Onion Blade (オニオンブレード, Onion Burēdo?) is a recurring weapon in the Final Fantasy series. It is part of onion equipment set, associated with the Onion Knight job.
Appearances
Final Fantasy III
Template:Sideicon Onion Blade is a weapon in the 3D remakes, being the third strongest sword below the Ultima Weapon and Onion Sword, and can be used by the Onion Knight. It provides 150 Attack and +7 to all stats, and can be obtained by visiting the Legendary Smith with a Job Level 99 Onion Knight in the party.
Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
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Final Fantasy Record Keeper
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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
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Etymology
onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is used as a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.
TheIn a 2020 Famitsu interview with Koichi Ishii and Hiromichi Tanaka about Final Fantasy III, Tanaka stated that he created the term "Onion Knight" after seeing Ishii's character design for the job, likening the shape of its helmet's large, white plume to that of an onion.[1]
Fans had previously speculated that "Onion Knight" refers to the Japanese metaphoric idiom "peeling away one layer at a time and crying all the way" (referring to poverty) or from the slang phrase "to know one's onions" (meaning to be very versatile).
- ↑ "『FF3』30周年で訊く、開発秘話ミニインタビュー。ジョブデザインや魔剣士、たまねぎ剣士の秘密も" by Famitsu (2020), translated into English in "The Origin of Final Fantasy’s Onion Knight (Translated Interview)" by Lost in Localization (2022)