Albert said:

<<There's not much point in discussing the internal logic of the anime
in cases where the anime shows strong evidence of making it up as
it goes along. The issues that started this thread are such a case>>

There isn't much of a point in discussing any of this stuff.  Sheesh we're 
not scientist in a think tank. We're anime and manga fans talking about our 
if not one of our favorite series.  This is all fun.  So why can we share 
information about what the majority of us know about (the anime) not everyone 
on this list knows the manga page from page.  Most of us watch the anime, and 
have only heard about the manga through websites and the occasional graphic 
novel.  So, though that manga may have domain. My point is if our fun is in 
talking about the anime and bringing up points about things that happened 
there. Then let us. We know it's not canon and it doesn't count.  But gheez 
let us have our fun and stop shooting us down with excuses.