Venetinova

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«**Venetinova**» (ヴェネトィノヴァ, *Venetinova*?) is Shiranami's primary weapon in «Sword Art Online». This sword is a «Last Attack» bonus item acquired from the Floor Boss on the 60th Floor. It was boosted to +48 by Yoshiki out of a maximum of 50. It was later destroyed in the battle against «The Skull Reaper», the Floor Boss of the 75th Floor.

## Appearance

«Venetinova» takes the appearance of a sidesword with a blade length of 70 centimeters and a total length of 85 centimeters. The hilt of the blade is composed of a standard black grip, a golden pommel, and a golden knuckle-bow sprouting from the pommel to protect the wielder's hand. Both hilt and scabbard are black in color, acting like a shield to hide the pure white of the blade.

## Appraisal

**VENETINOVA +0**

**Long Sword / One Hand**

* **Range**: Mid
* **Type**: Slash
* **Attack**: 230%-570%
* **Durability**: 9400%
* **Weight**: 182 g
* **Requires**: STR of 85 and DEX of 90
* **Stat Bonuses**
	+ **Agility** +80%
	+ **Strength** +76%
	+ **Accuracy** +64%

## Chronology

### Floating Castle of Death Arc

#### Memories of Evil

On October 15th, 2032, Shiranami uses this weapon as her main armament when exploring the 74th Floor labyrinth. She used it in the monster ambush upon leaving the «Safe Area», utilizing the «Vorpal Strike», «Rage Spike», and «Vertical Square» Sword Skills with the blade. She again used the weapon in the boss raid, attacking the boss via «Savage Fulcrum» and other skills she had used earlier against the monster ambush. Upon Kirito's instruction, she, Klein, and Asuna alongside Suzaku and Tohka worked together to distract the boss long enough for Kirito to utilize his «Dual Blades» «Unique Skill» to defeat the boss.

When she and Asuna had finished reporting to Heathcliff about the circumstances of the 74th Floor's clearing, Shiranami used her sheathed weapon to attack players who were getting on her nerves for establishing too much physical contact with her after watching Stetzer's duel with Yoshiki. Since she figured she would be labeled with an orange cursor if she actually attacked them (although, she later remarked that it wouldn't have changed anyway due to the nature of the safe zone), she kept her sword sheathed and instead utilized a non-system-assisted version of «Sharp Nail».

Two days later, on October 24th, 2032, Shiranami used «Venetinova» as the main weapon in her duel with Kirito in Collinia, however, midway through the duel, she pulled out her second sword, «Arcturus», and used the «Outside System Skill», «Skill Connect», to gain the upper hand, allowing her to narrowly defeat Kirito in the most major upset among the player base yet.

#### Dawn Romance

On October 27rd, 2032, Shiranami uses «Venetinova» as part of the expedition into the 55th Floor's Labyrinth for Kirito's "orientation" into the Knights of the Blood (although, this is all offscreen and is only mentioned by Kirito). She later leaves the party in order to get «Venetinova» and «Arcturus» enhanced by Lisbeth. When the enhancements were finished, Lisbeth tells her that the weapons are at +48 because she failed an enhancement on both of them, making them both now «end products», as Lisbeth worried that Shiranami would be mad. However, Shiranami reassures her that it was fine, retrieved them and departed from the shop.

Shiranami used «Venetinova» to attack Kuradeel when she was alarmed at how Kirito had stopped moving outside of a «Safe Area» while in the 55th Floor Labyrinth; she warned Asuna and both girls immediately raced into the Labyrinth where Shiranami attacked Kuradeel after seeing him attempting to kill Kirito. However, Kirito forced Shiranami to stand down.

On October 28th, 2032, Shiranami used «Venetinova» as her main weapon in clearing the «Witch of the West and the Three Treasures» quest in order to purchase «Forest House K4» to be used for her honeymoon with Kirito and Asuna as Kirito had proposed to both girls. Two days later, Shiranami used «Venetinova» again to tutor the children of the «Instructional School» and dueled Asuna with this weapon. The following day, Shiranami used «Venetinova» in her attempt to fight «The Fatal Scythe» alongside Kirito and Asuna but were saved from dying by Yui's «Object Eraser». The day after that, Shiranami is escorted by Kirito for the «A Secret from Father Valentine» quest where she used her weapon to fend off NPC attackers that were going after her in the quest.

#### The Torch's Inheritance

On November 2nd, 2032, Shiranami used «Venetinova» to raid the red guild, «Laughing Coffin», after information about their base was revealed. Shiranami kills one member of the guild herself with the weapon. Five days later on November 7th, the boss raid against «The Skull Reaper» begins and Shiranami uses «Venetinova» against the boss. However, twenty minutes into the raid, the boss landed a near-miss of a killing blow on Shiranami who managed to escape death by the skin of her teeth by sacrificing her weapon; it shattered instantly. Having lost her primary weapon, Shiranami uses «Arcturus» for the rest of the battle and later replaced her primary weapon with «Dawn Convergence», the «Last Attack» bonus item dropped by «The Skull Reaper».

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Volume 1, *Dawn Romance*, Part 2
2. ↑ Volume 1, *The Torch's Inheritance*, Part 4
3. ↑ Volume 1, *Memories of Evil*, Part 2
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Material Collection 01