Thread:Silver-Haired Seireitou/@comment-24384232-20150518001817/@comment-24384232-20150520150158

Hmm, had to go back and reread the technique, but I think I have a way to explain how it works to some extent. Now within canon, they dont elaborate too much on what the exact kido used to augment Shunko is, so that would be the first step. An earlier theory that I had, was that the kido was an element that was then tied to the users body and used to augment it. Given the lightning shroud and the wind shroud used by Soifon I had thought that this was the case, but now Im not sure.

Canon seems to draw a hard line between physical abilities and spiritual abilities, with all spiritually based manipulation techniques falling under reijutsu or some sort of "spell". In this case, Id like to define the usage of the term "spell" as a catch-all for any technique that manipulates spiritual pressure or spiritual power, at least according to canon. Defining it in this way makes it easier to reconcile and explore the innerworkings of how this technique may work.

Your assessment of the soul resonance possibility I think is spot on. Ironically, if this is indeed the case, Shunko is less of a technique and more of the application of this mastery of soul resonance/soul cadence. If you can resonate with a spell, there's very little you couldnt resonate with. A spell is a bubble of different concepts, and just trying to resonate with one, is hard enough but to do so for a spell or something thats of that level of complexity would spell some interesting benefits.

Ill have to explore this a bit with Kurama, but for now, I think that as a concept this can work. But what are your thoughts?