Whenever Sephiroth wields the Masamune, the blade glows purple. After Cloud refuses to join him, Sephiroth overpowers and disarm Cloud of his sword. He ultimately uses the Masamune to cut open an entrance to the " singularity" and wields it as the final boss, performing powerful melee attacks and energy slashes as well as using it as a conduit for Heartless Angel.
Marco under Sephiroth's control wields the Masamune to kill President Shinra and stab Barret Wallace, and fend off nearby Whispers before transforming into Jenova Dreamweaver. He uses the Masamune to repel Cloud's attack, sending him tumbling to the lower levels of the Shinra Building. When Sephiroth shapeshifts Marco, a Sephiroth-clone, into himself, he uses the blade to destroy the bridge Avalanche was standing on, knocking them down. Cloud remembers Sephiroth grasping the Masamune when he declared himself an Ancient and the planet as his birthright, Tifa taking the Masamune from where it stood next to her father's corpse as she attempted to kill Sephiroth and then Sephiroth once again wielding the blade as he talked to his "mother".
Sephiroth mentions he used the Masamune to kill Cloud's mother during one of his taunts. Sephiroth wielding the Masamune against Cloud. In his victory pose, Sephiroth swings the Masamune in front of him twice, flips it over in his hand, and slides it curve-up against his waist so the hilt rests at his side and the blade faces up at an angle behind him.Ī replica of the Masamune can be acquired as an item in the Speed Square of the Gold Saucer, but it is a bonus item and cannot be equipped by any member in the party. While initially a physical blade, after his transference into the Lifestream Sephiroth can manifest the blade at will, as he leaves the sword impaled in his victims and still has it whenever he is encountered.ĭuring the brief time Sephiroth is in the player's party, the Masamune has six Materia slots in three linked pairs, zero Materia growth, a 255 Hit rate, and 99 Attack power. During the Nibelheim Incident Tifa Lockhart momentarily, and unsuccessfully, wields Sephiroth's Masamune against him. Said to be the only one capable of effectively using it, Sephiroth wields the Masamune as his personal weapon, but its origins are never stated. Although odachi are designed to slash, Sephiroth's infamous method of killing his targets is impalement. During times of peace the sword was worn slung across the back as a symbol of status as it required considerably more strength and skill to wield than a conventional katana. They were generally used on open battlefields as the weapon's length made their use indoors or close quarters difficult. The Japanese ( odachi, 野太刀:のだち ?), on which the appearance of the Masamune is based, is a large two-handed Japanese long-sword carried by foot soldiers as a weapon against cavalry soldiers. It has a rectangular tsuba, which is gold-colored in most appearances.
The handle is more than long enough to accommodate both hands, but Sephiroth can carry it in one thanks to his unbelievable strength. The angle of the curve of the blade also varies, but it is never entirely straight. The blade's exact length varies, usually measuring at least as long as Sephiroth is tall or slightly longer, which would make it approximately six-to-eight feet long. The design and color of the tsuba (guard) and tsuka (hilt) have varied, alternating between blue and gold and entirely black (even red in the original game). The Masamune is designed as a Japanese odachi blade.
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