Dus wrote:I used to be convinced of that as well, but it could have been a part of Bourbon's ploy to let them think Shuichi was still alive.
Are you sure he's not aware of his comrades being around? He did look pretty smug.Chekhov MacGuffin wrote:Which is why I am not sure, because I can't rule this explanation out either. Of course there is the question of what scar Akai could be "warning" her about. If scar Akai left the message he wouldn't know about Gin and friends or the bomb case either (or Okiya). Maybe he's raising a false alarm?
In case there's a misunderstanding: That's pretty much my point. He was supposed to stay in hiding until Yukiko arrived, but when the house burned down, he had to act. He made his hair look scruffy, dyed it somehow, and grabbed some glasses.No masks were involved as Ran's kick revealed. The sound effect is for "hard contact" which would have destroyed any mask. It's his own face covered up with poofier hair and incorrectly prescribed glasses.
And giving him a mask when he's already established his fake identity would be pretty pointless.
fixed quote - Chek