Talk:Lie Ren/@comment-203.59.197.50-20150717055305/@comment-24891101-20150717060731

That's probably exactly the case. But he needs something with some degree of ranged striking power, however limited. Plus those blades are decent for killing blows; look at the Taijitu fight, where he only uses the guns to harass, and delivers a killing blow at with the blades while disoriented. He also stabs an eye out with a fang, a move likely improvised from what he'd ordinarily do with the blades. Regulations at his high school might've just required him to have a weapon, regardless of his specialty. He's clearly an aura-monk, but those weapons have utility for him.