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Is Yakusoku no Neverland good to watch with a friend?

A quiet night. Yakusoku no Neverland (THE PROMISED NEVERLAND) is a TV series from Winter 2019 by Cloverworks Inc.: 12 episodes, about 4.4 hours in total, finished, 8.5/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged horror, psychological, thriller, tragedy and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type
TV series
Episodes
12
Episode length
22 min
Total time
about 4.4 hours — a weekend
First aired
Winter 2019
Status
Finished
Studio
Cloverworks Inc.
Score
8.5/10 across the listing sites
Tags
action, adventure, aliens, manga adaptation, coming of age, dark fantasy, demons, drama, dystopian, fantasy, found family, friendship, gore, horror, monsters, mystery, post-apocalyptic, psychological, revenge, sci-fi, shounen, slice of life, supernatural, survival, thriller, tragedy, violence

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale.

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Yakusoku no Neverland?
About 4.4 hours for all 12 episodes at 22 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 6 evenings.
How many episodes does Yakusoku no Neverland have?
12 episodes of 22 min.
Is Yakusoku no Neverland finished?
Yes, Yakusoku no Neverland is finished (12 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Yakusoku no Neverland good for a group?
Better for two than for a crowd. Yakusoku no Neverland is tagged drama, psychological, tragedy; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
Where is Yakusoku no Neverland listed?
Yakusoku no Neverland is on AniList (id 101759) and MyAnimeList (id 37779); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

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