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D.Gray-Man Season 1, Part  2, continues at the Black Order Headquarters, in the lunchroom.  The newest member, Lavi, is becoming great friends with Allen, and they seem to work well together.  Of corse, it doesn't take long for them (and Kanda) to be sent out on a mission.  They have to go to find the innocence that's causing sever and dramatic weather changes around a town.  Almost as soon as they get there, Allen runs into a father and daughter that's in need of help.  The father and daughter were on their way to find the Leaf of Revival, but, due to the extreme weather, they have fallen in the snow, with no hope of being found by anyone, but by Allen.  Kanda just wants to focus on the mission, while Allen and Lavi want to help the father and daughter get to safely.  So they split up, Kanda scouts out the innocence, Allen and Lavi that the travelers to the nearest inn.  The daughter tells the two exorcist about the Leaf of Revival, saying it can bring back the dead.  Allen knows that's not possible, and suggests that they give up on the hunt and go home.  But, before the exorcist can leave the inn, the father and daughter are ready to continue on their search.  Allen is soft, and lets them come along.  They eventually meet up with Kanda, during a battle against some level two Akuma, and then they continue the search for the Innocence.  Ironically (and expectedly) the Innocence has taken residence in a tree and is using the weather to protect the tree from visitors that want to take one of the shining leaves.  Kanda slices the tree in half and retrieves the innocence, and then goes home.  Allen and Lavi escort the father and daughter to a train and see them off.
 

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The rest of the major  adventures are pretty much the same.  All have kind of shallow plots that side with the deeper plot of discovering yourself and who's the real god.  It all gets a bit repetitive and even boring in the middle of this set.  I was disappointed by part two of season one, I felt like it was trying to hard to be a comedy and was going to fast with each story, while spending to much time on the episodes that are a break from the plot, which weren't all that funny.  Also, the whole gothic theme of it was a little to lighthearted, and just wasn't as strong as it was in the part one.  

Enough of what I didn't like, on to the awesome.  I really love the whole idea of D.Gray-Man, and I did love some parts of the set.  First, I liked the consistency of character personalities.  Kanda always went home before Allen, and Allen was always there to help, even if he admitted that he didn't like the job.  I also liked the personal life of the Millennium Earl being exposed some.  It sheds more light on the antagonist.  It also makes the story more intricate and intriguing.  Overall, I didn't enjoy part two of season one as much as I did with part one, but it's still a great series.

ComicsOnline gives D.Gray-Man Season 1, Part 2, 4 out of 5 Leaves of Revival.