Field of Blades: Difference between revisions

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The [[Field of Blades]] seems to be the representation of Endless Struggle and Utter War. It's a desert with swords sticking in the ground by their blades. The battle seems eternal for whoever walks it.

** And during his less-inner struggle to awaken his [[Super Mode]], Ichigo's mentor forces him to search for his real sword in a literal field of fake ones. While being assaulted by the [[Empathic Weapon|very sword's spirit]].

* Part of the opening sequence of ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''..

* Variation: The third intro of ''[[Naruto]]'' suggests the trope with a field of kunai.

* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Rickert creates one of these as a memorial for {{spoiler|the Band of the Hawk}}, personally forging a sword for each of the fallen. Ironically, it is on this hill that Guts encounters {{spoiler|Griffith, the bastard who sacrificed and betrayed the Hawks, reincarnated as a human again for the first time since the Eclipse}}.

* The ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' manga spoofs this trope a bit. When a government official is targeted for assassination, he hires various swordsmen to protect him -- but at the same time, he insults and belittles their skill and brags about how he stood against "the field of blades and the storm of arrows" during the Meiji Revolution. Just then, Kenshin walks in, politely remarking that he has not seen the official since Kenshin CARRIED him through "the field of blades and the storm of arrows," as the official was too busy cowering in fear at the time to lend a hand. This promptly shuts the official up.

** Played in a more serious manner whenever Kenshin's history as Battousai shows up: {{spoiler|in the beginning of the manga, in the end of the ''Tsuiokuhen'' OVA, and in the upcoming live-action film, katanas are planted amidst the bodies of the fallen combatants.}}

* In ''[[Katanagatari]]'', this is how Meisai uses her Tsurugi, attaching each of the thousand swords to a tree. Then it's averted when Shichika just runs out of the forest.

* Sequence 1-8 of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] [[The Movie|Movie 1st]] [[Comic Book Adaptation|The Comics]]'' uses this imagery for [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_movie_1st_the_comics/c012/2.html its title page], with Fate standing on a rock amongst a field of spears. The next chapter's title uses this imagery again, with Nanoha standing on a cliff while surrounded by [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_movie_1st_the_comics/c013/3.html a field of staves].

 

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* The third book in Conn Iggulden's ''[[Emperor]]'' series is called ''The Field of Swords''.

 

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* Tangentially related, a trap in ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' (original and remake). One of the puzzles, concerning the Sword of Damocles, has Lara making her way through a room where any step could bring a deadly sword down on her head.

* In ''[[Ninja Gaiden]] II's'' trailer, Ryu Hayabusa is found holding both one of the Falcon's Talons claw weapons and the [[Sinister Scythe|Eclipse Scythe]] while walking through a field of blades. You actually get to fight in this field of blades, though no serious battles occur. {{spoiler|After killing Genshin, the rival ninja gives Ryu his cursed sword: The Blade of the Archfiend. After the credits roll, Ryu is seen praying for Genshin's soul in front of this very blade, stuck into the ground alongside the other blades. He then turns and leaves it there, a memorial for his defeated rival.}}

* The Blade Drifts of Zopheir from ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''.

* The Edge of Madness stage invented for ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''. The small stage you fight on is in the middle of a seemingly infinite blasted, war-torn plain filled with swords. Only these swords are easily several ''[[BFS|stories]]'' tall. And the Final Boss has a move where [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|he gets big enough to wield them]].

* One appears in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' as the main menu art.

** The two swords that stand out the most, Yusaris the Dragon Slayer and Asala {{spoiler|Sten's missing sword}} can actually be found in the game.

* The [[Game Over]] screen of ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn'' is a melancholic picture of a [[Field of Blades]]. (And axes...and lances...)

* One of the first pieces of promotional art released for ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' (And the first thing you see in the story) was of the characters' weapons piled up on the ground near {{spoiler|the Zanarkand Ruins.}}

 

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** In one path of the [[Visual Novel]], {{spoiler|Shirou also unlocks his own version of ''Unlimited Blade Works'' (pictured above). The [[Magical Incantation]] used to invoke it is slightly different from Archer's, showing Shirou's optimism and self-sacrifice compared to Archer's cynicism.}}

*** In both cases, the scenery is suspiciously similar to a scene from Archer's [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. It's likely the blades also symbolically serve as headstones for everyone who died {{spoiler|in the fire at the end of the fourth Grail War}}, along with anyone else Archer couldn't save.

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