#DGM Spoiler

[allen-fanfan]

Preview for dgm ch 252 is here

http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/sqrise/2024summer/dgrayman.html

[cinammonelles]

Regardless of what his relationship was with the twins, this whole arc made me realise how truly painful the whole ordeal had been for Cross.

He's known them since they were kids. And then Nea died in a horribly awful way and left a message that merely said "Find and protect Allen", and Mana lost his mind and memories and morphed into someone who was barely a shell of himself and Cross had to witness his downward spiral till he drew his last breath.

It must've been so deja vu for Cross. We don't know for sure if he was there when Nea and Mana were on the run from the previous gen of Noahs but Cross was Nea's ally. And at the very least he definitely knows how they struggled.

And then Nea died and Mana kept running alone. With Nea's last words reverberating in his head that was otherwise empty of most of the other memories they shared. Cross at the very least had Tim. Even though he served as an painful reminder of the relationship he shared with the twins(and Nea in particular).

But Mana was alone till he met Allen(the dog). And then even Allen died and he couldn't even mourn him. It somehow led to him befriending Red, the real "Allen", which again, ultimately resulted in....

And Cross had to witness all of that. He had to witness all of that and continue like nothing happened while also raising Allen and making sure he didn't find out any of it.

Its just so irrevocably sad

(Translation creds to Kougeki scans)

[venusaria]

15 year old me: I need him

21 year old me: I need him

[ploepy]

LAVI, EXPLAIN!!!!!!!!!!! You can't just drop this line and move on 😭

[magekrove]

Nea and Mana Decided to try again with tumblr

[sapin7]

who are you now

[vashthestampedeschildbearinghips]

I know the joke has been done before, but I wanted to make it this time! (Go read the latest chapter translated by the absolutely wonderful @kougeki-scans !!)

[funkyboxofinterests]

reading dgm truly is An Experience (tm)

[sammayrin]

shout out to past!Allen Walker for being some unfortunate rando who came into contact with the narrative and then almost instantly became doomed by it

[noodlebox-bird]

LAVI MENTION!! 🍾

[fruitsjellies]

who...?

[sallen050]

so, since we had that big reveal of the previous bookman holding the "Lavi" name, i decided to reread the discussion rooms of the later volumes and found this segment in vol 26 under the question "Do Lavi and Bookman still remember their former names?"

This doesn't lend much to theories, but its an interesting bit of foreshadowing to the significance of the name! I can't really think of anything else to say about it, lol.

EDIT: i also found this part, which is more foreshadowing. obviously, our current Lavi is very in the dark about all this, while Bookman, Wisely (and Road too most likely) know. This kinda lends more to Cross being the (or at least a) former Bookman Jr. as well. Idk just extra material to base things on.

[venusaria]

⚠️ spoiler ⚠️

Wait a minute if Sheril and Wisely are in this chapter does that mean there’s a potential possibility that we might see Lavi again??? I’m literally shook rn I NEED ANSWERSSSSSSSS

[apollolewis]

In case anyone needed reminding why Miranda is best girl.

[magekrove]