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Jasdevi with his pet rooster

Fun fact: They indeed kept that chicken they found back then in Edo. His name is “コケ” (Koke), which is the Japanese mimetic term for rooster crowing, but interestingly it also means “fool”. (I wonder what their intention was, but I guess it was meant to be a homophonic pun...) .The most fitting English equivalent for this word might me “Kook”, which apart from sounding alike, even has a kinda similar meaning to the original.

According to their “Holiday Survey” from Gray Log fan book, they even take him to a walk on occasion.

Alma's Profile (Designated name given at time of maternalization: Alma Karma)


Affiliation: Black Order, Second Exorcist Age: Approximately 20¹ Nationality: East Asian (The body of the artificial apostle was made based off of East Asian people) Height: 182 cm² Weight: 64 kg² Birthday: December 6¹ Zodiac: Sagittarius¹ Blood type: Does not match any type Hobbies: Learning new things, chatting³ Likes: Mayonnaise, their friends in the embryo room³ Dislikes: Loneliness³ Necessities: Yu³ (¹Data collected from Zu. Their original body was destroyed 30 years ago. Tui Chang had For destroy the sixth laboratory and along with it, the records of their body.) (²when an Akuma) (³when Alma)

Stats: Sophistication: 4 Humanity: 5 Combat Ability: 5 Mental: 4 Flexibility: 5 Hatred: 5

Statistics Detail: Alma has highly specialized raw attack power, as one who was brought back to be an artificial apostle. Also, since he'd only recently woken up, his mental state is rather childlike.

Ecology • Physical Characteristics - An apostle made as a weapon to protect humanity One of the apostles made using the brain of an accommodator who fell in an impossible battle. He was given the curse of a regenerative ability, and was subjected to harsh experiments.

Caption: It's common every day for Alma to suffer serious wounds that push his body past its limits, even causing injuries like his arm being torn off.

Basic Personality - Cheerful and brimming with curiosity Contrary to his circumstances, Alma has a positive and optimistic nature. He frequently and openly expresses his emotions, and he has intense, exaggerated reactions to even the littlest things.

Caption: When Kanda refused to talk with him, he couldn't stop crying.

Behavioral Ideals • Purpose - Hatred towards the Order overflowing from within After remembering his past life, he was engulfed in a deep despair and rage, and wanted to destroy all humans involved in the Second Exorcist Program.

Caption: He murdered all of the researchers, including Edgar.

Relatives • Friends - Laboratory researchers Although he was an artificial apostle, he considered the humans in the laboratory to be like his family, and his friends.

Alma's Rampage Record - Artificial apostle's betrayal After being freed by the Noah, Alma remembered that he was Kanda's lover in a past life, and rushes in recklessly to try to kill him again.

Beginning of Timeline/Past 1. Laboratory destruction

Alma regained the memories of his past life. Running wild with hatred, he turned the laboratory into a bloodbath.

2. Maternalization

He had dark matter implanted within him, and was used as the womb for the Thirds.

3. Akuma conversion

The maternalized body was stolen by the Noah and turned into an Akuma. Alma destroyed the North American Branch, and ran to battle with Kanda and Allen.

4. Self-destruction

To interrupt Allen who's trying to tell the truth of who Alma is, he self-destructs. End of Timeline/Present

Alma's Growth Record

From when he was born, up until he died... Alma's life was always filled with sorrow.

Log 1 - My first friend Alma finally met the friend he'd been looking for: Kanda. Since the two were going through the same situation, they quickly grew closer.

Caption: Personality-wise, the two were like oil and water. The scientists were bothered by how much they fought.

Log 2 - Remembering the truth Alma was doing everything he could to rescue Kanda, whom the Order had decided to dispose of. He learned the sad truth of everything in the process.

Caption: Failure when he tried to escape together with Kanda.

Caption: While wandering around, he discovered the main bodies of the artificial apostles.

Log 3 - Akuma conversion and Reunion with Yu Using his hatred of the Black Order, Alma transformed into an Akuma. However, his true intention for changing was to kill Kanda to hide his true identity.

Caption: Telling the truth of his goal to Allen.

Caption: Alma didn't wish for his soul to be saved, but rather for his sins to come to light as he was destroyed.

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Alma's Column

Relationship with Kanda - A destined relationship between two people from their past lives Alma and Kanda were in a deep relationship in their past lives, which continued on to the present. This gave rise to the cause of this tragedy, but in the end led to the salvation of both of their souls.

Caption: Wish, what Kanda and Alma had desperately wished for. Alma's soul disappeared peacefully along with that person.

Alma Karma’s Holiday Survey *Note: Schedule for holidays he had 9 years ago at the Sixth Laboratory 5:00 - Waking Up When I wake up, I always go to greet everyone in the embryo room first. I didn’t notice when Yu started coming with me. 7:00 - Breakfast The morning meal is always a drink and some soup made special for me by Grandpa Zu, and a lot of medicine with it too. Honestly, I’m tired of it. When I grow up and become an adult, though, Dr. Edgar says I can eat my favorite food all the time, so I just have to be patient. 8:00 - Reading I go read in the embryo room. Today I’m reading a book I borrowed from Grandpa Zu called Gourmet Food of the World. I wonder what “soba” tastes like. 10:00 - Chatting with Dr. Edgar I noticed Yu and Dr. Edgar whispering about something near the stone bridge of the laboratory. Yu asks the doctor a lot about humans and women. I really want to know what “love” is. Unlike humans, we apostles only have male bodies, so we only know a little about girls and I want to learn more. So, I decided to go join in chatting with them. 13:00 - Lunch 14:00 - Playing Tag I ran around and wanted to race with Yu, but I broke a lot of stuff in the laboratory and got scolded by Dr. Sahlins. 17:00 - Bathtime 18:00 - Dinner 19:00 - Talking to my friends in the embryo room Everyone, it’s “night” now. They say it’s the time when the outside world becomes the color of this place. I like the look of everything here, but someday I’d also like to see what the world looks like at “noon”. 21:00 - Bedtime I was telling Yu about the “soba” I read about today, and I think he fell asleep without me noticing. Goodnight, Yu.

u g h. i’m so tired and so sad

again, i’ll repeat myself, i might be wrong abt certain translation things. if you have an edit for me, feel free to pm me/send anon ask so i can fix it.

more importantly, i use the word “maternalization” a lot here, which is essentially “becoming a mother”, which we’re using in this context to describe when he became the so-called “parent” of the thirds.

IM CRYIBNGG JWIUDJAUIFHEBNEGJHNN,....

Other DGM translations

Presenting the chapter covers that Hoshino herself has selected with her commentary! It includes the her personal Top 3 too!

First place: 

Chapter 167 “Hint”

I like the balance of the whole picture and how it combines scariness and cuteness. You can feel the bond between them, but at the same time something feels off. Moreover, I think I did a good job at giving it a meaningful air.

Second place:

Chapter 193 “Friend”

My second favorite.

I drew this cover just after the last scene of the chapter, the one where Kanda destroys the rampaging Alma, and I remember being overcome with emotion. Alma had become very dear to me by then, so I wanted to give him one of his lovely expressions for last.

However, drawing him smiling was difficult to do. Regarding the letters saying “friend” behind Alma, they are supposed to be made with “blood.” Had this been a color page, I would have probably painted them in a black to red gradation, instead of pure black.

I’m sure this Alma is turning towards Yuu, a smile coming to his lips.

Third place:

Chapter 105 “A Stage in Rouge”

I adore Krory and Eliade’s tragic love.

It’s a pitiful one, but I love it (laugh) and I think this cover was able to express it well. I think it’s a shame that, due to time constraints, the rose garden in the background ended up looking so rough, but there is something in how you can only see Eliade’s shoulder that’s really sad and painful. The situation, with Krokins holding an umbrella, is cute too, to the point I feel like praising past me (laugh).

The Nominees:

D.Gray-man Gray Log - Kakioroshi Pinup - amazon.co.jp - translation by @togaochi

Hoshino-sensei tells!! Only here: Intell of D.Gray-man (part 1 of 6)

While she couldn’t talk about them while they were serialised, Hoshino-sensei now tells us about her favourite chapters.