Talk:Bayonetta (game)/@comment-25110963-20140715065313/@comment-1661895-20140715122209

In the Witchcraft documentary that came with the Eyes Of Bayonetta artbook, Hideki Kamiya basically explains how it's a feminine twist on a bayonet, the short blade at the end of some rifles. They felt it fit with the style of fighting that Bayonetta uses of striking the enemy with her guns, just like a bayonet.