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Kazanshin's "All Japanese's fear" Edges

Daggers: Both are good daggers made for the same purpose. Had the samurai been given a yoroi-doshi armor-piercer dagger, I would've given him the edge, but with a simple tanto, I give it an even rating. Edge: Even

Short swords: I hate it when people say "Katana can only slahs and that ain't gon do shit hurr hurr". A uchigatana was just as good for stabbing as any sword that can both cut and stab. It being a one-and-a-half handed sword just gives it more power behind the stab. And heck, think of it logically: samurai would wear plate backed with chainmail. How is a sword only meant for cutting supposed to be a weapon used by warriors armed in such a way? I give the katana the edge for its greater backing power with the two handed option. Edge: UCHIgatana goddammit!

Big swords:L Ok, now prepare yourself because here's a Jigen-ryu nodachi student who's gonna be comparing his sword to another. First off, lets look at how they strike: the longsword uses the arms and shoulders to strike with a swing. What about the nodachi, then? Many people think the nodachi is just an oversized uchigatana, but in fact, it has a simple but deadly gimmick which makes it much more deadly than that. When the nodachi swordsman swings his blade down, he lowers his center of gravity alongside the blade. That adds both the wielder and the armor's weight onto the power of the swing and gives this long blade not only slashing power, but immense impact force that can bludgeon the enemy. While the noachi does have an issue defending, nodachi schools have implemented defensive techniques to make up for it, in which the wielder strikes the enemy's weapon away and quickly strikes as the enemy is left undefended. Because of the sheer power backing it, I give the edge to my weapons of choice. Edge: Nodachi

Polearms: Come on, you gave the knight two polearms, one for horseback and the other for ground combat,m and only gave one to the samurai? You could've at least given the samurai a su-yari, don't you think? The lance won't be much of a killing weapon, but the halberd outclasses the naginata in every way other than mobility and ease of use. Edge: Halberd&Lance

Clubs: The kanabo is bigger, longer, heavier and has more power behind it. Nuff said. Edge: Kanabo

Armor: A lot of people seem to be giving the edge to the knight's armor, simply after looking at the samurai's weapons and judging most won't penetrate it. However, look back the the knight's weapons, and most can't penetrate the tousei-gusoku directly. However, I give the knight the armor edge simply because it covers more overall area, and that this tousei-gusoku in particular has leather protecting the joints instead of kusari chain. Edge: Plate Armor

X-Factors: The samurai takes trining as they start they training earlier overall. Brutality, which is pretty much useless, is tied. Knight takes physicality. Edge: Even

Overall: This is a lot of pain for me. I've always been loyal to the samurai in knight vs samurai, and I wanted to keep being so in this fight. But you just had to. You had to take away loing range, didn't you? The arguably biggest advantage the samurai would have, and you had to take it away. Let me get this staight, a knight is first and foremost an archer, and a horseback one. They're not supposed to go and engage enemies in melee combat apart if necessary. They've used countless long range weapons throughout history, ranging from the yumi bow, the hiya rocket-propelled fire arrow, the tantsutsu handgun, the tanegashima musket, and the toseki-obi sling. They're trained equaly in archery as they are in swordfighting. Take the bow away, and the samurai is still a force to be reckoned with, but cannot stand up to a foe such as the Knight, clad in full plate armor and capable of taking justa bout everything the samurai can throw at him in melee. In the end, this is basically an english longbowman vs a viking in melee. You're taking away half the samurai's lifelong training.