Ryuko Matoi Can Beat You In A Scissor Fight In 'Kill la Kill'
[ranking: 1]
Why fight with a sword when you could fight with half a pair of giant scissors? That's what Ryuko Matoi does, and she kicks butt with it. Designed by her father Isshin Matoi, the blades are meant to cut Life Fibers, a sentient alien parasite that weaves into clothing.
Ryuko's blades can sever the fibers because they themselves are made of Life Fibers. Ryuko only has one half of the original scissors, because the other half was taken by her father's killer, Nui. In a way, this kind of makes them cooler.
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Kagura's Umbrella Is Secretly A Machine Gun In 'Gintama'
[ranking: 2]
Following in the footsteps of the rest of the Yato Clan, Kagura is a master with her parasol. Normally, she uses it to block out the sun, but the time comes to fight, the item boasts plenty of other uses.
Kagura can use it to block other people's attacks as well as spray bullets like a sub-machine gun. Her weapon's ordinary appearance, combined with her own unassuming demeanor, often leads enemies to underestimate Kagura at their own peril.
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Haruko Haruhara's Guitar Can Open Up N.O. Channels In 'FLCL'
[ranking: 3]
As a weapon, Haruko Haruhara's Rickenbacker 4001 has one obvious use: to beat people over the head. This happens to Naota more than once. However, the guitar is more than simply a physical weapon, and goes far beyond sound or music.
The Rickenbacker 4001 opens up N.O. channels, which summon anyone and anything from light years away. Naota's head acts as one such channel, which leads to further guitar-based abuse for the poor kid.
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Whole Galaxies Become Projectile Weapons In 'Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'
[ranking: 4]
Galaxies are not something one would typically imagine being used as a weapon, but that's exactly how they work in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The epic battle between Team Dai-Gurren and the Anti-Spirals takes place in outer space and involves gargantuan battleships like the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann and the Ashtanga.
Instead of using ordinary weapons to fight each other, they use entire galaxies as projectile weapons.
Retsu Unohana's Zanpakuto Turns Into A Giant Flying Manta Ray (And Then Into A Bloody Destroyer) In 'Bleach'
[ranking: 5]
The Zanpakut??s of Bleach all come in a variety of shapes and functions, but Captain Retsu Unohana's Shikai form stands among the strangest (if one of the most useful). Rather than turn into a modified blade or weapon, her blade, Minazuki, turns into a giant green manta ray-like creature.
Not only does it provide a form of transportation, Minazuki can also store the wounded in its stomach, which contains pools of healing ointments and salves. Yet in Bankai form, Minazuki transforms back into a standard katana which literally produces bloodspatter from its blade. It is sturdy enough for battle and is capable of causing anyone within its vicinity to start to decay. Few weapons in anime possess such bizarre and wide range of effects as Minazuki.
Light Yagami Hands Out Heart Attacks Via A Notebook In 'Death Note'
[ranking: 6]
Scenes in Death Note portray the way Light Yagami kills people as dramatically as any ninja or mech battle, even though all he does is write his victims' names in a notebook (the Death Note). Anyone whose name gets written in the Death Note dies according to the writer's instructions.
If the writer fails to specify a method, the victim dies of a heart attack, but the Death Note can produce illness, accidents, force people to commit suicide, and more. To successfully kill the chosen person, the writer also must know their face and their name. This helps avoid wiping out everyone on earth named John Smith. Journaling never felt quite so thrilling.
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Gon Freecss Rocks A Fishing Pole In 'Hunter x Hunter'
[ranking: 7]
Although this weapon gets a bit neglected in favor of Nen-based attacks, the fishing rod Gon Freecss uses at the beginning of Hunter x Hunter is pretty actually pretty awesome.
More than a means to fish, the rod pole can be swung with astonishing accuracy, catching his opponents and holding them in place. He can also use it to lift heavy objects and throw them.
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Yura Ensnares And Slices Opponents With Her Steel Hair In 'Inuyasha'
[ranking: 8]
Though thin steel cables capable of slicing through flesh exist as weapons across anime (Hellsing's Walter, the ninja of Naruto), their appearance is unconventional in the sense that it's practically impossible in real life. As such, it makes sense to recognize one of the first prominent users of deadly wires, the demon Yura.
Made from the heads of her enemies, Yura's hairs performed more than the standard slice-and-dice usage of the weapon. Her hairs regenerated limbs, let her track her enemies, and even ignited for a fire attack. Not only did Yura do deadly threads first, she did it baddest.
Orihime Inoue's Hair Clips Have Contain Amazing Spiritual Power In 'Bleach'
[ranking: 9]
When Orihime Inoue was a little girl, her older brother gave her a powerful weapon: a set of six-petaled flower-shaped hair clips. These clips harbor her spirit energy, known as Shun Shun Rikka. Shun Shun Rikka is composed of six spirits, each of which take up two petals on the clips.
Combining the energies of the six spirits in a variety of ways allows Orihime to undo or deny events. She largely uses them for defense and healing, but she can also literally tear matter apart. She may be shy, but Orihime packs a serious and strange power in Shun Shun Rikka.
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Tatsumi Saiga Explodes Objects With His Camera In 'Speed Grapher'
[ranking: 10]
Tatsumi Saiga, a photojournalist with a history as a war correspondent, prefers a camera as his weapon of choice. But Saiga fights more than political battles using the power of journalism: he actually kills people with the camera itself.
When he photographs someone, they straight-up explode. A mysterious "goddess" blesses him with this power after picking up on his inner sadism??as a war correspondent, Saiga relished watching people die.
Asami Onohara Used A Cat As A Gun In 'My Wife Is A High School Girl'
[ranking: 11]
My Wife is a High School Girl already happens to be a weird enough anime, and lead character Asami makes it weirder in her choice of weaponry. If you need to confuse someone into forgetting that you revealed you married your teacher, distract them by using your cat as a machine gun.
Okay, maybe not since it's not likely that's going to work, but it sure is inventive if nothing else. At least the cat doesn't seem to mind.
Tuxedo Mask's Roses Are Aesthetic AF, If A Bit Useless, In 'Sailor Moon'
[ranking: 12]
Tuxedo Mask's roses are no ordinary roses??they're sharp enough to pierce the skin. Even the thorniest rose isn't going to do that when it lands petal-first, or hits with the bottom of the stem. What makes this strange weapon choice so awesome isn't not its efficacy. Tuxedo Mask's rose attacks often take a backseat to the crew of magical girls he fights alongside.
No, the roses are amazing because they're fit in perfectly with their wielder's aesthetic. Tuxedo Mask goes for a look, and he's not going to let anything, not even the inefficiency of throwing sharp roses at people, stop him. Truly, what's more anime than that?
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Zoro Used His Friend As A Sword In 'One Piece'
[ranking: 13]
Most decent people wouldn't use their friends, particularly as weapons, but Zoro is a bit of an outlier. In a particularly ridiculous segment of a battle against a guy who turns into a giraffe, Zoro uses Usopp (then Sogeking) as a bludgeon. Naturally, Usopp dislikes this arrangement, and he threatens to sue Zoro for bodily harm.
He sort of has every right to be unhappy, as this technique is called "Makie: Hana Arashi Sanj??roku Pondo H??" or "Bait: Nose Storm 36 Pound Cannon." Basically, Zoro isn't even using Usopp to do damage: he's using him as bait.
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Ayame Jinguuji Builds Knives Into Her Wheelchair In 'Ga Rei Zero'
[ranking: 14]
She may be confined to a wheelchair, but Ayame Jinguuji, the head of the Ministry of Environment's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division, fights like the best of them. In fact, she wields her wheelchair as an actual weapon.
More than a means of transportation, she modifies it to include retractable knives capable of slashing her opponents legs during a fight. Never try to slow her roll.
Misogi Kumagawa Fights With Giant Screws In 'Medaka Box'
[ranking: 15]
Despite possessing a truly incredible ability called All Fiction, which allows him to undo any aspect of reality he chooses, Misogi Kumagawa still considers himself to one of the weakest people in the world. To combat these feelings, he needs a weapon, and a unique one at that.
Instead of a knife or a gun, Kumagawa uses a series of gigantic screws, which he summons at will. He throws them with terrifying accuracy, and brings them out any time he has a reason to.
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