Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160518062840/@comment-26397825-20160519023112

RayStrikeAbius wrote: I never played Bloodbourne, so I wouldn't know. All I know was that I once came across this on TV Tropes, and I thought to myself "How can I make this a practical, sensible weapon in the RWBYverse?"

And thus, the Glaive Shuriken came to be.

EDIT: And yes, contrary to what certain anime will have you believe *coughnarutocough*, most ninja tools weren't actually effective as weaponry. They were just that, tools. The shuriken was for distractions, unable to kill unless it was incredibly sharp and thrown at the precisely correct angle, with enough power to penetrate bone and flesh despite it's low mass. And the kunai weren't throwing knives, or even regular knives, as the media likes to portray them. They were carving tools for making holes in walls, either to stick in blowdart tubes or for use as footholds when climbing. They also didn't throw the scythe part of kusarigama. They threw the weighted end and used it to pummel their enemy, then used the scythe to finish the enemy off by slipping under their guard. And the double-scythe-kusarigama are pure fantasy.