There's a mighty nifty FAQ on Gamefaqs that explains in detail how to get it. Its definetely worth it early on (the Dragon, De Rol Le, and Val Opt will turn into complete wussies when you're equipped with this thing in Normal and Hard), because the damage it does is far better than any other weapons you'll have access to until you start getting special weapon drops. It can only be grinded to +9 though (used to be +35 on the DC), so once you've gotten some other special weapon drops which can be grinded higher with higher starting stats, you won't really need to bother with it. You can get one per difficulty for up to 4 Soul Eaters.
There's also a quest to get Akiko's Frying Pan after you've done all the quests for a specific difficulty. Good sabre type damage weapon that has a nice offense, raises MST by 20 or so, a Geist quality TP stealing attack, and can be used by any class. Pretty nifty for forces for the MST bonus and the occasional need to do a little melee. Can't be grinded at all though. :\
There's also a quest to get Akiko's Frying Pan after you've done all the quests for a specific difficulty. Good sabre type damage weapon that has a nice offense, raises MST by 20 or so, a Geist quality TP stealing attack, and can be used by any class. Pretty nifty for forces for the MST bonus and the occasional need to do a little melee. Can't be grinded at all though. :\