I have researching on Katana's for the past week.
And I found out "Hamon" plays an important role on how the sword might Turn out in the longer run.
Basically there are many types of Hamon.
Now Let me Come down to Zoro Swords.
Now let's Focus on other Katana's in the Show.
From above Discussion we can actually figure out what kind of Fighters they are.
- Zoro - Currently having , Enma , Wado , Sandai. He has High AP , High DC , High Strength/Toughness , High Speed (Not much though none of the sword actually supports with Gentle blade , except Wado , but Zoro is yet to give it a go.)
- Oden , Enma + Ame no Habakiri , AP , DC , Speed and Toughness. Again an allrounder like zoro.
- Shiryu, Raiu , Fast , very agile , Low Toughness , Low Strength, But high Sharpness. Grade of the blade would tell about it's Toughness and Strength tbh.
Note : Haki compensate sometimes with missing. Base level Armanent give human superhuman strength and Speed.
- Ryou ,AdCoC and Hardening gives it Extra AP DC and Defense. Stats.
Permanent black blade , is straight up , Toughness , Strength , DC increase.
And I found out "Hamon" plays an important role on how the sword might Turn out in the longer run.
Basically there are many types of Hamon.
- Suguha
- Midare
- Kanemoto Hamon
- And Many more.
Now Let me Come down to Zoro Swords.
- Wado Ichimonji.
- Yubashiri
- Sandai Kitetsu
We are done with Zoro Sword here.
Also , "Suguha" is Straight line Pattern like Wado Ichimonji , Easier to Master , good toughness , and Fast.
" Midare " Means , Wild , High Sharpness and high Destructive Capablities. While they might not be as strong as Suguha which was Created in old style and previous era " Koto " ,
Suguha , is Tough and Long Lasting , Midare and other Hamon came into " shinto " Style and period. Which mainly for Aesthetics but some noticed the Increased Sharpness of Midare Blade. But were more prone to Break than Compared to Suguha.
If I were to Rank Zoro swords.
Total -
Wado Ichimonji - 5
Enma - 5.5
Shusui - 6
Sandai Kitetsu - 4.5
Yubashiri - 3.5
- Wado IchiMonji Follows "Suguha" Hamon.
- Wado IchiMonji is known for it's, Durablity and Toughness. And Maybe even Speed.
- Wado Ichimonji is Tough and Fast.
- but not as Lightweight as yubashiri
- Yubashiri
- Yubashiri is Light Weight And Fast.
- It increased Zoro Reflex and Fast actions. If zoro were to do ShiShiSonSon with Yubashiri it might be the fastest but it not the strongest.
- Yubashiri can be used for Gentle Blade Technique's.
- Sandai Kitetsu
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- Sandai Kitetsu Sharpness is Real Deal.
- When zoro Threw it up in the sky , Sandai was 1/4th inside ground.
- Sandai is not Tough like Wado , Nor fast like YubaShiri , but it is Sharp and " Difficult to Master"
- Hamon Pattern used is - (Midare)
- Shusui-
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- As you can Read above. Shusui has Insane Destructive power and heavy.
- Compared Yubashiri , Shusui has Greater DC and Weight. Yubashiri was Fast and Lightweight.
- Another thing to be noted about Shusui is that , Shusui was tougher than Wado Ichimonji , but that's due to Shusui being a Black Blade not Hamon Design.
- Shusui has " Gunome " Hamon.
- Enma-
- Enma has " Midare " Pattern, Irregular Flame like Pattern.
- And Midare is Translated as " Wild ".
- You must have noticed Enma Cuts more than Necessary which Means it's Sharp and High AP. No reference Enma weight was ever given.
- Unlike Shusui which has DC , Enma has Insane AP.
- Enma has More AP than Sandai Kitetsu. As the grade of the blade and Demonstration.
- Another thing to note here is that , This is very difficult to Master.
We are done with Zoro Sword here.
Also , "Suguha" is Straight line Pattern like Wado Ichimonji , Easier to Master , good toughness , and Fast.
" Midare " Means , Wild , High Sharpness and high Destructive Capablities. While they might not be as strong as Suguha which was Created in old style and previous era " Koto " ,
Suguha , is Tough and Long Lasting , Midare and other Hamon came into " shinto " Style and period. Which mainly for Aesthetics but some noticed the Increased Sharpness of Midare Blade. But were more prone to Break than Compared to Suguha.
If I were to Rank Zoro swords.
| Sword | Sharpness(AP) | Strength (DC) | Weight/Toughness/Durablity | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enma | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Wado | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Sandai Kitetsu | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Yubashiri | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Shusui | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Total -
Wado Ichimonji - 5
Enma - 5.5
Shusui - 6
Sandai Kitetsu - 4.5
Yubashiri - 3.5
- Law Katana (Kikoku)
- Ame-No-Habakiri
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- Sword is Very Similar to Wado Ichimonji Suguha , which Focuses on more of Toughness of the blade , and long term usage with Speed benefits , and given Law fruit. It suits him.
- As the Sword is cursed... I don't know what the curse , Maybe it has do something with regulating Law Invisible Armananet Haki throughout the body , In general increasing his overall defense. (Or I don't know just a theory)
- Law sword lacks Sharpness and Strength which his DF completes for him. If Law was carrying Sandai. He would have sliced Doflamingo Hand instead of just cutting it.
- Ame-No-Habakiri
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- It's a Suguha Pattern Again, I would say it was simply , Oden Wado Ichimonji.
- for defense , Speed and Durablity.
- Nidai Kitetsu -
- As we can see this one has " Waves " like pattern.
- This Hamon is "Choji" Midare
- Like it's Younger Sibling , this one Probably also Specialises in Sharpness and Maybe Toughness or DC. Could be any of them , It doesn't strike to me this was fast.
- Shodai Kitetsu -
- Shodai Kitetsu Follows the same Hamon as It's succesors in future.
- I believe sword to be lightweight compared to the siblings while having huge AP and DC... and Being a Supreme Grade already Makes it Tough standard.
- Toki Amatsuki Sword.-
- yep this is Highly Similar to Yubashiri.
- Same goes with the Pattern design. And hilt of the sword.
- Again this was probably a light weight speed focused sword with low strength and decent sharpness.
- Shiryu (Raiu)-
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- this kind of Hamon is again similar to Yubashiri and Toki sword.
- And Shiryu is Fast and Invisible now , This sword fits him perfectly.
- There could be chances that the sword is cursed as well.
- But we alteady seen Shiryu proving his speed in past and recently too.
- Raiu is Fast and Sharp , which yubashiri wasn't. And if higher grade , it might have extra toughness. Shiryu might have Huge AP but not so sure about DC.
From above Discussion we can actually figure out what kind of Fighters they are.
- Zoro - Currently having , Enma , Wado , Sandai. He has High AP , High DC , High Strength/Toughness , High Speed (Not much though none of the sword actually supports with Gentle blade , except Wado , but Zoro is yet to give it a go.)
- Oden , Enma + Ame no Habakiri , AP , DC , Speed and Toughness. Again an allrounder like zoro.
- Shiryu, Raiu , Fast , very agile , Low Toughness , Low Strength, But high Sharpness. Grade of the blade would tell about it's Toughness and Strength tbh.
Note : Haki compensate sometimes with missing. Base level Armanent give human superhuman strength and Speed.
- Ryou ,AdCoC and Hardening gives it Extra AP DC and Defense. Stats.
Permanent black blade , is straight up , Toughness , Strength , DC increase.