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culture, and she will not accept any objections. Tatenashi Sarashiki (更識 楯無, Sarashiki Tatenashi) Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (Japanese); Jessica Calvello

kawaodoshi yoroi) Handed down in the Takeda clan; also called tatenashi yoroi (楯無鎧, lit. "nospear cuirass" or "shieldless" or "armour that needs not shield");

(太祖募陷陣，韋先占，將應募者數十人，皆重衣兩鎧，棄楯，但持長矛撩戟。) Sanguozhi vol. 18. (時西面又急，韋進當之，賊弓弩亂發，矢至如雨，韋不視，謂等人曰：「虜來十步，乃白之。」等人曰：「十步矣。」又曰：「五步乃白。」等人懼，疾言「虜至矣」！韋手持十餘戟，大呼起，所抵無不應手倒者。) Sanguozhi

蛟長丈餘，似蛇而四足，形廣如楯, 小頭細頸，頸有白嬰。胸前赭色, 背上靑斑, 脇邊若錦, 尾有肉環, The jiao measures 10 chi or more in length. Snake-like in appearance, but it has four feet. The shape

195 n. 94. Sima 1084, vol. 73. Book of Jin 648, vol. 1: "既而雨止，遂合圍。起土山地道，楯櫓鈎橦，發矢石雨下，晝夜攻之。" Book of Jin 648, vol. 1: "文懿攻南圍突出，帝縱兵擊敗之，斬于梁水之上星墜之所。" Sima