| “ | When you close your eyes and imagine the world, what do you see? In my case, I don't think about the world in terms of places on a map or anything so simple. Ever since I've been on the battlefield, all I see is my friends. I know it's selfish to think the people I care about are more important than the rest of existence, but still, that's how I see things. I guess what I'm trying to say is, if I ever lost one of you, it would be just like part of the universe had been ripped away. | „ |
| ~ Lenalee confessing to Allen that her friends are her whole world. |
Lenalee Lee is the main female protagonist of the anime/manga series D.Gray-man. She is an Exorcist for the Black Order and the younger sister of Chief Komui Lee. She is also the first (and, for a while, only) person in the Order to show Allen Walker any kindness, technically making her his first friend. Later, she also becomes his implied love interest
She is voiced by Shizuka Itō in the Japanese version of the anime and Luci Christian in the English version, both of whom also voiced Steina in I'm Quitting Heroing Ochaco Uraraka from My Hero Academia and Nami from One Piece. In the English version of D.Gray-man Hallow, she is voiced by Ai Kakuma.
Biography
The 16-year-old sister of the Black Order's Supervisor Komui Lee, Lenalee is a powerful Exorcist. After her parents were killed by an akuma, she was found to be compatible with an Innocence at a young age, pretty much abducted by the Order and forced to synchronize with it. After nearly killing herself during several attempts to escape the Order, Lenalee is persuaded to stay when Komui joins to be near her. She is very kind, and fights not for the cause of the 'holy war' that the Black Order is fighting against the Millennium Earl, but for the safety of her family and friends.
Lenalee's Innocence are the Dark Boots. An equipment-type, they allow her to run faster than normal, jump great heights, and make her heels deadly weapons. They have recently upgraded to a previously unseen type of Innocence that forms the user's blood into equipment; this has been termed crystal-type by the Science Department.
Personality
Lenalee is a kind, caring young woman who treasures her friends and those she comes to think of as "family" more than anything else in the world; in fact, Lenalee's view of the "world" is comprised completely of those around her, and when someone dies, she sees it as a piece of her "world" getting destroyed. Because of this view, Lenalee can be quick to anger, especially when her friends and family take what she feels to be unnecessary risks. As a result, people tend to try to avoid upsetting her. Ultimately, however, her inability to cope with losing anyone close to her has left her with serious self-esteem issues, and deep down she loathes herself for being willing to stick her neck out for her friends but not for complete strangers.
Having suffered a traumatizing childhood, Lenalee tends to break quickly when confronted by those who were part of her dark past, and she hates some of her superiors and their ideals so fervently she once declared that she hated the Innocence and even God. It is noted by Cross Marian that she used to bottle up all her emotions inside, but is now much better at letting them out.
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Trivia
- During the trip to Japan to confront the Noah Clan, Lenalee singed off her ponytails due to using her most powerful attack to kill a Level 3 Akuma. This left her with a pixie cut, but she is growing it back out.
- Though she wears skirts for her Black Order unifroms, she actually has shorts on underneath; since her fighting style is kicking.
- Because of such, she wears a regular dress with a hidden leg slit over hee uniform when in public; so she doesnt draw attention for lack of modesty.