So I am rewatching anime with my mother (I am kinda dragging her into DGM hell as well whoops) and I was just watching the Matel episode. I realized a few details there and checked the manga- indeed there they are.
The top of his innocence and some parts indeed give a cloak form Crown Clown vibe, so I am wondering if that was a sort of preview detail/hint for %100 syncronization version.
Also, the “murderous rage” part bugs me because it is translated as “murderous aura” in anime and VIZ media translation says “Blood thirsty malice” so I checked the raw:
なんて禍々しい殺気を放つんだあいつ
武器がその姿を形にしているような
magamagashii satsuki.
It would be something more like ominous/sinister bloodlust/blood thirst. (if you have any better translation for magamagashii, be my guest. But satsuki, especially with this kanji translates to bloodthirst on any source I could find. Murderous is synonym with it, yeah, but when it is translated as “murderous rage”, it loses some meaning in the context. So VIZ Media translation is accurate one on that one.)
Why I am noting this?
Because we always see Neah being noted as the one giving a blood thirsty aura in manga. Any time Allen has anything to do with him: be it Sword of Exorcism appearing (Road notes it feels like the time Neah tried to kill them/instantly remembers that instance from the vibe of bloodlust Allen gives) to Link noting that he gives far too much blood thirsty aura to be Walker.
So we probably had our first hint of Neah (and possibly cloak form/the form of Crown Clown seen on Neah on a page cover when we were introduced to 14th) on Night 14.
I will try to look more into it, but this is one small thing I caught.
Bonus: This also supports that Neah is somehow connected/has some history with Crown Clown theories, which I might make another post about. It is pretty interesting thing, really.
Edit: I am a bit slow to actually realize that we had first hint of the14th on the 14th Night. Gdi Hoshino.
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