A certain someone isn't coming back [Spoilers]

[SannaR]

This interview was conducted before the PLL actually, on Feb 8th, so what was said here and the suspicions that were aroused from the PLL aren't really matching up and, to be frank, are somewhat inconsistent in tone. I think they had the opportunity to squash any speculation during the PLL but they didn't for some reason. They went with this "see how you feel" business which doesn't really present a conclusive answer since everyone interprets whether Zenos "died" or "died died" very differently.

Yet in the same interview you have Oda-san wondering if they should have put some sort of "He's dead Jim" subtitle during that part.