What does D.Gray-Man mean?

[D.GrayAllen]

I've always wondered what the title represents or what it means, i believe it might be allens real name as he was named after mana's dog and before that he was just referred to as red because of the colour of his hair, maybe its what he will become as when reading the manga there was a caption that said something like "His heart is turning gray due to the words he's heard" it was referring to allen after hearing about the 14th's will being passed onto him.

anyway if anyone else has any thoughts??

[fourteenth]

Dorian Gray-Man is the complete and its litteral title. Well honestly, I'm not sure if "Dorian" stands for "D" I just read it in some article.

About the "Gray-man" fact, some said its because:
1. The color of Allen's hair (but why Allen's hair turned to gray after his innocence activated for the first time?..).
2. Allen's desire to save the humans (white) and akumas (black)..equals gray.
3. Allen and Neah has living on the same body and both fighting for opposite reasons.

Well, just my thoughts. ^^

[kalla]

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a book by Oscar Wilde. It's about a young man who offers his soul in exchange for the picture of him aging rather than himself. As time passes, each sin he commits is reflected in the marring of the picture as an echo to what it is doing to his soul.

I know a character by that name and situation also appears in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but I have not seen it to know what, if any, connection it would have.

You may be thinking of the wikia page: "Hoshino says she based the Millennium Earl off a legendary alchemist/preacher (most likely the Count of St Germain or Nicolas Flamel, though in many ways he's also reminiscent of Dorian Gray, possibly referenced in "Dorian Grey man" and thus "D.Gray-Man", as adapted in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) whose tale even claims he still may be alive somewhere."

This would imply however that the connection is to the Earl and not Allen. Which in some ways would make sense as it is the Earl creating the "unspeakable acts." I have kind of been wondering if the story was actually more centered around the Earl than Allen but we won't find that out until things are explained.

If there is a strong connection to Dorian Gray, I personally think there is more to it. I don't think we really know the purpose of the Akuma yet or the Earl's true intentions, at least not fully. There may be some similarities but I think it stops there.

Another idea: Dorian is a musical mode. Steps: Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half, Whole. (Or, if you play only white keys in order from D to D on the piano.) Being as Nea was called the musician it might have some significance. Then again it might not.

Dorians were also a population from Greece. I believe Odyssey mentions them around Crete.

[Heart]

i'm sure while i was reading the little blurbs Hoshino wrote at the end i read that the title was just created from the blue.... not sure though so don't kill me over it if i'm wrong :P

[D.GrayAllen]

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a book by Oscar Wilde. It's about a young man who offers his soul in exchange for the picture of him aging rather than himself. As time passes, each sin he commits is reflected in the marring of the picture as an echo to what it is doing to his soul.

I know a character by that name and situation also appears in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but I have not seen it to know what, if any, connection it would have.

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yh i was thinking this as it is set in a fictional 19th C england which was when Wilde was writing, and i have seen the film but he isnt quite the same as in the novel but its still a good film i like fourteenth's theories as well, and im aware at first she hadnt really decided why she named it that yet i love to speculate :3

[WintersBone]

Dunno where read it, but Hoshino called it "D" for "doll", because it wasn't supposed to have more chapters as the first mission for the Order. I'm sorry, and I dunno either if it's a true source or just from my imagination... O____o'

For "gray man", I have my own explanation, it's about XVII century : The Gray Man ("L'Homme Gris", in french) was the name given to the Devil, and poeple who lost their shadow had pactised with him. I read it in a book, but I can't remember the title, such a shame... And I don't really think Hoshino thougt about it, but it's a kinda tricky coincidence, I guess.

[Mandarinblue]

Hi everyone, I'm a new member, but I skipped the introductions, hope that's OK.

Anyhow, what I wanted to point out are these pages from chapter 36:
D.Gray-Man 36 - Read D.Gray-Man 36 Online - Page 13 and D.Gray-Man 36 - Read D.Gray-Man 36 Online - Page 14 This is the part where Allen's left eye heals and "evolves".

You notice that "D" above Mana's left eye, right? It appears on the pentacle first, too, so it looks pretty important. I think there has to be some kind of a story behind it, Mana being an important character and all. I hope it will be explained when a little more about Mana is revealed.

I have no idea about why it is there, but it could have something to do with the name of the series, too. c:

[LuCiD]

this is kind of a strange and somewhat obscure theory in relation to the story, so i'm not sure, but there is a victorian novel called 'The portrait of Dorian Gray'. ( about a guy named Dorian Gray who's soul is attached to a painting, granting him eternal youth)

i never really thought about this, but some people think that D. Gray-man is the name 'Dorian Gray' abbreviated, plus the word 'man', sort of like it is describing someone. i suppose it could be a coincidence....like how people are able to find anagrams like 'Allen= Nea ll' and somehow make 'Timothy Hearst' into 'Tim Heart'(innocence) and such.

on the other hand, i also read elsewhere that hoshino katsura herself had said that the 'gray' in the title was a representaion of black and white combined ( or something along the lines of that)