Kikoku

Kikoku

Statistics Kikoku (Katana) All Races DMG: 42 Delay: 210 Attack +20 "Blade: Metsu" Additional effect: Paralysis Lv. 75 NIN Damage Per Second: 12 TP Per Hit: 5.7% Hidden Effect Occasionaly an attack will do 3 times more damage than normal.	Other Uses Used in Quest: None NPC Sell Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared.

Quests

• Relic Katana: Kikoku

Historical Background

Kikoku is Japanese for "Demon Cry" or "Demon Wail". It's derived from 鬼哭, the first kanji being 'oni' (ogre or demon), and 'KOKU' (wail, cry, weep, etc). The 'ON' reading for 'oni' is KI, which is where KIKOKU is made. It was also a Japanese movie from 2004.

There is a misconception among some that the meaning of 'Kikoku' is Japanese for "Return to one's homeland"; this is derived from an actual word, and it is correct (shown in the kanji 帰国 , meaning 'return' 'country' respectively). However, this isn't the kanji the relic katana uses.