[quote=@MelonHead]
The one thing the Japanese overlooked, shields.

Still have no idea why. 

Well, I have some idea why, but I'm still not wholly convinced. 
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They don't have good hand guards on their Katanas either. They look nice but I'm fond of cross guards.

I was thinking it might be stereotypical to have a modern day native American-like character still using a bow and arrow in modern society because people would think she's primative or something. However, her bow is specially infused with a spirit and passed down through generations so it makes sense to still be using it. She's from an alternate reality or another world where her tribe survived colonilization through great infinity and a group of heros, one of which used her bow.