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[suicidal-duckys.livejournal.com]

So, I'm hoping this is the right place to go to with this question. >____>;;

I'm behind in the D.Gray-Man series because I wait until the manga hits the shelves in America. I flat out refuse to read manga online and any episode that catches enough of my interest is usually deleted off of the tubes of you. B|

That being said, I obviously don't know about Deak(Deke?)

 

D: Can anyone tell me anything about him? Or what volume he'll show up in?! [Hell, I'll even take a link to the chapter he first appears in! My Lavi muse is killing me over this. B|]

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[pipperin.livejournal.com]

Deak is just the persona Lavi had before coming to the Order. Later Lavi will come into contact with a vision/dream of his bookman jr. self which many people refer to as Deak but I don't believe that is techinically correct. Though there are many interpretations of that particular part of the series.

[sincere]

Deke/Dick/however you want to spell it first shows up circa chapter 113 (http://www.onemanga.com/D.Gray-Man/113/01 if you want) and the continues in 119.

He's an illusion that represents all of Lavi's "personas" before he was Lavi (since he was 48 other people before Lavi!). Dick was the name of his 48th persona, as (I THINK) we see Bookman calling him that shortly before they arrive at the Order. "Dick" has been popularized as the English spelling of his name in Japan (and "Deak" by English-speakers who don't like using real names like Deke and Dick)

He comes out because of Lavi's inner struggle; he has difficulty reconciling being a Bookman, and thus an impassive observer, with being a friend to Allen and Lenalee and the others. Dick tries to kill him so that he can take over and the "flawed" 49th persona will die so that he can go back to not caring about people, but Lavi outsmarts him. In the end, Lavi realizes that all three personas (himself, Dick, and his younger self) are one, and that there's no difference between them: when Allen calls out Lavi's name, the others also want to answer him.

[coldstofcalndrs.livejournal.com]

Deak/Dick/Deke/etc. was never officially named in the manga. that was the name the anime gave him (if i can remember correctly). i know he shows up in episode 88 (maybe a bit of 87 too), but i can't remember where in the manga. he's Lavi's 48th name (Lavi being the 49th). after every new "mission" "Lavi" takes on a new name and personality.

[sincere]

This is not true. The chapters that are on Onemanga are poorly translated, and the scene in Chapter 114 Page 10 that has Bookman trying to get Lavi's attention, properly translated, goes, "Lavi. Lavi. ...Dick." And then that gets Lavi's attention, because it's the name he's more used to. The version on Onemanga translates that, inexplicably, as "Darn".

[sincere]

N, not to sound bitchy or anything, orz. Just wanted to correct the misconception before it spread. Stupid Onemanga. :|

[coldstofcalndrs.livejournal.com]

lol. it's ok. i basically read the entire manga in one night, so small bits like that seem to slip my mind. ^_^

[kara-angitia.livejournal.com]

I've always thought of Dick and Bookman jr as seperate things(like pipperin said) Dick is the 48th persona but the one possessing Lavi and smacking Allen about was Bookman Jr.