mizu 🥰🥰🥰

I really really like Mizu's hair

As for your screenshot, I do think it is supposed to be a stylized magatama bead! As you saw in this past post, magatama can come in many shapes and sizes. This one has a pronounced "claw" tip + is strung on a himo (cord) wrapped around what look like same (shark or ray shagreen) covered tsuka (katana handle). It's a very cool detail!

Now that 'Blue Eye Samurai' is out on Netflix, I can share some of the work I did as a character designer on the series! My main focus was Akemi's design, and her costumes. I designed her ensembles, as well as Madam Kaji's outfits, several of the Nightjar Girls, and Lady Itoh's outift as well. I also designed young Taigen, and did some pose sheets for a few characters. It was a huge job and the entire team of artists and animators really worked hard to make this show possible.