Best Choice for a Fantasy Weapon

[Zaraki Kenpachi]

Japanese Manga Bankai Ichigo Tensa Guard

I dont think its a swastika at all.

[Akai Shizuku]

Originally Posted by drallig9399

Japanese Manga Bankai Ichigo Tensa Guard

I dont think its a swastika at all.

"At all" is a bit of a stretch, isn't it? Besides, in Asia the swastika (known as the manji in Japan) was a symbol of good luck until the Nazis took it as their own symbol. In Japan, it read "Full", which I consider to be meaningful because "Zangetsu" means "Slicing Moon".

[Zaraki Kenpachi]

I'm just saying it seems it would need to invert to be a swastika.

[Akai Shizuku]

Originally Posted by drallig9399

I'm just saying it seems it would need to invert to be a swastika.

Good point. I don't have a clue which way it's supposed to go, though.

[Chapel]

Also, the NAZI symbol is always displayed at a 45 degree angle where as the Japanese symbol is usually at 90 degrees.

[Akai Shizuku]

Originally Posted by Chapel

Also, the NAZI symbol is always displayed at a 45 degree angle where as the Japanese symbol is usually at 90 degrees.

Thanks for the information; however, I regret that the manji is still open to misinterperetation.

[kfmomma]

Well since a lot of people are going Sci Fi I think I would choose a Quantum phaser. These were used in the show Enterprise. Trish

[Norton]

Shinigami doesn't mean "soul reaper". I don't know if it's translated that way in the English translation of the manga.

But it literally means "Death God"

[Jason]

Fantasy weapon? A talking knife. So I never get lonely.

[Norton]

Originally Posted by GoddeBPM

Fantasy weapon? A talking knife. So I never get lonely.

"Dude, let me stab you just a little! You never let me stab things!"


That's how it would talk.

[bladeborn]

My knives say that to me all the time...
But thats nothing compared to what my swords tell me...

[Miticis]

A Bat'Leth, a Klingon sword of warriors.

Used in graceful, elegant, and brutal movements. Can be used to bludgen, slice, or impale.

Check out any Star Trek episode with Klingons, especially "Way of the Warrior" a DS9 episode, to see them in action.



Id use it to open cans of soup.

[Lone Ronin SBK]

I would either want Clouds sword or Sephiroth's sword.

[Akai Shizuku]

Originally Posted by Norton

Shinigami doesn't mean "soul reaper". I don't know if it's translated that way in the English translation of the manga.

But it literally means "Death God"

Yeah, but for the Englis dub, "Soul Reaper" sounds cooler. By the way, Bleach owns.

Originally Posted by GoddeBPM

Fantasy weapon? A talking knife. So I never get lonely.

My weapons always beg me to pick 'em up and swing 'em around a bit. The sharp ones especially.

Originally Posted by Lone Ronin SBK

I would either want Clouds sword or Sephiroth's sword.

At the place where I purchased my katana, replicas of both the Buster Blade and Sepiroth's odachi were being sold. The shopkeeper kindly informed me that the Buster Blade was a "B**** to move around". I held Sepiroth's odachi, and if I've ever seen an unwieldy and heavy sword, that was it. I have no idea how samurai would use those things all those hundreds of years ago.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by Akai Shizuku

Yeah, but for the Englis dub, "Soul Reaper" sounds cooler. By the way, Bleach owns.

My weapons always beg me to pick 'em up and swing 'em around a bit. The sharp ones especially.

At the place where I purchased my katana, replicas of both the Buster Blade and Sepiroth's odachi were being sold. The shopkeeper kindly informed me that the Buster Blade was a "B**** to move around". I held Sepiroth's odachi, and if I've ever seen an unwieldy and heavy sword, that was it. I have no idea how samurai would use those things all those hundreds of years ago.

I read somewhere that two people carry it... Dunno how true that is though. Sounds ridiculous.