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Sword of Totsuka[1]
The sword in the manga. The sword in the anime. 2 of 2
Name
Kanji	十拳剣
Rōmaji	Totsuka no Tsurugi
Literal English	Ten Hands Long Sword
English TV	Totsuka Blade
Other	Sakegari Longsword (酒刈太刀, Sakegari no Tachi; Literally meaning "Sake Cutter Longsword")
Debut
Manga	Chapter #392
Anime	Naruto Shippūden Episode #138
Video Game	Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
Appears in	Anime, Manga and Game
Data
[hide] Related tools Sword of Kusanagi , Susanoo Sword
[hide] Wielder Itachi Uchiha

The Sword of Totsuka, also known as the Sakegari Longsword (酒刈太刀, Sakegari no Tachi; Literally meaning "Sake Cutter Longsword"), is a variant of the Sword of Kusanagi. It is sheathed in a sake jar; the blade is actually the liquid inside the gourd that is released and shaped, rather than a conventional sword. It is an ethereal weapon, with an enchanted blade capable of sealing anything it pierces. Those who are stabbed by the sword are drawn into the jar and trapped in a genjutsu-like "world of drunken dreams" for all eternity; by extension, Itachi also managed to remove the Cursed Seal of Heaven from Sasuke by stabbing and removing Orochimaru from Sasuke's body. Orochimaru sought the sword for all his life and Zetsu commented that he could never find it.
Along with the Yata Mirror, the Sword of Totsuka is a weapon carried by Itachi's Susanoo and is held by a third hand growing from its right forearm. Together, they were said to have made Itachi essentially invincible.

Influence Edit

• The Totsuka no Tsurugi (十拳剣; Literally meaning "Ten Hands Long Sword") is the sword used by Izanagi to kill his newborn son, Kagu-Tsuchi, after his birth burned his mother, Izanami, to death. From the blood of the Totsuka no Tsurugi, eight new Shinto gods were born.
• The Totsuka Sword is the sword used by the god Susanoo to slay the eight-headed and eight-tailed snake, Yamata no Orochi, just like it was used by Itachi's Susanoo to defeat Orochimaru's Eight Branches Technique (八岐の術, Yamata no Jutsu).

Trivia Edit

• The sword has been popularly mistranslated as a "perfect counter to the Kusanagi".
• In the manga, the sword appears as an ethereal blade composed of liquid, but in the anime, it has a fiery appearance.
• In the anime, the final form of Sasuke's Susanoo was erroneously depicted with a gourd in its secondary right hand.
• In Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 and Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3, Itachi uses the sword as his ultimate technique.