Sanren Satsu

Sanren Satsu ("Triple Killing") is one of Genjuro Kibagami's Special Moves, and one of his signature attacks in the Samurai Shodown series, first appearing in Samurai Shodown II.

Description
Sanrensatsu consists of the following attacks:


 * Sanren Satsu: Kiba (Triple Killing: Fang), a horizontal-splitting slash;
 * Sanren Satsu: Tsuno (Triple Killing: Horn), an upwards-lifting slash,
 * Sanren Satsu: Rin (Triple Killing: Phosphorus); a downwards-step-in-reaping slash, which downs the opponent via knockdown.

Each slash upon connecting, gives off the image of a hanafuda (flower card) being sliced in half. If all 3 attacks connect, Genjuro declares "Ino-Shika-Cho!" (Boar-Deer-Butterfly!).

Depending on the distance of the victim when Genjuro executes the second and final inputs, he may end up either rushing at them, or dashes past them via side-switching. This may cause the inputs to flip-around suddenly depending on the title.

In his Bust/Rasetsu versions however, this move is altered into the Sankuu Satsu, which uses different hanafuda images for each slash unlike Sanren Satsu, and is airborne-based instead of ground-based.

Trivia

 * Genjuro's end quote of this attack, Inoshikachou (Boar, Deer, Butterfly), is a winning hand in a hanafuda game.