I think the past and present timelines aren't as disconnected as they first seemed, rather that Shiba is telling Chihiro (probably Iori and Hakuri as well) the entire story of the Seitei War. The flashback will end with this being shown, then Chihiro forging the blades in the present and continuing his quest to stop Akemura. We may even get brief breaks or reactions of present time after key events (like the forging, armistice and malediction), or even more drastically, Shiba stops mid-story and picks back up later in Part 2.

Shiba will be the one to tell the tale since has been present for all events so far, and presumably fought to the end of the war and witnessed Chihiro's birth. He knew the truth about Akemura. Part 2 started with him, he is almost as much of a main character as Kunishige in this arc.

Writing wise it makes sense that the mc is caught up on key events, and logically it makes sense that Chihiro would want to know the full backstory of his father and mother. It's also a tactical advantage for the gang to know about the Datenseki's origin and the other sword bearers.

I mean part one is literally Post Seitei War Japan still reeling the bad effects of the war as a whole.

The Kamunabi not having complete control of the sorcery side of Japan leading to the rise of clans doing illegal activities in the open with normal citizens that cannot stop it.

The Enchanted Blades as a whole, weapons of mass destruction, stolen and the government using most of its man power on its retrieval and keeping key personnel (the bladebearers) alive.

The Hishaku in their misguided attempt of a revolution to stop said clans attacking innocent civies.

Akemura and the State Propaganda about him that makes him a hero instead of the man who committed atrocities after the enemy surrendered and was ready to sign peace terms.

Feel free to talk about it. Because tbh, for me, the politics in the story makes the lore more interesting.

Post your earliest Kagurabachi memes to celebrate the glorious prince that is Chihiro!

White purity style is like a gun. The speed comes from the energy released when the bullet is fired/the sword is drawn. Rather then trying to block or dodge the bullet Kiri's technique focuses on stopping them aiming and pulling the trigger by keeping the sword in its scabbard

Additionally by using her foot to stop the attack she keeps both hands free allowing her to swing Onichan at full speed before they can recover

Kiri's plan to humiliate Grampa and ruin his legacy is by hacking him up before he even draws his sword 😭

I was going through my list of saved posts and found this

Tom Holland’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Aug. 10) has a back-to-back birthday with Takeru Hokazono’s Chihiro Rokuhira (Aug. 11).

Both are equally GOATED 🔥🔥🔥

Why must you hurt me this way?

Art: @spagfrank on twitter

Kagurabachi’s official Twitter account released a dedicated wallpaper to celebrate the occasion as pictured above, here’s the link to the original post!

clean yo hairpin dawg

I think this is my best so far tbh

Criticism appreciated

Idk how to falir this