Sticks to the Back: Difference between revisions

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== Anime & Manga ==

* In both the ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'' manga and anime, Hamel's big violin seems to hang off his back with a strap that's only pictured in four panels in all 37 volumes.

* ''[[Bleach]]''

** Ichigo from can keep his [[BFS]] in place surprisingly well with a tiny sash. Justified by his BFS not being an actual physical object but a sentient familiar spirit, and close inspection shows that the cloth that wraps around his sword to form a makeshift sheath does so while also wrapping itself around the sash he wears. In the Fullbring arc, {{spoiler|Ichigo's new intermediate Fullbring form allows him to magically clasp his sword to his back.}}

** Subverted by Hitsugaya: His sword, held across his back in a sheath, is too long for him to unsheathe normally, so he draws it by simply pulling it off his back and letting the sheath tear apart. Though it's more like he's too short rather than the sword is too long.

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* Haru Glory from ''[[Rave Master]]'' does this with the Ten Powers. There appears to be a leather strap near his shoulder that holds the blade but how he sheaths/draws it is anyone's guess.

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' has Marik and his Millennium Rod. (Though ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' points out the possibility that it could just be clenched between his buttocks.)

* Ukyō Kuonji of ''[[Ranma ½~~|Ranma One Half~~]]'' carries a huge spatula (or rather, a baker peel) on her back most of the time, as part of her [[Martial Arts and Crafts|Okonomiyaki Martial Art]]. A tiny strap linking it to her bandolier can eventually be spotted, but most of the time it just seems to stick to her back.

* Ukyō Kuonji of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' carries a huge spatula (or rather, a baker peel) on her back most of the time, as part of her [[Martial Arts and Crafts|Okonomiyaki Martial Art]]. A tiny strap linking it to her bandolier can eventually be spotted, but most of the time it just seems to stick to her back.

* ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'' has a scene where Taro has a sword stick in his back with an audible click. Justified since it was in an online computer game.

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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' has The Ninja "sheathe" his sword as though expecting it to stick to his back, though it simply vanishes. Stealth camouflage?

* The new Tri-Ace game ''[[Infinite Undiscovery]]'' both averts this trope and plays it straight: Edward, the resident BFS user, has his sword stick to his back, but Sigmund, [[The Man]], sheaths his sword in a holder at the back of his shield.

* Nearly averted in ''[[Mount ~~and~~ Blade]]'' by a variety of visible sheaths, belt straps, quivers and bow cases to hold equipped items. Most two-handed weapons and shorter polearms simply stick to the back, though.

* Nearly averted in ''[[Mount & Blade]]'' by a variety of visible sheaths, belt straps, quivers and bow cases to hold equipped items. Most two-handed weapons and shorter polearms simply stick to the back, though.

* And also done in ''[[PlanetSide]]'', where there is an animation but they don't even look backwards to see if it's on right. One possible justification is that the Exo-suits have a built-in Ancient-tech Device that keeps the Weapons from falling off.

* This trope has turned up in some of the cinematics of ''[[Hellgate:London]]'', namely the game's intro and the initial announcement trailer. In both videos, a character draws a large two-handed sword from their back, despite clearly not having any sheath for it. Though it could be an unexplained version in the game's intro; because if you look closely, you can see a pair of metal... clamps is the only thing I can describe them as, on his back right where the sword's blade goes and it wouldn't be inconceivable that there are magnets in there as well (you could also say that it's held by [[A Wizard Did It|magic]] considering the story).

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* Ditto ''[[Warhammer Online]]''.

* In the ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' series, any two-handed weapons such as shotguns seem to stick to Lara's back without any obvious unclipping mechanism. In ''Legend'', Excalibur does this, with sheathing and unsheathing sounds to boot!

* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[Halo 3]]'', where the official explanation is that the [[Player Character]]'s armor is literally magnetized, even causing weapons to stick with a distinct <nowiki>*clunk*</nowiki> noise. A Bungee employee who stated the magnetization holstering also said about where [[Hyperspace Arsenal|the ammo and grenades go]]: "Who knows? It's magic."

** A ''Halo'' novel describes the armor having thigh compartments for holding grenades, a clamp system for sticking rifles to his back, and double-sided tape for gluing ammo to himself.

* All the guns except the pistol in ''[[Gears of War]]'' stick on the back of the characters. Makes even less sense when shirtless Locust have their guns sticking on bare skin.