Talk:Muramasa

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I've heard of another legend involving a Muramasa being thrust into the river to test it's sharpness. While it was probably not uncommon for other blades to be tested by cutting leaves (considering two diffrent time periods, Muramasa and Masamune are compared), it was said that when the leaves were sliced normally by a sword they would continue in whichever path they were going, where as when a leaf was cut in half by the blade of a Muramasa, it was said to begin circling the blade, almost like a surrounding aura, as though the blade itself was posessed. This led to many diffrent works and stories of cursed blades and the such. Has anyone else heard this legend?

Yeah, I heard that legend. In Samurai Deeper Kyo. Unless you can find some source showing that the legend didn't come from there, I'd suggest that the section about the Muramasa being thrust into a stream but deleted from the article.

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there is a manga call "kyo samurai deeper"drawn by akimine Kamijyo,the hero is a evil one with a 150cm long Muramasa and when he get it out of is scabbard he get crazy about spending blood..

On a side note, I've deleted the error concerning "Murasame" being a misspelling of "Muramasa." Murasame is a seperate and distinct sword... see the article for Nansō Satomi Hakkenden.

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NetHack features an artifact weapon called the Tsurugi of Muramasa. In the game, it is like the vorpal sword's big brother. Instead of merely beheading creatures, it bisects them completely. It may be the Samurai's quest artifact; I cannot recall.