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[KizuyaKatogami]

Actually I'm reading that statement to mean they're not in the same boat - although it may be missing the actual comparison.

Lahabrea wasn't "literally" trapped in auracite but was pulled into the Eye, which functioned the same way and was subsequently destroyed.

The question may be asking about his first defeat in ARR but Ishikawa didn't take it that way.

But was destroyed through unconventional means which they end up stating. They leave both open ended however which does raise major eyebrows and especially with the raid reveal well.... seems pretty obvious where they’re going with it lol.

[Iscah]

But was destroyed through unconventional means which they end up stating. They leave both open ended however which does raise major eyebrows and especially with the raid reveal well.... seems pretty obvious where they’re going with it lol.

Her key statement, though, is:

Although he wasn’t imprisoned in the White Auracite, you can technically say he’s in the same situation.

I take that to mean "in the same situation as he would be if he had been trapped in auracite" despite a different substance being used to trap him.

Whether this statement was made before or after planning the Pandemonium raid is another question. Assuming that is indeed Lahabrea and not just Lahabrea's mask being used as an all-purpose Ascian mask, as it was in the Eden's Promise poster.