Murakumogiri

Murakumogiri is a naginata and one of the 12 Supreme Grade Blades. It was used by Edward Newgate for over 30 years until his death.

Appearance
Murakumogiri is a massive Tomoe type naginata, fitting the size of Whitebeard, with a red and yellow striped pole (plain brown stripes in the anime until the Wano Country Arc) ending in a spherical pommel, and a large, curved blade attached to the pole with a brass bolster, decorated with a relief of a sea snake, and langets protruding onto the blade itself.

Abilities
As one of the 12 Supreme Grade swords, Murakumogiri is among one of the most powerful weapons ever created, which in Edward Newgate's hands clashed with Kozuki Oden's dual legendary Meitos Enma and Ame no Habakiri, both which of soon scarred Kaidou, Gol D. Roger's Supreme Grade Sword, Ace, and Shanks' Gryphon. In Road To Laugh Tale, it was revealed to have extraordinary durability, described as allowing him to channel his full power through it, whether this was the Gura Gura no Mi, the Strongest Paramecia, Haoshoku Haki, Busoshoku Haki or his own tremendous strength. It is often wielded with both hands, but could also use it proficiently with just one hand. Most of the time, he holds Murakumogiri in his right hand, though he occasionally plants its blade in the ground to use both of his hands for his Devil Fruit. If used in conjuncture with either his Devil Fruit or Busoshoku Haki Murakumogiri's power is increased to a much greater extent, as well as to neutralize any potential Devil Fruit defense his opponents may possess. Being durable enough to withstand Akainu's magma attack without melting or receiving any visible damage, whether Busoshoku Haki was infused into it or not is unknown. It sustained a two-handed downward swing from the giant Vice Admiral, John Giant as well.

Two years after Whitebeard's death, Murakumogiri still showed no signs of decay in spite of two years of weathering the elements, further demonstrating its durability.

Techniques

 * Naginata Rasetsu (薙刀羅刹): Whitebeard surrounds Murakumogiri with a quake bubble to greatly increase its striking power and range. While unnamed in the manga it was given one in Gigant Battle

Video Game-Only Techniques

 * Ikkitosen (一騎当千): Whitebeard swings Murakumogiri, sending waves of vibrations at his opponents. This was first used in One Piece: Pirate Warriors. It is one of Whitebeard's special moves and requires one special gauge to perform. In the game's English release, the technique is called One Man Army.


 * Silent Rage: Whitebeard charges his power into his hand then punches the opponent smashing them into the ground unleashing vibrations, then attacks the opponent with his naginata several times before flinging the opponent into the air. Finally, pulling back his arm, he charges a Kaishin which he hits the opponent with at point blank in mid-air as they are falling back to the ground. This technique is Whitebeard's Ultimate attack/Super move in One Piece: Burning Blood.

History
Whitebeard was first seen with the weapon in his possession while he was a member of the Rocks Pirates.

He kept the naginata for over three decades later until his death at the Summit War of Marineford. Afterwards, it was placed on his grave on an island in the New World, with Whitebeard's Jolly Roger and coat hanging from it for over two years.

Trivia

 * Murakumogiri is the only known Supreme Grade Blade that is not a sword.
 * The name of this weapon is likely derived from that of the legendary Japanese sword popularly known as "Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi" (草薙の剣), though it was originally called "Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi" (天叢雲剣).
 * Shueisha's VJump Play worked with cardboard crafting influencer Tsuruku "Crafty Transformer" to make a cardboard Murakumogiri and a downloadable template of the craft.

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