#dgm manga spoilers

[madmachaca]

Guys, I know I am most likely completely off, THIS IS ONLY A CRACK THEORY, BUT!

...what are the odds...

That the Bookman Jr who just vanished 35 years ago...

is Tykki?

I guess, we´ll know eventually...

(No, but serously, it´s more likely previous JR was Timcampy. Rest in peace, again, I guess)

[innocent--sorrow]

wasn't that huge on laven after revisiting dgm but after the most recent chapter I like it more ngl because what if Lavi too was remade by Apocryphos from the former Bookman Jr and it is believed by mistake he is a different guy... false memories etc... and they were lovers and there was a very important reason for Nea to step in....

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just finished rewatching d.gray-man (thanks to listening to dgm osts) so i decided to continue reading the manga again. allen and mana's past!! i don't know what to do with these emotions!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[sapin7]

who are you now

[allenwalkerbitch]

It's a small detail amidst the craziness that is the rest of 252, but I'm losing my absolute mind at the fact that Past Allen was apparently soldier.

We just had it confirmed that our protagonist, our child soldier protagonist, had a whole previous life that he lived and completely forgot about. He had a whole first life where, until he was at least an older teenager, he had nothing to do with the inescapable holy war that's taken over his existence the second time around. He was just some kid with no connection to the battle between the Noah and the Black Order.

But what was he instead? Was he free to actually have a childhood in this other life?

Nope! He was just a normal soldier in some non-spiritual, completely mundane war, and he would have died in battle if Nea hadn't swept in and drafted him into the holy war instead. There is no life in which the young Allen is not a soldier.

[celestisnothere]

Did one for ch251 I NEED TO DO ONE FOR CHAPTER 252

Because WHAT THE FUCK

VERY LONG POST AHEAD!!

HEAVY 252 SPOILERS!!!

LIKE WE DID HAVE SOME ANSWERS ABOUT THE WHOLE ALLEN SITUATION

BUT THE FUCK YOU MEAN "LAVI" WAS THERE?????

IS THAT "LAVI" OUR LAVI?

Like knowing the power Apocryphos has and how that's how Past!Allen became our Allen w/o remembering. It could very much be that it was Our!Lavi and just shared that same fate bc he got hit in the aftermath when trying to save Past!Allen as this chapter just showed us

But also since "Lavi" is just a name Bookman gave to their successor for the mission, it could be they aren't the same Lavi.

BUT it's too much of a coincidence both "Lavi"s had the same name when meeting their respective Allen's so....... The Bookman knew what he was doing when he gave Our!Lavi the "Lavi" name for the Black Order mission, that Old Man.

ALSO if it turns out to be Our!Lavi and just got hit (which would explain why the Bookman spent years finding the "new" successor).

LIKE IT WOULD MAKE SO MUCH SENSE!

Bc we saw that other!Lavi (to call him something) didn't wear a eyepatch and had a huge scar over the eye that Our!Lavi covers with an eyepatch.

Bc we know form the previous chapter that the Bookman took Our!Lavi as successor when he saw his eye (the eyepatch covered one) bc it had some sort of marking (almost literal words) that marked him as the Bookman Successor.

So the years the Bookman spent looking for his new successor, he was actually looking for the same successor and when he saw Our!Lavi as a kid, he actually saw the scar and *realized* that the kid was the successor that deflected all those years ago (since the other!Lavi deflected after meeting nea and wanted to offer himself as his new host).

BUT IF ALL THAT IS TRUE IT STILL DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY THERE'S A 20-SOMETHING YEARS GAP (35years in our current timeline minus Our!Lavi's age) BETWEEN THAT HAPPENING AND THE BOOKMAN FINDING OUR!LAVI AS A 6YO AND TAKING HIM IS AS THE NEW SUCCESSOR

NOR THE ALSO 20-SOMETHING GAP (35years in our current timeline minus Our!Allen's age) BETWEEN IT AND OUR!ALLEN BEING AT THE CIRCUS AS RED (SINCE HE WAS AROUND 5YO IIRC).

Because the whome de-aging only took moments (minutes at most) or so it seemed.

Unless that's what seemed to us and it actually took several years just in stasis for some sort of Innocence wacky explanation.

AND NOW I HAVE TO WAIT 3 MONTHS OR SO FOR MORE ANSWERS?????

EITHER WAY NO MATTER WHAT A WIN FOR ME SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE

LONG HAIRED LAVI IS CANON!!!

ALSO LET ME POST A SIDE-BY-SIDE OF OTHER!LAVI AND OUR!LAVI BC I AM STRAING AT THE SIMILARITIES

And the SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE OUR!LAVI LOOK THAT MSKES ME THINKS THE POSSIBILITIES LF THEM BEING THE SAME PERSON ARE VERY HIGH

LIKE AM I BEING CRAZY OR DO THEY LOOK VERY VERY SIMILAR DOWN TO THE FUCKING EARINGS????

[razzzar]

Redraw of the most striking scene in chapter 252 of D gray man I love this series so much <3

[green-ame]

Hoshino made me feel nostalgic about how it all started

[the-gentle-jellofish]

Marcilleeee

[looniecartooni]

DGM Chapter 252 spoilers Past!Allen: I have a confession. Nea: What is it? Past!Allen?: My name isn't Allen. I don't actually have a true name because I am actually a Bookman. Nea: Wh-what? Past!Lavi: I've been going by the name "Lavi" during my current observations. Nea: Then... whose Allen? Past!Lavi: There is no Allen. It's just me. Nea: Well we have to find Allen then! He's supposed to be my host! Past! Lavi: N-no- I am still willing to be your host. I just thought that you should know that my name's not- Nea: *holding actual Past!Allen* I found Allen. Past!Lavi: Wha- who is this kid? Nea: It's Allen- I just told you. He's my new host. Past!Lavi: WHAT?! Real Past!Allen: I have no idea what's going on... Past!Lavi: Nea- you can't just kidnap a random child and make them the host! Hi... Allen. I am... so sorry about all this. Where're your folks? Past!Allen: I... don't... have any that I... know of. I was- well... Nea: He was fighting in a war and I found him dying in a lake. Past!Lavi: Oh my gosh... Nea: So- I asked him his name, offered to have him become my host, and saved him. Past!Lavi:... Nea- you made it worse! I'm so sorry, Allen. Allen: Eh- it's fine. I didn't really have anything to live for. Past!Lavi: *deep inhale* Okay. Allen- you can stay with us for a while. Nea and I will let you know what this whole host thing is about, and we are going to make sure that you are safe and sound and don't ever have to- wait Nea, where are you going?! Nea: I'm going to go find Mana! Take care of real Allen for me, would you, fake Allen? Past!Lavi: Um- Nea: Thank you- buh byyyyyyye.... *runs away and never returns* Past!Lavi:... I think I upset him. Past!Allen: He's kind of weird. Past!Lavi: Yeah... he's fun when you get to know him though. You hungry? Past!Allen: ...starving. Past!Lavi: Alright- let's go pick up some food then. Come along. Past!Allen: Okay... is... is he coming back? Past!Lavi:... probably- he's kind of like a cat. He might be back for food. Might bring another friend or two back too. Hopefully... Past!Allen:... hopefully.

[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)

[allen-san]

Sensei met fin aux débats, il à les cheveux blancs/rose !! ^^

[shimmeringweeds]

There’s something incredibly tragic about about Nea and Allen both declaring that the only ally they need in trying times is Timcanpy, moments before they learn he is gone.

x x x x x x

There’s something incredibly tragic in knowing that Tim loves them both, equally.

There’s something incredibly tragic when you realize that Tim’s destruction will serve as a necessary sacrifice for their growths.

There is something so incredibly tragic about Timcanpy, who has seen it all.

[sapin7]

call me Nea

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Just finished reading the latest chapter of DGM. How does Link changed from this:

To this??

Is this what we call character development in terms of physical department? 🤭🤭🤭 I mean, the same goes for everyone too. Like Kanda and Allen. They're both getting hotter and hotter with every chapter. lol

[witch-4-life]

First 10 pages translated. First of all sorry for the broken Japanese translation, she’s a bit rusty. Secondly sorry for the broken English….I’m dyslexic.

(I know together isn’t spelled correctly :’) but I couldn’t be bothered to go back in and change it)