D.Gray-man
a review by Sakata
a review by Sakata
The story is set in a fictional 19th century, and this series follows Allen Walker who joins the organisation called the “Black Order” and becomes an Exorcist. The Order's primary goal is to put an end to the Millennium Earl and his plans to destroy humanity with his army of Akuma. Allen along with the exorcists are able to fight against the villainous Akuma using “Innocence”, which is the thing that can put a stop to them. The Earl gathers the Noah Family, who have the ability to destroy Innocence, yeah hella strong. The both sides are after the Heart, which is the most strongest piece of innocence. Victory is sure for whichever finds it. The story isn’t all this basic however with deep philosophy and the intellectual complexities within this story make it more intense and overall more enjoyable. Within the latest chapters which have been releasing more and more of this is becoming more evident and just blows your mind away. Waiting a while for a chapter to come out is totally worth it as nearly the whole time my reaction would be “wait what the fuck” or something along those lines.
Not only is the story extremely interesting and captivating; the characters are also a reason of why some would want to continue reading. Starting off with the protagonist, Allen Walker which in my opinion is one of the best main characters ever, not just because he’s a badass but how he plays a role within the series. From his childhood to where he is now he had suffered through many things and still tries to smile in the end. As a child, Allen was abandoned by his family because of the surreal left arm he has and they sold him to a circus. He was later taken in by Mana Walker and began to itinerant with him. Mana later died, alone; Allen was desolated and lifeless. This was the chance for the Millennium Earl to take his chance and manipulate Allen and making Mana into an Akuma. Furiously Mana then curses him and Allen's arm, which is actually a piece of Innocence, then activated without his consent and started chasing after Mana. After Mana told Allen that he loved him and adjured to be destroyed, Allen using his arm had exorcised Mana and resulting in killing him a second time.Allen's hair turned white from the traumatic experience and his left eye gets cursed to perpetually see the suffering souls bound within Akuma, leading to his decision to live for their sake.
The other characters such as Lenalee, Yu Kanda and Lavi are also legends and they make the story more and more enjoyable as it’s not just Allen carrying the story. During the arcs they progress with immense character development. The characters are all badass in their own ways and are very unique. You don’t see the cast in DGM exactly like any other anime/manga. For example, Komui Lee who is Lenalee’s brother has a unique personality; Komui is initially shown as a very idiosyncratic and goofy character, however kind of sadistic and occasionally borderline maniacal. The cast is an enjoyable bunch including the villains. Tykki Mykk definitely being my favourite as he’s badass and just being hella cool and a high percentage of liking him.
Katsura Hoshino is a really talented artist and uses this as an advantage to make the story more enjoyable as it’s really clean. The art has drastically changed throughout and the years and is an achievement. Here is a comparison between chapter 1 and 213. Katsura Hoshino not only outdid herself with her story but with her art too, their is always an improvement to the art chapter by chapter.
If you’re interested in D.Gray Man or have read through D.Gray Man I urge you to read The Case Study of Vanitas , Pandora Hearts and Fullmetal Alchemist . These manga have some similarities and are all extremely very good, I’m very biased towards Jun Mochizuki works since their really good are are my favourites. I would say that all of these works are masterpieces and yeah I highly recommend checking them out.
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