yeah first thing i thought is that it looked like shimada shed her old self after awakening her real power and what was left was similar to a snake's shedded skin or an empty cocoonIs that really Shimada and not a fakeout though? Aren't those Shimada's stakes that are coiling around shop valley office? Not sure how that imprint on the tarp would've been made but I'm just skeptical that this isn't a set up for a later twist where Shimada just kinda shows up at the right time to fix/make worse whatever happens next.
Then again Avakian did say the tarp was made of something that it has never seen before, so I'm probably just coping too hard.
I'm wondering if it's the skin of darkness-ish outer layer that Shimada has when she's awake and in business mode? So topless leotard & stakes Shimada (who we see at the chapter opening) is still inside, battling Shop Valley's employer (or having a peyote trip, w/e).Is that really Shimada and not a fakeout though? Aren't those Shimada's stakes that are coiling around shop valley office? Not sure how that imprint on the tarp would've been made but I'm just skeptical that this isn't a set up for a later twist where Shimada just kinda shows up at the right time to fix/make worse whatever happens next.
Then again Avakian did say the tarp was made of something that it has never seen before, so I'm probably just coping too hard.