



Which, depending on the execution, could also be interesting. Split personality is, of course, another possibility. You never know! But you get the gist, lol.) Time would be his own power and transformation would be Lucius’. Unless Astaroth found a way to manifest in the human world - which would explain the grimoire - and the process caused him amnesia. (Although, chances are high that it’s Lucius’ body, in this case. We would also get the reverse situation of what we usually have - instead of a devil possessing a human, it’s the human possessing the devil. Perhaps, due to a ritual by Lucius Zogratis? To bind him? It would include Astaroth somehow losing his memories and believing himself to be human. Not a human host, but the actual devil who disappeared from the underworld 20 years ago. I’ve been reading a lot of opinions and theories since the leaks dropped, and I think my favorite one is that Julius is Astaroth. I’ve always liked him he was never a “bad” guy.) (Kudos to Damnatio for putting the pieces together while still mentally begging for it to be wrong. Julius seems very disturbed as soon as he realizes that Damnatio is right. But reading the newest chapter, it’s obvious that the situation isn’t as simple as “Julius is evil”: It doesn’t change my disappointment with the Spade Arc as a whole (I had my fair share of issues with the writing and characters throughout), but certainly raises my interest for the final arc once again.Īdmittedly, I’ve never been a fan of the evil-Julius theories, especially since we have been in Julius’ head before, so it didn’t make much sense. I’ll admit that Black Clover has been rather disappointing for a long time now (to me) - but you have to give Tabata this twist:
