D.Gray-man Chapter 221 Discussion

impressive chapter.

link is really badass.

Nea is really good actor (but not enough  for link).



and another former allen supposed friend join the  "i never cared for you allen i pretended to be your friend for14th sake, only him is important" growing club.

poor boy

look like allen walker death is almost confirmed and probably permanent.

Darklight0303 said:
Chibi-wolf-10 said:
Darklight0303 said:
Chibi-wolf-10 said:
Darklight0303 said:
I couldn't be more disappointed in Link. He really is nothing but Leverrier's loyal lapdog to so quickly offer up his services to the 14th =_=



But at last, he can NOW show  he wishes for Allen to win which can be seen as Link starting to have feelings of his own. Maybe in the long run, we might see him disagreeing wih Leverrier and siding with Allen.



Even through is taking WAY TOO LONG for this arc to end and i wished for everyone to be reunited again, i don´t think Katsura-sensei is going back to weekly or even monthly releases.



I prefer the trimestral release type. This way the burden in her is lighter, and we don´t have to fear another long hiatus, or worse.Being a magaka is REALLY time counsuming, and there are cases like Naoki Urasawa (the weight of his body deslocated his shoulder and deformed his skeleton).



How does him welcoming the 14th like that show him he wishes for Allen to come back? So far he's being nothing but a loyal mechanical lapdog.



At least he´s having doubts about the 14th loyal dog mission =D. It´s a start. Just because he still do what he´s told, doesn´t  means he doesn´t care for Allen.



I wish I could be optimistic as you but this chapter has showed him regress back to his old state of Leverrier is right. Do as he says no matter what. Even if that ends up making you lose your family in the process cause experimenting with Earl tech IS A REAL GOOD IDEA GUYS.



His words are rather cold, but I think his expressions betrayed him a few times during the chapter.




He looks so surprised that Nea was pretending to be Allen. It was as though he steeled himself in order to follow Leville's orders, but seeing "Allen" react to him broke through for a brief second. While I agree that he's still being Leville's lapdog, I don't necessarily think he's regressed back to his old state. I think there's still hope that he's hiding his feelings and will help Allen out the moment he wrestles control back from Nea.

But, of course, I could just be looking at this with an optimistic lens.

D.GRAY-MAN ANIME CONTINUES!?!?! YEY!



...Those fools of the Order...they came to be slaughtered....O__O ESPECIALLY When ON  OF THOSE FOOLS PUSHED EARL DOWN!!!!?!?!?!



Allen....Still tries to save them even after they captured him? So he is still alive then, even if Nea captured the Body.



Helix of Life...that Looks pretty much like DNA Strain.... AND INSPECTOR IS HERE!!!! ALLEN WILL BE HAPPY! I think?



....ALLEN!!! Is really dead...huh...I seriously F***ing hope not. And Link is showing off his amazing Skills!! and New One too!

thor94 said:
impressive chapter.

link is really badass.

Nea is really good actor (but not enough  for link).



and another former allen supposed friend join the  "i never cared for you allen i pretended to be your friend for14th sake, only him is important" growing club.

poor boy

look like allen walker death is almost confirmed and probably permanent.



Bite your tongue >:

Let's not forget Link's words to Kanda, if Allen can win despite his fate, Link wants to be there to see it. On the other hand he has his duties to see to, not only by Leverrier's order, but the fate he acquired from Zu. I don't think I've ever seen a character look so resolved when in fact he shouldn't know what exactly he wants to happen in all this. Looking forward to him and Nea's continued interactions as it seems they'll be together for a while, though it means Allen won't around for a long time I'm afraid :\\

NiaNotIsh said:
Not much is being explained, but Hoshino said that this is a character development arc for Allen in an interview, so I'm excited. Nea's great, he's an interesting character. Hopefully there'll be more plot development in the next chapter!



Ironic given Allen as a character CEASED to exist

Hoshino is drawing too many beautiful scenes, but the story is dragging itself... 3 months waiting, and not many new information... "Searching for AW" arc will end someday?

checkeredbow said:
Vsegda7 said:
checkeredbow said:
I'd argue that Allen isn't dead:








His current transformation into the 14th wasn't due to him killing anyone.





He meant Allen killing Mana.



It's not the original text, but Cross does say "you will," so that leads me to believe it hasn't happened yet. In fact, the whole sentence seems to be talking about the future?



Darklight0303 said:

Fai said:
Darklight0303 said:
Ioryogi-kun said:
For a chapter that's released once every three months, there's not much information...



Oh well, the art is beyond beautiful tho! Link being loyal to the 14th does explain some of the stuff he did when Allen was still... Allen. It's making it more depressing to know the good things he did for Allen were only because he's the 14th. And here I was hoping Link would be another potential ally for Allen after Kanda and Johnny.



This manga is so damn sad and depressing. I mean, so few characters genuinely care about Allen and appreciate him as Allen, not the 14th or the blahblahDestroyer of Timeblahblah... Does Allen even exist? Here's me hoping, really, really hoping Sensei won't pull a Pandora Hearts route...



Kanda was the worst person to send after Allen. He fucked up hard and Johnny is fucking worthless



Kanda is one of only few people who have been proven to be on Allen's side AND has no ties to the order or people in order that would suffer if things were to go wrong.



He's also the reason why the 14th woke up even more need I remind you



Won't that makes it an even better reason for the author to redeem him by going after Allen?



Not when he's just as likely to MAKE IT WORSE.