Lost in the timeline... please help?

[ipperne]

I'm so confused by Kyo, so now i'm asking for help!

Kyo have a katana, Tenro, who is made by Muramasa.

In the flashback in vol. 18 where the true story of Myumis death i revealed, she, Myumi, gives Kyo Tenro before she is killed by Chinmei.

At this time Kyo is in control of Kyoshiros body, right? (and if this is the case, then where is Kyoshiros

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[chomiji]

I'm pretty sure that Mayumi's death comes before Kyoshiro takes Kyo's spirit into his body after preserving Kyo's real body in that block of magical ice (Kyo doesn't gain control of the situation until the "current" events we see in the first few volumes of the series).

Note that Kyo may have been in possession of Tenrou (which is actually, I think, a type of sword called a nodachi - bigger than a katana) before then, but perhaps, trusting to Muramasa's mastery of the area around the house, he left Tenrou on the sword rack in the house when he went to sit outside ... is he carrying any weapon when Mayumi comes up with her umbrella and tries to get him to come in out of the rain? (Don't have access to my books at the moment.)

In any case, even if his earlier weapon isn't Tenrou (remember that Muramasa made other similar swords, including Sasuke's "false" Tenrou, which he had before Muramasa gave him Shibien), it makes sense that he would be using a nodachi. One of the online resources I found noted that a man who was big and strong

[ipperne]

but but but... Kyo has short hair in all the flashbacks with Mayumi? that's what makes me think that he is in control of Kyoshiros body, since I don't believe that Kyo would be able to cut his hair and grow it back to 'normal' length within a single year, or less?
but it makes sense for Muramasa to teach his student with that type of sword... so, I'm a little wiser now.

Thanks! ^_^

[chomiji]

Yeah, you're right about the hair, and that's really, really weird. Maybe that's where Kamijyo-san lost track of stuff ... 'cause remember, at the beginning of the series, Kyoshiro is running things with the body, although he realizes that Kyo might take over ... and that does imply he's lost control before. Well, I'll just have to go home tonight and look through my books, but I know you're right about the short hair, and I think it's going to be just one of those little mysteries.

- Cho

[ipperne]

It could be that he lost control in the beginning. after all, having two souls in one body is against the laws of nature. And Kyo is not a person you can keep down and get away with it.
And I think that, if Kyoshiro lost control, Kyo would go see Muramasa in hope that he might know a way to find his body and get him back inside it...
Or maybe Kamijyo just lost it...

[infi_inficio]

It's either the manga-ka forgot about the flashback scene (sometimes people get confused with their own story @__@) or Kyo does have a thing for long swords, I think. XD

[ipperne]

I don't think that Akimine could possibly forget a scene... But you never know... But a long sword does fit Kyo and his macho man-style... then at least he's able to say "mine is bigger than yours" when he's fighting ;-)
I'll never grow up...

[infi_inficio]

But a long sword does fit Kyo and his macho man-style... then at least he's able to say "mine is bigger than yours" when he's fighting ;-)

XD *dies*