Zabuza in Naruto exhibits this with his rather sizable sword, as Zabuza carries no visible strap on him.
One panel in the Chain of Memories manga shows that it's actually jutting out of his pants' belt.
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Coon in Free Collars Kingdom carries his anchor around like this.The one time we see him sheathe it, he tosses it up in the air and then angles himself to catch the blade on its way back down. Dragon Ball Z: Future Trunks has a sword he wears on his back, sheathe and all, the length of which seems just barely short enough to draw without problems.The martial artists of Chivalric Tornado (小俠龍捲風) all tend to wear their swords on their backs while doing long-distance travel, but only the ones capable of remotely operating their swords via telekinesis don't bother to switch to wearing their swords on their waist when they're expecting a fight.Since the zanpakuto is part of his soul and the scabbard is part of the zanpakuto, the scabbard repairs itself so Hitsugaya can sheathe his sword again. Though it's more like he's too short rather than the sword is too long. Subverted by Hitsugaya: His sword, held across his back in a sheath, is too long for him to unsheathe normally, so he draws it by simply pulling it off his back and letting the scabbard tear apart.In the Fullbring arc, Ichigo's new intermediate Fullbring form allows him to magically clasp his sword to his back. Justified by his BFS not being an actual physical object but a sentient familiar spirit, and close inspection shows that the cloth that wraps around his sword to form a makeshift sheath does so while also wrapping itself around the sash he wears. Ichigo can keep his BFS in place surprisingly well with a tiny sash.Bleach has some examples of this with zanpakuto.When he draws his sword, all he needs to do is release the security chain and lift the sword clear of the hook. It is kept from swaying by a leather strap on a chain that wraps around the opposite side. His even larger BFS the Dragon Slayer has no scabbard but instead is held up by a ring on the hilt that engages a hook on his baldric. His early BFS has a flexible leather sheath that only holds the blade at the point, middle, and base, and flaps behind him like a pointed devil's tail while his sword is drawn. Berserk: Averted by Guts, who wears his sword across his back but has an actual suspension mechanism to hold it there.If the weapon in question shows a proper scabbard that actually holds it on the back (whether or not drawing it would actually be feasible to do in reality), see Unorthodox Sheathing. Has nothing to do with something being stuck to one's back. If the weapon is stuck to the back and rarely actually used, then it's an Ornamental Weapon. Can be considered a form of Impossibly Cool Clothes. Note that though the words "sword" and "back" are used a lot throughout this article, this trope covers any and all situations where a character's equipment is held in place without a viable sheathing mechanism, be it by the hip or on the back, a BFG or a shield, by a diminutive sash or someone's bare skin, et cetera.Ĭompare to Magnet Hands. This phenomenon also allows characters to draw swords that outstrip their entire arm - after all, there's no actual scabbard to get in the way. One could even say that like how cartoon characters can pick stuff up without fingers, sometimes a sword just Sticks to the Back. has the next best thing to offer: a form of Hand Waving that lets the badass just slide his pointy tool along his dorsum and have it held in place by some invisible force. When you're an Action-Adventure Hero, lacking a Hyperspace Arsenal can be somewhat problematic: carrying that BFS around is not only tiresome, it also takes away a free hand that would see much better use in the complex acrobatics that are so common in your line of work.
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