Each menu comes with a mini card you can distinguish on the right side, according to the menu you ordered!
-Allen's mango juice: "It is the same colour as Tim, Allen's energy!
-Kanda's tea : "I think those are my memories with Alma"
-Lavi's soda : "For Gramp, it will be tabacco, for me, soda!"
-Lenalee's tea : "This is what I drink first when I come back from a mission"
-Link's tea: "For paper work, this is my drink"
- Allen's full plate : "For me, ten of those are only a snack, you know!"
-Kanda's soba : "When I finish a mission, here is what I eat"
-The Earl's dark beef ragoût: "This is my special dish ♡"
-Lavi's Hiban pancakes : " I hope it is not overcooked"
-Lenalee's chocolate set : "This is what I eat when I have a tea time with Miranda and Jerry"
-Komui's energy drink : " Don't worry! I used to fix Komurin with this drink! Don't worry! Please, don't run away!". This is Hoshino's personal recommendation!
-The Earl's hot chocolate: "I do not have a marshmallow body, no no ♡"
-Krory's love potage set : "Eliade often cooked it for me..."
-Bak's dim sum set : "What I eat when I happily watch Lenalee's pictures..."
-The science division's sandwich, made with Jerry's love : "I hope you have not forgotten eating your meal, haven't you?" This is also Hoshino's personal recommendation!
-Allen and Mana's circus crêpe : "The two pierrot linked by tragedy"
-Miranda's cake : "If you eat a bite you won't be able to get out as well?"
-Krory's drink : "If you drink AKUMA blood, you'll get a lot of energy"
-Alma's mayonnaise tsukunedon: "Yu ! Mayonnaise will save the world!". Apparently, you will be able to choose the amount of mayonnaise you want!
-Tyki's drink : "I'll kill you while you have sweet dreams"
-Tyki's salad, Sheril's beautiful fish pasta salad ☆ : "This won’t be for you, who like eating raw fish with bare hands, Tyki"
-Luverrier's chocolate and banana waffle : "This is what he eats when he has a break"
-Link's pumpkin tart : "I've become your personal monitor today"
-Road's drink : "Woukd like to be broken in my world?"
-Bookman's panda-bun : "Youngsters, you should eat this"
-Kanda's Japanese dessert : "After eating this, you should exercice....like swinging your sword for 1000 times"
-The Noah's desserts assortment: "This what I have when I have a late snack party time with Jasdevi" (Road speaking here)
-Cross Marian's drink : "The best wine is the one I have with Mother" (the drink is non alcoholic)
-Allen's fast eating mitarashi dango parfait : "Jerry's dangos are the best in the world"
-Johnny and Suman's chess desert : "Playing chess with Allen reminds me of Suman"
This is the second part of my two-parts post about the D.Gray-man cafe, which will open in Tokyo and Osaka this summer. In this part, I'll show you the merch and the novelties!
Part 1 here
💬 0 🔁 1 ❤️ 4 · [DGM Cafe] D.Gray-man cafe menus · Hello,
Today, the menus for the DGM cafe taking place in Tokyo and Osaka have been anno
For each food or drink you order, you'll get a random bromide. The first line-up will always be available, while the two at the bottom will be separated between the first half and the second half of the cafe duration period.
For each drink you'll order, you'll get a random coaster. The first line is for the first half, and the second line is for the second half of the duration period.
For every 3000 yens spent on merch at the cafe, you'll get a special receipt with an exclusive message from either Allen, Kanda, Lavi, Lenalee or Link. It’s random so you cant’ choose.
II. The merch
Mini-acrilyc stands, vol. 2 (random) : 770 yen for one, 11,500 yens for the complete set. There are 15 mini stands in total. The visual has not been revealed yet.
Acrylic shinging coasters (random) : 1,210 yens for one, 7,260 yens for the complete set. There are 6 of them in total.
Clothes key-holders: 1650 for each. Not random.
Chocolate with stickers included: 1566 yens for each. There are five chocolate boxes and 15 stickers in total (so I guess 3 per box ?)
You can choose the box you want (with the characters), BUT you can't choose the stickers that come with it.
Timcampy plushie : 3850 yens
Apparently, there are more merch to come so stay tuned!!!
VISITING D.GRAY-MAN LOCATIONS IN THE UK PART 1: THE CAMPBELL HOUSE
For the ones following on Twitter (or Instagram!), you might know I've been to the UK for a little trip, and I visited a few locations that inspired Hoshino for D.Gray-man. This is the first part of my small review. The next part will be about Edinburgh!
I also made small vlog, you can see it here
I think you will recognise this place ! It's the house which (probably) inspired the Campbell mansion in D.Gray-man. The place is called Wallington Hall. It's a National Trust in Northumberland.
1. How to get there ?
It's a bit tricky to get there, as it is really in the middle of the countryside. We were in Newcastle, so we took a train until a town called Morpeth (20 minutes) and then a taxi (30 minutes). I think you can take a taxi from Newcastle as well, but it will be more expensive. The taxi is around 35£. You'll also need a taxi to get back, so don't forget to reserve one.
I know there is a bus on weekends from May to September (I think?) so if you don't have a car and you don't want to spend your money in taxi fares, it might be a good idea. Obviously, the best thing would be to have your own car to drive until there.
The entrance fees are REALLY expensive. It's 20£ per person. You have to pay at the moment you enter the car parking, but once you pay, you get access to the whole estate without limitation . I know there is a sort of National Trust pass, it might be interesting if you are visiting several estates during your stay.
2. Facilities in the house (cafés, bookshops, etc.)
The place is very well designed so you can spend a whole day there.
There are a few shops : a restaurant/cafe where you can have a full meal or just a snack, an ice cream shop and even a pizza car.
We got pizza cooked in a traditional oven, it's was delicious ! It cost us 7£ each.
We also had a small tea time break! (More coffee than tea, actually...)
You also have a souvenir shop and a flower shop. There is also a second-hand book shop, it's really cute.
You can buy flowers there !
You can rent bikes as well. The place is really big, so you can just explore the gardens your bike. There are a lot of people with their dogs, I think it's a very popular strolling place among the locals. And at last, there is a playground for kids!
We went exclusively for D.Gray-man but honestly, we didn't get bored for one second, the estate is so big and there are so many things to do and to see, you can easily spend the whole day here (and we actually did!)
3. The house itself
The house itself is way bigger than it seems.
Inside, you have a beautiful patio, which seems quite surprising when you look at the house from the outside.
I won't describe the house's interiors too much, I'm sure there are better descriptions out there on the internet! Besides, I made a small vlog with a few videos of the insides, so maybe it's will be easier to understand with videos than with my broken English.
Also, near the house, you have several gardens. The walled garden is absolutely beautiful. When we went, the daffodils and the tulipes were in full bloom, it was stunning.
4. Comparison with D.Gray-man
There is no wheat field or white tree near the house ! But we went there just when the lambs were born, the fields were full of small lambs running around, it was adorable.
We spoke a bit with the staff, they didn't know about D.Gray-man and they were very surprised a Japanese mangaka found this house, because it's not a famous estate or famous family.
Also, I bought there a guidebook to the house, and I discovered that in the middle of the XIXth century, the master of the house married a woman named Campbell! Coincidence ?!
Campbell is a common name so I would not be surprised it is just a coincidence. I didn't find anything in English or Japanese about her so I hardly imagine Hoshino did it on purpose, but who knows...
Thank you for reading this small report! Next time, I'll publish a guide to the DGM locations in Edinburgh!
HOSHINO KATSURA'S LIVESTREAM ABOUT THE CAFE/CHAP 254/NEW VOLUME (25/04/2025)
Hello,
Hoshino sensei made her usual morning livestream the other day, and she spoke a bit about D.Gray-man, the cafe, the new volume coming, etc.
Here is small sum-up, which is the exactly the same as what I posted on Twitter. It is just to keep a record here, too.
It's not well written, please think those are sort of bullet points...!
She spoke about chapter 254 briefly, so beware of spoilers!
1. About the Animate exclusive benefit card
The benefit card is not white, but more beuge, a bit retro. The ink is a bit brownish. There is no message in the back of the card.
The series will continue, so Kanda, Lenalee, Lavi's card are coming next (not necessarily in that order).
2. About the D.Gray-man collaboration cafe
She didn't expect the cafe proposition: she was like, "With what drawings are you going to do it???". The fact they were going to use her drawings (and not the anime or another drawing she would bot have made) surprised her a lot.
The organisers are the same as the pop-up store. They are fans of D.Gray-man. They listen to every request she has made, she is thankful to them.
Mister K. was a bit opposed to the cafe, but Hoshino sensei wanted to do it because she knew the fans would be very happy and because she thought it would be the first and last time doing a cafe. Her editor was like "well, I don’t think it will be the last time...."
At first, the cafe was supposed to be only in Tokyo, but since there were too many merch, they decided to make another cafe in Osaka. There are a LOT OF MERCH INCOMING.
It’s very hard to organize a cafe, especially because she wants all the fans to be happy, even the fans of "minor" characters who usually don’t get merch. She tried hard to please everyone. It is not only the main four.
She doesn't know yet if we will be to take pictures inside the cafe. She is going to ask the organisers.
Apparently, Hoshino had ONE request she wanted absolutely to be fulfilled, so she almost argued with the organisers, saying the cafe would have no meaning if this request was not fulfilled. Fortunately, the organisers fulfilled it. She said she did it for the fans to make them happy, but now, she wonders if the fans are actually going to "suffer"...(she laughs).
I'm quoting : "You might think, what the helle are you talking about? Well, if you love D.Gray-man, I'm sure you already know, but D.Gray-man is a manga full of sufferings. It’s a tough manga. So I just want you to remember that ...I'm going to apologise in advance, but when you see the menus, you may be like, "For real ? Did she really do that?"Why did you make this trial for us, the fans ????
I don’t know if you will be happy or sad. It is kind of D.Gray-man coded, you know, love and tragedy, all that stuff. I know I might make you suffer, but please, if you love D.Gray-man, you'll make it through. I believe in you, the fans. I am sure you will overcome this challenge.
You should pay attention to the two cafes! There will be differences, but she didn't explain more. "Please do not let your guard done!" she said. Please check the two cafes very carefully. You might even need to take notes. Buy a notebook for the cafe!
When her sister, the only D.Gray man fan in her family, heard about the cafe, the menus, and the panels Hoshino chose, and she was like : Are you the devil himself ?
There will be benefits for the people coming to the cafe! There will be new merch, very cute ones apparently.
About the birthday events : there will be birthday events for Kanda, Komui, Johnny, and Cross. Road is also born in June, so if you want to celebrate, you can just write a message on Kanda's birthday board. "You can put anything on Kanda's birthday board, even stuff like Apocryphos, you piece of shit, but please, do not put anything mean over Johnny’s, I want you to be nice with him".
About the main visual for the cafe: it is the same as the pop-up store. She didn't mean to put the Order in the spotlight. It's just because the company could not afford to pay her for more characters. They had enough money to make her draw 5 characters, so obviously Allen, Lenalee, Lavi, and Kanda, and they were like : what should we do for the fifth one? The Earl ? Road ? Tyki? Nea or Mana? But only one would be a bit weird, right? And for the Earl, if he was in the middle of teens wearing cat ears, it would be super weird. So, eventually, they decided on Link. So, it's not because she didn't want to draw the Noahs, but more because they didn't know who to choose for the last character.
She can't say more, but obviously, the menu is not centred on the Order, there will be more.
She wants us to pay attention at the menus, there will be menus for many characters, not only the main four. The menus are quite "heavy," and here we are speaking about nutrition ahaha.
She really struggled on the main visual because it was used for the PU store and the cafe. Besides, she had to add cat ears... She was wondering what kind of clothes she should draw. But she couldn't make Allen & co wear maid clothes because the cafe would have been spoiled + with the cat ears, it would have been terrible. They needed a drawing that could work for both, so that's why they kind of look like waiters on the pop-up store main visuals.
She was like Link : she didn't know what to do between giving up the visual for the cafe but without spoiling the cafe...!
Besides the cafe, there will a few other announcements coming so we need to check regularly!
3. About the new chapter SPOILERS
Small Lavi is really cute. While drawing him, she was like, "Dude, you are REALLY cute"
The old Bookman is watching him without any expression on his face, but she is sure that deep inside him, he thinks Lavi is cute.
One of her favourite panels is the one where Lavi says, "Do you think snow will pile up?" He looks like a baby chick.
During this flashback, Lavi's name is not Lavi, obviously. It not Dick either.
She loves drawing baby Lavi, he is cute and easy to draw. In comparison, Kanda as child is difficult to draw and not cute at all. Same, when it comes to Allen, since he has a very rough childhood with the circus, she coul not draw him with light feelings that is why she loves to draw Lavi as a child.
And she loves to draw the old Bookman as well. She loved to draw this scene but at the same time, she felt very bad for Bookman bevause the whole scene is very hard for him.
She loves to draw the old Bookman with a hat, it makes him look like a baby. And also it's better for her wrist, because drawing his ponytail makes her wrist hurt.
Will Lenalee's childhood be drawn as well at some point ? Yes, of course, I will.
4. About the new volume
It is in preparation!
This chapter will be included in the new volume.
About the cover : "You all know who it is going to be. Yes. This person. It can be only this person, right?" She usually thinks a lit about who should be on the cover but, this time, it was crystal clear. She has not drawn it yet.
My guess : Past Lavi.
In the new volume, there will 5 new more pages. She will add 5 pages. Those are pages she wanted to add in the magazine but for various reasons, she could not.
Obviously, it won't be super important scenes but more like small anecdotes, small scenes, etc.
[EN Sum-up]Hoshino Katsura's livestream about chapter 253.5 (part 1/3)
Hello everyone,
As promised here is a sum-up (more of a transcription?) of the one hour livestream Hoshino Katsura did last Sunday, February 2nd, 2025. The livestream was about chapter 253.5, which came out on January 29th in the SQ. RISE WINTER 2025 issue.
This sum-up is very long and will be divided into three parts:
Part 1 about the context around chapter 253.5 (How she came to draw it, etc.)
Part 2 about the art style of chapter 253.5
Part 3 about the story itself and some details which will allow us to theorize about what’s coming next
Obviously, this sum-up is full of spoilers, please be careful if you haven’t read chapter 253.5!
This sum-up is not an exact transcription of what has been said: I skipped all the parts where she answered comments (except if it was relevant!) and I mixed some parts, because she has a tendency to repeat herself.
The context around chapter 253.5: from hiatus to an extra-chapter
Hoshino Katsura: “D. Gray-man was supposed to be in hiatus on this RISE issue, so first, I'd like to talk a bit about this.
It was because I was meant to be on hiatus I was able to draw 253.5 night in way, you know… at first, I was supposed to be on hiatus, not working at all, I was supposed to have received some vacations. I have been asking for a hiatus for quite a time now, since I was about to move [to Kobe] and I knew exactly when it would happen. Also, it has nothing to do with me moving to Kobe, but my chief assistant, the one who has been with me for years, a veteran assistant, has become a father! It's his first child so I wanted to give him vacations as well. That's why I was asking for a hiatus.
The authorization didn't come right away, but because I was moving, I got the authorization to go on hiatus for the winter issue. I was relieved to hear it.
HOWEVER, here come the problems. A month after I received the authorization, so around mid-November, I guess around the 15-17th, I was meeting my editor and he looked like he had something very difficult to ask me…He told me: "I know you are on hiatus" and I responded happily "yes, I know." He explained me D. Gray-man was one of the top sellers of RISE, and they needed to put something in RISE, otherwise the sells would drop. First, we were talking about a special benefit, like an exclusive illustration [which became the B5 clear file we had]. Only with that, I was already stressed: it was mid-November, I had other things to do. You know there is a pop-up in February right? Well, I was drawing the illustration for the pop-up shop, the one where Allen &co have cat ears, because the deadline was for the beginning of December. And, actually, I had another work with an exclusive illustration to draw. (!)
As you can see, I already had a pretty tight schedule until my house move to Kobe in mid-December. When I heard about the clear file, I was like "seriously?" I started to panic, but when I saw my poor editor, I accepted, I understood it was a sort of condition in order to be on hiatus.
And then, later, my editor told me: “You know, if we only add a special present in the magazine, I feel the DGM fans would be a bit sad [because there is no chapter]”. Basically, it would mean we would make the fans buy the magazine for the special clear file EVEN THOUGH there is no chapter. So, my editor asked for a small, short extra-chapter. When I first heard about it, I was determined to draw something VERY short, like 5 pages. I told him: "Alright, but I won't be able to draw as well as usual, so it might be a bit rough and messy. And I’ll be the one choosing the page number".
To sum up, I had to finish the storyboard for the beginning of December, the illustration for the clear file, the illustration for the pop-up store AND another illustration for something else. Everything had to be finished by mid-December. Also, I had supervised and check future D. Gray-man merch. Thar’s why I was really wondering: “would I be able to do everything while trying to move?”. I was really stressed. Eventually, I was not able to finish my preparations for my moving and I spent my December month calling my editor to complain. That’s how the extra chapter was born.
I hadn’t decided what I wanted to draw because, you know, it came so suddenly. But, from the way the story is currently moving, I was convinced I should draw something related to the Bookman clan. When it comes to the Bookman clan’s anecdotes, well, there are plenty of them: stories I wasn’t able to draw in the main story, small anecdotes, etc. Besides, I didn’t have much time to finish the story board. So, what I first thought would be a five pages small bonus chapter became suddenly an eleven pages chapter. I thought it would be a story I could draw without putting too much effort into the art, but even though it’s an extra-chapter, it’s an important story, so I ended up putting a lot of effort in the drawings. In a way, I paved my way to my own death. (…). Honestly, it was hell. It took me so much time, and I spent my time complaining to my editor, but when I think about it, I’m satisfied with this extra chapter.
(A comment says the bonus chapter actually looks like a normal chapter from the main plot): “Well, it’s true, but you know, I would probably not have drawn that story if I had to concentrate on the main plot. The point of view changes drastically in this chapter”.
Eventually, I ended up house moving to Kobe while screaming internally “I won’t make it in time”, and then, I received all my furniture. I finished moving super speedily and I tried to create my workspace at home as fast as possible in order to start the chapter. It was around the end of December.”
To be continued in part 2 about the artstyle of chapter 253.5...
[ENG SUM-UP] [SPOILERS] HOSHINO KATSURA'S STREAM ABOUT CHAPTER 253.5 (29/01/2025)
🔴🔴🔴🔴Beware of spoilers🔴🔴🔴
So, today, the bonus chapter came out. Hoshino sensei did a livestream at the moment the chapter came out. She'll be doing another more complete livestream on Sunday morning, which I'll be livetweeting in English on my Twitter account, and then summing up here as well.
She didn't say many things, as the real thing is coming on Sunday, but here are a few facts about the new chapter.
Again, beware of spoilers.
•Why is it a bonus chapter ? In volume 3, when Allen saw Lavi for the first time, Hoshino sensei tried to show there was something weird, that Allen was having a weird feeling about Lavi. But actually, Lavi also had that feeling. That's not essential for the story tho, but since she could draw a bonus chapter, that's what she wanted to show. So, the whole point of the chapter is to show that Lavi was also shaken by his meeting with Allen, because he remembered Past Lavi through Allen.
• When Lavi meets Allen for the first time, he remembers the light and the silhouette he saw when he was on the verge of dying eleven years ago. By the way, in the ark, when Lavi says Allen looks so bright, like a light about to disappear, he also thought about Past Lavi and the hallucination he had
•The bullet episode was actually introduced in the first fanbook, and Hoshino sensei knew she would draw it at some point, but she didn't think she would do it THAT soon (in a recent stream, before the chapter, she said the bullet episode would come in a very loooong time).
•At first, Bookman was not supposed to wear a hat, but she had it because she said she knew some fans out there would theorize that Lavi got shot because Bookman's hair was standing out (you know, the small ponytail he has). She wanted to end those theories right away.
•There is a reason why Lavi got shot, it's not just a random bullet.
D.Gray-Man ICONIC MOMENTS ZINE Application Form - Closing 07th of February
Last year, we made the 20th Anniversary Zine which contained the redrawing of the first tome but also 18 illustrations of Iconic Moments from the manga. We had a blast summarizing the manga with it and since there are so many more Iconic Moments that we weren't able to draw, we are doing a proper Zine of it this year!
There are two ways to participate to the Zine :
Iconic Moments : a big illustration summarizing an important moment of the manga (like Lenalee destroying the Akuma 3 from double-zero-rei, Allen discovering the 14th on the Arc from Ennael, End of Alma Arc from Oon, Neah and the Earl reunion from shimmeringweedsart)
Doodles : a little colored drawing of your favorite moments/characters
While anyone can make an original doodle for the Doodle section of the zine as long as they apply for it through this form, please keep in mind that there will be limited applicants accepted for DGM's Iconic Moments.
For more examples of both the doodles and the Iconic Moments (IMs), please take a look at those sections from the 20th anniversary zine from last year, which can be found through this link.
This project will be free to view once completed, we're not going to sell anything from this, it will be just for fun, a tribute to the manga. You'll have 3 months (from mid-february to mid-may) to complete your piece(s) once the assignments are out. Once you have completed the Application Form we will send you a link to the Discord server of the project, so please make sure you write the correct email and discord handle! If we haven't contacted you before the closing date of the application form on the 7th of February, please, send us a PM!
If you're unsure about your English level, mods fluently speak English, French, Spanish, and Japanese and other contributors will surely be able to help you for other languages. If you have any questions, leave a comment below or send a PM.
The Application Form for the DGM Iconic Moments Zine is here!
Also, consider rebbloging so other DGM fans can see it! On that note, welcome aboard!
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