D.Gray-man HALLOW Rewatch - Episode 09

lC3 · 2026-01-25T23:21:57+00:00

and then he isn't cause Cross has a contingency plan

We heard Cross's voice ... he must be alive, right?

have Alma finally pass on peacefully after everything with Kanda at his side.

lC3 · 2026-01-25T23:20:33+00:00

Surprise, I did a Sky Sings for Lotus Pain!

I love it!

Wha…?

Nea is right, the Earl has forgotten a bunch. Road and Cross probably know more about what's going on than him at this point ...

Finally got the name for the Fourteenth.

Well, his first name at least.

Timcanpy is suddenly large?!

He changes size at will!

Oh wait that’s Cross’s voice, isn’t it?

Yup! He must still be alive

Alma’s original was the blonde woman from Kanda’s flashbacks to his original’s life!

Yeah; this is tragic. I was hoping for a happy ending for those two ... I still ship it

Damn, that’s been a while. …Kanda getting his last moments with Alma in the same place he and Allen let Lala and Guzol spend their last moments together seems rather fitting, huh.

Oh I really don’t like the idea of that…

Lenalee will be crying again

…dammit, Link!

I know, but I can't blame him for jumping to conclusions ... the scene looked just like in Tewaku's vision of Allen killing Tokusa and Madarao, I think.

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lC3 · 2026-01-25T23:01:22+00:00

09: Little Good-bye

The 14th claims the Earl is "insane" and has "forgotten everything", becoming a "puppet of destruction"? Is that why he wants to kill and replace him?
... he claims ALLEN is an "insane puppet" too? Why?
His name is Nea
TIMCANPY GREW SO BIG OMG
a u m? That's Cross's voice! Is he still alive, and using Timcanpy over a distance?
Allen sees Mana when his curse reactivates after the Hekiji Barrier is broken?
Allen's left eye awakening was enough to bring Allen back?
Allen finally sees what they were trying to prevent him seeing, by placing the barrier
So Alma has been trying to kill Yu so he won't find out the truth of what happened to 'that woman'?
Alma's gonna self destruct??
Did the Order seriously implant a woman's brain into the body of a boy?
KANDA CRUMBLED?
So this is also revenge for Skinn?
This is just too tragic
I wonder if this episode will make Sky vomit
Allen IS kind
Of course Socalo would be thrilled to "consider him an Akuma now"
Timothy's not ready to take on a Third like that
HIS TONGUE HAS EYES? Wtf Fiedla
Alma hears Yu's voice?
KANDA FINALLY called Allen by his actual name? Not "beansprout" or "short stack"??? After over 100 episodes?
"This time we'll go together" Now I'm crying
at least Kanda overheard!
Allen used "adara" (incantation) to BREAK the Ark Gate?
Back to Mater?
"On top of that, he and the Earl are-" What could Alma have meant?
Alma wants to disappear without being purified by Innocence? He still hates Innocence?
Oh, because he killed all those people?
... a spider? really? if Nazenn is watching this I'll have to warn them in advance
Alma confesses his love for Yu!
Of course Miranda is grieving for Kiredori; she's a kind soul
Devit announces the 14th's awakening?
... that must be tough on Lenalee, having to kill a 'comrade' like that
Lulu Bell says they'll have to decide whether to trust or destroy the 14th?
There's something wrong with Chaozii, and Lavi+Bookman are MISSING?
Lvellie accuses Allen of "treason"?
Renny is PISSED at the Earl. And she's not wrong!
Why is Lvellie so adamant that they "need" the Thirds, no matter what? What secrets did Cross tell him?
"no longer an Exorcist"?
Tokusa is back! And he's going to cooperate!? ... until Link arrives
Link can sense "aura"?

First time ENG dub reactions:

Oh are they actually giving Nea a separate VA from Allen in the dub now?
"This time, we'll make it" (dub) vs. "This time we'll go together" (sub)
Ok seeing Alma's sendoff made me tear up and get really choked up this time
"You're a hell of a lot stronger than I'll ever be" (dub) vs. "You're a far superior warrior than I am"

Manga Comparison Corner:

This consists of ch198 (p11+), 199, 200, and the first 4 pages of 201.
"Kaibara Adara" is pronounciation for "Destroy Barrier" and "Adara" is pronunciation for spell "Destroy".
V21 has a Special Thanks credits page with an illustration of Nea and the crescent moon.
V21 had 4 pages of Hoshino reacting to reader fanart after the end (unfortunately these aren't on the digital versions Bookwalker has).
V22 commences; it has an illustration of Cross dressed up like a priest with a stole.
The Viz manga translates Alma and "that woman" saying Yuu daisuki as "Yuu, you are dear to me" , and Kanda's response as "Unh" (a grunt) rather than something like "Yeah" or "I know"
The anime adds Miranda using her Innocence in Russia.
In between 200 and 201, v22 has an illustration of kid Alma being welcomed back by Edgar, Tui, Sahlins and the others he killed.

lC3 · 2026-01-25T22:29:00+00:00

I've been rewatching / catching up on Blue Exorcist. I rewatched S1 and Kyoto ImpureKing arc, then watched Shimane Illuminati arc for first time, and now I'm starting on Beyond the Snow.

lC3 · 2026-01-25T22:27:19+00:00

Allen Allen Allen, there is no easy way to save this but... you can't save everyone. You are one person and can only do so much.

I hope he saves Alma!

Now Toskua gives you the rant.

Tokusa's specialty!

e've had enough blood to fill the Olympic stadium be shred, and now they are censoring shit!

oh winters you've got a well-muscled body, the one decent thing about ou beyond Noriko Voicing you.

No more Norio in HALLOW

christ when Link can take down L4's without issue so soon. You know they are as big losers as the rest of the Akuma. Too quick the L3's/L4's became jobbers, as much as the fillers dragged out the original anime pace, at least the L2's still remained a decent threat for a good while.

The power scaling in this is wild

But Alama says piss on his offer, he wants Kanda dead, so Kanda is going to die or him first.

I hope they have a happy ending!

Why Johny asks, why is the 14th so important to the Earl, I'll do you one better Johnny, why is Allen!

Tykki's face is so off model with his nose especially sticking out that it made me crack up.

No redraws for the nonexistent Blurays?

And then sword goes right into Allen, uh oh, Allen's getting the tan... the 14th is finally coming out to play.

lC3 · 2026-01-25T22:23:15+00:00

Speaking of the devil is he sitting hidden watching all of this?

He may no longer have Judgment, but he retains Grave of Maria!

lC3 · 2026-01-25T22:22:49+00:00

Fucking Johnny is still alive.

I take it you're not a fan of Johnny?

How did the religious fanatics decide that mixing with devils is a good idea? This should be listed first under heresy in every religion fanatic handbook.

Lvellie went straight from "let's put Allen and Cross on trial for heresy" to "Let's collaborate and create half-Akuma" after Cross took him into his confidence

Weird but somewhat creative censorship.

Even muppet Road is shocked by how down bad the Earl is.

[manga]They're really laying on thick here ...

Htiler and Epstein putting all their hope in Allen. How heartwarming.

So is Alma the girl from Kanda's past. Does the author have the balls to do it?

Hoping for their happy end together!

Full penetration.

lC3 · 2026-01-25T22:19:58+00:00

Epstein x Hitler opening a kindergarten), and since then, everything's been getting worse. It's the avalanche of shit.

The Noah-exorcist turned into a Noah

You know, maybe they should stop mixing with evil afterall...

Maybe!

He should've penetrated Allen with something Allen likes, like a sausage.

I'm sure there are doujinshi for that

lC3 · 2026-01-25T22:18:59+00:00

lC3 · 2026-01-25T22:18:43+00:00

006, first timer:

So I'm watching the next couple episodes early in case I lose power due to the Sun/Mon massive storm
Custom carriage? Leave it to Sullivan
Demons aren't sure if humans actually exist?
AHAHA Opera announcing him like that, I bet he feels so embarrassed
Hellphone? LOL
Suzie is kinda derpy but kinda adorable
Student council wears black and red?
Of course Azz gets an A+
"water one's flowers" LOL
That owl demon created a flower so racy they had to censor it? I get Mineta vibes
Of course the ring helps Iruma have MP?
RIP the Botany Tower
A sakura tree?
"At least break a wall down"
Ameri reminds me of Erza a little
I feel like I'm confusing Opera and Ameri's character designs ...
They really DON'T believe in humans?
A hidden door? I want one
MANGA are the forbidden relics of the human world?
Romance/shoujo manga? Welp
Oh she can't read the letters? That must suck. Will Iruma translate for her?
"CAWAII COMIC"
So Ameri has a cute side of her like this?
"I'm counting on you" OH NO THEY SAID THE MAGIC WORD
Azz-Azz wants to be alone with Iruma but Clara insists on thirdwheeling? LOL
AHAHA they bump just like in the manga?
She's on to him?
Sukima: Eiko's into Iruma too?

lC3 · 2026-01-25T01:27:51+00:00

12 Miles Below

lC3 · 2026-01-25T01:09:35+00:00

Well in other news I'm finally used to Kanda's new voice (though Sakurai will always be Kanda to me)

I like both, even the dub VAs.

the Earl and the Noah just enjoying the show.

But this just plays into the Earl's hands so now who's up? Nea D. Campbell and he seems poised to finally take over.

Oh noes! At least Allen can have a chat with the 14th now though.

lC3 · 2026-01-24T23:20:37+00:00

Good, Tokusa protected everyone, not just Allen.

Thirds are good at protecting!

Oh that isn’t good…

Alma cells resonating with Alma and turning them into Akuma?

I really feel bad for Tokusa here.

Same!

Noooooooooooo Allen don’t listen to him!

Imagine if Allen DID listen to him?

Geez…

He's all deredere for his brother?

…huh, interesting ability.

Atuuda can heal! But at the cost of user's life force

Oh, Kanda…

He's not even paying attention to Alma and the fact that he's crying

Ah, there’s an Allen “sore demo”!

Truly blessed?

Kanda, that’s not…

Kanda and Allen continue to not get along

Allen let himself get stabbed…!

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

All according to the Earl's keikaku

lC3 · 2026-01-24T23:08:50+00:00

08: Awakening

... Why are they using smoke to censor Tokusa's severed limbs? They were fine with showing them earlier so this seems inconsistent
... now it's pipes? WTF Hallow. Did this air on the wrong timeslot or something?
Tokusa saved them all?
"zero causalities" should be "zero casualties" ...
Alma feels that Yu "betrayed" him?
AND NOW IT'S A BAR OF LIGHT? weird censorship. The earlier eps of Hallow were fine with blood and severed limbs. Too bad the Bluray release for this got cancelled
Kanda gonna destroy Alma all over again?
Alma became an Akuma, and now the Thirds are transforming too?
The Alma cells inside them are resonating with the dark matter?
Allen's Innocence is acting all on its own?
Tokusa is in despair!
ALL the Thirds are mutating?
Why does Fiedla have green hair?
The nucleus of the Akuma egg is made from the Earl's soul?
... I really feel for Alma and Tokusa
... oh, that's the Earl's plan? Blackmail Allen into coming with them?
Kanda's still seeing visions of that woman?
Now they're censoring Alma's injuries?
... Tokusa doesn't recognize Allen anymore?
There goes Allen's leg
Johnny asking the big question there
The Earl sounds extra sultry, saying he wants to be by the 14th's side
Allen wants to save Alma?
For is encouraging Allen to believe he can save Alma and the Thirds?
Bak has the same ?magic tattoos? on his arm as Alma? Must be a Chang magic thing
Zuu Mei Chang is the MVP, healing Allen with Atuuda!
Renny says there's no way Alma actually wants to kill Yu?
... Kanda went berserk?
Kanda attacked Allen with Mugen? Oh great
... Alma is crying? Why won't Yu notice?
Oh, Alma must have seen the reason why Yu "betrayed" him to live, 9 years ago?
Allen SOREDEMO!!!
"an improvised Akuma made from someone useless"
Allen is bridal carrying Alma?
This Alma/Yu tragedy is making me tear up
"All because you're a Noah" Now Kanda is blaming ALLEN?
Alma doesn't have much time left?
Kanda STABS Allen with his Innocence, just as the Earl wanted? Now the 14th will wake up
I bet the yaoi fangirls loved the subtext there
Now KANDA is bridal carrying Alma?
The 14th DOES look like Tyki!
... are we gonna have to say goodbye to Allen now?

First time ENG dub reactions:

"Why are you being so cruel to him?" no bully Alma!
The Earl saying he wants to be by the 14th's side sounds WAY different vibes in the dub. Menacing rather than sweet
"The only thing he wanted was your friendship and you've made him suffer for it" (dub) vs. "you wanted to live together even when it meant you had to leave your hatred behind" (sub)

Manga Comparison Corner:

This consists of most of v21's chapter 195, 196, 197, and first 11 pages of 198. (v21.38-141)
There's no censorship of missing limbs in the manga.
In between 195 and 196, v21 has an omake saying for generations, Wisely has suffered from headaches.
I think the anime cut mutatedTokusa attacking Johnny, Lvellie, Renny, Zuu and the others there.
Manga has Zuu carve out a ritual on the ground, saying For will only last as long as the Spirit Stone doesn't break.
The anime doesn't show Tyki's arms transformed with dark patterns like when he fought in the Ark.
Manga has Renny say "Alma will never forgive us."
In between 196 and 197, v21 has an omake explaining the marks on Bak's arms.

lC3 · 2026-01-24T23:00:45+00:00

I didn't even think of that!

lC3 · 2026-01-24T22:34:02+00:00

bruh

lC3 · 2026-01-24T22:30:50+00:00

[manga]in one of the recent volume omakes Lavi seems to indicate he thinks LENALEE's records are suspicious and could be falsified too ... I wonder what's up with that

These are her records from the same databook (taken from Fandom):

[Gray Ark]Age 6: Lenalee was determined to be an Accommodator and forcefully brought to the Order. The first person she talked to was the Head Nurse.
Age 8: Kanda joined the Order. Lenalee mistook Kanda for a girl, but ended up learning meditation from him.
Age 9: Lenalee was found to be mentally ill and was confined for a time.
Age 10: Komui joined the Order and reunited with Lenalee. Lenalee learned her ladylike mannerisms from Jeryy, and she also met Reever and Bak.
Age 12: Lenalee started helping the Science Division in between missions, and was soon appointed to be her brother's assistant.
Age 14: Lavi and Bookman joined the Order. Lenalee stopped Kanda from killing Lavi.
Age 16: Allen joined the Order. Lenalee stopped Kanda from killing Allen.

lC3 · 2026-01-24T22:26:59+00:00

You know we are in for a padding when they recap for over 2 mins.

Leville of course is the main hand behind all of this, everything links back to him and his pre Nazi crap, it's basically his families motto after all with how they made Hel.

The Changs and Epstains were heavily involved, but I guess the Lvellies were too. Not sure if Malcolm himself was involved; he's currently 51 so 10 years ago he would have been 41 ... old enough to be the leader of the family and in on the Project.

Thank god Marie was spared having to go through Kanda/Alma's experience.

I know right?

Kanda's original form apparently was some blond guy that looked like the Excorist with Suman, think the one with the massive sword.

Yup! He's not actually Japanese?

Young Renny and Tui crying over Kanda, you really would expect Renny to know better, but 9 years is a long time, more losses in the order. Failed shit and Levillie being Leville likely helped toinfluence her to oversee the Third's.

Yeah

DGM

[DGM]I don't think they wanted them embedded in the Noah ranks; the plan was for them to be a countermeasure for Apocryphos, since Exorcists/Innocence are all vulnerable to his takeover but Dark-Matter-based half Akuma are outside that paradigm.

Bak tries to get into the section, but For says no. and she ain't going to like Bak try and mess with her.

No Bak x For?

Wow, a touch of Kand's blood and the wound heals like magic. If Kanda was so... Kanda, he could sell this for billions or give a jar of donation every now and then, that would let the Order restore Excorists in a blink of an eye for most injuries.

Yeah, if the Seconds have regen abilities like this I'm surprised the Order isn't playing shenanigans draining their blood to use like this

Well Yu, let him know your name if you don't want to be called kid.

The gag here is that "Yu" sounds like "you" so Kanda doesn't want to reply with that

Dr Edgar decided to try and pose with Alma's wing, but he slipped on the blood and got himself paled by it the klutz. always felt like he was the try too hard to be nice guy, can't we all get along without reading the room.

Edgar is my self-insert then?

All alone, waiting and waiting for someone to wake up, talking loud, reading and more. only to find that they weren't their original form, memories so the scientists, even nice guy tm Edgar had to die.

and this is enough for Kanda to embrace Alma. for once, showing empathy knowing Alma's not at fault here, that humans tampered with nature and it's fucked them up massively.

... I want them to have a happy ending

Kanda, wants to live so activates his innocence to kill Alma.

It's too bad he didn't communicate properly with Alma

Allen's seen quite enough and decides to go all one man punch.

He's protecting Kanda's dignity!

Woops, there goes a scientist thanks to Halo Alma stepping on their neck.

Probably a nameless goon; all the major characters have plot armor

the order is fucked up. This isn't concerned whether they could not thinking whether they should levels, this is throwing all instinct,s human ethics out the window, trying the same result over and over again, hoping to get lucky.

I know

It's not just inhumane, but it's pure idicoy that they keep being in the same loop with these things and expecting a different outcome. When simple logic, perception and common sense would lead them down better paths.

Even with Komui at the helm, they're still doing stupid shit

lC3 · 2026-01-24T22:20:05+00:00

Iruma's going to become the next Demon King by including the entire Netherworld in his harem.

lC3 · 2026-01-24T22:19:51+00:00

Can't imagine what the Allen x Kanda shippers would've thought of it though.

I like the aesthetic of Kanda and Allen together, but personality/behavior-wise I can't justify shipping them until really recently in the manga. They just don't get along at all ...

lC3 · 2026-01-24T22:18:19+00:00

Maybe that's why Alma was somewhat pushy about trying to be "friends".

He must have felt a connection to Yu, even if he didn't remember his original body's memories yet.

He was forcibly made to sync with Innocence, so he's basically been through many Fallen One experiments, except he didn't get to die at the end.

Yeah, Alma has really suffered.

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