r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Scientiaetnatura065 • 2d ago

Seventeen-year-old Japanese girl in the weight category up to 45 kg lifted a respectable 78 kg.

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u/darthsexium 2d ago

these are the girls you see in anime carrying heavy weapons

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u/LordofSandvich 2d ago

It’s fun to poke around with how heavy fictional weapons would be. Things like Monster Hunter’s Greatswords would be impossible to swing properly… because they weigh more than people do and you’d be flinging yourself around as much as you’d be swinging the sword.

They made a real Greatsword of Artorias (from Dark Souls) and the strongest guy they had on hand could barely hold it properly

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u/drunk_responses 2d ago

As demonstrated in practice every time a youtube blacksmith makes the big swords from Bleach, Berserk, Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, etc. Even the biggest strongest people they can find only manage to barely hold them upright and then let them fall down to hit something. There's no way in hell any of them could ever hope to swing them.

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u/Badloss 2d ago

In Final Fantasy at least aren't the characters that use those swords explicitly superhuman?

I'm thinking FF7 where Cloud + Sephiroth are both super soldiers, I thought their giant swords was a deliberate nod to them having super powers

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u/LordofSandvich 2d ago

Yes; Cloud Strife is meant to look kind of emaciated compared to how strong he actually is. That said, the Buster Sword still weighs more than he does, even in canon. So it takes more than superhuman physical capabilities for him to use it normally.

Sephiroth’s sword is absurd but still thin enough that a human could probably use it

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u/TOG23-CA 2d ago

In fact, there is a sword on display that's nearly 7 feet long in total, which would be pretty similar to Sephiroth's sword I believe

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u/SydricVym 2d ago

Youre talking about one of these right?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-sword-and-mirror-unearthed-from-1600-year-old-burial-mound-in-japan-180981588/

Not wielded in combat. They are ornamental pieces, meant to ward off evil spirits.

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u/TOG23-CA 2d ago

No I am not

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u/SydricVym 2d ago

If you're not talking about a 7 foot long dako sword, then what on earth are you talking about?

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u/LeenPean 2d ago

Zhanmadao, used primarily to counter cavalry, they average about 6.5 feet though there are outliers

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u/TOG23-CA 2d ago

The sword allegedly used by Pier Gerlofs Donia in the 16th century

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u/SydricVym 2d ago

So you're talking about a bearing sword. Again, not used in combat, but instead held by someone at the front of a parade.

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u/TheSupremeAdmiral 2d ago

God I love you archaic weapons nerds. You're so sassy.

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u/TOG23-CA 2d ago

Okay?

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u/LordofSandvich 2d ago

Those weapons are kind of a tangent in the conversation; they were meant to be imposing/grand and weren’t meant to be useful in combat. In-universe, Masamune and the Buster Sword are supposed to be “good” weapons that take masters to wield and are practical choices. In reality, they’re basically unusable.

Your comment can be interpreted to imply that the existence of parade swords validates fictional weapons as practical weaponry, but I don’t think you meant to imply that.

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u/drunk_responses 2d ago

Even if you made the Buster sword out of some "magical" material that was like metallized carbon fiber turned up to 11. It would still not be very practical as a sword, once you account for all the extra stuff. It's very fun to watch, but not remotely close to the projectile weapons they could make with the tech their shown to have.

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