Takarakuji de 40 oku Atatta ndakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru - Vol. 2 Ch. 8 - Strategy
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The irony is that as milquetoast as the contents of that suitcase are... They'd still be illegal in Japan. The sword is almost certainly not registered (and it's not registered in Kazura's name for damn sure). Yes, you read that right. Japan has not only gun control... but sword control (and anti-knife laws that are almost on par with the batshit insanity that is coming out of the UK). And some of the most draconian in the world, too. And it's not just for show, the Japanese police take it ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY dead serious. I've read about Japanese police actually doing raids like you'd see on suspected drug dens/gang houses/criminals over swordsmiths in Japan that just have errors in their paperwork. It's insane. Strangely, the Japanese are pretty lax on things like bows and arrows and whatnot. Crossbows might be another story. Slingshots don't seem to have much regulation, either. Airguns are regulated and so aren't even airsoft guns.
Although I wouldn't scoff at the lethal potential of a modern well-designed crossbow or slingshot (and if you watch Joerg of "TheSlingshotChannel," you will know just how lethal and dangerous slingshots can be... although I don't think a lot of what he makes would be viewed too kindly in Japan). Modern crossbows, especially, can be extremely powerful and have high feet-per-second ratings and be very, very accurate. Put on a high quality steel arrowhead and even early-to-mid level plate armor can be defeated at close range. Of course, the reloads...
Although I wouldn't scoff at the lethal potential of a modern well-designed crossbow or slingshot (and if you watch Joerg of "TheSlingshotChannel," you will know just how lethal and dangerous slingshots can be... although I don't think a lot of what he makes would be viewed too kindly in Japan). Modern crossbows, especially, can be extremely powerful and have high feet-per-second ratings and be very, very accurate. Put on a high quality steel arrowhead and even early-to-mid level plate armor can be defeated at close range. Of course, the reloads...
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@definitionofinsanity Their laws are pretty much anti-weapon across the board, so the sword control laws aren't exactly that out of place if hard to understand from other perspectives. One of the oddities I came across is that bows are pretty much limited to stuff like archery clubs, because bow hunting is illegal. Assuming you even manage to get a hunting permit to begin with, since that's pretty strict. Crossbows may or may not be completely illegal outside of a few select archery ranges where their use was grandfathered in, I couldn't really find much to go on for them. I found even less about slingshots, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were made illegal eventually if they haven't yet. Like you said, some of the ones we have available nowadays are definitely nothing to joke about in terms of potential damage.
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The reason I think archery gets a bit of a pass is because kyudo/kyujutsu is so big (for a martial art, anyways, it has something like 200,000+ practitioners) in Japan and so many schools have archery clubs. As far as traditional and cultural stuff goes, it's something that's widely respected. I'm guessing it's similar to things like the tea ceremony or calligraphy or something. And while the sword/katana is also as Japanese as it gets, kyudo is also different in that it's very zen focused. I remember reading one of the kyudo archery masters even chiding how he wished more students and practitioners stopped focusing so much on hitting the target accurately and instead focus on the mental and ceremonial aspect of it, like having the best form possible and clearing their mind - accuracy on target be damned. Because of that, it seems like the bow is viewed as less of a weapon.
As for slingshots, I have no idea if they're regulated, but they don't seem like it they're focused on much. And things like this from "Saving 80,000 Gold Coins" make me wonder:
...Then again her brother also owned folding knives and camouflage, so even as a Japanese person in Japan he would've already been thought of as odd for it. But given how specific the author/mangaka was, it seems more likely that they actually have experience with slingshots rather than just referencing them.
Crossbows have an interesting and varied history, which makes me give pause. Even in the west, some places have strict laws even to this day on crossbows (especially when it comes to hunting, but even just owning them). Crossbows weren't as big in Japan as, say, China or western europe (to the point where Pope Innocent II banned crossbows, as well as slings and bows, against fellow Christians), but I think it would be viewed as a complete weapon of war in Japan, like the sword, and thus regulated.
The reason I think archery gets a bit of a pass is because kyudo/kyujutsu is so big (for a martial art, anyways, it has something like 200,000+ practitioners) in Japan and so many schools have archery clubs. As far as traditional and cultural stuff goes, it's something that's widely respected. I'm guessing it's similar to things like the tea ceremony or calligraphy or something. And while the sword/katana is also as Japanese as it gets, kyudo is also different in that it's very zen focused. I remember reading one of the kyudo archery masters even chiding how he wished more students and practitioners stopped focusing so much on hitting the target accurately and instead focus on the mental and ceremonial aspect of it, like having the best form possible and clearing their mind - accuracy on target be damned. Because of that, it seems like the bow is viewed as less of a weapon.
As for slingshots, I have no idea if they're regulated, but they don't seem like it they're focused on much. And things like this from "Saving 80,000 Gold Coins" make me wonder:
...Then again her brother also owned folding knives and camouflage, so even as a Japanese person in Japan he would've already been thought of as odd for it. But given how specific the author/mangaka was, it seems more likely that they actually have experience with slingshots rather than just referencing them.
Crossbows have an interesting and varied history, which makes me give pause. Even in the west, some places have strict laws even to this day on crossbows (especially when it comes to hunting, but even just owning them). Crossbows weren't as big in Japan as, say, China or western europe (to the point where Pope Innocent II banned crossbows, as well as slings and bows, against fellow Christians), but I think it would be viewed as a complete weapon of war in Japan, like the sword, and thus regulated.
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@definitionofinsanity You know that's the series I mistook this for when I found this the other day on here. I hadn't really read much of Saving 80,000 Gold yet and it was quite a while back because there was only a small handful of chapters at the time, so I found this and the summary sounded similar enough that I confused this for it and was then like "Wait, why isn't this bookmarked or followed? I was sure I did that."
I've gotta get one of those kinds of slingshots again. My father used to have one for a while when I was maybe 10-13, and I think I still have some ammo for it from back then somewhere, but he got rid of it at some point. Picking cans off a fence with one of those is certainly a better way to pass the time out here where I live than some of the other options, like walking or driving miles to town just so you can do nothing somewhere else.
I've gotta get one of those kinds of slingshots again. My father used to have one for a while when I was maybe 10-13, and I think I still have some ammo for it from back then somewhere, but he got rid of it at some point. Picking cans off a fence with one of those is certainly a better way to pass the time out here where I live than some of the other options, like walking or driving miles to town just so you can do nothing somewhere else.
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Slingshots can be pretty versatile. Of course you see what that crazy German guy Joerg Sprave does on the Slingshot Channel but Dave Centerbury (the guy that was on Dual Survival with the barefoot hippie guy for years) came up with an arrow rest/knocking system for wrist slingshots that even allow you to use arrows with regular wrist slingshots like that.
And, I mean, it's powerful enough to even take down small game. I wouldn't go deer hunting with it, but even then with the right modern broadhead (christ, expanding arrowheads are just downright frightening - I would legit rather get shot than hit by one of those damn things), it would be possible if the deer was small enough. Anything like turkey or smaller could easily be felled by it. And, hey, you can just switch back to shooting lead/steel BBs, stones or anything else you can fit in it. And, at least in America, I don't see where it wouldn't be legal to own. What you shoot out of it and what you shoot at might be another story. Fish/Wildlife and Game Wardens would take none too kindly if you are violating laws on hunting. So, as always, check your local laws.
Slingshots can be pretty versatile. Of course you see what that crazy German guy Joerg Sprave does on the Slingshot Channel but Dave Centerbury (the guy that was on Dual Survival with the barefoot hippie guy for years) came up with an arrow rest/knocking system for wrist slingshots that even allow you to use arrows with regular wrist slingshots like that.
And, I mean, it's powerful enough to even take down small game. I wouldn't go deer hunting with it, but even then with the right modern broadhead (christ, expanding arrowheads are just downright frightening - I would legit rather get shot than hit by one of those damn things), it would be possible if the deer was small enough. Anything like turkey or smaller could easily be felled by it. And, hey, you can just switch back to shooting lead/steel BBs, stones or anything else you can fit in it. And, at least in America, I don't see where it wouldn't be legal to own. What you shoot out of it and what you shoot at might be another story. Fish/Wildlife and Game Wardens would take none too kindly if you are violating laws on hunting. So, as always, check your local laws.
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@definitionofinsanity I think they were illegal to manufacture or sell here for a while, but the law didn't actually say anything about owning or even carrying one for some reason. Apparently "slingshot clubs" could legally manufacture and sell to club members to, so not really sure why there was even a point in trying to make it illegal at all if all you had to do was join some freakin' club. After checking now though, it looks like just recently they were made completely legal to manufacture and sell here again. Apparently they realized they were being dumb, and by some miracle didn't just make them illegal all together.
Didn't find anything on the hunting regulations yet but that's outside of my interests anyway. I'll look a bit more later since my father might be interested to know about that side of the deal, and maybe I could get him a new slingshot to replace the one I now figure he got rid of just to be safe.
Didn't find anything on the hunting regulations yet but that's outside of my interests anyway. I'll look a bit more later since my father might be interested to know about that side of the deal, and maybe I could get him a new slingshot to replace the one I now figure he got rid of just to be safe.
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if this was in America that suitcase would be packed with assault rifles and grenades. also if the dad knows of this world this means we can safely assume the dead person in the hallway isn't the original g-something sama
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