Quote Originally Posted by masamuneehs
But is it also possible that Ribbons has a twin out there somewhere? Could that possibly be the thing he instructed Ali to search for? That would open a huge new path for the plot to take...
We saw Ribbon's twin soon after Tieria jumped the window.I'm not so sure about Soma being back. Her distressed voice was too hard to tell, and she was in more of a serious tone during the convo with Saji anyway IMO.

As for Hal, he's back.

HELL YEAH!!!!

As for how permanent that is, I'd like to believe he's existing in co-ed with Al, just like they did in Ep25 last season. But if it is permanent, at least for the duration of being in Setsuna's particle radius, it'll be interesting for both Al and Marie to go into battle-mode whenever they work that O-Riser.

Marie having news-flashes annoyed me for the simple reason it made her soft(er).