Kanda Yuu (D.gray-man)

Subject: Kanda Yuu (D.gray-man) Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:22 pm

Kanda Yu is a main protagonist character and member of the fictional religious organization known as the Black Order, in the anime and manga series D.Gray-man, by Katsura Hoshino.
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Name . Yu Kanda

Characteristics
Race. Japanese (i bet he reads manga, plays sodoku (was that game japanese?) and even eats dango secretly!)
Birthday. June 6
Age. True age: 9 (whaddya think allen walker will say or do if he learns bout this? whatever it is, i'm sure of something.. that there will be a Mugen related death during the process)
Biologically: 18 (debut) (okay, okay, he's nine but he's 18-looking)
Currently: 20 (god! he's getting older!)
Gender . Male (weh?)
Height 175 cm (5'8") (start)
177 cm (5'9") (he's grown taller! what do you think? food supplements?)
Weight 61 kg (134 lbs) (start) (my mom told me thisone is on the bridge between normal to underweight)
59 kg (130 lbs) (okay... he's underweight)
Eyes Manga: Blue
Anime: Brown

Hair Manga: Black
Anime: Dark Blue

Blood Type AB
Unusual Features. Regeneration Abilities, Able to tie his hair with one hand (I'll ask him to teach me how to do that when i get my hair grow long enough to be pony tailed!)

Professional Status
Affiliation. Black Order
Previous Affiliation. None
Occupation. Exorcist
Previous Occupation. Research Specimen (i have something in mind concerning about frogs and dissection practices)
Team. Froi Tiedoll's Unit
Partner. Noise Marie
Previous Partner. Alma Karma, Daisya Barry (okay, daisya and alma were not girls! both of them were men! got it!? MEN!)
Base of Operations. European Branch (he's japanese right? he should be in thwe asian branch! tsk! tsk! tsk!)
Personal Status
Marital Status. Single (but married to allen, lavi, tykki, cross, and many more men in yaoi)
Relatives. None (let's be considerate! why not put general tiedoll in the father's position! after that, two things are sure to happen! 1. general tiedoll will reward me for this suggestion. 2. kanda will kill me because of this suggestion)
Education. Basic (you mean kindergarten and half of elementary only? oh my...)

Anti-Akuma Weapon
Anti-Akuma Weapon. Mugen
Alias . None (it would be good if we call him "kung-fu kanda" if you will try, at least be ready with your funeral)

First Appearance
Manga Debut Chapter 2
Anime Debut Episode 2

Voices
Japanese Voice Takahiro Sakurai
English Voice Travis Willingham

Time line

Age 9: Met Marie before Alma Karma's "death" .
Age 10: Became Tiedoll's pupil and traveled around the world for a year before going to the Black Order. Met Lenalee (age 8) and fellow pupil's partner, Marie.
'Age 12: Komui joins the Headquarters as the Science Division chief. Daisya Barry joins the order. Jerry becomes head chef and Kanda eats soba for the first time and was touched by the delicious taste, and ever since he has had Soba for his three daily meals.'
Age 16: Lavi joins the Order. Kanda nearly decapitated Lavi for calling him Yu after Tiedoll.
Age 18: After his mission in the forest (novel only), he returns to headquarters and thinking that Allen was an Akuma tried to kill him.

Appearance

Kanda is a young and handsome man who is Japanese. Usually found in any mood that is not positive. Kanda has long black hair (dark blue in the anime), which the mangaka notes that he uses soap to wash. At one point in the anime, Lavi braids Kanda's hair, causing himself to nearly get sliced by Mugen. He also comments that Kanda is a "pretty-type character", and Allen occasionally calls him "feminine face". He also has been commented that he has "dark eyes" by the head of the Asian branch (9 years ago) and he has black eyes in the manga.

personality

Kanda comes across as cold, stoic, and arrogant, even to his fellow exorcists. In battle he will do anything to win, sometimes at the risk of his teamates. He once made a sarcastic joke about leaving them to die. It is his opinion that exorcists are not saviors, though it is debatable whether this actually what he believes, or if it was said out of annoyance toward Allen Walker's benevolent look at exorcism.

Yu, or Yuu, is Kanda's given name, though he dislikes being called by it. He calls Allen "bean sprout" (モヤシ, moyashi, English Dub: "Short Stack"), because compared to him, Allen is of somewhat short and of a slight build, not to mention Kanda is older.

Kanda seems to know Lavi (who even calls Allen "bean sprout" for a while because Kanda does too), though he doesn't hesitate with his usual threats if Lavi calls Kanda by his given name. However, it is clear that Kanda does care for his fellow Exorcists and the Finders (whom he claims not to care about). For example, he saves Allen from an Akuma (despite his own injuries) even though he said earlier that he would not help Allen even if Allen were about to die. He also rescues Gozu, a Finder who accompanies him on several missions.

He tends to mask his emotions and often claims, "It's none of my business." In spite of his intentions, he and Allen are often at each other's throats and rarely see eye-to-eye on anything.

Kanda's personality seems not to have changed since he was young. At age 9, he was moody and easily annoyed, especially towards another 'second exorcist', Alma Karma, who often followed him around. However, his final conflict with Alma seems to have hardened him further, for, though he was seen laughing with Alma as a child, no such display of frivolosity has been witnessed since then.

Kanda's favorite foods are soba noodles and tempura (especially pumpkin, shishitou [a small, sweet green pepper], and lotus root). Kanda dislikes many things, to the point that "there are too many to write down". However, Kanda himself points out that he hates people with naive personalities, people who don't keep their promises, cursed people (each is most notably Allen), people who can't keep their mouths shut (General Tiedoll), people who call him by his given name (Lavi), and "sweet things" (as in food, especially cake and candy).

background

Kanda can recover much faster than ordinary humans due to a mysterious tattoo above his heart (possibly the word 'Om'). He seems to be able to withstand the blood of Akuma because of the tattoo. It is related to a lotus flower, sealed in an hourglass, that sits in Kanda's room. It is said that when it wilts, he will die. So far, the lotus flower has lost three petals, but is otherwise still robust, as it still has 10 petals left. He says that his purpose in life is to find a person that he refers to as "that someone"; he states that the search will be hard, but until then, he will never allow himself to die. The hourglass and flower are said to be his only personal possessions.

The latest chapters revealed that Kanda is a second generation exorcist created by the order (specifically the Chan and Epstein families). This is assumed to be where his power, flower, and tattoo came from, though the exact details are still unknown. He was 'born' from a watery hole as a result of the Order's experiment to create second generation exorcist 9 years ago. Later he and Alma(currently the first womb for 3rd exorcists and originally a second like him) underwent a shockingly cruel and painful procedure to force them to be able to synchronize with their Innocence. Due to their second exorcist strength and ability to regenerate, the procedure was repeated even after they have 'died' several times. He and Alma were indeed friends as stated by Teacher Zhu even though they always fought before Kanda killed Alma for a still unknown reason.

Chapter 190 starts with Allen (invisible to everyone in, as Road reveals in later pages, Kanda's memories) realizing that the hand in the water belonged to Kanda, and was confirmed when Kanda was pulled out of the water. Back at the North Amercian HQ, it's shown that Wisely didn't mean to bring Road and Allen into Kanda's memories, and had only intended to "mess with Yuu Kanda's brain". Wisely then uses his powers on Alma, and it is revealed that he intended to use Kanda's memories to wake Alma up (possibly in order to kill the order members?). The scene then cuts to Allen and Road, who are in Kanda's memories, watching a younger Kanda beat up a younger Alma. Kanda is extremely strong and threw Alma into the wall (coincidentally right next to where Allen and Road are). Kanda is then shown with a demonic face, Alma with a crying one, and then proceeded to continue their fight, until the head of the Asia Branch, Twi Chan, intercepted the fight. The chairman of the science council, Sirlins Epstein, reprimands Alma for acting "strange" and "too emotional", not like an apostle should. Alma apologizes, starts saying he just wanted to be Yuu's friend, when Kanda cut him off, saying that Alma disgusted him, always following him around like a stalker. They started fighting again, and Twi Chan made a remark about how dark Kanda's eyes are.

The scene then shows Edgar Chan Martin, Assistant to the Head Asia Branch Twi Chan, bringing Kanda to the pools where he was born, in Kanda's flashback. Then started, probably, Kanda's "The birds and the bees" talk, which was cut short when a woman-shaped apparition appeared behind Kanda. He turns around, surprised, to find nothing except when Alma sneezed from behind a pillar. Kanda is disgruntled, and runs away before Alma can finish what he was saying. Alma starts crying, and it is revealed why Kanda didn't like Alma; because he always smiled in "a place like this".

The synchronization testing for the second exorcists was shown, where Kanda was forced to attempt synchronization with the Innocence, but would be shot back and literally torn to pieces due to shock. Alma later saved him by throwing him in a river that led him to Bak Chan and Noise Marie. This proved futile as Kanda was taken by the members of CROW to be "terminated" after learning the truth about the Second Exorcist program. The "procedure" proves a failure as Kanda's past memories of an unknown woman reanimate him and allow him to summon the innocence of Mugen in a sword form which he uses to free himself. As he is escaping he finds an injured Marie and while examining his wound causes his blood to heal Marie. Kanda decides to take Marie with him in his search of Alma but upon finding him discovers that Alma has killed the staff of the Asian Branch and the members of CROW. A battle ensues between a psychotic Alma and Kanda resulting in Yu's arm being cut off. As Alma explains his reasons for murdering everyone he attacks Marie and impales Kanda, leading him to find the resolve to deal a menacing blow to Alma. After that, in chapter 194, Allen Walker gets annoyed by Kanda's behavior and moves, physically and punches Kanda on the forehead with his innocence. And breaks the connection to Kanda's memories, ( the eye on their forehead caused by Wisely, a Noah).

trivia

In the English dub, "Mugen" is pronounced mew-gen, often calling it "Mighty Mugen"
The certain someone Kanda is searching for is hinted to be the young smiling women who appeared in his memories.
He and Lavi are listed as "Friends?" in the fanbook.
Krory gave him a nickname "SobaMan"
A notable gag throughout the series is often whenever Kanda fights, his hair often comes loose from its hair tie and he usually ends up partially or completely shirtless in some way.
Katsura Hoshino notes that Kanda is the dumbest out of the four, Allen, Lavi And Lenalee.
Katsura Hoshino's comment on Kanda's profile :"it's not easy drawing beautiful people"
Kanda placed 2nd and 1st in the the two D'Gray-Man popularity polls.

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