History Manga / DGrayMan

** Despite being Allen's enemies, it's mentioned in-universe that both Road and Tyki like him, although whether the true cause of that is this trope or them subconsciously detecting that Allen is also a Noah and [[IncestSubtext thus a family member of theirs is unclear. Even so, some of the lines between Tyki and Allen during their fight on the Ark have sexual undertones.

* KilledOffForReal: So far, [[spoiler:Tupp Dopp, Mana Walker, Alma Karma, Suman Dark, Daisya Barry, the branch head of Oceania, Skinn Bolic, and General Yeagar, two of the Thirds, Bak's parents, Zu Mei Chan]], plus many a member of the RedShirtArmy--both the Order, Akuma, and Random Bystanders branches. It is worth noting that so far, we have got ''very'' clear death scenes or outright WordOfGod on the whole when the person has gotten developed past being just a name; as of the Chara Gray fanbook in 2011, explicitly set ''after'' [[spoiler:Allen fleeing the Order]], though [[spoiler:Howard Link]] is quite lively and [[spoiler:General Cross]]'s status is given as...well, Allen may have been right about him.

* CreepyCoolCrosses: All over the place - the stigmata on the Noah clan, one of the lower-level attacks from Allen's innocence, the symbol of the Black order (complete with embedded Hebrew and Greek lettering)...
** Most versions of the Exorcists' uniforms feature those.
** Allen's Innocence takes on this form when deactivated, and is embedded in his left hand.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Klaud Nine's Simian Innocence.

* BaldWomen: Mahoja

* ActionGirl: Lenalee, Klaud Nine, and Anita.
** [[AndZoidberg And Mahoja]]. Yes, [[BaldWoman she is a she]].

** The Phantom Thief G arc has [[spoiler: another Level 4 Akuma that commands an small group of Akumas and fights Allen, Kanda and Marie while its partners go to capture Timothy. It ends killed by a combined effort of Allen and Kanda, but before dying, it manages to trigger Neah's first takeover of Allen's body, kickstarting the events of the nexta rc after the Earl realizes Allen is Neah's host.]]

** As of Chara Gray, Cross takes debts UpToEleven--while the events in the framing story are in the same spirit as a FourthWallMailSlot page when it comes to how canon they are, Cross manages to somehow pile on more debts on Allen despite, as Allen [[{{Lampshade}} notes]], [[spoiler:it being uncertain if Cross is alive or dead.]]

* FoeYay:
** Despite being Allen's enemies, it's mentioned in-universe that both Road and Tyki like him, although whether the true cause of that is this trope or 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.

* LoveAtFirstPunch: Road and [[HoYay probably]] [[FoeYay Tyki]] to Allen.

** As of now, Allen doesn't even need [[spoiler:14th]] anymore. He definitely took lessons from Kanda and Cross. Pretty soon, the number of people who do this will rival that of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', which is [[UpToEleven really saying something.]]

* VillainousRescue: Despite the fact they have both inflicted significant BodyHorror and done other unpleasant things to him in their earlier meetings, Tyki and Road (especially Road) have begun to develop a knack for helping Allen out when he's about to be consumed by something. Why? [[FoeYay 'Cause they like him, of course.]]

* {{Mondegreen}}: No two fansubbing groups can agree on what half the lyrics in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc6gvRwW6BI&feature=related final OP]] are saying. Hell, some fansub groups keep changing their interpretations constantly between episodes. This is especially true for the last 20 seconds, which is full of GratuitousEnglish ('Let Alone' becomes 'Never Alone' becomes 'Rebel One'. 'Shining Point' becomes 'Scatter Point' becomes 'Turning Point', etc.)

Written by Katsura Hoshino, the series is known and loved for blending typical shonen action tropes with a Gothic sensibility and a sense of design that borders on the surreal. The series also tends to [[ScheduleSlip go on hiatus a lot]] due to the author's [[IllGirl bad health]]. One hiatus ended on August 17, 2010, when a 50-page chapter was released. The series then switched to a monthly schedule − but releases stayed sparse. Another chapter was released in late 2012, after which Hoshino went on yet another hiatus due to illness, and the latest chapters were compiled into Volume 24.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Lenalee Lee: ''Hello Legs!!''

* OneHundredAndEight: There were originally 109 Innocences, one of which is the Great Heart.

''D.Gray-man'' is a manga (later adapted into an anime) about Allen Walker, a 15-year-old [[HunterOfMonsters Exorcist]] with a [[RedRightHand deformed left arm]] which can transform into a weapon called [[HolyHandGrenade Innocence]]. Allen fights against [[BigBad the Millennium Earl]] and his Akuma: living weapons created by trapping a human soul inside a mechanical body using Dark Matter, and having it wear the skin of the human that created it in the first place. The Millennium Earl wants to use these to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy humanity]], and Allen, who was cursed by an Akuma as a child, is caught in between. The Black Order, which he joins early in the series, is a religious organisation of Exorcists that seeks to stop the Earl and destroy his Akuma using Innocence. As the story progresses, a conspiracy unfolds involving the Noah Family - a group headed by the Earl - and the mysterious "14th" Noah.

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler: The world of D. Gray Man is a second world born after the destruction of a previously much more modern world.]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler: The world of D. Gray Man is a second world born after the destruction of a previous much more modern world.]]

* WhamShot: Chapter 234 combines this with WhamLine: [[spoiler: Revealing that the Noah were previous survivors a destroyed world. The wham is the panel depicting the world's destruction - it looks exactly like [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the Third Impact.]]]]

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

** Also, [[spoiler:A younger Alma Karma sees this as the solution when he gains Innocence and learns the truth about his existence. However unlike Allen who attempts it to stop himself from harming people, Alma decides to take out everyone around with him.]]

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

* RoleReprisal: In the English dub, virtually everyone from the 2006 series reprised their roles for ''D.Gray-Man Hallow'' with a couple exceptions.

* GrayEyes: Allen provides the page picture at the time of writing.

** Exorcists in general. Yeah so having Innocence gets you a cool weapon that can kill Akuma, but Innocence shortens the exorcist's life and causes them to be targeted by Akuma and Noah. If that's not enough, being an exorcist makes you be treated as a pawn by bigoted higher-ups of the Black Order, and betraying the Innocence itself turns you into a Fallen. And it is ''not pretty.''

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* GenderBender: Any akuma formed by one (heterosexual) 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.]]