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D.Gray-man Anonymous
hey /cm/, is this series good enough to buy volumes of? I'm looking for a new series to start collecting, and read the preview to this in the Jump. The style is cute. Honestly the first chapter made no fucking sense to me at all. The plot doesn't compel me nor does the art style and the characters aren't cut enough to demand me buy it. So I'm asking your expert opinion.

Should I buy it? Or should I find a scanlation group? how good IS D.Gray-man, and does it have enough /cm/ to keep me happy?
>> Anonymous
It has more than enough CM to keep you happy, but unless you're into weird religious symbolism etc, it probably won't be your first choice in reading material. The plot gets better later on, though. i'd say go through scanlations before buying, but I bought the first two books on a whim and liked it.

I'd say that it's very good, but if you want a light read, look elsewhere.
>> Anonymous
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I own 4, i've read up until they've gotten in scanlations. Honestly, I love the series, its exciting and has a great plot (once you get into it), but I probably wont buy anymore. Its just easier and cheaper to read it online.

if you want to collect, maybe kazuya minekura mangas or angel sanctuary, not sure what your tastes are. but, yah XD


great series tho, even if you dont buy it, read it online
>> Anonymous
OP here.
I guess I should have posted what manga I like in my first post, eh? Sorry. The only other complete manga series I have are Death note and Kamichama Karin. I was buying Naruto for a long while too before I met its fans and got turned off completely. It's not an impressive collection, I know, but honestly I'm not an anime or manga fan really. (I like the style, artwork, am a drawfag etc but am too lazy to follow stories that drag on too long, with the except of One Piece.)
The reason I'm interested in this subject is because Christmas is coming up and my family is bothering me for a list of things I want. They refuse to buy me Phantasmagoria and Metronome paraphernalia so I thought I'd ask for manga.
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I've been looking at other series but it seems like everything else that is remotely interesting either has a bajillion volumes that I'll never be able to afford or wasn't popular enough to get past one volume.
>> Anonymous
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I'd recommend it to you. It's a mix of standard shounen and supernatural gothic drama. There are few women in the series and those few girls are pretty well rounded characters.

The three main guys pictured, Allen (white hair), Lavi (red hair), and Kanda (black hair) are likeable. The premise is interesting, though the story does drag a bit later on.

I'd just wiki it and look up the basic plotline and see if it interests you or not. Also, personally, I love the art style. The artwork gets better as it goes on, so you shouldn't use the first volumes artwork as a gauge.
>> Anonymous
I'd say try it online first. A lot of the weird stuff in the first chapters <s>gets replaced by other weird stuff</s> is toned down a bit, and the characters are pretty good, but I don't know if it'd be your cuppa particularly.

What non anime/manga stuff are you into?
>> Anonymous
OP again.

>>601341
I wiki'd it, and it sounds like a cross between FMA and Shaman King to me? It's hard to get a good view of whether a series is appealing or not based on the plot. I mean, it sounds interesting enough. But so did Inuyasha, so in the end I think it all comes down to a storyteller's ability amirite?
Though I find your promise of well-rounded female characters intriguing. I don't think I have seen any yet, with the exception of in comedies.

>>601349
I lol'd.
Uhm. This is one of those questions that is hard to answer when asked but otherwise seems like a very simple question. My primary interest is Visual Kei/J-Rock/-other faggot genres that obviously only 14 year old girls like- bands. Particularly good ones like Soroban and Phantasmagoria. (lately I like Cinema Bizarre a lot, which is mildly alarming when i think about it.)
'K so, I'm off to find a scanlation site.
>> Anonymous
It's... okay. It starts out strong but lags down after a while. I gave up on it during the Ark arc. Seconding the check it out online first suggestion, you would easily be able to tell if it's your thing from the first few chapters.
>> Anonymous
Don't buy anything from VIZ. They censor shit.
>> Anonymous
D.Gray-man is fucking amazing. I love Krory and Komui. And Tyki Mikk's top hat. In fact, the whole reason I started watching the anime was his fucking hat.
>> Anonymous
I have read it now about 80 chaps this far and the only thing I started reading it, was Kanda. And the reason why I continue reading is Tyki Mikk and THE tophat.

But I'd say: watch the anime first, if it pleases you, read the manga online and then start buying it if you still like it. It's useless to start buying just "some random manga series" because you want something new.

Buy it if you like it.
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There seems to be a split in terms of opinion for D.Gray near the start of the Ark arc. I enjoy the series, personally. You have your typical shonen characters, but there's enough of a twist on them so that they aren't some sort of Sasuke copy, etc.

Right now, I'm thinking the series is at it's most EPIC because there's so much character development and all the important stuff is basically happening right now and holy shit I want the next chapter out already. The first chapter really isn't that good of a reference in terms of plot. The artist's art style does change over time as well, like another anon said. I don't know what to tell you though. You'll have to actually see the art yourself to judge whether or not you'll like it later on.

Depending on whether you like your series fast paced or spaced with more explanations of each individual characters and little goofy not-fillers, I'd say read the manga first (if you like fast paced) and then watch the anime. Or reverse that to your liking.

It does have a slight FMA feel to it, if that's your thing. So if you enjoyed that, you'll probably enough D.Gray. A lot of Reborn! fans seem to be into D.Gray too.

As for /cm/, hell yes.
>> Anonymous
I think it's worth a read, personally. I've enjoyed it a lot.

I read the Japanese so I'm not sure about scans vs translation but Viz is shit 9/10 times so...
>> Anonymous
I love it :D The manga is awesome :D
>> Anonymous
Please read scanlations and then buy the Japanese version.

Don't support Viz. (Haven't you seen what they did to X and Seishirou?)
>> Anonymous
d.grey ha? i got into the anime first (and all this was quite recent) because the man who voices Lavi (the red head from the other anon's pic) voices okita sougo of gintama (whom i am in love with). i didn't like all the goofing around, but it caught me and now i ended up buying all the chapters (i live in japan so it's no big deal for me).
manga - a LOT better and i rather enjoy the art. if they truly censor whit in VIZ, don't buy it though! d.grey is visual first, then psychological, then plot-driven, I find.
>> Anonymous
Manga used to be good. Stopped reading it about 7 or 8 months ago, can't be bothered to go back to it.