NorRay

NorRay is the slash ship between Norman and Ray from The Promised Neverland fandom.

Canon
Norman and Ray grew up alongside Emma at the Grace Field farm, and stayed friends throughout most of their lives. Ray views Norman as one of the two most important people in his life and mentions that those important people matter more to him than anybody else (the other person who matters being Emma). He thanks them for giving him such a happy life even though he thought of his life as a cursed and horrible one. Norman is one of the people that Ray swore not to let die. Ray respects Norman a lot and has high standards for him. He acknowledges and understands Norman's strengths and weaknesses. Norman is also deeply confident in Ray's abilities. When making the escape plan, the two boys put their trust in one another.

Manga
After Norman was revealed to be alive, he shows himself missing Ray, Emma, and everyone else. The readers saw his concerns for if everyone escaped safely. Norman was motivated to stay alive so that he could see them. More of the NorRay moments in the manga storyline happened after Ray and Norman reunite.

After reuniting with Norman, the first thing Ray did was slap him. After exchanging some comments, Ray cried and pulled Norman and Emma into a hug. While hugging, Ray told Norman to not try to die again, and Norman said he got it. Later after Norman learned what happened to the younger Grace Field children, he explained how he was sent to Lambda 7214. Ray asks him how he got out and Norman clarified how he escaped. Ray then asked Norman why he did things such as attack and destroy farms to create a paradise. Norman explained why demons had to eat humans to answer Ray's question. The two further discussed things.

Later, Norman, Ray, and Emma stayed up and had fun, playing games of chess together. Emma and Ray fell asleep, leaning on either side of Norman. After they woke up, Ray and Emma talked about Norman's plan. Emma said that she was against Norman exterminating the demons. Ray said that he agreed with Norman's point of view before he saw Emma's will and success in everything she undertook. Instead of agreeing with Norman, Ray wanted to support Emma instead, no matter what path she chose.

Emma and Ray met Barbara, Cislo, and Vincent and the group talked about Norman and how much he had changed. After Ray heard how Norman was described as a serious emperor, he spit out the drink he was drinking at the time and laughed. The group continued to happily talk about Norman and tell stories about him.

Fanon
NorRay is one of the most popular ships within The Promised Neverland fandom, mainly due Norman and Ray's close Friendship. The fandom ships it due to the belief and/or the conspiracy that Ray likes Norman romantically, though not confirmed, the fandom still very much believes the claim as true. Another reason is because of the very tenacious scene between the two, where Norman figures out Ray is "The Traitor". The fans of the ship has also dubbed the pair "The Two Smartest Kids At The Orphanage" with Norman being the first and Ray the second. With them being the two smartest, fans believe they could be a good pair/match.

Though, NorRay used to be highly over shadowed by the other ships in the fandom such as NorEmma and RayEmma. But it has recently gained a lot of popularity and has even rivaled the two ships in the Fandom due to its gain in popularity. Due to Emma being "left out" if Ray and Norman got together, the Fandom tends to pair her with Gilda or Violet to prevent her from being alone. Although, some include her in the NorRay ship, forming NorRayEmma.

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Trivia

 * Ray is described as "The only one among the Grace Field House children who can match wits with Norman."

Variations

 * NorRayEmma refers to the ship between the two and Emma