NorRay

NorRay is the slash ship between Norman and Ray from the 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.

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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 * NorRayEmma refers to the ship between the two and Emma