So… we know Adam has taken… well, technically, four forms. The original Adam who seemed to know Katerina, Mana, Neah, and the current Adam (which is still… technically Mana, but not quite?). But I personally believe there might be more to it than that.
And by that I mean there may have been multiple Adams throughout the millennia.
….bear with me on this, alright? It’s a little complicated for my uncaffeinated mind, but I think I can do this.
I don’t think the four…. of him are the only ones.
There may have been others in the past.
If I remember correctly, there are some lines somewhere in the manga where something was mentioned about the Noahs returning to Adam and being likened to sacrificial lambs.
Now, I’d never really thought much of it until just recently, on my… umpteenth reread of the manga. I got to chapter 219, where the past Adam… splits himself.
And the babies that result from that split are Mana and Neah… who eventually become Noahs, and one of them Adam (sort of).
…going on these two facts, I… think Adam has probably split himself multiple times, likely in order to create the other Noahs, whose memories are all… well, sensations. Things that can be experienced, like dreams, judgment, or desire.
Why did something go wrong this time?
Because, loves, I think he split himself one too many times. Think of Adam’s conscience like twine. You can cut twine, but as it gets older and as you mess with it more and more, it begins to fray and unravel.
When you try to cut fraying line, it becomes very difficult, almost impossible, to cut it evenly
But the Millennium Earl disappeared this time, and he’s never done it before.
Because nothing went wrong those past few times. Everything worked out fine, so he was probably able to jump right back into the game.
This time, something went very wrong. Because Adam split himself that final time, and it didn’t work.
Because of that, the current Adam is no longer the true Adam.
And the true Adam no longer exists.
Instead, he’s divided between two separate individuals, and they’re both a part of him.
Mana probably drew the short stick and wound up with the greater sum of Adam’s memories, but what memories he does have are just unstable enough that the current Adam is Not Quite Right.
I think he meant for Neah to be a separate, new Noah entirely (the Noah of Destruction) but past!Adam miscalculated and so Neah wound up with bits of Adam’s memories–the bits Mana!Adam needs to become himself again, hence the desire to devour Neah.
Why would he do that if he was going to make a mistake?
Because, if I’m right, he would’probably believe he could do it that final time without a mistake. He’s done it in the past without a problem, so why would something go wrong this time?
As Admin Riah puts it, past!Adam picked himself a great big bouquet of whoopsie daisies.
