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Re.Gray 036 - Vampire pt. 6: Repatriation

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Summary: Lavi vs. Krory. Meanwhile, Eliade and Allen reveal their true colours.

Volume 4, Chapter 36

Vampire of the Lonely Castle ⑥: Repatriation

♦ 175

36th Night - Vampire of the Lonely Castle ⑥: Repatriation

♦ 176

sfx: DON BAAN gagah [various battle noises, as Lavi and Krory go at it hammer and teeth in the cemetery garden]

Lavi: ...In short, Akuma are weapons1 wearing human skin! Krory: That so.

Lavi: So it's Akuma blood you've been sucking, okay?

Krory: That so. Krory: But wait? If that were true, should I not be dead of its poison? Krory: I find your tale hard to credit. sfx: zah [he and Lavi break apart momentarily]

Lavi: Heh. Actually, I can think of others who've survived it. Lavi: This is what I'm thinking: Lavi: Akuma poison doesn't work on you because, like Allen, you're a parasitic-type Accommodator. Lavi: And you've unconsciously only gone after Akuma...

♦ 177

Lavi: Those crazy-hard teeth of yours are Innocence, right?

Krory: ......

Lavi: You like hunting Akuma? Join up with us and you'll never run out. Lavi, side: Red-carpet welcome! Lavi: You're strong, so to make you listen, Lavi: it looks like I've gotta go all-out. Lavi: So tell me yea or nay when you come to, yeah? sfx: zu [a ring of seals springs up in the air around the hammer 2] Lavi: Krow. ♪ 3

♦ 178

sfx: baki baki baki [Allen's ribs creaking under the pressure of Eliade's tightening grip]

Allen: cough Allen: hack Allen: cough

Eliade: What's the matter? You were breathing fine a second ago. Eliade: I'll crush your ribcage if you don't fight back, you know?

Allen: ——... Allen: wheeze... Allen: ——...

♦ 179

Allen: ? Allen: It's hot... Allen: I'm losing my grip... Allen: It's like something is sapping the strength from my whole body. Allen: My senses are fading... Allen: I'm sleepy...

sfx: dokah [Eliade punches him hard in the face with her free hand] Eliade: No? No reaction? Eliade: Or don't you have the guts to fight?

sfx: bota bota [books fall from the shelves around Allen's shoulders] Allen: ......

Eliade: Perhaps Arystar did you some real damage.

♦ 180

Eliade: Well, then.

Allen: I mustn't... Allen: Mustn't fall asleep. Allen: Can't feel the pain, or anything else... Allen: My senses are numb. Allen: If I fall asleep, I'm dead. Allen: Talk. Allen: Come on, think. Allen: We have no... intention of... slaying Arystar Krory... Allen: So there's... no reason to fight...

Eliade: Ah. Eliade, side: It speaks.

Allen: He may... be neither vampire... nor monster... Allen: but rather... one of us...

sfx: baki [Eliade hits him hard across the face, no longer smiling]

♦ 181

Eliade: Aha! Eliade: Ahahahahaha!! sfx: doka baki doka baki goki dogo goki dogo [vicious successive hits, sound changing as his face gets pulpy] Eliade: Ahahahaha!! Eliade: One of you? Don't make me laugh. sfx: DON [she slams him back into the shelves with both hands] Eliade: He is a vampire! Eliade: You think I'll let you take him...?

♦ 182

Eliade: This is why Eliade: I have to kill you. sfx: dokan [impact]

sfx: dosah [Allen slumps bonelessly to the floor, prone] sfx: nuh [Eliade produces a wood axe]

Eliade: Off with your head. sfx: goh [she approaches] Eliade: I'll drain the blood from your body and hang it it from the gate, sfx: goro [she kicks him over onto his back] Eliade: so that no one will ever come near this castle again.

♦ 183

sfx: nu [she lays the blade against his throat] Eliade: I'll save some face if I offer his life in place of Krory's.4

sfx: ZAN [she swings]

♦ 184

Eliade: !! sfx: gugugu... [she strains, but Allen holds the blade fast in his left hand and it won't budge] sfx: gugu [still trying] Eliade: Tch. Eliade: Still got some juice, huh. sfx: gugugu [his grip remains tight and unyielding] Eliade: !! Eliade: Wait, he's... Eliade: unconscious...!?

♦ 185

sfx: gikin [the red hand tightens and the axe-blade shatters] sfx: kah [a sudden light shines in Eliade's face] Eliade: !?

♦ 186

sfx: DO [Eliade jumps back, wounded in the chest but not fatally] sfx: zuzu [the arm makes the zipper noise] sfx: haa haa haa [Eliade panting] sfx: dokuh dokuh dokuh [Eliade's heart thundering] Eliade: What is he? Eliade: His left arm is moving on its own!?

♦ 187

sfx: zu zu zu [a black pentacle appears over his closed left eye in a slow, twisted knot] sfx: ZU [it finishes unfurling, an ornate capital D forming in the center] sfx: shu... [a wisp emerges from it] sfx: shuru... [the wisp slowly takes the shape of a skull, black pentacle blazoned across the top and D written above its left eye socket]

♦ 188

sfx: kah [it stares at Eliade, sees her, and she feels it like a physical blow]

Eliade: !?

Mana?: I'm home, Allen. Mana?: The darkness has returned... sfx: zuuu... [the skull begins to retreat back into Allen's head without losing its shape, phasing through his skin and bone] sfx: zubububu [there seems to be some resistance, an almost elecrical buzzing at the boundary being crossed]

♦ 189

Allen: My senses have returned...

sfx: kachin [the skull settles comfortably into place within Allen's, ghostly black tail dangling into his throat; Allen's cursed eye, healed, opens for the first time since Road stabbed it out, and it's pitch black]

♦ 190

Allen: So you're an Akuma. sfx: sutoh [his left arm sets him lightly on his feet]

sfx: jujujuju [Eliade's wound churns with scales and little gears] Eliade: Strange boy...

Allen: It's returned again. Allen: This black-and-white world.

♦ 191

Mana?: Welcome home.5

Allen: I'll have to eat my words. sfx: vuvu VU [Innocence thrumming, now in controlled cannon form] Allen: Seems there is reason to fight.

END OF VOLUME 4 - MARSHALS IN DISTRESS

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FOOTNOTES

Mismatch: Kanji: 兵器 heiki "weapon" Furigana: メカ meka "mecha"

Lavi calls Akuma "mechas", which is an interesting reversal; normally, with mechas, the squishy human bit is on the inside, piloting, and the metal is the outer skin being piloted, but Akuma are the perfect opposite. [ ♠ ]

Starting from the frontmost, counterclockwise: - 天 (heaven) - ? - 木 (wood) - ? - 火 (fire) - hidden behind Lavi - ? - 地 (earth) - ? - 水 (water) [ ♠ ]

Original: クロちゃん kurochan "Kro-chan". Kuro also means "black", of course, so there's a bit of wordplay there I can't preserve. Opted to add a little to make up for it, playing on "black" and "has wings, or something like them". [ ♠ ]

This is a reference to her mission as an Akuma; she hasn't killed Krory as she was supposed to, so she's hoping killing an Exorcist will make up for that somewhat. [ ♠ ]

I'm pretty sure this is what the chapter title "Repatriation" is referring to; that word describes the return or restoration of a person to the country of their birth or citizenship, the return of an exile to the place where they belong. Here, the curse is welcoming Allen back to the monochrome world, which he was temporarily exiled from by his injury. (Will have to be careful when typesetting to make it clear through font which of them is speaking through this section. It's obvious in Japanese because the curse speaks mostly in katakana, while Allen's thoughts are normal, but English only has the one alphabet.)

Also, I know it's a bit awkward, but where I used the word "return" three times in short succession at the end there, those were (also somewhat awkwardly) all the same word in Japanese, 戻ってきた modottekita. I don't know how significant that is but it struck me. [ ♠ ]

[searching-for-allen-walker]

Bak Chang & Fou from Hoshino's instagram!

[gaywizardzone]

in april 2023 immediately after chapter 247 i was like oh they're splitting up? kanda's going to get a taste of his own dramatic thank you medicine. then i drew this just for fun sketch with that in mind and immediately forgot about it for the next six months. imagine my surprise and delight last week at 249

[hiddenremnant]

so about allen's hair colour...

(^ volume 25 talk corner)

(core) WE FINALLY FOUND IT, dgm 252 spoilers under the cut

so basically with the confirmation that past!lavi's hair is white and that he may or may not have become merged with allen, it's worth bearing in mind the ol white hair with trauma thing for allen.

it wasn't trauma. allen fully activated crown clown when he fought and destroyed akuma!mana and his hair turned the same colour as past!lavi because past!lavi is a part of crown clown.

just like timothy and tsukikami, allen's hair immediately turned white because of his innocence, and he cannot dye it another colour because it's supernatural.

the english translation isn't the best, it makes it sound vague. in the original japanese:

すぐに means immediately / instantly, so what it really means is allen tried to dye his hair and it immediately went back to white, not that it eventually went back to that colour. he gave up because as soon as he dyed his hair it went back to white, there was no point.

this proves that past!lavi and allen merged because of apocryphos and that past!lavi in some way is connected or tied to allen's innocence.

the only thing to have to navigate is that technically allen activates crown clown earlier than mana's death when apo messes with him at the circus, but maybe because it was a forced activation it didn't count / wasn't a full activation of his innocence?

timothy was possessing people using his innocence but didn't gain blue hair until he properly invoked for the first time, so i reckon it's the same for allen. apo did not cause a successful invocation, just a temporary one.

we'll find out next chapter (probably) but yeah, we immediately remembered this lil talk corner thing because it makes it pretty clear allen's hair is white because of past!lavi / his innocence specifically.

also confirms that lucia thinks past!lavi is involved with allen somehow because of his hair colour, which makes sense. it's not just generally white, it's exactly the same as past!lavi's hair colour.

also interesting that lucia knows what past!lavi's hair looks like, specifically how it glimmers in the light. like how old is she?! she has a child form as well so it's like..... were you around when past!lavi was around 35+ years ago lucia............

but yeah that's it, tl;dr allen has white hair and trauma but trauma did not turn his hair white.

[la-horrorosa]

Happy 20th Anniversary, D.Gray-Man!

The D. Gray-Man manga what inspired me in my teens to become better at art. It's no exaggeration to say Hoshino-sensei's work has inspired me like no other.

[allenwalkerbitch]

I cannot believe Hoshino has me so utterly charmed by a man whose biggest character trait is "undying loyalty to Malcolm C. Levellier," but 247 really was one of the Link chapters of all time huh

[looniecartooni]

Long, Scattered DGM theory- The Pillar of Heven in Chinese Mythology (Part 1?)

I've talked about a couple years ago how there are connections in D Gray Man with not only Christian creation myths but also (possibly) Māori and other creation myths (Tyki's name likely derives from the first man in Māori/Polynesian myth who is referred to as Tiki) (which relates to Mana being a type of spiritual energy found in many religions and Adam being the first man in Judeo-Christan beliefs).

Well- I was watching Lego Monkey Kid Season 5 where they were talking about the main character MK being "the harbinger of chaos" set to sacrifice himself into the Pillar of Heaven in order to "save everyone"/restart the thousand-year rebirth cycle. And in D Gray Man, we have the Pillar that destroyed the world and is supposedly inside the Earl, with he and the Noah claiming they are doing what they do for the sake of humanity despite actively destroying it and claiming to prepare for its destruction.

Now its been a good, long while since I read D Gray Man and my knowledge on Chinese Mythology is not great. But there are several characters that are Chinese (Bak, Komui, Lenalee, ect.) or part Chinese (Lavi I think. He also has a hammer that works a lot like the monkey king staff in the show- but that may or may not be unrelated) and China was a very important part of the story- that's where the entire Asian Branch of the Black Order is located. But what about Chinese creation mythos is applicable to D Gray Man?

Well according to this maybe not entirely reliable but interesting website (Nuwa: Goddess of Creation and the Female Emperor of Mankind (timelessmyths.com) , there are some parallels to Christan mythos.

On the seventh day of creating life, she made humans. Now according to Judo-Christan beliefs, God actually rested on the seventh day. But we also have Nuwa looking into her reflection, modelling humans after herself, and she apparently has a twin brother that may or may not have helped with the creation of life (sources vary on that one). This may be reaching- but the Millenium Earl mentions during the Alma Karma arc that Akuma are basically an extension of him which we see in multiple instances where he can actually see things through the akuma.

And Nea's well known for appearing in reflections.

Not to say Mana has not as well.

But none of this has to do with the Pillar or the Pillar of Heaven exactly. There are some other parallels to make with these creation myths, but that would be reaching and not get us where we want to go (and both are interpretable as ableist or racist in their respective mythologies that were not aware that they were being so exactly and we may not wanna discuss that here).

In D Gray Man, the Pillar has only appeared twice- once to talk to Allen in a nightmare and the second time when Road and Cross are discussing why the Noah are pretending to be a family for the Earl.

In the story of Nuwa, there are 4 pillars- each the legs of the creator god, Pangu (who according to Wikipedia was born of the cosmic egg provided by the formless primordial universe. And what's the source used in the creation of Akuma? The Akuma Egg. And what is the power Akuma and Noah use called? Dark matter. And what is dark matter supposedly a scientific term for? Something that makes up the universe that does not interact with light. Sorry- I got side tracked). Pangu was supposedly keeping the sky up after separating it from the Earth. However-

Fires raged and floods destroying the Earth not only relates to the story of Noah's ark (which the Noah are pretty much directly based off of), but also the Pillar of D Gray Man as well. Now in Monkie Kid, we see the interpretation of holes in the sky as cracks letting little bits of the universe, or rather little bits of chaos, into the world (which King Zhuanlun/the Nine Headed Demon claims all life comes from and returns to. And Nuwa says that it will consume everything if they don't complete the thousand-year rebirth cycle, it will consume all life- I will get back to that.) In D Gray Man, we see the Noahs' ark create a hole in the sky like pieces of a puzzle falling apart. It is not quite related to the pillar, but it likely was created in response to it and connects with the Noah.

(Lenalee also sees people she cares about as pieces of a puzzle, but that's a whole other theory probably. Her Innocence also has the power to turn into a pillar-like object that can protect her from the Earl's power.)

So how does Nuwa repair the Pillar of Heaven in Chinese Mythology? Well- there are a few different versions where a celestial turtle offers to cut its own leg, she takes five stones with her to secure it, but ultimately has to sacrifice herself in the end. But the version that seems to align most with DGM's narrative would be this:

According to Wisely (one of the Noah who has/had snake symbolism on him), all of humanity was descended from the Noah. And according to Road and Cross, the Noah are trying to stop the Pillar from rising again by pretending to be the Earl's family. The Earl supposedly will sacrifice them at some point like Abraham tried to do with Jacob in Judeo-Christian mythos, but that has only been mentioned once.

But what we do know is that the Earl had fought with or fought against the Heart of Innocence which caused the 3 days darkness and flood (if I recall correctly- I'm too tired to get more screenshots and make this longer than it already is). And in knowing that the Earl IS going to become the Pillar (and according to Apocreep- his defeat will let the Heart rise or something- it's like 2am right now), its interesting to think that either the Earl sacrificed himself like Nuwa to contain the Pillar with the use of innocence or the Pillar somehow got turned into him.

The Earl, according to what we hear from who we currently know as Past!Lavi (misinterpreted as Past!Allen) in his debut to the manga, is the consumer of life. All life stems from and returns to the Spiral of Life (which looks a lot like DNA).

(this translation is different than what I am used to. I don't quite remember the Earl consuming "souls" for say, but "life"...? I could be wrong. Either way, it fits into the context of this theory).

There are a lot more parallels including the primordial chaos Hundun possibly relating to water, but I'm going to let other people with perhaps better knowledge than me make the parallels. I just thought I'd get the ball rolling. If I got anything wrong or if you would like to add on, please do so nicely and be sure to tag me in whatever you find. I love learning about mythos and seeing/theorizing just how much thought Hoshino put into this series. And I apologize if I made any mistakes, had mistranslations, or really just had no idea what I was talking about. I feel like there is definitely something here that connects some rather confusing dots and possibly hints at the story more. Thank you for reading this far.

[the-gentle-jellofish]

I love that autistic man

[yullen]

D.Gray-man c249 p1~18 TL

D.Gray-man 第249後: AWに別れを告げる Night 249: Saying Farewell to A.W.

束の間の団欒僅かな幸せを頬ばりながら While stuffing one’s cheeks with a brief moment of happiness together, gathered in a circle

p19~26 

google doc | JP transcription | proofreading: @/kudouusagi ※there are likely inaccuracies, feel free to check back.

さて！  Now, then!

あの......  Allen: Um……

ずっと同じ服装だと危険だから着替えなさい It’s dangerous to keep the same attire, so please change.

逃亡もののジョーシキ!  Common sense, for fugitives！

ここの物は自由に使っていいから Feel free to use these.

Link: 私は結構てす  I'm good.

お金のニオイがする A:  I smell money

これブランド品では．．．！？ A: These are brand-name...?!

うーんちょっと大きいな   動きやすく手直しするね Johnny: Hm, a little big. I’ll adjust it for ease of movement.

いやこれブランド品．．． A: No but wait— these are brand-name...

科学班モード [ Science Department Mode ]

昨日からずっと気になってたんですが... この高級なお宅は元帥の一体どういう......? A: I’ve been wondering since yesterday, but... what is this posh place of yours, General......?

ついでに髪も切ろっか！座ってアレン J: While we’re at it, why don’t I give your hair a cut! Sit, Allen.

ああ  はい．． A: Ah, sure...

靴はこれでいいかな Wonder if these shoes will do.

ここは私のパトロンの別邸だから気にしないで This is a secondary residence of a patron’s, so don’t mind it.

え！？  Eh?!

元帥は画家としても有名なんだよ   いくつかこういう拠点を持ってる The General is also famous as a painter. He has a few of these places.

なるほど...   師匠の愛人と似たようなものか... I see... So it’s like with Master’s lovers, huh...

あの不良と一緒にしないでね Please don’t lump me in with that hoodlum.

すみませんっ！！！   [ アレン ] Pardon, my bad!!!  [ Allen ]

パトロン......   あっ Patrons......  Ah,

クロスが一番信用してた人間に聞いてみるといい Try asking the person Cross trusted most.

オレの精神世界に在る屋敷 あの場所を目指せとクロスに言われたんだろ？ The mansion in my inner world  (lit. inner psychological world) Cross told you to head to that place, didn’t he?

はいカットできあがり～！ Cut complete~!

あのッ  ここ電話機はあります？ Um, do you have a phone (I can use)?

ジリリリリン  ジリリリリン  Riririririring  Riririririring 

なんだ  おまえか  Oh hey, it’s you.

マザーーー！！  Mother———!!

「クロス元師が一番信用してた人間」かぁ．．． The person General Cross trusted most, huh…

ネアがわざわざウォーカーにメッセージしてきたのなら 何か進展がありそうですね If Nea (went out of his way) to leave Walker this message, then there (should) likely be some progress from this.

……

心配  WORRY

でもさぁ〜〜〜  それってなんか 罠っぽく思えちゃうのは感が過ぎないのかなぁ But you know~~~  It’s just that, it seems much too like a trap.

ネアと言う男はそういう小細工を嫌うタイプかと Link: Nea seems to be the type of man to dislike such cheap tricks. (this is the revised JP script, cr for JP script: @/ponkotsubluuues)

アレンの上着をつめてます Sewing Allen’s jacket (つめて is used for e.g. ‘taking in’ a shirt, but chose ‘adjust’ since it’s vaguer  chose the more liberal option for more amusing tone)

私が思うにですが   ネアという男は   ちゃうのは考え過ぎなのかなぁ～～～～ This is (just) my opinion, but a man such as Nea might say,  “I wonder if you aren’t overthinking it~~~~”

ホントぉ〜〜〜！？  Really~~~?!

どちらかといえば”手段を選んでいられない”というように思える．．． If anything, I think it’s more like he “isn’t at liberty to choose his methods”...

ネアにとってこの現状は計画通りにいってい��いのかもな Perhaps things aren’t going as planned for Nea.

わざわざメッセージを寄越したんだ 罠じゃなくても屋敷へ行ってもらいたい狙いがあんだろ おそらくネアは聖戦の真実や自分のことをモヤシに知られることを怖れていない   知って欲しいんだ He went out of his way to send this message, so even if it's not a trap, he (must have a reason) he wants him to go to that mansion. Nea likely isn’t afraid of letting the beansprout know the truth of the holy war or about himself. He wants (him) to know.

キャンベル邸には根深いものがあると思ったほうがいい It’s better to think there’s something deeply rooted within the Campbell estate.

ネアからはそれ以上の情報は聞けなかったとウォーカーは言っていたが ネアが助言してきた理由を問わなかったとは思えない 本当は何か聞いたのではないのか．．．？ でなければウォーカーがネアの言葉をすんなりと信じるわけがない Walker said he didn’t any information more than that from Nea, but I don’t think he wouldn’t question Nea's motives for giving counsel. Did he really not ask/hear anything (else)...？ Otherwise, Walker wouldn’t be believing Nea’s words without any trouble.

あの時鏡の前でウォーカーは確かにうろたえていた．．． ネアに何を言われた？ ここまできて我々に伝えることをためらうようなことがまだあるのか At that time, in front of the mirror, Walker did seem perturbed... What did Nea say to him? Is there still something he’s hesitant to share with us, who’ve come this far?

元気そうじゃないか   で？用件は何だい   Don’t you seem well.   Well? Something you need?

マザーじゃなかったら他に心当たりがないのでどうか頼みます……！ If not Mother, then I have no idea who else to ask, so please......!

あ？ Huh?

カテリーナ＂イヴ＂キャンベルという人を知りませんか？ Do you know anyone named Katerina “Eve” Campbell?

…………

？  マザー？  Mother?

．．．どこでその名を？  ...Where did you hear that name?

その．．．師匠から   幻だったかもしれませんが．．．    Well, that’s... from Master.   It might’ve just been a dream/illusion, but…

え～～と．．． でいいよな？ Eerm...   This is fine, right?

あいつめ．．． 生きていたんだね That man...  He’s alive, isn’t he.

...いつかおまえにその名を尋ねられたら   ”ある人物”を紹介するようクロスから言付かってるよ ...Cross told me that if you ever asked about that name, I should introduce you to "a certain person".

！！

この役目を果たす時がきたか．．． So it’s come time for me to fulfill this role... 

今から言うことは書いて残さず頭で覚えな From now, without writing anything down, remember what I say in your head.

ウィンダーミアの街に鳩と梟を掲げた「ズーグル」という名の古書店がある そのマスターが「宿主」を待っているだろう In the town of Windermere, there is an antiquarian bookshop named "Zoogle", raising on it a dove and an owl. Its owner will be there, waiting for “the host”.

証となるティムキャンピーをみせな   それが信用を得る唯一の合図だ As evidence, show Timcanpy as proof.   That is the sole sign to earn their trust.

……！？ ティムが．．．Tim...

マザー   実は  ティムは…… Mother.   Actually, Tim is already......

そうか．．．   アタシが言えるのはこれだけだ あとはおまえが何とかするしかないよ Is that so... That’s all I have to say. You’ll have to manage the rest.

おそらくただの古書店じゃないだろうさ 宿主だと証明できなければ殺されるかもしれない   油断するんじゃないよ It’s most likely not just any antiquarian bookstore. If you can’t prove you’re the host, they might kill you.  Don’t be careless, now.

うん  やってみます     ありがとうマザー Alright, I’ll give it a try.   Thank you, Mother.

.....はっ  Haー   なにが油断するなだ......   馬鹿かアタシは......   What’s that about carelessness...   What am I, a fool…

宿主を待ってる人物ってことはネアの協力者ってことなのかな？ The one waiting for the host, I wonder if that means he’s a collaborator of Nea’s?

すっすごく危険な気がするんだけど！ That–That sounds super dangerous!

安心しろよどこへ行こうがおまえとモヤシは危険だ Relax, no matter where you go, you and the beansprout will be in danger.

うぐぅ    それはたしかに Gerk–!    Well, that’s for certain.

そのズーグルさん？？といいクロス元帥やリンク監査官... ネアに協力したい人間って意外といるのかなぁ    何なんだろうネアって That Mr. Zoogle?? General Cross, and Inspector Link... I wonder if there aren’t a surprising amount of people who are willing to collaborate with Nea. (lit. want to) What’s with this Nea?

ギル私はもう監査官ではありませんので    何度もいいますが Gill, I’m already no longer an Inspector.    I’ve said it many times, but.

あっ    また呼んじゃった？  Ah, I called you that again, did I?

おそらくズーグル古書店はキャンベル邸への案内役．．． 危険なのはキャンベル邸だ   もしかしたらネアの生家なんじゃねぇのか 奴のホームグラウンドってわけだ The Zoogle Antiquarian Bookstore might be our guide to the Campbell Manor... The danger here is the Campbell Manor. It may be the birthplace of Nea, meaning his home ground.

ネアのメモリーが最も濃密な場所...... The place thickest with Nea’s memories...

僕もそう思う   ネアの侵食が始まってからずっと呼ばれてる気がするんです I think so as well. That place has been calling to me since Nea’s encroachment.

夕焼けに照らされたコーネリアの木……   そこに佇むあの屋敷 The mansion standing... by Cornelia’s tree, lit by the glow of the sunset

ネアの精神世界で師匠は言ってました「ここがアレン・ウォーカーの消える場所」だって それってつまり... キャンベル邸でネアが復活するって意味なのかも In Nea’s inner world, Master said “This is where Allen Walker will disappear.” So, that is to say...  Campbell Manor might be where Nea will be reborn.

このままクロス・マリアンの筋書きにのって良いのですかウォーカー Is it alright to follow along with Cross Marian’s plot like this, Walker?

いいじゃねーか    どの道ネアと白黒つけなきゃならねぇんだろ Isn’t it fine? We have to settle things (deal with matters of white/black) with Nea at any rate.

どこぞの鴉もそのほうが好都合じゃねーの？ Isn’t that more convenient for some Crow?

今はウォーカーの同行者ですのでウォーカーの決断に従います Now, I am Walker’s comrade, thus I will abide by Walker's decision.

同行者だったり協力者だったり   切り替えが大変だよなぁ A comrade and a collaborator, must be so hard switching between the two, huh.

トゲ トゲ トゲ トゲ トゲ prickly x5

ウォーカーが問題ないというのですから私も全く問題ありません   ご心配なく If Walker has no issues with it, then I am also completely without issue. No worries.

......

ギッズギス creak/grate

仲悪～い   On ba~d terms

うーん Umm...

まぁ神田の反応は仕方ないか……  リンク監査官のうしろにいるルベリエ長官の思惑もわかんないままだし Well, Kanda’s reaction can’t be helped… Since we still don’t know the intentions of Director Lvellie behind Inspector Link.

はは   確かに師匠の筋書きの通りにいっちゃってる感はありますよねー Haha, It definitely does seem like things are going according to Master’s plans...

このまま先へ進んだところで  宿主「アレン」が消える末路は変わらんぞ If things continue like this, the fate of the host “Allen” disappearing won’t change.

おまえはオレに宿主にされたんじゃない 自ら進んでその身をオレに捧げたんだよ おまえは  アポクリフォスに作り変えられてる I did not make you my host. You offered/sacrificed yourself to me of your own free will. You   were remade by Aprocryphos.

…決着をつけるために教団を出てきたんですから   このまま進みます ...Since I left the Order to settle this,   I’ll keep moving forward like this.

……

宿主の証か…… 師匠が僕にティムキャンピーを託してくれたのはこの為だったのかな Proof of the host...... I wonder if Master entrusted me with Timcanpy for this purpose.

ともだちになっていいですか……? Can I become friends with him......?

師匠もティムもずっと僕に宿主の役目を果たさせるために育ててくれたのかもしれない そうだとしても  僕にとってふたりが大事な存在なのは変わらない…… Master and Tim may have been raising me for the sake of fulfilling the role of the host all along. Even so, those two being precious existences to me will not change...... 

ずっとともだちだ You were always my friend.

どこまでも一緒に行こうなティム No matter where, let’s go there together, Tim.

着いたよ We’ve arrived.

ここで別れよう Let us part ways here.

色々とありがとうございましたティエドール元節 Thank you, General Tiedoll. For many things.

なに  大変なのはこれからだウォーカーくん What’s that?  The hard part comes now, Walker-kun.

私とユーくんは一度教団に戻り隠密に一「マナ」の墓とアポクリフォスについて調べよう 手紙も電信も危険だろうからしばらくは連絡はとれないが  必ず情報をもってキミたちを追う Yuu-kun and I will return to the Order, and secretly investigate Mana’s grave and Aprocryphos. Since letters and telegraphs are too dangerous, we won’t be able to contact you for a while, but   we’ll definitely bring you the information and follow along.

p19~26

[fylavi]

1/24(水)『ジャンプSQ.RISE 2024 WINTER』発売 アニメイトでは【星野桂先生メッセージ入りD.Gray-manスクエアカード「#アレン・ウォーカー Ver.」】の超豪華限定特典をプレゼント🙌 次号の『ジャンプSQ.RISE』では「#神田ユウ Ver」が登場！お楽しみに‼️ https://x.gd/Amhpz

Purchasing from Animate will include a special Allen Walker card with a message from Hoshino (a clear file with the cover illustration of Link).

[polska-tankietka]

I have a ridiculously huge beef with the word "Akuma" used in the English translation of D.gray-man. It frustrates me to no end. From what I understand, it means "demon," and from the in-universe conversations the characters have, everybody understands it as just that a "demon" when they hear the exorcist talk about them. Time and time again, people react to the word "demon," whereas the translation sticks to the borrowed word "akuma."

Even the very first conversation Allen has with Moa indicates clearly that she does not hear a specific word describing the specific demons The Millennium Earl creates. She gets confused about mythical beings. She hears just a word "demon" despite the translator using "akuma" first.

Well... we could argue that here Allen explained to her that an akuma is a demon of sorts. Sure, and after that, Moa got confused, but...

There, we have actual civilians. They sure as shit don't know what an akuma is. Only John does. The rest treats it as him having a wild imagination.

Yes, we could technically argue that in this world, "akuma" entered the global dictionary as either a synonym for a "demon" or a sub-species of sorts... but then it is a by-product of the translation. The characters do not really speak Japanese in-universe (unless they are), so it's probably usually English. Or amalgamation of languages, because so many of those are mixed in in the HQ: everybody probably picks up bits and pieces from others....

And I understand even why leaving "akuma" was an appealing choice. It's fun to have a specific word for the evil creatures. But... the conversations... if only people would not get confused about mythical vs. biomechanical creations, I probably would never even bat an eyelid while reading this. But they are, and I get ridiculously (even to myself) miffed by the term 😂

[starbudspresents]

Re.Gray 026 - Snow Falls Over the Town

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Summary: Road takes her leave. Allen and Lenalee convince Miranda to power down her Innocence, knowing their wounds will return. Lavi makes his entrance.

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Road: Let's play again sometime, Allen. Road: This time, Road: within the bounds of our lord's Scenario.

26th Night - Snow Falls Over the Town

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sfx: batan [the Wonderland doors swing shut behind her]

26th Night - Snow Falls Over the Town

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sfx: gih [Allen clenches his fist]

sfx: DO DO [the room they were in suddenly begins to warp and break up violently, now that its creator has left]

Allen: !! Allen: What's happening!?

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sfx: bishi bishi bishi [cracks open in the floor] sfx: go go go go go [the whole structure groans and splinters]

Lenalee: It's breaking down...!?

Miranda: Ngh....

Lenalee: Miranda?

sfx: bih [a crack opens under Lenalee's hand] sfx: GO [the floor breaks up and collapses under her and Miranda]

Allen: Lenalee!! Miranda!! sfx: doh [he reaches for them, but the floor breaks up under him, too]

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Allen: !

sfx: gashaaaa [he and the tattered detritus of the room fall through space; as he falls, he catches a glimpse of what he's just fallen out of: a disintegrating room-sized Christmas present, one of many floating in this mysterious void]

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Wall: Fuck you! Exorcist

Allen: Huh? Allen: This is... Miss Miranda's flat.... Allen: How.... Allen: Where was that place we were just in...? Allen: Was it also Road's power...?

Lenalee: Allen! Lenalee: Something's wrong with Miranda!

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sfx: hii hii [Miranda, sweating buckets and hunched over in apparent pain, breathing hard through clenched teeth] sfx: gata gata gata [she's shaking so hard her teeth are chattering]

Allen: Miss Miranda...!?

Lenalee: Deactivate your Innocence! Your body can't handle any more than this.

Miranda: ...I can't.... Miranda: If it stops working....

Allen: They're coming for me!?

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Miranda: It seems that the time it sucked out will all return. Miranda: Your... Miranda: wounds will all return.... Miranda: I can't... Miranda: This was the first time I've ever been thanked.... sfx: hii [tortured breath] Miranda: Wouldn't that make it all meaningless...?

Allen: Deactive your Innocence.

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Allen: Let it go, Miss Miranda. Allen: It's thanks to you we're all still here. Allen: That's more than enough. sfx: hecchara hecchara [blithe unconcern] Allen: We'll bear our own wounds. Allen: We're alive. They'll heal in time.

Lenalee: He's right, Miranda. Lenalee: Please, let go.

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sfx: go-n [the clock, once again in the form of a grandfather clock, tolls midnight; October 9th is over at last]

Superintendent: Midnight, eh? Let's call it a day.

sfx: dotatatata [Miranda thundering down the stairs]

Superintendent: ?

sfx: gashan [Miranda shoves her head into his office, frantic] Miranda: Superintendent!!

Superintendent: Wh— Superintendent: Miranda? W-What's going on...? Superintendent: You've hurt your hand...!?

sfx: haa haa [Miranda panting heavily] Miranda: Doctor... call a doctor.... Miranda: People are hurt!

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Miranda: Please, a doctor, quickly!!

Allen: While you live, Allen: your wounds will heal,

Allen: but you may have to bear the scars.

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Komui: This really went pear-shaped. Komui: Lavi, watch the door. Don't let anyone in.

Lavi: Roger.

Komui: Oh?

Allen: .... sfx: jiii [stares blankly up at Komui]

Komui: Hey. sfx: GACHA [establishing the presence of the horrifying Innocence-repair drill] Komui: Back with us, are you?

Allen: !! Allen: K-Komui!? Allen: Wait, where am I!?

Komui: Where? The hospital. Komui: We received word from the Finders on standby outside the town that things had normalized. Komui: Mission accomplished, well done.

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sfx: gishi [Allen gingerly sits up] Allen: The town is...!?

Komui: Miss Miranda was here until a moment ago, you've just missed her.

Allen: B-But why are you here, Komui...?

sfx: bishi 🖤 [Komui strikes a very dorky pose] Komui: To look after you, of course! 🤍

Allen: ...Seriously?

Komui: The truth is, you won't be coming back to headquarters this time; I have to send you out on a long-term mission from here. Komui: When Lenalee wakes up, I'll tell you both the details.

Allen: ! Allen: Lenalee still hasn't woken up...!?

Komui: No, because of the damage to her nervous system, but....

Lavi: Don't worry, gramps is having a look at her right now. Lavi: She'll be right as rain in no time.

Allen: !?

♦ 196

Lavi: I'm Lavi. How do you do.

Allen: ...Pleasure.

sfx: niko [Lavi grins, but there's something off about it; it somehow lacks sincerity, rings a bit hollow]

♦ 197

Komui: Ah, by the way, Komui: Miss Miranda left a message for you.

Miranda: Dear Allen and Lenalee, I'm sorry I can't stay until you wake up.

Boy 1: Apparently Miranda's moving.

Boy 2: For real?

Peter: Finally got run out of town, eh?

Miranda: The phenomenon affecting the town ended after I initialized the Innocence in my clock, for some reason. sfx: batan [she pulls open her front door] Miranda: The townsfolk don't remember living through October 9th thirty-four times at all, Miranda: for which I'm grateful, considering I was the one responsible.

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Miranda: The two of you say the Innocence caused that phenomenon in response to my wishes, Miranda: but looking back, I have a feeling it was actually testing me. Miranda: Is that strange to say?

Neighbour: Cheat on me again and we're through.

Neighbour's husband: I know, my love, you're the only one for me.

Miranda: It wasn't until I tried to shield Allen that it reacted, after all.

Miranda: Thanks for everything.

Superintendent: You take care now.

Miranda: Thanks to all this, though, it seems I may have found somewhere to belong.

Miranda: Um, here... please send the bill for replacing the ruined wallpaper to this address.

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Superintendent: Oh, where's this?

Miranda: My new employers.

Miranda: I hope to see you again someday. Miranda: By then, as an Exorcist, I'll be good for something.1

Vol. 3 - Rewinding Town {END}

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Extra pages

Hoshino in Komui cosplay: ♫ Funfu~n ♪

Reever: Do your job.

Hoshino Katsura:

A fan letter mentioned that 桂 katsura can also be read つき tsuki "moon". 星の月 hoshi no tsuki "moon of another world"2... that's pretty romantic. Bit over the top, though; a little embarrassing to contemplate.

♦ 202

Art of Jeryy shaping a huge onigiri in their lap, "squeezing" "love" into it. There are mushrooms everywhere, even growing from the nigiri. I'm not going to say this is 100% a dick joke, but I'm like 95% sure it's a dick joke.

♦♥♦

FOOTNOTES

今度はエクソシストとしてお役に立ちます konda wa Exorcist toshite o-yaku ni tachimasu "This time, as an Exorcist, I will be helpful/useful."

Bit of an awkward line, but this is a direct reference to all the times she's been called a "good-for-nothing" (役立たず yakutatazu, "useless/unhelpful/incompetent"), so I had to make it "good for something". [ ♠ ]

The word 星 hoshi means both "star" and "planet other than Earth". If you've ever seen a manga or anime translation have a character describe their homeworld as "this star", it's because that second meaning isn't as widely known. [ ♠ ]

[witch-4-life]

Part 2 of chapter 247

Part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/witch-4-life/715806555283587072/first-10-pages-translated-first-of-all-sorry-for

[vitamiiiiins]

OK but what actually DID happen here? why did tyki suddenly imagine and even feel himself dying, being blown/torn apart?? allen didn't actually attack him here. so he says 'was it just the impact of the innocence [activating, ig?], or was it...?'

or was it what??

[birdie-is-also-a-magical-alien]

Dude dude dude dude dude

[marapuama]

cross voice observe my superior strategic mind at work *fucking dies*

kidding. he's still around to tell allen to give up number one master in da world