History WMG / KabaneriOfTheIronFortress

[[spoiler: Between Ikoma getting launched out of the train and when he pulls the lever, he appears to have been wounded, as he has blood all over himself. These wounds must have come from the Kabane he fought through to get there, but he doesn't get the usual symptoms of infection, like the purple flesh]]. This means that the virus probably like chicken pox, i.e. once you've caught it and lived, you're immune to future infection.

Takumi likes Kajika, who likes Ikoma. Then there's also Kurusu, who loves Ayame, who'd ([[spoiler:If she doesn't die in episode 4]]) like Ikoma. Then there's Mumei, who's the perfect wildcard in all of this. As a bonus: If Ikoma [[spoiler:does kill Ayame come episode 4, Kurusu will heavily despise Ikoma, even more so than he does now.]]

** Very strongly implied to be true in Episode 6 and confirmed in Episode 7. [[spoiler:He's Biba The Liberator, the Shogun's son and the leader of the Hunters, the elite Kabane extermination unit]]

The Kabane result in Kabeneri, hybrids with superior physical prowess and combat ability. The Organization might have isolated the Kabane virus or parasite to create the Yoma. Like the Kabane, the Yoma are effectively a [[spoiler: parasite that takes over the body of its host. In the case of the Yoma, the host's own thought processes are subverted by a malignant intelligence.]] So long as the host retains their humanity, they become excellent [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]]. However the Yoma are far better adapted than the Kabane, being an ambush predator with a lower chance of depleting their food supply and the Warriors are easier to mass produce than the Kabaneri with a HealingFactor and other powers thrown in beyond the physical enhancements.

* It might be true. In episode 9 [[spoiler: Biba turns Horobi into the heart of a fused colony.]]
* Partially confirmed: [[spoiler:it requires a Black Blood injection, though.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed in episode 12. Although the above is Jossed in that he only needed Mumei to turn her into a Fused Colony to destroy Kongokaku city, and intended to dispose of her after the job was complete.]]

* Jossed. The series ended [[AndTheAdventureContinues on a sequel hook]], with Ikoma [[spoiler:barely surviving only [[NobleDemon thanks to Biba himself]]]] without doing anything truly heroic.

[[spoiler: When Ikoma loses his arm to a bullet, the stump ends above the elbow. When we see him next, it ends below the elbow, and in the ending of the 12th episode, his arm is even longer than before.]]

* [[spoiler: But also subtly adverted in The Battle of Unato, where Ikoma's new arm is revealed to be some sort of mechanical prosthetic.]]

[[spoiler: It's basically confirmed in every way but visually that Biba doses Ikoma with the white-blood during the final duel, in order to undo Ikoma's advanced Kabane state. The last possible chance for Biba to do so would be when Ikoma goes blind. Biba goes for the back-stab where Ikoma promptly denies him and blows his arm off, but not before Biba quickly pulls the syringe and doses Ikoma.]]

[[spoiler: It is arguable that during the duel Biba felt he couldn't defeat Ikoma in his current state, and decided to use the white-blood to even the odds in his favor.]]
* [[spoiler: Supported by Biba CrazyPrepared trope, his general character traits throughout the series, and the fact that Biba eventaully gets back up and starts shooting at Ikoma after he's rendered unconscious from exhaustion.]]
* [[spoiler: With this in mind, is is possible Biba's line "You found the coward within me" was more about his dishonor in using the white-blood, rather than the back-stab itself.]]

[[spoiler:* Supported by Biba CrazyPrepared trope, his general character traits throughout the series, and the fact that Biba eventaully gets back up and starts shooting at Ikoma after he's rendered unconscious from exhaustion.]]
[[spoiler:* With this in mind, is is possible Biba's line "You found the coward within me" was more about his dishonor in using the white-blood, rather than the back-stab itself.]]

[[spoiler: It's basically confirmed in every way but visually that Biba doses Ikoma with the white-blood during the final duel, in order to undo Ikoma's advanced Kabane state. The last possible chance for Biba to do so would be when Ikoma goes blind. Biba goes for the back-stab where Ikoma promptly denies him and blows his arm off, but not before Biba quickly pulls the syringe and doses Ikoma.

It is arguable that during the duel Biba felt he couldn't defeat Ikoma in his current state, and decided to use the white-blood to even the odds in his favor.
* Supported by Biba CrazyPrepared trope, his general character traits throughout the series, and the fact that Biba eventaully gets back up and starts shooting at Ikoma after he's rendered unconscious from exhaustion.
* With this in mind, is is possible Biba's line "You found the coward within me" was more about his dishonor in using the white-blood, rather than the back-stab itself.]]

* [[spoiler:But also subtly adverted in The Battle of Unato, where Ikoma's new arm is revealed to be some sort of mechanical prosthetic.]]

Mumei reveals that if she doesn't get blood, she will eventually turn into a Kabane. The few Wazatori shown not only know proper stances of their required fighting disciplines, but also have the correct gear. It is unlikely that they would also know how to scavenge and equip such articles, so they might be the remnants of their former lives as Kabaneri. As for how can they be so prolific? Ikoma might not be the only one to have figured out how to stop the infection, but he is the only one who did it on his own and was then told he needed blood; the others must have fallen victim to their own thirst before realizing, turning into Wazatori.

[[spoiler:* However, in The Battle of Unato, Ikoma's arm is revealed to be some sort of advanced prosthetic.]]

[[ * However, in The Battle of Unato, Ikoma's arm is revealed to be some sort of advanced prosthetic.]]

* Probably {{Jossed}} in Episode 7, where we learn that [[spoiler: he's the Shogun's son and the leader of the elite Kabane extermination team]]. And even further jossed as of Episode 10, [[spoiler: as the reason the Hunters kept Ikoma alive is because [[GenderRarityValue male Kabaneri are very rare]].]]
* [[spoiler:Confirmed in episode 12.]]

* Supported by the fact that all Kabane shown in the anime have all of their limbs, even though at least some of them would have lost some in the past, due to injury or close encounters with Hayajiro.

* Jossed. The series ended [[AndTheAdventureContinues on a sequel hook]], with Ikoma [[spoiler:barely surviving only [[NobleDemon thanks to Biba himself]]]] without doing anything truly heroic.

[[WMG: The Kabane are the ancestral form of the [[{{Claymore}} Yoma]] or at least a related species]]

* Partially {{Jossed}} in that Ayame lives so far.

* [[spoiler:Confirmed in episode 12]]

Bonus points if the final scene is him saving a little girl and her mother, and swearing to protect the weak.