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[Tawa]

boardsword

Wooden swords don't really seem that cool to me, or nearly as useful in a fight, for that matter

[Neonivek]

Oh yeah, I do usually think Katanas are overdone, but a regular sized meat clever? C'mon now. Get a claymore. Or a boardsword. Or a Zweihander, or...
You get it.

It anime Katanas are used rather sparingly.

I know this is odd to say... But I think Katanas are more overdone in western media.

HECK Shadowrun 5th? Katana is the ONLY named sword in the rulebook with "Sword" just being a generic one handed sword. It is also the only weapon in the Shadowrun videogame.

The sword that features in Startrek? A Katana. Reason? Racism (No... really.)

While in Samurai Warriors the game that justifies a lot of Katanas actually uses them pretty sparingly. I think only about 3 characters of their entire cast actually use them and they are the characters who are famos for the Katana. Dynasty Warriors likewise only has two Katana users of their immense cast.

boardsword

Wooden swords don't really seem that cool to me, or nearly as useful in a fight, for that matter

You would be surprised how effective wooden swords can be. To the extent that there is a Japanese Proverb that goes something like "It is possible to die from the wooden sword".

There are reasons why people pretty much stick to Kendo sticks and ditched the wooden swords.

[Karnewarrior]

Sprin: Just make a quick jab at the SAO adverts
Karnewarrior: It's SAO
Karnewarrior: It's already a joke
Sprin: SAO more like LMAO
Sprin: ha
Sprin: ha
Sprin: ha
Sprin: Yeah Ill go kill myself now
Karnewarrior: don't
Karnewarrior: I still need a partner for these
Karnewarrior: and BFEL isn't trained up yet

MY BODY IS READY SEMPAI! TRAIN MEEEEEE

Next time... Patience grasshoppah. Also, can you be on steam around 9 PM Eastern American Time tomorrow? That's when we watch.

Spoiler: Episodes 6 and 7 (click to show/hide)

Karnewarrior: Someone got off to that
Sprin: I KNOW I DID

Sprin: shes undressing him with her eyes
Karnewarrior: That's Sexist
Karnewarrior: I'm calling the EO Office
Sprin: Not again

Sprin: Taiga is a mastermind
Karnewarrior: Straight Gendo Ikari
Karnewarrior: Eeeevil

Karnewarrior: SHIT
Karnewarrior: I HEARD AN ICE CREAM TRUCK
Karnewarrior: GOTTA GO MEANFACE MC MAID

Karnewarrior: STROKEPARROT SAYS
Karnewarrior: "Guh!"
Karnewarrior: ~~Words of Wisdom~~

Sprin: THOES BADONKADONKS
Sprin: SO SHINY
Karnewarrior: Here badonkadonks don't cover for Taiga being made of best

Karnewarrior: They need to realize they need to fuck
Karnewarrior: like, NOW
Sprin: They wont
Sprin: otherwise there is no plot
Karnewarrior: And then they can have an afterstory with an adorable baby tiger
Karnewarrior: And then Taiga dies and Ryu learns a lesson about love and family
Karnewarrior: before dragging the baby through the snow and killing her with hypothermia
Karnewarrior: the only one left alive is Strokeparrot
Sprin: 10/10

Karnewarrior: OH SNAP
Sprin: headshot
Karnewarrior: Probably the first guy to ever hit his Tsundere

Karnewarrior: Sensei has Cake syndrome
Sprin: Hey
Sprin: teach is hot
Karnewarrior: They always are

Sprin: DONT SEXUALLY HARRAS MY MOTHER
Karnewarrior: "Don't Sexually harass my mother!"

Sprin: Hey
Sprin: Your body isn't everything
Sprin: just everything important

We had to cut it off early, but tomorrow we might have a special guest, so stay tuned!

BFEL, I hope you're ready for all the shit that was so unfunny even WE wouldn't post it [/Dead Serious]

[Grimlocke]

Exotic things are just mundane things where they come from.

Japanese popular culture seems more interested in various European late middle ages and renaissance design, some Chinese designs and lots of lots of fantasy stuff.

The bulk of anime/manga featuring any swords at all are fantasy, which will generally lean more towards exotic inspirations for their designs. There's plenty (semi-)historic animu of course, plenty katanas to be found in those.

Though now that I think about it I don't recall seeing any anime featuring a fully historically accurate feudal Japan setting. All the ones I came across threw some completely made up stuff in the mix sooner or later (Samurai Champloo... love that show though).

[Max™]

Speaking of historical accuracy out of FUCKING NOWHERE... Maria the Virgin Witch.

[Sirus]

Oh yeah, I do usually think Katanas are overdone, but a regular sized meat clever? C'mon now. Get a claymore. Or a boardsword. Or a Zweihander, or...
You get it.

Dude, size matters less than what you can do with it. Remember that Viral (the nerd you mentioned) was dominating the fight against Kamina with his little cleaver/sword.

[BFEL]

Sprin: Just make a quick jab at the SAO adverts
Karnewarrior: It's SAO
Karnewarrior: It's already a joke
Sprin: SAO more like LMAO
Sprin: ha
Sprin: ha
Sprin: ha
Sprin: Yeah Ill go kill myself now
Karnewarrior: don't
Karnewarrior: I still need a partner for these
Karnewarrior: and BFEL isn't trained up yet

MY BODY IS READY SEMPAI! TRAIN MEEEEEE

Next time... Patience grasshoppah. Also, can you be on steam around 9 PM Eastern American Time tomorrow? That's when we watch.

We had to cut it off early, but tomorrow we might have a special guest, so stay tuned!

BFEL, I hope you're ready for all the shit that was so unfunny even WE wouldn't post it [/Dead Serious]

Maybe. I'm pretty sure I'm on Eastern time, and 9 is pushing it a bit because morning job, but I'll try anyway.
You'll need to friend me though, I'm pretty sure my tag is bfel001. If it isn't that it'll be bfel01. Can never remember which it is for the life of me.

[Flying Dice]

Wait Bleach STILL isn't over? It just keeps hitting natural stopping points.

It should have ended after the Soul Society arc. Everything after that is goofy and exists only because Titty Cubone likes having steady work.

[Neonivek]

Wait Bleach STILL isn't over? It just keeps hitting natural stopping points.

It should have ended after the Soul Society arc. Everything after that is goofy and exists only because Titty Cubone likes having steady work.

Well yeah... but it also hit several arcs where it could have ended elegantly.

Inuyasha stretched out the plot unbearably usually by having the villain escape their guaranteed death (One time outright narrating that he was alive)

Bleach just keeps hitting the "keep playing" button everytime they finish.

[Reelya]

@Karnewarrior: give mahouka no rettousei a try if you haven't caught it yet.

[Frumple]

... any particular reason why? Cursory look at it makes it seem like generic low-quality battle school web novel adaptation the Nth.

[Orange Wizard]

... any particular reason why? Cursory look at it makes it seem like generic low-quality battle school web novel adaptation the Nth.

Because it's beautifully bad

[Sirus]

... any particular reason why? Cursory look at it makes it seem like generic low-quality battle school web novel adaptation the Nth.

Because it's beautifully bad

Isn't that the one where the main character has god-like power and every girl is in love with him for the most mundane things? Those seem to be the two most common complaints about it I've heard.

[BFEL]

Seriously, either Karne or Sprin needs to either tell me their steam ID or friend mine. I can't friend you if I don't know what your ID is 

[Frumple]

... though yeah, if you're looking for something to watch that's a bit of a ride, consider Dead Leaves if y'all haven't seen it yet. It's just a movie, but it's a hell of a movie.