Shishikiri

Shishikiri was Akane Amaranth's signature weapon. It is a three-mode weapon, with poleaxe, spear and harpoon forms.
During the Battle of Knothole, Akane impaled Gardner Braith with the harpoon part of the weapon, allowing him to grab the cord that it was attached to and use it to swing her in his direction. When he had her at his mercy he stamped on the weapon, destroying it. Its remnants were recovered by William Lincoln.
After its destruction, it was replaced with Dankotoryu.
== Trivia ==
* Shishikiri roughly translates to “Lion Cutter” in Japanese. St. George, Akane's allusion, was famed for slaying a dragon, but it is widely assumed by the scientific and historical communities that the ‘dragon’ was actually an ancient species of lion that served as an apex predator. The “kiri” itself references the Japanese spear Tonbokiri (Dragonfly Cutter). 
* Shishikiri was originally going to be broken by Otso Umber in his Grimm hybrid form during the climax of Arc 1. This was cut as the weapon had not been used much during the story by that point and probably wouldn't elicit an emotional response from the reader.
** It was later destroyed by Gardner Braith in Arc 2.
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