Necron?

[The Crystal]

I think the whole argument about 'beating Necron, then the Iifa Tree dies, so they must be the same!' is just weak.

This is not the ONLY argument you know. Read again the post you quoted.

There are other explanations for that (such as, you know... Kuja destroying pretty much all of Terra,

Then the tree would have died instantly after this.

or the fact that Garland and the Genomes' are unable to monitor and help the flow of souls from one world to the other).

In the Crystal World, Kuja says that the process of assimilation between Gaia and Terra already started(by the tree). It don't need Garland or the Genomes to help it.



And i still want to know why some people say Necron retreats, after being defeated. It seemed to me that he was... blowing up, exploding, being completely and utterly destroyed.