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<p>There are no guns or bombs in the Feudal Era or in the Medieval Era, are there?</p>
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<p><strong>Yes there were.</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchlock" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Matchlock guns</a> were invented in 1411 and introduced to Japan by the Portuguese in 1543. The guns seen in the first two screenshots are a specific type of matchlock gun called the <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanegashima_(gun)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tanegashima</a></em>, which was widely used during the Sengoku era. The six-barreled gun in the third screenshot looks like a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volley_gun" rel="nofollow noreferrer">volley gun</a>, which was also a 15th-century invention; I'm unsure whether these were also used during the Sengoku era but it's entirely possible.</p>
<p>Handheld bombs of the type depicted in the fourth screenshot <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb#History" rel="nofollow noreferrer">have been in use since the <em>11th</em> century</a>; the Mongols used them during their 13th-century invasion of Japan. Again, I'm unsure how widespread their use was during the Sengoku era, but they're definitely not anachronistic; the Japanese would have known how to build them.</p>
<p>Rather than Anachronism Stew, I would chalk this up to another trope: <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsUnrealistic" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reality is Unrealistic</a>. The common perception of Sengoku-era samurai is that they only used swords, so seeing them use anything else can look anachronistic, even if they actually <em>did</em> use gunpowder weapons quite extensively.</p>

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<p>Hmmmm..... Why are there guns &amp; bombs in the Feudal Era on Inuyasha?</p>
<p>Guns &amp; Bombs (from Inuyasha)
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<p>Resources - From <a href="https://imfdb.org/wiki/InuYasha" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
<p>There are no guns or bombs in the Feudal Era or in the Medieval Era, are there?</p>
<p>I know Technology can progress differently in fantasy worlds, but doesn't that seem anachronistic?</p>
<p>Like these examples on TV tropes <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnachronismStew" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnachronismStew</a></p>
<p>Plus, it's really hard to imagine how technology progresses in Medieval Fantasy worlds and High Fantasies, isn't it? So how exactly can Technology progress differently in the Medieval Era (or Middle Ages)?</p>

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Why are there guns & bombs in the Feudal Era on Inuyasha?
# Why are there guns & bombs in the Feudal Era on Inuyasha?
Posted by: username_0 on 2024-06-10
Hmmmm..... Why are there guns & bombs in the Feudal Era on Inuyasha?

Guns & Bombs (from Inuyasha)
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Resources - From [here](https://imfdb.org/wiki/InuYasha).

There are no guns or bombs in the Feudal Era or in the Medieval Era, are there?

I know Technology can progress differently in fantasy worlds, but doesn't that seem anachronistic?

Like these examples on TV tropes <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnachronismStew>

Plus, it's really hard to imagine how technology progresses in Medieval Fantasy worlds and High Fantasies, isn't it? So how exactly can Technology progress differently in the Medieval Era (or Middle Ages)?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2024-06-10. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
> There are no guns or bombs in the Feudal Era or in the Medieval Era, are there?

**Yes there were.**

[Matchlock guns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchlock) were invented in 1411 and introduced to Japan by the Portuguese in 1543. The guns seen in the first two screenshots are a specific type of matchlock gun called the *[tanegashima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanegashima_(gun))*, which was widely used during the Sengoku era. The six-barreled gun in the third screenshot looks like a [volley gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volley_gun), which was also a 15th-century invention; I'm unsure whether these were also used during the Sengoku era but it's entirely possible.

Handheld bombs of the type depicted in the fourth screenshot [have been in use since the *11th* century](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb#History); the Mongols used them during their 13th-century invasion of Japan. Again, I'm unsure how widespread their use was during the Sengoku era, but they're definitely not anachronistic; the Japanese would have known how to build them.

Rather than Anachronism Stew, I would chalk this up to another trope: [Reality is Unrealistic](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsUnrealistic). The common perception of Sengoku-era samurai is that they only used swords, so seeing them use anything else can look anachronistic, even if they actually *did* use gunpowder weapons quite extensively.
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