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In real life, sai are very rarely actually bladed weapons, and are primarily used in defense in order to disarm and/or break blades. In fiction, however, the middle prong (or both) is usually sharpened into a makeshift dagger. (''Sometimes'' [[Truth in Television]], but not normal practice.) Unusually, [[Dual
[[The Other Wiki]] has more details on the historical use of the sai [[
[[I Thought It Meant|This is not]] about some sort of [[Rhino Rampage|Rhino]] [[Beast Man|Man]], or characters whose name is "Sai".
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Sun-Sun's [[Empathic Weapon|zanpakutou]].
* In ''[[Kenichi:
* Kayura in ''[[Ronin Warriors]]'' wields a pair with extend-able middle blades.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Mummy
* ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded'': Neo used his powers to pull two sais off the wall and fight with them during his battle with the Merovingian's minions. He ends up using them to pin one of his assailants to the wall.
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* Mileena from the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series fights using a pair of sai.
* ''[[Guild Wars]]'' has sais as a type of dagger.
* ''[[
* Wang Yi from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' 7: XL.
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