#dgm rant

[logicandinstinct]

Can somebody tell Katsura Hoshino to stop drawing Cross like the dilf he is? Im having a heart attack over here and dont wanna thirst for that manrat.

#d gray man #dgm #mini rant #also wanted to vent on pinterest where I found the drawing #but apparently the community guidelines didnt like my joke of a comment ffs #we just cannot have fun anymore

[desnoot]

For the four people out there who red Lost Fragments of Snow during the hiatus like it was a pristine glass of water in the middle of the desert you have been lost in for half a year and have kept reading the manga up till now: how we feeling?

#dgm #d.gray-man #spoilers #we are free #we are finally free #i swear to god if this is a fakeout I will loose it #desnoot rant

[lavibookmansflatass]

Angst Lavi prompt that I haven't seen around but one day either want to write or see it written....

Bookman having a stroke or something and he can't communicate with Lavi or take care of himself. He's slowly dying in a nursing home or somewhere and Lavi just wishes beyond belief that Bookman would somehow just let him know he's proud of him somehow (let's be real Gramps is quite hard on him. I know he's a jokester and immature but Bookman is kinda an ass sometimes especially during the Edo fight where Lavi and Krory were trying to carry the whole ass group. I didn't see Bookman start helping out until later on and all he did was call Lavi weak.)

We never actually hear Bookman say he's proud of Lavi or that he's going to make a great Bookman (unless yall have but I havent). We've seen them shed tears for each other so we know they got a bond but Bookman never really straight up told Lavi much encouragement. It's always been criticism or telling him to do shit.

I mean you're in a tough spot and may end up dying as the present Bookman, you should at least let your apprentice and incoming Bookman know that you have faith in him. I would be nervous beyond belief if I was Lavi and that old man croaked. Give the kid some encouragement!

#dgm #lavi bookman #d gray man #lavi rant #sometimes the interactions are funny but I also feel a twinge of sadness for Lavi or annoyance at Bookman #at least Cross sort of made indications here and there he was proud of Allen even if the mfer has a hard time actualle saying it

[lurensa]

Vanitas no Carte and D.gray-man are very similar, black/white haired duo and always on hiatus... the best tropes

#Vanitas no Carte #dgm #D gray-man #I'm about to go on a rant about working mangaka to death #I DON'T WANT ANOTHER MIURA #I'm fine with things going slow that way characters won't suffer!! #and then the mangaka won't suffer either!!!

[poupeesdecirque]

Connichi Cosplay Line up announcement!

But make it fancy. With art. That took me 4 days to finish. I have decided to give Nea his convention debut to explore the location in something comfortable. Saturday I will debut my freshly finished Black Order Uniform And Sunday I will be bratty circus kid again as he is perfect for a convention sunday. Say 'hi' if you see me, but I am confused on cons sometimes but that's just me. I'm most likely wandering the grounds with my friends most of the time, none of them has a dgm themed cosplay, so if you see one single Allen/Nea/Red with a Timcampy bag it's most likely me.

Pics to compare and rant under the cut. I don't want to discuss this, I just need to get steam off.

....

yeah I am giving the new location a try but it's 3 more hours each way to travel, it's way more expensive in Hotel regards, I need to use more days off because I can't just go there in a normal span of time, I need to travel half the country. if it's a soulless convention now I will never come again because heck no.

I still feel like they ripped home from us without the chance to say good bye in a proper way, and I am still pissed about it. And I have all right to be. K thanks.

I just want to see my friends. And just "getting over" a location you had for 20 years after 2 years of plaque and then just silently announcing it after the last con there is over is still an absolute shit move. And information is splattered everywhere but not on their website, this is a total chaos and I hate it, I hate that I got my safety ripped away. I just love my friends more than i hate this situation, that's why I am going.

#dgm #d.gray-man #allen walker #nea campbell #traditional art #cosplay #cosplay line up

[seedling-lotus]

okay, I saw map things and it reminded me of my own mapping project that i've poured waaaaaay too much time into so now you get to see me rant about it...

or not because imma hide it under a read more... But i'm still gonna tag it!

Anyway, so!

because the fic I was reading for a completely different fandom just wasn't providing the dopamine, my lovely brain decided that I needed to go find all of the locations for everything in DGM, or as closely as I possibly could, because Hoshino-sensei exists to drive me insane... And so does the fandom wiki...

So yeah. So trying to locate things. Some places were easier than others. Some places I still have to add. 😭

New Order HQ? Took me a while, but I fuckin' found it... Or, well, found an island that looks like it could match.

of course, the Wiki says both that it's in "Southern Europe" and also somewhere mentions that it's in Britain, which is just... Nope, that island in particular is part of France. Close though. Of course, I don't have access to the source material that the wiki seems to be referencing, so what do I know...

The wiki also says that old HQ is in generic "Northern Europe" and also "Unknown location in Scandinavia" which, again, the source appears to be the fanbook that I do not have and cannot reference for myself. Not going to lie, old HQ is virtually impossible to place. There is not a single place on this planet that I could find within Northern Europe or more specifically Scandinavia that would be a good geographic fit. I mean, I know there are rock formations sort of similar, but nothing or that size. I gave up finding a perfect match after two days of beating my head against it and just went for somewhere most likely to have that kind of geographic feature. After my few successes with finding "exact" locations for some of the places in DGM, it really really bothers me that I can't place that one definitively.

and then there's freaking Barcelona. Barcelona bothers me. It bothers me a lot. I cannot find anywhere in the Manga that actually mentions what city they were in at the time. But I remember that it was Barcelona. (Was it in the anime??? I cannot remember) The problem with Barcelona being... the map doesn't match... We've got at least one clear overhead shot of the city in the manga, and it doesn't really look like Barcelona. It does, however, look a lot like Prague. (and the fact that I knew that off the top of my head before confirming it makes me question my life choices more than a little.)

So this is from Chapter 43.

(I am weeping, I had so much typed and I just accidentally "undo"ed it and now I can't get it back... gods damn it)

ANYWAYS

So what I had said was that we can see that the image of Barcelona is a lot more gridlike of a city structure and more organized and yes I acknowledge that DGM is a "Fictional end to the 19th century" and city structure can change over time, It usually doesn't change that much. Below is a screenshot of the map of Prague from Google maps for comparison.

My second point of evidence is this Cathedral-like structure from the page prior:

The only cathedral I can find in Barcelona has 4 spires where the drawing only has 2. "But simplifying for ease of drawing" Yeah, no, I get that, but look at them and tell me that the cathedral in Prague doesn't look more like the drawing?

But my biggest issue with Barcelona? The river. Yes, there's a river in Barcelona. It's tiny though, and none of the bridges spanning it are more than two spans across.

and here's Barcelona's river vs Prague's river:

Barcelona:

(also, if Barcelona ever had pretty old bridges like the one drawn, they all appear to have been replaced by ugly modern ones)

And here's Prague:

(and yes, I know, the Prague bridge doesn't match either, but it matches better)

So yeah, Barcelona bothers me. It's not impossible that it's Barcelona, but it bothers me.

The American Branch though? That one I'm proud of.

So, again, it's not 100% perfectly correct, but I think that the American branch might be one of the closest to a spot on location that I actually managed. (The literal only way I could get a more accurate location would be to actually drive my ass to Arizona, and that's just not in the cards.)

Also, may I just say that this particular line, which I have confirmed is the way this place is described in the Manga... This exists to infuriate the British and the Scottish...

That was pulled from the wiki. THIS is pulled from chapter 230 of the manga:

Now I know someone in the fandom and on tumblr has already pointed this one out, but

Edinstown does not exist. In England or otherwise.

THIS particular landmark is in Scotland. EdinBURG Scotland.

And before someone yells at me, Eddingston isn't right either. Eddington (without the S) is a place in England, but it does not have that landmark.

The landmark in question being the Dugald Stewart Monmuent on Calton Hill in Edinburg, Scotland.

So that one caused a dew LOLs once I went back and found the post I reblogged with that information. source

Oh! so yeah, so Guangzhou... Guangzhou also bothers me a smidge...

So according to the Wiki (which seems to get most of it's info from the Fanbook that I don't have)... You know what, I might have it, but it's in Japanese, and I can only speak and read English so really, that's on me... Anyway...

So Guangzhou. China. The port city that theoretically is where they set sail from. And is also where Anita's brothel is.

And once again acknowledging that landscapes have been changed over time by humans. I get that. HOWEVER.

So Timcampy gives us a lovely view of the city and the harbor in question.

And 1 chapter later we get this view of them leaving:

Now I know, I KNOW, this is set in, at the very latest, 1899. I know that the harbor will have changed since then and Google maps is only going to show me the most modern version.

However...

This is Modern Guangzhou:

Note how it's set a little more inland? How they'd be able to see land across the harbor? and it's more in a river delta, flatter.

However, there is a port city relatively close to Guangzhou that does look a lot more like the port drawn in the manga:

And yes, yes, I know "but there's no land masses in the Manga and that's why you said Guangzhou was out." True, but most of these landmasses are over 3 miles away, and the horizon is only 3 miles away due to the curvature of the earth, so it does make a little more sense.

Now I know that the Manga doesn't show an Island and yeah, it's not exactly the same, but it's definitely way closer visually. (Also, Hoshino-sensei, I love you dearly, but please... Guangzhou is not the largest/main port city in China....)

Am I doing everything Wildly out of order? Absolutely. I'd say sue me but please don't. I am so broke.

Next up! The Izu Peninsula! (and another iteration of Hoshino-sensei making me want to cry... For map making purposes. Plot related purposes don't count. That's her job)

So in chapter 76, Chomesuke says this:

And then, in Chapter 77 we see this:

And ignoring all plot related crying from this point of the story, the Izu Peninsula was a difficult one to place. Not finding it on the map, but finding torii gates that are set up like this...

And you may be going "But it's Japan, how hard can it be to find torii gates set up like that?"

HARD

Gods damn it all. You wanna know why? because the fuckload of torii gates going straight up a damn mountain is something that exists. Famous enough that even I know what it looks like and I'm a stupid little white girl from America who has never left the western hemisphere. The problem with that particular set of torii gates that this panel and all related panels are based off of? yeah, that particular land mark is in the middle of Tokyo and nowhere near water...

And they are definitely still in the boat and still in water here...

here's my evidence for the Torii gates in Tokyo:

yes I am going to make you go google that yourselves if you really want to fact check me because this post is already a monster and I am too lazy to put in a hyperlink.

Anyways

So the only even remotely similar feature on the Izu peninsula that I could find is on an even smaller peninsula

1

and they look a little more like this in real life:

2

But hey, creative license and all that jazz. And while the Izu peninsula is close to Tokyo (which would have been called Edo back in the time period of canon), it's not that close, so it's probably a good day's walk if not longer for them to get there... which i think we may have skipped due to the magic of "anime physics" but you know what, fuck it. at this point I've stopped asking questions

(this is absolutely a lie, but shhhhhh)

And I have gone over my picture limit so I'll include the pictures on a reblog (if it lets me... I think it will... I'll get back to you on that... ish, maybe)

#dgm #d.gray-man #long post #look if you read the beginning of the post and clicked on the read more #you can't blame me for what you found under it #I warned you #feel free to ask me about other locations in DGM canon #if you want my longwinded opinions about them #(honestly #a LOT of canon happens within either one of the branches or the ark #or Kanda's memories but you know #so there aren't terribly many places to cover)

[fenrhi]

I was tagged by @wuekka. Sorry I took a long time to answer, Real Life has been kicking my ass lately.....

Last song: This one. I rant a lot about this game but at least the music is good

Last movie: uuuuhhh some detective french movie on France 3.... I can’t even remember its name afasfajfkl

Last show: Revenger! An anime about assassins and opium trade written by Urobutchi. I need to watch the rest of it soon

Currently watching: Buddy Daddies. I wasn’t exactly blown away by the premiere, but now I’m really emotionally invested in the main characters. I feel like we’re still in the “calm before the storm” phase and the next episodes will be painful

Currently reading: WHA, DGM.... you know, the usual....

Current obsession: PGR!!! I’m painfully collecting Selena Capriccio Shards through the limited event and I only have 20 so far I wanna die

I’m tagging @dear-kumari (I guess Real Life has also been kicking your ass lately...hope you’re doing well) and @ashacrone (I like bothering you with tag games)

#tag game #tag game meme #what was.....my fucking tag for this kind of posts.....

[notcaptainhook]

so i’m sitting here rewatching d.gray-man hallow in peace and all of a sudden episode four starts and allen is dreaming of mana and then before it ends guess what pops up:...

in a very futuristic setting, just like it did in when road and cross were talking here:

now, i haven’t gone back to check if the “pillar” is in the actual chapter episode 4 is based on but...... i can’t remember to have noticed it, and honestly speaking having watched hallow before, this never struck me as odd until road and cross talked about it in ch235. it seemed to pop up out of no where in the chapter... but has hoshino really been planning the pillar since that long ago???? (so the curiosity got me, and i went back to look at the chapter, it’s 185, if you're also curious, and the pillar was in three frickin’ pages:

and now, honestly, i am... shooketh. what does it all mean? hoshino sensei? also have i really been so dumb as to not notice this major white thing in the b/g, selective reading much...

what else could i have missed?

#dgm #dgm rant #dgm theories #what is the pillar? #why did i just notice its been brought up before #even IF only visually

[aro-arttorneys]

finally i can be that kind of person. happy December 1st :,D

based this on that one instagram post from Hoshino where he goes outside with Marie to draw the roses in the gardens (x). i also have this very self-indulgent headcanon that Krory is usually not comfortable smiling with his mouth open, because, oh, you know,,, but around some people (Allen, Lavi, but also Marie!) he feels at ease and does not mind :,)

full image under the cut

#i cant come to work today it's an international holiday #dgm #d. gray-man #d gray man #arystar krory #d. gray man #sorry hoshino i didnt give him a fancy pencil to draw with :( #but believe me i already had enough trouble drawing the whole thing itself lmao #me captioning art on instagram: look i made this :) #me captioning art on tumblr: here is the whole thought process and here are some headcanons and here is also a meme #and a tag rant but that's ... that's bc instagram doesnt allow for it lol #i based this headcanon on regis from the witcher btw bc i LOVE the idea of like...that kind of trust??

[chickfilahatepage]

every day I think about kanda and the fact that he has to live with the eternal pain of losing the one person he loved the most in life (while also being unaware that this person was the drive for him to continue living) and I pray to god that hoshino spares his life and his final scene is him enjoying the sight of lotus flowers at the end of dgm

#dgm #kanda yuu #ok let me rant in the tags in that I feel like hoshino is going to off kanda #like he's going to 'repay allen' by saving his life or smthing #and then he's finally going to reunite w/ alma #and if that happens then I'm going to lose it I'll literally lose it #likie how much does he have to suffer. how much does my baby have to hurt #I LOVE HIM SM I swear hoshino made the perfect character (kanda) #I could talk about him all day.... I could go on and on and on about the tragedy of love that is kanda #he's everything #d.gray man

[aro-attorneys]

Lenalee and Krory's friendship send post

#lenalee lee #arystar krory #dgm #my head's too full rn i can separate thoughts but 1) i wanted to krorypost and 2) i can ALWAYS lenaleepost #like they never rly interact significantly but that scene where Krory has that flashback to when he was introduced to Lenalee? #and she didnt even hesitate to shake his hands idk it was a Touching Scene and I'll cry forever #oh this is gonna be one of those tag rant posts again i see #Krory actually respects Lenalee like hell he fully acknowledges her strength and refers to her as 'powerful princess' or something #idk if Lenalee thinks anything in particular abt him but Lenalee is That Person who you can be safe around it's very good #they also went through that whole ship to edo ordeal together w some other exorcists that's sure to create a bond #im thinking abt this

[logicandinstinct]

Something that really irritates me about the dgm storyline atm is each time new bits of info are revaled they're accompained by annoyingly vague and/or cryptic text/dialogues.

I know the mystery is big part of the appeal but the pacing is just painfully slow, add to that the manga now comes out only 4 times per year and thinking more about it in the meantime will make me lose my sanity 😫😫😫

#d gray man #dgm manga #this is why i hate getting into stories that are not finished ;n; #little rant

[sunfish999]

ARM ...yeah

#howard link #dgm #my dumb anime rants #prettiest boy #dgm link #dgm hallow

[looniecartooni]

Anyone who dares try to criticize how long it take Hoshino to make a new chapter....

Needs to try to draw a Level One Akuma. Seriously- that thing’s not easy to draw! Now add that with a background, characters, properly placed word balloons- that doesn’t even count in the storyboard and running it by an editor all while your wrist is in pain. Or the fact that Hoshino needs to run another job on the side, market that and her work, feed her cat and herself with only 2 other people helping her make D Gray Man because she wants to deliver something of quality with art as complex as a Level One Akuma. Making comics and manga isn’t easy. Please... be patient.

#rant #d gray man #dgm

[jerriisspeakingnow]

WHERE 👏🏻 IS 👏🏻 THAT 👏🏻 D. GRAY-MAN 👏🏻 CHAPTER 👏🏻

(FYI I know the wait is a thing. I am understanding. I’m just impatient because I need some answers 😭 I will wait forever for the end if I have to, Hoshino. F O R E V E R.

#rant time! #personal #D. Gray-Man #DGM 240

[d-gray-place]

Fighting autocorrect because I'm trying to say Kanda's, not Kansas. Like seriously, I have typed Kandas so many tymes why did you decide NOW was a good tyme to start "fixing" my spelling.

The worst part about this is autocorrect wont catch my typos, it has given up on me but has not given up on Kansas yet.

#dgm #rant post #yuu kanda