User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 651 - The Theatre Suicide SCENE 5/@comment-24531362-20151112100053

Analysis mode ENGAGE!:

Okay, so I think I have figured at least one thing out. There are indeed two spirits that make up Katen Kyōkotsu. Katen is the taller one, and she is also called Ohana by Shunsui. Kyōkotsu is the short ninja one, and she's called Okyō sometimes. It makes sense that way, so I am gonna keep it that way.

On to the chapter. While chillin' in Kageoni, Shunsui tells Nanao the story of her parentage. Nanao's mother belongs to a clan of Shinto priestesses. I say priestesses because every man who marries into the clan, and I think also the males born to the clan, die untimely deaths. Nanao's mom sought to fight what had become known as a curse, but eventually her husband (and Shunsui's brother) succumbed to the misfortune of marrying an Ise. Before returning to her own clan, as was custom, Nanao's mother gave the family Zanpakutō (they only had one, as they did not focus on swordsmanship and instead held it for Shinto ritual purposes) over to Shunsui, as she thought it may be a wellspring of the curse. Shunsui the hid it inside the Kyōkotsu spirit's face, for safekeeping of course. Also, this sword has no blade, but it is made for killing divine beings, because Shinto.

Snapping back to reality, Lille is getting pretty damn tired of Shunsui always hiding. He stretches his face out like a poultry pancake because that's just what we're doing right now don't ask questions or they'll make us disappear. Using his ensuing breakfast-vision, he spots a tiny little shadow and figures that Shunsui must be using Kageoni to hide. Lille decides to turn up the brightness, and conjures up a ball of pure light because he can do that too. Unfortunately, the positioning of the magic lightbulb creates new shadows... on Lille's face. Out of this shadow pops Nanao, armed with the cursed blade of her ancestors, Hakkyōen.

Also, she may or may not have confessed her love to her uncle. My bets, and prayers, lie heavily in the 'may not' camp.

All in all, a good chapter. It was flashback-y without being a flashback, and it didn't break all teh rulez. Also, I got to make my first Eminem reference in forever, and damn did it feel good.

That's a wrap!