Quote Originally Posted by Tsiron View Post
... or rather, more of them? Can't say I have a convincing argument ready for why they should, so I'll just say it's something I'd personally like if they did! Chinese Jian are one possibility (Seiryu uses one), as are European longswords! To my understanding, there's quite a bit of overlap between Katana and Longsword techniques, since they occupied a similar niche and all. I tried to express as much in the recent Weapon Design Contest by submitting some myself, we'll see how that pans out!

I know the job is called Samurai, which conjures up a specific aesthetic, but this is also a sci-fantasy game where swords and magic exist alongside mechas and Star Wars-looking gunships we're talking about. Our character is an adventurer who never stays put for long, so I don't think it feels out of character for them to choose more... unorthodox weaponry, right? They're no longer beholden to any teacher at this point either, having basically outperformed them all. And, at the end of the day, I think we can all agree the odds of them adding another sword DPS are slim to none at this point, so I feel like this isn't too much to ask? They're certainly not shy when it comes to

I've noticed they've started referring to SAM weapons as "Samurai Blades" or simply "Blades", which gives me hope that these less specific terms are going to be reflected in the sorts of weapon designs we get, also!
So Katana's differ from different time periods. Katana's were originally much larger due and used on horseback. Originally Samuri's weapon of choice was the bow. This evolved, however and when Japan first came into contact with Europeans during the 1500s there was a huge cultural exchange, for example Samauri's traveled to Europe to meet the Pope and various European leaders. Japanese Samurai famously traveled to the New World during this time and famously cut down an Indian/Native American for being rude and ungrateful. During this time the Japanese switched from Katana's to the Tanegashima Gun.

Eventually a revolution took place within Japan and banned Christianity and only allowed Dutch and English Tradesman. There was a Sword Gun (Gun Control) and the guns were mostly removed and many swords. The Katana has been influenced by many events even to how its worn to help ease with traffic on roads.