Caretaker Role

Lore & Background

Ray was born on January 15, 2034. At the beginning of the story on October 12, 2045, Ray is an 11-year-old boy living at Grace Field House orphanage. He has dark green eyes and messy short black hair with long bangs that are parted to the right and cover up much of the left side of his face. He wears the standard orphanage uniform — a white shirt and trousers along with plain shoes.

An authentication number, 81194 is tattooed on his neck. As Ray grew up, he realized that there were inconsistencies between his own memories and the reality that spread before him in the orphanage, and eventually that helped him to discover the true purpose of Grace Field House. Being the only biological son of their caretaker, Isabella, he did not experience childhood amnesia, confirming his suspicions about the existence of demons and true nature of the house later when he was 6 years old, the day when he has a beautiful voice when he first hummed Lesile's song.

Ray becomes Isabella's spy in exchange for goods and the promise that he, Norman, and Emma will not get fed to demons until their 12th birthdays. He pledged to use the remaining years of his life to orchestrate an escape plan that would lead to his two siblings finding out the truth themselves. After a confrontation with Norman, he becomes the children's trump card just as Isabella betrays him. Although initially unwilling to accept Emma's unrealistic goal of escaping with every child, he vows to never give up on them after their escape succeeds.

In 2047, Ray stopped wearing the standard uniform when he arrived at the shelter where he found new clothes. He began wearing long, black pants, a black shirt, and a long white-colored coat together with the old brown shoes he wore at the Grace Field House.

Reader's Guide

Ray appears in three of four light novel books of the series written by Nanao, illustrated by Posuka Demizu and supervised by Kaiu Shirai; as well as appearing in the comedic spin-off manga, Oyakusoku no Neverland (お約束のネバーランド), written and illustrated by Shuhei Miyazaki. Ray appeared in two drama CDs released along with the anime series' first season Blu-ray disc, titled GF House Ghost Disturbance and Gift from the 39th Girl. The stories were originated from the novel A Letter from Norman.

Ray also appeared in two other drama CDs titled The day Emma cried and Voice Time Capsule, released along with the anime series' second season Blu-ray disc. Ray is a playable character in the mobile game The Promised Neverland: Escape the Hunting Grounds released on iOS and Android. Ray is also a playable character in the crossover collaborations between The Promised Neverland and the smartphone video games Identity V, Jumputi Heroes, Dragon Egg, Vivid Army and LINE POP 2.

Noitamina Shop & Cafe Theater held a cafe event and sold multiple merchandise of Ray, to commemorate his birthday in 2019. Other merchandise related to the character such as figurines, plush dolls, perfumes, mugs, and T-shirts have been created. A collaboration with Megane Flower glasses was held in March 2021, which included limited edition glasses frames designed after Ray, Norman, and Emma. Ray was also featured on a MasterCard credit card in 2022.

Did You Know?

• Ray was originally going to die in Kaiu Shirai's original script, nearly burning himself down with Grace Field House.
• Ray's hidden eye design came from a casual sketch by Posuka Demizu, meant to give him a shadow air and make him look cool.