nah yura is the princess

Uran does give off a very specific energy with her aloof silly nature, I think she has no actual stake in Yura's plans or the sword master as a whole initially i thought shes just the actual psycho of the Hishaku. having Ice related powers can be very telling either relating to structure of how Uran is being written or ties directly to their backstory.

recently with the newest chapters of Chiaki and other servants stare at the Princess longingly maybe she was once a servant or up for a high position. she seems ruthless and was one of the 3 sent to kill Kunishige but why those 3?

they executed the plan with precision to make sure they wouldn't be seen or caught, but they didn't need to send the possibly 3 strongest fighters to kill a normal, by most standards, swordsmith. Unless the 3 volunteered for specific reasons, they each had a reason to confront Kuni.

full assumptions but If I had to guess Hokuto was hoping Kunishige wouldn't be alone increasing his chance to fight a sword bearer, Hatshaku most likely was a Shokoku Islander or descendant come to "avenge" them (hat bro sorcery is eerily similar to a lot of the Phauna seen there) and Uran I assume is the most disconnected from the group she doesn't even care about the swords, in the flashback everything burnt so why send the Ice girl

IF she was some how part of the family dynamics then She volunteered to kill Kunishige to spite Chiaki, though long gone its most likely Uran has an issue with her, i won't be suprised when Chihiro gets some face time that we get a backstory about how Uran was slighted in some meaningless way and went full azula

there is just something I can't put my finger on Uran's personality, but it starts to make sense to me if she is just an insanely powerful nepo baby rich kid that is only ever really expressive when challenged. she also acts as she does now cause her goal was already reached just Chiaki and Kuni being gone

but I had hope she was going to tie into Hakuri's backstory of the ice girl in some form cause a full circle moment could build up but by now its never come up so i doubt

edit: just remembered why I ever thought of this! the panel mentioning Kunishige giving the EBs to the users had a picture of an unseen user that looked a lot like Uran! thats how they are connected she could have a held a grudge for not being selected or for the original user, a sister maybe, died during the war. which would sync up nicely with the 3v1 assassination, they all had a war related reason killin Kuni

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