Kagurabachi - Ch. 78 - Switch

[MangaDex]

 

[Saybah]

Hiruhiko finally realized sword fighting is not a game

 

[Takuma_Aki]

Hiruhiko still lives?! It nagged me last chapter he wasn't finished off but I brushed the thought off since author killed Cloud Gouger's user before... Come on... He has been a nuisance for far longer than enough... Being that broken, he'll one day come back even more annoying than this.

 

[Kampfarsch]

the main issue here is that every sword owner dies when they kill the master because of plot contrivance

 

[brndndss]

id like for hirohiko to stay so mentally broken from his continued losses and that chihiro looks at him like hes nothing, but im sure hell bounce back

 

[AnonymousContributor]

hiruhiko isnt beating the bum allegations

 

[Ignore]

Pretty clear at this point that the Hishaku grand plan boils down to 'we should be strong enough to win even if we blow our cover, waste huge portions of our fighting power on stunts, needlessly fight a strong guy we could have left alone, divide our forces, and entrust our most powerful weapon to an imbecile'.

 

[TheOnlyHippo]

I've got a pretty good feeling that the Kamunabi HQ is going to underestimate the Hishaku, the Shinichi's master will die, and Samura will subsequently die leaving Tobiume in Inori's hands.

Everything is about to play out just like earlier with the Hotel staff trying to fight off Hirohiko. Also Samura and the rest of the og sword wielders have shown themselves to be at their absolute, pinnacle awakened form. Other than the Shinichi's master connection, he's basically unbeatable. So like, it's gotta happen.

Though I also kind of hope Samura is able to survive somehow and live with Inori.

 

[Dennis-aka-Denji]

Pretty clear at this point that the Hishaku grand plan boils down to 'we should be strong enough to win even if we blow our cover, waste huge portions of our fighting power on stunts, needlessly fight a strong guy we could have left alone, divide our forces, and entrust our most powerful weapon to an imbecile'.

Then they could have attacked the HQ back when they had the Shinuchi, killed the sword master and used the blade. They're planning something, there were several panels where panda-hair is basically saying as much.

 

[Shadow1015]

Then they could have attacked the HQ back when they had the Shinuchi, killed the sword master and used the blade. They're planning something, there were several panels where panda-hair is basically saying as much.

I think after the Rakuzaichi Yura said that they wanted to see how the user would react to the blade so they decided to sell it in the Auction

 

[Njin]

Pretty clear at this point that the Hishaku grand plan boils down to 'we should be strong enough to win even if we blow our cover, waste huge portions of our fighting power on stunts, needlessly fight a strong guy we could have left alone, divide our forces, and entrust our most powerful weapon to an imbecile'.

Eh, sending Hirohiko to distract Samura made sense. Note how they only started moving the moment Owl disappeared - Yura even outright said a couple chapters ago they can't make a move because of it. It's pretty clear what would've happened if they tried to pull anything while Samura was playing Big Brother: He'd have massacred them all in the ensuing free-for-all.

The Hishaku probably banked on the Kamunabi splitting their forces to protect the sword-bearers - since Yura cracked the seal of the Shinuchi already, they probably win if they get their hands on it; certainly, it's more powerful then the Kumeyuri.

 

[Redsaint]

Anyone else think the guy who ordered the shield to be dropped is a turncoat.

 

[NerimaShinjuku]

I’ve read every chapter just like you guys and I barely understand what’s going on or half the names you’re throwing around

 

[fight2live]

kamunabi's gonna lose again

 

[Not_F3lix]

 

[Ignore]

Eh, sending Hirohiko to distract Samura made sense. Note how they only started moving the moment Owl disappeared - Yura even outright said a couple chapters ago they can't make a move because of it. It's pretty clear what would've happened if they tried to pull anything while Samura was playing Big Brother: He'd have massacred them all in the ensuing free-for-all.

The Hishaku probably banked on the Kamunabi splitting their forces to protect the sword-bearers - since Yura cracked the seal of the Shinuchi already, they probably win if they get their hands on it; certainly, it's more powerful then the Kumeyuri.

...Except that Samura was going to fight the Kamunabi alongside them, or even on his own. Just hide your strength, let him wear himself out, then pile on.

 

[Ignore]

Then they could have attacked the HQ back when they had the Shinuchi, killed the sword master and used the blade. They're planning something, there were several panels where panda-hair is basically saying as much.

'They have a plan' was the tagline for Battlestar Galactica. Spoiler: the Cylon plan made zero sense in the show, and probably didn't exist outside the show.

 

[Dennis-aka-Denji]

...Except that Samura was going to fight the Kamunabi alongside them, or even on his own. Just hide your strength, let him wear himself out, then pile on.

But that's the whole point, they're not doing the obvious thing. Which is more likely a sign of them having some other plan, rather than the guys who've been scheeming in the dark for years now all of a sudden deciding to just brute force it.

 

[Dennis-aka-Denji]

I think after the Rakuzaichi Yura said that they wanted to see how the user would react to the blade so they decided to sell it in the Auction

That was back when the sword was still contracted to Genocide dude. And it did end up messing with the new user's head, so that was a valid precaution. But if they'd kill the genocidal guy first, Yura could form a new contract with the genocide blade. Or at the very least, by killing the guy, all of the contracted blade users would die, meaning they could use all the swords now and have massive firepower. So the question stands. If they feel like they can take out the enemy HQ (and without their only sword user to boot, so they're quite confident), why didn't they just do that before?

 

[Shadow1015]

That was back when the sword was still contracted to Genocide dude. And it did end up messing with the new user's head, so that was a valid precaution. But if they'd kill the genocidal guy first, Yura could form a new contract with the genocide blade. Or at the very least, by killing the guy, all of the contracted blade users would die, meaning they could use all the swords now and have massive firepower. So the question stands. If they feel like they can take out the enemy HQ (and without their only sword user to boot, so they're quite confident), why didn't they just do that before?

Good point hell I think Shiba's mentor wondered why they're doing what they're doing now when they had Samura on their side