D.Gray-man does look generic at first but honestly it uses less cliché tropes than a lot of the recent mangas, or at least has an interesting take on it. Like the curse eye can be cliché but it’s used in a way it explains Allen character and why he cares so much about akumas (with other things in his past). Whereas nowadays good protagonists are good just because, ready to risk their life without any reason. Same with the millennium earl, he seems like the typical villain like a Musan or a Sukuna but much later in the manga you understand how complex and mysterious this character really is. Really love how the complexity of the work is revealed little by little as Allen Walker discover more about this world, his role as an exorcist, his own past, and how everything isn’t as good or as bad as we think (black order or the Noahs)…
That's great to know that the writing doesn't become tiring and tropey as the series goes on. I really do need to continue reading D.Gray-man. Thanks for listening and informing us! Nathan
Thanks for the review, I recently started re-reading it this summer together with a friend who hasn’t read it, its super fun. We’ve gotten to chap 80 or so and I really appreciate it so far, like I remember it being good but especially the art is far better than I thought (probably because I was a kid and reading was about Speed). I’ve read bits and pieces through the years but completely stopped around 2018 or so and there is so much that I can’t remember from those early arcs. When recommending it to my friend after reading the first chapter I told him its like if Bleach kept a consistent dark tone like the Hollow scenes with Ichigos mother the whole way through but Bleach was always lighter with the tone, like the upgraded?hollows look kinda silly until they just become people while the akuma go for more body horror. It should also be noted that d gray man has essentially 0 fanservice, even with a certain female character doing flips in a miniskirt!
@@dablaccseaproductions5279 ah that’s a shame! I keep wanting to rewatch all the anime and then start Hollow, but I may try and start the manga again if that’s the case, cheers for the heads up lol -Pepe
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A mystery thriller and psychological thriller disguised as a “battle shonen”
D.Gray-man does look generic at first but honestly it uses less cliché tropes than a lot of the recent mangas, or at least has an interesting take on it. Like the curse eye can be cliché but it’s used in a way it explains Allen character and why he cares so much about akumas (with other things in his past). Whereas nowadays good protagonists are good just because, ready to risk their life without any reason. Same with the millennium earl, he seems like the typical villain like a Musan or a Sukuna but much later in the manga you understand how complex and mysterious this character really is. Really love how the complexity of the work is revealed little by little as Allen Walker discover more about this world, his role as an exorcist, his own past, and how everything isn’t as good or as bad as we think (black order or the Noahs)…
That's great to know that the writing doesn't become tiring and tropey as the series goes on. I really do need to continue reading D.Gray-man.
Thanks for listening and informing us!
Nathan
The Millennium Earl has some really layered monologues early on which go over most readers heads too
Thanks for the review, I recently started re-reading it this summer together with a friend who hasn’t read it, its super fun.
We’ve gotten to chap 80 or so and I really appreciate it so far, like I remember it being good but especially the art is far better than I thought (probably because I was a kid and reading was about Speed). I’ve read bits and pieces through the years but completely stopped around 2018 or so and there is so much that I can’t remember from those early arcs.
When recommending it to my friend after reading the first chapter I told him its like if Bleach kept a consistent dark tone like the Hollow scenes with Ichigos mother the whole way through but Bleach was always lighter with the tone, like the upgraded?hollows look kinda silly until they just become people while the akuma go for more body horror.
It should also be noted that d gray man has essentially 0 fanservice, even with a certain female character doing flips in a miniskirt!
Thanks for watching and commenting! Glad that it still holds up and thanks for letting us know about the fanservice.
Nate
The Millennium Earl is WAYY better than Muzan lol its kind of a disrespectful comparison although I get why
D.Gray-Man Hallow wasn’t good, the manga is the way to go
@@dablaccseaproductions5279 ah that’s a shame! I keep wanting to rewatch all the anime and then start Hollow, but I may try and start the manga again if that’s the case, cheers for the heads up lol
-Pepe