Seems to be the case.Is this the first time they have confirmed she was dead instead of just implying it?
I was theorizing something similar and I have no copium (I don't care if she's dead or not lol) so it could be.Oh she dead dead.
But if I'm huffing copium, WHAT IF, HEAR ME OUT, Arika is actually the mysterious hooded figure Ruri is yelling at? Maybe Arika isn't dead, but Ruri killed some other ho and Arika was some kind of forced accomplice? Maybe she's just in hiding, Maybe that stair scene was something else. Keep the dream alive people.
But nah she dead dead
Oooh good point, we dont necessarily know what the timeline is between those 2 events. (When I commented that I was like "Watch, I'll come back 50 chapters from now and somehow be right on that" lol. Just seemed mighty suspicious they didnt come out and show us who the hooded figure was)I was theorizing something similar and I have no copium (I don't care if she's dead or not lol) so it could be.
My theory is the burial scene is chronologically before the staircase scene. There isn't one series of events, but rather two with Arika being an accessory (or worse) in the first and a victim in the second.
Someone is clearly dead in the burial scene (unless it's just a huge asspull like "ah, we have to bury all these wigs because they make us look bad!" or whatever), but Arika may not have had her own incident until after that. Maybe to keep the first incident under wraps.
Guess we'll have to see.