History Manga / DGrayMan

** BigBadEnsemble: Though in recent chapters, the Fourteenth and Apocryphos have been competing with him for the role of main antagonist.

** Honestly, how are the exorcists ''ever' going to beat the Akuma and save the world?!

* HealthcareMotivation: Suman became an exorcist to have money for his daughter's treatment. It didn't end well for him...

** In chapter 210 two separate men hit on Kanda. The first it's an [[AmbiguousGay possibly homosexual]] gangster that loudly proclaims that [[ImTakingHerHomeWIthMe going to kidnap Kanda and take him home.]] The second time is [[YourMilageMayVary debatable]] as this time the person was drunk and mistook Kanda for a girl.

* AllThereInTheManual: The reverse novels include a lot of information about the characters who were put on a bus in the manga.

The heartwarming story of young [[{{Shipping}} Allen Walker and his fiancée, Lenalee Lee]]... [[GenreShift aah, who are we kidding here?]]

See the character sheet [[Characters/{{DGray-man}} here]].

* BigShutUp: When in the middle of one of their arguments and told to calm down, Kanda and even Allen tell Lavi and another guy "Shut the hell up!"

** Also, Suman Dark. Poor, poor Suman.

*** Made worse when you realise that right now those things are ''living'' inside of [[spoiler:Lavi and Chaozii]].

* ClearMyName: After the entire arc involving Kanda and Alma, [[spoiler:Allen still gets in a lot of trouble for turning into a Noah, and now he's stuck in a prison.]]

** Tewaku's clothes are ripped apart when her Akuma cells go wild.
* CombatSadomasochist: The Clan of Noah.

* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler: Alma Karma.]]

* DeathByOriginStory: Mana Walker.

*** He is [[{{Bishonen}} VERY pretty]]. Maybe he's beauty AND the beast.
**** Then there's [[spoiler: Alma Karma]].

** There's also Lavi. Like Lenalee, he hasn't been around much either since Destruction of Black Order arc, despite them both being part of [[FanNickname OT4]] and close friends of Allen. These two aren't present in recent chapters despite the fact that there are major things happening around both Allen and Kanda. Sure, they're off carrying their exorcist duties somewhere, but one would think that this series being {{Shounen}} would mean that these two would be around their TrueCompanions during important changes. But no. Whatever happened to Lavi's job to record Destroyer of Time, no one knows...

* DotingParent: Cyril Kamelot.

* DysfunctionalFamily: The Noah. They're all psychotic. Of course, they also have affection for each other and a few 'awww' moments.

** The Third Exorcists.

* FoeYay: Despite being Allen's enemies, it's mentioned in canon that both Road and Tyki like him, although whether the true cause of that is this trope or [[spoiler: them subconsciously detecting that Allen is also a Noah and thus a family member of theirs]] is debatable. Even so, some of the lines between Tyki and Allen during their fight on the Ark ''scream'' out FoeYay.

* GenderBender: Any akuma formed by one lover pining for the other (the Japanese akuma who helps the gang in Tokyo, for example). [[spoiler: Alma Karma was a woman -- Kanda's girlfriend, in fact -- in a previous life.]]

* HeroicHost: Parasite type Innocences.

* IWantThemAlive: Around chapter 200 in the manga, you find out that [[spoiler: the 14th Noah's memories aren't inside of Allen, but that Allen IS the 14th.]] With everyone staring in awe an horror, [[spoiler: the Earl explains that he now wants to bring Allen over to the side of the Noahs.]]

** Tokusa is a true JerkWithAHeartOfGold, shown when he protected everyone in the North American branch from explosions, despite being heavily injured.

* KillAllHumans: The Millennium Earl's ultimate aim.

** Not necessarily flesh-eating. They can just take [[spoiler: their pick of internal organs.]]

** Well, maybe just [[http://www.manga2u.com/D.Gray-Man/205/04/ once]]. Although technically the "skirt" is part of her third uniform coat and she's actually wearing shorts underneath.

* MasterOfIllusion: Road Kamelot.

* MindRape: What Road Kamelot does to Lavi during the Ark arc. Also what she does to Marshall Yeegar earlier in the series.

** Allen also has quite a few ones. Usually pulls them when being reminded of Cross' depts he had to pay. or when rummaging about how he WONT loose at gambling.

* OminousMusicBoxTune: Road's song.

** That's the translation of the name which is used in the Viz English edition, which makes [[SpellMyNameWithAnS more sense]] of the katakana and leaves out the weird punctuation. But even so, according to the [[WordOfGod Gray Ark fanbook]] which lists the character names written in English, the even ''stranger'' official spelling is Ares Teena = dloe = gynosan = P = ruporson = gear = Amadeus 5th.

** The Third Exorcists wear one as part of their uniform.

* ShipSinking: The character relationship chart in the [[WordOfGod official]] [[AllThereInTheManual fanbook]] puts the kibosh on several of the fandom's most popular ships, most notably Allen/Kanda and Allen/Lavi.

** Also chapter 204 (complete with a genuine SlasherSmile delivered by ''Allen'' himself:

* SlipknotPonytail: Kanda.

* StarCrossedLovers: Krory and Eliade; any akuma who was created by someone pining over their dead lover. [[spoiler: This includes Alma Karma, who was Kanda's girlfriend in their previous lives and became an akuma after reawakening to hide it from him. Possibly taken to literal levels since Alma is last seen with a giant star on his/her forehead.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Kanda, Timothy and Madarao all have blue hair, as does Lenalee on some colour pages. Tokusa has green, and both Komui and Road have purple. And apparently all 100% natural.

** [SpellMyNameWithAnS Lero] can also use its name just a general exclamation. "Le~ro..." means "Whoa..." "LERO?!" means "AAUGH!" and "Lerolerolero!" means "Ow-ow-ow!" for example.

** In Funimation's dub, Allen is [[{{Baccano}} Firo]], [[{{Hetalia}} Italy]], [[{{One Piece}} Kohza]], [[{{Soul Eater}} Death the Kid]], [[{{Fullmetal Alchemist}} Ling]], [[{{Sgt Frog}} Keroro]], [[{{Ouran High School Host Club}} Hikaru]], and [[{{xxxHOLiC}} Watanuki]], just to name a few.

* SuddenHumility: When he loses his left eye, Allen discovers the pressure that the exorcists who can't distinguish human from Akuma must endure every single day. He adapts fast enough, but not before getting close to have an Akuma bullet or two between his eyes.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Kanda, in all likelihood.
** [[spoiler:Subverted in the Alma Karma arc, and ''especially'' chapter 207.]]

* CompensatingForSomething: Fans seem to enjoy making fun of the fact that [[spoiler:cute, [[{{Bishonen}} effeminate]] Allen]] uses [[{{BFS}} a sword the size of a surfboard]].

** We can also note the unexplained change of Lenny Epstein's design. Before the long hiatus she was a very tall and muscular looking woman with a long face, not unlike Mahoja (although not as extreme). When the manga became monthly though, she apparently lost 15cm in height and looked like a more classic HotScientist. This troper litteraly thought she was another character until she was called "Lenny".

*** Also Mahoja (So strong that she can ''kick'' a level 2 Akuma off her ship!) and Officer Moor. Reever also counts for this.

** Oh EARL... oh 14th... you two both never get that Allen hates it [[spoiler:when the latter one once again tries taking over.]] (Most hilarious reaction - he got back to conciousness, just to ram his head into the Earl's teeth)

* Expy: Whether intended or not, Froi Tiedoll looks (and sounds) a lot like [[{{Bleach}} Ishida's grandfather]].

* IKnowKungFu: "WHY DON'T YOU USE THE SEAL OF WOOD??!!"

** As of now, Allen doesn't even need [[spoiler:14th]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/dgray-man/204/15 anymore...]] He definitely took lessons from Kanda and Cross. Pretty soon, the number of people who do this will rival that of ''{{Hellsing}}'', which is [[BeyondTheImpossible really saying something.]]

* WarArc: The cvonflicts between the Black Order and the Naoh make up half of the MythArc.