User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 545 - Blue Stripes/@comment-1268838-20130709151049/@comment-4794735-20130709221443

I wouldn't call what he's done in this arc exactly "explaining" or "contradicting". To me, this arc has been Kubo going back and looking at all the plot holes and unexplained stuff he left lying around and creating random explanations for them that conveniently fit in with the current arc.

Honestly, if everything we've learned in this arc was planned out far in advanced, I'll give Kubo props for being a genius at his work. But I'm more inclined to believe he's just cleaning up all the messes he left behind and cleverly disguising it as "explanations".