only way for the sakabatō to cut is to rotate the hilt by 180 degrees within the hand, thus holding the sword backwards. The sakabatō symbolizes Kenshin's...

series that follows the character of Yahiko Myōjin, Yahiko no Sakabato (弥彦の逆刃刀, Yahiko's Sakabatō), was originally published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2000...

end of the Bakumatsu, he becomes a wandering swordsman, now wielding a sakabatō (逆刃刀, literally "reverse-blade sword")—a katana that has the cutting edge...

the main cast of Rurouni Kenshin following its conclusion. In Yahiko no Sakabatō, set five years after the conclusion of Rurouni Kenshin, Myōjin Yahiko...

and July 18, 2012. A single chapter follow up to the series, Yahiko no Sakabatō (弥彦の逆刃刀, lit. "Yahiko's Reversed-Edge Sword"), was originally published...

has since led a path of peace, wielding a reverse-bladed sword, known as sakabatō, in a vow to never again take another life. On December 19, 2021, at the...

who was thought to have died in the Seinan War. After reacquiring his sakabatō or reversed-edge sword from Myōjin Yahiko, Kenshin, his family, and the...

person who made his sakabato, Arai Shakku, has died years before. His son, Seiku, initially refuses Kenshin's plea for another sakabato, but when Shishio's...

the end of the Bakumatsu, he becomes a wandering samurai, now wielding a sakabatō, a katana that has a structure in which the blade and ridge are struck...

wrong when Kenshin reveals he only carries a "reverse-blade sword" (逆刃刀, sakabatō). Elsewhere, Takani Megumi, a woman forced to make opium for Takeda Kanryū...

philosophy firsthand. Falling to his knee, Yahiko presented Kenji with the Sakabatō as a late genpuku gift. After the war's end, Sagara Sanosuke discovers...

use a stance similar to Kenshin's and when he destroys Kenshin's first sakabatō. Combining the true speed of shukuchi with the Battōjutsu, he has created...

novel Katawa Shoujo Ashirogi Muto of Bakuman Kaname Muto of Yahiko no Sakabato Kazuki Muto of Buso Renkin Kenji, Shizuka, and Yuki Muto of Lian Hearn's...

Haikyu!! Kaname Mutō, a character of Rurouni Kenshin's one-shot, Yahiko no Sakabatō Kaname Nojima, a character of Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed Kaname...

Reverse-blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle" Transliteration: "Sakabatō Tai Zanbatō - Tatakai no Hate ni!" (Japanese: 逆刃刀対斬馬刀· 闘いの果てに!) Yoshihiro...

Broken: Sojiro's Tenken verses Kenshin" Transliteration: "Shōgeki! Oreta Sakabatō - Tenken no Sōjirō Tai Kenshin" (Japanese: 衝撃!折れた逆刃刀· 天剣の宗次郎対剣心) Katsuyoshi...

Reverse-blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle" Transliteration: "Sakabatō Tai Zanbatō - Tatakai no Hate ni!" (Japanese: 逆刃刀対斬馬刀· 闘いの果てに!) Yoshihiro...

by Kaoru that he became weaker. As Yahiko loses, he returns Kenshin his sakabato to help him in his new journey to find Kaoru's father. Shortly after Kenshin's...

fictional weapon that extensively feature this concept is Himura Kenshin's Sakabato. In present days, swords are mainly reserved for ceremonial use as sidearms...

Morihiro Saito Saitō Tatsuoki Saito, Miyazaki Saji, Tottori Saka, Hiroshima Sakabato Sakado, Saitama Hironobu Sakaguchi Sakahogi, Gifu Hiroyuki Sakai Saburō...