Is Rurouni Kenshin reverse blade katana any good?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- A detailed look at the practicality of kenshin himura's sakabato or reverse blade katana from the anime Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai X, from the perspective of historical sword design.
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As i grow older i began to realize that kenshin is literally clubbing his enemies into submission
Oonga boonga
Da *SMACK*
That dude that learned to use his other hand to wield a sword only to have kenshin break those fingers as well. Oof.
Oonga boonga with style
@@nkyfong ZA BONK GA KESU
Neighbors: Honey!!... He's at it again and this time he's got a katana and screaming REEE!!!
Edit : June 18, 2023
Whoa...I didn't knew this comment blew up...what happened
It's funnier if you imagine them with a extreme australian accent
@@CarlosGarcia-ze6rt OI SHAZZA THAT MONG IS PLAYING WITH A SWORD AGAIN
I believe his neighbours are just kangaroos.
@@aaronseet2738 I believe Australia is nothing be set pieces with its people just being actors. That's why they're so many of them traveling around the world
@@aaronseet2738That would be great. If his neighbors are just kangaroos then if they have a problem with him he can just eat them.
Ruroni Kenshin, the most realistic anime about a swordsman who swore to help people without ever killing again, and therefore hits people repeatedly with a steel bar moving at "god-like" speed.
He is like the japanese Batman.
Batman cooler tho-
Being able to jump 30 ft in the air helps.
@@RandomComicEnjoyer kenshin cooler tho-
@@stelliana_vkei nah
Batman cooler
You say cultural appropriation I say, "Nice Dark Souls Cosplay"
*laughs in Monster Hunter*
fashion souls
@Joseph Joestar but joseph your grandson!
@Joseph Joestar c'mon maan, we know you secretly liked sitting on tatami
He just needs the Pyromancy flame to maximize that Dark Souls cosplay. Everyone knows that all dex users in DS1 also dip into pyromancy.
So Kenshin's weapon, while effective, is less effective at killing than a standard katana.
Isn't that the point?
lol I kept thinking that the entire vid, Kenshins sword is not designed to have some sort of special technique that makes it really effective and better than a standard katana, as you say the entire point of him using such a sword is because he doesn't want to kill people anymore and this type of sword makes killing blows much harder to easily pull off, that's the entire bloody point of him using such a weapon.
It is, in fact Kenshin's master points out that the sakaboto is not an effective sword for the hiten mitsurugi because the dull side actually makes the blade heavier.
@@daishomaru7682 I can see that, maybe not as heavy but it would definitely create drag on the blade like swinging a hammer. It would require more effort to swing as fast as a normal katana since less aerodynamics.
Actually the point he reached at the end of the video was that for a master like Kenshin, an inverse curve has more advantages than it does detrimental properties, so it's actually better at cutting than a regular katana...
No, it's the edge.
"I used to be a full-on weeb"
Glorious lmao
Nahuel M oh no the weeaboos are coming
@@onetrucksizedsalmon2962 THEY'RE ALREADY HERE
"Used to."
@@xmaslieder but winter got rid of them
i used to be a weaboo but i took a pommel to the knee.
I've always admired how Kenshin managed to be an iconic anime swordsman with a sword that's only special feature is that it might as well be a metal whooping stick.
Love it being called Metal Whooping Stick.
I refer to it as “Sophisticated Club”
“Don’t make me break out my whoopin’ stick!”
-Darla Circa 1932
“I don’t kill, I just jump 10 feet into the air and slam a piece of steel onto my enemy’s head as I fall and hope that it just knocks them out for a bit.” -Kenshin, probably
-De Gozaru
Oro?
It's entirely possible with extreme skill and control that one could use the reverse blade katana to incapacitate enemies with as little damage as possible.
@@FLMKane oro
"Well that's reasuring."-One of the enemies who got hit, had a 2 days concusion then became good
"Blunt weapons can't kill!"
People who died of internal bleeding and organ damage: Are we a joke to you?
Warhammers as theyre being smashed into peoples skulls: "am i a joke to you?"
they can kill people, but not anime plot. If the anime uses some retcon/bs miracle crap, anyone can survive internal bleeding and organ damage. They could probably even get away with getting their head cut off... don't underestimate anime staff lol they crazy
Fists: "Am I a joke to you?"
Hilarious how stupid some people are. Even in the anime it is commented on that the sakabato couldn't kill a mouse. Which is of course utter BS.
Most of Kenshin's attacks are slashing techniques, with only one that is sudo thrusting he would've had a harder time with not killing if he stabbed people. Leaving the stabby stabby to the Kenshin universe version of Hajime Saito.
@@Blondie42 I'm having a hard time understanding your grammar and what you're trying to say, am I the only one? Actually confused, please clarify
Shad:
Wears a gambeson
Wields a katana
Me: Wait, that's illegal.
I don't think Shad has a full on Yoroi so let him be the gaijin samurai for a while
Xzarr not if it’s fantasy
i make it legal star war reference unrelated i know but cant't help myself
I wear a kimono with my longsword tbh
16:24 The cut in the back of his gambeson was meant to please the katana gods so he could use both for a few minutes.
The reverse blade represents kenshin's vow to never kill again. It's made clear in the series that swords, sword martial arts, and swordsman are considered to be purely for killing.
The reverse blade is symbolic about inverting that dogma, symbolic about kenshin's vow to use his sword skills to save and protect instead of maim and kill.
And it is feasible that kenshin is so skilled at his techniques, and has such control that his strikes are exactly enough to deal with threats with the minimum chance of death. He is considered one of the most skilled swordsman of all time during the show, after all.
The sad thing is, at the speeds Kenshin is supposedly moving and attacking at, there's basically no difference between the edge and spine of the blade. A centimeter thick, meter-long steel bar going that fast is going to smash bone like it was nothing.
Yeah, he's arguably doing more damage using the blunt end compared to the sharp end.
It's the difference between chronic and acute.
But it doesn't cut, aahhh.
A real batman situation I see
You can still pull back before the hit fully connects, so fast=/=hard.
I think at least.
Now imagine if he had the same build as his master. That is the only thing that holds him back he's too small.
I thought the sound warning was for the *REEEEEEEEEEE!* but then I was surprised by the explosion XD ahhaha
same
i regret this decision
shady: REEEEEEEE
me: its not that bad
*K-BOOM!*
I was just about to type the same thing lol
I was like.. "that wasn't two seconds?" Then "BOOM!"
I guess you could say he *subverted* my ears expectations
''This actually wasn't that hard...''
Rolls credit
*Directed by Robert Weide*
So it turns out...they gave Kenshin a far more deadlier sword. He's just using it wrong. But to be fair, he doesn't want to kill.
a maybe slightly deadlier for him specifically, but also more dangerous to the user, sword, I think. The point that it's not much worse than a normal katana is valid, though.
he DOES know how to use it
5:49
ACTUALLY it was during the tofu period when naruto searched for all 5 dragonballs to summon exodia
And he summon exodia to reach Laugh Tale and defeat Eren Yaeger (as known as Kira)
Hahahaha gintama reference
So when did the 0.1 evengelion mech come in?
Bruh
Bruh initial D reference
"I used to be a full-on weeb"
You said what my lord?
You mean he wasn't a weeb this whole time!?
EDIT: :0
I still am a full on weeb even at age 31, over 500 anime watched, learned Japanese, prefer to set games language to Japanese if a available... yeah I'll never meet a woman... UNLESS WOMEN CAN BE WEEBS! (Of course I know this)
@@TheZephyrsWind weeb wimin still go for sportsman type...
@@TheZephyrsWind only 500 anime... bow down, i know not the number of anime i have watched, but i know it well surpasses 500 as naruto itself has that many on its own. allyourbasearebelongtous
@@Daytruin actual anime. Not episodes, but different anime
>shad discussing kenshin......
Careful shad you're treading on sacred ground here
I feel the actions of the author have de-sacrified the ground quite a bit.
Sensko what happened with the author?
@@timdyer666 i think they got caught with child porn or something illegal
Holy sh*t really? Ow that hit me in the childhood right there
@@theforcedmeme I think that was the point. He was . . . hitting. . . too many childhoods.
Came here for an analysis on the practicality of the sakabatou, heard rambling and Rurouni Kenshin summaries.
I am not disappointed.
"You better back the f*ck up before you get smacked the f*ck up."
- Himura Kenshin, probably
*volume warning*
"Reeeeeee"
Oh thats not so bad
*BOOOOOOM*
Ah... There it is
WHAT?
@@weathermangohanssj4 MY EARS BLEEDING I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID!!
@@FnD4212 WHAT?
@@weathermangohanssj4 WHAT?! WHAT DID YOU SAY?!
ah there it is, the fuckening
Me: there is no way he can talk 21 minutes about an anime katana
Shad: hold my sakabatou.
"The katana is a two handed weapon" *Laughs in Zoro*
Yeah but he's a crazy superhuman
with no sense of direction.
Laughs in Zaraki Kenpachi
@@sungjinwoo8357 beat me to it
@Kishibe Rohan I forgot was it a wakizashi or a tanto?
The whole point of having the blade backwards was to make the sword ineffective. That was kinda his deal.
I think you missed the point of the video if you think he missed the point of the sakabatou.
*VOLUME WARNING*
Oh better take off my earbuds.
*reee*
Oh its fi-
*EXPLOSION*
Never change shad.
xD
Me, a pewdiepie sub: First time?
My ears are bleeding...
Yeah this happened to me, lmao
Pfft. You're obviously a Katana noob, I have studied the blade in depth for years in my mother's basement and my raw skill and technique can make my Katana rend through the space-time continuum. Educate yourself.
Well... I can cut the reality with katana u're an avarage user
Now I'm motivated!
Pff I could do that with a broken swords hilt
the heretic ngjpw hinokami kagura headass
Vergil is that you?
“Blunt weapons can’t kill”
Batman Arkham series: “Checks out”
LoL there was a skit where Pete Holmes played batman and didn't get the concept of death, he thought he was just putting people to sleep.
I really believe Alfred hacked the vision on that batarmor to fool batman in thinking these peoples are only 'unconcious'
Wife: “Honey what are you looking at!”
Husband: “Shad has finally lost it. He is holding a katana wrong and squealing.”
Wife: “So he is making his Friday video early!?”
In this video, Shad openly shows his immense power.
Shad used 1% of his power to create this video.
also this is not his final form
"In fact, the reverse is the opposite!"
-Shad, 2019
"People die when they are killed!"
-Emiya Shirou, 2017
Hold up... if Shad goes weeb wouldn't he be Shadrou???
@@jrsharker23 actually, Shirou first said that back in 2004's fate/stay night Visual novel and the first time he said it in an anime was with Studio DEEN's Fate/Stay night series back in 2006 (AKA DEEN/Stay Night)
@@VisionsOfSpy Are you a walking weeb-lopedia? I happen to be looking for one.
@@VisionsOfSpy oh dude I didn't realize. I was going off of the UBW anime and what I know of Grand Order.
@@jrsharker23 now i want a fate versión of shad
"Blunt weapons can't kill"
Concussion: Am I joke to you?
Does an ICBM qualify as a blunt weapon, or a sharp flying boomy cylinder?
Take it easy on him, he's mormon.
Concussion doesn't equal kill, so... yes?
it isn't concussion moreso the force delivered to a single spot through a lot of force and a small surface area delivering all that force into a small spot basically cleaving through something with blunt force.
Kenshin: "Ive taken *hundreds* of lifes during the chaos of the revolution"
Shadi and us fans " *ALMOST A MILLION!!* "
Lol its all relative I guess
In the book "The Book of Five Rings," written by Miyamoto Musashi the great strategist and swordsman born in the fifteen hundreds, it is said that he would advise using one hand for each katana (two in total). He used one katana for controlling the spacing of his enemy and the other for striking. "At first it will seem difficult, but everything is difficult at first."
I've always felt like that was the equivalent of Jimi Hendrix extolling the virtues of playing a right handed guitar left handed: Yes he could do it amazingly... because he was amazing.
miyamoto musashi was also known for being really fucking strong. What works for someone like him doesn't work for most
@@sethketner8377 I don't mean to counter but I suppose people find it difficult at first and stop when it was still difficult.
You need a long of strength and control to do that
Is it me or did Miyamoto said the equivalent of a magician's "it looks like magic, but actually it's really simple"?
Kids: You can't kill someone with a reverse edge sword.
Me: Homie you can kill someone with a rolled up newspaper
You can kill a person with anything if you try hard enough
I once killed a man with sheer will power alone
@@-c.c.frear- #River_Tam
Reminds of that time I wanted to choke out someone with my bag of Doritos.
I once saw a guy kill someone with a pencil, a fucking pencil
Casually remembers the japanese movement names, forgets the historical context.
Well, if the main character screamed the historical context everytime he attacks an opponent...
@@fulana_de_tal That would take exposition to a whole new level
@@fulana_de_tal So, Yu-Gi-Oh, but swords?
@@fulana_de_tal ... The famous Kenshin quote: "You're going to die Saito during the 11th year of the Meiji perioooooooooood!!!!"
You highlighted an interesting difference between eastern and western mythology. While there are legendary swords in eastern cultures, usually the effectiveness of the sword is a result of the wielder: ie. "The swordsman is so skilled, they could cut into solid stone, or decapitate several enemies in a single strike."
Whereas in western cultures the swords are imbued with either a magical or divine power, and allow for superhuman skills. Its just an interesting cultural distinction that I hadn't really thought of until you alluded to it in the video.
There are the legends of Masamune, though. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masamune Also, superhuman fighters, just without connection to swords, definitely feature in European mythology, Greek and Irish at least.
I do notice that Chinese and Japanese stories often have fighters' superpowers explained as just training, whereas they tend to need explanation in American superhero stories, and Hercules and Achilles from Greek mythology, for example, also have some supernatural explanations. I wonder if maybe the influences of Daoism and Buddhism might be behind the success of this sort of mind-over-matter, training can do literally anything, mentality. However, it's certainly not unheard of in Chinese and Japanese mythology and old* and modern fantasy, to have gods, demigods, or other supernatural explanations for superhuman abilities (certainly supernatural or sci-fi explanations for fighting ability occur in MODERN Japanese fiction, and totally magical beings like Yōkai, Kentaro, or the Monkey King occur in older stories, and), and I think characters who superhuman strength is unexplained may occur in western mythology, too, like maybe in that Irish story I was thinking about or maybe in fairy tales (not that I can think of an example of a fairy tale like this).
*Some fantasy is centuries old. Journey to the West (published c. 1592, China) is fantasy, as is A Midsummer Night's Dream (premiered 1605, England).
Him: *puts katana away properly.
Also him: cuts his hand open because of the reverse blade.
I highly doubt that Katana he is using is reverse blades.....the blood groove is near the back side which you wouldn't see near a blade....
@@Ami-vh7sr i dont think thats a real sharp katana at all
@@levisamom5069 It shows a Hamon so I'm willing to believe that the normal edge is sharpened.....
@@Ami-vh7sr The groove is to reduce weight rather than for any blood-related purpose.
@@suebelzer6536 It is another name for a Fuller Sue, didn't say it necessarily had anything to do with blood.
"Fullers used to be called "blood grooves" or "blood gutters" by some antiquarians, although their purpose has nothing to do with blood."
Shad talking about the anime of my childhood?
Instant click.
The fact that you still remember the amakikeru ryuno hirameki gives me reason to respect you more sir..
So this means that the episodes in which he decides to kill (and this is presented as a bad thing) and he actually reverses the blade to attack are correct.
He probably didn’t need to flip it. He collapsed some dudes rib cage just using the sword normally
Now imagine if he had a regular katana, a collapsed rib cage would turn into early funeral 😂
@@Ton8o What was the survivability of massive trauma to the thoracic cavity in the 1880s?
@@charles2703 not looking good, unless your medic can instant transmission 😂
@@charles2703 lol what about tension pneumothorax, surely fuedal doctors were equipped to handle it right?
"I should've brought a longsword with me to that theatre..." Abraham Lincoln
Wise words.
Too soon
@@aryatale5232 its literally been over 200 years
@@ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106 How are things going in the 2060's/later?
@@ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106 Am I still a nobody 40 years from now?
@@TheStephenation i live in Australia give me a break
"He kills millions" "Then takes a vow to never kill again." So it's Tri-gun with swords? :D
Actually, yes tbh. Kenshin and Vash are similar and that's what I love about the show.
@@skullhammer9899 Ironically, the English voice of Legato Bluesummers is the English voice of Kenshin!
No, Vash had no choice. Vash was used as a weapon. Kinshin killed by his own volition.
Rurouni Kenshin came out a year before Tri-gun, 1994 and 1995 respectively, so *technically* Tri-gun is Rurouni Kenshin with guns.
@@Enixon869 Kenshin Is From 1970s though.
When shad brought up "reverse" curved swords I instantly thought of kukri's even though technically they are not swords, closer to knives they still have the blade on the curve.
Isn't the bowie knife sort of considered a short short?
The Wing Chun butterfly knives are also considered short swords, and I think all of these are more or less similar in size to a kukri?
@@rinzler9171 I suppose so, it depends on your definition of short sword, personally I've heard kukri's referred to as a knife, but they are huge for a knife.
Short swords pretty much are just huge knives.
@@Anonymous-hx3pu Aren't huge knives pretty much just short swords?
@@JarieSuicune yes and knives are really short swords
Watching Shad mostly for knowledge of medieval construction, but this warmed my heart.
Kenshin and his intriguing form of pacifism belong among the best character concepts.
"I used to be a full on weeb!"
Me: your standing outside in mid century arms wear with a katana on your hip... you ARE STILL a weeb!
Hale Valen nah bro that’s just being a fuckin legend
you deserve more likes
I bet he has a bodypillow of chunchunmaru.
Yes but a weeb with a sword, so that's mr weeb to you!
*You're standing
Reviews of the Katana (in general):
"It's nice. The overall shape is a little different, but a welcome one" - European Sword Users
"Can't really use it. Not with my preferred style of sword, at least." - People that use a Crossguard
"This blade ain't made of Crocodile Bone. Get it outta my face!" - Auzzie Waddle Dees like me
"Too short. Give me an Zhanmadao any day" - Zweihander Mains
"Too long. Give me a combat knife any day" - Military / Assassin classes
"It has faults, of course. But all weapons do. I'm just happy to see my countries craft appreciated this much" - A Proud Japanese
"I mean... It's my preferred sword. Has some downsides, but probably the best one for me" - Katana Mains
"The only true choice. This weapon is a sign of sword mastery that only true professionals can comprehend. A hallmark of weaponry and the golden standard of all melee weapons even to this day." - Weaboos
@Nospam Spamisham Japanese low birthrates are because of their crazy work ethics...not any of the BS you claim.
" its a ginunting with a katana handle'' leo t gaje
Nospam Spamisham you just turned a silly comment tries to make us laugh into a history lesson, i hope you’re happy xD
This sounds SO much like SoundSmith's TF2 Weapon Stereotypes
Nospam Spamisham No need to be a racist dickhead
He spend the whole video talking about curved sword.
Curved.
Sword.
This reminded me of Skyrim. Curved. Swords.
Very underrated meme
Sh*t just realized
I don’t think he was from hammerfell, though.
@@michaelmodernsonicfan5341 the dragon has to know god damn it. they got CURVES. ON THERE SWORDS. they, have, *curved swords* .
Sometimes Kenshin hits some guys in the head so hard that I'm like "there is no way this dude survived this"
Anime Logic. If you don’t see someone slashed with blood coming out, they can survive. Unless you’re a main character, of course.
Rurouni Kenshin is massively underrated and deserves way more love.
@@johnlequebecois Probably not in the west on account of the CP and what not......
Underrated? They still figures of Kenshin in Japan. Kenshin is incredibly popular and not at all underrated. ..they made three really good live adaptations! The best anime movies I’ve seen to date. Nah man. This series is not underrated at all it’s just that kids today watch what is out now and that’s cool too.
@@johnlequebecois Fun fact, the actor who portrayed Kenshin in the live action films, had also previously portrayed the main protagonist of Kamen Rider Den-O, Nogami Ryotaro. The actor's name is Satoh Takeru.
It's actually one of the most popular anime series in history, critically well-received, too.
I've positively loved it for the last 20 years. Saw the TV shiw 1st, then read the manga, saw the animated videos.
When the 1st of the live action films came out, which was the #1 blockbuster in Japan of 2012, I was squealing like a fan girl (not ashamed of it either,) throughout the whole movie.
Shadiversity an Australian
With a European gamebeson
And a Japanese katana
And me a Filipino loving it
And a Chinese replying to your comment.
@@XenoflareBahamut
An American liking both.
& a german grinning
And a Texan yeehawing.
An alien who wants to win wimbledon joining.
I clicked expecting you to go into its blunt damage and possible shield breaking ability, but was still pleasantly surprised on what i learned. Thank you!
The era you're trying to think of is the Meiji Restoration.
“Mom!! , the crazy men next door is shouting nonsense Again!!!”
Torolf: "Inside the house. Now."
Mom: *5 min later* Hey, Mr. Shaaaad... I have a scabbard that needs a sword inside!
Yes, papa.
@@D4rkTooga Funfact: Scabbard in german is "Scheide" wich means vagina.
@@elijahcs3633 how do you make a lenny face? Because this would be the perfect time for one!
@@elijahcs3633 Haha, silly Germans.
"Volume warning in 2 seconds"
*I took off the headphones*
*after 2 second he starts reeeeing*
That's not that lo... **puts back headphones** ...ud.
**BWAAAAM**
That's not 2 seconds.
It was counting down i think
It just stopped early though
It was exactly two seconds from when the warning leaves the screen. Go back, look for yourself.
WHAT? SPEAK UP I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE RINGING!
I feel like them saying that's Kenshin's blade wouldn't kill anything is more based on how closely they associated it with his mindset
Good insite
It's also a whole thing about Symbolism, and about how Katanas were viewed.
I'm so happy you covered Kenshins sword.
Rurouni Kenshin is one of my favorite mangas, and animes ever.
Shad wearing gambeson and wielding Katana is the Biggest crossover in history of crossovers maybe ever.
All he needs is a modern infantry combat helmet and it would be perfect...
And ancient Greek greaves.
Of all time
That light brown belt is unfitting for a member of the Night's Watch, Samwell Tarly.
Another point of the sword is that if he draws his weapon, he has to be extra careful because the blade is against him. If the time really came when he had to kill, he has to put in extra effort to make his weapon kill.
And the fact the blade is reversed is like he and the blade are punishing him for resorting to violence.
It is the idea of the reversed blade sword that makes the difference in the beginning Kenshi isn't a crazy killing machine that goes around killing people for the fun of it, he kills to bring about the end of the Shogunite era so that there will be a everlasting peace for Japan. So once his mission was completed, he began using the reversed blade sword as a symbol of his commitment to not kill again, there go he is reversing his way of life. So it's not that the reversed blade sword can't kill. It is that Kenshi is trying to reverse all the bad things he did to put a end to the Shoguns by protecting life not killing it. A reversed blade for a reversed life......
Someone: *holds a sword the wrong way*
Someone: "i made a new sword."
For all the things skall said about indifference towards katana, he has this reversed kenshin katana
It was a gift through, i thought it somehow went into shads hand.
ye someone send it to him
Small gets everything for free or from donations. What would he do without TH-cam.
How are you guys screwing up Shad's name SO bad? Haha
@@stormrhode2330 They're talking about Skallagrim, another person who does sword analysis stuff.
i like how you have a phallic measuring contest with the longsword, every time you talk about the katana.
Normies: You can't kill with a blunt weapon.
Me a resourceful intellectual: As long as u hit hard enough or use your brain, Everything can be used to kill.
Or use your opponents brain
Repeatedly
Through their cracked skull
So katanas don't have increased sharpness or cutting power, it has "+5 sword weapon skill"
matthew hurley the quality of a blade is determined by the craftsmanship of the blacksmith and the skill of the wielder, a master swordsman is able to wield a bokken as skilfully as he would a blade, sometimes more so considering he has to incapacitate his opponent without killing them
In the context of 5E D&D, I’d say it’s got +2/3 to hit and 1D8 slash damage, roughly the same as the long sword and rapier, just a bit easier to cut with.
I was saying how it would be described in RPGs with weapon skills, that the katana would be easier to weild.
Josh Adams I would go even further and have legendary katana have a skill called self correcting blade where AC misses that are 1 or 2 off gets to pass the roll to hit
No insult to actual professionals of this fine blade. But I also find it ironic that it's the most forgiving sword, yet we portray Samurais and such as the best sword fighters.
Of course this is commonly fantasy, and there were probably hordes of shitty fighters amongst the ranks, and were just there cause they are willing to kill for money/reputation.
Kenshin: Blunt swords won't kill anyone
Musashi: Hold my sake
i would but i seem to have drank it
@@Daytruin Youre already dead. You just dont know it yet.
@@DaMoniable I like your wording on that one. It reminds me of that manga/anime Fist of the North Star. There are few manga/anime I remember liking, but that was one of them to a degree. :)
@@loneronin6813 While ive never seen/read it, that was exactly what i was thinking of when i made the post xD
@@DaMoniable I had a feeling that was no mere coincidence XD lol Still, that's awesome either way :)
I would love to have him as a neighbor. I'd pop my head over the fence to watch the behind the scenes.
The whole point of reverse edge, (in the story) is all the fast & powerful attacks with the katana’s natural curve, will result in blunt edge hitting.
Can you turn the blade 180 and still kill? Sure.
But that would require an intentional effort to change the grip, after drawing the katana.
"I used to be a full on weeb."
I see, so he was wrying and not reeing
Hinjaku Hinjaku!
Wryyyyyy
is this a jojo reference
@@kurokasaki6884 Yes Yes Yes Yes yes.
@@kurokasaki6884 muda muda muda muda muda muda
Rurouni Kenshin is a classic and aged extremely well!!!!!!
Would love to see an FMA Brotherhood style reboot that adapt the final arc.
It didnt aged well...
The manga? Yes.
The anime? Not so much.
The show started really good but turned to shit afrer the bandage guy was defeated (I forgot his name). The show kinda lost the point after that. But the prequel movie Trust & Betrayal is fantastic, one of my favourite anime movies ever.
@@MaaZeus It's actually the same reason GoT went bad; TV and print media were no longer aligned on the same schedule, so hack TV writers made their own fanfiction-tier story to fill in that season.
Why, because in the manga, they had the Jinchuu arc, which goes into detail about Kenshin's past, and that's tonally consistent with the manga's direction.
you got me into rurouni kenshin 3 years ago with this video. It was a masterpiece i remember most of it like i just watched it last week
"What does katana mean?"
"Japanese sword"
Sword
Samurai Cop? Hahahahaha
Samurai cop lmfao
Just means knife
Are you Fuuji.. Fujiyama?
When other people bring realistic analysis on fictional work we say "please stop ruining things"
When Shad does his Fantasy Analysis we love him for it. Even though he's basically ruining things for us.
WHAT SORCERY IS THIS??!!!
The difference is he douse it out of a good place with very little hate on the source material. (Also he tries to improve to find a way to make them work lol)
Shad: It's a simple spell, but quite unbreakable
For me mainly because he does it in a non overly critical way, and in a way that attempts to make it work.
I think it’s because of the presentation that he’s bringing the fantasy into reality instead of how, say, Matpat does it, where he brings the reality into the fantasy, which is significantly less fun, like a wet blanket over a fire.
I am a simple man.
I see kenshin himura, I click like.
So this sword does make sense. Rurouni uses the other tip when fighting to make sure he doesn't kill, but he uses the other half, which is more powerful in cutting, to disarm by cutting enemy swords.
8:16 not sure why, but his reaction to the ease was hilarious
Volume warning in 2 seconds
Me: better get ready
Shad: pathetic reeing
Me: oh, i guess i can turn the volume up agai-
*It was at this very moment when every possible sound he has ever heard flashed before his ears, before he could hear no more as the explosions ripped through his eardrums*
Dude I can't my sides 😂😂👌
First time viewer here, I just want to say that I am amazed at how well I was able to follow exactly what you were saying. You strike a good balance between easy to follow information and nerdy rambling that makes you entertaining as hell to watch.
One of the things that's complicated about Kenshin's past is that a lot of his killing wasn't really during a war: They were assassinations. The Bakumatsu is the name for the long period of instability from 1853-1867, and contained a few small wars, but the big one was the 1868-1869 Boshin War that overthrew the shogunate and put the emperor in power. Kenshin's really supposed to have been an Ishin Shishi assassin before the war, which is when the OVA is set, although I believe he did also fight in the war before he stopped killing, so I guess it is likely that he actually killed more people then. I'm not really sure when the OVA was set, but I'm pretty sure it was before 20 August 1864, which is when Kyoto was set on fire as a result of the Kinmon incident, and I rather suspect that it was during the 1860s, since that seems to be about when Kawasaki Gensai became involved in assassinations, so ~1860-1864, well before the main war, although there do seem to some battles (oddly enough including naval battles against the U.S. while it was in the midst of its own civil war), and the Mito Rebellion started in May of 1864.
You mean Kawakami Gensai, the real manslayer that Kenshin was based on. And yes, he was an assassin and then fought in the Boshin War, his bow to never kill again came after he left his manslayer sword at the end of the Battle of Toba Fushimi, once the imperials won the war 😁👍🏼🎌...
"the reverse seems to be opposite" Shad 2k19
Jesus Christ, Shad can be downright adorable when he's nerding out like this
"It's a shame to leave this world without tasting fine sake" Sejiro Hiko
its nice to see a youtuber that actually has some damn passion
Facts
I love the English captions whenever he says, "battoussai" it gets translated into "biocide" and "butter-side" lolol
Shad: "Do you see my head glowing here? This is what happens when I reach my weeb powerlevel"
IT'S OVER 9000!!
imagin being his neighbour, watching from another angle, not hearing what he says nor seeing the camera ...
" _hello? is that the psychiatric center?_ "
And this time he’s swinging a Katana about and screaming “Ree”.
They are probably used to that at this point.
What business of it is yours? Mind your own business, he isn't hurting anyone.
Kenshin is still one of my favorite anime's. the show itself, the OVA collection and the live action remakes are all really good. It had a great story which made it easier to stomach some of the typical anime nonsense like stupid faces they do in animes.
Just listening to you explanation of Kenshin's past made me so emotional. I wanna watch this show again.
Me: I like swords and know a fair bit about them.
Shad: Makes a TH-cam channel.
Also me: I KNOW NOTHING!
you know nothing jon snow
"Why to you only have two fingers?"
"I tried to sheath a double bladed katana."
1:45
Its not double bladed the Sabato is only sharp on the back of the katana
why to you? don't you mean why do you?
@@Luffy-un5du yes.
@@Luffy-un5du Godzilla had a stroke trying read this and *fucking died*
Love seeing people get so passionate about things. That fanboying over the names of the attacks is beautiful.
I always took the reverse blade to be a tool allowing him to retain his myscle memory from thousands of hours of practice and battle tested reflexes. He doesn't have to re-learn anything, but can still keep his vow.
Amakakeru ryu no hirameki ☺
I was talking Anime with my high school students recently, and recommended Kenshin to them.
You made my day.
When I was in college, my Biology professor referenced Akira to demonstrate a point he was making, and I always thought that was really cool that he even knew anything about manga/anime. I'm glad to know that he wasn't the only teacher out there awesome enough to do that during a lesson. :D
anime and REEEEEEE got together like pommels and rightly ends
He slides his hands so fast and close to sharp edges, it make me nervous.
...how did they know I was literally thinking of those last night. I've never so much as glimpsed at Ronin Kinshin
8:23 Lens Flare detected. Cameraman confirmed as JJ Abrams.
For the second half only. Michael Bay directed the first, hence the explosion.
@@coltonaallen and the sunset/sunrise dramatic effect included! CONFIRMED
Thank you for the History Lesson Professor Shad. I learned something today. *The more you know theme plays.*
To be fair, the sakabatou's creator did say the sword was made to showcase how foolish someone would have to be to live up as a hitokiri without killing people. He dared kenshin to live as a swordsman using only the sakabatou to realize that his pacifist way of life was a well intentioned joke. He secretly hoped kenshin would succeed but doubted that, sadly he passed away before knowing that kenshin in fact managed to live by his ideals with the so called useless sakabatou.
Shad: Compares swords side by side and shows how the Katana is inferior.
Weedaboos: REEEEEEE!!!!!
it's spelled "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"