Yoshimitsu & Fu-Ma Blade

Yoshimitsu & Fu-Ma Blade
1P 2P
Wielder	Yoshimitsu
Weapon type	Katana, Wakizashi and Sashimono

Yoshimitsu & Fu-Ma Blade (妖刀吉光＆封魔刀, Yoshimitsu & Fu-Ma Blade^?) is Yoshimitsu's primary weapon in Soulcalibur V.

About

Originally called the Manji Sword, the weapon was gifted to Yoshimitsu, a shinobi of the Manji clan who had proven himself the most skilled warrior of the clan and next in line to become the chief.

After the clan was ruined by the forces of Oda Nobunaga for defying him and choosing neutrality, Yoshimitsu used it in his quest to acquire Soul Edge and avenge his people. But his hatred had clouded his sword, and the evil energy in Ostreinsburg Castle had caused the blade to become corrupted, leading to a demonic persona born from the castle's evil and Yoshimitsu's confusion, rage, and sadness to attempt to take over his body. It would be after bestowing the blade his own name that Yoshimitsu would tame the blade.

Yoshimutsu II inherited the sword of Yoshimitsu after slaying his master Yoshimitsu I.

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Cursed blade Yoshimitsu

This cursed katana would eventually come to be passed from one Manji clan leader to the next.
Though transformed into a dark blade that hungers for blood, the katana's evil energy was temporarily sealed by Yoshimitsu I using the power of words and by giving his own name to the katana. One day, however, Yoshimitsu I was grievously injured in a battle, and his weakened state allowed the cursed katana's evil energy to run amok.
Realizing that his end was near, Yoshimitsu I decided to perform the "Name Succession Ritual". Yoshimitsu I knew better than anyone that unless a "new Yoshimitsu" used the power of words to seal the cursed katana's dark energy once more, it would grow to become a dangerously powerful force. He also knew this meant that he would have to die.
Thus, by bathing in its previous master's blood does the cursed blade Yoshimitsu pass from one hand to the next. Its name is now a symbol of this tragic tradition.

Fu-Ma Blade

Forged by the Fu-Ma clan, a people who specialized in fighting demons, the Fu-Ma Blade was infused with the power to counteract evil energy.
When Yoshimitsu II escorted a young girl named Leixia home to the glade of the Fu-Ma clan, one of the elders there sensed the evil energy emanating from the cursed katana and presented Yoshimitsu II with the Fu-Ma Blade as a gift. Yoshimitsu hadn't been able to fully suppress the katana's evil energy, but with the aid of the Fu-Ma Blade, he was at least able to maintain some control.
Still, the elder advised Yoshimitsu II not to rely too much on the power of the Fu-Ma Blade and to instead reflect on his own soul.
The elder who offered this advice had perceived the darkness within Yoshimitsu II, whose sense of honor was so powerful that he had been harboring dark thoughts about the villain who had wounded Yoshimitsu I so terribly. These dark thoughts were flowing from Yoshimitsu II in the form of black flames, and feeding the cursed katana.
Even the Fu-Ma Blade's power has its limits, and when the day comes that they are reached, will Yoshimitsu II be able to overcome the darkness nested within himself...?

Trivia

• The 2P variant would later appear in Soulcalibur VI under the name Bodhi.