Ah yes, I still love this series, I know I saw about 50 episodes of it long time ago, and also read some volumes of the manga, but I never finished. This was just so good. Happy to see Allen again.

I decided to re-read this one, I didn’t really want to start a big book right before my vacation, and also all the books I really wanted to read are now boxed up and ready for my vacation (yes, I am writing this review before my vacation starts).

In this one we first meet with Allen, we find out about his history, about why he looks the way he does (though I am sure there is more backstory in the future, as there are still enough questions left), we also see him travel around to get to the Black Order, while his master is once again on the run (which always makes me laugh, though I also feel sorry for Allen that he is stuck to such an eccentric master).

I loved seeing Allen travel, and also do some exorcism stuff. He meets some people who I hope we will meet again in the future. I did feel sorry for the people he met, and their circumstances. I can’t imagine how much it must hurt to find out your loved one, or your friend is an Akuma.

The Earl was creepy as I remembered him, and I can’t wait to read more about his backstory, we do find out some stuff, but the Earl is still a big fluff ball of mystery.

The Black Order, and what happened there, I just laughed so much. Ah, Kanda being Kanda (pissy as always), Komui (an idiot as always, just loved how everyone was just sighing at the fact that he failed once again), and we also meet other characters. It sure was a delight to see everyone again, and to see Allen truly start his exorcist job.

The art is really pretty, and I just love how everyone is drawn, but I also love all the little details that are scattered through the pages. <3

All in all, I will be sure to read more of this manga, I am not sure if I will write a review for each of these volumes though. Maybe for a few or maybe I will bundle them.

Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com

me gusta el arte de su autora, me gusta DGray Man y la edición es preciosa. De esos libros para guardar, ver, y volver a disfrutar cada cierto tiempo. Un gran acierto de Federiken Masters

Reading the first volume of Pandora Hearts last month has reawakened my love of manga. So in that spirit, I decided that I would tell you all about my favourite mangas. (I will probably also do a segment on my favourite animes in the future.)

 

S.A. (Special A) by Maki Minami: This is such a charming anime. So funny and lighthearted. It's about a group of super smart private school students and their shenanigans! Really funny romances and great characters. This is in my top two favourite animes. I also watched the show, but it wasn't as good as some of the other manga adaptations I've seen. I give the magna five out of five stars.

 

Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino: This manga takes place at a boarding school with one campus for the Day Class and one for the Night Class (vampires!). This manga has great intrigue, great humour, and the anime adaptation has some of my favourite  animation! I give the manga four and a half out of five stars.

 

The Wallflower by Tomoko Hayakawa: A classic manga about your stranger-than-average girl who's living with a group of gorgeous boys. Chaos and hilarity ensues. This is a super funny manga and I would recommend it to anyone who loves Japanese humour. It's constant giggles with this one. I give the manga four and a half out of five stars.

 

D-Gray Man by Katsura Hoshino: D-Gray Man claims its spot with S.A. in my top two, though for very different reasons. Though it is still interspersed with moments of humour, which I absolutely love, this is a much darker series, dealing with exorcists who hunt and rid the world of akuma. I have also watched the manga, which is exceptional, though incomplete. I give the manga five out of five stars.

 

What are your favourite animes? Any suggestions for future reading?

 

Bye!

 

One of those shounen you just know you are going to read more than one volume. It starts already with some action, when two cops enter a church who is supposed to be haunted. The younger cop meets Allen Walker, a boy exorcist. Like most shounen I´ve read so far, he is likeable, and only 15-years-old.

Most of the first volume is about him and the Count. Only in the last couple of chapters we are introduced to the rest of the exorcist. The art is nice and the bad guy is kind of creepy but also funny. I especially like that, being one of these stories with a lot of characters, in the first volume that is gradual.

I´ll probably buy the second volume this afternoon...

Simply not for me. The story, the characters, the setting, the art... None of it enough to get me even vaguely interested. It's not terrible (hence two stars instead of one) but neither was it good enough to get me to do more than reluctantly drag myself through the first volume.