Where does Assassin get off ridiculing Western swordplay as being

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>>117489976
>translations

>>117490017
What's wrong with the translation?

>>117489976
Autism

This show turns King Arthur into a woman but you're concerned about the historical accuracy of swordsmanship?

>>117489976
You're a cunt

>doubting the merit of steel folded over meticulously over a thousand times

>>117490172
What did you say to me bitch?
*summons servant*

Surprisingly, the longsword or greatsword is arguably a more complex weapon that the katana. Though there were single-edge versions, it generally has two edges that can be used, as well as a versatile crossguard and pommel permitting a variety of specialized techniques.

Another element to consider is that European swords could be used in "half-sword" techniques where the second hand literally grips around the blade itself to wield the weapon in bashing, deflecting, binding, and trapping in all manner of ways that virtually make it a pole-axe or short spear. We must ponder would this be unusual for the samurai or just very similar to fighting with a short staff?

Knightly blades could be excellent swords, but are often denigrated merely as crude hunks of iron while samurai swords are venerated and exalted sometimes to the point of absurdity by collectors and enthusiasts (something the Japanese themselves do not discourage). Bad films and poorly trained martial artists reinforce this myth.

The bottom line is that Medieval swords were indeed well-made, light, agile fighting weapons equally capable of delivering dismembering cuts or cleaving deep into body cavities. They were far from the clumsy, heavy things they're often portrayed as in popular media and far, far more than a mere "club with edges." Interestingly, the weight of katanas compared to longswords is very close with each on average being less than 4 pounds.

>>117490172
s-so you're telling me that king arthur wasnt a magic sword wielding blonde qt3.14?

>>117489976
>Portuguese swordsmen rekt Nipponjins with their parrying dagger / rapier setup
>They also enslaved them until they realised they weren't subhumans like the African ones and released them

>>117489976
On the bright side, they made a point of showing off how a katana, even in the hands of a supernaturally skilled wielder, is still utterly incapable of penetrating western plate armor.

If Saber had been wearing full plate like a proper knight and not that historically inaccurate post-medieval gothic half-plate bullshit, she would've walked all over Assassin.

>>117490269
>half-swording with an A-rank Noble Phantasm forged by fairies
How is Saber supposed to pleasure Shirou if she has no hands?

>>117489976
Because he's arrogant. The VN specifically mentions that he's having to rely on sheer technique to make up for the power disparity between his katana and Saber's claymore. And since Saber, being a class that specializes in swordsmanship, is of at least equal technique to even assassin's literally mythic level's of swordsmanship by default. Assassin is inevitably going to lose in a straight bout. Anyways, I haven't been keeping up with the anime, did they use this track for assassin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srWg_6fMyJk

Or did they shit out some stupid original ost?

>>117490312
Did they have full plate as standard in King Arthur's time?

He's more respectful in the VN, where he compliments her power and form, but apologizes that his sword would snap if he tried to match her in strength, so he's just going to keep cutting at her from far away.

>>117489976
>muh nippon stronk

>>117490380
No

>>117490269
>and poorly trained martial artists reinforce this myth.

So if people with at least rudimentary knowledge and training with the weapon don't agree with the theories of the faggot writer, they're not to be taken seriously. Yeah, okay.

While there are certainly similarities and universal commonalties between the two styles of swordsmanship (such as in stances and cuts), there are also significant and fundamental differences. They each make the same basic seven or eight cuts and can thrust.

As a curved blade with an especially keen edge, the katana is superior in the potential use of quick, short slices.

As a long, straight blade tapering to a keen point, the longsword is a better thruster. Additionally, its dual edges, enabled by a graspable pommel, allow it to attack along more lines than just eight standard cuts. Having two edges to work with can quickly permit back-edge and reverse cuts. This permits a far larger number of strikes from different angles.

The katana is wielded in a quick-flowing manner with a torque of the grip as well as a push of the hips. Pulling a curved blade in this way makes it slice as it shears. The footwork is more linear with short quick hopping (even shuffling) steps.

Medieval swords were made for hacking, shearing cuts delivered primarily from the elbow and shoulder and employing wide passing steps. The actions are larger with more fast whirling actions as the two edges are employed, the pommel alone gripped, or the hands changed to different positions on the hilt.

If we bring into the equation the Medieval bastard-sword with compound-hilt of side-rings and bar-guards as well as the waisted or half-grip handle using various methods of holding, this could also be a significant factor. Such hilts allow for a variety of significant one or two-hand gripping options and gives superior tip control for thrusting and edge alignment.

From this, it can be seen that a direct comparison of a European sword to a Japanese one is not possible. They are "apples and oranges", so to speak. They're both fruit, both delicious, but you can do different, though very similar, things with each.

Instinct A > Superior Japanese kenjutsu

>>117490172
>Talking about historical accuracy concerning King Author.
It's debatable weather King Author even existed and most mention of him is in legend and works of fiction.
S/he can be whatever the writers want him/her to be.

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>>117490312
I liked the part where Saber used her gauntleted hand to physically seize the Monohoshizao. There isn't enough use of grappling and disarming techniques in fictional swordfights.

>>117490349
Original ost.

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>>117489976

>>117490349
>Or did they shit out some stupid original ost?
Original OST. I don't think there's been much VN music if any at all, though Archer's theme seems to have some hints of Emiya about its motif.

>>117489976
I doubt they knew much about european swordmanship during the times of notSasaki, and they did consider gaijins to be barbarians.

>>117490699
Finaly getting the character right

>>117490469
read
>>117490349
>>117490386
The VN straight up states that the claymore would cut Assassin's blade in half. During their fights, False Assassin was having to fight purely on the defensive under the sheer force of Saber's blows.

>>117490697
>>117490704
As if we didn't have a bajillion remixes of Emiya already. I doubt it'll even live up to Kenji Kawai's version.

>>117489976
We have a whole board for swords and people who bitch over them. Possibly two.

>>117490811
>As if we didn't have a bajillion remixes of Emiya already. I doubt it'll even live up to Kenji Kawai's version.
I don't even know why everyone wants the shitty VN soundtrack remixed

>>117490548
Sure thing.

Daily reminder that the Fate subseries is the shittiest member of the TM family by a massive margin.

>>117490853
The VN's soundtrack gets the job done but what gets me in particular is the people who want the anime to use Breach.

It's nothing but electronic farting noises set to a backing of dubstep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da2o-clMugw

>bzzzzzztbzzzzzt FART FART bzzzzzzt bzzzzzzt bzzzzzzt (pause) bzzzzzztbzzzzzzt FART FART bzzzzzzztbzzzzzzztbzzzzzt (pause_

Why did Europe even have swords after armor was invented? Wouldn't even chainmail negate the cutting factor, making it better to use a spear or halberd?

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>>117490936
>shittier than Tsukihime.

>>117490979
>It's nothing but electronic farting noises set to a backing of dubstep.

Well, anons also think Disillusion is the best OP the franchise has ever had, so this doesn't really surprise me.

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>>117491025

>>117489976
>japanese legend
>summoned in japan
>his only strong point is his sword skill
It's basically min-maxing sword skill to insane levels.

>>117490979
>I don't actually know what dubstep is.

Though I do agree with you. Breach poorly conveyed tension.

>>117491079
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJe88VrRlTw

Still my favorite, though, fuck you, the original disillusion was great.

>>117491017
A heavy sword wielded with reasonable strength can dent the armor and transmit force sufficiently to cause major damage (though you might prefer a bludgeon for this)

Thrusting techniques with narrower swords can attack joints not covered by plate

And quality armor is expensive and maintenance-heavy.

>>117491112
He hasn't got a legend. He's just a wraith summoned into a servant container because Caster is a cheat. He's not Sasaki Kojirou, and in fact Kojirou never even existed. He's just a guy who lived at the temple and mastered swordsmanship to a godlike level.

Arthur was famous for his leadership not his swordmanship.

This guy got famous purely through his skill with the sword. +home territory bonus, also
>Taking an enemies' taunt seriously

>>117491017
>Wouldn't even chainmail negate the cutting factor
A broadsword isn't so much about cutting and more about imparting a lot of energy on a small area. Even if it doesn't kill you you can't fight with broken bones.

>>117491359
>This guy got famous purely through his skill with the sword. +home territory bonus
Nope. He's not famous at all. He's not summoned from the throne and he has no legend.

>>117491017
>Wouldn't even chainmail negate the cutting factor
Who cares if it cuts you? You just got whacked with a hunk of metal weighing several pounds. Enjoy your lacerations and broken bones.

>>117491403
He's pretty famous to Japanese people yes.

>>117491430
>weighing several pounds
1.5kg, and they were balanced near the cross guard.
>>117491477
Sasaki is, he isn't Sasaki.

Autismus Maximus: The Thread

>>117491430
>>117491376
Good job knowing fuck all. Maille was specifically designed to defeat edged weapons. You'd need a really strong hit to do any damage worth shit through maille, which is a way harder prospect in a real fight than you seem to give it credit for.

Swords are for unarmored opponents and a sidearm as a last resort.

>>117491477
Assassin is not Sasaki Kojiro. He's a farmer who wanted to kill a bird.

>>117491477
No he isn't. he's literally just a ghost who was hanging around and Caster managed to cheat into a servant container.

>>117491544
but muh Roman spathas

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>>117490380
Nope, just chainmail.
But they had the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!

>>117491516
>using autism as an insult unironically

whats wrong with you?

>>117491544
>swords can only slash, stabbing is a myth
>chainmail covers every inch of a body, including the eyes
>there is enough metal for everyone to wear chainmail at every hour of every day

Sasaki Kojiro wasn't a real person is what Fate is trying to assert, so the Grail found someone close enough to Sasaki.

I wasn't even arguing this in the first place, I was just saying he's famous through swordmanship and he has home territory bonus

Weeaboos gonna weaaboo. A knight in full plate with a bastard sword would fuck up a brittle katana user anyday.

>>117491778
>Sasaki Kojiro wasn't a real person is what Fate is trying to assert, so the Grail found someone close enough to Sasaki.
No Caster isn't a regular master so she had to cheat.
She didn't summon from the throne of heroes but grabed a wraith at the temple and forced it into a servant container

>>117490699
I lol'd

>>117490380
Chain, mostly.

>>117491867
Berserker is nude

>>117491867
wow look at that you just posted in a thread where everyone agrees with you man

good work

>>117490269
They were also a lot more durable. All the scenes where samurai hit their blades against each other are rather silly. The reason samurai focused their technique on killing there enemy with one hit was because a katana became easily useless after a couple of hits, they would would sometimes even break when hit against each other.

>>117491544
Swords aren't ideal for armored combat, but they can still be effective.

>>117492056
That's because he's a manslut who needs to put his "merchandise" on display to work.

>>117490289
I never heard of any of this. Though it would explain that episode of Shigurui with the Fencing Nip, every though he got rekt.

>>117489976
Katana master thinks his way is the best, news at 11.

>>117489976
>assassins are supposedly the masters in the art of killing someone
>jobbers everywhere
I thought they were assassin class not punching dummy class

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>>117490498
>As a curved blade with an especially keen edge...

...You would still be better with western weapons. Pic related, Easter Europe sabre.

>>117489976
ctrl +f katana gif
0 results
is this even real?

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>Tsubame Gaeshi
>Saber is alive only because of her armour
I don't see any problems

>>117489976
western swordsmanship has always been superior to japanese shit

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You sure are upset you BAKA GAIJIN

I guess the truth that GRORIOUS NIPPON kenjutsu was lightyears ahead of western barbarism is too much for you.

>>117492284
>o god
>Not o Zeus

>>117492247
>not punching dummy class
Actualy Caster,Rider and Assasin are exactly that.
Berserker is the "kill your own master with the drain" class

>>117492266
>saber
>good for anything but a horse-assisted charge
It's jack shit in on foot melee. It was literally crafted as a cavalry weapon.

>>117490979
I just want Emiya and Ever-present Feeling. Mighty Wind would be cool too but it only plays in SLH which will never be animated.

>>117490548
>S/he can be whatever the writers want him/her to be.

don't worry no one is going to take your faplings away from you

>>117491544
>Swords are for unarmored opponents

Are you fucking retarded?
Or do you only know swords from games and anime in which people randomly slash with it?

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>>117492284

>>117489976
why doesnt just saber do a front flip so that she may have the upper ground?

>>117492247
I liked that the assassin in Extra wasn't a chump.

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>>117490498
If you want to talk about curved swords, look no further than the Talwar.

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>>117489976
>2014
>Not mastering all weapons and magic.

>>117490172
>implying arthur was not a qt 3.14 briton girl sacrificing her life to live as a man in order to save camelot and britain

>>117492400
The variants with the pommel spike seem pretty cool to me.

>>117491763
>swords
>slash
Musashi fucking rolling in his grave I bet.

>>117492367
>I wounder what my son is doing
kek

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>>117492367
>His maste looks too young to fight in this war
>What's next, a little girl?
Everytime.

>>117492416
Fucking Mary Sue

>>117492416
like any true anime mc would do

>>117492416
>2014
>still getting killed by your own weapons
a shit

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I wish we could get Ever Present Feeling at least

>>117492416
Scathach is a broken teacher.

>>117492416
>2014
>using magic
only dorks and nerds use magic

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>>117489976

>rambles on about western swordplay being shit
>Musashi Miyamoto whacks him over head with an oar and kills him instantly

>>117492322

And after some time they evolved into a) shorter and lighter types. commonly used on foot, and heavy, longer ones that cavalry had.

Second one was used almost as a fucking butcher cleaver from a horse, the first one was quite elegant weapon that required technique and allowed a variety of moves.

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>>117492247
Assassins are only good when their masters aren't complete idiots.
And that only happened once, in Extra.

Alternatively, they're good when their master is dead.

>>117492416
>max agi
>skill some int/wis too for magic
>use luck as dump stat

>>117492506
top notch animation right there
shaft better be taking notes

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>>117492367
>>117492284
>no Rider version

>>117492553
>no str
All the stats in the world mean shit if you're just tickling your opponent.

Why are all fate threads start with bait?

>>117492507
Scat hack seems like she'd be pretty based, being a concept and all.

>>117492553
>use luck as dump stat
But Cu didn't do that.
Or you don't know what a dump-stat is
>>117492605
Cu was strong enough
>His arms had not been left near him, except his chariot only. And he took his chariot on his back, and he set out to attack the men of Erin, and he smote them with the chariot, until he reached the place where Fergus macRoig was.

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Plebs, behold the sword of the empire stretching over 3 continents.

>>117492643
Best Rider right there

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>>117492247
>>117492526
>And that only happened once, in Extra.
No.

>>117492616
because fsn is shit and can't have a proper discussion going

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>>117492507
Aye. She's quite something

>>117492715
>Null everything
How the fuck are you supposed to hurt her? Megido?

>>117492684
I'd say that her master classifies as a complete idiot just for having "let's wake up the fucking spider" as a goal.
And that goal then changed to "let's try and make zealot girl suffer".
So, yeah, probably going to get fucked over by her own master.

>>117490269
Your post is wrong regarding weight.

Katanas are several pounds heavier than a longsword, and because of its curved blade and weight distribution, to be wielded with both hands. Longswords did not have this limitation. Katanas are both longer, and denser. They are noticeably heavier.

>>117492681
>using swords
>not spears

>>117492794
Yeah.

>>117492908
>Not using axes

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>>117492794
Aye. any kind of allmighty, or status aliment spells.
I could have given her Null mind and Null Nerve. But then I would only have room for one other skill.

I've given her Mediarama, Recarm, and Energy Drain.

These are the only skills that can hurt her

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>>117489976
What can you expect from a lowly Oriental farmer?

Look at that disgusting piece of rod he calls a sword, he'll never own anything as awesome as pic related.

He's not even a real Servant and is just a mere pushover to stall the plot, he will never be good at swordplay.

>>117492526
Zouken made pretty good use of True Assassin.

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>>117492526
Who wouldn't want to hug her?

>>117493068
Gawain pls go and stay go.

>>117491477
If he was actually summoned, yes.
Its sorta the same problem with Ryunsuke and Blue Beard: He is not a real servant, he is a wraith summoned by the HG because it was better.

At which point the wraith descends into scaling against the default container for the Fujuki grail, so he has A+ agility because Assassin has a class default of B.

>>117490289
This interests me, I haven't been able to dig up any sources on this.

The thought of thrusting sword/sidesword vs a katana makes me wet though.

>>117492079
When the Japanese attempted to invade Korea prior to their Empire invasions, There are accounts of Korean blades cutting Japanese ones in half due to Japan having to use their own mediocre metals versus Korea having much wider access through trade especially with China.

Of course this is an account from a Korean historical perspective since no Japanese soldier would ever admit to this sort of thing in their records. So there is almost certainly some bias involved, but the metallurgy ability of each country does lend some possibility to this claim.

>>117491358
It doesn't really matter if he existed or not ad long as his legend does. Servants are either real hero's or hero's of Legend, as long as legends are great they can be chosen by the grail.

>>117493190
Blue Beard is not a wraith. Where are you getting this from?

>>117493390
Not if they're eastern

>>117490289

Meanwhile, the spanish were so afraid of the filipino fighting style they banned it

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>>117492247
>Kills the shit out of Saber due Wind Immunity
>Baits the shit out of the rest of the servants
>Scared Cu into doing something really stupid
>Only loses because Kotomine has no heart.

>>117493600
>Scared Cu into doing something really stupid
What?

>>117493408
He is, just not at the level Kojiro is at. Kojiro is a bunch of ghosts sewn on the top of a skilled one, to fulfill the container needs.

>>117493374
Japan is only slightly further from China than Korea is, why didn't they import metals too?

>>117493700
I'm asking for a source.

>>117489976
>2014
>using literal chunks of metal
>not using lances
>Getting blood splattered all over you when you attack.
>getting fucked up if you miss, since you're so close

Sword fags pls go.

>>117493627
Assassin used the mud, and scared Cu into shielding it.
It was a really bad mistake.

>>117493712
Land connection, man. It makes all the difference.

>>117493782
That was literaly the shadow attacking.
He afterwards he waited until the shadow broke his Rune-barrier and than used Zabanya while Cu was retreating from the shadow.
The only mistake Cu made was following Assassin into the water

>>117490699
I laughed

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>There are people who DON'T think Fate/Zero was the best story in the Fate franchise

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>>117494372
Stay Night does have some nice bits for what it was. At least try to get through the new adaption even if it is just fighting.

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>>117494372
The material isn't as good as the prequel but at least we are getting the whole 4th War, 5th War and hopefully epilogue stories.

Who knows they might add some more Zero elements in to make the story more interesting.

>>117492453
That's retarded because he had already fought Berserker at that point and had likely seen Illya.

>>117494372
I prefer F/HA's moral..

>>117489976
katana > longsword

>>117494372
Not Fate but Mahoyo is much the best thing in nasuverse so far.

>>117494372

leaving the SoL moments aside, F/HA was a solid story.

>>117494945
*pretty much

>>117490640
Why Saber did that? What a bitch.

>>117494372
If only Kerry wasn't retarded.

Or at least warn us that Kerry is actually retarded.

>>117494992
Why not? It's part of armoured swordfighting.

>>117494934
It's supposed to be a nodachi. A ridiculously oversized one at that.

>>117490269
You can also flip a long sword around and hold it by the blade while swinging it around as a mace.

If Nasu cared about realism Saber would be fucked over by Lancer and Archer like in every real war.

>>117494992
It's a valid technique when swordfighting with armor.

>>117495160
Saber gets fucked over by Archer repeatedly in Hollow Ataraxia unless you use a one-two combo of Command Spelling her to Mach 3 and defending against Hrunting with Rho Aias.

>>117492284
>>117492367
Why do their feet always hurt?

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>>117495160
>Lancer
>ever being lucky enough to win in an HGW

>>117495230
The only reason she couldn't beat him is that she had to protect "Shirou".

>>117495256
Lancers have shit luck for sure.

Archers win wars, lancers win battles, sabers win nothing but a spot on the hip and a mantle on the wall.

Oh...

Well, I guess Nasu is historically accurate after all.

>>117495263
The Archer class is all about exploiting situations to maximum advantage, so it's only natural.

>>117494992
Underrated post

>>117495313
what is the official record for grail war wins amongst the classes anyways

>>117495335
>it's only natural.

>>117490850
What? We do?

>>117495360
Please elaborate?

>>117495396
/tg/ and sometimes /v/, though if you went to the cosplay-LARP thread with this shit you'd get a lot of rage too

>>117495358
No one has won. The last survivors would be the closest so:

>Gil for the 4th
>Saber for Fate
>Archer for UBW
>Rider for HF

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>>117495313
> sabers win nothing but a spot on the hip and a mantle on the wall

>>117495459
I've read that sentence way too often while rereading the VN

>>117494947
You can get away with F/SN anon but F/HA was a clusterfuck filled with bad translations. You didn't really read it if it wasn't in japanese.

>>117495396
On /tg/ people pretend that they know about swords because they saw a history channel documentary once and bought a replica.

>>117495485
Hey now, it's a fairly stock phrase in general.

>>117495358

>1st N/A
>2nd N/A, Saber/another class for final battle mutual elimination
>3rd either Saber or another class (possibly other Saber, as it was a dual servant)
>4th Archer
>5th Saber/Archer/Rider/Caster depending on actions of masters
>Extra Saber/Caster/Archer, previously Savior

>Saber kills Berserker
>Saber survives a perfect Tsubame Gaeshi

I swear I'll kill someone if we get another Saber-sue moment when she's supposed to get completely destroyed by Kuzuki.

>>117495468
>>117495396
>>117495536
/k/ sometimes too.

>>117495484
thats not fair though, later in history cavalry sabres were used extensively, and cutlass (essentially a shorter and heavier sabre) was the standard weapon of sailors, and I am sure both cavalry and sailors have had their major decisive battles

>>117495607
Archers upgraded to guns and made sabers an accessory.

Gilgamesh knew.

>>117495607
>sailors have had their major decisive battles
Sailor battle are won with boat guns and boat ramming, anon.

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>>117490289
you guys seen the portuguese fencing MA - Jogo do Pau

many of its techniques were also applied to longsword fighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukTeaIHe1kQ

theres also short stick, double stick, etc variations

>>117494945
1. Mahoyo
2. Tsukihime
3. Fate/zero
4. Fate/stay night-hollow ataraxia
5. kara no kyoukai

Why dont those fools just summon Heracles as an Archer and wreck everyone.

NASU

>>117495558
Saber killig Berserker isn't that bad, Saber was supposed to have the upper hand once they reached the cemetery, and it's not like he needs that life. It made the fight more entertaining.

I think they'll reveal at the end that Assassin wasn't fighting seriously, or that because of footing his timing was odd or something like that. Otherwise it'd fuck up the entire reason behind sword bending. Maybe they just wanted to nerf Assassin.

They better not change the Kuzuki scene. Anything after Shirou's part is good, but if Saber does anything more than get wrecked by Kuzuki's style, they'll have fucked up.

>>117495670
no boarding?

>>117495750
The Einzberns wanted as much control over their servant as they could, to avoid having a second betray.

And it's hard to get catalysts.

>>117495607
> sailors

Now I'm no expert on nautical skirmish but I'm almost 100% certain boats were made with giant dicks made for j-j-jamming it in up until the point they decided to throw a whole bunch of guns on the side and keep extending how far those guns shoot.

>>117495786
Boarding, if you go by historical accounts, usually only happened after one side surrendered already. Even then daggers, spears, and flintlocks saw more use than the cutlass.

>>117495670
I remember reading that it wasnt that rare for british sailors to fight ashore, and that they carried their regular equipment with them

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>>117495754
I kinda get a boner just thinking about fate/zero fags' reaction to Saber getting stomped by a barehanded highschool teacher.

>>117495969
That's nothing.

Imagine their reaction when Shirou defeats Gilgamesh.

>>117495754

They have to explain SOMETHING about Tsubame Gaeshi or it will at the very least completely trash Kojirou's final scene in UBW, where he will apparently attempt the same maneuver that has already failed like a complete idiot.

>>117495911
I'm sure British marines would have their land equipment; but, I doubt regular sailors would. Do you have a source on that?

>>117496002
There'll probably be endless complaints about why Gil didn't just bust UBW immediately with Ea like he did to Ionian Hetairoi. With nobody able to accept that Gil only drew Ea because he respected Alexander.

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>>117496002
Hadn't thought about that
Holy shit
Should find some fate/zerofags "reviewers" on youtube just for that.

>>117495754
>I think they'll reveal at the end that Assassin wasn't fighting seriously, or that because of footing his timing was odd or something like that.
Not adding the third slash of Tsubame Gaeshi was supposed to be his "not fighting seriously"

>>117496088
I found a guy who devoted a 20 minute episode review to insulting Rin after she said Kerry was a shitty mage, I'll see if I can find that again

>>117495905
>Even then daggers, spears, and flintlocks saw more use than the cutlass.

true about the flintlocks, but the rest is debatable, as far as I know a cutlass was a mass produced weapon specifically for the sailors, at least in the bongistani navi

>ramming
thats true, but it depended on the ships, trying to ram HMS Warrior for example would be a suicide

>>117490172
>implying King Arthur was a grill

>>117496060
If anyone complains about that, he probably watched F/Z in 2x speed without subtitles. They wouldn't get Gil's character at all, he refused to even look at Caster's beast because it was disgraceful, and didn't want the swords that touced it back. He is as arrogant as you can get.

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>>117496129
>I found a guy who devoted a 20 minute episode review to insulting Rin after she said Kerry was a shitty mage
Holy shit, I want to see that

>>117489976
>Grab the katana

Wrong.
Gauntlets aren't a solid mass of steel, they only cover the fingers and the outside of the hand.
Her palms would still only be covered by leather, and leather wouldn't stop a sword-quality edge from cutting into the palm.

>>117493712
>Japan and China being friendly with each other long enough to trade
LOL

>>117495160
There's no "realism" about it, in the nasuverse Excalibur actually was a sword made by the fairies that could shoot giant-ass laser beams

>>117495243

Reddit meme. Comic with a guy standing in a corner at a party.

>>117496104
Don't tell me, tell ufotable. They probably wanted to change things up.

If you think about it, two slashes at the same time, when slowed down to show us what's happening, leave a clear opening. And it's not flashy enough, for some reason, three slashes sound a lot more impressive than two.

Probably the same reason they made Gae Bolg that flashy. Besides Saber wanking obviously.

>I've read the wikipedia article on the subject so I'm legitimately capable of forming an educated opinion the thread the movie the experience

>>117496211
A sword doesn't cut through leather simply by keeping a grip on the blade.

>>117489976
The writer of this fiction clearly didn't even research well enough into actual Japanese swordsmanship anyway, what are you expecting

>>117496228
>LOL
Nice post. I rate it 10/10.

>>117496211
grabbing swords is a recognized tactic anon, used in western fencing anyway, dont know about japs

>>117496142
the funniest thing about the original gif, that people arguing on both sides are always idiots

>>117496132
Daggers were employed en masse due to tight spaces as well as used as practical tools for rigging. Spears and polearms were used to fend off anyone trying to board.

Cutlass and rapiers were primarily ornamental and considered high maintenance on the seas.

>>117491017
swords weren't the main weapon neither in europe nor in japan, but long weapons like halberds, naginatas and the like.
Only rich nobles could afford full body armor.
And people didn't go to battle with only a single weapon on them, but different people would have different weapons for different purposes based on their role, training, wealth and the opponents they would face.
Full body armor was beat using weapons that caused blunt trauma, like maces, or by cutting in the spaces where different pieces connected.

>>117496060
didnt gill try to but out Ea by the end, but by that time it was too late for that

>>117491081
>Gilgamesh
>Ever having full plate
this series is so dumb and i love it

>>117496295
thanks bruv u2

>>117496129
Please do find it.
I need it for reasons.

>>117496307
Half-swording and the like is used on straight swords.
Grabbing a curved sword is most likely not as safe.

>>117496384

Gilgamesh has submarines and airplanes. Alexander the great is seven feet tall.
In Fate, it's the history books that are wrong.

>>117496384

>Gilgamesh being a beardless teenager wearing platemail made of gold

>Noble Phantasm isn't even something from his legend

>Implying every magic weapon had been forged by Gilgamesh's time

>Gilgamesh's personality is closer to who he was at the beginning of the epic than by the end.

>>117496228
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sino-Japanese_relations#The_prosperities_of_maritime_trading_600-1600

>you
>not retarded

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>>117496274
>>117496211
Both right, she was able to grab the sword but Assassin was able to produce enough cutting force to slice through the leather covering the palm and draw blood by striking the hilt.

>>117496384
He also has a spaceship armed with ancient Sumerian nukes, and a drill-sword that predates the concept of swords. Your point?

>>117496573
katana isn't that strongly curved, while I am not 100% sure, I think it is possible that with a leather gloves tough enough, it might be possible to hold it with no injury

on an unrelated note, are there any surviving accounts of what portuguese thought about jap culture/religion?

>>117496684
Go read my post again retard, my point is that i like it regardless of it's inaccuracy

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Where does the 5'1" Saber get off telling Assassin he has a "slight build"?

>>117496784

In narrative but not in visual depiction, Saber is actually quite muscular and fit.

>>117496748

Let's also remeber that we're talking about King Arthur here, her gloves are probably made from fuckin' dragon leather or some shit. You don't make armor that survive all that magical bullshit and then put some cow skin under it

>>117496784
Well, her build doesn't matter because she has prana burst.

>>117496784
>if you're fat no one else can be fat
>if you're slight of build no one else can be slight of build

>>117496827
The cow skin would be there to protect from chaffing you dunce

>>117496648
This is pretty neat, glad that Ufotable includes these details in their fights.

>>117496810

This drives me fuckin' crazy. Partially because i have a thing for short built chicks, partially just because I'm reading words about how crazy ripped and manly her body is while I'm looking at a picture with perfectly white, smooth skin with no muscles to speak of at all.

Any one have pictures of that figure with the ripped-as-fuck back?

>>117496810
She's weaker than Rin and only has her strength through prana burst.
She realy shouldn't talk about grown up men like that

>>117496916
It's nice to have combat with choreography that extends beyond Dragonball-type high-speed flailing on loop.

>>117496943

Rin is also physically fit and strong. She's a bajiquan practitioner and the Tohsaka clan strives for physical excellency in addition to magical talent.

>>117496913

And it would fall to pieces when you got hit with magical medival laser beams and leave you bare-handed

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>>117496924

>>117496960
This is off-topic but I got mad as fuck when they did the DBZ teleport fight shit in Seven Deadly Sins. Series deserves better than that shit.

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>>117495243
from what?

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>>117496989
>You will never get a handjob from Rin.
Suffering.

>>117496943
Rin was schooled every day in kung fu by Kirei Kotomine himself, it's not hard to be weaker htan her.

>>117496996
>the gauntlet is magical
>the leather can't be magical
anon please

>>117497025

God DAMN.

>>117497025
Saber didn't have that ass.

>>117497113

That's exactly what I'm saying though, is that the leather is magical and so gripping a sword with it isn't bullshit regardless of whether it could be done with regular leather.

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>>117496960

There is a bit too much of the flashing and special effects covering up the neat fight maneuvers though. ufotable's kind of hit and miss.

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>>117496002
Where did Gil go after he was eaten by the Grail?

>>117496960
The choreography isn't as interesting as F/Z but it has to stay true to the novel I suppose.

If this was the Fate route it'd end with a DBZ fight between Excalibur and Enuma Elish

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>>117490699

>>117498169
>gender specific pronouns
SJW please go

>>117498261
Thatwaspartofthejoke.jpg

>>117498335
Acting like I missed the joke was part of the joke
2meta4u

>>117498335
Don't respond to autists on the internet anon. It will only encourage them.

>>117492266
This actually looks like a replica of a late period Hussar sabre from Poland
>>117492322
Strongly disagree, sabre is a very universal weapon
>>117492681
>Plebs, behold the sword of the empire >stretching over 3 continents.
Too bad they could never stretch over to Europe thanks too a bunch of angry SABRE wielding polacks

>>117494372
but it isn't
it's an action flick that falls apart at the slightest wiff of logic
even if you don't like stay night at least it's concistent

>>117497324
But they're doing it quite well, I frame-stepped through archer's "dodge this" and caldabolg attack and they actually had frames of medea deflecting kanshou and bakuya with her staff and her arm getting severed despite that being overshadowed by flashy SFX fireworks.

What I mean is that they aren't using those SFX to just go lazy on the character animation

>>117498602

Oh no, their animation remains top quality. I'm saying they're going overboard on the effects and it's lowering the quality as a result.

Going frame by frame through that webm has Archer and Kojirou's weapons vanishing for two frames though. Must've been an animation glitch.

>>117498786
You have to consider that this fights are happening at superhuman speeds and strengths and with magic being thrown around.

Consider the alternative: naruto shadow clones and flash steps.

>>117499180
>the only alternative to super flashy fights is shadow clones and flash steps
anon you're overreacting to a ridiculous degree

>>117499521
It was more about portraying superhuman speeds and strength. I guess slowmotion would be another option.

>>117498786
Earlier in the episode there's a single frame where saber disappears. Going frame by frame through sakuga is a bit of a hobby.

You can really tell that ufotable heavily favours digital production, though. There's many frames where they slide the characters forwards or backwards without actually animating their movement, sort of like a cardboard cutout sliding on a static background before jumping to the next keyframe position a few frames later. They usually mask it pretty well behind some digital effects, which I guess for them is cheaper than having in-betweeners draw out each transformation int he character's movement.

>>117499641
Just do it in "normal" speed
But slow down the world around them
I think this would be a happy compromise

>saber hypes up TG as a sure kill ability if she doesn't stop him before he uses it
>decides to eat 2 of the hits and cut him like a bitch
guess her fears were unnecessary against the blonde super warrior?

>>117490269
Thank you anon. This was genuinely informative and interesting.

>>117499844
Wasn't he nerfed because Caster went "fuck you you useless dog i got me an archer now" and cut his allowance or something?

>>117489976

Kendo is a predictable way which operates on faith rather than intelligence. Those who practice it are superstitious idiots that can't cut through a wet paper bag.

>>117500009
His sword was not a good one.

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Why didn't Caster just use her item construction skill to make Assassin a half decent sword?

>>117500773
She didn't care about him.