Talk:Shoukaku/@comment-26293410-20150916025549/@comment-26460664-20150923093951

Looks like i'm right about the Yumi bow and the repeating crossbow. Shoukaku now retains the traditional weapon, the bow. Kai Ni version of Shoukaku's bow also has certain changes to it when i compare both picture.

The 'chukonu' or the repeating crossbow is a chinese invention. I just went into wikipedia for a quicklook, there is no record of its used by japanese except the koreans and chinese. I still have no idea how it ended up into Taihou's hand except for its simplicity. I could be wrong though.