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** "That Guy With A Halberd", a nameless Azure City [[Red Shirt]] with a rather rabid fan following.
** "That Guy With A Halberd", a nameless Azure City [[Red Shirt]] with a rather rabid fan following.
** "[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0721.html Sneak Attack on a stick, snake-face!!]"
** "[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0721.html Sneak Attack on a stick, snake-face!!]"
* The Polearm is the weapon of choice for two characters in ''[[Cwen's Quest]]''. Firstly for the main character Cwen and secondly for Gram Trellion whom we will generously call both a <s>[[Chivalrous Pervert]]</s> [[Handsome Lech]] & probably [[Fake Ultimate Hero]] [http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/index.php?p=424028 whom originally gave Cwen her's].
* The Polearm is the weapon of choice for two characters in ''[[Cwen's Quest]]''. Firstly for the main character Cwen and secondly for Gram Trellion whom we will generously call both a <s>[[Chivalrous Pervert]]</s> [[Handsome Lech]] & probably [[Fake Ultimate Hero]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080805054609/http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/index.php?p=424028 whom originally gave Cwen her's].
* Haruna in ''[[Tsunami Channel]]'' has been shown to have a high proficiency in naginata, and she is quick to pop one from [[Hammerspace]] whenever she needs to use it. Strangely, this is used to point how much of a traditional [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] she is.
* Haruna in ''[[Tsunami Channel]]'' has been shown to have a high proficiency in naginata, and she is quick to pop one from [[Hammerspace]] whenever she needs to use it. Strangely, this is used to point how much of a traditional [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] she is.
* In ''[[Drowtales]]'', Vaelia uses this sort of weapon.
* In ''[[Drowtales]]'', Vaelia uses this sort of weapon.
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** She gets rid of it later for a magical morningstar.
** She gets rid of it later for a magical morningstar.
* [http://www.samuraiprincess.com Princess Raeka] from [[Samurai Princess]] uses a naginata. A notable weapon for a female samurai.
* [http://www.samuraiprincess.com Princess Raeka] from [[Samurai Princess]] uses a naginata. A notable weapon for a female samurai.
* ''[[Bird Boy]]'': [http://bird-boy.com/volume-1-page-4 Bali is introduced lugging a lot of spears]
* ''[[Bird Boy]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20110403051225/http://bird-boy.com/volume-1-page-4 Bali is introduced lugging a lot of spears]
* [[Tamuran]] [http://www.tamurancomic.com/?p=221 A guard's choice to harrass travelers]
* [[Tamuran]] [http://www.tamurancomic.com/?p=221 A guard's choice to harrass travelers]
* In ''[[Endstone]]'', [http://endstone.net/2010/07/08/4-04/ wolves use them to hunt Kyri].
* In ''[[Endstone]]'', [http://endstone.net/2010/07/08/4-04/ wolves use them to hunt Kyri].
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** Half-swording is also much faster than using any polearm and the thrusts can be made with much greater accuracy and precision.
** Half-swording is also much faster than using any polearm and the thrusts can be made with much greater accuracy and precision.
** This troper has found half-swording to be the most effective greatswords technique to fight against an opponent with sword and shield.
** This troper has found half-swording to be the most effective greatswords technique to fight against an opponent with sword and shield.
* [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s favoured weapon on the battlefield was the [http://www.freewebs.com/toufuushogunate/Nagamaki.jpg nagamaki], which is similar to a katana with a handle as long as the blade, apart from it counts as a polearm, not a sword.
* [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s favoured weapon on the battlefield was the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130327095907/http://www.freewebs.com/toufuushogunate/Nagamaki.jpg nagamaki], which is similar to a katana with a handle as long as the blade, apart from it counts as a polearm, not a sword.
* The Chinese had a large variety of polearms. Students of Chinese martial arts are generally encouraged to start with the staff and spear when learning weapons, as they are considered to be the best for training body coordination, since a practitioner must utilize all parts of their body in equal amounts of complexity in order to properly wield the weapon. Some schools may go as far as making them compulsory before learning other weapons.
* The Chinese had a large variety of polearms. Students of Chinese martial arts are generally encouraged to start with the staff and spear when learning weapons, as they are considered to be the best for training body coordination, since a practitioner must utilize all parts of their body in equal amounts of complexity in order to properly wield the weapon. Some schools may go as far as making them compulsory before learning other weapons.
** The most eponymous are the usual longspear (fixed with a tassel behind the blade which, in expert hands, can help distract the opponent and interfere with his/her ability to judge where the point is going, as well as preventing blood from running down the haft and making it slippery)
** The most eponymous are the usual longspear (fixed with a tassel behind the blade which, in expert hands, can help distract the opponent and interfere with his/her ability to judge where the point is going, as well as preventing blood from running down the haft and making it slippery)
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