Shin Ya Otome Mizuchi

Shin Ya Otome Mizuchi
Used By	Goenitz
Attack Type	Special Move
Appears In	The King of Fighters series: The King of Fighters '96 The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match The King of Fighters 2002 (Unlimited Match) The King of Fighters Neowave The King of Fighters XV Other Appearances: SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos The King of Fighters All Star

"これが神罰（しんばつ）です！ (This is divine punishment!)"

—Goenitz

Shin Ya Otome Mizuchi (真（しん）八（や）稚女（おとめ）・МИЗУЧИ（みずち）; "True Eight Maidens: Mizuchi") is one of Goenitz's Super Special Moves in the King of Fighters series, first appearing in The King of Fighters '96.

This "true" version of the Ya Otome technique is considered to be one of the main gifts of Orochi bestowed upon the Yasakani Clan-turned-Yagami Clan back then, via their own watered-down version of the technique, where as Goenitz being a direct head of Orochi itself has access to the true variation of this attack with 2 other versions possible.

Input

Shin Ya Otome Mizuchi	+ or
Shin Ya Otome Jissoukoku	+
Shin Ya Otome Yomotsu	+ or ( OK)

Description

Goenitz dashes forward after holding up his leading hand a la a "realization" gesture, in ode to him yelling . On a successful hit, he proceeds to slash at his foe while moving forward. He will finish by holding them up via a chokehold as blood continues to flow out, then slam them to the ground with a Soukatsusatsu.

The version, known as Shin Ya Otome Jissoukoku (真（しん）八（や）稚女（おとめ）・ЖИССКОКУ（じっそうこく）; "True Eight Maidens: Reality Engrave"), extends the ranbu combo (often with tornadoes erupting per slash) into a chokehold finisher that involves Goenitz jumping to drop-slam the victim to his opposite side upon landing.

In KOF XV, the attack would be renamed to Shin Ya Otome Yomotsu (真（しん）八（や）稚女（おとめ）・ЁМОЦУ（よもつ）; "True Eight Maidens: Yellow Spring"), ending the flurry with a cross-claw attack instead. The version has Goenitz manifest a whirlwind that blows the opponent away as a follow-up to the cross-claw attack.

Strategy

As the stronger version, there are plenty of ways for Goenitz to connect with this attack, all involving frame traps. His has higher priority even in non-boss versions, thus trading hits is not much of a concern. However, it is not easily comboable into.

In more recent versions, if properly blocked, Goenitz is left wide open for retaliation much like the base Ya Otome used by Iori (Goenitz ends up having to brake his rush if he's blocked). However, depending on the game and his status as a boss or not, his Ya Otome variations have properties that require it to be correctly guarded against; his lower dash versions hit low and must be guarded low, and his aerial version must be guarded standing as it hits overhead instead.

Gallery

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Shin Ya Otome Jissoukoku

Shin Ya Otome Yomotsu ( ver.)

Shin Ya Otome Yomotsu ( ver.)

Trivia

• Should the full moves be written in kanji via the Chinese version movesets, they would be:
  • (真（しん）八（や）稚女（おとめ）・蛟（みずち）)
  • (真（しん）八（や）稚女（おとめ）・実相剋（じっそうこく）)
  • (真（しん）八（や）稚女（おとめ）・黄泉（よもつ）).