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That’s it. I’m sick of all this "how can a sword cut lasters" bullshit that’s going on in Strike Witches right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I’m talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that’s about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut apart Neuroi beams with my katana.
Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.
Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I’m pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a fully armored Neuroi with a simple vertical slash.
Ever wonder why the Neuroi never bothered conquering Japan? That’s right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai witches and their katanas of destruction. Even in the Second Neuroi War, they targeted the witches with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the Strike Witches. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:
- Can deflect Neuroi beams from all directions
- Can cut through an entire Neuroi hive in one strike
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don’t you think?
tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in Strike Witches, see my new stat block.

That’s it. I’m sick of all this "how can a sword cut lasters" bullshit that’s going on in Strike Witches right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I’m talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that’s about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut apart Neuroi beams with my katana.
Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.
Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I’m pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a fully armored Neuroi with a simple vertical slash.
Ever wonder why the Neuroi never bothered conquering Japan? That’s right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai witches and their katanas of destruction. Even in the Second Neuroi War, they targeted the witches with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the Strike Witches. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:
- Can deflect Neuroi beams from all directions
- Can cut through an entire Neuroi hive in one strike
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don’t you think?
tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in Strike Witches, see my new stat block.