Say what you want about YouTubers, but they know how to spend their money. We’ve seen Internet video stars invest their earnings in a relocated Battlebot, a hovercraft bar, a very big balloon, and a grenade complete with the ATM in which it was thrown. Now we have Allen Pan from the YouTube channel Advanced enough, a guy who decided that the best use of his pandemic the stimulus check is to buy a robotic exoskeleton so that he can try to wield a giant anime-style sword.
In a video documenting this decision, Pan causes a welder to create a 50 pound sword modeled after the one used by Cloud in Final Fantasy VII. Since the distribution of that weight makes it impossible for most non-cartoon people to actually use the thing with any kind of martial grace, Pan decides he needs a little help. So, he buys a used camera stabilizer exoskeleton for $ 900, the idea inspired by the overalls used by the characters in Limit of tomorrowin order to manage your huge sword.
Pan modifies the suit to better absorb the extra weight, ties an elastic cord in the center of the sword, then, finally, is able to lift his absurd weapon well enough that he can use it to beat the hell out of a television. “I have the power of God and anime by my side! ”Pan screams in triumph.
Still, the sword Iit’s weird enough for Pan to use, even with his exoskeleton, that he decides to see how his ingenuity compares to the natural strength of a big, muscular guy. He recruits a huge guy who can use the giant sword to crush watermelons, coconuts and an entire table with the blade.
Is this all ridiculous? Right! But we think it’s much better for Pan to use his money and fame to investigate ways for all of us to become taciturn environmental terrorists ready to retake the planet from corporations of evil than anything some other YouTubers get up for.
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