Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-180.244.166.61-20150429013111/@comment-26019974-20150429024118

1 - I'm pretty sure they're personified swords, if it wasn't for the Saniwa it wouldn't be possible for them to exist.

2 - You're also forgetting the anchorages iirc. The guys here are fighting againts the Historical revisionists mostly like panda says, but with the introduction of Kebiishi (which are regulators in the whole deal) they're also fighting against them too now. I wish that these enemies were more like Abyssals though, with the whole history of some abyssals being sunk girls (CL Oni, Destroyer princess) they're just regular enemies here.

3 - There's more formations to choose from, little to no sword-specific branching, Internal affairs which can raise stats that can't be raised via regular refinery (HP and Scouting) and of course, more RNG based than anything.