Talk:Ikoma/@comment-112.211.211.68-20160701072042/@comment-27183676-20160701080304

If you watch closely throughout the episode, there are moments when Ikoma's vision starts to fade. During the fight with Biba, you'll also notice that one of his eyes is faded out (believe it's the right one, but I'd have to go back and make sure), indicating blindness in that eye. This is apparently a result of using the blood to transform into a nue. When he "looks dumbfounded" it's because complete blindness has set in, and he doesn't know where Biba is. So he's trying to use his ears to locate him, which is why Biba moves slowly and stealthily instead of rushing in. He doesn't want to alert the blind Kabaneri of his position. Ikoma was basically waiting for a noise to give him some information, which he received in the form of the pebble falling in the water.