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What is sakabatou?Himura Kenshin uses a sakabatou sakabatou - videoSakabatou - what is it?The weapon of choice used by Rurouni Kenshin protagonist Himura Kenshin after becoming a rurouni. Kenshin's sakabatou may not be able to kill you, but he can still beat the shit out of you. What does "sakabatou" mean?A sword which has an upside down blade, in the sense that the blunt end of a conventional katana is sharpened as opposed to the front end (the blunt side where the sharp side should typically be). Sakabatou - what does it mean?AKA sakabato. A fictional type of reverse-edged Japanese sword that has been made popular by Himura Kenshin (Eng: Kenshin Himura) in Ruroni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan manga/anime (US, manga: Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story; anime: Samurai X). Generally, curvy swords are sharp on the part where the blade curves outward while the part that the blade curves inward is blunt. A sakabatou is sharp on the blade that curves inward instead, thus making it a pacifist or not deadly sword. As the ninja left an opening, the samurai struck the ninja's stomach with his sakabatou; only to left the ninja to wonder painfully why he is not dead yet. Sakabatou - meaningA sakabatou is the sword of a pacifist samurai. As killing opponents with the point of the sword was considered dishonorable, a sakabatou if used normally would only inflict blunt force trauma which would not be fatal. Kenshin drew his sakabatou. Sakabatou - definitionA reverse-blade sword. The sharpened (edge) and unsharpened (back) sides of the blade are transposed, allowing the user to perform traditional sword-wielding techniques with non-lethal results. Since the opponent was struck with a Sakabatou sword, he was not cut, but instead was stunned. |
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