Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-9090085-20141115045820

Raven's blade(s) kind of muddle the line between a normal katana and a long katana, as it can extend to about twice its sheathed length. So when she attacks Neo upon teleporting onto the train, she uses laido-style(draw, 2 slashes, sheath) while the katana is still at normal length. It's entirely possible Raven makes use of two styles: a laido-style one when using a normal-length katana; and different style when using a long katana.

LiveandSound wrote:

And if they do have similar fighting styles, then my theory of "Raven met Adam and teached him her fighting style" could be getting closer to Canon Island. I just had a brain flash: laido-style moves are handy if you're ambushed; so Raven might have learned mostly laido moves with her normal katana, because the only times she expected to use it was when she didn't have the time to prepare her long katana.

If she did teach Adam, it might explain why he uses laido-style moves almost to the exclusion of all else - they were all his teacher taught him(obviously he's expanded his movelist to incorporate Blush into his fighting style, but laido seems to be the core of his style).

(On a side note, with her name tying into Branwen from Mabinogion, her sword might have basis in the rainbow sword Caladbolg of Welsh myth. For comparisons sake, Wilt and Blush are based on Michael 12, from Ga-Rei: Zero)