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Old 2008-07-11, 11:00   Link #1021
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Old 2008-07-11, 11:33   Link #1022
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Hmm... After reading chptr 166
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Old 2008-07-11, 11:54   Link #1023
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OHHHHHH SHITTTTT...

So Cross finally said the magic words...

But, despite that, they're being very very very vague about who's who in that flashback as well as in the story that Cross told.

If Mana is that Clown, then who is that other boy? Cross? The 14th? What's more, in that image with the two boys, which one is which?




P.S- I almost forgot, here's the Obligated "Lenalee is cute" comment...

OMG, Lenalee looks so cute in that one scene!
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Old 2008-07-11, 12:05   Link #1024
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Hmm... After reading chptr 166
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Oh nonono, I don't think that's how it works... If Mana doesn't have a memory of Noah, he won't be one.


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Oh now I see it... Wait, then that scene with the two boys while Cross was talking means...

That...

Oh shit, now I see it...

In that scene, that was what the 14th looked like, he was the boy on the right, while Mana was the boy on the left. When the 14th died, he was reborn into Allen, who met with Mana again, several years later...

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Looking back at the earlier pages, the boy (Allen) with the Clown looks alot like the 14th.

One concern for me though is... That Boy doesn't behave like Allen at all, let alone look like him... Could there perhaps be two Allens? Nah...

Right ?




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Btw, I almost forgot, if the 14thwas in fact a young boy back then, it would support my theory that Road and the 14th might have some kind of relationship back then... Which might explain her unhealthy attachment to Allen...
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Old 2008-07-11, 12:33   Link #1025
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Yes, the boy is Allen, his innocence hand was the one that Cosmo licked. Poor Cosmo, and... Mana was scary...

P.S. I have and obligated "Lavi looks good" He was so hot in the corner of the room with that coat on...
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Old 2008-07-11, 12:33   Link #1026
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This is so confusing...
I feel bad for Allen though. I hope Mana didn't take in Allen just so he could be a body for the 14th. That would suckkk.

I get the picture of Mana and the 14th as children, but in the beginning, whose the clown and whose the little boy? The little boy looks a lot like the 14th.. and nothing like Allen. For one, their hair colors are different shades. Unless Allen bleaches his hair all the time.... And I just don't get the clown.
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Old 2008-07-11, 12:40   Link #1027
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I think Allen was already the 14th reincarnated. It wasn't something that Mana started or anything.

And IMO, the clown = mana. the little boy = allen aka reincarnated 14th? Could be his hair turned white after he summoned back Mana's soul?
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Old 2008-07-11, 12:47   Link #1028
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In the anime we see that Allen had brown hair when he was a boy.. there are a lot of flash backs that show us that...
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Old 2008-07-11, 12:59   Link #1029
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Love Lenalee's haircut, I guess she finally had to time to comb her hair, or it had been a while so her hair grew a little longer.
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Old 2008-07-11, 16:09   Link #1030
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I thought that chapter would answer questions but it just confused me. But you guys helped me understand better. That clown(Mana?) was creepy as hell.
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Old 2008-07-11, 17:41   Link #1031
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Kudos to Hoshino-sensei for this chapter.

Not only does the author threw some answers to the readers but kept things ambiguous and vague to be opened for interpretation.

Just like everybody else, I'm as well confused regarding the identities of the boy and the clown during the first eight pages of the chapter; reading all of your posts regarding the subject.

I absolutely loved how the manga-ka setup the mini-flashback at the beginning of this chapter.

It kind of reminded me how Yagi-sensei wrote up the Teresa arc at the start of the third volume to the Claymore manga.

The first time I read into it I have no clue or idea about the identities of the new characters introduced.

Same reaction can be applied at the beginning of chapter 166 for DGM. I didn't know what's up with the kid and the Clown at first.

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But still I have doubts if that boy with the clown is actually Allen.

The D.Gray-man fact book 1 lists that Mana found and adopted Allen on Christmas Day, and that Allen supposedly was abandoned by his biological parents due to the deformity of his right arm.

But never explicitly states whether or not Mana found Allen as a baby or as a kid.

Secondly, I have something wrong with myself.
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The other possibility is that the boy is actually....
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Old 2008-07-11, 18:07   Link #1032
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Love Lenalee's haircut, I guess she finally had to time to comb her hair, or it had been a while so her hair grew a little longer.
Her hair grew.

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Yes, the boy is Allen, his innocence hand was the one that Cosmo licked. Poor Cosmo, and... Mana was scary...

I don't know, his personality is just the complete opposite of Allen, even when he was a kid, Allen has always been shown to be meek...

And this boy just seems like a different build than Allen.


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I get the picture of Mana and the 14th as children, but in the beginning, whose the clown and whose the little boy? The little boy looks a lot like the 14th.. and nothing like Allen. For one, their hair colors are different shades. Unless Allen bleaches his hair all the time.... And I just don't get the clown.
Allen's hair was originally brown, but yeah, this boy's hair looks like a much darker shade of colour...


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That clown(Mana?) was creepy as hell.
Robin: "Where I come from, clowns aren't funny... >.>"


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And IMO, the clown = mana. the little boy = allen aka reincarnated 14th? Could be his hair turned white after he summoned back Mana's soul?
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But still I have doubts if that boy with the clown is actually Allen.

The D.Gray-man fact book 1 lists that Mana found and adopted Allen on Christmas Day, and that Allen supposedly was abandoned by his biological parents due to the deformity of his right arm.

But never explicitly states whether or not Mana found Allen as a baby or as a kid.

Secondly, I have something wrong with myself.
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The other possibility is that the boy is actually....
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I agree with you Guido, after giving it a night's thought, I concluded that that boy with Clown-Mana is just too much different than the Allen we know.

I say, that the boy with Clown-Mana is in fact the 14th, in his eternally youthful stage.

So why did Mana call him 'Allen' ?

I'm thinking that the 14th's real name is also Allen.

And being the brother of Mana Walker, that would make him "Allen Walker".


Which then leaves the issue of his left arm, but looking carefully, we can't confirm if that arm is in fact the same Innocence arm as Allen. Sure it looks the same, but that image doesn't show if it has the Innocence Cross at the back of his hand...


Btw, I now don't think that Allen was the reborn 14th, not 'naturally' anyway. From what Cross said at the end, Mana had implanted Allen with the 14th's memory of the 'Song', meaning he wasn'tborn with the memory.
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Old 2008-07-11, 18:22   Link #1033
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God damnnit

Everytime would have fitted if it weren't for THIS scene

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Change in theory, 'Allen' is NOT the 14th yet, then that would mean that Clown is NOT Mana...

Maybe... Mana would eventually become that's clown's disciple?
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Old 2008-07-11, 18:33   Link #1034
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The kid could have been Allen's previous life... but the two brothers (14th and Mana) didn't look very different in age or appearance.

Maybe Allen just underwent some personality change at some point?
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The kid could have been Allen's previous life... but the two brothers (14th and Mana) didn't look very different in age or appearance.


Maybe Allen just underwent some personality change at some point?
That's seems like too drastic of a change, in addition, why would the clown (Mana?) pretend to not know him?

Gah!!! I hate that flashback It feels so... Too many things are SO vague!! It would be fine to think that boy is indeed Allen, but his personality, looks and everything just screams 'NO'.

Another mystery is, where does Cross come into this?
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Old 2008-07-11, 18:56   Link #1036
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Oh my god! I think that the Clown its Earl, and the boy its the 14th!... but then,, where is Mana?...
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Old 2008-07-11, 19:06   Link #1037
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That's seems like too drastic of a change, in addition, why would the clown (Mana?) pretend to not know him?

Gah!!! I hate that flashback It feels so... Too many things are SO vague!! It would be fine to think that boy is indeed Allen, but his personality, looks and everything just screams 'NO'.

Another mystery is, where does Cross come into this?
But I think that because of this scene, many people is think that the boy is Allen
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Old 2008-07-11, 20:47   Link #1038
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Old 2008-07-11, 21:06   Link #1039
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ok now I found it strange why so many people doubt it? the boy is definitely Allen and the clown is mana. Allen probably learn a gentlemen way from mana hence changed his personality - Allen were adopted during chrismas right? make sense that mana adopted allen after that since it's gonna be christmas soon. about allen hair - I don't know what cause it to turn white but his sadness over mana death could cause it (+innocence influence)
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ok now I found it strange why so many people doubt it? the boy is definitely Allen and the clown is mana. Allen probably learn a gentlemen way from mana hence changed his personality - Allen were adopted during chrismas right? make sense that mana adopted allen after that since it's gonna be christmas soon. about allen hair - I don't know what cause it to turn white but his sadness over mana death could cause it (+innocence influence)
I personally think that Cross has to fit inside this somewhere. How did he know that the 14th and Mana were brothers if he wasn't close to them?
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