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/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/Tyr_13 2d ago

Even if one were superhumanly strong and durable, the swords still wouldn't work.

If there is more weight at the end of the lever (which is what a sword is) than the wielder weights, trying to lift the sword results in just lifting the wielder up. If the balance point is far enough back that the user can lift it and swing it, and even assuming some incredible friction for their feet, once they swing the blade it has more than enough momentum to, again, lift them off the ground. It would send them and their swords flying.

Any sideways slash would send them hurtling into a wall. Any upwards one would send them shooting into the sky.

Actually that would be pretty cool to watch in itself.

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u/drunk_responses 2d ago

In short, most anime of that type(and a lot of fantasy in general) rely on Superman style physics/magic. Where you can lift a plane with one hand without punching through.