Talk:Susanoo/@comment-88.188.124.55-20170301235208/@comment-88.188.124.55-20170329213927

Thanks, CrimsonWarden, but it didn't changed my mind on the subject.

Modern Japanese tends to take a bit too much liberties when they are not doing it seriously. Example is how one of Takemikazuchi / Cocytus' swords is being called a katana and depicted in a completely different shape. IRL, considering the chûni design, Brain's katana would actually have been of higher quality than his #facepalm, even though it would probably have no effect on Cocytus (because steel becomes more brittle with cold, and Japanese blades being made to absorb the impact rather than bending and wavering means that they would be likely to break or even to shatter in some cases... although remember that a Western medieval sword striking a full steel plate armor, Harnois, has few to no effect, both on the armor, the guy inside and the blade).

As for Zanbato, well... yes. IRL Bujutsu, Naginata, Nagamaki and Nodachi are fit to slice off horses legs. Historically acurate Zanbato seems to be of Chinese origin ; to be a early chinese fake (at that time, Chinese rarely attempted to do knock off, unlike in modern Communistic times, it was more like the European tendency to knock off Chinese and Japanese products and arts, although the results obtained were in the end quite good, again, unlike in modern time where they are totally shabby...) made to imitate Kage-ryû manuals and to apply them as military training and tactics in northern wars ; and to have played a role similar to the one of flamberge and landsknecht companies, as entire units equiped with Zanbatô, unlike in Japan where it was more commonly used by individual warriors or for ritualistic / religious purposes (the idea here is not to make a totally shabby sword but to make a huge and awesome one and give to the gods).