Reppumaru (烈風丸, Reppūmaru, "Gale") was a katana that Sakamoto Mio forged while driving her magic power into it. This Fuso sword was a sword that she employed throughout the second season of Strike Witches. A bewitched sword that drained its user's magic power, Miyafuji Yoshika almost fainted from magic loss when attempting to draw it once.
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Prepared as a countermeasure against the decrease of her witch abilities caused by age, Reppumaru possessed the power to cut up a Neuroi's beam and its body. Having lost the capacity to generate a magic shield strong enough for the actual battles, Mio also employed Reppumaru defensively as a satisfactory replacement. A masterpiece that Mio was proud of, however, the result of obtaining the power to fight even while her magic power continued to decay was that the user's lifespan as a witch was drastically cut short. The signature technique of Reppumaru was the Reppuzan, which drained the user's magic power to create a large magic cutting wave.
During the decisive battle against the Super-Hive in Venezia, Yoshika used it to destroy the Hive's giant core at the cost of draining her entire reserve of magic. Afterwards, it fell into the sea and was last seen washed up on a beach, along with Yoshika's Shinden Striker, not far from the battleship Yamato. Seeing as both the Shinden and the Yamato were recovered, with the Shinden falling into Mio's possession and repairing the Yamato becoming her pet project. It could be assumed Mio was also again in possession of Reppumaru, however without her magic it would now simply be a regular sword.
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