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Originally Posted by Sentou
With the bomb theory... well, Kinzo is dead a whole year before this whole thing occurs.
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Actually, we don't know that.
While there are lots of hints to that, and normally, this is what we would have to assume if we had no counterhints... but we actually do have one very heavy counterhint.
That is,
Kinzo's body itself.
If the events of Kinzo Phantom Conspiracy indeed happened as described in Ep5, keeping Kinzo's body around in any fashion is highly counterproductive. The plan is described to declare Kinzo missing, but having a body around for that is not required, and having it discovered brings the house of cards down. Ample opportunities to get rid of the body without alerting anyone exist, differing only in the amount of respect offered to the dead -- dump it into the ocean, bury it somewhere on the other end of the island, incinerate it and throw the ashes off a cliff. To date, no convincing explanation of why Kinzo's body is kept around where it can be accessed and easily burned by multiple characters has been offered.
The form of polydactily Kinzo actually has (actual bones in both toes, which is required for them to be visible once he is burned) is far more rare than the characters state, (they cite the statistics for 'any' polydactily) possibly making his corpse completely unique in this moment on Earth, which leaves little doubt that the burned corpse is indeed Kinzo.
Since there is no good reason that Kinzo's body has to be kept around for a year, it follows that it having only been around for a few days or weeks at most is quite plausible. There is no reason why, during the 1985 conference, he could not have actually behaved as described, i.e. avoided everyone. It is also possible that he has been bedridden, and it is
this fact that was actually concealed in 1985 at his insistence.