Conrad remains dead.

I wasn't expecting Gosetsu to be alive, but I wasn't surprised either. Anytime they make a big deal about not being able to find the body, it's a hint that they're still alive or at least that the writers may wish to bring the character back later. I'm more surprised that they revealed that information this quickly instead of having him make a surprise return at a later time.

I was surprised Yotsuyu was alive though, largely because I don't see much of a purpose to keeping her alive, much less having her stuck on an island with Gosetsu, though we'll see how it plays out.

I do agree though that they need to stop doing these fake deaths though. Before the Dawn pulled on my heartstrings because OH GOD THEY'RE DEAD. THEY'RE ALL DEAD. Then we spent all of HW being like loljk. A few of them should have remained dead, not just Minfilia. Plot shield makes things feel less impactful and constantly swerving us on the issue of character deaths just makes players skeptical and disengaged.