lol, the earl has totally pawned allen this time. what were allen's most useful tools are totally useless now? he's just an ordinary exorcist now. what are they going to do? not that defeating the level 4 will help, they need to defeat the source of the kekkai which is in another space. maybe they will use timonthy's power.


lin is such a blockhead. orders are orders.........look at the situation, please be more flexible. at least the good thing is allen loves to defy orders, the only bad thing is he is trapped in a kekkai that he couldn't use his powers..........


hmmm......all of a sudden, kanda has powered up too that they have 'no problem' with a level 4 (still early to say).

after one week, i am finally released from this pain.

yes, yes. i know most people i know are probably complaining why i got so much time to watch drama, anime and manga. well, stupid, it is at the expense of my studying time..............



anyway, back to the manga. i love the part of kanda wanting to cut the head of the new innocence bearer with that pissed off face. he really doesn't care if allen dies when it is poor allen who is inside the body now.


seeing how allen exchange their body with the little boy, does it mean the little boy bump his head with a stranger he met and made them G? that is really harsh on the skull. any easier way?

that explains that way of crying, it is a child.


bad points:

another level 4...............................when are we going to reach the climax. stop this innocence searching arc already.

lol, link cried in this chapter though it is not exactly him but it is so cute. it remind me of allen and tim's crying face when he reunite with tim in the noah ark.

i seriously wonder if G is really an innocence? first time seeing an innocence with so much emotions and acting like a total brat but the possibility remains high as allen's sword doesn't hurt link but G feels the pain. i would say similar to how kanda's sword injure allen's hand when they first met.


but the most laughable part is how allen and kanda decide to give all they got once they realize link is part of crow (combat group in black order). though i want to say they hate link as the reason but i believe it is more on the part they need to take 'link' seriously due to the dangerous in-built ability of link despite G's inability to use it to the fullest.

hope the innocence arc ends soon.................................sigh

i have friends saying i got carried away with details when i do my review.

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fine, i will do something lighter today,


tim is so adorable.


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just, kidding. though i am not very pleased with the innocence arc again and this week's drawing is so roughly done (hoshine sensei must be really busy), the plot is not bad. 

i wonder how does the soul of  'G' transfers and chooses its host? what does the innocence hope to achieve by stealing national treasure

sigh, back to innocence finding arc. BORING~~~~~~~~

no adorable tim this week too. he only appeared for one small part and just sitting on allen's shoulder. i wonder how heavy is he? maybe pretty heavy since Wang Wang is really small, he's 10 KG. that rice sack








wow, sasuke wants the whole village dead. i just can't see sasuke living very long. what's with his recall of team kakashi last week too?!mang

jya na, itoshii hito. 

Tim is so adorable as usual. the scene of tim pressing his/her/it face against marian's blood is so heart breaking as if confirming marian's death. seems like allen believe marian is dead too since he snapped back that the secretary is the one who killed marian. either he believes so or he is too angry that he don't want to say the thing he believes in.

the secretary is a bastard as usual. i wonder if he will ever redeem himself. i hope not, i want to see him die a terrible death, a thousand times worse than marian.

speaking of him, he is the second person that allen has shown obvious annoyance to, other than kanda. but the problem is i don't understand allen's anger. for kanda, it is rather easy to know why allen likes to go against him but the secretary wise, i don't see why. how did he get into the black list of allen? think i need to read again but should be because he treats everyone like dirts like kanda.
 



sasuke is so badly beaten in chapter 413 that i want to laugh. ok, not the way to act as a sasuke's supporter but who cares. i just want to laugh.

chapter 414 and 415 are most interesting. the cold blooded and heartless sasuke is worried for his team mates for whatever reasons, we do not know. could be he still find so use in them or he is beginning to 'fall' for them like for team whatever last time. one scene stuck me the most is sasuke recalling kakashi, naruto and sakura for a split second when his current team mates are in danger. is sasuke regaining his humanity? is he regretting he left that three? either way, he can't return. i don't see any way he can return anymore. even if the kakashi team forgive him, i doubt the village's rules are that flexible.

I am so impressed by Bakuman, both by the mangaka and the novelist, same duo of Death Note. A completely different genre, lighter atmosphere but the hunor is still there. I like Obata Takeshi on one notion, his facial design. so far none of his character looks the same, not many artist is willing to do so.

The Bakuman is about a pair of high school students striving to become a mangaka+novelist duo. Ok, more like the 'mangaka' is pestered into doing so. So we are introduced into the world of a mangaka, the way it works and how tough it is. I don't know how accurate it will teach us about the job of a mangaka but it is tough alright. 'Being a mangaka is a gamble.' is a phrase by the young novelist in the manga. Well, being alive itself is a gamble.




Seeing D gray man 170 is like the holy light shining on me.

Well, anyway, not much development but more sparks between allen and kanda. though kanda is as cold as ever, there is an underlying 'caring' notion in his scolding of miranda. it could be for himself so it won't endanger the black order or he just can't tolerate 'idiots'

allen 'asking' others to kill him if noah is to take over is so typical of him to say. i doubt linali can do it but i wonder if kanda will. i am looking forward to this day.

next week is even better. will we see a more humane side to that commander whatever? what will happen between allen and him? would allen treat him with respect or glare at him like kanda does to everyone?

i am more interested in tim. what is tim? it can eat, drink and it has emotions too. tim lingering around cross's 'death seat' is a nice reflection of it. it hiding itself then popping its head/body out after seeing the commander is like a frighten kitten. kawaii~~~~

This is what i am waiting for.

Sasuke and his team is indeed having a hard time fighting with the eight beast. Sasuke has calculated wrongly. He must have mistaken that everyone is like naruto. sasuke can beat naruto on two basis, naruto is on many levels more inexperienced than sasuke in fighting and doesn't fight on a killing intent. it should change after naruto's training with those frogs.

seems like there is some fan service for sasuke's fans. ecchi.........

though you could say i am close to a naruto hater, i still have to admit that i laugh when the frog beat the crap out of naruto.


Next, on to d gray man 169. It took me two times to understand what is happening in the front. It could be the translating or my brain malfunctioning. One guard shouted to the other guy to just look for the general when the dead general is in the room in front of them.........................................................i was wondering if they meant the inspector or the generalS.........................which was it, people? how i wish i have the raw here or should i just go down to kino to read the magazine..........

for some reason, hoshino sensei seems to be hinting the inspector is the one who killed cross. considering him to be one of those 符咒师 (which in english, i don't know the name) highly possible,

where did cross marian's body go? he wasn't dead and jumped out of the window himself? or someone or something grabbed him from outside, intending to use him to threaten allen in the future? as much as i want to say cross is not a good pick as a hostage to threaten allen but it is both. cross knows a lot about 14th which will help allen a lot and allen isn't a guy who will let anyone die in front of him though cross is a jerk most of the time. cross is indeed a horrible hostage, he might beat up the kidnappers instead but he doesn't have his weapons with him at all, i don't know about maria but the gun is definitely not.

allen didn't cry. tsk..............but then again, considering allen's personality, he probably will be making a really annoyed face, saying his master ran away and all those are illusions made by maria.

is allen losing himself? the way he look at the dead akuma is so different from the usual allen we know. it is not that sad happiness but a cold and cruel face. then the next moment, he changed back to normal.

i hope hoshino sensei don't go back to the old collecting innocence arc again. i was so happy that the story is picking up speed and it should be ending soon..............................there is this danger. i wouldn't mind if hoshino sensei explain the nature of innocence. it seems to be capable of everything to the point of bothering a ghost.........i wonder if innocence can be treated as a good item. it may turn out to be more evil than on the surface

Allen will disappear and 14th will take over. When Mana said to the dead dog, the line 'so you were Allen's friend' has this notion that Allen will disappear one day ringing in the air.  And chpt 167..................................my favorite character in this story is going to 'disappear'.........how cruel.........................

i am so touched by General Cross's body and verbal languages today. Other than the same violent and authoritative him when he is in his master mood, we can sense a fatherly side taking over him. it is not just gulit that allen, a human will disappear but as someone closer.

firstly, he mentioned general Tiedoll of all people. from general tiedoll's interaction with kanda and Marie (is it?), tiedoll sees himself as a father to both his disciples although kanda refuses strongly. he can't laugh at tiedoll for adoring kanda and marie which means somewhere in his heart, he adores allen too, though too violently with a strong disapproval from many.

then he hugs Allen. WOOHOOO!!!!! the General Cross who hates men and only likes beautiful women in his arms is hugging Allen strongly with regret in his words. you could see general cross wish someone else is taking allen's place and he does adore Allen

finally, he letting or wanting tim to eat his cigarette, his live supporting food!!!! a responsible father wouldn't hug his son with a burning cigarette as it will burn Allen.

in other words, these few small actions and words shows that general cross has a humane side. i read a fanfic few months back and general cross in that fanfic cries for allen's death. i was like 'NO WAY', general cross is a cold-blooded creature. but now, i have to agree general cross is human...........

i am so glad hoshino is answering the questions i mentioned previously or more like hints. if mana is with the 14th until his last moment and his transfer to Allen, he will know who is the host. looking at page 9 of chpt 167, don't you just think allen's eyes look dead as Mana carried him away? like a doll? not like a father carrying a son? my guess is this should be the christmas night which allen speaks about mana 'picking' up and adopting him as his 'son' and this should have happened after chpt 166. in other words, 14th is probably still alive in chpt 166. after chpt 166, 14th somehow transferred himself into Allen which can explains why Allen looked like he is in shock, timcanpany's appearance above and 14th's shadow in an adult form.

either way, allen will be sacrificed. if he really disappear, i am deeply saddened by his fate. i have grown pretty attached to this boy. his logics may be a bit too optimistic at times but this is the Allen i adore. he is not a naive boy. he is aware of his surrounding and how people view of him but he doesn't run from them. he faces them truthfully. he holds on to his principles strongly, although rejected by many, he doesn't waiver to pressure. his evil side is just as fascinating, adding to his beauty and even more believable as a boy who had gone through a lot more than others. would hoshino sensei really kill a character he/she drew up in so much details?

most likely yes, when i see allen being branded as destroyer of time and his few narrow escapes from death, his death shouldn't be far.

however, even if 14th took complete control over Allen's powers, I doubt he can finish Earl. Not because of my biasness towards Allen and hope he won't die but from what i see from chpt 167, 14th's source of power is mostly likely anger and hatred towards the Earl. According to the manga senkai standard, anger and hatred is not what brings the story to an ending. it is often the recognition of love or sort.

After waiting another week, a new chapter is out. Friday is the only day I live for. This is the day which the newest chapter of d gray man is out.

Chpt 166 has proven my theory that Allen is a host. Nothing great since everyone can see that he is not the 14th and he has so many powers inside him, doesn't it just tell you directly, 'i am a host'.

The most shocking thing is how different Allen's personality is. He is a complete rugged boy with not the slightest elegant aura we see now. I can imagine him using a pretty rough language for the japanese version. In english, he sounds all the same but i strongly believe a difference in language. He did drop 'keigo' 敬語 once in a while when he speaks with Lenalee and Johnny and strongly emphasized by them in the previous chapter.

next question is 'Why shows us this?' Is Hoshino sensei trying to show us Allen is assimilating with the Black Order? or the other way round that Allen is, in fact, still putting a distance between himself and others instead.

chpt 166 just fills us with more questions than answers. 

the beginning of chpt 166 shows a dirty young boy speaking to a clown. we later found out the clown is Mana and the little boy is Allen. ok, not really since we can see the boy's hand is red in the beginning when he rub away Mana's saliva from his face. this is where more questions kicks in.

from their interaction at first, mana says he doesn't know who allen is and he is bad with faces when at the end, he thought to himself 'so you were allen's best friend.' he's lying........who cannot tell but the underlying message is Hoshino trying to tell us Mana is well aware Allen is hosting his brother's soul? or he saw a potential in allen to host his brother's soul?

allen mentioned his parents abandoned him and mana adopted him. one can say mana adopted him after this encounter but the allen we saw in his memory with mana is this really really young boy around 7 years old. however the allen we see now in this chapter is easily 12 or 13 year old and not only is he not close to mana, he doesn't seem to like mana very much either. the allen in allen's memory doesn't has long hair either. so did mana altered allen's memory when he took him away, to protect allen/his brother's host which will explain the change in personality? or it is simply hoshino sensei forgot his/her settings for allen's childhood images. cross said it clearly 14th memories is implanted into allen. since implanting is so easy, altering memories won't be difficult. maybe cross used maria to implant '14th' into allen, maria does has mind control power.

cross made a pact with the 14th to protect mana and in turn, he (14th) will return to mana. so what did cross get? no way cross will do all these things of protecting mana for nothing. what did he get? allen? a fighting machine? allen is pretty much just a fighting machine now. then, how do they know who is the host? how does everyone know allen will be hosting the 14th?

then, as the story proceed, it seems like allen doesn't remember this part. (at first i thought he remember as past fades to present to allen's sad face seems to be hinting something but then again, i doubt anyone can recall so much things in the split second of opening a door) although he seems to remember mana's clown face but mana is a traveling clown so it won't be surprising, allen would have plenty of chances to see that.

overall, poor poor allen, just hate everyone and go on a rampage. no one cares who you are, as long as you are a host for both 14th and the innocence. knowing the truth isn't the best. by chinese saying 傻人有傻福 which in english, it is a blessing of a fool not knowing. by knowing so much now, allen is not just going to question how much he can trust in mana, he is going to question his existence and his relationship with others as well. has 'allen' ever exist? who can i trust in this world? he may end up withdrawing and began to distrust people. if he did, the allen we know will truly disappear. 

Hoshino sensei has heard our cries that Linali goes better with long hair. Linali's hair is slightly shorter than shoulder length only. I wonder how long has passed since the vampire incident. Probably half a year at least and provided Linali's hair grow fast. The new hair style is not bad too, not as good as when she has long hair but it's ok, defnitely better than short hair.

They have new uniform again too but the quality isn't too good, all i see is a mess of black. the lines aren't shown that clearly, i can't see the details but i can be sure it looks very chinese. don't tell me the designer is Komui. if yes, they better be careful, it will be nothing good.
from what i can make out, it is a chinese looking inner shirt with a rain coat type of outer coat (maybe it is a raincoat). of all three sets we seen so far, i like this casual style the best. the first is bulky, the second is like tights and looks suffocating. in terms of gothic-ness, the second is cool.

finally, we are back on track with the original plot but the same waiting and anxiety 'what will cross tell allen?' after the door opens next week. the anxiety is killing me.

that whatever bastard is still a bastard as usual. the way he talk and treat allen is like allen will suddenly slash out at them.
well, allen does has a tendency and possibility to pounce on someone if they hurt people he care. not to forget, the black order is pretty much like a military, i guess it is like this. if anyone deserve to die, you are one.

since it looks like tim does belong to allen then who might allen be? what happened before Mana picked up allen? did allen really forget everything before or refuse to speak about it? (for me, i really did forget about it=P) what kind of parents are they to throw a kid out in winter? it is obviously just leaving him to die, might as well just slaughter him and feed the dogs. end his misery. ok, that wasn't too good a solution either.

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emoticons: onion emoticons club

Yes, finally this arc of the story ended. i love how it ended. this is how a filter should be like. it should be an explosion of emotion and never to be serious or it won't be fun.

krowy recovered, run back in tears to hug rabi and allen........................towards zombie. lol, what a thing so typical of krowey to do.

then, the ghost is a combination of so many ghosts................................wow. maybe she isn't a combination of all the soul, more like a figurine made of hatred of the deceased.

this time, allen really did changed. finally.................................he needs double dose of it. does he need double dose of the akuma virus to kill him too? maybe it is not that akuma virus can't kill him but he can get rid of it faster than it affect him. so if he is injected twice, he should like flipping belly up like a dead fish too.

 

Finally, after a 1 week delay, it has arrived for viewing. I can die now.

no, no. i can't die yet, at least show me the ending.................

ok, enough with crap. i wonder why there is a one week delay? for collecting data? if yes, one week seems rather short as a break or to collect data.

allen is bitten again. HAHAHAHA, if he still doesn't transform this time, he's not human.

so the girl is someone who died from all the experiments so komui is let off the hook this time. how boring. however, i don't think he is not involved in the experiments of others which lenalee seen.  i wonder why lenalee never press to know why they are being experimented? is it due to her age? being young just reduce your authority and courage to stop or question what is wrong or correct?

i wonder why the female ghost waited for so long to take revenge when she has been around for a long time? she's like an akuma, need to evolve for more power? or it is an fantastic situation to get back after the count attacked?

seriously, the black order is lousy. it is being crushed by their own doings. first the virus, then the ghost, all the bad consequences of their actions. serve them right.

after all the angst in Naruto's newest chapter, D gray man is just the thing at the moment to lighten the mood.

in this newest chapter, allen is still not showing sign of changing but a new power has awakened, or it seems so. after being knocked out cold, allen has managed to enter the dreamland of kowry (who is still out cold in the ward, which didn't the chief nurse was originally there!!! i wonder if the kory in reality is safe?). allen awoke before he was hacked into two in the dream which he didn't even notice that woman.

is this power different from the dream/nightmare viewing ability of lenalee in the earliest chapters; just before allen, rabi and kowry joined up with her? or all innocence users have this ability?
if it is the same, is it because both are possible hosts for the 'heart' and the dreams are the power given by 'heart'? or is it just a psychological toll on the host instead? 
if it is some kind of power, what are the dreams for? a warning?
or is it to break down the host's mental state that the host will just become a doll for the innocence to manipulate like a weapon?
from what we see in the chapter when Allen was fighting with a level 4 akuma, allen's broken body was forced to continue fighting like a doll. or is allen allowing the innocence to use his body to fight?

at the moment, considering allen's link with the noah, this could be his noah power as comparing him with lenalee, isn't road the noah of dream instead? it is significantly different. lenalee's dream/nightmare is hers to watch but the way allen enter and leave the dream is like transpassing into guarded property. although he did woke up from it, it is 50% his dream but the beginning of chpt 160 shows that this is not his dream but krowry's dream instead.

if it is his noah power, he can manipulate the mental state of people if he takes it to a higher level, like road.
at the moment, allen does seems like he has the ability of changing the dream. before he stepped towards krowy, krowry is huddling under the blanket. as he stepped closer and asked 'who are you?' as if answering to his call, the blanket just burns away. he also left before he got injured in the dream. there is a strong possibility he can manipulate dreams or something similar to Road.

For a change of mood, I have decided to share some icons and banners I mugged since the school holiday started.

Here are a few teasers:
 
Icons
Monochrome Factor X 11
Vampire Knight X 11
D gray man X 4
Hikaru X 2
Sasuke X 2
Kyoushirou to towa no sora X 10
Others

Banners:
A bunch of Sasuke's clones
others