Ishigami Senki - Vol. 2 Ch. 12 - The One-Eyed Hawk

[MangaDex]

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thansks for the translation.

 

[AnotherDuck]

Can't tell if that's within bow shot range or not.

Katanas usually wouldn't just break like that. They bend, due to the soft core. And the edge would chip.

Wood doesn't burn that easily. There's a reason it takes some skill lighting up a camp fire, especially without modern equipment. But since it seems it was planned, they did something about it.

They take losses kind of easily. Well, that's how it often was in war.

 

[MewOne]

Thank you for the sl!

 

[LordofLeechers]

What is it with Japan and not using shields?

 

[Exile]

What is it with Japan and not using shields?

Ask the author, they used shields as much as Europeans did, example:



Shameless taken from wikipedia

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[instant_noodle]

They display the emblem of a hawk with one eye.
That unit name is... One-eyed hawk

Wow no shit dude. If I was dying and someone just sit there spewing bullshit like that I would haunt his ass for eternity

 

[mrboxeater]

thanks for the chapter

 

[KappaDvorak]

What is it with Japan and not using shields?

Their personl shield is the 2 board on their shoulders called Sode. The Japanese use both hands to hold weapon, katana, spear, odachi etc. That's why nitoryuu or dual wielding was weird when Musashi developed it. Since they don't have free hand to hold shield they use Sode to block enemies arrow and attack.
And on the battlefield they use shield/ tate but only used to block arrow as far as I know. not to carry with another one handed weapon.

Can't tell if that's within bow shot range or not.

Katanas usually wouldn't just break like that. They bend, due to the soft core. And the edge would chip.

Wood doesn't burn that easily. There's a reason it takes some skill lighting up a camp fire, especially without modern equipment. But since it seems it was planned, they did something about it.

They take losses kind of easily. Well, that's how it often was in war.

Afaik katana does actually snap more easily than European swords. This is due to poor metal quality. Regardless a good hit on the back or side with enough force from a solid hard stone might break a katana

 

[AnotherDuck]

Afaik katana does actually snap more easily than European swords. This is due to poor metal quality. Regardless a good hit on the back or side with enough force from a solid hard stone might break a katana

Well, looking closer at it, it doesn't appear to be a katana. It's got a diamond cross section, while a katana is single-edged.

I've seen some tough tests with swords. A katana would normally bend before it breaks, since the spine is soft. The edge would chip and break, though. A European sword would snap, but it takes more force to do so.

 

[KappaDvorak]

Well, looking closer at it, it doesn't appear to be a katana. It's got a diamond cross section, while a katana is single-edged.

I've seen some tough tests with swords. A katana would normally bend before it breaks, since the spine is soft. The edge would chip and break, though. A European sword would snap, but it takes more force to do so.

Nice call, I didn't realize that it has double edge, the tip also doesn't looks like katana's. Maybe a mix of older nihontou and katana. Or katana and chinese sword.