Talk:Mikazuki Munechika/@comment-121.220.57.166-20150822203217/@comment-26044227-20150822205211

The leader is the sword who is assigned the first position in your first team (and the sword that appears whenever you visit the Citadel screen in-game). It's an actual mechanic in Kancolle (the game considered to be Touken Ranbu's older sister game) that the "leader" would influence the results of what you'd get from ship construction (the Kancolle version of Smithing). As such, many players here believe that who you have assigned as your lead sword will also influence Smithing results. Many, many data trials gathered from players shows that this is probably not the case, but many continue to believe that it has some sort of effect anyways, hence why people tend to mention it when they report a successful result.

I'd highly suggest reading the How to Play page if a lot of things aren't making sense for you. Also feel free to drop by in Chat if you have any immediate questions.