The world of The Promised Neverland anime series as an example of Erving Goffman’s asylum

In the fantasy world of The Promised Neverland (2019) anime series, people are raised to be eaten by monsters. However, the so-called “human farms” are disguised as orphanages: unsuspecting children spend everyday happily, until they finally get the chance “to turn over a new leaf,” which finally became “shaking like a leaf” before death. When it comes to the structure of the “farms,” they show most of the attributes of total institutions. The author considers the characteristics of the fictional “farms” in The Promised Neverland in accordance with existing sociological theory of total institutions by Erving Goffman, and also highlights features specific to this case.