Shirauo

Shirauo is a nodachi^[2] wielded by Amande and is one of the Meito.^[3]

AppearanceEdit

Shirauo is an extremely long nodachi, being about as tall as Amande herself and taller than average-sized people. Appropriate to its name, the sword has a pure white fish-shaped tsuba guard and a grip with scale patterns.^[2]

Amande keeps Shirauo in a very long sheathe on her right hip.^[2]

AbilitiesEdit

Shirauo has great sharpness and superior cutting power, being able to cut through a very large and thick wood even at slow speed if Amande wants to^[3] and through metal armor.^[1] Due to its length, it has great range and can cut through large targets.^[3]

TechniquesEdit

Slow Ballad (スローバラード, Surō Barādo^?): Amande bisects her opponent vertically from top to bottom, cutting slowly, in order to maximize her opponent's pain. This was first used to tortuously kill King Baum.^[3]

TriviaEdit

• It is named after Icefish (salangidae), a family of fish found in East and Southeast Asia.
• In its first appearance in Chapter 827, Amande's sword had a generic floral shaped guard. It was changed to its distinctive fish shape for its next appearance in Chapter 845.
  • In the anime counterpart of Chapter 827, it has it's updated fish shaped guard.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 82 Chapter 827 (p. 15) and Episode 786, Shirauo is first seen with Amande.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} One Piece Manga — Vol. 84 Chapter 845 (p. 5), The length of Shirauo is seen in full.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} One Piece Manga — Vol. 84 Chapter 846 (p. 3), Amande names Shirauo as a Meito.

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