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Originally Posted by HiddenElephant

And this is what, episode 33? How many episodes are going to be in this season? Minimum of 42 is what I'm guessing, maximum of 52. Problem is, I can't see them stretching it out to 52. We've hit the home stretch, and the current plot-line is resolving the murder of Shinnosuke's father. Strictly speaking, we only know why he was killed: because he learned of the Roidmuude's existence rather early on. However, everything else has yet to be established. We formerly knew that Shinnosuke's father was killed in the line of duty by being shot in the back, but now none of that is true thanks to the revelations of 001. We don't know who done it, and we don't know how.

I assume it will be the standard 48.

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Originally Posted by YokaiX

Wouldn't Shinnosuke in reality be in a coma instead of being labeled "dead" when Mr.Belt fused with him.

It's more like he was in suspended animation, not just unconscious. Given what Makage did to him, he was more or less cryogenically frozen. He obviously appeared dead to everybody and probably had no detectable pulse.