Talk:Warrior Takemikazuchi/@comment-28085708-20160602022326/@comment-88.188.124.55-20170303191706

@Wikibecraycray : a Tachi isn't a chinese sword, it is a Nihontô with a Koshi-sori type curve; although Kazari-Tachi used by the Imperial Court often sported a Kara-Tsuba. The reason why it doesn't look like a katana on the picture, is because the fools who typically draw fantasy weapons and armor, unlike people such as Miura Kentarô, have no regard for the practicality of such weapon, or the possibility IRL to give them certain design. Such fantasy weapons would often be rather low grade compared to Historically acurate weapons, at the verry least from a technical point of view.

For a comparison, in the manga UDDUP, their are some duels where Hijikata fight against fellow swordsmen, but their swords or proxy swords are not cut or snapped, because they avoid, when parring, making contact with Hijikata's blade's edge.

So, even against a blade with cheat properties, a historically acurate and thus practical design + good skills, could allow to fight against a chûnibyô sword with utterly ridiculous design, or even geometrically impossible making it abnormally frail.

@Mkprovince : you are wrong, it is more complex than that. Katana was originally a multi purpose word for sword, similar to Tsurugi, but because they practically saw nothing but Japanese longswords, Daitô, during the Edo period, it became synonim with the long sword of the Daishô pair, Daitô, while Tachi was used for the sword with the main alternative mount, fancied by armored warriors and courtiers.

Originally, the Kojiki use the name Tachi and Tsurugi for mythical swords such as Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi/Tachi and Totsuka no Tsurugi/Tachi ; so this is a proof that you are wrong. That is because the idea behind the pronounced word "Tachi" is to split something in two, to cut, to slay, so it evolved to mean a sword, a tool of war used to split the foes' bodies, so those of average sized would be smply called Tachi, and changings would be made for those who varried in size and quality.

During the Edo period, a great number of name varriations were researched by the samurai and Nihontô experts; and various of blades were invented during the Kôtô to pre-Edo Shintô period. And so, for example, you didn't took into account Nagamaki or O-wakizashi.