"To be fair, a gun can do quite well against Shadows. Shirogane-san got a lot of use out of his, along with the clever application of tools and trickery." Granted, it's also a gun. Of course it'd be more effective than something like a baseball bat.

Though, come to think of it... Raven eyes the Inaba door. "Actually, the Shiroku Store in Inaba has quite a number of items with surprising use in cognitive spaces, including elemental damage, healing, and escaping from dungeons."