(L) D.Gray-man (Season 2)

[Gundampilotspaz]

Originally Posted by Mega-Japan

So if anyone would like to share, what are your "unanswered" questions?

Spoiler:

What is the fourteenth? What is this new form that the Earl has taken in the final episode?

And many more >_>

[Elves]

Originally Posted by Guido

BTW, does the painting in Allen's room has any meaning to?
It's the portrait of the grinning imp dressed as a harlequin.

I believe that the painting is of the 14th. That's why Allen's talking to Mana about the future's outlook, because now Allen is also one of 14th thanks to Mana's teachings.

[andrewsch5658]

Originally Posted by Mega-Japan

So if anyone would like to share, what are your "unanswered" questions?

Spoiler for :

1.Why is the shadow of the musician following Allen?
2.What is the relation between Allen and Lenalee for sharing the same dream(episode 57)?
3.Who's Kanda searching for?
4.Why is Lavi wearing an eye-patch?
5.How did Road survived?
6.What really happen to Tyki?
7.Why did the Earl had human form and why he want to destroyed the world so badly?
8.What happen to Jasdevi after they fall down in the noah ark?
9.When will the 3 days of darkness happen again(episode 2)?
10.Why did Cross know so many things and why did he carry the will of the 14th?
11.How many people connected to the 14th,cause there're so many people listed on the Tyki's delete list-there're also other list too given to other noahs(episode 36)?
12.Remaining noahs that had yet to appear.
13.The mysterious noah ark-how it really function,how many rooms,.....
14.How many innocence left to find/search?(I really want to know this)
15.Where/Who is the Heart innocence user?

There might be still others that I haven't included yet.

Btw, do you guys/gals know where to find the novels for D.Gray Man on-line?

[Guido]

Originally Posted by andrewsch5658

Spoiler for :

1.Why is the shadow of the musician following Allen?
2.What is the relation between Allen and Lenalee for sharing the same dream(episode 57)?
3.Who's Kanda searching for?
4.Why is Lavi wearing an eye-patch?
5.How did Road survived?
6.What really happen to Tyki?
7.Why did the Earl had human form and why he want to destroyed the world so badly?
8.What happen to Jasdevi after they fall down in the noah ark?
9.When will the 3 days of darkness happen again(episode 2)?
10.Why did Cross know so many things and why did he carry the will of the 14th?
11.How many people connected to the 14th,cause there're so many people listed on the Tyki's delete list-there're also other list too given to other noahs(episode 36)?
12.Remaining noahs that had yet to appear.
13.The mysterious noah ark-how it really function,how many rooms,.....
14.How many innocence left to find/search?(I really want to know this)
15.Where/Who is the Heart innocence user?

There might be still others that I haven't included yet.

Btw, do you guys/gals know where to find the novels for D.Gray Man on-line?

Let me provide some of mine:

Spoiler:

1. Is there any other purpose to the creation of the Akuma aside from being weapons of slaughter?
2. How the evolution of the Akuma is triggered?
3. Why the Noahs are so bent with destroying humanity, that they willingly cooperate with the Earl?
4. Where and how the memories of Noah come from?
5. Why the 14th Noah wanted to kill the Earl?
6. Will Allen's cursed eye keep on evolving?
7. Who created the Innocence cube?
8. Will Komui ever grow-up from his sis-com ways?

[Guardian Enzo]

Well... Uncertainty is never a fun thing, and it would be nice to know that this was, say, a one-year break rather than an Inuyasha-style punt of a non-ending. While I totally understand the reasoning behind needing a pause, I'd feel a lot better if there was some assurance we'd get to see some sort of conclusion animated. There's always the manga, but it's not quite the same. As is, while it kicked some ass the ending felt rushed even though I knew it was coming. At the very least, virtually nothing was resolved in the bigger picture.

A fine job maintaining generally high quality through 103 eps. You get a lot of emotional buy-in after spending that much time with a set of characters - I'll miss them.

[Mega-Japan]

That's... a lot of questions...

You guys just made me wait for the next season even more (if there's even on).

Well, I personally loved the last episode, what the heck, even if there are tons of unanswered questions. I love every character in it (opposite from Naruto where I hate them all) and I have to say D.GreyMan is definitely one of my favorite shounen animes out there (after One Piece). I didn't find the ending to be disappointing in any way, just makes you want for more (unlike Death Note where I hated the ending).

*goes to play Jump Ultimate Stars and makes a D.GreyMan deck for the heck of it*

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Well... Uncertainty is never a fun thing, and it would be nice to know that this was, say, a one-year break rather than an Inuyasha-style punt of a non-ending. While I totally understand the reasoning behind needing a pause, I'd feel a lot better if there was some assurance we'd get to see some sort of conclusion animated. There's always the manga, but it's not quite the same. As is, while it kicked some ass the ending felt rushed even though I knew it was coming. At the very least, virtually nothing was resolved in the bigger picture.

The manga has only a few dozen chapters ahead of the Anime now.

Putting aside the manga's unfortunate habit of taking breaks, to have a full 51 season of minimum filler D.Gray-man anime would require about 2-3 years of manga progression, the very least.

Originally Posted by Gundampilotspaz

Spoiler:

What is the fourteenth? What is this new form that the Earl has taken in the final episode?

And many more >_>

The fourteenth... Is a discarded Noah that the Earl killed before Plain and simple.

Second, considering the Earl has been revealed to be a 'Sorcerer' with knowledge of Magic, I don't think it's too far-fetch to think that he could change his appearance like what Cross did.

Originally Posted by andrewsch5658

Spoiler for :

1.Why is the shadow of the musician following Allen?
2.What is the relation between Allen and Lenalee for sharing the same dream(episode 57)?
3.Who's Kanda searching for?
4.Why is Lavi wearing an eye-patch?
5.How did Road survived?
6.What really happen to Tyki?
7.Why did the Earl had human form and why he want to destroyed the world so badly?
8.What happen to Jasdevi after they fall down in the noah ark?
9.When will the 3 days of darkness happen again(episode 2)?
10.Why did Cross know so many things and why did he carry the will of the 14th?
11.How many people connected to the 14th,cause there're so many people listed on the Tyki's delete list-there're also other list too given to other noahs(episode 36)?
12.Remaining noahs that had yet to appear.
13.The mysterious noah ark-how it really function,how many rooms,.....
14.How many innocence left to find/search?(I really want to know this)
15.Where/Who is the Heart innocence user?

Spoiler:

1. Because Allen inherit his will/license.

2. Lov- *cough* I mean, Unknown >.>

3. Unknown, but I heard he has a younger sister... Not confirmed yet.

4. Unknown

5. Unknown, but it's possible she wasn't really 'killed' in the first place.

6. His Noah instinct took over, perhaps this is the 'difference' that the Earl and Road keep mentioning about him.

7. He's at a formal party, I don't think his true form would fit in very well. Unknown.

8. Unknown.

9. Not anytime soon, that's for sure.

10. Cross knows so many things because he personally knew the 14th. Cross did not inherit his Will though.

11. Remember that they were only suspected to be connected to him.

12. There are 13 Noahs altogether, with Skin confirmed dead, that leaves 12. Jasdebi counts as one.


13. It functions as a space/time transport. Unknown, but does that really matter?

14. There are a total of 109 Innocences... Yeah, not really answering your question, but I'm too lazy to count them right now Don't forget to count the ones that were destroyed.

15. Unknown, but it is somewhat confirmed to be someone not yet appear.

Anymore details and we're have to move to the manga thread to continue.

[Cox]

Well I caught up to the ending of S2. It ended very well for me but like everyone said: "It leaves so many questions!"

I hope that they will announce a new season in the future!

[andrewsch5658]

Thanks Guido for providing some more unanswered questions and also thanks Chaos2Frozen for answering my questions.

I just watch episode 102 and 103(finally). Just like everyone here said, Allen and Lenalee combined force earned that level 4 is one of the most awesome battle scene I have ever watch or seen. I really love the flashback of Lenalee and Komui, as well as Tapp.
Cross earned the final episode as well. That level 4 just won’t let exorcist had a break even it’s left with its head. I totally agree with you guys/gals about the high quality of episode 103. They should have every episode I that IMO. I also agree that the animation rushed the ending to complete the 1st series. But I had another view, which is that they just did a summary of chapter 157 and 158 in episode 103 to catch the viewers interest. Hope they make a full version of chapter 157 and 158.It’s quite a pity that we didn’t know who the VA for Road’s father is.

I Love how they color the new uniform. The final scene where Allen wear the new uniform and walking on the sand storm(I think) was well done too-also where he face the earl.Lenalee’s new hair made here even more cuter than before plus the new uniform. I also notice that they even include Chaoji wearing the new uniform(the manga hasn’t shown yet if I’m not mistaken).

Many more to say about the 2 episode but unfortunately I have to do my assignment and reading, University is really busy compare to college(form 6).

After watching 102 and 103, it makes me think that this is just an introduction of the series-like bleach soul society arc-basically a setting up with plot progressing. Also,like I had stated earlier, I really hope and think the series will return after 1 year the fastest since half-year is a bit too rushed for me. I actually won’t have problem if they continue after 2 years to let the manga went further as long as there’s news about it. The longest is 3 years which is my limit. Though it still depend on how manga progess in the future.

I also do hope that when the anime returns, it will start off to where it left out. I really like to see the chapter 159-164 anime too. I will state reasons at the manga thread.

It’s only strange that this anime is no that popular?Why?

Btw, did everyone notice that season 2 include a lot of blood scene than season 1?

[Narutojunkie123]

If you like DGM then you should watch this AMV. Its to "Gotta Be Somebody" By Nickelback and its with Allen and Lena Lee! <3


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnIReNhOuAc

[Guido]

It looks like this is a temporarily farewell.... for now.

I do like to give special thanks to the people whose posts either entertained or enlightened me while the fun in this thread went on, and these fellows are:
Chaos2Frozen, DeathKillz, Fynal_Fyre, King Lycan, and FlareKnight.

Your opinions and comments about each particular episodes or for the characters are appreciated by myself.

Honestly, I do not know where to start. It feels like just yesterday when I first came to this thread and commented my first post on D.Gray-man. It was way back on September 2006, and at the time I didn't know what that anime was about. The only thing I knew back then was that the title alone was catchy to pique my interest on it and started researching it on wiki.

Never do I feel regrets for picking up this show.
It's true that D.Gray-man doesn't deviate too much from the traditional shounen formula about a war between two polarized sides: one good and one evil.
The evil team acquires or develops an overwhelming power-up that forces the good team to earn their own, haxxing power-up to tip the power scale back to normal, which in turn prompts the evil team to get an even bigger power-up and the cycle goes on and on.

However, the thing I feel that sets D.Gray-man apart from the other currently popular shounen of the moment like, for example, Bleach and Naruto is that the strength for D.Gray-man's storytelling lies on the proper development for each of the characters' individual personalities.
Almost the main and supporting cast possess different attitudes, personalities, tragic pasts, and present tribulations that are no alike to each other.

We can pick-up as many characters of the main and supporting cast as our favorite ones, because we can either relate or identify with them or just for pure liking. It doesn't matter whether be the Exorcists and the Order or the Earl and the Noah family.

Next, the soundtrack plainly kicked butt and became rocking better for the second season.

I do and will always love the Victorian setting era. The goth of that time is magically to me, and more if its nicely complimented with steampunk.

In a certain sense the way how Hoshino-sensei crafted and designed the birth of the Akuma is indeed a creative ingenuity. In that way, the author prevents the Deus ex Machina concept of resurrection for free in this series.
There is no true, magical resurrection that occur in D.Gray-man, and if it's done at hands of the Earl the price will be as the birth of a new Akuma; a killing machine programmed to obey only the orders of its creator to add in to the toll of more dead bodies and human corpses.

Overall, I really enjoyed watching D.Gray-man, and as of now I'm currently rewatching the whole of season two this year like I did for the whole season one last year.

Though the anime has ended, I won't be long gone from this thread. I may pay some visit from time to time to add in comments or reading about any future announcements.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Guido

I do like to give special thanks to the people whose posts either entertained or enlightened me while the fun in this thread went on, and these fellows are:
Chaos2Frozen, DeathKillz, Fynal_Fyre, King Lycan, and FlareKnight.

Your opinions and comments about each particular episodes or for the characters are appreciated by myself.

Thanks for leaving me and a lot of members out.

Ah well. Hope people will keep in mind that the third soundtrack is being released with the 12th second stage DVD in January.

[Guido]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Thanks for leaving me and a lot of members out.

Ah well. Hope people will keep in mind that the third soundtrack is being released with the 12th second stage DVD in January.

Ha Ha...

Sorry, it wasn't my intention to leave you out of the list Shiroth.

But I did read and appreciate your posts as well.

And yea, I'm looking forward to January for the third soundtrack release along the 12th DVD for D.Gray-man's second season.

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Thanks for leaving me and a lot of members out.

Ah well. Hope people will keep in mind that the third soundtrack is being released with the 12th second stage DVD in January.

That was a sad omission, but do appreciate my being mentioned . Nice information about the third soundtrack which will be good to listen to if only to remember some good moments in this last part of the series.

Is something to think how long we've been following this one. Discussion for this series was great. Not often do I watch the raw for a series unless the discussion is good and I'd like to be part of it instead of waiting for the subs.

[Zu Ra]

[Cinocard]

Wow, the Lavi cosplay is quite well-done. Really deliver the feeling. If only his nose is a little more..thinner

[andrewsch5658]

Originally Posted by Guido

Honestly, I do not know where to start. It feels like just yesterday when I first came to this thread and commented my first post on D.Gray-man. It was way back on September 2006, and at the time I didn't know what that anime was about. The only thing I knew back then was that the title alone was catchy to pique my interest on it and started researching it on wiki.

Never do I feel regrets for picking up this show.
It's true that D.Gray-man doesn't deviate too much from the traditional shounen formula about a war between two polarized sides: one good and one evil.
The evil team acquires or develops an overwhelming power-up that forces the good team to earn their own, haxxing power-up to tip the power scale back to normal, which in turn prompts the evil team to get an even bigger power-up and the cycle goes on and on.

However, the thing I feel that sets D.Gray-man apart from the other currently popular shounen of the moment like, for example, Bleach and Naruto is that the strength for D.Gray-man's storytelling lies on the proper development for each of the characters' individual personalities.
Almost the main and supporting cast possess different attitudes, personalities, tragic pasts, and present tribulations that are no alike to each other.

We can pick-up as many characters of the main and supporting cast as our favorite ones, because we can either relate or identify with them or just for pure liking. It doesn't matter whether be the Exorcists and the Order or the Earl and the Noah family.

Next, the soundtrack plainly kicked butt and became rocking better for the second season.

I do and will always love the Victorian setting era. The goth of that time is magically to me, and more if its nicely complimented with steampunk.

In a certain sense the way how Hoshino-sensei crafted and designed the birth of the Akuma is indeed a creative ingenuity. In that way, the author prevents the Deus ex Machina concept of resurrection for free in this series.
There is no true, magical resurrection that occur in D.Gray-man, and if it's done at hands of the Earl the price will be as the birth of a new Akuma; a killing machine programmed to obey only the orders of its creator to add in to the toll of more dead bodies and human corpses.

Overall, I really enjoyed watching D.Gray-man, and as of now I'm currently rewatching the whole of season two this year like I did for the whole season one last year.

Though the anime has ended, I won't be long gone from this thread. I may pay some visit from time to time to add in comments or reading about any future announcements.

Yeah, I agree with you too. D.Gray Man really is an interesting series to watch and better than other shounen anime like bleach,naruto or shipuden….-I still enjoy those show but I love D.Gray Man a lot more than those show.(not because of the fillers but the storyline….)

Don’t worry,Guido. You won’t be alone. Even though I just join in for around 2 months, I will also continue to visit this thread cause I really enjoy it.

For those who watch One Piece(I haven’t watch it-may watch in the future), Rave Master(Groove Adventure Rave) and Samurai X, do you guys/gals also enjoy watching D.Gray Man?(Just my curiosity)

Definitely can’t wait for the third soundtrack of course.

Off Topic:

Spoiler for about rave master:

This might be mention before but why they cancel Rave Master anime? Is it because of being caught up to the manga, not popular, or other reasons? I went to wiki to check the story on the manga which has been finished at the year 2005 and I found it really interesting-where the Blue Guardian, Doryu, and other things. Rave Master has it’s own awesome as well as it’s own interesting place and I consider it as an excellent anime and an enjoyable anime to watch. Also, this series has a serious moment. I think they don’t have any/many fillers episode in this series too. I really hope they can complete this anime soon in the future, maybe it’ll pick up by other studio or something like that.

[Vegard Aune]

Originally Posted by andrewsch5658

For those who watch One Piece(I haven’t watch it-may watch in the future), Rave Master(Groove Adventure Rave) and Samurai X, do you guys/gals also enjoy watching D.Gray Man?(Just my curiosity)

I watch One Piece, (my all-time favourite show, actually) and I also like D.Gray-man, though I like the manga a lot more than the anime. Though I realised, it's not that the anime is a bad adaption, it's just that the fillers (and the fact that they moved Allen's meeting with the Earl at the graveyard to after the Ghost of Martel-arc rather than having it before he joined the Order) kinda broke the flow in the early episodes, whereas in the manga, it just went from one awesome arc to another once Allen arrived at the Black Order HQ.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Vegard Aune

(and the fact that they moved Allen's meeting with the Earl at the graveyard to after the Ghost of Martel-arc rather than having it before he joined the Order)

I don't see how affects anything really

[Vegard Aune]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

I don't see how affects anything really

Simple: Ghost of Martel was an awesome arc, the Rewinding Town was an awesome arc, whereas, in my opinion, Allen's encounter with the Earl was inferior to both of those. If it had been shown in the right order, then I'd say that would have made it more interesting, and I'd propably find the early episodes a lot more captivating. Though one good thing came of it: Having Lenalee's powers being introduced in an actual battle rather than against Komurin 2 made it a lot more interesting.