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kon-konk · 1 year ago

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So, before I begin rambling about this TKRB x Servamp thing, I should give y’all a quick rundown on the different types of swords and what the Saniwa is, for those who have never watched the anime or played TKRB.

The Saniwa is a human who can give the “hearts” or souls of objects a body. Technically, Touken Danshi (also abbreviated as TouDan, it literally means “sword men”) are tsukumogami, or items/tools who have acquired a kami/spirit, and the Saniwa are just helping draw out that spirit. This is what we, the players, are for the Honmaru/Citadel in game.

Kiwame is a form of a TouDan after they’ve gone off to training. They have higher base stats (and high caps for their stats in upgrading) and gain a special skill. Not every TouDan has one of these (ex. neither tsurugi has one).

Now on to the types of swords. There’s eight in game, and they’re tanto, wakizashi, uchigatana, tachi, naginata, yari, and tsurugi.

Tanto are often depicted as children because they’re so small. There are exceptions (like Fudou, who is old enough to drink), though they still appear to be pretty small. They have the lowest survival level (meaning you’ll spend a lot of time with these guys in the nurse’s office) but the highest mobility (aka they’re quick lil fuckers). They don’t do much base damage, but they have a great crit.

Wakizashi also have high mobility, being the next size up sword from tanto. IMO, the best part about them is the fact that they can do a double attack with uchigatana, which I think comes from the fact that they’re pretty much “companion swords”. You would rarely carry just a wakizashi. They’re usually paired with another sword.

Uchigatana are what we tend to picture as katana. Like I mentioned just above, they can do a double attack with wakizashi. They were also worn blade-up. All five starter swords in the game are uchigatana.

Tachi are kind of like the uchigatana’s big bro. They’re longer and more curved than uchigatana, and worn blade-down. The majority of the most powerful swords in the game (such as Mikazuki Munechika, who I’m pretty sure is the most powerful sword in-game) are tachi. They’ve got lower mobility, but are overall pretty balanced. Interestingly, Kogarasumaru, a sword considered the “father” of tachi, is labeled as a tachi in the game, despite being thought of as a “bridge weapon” between tsurugi/ken and tachi (and is double-edged).

Otachi (or ootachi, odachi, oodachi) are one of three types of swords I just refer to as “the big bois”. They’re massive swords (the longest known otachi, Haja-no-Ontachi, is 465cm/148in/12′4″) and most of the human forms are equally massive (Taroutachi is 196cm/6′5″, for example, though Hotarumaru is only 120cm/3′11″ but he’s the exception). In-game they have a larger range than other swords mentioned so far, being able to hit up to 3 enemies at once. Their kiwame form gives them the ability to do 2x damage.

Naginata. Big boi sword type number two. The simplest way I can describe them is if you decided to slap a katana blade on a pole. They do feel like they take forever to start doing damage, but once they do they can wipe an entire enemy team in one attack, since they can literally hit every enemy on the other team in one swing. There’s three of them in game at the time of writing this, and they all have the same artist. And their artist was either horny as fuck for them or knew the fanbase would be. Do yourself a favor and look up Iwatooshi, Tomoegata Naginata, or Shizukagata Naginata and look at their official art, especially their Shinken Hissatsu/Awakened art. They’re also in the big boi category because their human forms are all six-foot-ungodly, with Iwatooshi standing at 203cm/6′8″, Tomoegata at 193cm/6′4″, and Shizukagata at 195cm/6′5″.

Yari are the last of the “big bois” sword types. They’re, uh... Well, they’re spears. I honestly don’t do much with them. They have higher mobility than tachi, but a slower growth rate (meaning it takes a while for them to do real damage) and less range than naginata or otachi. BUT their kiwame form lets them attack 3 times in one turn, which is useful.

Last but not least is tsurugi. In the West, this term is used to refer to a type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword, but in Japan the term tends to refer to a lot of international long, double-edged swords. There’s only two tsurugi in the game, and they both have unique battle abilities (Shichiseiken gives an EXP buff and Hakusan Yoshimitsu heals).

Now that all that’s out of the way, let’s move on to Servamps. In this post, I’m only doing the Servamps, and other posts will have the rest of the characters.

Kuro - Uchigatana. He’s quite powerful on his own, without the need to rely on another to really drive home an attack, but does work well with Mahiru to really ramp up the power.

Hugh - Tanto. Smol. ‘Nuff said.

Jeje - Naginata. Very tall boi, but also has the widest range of attack on account of his guns.

Freya - Uchigatana. She seems to rely on her Eve adding on to her power in a fight, but has the power to do it herself if she needs to.

Lawless - Tachi. He’s got enough power on his own, and though he does fight alongside Licht, they don’t really feel like they rely on each other for their attacks to have power.

Ildio - Otachi. Can’t explain this one. It just feels right.

Lily - Uchigatana. Most of his battle power feels like it comes from that duo attack he and Misono have.

Tsubaki - Tsurugi. Found family buff. Another one I can’t explain, it just feels right.

#tkrb x servamp #feel free to argue this if you read it and think other sword types would fit better

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