Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27057904-20160504042316/@comment-27611520-20161009110314

Chiara25 wrote: Kitsune-no-kamisama wrote:

I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the game's title strongly suggests otherwise. 東 tou [ひがし・トウ] is directly used to describe east as both an orientation and an origin--hence the translation "Wild Dance of the Eastern Swords". Furthermore, all in-game content thus far is highly self-involved with regard to Japanese history, battles, and traditions. The touken in touken ranbu is actually tou 刀 ("katana") making a compound with ken 剣 ("tsurugi"), both of which are types of sword. Combined, they simply mean sword or blade.

But I agree that it's very unlikely for the game developers to introduce a foreign sword now (out of the 139 indexed swords), though looking at other DMM games, we cannot discount the possibility in the future....

On a side note,

I'd like to think that 1-2 is either Kogarasumaru or Kusanagi-no-tsurugi, so we can have Doujigiri in 51-52 and Ookanehira in 53-54. For Osafune, I'm putting my bet on Jikkyuu Mitsutada (Oda Nobunaga's most favored Mitsutada sword--he's also there during the Honnouji incident). The original Yamanbagiri is also Osafune, so it's quite possible that 75-76 and 77-78 are these two.

That's what I get for not double-checking my post! orz Yes: technically, 刀剣乱舞 translates to "Wild Dance of Blades and Swords". I forgot to mention how wordplay can be made to exist if one was to swap the title's 刀 tou for the eastern 東 tou. ><;;

Don't hold your breath for foreign swords. There's simply no justifying why and how they could be made to figure into the setting given the circumstances: that is, the heavy emphasis the game places on incidents which occurred during isolationist eras in Japan's history. By involving foreign elements in civil warfare, saniwa would only serve to jeopardize the realization of success in their mission!

Modified Forecast

- My money's on Kusanagi for 1/2.

- Seeing as the three tenka goken introduced thus far head their respective schools, I think it's more likely that Doujigiri will fill the double vacancy between Nikkari and Nakigitsune

- Ookanehira pretty much has to be next to Uguisumaru, so no complaints there...

- I've got a strong suspicion that Chougi might show up. Yet, the more I think about it, the more worried I am about odds of his appearance triggering a crisis of character for our beloved fake Manba

- Regardless, the debut of a second Osafune--along with the eventual addition of Ookanehira--would confirm the existence and future placement of a second Muramasa at 63/4