It is not a Tanto (seppuku knife as you called it) it is either a Wakizashi (side arm when duel wielding katana) or a Chokutō (short sword sized katana with less curve).
The “normal” katana you are thinking of is called a Kodachi (long sword equivalent, was used in horse mounted combat).
There are three great sword sized katana:
Uchigatana (the newest and an evolution of the Tachi), the Tachi (which literally means “big sword”) and the ōdachi/Nodachi (what sephiroth overcompensates with)
And a Katana is any full sized japanese sword (60+cm) if it isn’t long enough to be a Katana it is some kind of dagger I forget the japanese word for such short blades
Just looked it up, and the Tantō was a samurai sword, dating to the Heian period, it was used before the development of the wakizashi (which was paired with the katana, with the Tantō paired with the tachi)
Iaidoka here – the word Tanto actually can mean two things. The original short sword of around 1 foot that was invented around the XI century, or the many evolutions it had in the following thousand years, all of which were also called tanto, and included things completly different from it.
In the XIX-XX century (Gendaitō if you want to use Japanese terminology), the most common kind of tanto has been the kuaiken tanto – a knife barely 20-25 cm with either hamidashi or sirasaya style mountings (read: miniature katana, with or without handguard) that was carried for self-defence inside buildings where it was customary to leave the swords out, and which was often made as part of a set alongside a katana and a wakizashi.
Yes….that’s it Brian. It is time to give in, cave in those skulls and feast on the gooey stuff inside that bone bowl!
Remember to crack the bones also, it is the best way to suck out the yummy Elf marrow!
“You open the door to find a dimly-lit room beyond, seemingly absent of all color. Gray boxes lay, stacked at the far side of the room where you see an oblong object, possibly a sword in its scabbard, propped against the wall. Then you notice a strange device atop a nearby shelf, obviously a machine of some sort, possibly of dwarvish make. A red light flashes from it repeatedly.
Approaching closer, you notice a single green button, located on the strange device, just below the flashing red light. Various smaller buttons, all of them gray, surround the larger green one.
Jenny jenny who can I turn to
You give me something I can hold on to
I know you’ll think I’m like the others before
Who saw your name and number on the wall
Jenny I’ve got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny don’t change your number
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Jenny jenny you’re the girl for me
You don’t know me but you make me so happy
I tried to call you before but I lost my nerve
I tried my imagination but I was disturbed
Jenny I’ve got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny don’t change your number
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
I got it (i got it) I got it
I got your number on the wall
I got it (i got it) I got it
For a good time, for a good time call
Jenny don’t change your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny I’ve called your number
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Jenny Jenny who can I turn to (eight six seven five three oh nine)
For the price of a dime I can always turn to you (eight six seven five three oh nine)
Creepy.
I hope that katana is sharpened properly.
Too short and straight to be a katana, it’s one of those seppuku knives.
Well then, if she senses the “guy” with the hammer, and doesn’t get brained with it, she can make “him” commit “involuntary seppuku” with it.
Fair enough, I guess.
It is not a Tanto (seppuku knife as you called it) it is either a Wakizashi (side arm when duel wielding katana) or a Chokutō (short sword sized katana with less curve).
The “normal” katana you are thinking of is called a Kodachi (long sword equivalent, was used in horse mounted combat).
There are three great sword sized katana:
Uchigatana (the newest and an evolution of the Tachi), the Tachi (which literally means “big sword”) and the ōdachi/Nodachi (what sephiroth overcompensates with)
And a Katana is any full sized japanese sword (60+cm) if it isn’t long enough to be a Katana it is some kind of dagger I forget the japanese word for such short blades
Just looked it up, and the Tantō was a samurai sword, dating to the Heian period, it was used before the development of the wakizashi (which was paired with the katana, with the Tantō paired with the tachi)
Sure thing: you seem to know more than I do.
Iaidoka here – the word Tanto actually can mean two things. The original short sword of around 1 foot that was invented around the XI century, or the many evolutions it had in the following thousand years, all of which were also called tanto, and included things completly different from it.
In the XIX-XX century (Gendaitō if you want to use Japanese terminology), the most common kind of tanto has been the kuaiken tanto – a knife barely 20-25 cm with either hamidashi or sirasaya style mountings (read: miniature katana, with or without handguard) that was carried for self-defence inside buildings where it was customary to leave the swords out, and which was often made as part of a set alongside a katana and a wakizashi.
So the voice is Bryan from the game Jen walked away from?
Yes!
uh oh, they’re spilling out into the real world.
Something tells me that in the end Bryan must be stopped.
What the heck is that last panel? Elves have high perception, they’re not easily snuck up on.
*ding* that’s racist.
on a more serious note… in D&d maybe. Homebrew rules are a thing, though. Also plot.
You think those ears are for show?
It’s not an automagical thing: even Parker could be snuck up on if he wasn’t paying attention to his spidey-sense or distracted
Hey! I didn’t know that this strip had a connection to Hammer Films!
8)
Well… at least it’s not a bug this time?
8)
Bang, bang, Maxwells silver hammer came down upon her head…
Heh heh 8)
Yes….that’s it Brian. It is time to give in, cave in those skulls and feast on the gooey stuff inside that bone bowl!
Remember to crack the bones also, it is the best way to suck out the yummy Elf marrow!
If Brian does what people are thinking, Breen will skin him alive, and then give him a bath in caustic soda and then a salt rub down
Damn, looks like going to need a new computer: can’t see the comic, again
Tried IE, Firefox and Chrome
Bloody typical! Complain about not seeing the page, and the page loads just to spite me!!
How did Paige know which button to press? o_O
From the room description’s box text:
“You open the door to find a dimly-lit room beyond, seemingly absent of all color. Gray boxes lay, stacked at the far side of the room where you see an oblong object, possibly a sword in its scabbard, propped against the wall. Then you notice a strange device atop a nearby shelf, obviously a machine of some sort, possibly of dwarvish make. A red light flashes from it repeatedly.
Approaching closer, you notice a single green button, located on the strange device, just below the flashing red light. Various smaller buttons, all of them gray, surround the larger green one.
What do you do?”
Is that the repairman?
Perhaps whatever the opposite of repairman is? 8)
Also, the number on the answering machine – was that what her watch said?
Something’s definitely wrong with it…
Jenny jenny who can I turn to
You give me something I can hold on to
I know you’ll think I’m like the others before
Who saw your name and number on the wall
Jenny I’ve got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny don’t change your number
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Jenny jenny you’re the girl for me
You don’t know me but you make me so happy
I tried to call you before but I lost my nerve
I tried my imagination but I was disturbed
Jenny I’ve got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny don’t change your number
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
I got it (i got it) I got it
I got your number on the wall
I got it (i got it) I got it
For a good time, for a good time call
Jenny don’t change your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny I’ve called your number
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Eight six seven five three oh nine
Jenny Jenny who can I turn to (eight six seven five three oh nine)
For the price of a dime I can always turn to you (eight six seven five three oh nine)
8)
Anyone else notice that this is not the creepy shadow in the hallway?
Radical theory: Smiley here is about to smash the answering machine
Maxwell’s silver hammer came down upon her head! CLANG! CLANG!