One of the sillier notions in anime is the nail bat.
I don’t know about you, but I had never seen such a thing until I watched anime. The bat is a pretty common weapon in the states, but I don’t recall ever seeing any with nails in them; I could have just missed it, so if anyone can think of any movies with such a thing, let me know. Typically, if there are nails on a bludgeoning instrument, it tends to be a plank of wood broken off of something else. I suppose it implies that Americans wouldn’t go to the trouble of pounding nails into a bat and then use it as a weapon. Are Americans just lazy, or are Japanese simply improving on a weapon of choice?
I worry about these things because no one else wants to…