Re: i. THE FRONT
Kira and TJ are both in the fray as well. TJ has her hex bolts going pew pew pew!, probably stinking of brimstone, bouncing around and landing on the shoulders of bigger enemies, kicking things in the head, etc.
Kira has her katana and kusarigama (weight and sickle on a chain) and is using them alternately, channeling her foxfire through the metal. Several times her fox aura becomes briefly visible until at one point it takes over and ohhhhhh shit:
Everything around her gets pretty much wiped out. This isn't necessarily a good thing. Now her eyes are glowing amber, she only speaks Japanese, and she'll attack anyone who gets in her way no matter what side they're on. After a little while of this exhaustion will hit her and she'll need to be rescued. She'll probably take a bunch of hits in between half-collapsing and getting pulled out.