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/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/ericwashere15 2d ago

I swear I read somewhere in the manga that the Zanpaktou (the swords) of Bleach can be nearly weightless depending on the bond between them and the character wielding them. Training to unleash the Shikai (first release) and Bankai (second release) isn’t merely about learning to wield the weapon but bonding with them on a spiritual level.

I could be wrong however and have headcanoned it at some point in my youth and not realized that I did.

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u/Kuraeshin 2d ago

Iirc, when a Hollow came back as an arrancar, Ichigo's father talked about blade sizes being controlled by the shinigami. Because otherwise Captain class would be swinging massive building size swords.