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* In ''Manga/SaitamaChainsawShoujo'', Fumio mentions that her legendary grandfather could wield ''three'' chainsaws simultaneously, to good effect. She herself only uses one for the duration of the story (since it's the only one she owns), but since she can hold it with one hand easily, dual-wielding would be within her capacity.
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** Suzaku pulls off some dual-wielding in his mecha.
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** [[Characters/CodeGeassSuzakuKururugi Suzaku Kururugi]] pulls off some dual-wielding in his mecha.
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* ''Manga/MagilumiereCoLtd'': Makino's "Fallen Petal Flash" allows her to transform the rose-ribbons on her waist into twin swords.
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* Killer Bee, the 8-Tailed Jinchuriki in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' prefers using ''7 swords at once'', [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/8/81/Acrobat.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20150124180516 in a way that's so weird it's hard to describe]] (you are not seeing things; ''none'' of those swords are in either of his hands). He fights by [[SpinAttack spinning around like a buzzsaw]] and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks juggling his swords]], in case it wasn't absurd enough[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzzLmn7ffS8 His 7-sword fighting form starts at 8:33]][[/note]].
** It's so absurd and unpredictable that even the [[MagicEye Sharingan]] can't properly predict every attack.
** It's so absurd and unpredictable that even the [[MagicEye Sharingan]] can't properly predict every attack.
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* Killer Bee, the 8-Tailed Jinchuriki in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' prefers using ''7 swords at once'', [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/8/81/Acrobat.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20150124180516 in a way that's so weird it's hard to describe]] (you are not seeing things; ''none'' of those swords are in either of his hands). He fights by [[SpinAttack spinning around like a buzzsaw]] and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks juggling his swords]], in case it wasn't absurd enough[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzzLmn7ffS8 His 7-sword fighting form starts at 8:33]][[/note]].
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* Tsunashi Takuto, the protagonist of ''Anime/StarDriver'', reveals that he is a dual-wielder in an IAmNotLeftHanded moment, specifically of swords. When piloting Tauburn, he dual-wields two "Star Swords" -- mecha-scale swords made of pure light/energy (the anime never goes out of its way to explain the composition of the weapons) -- Emeraude (green) and Saphir (blue).
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** TsunashiTakuto, the protagonist of ''Anime/StarDriver'', Takuto reveals that he is a dual-wielder in an IAmNotLeftHanded moment, specifically of swords. When piloting Tauburn, he dual-wields two "Star Swords" -- mecha-scale swords made of pure light/energy (the anime never goes out of its way to explain the composition of the weapons) -- Emeraude (green) and Saphir (blue).
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* ''Manga/WorldTrigger'': Border agents can carry up to eight Triggers into battle and can only use two of them at once. Can result in GunsAkimbo or SwordAndGun depending on how agents use them.
** Suzunari-1’s Kō Murakami, a confirmed righty, switches the position of his main weapons Kogetsu and Raygust depending on his stance. If he prioritizes offense, he wields his Kogetsu in his right hand since it's a sharper blade, if he prioritizes defense, he carries Raygust in his right hand since it can transform from a blade to a shield at will.
** Kei Tachikawa, the highest ranked Attacker in Border, fights by swinging two Kogetsus in each hand at the same time. His dual Senku Kogetsu attack is strong enough to down a massive Ilgar in a single strike.
** Suzunari-1’s Kō Murakami, a confirmed righty, switches the position of his main weapons Kogetsu and Raygust depending on his stance. If he prioritizes offense, he wields his Kogetsu in his right hand since it's a sharper blade, if he prioritizes defense, he carries Raygust in his right hand since it can transform from a blade to a shield at will.
** Kei Tachikawa, the highest ranked Attacker in Border, fights by swinging two Kogetsus in each hand at the same time. His dual Senku Kogetsu attack is strong enough to down a massive Ilgar in a single strike.
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* ''Anime/VividredOperation'': An impromptu kendo match has Akane using twin swords against Wakaba.
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* In ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'', the Souen School led by [[BloodKnight Nikaido Misaku]] specializes in Dual Wielding katana and wakizashi, a fighting style which is noted for being perfect for defense and even the author thought it was "[[GameBreaker a tad too overpowered]]". It's shown that Shinnojo, Iori and even Gama can, occasionally, resort to Dual Wielding. Outside of swordsmen, there are also Agon and Hakuryuu (dual-wield battle axes), [[{{Ninja}} Tsuchiryuu]] (chinese duck-bill Axes), [[BattleCouple Sekiryuu and Seirin]] with [[WhipItGood Iron Whips]] and also [[spoiler: [[AxeCrazy Muraku Matsumoto's]] secret weapon has him dual wielding [[EpicFlail two weighted chains at once]].]]
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* In ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'', the Souen School led by [[BloodKnight Nikaido Misaku]] specializes in Dual Wielding katana and wakizashi, a fighting style which is noted for being perfect for defense and even the author thought it was "[[GameBreaker a tad too overpowered]]". It's shown that Shinnojo, Iori and even Gama can, occasionally, resort to Dual Wielding. Outside of swordsmen, there are also Agon and Hakuryuu (dual-wield battle axes), [[{{Ninja}} Tsuchiryuu]] (chinese duck-bill Axes), [[BattleCouple Sekiryuu and Seirin]] with [[WhipItGood Iron Whips]] Whips and also [[spoiler: [[AxeCrazy Muraku Matsumoto's]] secret weapon has him dual wielding [[EpicFlail two weighted chains at once]].]]
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* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Rusl wields both a sword and his machete during the final assault on Hyrule Castle Town.
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* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess2016'', Rusl wields both a sword and his machete during the final assault on Hyrule Castle Town.
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* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Rusl wields both a sword and his machete during the final assault on Hyrule Castle Town.
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* ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'': After gaining a HeroicSecondWind, [[spoiler:Sasaki Kojiro faces his opponent Poseidon using the Nito-Ganryu style, which involves fighting with two blades at once, with the longer one in one hand and the shorter one in the other. It is the ultimate culmination of his Ganryu style of Swordsmanship combined with Miyamoto Musashi's Niten-Ichi-Ryu. This style is so effective that Kojiro leaves Poseidon covered in wounds, marking the first time where Poseidon, the god that has never known defeat, is dealt significant damage. And then Kojiro eventually ''wins''...]]
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* ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'': After gaining a HeroicSecondWind, [[spoiler:Sasaki Kojiro Kojirō faces his opponent Poseidon using the Nito-Ganryu Nitō-Ganryū style, which involves fighting with two blades at once, with the longer one in one hand and the shorter one in the other. It is the ultimate culmination of his Ganryu style of Swordsmanship combined with Miyamoto Musashi's Niten-Ichi-Ryu. Niten-Ichi-Ryū. This style is so effective that Kojiro Kojirō leaves Poseidon covered in wounds, marking the first time where Poseidon, the god that has never known defeat, is dealt significant damage. And then Kojiro Kojirō eventually ''wins''...]]
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* Dual wielded swords are the standard issue weapon in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''; justified by how soldiers are not fighting against other human (or [[HumanoidAliens -like]]) beings with weapons but rather toweringly-humanoid Titans with Titans' weak point being a portion of flesh that requires two blades to cut away, rendering the risk of two swords getting tangled while using them in combat irrelevant. It has also been revealed that the [[spoiler: newest weapons of the survey corps]] , nicknamed [[spoiler: Thunder Spears]] , are also dual-wielded.
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* Dual wielded swords are the standard issue weapon in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''; justified by how soldiers are not fighting against other human (or [[HumanoidAliens -like]]) beings with weapons but rather toweringly-humanoid Titans with Titans' weak point being a portion of flesh that requires two blades to cut away, rendering the risk of two swords getting tangled while using them in combat irrelevant. It has also been revealed that the [[spoiler: newest [[spoiler:newest weapons of the survey corps]] , nicknamed [[spoiler: Thunder [[spoiler:Thunder Spears]] , are also dual-wielded.
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* Kanda does this at one point in ''Manga/DGrayMan''.
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* ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'': After gaining a HeroicSecondWind, [[spoiler:Sasaki Kojiro faces his opponent Poseidon using the Nito-Ganryu style, which involves fighting with two blades at once, with the longer one in one hand and the shorter one in the other. It is the ultimate culmination of his Ganryu style of Swordsmanship combined with Miyamoto Musashi's Niten-Ichi-Ryu. This style is so effective that Kojiro leaves Poseidon covered in wounds, marking the first time where Poseidon, the god that has never known defeat, is dealt significant damage. And then Kojiro eventually ''wins''...]]
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** Nanami faces the Ohtori duels with a scimitar and curved dagger. [[spoiler: She only has the sword during her duel in the third arc, however; if you think of the sword/dagger combo as representing Touga and herself, then it makes sense as her relying purely on her own strength in that fight.]]
** Later, [[spoiler: her Stalker With A Crush Mitsuru Tsuwabuki "borrows" said sword and dagger in his Black Rose duel. And he's frighteningly good at using them.]]
** Later, [[spoiler: her Stalker With A Crush Mitsuru Tsuwabuki "borrows" said sword and dagger in his Black Rose duel. And he's frighteningly good at using them.]]
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** Later,[[spoiler: her [[spoiler:her Stalker With A Crush Mitsuru Tsuwabuki "borrows" said sword and dagger in his Black Rose duel. And he's frighteningly good at using them.]]
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* Mifune from ''Manga/SoulEater'' carries multiple swords. Usually he uses one sword but he does multi-wield we he gets serious. Kid dual wields [[EquippableAlly guns]], and appears [[SuperOCD unable]] or at least ''very'' unwilling to use only one of the two.
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* Mifune from ''Manga/SoulEater'' carries multiple swords. Usually he uses one sword but he does multi-wield we he gets serious. Kid dual wields [[EquippableAlly guns]], and appears [[SuperOCD unable]] unable or at least ''very'' unwilling to use only one of the two.
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** [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Daipenmon]] dual-wields ''popsicles''. It even has a special attack for each of them -- Strawberry Death for the red one, and Blue Hawaiian Death for the blue one.
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** [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Daipenmon]] Daipenmon dual-wields ''popsicles''. It even has a special attack for each of them -- Strawberry Death for the red one, and Blue Hawaiian Death for the blue one.
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* In ''Anime/RebornToMasterTheBlade'', a few characters use two weapons simultaneously, and perhaps not coincidentally, both are Hieral Menaces, artificial beings created by a highly-advanced race to serve as living weapons. One is Eris, who uses two short swords and incredible agility and speed to overwhelm her opponents, another is Ripple, who uses two revolvers simultaneously.
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* The titular character in ''Anime/AfroSamurai'', who wields a single [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] fights a dual wielder, and ponders briefly on the technique's worth. He decides on balance a single blade is better, but the fight is inconclusive.
* In ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', wielding two [[ArtifactofDoom Teigus]] is more or less considered impossible, due to the combined physical and mental strain placed upon the user being strong enough to [[HeroicRROD kill them in the process]]. That said, [[WorldsStrongestMan Esdeath]] notes that is ''technically'' possible if the Teigus in question are compatible to the user and said user can endure the strain. [[spoiler:Only one named character has ever succeeded in doing so: [[TokenGoodTeammate Wave]] of the Jaegers with [[PowerArmor Grand Chariot]] and his [[BequeathedPower dead friend Run's]] [[PowerGivesYouWings Mastema]]]].
* ''Manga/{{Angolmois}}'': On his second clash against Fuheng, Jinzaburou wields the fallen Onitakemaru's broken naginata along with his katana.
* In ''Manga/ArmedGirlsMachiavellism'', pushing [[spoiler:Mary]] to the limits means she grabs her scabbard to use as a second blade. While the scabbard doesn't cut, it helps her counter a much heavier sword, and being slammed in the face with a scabbard still hurts.
* Dual wielded swords are the standard issue weapon in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''; justified by how soldiers are not fighting against other human (or [[HumanoidAliens -like]]) beings with weapons but rather toweringly-humanoid Titans with Titans' weak point being a portion of flesh that requires two blades to cut away, rendering the risk of two swords getting tangled while using them in combat irrelevant. It has also been revealed that the [[spoiler: newest weapons of the survey corps]] , nicknamed [[spoiler: Thunder Spears]] , are also dual-wielded.
* Used for comedic purposes once in ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''. After Tomo accidentally lands a tray straight onto Yukari's face, cue RedEyesTakeWarning... and Yukari ''dual-wielding'' trays ''onto Tomo's head''.
* Chikuma Koshirou from ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' dual wields two kama scythes.
* In ''Manga/BlackButler'' Chapter 57, [[spoiler: [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Elizabeth Middleford]] is revealed to be a Dual Wielder. ''Who slays Zombies'']]
* In ''Manga/BlackClover'' Asta dual wields AntiMagic swords on occasion. Given the [[{{BFS}} size]] of his swords, this is no small feat.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Captains Shunsui Kyoraku and Jushiro Ukitake possess dual zanpakuto. Between them, Kyoraku is the only shinigami that dual-wields even when his zanpakuto is sealed due to the fact that it seals into the form of two swords. Ukitake's seals into the form of a single sword.
** Ggio Vega's release allows him to use three blades, one on each hand and one in his hair.
** Nnoitra Jiruga releases into a six-armed being that wields a weapon in each arm.
** In the final arc, a new dual wielder is revealed. [[spoiler: The true form of Ichigo's zanpakuto turns out to be two blades of differing lengths to accommodate his Soul Reaper power (the larger one) and his Quincy power (the smaller one).]]
* In the manhwa ''Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun'', Ha-Rhang Whur quad-wields Chinese longswords ''and'' their scabbards, in an attack style that resembles a Creator/CirqueDuSoleil juggling routine as much as it does Dual Wielding.
* Undine of the Twin Swords from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' is (of course) well known for the massive physical power that lets her use two standard issue {{BFS}}' at once. [[spoiler:Upon her demise, Deneve took up her blade and spent the TimeSkip learning to bulk herself up to pull the same trick.]]
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** Suzaku pulls off some dual-wielding in his mecha.
** Near the end of the series, Gino Weinberg's TransformingMecha Tristan is upgraded to the Tristan Divider, and its main weapons include a pair of swords [[spoiler: that used to be Bismarck Waldstein's mecha Galahad's {{BFS}}]].
** Rolo's prototype Vincent Knightmare had a pair of these that could combine into a double-bladed spear.
* Not weapons, but similar: in ''Manga/ComicGirls'', Tsubasa manages to triple-wield brushes in an attempt to increase her output when faced with a deadline.
* Kamika from ''Manga/CorpsePrincess'' fights with a pair of katanas.
* ''Manga/Cyborg009'': In the ''009 vs. Devilman'' OVA, 002 is able to wield two blasters at once.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' does this with pens. Just watch me L, [[MundaneMadeAwesome I'll solve equations with my right hand, and write names with my left.]]
* Kanda does this at one point in ''Manga/DGrayMan''.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Daipenmon]] dual-wields ''popsicles''. It even has a special attack for each of them -- Strawberry Death for the red one, and Blue Hawaiian Death for the blue one.
** Lobomon dual wields light sabers (which can be combined to one two bladed lightsaber darth maul style) and some other sword wielding Digimon like Karatenmon, Yasyamon, Vajramon and many others. A few like Dinohumon and Zanbamon wield two different types of blades at once.
** [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Korikakumon]] dual-wields axes, which he uses for a BladeSpam attack.
** [[WolfMan Shutmon]] wields a pair of giant, wrist-mounted scissor-blades that cause anything they cut to stop working plus another pair that he can wield normally. The ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters'' manga even shows him multi-wielding all four at once.
** [[HairRaisingHare Lamortmon]] wields two big curved swords, though he's just as likely to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown bludgeon]] hostile Digimon with them as he is to slash them.
* In the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' film Dead Zone, two of Garlic Jr.'s minions, Nicky and Ginger, are shown pulling two katana out of their own bodies. It's unknown whether or not Sansho had the same ability, as Piccolo killed him before he would have had the chance.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'' Erza dual-wields on occasion sometimes quad-wielding using her feet as well as multi-wielding with 200 swords at once.
* El Cid from ''Roleplay/FateNuovoGuerra'' dual wields swords, and as a bonus, creates {{Sword Beam}}s with them. NewTransferStudent Tetsuro dual wields ''[[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter shinai]]''.
* Although he does have a bow, and some ridiculously powerful {{Trick Arrow}}s, Archer from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' more often fights with two Chinese ''dao'', Kanshou and Bakuya. Later on, Shirou uses [[FunctionalMagic Projection magecraft]] to make copies for himself. (It's usually around this point that fans [[spoiler: start to wonder at the many similarities between Archer and Shiro]]...)
* In the ''VideoGame/FireEmblem: Sword of Seals'' manga, King Zephiel dual-wields [[spoiler: the {{BFG}} Exaccus and the InfinityPlusOneSword Sword of Seals!!]]
* In the ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' climax, [[spoiler: Naota]] dual wields two guitars in the final fight with [[spoiler: Haruko]] after absorbing Atomsk's power. [[spoiler: Wielding Atomsk's Gibson EB-0 in one hand and his own Flying V in the other.]]
* King Bradley does this in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', using two sabers at once. Sometimes he carries multiple extra swords, so that he can keep dual-wielding even if one or more of his swords get broken. This is also parodied in an {{omake}}, where King Bradley wields five sabers at once: one in each hand, one in each ear, and one in his ''ass''. Denied, his saber, he then dual-wields a set of trench knives.
* In ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'', the Souen School led by [[BloodKnight Nikaido Misaku]] specializes in Dual Wielding katana and wakizashi, a fighting style which is noted for being perfect for defense and even the author thought it was "[[GameBreaker a tad too overpowered]]". It's shown that Shinnojo, Iori and even Gama can, occasionally, resort to Dual Wielding. Outside of swordsmen, there are also Agon and Hakuryuu (dual-wield battle axes), [[{{Ninja}} Tsuchiryuu]] (chinese duck-bill Axes), [[BattleCouple Sekiryuu and Seirin]] with [[WhipItGood Iron Whips]] and also [[spoiler: [[AxeCrazy Muraku Matsumoto's]] secret weapon has him dual wielding [[EpicFlail two weighted chains at once]].]]
* ''Manga/GetterRobo'': Getter Robo G's Getter Dragon form dual-wields [[strike: battleaxes]]Getter Tomahawks for the Double Getter Tomahawk attack. It even ''throws'' them for the Double Tomahawk Boomerang! This goes double for Getter Robo Armageddon's Shin Dragon!
* Gintoki does this for a while against Housen in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. He his often seen dual-wielding in flash-backs to the Joi war. Nowadays this is something he use only against opponents against which even simply switching his [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter wooden-katana]] for [[LetsGetDangerous a real blade]] wouldn't be enough.
* Common in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series.
** Amuro Ray from the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', who would use both the Gundam's beam sabers on occasion. His perhaps most famous instance of doing so is during his duel with Zeon commander M'Quve in the Texas colony.
** From ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', Haman Khan and her Quebley often did this as well, mostly because the Quebley had no other equipment that required hands as it had no shield and all its other weapons were built in (or [[AttackDrone free-floating]]) so there was no loss in doing so. Paptimus Scirocco's The O is also notable in that it uses ''four'' arms in order to wield four sabers at once (two regular arms and two smaller retractable ones in its skirt armor).
** Sandrock in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' uses a pair of heat shotels -- a pair of very massive, and very heavy blades -- as its primary melee weapons. The redesigned version in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' has ''even bigger'' heat shotels, to the point that they're probably as heavy as Sandrock itself. It still dual-wields them.
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', Kira Yamato in the Freedom Gundam tends to dual wield his beam sabers when facing stronger opponents albeit at the cost of abandoning his shield. When he upgrades to the Strike Freedom -- which has beam shields built into its arms -- he can do this with no penalty. Yzak and Athrun are also prone to this.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'':
*** Setsuna does this all the time in his Exia (which actually has ''seven'' swords, but with only two arms it can't use them all at once).
*** The 00 Gundam can do this as well. Like the Exia, it can dual-wield beam swords but also can dual-wield a pair of similar sized solid swords that also act as a pair of laser rifles.
*** The absolute nadir of this trope is the Seravee variant that appears in the manga. It has three Seraphim units attached to its back, all of which are capable of fighting independently. When attached to Seravee, they can each pull out two arms, meaning that Seravee can wield a total of 10 beam sabers at once.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'': AGE's Asemu Asuno dual wields beam sabers as his favored combat style, against his father Flit's rifle in one hand and saber in the other, and his son Kio's using a two handed rifle. After he upgrades to the Double Bullet he gets beam sabers installed in the shoulders allowing him to quadruple wield. After the time skip as Captain Ash, his new Dark Hound dual wields a spear and saber.
* In ''Anime/GunXSword'', Dann of Thursday uses a massive katana with a detachable knife (or presumably a wakizashi) attached to the reverse side. Van uses it occasionally to take on multiple enemies, while a twin-bladed mauling (''Daitou Renzoku Kougeki'', or Greatsword Multiple Attack) is one of Dann's attacks in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''.
* ''Manga/HayateCrossBlade'' gives us Jun, the only student granted the right to use two swords; Shizuku, who wields her partner's sword sheath in addition to her own sword during the council battle; and Maki, who has not been shown Dual Wielding per se but can be inferred to have the ability to do so because of her ambidexterity.
* Father Anderson of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', Ciel of ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', and Kotomine of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' fight with thin swords held ''between their knuckles'', up to a total of six. (''Anime/MyOtome'' pokes fun at this by having Yukariko do it with chalk. In both that series and ''Anime/MyHime'', she often uses a bow and arrows.) This seems to be some kind of ChurchMilitant ability, as all three characters are associated with the Catholic Church (notably, the second two are members of [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} the same organization]], though vastly different rank).
* Commander Mary in ''Manga/KuroganePukapukaTai'' dual-wields a pair of (small) cutlasses.
* The title mech from ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron''. This is made notably less impressive when the soon-to-be-lancer starts quad wielding (and even then it has another sixteen swords to rely on), then there's Tsubaki-hime, that can dual wield ''chainsaws''.
* In the second season of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Fate's [[SwissArmyWeapon Bardiche]] was upgraded into Bardiche Assault and gained the Zamber Form, a {{BFS}}. By the third season, it has the ability to [[BifurcatedWeapon separate it into two halves]], effectively twin long swords. Other dual-wielders in the series include [[SmartGirl Teana]] with energy daggers/[[GunsAkimbo pistols]], [[ChurchMilitant Schach and Chantez]] with tonfas, [[HollywoodCyborg Deed]] with energy swords, and [[ActionMom Quint]] with {{Power Fist}}s ([[AncestralWeapon which were split between her daughters]]).
* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': The titular mecha wielded dual arm-blades.
* ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' can deploy two "Kaiser Blades" from its shoulders. By all appearances they're broadswords.
* And for some strange reason, the titular protagonist of ''Manga/MonsterPrincess'' does lots of this too. (Of course, she also wields chainsaws and jackhammers as befits the situation.)
* The anime of ''Manga/MurderPrincess'' often has the titular character dual-wielding a katana and a dagger.
* Akane Higurashi from ''Anime/MyHime'', wields a pair of tonfa as her personal weapon. In her case however it's totally justified; tonfa, being both offensive and defensive armaments, are one of those weapons which are ''intended'' to be dual-wielded even in real life.
* Midori from ''Anime/MyOtome'' carries a pair of swords which she draws from a ''single'' sheath (which really shouldn't work [[http://shiznat.webs.com/photos/Natsuki-Kruger-from-Episode-17/natsuki%20kruger%2017%20otome%2017.jpg given how long they are.]]
* Killer Bee, the 8-Tailed Jinchuriki in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' prefers using ''7 swords at once'', [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/8/81/Acrobat.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20150124180516 in a way that's so weird it's hard to describe]] (you are not seeing things; ''none'' of those swords are in either of his hands). He fights by [[SpinAttack spinning around like a buzzsaw]] and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks juggling his swords]], in case it wasn't absurd enough[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzzLmn7ffS8 His 7-sword fighting form starts at 8:33]][[/note]].
** It's so absurd and unpredictable that even the [[MagicEye Sharingan]] can't properly predict every attack.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** PunchClockVillain Tsukiyomi uses a dagger along with a katana.
** Kotaro has an ImagineSpot involving Chizuru dual wielding onions.
** Setsuna has her sword for her main hand and sixteen daggers for her off hand. Kaede often has a knife in both hands. Rakan's [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks artifact can be used in both hands]]. He'd still rather fight you [[BareFistedMonk unarmed]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Roronoa Zoro often ''triple-wields'' katanas, with one in each hand and one [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth in his]] ''[[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth mouth]]''. This being anime, of course, it's always quite effective, as absurd as it would be in real life. It goes even farther, however, with Zoro eventually learning to ''nonuple-wield'' -- that is, use nine swords at once, or at least create the appearance of this.
** Not long after meeting Zoro, and long before Zoro's nontuple-wielding, Captain Kuro is seen wearing gloves with katanas ''on each finger''. Combined with his incredible speed, he attempts to defeat Luffy, killing off or severely wounding most of his own crew, in order to carry out his master plan.
** Hatchan (an octopus fishman, meaning he has two legs and six arms to match an octopus's eight tentacles) uses six swords at once.
** [=CP9=] member Kaku uses two swords, and thanks to a special technique his legs act like blades making a total of four.
** Mr. 1 is literally made of steel and can make blades appear from his body.
** Flower Sword Vista of Whitebeard's crew is notable for actually using just two swords, not three or six. He is a very strong swordfighter, able to be recognized by Mihawk, the strongest swordsman in the world, who said that among swordsmen only a idiot wouldn't be familiar with Vista.
** Shiki the Golden Lion from the Strong World film also uses two swords. Though his are notably ''not'' katana, more resembling double edged sabers. He also uses them as makeshift legs and can cut apart lake-sized sections of water with them.
* In ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'', [[TheDragon Hy Shaltat]] uses twin axes when he fights.
* Sayaka Miki of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has a moment of this with her swords in episode 6.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** [[ImprobableWeaponUser The Hidden Weapons Master]] Mousse keeps a rather improbable number of weapons (bladed, blunt, piercing, etc.) hidden within his clothing and all over his body. A favorite intimidation tactic consists of him whipping up both his arms and displaying a frightening amount of blades from his giant sleeves, making it look like the swords and knives are his actual hands. And he's ''good'' at using them.
** Shampoo also regularly dual-wields chúi, large Chinese maces. These demonstrate her prodigious strength, as they are known to be unbelievably heavy and unwieldy, yet she swings them around like they were nothing.
** Kodachi has been shown to use multiple clubs at one time.
** Ukyo uses both her large spatula and smaller spatulas at one time, though the smaller ones can double as projectile attacks.
* One of the myriad forms of the [[MorphWeapon Ten Commandments]] in ''Manga/RaveMaster'' is Blue Crimson, which splits the weapon into two different swords: one of fire and one of ice. Interestingly enough, the hero finds it somewhat difficult to use because he's right-handed. Both Haru and Lucia of temporarily do this whenever they use Blue Crimson, as Lucia has the [[EvilKnockoff Decalogue]].
* Genkishi, the [[MasterSwordsman Phantom Knight]] of ''Manga/Reborn2004'' carries around four swords at this belt and usualy dual wields two of them. Adding on to this, Yamamoto Takeshi's box weapon is in possession of three swords, carried on its back. What makes this more interesting is that the box weapon is, in fact, a dog.
* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': The CyberNinja MasterSwordswoman Nelia fights using two blades, at first liquid-metal based blades held in place by force fields, and later LaserBlade ones in her MiniMecha.
* In the climax of the ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' {{OAV}}, Parn dual-wields [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil the Holy Sword of Valis and the Demon Sword Soulcrusher]] to shatter Kardis' barrier, in which Deedlit was imprisoned.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
** Nanami faces the Ohtori duels with a scimitar and curved dagger. [[spoiler: She only has the sword during her duel in the third arc, however; if you think of the sword/dagger combo as representing Touga and herself, then it makes sense as her relying purely on her own strength in that fight.]]
** Later, [[spoiler: her Stalker With A Crush Mitsuru Tsuwabuki "borrows" said sword and dagger in his Black Rose duel. And he's frighteningly good at using them.]]
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'':
** Shinomori Aoshi gets an upgrade to dual-kodachi disguised as a single nodachi [[http://cdn.sulitstatic.com/images/2011/1124/060729563_05572378579fdc8a212ae7cfe3a3d95096e67b7fb0e9fcf1e.jpg like this one]] the subterfuge befitting his onimitsu (ninja/spy) heritage.
** Aoshi's "mentor" Okina, wields a pair of tonfa (which is of course justified, see above).
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': Some of the weapons provided by the Gold Cloth of Libra, such as the tonfas and the nunchaku, are meant to be dual-wielded. The Andromeda Cloth also wields the [[EpicFlail Andromeda Chain]] -- one type of chain on each arm, and Shun can whip them out simultaneously to attack, unless the enemy requires more thoughtful tactics. Somehow, they never become entangled with one another, and Shun can wield them easily despite being the youngest, wispiest Saint ever.
* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'': Akira uses two katanas. [[spoiler:Later, during Akira's fight with Tokito, her sword splits into two swords.]]
* Kyuzo from ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' wields two katanas. ConservationOfNinjitsu never really comes up, but Kambei manages to defeat him (or at least hold him off) using his scabbard as an extra parrying weapon.
* Mifune from ''Manga/SoulEater'' carries multiple swords. Usually he uses one sword but he does multi-wield we he gets serious. Kid dual wields [[EquippableAlly guns]], and appears [[SuperOCD unable]] or at least ''very'' unwilling to use only one of the two.
* Tsunashi Takuto, the protagonist of ''Anime/StarDriver'', reveals that he is a dual-wielder in an IAmNotLeftHanded moment, specifically of swords. When piloting Tauburn, he dual-wields two "Star Swords" -- mecha-scale swords made of pure light/energy (the anime never goes out of its way to explain the composition of the weapons) -- Emeraude (green) and Saphir (blue).
** The finale reveals another dual wielder: [[spoiler:BigBad Head, who is also Takuto's father and learned his art under the same teacher (his father).]] Unlike Takuto, however, he has to use Star Swords connected to two different marks to achieve this, and, again unlike Takuto, is is also very competent with just one sword.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Viral has a mech that dual-wields katanas. [[spoiler:Later, he pilots a mech that ''quadruple-wields'' them, and LATER, he gives the Tengen Toppa form of Gurren Lagann the ability to create and dual-wield katanas.]]
** Gurren-Lagann is also seen dual-wielding giant sunglasses/boomerangs or drills for some of its attacks.
** Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann wields [[spoiler:''two Giga Drill Breakers'' in the final battle against the Anti-Spirals.]]
** In the second movie, ''The Lights in the Sky Are Stars'', [[spoiler:Viral's Tengen Toppa Gunmen, Tengen Toppa Enki Durga wields ''eleven swords'' ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and a club]])]].
* In ''Manga/{{Tokko}}'' Kureha wields a twin pair of daggers. In the Manga, Ranmaru gets two swords when he awakens his powers, but in the anime version he only gets one, but dual wields his and Sakura's swords in the final battle.
* Hatz from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' dual wields Katana. Except that one of them, the Sword That Flies Higher Than Any, really flies around and incepts attacks.
* In the final episode of ''Anime/TransformersArmada'', Optimus Prime breaks off Galvatron's horns and uses them as a pair of swords.
* Duke Fleed from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' also dual wielded using the twin scythes of his HumongousMecha, although usually he joined them to form the Double Harken, a double-edged SinisterScythe.
* Somewhat avoided in the Takehiko Inoue-drawn/written manga ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'', with two exceptions where it was acknowledged: Musashi used it as a reaction to being outnumbered by four senior disciples of the Yagyuu, and then he uses it to surprise the chain and sickle wielder Shishido Baiken (Tsujikaze Kouhei, who'd killed the original Baiken) and defeat him. Apparently, Musashi is the only character to dual-wield in the manga because he's so strong that dividing his strength between the two swords isn't a problem, as he proves when he uses a one-handed sword to break a katana held in both hands.
* In ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' the hero Thorfinn fights with a pair of daggers. Not particularly strange, pretty reasonable. Contrast that however with his first major opponent [[spoiler: and secret great uncle.]] Thorkell the Tall, who dual-wields axes. Not just any old normal sized axes, big mo' fo' great axes almost as big as the hero.
* Guitar, the [[MixAndMatchCritters dog/deer]] swordsmaster from ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'', wields at least four swords at once, holding a pair in a claw-like grip in each hand. He's murderously proficient with this style.
* ''Anime/VividredOperation'': An impromptu kendo match has Akane using twin swords against Wakaba.
* In ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', wielding two [[ArtifactofDoom Teigus]] is more or less considered impossible, due to the combined physical and mental strain placed upon the user being strong enough to [[HeroicRROD kill them in the process]]. That said, [[WorldsStrongestMan Esdeath]] notes that is ''technically'' possible if the Teigus in question are compatible to the user and said user can endure the strain. [[spoiler:Only one named character has ever succeeded in doing so: [[TokenGoodTeammate Wave]] of the Jaegers with [[PowerArmor Grand Chariot]] and his [[BequeathedPower dead friend Run's]] [[PowerGivesYouWings Mastema]]]].
* ''Manga/{{Angolmois}}'': On his second clash against Fuheng, Jinzaburou wields the fallen Onitakemaru's broken naginata along with his katana.
* In ''Manga/ArmedGirlsMachiavellism'', pushing [[spoiler:Mary]] to the limits means she grabs her scabbard to use as a second blade. While the scabbard doesn't cut, it helps her counter a much heavier sword, and being slammed in the face with a scabbard still hurts.
* Dual wielded swords are the standard issue weapon in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''; justified by how soldiers are not fighting against other human (or [[HumanoidAliens -like]]) beings with weapons but rather toweringly-humanoid Titans with Titans' weak point being a portion of flesh that requires two blades to cut away, rendering the risk of two swords getting tangled while using them in combat irrelevant. It has also been revealed that the [[spoiler: newest weapons of the survey corps]] , nicknamed [[spoiler: Thunder Spears]] , are also dual-wielded.
* Used for comedic purposes once in ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''. After Tomo accidentally lands a tray straight onto Yukari's face, cue RedEyesTakeWarning... and Yukari ''dual-wielding'' trays ''onto Tomo's head''.
* Chikuma Koshirou from ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' dual wields two kama scythes.
* In ''Manga/BlackButler'' Chapter 57, [[spoiler: [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Elizabeth Middleford]] is revealed to be a Dual Wielder. ''Who slays Zombies'']]
* In ''Manga/BlackClover'' Asta dual wields AntiMagic swords on occasion. Given the [[{{BFS}} size]] of his swords, this is no small feat.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Captains Shunsui Kyoraku and Jushiro Ukitake possess dual zanpakuto. Between them, Kyoraku is the only shinigami that dual-wields even when his zanpakuto is sealed due to the fact that it seals into the form of two swords. Ukitake's seals into the form of a single sword.
** Ggio Vega's release allows him to use three blades, one on each hand and one in his hair.
** Nnoitra Jiruga releases into a six-armed being that wields a weapon in each arm.
** In the final arc, a new dual wielder is revealed. [[spoiler: The true form of Ichigo's zanpakuto turns out to be two blades of differing lengths to accommodate his Soul Reaper power (the larger one) and his Quincy power (the smaller one).]]
* In the manhwa ''Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun'', Ha-Rhang Whur quad-wields Chinese longswords ''and'' their scabbards, in an attack style that resembles a Creator/CirqueDuSoleil juggling routine as much as it does Dual Wielding.
* Undine of the Twin Swords from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' is (of course) well known for the massive physical power that lets her use two standard issue {{BFS}}' at once. [[spoiler:Upon her demise, Deneve took up her blade and spent the TimeSkip learning to bulk herself up to pull the same trick.]]
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** Suzaku pulls off some dual-wielding in his mecha.
** Near the end of the series, Gino Weinberg's TransformingMecha Tristan is upgraded to the Tristan Divider, and its main weapons include a pair of swords [[spoiler: that used to be Bismarck Waldstein's mecha Galahad's {{BFS}}]].
** Rolo's prototype Vincent Knightmare had a pair of these that could combine into a double-bladed spear.
* Not weapons, but similar: in ''Manga/ComicGirls'', Tsubasa manages to triple-wield brushes in an attempt to increase her output when faced with a deadline.
* Kamika from ''Manga/CorpsePrincess'' fights with a pair of katanas.
* ''Manga/Cyborg009'': In the ''009 vs. Devilman'' OVA, 002 is able to wield two blasters at once.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' does this with pens. Just watch me L, [[MundaneMadeAwesome I'll solve equations with my right hand, and write names with my left.]]
* Kanda does this at one point in ''Manga/DGrayMan''.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Daipenmon]] dual-wields ''popsicles''. It even has a special attack for each of them -- Strawberry Death for the red one, and Blue Hawaiian Death for the blue one.
** Lobomon dual wields light sabers (which can be combined to one two bladed lightsaber darth maul style) and some other sword wielding Digimon like Karatenmon, Yasyamon, Vajramon and many others. A few like Dinohumon and Zanbamon wield two different types of blades at once.
** [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Korikakumon]] dual-wields axes, which he uses for a BladeSpam attack.
** [[WolfMan Shutmon]] wields a pair of giant, wrist-mounted scissor-blades that cause anything they cut to stop working plus another pair that he can wield normally. The ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters'' manga even shows him multi-wielding all four at once.
** [[HairRaisingHare Lamortmon]] wields two big curved swords, though he's just as likely to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown bludgeon]] hostile Digimon with them as he is to slash them.
* In the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' film Dead Zone, two of Garlic Jr.'s minions, Nicky and Ginger, are shown pulling two katana out of their own bodies. It's unknown whether or not Sansho had the same ability, as Piccolo killed him before he would have had the chance.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'' Erza dual-wields on occasion sometimes quad-wielding using her feet as well as multi-wielding with 200 swords at once.
* El Cid from ''Roleplay/FateNuovoGuerra'' dual wields swords, and as a bonus, creates {{Sword Beam}}s with them. NewTransferStudent Tetsuro dual wields ''[[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter shinai]]''.
* Although he does have a bow, and some ridiculously powerful {{Trick Arrow}}s, Archer from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' more often fights with two Chinese ''dao'', Kanshou and Bakuya. Later on, Shirou uses [[FunctionalMagic Projection magecraft]] to make copies for himself. (It's usually around this point that fans [[spoiler: start to wonder at the many similarities between Archer and Shiro]]...)
* In the ''VideoGame/FireEmblem: Sword of Seals'' manga, King Zephiel dual-wields [[spoiler: the {{BFG}} Exaccus and the InfinityPlusOneSword Sword of Seals!!]]
* In the ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' climax, [[spoiler: Naota]] dual wields two guitars in the final fight with [[spoiler: Haruko]] after absorbing Atomsk's power. [[spoiler: Wielding Atomsk's Gibson EB-0 in one hand and his own Flying V in the other.]]
* King Bradley does this in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', using two sabers at once. Sometimes he carries multiple extra swords, so that he can keep dual-wielding even if one or more of his swords get broken. This is also parodied in an {{omake}}, where King Bradley wields five sabers at once: one in each hand, one in each ear, and one in his ''ass''. Denied, his saber, he then dual-wields a set of trench knives.
* In ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'', the Souen School led by [[BloodKnight Nikaido Misaku]] specializes in Dual Wielding katana and wakizashi, a fighting style which is noted for being perfect for defense and even the author thought it was "[[GameBreaker a tad too overpowered]]". It's shown that Shinnojo, Iori and even Gama can, occasionally, resort to Dual Wielding. Outside of swordsmen, there are also Agon and Hakuryuu (dual-wield battle axes), [[{{Ninja}} Tsuchiryuu]] (chinese duck-bill Axes), [[BattleCouple Sekiryuu and Seirin]] with [[WhipItGood Iron Whips]] and also [[spoiler: [[AxeCrazy Muraku Matsumoto's]] secret weapon has him dual wielding [[EpicFlail two weighted chains at once]].]]
* ''Manga/GetterRobo'': Getter Robo G's Getter Dragon form dual-wields [[strike: battleaxes]]Getter Tomahawks for the Double Getter Tomahawk attack. It even ''throws'' them for the Double Tomahawk Boomerang! This goes double for Getter Robo Armageddon's Shin Dragon!
* Gintoki does this for a while against Housen in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. He his often seen dual-wielding in flash-backs to the Joi war. Nowadays this is something he use only against opponents against which even simply switching his [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter wooden-katana]] for [[LetsGetDangerous a real blade]] wouldn't be enough.
* Common in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series.
** Amuro Ray from the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', who would use both the Gundam's beam sabers on occasion. His perhaps most famous instance of doing so is during his duel with Zeon commander M'Quve in the Texas colony.
** From ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', Haman Khan and her Quebley often did this as well, mostly because the Quebley had no other equipment that required hands as it had no shield and all its other weapons were built in (or [[AttackDrone free-floating]]) so there was no loss in doing so. Paptimus Scirocco's The O is also notable in that it uses ''four'' arms in order to wield four sabers at once (two regular arms and two smaller retractable ones in its skirt armor).
** Sandrock in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' uses a pair of heat shotels -- a pair of very massive, and very heavy blades -- as its primary melee weapons. The redesigned version in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' has ''even bigger'' heat shotels, to the point that they're probably as heavy as Sandrock itself. It still dual-wields them.
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', Kira Yamato in the Freedom Gundam tends to dual wield his beam sabers when facing stronger opponents albeit at the cost of abandoning his shield. When he upgrades to the Strike Freedom -- which has beam shields built into its arms -- he can do this with no penalty. Yzak and Athrun are also prone to this.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'':
*** Setsuna does this all the time in his Exia (which actually has ''seven'' swords, but with only two arms it can't use them all at once).
*** The 00 Gundam can do this as well. Like the Exia, it can dual-wield beam swords but also can dual-wield a pair of similar sized solid swords that also act as a pair of laser rifles.
*** The absolute nadir of this trope is the Seravee variant that appears in the manga. It has three Seraphim units attached to its back, all of which are capable of fighting independently. When attached to Seravee, they can each pull out two arms, meaning that Seravee can wield a total of 10 beam sabers at once.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'': AGE's Asemu Asuno dual wields beam sabers as his favored combat style, against his father Flit's rifle in one hand and saber in the other, and his son Kio's using a two handed rifle. After he upgrades to the Double Bullet he gets beam sabers installed in the shoulders allowing him to quadruple wield. After the time skip as Captain Ash, his new Dark Hound dual wields a spear and saber.
* In ''Anime/GunXSword'', Dann of Thursday uses a massive katana with a detachable knife (or presumably a wakizashi) attached to the reverse side. Van uses it occasionally to take on multiple enemies, while a twin-bladed mauling (''Daitou Renzoku Kougeki'', or Greatsword Multiple Attack) is one of Dann's attacks in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''.
* ''Manga/HayateCrossBlade'' gives us Jun, the only student granted the right to use two swords; Shizuku, who wields her partner's sword sheath in addition to her own sword during the council battle; and Maki, who has not been shown Dual Wielding per se but can be inferred to have the ability to do so because of her ambidexterity.
* Father Anderson of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', Ciel of ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', and Kotomine of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' fight with thin swords held ''between their knuckles'', up to a total of six. (''Anime/MyOtome'' pokes fun at this by having Yukariko do it with chalk. In both that series and ''Anime/MyHime'', she often uses a bow and arrows.) This seems to be some kind of ChurchMilitant ability, as all three characters are associated with the Catholic Church (notably, the second two are members of [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} the same organization]], though vastly different rank).
* Commander Mary in ''Manga/KuroganePukapukaTai'' dual-wields a pair of (small) cutlasses.
* The title mech from ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron''. This is made notably less impressive when the soon-to-be-lancer starts quad wielding (and even then it has another sixteen swords to rely on), then there's Tsubaki-hime, that can dual wield ''chainsaws''.
* In the second season of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Fate's [[SwissArmyWeapon Bardiche]] was upgraded into Bardiche Assault and gained the Zamber Form, a {{BFS}}. By the third season, it has the ability to [[BifurcatedWeapon separate it into two halves]], effectively twin long swords. Other dual-wielders in the series include [[SmartGirl Teana]] with energy daggers/[[GunsAkimbo pistols]], [[ChurchMilitant Schach and Chantez]] with tonfas, [[HollywoodCyborg Deed]] with energy swords, and [[ActionMom Quint]] with {{Power Fist}}s ([[AncestralWeapon which were split between her daughters]]).
* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': The titular mecha wielded dual arm-blades.
* ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' can deploy two "Kaiser Blades" from its shoulders. By all appearances they're broadswords.
* And for some strange reason, the titular protagonist of ''Manga/MonsterPrincess'' does lots of this too. (Of course, she also wields chainsaws and jackhammers as befits the situation.)
* The anime of ''Manga/MurderPrincess'' often has the titular character dual-wielding a katana and a dagger.
* Akane Higurashi from ''Anime/MyHime'', wields a pair of tonfa as her personal weapon. In her case however it's totally justified; tonfa, being both offensive and defensive armaments, are one of those weapons which are ''intended'' to be dual-wielded even in real life.
* Midori from ''Anime/MyOtome'' carries a pair of swords which she draws from a ''single'' sheath (which really shouldn't work [[http://shiznat.webs.com/photos/Natsuki-Kruger-from-Episode-17/natsuki%20kruger%2017%20otome%2017.jpg given how long they are.]]
* Killer Bee, the 8-Tailed Jinchuriki in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' prefers using ''7 swords at once'', [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/8/81/Acrobat.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20150124180516 in a way that's so weird it's hard to describe]] (you are not seeing things; ''none'' of those swords are in either of his hands). He fights by [[SpinAttack spinning around like a buzzsaw]] and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks juggling his swords]], in case it wasn't absurd enough[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzzLmn7ffS8 His 7-sword fighting form starts at 8:33]][[/note]].
** It's so absurd and unpredictable that even the [[MagicEye Sharingan]] can't properly predict every attack.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** PunchClockVillain Tsukiyomi uses a dagger along with a katana.
** Kotaro has an ImagineSpot involving Chizuru dual wielding onions.
** Setsuna has her sword for her main hand and sixteen daggers for her off hand. Kaede often has a knife in both hands. Rakan's [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks artifact can be used in both hands]]. He'd still rather fight you [[BareFistedMonk unarmed]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Roronoa Zoro often ''triple-wields'' katanas, with one in each hand and one [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth in his]] ''[[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth mouth]]''. This being anime, of course, it's always quite effective, as absurd as it would be in real life. It goes even farther, however, with Zoro eventually learning to ''nonuple-wield'' -- that is, use nine swords at once, or at least create the appearance of this.
** Not long after meeting Zoro, and long before Zoro's nontuple-wielding, Captain Kuro is seen wearing gloves with katanas ''on each finger''. Combined with his incredible speed, he attempts to defeat Luffy, killing off or severely wounding most of his own crew, in order to carry out his master plan.
** Hatchan (an octopus fishman, meaning he has two legs and six arms to match an octopus's eight tentacles) uses six swords at once.
** [=CP9=] member Kaku uses two swords, and thanks to a special technique his legs act like blades making a total of four.
** Mr. 1 is literally made of steel and can make blades appear from his body.
** Flower Sword Vista of Whitebeard's crew is notable for actually using just two swords, not three or six. He is a very strong swordfighter, able to be recognized by Mihawk, the strongest swordsman in the world, who said that among swordsmen only a idiot wouldn't be familiar with Vista.
** Shiki the Golden Lion from the Strong World film also uses two swords. Though his are notably ''not'' katana, more resembling double edged sabers. He also uses them as makeshift legs and can cut apart lake-sized sections of water with them.
* In ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'', [[TheDragon Hy Shaltat]] uses twin axes when he fights.
* Sayaka Miki of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has a moment of this with her swords in episode 6.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** [[ImprobableWeaponUser The Hidden Weapons Master]] Mousse keeps a rather improbable number of weapons (bladed, blunt, piercing, etc.) hidden within his clothing and all over his body. A favorite intimidation tactic consists of him whipping up both his arms and displaying a frightening amount of blades from his giant sleeves, making it look like the swords and knives are his actual hands. And he's ''good'' at using them.
** Shampoo also regularly dual-wields chúi, large Chinese maces. These demonstrate her prodigious strength, as they are known to be unbelievably heavy and unwieldy, yet she swings them around like they were nothing.
** Kodachi has been shown to use multiple clubs at one time.
** Ukyo uses both her large spatula and smaller spatulas at one time, though the smaller ones can double as projectile attacks.
* One of the myriad forms of the [[MorphWeapon Ten Commandments]] in ''Manga/RaveMaster'' is Blue Crimson, which splits the weapon into two different swords: one of fire and one of ice. Interestingly enough, the hero finds it somewhat difficult to use because he's right-handed. Both Haru and Lucia of temporarily do this whenever they use Blue Crimson, as Lucia has the [[EvilKnockoff Decalogue]].
* Genkishi, the [[MasterSwordsman Phantom Knight]] of ''Manga/Reborn2004'' carries around four swords at this belt and usualy dual wields two of them. Adding on to this, Yamamoto Takeshi's box weapon is in possession of three swords, carried on its back. What makes this more interesting is that the box weapon is, in fact, a dog.
* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': The CyberNinja MasterSwordswoman Nelia fights using two blades, at first liquid-metal based blades held in place by force fields, and later LaserBlade ones in her MiniMecha.
* In the climax of the ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' {{OAV}}, Parn dual-wields [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil the Holy Sword of Valis and the Demon Sword Soulcrusher]] to shatter Kardis' barrier, in which Deedlit was imprisoned.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
** Nanami faces the Ohtori duels with a scimitar and curved dagger. [[spoiler: She only has the sword during her duel in the third arc, however; if you think of the sword/dagger combo as representing Touga and herself, then it makes sense as her relying purely on her own strength in that fight.]]
** Later, [[spoiler: her Stalker With A Crush Mitsuru Tsuwabuki "borrows" said sword and dagger in his Black Rose duel. And he's frighteningly good at using them.]]
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'':
** Shinomori Aoshi gets an upgrade to dual-kodachi disguised as a single nodachi [[http://cdn.sulitstatic.com/images/2011/1124/060729563_05572378579fdc8a212ae7cfe3a3d95096e67b7fb0e9fcf1e.jpg like this one]] the subterfuge befitting his onimitsu (ninja/spy) heritage.
** Aoshi's "mentor" Okina, wields a pair of tonfa (which is of course justified, see above).
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': Some of the weapons provided by the Gold Cloth of Libra, such as the tonfas and the nunchaku, are meant to be dual-wielded. The Andromeda Cloth also wields the [[EpicFlail Andromeda Chain]] -- one type of chain on each arm, and Shun can whip them out simultaneously to attack, unless the enemy requires more thoughtful tactics. Somehow, they never become entangled with one another, and Shun can wield them easily despite being the youngest, wispiest Saint ever.
* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'': Akira uses two katanas. [[spoiler:Later, during Akira's fight with Tokito, her sword splits into two swords.]]
* Kyuzo from ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' wields two katanas. ConservationOfNinjitsu never really comes up, but Kambei manages to defeat him (or at least hold him off) using his scabbard as an extra parrying weapon.
* Mifune from ''Manga/SoulEater'' carries multiple swords. Usually he uses one sword but he does multi-wield we he gets serious. Kid dual wields [[EquippableAlly guns]], and appears [[SuperOCD unable]] or at least ''very'' unwilling to use only one of the two.
* Tsunashi Takuto, the protagonist of ''Anime/StarDriver'', reveals that he is a dual-wielder in an IAmNotLeftHanded moment, specifically of swords. When piloting Tauburn, he dual-wields two "Star Swords" -- mecha-scale swords made of pure light/energy (the anime never goes out of its way to explain the composition of the weapons) -- Emeraude (green) and Saphir (blue).
** The finale reveals another dual wielder: [[spoiler:BigBad Head, who is also Takuto's father and learned his art under the same teacher (his father).]] Unlike Takuto, however, he has to use Star Swords connected to two different marks to achieve this, and, again unlike Takuto, is is also very competent with just one sword.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Viral has a mech that dual-wields katanas. [[spoiler:Later, he pilots a mech that ''quadruple-wields'' them, and LATER, he gives the Tengen Toppa form of Gurren Lagann the ability to create and dual-wield katanas.]]
** Gurren-Lagann is also seen dual-wielding giant sunglasses/boomerangs or drills for some of its attacks.
** Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann wields [[spoiler:''two Giga Drill Breakers'' in the final battle against the Anti-Spirals.]]
** In the second movie, ''The Lights in the Sky Are Stars'', [[spoiler:Viral's Tengen Toppa Gunmen, Tengen Toppa Enki Durga wields ''eleven swords'' ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and a club]])]].
* In ''Manga/{{Tokko}}'' Kureha wields a twin pair of daggers. In the Manga, Ranmaru gets two swords when he awakens his powers, but in the anime version he only gets one, but dual wields his and Sakura's swords in the final battle.
* Hatz from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' dual wields Katana. Except that one of them, the Sword That Flies Higher Than Any, really flies around and incepts attacks.
* In the final episode of ''Anime/TransformersArmada'', Optimus Prime breaks off Galvatron's horns and uses them as a pair of swords.
* Duke Fleed from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' also dual wielded using the twin scythes of his HumongousMecha, although usually he joined them to form the Double Harken, a double-edged SinisterScythe.
* Somewhat avoided in the Takehiko Inoue-drawn/written manga ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'', with two exceptions where it was acknowledged: Musashi used it as a reaction to being outnumbered by four senior disciples of the Yagyuu, and then he uses it to surprise the chain and sickle wielder Shishido Baiken (Tsujikaze Kouhei, who'd killed the original Baiken) and defeat him. Apparently, Musashi is the only character to dual-wield in the manga because he's so strong that dividing his strength between the two swords isn't a problem, as he proves when he uses a one-handed sword to break a katana held in both hands.
* In ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' the hero Thorfinn fights with a pair of daggers. Not particularly strange, pretty reasonable. Contrast that however with his first major opponent [[spoiler: and secret great uncle.]] Thorkell the Tall, who dual-wields axes. Not just any old normal sized axes, big mo' fo' great axes almost as big as the hero.
* Guitar, the [[MixAndMatchCritters dog/deer]] swordsmaster from ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'', wields at least four swords at once, holding a pair in a claw-like grip in each hand. He's murderously proficient with this style.
* ''Anime/VividredOperation'': An impromptu kendo match has Akane using twin swords against Wakaba.
