Creation and Influence
Katsura Hoshino's Zone one shot featured many similar characters, especially characters similar to Allen, the Earl, Lenalee, and General Cross. Many other characters are also "leftovers" from other previous, and sometimes unpublished, works. Allen Walker, the main character from the series, is also based from the previous series's protagonist, who is a girl, but Hoshino changed some of his characteristics to make him look more masculine. In addition, Lavi was meant to be the protagonist of one of her planned series, Book-man. Other characters such as the Millennium Earl, Lenalee Lee and Komui Lee are based on real people, although Hoshino has not confirmed who those people are. She has mentioned that some of them are famous scientists, while Komui is based on her boss. In Timcanpy's case, his design is based on the silver accessory brand Timcanpi. The character Bak Chan was created with the help of Kaya Kizaki, who wrote the D.Gray-man Reverse novels. Hoshino also commented that she got most of her ideas for the series while asleep in the bath for 6 hours.
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