Mana Walker

Character Outline
Mana Walker was the adoptive father of Allen Walker and the older brother of the 14th Noah, Nea Walker. After Nea's death, Mana's mentality deteriorated and he became a travelling clown, working alongside his dog, Allen.

Appearance
Typically, Mana is seen under the guise of a classic whiteface clown, complete with a baggy clown suit with a ruff and complete facial makeup.

In his civillian clothing, Mana's face has remained largely obscured, with the only features shown being a thin moustache and slicked back, dark hair. He is usually seen in a travel-worn suit, tophat and frock coat, the latter of which has cufflinks that bear his coat of arms, an ornate shield with a coronet supported on both sides by banners.

Personality
Mana, when Allen met him, was a comical though somewhat emotionally distant person, often resorting to humor when he could not express himself properly (such as when he "hung" himself from a tree at Allen the dog's passing and told Allen [then known as "Red"] he was "so sad he could die," doing so because he could not shed tears). When Allen began travelling with him, Mana became a more paternal person, teaching Allen many things and coming to love him.

According to Cross Marian, though, after the death of his brother, Nea Walker, Mana's sanity started slipping ; it is revealed that Mana started calling Allen "Allen" because, after a while, he began to see Allen as "Allen," the old dog who had been his clowning partner. When Cross went on to explain that Allen had the consciousness of Nea in him, Allen questioned whether Mana even loved him or if he just saw Nea when he was looking at him.

Because of his mental declination, it is not known what Mana's personality had been like when he had been sane.

History
Mana stayed by his younger brother's side even after Nea became a Noah, and when Nea betrayed the Noah Family and his coup failed, Mana went on the run with Nea, fighting the Earl alongside Nea until the Earl succeeded in killing Nea. After Nea's death, Mana's sanity began slipping, and he became a travelling clown, going from circus to circus as a contract worker.

As a clown, he owned a dog named Allen, and at one circus a clown named "Cosimo" beat Allen the dog to death. As he buried Allen, a young boy named "Red" approached him and attended the small burial with him, their conversation revealing that Mana would be leaving the next day, on Christmas, and that the boy worked at the circus and that he, too, was a victim of Cosimo's jealousy-fueled beatings. When Red asked Mana why he didn't cry over Allen's death, Mana answered that his tears had long since dried up, and Red then asked for the dog's name, explaining that Red had licked his hand and had been friendly to him. When Red started crying, Mana realized that Red had considered Allen a friend.



Red then left the circus with Mana, Mana insisting that he take the name "Allen," and as they travelled Mana taught Allen several things, including how to clown and how to read the symbols that would be revealed to be the Score for controlling Noah's Ark, though Allen, not knowing this, would only think of the symbols as a special language for only himself and Mana. "Then the boy went to sleep, and one or two embers alive in the ashes flared up in the shape of your beloved face. Thousands of dreams spread over the land. Stars like silver eyes twinkling in the night... You shining ones fell to earth. Even though the eons turn many prayers to dust, I will keep praying. Please love this child and kiss the hand you're holding."

- The Song that accompanies the Score.



Three years after meeting Allen, Mana died. Allen, in his despair, brought Mana back as an Akuma, and after gouging Allen's eye and cursing him with the ability to see the souls of Akuma, Mana told Allen he loved him before Allen's newly awakened Anti-Akuma Weapon slew him.

Seed of Destruction Arc
Currently Allen is wondering if Mana had loved him, or his brother, the 14th, of whom was supposed to be revived through Allen.

Trivia

 * Despite of what little is seen of him, he seems to bear a resemblance to the human form of the Millennium Earl.
 * He had a pet dog named Allen while he was in the circus, and it is that Allen who Allen Walker is named after.
 * In D.Gray-Man Reverse 3, Allen has noted Mana's eyes to be golden in colour.
 * Also in D.Gray-Man Reverse 3 Mana claims to be seventeen, yet he looks middle-aged for an unknown reason.