Why are katanas always the strongest weapons?

Why are katanas always the strongest weapons?

Because "muh supperp japanneezz ssssttteeeeeeeerrrrrr

Baka gaijin

Because of romanticism. You had a class of people who were born into their position but not allowed to actually do anything with it and were told that working was beneath them. So they spent roughly 150 years writing poetry about how important and badass they were.

That said, they were actually pretty okay swords. Useable one handed or two handed, capable of being drawn from a sitting position, good from horseback, great at cutting with relatively little effort, still capable of being used for stabbing. They were pretty fat and heavy though.

because folded 100,000,000 times

Why are Youmus always the dorkiest 2hus?

Name a game where the katana is objectively the worst weapon in the game.

I'll start: La Mulana.

Because dorks are cute and the best to play as.

To be fair it was pretty fucking good in the original, but it's totally the worst weapon in the remake.

Yeah, I specifically meant the remake.
>That fucking attack arc
>That axe-tier speed with no redeeming features
Seriously, what a piece of shit.

Because they always are better swords

Oblivion with the Blades version of the katana. Might not be the worst weapon in the entire game but when you get it, it's definitely your worst carried weapon.

>not sure if should daughteru youmu or court until she looks physically older and then waifu

why is her symbol a sperm?

Because that's the shape of her other half.

Because she's beyond energetic.

Killing floor.
Honestly I use to laugh as people nearly died trying to save for it, while I ran around with the claymore killing scrakes and flesh pounds in 1-4 hits.

Because a proper Katana is useful against unarmored people. Otherwise it shouldn't be a good weapon.

They kind of aren't always.

>So they spent roughly 150 years writing poetry about how important and badass they were.

Fuck you, Tokugawa. Fuck you forever. The least you could have done was let Samurai keep their fucking land so they could manage shit.

Best I can think of is Ragnarok online.
>Really shitty, low-tier sword with maybe two cardslots which can't save it's crappiness

Unless you go into the MVP drops.

It's a speech bubble.

Fuckin dork

I wish

There is nothing wrong being a dork.

t. Dork

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Dorks deserve nothing but bullying.

You guys are making it hard to decide if I want to pat her head or her butt

Why not both?

I would prefer if the dork bullies me instead.

Yes

She deserves both.

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Why pat her? Just abuse her

Please no patting her face unless it's very softly.

Because I like her

Why not shitpost /jp/ with this kinda crap anyway?

Also Katana usually aren't that strong, they are just fast with a decent amount of damage

Because they have the most edge.

Heyooo

Because western devs like exotic weapons and eastern devs love their cultural weapons

That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Bastard Sword" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my katana.

Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.

Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.

Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.

So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:

(One-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d12 Damage
19-20 x4 Crit
+2 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork

(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon)
2d10 Damage
17-20 x4 Crit
+5 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork

Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?

tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.

Oh I remember when people were saying Katanas were the strongest weapon in DS3. I was memed into believing that and used not one but two Uchigatanas.

It was just when I decided to try a bit of PVP and got Estoc'd/Dark Sworded to death many times.

Even the Chaos Blade sucks ass in comparison with those.

Youmu is for pure love only!

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Because they are generally formidable weapons. Unless they go up against a well made European sword.

We'll find out in For Honor

This is probably some copypasta but katanas are actually fucking garbage and saw little to no real combat usage. On battlefields, the samurai would use the naginata which make a much better practical weapon.

Katanas can't cut through plate armor, period. They're brittle and will crack or break. European swords bend if a strike on plate isn't well-placed. Not only does enough of the force still get transferred through the armor to the other side enough to easily break ribs and bruise organs, the blade itself can be fixed back into shape at almost no expense of time or material.

>strongest
False, they are always fast or have high crit chance.

>This is probably some copypasta
>still gives a serious response
nigga that shit is Ken-sama tier

>This is probably some copypasta
How fucking new are you that you don't recognize the classic katana pasta?

w-w-what's she gonna do to me?

I've spent too much time on /mbg/, I can't just not talk about weapons.

First time I've seen this one. Nobody's really creative with the copypasta anymore, it's always something about Denuvo or Sony.

Is there a new one that makes this one a classic?

>games that let you boost crit chance and damage to the point where nearly every hit you land is a crit and the damage is enough for a OHKO

Super crate box

No, but it's still pretty old and the template for a lot of other pasta. Also, where is the myon in that picture?

What are some games where I can slay giant robots with a katana?

Why is Youmu so shit?

Really?

Why would a machine need a ghost?

The castlevania Katanas are usually outclassed by a significant margin.

I want to bully the 2hu.

Why is Yuyuko such a bully?

Why is the old lady so cute?

Good games I mean

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Would you play a Touhou musou with Youmu in it?

She just is.

dunno my man, forgot the artist and only got that gif

Have this one instead

can someone sum up touhou lore for me in 3 or less sentences?

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Why make two threads? All it does is get both deleted

Aya's wings

Loli's and lasers.

Cute girls shooting bullets in cute patterns at each other

Deadbeat shrine maiden gets pissed at youkai and challenges them to magical dodgeball games to shut them down.

How can creativity like this extend from drunken artwork of characters for a bullethell.

everything i know about touhou is from bkub's chen comics and i still dont get it :(

All you need to know is that Reisen is the new main character.

They are better designs and characters than what big studios churn out on the regular
Play the fucking games

How can the other 2hus even compete?

Things go wrong. A priestess and witch fix it. To hell with moon rabbits

HAYAI
High speed battle between Aya and Youmu when?

By not being dorks

Why does she have a sperm on her underwear?

A poorfag shrine maiden named Reimu and a kleptomaniac witch named Marisa have wacky bullet dodgeball games with spirits, vampires, and gods. They all live in Gensokyo, which is basically a nature reserve for mythical creatures. The cast includes such things as moon rabbits, patriotic hell fairies, maids, nuclear-powered lolis, and a shitposting cat.

She is a slut

You piqued my interest. Can you elaborate on your first paragraph? Why were they no allowed to do anything for 150 years (assuming we're about samurais).

mentioned tokugawa. How does that tie in? I'm not familiar with japanese history.

So which youkai don't eat humans? I assume Youmu wouldn't since she's half human.

That's the best part about Youmu actually.

Didn't samurai use muskets like a lot?

>nuclear-powered lolis
I swear I've never seen Utsuho depicted as a loli. She's almost universally considered one of the most stacked in Gensokyo, at least among fanartists.

>Seija got away with it
I'm still mad.

There are only a few who specifically eat humans, like Rumia, Yukari and I think Yuuka. Quite a few don't need to eat anything, or have weird conceptual feeding habits, like Kogasa and Parsee.

Is it a coincidence that best girls always wear bloomers?

Gorillion

>Rumia

Then you aren't looking properly.

Actually, the age of the samurai was effectively ended by Oda Nobunaga starting to use muskets. Of course, melee combat was still the prevailing thing in battles, but the Bushido warriors who focused on single combat and great heroism started to fade, many becoming ronin who merely traveled the land.

The dignity and honor they brought to battles didn't last in the face of weapons that could instantly halt a charge and shred through the ornate and complex armor they used.

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Literally all of the touhous wear bloomers except Sumireko, Nue, Wakasagihime, Suwako, Futo, and Mima.

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