The BEST episodes of D.Gray-man
Every episode of D.Gray-man ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of D.Gray-man!
Toward the end of the 19th century, Allen Walker officially joins the organization of Exorcists that destroy the beings known as Akuma; mechanic weapons made by the Millennium Earl with the suffering souls of the dead. Allen has both a cursed eye and an anti-Akuma weapon as an arm, bearing the power of "Innocence," a gift given to him as an apostle of God. Allen, along with his fellow Exorcists must put a stop to the Millennium Earl's ultimate plot that could lead to the destruction of the world and all who live on it.
#1 - Vampire of the Solitary Castle
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/2007
While on a mission to search for General Cross, Allen is beseeched by several villagers complaining about a "vampire problem." Soon after the ruckus, Lavi and Bookman join Allen on his new mission.
#2 - Krory Attacks
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/2007
When Allen and Lavi discover the truth about Krory's attack on the villagers, he appears before them with an intention to fight, thus leading to a rather fierce battle.
#3 - Title
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2007
Back on the ship on route to Edo, Lenalee finally decides to accept the fact that Allen had to be left behind and puts on her new exorcist uniform. However, the ship is attacked by Eshii, a powerful Level 3 Akuma, who was once a Japanese painter, which explains why he uses the word "Title" before every attack. Lavi, Krory, and Bookman fiercly fight aganist Eshii, but are no match for him, resulting in Bookman getting a serious injury, however temporarily saved by Miranda's power. Realizing that everyone is in serious danger, Lenalee leaves the ship to confront Eshii alone.
#4 - Let Me Hear the Lullaby
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2006
The adventure in Mater draws to a close as Allen and Kanda discover the truth of who the Doll actually is and then battle the level 2 Akuma for possession of the Innocence.
#5 - Lenalee's Love
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/7/2007
Seeing Lenalee and Russell going out together, Komui assumes that they are dating and in rage, chases after them with his newly built, Komurin v2. Concerned, Allen, Lavi and the Science Division work together in an attempt to stop his reckless behavior. Meanwhile, an Akuma with amazing transformation skills has targeted Lenalee, but keeps being on the receiving end of Komui's explosive inventions.
#6 - The Truth About Eliade
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/2007
While Lavi and Krory continue their battle outside the castle, Allen finds out the truth about Eliade.
#7 - The Name Chronicled
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/2008
After Allen recovers his left arm, he reflects on his old Innocence while many tests are done on the Ark. The tests show that his Innocence has reached 100% synchro-rate. Bak and Allen decide on a new name for Allen's newly evolved Innocence: God's Clown, otherwise known as Crown Clown. He is then given a new Exorcist coat by Wong, and he bids farewell to the Asia Branch, preparing to leave and board the Ark. Bak gives Allen a wireless communicator in a form of a gold earring, which allows him to talk to Komui. Lou Fa, Rikei, and Shifu return Allen's deck of cards, and Allen prepares to head off to Edo via Noah's Ark. The episode ends with Lavi preparing to engage in battle with Tyki Mikk.
#8 - Forbidden Skill, Sangen Style
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/8/2008
Kanda, superior in speed, and Skin, superior in power, fight to an apparent stalemate. Skin reflects on his past while barraging Kanda with blasts of lightning; Kanda responds by using his Nigentou. The room shakes, signaling that it will collapse soon; Kanda then activates his Kinki Sangenshiki (Taboo Three Illusions). As he uses this move (which drains part of his life), Kanda remembers a conversation that he had with Komui regarding the duration of his life, as well as a lotus blossom that symbolizes the amount of time that he has left. Suddenly, chains (representing Skin's dark energy) materialize, connecting Kanda to Skin. Skin uses these to throw Kanda around, telling him that the Noahs can never die. Finally, Kanda unleashes a final attack. As Skin falls, Kanda tells him that anyone can die as long as they remain mortal. Sure of his victory, Kanda heads for the exit. However, as he approaches it, Skin reawakens and prepares for his final attack.
#9 - Weak Humans
Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/3/2008
Allen's battle with Tyki Mikk and Lavi's struggle with Road's dream continue. Tyki is determined to crush Allen's Innocence once again, and "snaps" after Allen pushes his Innocence to injure Tyki in a surprising move. Meanwhile, Hevlaska writhes in pain as a new general, who has pushed his Innocence synchronization rate past 100, is being born.
#10 - Transcendent One
Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/10/2008
After exceeding critical point, Allen's power and synch-rate with his Innocence has exponentially increased. His new sword, which resembles the Earl's, scares the Noah upon first sight of its power. As Allen escapes from Tyki's vacuum, Lenalee and Chaoji attempt to escape Road's cell, but hurt themselves in the process. Meanwhile, Tyki defends against Allen's Innocence and remembers events from his "white" side and his "black" side. Allen finally breaks through the defenses and cuts him. Thinking he should be dead, Tyki and the others are confused to see he has suffered no apparent damage yet felt pain. Allen reveals purpose: to save the human, or "white" side, of Tyki Mikk. Stigmata form where the cut should be and Tyki begins to feel the pain of the Noah inside him dying. As Road watches in horror, Allen exorcises the Noah from Tyki and the Noah's gray skin and forehead stigmata fade away. But Chaoji is suddenly stabbed by Road's candles. After watching her family member exorcised, Road surrounded them with candle stakes and swore her revenge, deciding to destroy Lavi's mind trapped within her. Meanwhile, Lavi realizes that his illusionary environment can still hurt him. Surrounded by his "dead" allies come back to life, Lavi prepares to attack the illusions.
#11 - Lavi
Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/17/2008
In Road's dream world, Lavi cuts down his comrades as he tries to ignore their pleads. But he is defeated by his illusionary friends. Road reveals Lavi was never injured, but went into shock because he believed his friends stabbed him. She releases Lavi, now controlled by his bookman heart, and orders Allen to kill him, or Lenalee and Chaoji will die by her candles. But Allen refuses and instead stabs Road. But she is uninjured as it is not her true body. Allen is engulfed in flames, but realizes that the heat is not effecting him. The candles surrounding Lenalee and Chaoji begin to melt instead. Back in control of his body, Lavi burns himself and engulfs Road in flame. She still seems uninjured however, until a blade pierces her body. Back in the dream world, Lavi realizes that Allen is the true Road, and succeeds in damaging her.
#12 - Echoes in the Long Morning
Season 2 - Episode 52 - Aired 9/30/2008
The Level 4 appears to be defeated, but is it? In the aftermath of battle, rescue teams are dispatched to gather the survivors. General Cross is sent to Central Office while everyone else must prepare for the relocation of the Black Order's Headquarters. Meanwhile, Krory regains consciousness, much to the joy of his friends. As the Exorcists ponder the significance of Lenalee's evolved Innocence, the "Crystal Type", Allen declares that they must become stronger in order to defeat the Earl. The scene changes to show that the Noahs are attending a ball. The Earl is shown in the shadows with a humanoid shape. The end credits show the exorcists continue their duties; reunited with their innocences and sporting new outfits. The post credits reveal the Earl buying flowers from a poor girl with the letters Fin appearing.
#13 - Invasion
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/2008
The story recaps on Allen being stabbed by the Level 3's thread. It affects his molecule structure and partially broke it down. While this is happening the whole Asian HQ is going into hiding, along with locking down their information so the Akuma can not damage it. Bak awakens the guardian deity by engraving a mark on his hand to trap the Akuma in beams of light that come from the pillars around it. They run with Bak carrying Fou, they go into a hallway and Bak again uses the guardian deity to close the wall, while it is closing Bak sees the aproaching Akuma and Fou transforms into Allen to fight it. Allen begins to cry blood from his eye and when a tear hits the ground his Innocence manifests around him and he warps infront of the gate Bak finaly opens the wall and Allen jumps onto the back of the Akuma damaging it with his right hand.
#14 - Noah's Memory
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/15/2008
Believing he defeated Skin, Kanda walks to the exit of the room, but the numbness in his left hand and knee hinder him. In addition, too much of his life was consumed in the battle with Skin. As he is about to lose consciousness Skin's eyes start to bleed. Skin remembers three years ago, when he went to see a priest who told him about Noah. Remembering the pain the Innocence caused his ancestors, the Noah revives to fight Kanda once more. Draining more of his life, Kanda restores Mugen momentarily and destroys him, but the exit crumbles before he can leave. As the room crumbles, Kanda thinks of his friends and of the lotus blossom representing the remainder of his life wilting. The room then completely collapses. In Edo, Miranda notices that someone's time has vanished.
#15 - Jasdevi Enters the Scene
Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/13/2008
In their combined form, Jasdevi has become exponentially stronger. Krory fights Jasdevi one on one to allow the others time to escape. When Krory drinks one of his three bottles of Chomesuke's blood, he is able to fight almost on par with Jasdevi. Jasdevi angers him by casually calling him a vampire and a monster. It reminds him of his lost love, the only one allowed to call him "vampire." Fueled by his anger, Krory drinks a second bottle of blood, but the fight has left him too weak to break down the poison within the blood. He grows weaker, but tries to avoid drinking the last bottle. As the fight wears on, he decides he must drink the last bottle, but Jasdevi takes it from him and drinks it himself. With Krory greatly weakened, Jasdevi is able to enclose him inside an iron maiden.
#16 - The Beginning of the Night of the End
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2007
Allen attempts to stop Suman from destroying a nearby village by increasing his Innocence's synchro rate to its maximum power. While struggling to stop the Togaochi, Allen's Innocence returns to normal and is severely damaged, causing him intense pain. Meanwhile, Lenalee learns the truth of a Togaochi and Suman's fate from Komui.
#17 - Maiden Who Has Fallen into Darkness
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2007
Lenalee, floating in darkness, remembers Allen and what she said to him concerning her view of the world. Afterwards she pushes herself and her innocence to the limits and even exceeds them, defeating Eshii in the process and disappering once again.
#18 - Ship Stalled, Girl Remains Absent
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2007
While Lenalee is fighting the level 3 akuma, the sailors and exorcists on board the ship are trying to protect it from other akuma. After finally defeating them, they now wait Lenalee's return anxiously.
#19 - Message
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/2007
Lenalee is saved by her Innocence and with the help of Cross Marian's converted Akuma, Lavi manages to bring Lenalee back to the ship, but she is no longer able to walk. The level 2 then explained that in Japan, there are more level 3s and above.The then discussed for awhile and decided to head on. Anita, Mahoja and their crew died when Miranda deactivated her Innocence with 3 crew men surviving, following the Exorcists to Edo to find Cross Marian while Allen continues to attempt at re-materialising his Innocence back into its original form.
#20 - Sinking Darkness
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2007
Lenalee and Eshii continue to fight fiercly in the air while the ship comes under attack from akuma hiding up in the clouds. Many crewman are struck by the blasts and killed, only to be revived by Miranda's Innocence. Lavi tries to determine how they can fight an enemy they can't see. Meanwhile, Lenalee and Eshii's battle reaches the ocean surface where Eshii reveals his true ability. He uses dark matter to create chains around Lenalee and the ship, increasing the gravity around them and dragging them underwater. Lenalee struggles to stay afloat, but Eshii pushes her down and she disappears into the ocean depths.Lavi and Krory then fisgured out a plan which is by using the Nature Seal to clear the clous and krory kill the akumas
#21 - Landing
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/2008
The 5 exorcists and a few surviving sailors finally arrived at Japan, but Miranda was too exhausted and Lenalee unable to walk. Chomesuke( Her body is named Sachiko which Lavi occationally calls her that.), a Lv 2 Cross-modified Akuma, told them about the 300 years of Japan's history under the control of the Earl. While heading to Edo, they run into three of the Lv 3 Akumas, who hunted down a Lv 2 Akuma and hungrily and cruelly ate it. Chomesuke was caught by one of the Akuma who proves to be more than a match for both Lavi and Krori. However, Lavi attracts the attention of the other two Lv 3's, and the three begin fighting amongst each other. They take advantage of this to escape.
#22 - Confusion and Impatience
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/2008
Allen trains endlessly trying to regain the control over his Innocence, but the reports of his training show that he is making little to no progress. When he realizes this, he begins to try harder for teh sake of reviving his Innocence as he desprately wants to return to his friends to help them fight against the Akuma. Fou transforms into Roufa and has a talk with Allen reminding him that he isnt fighting just to fight but for something precious, this causes him to remember he is fighting for his friends. Tyki Mikk checks to see if the Cell Ronnin is correct with the Earl and he then sends a lvl 3 Akuma and a Tease to China to finish Allen.
#23 - Heading to Edo
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/2008
A Level 3 Akuma Heads for China to kill Allen. Lenalee and the others head towards Edo and are ambushed by the Level 3 Akumas from earlier when they were at the shore, they use tricks to evade them for a short while and are surrounded a short while later. All Akuma in Japan are then summoned to Edo by the Earl which cuases the three Level 3's to head away. Chomosuke also parts with the group because the earls order is to strong for her to resist, and it is revealed that the Earl is at Edo Castle. While Allen is training with Fou his eye reacts to something and The Earl gives his orders to kill the remaining two generals, hurrying the Noah clan. The Noah Clan and Akuma at Edo Castle are then attacked by Lavi and the rest in order to stop them from getting to the generals. Lavi and The Noah(Tiki Mykk)that destroyed Allen's Innocence are about to fight as he tells them that Allen is still alive and that he sent a Level 3 Akuma to kill him assuming his innocence is gone.The last part shows that the level 3 is about the attack the Asian branch where Allen is...
#24 - Silence
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/2008
Episode starts off with recap of why Allen is unable to obtain his Innocence and continues on to another training session with Fou. In the session Allen is showing some signs of strength by being able to throw Fou by her foot, but as she countered and had her blade around Allen he still faced the fact that he was still nothing without his Innocence. Allen whas wotld that his innocence did respond to the training although it did not take form. He then remembered that he only thought about his friends during the training and they tried to revive Allen's inocence. Allen deeply focuses on getting back to the side of his friends his innocence shows some high energy reading which might be linked to reviving allen's left arm. Unfortunately when Allen had a chance at focusing his innocence back his cursed eye returns once again and puts Allen through pain as the eye continues to search for what its looking for while alarming the others. Allen reveals that it feels as if an Akuma is calling for him and the feeling is getting stronger. Allen says he wants to go on and continues to fight Fou while his eye is in pain. His innocence then has a powerful reaction yet again, but unfortunately the cursed eye's pain was too much to handle and allen fainted. The Apprentices and Bak-Chan speculate more again and think about Allen's terrible fate. Suddenly Fou senses something strange happening as Tyki Myki's assassin(the level 3 akuma) finally makes his appearance and strikes easily through Fou's barrier plowing a hole right through her and causing her much pain. The alarm in the Branch goes off and everyone is on a run for the exit. In the midst, Allen hears the alarm, got out of bed, runs into the apprentices, and comes eye to eye with the Level 3 Akuma. His eye invokes itself immediately omitting a strange feeling that Allen wonders about.Fou then indicated that Allen's life was the top poirity while Allen refused to run. The Assassin laughs as he glared at Allen and attacked Allen
#25 - God's Clown
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/2008
Allen engages the Level 3 Akuma in battle. Allen speaks to the soul trapped within the Akuma, and learns that this soul was the one that had previously been calling out to him. The soul asks Allen to save him, and Allen consents. However, because his body's composition is unstable (due to the Akuma's prior attack), Allen literally begins to crack during the fight. When Allen crumbles completely, the Akuma turns on Bak and Fou, partially decomposing their bodies too. Enraged, Allen finally manages to reactivate his Innocence and, and he destroys the Akuma. His new Innocence gives him a long black arm with razor sharp talons for fingers. He also acquires a white cowl that shoots web-like projectiles and is fitted with a mask. Before the Akuma dies, he tells Allen of the gathering of the Noah, the Level 3 Akumas, and the Exorcists in Edo.