D.Gray-Man, Vol. 1

by Katsura Hoshino

Book Overview

A cursed teenage boy saves mankind one soul at a time.

Set in a fictional 19th century England, D.Gray-man is the story of Allen Walker, a 15-year-old boy who roams the earth in search of Innocence. Washed away to unknown parts of the world after The Great Flood, Innocence is the mysterious substance used to create weapons that obliterate demons known as akuma.

A born exorcist, Walker's primary anti-akuma...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421506238
• ISBN13: 9781421506234
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Amazing!

This is one of my favorite manga series! It's a great story with lots of action and good morals as well as great characters! I would definitely recommend this! Once you start reading you can't put it down. you find yourself falling in love with the hero's and rooting for them. unlike many other series I feel like there are a lot of original things going around in this series and I get the distinct feeling that the author actually has the whole series planned out. it's great! I've read the first 24 volumes at least five times and still discover knew things each time! I Highly recommend!

very good

D.Gray-Man is an excellent manga with good action, solid story, and good laughs. However it has believable slapstick and not commedy where the victim gets hit with something that would kill them normally. This is a nice change and is backed by a solid story.

A very Good Book

This book is a great must have for any manga fan. It is about a boy named Allen Walker, who goes around destroying akuma. Which in japanese means devil or demon. Its artwork is awsome, and I hope that they have a video game or a anime. It is a very good horror/fantasy/history manga.

Manga on a whole new level.

Well, this is a very fun book for manga fans. The story develops at an acceptable pace, and the action is gorgeous. Add that to some pretty impressive visuals, and you have a wonder on your hands. If you like this, try Deathnote, too.

Wonderful

I'm sure you don't want me to drabble on about what the book is about, so i wont ruin the story for you. The book is beautifully drawn, and although this is technically a horror manga, it has just the right amount of comedy mixed in. About all the characters are based on real people and their personalities are quite interesting. The story is also original, so you don't have to worry about boring yourself with it. Overall, I suggest this book to any manga lover, whether you love horror or not.

FANTASTIC HORROR MANGA!

As noted at the beginning of the book, D. Gray Man is set at the end of a fictional 19th century Victorian England. This blend of horror and action follows the exploits of Allen Walker, a boy who appears to be 15 years old but isn't at all what he seems. Walker is an exorcist, born with a cross embedded into his hand that is a powerful weapon that he uses to battle Akumas. Akumas are weapons of evil that use a human soul as their power, and a human skin to hide within. The Akumas are created by a demonic figure known as Millennium Earl, A Top Cat & Tails wearing figure who is somewhat reminiscent of Batman's arch-villain The Joker. Millennium Earl creates the Akumas out of great human tragedy and plans to eventually destroy mankind. The Akuma's are cyber-organic weapons (when not in their human skins) that fire poisonous bullets that turn a human's skin to dust. The more they kill, the more powerful they become. We meet the first as two cops explore an abandoned, gothic looking cathedral. Officer Moa's partner is killed and only the arrival of Walker saves the young female cop Moa. But Moa is in for an even worse shock. The Akuma turns out to be her brother-in-law. Moa's sister had been killed in a tragic accident and her brother-in-law Marc, a pastor, cursed God. This allowed Millennium Earl to take her sister's soul as a vessel for the Akuma, and used it to kill Marc and take his skin as a disguise. Allen has to face off against the Akuma to free Moa's sister's soul. In a later story, we'll go back to Allen's earlier life and see his first meeting with Millennium Earl and how he became an exorcist. Katsura Hoshino's superb art is suitably dark and his imagery is among the most ghoulish you've ever seen in a Manga. Millennium Earl is pure evil and Hoshino pulls no punches with him as the body count is extraordinary. A terrific, true horror Manga that has a great look and atmosphere. Reviewed by Tim Janson