n10sity said:
Sickly_Grin said:
No dude, you're the one being confused here. The guy in pages 4/5 Akon and Shaz Domino are talking to IS NOT Ichigo. Remember, he lost contact with Akon many chapters ago. His breaking from the cage has a completely different history we're still not aware of. Ichigo appeared elsewhere, not at the Research and Development room.
Yeah they lost contact, but Akon knew Ichigo was trapped somewhere in Garganta. Who else would Akon be trying to create an exit/entrance for? Akon says, "Actually, I wanted to open it from here a bit earlier but... it wouldn't... work." It seems pretty apparent to me that he is talking about the cage Ichigo was trapped in and opening it from the exit by Senkai Gate, which is where Ichigo was heading before getting trapped, instead of the R&D Headquarters from which he fled. Contact would be reestablished if the cage had been broken. You can see the shards flying around Akon on page 2. So clearly he has broken some sort of wall/barrier. I assume the cube is some sort of barrier/room the team from R&D created to work on opening the exit. I believe Ichigo came through the hole Akon created, killed Shaz, and in his attack destroyed that cube/room. And R&D's objective was to get Ichigo to SS. So, Fai's assessment seems the most likely to me.
Hm, now that I look at it from that perspective, it kind of makes sense. But I'm still not convinced. Who's person behind the hole in the sky on page 5? He's clearly dressed in white, so it can't be Ichigo. Man, how confusing! >.<