So Tera and I were discussing which anime character had the biggest, baddest, and longest sword. It first started when Leara was talking about how big Ichigo’s sword was. Here’s a clip of our chat:
<Leara> wonder if ichigo ever learns to shrink his sword
<Tera> tha sounds
<Tera> so sexual
<Tera> lol
<Tera> viagra overdose
<Krunk> i thought he did learn to shrink his sword
<Krunk> it’s called his bankai
<Leara> lol
<Leara> i meant like
<Leara> non-shikai form
<Krunk> but that’s the way it just is right?
<Krunk> it’s like cloud or berserk’s sword
<Leara> hrm
<Leara> i guess so huh
<Leara> wait wait
<Leara> when he FIRST got the sword
<Leara> it wasn’t black
<Leara> that’s what i meant
<Tera> buster sword is way bigger than gatz’ sword
<Krunk> who’s buster?
<Tera> cloud’s original sword is called the buster sword
<Krunk> oh!
<Krunk> haha
<Tera> the sword he got from zack
<Krunk> well
<Krunk> which sword are you comparing
<Krunk> ?
<Krunk> gatz latest sword is way bigger
<Tera> oh
<Tera> i dun keep with the manga
<Tera> i only know wot i’ve seen from the anime and the DC game
<Krunk> even in the anime
<Krunk> his last sword was big
<Tera> gatz’ sword is long but it’s nowhere near as thick
*note: sword here literally means sword. though reading it with the sexual innuendo in mind changes the context completely.
So I went to do some research:
Buster Sword – The Buster Sword (バスターソード) was made famous in Final Fantasy VII, in which it served as the default weapon of the game’s protagonist, Cloud Strife … Its exact dimensions are not revealed, but judging from its relative size, it must be over a foot in width and at least 5 feet in length. … While its inspirations may be forever unknown, it bears a resemblance to the oversized sword wielded by the lead character Guts in the manga Berserk. It also bears characteristics of a traditional katana (one-sided edge), a zweihänder (size), and a bastard-sword (short hilt). It may also be compared to a zanbato, a sword which appears in the anime Rurouni Kenshin.
Berserk – Guts is the protagonist of the story; a tall, muscular white male with a sword about 7′ long and 12″ wide at its base with a prosthetic left forearm (that also conceals a cannon).
So it’s clear Gatz’ sword is longer than the Buster, but it’s still up for grabs if the Buster sword is wider and thicker than Gatz’ sword.
After reading the entry from Buster sword, it had dawned on me that Sanosuke from Rurouni Kenshin had the biggest longest sword of all. Though he doesn’t count because he’s not as awesome as Cloud or Gatz.