Taitou Hogetsu

Taitou Hogetsu (Sash Blade: Walking Moon) is one of Moriya Minakata's Special Moves in the Last Blade series, first appearing in first game.

Description
Moriya somewhat sheathes his blade while rush out of sight, moving at a high-speed as he suddenly reappears backwards away, forward , or automatically behind his opponent.

While it has some recovery as he reappears, it Moriya before he reappears can follow right into Ittou Oboro with the same perks, or have the Oboro itself cancel into a Hogetsu. The recovery animation can also be cancelled right into a repel.

Strategy
In The Last Blade 2, a glitch exists in this move where it is possible to cancel the move's entire endlag and give him more mobility than what is designed for his moves. This only works for the A and B versions.

This glitch is one of the things that made Moriya a very powerful character, enabling him to close or create distance between him and the opponent in a blink of an eye to zone very quickly, and typically, to extend combos way more than normal. Even then, using this glitch too often would likely result in predictable autopilot, leaving him open for a repel or guard cancel.

This glitch (un)fortunately is not possible in NGBC, on top of a more strict input which makes the Hogetsu somewhat less practical to use than before.