D.Gray-man Chapter 220 Discussion

I was so happy when I saw the update!

Woah that was really intense. that mirror scene ohmy. Although I kind of understand it, some parts are still confusing and I need to re-read a lot.  

the art is so fucking beautiful, thank you Hoshino-sensei.

it's gonna be a long wait again, those three months:( can't wait!



also I want to know how Lavi is doing;-;

Another epic chapter and awesome art. I feels like this chapter progress quite slow and not much happen. Though mentioned, we know Earl, Nea and Adam are separate entities. Link for now helping 14th to escape, or so it seems. The order has catch up to Allen. And we see how Mana got consumed by Noah memories. Those moment were quite twisted, especially that direct face bomb.

The Millenium Earl is an even more complicated and interesting villain that I already though. Praise to Hoshino sensei.

Waiiit. To be clear. Okay so the Millenium Earl is "back to his whole self" after Mana 1 devoured Nea 1.



But then, Nea 1 reincarnated to be Nea 2. So is Allen's Mana like Mana 2?



If so, Nea 2 became Allen right, then the later, Mana 2 Akuma accident happened. After that, Mana 2 also became a part of Allen (due to Akuma Mana 2 as Allen's left eye curse thing)



Then, if Nea 1 + Mana 1= Default Millennium Earl,  or Millenium Earl 1.



Isn't (within Allen) Nea 2 + Mana 2 + Allen significant? Like what are they?? Since Nea 1 and Mana 1 fused do they even count as Nea 2 and Mana 2? ALSO WHO IS ALLEN (WHAT EVEN OMG THIS IS MIND BOGGLING AND VERY INTERESTING -- older Allen becoming younger???? HOW O.O).



And there are theories that state (which I also say, I follow) about Nea affiliated somehow with the heart, as even Mana 1 (when "consuming" him) stated (about Nea 1) “I must destroy the heart, which is why… which is why… I devoured Nea.”



Theories continue to state that that is how Nea 2 is able to exist (living on from Nea 1 as his reincarnation).



I just wanted to explore that because GUYS  what would it mean Nea and Mana were somehow affiliated with the Heart?!? also adding to how Allen was saved by the innocence when Tyki "killed" him.



The fact that they reincarnated shows how it is indistructable and this idea is so interesting because I'm interested in how Hoshino would play with these plots, I cannot wait for Chapter 221 and so forth!



QUESTIONS THAT I WANT ANSWERED HOSHINO SENSEI (also if anyone wants to discuss theories I'm up and ready >W<):



1) The big Q: WHO IS ALLEN

2) How is Nea related to Allen (before he became a part of him), why was Allen so willing to give up his body for Nea (you know what I mean) like what was their relationship and how did it lead to it

3) How did Allen become younger after Nea became him

4) How/Why did Allen forget everything

5) Why is Cross and everyone else so enthusiastic to help Nea (like how did they come about the realisation that Nea is even trustworthy, did they communicate somehow, if so what did Nea say?)

6) The biggest Q: Where/What is the heart of innocence

Jake_Kirisuto said:
Could it be possible that when Mana cursed Allen for turning him into an akuma, the curse had something to do with how Nea became a part of Allen? I can't wait to get some more answers in future chapters. That would be pretty cool, but didn't Cross kind of confirm Nea's pre-existence within Allen by saying that Mana was drawn to him for that reason?

well, that was interesting...  that mirror part was confusing as hell .____.

took me like half an hour to read the chapter and i didn't quite understand what was going on overall (like who was who at the moment) but i think the english translation will clear the things out a bit.

but they, we got to see our dear boy link!

the colour illustration was also really pretty.

Didn't expect 220 to come out, that made my day :D



As for the content, the story starts to unfold a bit more around the Earl, Nea and Mana. Liking it so far, especially as i was starting to get sceptical on the plotline's sanity...



Still, will have to read again to understand it all.

Still a bit confused but from what i got the fat Earl seems to be a completely different entitie from Mana and is corrupting him (I previously thought it was just a form that Mana took to hide his appearence)

lp1996 said:
Ok,  Mana is the Earl, which for the most part I can make sense of, if he was insane he might have raised Allen and been the clown and not even realize it when he was the Earl afterwards, one problem with this though: WHAT THE F*** WAS THE AKUMA THAT CURSED ALLEN'S EYE?!

Seriously thats a pretty big f-in' plot hole right there, hopefully its one that gets explained in later chapters




AlexTheRiot said:
Mana devouring Nea was a nice surprise, and the perfect explanation for Mana returning to the 'default' Millennium Earl. Gets rid of the 'replicated Earl' theory that felt shaky(still doesn't explain the panel with Mana holding Nea as the Earl attacks him..just symbolism?) And what I really liked was that it took the route I was hoping for, Mana being swallowed by his Noah memories(after devouring Nea), and losing himself to his guilt to the point he subconsciously renounced his name within "The Earl". That guilt allowed what I'm assuming to be the consciousness of Adam within(aware of both Mana/Nea, and every other normal Earl) to take control, reverting "The Earl" to a default,(hinted at last chapter by Wisely) swallowed by Noah memories and blind, insane desire to destroy the Heart and invoke the "Three Days of Darkness". So Adam throws both "Mana" and "Nea" away from "The Earl", which brings us to Allen and the Mana that raised him, a hollow, grief-crippled and confused shell(Which means the Akuma-Mana plothole is filled already, sasuga Hoshino-sensei!)