got it refactored and working, still plenty to split and organize

lua/kickstart/plugins/kanagawa.lua

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+return { -- You can easily change to a different colorscheme.
+  -- Change the name of the colorscheme plugin below, and then
+  -- change the command in the config to whatever the name of that colorscheme is.
+  --
+  -- If you want to see what colorschemes are already installed, you can use `:Telescope colorscheme`.
+  'rebelot/kanagawa.nvim',
+  priority = 1000, -- Make sure to load this before all the other start plugins.
+  init = function()
+    -- Load the colorscheme here.
+    -- Like many other themes, this one has different styles, and you could load
+    -- any other, such as 'tokyonight-storm', 'tokyonight-moon', or 'tokyonight-day'.
+    vim.cmd.colorscheme 'kanagawa-dragon'
+
+    -- You can configure highlights by doing something like:
+    vim.cmd.hi 'Comment gui=none'
+  end,
+}