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[rainbowlasers.livejournal.com]

Small speculation/realisation/question/whatevion for Naruto 308. Move along, nothin' to see.

So, Sasuke's special sword is called Kusanagi. Okay, that's all well and good. Now, let's go back a couple of years to the end of the chuunin exams, shall we?

Orochimaru had a nice sword, right? Yup. And it was called Kusanagi. And looked nothing like that.

...Is it all to do with the mythical meaning? Is Sasuke amusing himself? WHAT THE HELL.

for the mythical meaning of the Kusanagi sword... go here: Yeah here. :D

someonemakesenseofthis

EDIT because hey I can totally explain myself properly: I mean. Why did he (SASUKE) name it Kusanagi. Not why do we have two kusanagi. That too a little. Or if you think he even DID name it by himself or Orochimaru is just narcisstic?

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[fatesong.livejournal.com]

"or more probably 'sword of snake'" Maybe that has something to do with it.

I really don't know. =O

I'm too lazy to read the rest. XD

[meriness.livejournal.com]

Yamato-hime *snort*

Ahhh, I dunno, the snake reference should be enough. Legendary Sasuke with a legendary sword.

[vaguehobbit.livejournal.com]

I saw thought the same thing as I read it. There is only supposed to be one legendary Kusanagi. Maybe Sasuke is just a little poser.

Or maybe it is because of this: Kusanagi's real name is "Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi" ("Sword of gathering clouds of heaven"). "Kusanagi" on its own means "sword of snake." Perhaps neither Sasuke or Orochimaru have the actual legendary sword and have snake swords, considering their affiliation with snakes. Perhaps Orochimaru has the legendary sword and Sasuke has a simple snake sword. Something along those lines...

[ryuuraigeki.livejournal.com]

wait, how do we know it's called sakanagi? o.o *goes to flip back through chapter*

[fatesong.livejournal.com]

I think it's on page 10. =)

[ryuuraigeki.livejournal.com]

I see it now, thanks. XD;;

[rainbowlasers.livejournal.com]

... Enma, the monkey king -- IS THAT EVEN HIS NAME OH WELL-- the summon of Sandaime, said so for Orochimaru's. Or it was Orochimaru or the Sandaime I can't remember that part well. Hahaha.

And for Sasuke, he said so himself. ... "My Kusanagi sword!" (redundant a little...)

... *snickers* if you pass Orochimaru through LJ's spellcheck, you can get Irishman.

[ryuuraigeki.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah. I knew about orochimaru's sword, but I missed the sakanagi bit in the recent chapter because I was too excited and was reading too fast. xD

Don't you love LJ's spellcheck? :D

[rainbowlasers.livejournal.com]

Don't worry -- I had to read people's comment to reread and see the whole kusanagi bit. XD

I ♥ it with all my ... heart. Huh.

[elranuial.livejournal.com]

Enma, the monkey king -- IS THAT EVEN HIS NAME

No, Kishimoto actually ripped that character off from Chinese mythology. He's really called Sun Wu Kong.

[sevetenks.livejournal.com]

I think pretty much almost everything in Naruto is from some kind of mythology. :o

[rainbowlasers.livejournal.com]

Actually, I just wasn't sure about the Summon's name -- the whole mythological background I understood.

"Ripped", really? Sun Wu Kong -- Son Goku in japanese -- is used in so many mangas/anime, video games or movie it stopped being something copied. Kishimoto uses mythology in EVERYTHING. Like Kakashi says, "look underneath the underneath" and you'll find tons of symbolic things. XD

[seki-yumizu.livejournal.com]

Maybe Orochimaru calls all his swords Kusanagi for the sheer sake of the namesake being "sword of snake" ^^;;; I don't think Sasuke named it for himself... I mean, it's more likely he had to choose an existing sword in Orochimaru's collection right? @_@