Moto Tansakusha no Ojii-chan: Mago ni Segamarete Dungeon Haishin o Hajimeta njaga, Nazeka Bazuriotta wai - Vol. 2 Ch. 11

[birbdechi]

Grandma is still a hottie

 

[LilithYuuki]

Grandma is sooo cool, I loved her

 

[Miserys_End]

I don't know the historical context on how halberds are used, but I'd imagine when moving quickly, it's easier and less fatiguing to hold the weapon like she did so that the centre of gravity is lower; holding the heavy axe portion up all the time while running sounds really unstable and tiring.

LoL spoken like a person who never had to awkwardly carry anything for any length of time. Bracing long objects like polearms, branches, beams, and such against your shoulder is much easier then holding it out in front of you. Even more so when it can contact the ground as you walk. That's because you can use your shoulder as a fulcrum to balance the load.

 

[StarLilly]

You gotta work on your typesetting man, there's no reason why every second word needs to be cut in half. It just looks bad and doesn't read well.

 

[Carn109]

Grandma is locked in

 

[DJKatsu]

LoL spoken like a person who never had to awkwardly carry anything for any length of time. Bracing long objects like polearms, branches, beams, and such against your shoulder is much easier then holding it out in front of you. Even more so when it can contact the ground as you walk. That's because you can use your shoulder as a fulcrum to balance the load.

Have you carried full sized sack of cement over your back? Boxes of moving company stuffs in front of your sternum? I do those as a job back in the days. Pretty bad for the back and arguably positioned pretty awkwardly.

Granted different context and I don't slay monsters with those, but I can confidently say that holding a long ass death stick in front of you is easier if you are going to explore an unpredictable, cavernous place where you can see the business end of said stick and manoeuvre it immediately, while moving quickly like our badass grandma here. No snagging, no high centre of gravity.

Just my 2 cents. I don't know, because I have never lifted anything heavier than sacks of cements before.

Cheers.

 

[Miserys_End]

Have you carried full sized sack of cement over your back? Boxes of moving company stuffs in front of your sternum? I do those as a job back in the days. Pretty bad for the back and arguably positioned pretty awkwardly.

25lbs bags of cement... sounds similar to working in a seedmill trowing around and stacking 50lbs bags of grass seed all day long, or loading 64 thousand pounds of those same bags onto the van trailer of a semi by hand because some land management company needed ground cover after a forest fire.

You might have made a few trips while bearhugging that bag to the end of a 30 foot trailer, but soon your arms would tire and you would just flip it onto your shoulder.

Granted different context and I don't slay monsters with those, but I can confidently say that holding a long ass death stick in front of you is easier if you are going to explore an unpredictable, cavernous place where you can see the business end of said stick and manoeuvre it immediately, while moving quickly like our badass grandma here. No snagging, no high centre of gravity.

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Yeah, not how that works. Carrying a polearm is much different then compact sacks of cement. You'll fatigue your arms and be worthless for combat. And thats only if you didnt trip yourself while holding that long assed stick out infront of your legs.

Just for giggles and shits, saw this the other day and think it has a small ammount of relevance. He doesn't run with a halberd, but it is a staff.

Just my 2 cents. I don't know, because I have never lifted anything heavier than sacks of cements before.

Cheers.

Stacks of 8ft framing 2x4 and 2x6 seems to be the closest comparison, but just as often there are 10 and 12 footer joists and beams. Was always easiest for me to carry them on a shoulder with an arm to balance it. Because holding it in any other orientation made it too difficult to navigate the job site.