Talk:Cao Cao

Interesting topic
"Who is stronger: Oda Nobunaga or Cao Cao?" That is the question asked to online Chinese users. Here's the original thread, but this article translated some responses to Japanese too. A lot of support for Cao Cao though the reasons his supporters give are a little interesting.

I wouldn't know who would be the better of the two since I believe both of them died well before their time. Had they lived another five or ten years, the world might've been a completely different place. Sake neko 06:19, April 15, 2011 (UTC)

Approximate Face Composite
http://news.qq.com/a/20140714/044153.htm http://youtu.be/fR2SYp250-0

Although I usually don't care for it, this raised an eyebrow for me. "Cao Cao's face" is compiled from DNA of nine descendants and is being boasted as the "first glimpse of a hero!" or some other nonsense. Supposedly his "face" loosely matches written descriptions of his profile. Hard to say if it's believable, but it's an interesting concept and attempt if nothing else. Sake neko (talk) 07:25, July 16, 2014 (UTC)

Expanding info from the novel...
So it just occured to me that the page only mentions Cao Cao's involvement in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel, as far as why he invaded Xu Province. Are we not going to put down the other events was in like how he barely escaped from Chibi upon encountareing Guan Yu along the way? or is it just much too much for one page?ThaGreatStratagiest (talk) 01:24, June 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * It's more willpower, commitment, and free time to write it out than anything else. Like the other unfinished or empty sections on this wiki really. If you wish to do it, then go ahead. Sake neko (talk) 01:34, June 27, 2015 (UTC)

Cao Cao Sword theory
I think I realized why the "Blue/Azure Band" sword has a different character reading as "Azure Crimson". Maybe Omega Force actually took into account that the original Azure Band Sword was stolen by Zhao Yun and thus up to DW7, given to Liu Shan. Because of this, maybe his 5th and Strength weapon are replacement swords made in a similar style to his missing one? It's still a far-fetched theory though, and I think Omega Force wouldn't give the Azure Band Sword a different character by one for nothing. SneaselSawashiro (talk) 05:24, February 4, 2016 (UTC)

Also from here: http://the-scholars.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23120, I found out that his Heavenly Sword is indeed literally named the "Leaning Heaven Sword"; the "no" possessive particle in the Japanese name was an aesthetic I suppose. Looks like my guess on it being a "nod to Cao Cao's luck with heaven" was flat-out wrong; the sword was already long named "Yitian/Iten" in the first place. SneaselSawashiro (talk) 05:27, February 4, 2016 (UTC)
 * Look. You could have yourself a lot of guesswork in the first place by looking at the Chinese Romance of the Three Kingdoms yourself. Go here, Control + F this: 倚天. Bang, there it is. If the reference is that direct, it ain't hard to look it up yourself nowadays. Sake neko (talk) 15:28, February 4, 2016 (UTC)