Naruto Manga thread (Spoilers)

[Zeful]

The problem is that the sword would so pale in comparison to the others that it would be a joke. Kishi wanted to avert the Sorting Algorithm of Evil here, which is hard when you're trying to make a credible threat out of the first villain in the manga.

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Mizuki doesn't count.

Very true, but I see a way around even that. Make the sword he wielded in his first appearance not the sword he used as part of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist.