The Shigure Kintoki is a steel-made bamboo sword (竹刀, shinai) that transforms into a Japanese sword (日本刀, nihontō) when the Shigure Soen Ryu is used by the wielder. Its transformation is a physical identification of the authentic Shigure Soen Ryu techniques.[1]
Appearance[]
It is a typical brown bamboo sword (shinai) appearance, but made from steel, that transforms into a single-edged Japanese sword (katana) with a blue handle (tsuka). A swallow is engraved on the sword's sides near the scabbard mouth (habaki). However, unlike a normal katana, the Shigure Kintoki has an exotic appearance: lacking the hamon mark, a light color blade, darker colored back (shinogishi) and black sword sides (hiraji).[1]
Description[]
The Shigure Kintoki has been passed down through 8 generations of successors of Shigure Soen Ryu before Takeshi Yamamoto.[1] The Shigure Kintoki first appears as a plain-looking bamboo sword, but it is revealed that only if the user uses the Shigure Soen Ryu technique will it shed its bamboo cover. The katana will restore to its bamboo sword appearance once it is not used for a Shigure Soen Ryu technique.[1]
The Shigure Kintoki was initially introduced prior to the Vongola 10th Generation Candidate Rain Guardian's Rain Ring Battle. Itself ten years later was dug up from the Vongola Underground Base in the Future Arc.
With the Rain-attribute Vongola Box Weapon, the future Shigure Kintoki was temporarily transformed by Koziro into a nagakatana.
For the Inheritance Ceremony Arc and The Curse of the Rainbow Arc, the present Shigure Kintoki was used as a foundation to execute the Necklace of the Rain Version X Cambio Forma, becoming a paired tachi.
Trivia[]
- The shinai was publicly introduced and popularized in Japan in the 16th century. The katana began popularization as the standard sword since the Muromachi period, a change from the tachi.
- The Shigure Soen Ryu was created and expanded since the Sengoku period by its founder, therefore, the Shigure Kintoki was made between the 15th to 16th century.
- Future Yamamoto did not use the Shigure Kintoki during his battles because his low rank Rain Flame rings could not harmonize with the sword when conducting the Shigure Soen Ryu forms, therefore, he could only replace it with normal katanas. Instead, the present Yamamoto who possessed the A+ rank Rain Vongola Ring easily combated alongside the Shigure Kintoki in hand.
- The Shigure Kintoki was possessed by many successors and destroyed with the death of the failed ones' fights to ensure the continuation of the Shigure Soen Ryu, therefore, it is presumed official successors possess the smithing formula to create new Shigure Kintokis for other future students. An existing formula will prevent singular succession and limited teaching that would contradict the transmission traditions of the sword art: only the Shigure Kintoki's transformation authenticates a new, official form.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 12: Chapter 106