Ittou Oboro

Ittou Oboro (Stray Blade: Haze) is one of Moriya Minakata's Special Moves in the Last Blade series, first appearing in first game.

Description
Moriya quick-draws to slash upwards, slanted towards the middle or along the ground (hits low), also drawing back the blade for a 2-hit slash that leaves behind an energy trail, which is potent enough to even negate projectiles.

The attack can be delayed via holding the button to where Moriya slashes out a row of 3 trails instead per slash at full delay. It can also either be:
 * Cancelled with Neo Geo D Button.gif during the delay before Moriya even draws his sword.
 * Can stand-by with an immediate button press on the slash itself for 1 hit instead of 2/3 hits regardless of delay time.
 * Tapping the button followup results in Moriya exiting the stand-by followup for faster recovery, allowing the Oboro to be done as a faster 1 hit slash.
 * Holding down the button followup causes Moriya to instead delay for another Oboro slash which can undergo the same cancel or stand-by option (and can be indefinitely done as many times as he likes between the 3 directions).

The delay stance itself can also be cancelled into Taitou Hogetsu, which by itself can stand-by into another Oboro slash and the process can repeat.

Strategy
To be added soon...

Similar Attacks

 * Hebi Tsukai - A similar multi-level attack used by Ryuji Yamazaki.
 * Geki - A similar multi-level attack used by Luong.
 * Kassatsu Izayoi Gekka - A stronger version of the Oboro used by Moriya.