Talk:Recent Updates/@comment-130.105.8.212-20171202082239

I was reading the translations of Kanesan's Kiwame letters and:

"As I think you know, I'm the spirit residing in the blade forged by the 11th or 12th Kanesada, but the reason I take this current form is to match with that of my former master, Hijikata Toshizou."

So instead of the saniwa having the "ability to bring famous historical swords to life", is it more accurate to say that the swords already have souls/spirits and that the saniwa only have the ability to draw out the souls/spirits from the swords? And that the souls/spirits themselves are the ones who choose their physical manifestation?

I don't know if this is already known information so I'm sorry for bringing it up but it's an interesting piece of lore nonetheless. Thoughts?