What makes Promised Neverland such a great anti-Shonen Shonen? https://jacksonhenry.weebly.com/blog/what-makes-promised-neverland-such-a-great-anti-shonen-shonen #Shonen #series #fans When Promised Neverland was published, most fans quickly realized that it was not a typical Shonen series. However, there are no fixed characteristics that make a series Shonen other than its target demographic. But the Shonen series do have common tropes:- a one-on-one final showdown between the antagonist and protagonist, a battle focused storyline, and a naive protagonist. Promised Neverland is different since it does not feature any of the typical tropes. Some might say that its departure from the typical Shonen storyline and tropes is the very reason for its success.