word of advice ! This clause contains spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : The Last Ronin - Lost Years # 3Michelangeloclaimed the weapons of all three of his fallen buddy inThe Last Ronin , though he also bring a few original , upgrade weapon to the table as well , and now , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfinally reveals where he got arguably his coolest one ( along with the secret link it has with all of his buddy ) .

While Michelangelo never gave up his nunchucks – just as he never abandoned his brothers ’ original weapons – he added more than a few others to his arsenal , including the one being discussed today : Mikey ’s tonfa . Traditionally , tonfa are exert in pair ( as Mikey does ) and are wooden sticks with perpendicular grip . A warlike artist will hold the grip with the farseeing end of the tonfa run up their forearm , with the option to flip out them around for attack . Its defensive capabilities are as proficient as its offensive , as it of course protect against justificative wounding while offering firm manoeuvrability and heavily striking . While this weapon is ideal for a warrior as skilled as Michelangelo as - is , Mikey was seen inThe Last Roninusing tonfa that were electrify . Now , fans finally know where he got those magnificent piece offuturisticTMNTweaponry .

Michelangelo Blindly Chose His Tonfa, Because of His TMNT Brothers

InTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : The Last Ronin - Lost Years#3 by Kevin Eastman , Tom Waltz , SL Gallant , and Ben Bishop , Michelangelo is tracking a warmongering warrior calling himself Death Worm who ’s amassed a large following across Japan . Some of his follower attacked Michelangelo , which put the Ninja Turtle on their microwave radar , though the attack left Michelangelo ineffectual to see . Mikey made it his military mission to eliminate Death Worm and his integral gang , despite his apparently permanent combat injury . On that mission , he came across a small village of masses who also opposed Death Worm , but in a more pacifistic way . Upon link up them , Mikey learned how to see without his eyes , using his other senses to paint a characterization of his environment in his head . When it came time for Michelangelo to launch a strike against Death Worm , the normally pacifistic villagers brought him to their arsenal ( as they were but counterbalance to furiousness , not unprepared for it ) . When the chest of weapon system was unfold , Michelangelo sensed there were mostly guns inside , though he did smell a hum of electricity . He reached into the chest and pulled out the now - iconic tonfa .

Michelangelo describes being attract to the tonfa in the chest because the flavour and sound of them prompt him of Donatello ’s science laboratory . AsTMNTfans are well aware of , Donatello does machines(or , at least he did ) , and he was always flux traditional and technological weapons in interesting way . Michelangelo ’s love for Donnie drew him to his young favorite weapon , though it was n’t just the memory of Donnie that guided his hand in this decision . Upon seeing all the gun in the chest , Michelangelo like a shot retrieve what Raphael always said about gas pedal , that they were ‘ wimp weapons ’ . After Mikey pushed past the cluster of guns , following the familiar hum of the electrified tonfa , he immediately got to play with them , focusing and mastering the art of their custom in no time at all , displaying a level of determined training that would have made Leonardo lofty .

On the surface , the story of how Michelangelo induce his Last Ronin tonfa is he was given them by the members of a passive village pushed to warfare , but on a deeper level , it was his buddy who introduce him to this new weapon system . The elan of the weapon system remind him of Donatello , the distractions ring the artillery were crystallize by Raphael , and the subsequent mastery of the weapon was in honor of Leonardo . Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesreveals the origin ofMichelangelo’sLast Roninweapon , an line of descent that lie with the memory of his fallen brothers themselves .

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : The Last Ronin - Lost Years # 3by IDW Publishing is available now .

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TMNT Last Ronin: Michelangelo training with his tonfa, with a rural scene and mountains in the background.

TMNT Last Ronin: Michelangelo finding his tonfa.

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