Chapter 232

Saying Goodbye to A.W. - Red Arm and the Clown (A.W（アレン・ウォーカー）に別れを告げる・赤腕とピエロ, A.W. (Aren Wōkā) ni wakare o tsugeru ・ Akaude to piero) is the two hundred and thirty second chapter of the D.Gray-man manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. It was published in Jump SQ Rise on April 22, 2019.

Cover
Red and Mana are standing on a black and white checkered scene. Red is on the right side, facing the reader and is wearing his usual attire. Mana is on the left side, turning his back to the reader and is wearing his clown attire. He saluates the audience. Red is lit up by a spotlight and all around them confetti are falling.

Short Summary
Allen starts telling his story to Kanda. When he was a boy called "Red", he recalls bringing food to the members of the Garvey Circus. After the show, he is busy with cleaning up the equipment when Cosimov, a clown comes and hassles him. This degenerates in Cosimov beating him, prompting  the ringmaster to step in. Cosimov lies and the ringmaster threatens Red. Later, as Red fulminates against his condition, he hears singing outside. He sees Mana, another clown singing in the cold night.

Long Summary
Allen begins the story of his past. He sets the events in the past, in Edinstown. The boy, then known as Red is called out by a Cook. The cook commands him to bring food to the performers. Red takes the trolley and goes about, serving breakfast in the different tents of the circus. As the artists chat about the coldness of the day, Red goes out and finds a certain performer: Allen explains that this is where he met Mana.

The show of the night ends with all the performers gathered on the scene, the ringmaster in the middle and the two clowns jugglingg to his sides. The latter thanks all the visitors not without reminding the next performances. Outside, the children are filled with enthousiasm. Inside however, Red is cleaning the circus stuff under the watch of an old man. The performers get in, giving orders to the old man that he slavishly executes and other boxes to clean up to Allen.

Places

 * Edinstown

Chapter Notes

 * The flashback retells the events of the novel chapter Lost Fragment of Snow.

Translation Notes

 * In the title "赤腕" (Aka Ude) literally means "red arm". It is the nickname given to Allen who had no proper given name at that point. This nickname is generally simply rendered as "Red" in many english translations.