The manga's chapters have been collected in twenty-seven tankōbon volumes as of August 2020.
After Jump SQ.Crown ceased its publication, the series was switched to Jump SQ.Rise, starting in April 2018. It resumed serialization in July 2015 after the release of Jump SQ.Crown, a spin-off from the magazine Jump SQ. In January 2013, the series went on indefinite hiatus. D.Gray-man made the transition from a weekly to a monthly series in November 2009, when it began serialization in Jump Square. Production of the series was suspended several times because of Hoshino's health problems. The manga began serialization in 2004 in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, published by Shueisha. The series is noted for its dark narrative Hoshino once rewrote a scene she thought too violent for her young readers. Many characters are adapted from Hoshino's previous works and drafts, such as Zone. They use an ancient substance, Innocence, to combat a man known as the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of Akuma who intend to destroy humanity. Set in an alternate 19th century, it tells the story of a young Allen Walker, who joins an organization of exorcists named the Black Order. D.Gray-man is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino.
