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About D. Gray Man:

D.Gray-man (ディー・グレイマン Dī Gureiman?) is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. The series tells the story of a boy named Allen Walker, a member of an organization of Exorcists who makes use of an ancient substance called Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of akuma. Many characters and their designs were adapted from some of Katsura Hoshino's previous works and drafts, such asZone, and Continue, and her assistants.

The manga began serialization in 2004 in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, published by Shueisha under their Jump Comics imprint, and to date, 20 collected volumes have been released. It made the transition from weekly to monthly series in November 2009, when it began serialization in Jump Square. There is also a spin-off novel series titled D.Gray-man Reverse, authored by Kaya Kizaki, that explores the history of various characters. As of May 4, 2010, Viz Media has released the first seventeen volumes in the United States. The manga has also been adapted into a 103 episode anime series that aired from October 3, 2006 to September 30, 2008 in Japan. The anime is licensed by Funimation Entertainment in North America.

The manga series has become one of the best-sellers for Shueisha. During its second release week, the 15th volume of the manga ranked as the second best selling comic in Japan. Although most reviewers compared it to other series from the same genre, they praised its moments of originality and its well-developed characters and their personalities.

Characters:

Allen Walker:

Allen Walker (アレン・ウォーカー Aren Wōkā?) is a soft-spoken and warm-hearted 15-year-old Exorcist of British origin and the main protagonist of the series. Allen was abandoned by his biological parents and at the age of seven, he was adopted by Mana Walker. After Mana died, Allen turned him into an akuma, hoping him to be fully resurrected. Instead, Mana cursed Allen, slicing his left eye which gave him the ability to detect disguised akuma. It was at this same moment that Allen's left arm first awoke as an anti-Akuma weapon and instinctively destroyed the Akuma. He was later found by Cross Marian and trained as his disciple for five years, before he was sent to the Black Order headquarters to become an official Exorcist. His parasite-type anti-akuma weapon is the Crowned Clown (クラウン・クラウン Kuraun Kuraun?), which takes the form of a disk of energy and a giant claw. Later on, it is able to change the disk to a fur shawl and additionally produce a large sword from Allen's left arm, resembling the sword the Earl uses. Recently, allegations have arisen against Allen especially Malcolm Rouvelier, as the successor to the 14th Noah. Despite this discovery, Allen remains devoted to fighting with the consciousness of the 14th, and save as many Akuma as he can. He is voiced by Sanae Kobayashi in Japanese and Todd Haberkorn in English.

Yu Kanda:

Yu Kanda (神田 ユウ Kanda Yū?) is a cold 18-year-old Exorcist from Japan. He is the first Exorcist that Allen meets at the Black Order headquarters; since then, they have an ongoing rivalry toward each other which often causes them to throw insults and offensive statements towards each other. He is a disciple of General Tiedoll and hates the fatherly way the man treats him. He is a Second Exorcist, a type of Exorcist created in the Synthetic Disciple Project Central forced onto the Chan and Epstein families nine years ago. Because of this, he can see lotus flowers blooming wherever he goes. As a child, there was only one and he was told that it was an illusion. Since then, the flowers have multiplied. In the anime adaption, the lotus flower is in an hourglass and is connected with his lifespan. As he approaches death, the flower loses its petals. He can recover much more quickly than ordinary humans due to a mysterious tattoo above his heart. Kanda cannot die until he finds "a certain person". Originally forged by Zhu Chan, his anti-akuma weapon Mugen (六幻 Six Illusions?) is an Innocence that originally took the form of a sleek chokuto and is later reforged as a katana. Mugen is capable of unleashing several techniques dubbed "illusions". He is voiced by Takahiro Sakurai in Japanese and Travis Willingham in English.

Lenalee Lee:

Lenalee Lee (リナリー・リー Rinarī Rī?) is a 16-year-old Exorcist from China. Her parents were killed by an akuma when she was very young.She is known to secretly like Allen. Due to her ability to use the Innocence, Lenalee Lee was forced to become an Exorcist. Because she was separated from her brother - her single, remaining family member - at a young age, she went insane and had to be restrained due to repeated attempts of escape. During that time, she witnessed Rouvelier's forbidden experiments to create Exorcists artificially, who became a source of her fear. When her brother Komui joined the Order, her sanity was restored. She now fights for her brother as well as her friends as she now knows she has a home and family to return to. She has known Kanda since childhood, often running to him for comfort when her brother was busy, and met Allen when he first arrived at the Order. Her perception of the "world" consists of her friends and family; whenever one of her friends dies, it seems to her as if a part of her world has been destroyed. The Dark Boots (ダークブーツ?), her anti-akuma weapon, takes the form of a pair of black boots and give her the ability to run at high speeds, walk on water, and use sound waves as footholds. In order to defeat a Level 3 Akuma, she evoked more power out of the Innocence than she could safely handle, causing it to miraculously turn to crystal to protect her. This marked an evolution of her Innocence that reduced her synchronization with it as well as her physical mobility, until she proved herself to the Innocence and it granted her a greater power. The process transformed the Boots from the Equipped-type into a new Crystal Form, which was never before seen. She is voiced by Shizuka Itō in Japanese and Luci Christianin English.

Lavi: 

Lavi (ラビ Rabi?) is a cheerful 18-year old, red-haired Exorcist of mixed race. He aims to become a Bookman, a person who records the hidden history of the world and has been trained from a young age to achieve that goal. Lavi is the 49th alias he assumed after casting away his real name to reach it. He works along the Black Order just to be close to the events that must be seen and slowly becomes more attached to his Black Order friends and his original Bookman self is constantly being clouded by his growing care. His anti-akuma weapon, simply named Tettsui (鉄槌 Iron Hammer?) and referred to as Ōzuchi Kozuchi (大槌小槌 Big Hammer, Little Hammer?),is capable of growing and extending to undefined sizes and lengths. Although this affects its weight, it does not affect Lavi. The weapon allows him to use "seals" that control several elements in nature. He is voiced by Kenichi Suzumura in Japanese and in english, he is voiced by Jason Liebrecht from episodes 13 to 26, episode 40 and on, and Chris Patton in episode 27 to 39.

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