D.Gray-Man Epileptic Trees. Beware; horrible unmarked spoilers follow.
- Remember when Leverrier made those vague statements about Hevlaska being a killer of her own family in chapter 150? (Probably not, because it never came up again.) Then, right after that family-killer comment, it's mentioned that daughters of the Leverrier family were offered up as saints? Well, we know that Hevlaska was involved in the experiments where they tried to force relatives of Exorcists to synchronize with Innocence, hoping that being blood relatives to Exorcists would make them more likely to be compatible with Innocence. What if Hevlaska is a member of the Leverrier family and killed some of her own siblings/cousins in said experiments, and that's why Leverrier remarks on that when Hevlaska is so hesitant to try and force the Innocence back on Lenalee?
- I mean, c'mon ! He has horns underneath his hat and he doesn't look human.
- That particular Innocence was literally Lala's heart, and brought life/sentience to a totally inanimate object. Mater is considered a Chekhov's Gun because it's where Allen sent Kanda and Alma to die, but maybe that's not the only significance of it. It could be foreshadowing that the first mission Allen ever participated in—and the first Innocence he ever recovered—will be relevant again in the future.
- Also, besides Apocryphos, the Innocence that powered Lala is the only one that had powers of sentience (not just force of will). It also did not activate in the presence of a compatible user (Lala was sentient before Guzol appeared, so that rules him out as a compatible), which sets it apart from pretty much every other Innocence recovered by the Order that we know about.
- Alternatively, his personality will eventually reflect the personality he had in the past, like a kind of psychological takeover. It would be an interesting parallel to Allen and the 14th Noah, except in this case, Kanda's soul/self is arguably the interloper versus the person that Kanda originally was.
- This troper can't recall any canonical instance of Kanda reading. And I doubt anyone taught him to read or write back in the lab where he was 'born,' since he was only ever meant to be a replacement soldier. Now that the world is in total chaos, maybe he never figured it was necessary—or since the series takes place in a much earlier century, knowing how to read just isn't that important, especially for an Exorcist, whose sole purpose is to fight and destroy Akuma/Noahs/the Earl.
- Nea Walker was shown to have the same sword as Allen's Sword of Exorcism. Allen is actually much older than he seems. Crown Clown started off as the red arm, responding to Allen's desire to save the souls of Akuma, before evolving into the black arm by responding to Allen's desire to save both Akuma and humanity. But the sword only first manifested during a battle with a member of the Noah Family. Nea Walker killed the other members of the Noah Family, which indicated that he at least felt strong emotion towards them. Could it be that Crown Clown finally reached its true form upon recognizing Allen's strong emotions towards the Noah as well?
- Think about it. Not only is Miranda the only one with Innocence that is different from the others, but it controls TIME. Even taking into account the affects of the other innocence none of them can really be said to affect something other than the user/noah/akuma. Miranda's can control time which has no bearing on the Akuma or the Noah. Also, With Allen recently being revealed as a Noah coupled with his 'Destroyer of Time' status along with him having to kill a friend to fully manifest as the 14th... Well it makes sense that Miranda is 'time' there fore the heart. He will destroy 'time' in order to destroy the innocence (and eventually the Akuma) so the war ends. He does want to save everyone after all.
- From what I've seen in chapter 214 during their meeting, Link advises Kanda to come back to the Black Order or to risk pushing his Innocence too hard and becoming a Noah. Because this is Kanda we're talking about, he doesn't listen and heads straight to the cottage where Allen is, in hopes of killing The 14th.
- Confirmed in Chapter 215
- Skinn was seen to be a normal human before awakening as a Noah.
- But since the Noah are known for reincarnating in humans, that doesn't rule out that the original Noah (IE the first of each reincarnation line) were hyper-evolved Akuma.
- If chapter 189 is anything to go by, you may be onto something...
- So he's basically Sin? This WMG is officially my favorite.
- Yes, basically. Then, going by this, the Earl was probably an Exorcist who killed the last one, and the strain of encountering and being surrounded by despair likely drove him waaaaaaaay over the edge and into insanity.
- He says his name is Adam and he's the first Millenium Earl, but he's not exactly a reliable narrator, and crossing the Bishounen Line doesn't necessarily help with that.
- Actually Mana?
- 219 confirms that he is, indeed, Mana.
- This is proven true in chapter 222, finally. Cross is alive, but possibly in a coma. Road mentions that she wants him to continue sleeping. So, all that's left is the question of who helped him escape, and is caring for his body while he's asleep.
- Or the Innocence will act as a kind of meter for Allen's existence. "As long as I exist in this world, the Crowned Clown will not be broken" and all that jazz - either that or Allen will somehow merge with his innocence, allowing him to move his body even after the 14th takes over
- Go on, don't be shy
- Aw jeez, I'll start off with the most obvious one then. ALLEN.
- Well, duh. For starters, it saved Allen's life by patching up the hole in his... heart. And the whole 'Destroyer of Time' shtick. According to the D. Gray-man wiki, the first incarnation of the Earl was killed by the... accomodator of the Heart. Now guess what is Allen's destiny...
- I think Lavi has the Heart. The author is setting things up to make it look like it's either Allen or Lenalee, but it's going to turn out to be Lavi. That would be pretty ironic, seeing as he's not supposed to be too involved with the Innocence or the war that's going on.
- That Bookman was shown telling Lavi that if Lavi had the Heart they'd have to leave strikes me as foreshadowing. Considering how things have been set up so that having to leave would be incredibly painful for Lavi (since he's gotten attached to people at the Order despite how he wasn't supposed to) and how the glimpse into his memories during the Ark arc showed how he's beyond sick of war and fighting... yeah, I think Lavi being the Heart is plausible.
- I agree with this. If you remember what the Earl says about the Heart and it creating "dummy Hearts" to fool others (since it won't reveal itself all willy-nilly), then Lavi being the host for it makes sense. Think, since Lavi has been in contact with Allen, Lenalee, and Kanda, all three Innocence have acted strangely. First you have Allen's, which healed his pierced heart and turned into mist until he could invoke it again, which was a first for any type of Innocence. Then, you have Lenalee's, the first equipment-type to protect its user and evolve into a crystal-type. Kanda's is the second, which rusted over in his absence and then evolved to a crystal-type as well. While Lavi's hammer? It hasn't shown any sign of getting stronger since his introduction to the series, despite him going through trials and ordeals that might have otherwise pushed him to move past his previous sync limit. If Lavi holds the Heart, then it could be influencing others around it to get potential enemies off its trail.
- Forget to mention this, but even Krory's Innocence has presented Heart-like abilities after being around Lavi, though it hasn't been mentioned in canon. In the Ark, his Innocence-filled blood left his body, gained a consciousness and physical form of its own, and fought Jasdevi without its Accomodator.
- Also it could be that Lavi doesn't consciously know that he has the heart. Like, it seems odd that bookmen would be innocence compatible because innocence seems (to me at least) to attach to people who have a need for it (Kanda's inability to fuse with mugen during the alma arc comes to mind), but if Lavi is the heart then perhaps it persuaded another innocence to be compatible? But if this is the case then he is subconsciously suppressing his own abilities and the heart is allowing it because if he gets any stronger then Bookman will make him leave. Also below mentioned that the apocryphos said that the heart is worried about Allen, and that it's trying to protect him and really that's the case of Lavi and all his exceptions, the same people who are displaying exceptional exorcist abilities.
- It has to be Lenalee. If the MacGuffin was named something like "the harbinger" then my guess would be a male character. But "the heart" has to be a girl. Yes, it can attach itself to males and females. But I think it will be genre-savvy enough to choose a girl when it's named so girly. And the other females are just too secondary to be so plot-important.
- I think it's both Allen's and Lenalee's together. Remember, everyone was confounded when it turned out that Allen's arm hadn't been obliterated by Tyki Mikk, and the fact his Innocence had saved him. Yet Lenalee's Innocence did that same thing. Allen's and Lenalee's Innonence combined form the heart, and to destroy one is impossible while the other survives; this would fit, since it's unlikely that the "great heart of the Innocence" would have the exact same properties as the other Innocence, it would make destroying the Heart so much harder, and it would also round off the number of Innocence into a neat 108, counting the two Hearts as one. Of course, two Hearts as one also makes the romance sweeter, since Innocence are attracted to compatible users and all that.
- That's... a very, very good theory. Now that you mention it, it seems obvious. It would be a twist, it would be romantic and explain a lot.
- Another possibility that can add to the romance is even if it is just Lenalee, with Allen being a Noah (or mostly there), and her being the heart, you get a really interesting variation of Romeo and Juliet going on. Just a thought.
- That would also explain why, in Allen's reverse dream of Lenalee's, Nea prevented him from going to her... Hmmm...
- Sorry everyone, I must disagree. I don't think that the Heart Innocence even exists. Seriously, God isn't that stupid. He wouldn't make this weapon to defeat all evil and then give it a Self-Destruct Mechanism just in case a Big Bad figures out that it's the way to destroy humanity's one last choice. Let's give the Big Man some credit here.
- That's probably the best theory. Tyki already proved that Allen isn't the heart. And just cause Lenalee's innocence protected her, doesn't mean she's the heart- Chaoji's did, too. It could be just some hype or rumor the Order jumped on that the Earl spread.
- That doesn't explain the existence of Apocryphos though.
- Sokalo. No exceptions.
- Timcampy?
- I once heard a great idea in fanfic: Hebraska. She's technically an exorcist as "Innocence did that to her," and she 'holds' waiting Innocence.
- That makes sense why she's completely enveloped by it and it's constantly activated.
- Didn't it say that she's the holder of the Innocence Cube, which is what made her like she is, unaging and able to judge all the factors about Innocence and an Apostle, like Synchronization Rating and such? I could've sworn when they show up and give a dead Apostle's Innocence to her it states that.
- That makes sense why she's completely enveloped by it and it's constantly activated.
- I think it's Timothy. I mean, sure Allen and Lenalee's Innocence saved them and sure Allen's has a mind of its own but Timothy's can TALK to him AND has a mind of it own! It also has a different accent apparently, meaning that its not French like Timothy.
- It's contained in Kanda. It's not Mugen, but it is his literal heart.
- Miranda Lot, she's the only one who's Innocence has no offensive ability what so ever. Look at it this way, if the Heart is self aware like the Earl claimed, and all of the other Innocence dies with it, the Heart is going to do everything it can to keep the person that can synchronize with it away from the front lines. How does it do that? Not let the person use any offensive abilities.
- No one. The Heart is Kingdom Hearts.
- Bookman, by virtue of being the least likely Innocence-using person to be the Heart. At least if this is that kind of story.
- Since Hoshino likes to mindfuck her fans with wacky plot twists and reveals, I'd say Johnny has it. I mean, he's weak, he's not exorcist, for a side character he's had his screentime, Earl doesn't even know he exists and since everyone thinks the container must be very powerful, nobody would suspect a thing...
- Hmmm...that would explain why he has so much screen time.
- Allen. Mostly because of apocryphos, It has said that the heart is worried about Allen, and that it's trying to protect him. Given that Apocryphos is probably the strongest character loosely aligned with good, being absorbed by apocryphos is probably the safest thing for the heart. That said, its still a terrible idea and allen should kill him.
- What if the Heart is actually inside the Earl? Think about it, when Apocrphos told Allen that "The Heart is worried about him" the Earl had also been worrying about him, well worrying about Nea. So maybe Apocryphos was actually addressing Nea. There's also the fact that Nea is so hellbent on killing the Earl, yet we don't exactly know why he betrayed him in the first place. So maybe hes actually after the Earl's "heart." This could also be the secret that Wisely and Road aren't telling the other Noah's.
- That could also mean that Hagrid is the Millennium Earl in disguise.
- You have just ruined my Harry Potter experience. Thank you so much.
- This troper, who is responsible for the above Epileptic Tree, gives a bow. She is oddly flattered by the discovery that she is something similar to a Paranoia Fuel Station Attendant. Incidentally, her enjoyment of Harry Potter has greatly increased since coming up with this theory. This may or may not have something to do with the fact that she is aligned firmly on the Earl's side.
- Does that make Timcampy the Golden Snitch?
- You have just ruined my Harry Potter experience. Thank you so much.
- Why, God, why?
- Once again, this troper is strangely flattered to basically be called a Paranoia Fuel Station Attendant and a Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant.
- As frightening as that thought is, it makes me smile to think of the children on the naughty list being turned into akuma if they misbehave...
- Once again, this troper is strangely flattered to basically be called a Paranoia Fuel Station Attendant and a Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant.
- Given that Allen had to break out of the Order after the organization branded him as a Noah, it could very well be the case...
By this logic, the Great Heart of Innocence belongs to Yumemi.
- Logical, considering the fact that Cyril seems to have had a pretty nice life, whereas Tyki was making a living by coal mining, not exactly the high life.
- Who said they're biological brothers at all? All of the Noah refer to themselves as siblings. They don't have to have any blood relation.
- Well, thanks for making the manga even more complicated than before.
- Allen is thus that dimension's bleached haired Syaoran. Lenalee is Sakura, and their parents are their reincarnated clones.
- Instead, I think he was eaten by badges.
- ...I meant badgers, but that's actually funnier.
- Yeah, why has no one in Canon pointed that out yet? Or better yet, the possibility that Allen will just wipe out all of humanity and literally "destroy time"? Chapter 198 suggests that this is the 14th's plan anyway. These were the first things running through this troper's head when she first encountered that prophecy. It's always bugged me.
- I don't think so. Remember, D.Gray-Man has had its darker moments, but it's still clearly on the idealistic side of the scale. This just isn't the sort of story that would take such a dark turn, unless it would be Allen being told that this was the case, and him pulling a Screw Destiny by saving the world (and then somehow following the prophecy anyway.)
- Jossed; in the end, Alma died in Kanda's arms after they flee from the order.
- This troper thinks that this will make absolute sense, as you see... Allen's innocence was originally Parasite, and Lenalee's one Equipment; The two main innocence types. Throw in the fact that they both were removed from their owners through unique ways. (Allen's one refused to bond till he got it right, and Lenalee's one only returned back to working state as well through acceptance.) Further coupled with the fact above that Allen's one was the arm and Lenalee's one the legs, it pretty much seals the deal. Come on, even Lavi is puzzled at those two and their innocences. This troper is completely convinced at this WMG.
- This troper doesn't mind 'Lenalee's Innocence + Allen's Innocence = the Heart' theory, but thinks it needs a better argument to support it than that. How do you define a 'similar level of sentience'? All Innocence is sentient and not only Lenalee's and Allen's came to their help - see Chaoji, for example - or seemed to have reached an understanding with them. And most of the parasitic type users had their Innocence "stored" in the upper half of the body (Suman's right arm, Krory's teeth, Maria's vocal cords, Timothy's forehead), so Allen's arm can't exactly be an unique representation of it unless his Innocence speards out and actually covers it.
- Allen and Lenalee also have a lot of duality going on - light and dark, male and female, with Innocence since birth and being given it (... forced on), love and hate, not knowing but acting and knowing and not acting because of that, Allen considers his Innocence to be part of himself while Lenalee considers it to be a separate entity, the aforementioned parasitic & equipment (and later crystal) type thing, and you could probably find more. (Considering this would all be hammering the nails into the coffin, it would also serve as a beautiful diversion for the real heart, in case this theory gets jossed)
- I doubt it, because Allen was abandoned by his parents for his weird arm. If Kanda was his father, then he would have recognized that Allen was an accomodater. Though he could have abandoned Allen because he didn't want him to be an exorcist...
- And then how would've he watched Allen call Mana's soul into that akuma shell and the transformation into an Akuma?! I think it's impossible... then again, maybe the Earl is Voldemort, and somehow managed to split his soul and made a horcrux out of Mana.
- Proven, yeah? 14th said Earl was "brother" during their lovely encounter in chapter 189,and everyone's been saying that the 14th was Mana's brother since the Ark Arc.
- Which doesn't prove anything. Everyone knows that Noahs see each other as siblings, addressing to each other as "brother". Besides, the 14th was running from the Earl with Mana, his brother. Also, I don't see the event in which Allen was turning Mana into an akuma as possible if Mana was the Earl, because the Earl was there the whole time. So no, not proven~
- Proven, yeah? 14th said Earl was "brother" during their lovely encounter in chapter 189,and everyone's been saying that the 14th was Mana's brother since the Ark Arc.
- As of Chapter 219, this is pretty much confirmed, though with a slight twist... with Nea being the other half of the Millenium Earl.
- Dear God, I love you so much right now. That's genius!
- This troper agrees to a point that Innocence is somehow connected to angels, given the angelic symbolism, and the fact that in the actual Noah story in Literature/qTheBible angels were said to have come down to earth during that time, but doesn't think they were murdered.
- Although still plausible, highly unlikely with Kanda actually being a test tube baby now.
Oh come one,how did we miss it?. Look at them, they both wear eyepatches, like to flirt with women, tease people, don't give a damn about rules and have long red hair. Also, with Lavi being future bookman, I think he could gain the knowledge about the magic Cross is using. My theory is that since his hammer still haven't been repaired, he will pick up Cross' revolver innocence. This may be the reason of Cross sudden disappearance, he knew it will come and had to leave it. Then at some point in future he will discover a spell able to return to past (Or maybe Miranda's Innocence will be able to do that). Either way this or...
- Can't happen. Lavi gets his hammer back.
They look and act waaaaaaaaay to similar.
- They do have alot of things in common, and we all know Cross is a Chivalrous Pervert, and likes him some fine wine and some fine women, so it wouldn't be surprised if he fathered a child.
- It's impossible for them to be father and son, because Cross has blood type AB and Lavi has blood type O.
- O is dominant. You can be blood type O and have a recessive A of B from the other parent.
- Not true. O is recessive. A and B are codominant, but O is recessive. This troper has type A blood, with a type O mother and type A father.
- It's impossible for them to be father and son, because Cross has blood type AB and Lavi has blood type O.
It does make sense in the long run, Cross and his mother probably knew Allen was the host of the 14th and sent him to be adopted twice. Earl killed Allen's mom, and Cross spent years improving himself in order to protect him. Then when Allen was about to left to die, he comes to train him, but had to keep the connection a secret. Hence, his Jerkass behavior with Allen, although recently it's starting to resurface.
- Does make sense, seeing that Allen doesn't remember what his "real" parents looked like.
- This one is impossible, for the same reason the Cross as Lavi's father theory is. Cross has type AB blood, and Allen has type O. Type AB parents cannot have type O children.
- As noted above, a pair of AB parents can't, but all type O blood requires is one parent with type O. If the mum was type O, either homozygous or heterozygous with a recessive B or A, then the offspring of an AB man could come out O.
- To continue the lesson: if Mummy was type O and had OA genes and Daddy Cross had AB, then the possible types for the kids would be A, AB, and O. If she was OB then they could be B, AB, or O, but not A. If she was OO, then the kid would be type-O, but would have a recessive A or B from Daddy, and thus unlike Mummy could have non-O kids with the right partner.
- This is not sex-linked, so it works the same if you reverse genders.
- This is pretty much all irrelevant as O is recessive. To have blood type O, both parents would have to donate an O allele. As Cross has AB, he does not have an O allele to donate, and therefore cannot be Allen's father. Look here for more extensive information about blood types.
...Is a Sharingan.Thats how he's able to record what's happening, and also how he was able to find the real key in the midst of the hundreds of fake ones,since the Sharingan automatically gives the user a Photographic Memory and Hyper-Awareness. He keeps it covered because he can't deactivate it.
- Disregarding the obvious Shout-Out, this theory actually holds some water. Clearly his right eye is not normal.
- He could have also given up the eye to gain those powers
Is an attempt to create the perfect being. As the Akuma kill, they slowly evolve into more powerful forms. So far, that evolution has led to the Akuma Level 4, which appears like a corrupt form of a Seraph, yet they are also more powerful than any singlular Noah, barring the Earl. From what we've seen on the attack on The Black Order's American Branch, there are as many Level 4 Akuma as there are Noah. From the Earl's implications, there is a level farther above even the Level 4 Akuma, which would be a level 5. An Akuma more powerful than the Level 4 is a scary, and inconceivable thought, considering how much more power a single Level 4 has in comparison to Exorcist Generals and Noah, barring the Earl himself.
Still, taking this into account, a level 5 would probably look just like a normal human being, and the final step in the Akuma's evolution. This must have been what the Earl intended all along: the creation of a being beyond any other in existence. If it's even possible, the Earl would probably transfer his own conscience into this new body, casting aside his now-inferior Noah form. If that is his goal, he's probably aiming to kill God.
- What if the Cardinal in Chapter 202 is actually a Level 5 Akuma. I mean Allen was turning into the 14th so maybe that’s why his pentacle didn’t go off. Plus the cardinal had a creepy hand, a weird aura and he knocked out/killed? the guards.
- No, the Cardinal is an "Apocryphos", a sentient Innocence whose sole purpose is to protect "The Heart". A level 5 Akuma would be similar to, but a step even higher, above the kind of Akuma Alma Karma became. He's technically a Level 4.5 Akuma, who has the unusual ability to also wield Innocence. That leaves me two options as to how an Akuma can evolve into a Level 4 and beyond. One - they are the soul of a former Exorcist turned into an Akuma, or... Two - a person who volunteered themselves to become Akuma, instead of the forced, resurrected souls the Earl commonly uses.
The fact that Tyki looks near-identical to Neah is easily explained if he's actually a Walker.
- I Kind of just said this but I agree with you about Mana or Neah...If it was Neah then that would make sense why he resides in Allen.
Let’s put it like this: you do something long enough, you can end up forgetting your reason for doing it in the first place. Think about, the Earl’s apparently been in this whole making Akuma business for several millennia, who’s to say that he didn’t have a different purpose for creating Akuma and just lost sight of it over the years? The theory comes from how the Earl’s essentially Satan in the D.Gray-Man universe and in the Hebrew Bible Satan was “The Prosecutor,” who had the job of tempting humans and reporting back to God about any who gave in. Now, what does the Earl do but tempt humans to break the cycle of life itself and try to bring back the dead? The Earl himself says early on in the series that he makes Akuma for the peoples own sake.
The existence of Innocence would then be justified as basically the reins under which the resulting Akuma are kept. Akuma may symbolize human suffering” but letting them run loose would be stupid given the high levels of destruction they cause. However the Earl considers them his “children,” and watching them be destroyed by these humans who constantly gave into despair century after century drove him over the edge. Hell, the Fourteenth straight out says that the Earl's going mad.
The form of Innocence closest to the Apocryphos, the "Sentient Innocence". It makes sense when thought about in context. The Apocryphos can take on Human form, and the Crystal-type Innocence is made of the Exorcist's own blood infused with Innocence, or even scarier, the Innocence replaces the Exorcist's blood entirely. But even with this, the Parasitic-type Innocence is as similarly as close to the Apocryphos, as it is literally born as part of the Exorcist's body, if Allen is any indication.
I think that the Heart is not the Innocence that keeps all other Innocence fragments going but rather is like a most central fragment that can recreate other fragments of Innocence. If you really need all 108...109 pieces of innocence to defeat the Noah, then the Order is pretty much screwed, with about 10+ fragments already gone. The Heart isn't a power source nor the main and most powerful Innocence shard left, but rather the only fragment that can regenerate other Innocence fragments. The Heart exhibits this regenerating power in the way (and c'mon lets face it here, its obvious) Allen heart (symbolism!) and Lenalee's legs (yup her too) were regenerated. The Earl sees this as a threat 'cause if the Heart keeps bringing into existence new fragments of Innocence, the war will never end. The only reason why no new fragments of Innocence haven't yet been discovered is because the Heart is currently dormant, its normal powers and its active user(s) suppressing its special capabilities. The rumour of all other Innocence fragments going *Boom* if the Heart goes *Boom* is a ploy by the Earl. If the Order discovers the Heart, they would do whatever it takes to keep it (and its exorcist) away from the front lines (and thus the risk of going *Boom*). The regenerative capabilities of the Heart are only activated in times is grave and extreme peril.
- Allen has just been excommunicated from the Order and declared a Noah by the pope, but given that he just found out a sentient innocence killed his master and attempted to overwrite his personality during a Grand Theft Me to keep the 14th imprisoned, Allen might not be feeling like staying with the Order was his best choice anyway. Given that Road and Tyki have risked their lives for him (this is the second or third time Road has saved his life out of genuine concern for him rather than lulz) Allen might decide that waging war against the Noah the way the Order's been doing will just create further tragedy and seek his own path, which will, as he said when he unlocked Crown Clown, save everyone in one way or another.
- And guess what? That's pretty much exactly what he decided to do in 205. Tyki calls him out on how his tendency to try and save everyone only helps make the situation worse and tells Allen to go out on his own and face down both sides of himself if he still believes he's an exorcist. Which, after some encouraging words from Road and a heartfelt goodbye to Lenalee, he goes off to do.
- Actually Hitler. Or the fictional blonde counterpart of him at least. I mean, look at him! And with the attitude of self-righteousness and arrogance, this guy has all the making of Hitler.
- He's got the 'stache!
As for how Mana was used in an Akuma creation ritual... Maybe The Earl's possession kills off the victim? Though it could merely displace the soul, or perhaps The Earl always uses the soul of his new body to create an Akuma.
If this is true though, it makes the 14th's desire to 'become the Millenium Earl' a little bit more complex.
- The Earl actually had this power in Hoshino's one-shot "Continue."
- The Apocryphos is known as the "Sentient Innocence," and Timothy's Innocence can think for itself and can communicate with him.
- Because of the way Japanese grammar works, the Fourteenth Noah, Neah Walker's position as a Noah can be read a couple of different ways in English. One is the Noah of Destruction. However, it may also be read as Destruction of Noah, or Noah's Destruction. If you think about it, it may explain Neah's actions before the start of the series. He's not meant to be the Clan's Destroyer in battle; he's meant to tear the Clan apart, from inside out. As to who or what might've appointed him as such...well, that's a theory for another day.
- On their first encounter Road says to Allen that the Exorcists serve an "Impostor God" and that they, the Noah, are the apostles of the "Authentic God". And also that God wished to erase humanity and had given the Akuma to the Earl for that purpose. Thus the war between the Noah and the Order may be one between the vengeful God of the Old Testament and the New Testament's loving God, each providing their own weapons to their apostles. Although one might question why the former hasn't won yet considering its overwhelming superiority in firepower (it's lampshaded in the manga too)…
- Plus, the Earl is certain that the bearer of the Heart is already awakened and fully conscious but hiding his true nature. So that would be weird to learn he's one of the exorcists, considering we already know all of them. Apart from Cross (who is no longer an Accomodate according to Hevlaska and may very well be already dead) there is no-one suspicious enough to have this role among them...
In chapter 117 Allen Walker slashed directly at "the Noah inside Tyki Mikk" thereby leaving "the human Tyki Mikk alive". As such, had he succeeded, Tiky Mikk could've continued to live a normal life as a human, as a human named Tiky Mikk. After this, Tiky Mikk transformed into his "true Noah" where his (i.e. Tikky Mikk's) personality was completely suppressed.My theory is that it's the same situation with Allen and Neah, with a slight difference. Neah was said to be a "new" Noah, who didn't fit into the traditional reincarnation cycle. Because of this I assumed that Neah's personality is in fact the original Noah memory of the fourteenth Noah (with him being the first fourteenth, his memory would be the original imprint).
I've theorized that initially, Neah Walker became 'the fourteenth Noah named Neah', and that Allen Walker is an amnesiac 'human Neah' due to 'Noah Neah' dying (being reincarnated as Allen with 'Human Neah's' personality before Neah became a Noah, albeit without any memories).
However 'Noah Neah' still existed in the form of the Noah memory and since Neah's body was still alive, it tried to retake control of it as he awoke (which was probably due to Allen's hardships & encounters with other Noah while working for the order).Instead of Allen recovering memories of his time spent as the human Neah Walker, Neah continues to live on in the form of his Noah memory.
Following this theory, Allen and Neah Walker share the same body more as a split personality, rather then a human host serving as the reincarnation for the past Noah, as is the case for the other Noah's. 'Noah Neah' simply never left while still keeping his memories attached to him, leaving Allen to build up his own persona without 'Noah Neah's' influence.
Chapter 204-Allen: (referring to Apocryphos) HE BESTOWED JUDGEMENT ON MASTER!"
The content of Chapter 204, where Apocryphos battles Noahs to a standstill and attempts to assimilate Allen, leads to two logical conclusions. 1, Innocence is sentient to an extent. This point is supported by Apocryphos' declaration of 'inexperience', which would lead to an inference that all Innocence fragments are sentient and capable of learning and gaining of experience.
2, The end-state of Innocence is as an independent being. Apocryphos is 7000 years old, having been around since the 3 Days of Darkness, with close contact with the Heart. The types of Innocence known to the Black Order are the equipment-types, parasite-types and crystal-types. Equipment types are the least-experienced, wholly dependent on an exorcist to fight demons. Crystal-types are a midpoint, partially dependent on an exorcist for their material (blood). Parasite-types totally replace an exorcist's body parts and are capable of 'hijacking' the exorcist's body, as shown when Crown Clown continues to fight in spite of Allen's wounds, or Krory's constant need to consume demon blood. These three types are subtle evidence that Innocence evolves towards independence from an accommodator.
His debt-racking behaviour and having many lovers also hints at someone who is enjoying his last days (weeks, months, years) because he knows he won't get to face consequences.
Since he was probably in cahoots with Neah, and Neah doesn't seem to care for subterfuge, Cross probably scrammed when the first signs of Neah awakening showed up, so his own cover (cahoots, being undead) wouldn't be blown.
There has been no other de-aging shown in-story, the two look similar enough to be mistaken for each other, and Allen doesn't remember Nea.
Also, Allen's dream had skyscrapers and stoplights. Neither of which we have seen so far....
Another bit of evidence is that Miranda was apparently not originally supposed to be an exorcist, although the rewinding town arc was still supposed to be there. If that arc was originally meant to introduce the idea that the Innocence can control time...(the idea of which is reenforced further by Allen de-aging)
In this case, that means that "Destroyer of Time" could refer to destroying their current timeline/the current loop of time they are in.
This timeline leaves a couple of years for the first Akuma to evolve into a level 2 and kill Kanda and Alma's first incarnations, since they died about 31 years ago now.
- Whoever reincarnates into the Noah of Wrath will remember that Kanda killed its previous host, developing a deep grudge against him. This will make the new host target Kanda above the other Exorcists, thing that will develop into a round 2 between Kanda and Wrathra.
- Allen's had recurrent mysterious dreams ever since the start of the story, including ones with modern elements. There's also the fact that he doesn't remember his past before the circus, his memory of Neah asking him his name, and the very quick glimpse of a flash-back of him being held by someone a very long time ago (all while there seems to be destruction around them). As the world of D.Gray-man has been implied to be a new one, "following" a more modern world, this is the theory that Allen himself is from either that world, or maybe an even earlier iteration of it. Additionally, if the de-aged theory turns out to be true, perhaps it's not the first time this has happened, unbeknownst to Nea, and Allen is even much older than suspected. The "destroyer of time" could also be partly a reference to how he has survived through different eras passing by.