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Why did Amanto ban the use of swords at all when they had already defeated the
Samurai with swords? What threat do they have even if the Samurais have their
swords since they are already stronger than them (Samurais)? If they allow
wooden swords which are also destructive when used by the existing Samurais,
then how would sword ban do any good? The anime only says 'sword ban' was
enforced but no plausible explanation was given as to why.


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Why the Sword Ban?


The Sword Ban was enacted because they feared of the Samurai's ferociousness.
During the Amanto War, although the Samurai's main weapon is sword, they
managed to deal massive damage, especially the group lead by Sakata
"Shiroyasha" Gintoki, Katsura "Runaway" Kotarou, Takasugi Shinsuke, Sakamoto
"The Dragon of Katsurahama" Tatsuma. The main reason behind the Sword Ban is
to prevent heavy casualties on the Amanto's side.

It also has to do with the way the Samurai wage war. They do a guerrilla
warfare, making complete obliteration hard to achieve. The current Jouishishi
also performed their terrorism in cities populated with both Earthling and
Amanto where the use of heavy artillery is out of option. While guns and
artilleries have both range and power, they are less useful than a sword in a
close combat, especially when used by skilled fighter.

Thus, we have the sword ban to ensure peace to a certain degree. They even
created the bakufu's lapdog, the Shinsengumi and the Mimawarigumi, compromised
of former samurais to ensure that the said samurais won't turn into another
Joui factions.

Edit: About the Wooden Sword, it was also prohibited. The
Cheetah/Leopard/whatever it was amanto in episode 3 of the anime asked Gin who
the hell he was for defying the sword ban.

Edit2: Most people in Gintama uses steel swords (see the Shinsengumi, Yagyuu
Kyuubei, the Jouishishi, etc). The only one that uses wooden sword in real
combat is Gin-chan. Why do Gin-chan uses wooden sword? If you try asking this
to him, he'll probably answer with it makes him looking more badass and more
recognizable, which is important since he is the main-protagonist. You can see
the episodes about Gintaman to confirm this. See the "n" there. It is not a
typo. There is the episode where Gin-chan meets the editor or JUMP in a train
and then later helps him devoping Gintaman. Besides, he bought the sword from
TV shopping anyway.


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