Ittou Renjinzan

Ittou Renjinzan (One Blade: Chain Edge Slash) is one of Kaede's Special Moves in The Last Blade series, first appearing in The Last Blade.

Description
Kaede runs at his opponent and slashes them three times, with each version varying.

Normal Kaede: An outwards one-handed-slash, a lifting-two-handed-slash, ending with a jumping downwards slash that hits overhead and downs the victim with a hard knockdown.

Awakened Kaede: Becomes Shinmei Renjinzan (Early Bright: Chain Edge Slash); an outwards one-handed-slash, a lifting-two-handed-slash, ending with a jumping one-handed outwards slash instead.

While the version needs to have each input connect on hit or block in order to register the subsequent inputs, the  version's inputs can all be done on whiff.

As of The Last Blade 2, both versions of Kaede now have all the 3 slashes done automatically on their own. Awakened Kaede's version also becomes: a diagonal inward chop, outward diagonal chop, ending with an outwards one-handed slash.

Strategy
Unlike Moriya, who gained more variety in his counterpart move in The Last Blade 2, Kaede cannot cancel Renjinzan's attacks into another special due to the inputs all being automated; still, he retains the simplicity of the move, needing only one command all throughout. Shinmei Renjinzan in particular allows Kaede to act sooner due to the extra launching as opposed to normal Kaede's hard knockdown.

However, it is ideal to have a super meter for super cancels, for optimal damage, and due to the fact that Kaede is left vulnerable if the entire move is dodged or blocked.

He can super cancel from any part of the move that is based on the ground (and thus cannot super cancel while airborne, but can do so AFTER he lands).