Ічімонджі Нансен

A uchigatana forged by the Fukuoka Ichimonji school—heavily shortened (ou-suriage) and unsigned. It is said to have received its name as a double entendre, referencing both the historical anecdote of "Nansen Slaying the Cat" and the legend that any cat merely brushing against the blade would be sliced ​​clean in two.

He insists that, by all rights, he ought to be a much taller and more fearsome Sword Warrior—one capable of silencing even a crying child... but claims that his current state is entirely the fault of a cat's curse.