Who is the Greatest Swordsman in All of Anime?

[WhatIsAUserName]

Please discuss. And not just fighting ability alone, factor in things like intelligence, speed, etc. And looks Just kidding! Though I do have to admit, that seems to be a significant factor.

I know there was a thread about this a year ago, that's the only thing I could find when I searched.

Poll should be coming.

EDIT: Personally, I would choose Mihawk. It's obvious bullets wouldn't be effective, since he deflects them with ease. With that enormous sword, he sliced up 50 entire ships of Don Krieg's armada. And he could still fight without it, see his duel with Zoro. He used a knife that had a blade of maybe 1 inch? There's only a few people on that list who would have the ability to sail halfway around the world (well, from the Grand Line to the East Blue) on a dingy raft, and still be able to cut down bloodthirsty pirates.

Of course, knowing Mihawk, he'll actually want somebody to surpass him. But for me, that's not large enough of a factor.

[-Batman-]

Tied between Gatsu and Deadpool.

[Jagan Eye]

I'm going with Kenshin because he is a pure swordsman. His sword doesn't have any special powers or anything which makes him cooler because its just a sword and a guy.

[-Batman-]

I'm going with Kenshin because he is a pure swordsman. His sword doesn't have any special powers or anything which makes him cooler because its just a sword and a guy.

No special powers? HE has special powers.

[Koshiro]

Sephiroth hands down.

My reason in two words: "Super Nova"

[MistaCloudStrife]

Well Gatts isn't in there, and that's who popped into my head first... but then I saw Cloud. So Cloud...

It's actually pretty unfair when you place Cloud in the list after we all know what he can do.

And Gatts because... Well he was the Century slayer. Killed 100 men one after another in one night all by himself. And now... he fights monsters constantly usually without rest, and when he IS rested he pwns them like nothing. And he also wears a nifty berserker armor. He can take on gods. Need I say more?

And they both got some big swords.... >=) 1st sword and the dragonslayer.

[ino_09]

i think its kenshin


he has a super talent



and he lives to save others life






and he has a super friends




and he's a super samurai






and other is inuyasha



but he is a half monster


yaah...

[-Batman-]

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Err...Wha?


Super friends?

[氷の動物]

I'd have to go with Guts (aka. The Black Swordsman) from Berserk... because he is basically one of the most extreme warriors I've ever come across in a manga. I mean he can chop somebody wearing full on armor in half as well as stone pillars with a single swing... plus he fights giant demons with all kinds of twisted and messed up powers. Not to mention he is also awesome with a crossbow and has a cannon in his arm.

Plus the opening scene of the manga basically attests to his extreme hardcoreness:

 

When Guts is having an intimate moment with a female who turns into a demon and laughs about Guts "Falling into it's trap" only to have Guts ram his cannon arm into its mouth and blow a hole through it's head.

Classic.

[kyubichan]

Kuchiki Byakuya.

He knows how to handle his personal relations and separates it from his responsibilities at work. He likes going against an enemy one-on-one, if possible, to make sure that the battlefield is level.

And he looks good.

[Moonlight Dreamer]

Tied between cloud and kenshin for me.

[woogy]

I would have to say they are all excellent swordsman, but i have a tie between Cloud Strife, Sephiroth and Ichigo Kurosaki (I believe it is an O not an A, although i could be wrong). All are very powerful, and swing around a massive sword, how could you not lose????

[-Batman-]

how could you not lose????

That's how.

-Bigger sword than cloud (At least it appears to be)
-More built then anyone else on that list.
-His arm is a crossbow AND and ARM CANNON.
-He's the anime equivilent of the Hulk and that bondage dude from the thunderbolts combined. The more you piss him off, and the more you injure him, the better he fights and the stronger he gets.
-Actual ARMOR. Most of the other swordsman up there just stick to cloth.
-Amazing Stamina. Enough so that he can just keep fighting and fight and fighting and fighting like the energizer bunny of badassery.

And I'd like to see cloud, sephiroth, inuyasha, or any other weilder of a large sword hold their sword in their teeth and still be able to kill a demon without the use of his arms or magic.

Oh, and one more thing. His hair doesn't defy the laws of gravity.

[Haibara]

I'm going with Kenshin because he is a pure swordsman. His sword doesn't have any special powers or anything which makes him cooler because its just a sword and a guy.

I too vote Kenshin for the same reasons. He mastered the technique of Battojutsu and became a technical master of the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu swordstyle. It's all skill, no special powers at all.

[MistaCloudStrife]

That's how.

-Bigger sword than cloud (At least it appears to be)
-More built then anyone else on that list.
-His arm is a crossbow AND and ARM CANNON.
-He's the anime equivilent of the Hulk and that bondage dude from the thunderbolts combined. The more you piss him off, and the more you injure him, the better he fights and the stronger he gets.
-Actual ARMOR. Most of the other swordsman up there just stick to cloth.
-Amazing Stamina. Enough so that he can just keep fighting and fight and fighting and fighting like the energizer bunny of badassery.

And I'd like to see cloud, sephiroth, inuyasha, or any other weilder of a large sword hold their sword in their teeth and still be able to kill a demon without the use of his arms or magic.

Oh, and one more thing. His hair doesn't defy the laws of gravity.

Eh... Cloud can wield his swords easily with one hand whereas Gatts needs support from his other hand... or magnet hand, to make full use of his power.

Plus cloud can jump insanely high, cut through buildings like butter and move really fast now thanks to the movie. And this was all without the use of materia.

Kenpachi and Gatts would actually be a good matchup imo.

[Drascin]

It's a tie for favorite against Kenshin and Gatsu here. Kenshin because, as said, managed to master a technique created for people far more strong than him with no powers or special abilities to speak of, and managed to become one of the best swordsmen in the world with that absolutely incompatible style. That takes some skill.

And Gatsu because... well, he's Gatsu. I don't know what the hell that man's made of, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with gamma radiations. I don't care what the comics say, that is not something a human can do, training or not. I mean, he wields a freaking dragonslayer, sometimes even one-handed, like it was a breeze... Oh, and seems to be able to take a direct cannon hit and survive.

[Korobi]

Definitely Kenshin because he's just awesome. There are no words to describe it. He is the best and always will be. He completely changes when he's fighting. He becomes, strong, fast, and lethal. I also like him because he's trying to repent for what he's done. He is a true samurai.

[-Batman-]

Eh... Cloud can wield his swords easily with one hand whereas Gatts needs support from his other hand... or magnet hand, to make full use of his power.

Two hands look cooler.

Plus cloud can jump insanely high, cut through buildings like butter and move really fast now thanks to the movie. And this was all without the use of materia.

Screw cloud. Gattsu is more manly.
Besides, cloud has magic. Gattsu only has awsomeness.

[Regex]

Screw cloud. Gattsu is more manly.
Besides, cloud has magic. Gattsu only has awsomeness.

Much as I can respect Guts, magic can only make someone more awesome.

Besides, Guts was a crazy emo jerk, and I didn't like Berserk anyway.

[MistaCloudStrife]

Two hands look cooler.



Screw cloud. Gattsu is more manly.
Besides, cloud has magic. Gattsu only has awsomeness.

He has a magic... kinda of. The berserker armor amplifies his strength enough to take on gods. Although it hurts him back in the end. So it's not all his strength. Magical armor counts as magic. =P

Plus the one eyed swordsman would have a huge disadvantage against the two-eyed Cloud.

[Mugetsu]

Kenshin for skill.
Guts for just overall intestine spilling awsomeness.
Cloud for video game swordsman.

But If you had them all in an all out melee... I would have to say the winner is any representative from Bleach. After all they are basically spirits that can affect the physical world. You can't see them so it would be kind of hard to defend yourself. Not really fair.

[EonKid]

I went with cloud to be the greatest swordsman only because there is no voteing spot for Jubei from Ninja Scroll.

[Yasuke Shodaime]

I picked cloud he's the best

[Creed~Diskenth]

Roronoa Zoro - reason being;
"World's greatest swordsman." His ultimate goal is to surpass Mihawk and the majority would agree with my belief. He improves with every coming episode and every challenge. Plus, he's stylish and the infamous name – “Zoro The Pirate Hunter” brings many enemies for him to defeat every time.

[WhatIsAUserName]

Yes, Zolo may be powerful, but he's still yet to surpass Mihawk. Breaking Haku's Amanedachi may be something big, and pulling off the feat known only as 'Ashura' is something just as significant, but he's still nowhere near the point where he can boast about slicing apart battleships.