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How about a general D.Gray-man thread, in honor of the awesomeness that is Hoshino-sensei!
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I LOL'd at this series. Oh fangirls, never change.
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Prom dates, lol
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What is this gay?
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I've been curious about this series, and if I don't provide an image for my post, it's because I haven't been collecting any for it. I'm curious because I wonder if /cm/ would sell this series to me: I want to know what's good about it, and why I should like it. I have a little trouble getting over the somewhat generic and the big cast littered with secondary characters. Can /cm/ turn me into a believer?
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>>739879
It has shit character development and it moves at a really slow pace, don't bother with it.
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It isn't the series of the century, but the manga isn't too bad, and the anime either if you ignore the filler/comic relief episodes.
The mainfare cannon-fodder foes are pretty much uninteresting and just get bigger and badder without much surprise, but the Noah clan has some interesting personnalities (Tyki Miki's probably the most obvious fangirl choice, the Millenium Earl himself). And there are some pretty boys (Kanda) or otherwise charismatic figures on the heroes' side (Marshall Marian Cross, etc...).
The overall plot though, isn't anything to write home about.
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>>739890
Lies.

It has a very bleak, chilling setting. The world ending, in 1897. The villain is such a silly, bloated caricature that at first you don't take him seriously, but as the story goes on, it's revealed more and more how genuinely friggin /scary/ he is.

As for character development, really, I think it's fine to take that slowly, reveal a bit more about them bit by bit as the story unfolds. Better than one initial dump of introductory exposition. And the characters are what really make you fall in love with the story. You have a boy who slowly comes to understand that he loves the demons he kills, an officer who has to use his little sister as a soldier in a war, a young man who has been forty-nine different people and is struggling to understand what his place in all this is if these aren't really his friends, if this isn't really his fight...and then there's just the utter hopelessness of the situation they're all in.

They're fighting a losing war. They are totally outmatched, their numbers are dwindling, their stronghold has even been invaded by the enemy. Some of the main characters are weaponless right now. It's really a suspenseful, wrenchingly emotional story, and the art is awesome.

Plus, it's pretty gay. Mangaka is female.
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Alright, but what makes it stand out? "A tragic war, the good guys are losing" is, while dramatic yes, a rather generic setting. If I read it, what would keep me from putting it down?
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>>740018
Well, to be fair, it's not really just a tragic war, it's the actual apocalypse.

As for what makes you not able to put it down, I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for in a story beyond a compelling setting, good suspense, character depth and hotness. I guess what keeps me personally coming back is all the little threads of mystery...and not all of it is your typical shounen stuff having to do with weapon-upgrades and new enemies and wangsty character backstory.

What is the Earl, what happened four thousand years ago with Noah's Ark, why does the clan of Noah have such a deep grudge against the Innocence? What is the true nature of Innocence, could it be evil? Who is the pope in this story who controls the Black Order, really, and what's he trying to do? Are the 'good guys fighting a losing war' really fighting for a good cause at all? What's the grinning shadow of a man that Allen sees constantly behind him now when he looks in the mirror? Is it a new aspect of his curse, or does it have to do with his connection to 'the Fourteenth'? Is Allen Walker becoming less human? And what is the nature of his curse, are there other cursed characters as well? And who was 'the Fourteenth' of the Noah clan, what made him betray the Earl? What does Lenalee's dream of the end of the Order and the death of her friends mean, and what's the significance of Allen sharing her dream? Which holder of Innocence carries the 'heart'? Why are there so many references to music and sound?

We know that Luffy will become the pirate king and Naruto will become hokage and Tsuna will grow into the shoes of Vongola Decimo, and we have a decent idea of how those stories will progress to those ends. But the way the story of D.Gray-man will go isn't as immediately clear. I keep reading because I want to know what happens...and I honestly can't guess what will, and that interests me.

Hope I've answered your question.
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this manga is so incredibly breathtaking at times. And the anime adaptation really isn't bad at all -- they have SUPERB voice actors and the animation quality in canon episodes is really amazing. Most of the filler shit you can totally skip.

Plus, Lavi = fucking WIN. How the fuck can someone like him be so fucking manly?
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you're forgetting one other thing -- who the fuck was Mana Walker and how'd he die? Was he the 14th Noah, the actual traitor?
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Thank you for one of the best descriptions of the series I have read.
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Forgot my picture.
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on top of all that, Allen is really a very compelling lead character, I think. AND he's very polite and nice, unlike a lot of title characters who are brash and rude.
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couldn't resist. this pic makes me lol
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Agreed
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Yeah. And I forgot to mention Kanda's tattoo, also.

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Yeah. But what I really like is that he's not just really humble and sweet to everyone, he's also become quite GAR. I like having a cute, polite protagonist who isn't always bottom.
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AHHHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
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fucking SIGNED! He is surprisingly GAR for as young and humble as he is. Fuck that, he's straight-up BADASS once he gets to Critical Point! He fucking TURNS HIS ARM INTO A SWORD!

And god the Noah are awesome. I know this is /cm/ but I absolutely LOVE Road Kamelot. She's just such an evil little minx! She gouges out Allen's eye in a fit of annoyance. She drives Lavi insane just because she's pissed Allen! And yet she maintains a crush on him. It's so adorably fucked up.
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Kudos.
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MOAR JASDEBI! Most underrated Noah of them all! He fucking KILLED Krory, though Hoshino retconned it.
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Don't forget Miranda~
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take it to /c/ faggot
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I forgot this was /cm/. XDD but you're a jerk, so I'm not apologizing.
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And you're a faggot, so I'm calling you a faggot.
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Manga is pretty good.

Anime nowadays for shounen is censoring everything.
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>>741746
they still do a good job of stuff, even if they do censor stuff
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The anime sucks until the end of Lulu filler, when it suddenly becomes so badass it'll make your head spin.
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The last four episodes (pretty much from Crown Clown forward) have been so mindblowingly awesome that I can TOTALLY forgive the idiot Lulubell filler. And remember, she *IS* in fact canon... that was a clever bit of work of the animators, getting that info from Hoshino before she actually revealed Lulubell.
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I dunno, I thought the whole "Vampire of the Ancient Castle" arc was handled nicely (except for the super-lame way they incapacitated Allen's eye). And I for one really liked the humor episodes -- 18 (Lenalee no Koi) and 45 (Kimyou na Yakata) in particular were pretty funny, as long as you don't take them the least bit seriously. Also, the short arc where they explore Daisya Barry and Froi Tiedoll was pretty neat.

So, take it with a grain of salt, but yeah, starting with episode 51, it becomes so fucking awesome it'll make your brain shiver.
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Thanks for the spoiler, jerk.
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lol someone who doesn't want to be spoiled. Seriously. It's not like /cm/ has spoiler tags.

bump for moar. In exchange, I offer KomuiXReever
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BEST. MOMENT. EVER.
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Not quite.
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well, i have to agree with>>743151that that was the best moment of that episode, though the emergence of Crown Clown was pretty fucking awesome too.
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