D.GRAY-MAN MANGA REVIEW
Authors: Katsura, Hoshino (Story & Art)
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
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Type: Manga series
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Supernatural, Super Power, Shounen, Mystery, Horror, Comedy, Adventure, Action
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SCORE: B+

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D.Gray Man fulfilled almost every of my expectations towards it. And I was specifically sceptic, because of the little 'Shonen Jump >Advanced<' caption on its cover. However, this is an entertaining and unique series.
First off, let's get rid of the bad things. I did not like the sentence at the beginning of 'The 1st Night': "The end of a fictional 19th century..."
You can't really put yourself into the story, if you're told beforehand that it is completely fictional. Things like that just kill the mood and besides, everyone would figure that out by themselves anyways. Maybe I'm just making a big deal out of it...
Ok, now to the plot... It is pretty original and settled up in a very interesting way, but while reading D.Gray 1-4, I had a feeling like I've seen some of it before.
Yet, other things really surprised me (in a good way) and most of the time I was outright captivated.
Even the characters are well drawn and have exceptionally multifarious personalities with profound background stories that are revealed bit by bit as the chapters continue. Lenalee was the only person that ticked me off slightly.
There is one thing in particular, that I haven't seen coming and that was Allan's attitude. He is definitely not the cliche type of main character, being way more friendly and cool-headed then any other shonen jump front man.
In my opinion D.Gray-Man is an amazing and crazy mixture of loads of genres and definitely worth spending money on it.