DGM FANDOM HOW ARE WE FEELING ABOUT 251?????
BECAUSE I AM NOT DOING OKAY
On the one hand I am "happy" Lavi got an appearance after 13 fucking years, even if just being mentioned and not his character.
Also 90% of the theories I had about Bookman and the clan (and Lavi's eyepatch) being right????
ON THE OTHER HAND THOUGH??? THE MASSIVE LORE DROP?? BOOKMAN LORE AT THAT?????? I AM STARING AT IT. INJECTING IT INTO MY BLOODSTREAM AND BURNING IT INTO MY BRAIN.
ALSO ALLEN? PLEASE?? THINK ABIUTVWHAT YOU'RE DOING??? LIKE WHAT THE FUCK????
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I want to talk about this page in particular because the implications here are so riveting.
Lavi is currently 19. Allen is believed to be 16.
Which means that either
The Bookmen are lying
Bookman Jr. did die then and Allen either didn't age the first few years or his age got fucked up multiple times before he met Mana
The first seems highly improbable at this point tbh. If the Bookmen were planning to make Allen take the poison to make him remember his past then lying about when Past!Junior (presumably) died seems counterintuitive and would only make Allen mistrust them more once he was in full possession of his memories.
It doesn't seem like Allen de-aged to an infant. He says his earliest memories are from when he was in the circus. Even if he did age back to an infant, he would've needed caretakers and nothing in the story suggests he had any.
(Note how little Allen doesn't have his Innocence in the last panel. What the fuck does this mean Hoshino.)
Allen looks perhaps 4-5 in both of these panels. If Past!Junior died over 19 years ago and Allen aged linearly since then, then he would have to be 23+ by now. Even considering the possibility that he aged back to an infant, he he should be 19+ by now and he looks barely over 17.
We can assume that he must've aged in a somewhat even fashion once he joined the circus because otherwise the performers would've commented on it at some point of time.
What happened in the years between Junior dying and little Allen getting into the circus? Was he in a child's body till he acquired his Innocence? How did he even acquire his Innocence in the first place?
There's also a final possibility that came to me while I was writing this post— Lavi was born while Past!Junior was still alive. He was born with the 'mark' because Past!Junior was no longer fit to be a Junior. I genuinely have no idea how Hoshino will explain this. Will it be some sort of corruption? Memory loss? Chronic illness?
All of them seem equally unlikely options at this point. But so did the possibility of Allen and Bookman Jr. being different people before this chapter :)
Either ways, this was a very intriguing chapter and I'm looking forward to whatever Hoshino has in store for us.
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New chapter has me going feral because for years I’ve seen people theorize that past Allen was past book man junior and babes you were half right lmao. Hoshino is the embodiment of never let them know your next move.
I will say I’m on board with the theory that apo merged those two since he seems so attached to Allen. Also, this means the Allen we just met (the real pasta lmao) must have had a serious connection with mana at the very least, because why would mana have named his dog Allen? Also….does nea think he’s in bookman jr.’s—not pasta’s—body??? He seemed upset at the host he was in then remembered bookman jr and said goodbye to him all sad like. Did he even like pasta?? Why was he the chosen host? What is going on?!?
All that to say neah is as canonically confused as the rest of us
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now, when Bookman told Lavi to not get attached it wasn't only because a bookman must not get involve....I get it now I get it.
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It's genuinely going to be so hard to get out of the habit of calling the former Bookman Junior "Pasta"
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Chapter 251
When I feel down I will remember that Allen Walker :
- Is an exorcist with a parasite type innocence. So his lifetime can’t be long.
- Is a soldier in a time of war. So his life can stop at each mission.
- Has the Fourteen memory in him. Futhermore, the Noah has awakened so he can take over Allen body at any moment.
Allen never know if he will go back alive when he leaves his home (the Order). Then he learn he is terminally ill (Neah memory inside of him).
Maybe he thought « Oh bad luck. I am an Host. At least my life was short but fulfilling ».
Nope, in fact, you are not really « you » (from Allen point of view). The « real » you choose to be « ill », he choose to give up his life.
You don ‘t remenber ? Well, it is because your actual self is not your original body and mind. You have been tampered with by an Innocence.
Truly a tragic character with a mind of steel.
At least, each time Allen finds a soulmate (in a platonic or romantic way who cares) to go with him.
Kanda in this life and the former Bookman Junior in his previous life.
« I got a feeling I have also felt warm like this once. Like someone was holding me so tighly ... ». huhu
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Not 10 years worth of fanon backstory for Pasta shattering by this one chapter revealing past Allen was in fact not Pasta but this whole different guy.
and Pasta was actually Cross
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Finally got to take a look at chapter 251 (possible spoilers ahead) and !!!!! Lavi mention! I'll take all the crumbs I can get this is progress!
I love finding out more about the bookman clan as we go, I want to know everything. They're so intriguing I want to know how they work!!!! Tell me more!
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HOLY SHIT GUYS
The book man jr is cross???
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