D.Gray-man Chapter 196 Discussion

Yay~ I'm not the only one who thinks the characters are starting to look the same... I miss the pre-hiatus art but Hoshino has been out of practice with wrist problems for like a year or so and you can't expect her to be able to go back to exactly the way it was before :p The plot was getting mega jumbled but maybe it'll clear up, ne? I'm personally really still interested in a lot of things but as of a few chapters ago, I was starting to lose interest, though the whole thing with the 14th coming into the light and the Earl's revelation have really perked my interest again ^_^ Does anyone know if the anime is going to pick back up or not?

I really love the way the story is going now, especially the focus on Kanda. I've been waiting on this for years! I used to be "meh" about DGM, mainly reading it to see what happens to 2 or 3 characters (Kanda, Tyki, Road), but stuff is actually happening and it's finally getting interesting! Very impressed that somebody got a backstory of more than a few pages. I've been very annoyed at the relatively shallow backstories of the other characters. Personally I don't see much of a difference in the art style but, if anything, it looks prettier to me. And the blood... thank gods there's more blood!

I'm going to say the ugliness of the artwork mirrors the ugliness of the situation :p

I really wanted Allen to go with the Earl though, that would've been a great twist, instead we're going to get love, heal, save~ fleh.



I've always been bad with names and people in manga, in DGM moreso though, half the apostles look the same, people pop up and I don't know who they are :p the hiatus did wonders for the series :/

If anything it went more into the shiny shounen art, OP has a lot going on in some chapters and I still find it easy to follow that, this one is just really bad with it frames.



This whole gangbanging HQ seemed really rushed though, as she threw out all the Apostles, introduced Akuma disciples and the other black dark corps whatever and threw them into one battlefield, if they were spread out and not taken to the one place it would've been better (saying that, there are quite a lot of people that are still not at HQ and around with akuma disciples / apostles) but having the main antagonist, his little army, a new little super soldier and the main protagonist and everyone half dead is a little off, if I do say so myself.

princessnight said:
ashura said:
ladyAre said:
LeKuro said:
It should be cancelled and the mangaka should work on something new imho.

THIS.

if she continues d.gray-man, she will ruin it completely. it is already ruined.



Cancelled? lol it finally got interesting and you want it cancelled? If you don't like the new style then just stop bother with this manga. it's simple as that...

I'm glad DGM is off the regular shounen now, adding few more blood splashes would be great tho.



I agree, it's getting so good now and i would never want it to be dropped.



I agree to it's much better than what it was like 4 years ago imo