Reception
The D.Gray-man characters were praised by A.E. Sparrow of IGN in his review of the first volume. He said that "Walker is a solid hero with a dark past, the Millenium Earl is a menacing villain you'll love to hate" and the supporting cast shows enough potential to hold interest into future volumes. However, he compared the series' antagonist to three of Batman's villains and stated "Batman should consider litigation, but even he'd have problems" facing the Earl. Carlo Santos of Anime News Network was not as positive believing that the story was kept from its full potential due to "generic character designs". He also stated that because the action scenes are thrown together without a change of pace or mood, the readers never get to know the secondary characters better.
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