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| - Jerry stopped powering the artifact in preparation for his death. Sarah was the first character to use these in the comic. Susan was later revealed to have taught her how to use them; she in turn learned the technique from the French Immortals on her trip to France with Nanase. She is the most proficient with the hammers, being able to use three of them at the same time while carrying a lunch tray and earning the nickname Hammer Queen. Since then, they have been used by Elliot (while in Female Variant 5 form), Amanda, and Gillian (while in human form). The Hammers' intent, according to Jerry, was to encourage inappropriate comments from men by providing women with a tangible but ultimately harmless counterattack. As such, the hammers cause a painful, stunning blow, but do not cause any lasting damage; meaning men wouldn't feel like they were going unpunished for their comments and women wouldn't feel degraded by them since they had a counterattack. Despite being designed to be harmless, the Hammers can significantly slow some monsters down, which is why the French Immortals taught Susan and Nanase about their use when preparing them to fight the monster in France. The hammers do not work against women. Jerry never explicitly explains why this is, nor do the characters speculate. Susan regained the ability to use the hammers when she awakened due to her anger at Jerry for his reasons for creating them. Now, however, they are her own spell and she can use them however she sees fit.
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