D. Gray Man

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Name: D. Gray Man ディー・グレイマン

Status: Competed
Episode: 103
Release date (for eng subs): -

Summary:
Towards the end of the 19th century, Allen Walker officially joins the organization of Exorcists that destroy the beings known as Akuma; mechanic weapons made by the Millennium Earl with the suffering souls of the dead. Allen has both a cursed eye and an anti-Akuma weapon as an arm, bearing the power of "Innocence", a gift given to him as an apostle of God. Allen, along with his fellow Exorcists must put a stop to the Millennium Earl's ultimate plot that could lead to the destruction of the world and all who live on it.
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Personal Ratings: 3
I shall start with the negative things on this show. The first is that there is no meaning behind the show name. At first i thought this show was just named after this technique that Allen names as "D. Gray Man" However, i found out it's not true due to the insignificant use of that technique (he only used it once, and was never seen using it again). Secondly, by the time the anime had ended, they forgot to give a conclusion to some parts of the show, that are seemingly important in the manga. It's like they blindly followed the manga. The first one was how did Allen got the cursed eye. and the second was at that time where Kanda fought with one of the Noah he mentioned "her" and "I cannot die" There were significant meaning to this two sentence (?) he said. But a conclusion to this was not given in the anime. They also did not properly tell us how Allen was the "player" in the show and how was he connected to the 14th. The fourth was that the purpose of the show was not fulfilled. The purpose was about the Millennum Earl and how they were suppose to defeat him. But the defeat of the Earl never came. The fifth was that they did not tell us who has the heart innocence.The last thing was that Leenalee was just so irritating. It's probably just my personal view but it kills me when ever i see her face. She get so much screen time even though she does nothing but sits there and scream.
The positive thing about this show was that there was not much favoritism coming from the author. (you know how some shows they love to give the main character's new powers that no one has?) Even though Allen's innocence had evolved, there is a deep meaning behind it, and in the anime, Tikki (One of the Noah) had destroyed his innocence once so Allen had no choice but to have it evolved. And for Leenalee even though she was the first one to have the Crystal type innocence, her brother did say that all the other equipment types would also probably have their innocence change into Crystal type innocence. So that made her not the only special one. I  really liked the storyline for this, how it was so well planned out. They gave little clues about things and leave the viewers in suspense, and later, properly giving it an answer. Anyway i just really liked how the whole idea of the innocence and the Noah thing flowed every well.
Recommend you to read the manga after watching finish this anime.

Art ratings: 3.5
I loved the way they draw Allen when his innocence evolved. The character's does not seem stiff at all.

Overall Comments:
Gender: Male & Female
             Though it's a shounen anime, the fact that lenalee is in makes it geared towards the 
             shoujo side.
Age: 11 and above
My ratings: PG