Talk:Tadashi Hamada/@comment-4735804-20140929040032/@comment-3444885-20140930063518

(*hops around annoyingly because i know the answer and im so mad i cant blurt it out*). I'll only describe it using info that has been released in trailers, and try not to drop hints, ok?

Yokai could not have appeared before Tadashi's death, because he (whoever he actually is) stole Hiro's microbots while everyone was distracted by the same showcase incident that caused Tadashi's death (they happened simultaneously). Whoever became Yokai, didn't truly "become" Yokai until the moment they obtained the microbots, which was after Tadashi's death. Whoever took those microbots had to be around during the showcase -- Tadashi, Professor Callaghan, and Alistair Krei all fit said description (these are the assumed suspects to most fans). So then it boils down to either of these: 1) Tadashi faked his death, escaping alive by using the microbots, or 2) Tadashi really died, and someone else escaped using the microbots

Another option could be that Tadashi still somehow escaped the incident, but he still wasn't the one who took them. This last one sounds a bit convoluted, but remember that it was adapted from a Marvel comic. They've had so many reality-altering, ridiculous plotlines with long-winded (and somehow valid) explanations that Tadashi escaping death seems as normal as blinking an eyeball.