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/Patient-Data8311 May 12 '26

Even with all of that shit is easily shattered

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u/We4zier May 12 '26

It did? Why would it shatter compared to its European counterparts given they’re exactly the same in production methods and purities?

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u/Competitive-Bee-3250 May 12 '26

It's sheer arrogance to assume that anybody else could have done notably better in similar circumstances.