Editing Shuriken

:''For the [[Eldar|Panzee]] weapons, see [[Shuriken Catapult]].''

The '''"shuriken"''' is a concealable form of Japanese weaponry and basically specialized throwing knives. Shurikens range from the iconic Hira-shuriken stars, Kunei and Tanto knives, daggers, and Bo stakes, even to simple sharpened coins, to name a few. Contrary to popular [[weeaboo]] knowledge (which does have roots in some pop cultural osmosis via imported kung-fu flicks), shuriken are not necessarily confined to being thrown only by ninjas, and can refer to any concealable weapon used for assassinations (carried by ninjas) or a side-arm for combatants, like tanto knives.

In terms of application, shurikens were more of multi-tools than pure combat implements. While they can be thrown and used in close combat, they could also be used for more crafty applications, such as using them to make makeshift traps.

Also contrary to popular weeaboo knowledge-slash-[[anime|imported pop culture shit]], the killing potential of these weapons when thrown tends to be really low, though they did have their uses. In fact, when realistically in a position where one got the drop on a target, simply going up to and stabbing the target would be much more effective that throwing a freaking sharpened penny at them. There were risks such as potentially alarming your target with the shuriken you just threw, missing the target, not doing any significant damage, etc. Due to this, shurikens were sometimes coated in some kind of poison to ensure whoever they wound is debilitated and/or killed. If traditional toxins weren't available, assassins usually resorted to more... interesting methods, such as infecting the weapon with excrement - while not as effective as true poisons, it was still potent since contracting sepsis during the time of feudal, well basically anywhere really, typically resulted in death, even with the crude solution of amputation.

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