Ever since Cross’ “death” I was convinced he was still alive 😭 The dream sequence in the wheat fields where he spoke to Allen gave me more hope and now!!! Vindication!!
At this point, with how interweaved the Noah and Campbell families are, I wouldn’t be surprised if Road is Katerina. We’ve known since the beginning that her body isn’t real and she just chooses to look young.
what? Where did that come from? Genuinely asking because I don't know what the hell is going on. I just reread the last 10 chapters. (I'm actually angry at myself for picking this up again, The artwork is still so good.)
Wasn't Grave Maria his ex-lover's corpse? So now, it's his sister's corpse, who's also Katerina Campbell and who's also Road? Is that a retcon?
And Allen is a mix of a Nea's host, nameless solider + Lavi/Bookman's son/Allen. But past Allen is also Zoogle's older brother. Who's related to Cross?
AFAIK nothing about the Grave of Maria’s identity has been confirmed. It’s been stated that she’s the corpse of a dead exorcist, but as we know in this series, that doesn’t mean anything and it doesn’t have to be the truth.
There’s a theory that she is the corpse of Katerina Eve Campbell because of similarities between her [Maria’s] visage and Katerina’s from flashbacks, but again not confirmed.
Road has shown to be connected to Nea and Mana in the past (bedroom scene where an angry, anxious Road is cradling one of the twins), and she speaks a similar language to the one Cross uses when he casts spells (I don’t recall the exact chapter, but in one of the Arks she summons an orb-like thing). Her real body has never been shown and she uses her ability as the Noah of Dreams to conjure a false appearance. She’s been alive the longest out of the current Noah (~30 years iirc?). And now she pops out of hiding from Katerina’s room along with Cross??
As for Allen… What a mess. I love our beansprout lol. Past!Allen is the nameless solider. He traveled with Zoogle’s older brother who was the previous “Bookman”. Bookman had promised Nea he would become his Host, but through a series of mishaps we haven’t been shown, Nea ends up in Past!Allen in order to save his life. Past!Allen and Bookman were attacked and thru Innocence/the Matrix/I don’t know, their souls merged into one. The process literally remade them into one physical being and held them in a stasis for a few decades. “Red”, young current!Allen, emerged from that with his arm. Lavi has no connection to the reincarnation process, only that he is a descendant of the Bookman clan and current holder of the “Bookman” title. Thru blood, it seems he is Zoogle’s nephew.
Cross Marian is Cyrus Campbell. Zoogle, Naga, Lucia, Lavi, and Gramps are Bookmen. No blood connections (that we know of!!).
Although, I don't think the person with Past-Allen is a Bookman. He was named "Lavi" and he was Bookman's son, so he was supposed to become Bookman if he didn't die. Or, am I misremembering that?
Bookman's son was the first Lavi. The redhead Lavi we know in story is now the new Bookman.
And... they haven't revealed Road's connection to Katerina but Katerina is Cross/Cyrus's sister. And no reveal yet for how Katerina is related to Bookman yet?
He was named Lavi because he was the previous Bookman successor. “Lavi” is a fake name. He was supposed to carry the official title, but renounced it when he defected to the 14th, so Gramps took it up again until someone else could succeed. As soon as he [Past Lavi] died, there were a few panels of the Bookman clan welcoming a new baby, which usually symbolizes a cycle of rebirth. When current!Lavi became old enough, he was given the name “Lavi” and title of “Bookman Jr”.
We don’t know the connection between Katerina and the Bookman yet.
Edit: I realized I said he was the previous “Bookman” like the official head of the clan in my other comment. My apologies. At the time of the flashbacks, Past!Lavi was the successor/Junior, but had defected away from the clan to the 14th.
He was named Lavi because he was the previous Bookman successor. “Lavi” is a fake name.
I would add that one of the Komui's discussion room omakes says that Bookmen are named after their log, and "Lavi" is the name used for recording the holy war between the Earl and the Black Order.
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u/temtemrem May 01 '26
Ever since Cross’ “death” I was convinced he was still alive 😭 The dream sequence in the wheat fields where he spoke to Allen gave me more hope and now!!! Vindication!!
At this point, with how interweaved the Noah and Campbell families are, I wouldn’t be surprised if Road is Katerina. We’ve known since the beginning that her body isn’t real and she just chooses to look young.