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I am not aware of any sword of that length as you would have to reach 4 feet above your head just to get it out of the scabbard :)
No Dachi , Tetsubo, is equal a spear.
But how do you grip a no dachi? Both hands close together on the hilt I assume. Meanwhile with a spear you can have a much sturdier grip with the hands further apart. You might be able to point with a no dachi like a spear and it might be close in length, but can it absorb a frontal hit like a spear could? A spear is alot better against cav charging into your formation. With a long spear you can even stick one end into the ground and hold it up with both hands at an angle. Cav charging into that spear will get impaled. Cant do the same with a no dachi.
This isnt about length. Spears are made for thrusting and can absorb blows from the front, while no dachis can not to the same extend.
Those hands are still closer together than with a spear. Dont kid yourself. Also the hilt of a sword is at one end of the weapon meaning you hold the sword at one end. Meanwhile you can hold a spear in the middle giving you a much better grip for thrusting and shock absorption. Also the weight of the weapon isnt dragging you down as much when holding it more at the center, which lets you adjust where your pointing at faster. Cant believe I have to actually argue spear vs two hand sword against cav. The answer should be self evident.
Just because they were used a few times successfully doesnt mean they are better than spears. Historically spears were used against cav almost all the time.
https://www.swordsofnorthshire.com/blogs/theblade/odachi-vs-nodachi
You compensating for something or why is your only argument "it is long...very long"?
Also owning a weapon clearly doesnt make you an expert about it. Just 2 minutes of googling about odachi/nodachi told me, what I already suspected. Weapon was too big and cumbersome to wield. Unfit for mountain battles and and surprise attacks. Mostly replaced by - wait for it - SPEARS, normal katanas and guns. Weapon was mostly just used for offerings, ceremonial purpose and as a status symbol.
Anti cav usefulness on par with european Zweihänders, so not very good. Just because a weapon exists and was made for some theoretical purpose doesnt mean it was actually good at that task. So just another maus tank.
But in RL pole-arms could be 'braced' against a cavalry charge with their their buts in the ground. and angled forward. Obviously that's not a piratical option with any length of sword.
The impression I get is that they were used differently against cavalry than a spear type weapon.
Because the blade was supposedly used to strike down the approaching horse, it is probably better suited to smaller, more dispersed groups than those encountered in the Sengoku Jidai.
The massed bodies of men would be easier to train and equip with the yari, (point and brace) than developing the strength and skill to handle the largest of these blades which, by this time, appear to have become largely status symbols.