I don't consider the manga to be official here- If i watch an anime then that anime is going to be stand alone regardless. and i read the manga then that manga is stand alone in its own universe.
Clearly Lucy commits suicide in the anime at the end and therefore no one should be standing in the door as the shadowy figure.
Therefore anime= failed again.
fuck that. ( . ) ( . )
I mean at least if the ending was open to interpretation I'd be cool with that.
But the ending makes NO sense, the details leading up to the end all contradict each other.
So who was the shadowy figure standing at the gate??