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#Like I love Zahbuza's sword
kaluawoo ยท 2 years
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While I agree that giant swords are super cool, they're also kinda shitty weapons for a ninja
#Like I love Zahbuza's sword#(misspelling on purpose bc I'm currently not in the mood to accidentally end up in the tag)#But also#He's a NINJA. you know. the guys known for being sneaky.#And like#Okay important to note is that swords are quite a bit faster than you might think!#Going to town with Dear is fun and I'm not even that good lmao (Now. Dear is a super thin sword. Unlike Zahbuza's. But.)#(We're ignoring what a ridiculous amount of muscle he'd need lmao)#But though swords are pretty fast they're best when you have some space#Like obviously in a real fight you won't go for a super long swing bc that'd get you dead but even with short swings#A bit of space is necessary. You don't wanna be close enough to kiss a dude if you wanna use your sword.#(A dagger otoh is best used when you are that close)#And that's my normal swords. Zahbuza's is HUGE.#Like even in that first fight we see him get into the middle of the group. That means he's super close to everyone.#Like sure you CAN kill someone from that distance but you can also... not do that y'know?#The same way that you CAN get a nice hot bath by boiling a litre of water in the kitchen#Carrying that to the bathroom#Then go back boil the next etc. It's possible but you could also just turn on the water faucet on hot#Bc that close? By the time his swing is about to touch his target that target had time to leap forward and#stab him#I've had sword training and dagger training and the difference is HUGE. And once again. My sword weighs like 1.5kg while I'd estimate his#at like... dunno 20kg or more#That's also btw why you shouldn't try to fistfight a guy with a knife. knives and daggers are stupid fast. You can block one but then there#is another and another and another and anoth and ano and an and a and-#I mean you also should not try to fistfight a guy with a sword but at least sword guy isn't as ridiculously fast lmao#(you can however swordfight a guy with a dagger bc then you can keep the dagger at a distance)#(like that's the drawback. You're super fast but you also gotta be super close. And usually by the time you're that close you're dead.)#So really. Zahbuza's whole strategy should be keeping his distance. BUT NOPE bc the others can use ranged weapons so that doesn't help much#I absolutely love that sword and I'm happy it exists but also it's a really bad idea lmao#Not meant to be negative I just have fun complaining sometimes akfnskfnwk
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