just gotta say, how the hell does hoshino-sensei’s art keep getting prettier? every dam chapter it gets even more gorgeous, how does she pull it off, why can’t i just be her already, i’m so proud of her
I freaking love the DGM fandom. Like, yeah, it sucks suffering through all these long arse hiatuses, but being so content starved just makes people so hyped for every little thing. In most fandoms new content is a given, but it never really is for us. And I mean yeah, that sucks, but it’s so fun seeing people get so excited about things like new chapters. Like, everyone you see getting pumped for the new chapter loves this series enough to wait half a year for a 30 page update. Everyone is so starving for new bits of story. It’s frustrating, yeah, but it’s also so fun to be a part of.
The other day, I was talking to a friend about D Gray Man (because that’s what I do best) and after a little while, it kinda hit me that, if you tell the story as it is, it isn’t a happy story.
I mean, sure we joke about how sad and tragic the story is, and it is true. But yet, if we read the story, we also know there’s a lot of light hearted moments, really fun parts and overral, always a good feeling to it.
Yet in a way those elements seems a bit absent if you focus on telling the story straight forward with just the events that happen. It seems unreal that there’s actually as much light hearted moments when you hear some of the basics dilema and storylines.
So I was kind of thinking about what was making the light moments work, why, even by being hit by the tragic of the situations, we have such a good feeling reading this manga, why the tragedy doesn’t wear us off.
And in the end it all comes down to the characters who are extremely self aware of the tragedy around them and decided to hold on together still.
The comedy, the good moments, they come from when the characters just focus on each others, to care about one another. In the end, that’s the scene where Lavi, Lenalee,Allen and Chaoji discuss of what they’re going to do when they’re in the Ark that describe it the best. They refuse to give up to the tragedy and they’re going to still laugh about it, still going to care about one another.
And in a way it is so positive and heartwarming. In a way it’s where dgm truly works – without shying away from the drama, it gives us a lot of safe moments in the manga in order to rest, to recover with our characters, and all is due to the bonds they all create together.
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