair while inside Grace Field House.
1 Ray Forgave Isabella Much Too Quickly
The end of Season 2 of The Promised Neverland sees Emma, Ray, and the rest of the Grace Field House children forgive Isabella for her role in imprisoning them. The way Emma explains it, they are able to forgive her because of the kindness that she showed them at Grace Field.
Ray nods alongside Emma. However, Ray was not granted the same kindness that Emma, Norman, and the rest of the children were. Ray was manipulated by Isabella from the moment she realized he knew the secrets of Grace Field House until the day he escaped. While it is possible to extend forgiveness in this situation, it is fair to reason that Ray would take a bit more time to forgive his deceitful mother than the rest of the children. Especially considering the fact that Isabella is his biological mother on top of being his caretaker.
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