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** If you're going for "but he can use this too" then about half of the protagonists in the Tales series fits in that category. Cless and Stahn can both use halberd or axe-like weapons. More than 80% of the time though, they are probably going to be using swords.
* Averted in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne]]'', where the Demi-Fiend fights with no weapons other than his own fists. In the first two games, anyone could use the weapon they wanted: knives, hammers, a lotus wand, the Longinus Spear... as long as it didn't require a specific alignment or gender (Yes, only women can use whips).
* Every main character in the first four ''[[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' games uses guns. In fact, most characters tend to use some form of firearm as a result of the series' Wild West theme. While sword-users do exist—Raquel in ''Wild Arms 4'', for example—they're not leads and tend to be treated more like [[Improbable Weapon User]]s.
** However, note that while Ashley Winchester of ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 2]]'' technically carries a firearm, he only ''uses'' it as one during [[Limit Break]]s; his regular attack relies on the gun's [[BFS|ridiculously over-sized bayonet]].
** Rudy Roughnight of the first game is also a bit of an odd case: presumably because every RPG protagonist did so at the time, he used a sword in the original, and only whipped out his gun for his skills. The remake changed it to using his gun for normal attacks as well, in the same manner as ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 3]]'', which makes much more sense for his character.
** And the main in ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 4]]'' is only a partial exception in a different manner; he uses a [[Morph Weapon|shapeshifting gun]] that takes whatever form is most appropriate for the task at hand—including that of a sword for melee-range combat.
** ''[[Wild ARMs 5]]'' manages to avert this completely by giving its main character a pair of handguns with tonfas on the handles for melee combat. The only one who uses a sword is the [[White Magician Girl]].
** ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 3]]'' would be the king of subverter as it gives the ENTIRE character roster guns. And the main character is a female.
** Played straight with [[Manipulative Bastard]] Janus Cascade. Starts out by having a gun/sword hybrid as long as he is tall, and is able to draw it as quickly as Virginia can with her tiny revolvers. Later, his [[One-Winged Angel]] mode uses a very large spear instead.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' has a lot of characters who [[Final Fantasy IV|are]] [[Final Fantasy VII|straight]] [[Final Fantasy X|examples]], but a lot of others who aren't:
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* Serge of ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' uses [[Improbable Weapon User|oar]]-like bladed weapons called Swallows, which feature [[Double Weapon|two wide one-sided blades connected to the opposite ends of a single long pole]]. For one fight, he is forced to use his antagonist's scythe, but he never touches a conventional sword. In fact, very few of the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|50 or so characters]] use a conventional weapon, with characters armed with such devastating weaponry as [[Improbable Weapon User|carrots, wooden spoons, walking sticks]], and [[Frying Pan of Doom|frying pans]].
** Worth noting is that right before Serge obtains [[Infinity+1 Sword|the Masamune]] it turns into the Mastermune, a swallow. This is the closest Serge ever comes to touching a sword.
* In ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'', most weapons are items such as [[Improbable Weapon User|baseball bats, slingshots]], [[Killer Yoyo|yo-yos]], and lasers, for the [[Mad Scientist]] in the group. In fact, there's only one sword in the game, and it's the [[Infinity+1 Sword]] to boot. And its not used by the resident hero Ness.
** This applies to all three of the games in the MOTHER series—the only exception that comes to mind is Teddy from the first game, who starts out with knives and can eventually acquire a Katana.
* In the original ''[[Breath of Fire]]'', Ryu could equip boomerangs, instead of swords. They were slightly weaker than his swords, but made up for that by hitting multiple enemies. In fact, his [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity + 1 weapon]] is the Tri-Rang, which hits every enemy onscreen, instead of just those in the weapon's arc.
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=== Turn Based Strategy ===
* Prince Ephraim in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: [[Fire Emblem: theThe Sacred Stones|The Sacred Stones]]'' uses lances, and the main character Micaiah of ''[[Fire Emblem]]: [[Fire Emblem Tellius|Radiant Dawn]]'' uses light magic. However, both these characters (as well as axe user Hector from ''Blazing Sword'', who isn't the main character, but comes close) share the limelight with other characters who ''do'' primarily use swords.
** Also, two temporary main characters from ''Radiant Dawn'' use lances.
*** And one of the three main characters in Part IV uses his talons, because he's the king of [[Petting Zoo People|the hawk laguz]].
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=== Anime and Manga ===
* In ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'', most of the cast uses a variety of realistic to fanciful guns. The only major exception is the villain, Creed, who channels Sephiroth's appearance almost completely, including a very similar sword.
* In the second season of [[Neo Angelique]], Angie, the main character, gets sick and tired of being a burden to her [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|friends]], learns to use a rapier. Whether this counts as [[Took a Level Inin Badass]] or not, is up to us.
* Luffy from ''[[One Piece]]'' fights barehanded, and the one time we see him trying to use a sword he fails miserably. His [[Lancer]], Zoro, is the swordsman.
* In [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], Kamina uses a sword. But he's not the main character, even though that's not readily obvious until the second story arc. His apparent sidekick Simon is really [[The Hero]], and his weapon of choice is a drill.
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