Claw (鉤爪) is a weapon with a hook-shaped attack part that resembles a beast's nail. It mainly appears as a weapon for martial artists.
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a type of fighting weapon / dark device called nails, cat hands, etc. but Historically, these weapons have few records of existence and no clear origin or development is known. Just, It can be thought that the model of the current nail weapon is "Bagh nakh", a kind of Indian dark equipment. Therefore, weapons with claws that extend from the back of the hand as they are today (strictly speaking, there is a category name called tekoko kagi) are strongly influenced by their creations in posterity. Like the bear claw from the manga "Kinnikuman". In the game work, Square Enix's RPG "Dragon Quest III" became famous as a weapon of the class "Marshall Artist" (→ Iron Claw). He also became known as the character "Vega" of Capcom's Versus type fighting game "Street Fighter Series", and succeeded in establishing a solid position in the game world.
The shape is a "hand-back type" with claws extended from the back of the gauntlet, and a "cat's hand-shaped" with sharp claws attached to the fingertips. It can be roughly divided into three types, the "Meriken type". In the game, the former two types are major, but considering the practicality, the Meriken type can be said to be the most realistic. The actual ones (bakunaku, tekoko kagi) also have a shape similar to the Meriken type. In recent creations, there are some that can be called "sickle-shaped" with only one large hook-shaped claw.
Even now, it is known as a weapon for characters who specialize in light skills such as ninja in RPGs and fighting games (whether games or manga).
