History BFS / AnimeAndManga

** Mihawk's main sword [[BlackSwordsAreBetter Yoru]]. Can be mistaken, however, for a grave cross. The first time you see Mihawk's sword, you can easily mistake it for a giant marble cross that he's resting against. Then he draws it. The sword is bigger than he is. It gets progressively more badass afterwards, to the point where he can use it to slice a (frozen) tsunami wave bigger than a fortress in half with it. Horizontally in half. Plus Mihawk has a whole pack of killer baboons who wield similar great swords to him on his island., [[BloodKnight Zoro]] had to fight the whole pack if he wanted a chance of receiving Mihawk's training.

** Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'' featured these examples:

** Cypha has two. Vita's [[DropTheHammer Graf Eisen]] can upsize to the point that she's invisible when showing its full size. And Deville's axe. Goodness.

** While not quite as oversized as Fate's, Signum's [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Levantine/Laevatein/Laevateinn]] is still (depending on artist and camera angle) longer than she is. Her new sword in the ''[[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce FORCE]]'' manga is even '''bigger'''.

* After breaking ''four'' ordinary swords in a fight, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Karula]] from ''Anime/{{Utawarerumono}}'' upgrades to a BFS that only she is able to lift; however, because she demanded it be unbendable, unbreakable, and never need sharpening, the edge is not as sharp as a regular sword, so people she hits with it tend to splatter. She tests it out by splitting a giant boulder. Several strong men had difficulty even carrying it.

*** Kenpachi Zaraki's sword Nozarashi is almost as long as a tall man in base form because he's the only Soul Reaper apart from Ichigo who cannot properly seal his sword. When the sword is in Bankai, it becomes a giant cleaver roughly twice the size of his own (very large) body.

** Shingo Mido of the [[BladeOnAStick Four Divine Spears]] wields the "Onidachi" (Demon Splitter), a 4 meters long x 48 pounds spear. He trained so much that he can be very efficient with that.

* Manga/InuYasha's sword Tessaiga is a normal-sized and rather dull-bladed katana in its unempowered state, but transforms into a BFS for use in battle whenever he has the desire/resolve to protect a human. Bankotsu's Banryuu, though technically a [[BladeOnAStick halberd]], makes an even bigger BFS than Tessaiga.

* Earth from ''Manga/ZatchBell'' is the king of this trope. All of his spells revolve around his sword, which isn't too big for demon standards. However, some of his spells increase the size of it. Jian Ji Sorudo causes a huge sword to form at the tip of his, which he can use accordingly. Varusere Ozu Maru Sorudon is one of his last resorts, in which he just makes it ''rain'' BFSs. [[spoiler: It is shown that if he had stayed in the fight longer, he would've awoken Shin Varusere Ozu Maaru Sorudon that just causes him to [[StormOfBlades summon more, larger, stronger raining BFS's]].]]

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* Tohka has one in ''LightNovel/DateALive''. During her RoaringRampageOfRevenge in the first novel(third anime episode) it grows to ''10 meters'' long.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' gives us monomolecular cutters for use by 10 meter tall mechas. Swords with a chainsaw-like edge. Mao was shown to even have a holster for one. Although the first season only showed that one instance, ''The Second Raid'' had Clouseau owning Savages with a similarly sized scimitar.

* Defied in ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'', where the main character is deadset against using longswords because they're unwieldy in the caverns and tunnels where goblins live (and we see one NewMeat character die precisely because his sword is too long to swing in a goblin cave and he knocks it right out of his hand). Note that the series has a Guts stand-in with a large sword who's seen fighting in the open to great effect. But the titular main character, as the name implies, is heavily specialized in killing goblins. A weapon poorly-suited for that role is a weapon he doesn't want.

* Lapis from ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'' carries a BFS which can nullify jutsu/magic.

* In ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Sorath has one he calls [[GratuitousGerman Blutsauger]]. Both Tanaka and Satou later make several attempts to lift it, but neither of them succeeds to get it off of the ground completely. In Season 2, Yuji [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and wields it with ease, at one point [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throwing it]] one-handed as a finishing move.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': When Kirito shops for equipment in ALO, he chooses one of those claiming regular swords are "too light".

* ''LightNovel/TorturePrincessFremdTorturchen'': Elisabeth Le Fanu's weapon of choice aside from conjured chains and torture and execution implements is the Executioner's Sword of Frankenthal, a longsword that, much like real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioners_sword executioner's swords]], is rectangular with a blunt tip.

* D's Masamune from the two ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' movies definitely fits this trope -- if it wasn't for the curve of the blade, it would drag the ground whenever he wields it. As it is, it's a miracle he can unsheath it, let alone wield it with the superhuman speed he does. Well, he ''is'' a [[{{Dhampyr}} dhampir]] after all.

* La Pucelle from ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' has the ability to change the mass and size of her sword. Meaning her sword can effectively become this.

* ''LightNovel/TorturePrincessFremdTorturchen'': Elisabeth Le Fanu's weapon of choice aside from conjured chains and torture and execution implements is the Executioner's Sword of Frankenthal, a longsword that, much like real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioner's_sword executioner's swords]], is rectangular with a blunt tip.

** When Fuu's [[EvolvingWeapon Escudo sword]] evolves, it just gets ''bigger'', to the point where it becomes longer than she is tall. It also weighs a ton if anyone other than her tries to use it, although that has more to do with its made-just-for-her nature than its mass. (In contrast, the other girls' swords gain more elaborate designs on the hilt.)

* ''Manga/NingenFushinNoBoukenshatachiGaSekaiOSukuuYoudesu'': Karan's sword which is as long and wide as her. As a [[DraconicHumanoid Dragon Race]], she [[SuperStrength has the strength]] to carry and wield it effortlessly.

* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':

* Alice L. Malvin from ''Anime/PumpkinScissors'' has Mahne, a double-bladed sword meant to be used by cavalrymen. She uses it ''on foot'', and wears a pair of sabatons in conjunction with it for the express purpose of kicking it free when one of the blades inevitably gets lodged in the ground.

** Sagara Sanosuke starts out with a BFS (a ''zanbatō'', in fact) and a rotten attitude. It was his {{weapon of choice}}, hence his nickname (Zanza). Kenshin destroys it during their last fight. He says it is impractical and proceeds to easily outmaneuver the sword, which is bound by the laws of physics (especially momentum) to be a clumsy weapon. None of this stops Sano from breaking it out one more time in the Jinchū arc and showing it can be used for other things [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome like playing baseball with cannon shells.]]

*** Baraggan Louisenbairrn has Arrogante, a Big Effing [[AnAxeToGrind Axe]]. When he releases his power, the axe grows even larger.

*** Ichigo's sword is huge even in its most basic form because he cannot properly seal his power. As a result, the sword's baseline size generates surprise among Soul Reapers who first see it. When he releases his power, his Zanpakutō unusually shrinks in size as he gains greater control. As his power develops, his base sword shrinks in size, but still remains unusually large.
*** Renji's sword can transform into a large extendable serrated whip-blade. In Bankai, it becomes an incredibly large version that can demolish entire sections of Seireitei with a single swing.

*** Ikkaku's Bankai transforms into a giant weapon with three chain-linked blades that seem like huge, modified monk's spades and guandaos.

*** Gin's Zanpakutō looks like a short knife in its sealed form, extends to the length "of a hundred swords" (roughly 60 to 70 meters or 197 to 230 feet) in the first release and grows to a whooping ''thirteen kilometers'' (or ''eight miles'') in Bankai. However, it remains slim thorough all the extensions.
*** Kenpachi Zaraki's sword is almost as long as a tall man in base form because he's the only Soul Reaper apart from Ichigo who cannot properly seal his sword. When the sword does transform, it becomes a giant cleaver roughly twice the size of his own (very large) body.

*** Baraggan Louisenbairrn has a Big Effing [[AnAxeToGrind Axe]]. When he releases his power, the axe grows even larger.
*** Harribel's sword is a giant blade in the shape of a [[AnimalMotif shark's tooth]].
*** Nnoitra wields a giant half-moon axe-scythe hybrid. When his power releases, his weapon transforms into six large scythes that he wields one-handed (one in each of his six hands).
** Ginjō's cross pendant transforms into a giant long sword that's almost as tall as he is. He's very tall himself.

* {{Downplayed}} in ''LightNovel/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades''. Nanao's sword is a katana, where Union mages generally prefer smaller one-handed swords as "athames": Oliver's resembles a smallsword. At first glance he thinks the weapon would be far too large and slow to make an effective athame, not knowing that that Nanao is a war veteran whom a WizardingSchool instructor plucked directly from her LastStand on a battlefield.

** Taken UpToEleven with Mervamon's Wide Hi-Vision Sword, a sword as wide as she is tall and three times as long.

** Haseo from ''VideoGame/DotHackGU Trilogy'' takes this UpToEleven in his B-st form. He is DualWielding ChainsawGood BFS, complete with [[FieldOfBlades field of BFS]].

* From ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Ryuko Matoi has half a scissor. That can transform to the size of a sword. Which can triple in length. She then takes it UpToEleven in the Episode 25 OVA, in which she supersizes the blade into a several thousand foot monstrosity in order to fight a GiantMecha.

** While not quite as oversized as Fate's, Signum's [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Levantine/Laevatein/Laevateinn]] is still (depending on artist and camera angle) longer than she is. Her new sword in the ''[[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce FORCE]]'' manga is even '''[[UpToEleven bigger]]'''.

** Arika gets [[UpToEleven one-upped]] by her own ''mother'' in ''Anime/MyOtome0Sifr''. Her version of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sword of Akatsuki]] is large enough to cleave an asteroid in half from several hundred meters off.

* {{Downplayed}} in ''LightNovel/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades''. Nanao's sword is a tachi, where Union mages generally prefer smaller one-handed swords as "athames": Oliver's resembles a smallsword. At first glance he thinks the weapon would be far too large and slow to make an effective athame, not knowing that that Nanao is a war veteran whom a WizardingSchool instructor plucked directly from her LastStand on a battlefield.

*** The Nu-Zeon Gundam's main handheld weapon is the enormous Zeonic Sword that can be used in 2 different modes as either the Hi Mega Bow Gun or the Hi Mega Saber mode in which the weapon can either emits a long beam saber or a beam replica of the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundaCharsCounterattack Axis asteroid]]'' which can then be [[ColonyDrop dropped on enemies and destroying them instantly]].

** Guts and his 6ft long, 400lb Dragon Slayer are a classic example. The story behind the Dragonslayer is an interesting one -- the blacksmith who made it was commissioned to make a [[MeaningfulName sword that could kill dragons in one stroke]]. But since dragons did not exist (at the time), he forged a sword too large and heavy for humans to wield, because the only way to kill an impossible creature is with an equally impossible weapon. The only reason Guts can swing it around at all, let alone as skillfully as he does, is that he's been training with oversized swords since childhood: he began with a normal-sized longsword, which was much too big for him when he was six years old, and simply scaled up the size of his weapon as he grew up. The Dragonslayer is simply the logical conclusion of this progression, but unfortunately the Dragonslayer hasn't yet lived up to its name when comes to dragon slaying aside from [[http://i.imgur.com/7Dk1Vlb.jpg cover art]]. Ironically, despite a painstaking attempt to portray the weapon somewhat realistically with a lot of momentum and almost no real cutting edge, author Kentaro Miura has admitted in interviews that he originally hit upon the idea of the huge sword just as a gimmick to attract readers.

** Acqua of the Back wields Ascalon, which is roughly 3.5 meters long and weighs roughly 441 pounds, beating out even Gut's Dragonslayer. It was even created under similar circumstances, with the maker fashioning based off the legend of Ascalon killing a dragon and calculating for the measurements a sword would ''realistically'' need to be at to be able to kill a dragon about 50 feet long. {{Deconstructed}} when Acqua is eventually BroughtDownToNormal. He's forced to abandon Ascalon because he can't pick it up without the SuperStrength of a Saint.