SO MOOT AND I WERE TALKING AND WE DISCOVERED SOMETHING AMAZING AND HORRIFYING AND HIDEOUS BUT JUST FUCKING AWESOME
DOGS THEORY:
Now let us see this panel.
Giovanni is standing in the MIDDLE OF THE ROOM, DOWNSTAIRS.
Einstellsehn is STANDING ABOVE GIOVANNI IN THE UPSTAIRS PART OF THE ROOM.
AND THEN SUDDENLY--
SHE'S STANDING ON THE SAME LEVEL AS HIM.
DID SHE TAKE A MAGICAL STAIRCASE? IN THE SPAN OF ONE PANEL IN THE SAME PAGE? UNPOSSIBLE. IS MIWA JUST SHITTING WITH US?
LET US LOOK CLOSER.
BUT NO! SHE'S STILL UPSTAIRS! WHAT THE FUCK'S GOING ON?!?!?!
AND SHE LEANS DOWN!! BUT WHAT, SHE LOOKS KIND OF DIFFERENT?!
AND ANOTHER! the placement of upstairs/downstairs is unclear BUT FROM THE WAY HER PUPIL IS POSITIONED AS HE EXITS, IT IS CLEAR THAT SHE IS THE DOWNSTAIRS!!
and details:
#1
#2
#3
#1 is a much younger looking Einstellsehn compared to #2, who displays a fuller facial line/cheeks and also lips. #2 looks rather old.
Compared to #1 and #2, #3 however, is childish (see: hands, different clothes, lips, facial structure), and has shorter hair. Also the drawing style (if that can be an argument) = #3 has a structure/style that Miwa frequently uses to draw children (see: luki and noki) that is distinctive to the style used to draw adults.
banger :: "also, i think they're wearing different clothing -
#1 has the black collar thing as seen in the flashbacks,
#2 has a turtleneck sweater,
and #3 has some kind of shawl"
SO THE CONCLUSION
THERE ARE THREE MANIFESTATIONS OF EINSTELLSEHN;
OLD, YOUNG, AND CHILD.
you will notice that the young (#1) looks not much different from the flashbacks of the child!arc Einstellsehn, which was considerably long time ago considering how much Heine and Giovanni have grown since then (at least a decade). For her to have maintained this young look for all this time seems impossible.
So we will have to conclude that #2 is, in fact, the "original" einstellsehn who existed at the time of the child!arc as revealed by canon series, and this "new" einstellsehn was "created" after heine's escape (see: "you killed everyone, even the professors"). And it would make sense that she would have a much younger replacement handy (#3) as a JUST IN CASE emergency.
in short.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?