Edo and Asian Branch Arc

Suman Dark's Fallen arc is the eighth story arc of the D.Gray-man series, which is written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. It is a long arc that unfolds in parallel in Asian Branch, China, where Allen tries to recover his innocence and towards Edo, Japan where the other exorcists of Cross's unit face up to akumas and noahs. It spans from chapter 57 until chapter 89 and from episode 58 until episode 75.

The Order is in charge
Allen is dying of the loss of blood from his pierced heart when he is found by For. Meanwhile, Timcampy is running away from the akumas after him and is saved by Lenalee and Lavi. They hear Timcampy's record and follow him where Allen where to find nothing but his blood. Immediately they are called back to the ship.

Sammo Han Won from the Asian Branch awaiting them and announces them that they took Allen in charge but the exorcists but leave immediately for Edo, Japan. To Allow them to reach Edo the Order sent Miranda Lotto who procees to fix the ship with her Innocence: Time record. They embark but Lenalee is gradually falling into a mental breakdown because of what happened to Allen. Lavi tries to berate her out of this without success and is scolded by Bookman for not following the Bookman code. Anita and Mahoja on their side talk about how they feel about the situation.

Before Miranda explained how her ability works, the ship sets sail.

The Will of Allen
Allen makes an uncanny dream about moons, Lenalee and a broken world. He tries to reach Lenalee but a shadowed figure stops his hand before he wakes up in a bed of the Asian Branch next to For. He overhears the head of the branch talking with Komui Lee about his state. The Innocenced filled in the hole in his heart. Allen remembers what happened with Tyki and leads him to confused feelings about his position.

As Sammo Han Won arrives, the young exorcist has left the bed for the Security door. There he meets Bak Chang, the leader of the Asian Branch. They discuss the resolution of Walker and once Bak made sure that Allen is willing to go back to the battlefield he announced that his innocence is not dead and that they'll have to work to restore it.

They make the presentation with the members of the Branch and prepare for the restoration.

The Training begins
The Innocence of Allen is filling a room in the form of tiny particles. Rohfa, Rikei and Shifu arrive to attent the Restoration. Allen activates his innocence but unfortunately it fails and the innocence return to its particle state. The repeted efforts of Allen seem to be no use until Bak explains that Allen perhaps didn't find the right way to use his innocence until now. To enable him to do so, He'll have to spare with Fou, the guardian deity of the Asian Branch.

Fou proves to be a very capable fighter and easily overwhelms him. The training goes on increasingly .In the European Branch, the generals Winters Socalo and Klaud Nine arrive safely where they are awaited by the gread generals.

Level 3
On the ship to Edo, Lenalee is still moping and she visits Anita to borrow hairclips. Both soon sympathize and Anita gives the younger woman a barrette that used to belong to her late mother. On the deck, Lavi is attacked by a level 3 akuma. Caught by surprise, Lavi is quicky defeated by the akuma and he is saved by Bookman. Restraining the Level 3, Bookman interrogates him but the level 3 manages to catch Bookman, break free and defeat the old man in the air..

Suddenly Lenalee jumps to fight level 3 Eshi on her own and orders Lavi to go back to the ship. Unable to fight in the air, Lavi has to resign.

The assaulted ship
Eshi is not the only opponent. The ship is attacked by a multitude of akumas. Miranda is almost shot but she is saved by the members of the crew who sacrifice themselves. Krory tries to attack the akumas but they are hiding in the clouds forcing him to keep the defense. Lavi and Bookman soon join him for the fight.

While Bookman takes charge of the Defense, Lavi and Krory prepare to against-attack. Lavi sends a large attack skyward but he misses them. The exorcists sudddenly realize that the ship is starting to sink, deed of Eshi.

The Saint and the Painter
On the see Lenalee and Eshi are ferociously fighting. They exchange blows but Eshi seems to take the advantage. As Lenalee notices she starting to sink, he explains his ability. His Dark Matter powers allow him to amplify the Gravity. Lenalee receives a lot of hits from Eshi, and his power increasing her weight causes her to move slower and eventually to sink in the deep sea.

Esshi gloats at the sound of her heartbeat disappearing and decides to do the same for the Exorcists on the ship. Meanwhile Lenalee reminds herself Allen and her friends ane she finds the will to completely release her innocence which enables her to go back up to the surface. Eshi on his side seems to regain the upperhand and violently beats up the female exorcist. Lenalee manages to jumps above Eshi and she transforms her boots in giant blades. She combines them with the increased weight confered by Eshi powers and falls on him at an incredible speed, an attack powerful enough to destroy the level 3.

The assaulted ship 2
On the ship Krory starts to lack energy. When Lavi is hit by an akuma bullet and the poison starts to spread, Krory sucks the poison out of his body which gives him the energy to continue the fight. While Lenalee gives the coup de grace to Eshi, the effect of the dark matter on the ship vanishes. This is the chance for Lavi to use his innocence to get rid of the akumas in the sky. He first commands to the clouds to disperse, then he sends Krory in the sky with his hammer and finally the vampire exorcist injects his own bloods in the akumas which causes their destruction.

After the battle
The ship is saved but Lenalee is still missing. Lavi tries to go after her but he is stopped by the crew and Miranda. He shouts that Lenalee is a human like her and that she should worry for her, which makes Miranda asks if he isn't a human too. He anyways go and meets an akuma on the see. The strange akuma is holding a crystal containing the alive but unconcious body of Lenalee. He reveals to be an akuma modified by Cross Marian. Lavi and the akumas return to the ship and discover that the Crystal emits a sound that is hurtful to non-exorcist humans. Bookman explains that this is the first time an innocence protects its wielder and they learn by the akuma that Cross is alive : he is charged with destroying the Akuma plant located in Edo, Japan. The place is riddled with Akuma and Cross asks them to turn back. Suddenly the Crystal breaks and frees a short-haired Lenalee. They decide to go to Edo nonetheless.