remilia scarlet, kochiya sanae, tatara kogasa, and buddha (touhou) drawn by mizuki_hitoshi

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    がんばれ小傘さん 226

    自分の日頃の行いを小傘さんに投影して描いてみようという日記漫画です。

    さすがにこの剣と防具は売ってませんが(笑)
    店長も面白い方なので、また行ってみたいですね。

    今回はさすがに店内の背景を描いてる時間がなかったので写真加工です(^^;)

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    ThunderBird
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    makkun said:
    My shop of dreams.

    Seconded. I bought three throwing stars in a similar shop in Prague. They had several large wooden and straw targets to test the merchandise on. You wouldn't believe how heavy a bastard sword is, not to mention a proper Zweihänder!

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    Sanae has good taste I see... I need to go to this store in my upcoming years.

    ThunderBird said:
    Seconded. I bought three throwing stars in a similar shop in Prague. They had several large wooden and straw targets to test the merchandise on. You wouldn't believe how heavy a bastard sword is, not to mention a proper Zweihänder!

    If this is true, I need the location of this store ASAP.

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    ThunderBird said:
    Seconded. I bought three throwing stars in a similar shop in Prague. They had several large wooden and straw targets to test the merchandise on. You wouldn't believe how heavy a bastard sword is, not to mention a proper Zweihänder!

    many replica weapons are heavier than the real thing for various reasons. This article talks about it some.

    http://www.thearma.org/essays/2HGS.html
    http://www.thearma.org/essays/weights.htm

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    StriderTuna said:
    many replica weapons are heavier than the real thing for various reasons. This article talks about it some.

    http://www.thearma.org/essays/2HGS.html
    http://www.thearma.org/essays/weights.htm

    That was surprisingly educational, it sure explains the weight of those pieces. The bastard sword was wieldable, but it was hard. I could twirl it around for some flashy moves, but had to be very careful. The Zweihänder, however, was really what you see in movies: one swing, if it hits, you're halved.

    Bluefox, it was somewhere in the castle. Maybe somewhere at the beginning of Zlata Ulička, but don't take my word for that.

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    • YuriTenshi
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    mark2000 said:
    That sword Sanae-wife's holding. I could have sworn I've seen that thing somewhere before. Chrono Cross maybe? I'm not sure.

    I know! It's bugging me too! Anyone know what it is? I could swear I've seen that exact blade in a game or something before...

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    • NoelTouchdown
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    ThunderBird said:
    That was surprisingly educational, it sure explains the weight of those pieces. The bastard sword was wieldable, but it was hard. I could twirl it around for some flashy moves, but had to be very careful. The Zweihänder, however, was really what you see in movies: one swing, if it hits, you're halved.

    Hence the reason why I always call the Zweihänder the "Guts Training Sword"

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    • Mulambo
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    Villefort said:
    Huh, this is surprising. I thought buying weapons was illegal in Japan? Maybe since they appear to be those stainless steel wall hangers, they are legal?

    Pretty sure it's legal. I've been to Kochi, Osaka and Hiroshima recently and saw a bunch of knife stores with real weapons. Besides (really sharp) kitchen knives there were real shuriken, throwing knives, stilettos, spears, pocket knives, switchblades, balisongs, even brass knuckles, all being sold openly. So it looks like only firearms are illegal.

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    Mulambo said:
    Pretty sure it's legal. I've been to Kochi, Osaka and Hiroshima recently and saw a bunch of knife stores with real weapons. Besides (really sharp) kitchen knives there were real shuriken, throwing knives, stilettos, spears, pocket knives, switchblades, balisongs, even brass knuckles, all being sold openly. So it looks like only firearms are illegal.

    If you have the right sort of twisted imagination and capacity to improvise, anything can be made into a weapon in your hands, from a fistful of sand, through a pen, up to belt. So outlawing weapons might as well require me and everyone else around me to walk around naked in a bare room, and I could still find something besides my fists to attack with...

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    ThunderBird said:
    If you have the right sort of twisted imagination and capacity to improvise, anything can be made into a weapon in your hands, from a fistful of sand, through a pen, up to belt. So outlawing weapons might as well require me and everyone else around me to walk around naked in a bare room, and I could still find something besides my fists to attack with...

    Exactly. It's useless to outlaw melee weapons; back in high school I fought a bully with sharp scissors and won. And when my parents got suspicious I started carrying a fountain pen, using it as a yawara stick (dangerous neighborhood, etc.). Even a cellphone can be used for a hammerfist attack against the temples or the back of the head. And they all look so innocent.

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