D.Gray-man Chapter 222 Discussion

Allen...So he is where ever that place is..subconsciousness?  Memories? But Now I am personally waiting start of the Counter Attack...or AKA Allan retun to take his body back.



and GENERAL CROSS IS BACK! as Memory tough..wait...O_O HE WAS ACTUALLY HERE!? HE IS ALIVE AFTER ALL!!! Never Doubted it.



HA!! LENALEE IS BEST!!!! Ding DONG ALNALEE IS BEST PAIRING!!! Finally...Comeback Starts!



....Wait...No Longer SUCCESSOR!? LAVI IS DEad!?!

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                        Hm so it looks like Cross is alive.



I'm not entirely sure if what Allen saw was an illusion or not but it definitely sounds useful for him to find that one mansion on the surface world. Nice buildup for a return chapter. Interesting to see Road's role in this as well.

I have a theory... two actually. Most likely the "Bookman" in the mansion is a different person since its in their traditions to cast aside their names just like the 49th alias; Lavi. A chapter also mentioned that Bookman had an apprentice before Lavi so I came into two possible conclusions.



1 What if Bookman himself is the lost apprentice and he used Lavi as a front to hide his true identity. Maybe the one in the mansion is Bookman's mentor.



2 The lost apprentice himself maybe the one inside the mansion, it may possibly be Cross. After all;



Great Deal of Pain = Cross' wounds after Apocryphos' assassination attempt.



Sleeping - Road's Statement about Cross; "Sleep until then"



Visiting the Campbell Residence = Cross' disappearance



Knowing our scheming author though, the second is too obvious with the hints so I place my bets on the first. Though it also has its flaws. Sherill said that Bookman had an apprentice before Lavi while they were interrogating both f9r information and its obvious he is referring directly to him as the Bookman Sr. so it may be a bit of a contradiction but who knows what twist would the story put.

Solcast59 said:
It's great seeing Cross in the new art style. Looks really pretty!



ANNNNND....I refuse to believe that Lavi is dead, judging from what that Lucia girl said that Bookman no longer has a successor. He probably lost some sort of qualifications of being a Bookman after his scrimmage with the Noahs, thus being unable to be a successor...I hope. (^_^;)



I seriously hope you are right that Lavi just lost his qualifications. If he died, I would seriously scream until I coughed up blood. He just hit the right buttons for me and I loved his character! I told my friend who had a crush on Lavi about that line, and she was seriously upset.

And I can't wait for Allen's come back either, it is really exciting!

What a great chapter! So many answers and finally Allen is back, but on the other hand again so many questions! Such a long time without general Cross and he's guiding Allen again, and i hope he is alive. And the memory about Lenalee, OTP =/

I've re-read it and i understand what you mean :)

Thanks for explaning since i'm a bit lost in the new chapters :/ (she's speeding up the revelations)

Why do I get the feeling that D Gray Man is no longer about killing the Earl but instead stopping Neah. The whole 'Destroyer of Time' seems to be distraction to make us think that Allen must kill the main villain. I'm starting to think that the final chapter will be about Allen fufilling his part and is not actually meant to be the one to finish the Thousand Year Old War, instead, he will be the driving force for the "Chosen One".



Think about it. The Heart, The Order, The Noah, Neah's Third Side, and finally the enigmatic Allen. This is a five sided war. Even the Apocryphos is giving hints that the Heart is working on its own interest. This battle is surely a disaster.

Jynfreccs said:
Everyone talking about cross being alive but..
The cross we saw was created by road ._.



Road was probably connecting Cross to Allen. She says that she can't connect to Allen's dream, no matter how hard she tries. So next best thing is sending Cross to speak to him, possibly.



She also says she wants Cross to keep sleeping. If he were dead, then she wouldn't need to say that. You don't need to worry about dead people waking up lol



So we got confirmation that Cross in alive this chapter.



Now, what's going on with him and Road is questionable.



If it was just some illusion Road could conjure up, then what does she need the real one for? She tells him to stay sleeping until Allen goes to the mansion when he awakens. So, does she want him to stay in there so she can connect him to Allen again if she needs to say anything to him?



Or, it could be an illusion, or manipulated, Cross, and she wants the real Cross to stay asleep so he won't get in the way of her manipulation of Allen.



So either way, the real Cross seems to be around and unconscious, and she needs him to stay that way for a min.

Great chapter with awesome art as always, but more questions and theories keep uprising with every 3-4months. The bookman woken up in the mansion might be Cross or an entirely different person like Lavi's dad.

Wow. This is like the best manga that can go very deep with its secrets and plot twists that it can actually mindfucks you. I'm in awe. Hoshino is the woman I respect the most in this world, seriously ! She has such an amazing mind that I want to have a tour in it lol



Ioryogi-kun said:
Finally the plot is moving forward XD



What happened to Bookman and Lavi again?

Weren't they taken by the Noah family or something ?

When road said that she couldn't connect to Allens world. That meant that his world before he was taken over by neah with the dead trees was the one road couldn't enter not the one with cornelia which is neah dream world, right?

It was nice to see Cross and Road.



I don't care much for lenalee but I was glad to see her as well, I guess.. if anything it makes me realize just how much I miss the other characters since it feels like it's been forever since we've seen them.