Board Thread:Anime/@comment-24356739-20170701075622/@comment-32156926-20170703104949

As much as I love reading all the theories, let's not discredit Ufotable's effort at fleshing out the lack of premise/context of Touken Ranbu.

Ufotable's version of TKRB has changed the Saniwa into a more dynamic person, Konnosuke playing a more active role towards the swords and we have yet to see our traditional 6 member team yet as of episode 1. They've done a good job at world-building by having our two mains interact with humans of the era, rather than being teleported back to the citadel, and also they've clearly done their research by having Kanesan read off some history text in the beginning.

It's fun to read about how Katsugeki could be related to Hanamaru in some ways but I'd like to believe the earrings aren't exactly a death flag, but a step closer to their 'supposed'  intimate partnership like they have in TKRB - the partnership we see between them now in ep 1 seems a little off because their morals just don't match up. Having Kanesan throw him the earrings for him to wear could be the ball that gets them rolling into a smoother and more dependable partnership.