bcs he doesnt have his full soul, so he isnt diablo. jamie was created by diablo even. while it is true he has half of diablo soul and memories, but in the end that's it, they are a different individual with the same memories. and we already now that diablo cant get out of that darkness, even tho he's gaia's contactee, so he make jamie instead. it's better than the real diablo can get out off darkness just for the plot, that will just look he's so strong bcs of the plot (author's will), not bcs he's a human and need to stuggle. this plot also used so many times in many stories btw, one of them was in the game i play called "genshin impact" where god died and make a new version of herself from the same source of her birth for the next cycle (samsara)
and i like the way it is, not just some basic mid reincarnation story.
to make things clear, in original webtoon english translate, it said
"i impart half of my soul into the future" - diablo
"the will pf diablo volpir and gaia gave birth to me... jamie welton" - jamie
"i may be not a complete reincarnation of diablo volpir..." - jamie.
so yeah basically, since jamie is only half of diablo's soul, he isnt diablo. bcs with only half, you cant make a full person, thus jamie is a new life and personality created by diablo using half of his soul with his and gaia's will (the reason jamie REALLY wants to slay the gods) , then implated his memories to jamie (which make jamie even MUST to slay the gods and hates them since he was born). and that's also why he loves his family tho diablo already try to erased his feelings for 66.666 years lol, bcs jamie isnt him, all of his thoughts about "im emotionless" are just a planted memories by diablo
+++ that's also the reason why jamie forgot some past events, bcs he's not the real diablo, he's a new personality woth implanted memories. sorry for the yap, coz im biased and like this very much compared to most reincarnation manhwa/nga out there
You're fine I like the explanation and you have a point, but to me (ik its cliche but I eat it up) I rlly wanted it to be him cs I felt like Id root for him more since he came bk to get his revenge ig.
I feel kinda conflicted too. But i just like to think that its a good thing its not actually Diablo, coz i dread the day that his family finds out that's he's not really their son. At least with this plot (him only half Diablo) he can still be their son. And in this life he is not alone, like he learned from his mistakes of pushing others. Alsooo the title itself is a give away, its not reincarnate but transmigrate. Can waitttt to see his new powers nowwww. Also, Jamie's becoming too handsomeeee bye bye cutie Jamie
Why did the author decide to not have him be Diablo's reincarnation if he has like half of his soul and his memories and feels the emotions of those memories he's basically him. Now because of this revelation the other characters don't hold as much weight because they actually have nth to do with the current him it's just his power, this was a very unnecessary plot point and it lessens the impact of the story cs you can look at it as not being his fight anymore since he's not Diablo instead of him coming back to exact vengeance. His whole motivation for wanting to kill the gods in the first place was because he thought he came bk to finish his life's goal.This was not the end I was expecting for S4, feels shitty.