Ray is 150 cm tall. That gives you a useful sense of his physical size when a close-up makes him occupy your whole attention.

Who voices Ray in English?

Laura Stahl voices Ray in English. If you prefer watching without reading subtitles, that is the performance to look for.

Who is Ray's Japanese voice actor?

Mariya Ise voices Ray in Japanese. I would choose between the language tracks by listening preference, without treating either choice as a test of devotion.

Where can I legally watch Ray's story?

The watch section on this page provides the legal streaming options and marks where to start. Follow the link for your preferred service to check access where you live.

Is Ray worth watching for?

I would give him that attention, especially if you enjoy reconsidering your first impression of a character. My advice is to leave yourself room to disagree with him and still care about him.

Ray

The Promised Neverland universe

Ray makes me wary of how readily we praise a child for seeming older. Eleven is young enough that calling someone mature can sound suspiciously like letting the adults off the hook. That is the thought I would take into watching him, before choosing a favourite or deciding what sort of person he ought to be. I want room for Ray to be a person whose responses I can disagree with without turning that disagreement into a verdict on his worth. Watching a child should ask a little more patience of us than watching someone who has already had years to practise being grown up.

By Mika Tanabe

Appearance

At 150 cm, Ray has a physical scale worth keeping in mind when a close-up gives his face the whole screen. I like that reminder because animation can make a young character feel enormous in our attention. My eye can grant someone authority that their actual size complicates. With Ray, I would keep the child in view even when the face seems to fill everything.

Personality

I would resist making a tidy personality badge for Ray before watching him. A label can become a strange little contract: once we have decided who a character is, we start treating every inconvenient response as a failure to stay in character. My preference is to listen for how a line lands, then allow the next exchange to revise that impression. Ray is eleven; I do not need him to have finished deciding who he is. There is pleasure in letting a young character be difficult to summarise. It gives me something to think about beyond whether I would enjoy sitting beside him.

Ray’s Story

Spoiler-free introduction

Begin with Ray himself rather than a theory about his significance. I would pay attention to my own expectations of him: how quickly I start wanting an answer, and how much responsibility I am prepared to place on a child because he has my attention. Those expectations can make a viewing experience surprisingly impatient. Giving Ray room means allowing an impression to remain unfinished. You do not have to settle your opinion of him before you have spent time watching him, and there is no prize for getting a character figured out first.

Spoilers beyond the opening

The judgment I would return to after watching is whether I have been fair to Ray. Knowing more can make earlier impressions feel embarrassingly certain, but I dislike the opposite habit too: treating understanding as an obligation to approve. I can care about a child without endorsing every response I read in him. For me, that is the useful tension to preserve when thinking back over Ray's story. Keep your objections specific, and keep his age attached to the person you are judging. A retrospective verdict that expects an eleven-year-old to satisfy an adult standard leaves very little room for childhood.

Watch Ray’s Story

Use the starting point below, then follow its legal streaming links to the service that suits you. I would give Ray the time of an ordinary watch before hunting for a definitive explanation of him. Character summaries encourage certainty; watching leaves room for an impression to change. The performances are part of that experience, so choose the language you enjoy listening to.

Start here: The Promised Neverland (2019) — on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix

The Promised NeverlandMain · 2019
Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix

Questions

How tall is Ray?: Ray is 150 cm tall. That gives you a useful sense of his physical size when a close-up makes him occupy your whole attention.
Who voices Ray in English?: Laura Stahl voices Ray in English. If you prefer watching without reading subtitles, that is the performance to look for.
Who is Ray's Japanese voice actor?: Mariya Ise voices Ray in Japanese. I would choose between the language tracks by listening preference, without treating either choice as a test of devotion.
Where can I legally watch Ray's story?: The watch section on this page provides the legal streaming options and marks where to start. Follow the link for your preferred service to check access where you live.
Is Ray worth watching for?: I would give him that attention, especially if you enjoy reconsidering your first impression of a character. My advice is to leave yourself room to disagree with him and still care about him.

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