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"Katanagatari", or "Sword Story", is a light novel by Nisio Isin and anime by Keitaro Motonaga and Studio White Fox. A "swordless swordsman", Yasuri Shichika, travels and fights to collect the 12 Deviant Swords.

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Katanagatari (刀語, Sword Story) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin first published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Box imprint in January 2007.

The story follows Yasuri Shichika, the seventh head of the Kyotōryū school sword martial arts, who fights without a sword. Raise on an isolated island with his younger sister Nanami, Shichika is recruited by Togame, a self-titled strategist working for the Yanari Shogunate, in order to collect the 12 Deviant Swords.

As the 2 travel they encounter the current masters of the sword and the Maniwa Ninja Corps who had previously been hired to collect the swords by Togame but have since betrayed her and now seek the swords for their own gain.

The series has since been adapted into a 12 episode anime series directed by Keitaro Motonaga and produced by Studio White Fox, originally airing between January and December 2010. Nippon Ichi Software America (NISA) licensed the Anime series for BluRay and DVD release in the United States in April 2011 and released Volume 2 in August that year.

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Why does Togame's eye change?

Sometimes in the series, Togame's left eye becomes purple with a cross inside. Is there a reason for that?
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Why does Shichika allow Princess Hitei to travel with him?

The closing credits of Katanagatari show Shichika travelling with the Princess, and being pretty friendly to her. But isn't she at least indirectly responsible for Togame's death, or did I misunderstand the part where Emonzaemon mentions that only…
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How does Pengin die in the fight with Emonzaemon?

At the end of the fight between Souda Emonzaemon and Maniwa Pengin in the episode 11, Emonzaemon starts firing random directions with Entou Juu, and somehow a bullet reaches Pengin's body to kill him. I don't understand how this happened. Even when…
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What is the specialty of Nokogiri?

Specialties of all other katanas are stated clearly in the show, but the specialty of Nokogiri (seen in the picture below) wasn't explained clearly and in detail. What is the unique specialty of the katana Nokogiri which was under the possession of…
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Did Shichika's father try to kill Nanami?

In Episode 7, Nanami seemed to elude that when Shichika killed their father, the 6th Kyoto Ryu, his father was about to kill her, or she already knew that he was planning on killing her. I am wondering, did Shichika's father try to kill Nanami? And…
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Why does Shichika's sister sit off to the side behind a column?

In episode 1, between 10 - 15 minutes in to the episode, Shichika, his sister, and Togame are talking in the house. At some point, the sister moves off to the side and behind a column or curtain. Why does she do this? I thought she might be making…
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What is Shikizaki Kiki's final completed Deviant Sword?

In the series, it was mentioned that Shikizaki Kiki created the 12 Deviant Swords with the purpose of perfecting one final sword. What is this final sword? How was it completed?
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Where did Nanami's Clairvoyance come from?

When fighting Shichika in episode 7, Nanami mentioned her Clairvoyance, but she never said anything like that when fighting the Maniwani earlier (in episode 4, I think). Was her Clairvoyance what allowed her to copy Maniwani's Kempo, and she just…
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How does Hōō Maniwa regain his left arm?

When we are first introduced to Hōō Maniwa, he cuts off his own left arm to prove his intent. I expected it to come back, and about halfway through episode 8, we see it has returned. Although, that may not be a bird-like appendage, but may be some…
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