A thread on 5ch shared a video of someone slowly test-cutting a paper carton with a Japanese sword (katana). While some viewers were struck by how the blade was worked in with small, repeated motions instead of one swift slash, others gave a cooler response — “anyone could do that,” “even a kitchen knife could manage it” — sparking debate over just how sharp the blade really was.
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Not what I expected
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Wait, isn't it supposed to be one quick slash?!
For a second I thought there was coffee inside it
He's trying to look cool but he really isn't lol
Reminds me of Bucciarati getting punched (the famous 'gets beaten up' scene from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
>>9
The pain hits you in slow motion, delayed lol
The pain hits you in slow motion, delayed lol
Still, cutting through an empty, unsecured carton without knocking it over might actually show insane sharpness
Some slacker old man scraping by doing street performances
I thought he was just holding his stance the whole time, but he'd already cut it lol
Kind of like those old warrior legends where a dragonfly lands on the blade and just splits in two on its own — does that kind of thing actually happen?
He's sawing it in with terrifyingly tiny little motions
Only someone as sharp-eyed as me would even catch that
Only someone as sharp-eyed as me would even catch that
This is the thing people do before and after sharpening a kitchen knife
Wait, he's doing it slowly?! lolololol
Before I knew it, it was already cut clean in half
Well, it's not easy, but a katana's edge should manage at least this much
Cutting it slowly is actually the harder part, but this isn't really what I wanted to see
Anyone could do this lol
>>28
Seems doable once you get the knack for it lol
Seems doable once you get the knack for it lol
If this were an iaido quick-draw, you guys would just complain it's too fast to see
Videos of sword draws too fast for the camera to catch show up now and then
I used to love those old Katori Shinto-ryu (a classical Japanese swordsmanship school) videos on Niconico, watched them over and over
I thought I was going to see some inhuman, otherworldly technique like Kogan-ryu (the brutal fictional sword style from the manga Vagabond)…
Cutting it slowly is actually the impressive part
There's no way I could ever pull that off
There's no way I could ever pull that off
Some people are saying it's just moving under the sword's own weight
Deep down he's probably just dying to cut an actual person
I was expecting him to cut a small slit at the spout
Turns out there's no real back-and-forth sawing going on
There are similar videos out there for sharpening kitchen knives
He's just adjusting where he applies force so it doesn't tip over
Does a katana only show its true sharpness in the hands of a master?
I wonder if every samurai back in the day had the skill to bring that out
I wonder if every samurai back in the day had the skill to bring that out
They say you have to draw the blade to cut
Well, that's true for paper anyway
Well, that's true for paper anyway
In real combat it was probably more thrusting than slashing
Apparently it was more like beating people to death than cutting them
Like clubbing them with something more like an iron rod
Like clubbing them with something more like an iron rod
Lol, but wait — could this actually be an AI-generated video?
I wonder what would happen with an OLFA box cutter (a popular Japanese utility knife brand)
Being able to cut it slowly without knocking over a light, empty carton is probably the impressive part
No way a kitchen knife could do that
Just think about it for a second
Just think about it for a second
I have cut a worthless thing again (the famous line from Rurouni Kenshin)
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Video] A Katana Test-Cut Slicing a Paper Carton in One Stroke Is Insanely Impressive!!!!!!!!!!!“.
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