Category:Uchigatana

The uchigatana (打刀, lit. "striking sword") came into widespread use during the Muromachi Period (1336–1573). As a lighter and thinner sword than the tachi, the uchigatana became popular for battles on foot where speed was essential. Furthermore, because of its lightness and the way it was worn on the user's belt, the uchigatana could be unsheathed and strike in one fluid motion, unlike the tachi which required separate motions.

In Touken Ranbu, the uchigatana is an all-rounder sword, with stats fairly balanced across the board. All five starter swords are uchigatana.

((This bit also resembles the little blurb on the Sword Types page, I'm aware. It doesn't really seem like a problem to me, but who knows.))

((The tachi links are made with the assumption that each type name link will redirect to its category page, since that seemed reasonable to me. Of course, those redirects have not been made yet; I won't mess around with redirects until other, more foundational work on the category pages is approved by whoever wants to approve of them.))