D.Gray-man 20th Anniversary Rewatch - Episode 94

**F.Irst-Timer, subbed**

- [Allen pls, how was that not obvious?](https://i.imgur.com/CxDa6Te.png) [](#kyonfacepalm)

- [lol](https://i.imgur.com/dg5eufW.png) [](#kukuku2)

- [There you go, Miranda.](https://i.imgur.com/B30V4YW.png) [](#anko)

- [Bookman *was* crying tears of joy from seeing Lavi again.](https://i.imgur.com/TxBq1rt.png)

- [Ugh, the worst part of Bak’s character…](https://i.imgur.com/vkmtczz.png) [](#frustration)

- [No, she is not.](https://i.imgur.com/iiWYObR.png) …that doesn’t give you an excuse to start flirting with her though. [](#deadlystare)

- [This has been a long time coming.](https://i.imgur.com/yE0b2cC.png) [](#ilovethiskindofshit)

- [Ah, right… everyone’s getting their injuries back…](https://i.imgur.com/17kUWcm.png)

- [Komui “sore demo”!](https://files.catbox.moe/hgsk3n.mp4)

- [Is this really necessary?](https://i.imgur.com/ksZSWrX.png) [](#bruh)

- [You make a good point…](https://i.imgur.com/6hMB7lM.png) [](#bigthink)

- [That godawful sound is Krory’s *stomach*?](https://i.imgur.com/ejuLSKe.png) [](#seasonalshock)

- [LMAO, of course Allen snuck out for food.](https://i.imgur.com/oRiHLyD.png) [](#trololol)

- [Ah, there’s a Johnny “sore demo”!](https://files.catbox.moe/22wwlj.mp4)

- [That must be a *very* unsettling feeling…](https://i.imgur.com/YtPHYPU.png) [](#therethere)

- [Didn’t expect Timcanpy to eat that whole sandwich.](https://i.imgur.com/jlnoBHy.png) [](#flyingbunsofdoom)

- [Oooooh…](https://i.imgur.com/u043iD5.png) [](#missingpiece) That… raises some interesting questions about *Mana*.

- [Holy shit I wasn’t expecting to see the Earl’s face drawn so *detailed*.](https://i.imgur.com/q7KpDBK.png) [](#terror)

**094: Homecoming**

* "please explain it in detail later" Yeah, we all know Cross won't do that
* Lavi is so touchy-feely!
* Lenalee is there to break up Allen and Kanda's bickering?
* Allen is breaking this Ark's connection to Edo? It won't be locked anymore?
* The black moon again? I feel like that's not just stylistic and must have some significance, we just don't know what yet
* Ok, this is a miracle delivered. I really feel for Miranda and Bookman and the others mourning outside
* Froi sure cries a lot. but he's happy crying!
* Chaozii will be Tiedoll's new apprentice?
* Panda SMASH! Was Bookman crying? [DGM manga]>!he must be super sensitive about losing his successors after what happened to the previous one!<
* AHAHAHA Bak's reaction to seeing Lenalee in slow motion is hilarious but kinda creepy
* Rohfa sure looks happy to see Allen lol
* "Is she your woman, Allen?" Cross sure is blunt
* HAHAHA Lenalee is trying to seduce Cross into sticking around?
* "I don't want to have to go look for him again" [](#laughter)
* Rikei is all "Strike!" for Lenalee, huh?
* "Lenalee-san's hair and purity are ..." Uh lemme stop you right there Bak
* "WELCOME HOME"! wow, this arc has been building up to this moment for a while now
* ... Cross is hiding in the piano room?
* Oh right, Miranda has been using Time Record to temporarily remove all their injuries
* The head nurse appears!
* KOMUI SOREDEMO!!!! AHHHH! we've been in such a soredemo _drought_ I've been waiting patiently for them to give us a new one, and Komui delivers!!
* [Hallow]>!"I'm finally back home" Given what happens later in the 2nd show, this hits me in the feels!<
* OMG BAK NO
* Honestly, I support Komui trying to protect Lenalee from Bak. She doesn't need a 29-year-old (nearly twice her age) who's a higher-up in the Order (power dynamics) trying to proposition her
* AHAHAHA Komui is the best at comedic relief. We needed this, after how tense the Ark arc has been
* I can see why we need a tone change / mood reset with some comic relief in between arcs?
* Reever with all those polite "Anooo"s, even he's getting frustrated with Bak
* "It's hard to believe that science like this existed 7000 years ago" [](#urbansmile)
* LOL of course Komui would have a reaction like that to her hairstyle
* Ok Komui's gift of a Komui body pillow is just 100% over the top Komui, and I'm loving it
* "Sleep with the moon" gives me nightmare vibes though
* Kanda is splitting because of the noise?
* "Maa-kun" of COURSE Tiedoll has cutesy nicknames for all his apprentices
* "sons" [](#jawdrop)
* Kie and Maosa will become Finders?
* of course Allen is in the cafeteria
* Timcanpy is eating too?
* We're getting a Suman flashback too?
* Johnny SOREDEMO
* THAT is what Marvin and Rob's voices sound like???
* "as if there's someone inside my head" [](#scaredmio)
* Now THAT is one long sandwich
* "This path wasn't decided by someone else" [](#nocomment)
* Oh, those letters are ones that he and Mana created?
* Ah, we finally get a glimpse of what Mana looked like?
* ... Stealth [DGM]>!Lvellie!<? I bet they followed the trail of food
* the Earl only got 20% of the plant?
* the 14th's curse?
* the Earl is ANGRY?
* well, leaving off on THAT note ...

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**Manga Comparisons:**

* This consists of ch134 p10-17 (v14.104-111) and ch135 p1-15 (v14.113-127).

* The squabbling in the piano room was just text bubbles in the manga; the anime had to draw what actually happened. The scene in Edo after they open a gate to Miranda's location is also extended in the anime.

* The anime adds Bak getting hives upon seeing Lenalee. The Ark buildings have crosses on the roofs in the manga.
* In the anime, Bak trying to sneak and see Lenalee isn't shown live, but as a flashback panel where Won complains about Komui blocking Bak from seeing her.
* The anime adds "with the moon" to Komui's bodypillow lullaby lyrics.
* In the manga, we see the buttons on Mana's sleeve cuff have the crest found in the middle of the score.

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**First time ENG dub reactions:**

* "You know Master you could have just said that in the first place" vs. Allen pressuring Cross to give a proper explanation later
* "Tiedoll" pronunciation gets me
* "for several thousand years" vs. 7000
* Sub has Yu-kun/Ma-kun nicknames where dub just has Kanda/Marie
* Rob saying "We knew Suman couldn't be saved" in the dub?
* dub says "resources" like the ENG manga but sub literally has "money+sweat+time"
* did the Earl say "sabotage the TREE of Noah"? That's what I hear but that doesn't make sense

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**Fansubs vs. Official Subs:**

* "but the supervisor said" vs. "but you're only a branch chief, right?"
* "bedside Komurin" vs. "body pillow"
* in the sub, miranda says Lena looks happy to see Komui, while in the dub and ENG manga they translate as Komui being haapy to see Lena
* Preview: ["Malcolm C. Willy"](#cokemasterrace)

Rewatcher

Sub

So...yeah, we get our reunions and that takes the episode. We get some minor details, and the obvious statement that the tech does not line up on this world, and then character stuff. Komui manages to be...less awful.


QotD: 1 Bak and Komui trap fight

2 It...functions. In hindsight, this story needed to ferment longer but w/e.

Rewatcher

Sub

We ended with the cliffhanger of Allen and everyone catching Cross with Lenalee, in the position they were in.

Cross, you really do have a way of communicating with people don't you?

Lenalee has had enough of the Kanda/Allen bickering and tells them to knock it off, and for once, the pair comply.

As Allen cus the connection to Edo and reunites with the party outside, letting them know they aren't dead yet.

Kanda of course is annoyed that Marie/Tideoll show him any affection. And shunts the runt right in front of them, to take the pressure off him.

Panda isn't crying idiot Lavi, he just is concerned about his heart is all.

Stop right there Bak-chan, you don't touch Lenalee, try to hit on her, nothing!

Oh you only know half of it Lavi when it comes to Bak, hi rofha, Lelouch and Shifu. Rofa still with the massive crush on Allen-kun.

Best not to tell her about that kiss you got from Road Allen.

Cross wants to know if Rofa is Allen's woman, well not yet but if Allen plays his card right. But surprised he didn't make that assumption about Lena, then again he since he knows her, he decided not to enquire.

Like the good master, he decides to bail it, but even he can't resist Lenalee when she's being this adorable. Komnui's secret weapon for bringing the general back... was Lenalee of course.

Since Cross can't say no to women period.

Rofha is over the moon at Cross himself, asking if she's Allen's woman.

Welcome home at last to the HQ everyone, lol Kanda/Marie facing away from the crowd.

Ahh, siblings reunited at last and for once, Komui acts like the loving brother that he should be.

Go for it Miranda, Lavi polling on Allen's mouth as only he would, Marie hugging Kanda because why not.

Rest now Miranda, you deserve it after being awake for about 40 episodes nonstop and putting yourself through so much.

MEDICS!!!!!

First time we have seen the nurses and doctors of the order, oh hi Finders! Been quite a while since we have seen one of you around outside of that Lenalee spot of people that included Pedro, Tomas and Goz.

Welcome home Allen. Now rest lad, and soon you will enjoy a lovely meal from Jerry.

It's Komui the Ripper, who prows on anyone that tries to hit on his sister, stalks her, is annoying or anything else. Which makes Bak-Chang-Chan the perfect victim for him to be Dr Lecter to.

Yeah get back to the Asian branch mate, don't you still need to fix the place up?

And he ignores Reever as he does the Homer routine of Australia/America, in the Order they don't tolerate this kind of crap Bak-chang-chan.

Chibi forms of the characters that fought in the Ark rooms are adorable.

You tell him Head Nurse, Komui, this is pathetic even for you.

Good to see Miranda laughing, she deserves to have some levity after all the shit she's been through.

Good thing Allen isn't in there, or the noise would be twice as loud. Parasites really do suffer when they aren't full of food/energy.

Kanda tries to pull a Sasuke, but father Tideoll isn't putting up with his teen rebellion any longer, plant your butt back in bed now Yu.

The fuck happened to Chaozii's hair? Christ lad use a comb!

Oh Allen's bed in the room, and it's inflated for some reason.

And it's full of more food than the local Tesco's store, and I'm talking about a mega Tesco's here.

Nice Johnny moment of thanking Allen for tying to save Suman, his friend. Good reminder that people appreciate Allen's actions.

Well Allen, you practically ate enough to bankrupt Gordon Ramsay, but Timcampy is happy to eat that baguette sandwich of yours.

You need to walk your own path Allen? You aren't Mana and its killing you trying to be him.

Mysteries deepens on Allen/Mana stuff, now that song is of the same writing as the letters he and Mana wrote back In the day?

And we see part of Mana's face for the first time.

\[DGM\]>!And will see again soon with Earl once he rids himself of his suit!<).

Oh? Some Hitler looking person peaking at the door? And some ponytail guy with him? Things are picking up.

Meanwhile at the Cube Ark, Lulu and the Earl realise the truth, and boy.

The Earl for once is seriously pissed off, that face is seriously one fucked up portrait if I ever saw one. The monster without the comedy at last!

Simple Lena, Tim likes food like Allen and loves Dangos. Good sweets for sure, real tasty as I found in Japan last year.

**Rewatcher, Sub**


Reunions abound. For all the sisconness, the reunion between Lenalee and Komui was generally wholesome with even Lenalee being happy to back with him. Meanwhile everyone else is also happy to be reunited which also includes the Asian Branch and The Ark now serves quite well as a teleporter between branches.


There's some more lore stuff added mostly from Allen who realizes that the runes in the music sheet were only known to him and Mana and meanwhile  the Earl is really angry that the Ark download was a failure.

**D.Ark-man**

This episode was generally fun to see (Bak/Komui memes aside...), and I especially appreciated Bookman crying for Lavi. Bookman presents himself as a vessel for knowledge with a cute panda mask on, much like how a salesman isn't actually your friend, he doesn't actually present his thoughts and emotions as a person, except when it comes to Lavi.

To wrap up the ark as a whole: I think 90% of it works. It's a classic battle shounen passing the baton kind of arc, which are a good format for one on one fights and and building up emotional stakes the futher you go. The fights themselves are fine too:

* Kanda vs. Skinn Bolic shows a mix of undefeatable wills and clever tactics
* The JasDevi fight had more creative out of the box tricks from everyone involved
* Lavi vs. Lavi was a change from what we've seen so far, and a good way to break into his character arc.
* Allen/Cross vs. Tyki is a more traditional rule of cool fight, but it works well with their over the top abilities.

Thematically, the arc is tied together through "identities" that the characters manage to find and connect with on the Ark. Be that Chaozii becoming the Exorcist he looked on from a distance, Lavi facing his true feelings, between a person and a Bookman, Tyki embracing his Noah, Allen meeting the 14th,... it's held back a bit by Hoshino having to keep her cards close to her chest.

No, the real issue is a fairly simple one of setup and payoff, not even the fake deaths, I'm willing to swallow those with the battle shounen plate. But when you follow Lenalee for the whole arc, as she keeps going with the fighting squad from one dangerous place to the next, having to be saved every single time, and you have Allen talking about the potential of humanity, well that all sounds like setup for her to do *something* at the end, right? This idea wasn't foreign to the author either, considering that's exactly what she did for Chaozii, but Lenalee instead... gets nothing. Her purpose in this arc is being saved over and over so Cross can have a cute girl to talk to. Consequences are well and good, but holy hell, Mr. FFVII Allen Strife got off easy by comparison.

[Spoiler] >!and the next arc is also close to greatness, if not for its own Lenalee issues...!<

###First Timer

Good episode to end the arc. Many touching reunions and solid comedy bits.

> What was your favorite moment from this episode?

Lenalee stopping Cross from leaving.

[](#azusalaugh)

> For what it's worth, he knows very well what Cross is like, but didn't seem to mind sending Lenalee after him. What if he's not just a siscon, but a siscon with an NTR fetish?

This was real.

[](#laughter)