@TheManBuck: Possession of an assault rifle in Japan is a significant felony anyway, so I doubt any legal restrictions on removing the stock are bothering Toriko here. The inability to remove the barrel without workshop tools is surprising, however.
The girls make a habit throughout this...
@TheManBuck: Seems like it would be very hard to clean if the weapon can't be disassembled further than that. Unfortunately my google searches for disassembling AK-101s all end up with AK47 results instead. :/
@Beer_Kitty: Yes they did. They cited the difficulty and time requirements as reasons why: the novel chapters are full of technical stuff that makes translations more time-consuming. Also, they wanted to work on the manga instead.
That said, never fear, another group has picked the novel...
@twinklecake: The design drawn here doesn't match the one in the novel. While the basic rapier design and the handguard are the same, the novel cover shows that the star-shaped section for the spirit stones is an integral part of the hilt. Basically, right below the crossguard the hilt itself is...
Yeah, Kozakura really could use a good friend to stay with her and help her through this. Unfortunately, all she's got are these two weirdness-magnets instead. Even if they were willing to stick around to keep her company and such, they might just draw in more of the very sort of trouble that...
Hey now, there are blue magical girls who aren't the cool character. Heartcatch Precure and Happiness Charge Precure had blues that were total spazzes, just for example. In both those cases it was the purples who took on the cool role.