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* EstrogenBrigade: Despite being officially marketed for boys (hence the ''shounen'' designation), the series has a large female following, owing to the CastFullOfPrettyBoys [[AuthorAppeal deliberately designed that way]] by their female creator, who uses several art and storytelling techniques commonly found in ''shoujo''.
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* EstrogenBrigade: Despite being officially marketed for boys (hence the ''shounen'' designation), women make up the vast majority of the series has a large female following, owing fanbase, in no small part due to the CastFullOfPrettyBoys [[AuthorAppeal deliberately designed that way]] by their female creator, who uses several whose art style and storytelling techniques are commonly found in ''shoujo''.
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* EstrogenBrigade: Despite being officially marketed for boys (hence the ''shounen'' designation), the series has a large female following, owing to the CastFullOfPrettyBoys [[AuthorAppeal deliberately designed that way]] by their female creator, who uses several art and storytelling techniques commonly found in ''shoujo''.
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** In a similar situation, after [[TakingYpuWithMe Lenalee apparently sacrifices herself taking down Eshi]], the possibility that she may be dead is brought as a serious matter and her allies in Anita’s ship (especially Lavi) get very worried that the result of the fight might have been fatal for her. Fans however really doubted that the heroine of the manga would die in such a way. Surely, Lenalee turns out to be alive thanks to her Innocence saving her like the above case with Allen.
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** In a similar situation, after [[TakingYpuWithMe [[TakingYouWithMe Lenalee apparently sacrifices herself taking down Eshi]], the possibility that she may be dead is brought as a serious matter and her allies in Anita’s ship (especially Lavi) get very worried that the result of the fight might have been fatal for her. Fans however really doubted that the heroine of the manga would die in such a way. Surely, Lenalee turns out to be alive thanks to her Innocence saving her like the above case with Allen.
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** Related to that, most fans agree that the series truly starts picking up during the Fallen One arc. The arcs preceding it, while not bad by any means, mainly serve to introduce the characters and worldbuilding of the setting, having self-containing plots that end in that same arc and mostly dealing with missions of Innocence retrieval or Exorcist recruiting. However, the Fallen One arc begins the quest to find Cross that spans over several chapters, reveals more of the darker side of the Black Order and the Innocence (that until that point was considered a holy weapon to save humankind) and it’s ending [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore changes the course of the story forever]], kickstarting the events leading to the Noah’s Ark fight and Allen’s encounter with Nea’s shadow, which begins the next act of the manga. Coincidentally, the start of the arc in the anime marks the end of the {{filler}} presented in the first half of the animation, that follows the manga faithfully from that point on.
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** Related to that, most fans agree that the series truly starts picking up during the Fallen One arc. The arcs preceding it, while not bad by any means, mainly serve to introduce the characters and worldbuilding of the setting, having self-containing plots that end in that same arc and mostly dealing with missions of Innocence retrieval or Exorcist recruiting. However, the Fallen One arc begins the quest to find Cross that spans over several chapters, reveals more of the darker side of the Black Order and the Innocence (that until that point was considered a holy weapon to save humankind) and it’s ending [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore changes the course of the story forever]], kickstarting the events leading to the Noah’s Ark fight incident and Allen’s encounter with Nea’s shadow, which begins the next act of the manga. Coincidentally, the start of the arc in the anime marks the end of the {{filler}} presented in the first half of the animation, that and follows the manga faithfully from that point on.
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** As final as Allen’s DisneyDeath at the climax of the Fallen One arc may look, very few readers and viewers thought the main character would die so soon into the series. It doesn’t take much to show that Allen survived due to his Innocence saving his life. More obvious in the anime because [[SpoilerOpening the opening where these events happen shows Allen with his upgraded Innocence Crown Clown]], which he obtains in the following arc.
** In a similar situation, after [[TakingYpuWithMe Lenalee apparently sacrifices herself taking down Eshi]], the possibility that she may be dead is brought as a serious matter and her allies in Anita’s ship (especially Lavi) get very worried that the result of the fight might have been fatal for her. Fans however really doubted that the heroine of the manga would die in such a way. Surely, Lenalee turns out to be alive thanks to her Innocence saving her like the above case with Allen.
** The Noah’s Ark arc features several of the heroes apparently dying when the crumbling rooms of the Ark finally give up and disappear in the nothingness with them falling into the void of the now empty dimension, including Kanda, Krory, Chaozii and Lavi. Since among those were two main characters, not many really bought that they would be gone for good. They were proven right when Allen brings back the entire Ark thanks to the melody of the 14th Noah, who also returns his friends along with the rooms.
** The confrontation with Alma ended with Kanda apparently dying alongside his beloved friend/partner in what looked like a perfect send off for the character. Later, it is shown that his Innocence has rusted and is unusable, which Zu Mei Chang declares it’s a sign he’s dead for good. Even with all this proof, a section of fans put his demise into doubt, as Kanda himself was never seen dying and, with him being the most popular character of the series, the chance that Hoshino would really kill him off seemed low. Those fans turned out to be right when, just after Allen escapes from the Order, Kanda not only turns out to be alive and well, but also turns out that the reason why his Innocence got rusted was because it was waiting for him to evolve into Crystal Type.
** As final as Allen’s DisneyDeath at the climax of the Fallen One arc may look, very few readers and viewers thought the main character would die so soon into the series. It doesn’t take much to show that Allen survived due to his Innocence saving his life. More obvious in the anime because [[SpoilerOpening the opening where these events happen shows Allen with his upgraded Innocence Crown Clown]], which he obtains in the following arc.
** In a similar situation, after [[TakingYpuWithMe Lenalee apparently sacrifices herself taking down Eshi]], the possibility that she may be dead is brought as a serious matter and her allies in Anita’s ship (especially Lavi) get very worried that the result of the fight might have been fatal for her. Fans however really doubted that the heroine of the manga would die in such a way. Surely, Lenalee turns out to be alive thanks to her Innocence saving her like the above case with Allen.
** The Noah’s Ark arc features several of the heroes apparently dying when the crumbling rooms of the Ark finally give up and disappear in the nothingness with them falling into the void of the now empty dimension, including Kanda, Krory, Chaozii and Lavi. Since among those were two main characters, not many really bought that they would be gone for good. They were proven right when Allen brings back the entire Ark thanks to the melody of the 14th Noah, who also returns his friends along with the rooms.
** The confrontation with Alma ended with Kanda apparently dying alongside his beloved friend/partner in what looked like a perfect send off for the character. Later, it is shown that his Innocence has rusted and is unusable, which Zu Mei Chang declares it’s a sign he’s dead for good. Even with all this proof, a section of fans put his demise into doubt, as Kanda himself was never seen dying and, with him being the most popular character of the series, the chance that Hoshino would really kill him off seemed low. Those fans turned out to be right when, just after Allen escapes from the Order, Kanda not only turns out to be alive and well, but also turns out that the reason why his Innocence got rusted was because it was waiting for him to evolve into Crystal Type.
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* UncannyValley: The Level 4 Akuma. They look like mishapen dolls in the vague shape of children, have piercing beady eyes, and are the most dangerous level of Akuma there are.
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* GrowingTheBeard: The manga starts off as a MonsterOfTheWeek story, regularly introducing new Exorcists, but did not develop completely until the Ark story arc. Then the series went monthly, the story became more complex and the atmosphere greatly changed [[BrokenBase (for better or for worse, depending on who you ask)]], to the point it would be hard to imagine the series running in the Shonen Jump now.
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** The manga starts off as a MonsterOfTheWeek story, regularly introducing new Exorcists, but did not develop completely until the Ark story arc. Then the series went monthly, the story became more complex and the atmosphere greatly changed [[BrokenBase (for better or for worse, depending on who you ask)]], to the point it would be hard to imagine the series running in the Shonen Jumpnow.now.
** Related to that, most fans agree that the series truly starts picking up during the Fallen One arc. The arcs preceding it, while not bad by any means, mainly serve to introduce the characters and worldbuilding of the setting, having self-containing plots that end in that same arc and mostly dealing with missions of Innocence retrieval or Exorcist recruiting. However, the Fallen One arc begins the quest to find Cross that spans over several chapters, reveals more of the darker side of the Black Order and the Innocence (that until that point was considered a holy weapon to save humankind) and it’s ending [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore changes the course of the story forever]], kickstarting the events leading to the Noah’s Ark fight and Allen’s encounter with Nea’s shadow, which begins the next act of the manga. Coincidentally, the start of the arc in the anime marks the end of the {{filler}} presented in the first half of the animation, that follows the manga faithfully from that point on.
** The manga starts off as a MonsterOfTheWeek story, regularly introducing new Exorcists, but did not develop completely until the Ark story arc. Then the series went monthly, the story became more complex and the atmosphere greatly changed [[BrokenBase (for better or for worse, depending on who you ask)]], to the point it would be hard to imagine the series running in the Shonen Jump
** Related to that, most fans agree that the series truly starts picking up during the Fallen One arc. The arcs preceding it, while not bad by any means, mainly serve to introduce the characters and worldbuilding of the setting, having self-containing plots that end in that same arc and mostly dealing with missions of Innocence retrieval or Exorcist recruiting. However, the Fallen One arc begins the quest to find Cross that spans over several chapters, reveals more of the darker side of the Black Order and the Innocence (that until that point was considered a holy weapon to save humankind) and it’s ending [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore changes the course of the story forever]], kickstarting the events leading to the Noah’s Ark fight and Allen’s encounter with Nea’s shadow, which begins the next act of the manga. Coincidentally, the start of the arc in the anime marks the end of the {{filler}} presented in the first half of the animation, that follows the manga faithfully from that point on.
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* FoeYay: Road kissed Allen and claims to love him.
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** Due his [[{{Jerkass}} harsh personality]], and, especially, for his... curious choice of mustache, Lvellie is often called [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] by the fans.
** After it was revealed that the name of the 14th Noah is [[spoiler: Nea]], fans started to refer as him as [[spoiler: Nea Walker, using the surname of his brother Mana.]] Eventually, it was revealed that his true full name (as well as [[spoiler: Mana's one]]) is [[spoiler: Nea D. Campbell.]]
** Due his [[{{Jerkass}} harsh personality]], and, especially, for his... curious choice of mustache, Lvellie is often called [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] by the fans.
** After it was revealed that the name of the 14th Noah is [[spoiler: Nea]], fans started to refer as him as [[spoiler: Nea Walker, using the surname of his brother Mana.]] Eventually, it was revealed that his true full name (as well as [[spoiler: Mana's one]]) is [[spoiler: Nea D. Campbell.]]
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** MANA. Full stop. In his 50 years of life the man has witnessed the death of his family at the hand of his twin, been tricked into thinking he murdered his own mother, been forced to murder his LivingEmotionalCrutch, been possessed by the in-universe version of Satan (and forced on the run from him), been mind wiped and mind raped at least twice, wound up so traumatized he forgot previous points, had his dog murdered by a business rival, and finally been gaslit into an IdentityBreakdown so severe he thinks the Noah (who secretly hate him) are his family and won't recognize Allen as his own son.
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** MANA. Full stop. In his 50 years of life the man has witnessed the death of his family at the hand of his twin, been tricked into thinking he murdered his own mother, been forced to murder his LivingEmotionalCrutch, been possessed by the in-universe version of Satan (and forced on the run from him), been mind wiped and mind raped at least twice, wound up so traumatized he forgot previous points, had his dog murdered by a business rival, and finally been then finally gaslit into an IdentityBreakdown so severe he thinks the Noah (who secretly hate despise him) are his family and won't recognize Allen as his own son.
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** MANA. Full stop. In his 50 years of life the man has witnessed the death of his family at the hand of his twin, been tricked into thinking he murdered his own mother, been forced to murder his LivingEmotionalCrush, been possessed by the in-universe version of Satan (and forced on the run from him), been mind wiped and mind raped at least twice, wound up so traumatized he forgot previous points, had his dog murdered by a business rival, and finally been gaslit into an IdentityBreakdown so severe he thinks the Noah (who secretly hate him) are his family and won't recognize Allen as his own son.
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** MANA. Full stop. In his 50 years of life the man has witnessed the death of his family at the hand of his twin, been tricked into thinking he murdered his own mother, been forced to murder his LivingEmotionalCrush, LivingEmotionalCrutch, been possessed by the in-universe version of Satan (and forced on the run from him), been mind wiped and mind raped at least twice, wound up so traumatized he forgot previous points, had his dog murdered by a business rival, and finally been gaslit into an IdentityBreakdown so severe he thinks the Noah (who secretly hate him) are his family and won't recognize Allen as his own son.
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** MANA. Full stop. In his 50 years of life the man has witnessed the death of his family at the hand of his twin, been tricked into thinking he murdered his own mother, been forced to murder his LivingEmotionalCrush, been possessed by the in-universe version of Satan (and forced on the run from him), been mind wiped and mind raped at least twice, wound up so traumatized he forgot previous points, had his dog murdered by a business rival, and finally been gaslit into an IdentityBreakdown so severe he thinks the Noah (who secretly hate him) are his family and won't recognize Allen as his own son.
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** Then we have the backstory chapters revealing that [[spoiler: Allen grew up physically, mentally and sexually abused at a circus, his father '''did''' in fact genuinely love him and had no clue about his connections to the 14th, and finally '''Allen''' was the one responsible for breaking his mind; though controlled by Apocryphos. He teamed up with Mana afterwards and '''convinced''' the amnesiac to adopt him out of guilt and a fear of his safety.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: The last Earl died and was reborn as twins after experiencing love for the first time in 7000 years, the new emotion coming in conflict with his up-until-that point unwavering hatred of mankind. His newfound love of the world was embodied in the twin named Mana and Adam's ambition in the twin named Nea; But despite both being born from the OmnicidalManiac that was Adam, it was the FriendOfAllLivingThings Mana that became a Noah and inherited Adam's memories; whereas Nea, who would have likely embraced the position of Earl with flying colors, was deemed an outsider and a traitor. This resulted in Adam winding up with a host that actively rejects him and stands for all that he abhors, while stubbornly avoiding the person who is actually willing to take on the mantle of "The Earl of Millenium", on its own resulting in a Millennium Earl with severe identity issues that drive him batshit insane and makes him unfit to lead the current generation of Noah; who in return lack the ambition towards world domination their predecessors held.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: The last Earl died and was reborn as twins after experiencing love for the first time in 7000 years, the new emotion coming in conflict with his up-until-that point up-until-that-point unwavering hatred of mankind. His newfound love of the world was embodied in the twin named Mana and Adam's ambition his hatred of mankind in the twin named Nea; But despite both being born from the OmnicidalManiac that was Adam, Nea. Despite this, it was the FriendOfAllLivingThings Mana that became a Noah and inherited Adam's memories; new host; whereas MisanthropeSupreme Nea, who would have likely embraced the position of Earl with flying colors, was deemed an outsider and a traitor. This resulted in Adam winding up with a host that actively rejects him and stands for all that he abhors, while he stubbornly avoiding avoids the person who is actually willing to take on the mantle of "The Earl of Millenium", on its own resulting in Millenium" out of fear of rousing said host. As a result the new Millennium Earl with suffers severe identity issues and conflicting loyalties that drive him batshit insane on the best of days and makes him unfit to lead the current generation of Noah; who in return lack the ambition towards world domination their predecessors held.held and often act out of line.]]
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: The last Earl died and was reborn as twins after experiencing love for the first time in 7000 years, the new emotion coming in conflict with his up-until-that point unwavering hatred of mankind. His newfound love of the world was embodied in the twin named Mana and Adam's ambition in the twin named Nea; But despite both being born from the OmnicidalManiac that was Adam, it was the FriendOfAllLivingThings Mana that became a Noah and inherited Adam's memories; whereas Nea, who would have likely embraced the position of Earl with flying colors, was deemed an outsider and a traitor. This resulted in Adam winding up with a host that actively rejects him and stands for all that he abhors, while stubbornly avoiding the person who is actually willing to take on the mantle of "The Earl of Millenium", on its own resulting in a Millennium Earl with severe identity issues that drive him batshit insane and makes him unfit to lead the current generation of Noah; who in return lack the ambition towards world domination their predecessors held.]]
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* TragicIrony: [[spoiler: The last Earl died and was reborn as twins after experiencing love for the first time in 7000 years, the new emotion coming in conflict with his up-until-that point unwavering hatred of mankind. His newfound love of the world was embodied in the twin named Mana and Adam's ambition in the twin named Nea; But despite both being born from the OmnicidalManiac that was Adam, it was the FriendOfAllLivingThings Mana that became a Noah and inherited Adam's memories; whereas Nea, who would have likely embraced the position of Earl with flying colors, was deemed an outsider and a traitor. This resulted in Adam winding up with a host that actively rejects him and stands for all that he abhors, while stubbornly avoiding the person who is actually willing to take on the mantle of "The Earl of Millenium", on its own resulting in a Millennium Earl with severe identity issues that drive him batshit insane and makes him unfit to lead the current generation of Noah; who in return lack the ambition towards world domination their predecessors held.]]
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* TragicIrony: [[spoiler: The last Earl died and was reborn as twins after experiencing love for the first time in 7000 years, the new emotion coming in conflict with his up-until-that point unwavering hatred of mankind. His newfound love of the world was embodied in the twin named Mana and Adam's ambition in the twin named Nea; But despite both being born from the OmnicidalManiac that was Adam, it was the FriendOfAllLivingThings Mana that became a Noah and inherited Adam's memories; whereas Nea, who would have likely embraced the position of Earl with flying colors, was deemed an outsider and a traitor. This resulted in Adam winding up with a host that actively rejects him and stands for all that he abhors, while stubbornly avoiding the person who is actually willing to take on the mantle of "The Earl of Millenium", on its own resulting in a Millennium Earl with severe identity issues that drive him batshit insane and makes him unfit to lead the current generation of Noah; who in return lack the ambition towards world domination their predecessors held.]]
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* IronWoobie: Allen Walker. Why yes, that [[WideEyedIdealist wide-eyed]] [[ThePollyanna smiling]] [[CheerfulChild boy]] was abandoned by his parents, raised in an abusive circus, watched his foster father die, was cursed by said father after some asshole in a top hat tricked him into bringing him back and then was forced to kill him ''personally'', was then taken in by Cross, who [[TricksterMentor stuck him with all his debts]], is constantly stuck with missions that carry heavy emotional baggage, was [[spoiler:[[UngratefulBastard betrayed by the organization he works for]]]], and then [[TheReveal found out]] [[spoiler:his foster father was crazy and may have never actually loved him, but [[EnemyWithin the soul of the evil 14th Noah]] [[TomatoInTheMirror that was sealed inside him]]]]. [[spoiler:And ''then'' it's revealed as of late that Allen's foster father, is actually the Millennium Earl, whom Allen hates and wants revenge against, not coming to find yet that he and his foster father are the same person.]] Then his mentor was attacked, and supposedly killed, and Allen gets the pleasure of being led to the room by Tim, and seeing his Master's blood everywhere, along with his mask. Then later coming face to face with the one responsible for his Master's attack, and getting to see what happened in the room that night. So now he's lost the second adult figure in his life, far as he knows. He finally breaks [[spoiler:after leaving the Order and realizing he feels lonely and becoming sensitive.]]
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* IronWoobie: Allen Walker. Why yes, that [[WideEyedIdealist wide-eyed]] [[ThePollyanna smiling]] [[CheerfulChild boy]] was abandoned by his parents, raised in an abusive circus, watched his foster father die, was cursed by said father after some asshole in a top hat tricked him into bringing him back and then was forced to kill him ''personally'', was then taken in by Cross, who [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold despite his attitude]], somewhat [[HairTriggerTemper short temper]] and an obvious lack of experience did have his well-being in mind [[spoiler:and admitted to loving him if he were his own child and has been referred as one of the most important people to Allen, by Allen himself as of recent chapters]] but still put him through [[TrainingFromHell very harsh combat training]] and [[TricksterMentor stuck him with all his debts]], is constantly stuck with missions that carry heavy emotional baggage, was [[spoiler:[[UngratefulBastard betrayed by the organization he works for]]]], and then [[TheReveal found out]] [[spoiler:his foster father was crazy and may have never actually loved him, but [[EnemyWithin the soul of the evil 14th Noah]] [[TomatoInTheMirror that was sealed inside him]]]]. [[spoiler:And ''then'' it's revealed as of late that Allen's foster father, is actually the Millennium Earl, whom Allen hates and wants revenge against, not coming to find yet that he and his foster father are the same person.]] Then his mentor was attacked, and [[NeverFoundTheBody supposedly killed, killed]], and Allen gets the pleasure of being led to the room by Tim, and seeing his Master's mentor's blood everywhere, along with his mask. Then later coming face to face with the one responsible for his Master's attack, and getting to see what happened in the room that night. So now he's lost the second adult parental figure in his life, far as he knows. He finally breaks [[spoiler:after after leaving the Order and realizing he feels lonely and becoming sensitive.sensitive, which gets worse after Tim gets reduced to dust and Allen realizes he lost both Tim and Cross, both of whom are incredibly important to him.]]
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** Kanda, falls in the JerkassWoobie category after his horrible past is revealed. After the Second exorcist arc, he has also softened up to Allen, as he litelly risked his life to let Kanda bid a peaceful farewell to Alma, further garnering a lot of fans' sympathy for him.
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** Kanda, falls in the JerkassWoobie category after his horrible past is revealed. After the Second exorcist arc, he has also softened up to Allen, as he litelly literally risked his life to let Kanda bid a peaceful farewell to Alma, further garnering a lot of fans' sympathy for him.
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* WhatAnIdiot: The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength, but [[InsaneTrollLogic the fact he escaped proves everything.]]
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** Three words: [[FourStarBadass General]] [[AwesomeMcCoolName Cross]] [[ChivalrousPervert Marian]]. Despite his relatively small participation in the series, he has always managed to rank high in the popularity polls, being almost always in the top 10 (in the 3rd one he ranked the 12th, still close). Reasons for his great acceptance within the fandom include his badassery (during his first fight in the series, he defeated the previously thought invincible Noah Tyki with ease, he later destroyed a bunch of Level 3 Akumas like nothing and was the one who ultimately killed the [[EliteMook Level 4]] in the next arc, has two Innocences, one a gun that never runs out of ammo and that always follows his target, and another in the form of the corpse of a beautiful woman that he controls with magic and that can use her voice to create ilusions and control the enemy, can use magic, has a cool EyepatchOfPower that apparently allows him to disguise as other people and features both a BadassBeard and an [[BadassBaritone imposing deep voice]]), the mystery surrounding his figure, his good looks and that, despite his rocky relationship with Allen, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he actually cares about him.]]
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** Three words: [[FourStarBadass General]] [[AwesomeMcCoolName Cross]] [[ChivalrousPervert Marian]]. Despite his relatively small participation in the series, he has always managed to rank high in the popularity polls, being almost always in the top 10 (in the 3rd one he ranked the 12th, still close). Reasons for his great acceptance within the fandom include his badassery (during his first fight in the series, he defeated the previously thought invincible Noah Tyki with ease, he later destroyed a bunch of Level 3 Akumas like nothing and was the one who ultimately killed the [[EliteMook Level 4]] in the next arc, has two Innocences, one a gun that never runs out of ammo and that always follows his target, and another in the form of the corpse of a beautiful woman that he controls with magic and that can use her voice to create ilusions and control the enemy, can use magic, has a cool EyepatchOfPower that apparently allows him to disguise as other people and features both a BadassBeard beard and an [[BadassBaritone imposing deep voice]]), the mystery surrounding his figure, his good looks and that, despite his rocky relationship with Allen, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he actually cares about him.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength but the fact he escaped proves everything.
** Moght not be that stupid if one assumes they are acting to break Allen and help Neah - who might be their only hope of winning the war - take over.
** Moght not be that stupid if one assumes they are acting to break Allen and help Neah - who might be their only hope of winning the war - take over.
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** Moght not be that stupid if one assumes they are acting to break Allen and help Neah - who might be their only hope of winning the war - take over.everything.]]
** Moght not be that stupid if one assumes they are acting to break Allen and help Neah - who might be their only hope of winning the war - take over.
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* TheWoobie: Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a StableTimeLoop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the true power of her Innocence, is afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being the closest thing to TheMedic the Exorcists have, only compounded further when [[spoiler:Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the Black Order.]]
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* TheWoobie: The series is filled with them:
** [[TheProtagonist Allen]] himself. Check the entry under IronWoobie.
** [[StepfordSmiler Lenalee]]. Her DarkAndTroubledPast has left her pretty bitter and broken beneath her [[ThePollyanna smiling facade]].
** Considering his past, Lavi could easily be counted as one.
** Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a StableTimeLoop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the true power of her Innocence, is afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being the closest thing to TheMedic the Exorcists have, only compounded further when [[spoiler:Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the Black Order.]]]]
** Kanda, falls in the JerkassWoobie category after his horrible past is revealed. After the Second exorcist arc, he has also softened up to Allen, as he litelly risked his life to let Kanda bid a peaceful farewell to Alma, further garnering a lot of fans' sympathy for him.
** The Akuma is general could be seen as this, though it would be more precise to put them in the WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds category. At the end of the day, these are really, ''really'' tragic beings; not only have they been forced to kill their own loved ones(who were in mourning, no less), but then are made to inhabit that body... and have no option but to keep killing, as they have no control over their actions. All of this, while the soul is completely ''aware'' of all the things it's being forced to do. And the only way out of this torment is their destruction. Just thinking about it is [[NightmareFuel horrifying enough]]. Allen definitely isn't wrong when he says that they are extremely sad beings that shouldn't exist.
** [[TheProtagonist Allen]] himself. Check the entry under IronWoobie.
** [[StepfordSmiler Lenalee]]. Her DarkAndTroubledPast has left her pretty bitter and broken beneath her [[ThePollyanna smiling facade]].
** Considering his past, Lavi could easily be counted as one.
** Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a StableTimeLoop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the true power of her Innocence, is afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being the closest thing to TheMedic the Exorcists have, only compounded further when [[spoiler:Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the Black Order.
** Kanda, falls in the JerkassWoobie category after his horrible past is revealed. After the Second exorcist arc, he has also softened up to Allen, as he litelly risked his life to let Kanda bid a peaceful farewell to Alma, further garnering a lot of fans' sympathy for him.
** The Akuma is general could be seen as this, though it would be more precise to put them in the WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds category. At the end of the day, these are really, ''really'' tragic beings; not only have they been forced to kill their own loved ones(who were in mourning, no less), but then are made to inhabit that body... and have no option but to keep killing, as they have no control over their actions. All of this, while the soul is completely ''aware'' of all the things it's being forced to do. And the only way out of this torment is their destruction. Just thinking about it is [[NightmareFuel horrifying enough]]. Allen definitely isn't wrong when he says that they are extremely sad beings that shouldn't exist.
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* TheWoobie: Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a StableTimeLoop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the true power of her innocence, it afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being the closest thing to TheMedic the Exorcists have, only compounded further when [[spoiler:Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the Black Order.]]
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* TheWoobie: Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a StableTimeLoop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the true power of her innocence, it Innocence, is afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being the closest thing to TheMedic the Exorcists have, only compounded further when [[spoiler:Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the Black Order.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength but the fact he escaped proves everything. Lampshaded too.
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* WhatAnIdiot: The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength but the fact he escaped proves everything. Lampshaded too.
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* TheWoobie: Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a StableTimeLoop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the true power of her innocence, it afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being the closest thing to TheHealer the Black Order has, only compounded further when [[spoiler:Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the Black Order.]]
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* TheWoobie: Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a StableTimeLoop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the true power of her innocence, it afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being the closest thing to TheHealer TheMedic the Black Order has, Exorcists have, only compounded further when [[spoiler:Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the Black Order.]]
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Misuse. Has to be from the fans, not the author. YMMV can't be downplayed. ZCE. Example Indentation. Removing speculation. Examples Are Not Recent. Considering this series is heavily religious, the stigmata on Miranda's hands are symbolic.
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: In the guidebook Gray Ark, author Katsura Hoshino stated that during the series' first chapters, she instead wanted to write a manga about zombies, believing ''D.Gray-Man'' would not be a success. Later, she thanked all her editors for the series' success.
** The same happened with Yu Kanda. Originally, she saw him as a regular character but his popularity within the cast (he took first place twice) resulted in Hoshino giving her best to write his backstory.
* ArcFatigue: The development of [[spoiler:Allen and the 14th Noah]] suffered this as a result of multiple breaks Hoshino took, and because of the writers real-life issues that have caused the manga to be on hiatus since December 2012. As a result Allen [[spoiler:was suffering for years until finally being able to break free in a chapter that was released in 2017.]]
** The same happened with Yu Kanda. Originally, she saw him as a regular character but his popularity within the cast (he took first place twice) resulted in Hoshino giving her best to write his backstory.
* ArcFatigue: The development of [[spoiler:Allen and the 14th Noah]] suffered this as a result of multiple breaks Hoshino took, and because of the writers real-life issues that have caused the manga to be on hiatus since December 2012. As a result Allen [[spoiler:was suffering for years until finally being able to break free in a chapter that was released in 2017.]]
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: In the guidebook Gray Ark, author Katsura Hoshino stated that during the series' first chapters, she instead wanted to write a manga about zombies, believing ''D.Gray-Man'' would not be a success. Later, she thanked all her editors for the series' success.
ArcFatigue:
**The same happened with Yu Kanda. Originally, she saw him as a regular character but his popularity within the cast (he took first place twice) resulted in Hoshino giving her best to write his backstory.
* ArcFatigue:The development of [[spoiler:Allen and the 14th Noah]] suffered this as a result of multiple breaks Hoshino took, and because of the writers real-life issues that have caused the manga to be on hiatus since December 2012. As a result Allen [[spoiler:was suffering for years until finally being able to break free in a chapter that was released in 2017.]]
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** Kanda's sort of a lesser example. He's a gigantic, unrepentant [[{{Jerkass}} a-hole,]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk with no heart of gold underneath,]] which turns plenty of people off of him. However, he still ranks very high in character popularity polls, even ranking higher than ''the main character'' at least once, and has a strong female fanbase. AllGirlsWantBadBoys in action?
*** Probably the fact that [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas his heart grew]] when Allen and saved him and Alma helped to improve his popularity.
*** Probably the fact that [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas his heart grew]] when Allen and saved him and Alma helped to improve his popularity.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: A priest marrying a nun. The anime fixed this, thankfully.
* DieForOurShip: Lenalee gets this for getting in the way of Allen/Yu. And Eliade tends to get this a lot from Krory/Miranda fans, which is ridiculous, [[spoiler:since she ''dies'' in Krory's introductory arc.]]
* DieForOurShip: Lenalee gets this for getting in the way of Allen/Yu. And Eliade tends to get this a lot from Krory/Miranda fans, which is ridiculous, [[spoiler:since she ''dies'' in Krory's introductory arc.]]
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* CriticalResearchFailure: A priest ''priest'' marrying a nun.''nun''. The anime fixed this, thankfully.
*DieForOurShip: DieForOurShip:
** Lenalee gets this for getting in the way ofAllen/Yu. And Allen/Yu.
** Eliade tends to get this a lot from Krory/Miranda fans, which is ridiculous, [[spoiler:since she ''dies'' in Krory's introductory arc.]]
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** Lenalee gets this for getting in the way of
** Eliade tends to get this a lot from Krory/Miranda fans, which is ridiculous, [[spoiler:since she ''dies'' in Krory's introductory arc.]]
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* EvilIsCool: The Noah. And ''how.''
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*** [[spoiler:Eliade]] fits this trope to a T, [[FemmeFatale using her good looks to her advantage]].
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* FoeYay: Road kissed Allen and claims to love him. Though this could be more to do with the 14th than Allen. It's never explained why [[spoiler:she was the only one he didn't kill.]] Though, it's probably was simply [[spoiler:because he couldn't. We still don't even know how she can be killed after all.]]
* GrowingTheBeard: The manga starts off as a MonsterOfTheWeek story, introducing new Exorcists, it did not develop completely until the Ark story arc. Then the series went monthly, the story became more complex and the atmosphere greatly changed [[BrokenBase (for better or for worse, depending on who you ask)]], to the point it would be hard to imagine the series running in the Shonen Jump now.
* HollywoodPudgy: Why the Fangirls most likely don't really like Han. Could be an InformedAttribute, were he not living in the Land of the {{Bishonen}}.
* IronWoobie:
** Allen Walker. Why yes, that [[WideEyedIdealist wide-eyed]] [[ThePollyanna smiling]] [[CheerfulChild boy]] was abandoned by his parents, raised in an abusive circus, watched his foster father die, was cursed by said father after some asshole in a top hat tricked him into bringing him back and then was forced to kill him ''personally'', was then taken in by Cross, who [[TricksterMentor stuck him with all his debts]], is constantly stuck with the missions that carry heavy emotional baggage, was [[spoiler:[[UngratefulBastard betrayed by the organization he works for]]]], and then [[TheReveal found out]] [[spoiler:his foster father was crazy and may have never actually loved him, but [[EnemyWithin the soul of the evil 14th Noah]] [[TomatoInTheMirror that was sealed inside him]]]]. [[spoiler: And it's been revealed as of late that Mana -Allen's foster father, is actually the Millennium Earl, whom Allen hates and wants revenge against, not coming to find yet that he and his foster father are the same person. [[HeroicBSOD Allen may not be happy when he finally does find this out.]]]] Then his mentor was attacked, and supposedly killed, and Allen gets the pleasure of being led to the room by Tim, and seeing his Master's blood everywhere, along with his mask. Then later coming face to face with the one responsible for his Master's attack, and getting to see what happened in the room that night. So now he's lost the second adult figure in his life, far as he knows. Isn't it obvious?
** He finally breaks in the manga's latest chapters [[spoiler:after leaving the Order and realizing he feels lonely and becoming sensitive.]] However, this was really short lived.
** Things did look up for Allen when he meets his master again in chapter 222. He thinks Cross is just an illusion, but says regardless of that he was glad he got to see him again. After talking, Cross disappears again, and Allen starts to think that he may not have been an illusion after all.
* JerkassWoobie: Yu.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Allen, Allen, Allen.
* MagnificentBastard: The 14th Noah.
* GrowingTheBeard: The manga starts off as a MonsterOfTheWeek story, introducing new Exorcists, it did not develop completely until the Ark story arc. Then the series went monthly, the story became more complex and the atmosphere greatly changed [[BrokenBase (for better or for worse, depending on who you ask)]], to the point it would be hard to imagine the series running in the Shonen Jump now.
* HollywoodPudgy: Why the Fangirls most likely don't really like Han. Could be an InformedAttribute, were he not living in the Land of the {{Bishonen}}.
* IronWoobie:
** Allen Walker. Why yes, that [[WideEyedIdealist wide-eyed]] [[ThePollyanna smiling]] [[CheerfulChild boy]] was abandoned by his parents, raised in an abusive circus, watched his foster father die, was cursed by said father after some asshole in a top hat tricked him into bringing him back and then was forced to kill him ''personally'', was then taken in by Cross, who [[TricksterMentor stuck him with all his debts]], is constantly stuck with the missions that carry heavy emotional baggage, was [[spoiler:[[UngratefulBastard betrayed by the organization he works for]]]], and then [[TheReveal found out]] [[spoiler:his foster father was crazy and may have never actually loved him, but [[EnemyWithin the soul of the evil 14th Noah]] [[TomatoInTheMirror that was sealed inside him]]]]. [[spoiler: And it's been revealed as of late that Mana -Allen's foster father, is actually the Millennium Earl, whom Allen hates and wants revenge against, not coming to find yet that he and his foster father are the same person. [[HeroicBSOD Allen may not be happy when he finally does find this out.]]]] Then his mentor was attacked, and supposedly killed, and Allen gets the pleasure of being led to the room by Tim, and seeing his Master's blood everywhere, along with his mask. Then later coming face to face with the one responsible for his Master's attack, and getting to see what happened in the room that night. So now he's lost the second adult figure in his life, far as he knows. Isn't it obvious?
** He finally breaks in the manga's latest chapters [[spoiler:after leaving the Order and realizing he feels lonely and becoming sensitive.]] However, this was really short lived.
** Things did look up for Allen when he meets his master again in chapter 222. He thinks Cross is just an illusion, but says regardless of that he was glad he got to see him again. After talking, Cross disappears again, and Allen starts to think that he may not have been an illusion after all.
* JerkassWoobie: Yu.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Allen, Allen, Allen.
* MagnificentBastard: The 14th Noah.
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* FoeYay: Road kissed Allen and claims to love him. Though this could be more to do with the 14th than Allen. It's never explained why [[spoiler:she was the only one he didn't kill.]] Though, it's probably was simply [[spoiler:because he couldn't. We still don't even know how she can be killed after all.]]
him.
* GrowingTheBeard: The manga starts off as a MonsterOfTheWeek story, regularly introducing new Exorcists,it but did not develop completely until the Ark story arc. Then the series went monthly, the story became more complex and the atmosphere greatly changed [[BrokenBase (for better or for worse, depending on who you ask)]], to the point it would be hard to imagine the series running in the Shonen Jump now.
*HollywoodPudgy: Why the Fangirls most likely don't really like Han. Could be an InformedAttribute, were he not living in the Land of the {{Bishonen}}.
* IronWoobie:
**IronWoobie: Allen Walker. Why yes, that [[WideEyedIdealist wide-eyed]] [[ThePollyanna smiling]] [[CheerfulChild boy]] was abandoned by his parents, raised in an abusive circus, watched his foster father die, was cursed by said father after some asshole in a top hat tricked him into bringing him back and then was forced to kill him ''personally'', was then taken in by Cross, who [[TricksterMentor stuck him with all his debts]], is constantly stuck with the missions that carry heavy emotional baggage, was [[spoiler:[[UngratefulBastard betrayed by the organization he works for]]]], and then [[TheReveal found out]] [[spoiler:his foster father was crazy and may have never actually loved him, but [[EnemyWithin the soul of the evil 14th Noah]] [[TomatoInTheMirror that was sealed inside him]]]]. [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And ''then'' it's been revealed as of late that Mana -Allen's Allen's foster father, is actually the Millennium Earl, whom Allen hates and wants revenge against, not coming to find yet that he and his foster father are the same person. [[HeroicBSOD Allen may not be happy when he finally does find this out.]]]] person.]] Then his mentor was attacked, and supposedly killed, and Allen gets the pleasure of being led to the room by Tim, and seeing his Master's blood everywhere, along with his mask. Then later coming face to face with the one responsible for his Master's attack, and getting to see what happened in the room that night. So now he's lost the second adult figure in his life, far as he knows. Isn't it obvious?
**He finally breaks in the manga's latest chapters [[spoiler:after leaving the Order and realizing he feels lonely and becoming sensitive.]] However, this was really short lived.
** Things did look up for Allen when he meets his master again in chapter 222. He thinks Cross is just an illusion, but says regardless of that he was glad he got to see him again. After talking, Cross disappears again, and Allen starts to think that he may not have been an illusion after all.
* JerkassWoobie: Yu.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Allen, Allen, Allen.
* MagnificentBastard: The 14th Noah.]]
* GrowingTheBeard: The manga starts off as a MonsterOfTheWeek story, regularly introducing new Exorcists,
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* IronWoobie:
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** Things did look up for Allen when he meets his master again in chapter 222. He thinks Cross is just an illusion, but says regardless of that he was glad he got to see him again. After talking, Cross disappears again, and Allen starts to think that he may not have been an illusion after all.
* JerkassWoobie: Yu.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Allen, Allen, Allen.
* MagnificentBastard: The 14th Noah.
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* TooCoolToLive:
** Daisya Barry.
** [[spoiler:Skinn Bolic, the first of the Noah to die.]]
** Eshii. He had [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]] as his seiyuu, beats two badass Exorcists, and forced a third to go all out, has gravity powers, and is a capable fighter. He's also the only Level Three, [[spoiler: that doesn't get reduced to a humiliating state or beaten easily]].
* UncannyValley:
** Level 4 Akuma.
** Fiddler. ''Something'' is not right about his face.
** [[spoiler:The Cardinal/Apocryphos.]]
** All of the Noah in their dark-skinned evil mode. No exceptions.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Jasdevi is very bishounen, and has long hair.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Jasdevi could probably have ended the fight on the Ark instantly if they'd done the right thing.
** The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength but the fact he escaped proves everything. Lampshaded too.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The scars on Miranda's hands resemble stigmata.
* TheWoobie:
** Allen. [[ThePollyanna Not that he seems to notice.]]
** Lenalee.
** Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters.
** Reever Wenham has the unenviable position of being one of the only woobies in the series who isn't [[IronWoobie badass enough to be able to do something about it]].
*** Johnny Gill also applies.
** Daisya Barry.
** [[spoiler:Skinn Bolic, the first of the Noah to die.]]
** Eshii. He had [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]] as his seiyuu, beats two badass Exorcists, and forced a third to go all out, has gravity powers, and is a capable fighter. He's also the only Level Three, [[spoiler: that doesn't get reduced to a humiliating state or beaten easily]].
* UncannyValley:
** Level 4 Akuma.
** Fiddler. ''Something'' is not right about his face.
** [[spoiler:The Cardinal/Apocryphos.]]
** All of the Noah in their dark-skinned evil mode. No exceptions.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Jasdevi is very bishounen, and has long hair.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Jasdevi could probably have ended the fight on the Ark instantly if they'd done the right thing.
** The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength but the fact he escaped proves everything. Lampshaded too.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The scars on Miranda's hands resemble stigmata.
* TheWoobie:
** Allen. [[ThePollyanna Not that he seems to notice.]]
** Lenalee.
** Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters.
** Reever Wenham has the unenviable position of being one of the only woobies in the series who isn't [[IronWoobie badass enough to be able to do something about it]].
*** Johnny Gill also applies.
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* TooCoolToLive:
** Daisya Barry.
** [[spoiler:Skinn Bolic, the first of the Noah to die.]]
**TooCoolToLive: Eshii. He had [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]] as his seiyuu, beats two badass Exorcists, and forced a third to go all out, has gravity powers, and is a capable fighter. He's also the only Level Three, [[spoiler: that doesn't get reduced to a humiliating state or beaten easily]].
*UncannyValley:
**UncannyValley: The Level 4 Akuma.
** Fiddler. ''Something'' is not right about his face.
** [[spoiler:The Cardinal/Apocryphos.]]
** All ofAkuma. They look like mishapen dolls in the Noah in their dark-skinned evil mode. No exceptions.
vague shape of children, have piercing beady eyes, and are the most dangerous level of Akuma there are.
* ViewerGenderConfusion:Jasdevi Jasdero is very bishounen, and has long hair.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Jasdevi could probably have endedblonde hair, and without the fight on the Ark instantly if they'd done the right thing.
**makeup looks very feminine. His fusion with Devit, Jasdevi, takes this UpToEleven, having long blond hair with black highlights, and now sporting black lipstick.
* WhatAnIdiot: The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength but the fact he escaped proves everything. Lampshaded too.
*WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The scars on Miranda's hands resemble stigmata.
* TheWoobie:
** Allen. [[ThePollyanna Not that he seems to notice.]]
** Lenalee.
**TheWoobie: Miranda was already a wreck before her introduction, and [[HarmfulHealing the nature of her Innocence]] doesn't exactly help matters.
** Reever Wenhammatters. Perpetually depressed and stuck in a StableTimeLoop for who knows how long, her one reprieve comes upon meeting Allen and Lenalee. She then however has to witness them be brutally tortured by Road, and after awakening the unenviable position true power of her innocence, it afraid to deactivate it knowing it would cause her first true friends to regain their wounds. Even after becoming an Exorcist, she still suffers from extremely low self-esteem and the pressure of being one of the closest thing to TheHealer the Black Order has, only woobies in compounded further when [[spoiler:Allen is branded a traitor and forced to leave the series who isn't [[IronWoobie badass enough to be able to do something about it]].
*** Johnny Gill also applies.Black Order.]]
** Daisya Barry.
** [[spoiler:Skinn Bolic, the first of the Noah to die.]]
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** Fiddler. ''Something'' is not right about his face.
** [[spoiler:The Cardinal/Apocryphos.]]
** All of
* ViewerGenderConfusion:
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Jasdevi could probably have ended
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* WhatAnIdiot: The Upper Members of the Black Order. After Allen helps Alma and Kanda escape, his attempt to help the Third Exorcists is mistaken for an act of betrayal, Link restraining him under the belief Allen was killing his family. The Upper Members however only care that Allen disobeyed a direct order, lost Black Order assets, and seemingly aided the enemy. The idiot part comes in that if Allen truly had done something wrong, his Innocence would have turned him into a Fallen One much like Suman Dark did. The fact he is a Noah wouldn't change anything as Noah's are still human. Despite his Innocence not changing him, meaning he did not betray God, the Upper Members still wanted Allen executed. Made worse by the fact that other members have tried to testify on his behalf, only to be threatened with punishment if they do not fall in line. Later, after Link is apparently killed, Allen is blamed for killing Link even though he had almost no strength but the fact he escaped proves everything. Lampshaded too.
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* TheWoobie:
** Allen. [[ThePollyanna Not that he seems to notice.]]
** Lenalee.
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** Reever Wenham
*** Johnny Gill also applies.
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* TheScrappy:
** Chaozii Han to a lot of the fans of the series, probably due to being one of the few non-bishonen male characters. His [[spoiler: turning on Allen without question when the Order declares him an enemy]] didn't help matters, either.
** Johnny, for his complete irrelevance despite constantly appearing (tough hopefully that may be on its way to change) and for being generally a crybaby.
*** In fact, Johnny doesn't even begin to become the least bit relevant until the "Finding A.W."-arc, and even then, his impact on the events in the story is limited to him almost falling to his death [[spoiler:which causes Allen to regain control from the 14th just in time to activate Crown Clown and save Johnny from dying.]]
** Chaozii Han to a lot of the fans of the series, probably due to being one of the few non-bishonen male characters. His [[spoiler: turning on Allen without question when the Order declares him an enemy]] didn't help matters, either.
** Johnny, for his complete irrelevance despite constantly appearing (tough hopefully that may be on its way to change) and for being generally a crybaby.
*** In fact, Johnny doesn't even begin to become the least bit relevant until the "Finding A.W."-arc, and even then, his impact on the events in the story is limited to him almost falling to his death [[spoiler:which causes Allen to regain control from the 14th just in time to activate Crown Clown and save Johnny from dying.]]
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* TheScrappy:
**TheScrappy: Chaozii Han to a lot of the fans of the series, probably due to being one of the few non-bishonen male characters. His [[spoiler: turning on Allen without question when the Order declares him an enemy]] didn't help matters, either.
** Johnny, for his complete irrelevance despite constantly appearing (tough hopefully that may be on its way to change) and for being generally a crybaby.
*** In fact, Johnny doesn't even begin to become the least bit relevant until the "Finding A.W."-arc, and even then, his impact on the events in the story is limited to him almost falling to his death [[spoiler:which causes Allen to regain control from the 14th just in time to activate Crown Clown and save Johnny from dying.]]either.
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** Johnny, for his complete irrelevance despite constantly appearing (tough hopefully that may be on its way to change) and for being generally a crybaby.
*** In fact, Johnny doesn't even begin to become the least bit relevant until the "Finding A.W."-arc, and even then, his impact on the events in the story is limited to him almost falling to his death [[spoiler:which causes Allen to regain control from the 14th just in time to activate Crown Clown and save Johnny from dying.]]
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* AngstWhatAngst:
** Allen isn't anywhere near as traumatized by his sucky life as one might expect.
*** Subverted in Marian's sidestory. There we learn that Allen spent a lot of time without wanting anything to the point Maria forced him to eat and change his clothes. Allen managed to recover but he was not himself but acting like Mana. Across the story Allen becomes aware of this when Lenalee points that he is starting to be casual rather than formal.
** Subverted by Lenalee; she has a ''horrible'' past and generally acts [[ThePollyanna upbeat and cheerful]], but [[spoiler:[[StepfordSmiler it's mostly an act]]; she's been harboring a deep hatred of the Order for years and is ''terrified'' of the Inspectors from Rome.]]
** Allen isn't anywhere near as traumatized by his sucky life as one might expect.
*** Subverted in Marian's sidestory. There we learn that Allen spent a lot of time without wanting anything to the point Maria forced him to eat and change his clothes. Allen managed to recover but he was not himself but acting like Mana. Across the story Allen becomes aware of this when Lenalee points that he is starting to be casual rather than formal.
** Subverted by Lenalee; she has a ''horrible'' past and generally acts [[ThePollyanna upbeat and cheerful]], but [[spoiler:[[StepfordSmiler it's mostly an act]]; she's been harboring a deep hatred of the Order for years and is ''terrified'' of the Inspectors from Rome.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon:
** [[spoiler:The Black Order upper echelons when they ordered the creation of both The Second and Third Exorcist projects. Or if not that, when they order the execution of Allen.]]
** Cross allowing Akuma to roam free momentarily just to teach Allen a lesson crossed it, especially given it resulted in the death of both Allen's best friend and his sister. This was notably only in the anime.
** [[spoiler:The Black Order upper echelons when they ordered the creation of both The Second and Third Exorcist projects. Or if not that, when they order the execution of Allen.]]
** Cross allowing Akuma to roam free momentarily just to teach Allen a lesson crossed it, especially given it resulted in the death of both Allen's best friend and his sister. This was notably only in the anime.
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* MoralEventHorizon:
**MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:The Black Order upper echelons when they ordered the creation of both The Second and Third Exorcist projects. Or if not that, when they order the execution of Allen.]]
** Cross allowing Akuma to roam free momentarily just to teach Allen a lesson crossed it, especially given it resulted in the death of both Allen's best friend and his sister. This was notably only in the anime.]]
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** Cross allowing Akuma to roam free momentarily just to teach Allen a lesson crossed it, especially given it resulted in the death of both Allen's best friend and his sister. This was notably only in the anime.
