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Exorcists have the power given by God, and they appear here to bury ominous things.

The Millennium Earl returned to this world in order to bring the world to an end again. As the Millennium Earl’s weapon, an existence called the devil is made of three materials: "machine", "soul" and "tragedy" A killing machine made.

The devil uses the soul as its own internal organs. The devil controlled by the count is seduced by the count with the idea of ??"rebirth of the dead" when people are extremely sad because of the loss of their loved ones, through which they communicate with the dead. The bond between them summons the deceased back to the living world into the "magic body" prepared by the earl, and then he is controlled by the earl to kill the people he loves and calls him back, and then uses their body as the external body. Misery exists. The inner soul is suffering from being restrained and manipulated. The exorcist is to destroy the devil and save the soul. The person chosen by God is the one who fights against the Millennium Earl.

"A person who is born with a weapon to defeat demons...what an unfortunate life."

The protagonist Allen Walker was abandoned because he was born with a weird left hand. His adoptive father, Marna Walker adopted him and lived with him for several years. Later, Allen, who was heartbroken because of Mana's death, met the Millennium Earl in front of Mana's tomb, and agreed to the Millennium Earl's request and turned his adoptive father into a devil... Mana became the devil, so he planned to He hurt Allen's left eye and cursed him. At this time, Allen, who used his left hand for the first time, destroyed the horse with his own hands without his own control. The heartbroken Allen then met Marshal Kuros and finally started. Understand and enter the career of an exorcist...

As a newcomer, Hoshino Katsura's recent momentum is eye-catching. What's surprising is that he was born in 1980, which means he is just twenty-five years old now. In fact, we have seen a lot of authors who take on heavy responsibilities at a young age. Yoshihiro Togashi and Nobuhiro Wazuki were only twenty-four when they started serializing their famous works, but in terms of age, Katsura Hoshino is closer to us [than Masashi Kishimoto, who also "grew up watching Dragon Ball," is six years younger]. He claims that his comic experience started when he was one year and five months old [I really want to know what that “comic experience” means. Does it mean the age when he started graffiti? After discussing with a friend, I came up with a KUSO conjecture about "being carried into a comic store and lost by my mother"...]

This person is about the same age as us and has a lively personality. He once [claimed] "Wearing She looks very thin with her clothes on, but she has a great physique when she takes off her clothes." [As a woman, Hoshino said this, which really makes people think... She has a great physique... She has a great physique..." ] His favorite skill is "imitating the captain in "Castle in the Sky"" [What's so proud about this...] My favorite book is "JAPAN UNDERGROUND" by Uchiyama Hideaki

[Offsite: Uchiyama Hideaki He is a famous "wandering art" artist and puppeteer in Japan, and he is also a photographer... Hoshino's hobbies are a bit old...]

In 2003, Hoshino Katsura's debut work "Continue" was released in August. Published in the 34th issue of "Shounen Jump". As soon as it came out, it created four stunning works. At that time, an editor said that Katsura Hoshino would one day become one of the popular authors of "JUMP". Now it seems that this person was prescient. "Continue" has a lot of "shadows of the predecessor work" of "D.Gray-man", and now it seems to be a long-running series of stone-throwing works. The key element of "Millennium Earl" appears in both works. [So it took me a year to prepare for the launch of a long series...well, how pitiful. ] At the end of the same year, Hoshino's "ZONE" appeared in Akamaru Jump, a sister magazine of "Shounen Jump". This magazine can be said to be the "preparatory ground for JUMP's second-tier authors". It can already be seen that the editorial department has high expectations for Hoshino Katsura. add. After that, in 2004, on the 27th of "Shounen Jump", "D.Gray-man" officially made its grand appearance. On the 40th issue shortly after it was published, "Shaman King" ended tragically... Although the key to the end was the author's own lack of writing skills, "giving way to newcomers" also played a part in the reason.

"D.Gray-man" can be said to incorporate the key elements that are "must-have" today. First of all, Hoshino Katsura's own painting style is exquisite, and has a lot of shadows of Yuki Kaori and Koen Ken. Even if it is placed in a girl's manga magazine, it will not look out of place. [When "ZONE" was first published, some readers with poor eyes suspected that Hoshino Katsura was the pseudonym of Takeru Koyan... I don't know whether he was happy or depressed about this.] Secondly, the plot is very bold, and the airs are big from the beginning. , at least the effect of "bluffing people to death" has been achieved first, and it will not be unreasonable to fill in any content later. [Everyone must remember to start with "our universe" when writing articles in the future...just joking] Third, the whole style is very reminiscent of the mechanical age of the seventeenth century. Nowadays, many readers like this [some people commented that it is "Steel A follow-up to "Refining", even the protagonist is called "Bean Sprout". Think about Ed being called "Bean"...it's really a dwarf's family]. Then, the "savior" and the fighting scenes are completely in line with the mainstream settings of "JUMP" magazine. Finally, the frequent crosses and costumes are very consistent with the popular "Gothic style" [Many readers who play COS have already set their sights on this. This work is accurate].

It is unreasonable for this kind of work that pleases both male and female readers not to be popular. In the rankings published in April this year, Hoshino Katsura defeated Sorachi Hideaki to win the title of "Newcomer King" in 2004. It is well deserved.

It can be seen that the editorial department attaches great importance to Hoshino Katsura and this work, and the campaign is very frequent. Even though there are not many single volumes, the novel version has been launched with great fanfare. It was indeed a wise move to launch him at a time when several major works were either finished or showing signs of exhaustion. The only thing that needs to be worried about at the moment is: it is not too difficult for a work to be "popular", but it is not easy to be "classic". Whether it will become a useless work or a masterpiece that will be handed down from generation to generation depends on Katsura Hoshino's ability to control long-form stories.