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1.How does one become a Kitsune

You can't really become a Kitsune, you can only take on human form since you are already a Kitsune to begin with.

Seeing from how it is from now, I'm inferring that there are 2 methods to take on human form.

1. Fox spirits taking the form of human after 100 years

2. Having a Kitsune parent who has already taken on a human form. (I'm guessing this only works if the Kitsune has already taken the form of human and is married to a human. If the Kitsune is a spirit and marry to a spirit Kitsune, the child would most likely also be a spirit Kitsune and would take 100years to become human.)

2. Is a Nogitsune and a Kitsune the same basic thing minus alignment?

Yeah they are. I believe it was stated in Silverfinger episode where there are 13 types of Kitsunes, and Nogitsune is basically the Void element Kitsune. And since Nogitsune feeds off pain, chaos and strife, it would basically means a villianous role since you have to induce it to feed on it rather than travelling far away to war zones. As for the Tail Blade matter, I think that it is probably just a specific characterisitc that belongs to Mrs Yukimura's Kitsune element. The Nogitsune probably has different manifestation and power of its own tail. (This was inferred from the mythology where when the Kitsune tails are rubbed together, it would produce fire fox or lightning, which is not seen in Mrs Yukimura's case)

3. Exactly how does the aging process work?

In Japanese lores (at least from my knowledge), the supernatural creatures age normally until adulthood where they will then age at an extremely slow rate. This is especially true in female supernatural creatures/Kitsune case, hence the common legends that Kitsunes are beautiful woman.

4. How exactly do the knives work as manifestations of the tails and are there more uses for them than just summoning Oni?

I believe that the knives representing tails is just a specific trait that belonged to Mrs Yukimura Kitsune Type. Different elemental Kitsune probably will have different manifestation of their own tails. As for the uses, it most likely differs between each elements. In Mrs Yukimura's case, it was summoning Oni. In lightning element Kira's case, it would probably be an entirely different use.

5) We know that there are 13 types of Kitsune, is it random does it have something to do with the time ones born?

This is where it got me confused. Japanese usually like having something called inheriting parent's ability, which totally did not apply here. So it is probably safe to say that it is random. Either that, or it has to do with Mrs Yukimura having a human husband which screwed up the genetics causing a random element.