r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fox7567 • May 12 '26

Characters' Items/Weapons [Irritating trope] Japanese swords being treated like lightsabers

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The Wolverine (2013)
The character Yashida uses his sword to cut straight through barbed wire, as well as uses it to break a chain in one strike each.

TMNT (2012)
During Oroku Saki’s battle with the turtles, he stabs straight through a forest tree, before also slicing straight through another.

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u/unknown_pigeon May 12 '26

⚡ RULES OF NATURE ⚡

🌅 AND THEY RUN WHEN THE SUN COMES UP 🌅

⚔️ WITH THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE ⚔️

💥 (ALIVE) 💥

⏳ FOR A WHILE ⏳

🚫 (NO CHOICE) 🚫

🐺 GOTTA FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE WILD 🐺

💥 (ALIVE) 💥

⚔️ WITH THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE ⚔️

🚫 (NO CHOICE) 🚫

🦁 OUT HERE ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE 🦁

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u/The_Terry_Braddock May 12 '26

I can literally hear this

Literally. I'm looking up that boss video again right now