I don't think so, chapter 206 revealed that Cross didn't aware of Allen being a kid
The only things I can really tell you are: (1) We didn't get an actual dead body to confirm his death, (2) I don't see how such an important figure in the story can die like that with so little explanation and (3) Yes he is just too awesome to die like that.
heh, I think most fans are in denial about Cross's death, but, in my opinion, the likelihood of Cross being alive is directly proportional to how much he knows that is relevant to the plot, and how much of what he knows can't be explained by someone else. Right now, the way I see it, there's a good chance that Cross knows too much relevant backstory (and by relevant backstory, I mean a lot of information about the "Walker" brothers and Allen) to be dead just yet, though quite a lot of what he knows could possibly be explained using Neah's memories...
Judgment was "corroded" either by Apocryphos (who has mentioned corroding Innocence before-- possibly even Judgment itself but I can't recall which), OR because Cross abandoned it. (Remember, Mugen corroded just because Kanda left it behind and was presumably dying. It only sprung back to life when he told it to "awaken" and then went crystal like Lenalee) In order for Cross to go Fallen, he'd have to still be near Judgment, and obviously he isn't. Also, where would he go Fallen without someone seeing it? Finders are always keeping their ears to the ground, right? Also, when Lenalee went crystal, Bookman and Lavi had a side conversation about it and Bookman warned him not to get too close to the Innocence-- to abandon it, if it showed signs of behaving like Lenalee's did. So I'd think Cross could leave Judgment behind safely. As for GoM, the innocence is synced to Maria, so it makes no sense for him to go Fallen. ^_^
Interesting. As someone mentioned, the novel chapter "Lost Fragment of Snow" has Cross as an adult 35 years ago. I'd say his appearance is late twenties to early thirties while taking care of Allen in 206, and early-to-mid thirties at the time of his "death." So he needs to be at *least* 55 years old. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he was a lot older than that.
) about his own age could be relevant to this. I've seen theories that either accepting Nea's memories or being synced to an Innocence caused past Allen to become younger. I lean toward it being an "overnight" thing, like with Mana. Becoming younger could simply erase his memories from before. (Alternatively, if it was the Innocence that made him younger, I wouldn't be surprised if it was Apocryphos who erased his memories of being the host for a Noah-- and maybe even synced him with his Innocence in the first place at some point after Nea died, when no one else would've been around to know about it.) But I find it significant that Cross, in the novel, bothers to ask Red if he's Allen. That he'd even consider the possibility that a little 8-year-old boy could be "Allen." BTW personally I like to think that maybe the dog was named after Past Allen, and then Red got his name *back* because of it. :>
I think that Cross asked if Red was "Allen" because he saw Allen performing with Nea, and Nea's flyers stated that he performed with his dog "Allen", so more of Cross' cynical humor there, I might be mistaken though, I'll reread that. I do like the idea that this is Allen reclaiming his name, it does seem appropriately symbolic on some level. Although Cross does appear to be in his mid twenties right across the board, it might just be that it is hard to display age in manga/anime, but he doesn't really appear to have aged from when he took care of Allen and when he disappeared, I got a bit confused because Cross tied his hair back when he took care of Allen, but when Cross finds Allen in front of Mana's grave stone his hair is not tied back, making him appear older to me. I just remembered, Cross was friends with Aryster's grandfather, who died roughly twenty years ago (unless I missed my guess). Also Cross' prediction of Aryster acting strangely after returning "Rosie" to him raises some questions about whether or not Cross really can manipulate innocence IMO.BTW regarding Allen: I think the most likely circumstance is that we're dealing with an Allen who either suddenly or gradually became younger, somewhere during that 35 years. Nea does recognize him by name both in 198 and 215, after all. IMO the bit from "Lost Fragment of Snow" in which Mana babbles some crazy talk (
Hmm, this had actually confused me for a long time but i never looked into it too much, now that you mention it though, I think that Mana's changing allens name the more he says it until only OOO is left (from Allen-Alleo-Aoo-OOO in my translation) is actually Neah (sometimes Nea) taking over, and Mana constantly changing Allen's name each time he says it until OOO becomes the end result is meant to be symbolic of this, since in the next page we see the 14th actually possess Allen until Lenalee snaps him out of it. Nea does say something about Allen being consumed by his dreams until only Nea himself remains.
I thought this scene between Cross and Apo was basically Cross confirming that Allen is the 14th. I don't know the full implication behind it yet so i'll try to keep an open mind. But Cross saying, "When we first met, he didn't introduce himself as Allen, should have realised the mistake sooner" (this isn't a direct quote, just off memory) I thought Cross meant that he hadn't realised Allen didn't introduce himself as "Allen", but you are right, Cross might have thought that Allen wasn't past "Allen" (that hasn't been confirmed as his past name so i'll use it sparingly for now) because he didn't introduce himself as "allen", but that would also imply that Cross at the very least knew about past "Allen" and that he would be the one carrying the 14th's memory.
I'm leaning towards the theory that being implanted with the memory of the noah, (instead of born with it like the rest are) might have something to do with it. Implanting a person to become the next host seems to be an unnatural selection of the next Noah and might require the mental processing of a child in order for it to work. That said, Allen's de-aging could also have been an attempt to hide Allen from the Noah while he protects Nea's memories, thus sparking my theory that Cross is an all powerful time wizard. However Kannazuki pointing out Hevlaska's perdiction has a point. Being predicted as the destroyer of time, perhaps Crown Clown really does have more to do with this than we first thought. But that also brings up the Apo theory which seems a bit flawed. Why would Apo implant a noah with innocence and reverse their age? The moment Allen showed signs of noahfication, apo just tried to absorb him anyway.
boku wa "OOO" ja nai yo.
