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D.Gray-man has the most common elements of shounen manga. The main character has a rare and special ability, he had a hard childhood but is still a kind person. There is a clear line between good and bad, a large group of supporting character and a lot of action.

And even though this manga has all of this, it's different from the most popular shounen mangas, and much better than them.
First of all... It's hard to believe, but yes, this story has a plot. Not just separate sagas and fights, but also a clear pattern of cause and effect. Defeating one enemy after the other until ... you reach the goal is part of the plot, but it's not all of it.
Another good thing is the character development. You can't describe any of the characters (at least the good guys) with just one word, or even one sentence. The main character isn't the usual dumb protagonists, and not the usual attention-seeking protagonist, and not some type of protagonist. He makes the impression of a person, not a type-of-character (and he's cute!). And the other characters aren't stereotypes either, they all have their own personalities.
And here I finally get to the art. Since I'm an artist myself, the art in a manga is usually the most important thing to me. It's not about the actual quality, but about the ability of the artist to show what he means. And D.Gray-man is great! In the fight scenes, it's easy to follow. You can always tell the characters apart. There are a lot of details, but not enough to confuse you. The reason why I give the art 9 points and not ten is because I don't like the design of the monsters. But everything else is awesome, much more than I expected from a shounen manga!

There are many other reasons why I like D.Gray-man. The perfect balance between action and comedy and the character design are just a few of them.
So, erm.. Go read it! (?)

This manga is one of the most popular manga series ever, and it's obvious why. It's because the main character always does the right thing. It's always about Naruto: he can do the impossible, and no other character in the story has the right to be better. This is what the reader should believe.
I began watching the anime when I was ten, dropped it after moving to a different country and losing the access to a cable TV in a language I understand, but three years ago I started reading the manga. What I really liked about it is the variety of characters. The main ... one, Naruto, is the just neutral because nobody wonders what he'll do next (it will be the right thing to do, anyway!), but there are plenty of wonderful secondary characters you can write fanfics about!
In the beginning, the manga has no plot. Nope, none at all. And then it begins about thirty chapters too late, and is nothing special. By now the Naruto sank to the same place where most of the shounen manga series end et at some point: a collection of useless scenes without a real plot, pointless battles and a villain who decided to wait until fiftieth volume to reveal his plans of taking over the world. The author ran out of ideas, and now even the humor is gone.
As for the art... IT SUCKS. Seriously. The battle scenes aren't clear enough, and there are always ink splashes everywhere. The character design is very basic, and the backgrounds rarely include anything more complicated than tree silhouettes. If it was a random fan-work on the internet I would've said that it's awesome, but for a professional work it's just lame.
So why do I keep reading it? Because some of my friends write wonderful fanfiction stories for Naruto, so I have to stay up to date.

To be honest, this manga is just plain boring. The girl falls in love with another girl and wants to commit suicide together... This could've been very sad and dramatic if the story was told in a better way. The only reason why I continued reading was to see the "yuri" part.
But the art was okay, I suppose.