D.Gray-man HALLOW Rewatch - Episode 02

**F.Irst-Timer, subbed**

- [Geez…](https://i.imgur.com/senRufq.png) [](#gasp)

- [So what happened to him…](https://i.imgur.com/9wrGDvt.png) [](#bigthink)

- [They’re trying to pin it on Allen?](https://i.imgur.com/PtN9XvW.png) [](#frustration)

- [They’re going after a phantom thief…?](https://i.imgur.com/2ejOecM.png)

- [Sasuga, Kanda.](https://i.imgur.com/Ygul1MT.png) [](#kukuku)

- [Ooh, the Innocence is transferring between people…](https://i.imgur.com/63eMjZI.png)

- [And now it’s in Link?](https://i.imgur.com/iWnWZz4.png)

- [Oh this is a terrifying shot.](https://i.imgur.com/1SxceQe.png) [](#spooked)

- [Hahahaha wow.](https://i.imgur.com/idckgfQ.png)

- [And that works in their favor…](https://i.imgur.com/7ZuLNeP.png) [](#azusalaugh)

- […really?](https://i.imgur.com/NiEXdLU.png) [](#konosubawot4)

- [Uh, wait, did it end up in Allen now?](https://i.imgur.com/RsL9nCu.png)

- [It *is* in Allen.](https://i.imgur.com/yk5qTmB.png) [](#emiliaohdear)

- [Not like you’ll have a choice…](https://i.imgur.com/eLMXLh2.png)

- [Ah shit, Skulls are here now?](https://i.imgur.com/qUfjNSv.png)

- [A Level 4?!](https://i.imgur.com/mHVuCiG.png) [](#seasonalshock)

- [Concerning…](https://i.imgur.com/pg7mu5D.png) [](#sakurathink)

- [What the–!](https://i.imgur.com/OwAzH9V.png) [](#ohfuck)

- [Link got turned into a living doll…](https://i.imgur.com/prAEwhS.png)

First timer(I hate phantom thieves)

Sub

So...this is, unfortunately, a definite reboot. I didn't want to accept that yesterday but here we are. And that means we get a second episode that is, well, a second episode:Introducing characters and their beliefs. This is pretty bad. Not as bad as the shock from yesterday but we are also definitely 4/10 territory. Casually tossing out another level 4 is also bad but might be manga material, I don't recall. Marie cutting off his fingers is the last manga panel I remember. Anywho, I might just three ep this, this team is absolute ass and I actively hate Cross Ange and all of those that support it.


QotD: 1 ...Why?

2 Innocence is always silly, this is no worse

3 Welp, 'God' gave Noah directions so...

**02: Lonely Boy**

* ... why are both guards in front of Cross's door ASLEEP? Sus
* ... the body disappeared? Is Cross still barely alive? [](#SPORTS)
* Tim's little hands are just too cute
* ... of course Allen finds about Cross like this
* Oh, there's more to Cross's message?
* Cross's last words to Allen? Did he know he was going to be attacked?
* Both Allen and Lvellie suspect each other?
* Now Lvellie has something he wants to investigate?? [manga]>!especially now that Cross told Lvellie what he knows!<
* Lvellie thinks Central Agency had Cross killed?
* Cross's words about there being "more" to this war are dangerous? They made him a target?
* Everyone wearing black tanktops now?
* "please kill me" NO
* Marie eavesdropping on Allen? LOL
* Gigi imprisoned in Paris? More manga abridgement
* Captain Garmar must be so annoyed at Phantom Thief G
* OF COURSE Kanda fucking THROWS the priceless crown
* lol calling Kanda 'pretty boy'
* "so big that you'd laugh at Cross's debt" UH that would be bad [](#spooked)
* Link? Say something?
* So this "G" can possess people?
* So Link can fight? He IS a (former?) CROW after all
* Tim is a good boy, holding onto the crown for them
* all those who were turned into G had their lives ruined?
* This is hilarious seeing "Link" cry like that
* So G is just a kid after all
* Just like the Miranda arc changing English to German, this time the anime changes the English on the Parisian orphanage into French
* Timothy the orphan, and a mysterious donation to a closing orphanage?
* ... of course the kiddo is a perv
* a sphere in his forehead?
* AHAHA now it's Allen's turn?
* Kanda takes G's body hostage?
* Kanda is blunt and Marie has to apologize for him? LOL
* LOL Kanda is really bad at being tactful
* So Timothy doesn't want to have have to become an Exorcist?
* The Skulls put a barrier around the orphanage?
* She thinks the Level 4 is an angel? Welp
* Oh great, another Level 4 ... this time in pastel
* Allen can't create a Gate?? And Allen's left eye isn't reacting to the Akuma??
* So the nun and other orphans were turned into puppets? A Level 2's ability?
* Level 4 has a machine gun arm? Unfair
* Marie had to cut off his fingers? Metal
* .... and now LINK is transformed too?
* ED lead-in!
* Can Kanda deal with the Akuma virus despite being an Equipment type?

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**First time ENG dub reactions:**

* Another "Leveille" pronunciation for Lvellie? I guess they don't know how to say it (L'veh-lee-eh = Ruberie)
* "you must choose your own path" (dub) instead of "walk on your own" (sub)
* "Didn't you have him killed" (dub) vs. "or perhaps it was you who did it, Director Lvellie" (sub)
* Garmar's dub voice is okay
* "want a real dance partner" WTF Kanda
* dub Garmar doesn't call Kanda a pretty boy? [](#sadholo)
* Link's voice changes when G possesses him
* dub Kanda calls Link by his name?
* dub Link crying sounds kinda derpy
* "Why is your sword through my chest?" [](#ero)
* Uh I don't think I like dub Timothy's voice
* "Death Blow: Booby Trap" oh no
* Emilia's voice is okay; the nun (Mother Superior) sounds good in the dub
* dub possessed!Allen is *hilarious*
* Kanda being all "he confessed" was funny
* Ok, I'm starting to vibe with dub Timothy
* "you're pretty brave for a mere human" (dub) vs. "you're not even an Exorcist" (sub)

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**Manga Comparison Corner:**

* This consists of the first 4 pages of ch169, then some of 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178. So parts of 9 different chapters.
* The manga has Cross's guards worried about getting in trouble with Lvellie.
* The anime skips the first 4ish pages of ch170, which deals with Order opsec regarding gate protocol. After the chess mission they go to a local church in London where a gate is established and meet with the priest there, Federico.
* Of course, Miranda has forgotten her 8-digit passcode # that she's supposed to write with her finger on his palm. This leads to Kanda and Allen fighting again.
* Lvellie forbids them from speaking about Allen and the 14th, saying only Central, Order's higher ups, and Exorcists need to know.
* The scene of Miranda offering Allen candy from last ep was transplanted from this chapter (170), though only after Miranda doomspirals a bunch.
* 170 has Allen wondering what happened to Cross, saying Tim can't locate him anymore. Around 8 pages are skipped. We then see Gigi Lujun from the Asian Branch, newly reassigned to HQ, along with presents from Rohfa. Gigi asks Kanda how the new Mugen is holding up, saying "Zu" the swordsmith is curious. Apparently Gigi used to be at HQ up until 2 years ago when he was transferred, and he's known Kanda since he was little.
* Gigi informs them of new plans for Science Section, and we get introduced to some new characters, including Johnny meeting Tup's sister. That will be briefly shown in a future episode, though with most of the details cut, so I won't address that now.
* We get introduced to Komui's new secretary as well, and new Science Section people. Honestly, Hallow kinda drops the ball for these new characters. The secretary, Bridget, grills Komui about wasting 8 minutes chit-chatting with Jeryy while there's paperwork waiting in his office.
* The scene with Lvellie and Allen happens days later in the manga; Tim keeps coming back to that room for some reason. Tim misses Cross.
* We get a scene with one of the new Science Section division leaders clashing with Reever over Lenalee's outfit and conduct, then perving on her. The third science section leader complains about Reever's section's hygiene and asks them to bathe.
* Lavi and Bookman have a stealthy conversation about the Cross situation: Lavi asks him straight up about the "other side" to this war. Bookman says he thinks Cross will likely never return to the Order, assuming he escaped with his life.
* Bookman says "we were there when he said it, so our lives are in danger too." Hevlaska checks Judgment and notices that Cross is no longer its accommodator. Klaud wonders if Cross left Judgment behind to avoid becoming a Fallen One. Froi wonders if he managed to escape, given how much blood he lost. Komui concludes Cross was shot in the head, so the wound would likely be fatal. Socalo wonders what happened to the body; Klaud wonders if he survived and escaped, and Komui wonders if someone else took his corpse away.
* V17 concludes with Renny on the phone, saying she's received the fragment of the Akuma egg from Lvellie. V17 has two more pages of D.Gray House omake, with Cross fleeing his debts and the 14th/Allen refusing to bathe with Lvellie.
* The Timothy/Paris stuff happens later, in v18 ch172+. 172 has more events preceding Allen & co. coming to Paris; we see a previous theft, with "G" captured by Galmar.
* The manga elaborates more on what "Mana's mask" is, though you can only really tell in the JPN version because the ENG doesn't mark Mana's formal register.
* The manga says it's December, 3 months after Cross's disappearance. We see Emilia and her father bickering, with her threatening to run off with a man like her mother did.
* Just then, Emilia bumps into Kanda, who tells Garmar he's there to see Order personnel who he's holding. Allen, Link and Marie are with him. Emilia is on her way to a birthday party for the Mother Superior and is annoyed her father is flaking on her.
* They go to the jail and there's dozens of people locked up, all in G's outfit. They insist they're telling the truth, but Garmar is adamant about not believing in anything supernatural. Just then, they notice Gigi and some Finders have been locked up as "G" culprits after coming to investigate potential Innocence.
* There's a subplot with Gigi introducing them to a transwoman named Bonaire who's been imprisoned as G the longest (3 months). She sums up what they know about G.
The prisoners beg for the exorcists not to abandon them; after Garmar tells them to leave, another warning letter from G comes in.

* In between 172 and 173, v18 has an illustration of Bookman trying to fix his bedhead with various products. In between 173 and 174, v18.42 has an illustration of Cache carrying Johnny like Tup used to, and the Science Section shipping them. 174 cover is art of Allen in G's outfit.

* In between 174 and 175 we have another omake of Link freaking out over a video recording by Tim, Allen teasing Link about "Link" crying like that when possessed, and asking how much Link would pay for the video.

* The Viz translation messes it up but Kanda tells Marie about the gem in Timothy's forehead, saying Marie is blind so he can't see it.
After possessing Allen, Timothy panics and asks "Where's my body?", and confirms it when they show it to him.

* The anime cuts out a subplot of one of the other nuns at the orphanage being a broker; she goes and calls up the Earl to inform about Innocence, which is why the Skulls and Akuma came. She has a gun and shoots Emilia; this is changed to shrapnel in the anime. Unluckily for her though, she assumes that Akuma wouldn't kill her because she's on the Earl's side. She assumed wrong.
The anime changes the title of the orphanage into French; it's English "HEARST ORPHAN ASYLUM" in the manga.

* In between 175 and 176 we have another "Pointless D.Gray Stories" omake. The manga shows a postman knocking on the door, and several Akuma in human form entering the barrier.
Allen introduces Timcanpy to Timothy. Link says Allen may only use Pianist abilities when authorized by Central and Order HQ. Allen insists they need to evacuate the women and children but Link insists breaking the rules will have severe punishments.

* In between 176 and 177, there's an omake summarizing Hoshino's first trip overseas, to an anime convention in Germany in 2008. Followup inbetween 177 and 178. Once Marie's headphones are broken, he can't hear, so being blind, he's in trouble against the Level 4. The anime alters the cross atop the orphanage. The manga shows the prioress has a mole on her forehead.

**First Timer (for Hallow), Sub**


So Cross's body has disappeared (or probably himself). Lvellie keeps things under wraps for now and has everyone continue as if nothing is wrong though he does reveal to everyone that Allen is the 14th.


The rest of this is introducing a new character called Timothy. He has an ability to jump bodies and it turns out he's a kid who steals but for generally nice reasons. The Exorcists track him down and are ready to take him but a bunch of Akuma including a Level 4 that can turn it's arms into a Gatling gun show up and a fight ensues. It does allow us to apparently view the new team we have with Allen, Kanda, Noise Marie, and Link but their results aren't great. It does give us that awesome Marie scene of cutting off his fingers and Link actually putting the effort to defend Timothy in all this. 

Rewatcher

Sub

After the first episode mainly recapped events and expositioned stuff for new audiences, and revealed a fair few secrets over the 14th Noah, Mana and had Cross doing an art project of posing dead against a window with his blood as background.

His bald guards sleeping on the job? That's a padding.

Now you see Cross, now you don't. Gone like a Wind as he's done a Gable Kent before even Gbale himself, not that Cross gives a damm.

Tim, sensing his master is missing, goes to fly and wakes Allen up in the process.

Just when Allen thought things were already bad enough, Cross goes and ups on him again, though this time, it's not his fault.

\[DGM\]>!With it being a priest that has yet to appear!<).

Allen has his own mourning service, on a roof somewhere with snow falling, Two Mole right beside him, reading while Allen has a basket of food next to him.

While Cross, it's nice you left a message for Allen via Tim, but it would have helped to have done this shit earlier with Allen, before you and him got separated again? On the Ark would have been a good time before Hitler came marching in.

Clown Allen with Mana mask is a good joker impression.

Leville, you just left Cross's blood there, and you offer Allen cake right in front of the scene of the crime? You really need a lesson in 101 Empathy.

So you thnk it was someone in your unit Leville? Have you thought it was possibly say the Earl? Noah?

Well Cross did tell you a fair bit, not that this was shown on screen sadly in the last anime.

So the Excoriss now have to kill Allen on site if he starts turning? Wonderful, just another thing he needed on top of everything else.

Marie's new VA is decent, shame they lightened this skin from the previous series. Though I'm digging the new headphone look on him.

Oh look, it's a cosplay group that tried to get Toad from MAro down, but came up with something else instead.

The Phantom Thief? Sound like a Detective Conaon one shot character.

Those are some very english looking police there, rather bobby like and not the Legion like police you usually see.

There goes the crown, oh wait the klutz fell over. No Kanda tripped him because he could with his sword.

Bad guy caught, case closed, oh wait, it's someone now now trying to repeat the Million Zero stunt, only missing the other 999,998 peeps mate.

Moving HQ, paying off people and paying for Allen's food budget would set the Order back a fair bit.

And as big as Cross's debt? Not good.

\[DGM\]>!First sign someone is a broker there!<).

Oh look, someone's copied Lavi's look and dress style. Along with Kro-chan's hair.

Now it's Miss Kobyashi Maid to rip up the newspaper bit and get Tim into study for being a bratty kid.

Oh and he grabs breasts too, you fucking little shit.

Allen now sees how Timcampy felt when he heatbutted him last episode by getting Tim lawn darted into his head.

An interesting sphere in the forehead of Tim.

There's that crying again, and it's coming from Allen? Oh it's that brat trying to outbrat young Allen, think he has you beat there Tim.

Kanda Kanda, a bit of manners cost nothing you jerk, this Sasuke routine has long gotten old, you're too old to be doing this now.

Like father like son, makes sense.

Oh dear, he made him swallow a jewel, then got caught? Very Tim Drake/Jason Todd stuff here.

Like Allen, no one decides Tim's future but him so there raspberry.

Kanda trying to drag him would not go so well I think, ladybug 🐞 spying for the Skulls?

Oh look, another L4. Wonder if they will take him down quicker than the last one.

Allen calls for his Ark, but no luck, that is one strong barrier.

And Mana's eye not working anymore? Interesting development.

Nun and the orphans have been puppetfied. As Wizardmon the Akuma grabs him and cuts Emelia.

An L2? It's been a while, Link should take care of them, Too late L3 there to stop him.

L4 goes all Wild Dog on Allen with hand machine gun.

Marie cuts off his infected fingers, nasty look.

Link showing he can make a fist like fire, while Timcmapmy shows Tim who the real Tim is around here by stuffing his mouth.

Two Mole makes for a disturbing puppet.

L4 has Marie, Kanda and Allen right where they want them and so it ends here.

Well so far, they are struggling against the L4, but that may soon change.

Fitting ability for a mouthy kid, that is son of a thief. Will be handy for the order for sure.

**Re.Kaito-kid**

Holy shit, we're moving fast. This episode adapted a volume or so worth of content, with a lot of skipped stuff here and there.

Blaming Allen for Cross's assassination makes sense for Lvellie's purposes, but it's funny in multiple ways. You think Cross would have made it this far, if Allen could kill him? Really, this shouldn't be tackled as "who has the motive?" (everyone does), but "who can actually pull it off?". [Manga] >!only Apocryphos, and maaaaaaaaaybe Road if she was really trying.!<

Moving to our little Kaito Kid, and this is where the rushing becomes apparent. This is an arc that harkens back to the Miranda/Crowley days (maybe a bit late to do that now?), but the anime is just running through it, ignoring the setup to get straight to the fight. Which is a shame because I like the early bits with the phantom thief vs. detective trope, and trying to figure out the mystery.

>1) How ready are they to take on another Level 4?

Is there a yawn commentface?

>2) Thoughts on Timothy's ability?

Fun stuff. I like the steps they take to figure it out and solve it, feels like Jojo mixed with Kaito Kid.

>3) First timers: Speculation on the "other side" to the holy war Cross alluded to? What's the big secret?

[Manga] >!honestly, I'm not sure either... I just know it's whatever the OG Allen and Lavi were involved in, the "Gray" side of the Black&White war.!<