Chapters of the D.Gray-man manga series are written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino (pictured) and follow Allen Walker and his comrades in the Black Order as they fight against demons created from human souls by an ancient sorcerer. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump on May 31, 2004 and are currently serialized in Shueisha's monthly Jump Square manga magazine. Since the premiere of the D.Gray-man manga series, over two hundred chapters, referred to as "nights", have been released in Japan. One chapter of the series was published in Akamaru Jump in August 2009 as the series transitioned to serialization in Jump Square, starting on November 4, 2009. The individual chapters are published in tankōbon by Shueisha. The first volume was released on October 9, 2004. The series has been licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz Media. Viz released the first collected volume of the series on February 5, 2008, and twenty-four volumes have been released thus far. (Full list...)