User blog comment:Ryuzakiforever/A Dark Day Indeed/@comment-4904935-20120324165411/@comment-1595565-20120324194100

Even if it was him, chances are he was a corpse by then. Dragon royally screwed the pooch in terms of treating him. This is why we have databooks, to confirm or verify stuff like this. Problem is, some people, you know who you are, choose to deny the information despite it coming straight from the mangaka himself since they think they know better than the guy who writes the series.