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Single-Stroke Battle

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Single-Stroke Battle	comment	Two enemies of nearly equal skill meet, about twenty yards apart. They may be Ninja or samurai. They observe each other from a distance. The aspect ratio is widescreen, letterboxed if the show is shot in 4:3. They stand at opposite ends of a very wide, low-angle shot. On cue â€“ sometimes triggered by an outside event, such as a slowly falling flower petal touching the ground â€“ they break into a sprint toward each other, leaning far forward, hands on weapons. Each character is shown in a frontal shot from the other's perspective. Reaching critical distance, they leap. Each is shown leaping in a closeup, probably from the waist down, although the leap is simultaneous. The characters move past each other in midair, weapons drawn, but no weapon strikes are shown. This happens in slow motion. They face forward and do not look back. Alternately there is the sound of steel on steel, but events pass too quickly for the audience to see what happened. If this is an anime, expect the screen to go black and the stroke to be painted by a white or blue streak across the screen. Both characters land in a crouching position. They are shown in a shot from the front of one character, with the other in the background. This shot is usually shown for both characters. A Beat goes by, with both characters completely still. Sometimes this moment can be dragged on for a very long time to build tension. One character falls to the ground, defeated or dead. They may start bleeding at this point, or be entirely cut into pieces. Often this happens at the same time that the victorious character sheathes their weapon, or turns back to face their opponent. One way to fake out the audience is to have one character (almost always the hero) fall to one knee looking as if they've been hit, or have them suffer a relatively minor wound, but then reveal that he's okay while the other character falls over dead instead. Another common subversion of expectations involves revealing both combatants to have been injured with one of them standing up despite their injuries (or killed). In Real Life, kendo kata #7 ends this way. An increasingly favored method of ending the final fight in a movie already heavy on well-orchestrated brawls, since it plays on suspense rather than sheer action and implies higher stakes than the previous fights against mooks: both fighters are skilled enough that whoever makes one little miscalculation will immediately die, and although the outcome is determined by what technique or course of action each fighter decides on before they clash, neither the swordsmen nor the audience can know for sure what's going to happen until after the blows are struck. Contains some Truth in Television, even if embellished. Real sword fights often take only a few seconds or even a fraction of a second, with one solid hit generally being enough to take a man out of the fight (contrast this with Flynning). On the other hand a single stroke battle is only one of many possible outcomes, since the initial clash will often be indecisive due to a successful void (dodge) or parry, and the reaction of any particular person to a given wound type is highly unpredictable. Historical examples show that some individuals collapsed or died instantly upon receiving seemingly superficial wounds, while others managed to keep attacking for several minutes before collapsing despite having a blade sticking all the way through their torso, and some of the latter even survived afterwards! While you should aim to make your strike decisive, you should also immediately face your opponent again and get ready to defend against an afterblow, because you cannot assume that they were instantly incapacitated by your first strike without first observing how they react. In light of the above, the part of the fictional samurai duel where the winner slowly rises from a crouch, sheathes his sword, and walks away while having his back turned to his opponent the whole time is making him that much cooler than real life by implying he is so skilled that he doesn't even need to look in order to know that he felled his opponent with 100% certainty. This is especially true when the winner tells the loser You Are Already Dead and walks away with their guard down, because they have predicted the exact second when the loser will collapse or burst into blood, often just as they're about to strike in retaliation. Sword Counterpart of Showdown at High Noon. One use of the Flash Step. Probably implies a One-Hit Kill. If the battle is one sided and the winner uses a flash step, then there is a good chance that the loser will perform a Snap to the Side before realizing that they've just been cut in two. This can also be a Curb-Stomp Battle if the victor defeats the loser so easily as to humiliate them. In a video game, a fight decided by Press X to Not Die may be a single stroke battle if there is only one button prompt. Compare and contrast Begin with a Finisher, where a character opens a fight by deploying their strongest attack. Examples
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_109b4a22	comment	Hanzo, a Yakuza gangster, and one of the Predators do this in Predators. Both die, but the Predator falls first.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_10ddd3d5	comment	The Mortal Draw technique from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is an on-demand example. Link has to have his sword sheathed and not targeting his intended target to pull it off, but in most cases, as the instructor says, "the Mortal Draw deals death."
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_1215a23d	comment	Genshin Impact: Set up. The first battle against the Raiden Shogun is simply about surviving until she uses her Divine Judgment ability; she flashes across the field, and the Traveler falls. However, the Traveler doesn't die, and before the Shogun can deliver the finishing blow, Thoma manages to escape with them. The Shogun is unconcerned.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_13998e73	comment	MapleStory has the samurai class Hayato and his Hitokiri Strike skill which follows the spirit of this trope to a T, complete with the enemies he passes through not taking damage until after he resheathes his sword.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_14effc04	comment	Happens in a swordless manner in Ultraman Tiga during the final fight with Evil Tiga. After an evenly matched battle, the two run passed each other and jump with strikes. Tiga falls to his knees but as he's celebrating his victory, Evil Tiga collapses to the ground. Subverted slightly as this doesn't kill Evil Tiga, but merely allows Tiga to hit the finishing move.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_1622155	comment	Parodied in the Samurai Kirby minigame from Kirby Super Star, where Kirby and his opponent dress up as samurai and attack each other with silly weapons such as paper fans and frying pans. Except for Meta Knight, who you attack with your sword. He's damn near impossible to beat, as well. If you do manage to beat him, his mask gets cut in half. The previous iteration of this concept, Quick Draw from Kirby's Adventure, is a western gunslinger duel where the guns that Kirby fire get increasingly ridiculous.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_17fa5f0a	comment	The final battle in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a magical variant of this trope. Harry and Voldemort circle each other. Harry explains that the horcruxes are gone, Voldemort is mortal, and he's doomed to lose the fight ahead. Harry's words lay out how hopeless the situation is and offer Voldemort a chance at salvation. Voldemort scoffs at the offer, the two each cast a single spell, Voldemort's wand flies from his hand, lands in Harry's, and Voldemort drops dead on the floor.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_1869a077	comment	Used often in Samurai Jack, though one example stands out. A race of mountain-dwelling rock people drive their entire culture towards the creation of a sword of incredible power. It is frozen in a block of ice after being molded out of hard crystals and molten slag, tempered by dragon fire and hammered by dozens at once, sharpened on a grindstone powered by starving boars with meat hanging in front of them running on a treadmill, has runes written on it by a druid, who calls down lightning to strike it. It crackles with lightning as we see it cut through solid stone as if it were butter. A gladiatorial competition is held to find the mightiest of their warriors, who is sent to face Jack with the sword. Jack cuts the sword in half without even breaking his stride.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_187d570b	comment	Near the end of Devil May Cry 5, Dante and Vergil get to do this again, in full Sin Devil Trigger, to close off their final confrontation. Except Nero is in no mood to let either of them kill each other.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_18ce5aab	comment	One of the Samurai Shodown 64 games resolved draws using this trope. Also one of Ukyo Tachibana's desperation attacks from that era was an issen-like attack. Genjuro also can use it in one of the crossover games he appears in.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_19573c1a	comment	Occurs near the end of Bunraku when Yoshi faces off against a member of the Killers gang who is also a samurai.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_1b386512	comment	Parodied in Ranma Â½. Happosai wants Ranma to wear a one-piece Playboy Bunny outfit. Ranma wants to beat him up in righteous anger (and also because his mother is in the next room, waiting to meet him for the first time.) They lunge at each other, cross fists, land in a crouch... and Happosai collapses, knocked out. But Ranma's entire outfit has changed into a schoolgirl's sailor uniform, which Happosai dressed him in without Ranma even noticing.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_1cc09117	comment	Bleach plays with this. Few battles are truly of this trope in their entirety but will end this way. After a few episodes of monologuing, taunts, releasing zanpakuto and explaining their abilities, flashbacks, Superpowered Evil Sides, random philosophy, and building up one's Battle Aura, both parties agree to end the fight in a single strike. At that point, this trope gets played straight. Ichigo's first encounter with Renji and Byakuya. Ichigo was about to finish off Renji when Byakuya decided to interfere by first breaking Ichigo's sword and then defeating him with two slashes across the shoulders. Two further stabs to vital organs while Ichigo was already falling down defeated ensured that even if he somehow didn't bleed out, he would no longer be able to generate spiritual power. Of course, all the attacks were also too fast for Ichigo to see. Ichigo versus Kenpachi. Ichigo is the first to fall (with an intact sword), believing he's lost. Then Kenpachi confirms Ichigo won and collapses next to him, his sword being revealed as shattered. Confirmed in the Official Bootleg and the final arc that Kenpachi did indeed lose the fight. Ichigo versus Byakuya. They agree that they have no strength left to prolong the fight so decide to end it in a single strike. Ichigo staggers, blood flowing everywhere as he desperately tries to prop himself up with his sword to avoid falling over. Then Byakuya staggers (but doesn't fall), blood spurts and he opens his hand, revealing his sword had shattered. He graciously concedes defeat to Ichigo on those grounds. Ichigo and Jin Kariya at the end of the anime Bount arc. Ichigo and Captain Amagai. Subverted. It looks like this but Ichigo's opponent isn't killed and goes on to attack someone else. Kenpachi versus Giriko. The latter powers up into a giant new form at the start of the fight, but Kenpachi kills him with a Diagonal Cut before he even finishes talking.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_1cf9029e	comment	DEATH BATTLE!: Ryu Hayabusa and Strider Hiryu naturally ends with one as a reference to the intro of the original Ninja Gaiden. As Hiryu was faster, he won the clash, leaving Ryu wide-open for his Ragnarok Finishing Move. Happens again at the climax of the fight between Ragna the Bloodedge and Sol Badguy, both having entered their ultimate forms: Black Beast for Ragna and Dragon Install for Sol, and lunging at each other for the final clash. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for Rags, Sol has had experience destroying massive monsters like the Beast before. Happens at the climax of the battle between Roronoa Zoro and Erza Scarlet, which is quite fitting since both of them have used this trope themselves. Not only does Zoro's strike defeat Erza, but the mountain behind her. The finale of Samurai Jack and Afro Samurai uses this, fittingly enough, given their penchant ability to pull this off in their own canon. Jack loses his right arm in the clash, but Afro lost both of his, and thus is left vulnerable to being sliced apart by his armed opponent. The finale of Sasuke Uchiha and Hiei has the two charging each other with Sasuke using Susanoo and black Chidori to strengthen his sword while Hiei turns his broken blade into the Sword of Darkness Flame to meet it. Hiei comes out with a cut-open chest, but Sasuke gets Blood from the Mouth before exploding into Ludicrous Gibs. The finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kakashi Hatake has the two charge each other with their lightsaber and Raikiri respectively. Mid-charge, Obi-Wan uses the Force to destroy Kakashi's eye, but he keeps coming. Obi-Wan comes out without a scratch, while Kakashi gets cut in half at the waist.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_1d43953c	comment	Usagi Yojimbo lives and breathes this trope... although considering how much it owes to Lone Wolf and Cub, along with the classic samurai films, that's hardly surprising. Any duel involving Usagi is pretty much guaranteed to leave Usagi the last one standing. But the most suspenseful of these duels took place in Duel at Kitanoji, where Usagi's mentor is called into an Honor Duel with the rival who lost to him twenty years ago and now seeks to regain his honor. Said opponent had already beaten Usagi in a duel once, and it was genuinely uncertain which of them would win. After the battle took place, the beat was held for several pages before one of them fell down dead. Usagi's mentor wins, but commented that it could easily have gone either way. Stan Sakai has said it even took him a while to decide how that one should end. This trope is so prominent that Blade of the Gods has a legitimately shocking subversion. During his battle against Jei, Usagi draws his sword, leaps forward, strikes...and Jei is wounded, but alive, which shocks Usagi since the blow should've been fatal.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_1ff419c5	comment	Sora in Kingdom Hearts II can initiate a reaction command when fighting a Samurai Nobody. When pressed, everything else on the screen freezes as Sora and the samurai take stance. There are even cherry blossoms fluttering over their heads. After about 2 or 3 seconds, the words "The End" appear in one of your (now empty) command boxes. You have to get to and click on "The End" in time to win the face-off. Regardless of who wins or loses, the two opponents suddenly strike each other, the screen goes white for a second, and the victor is shown behind the victim with their weapon drawn as the opponent recoils with pain.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_247422c7	comment	Played seriously in the Honor Harrington novel Flag in Exile. Honor has to face a traitorous nobleman in a Trial By Combat. She takes a second stroke, swinging back the other way from her initial stroke, but the first would've been fatal by itself without the second one decapitating her opponent. It should be noted that the swords used in this case are derived from the samurai swords seen in Seven Samurai but longer and with the back edge partly sharpened, allowing it to be used for a reverse stroke.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_25dce724	comment	Parodied in Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki:
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_26333bd5	comment	The previous iteration of this concept, Quick Draw from Kirby's Adventure, is a western gunslinger duel where the guns that Kirby fire get increasingly ridiculous.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_28569895	comment	In Total War: Shogun 2, when a Ninja is ordered to assassinate an enemy general, the outcome will be represented by a short cutscene of the assassination attempt. One cutscene results in the assassin and target dueling with katanas. The battle ends when both attempt the same forward slash. They pause for a moment, and are three outcomes: The target general collapses and the assassin gets up to leave, the assassin collapses and the general gloats, or they successfully gutted the other at the same time and both drop dead. Try charging into a line of Katana Heroes with an army of Loan Sword Ashigaru and zoom in on the fighting. Loan Sword Ashigaru are essentially farmers with katanas, while Katana Heroes eat, sleep, drink, and talk pure swordsmanship. It's less of a Single-Stroke Battle so much as a single stroke blender.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_2d316ba2	comment	Occurs twice in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, first during a duel between Leonardo and the Shredder in the show's first season, in an adaption of a similar battle in the first volume of the original comic, the second in a duel between Posthumous Character Hamato Yoshi and Rival Turned Evil Yukio Mashimi in the fourth.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_2ea6ae26	comment	Star Trek: Picard: In "Absolute Candor", Elnor requires only one swing of his sword to win a fight against Tenqem (who loses his head) and two other gang members.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_2fee008d	comment	Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Although This Is a Drill and not a sword, the way the Giga Drill Breaker goes off - Gurren Lagann passes through the victim, swings its right arm back while retracting the drill, followed by the victim exploding - is stylistically identical to the archetypal Diagonal Cut Single-Stroke Battle.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_30ddd99e	comment	Asuka / Abareblack and his brainwashed love interest Mahoro / Jannu do this in Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger (after they'd already nearly killed each other more than once). The moment they run past each other becomes a plot point - Mahoro uses it to touch their cheek-markings, which lets them communicate mentally. She uses this moment to tell him she's no longer brainwashed, and is going to be helping them from inside the enemy base.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_32c541e6	comment	Fullmetal Alchemist: Fuhrer King Bradley pulls off a pair of these in the first few episodes, apparently slicing up enemies too quickly to be seen by the viewer. Episode 15 has a variation in Scar's fight with the Silver Alchemist. The Silver Alchemist isn't killed by Scar's attack, but his prosthetic leg shatters, causing him to fall into the water and drown.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_33860f9f	comment	The duel between Scott Pilgrim and Roxanne is a direct Shout-Out to Ninja Gaiden, ending with a Diagonal Cut.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_33acebd8	comment	Baiken's Instant Kill from Guilty Gear is a classic Single Stroke Battle, concealed by a paper screen. (After the beat, there's a splash of blood onto said screen as the blow takes effect.) Ky's "Rising Force" Instant Kill from the same game gets promoted to this trope in Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_34170b02	comment	This shows up a lot in Samurai Warriors. Notable instances of the trope are the endings for Ranmaru Mori, Mitsuhide Akechi, and Oda Nobunaga. The closely related Dynasty Warriors series also has a few examples, such as Guan Yu's death in DW5.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_343830b9	comment	In The Night Unfurls, this trope happens when Michelle faces off against Hugh, Kyril's apprentice, during his Trial by Combat at the end of Chapter 11 of the original. While the fight does end in one strike, it is not as showy and flashy as it sounds. Only one person lunges towards his opposite target while completely focused. The other person, garbed in ill-fitting armor, seems more concerned about crowing rather than preparing for the fight itself. Perhaps unsurprisingly, said other person ends up being stabbed mid-sentence, right in the unprotected belly. Oh, and the loser of the battle doesn't even get a clean death, or a cool one for that matter. Instead, he writhes on the grass, screaming all the while, and is ultimately silenced after the winner decides that enough is enough and beheads him. Take a guess which person is which.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_355f5fda	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_355f5fda	comment	In Black Blood Brothers, when Jiro fights Auguste.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_35e05f2a	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_35e05f2a	comment	RWBY Volume 3 Episode 11; Yang sees Adam Taurus torturing Blake. She instantly shifts into Rage Mode, charges in... and Adam takes her right arm off at the elbow with one casual strike. Adam's Semblance allows him to store up energy from every strike that hits his saya and unleash it all in a single strike in true Iaijutsu Practitioner style.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_366a284d	comment	Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star is known for his Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs, but he'll occasionally pull off a non-weapon-version of this trope: a single strike to a Pressure Point, usually either because time is of the essence or to humiliate someone a little more before they pop. Played with in the flash-back to when he and his adopted brothers were learning Hokuto Shinken: after a long bout, Kenshiro was left a bloody mess but was declared the winner, due to the fact that he had struck every single one of his brother's pressure points on the first pass.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_370f4bc0	comment	Zoids, of all things, does this between the Liger Zero and the Berserk Fury in their first fight. They jump at each other clash bright light we can't see... the Liger lands on its gut with a noticeable cut on its shoulder but quickly gets back up. The Fury lands on its feet with a cut across its chest, both turn around, ready for round two.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_38c87187	comment	Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal #2993 has single stroke battle ninja sex.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_39067934	comment	Nameless and Long Sky engage in this after first playing out a battle in their minds in Hero (2002).
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_39e3b5ff	comment	Kill Bill: The showdown between the Bride and O-Ren Ishii concludes with one of these. The Bride's climactic battle with Bill is almost this, given the buildup. The fight itself lasts less than ten seconds, with neither the Bride nor Bill even getting out of their chairs before the Bride performs the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique on Bill.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_3a16c7a3	comment	Kaiketsu Lion Maru, Kamen no Ninja Akakage, and Henshin Ninja Arashi have all had battles like this at one time or another.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_3be307d1	comment	Tenchi and Kagato's final clash in Tenchi Muyo!. Double subversion in that they actually both get hit. But Tenchi's sword somehow cancels Kagato's normal regenerative powers, while Tenchi's newfound powers allowed him to regenerate instantly. And the ship was cut in half also. The Tenchiverse was rife with this trope, taking it to absurd levels. It was practically the national pasttime. This trope could be renamed "The Tenchi Cross."
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_3cdd37b5	comment	In the opening scene of The Impostors, we are introduced to two con-artists who fake an altercation in an outdoor diner, culminating with a knife fight. At the climax of the fight, they both rush each other, simultaneously cry out, and then one of them falls "dead" and the other runs off without paying his bill. In the next scene we see them argue over the fact that the wrong man "died".
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_3e8c09b9	comment	In Attack on Titan, Titan killings are ideally supposed to be two cuts to the nape of their neck made simultaneously. More advanced Titans than the regular ones require a much different strategy.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_3ef78ff3	comment	In Kulipari: An Army of Frogs, Arabanoo tries to take the Big Bad Marmoo by surprise with his axe, but he counters with his stinger, cutting Arabanoo's axe apart and fatally wounding him.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_43a9c333	comment	The climax of the final showdown between Spike and Vicious in the Cowboy Bebop finale "The Real Folk Blues (Part 2)" is one of these, with an additional Shout-Out to A Better Tomorrow II (Spike has Vicious' sword, Vicious has Spike's gun). After both weapons are returned to their original owners, and the final attacks are made, both men fall, but Vicious goes down first, with Spike living just long enough to deliver his final line to the Red Dragons gathered before him: "Bang."
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_44127c7c	comment	This happens in Power Rangers and Super Sentai a lot - not even always at the same times. (Kamdor vs. Will didn't have this in sentai, Jannu and Asuka didn't have this in PR, Zen-Aku and Taylor as well as Doggie and Ichthior were the same in both.) Also, it's seldom the entire battle. Oftentimes it's more, after fighting for the whole episode, they gather themselves for one more strike.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_452cdfac	comment	In Ewilan's Worlds, Edwin Til' Illan encounters his Worthy Opponent in Yalissan Fiyr, and they duel at the end of the book. It lasts less than a second. Edwin is gutted, while Yalissan Fiyr looks at him with an amused look before falling to the ground, beheaded. Edwin eventually survives.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_47f9cd6	comment	Bunnykill just can't get enough of these. Part 3.2 has a grenade-vs-blade standoff. After a Curb-Stomp Battle as the result of heroic Unstoppable Rage because his new girlfriend and partner got killed, Part 4 ends with SnowBall delivering a Flash Step punch to the Big Bad. After a second, the Big Bad starts coughing up blood, then he stumbles forwards and expires on the floor.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_48d44b5a	comment	The final battle between Leonardo and the resurrected Shredder ends this way in the first volume of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_49a87cb3	comment	Final Fantasy VII has a "Flash" command obtainable by increasing the level of the "Slash-All" materia. Flash instantly kills all enemies...but only if "Death" attacks are allowed by them.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_4d1ba412	comment	The Adventures of Dr. McNinja plays with this one. It's a single-stroke battle, all right... but only because the battle takes place on a small platform. The assailant falls over the edge into a deep crevasse below. In another instance, he slices past an enemy, and expects him to fall apart; but, instead, the enemy disappears while his back's turned. So, naturally, he decides he must have sliced the poor guy's atoms to bits, making him disintegrate. He also realizes that he must have missed.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_4e9f355	comment	In Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, one of Zack's memories of Sephiroth triggered by the DMW involves him doing this to a monster. Of course, it's Cutscene Power to the Max.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_4f115950	comment	The last issue of Robin's solo title has Tim Drake being challenged to a duel to the death by his teacher, Lady Shiva. They meet, and have what looks like one of these, after which Tim is stumbling, with three broken ribs, while Shiva is standing triumphantly. Then, Shiva collapses, and Tim explains that he slipped her a paralytic poison, activated by a heightened heart beat, before she even made the challenge.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_51455a02	comment	Claymore's cast of Action Girls pull these off on a regular basis. Best example? When confronted by an execution squad of six Claymores, #1 ranked Teresa takes them all out at once this way.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_51b3091a	comment	In Knight Hunters, the final confrontation between Ken and Kase turns out to be a single stroke battle, though Ken's armed with Wolverine Claws and Kase has a gun. Kase turns out to have missed. Ken more sort of doesn't.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5261d625	comment	Samurai Champloo played it straight in the fourth episode â€“ Mugen and a yakuza clash in a single blow, with Mugen walking away â€“ and subverted it in a later episode â€“ as Mugen approaches two people who betrayed him, one reaches for his sword and Mugen cuts him down without even stopping. In the first case, Mugen and the yakuza respect each other, and both being Blood Knights they just had to fight a duel to the death to know for sure who's better. In the latter example, Mugen was out for revenge rather than for a challenge. In one of the last episodes, Jin and Master Swordsman Kariya Kagetoki charge each other dramatically on the docks. In a flashback later in the episode, Jin is seen plummeting to the waters below while Kariya nonchalantly sheathes his sword.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_526ce7d6	comment	Capcom's cutesy arcade fighting game Super Gem Fighter Mini-Mix features the ninja Ibuki from Street Fighter III. One of her Supers in this game was to dash at the enemy (all kitted out for it, too!): contact results in a single stroke that slices the enemy into tiny cubes (it's all very cartoonish).
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5293b208	comment	Episode 37 of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid sees Hyper Muteki Ex-Aid finish his battle with the Kaiden Bugster in this manner. Afterwards, Kaiden says the blows from Ex-Aid's Hyper Critical Sparking didn't cut deep enough, only to take the full force of the attack seconds later.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_53a73ca0	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_53a73ca0	comment	In Star Wars: The Clone Wars Ahsoka Tano beheads four armored Mandalorian Deathwatch warriors with one manoeuvre using her two lightsabers.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_54828033	comment	The final ability of the Samurai in Final Fantasy V, Iainuki, attempts to kill off all enemies when used, after a long charge time. The catch? It doesn't always hit, and undead enemies get back up with full health.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5b8abe25	comment	Played straight in Rusty and Co., if you ignore that it's fought between a gelatinous cube and a slaad.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5c0a1e9e	comment	Done at the climax of the Halo Legends short The Duel between Fal and Haka. It results in a Mutual Kill. Something worth noting: that episode was heavily based on a samurai legend.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5c600b17	comment	In Digimon Adventure (1999), WarGreymon has one of these with Mugendramon (Machinedramon). WarGreymon charges at Mugendramon who just makes a dismissing sound and raises his metal claw. They strike simultaneously, and end up standing back to back for a second, then WarGreymon reverts back to Koromon and a cut appears on his face. Mugendramon looks back and gloats, but Koromon says he won't lose because all his friends are backing him up. The camera cycles through all of said friends, and then Mugendramon falls to pieces while groaning in disbelief. Single-Stroke Battle powered by The Power of Friendship. Alternatively: Or even more alternately:
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5c622d7f	comment	Also used plot-wise in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. Vergil and Dante end up finishing their last confrontation in demon world this way, providing an almost spot-on example of the trope. The "almost" resulting from the fact that you see the finishing blow.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5ce3fc86	comment	In the Soul Eater anime, the third and final showdown between Blackâ˜†Star and Mifune ends like this.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5ea98a2e	comment	Kamui Den: Any fight involving Kamui's "kasumi-giri" is likely this. Also of note is Matsubayashi Kenpu's fight with a marauding duelist. He severs both of the man's legs with a single draw and cut.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5fce94bf	comment	Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin and all it's sequels are known to do this, in tune with the idea that ''The dogs are like Samurai.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_5fcf48d3	comment	In Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia, Ashok is repeatedly challenged to duels from his jail cell by warriors who want his ancestor blade. The prison guards have started putting bets on how long various challengers will last; their commander witnesses one challenger start off by insulting Ashok, the Law, and the Protectors, and bets that it'll last ten seconds or less. There is then a Gilligan Cut to him collecting his winnings, and the later reveal that Ashok won by smiting out his opponent's tongue with a single blow.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_60156176	comment	Vorkosigan Saga. Aral Vorkosigan's brilliant conquering of Komarr in his Back Story - too bad his political officer turned him into The Butcher with a single betrayal.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_6108ba8d	comment	The Last Jedi: Holdo does this on an entire fleet using a suicidal hyperspeed jump. She uses the Raddus to cut the First Order's flagship in half, and as a side effect most of their Star Destroyers are destroyed as well. The shot is framed exactly like a normal single-stroke battle, with one frame where the fleet seems unaffected, and in the next destruction. Luke and Ben set up for one of these, but it gets subverted twice: First, Luke keeps dodging Ben's strikes without trying to fight back, and when Ben finally attempts to play the trope straight, Luke reveals that he was never there to begin with: He was projecting an image of himself from another planet to distract and delay Ben while the Resistance escaped.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_61b1bd67	comment	Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- the anime was about to set up one of these between Kurogane and Seishiro when they are stopped at the last moment by Mokona. Just as well too because both characters had Plot Armor and neither could die, being that Kurogane is a main character in Tsubasa and Seishiro's last battle is destined to be against Subaru in X1999. However, Kurogane gets a real one when he kills/maims Fei Wong Reed - it's not entirely clear which, but it certainly fills the prerequisite for epic.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_630755ab	comment	Codex Alera has one of these in the final clash between the Vord Queen and Tavi at the Princeps Memorial.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_638624c8	comment	Slayers: Subverted in one of the theatrical films — what falls to pieces is not Lina's opponent, but Lina's opponent's cheap-ass wicker armor and wooden sword. Also parodied in the first TV series, when Zelgadis fights Dilgear. Both of them land a hit, but both escape unscathed because neither can be hurt by normal swords (Zelgadis' half-golem body is too tough to damage, and Dilgear's half-troll body heals within seconds).
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_684610	comment	Happens again at the climax of the fight between Ragna the Bloodedge and Sol Badguy, both having entered their ultimate forms: Black Beast for Ragna and Dragon Install for Sol, and lunging at each other for the final clash. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for Rags, Sol has had experience destroying massive monsters like the Beast before.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_68c7e5cd	comment	In the 22nd episode of Macross Frontier, Alto and Ozma somehow manage to pull this off, even though both are flying Humongous Mecha that fire energy beams. They charge at each other in their respective space-planes, and fire at each other as they barely avoid collision, and follow this trope closely by only showing the results a few seconds afterwards. They both suffer damage, though only Alto is crippled.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_6ab7b408	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_6ab7b408	comment	Also happens in the ending cutscenes of Tekken 5 for Anna and Nina, although in this case, it was for a movie shoot. If it's Anna's ending, she (the victor) fakes her defeat against the script (unlike Nina's ending). It does pay off for Anna, though, as the blow had the unintentional effect of causing a wardrobe malfunction for Nina, treating the film crew (and the player) a peak at an embarrassed Nina hastily trying to cover herself as a Sexophone plays in the background. Anna gets a chuckle out of her sister's predicament.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_6eb4ca5c	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_6eb4ca5c	comment	Used without swords in the fourth season finale of Jackie Chan Adventures. Two of the best fighters in the show both charge Tarakudo at the same time, in mid-air...and both of them are knocked to the ground completely beaten a second later, with Tarakudo landing on his feet completely unharmed.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_6ef57be4	comment	At the end of the "YMCA" level of Elite Beat Agents, a ship captain engages in this against a pirate skeleton. The level "La La" also uses it, as a white blood cell (portrayed as a nurse) fights a virus this way... several times. Yes, it's a weird game. Not to be outdone, the "Julia ni Shoushin" level of Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 features a Single Stroke Battle between two rival barbers. The winner shaves the kanji for "loser" into his opponent's head. Naturally, this is also the ending to one of the multiplayer scenarios â€“ the vampire and the yeti do this, and depending on which player played better (or maybe they tied, it's surprisingly common), one (or both) of them falls down in defeat.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_701f0ece	comment	Berserk: Guts' first encounter with Nosferatu Zodd in human form. Guts realizes his opponent is far stronger than him, and that the only reason he's even still alive is that his great sword is sturdy enough not to break under Zodd's blows. If the swords are equal, Guts reasons, then the only thing to do is gamble everything on one strike. Zodd sees what he's doing from the stance he adopts and accepts the challenge, boasting that Guts' brains will be on the floor before he can even touch him. When their swords meet, Guts sunders Zodd's weapon so that the tip goes spinning through the air, and on the follow-up he cuts deep into Zodd's shoulder. Far from defeated, Zodd is impressed that Guts is the first warrior in three hundred years to have wounded him so deeply, and transforms into his One-Winged Angel form to see how Guts will fare against his true power. Guts and Griffith's memorable duel in the snow in volume 8, "The Morning Departure". Griffith refuses to let Guts leave the Band of the Hawk, saying that his life belongs to him, and that just as he won Guts by the sword when they first met, Guts must now defeat him if he wants to be free. They face off at a distance as their comrades watch, with Pippin and Judeau having to restrain Casca to keep her from intervening. Griffith is a genius with his sabre, and in the past he was able to defeat Guts through superior technique, but everyone knows that Guts has increased his power and skill so much in the past three years that the distance between them has been closed. Guts is completely focused and calm as he stands on guard, while Griffith's fevered mind races through the possibilities. Because his sabre cannot parry more than two or three blows from Guts' BFS, and because of the snow on the ground hampering his movement, Griffith decides he has to win on the first strike. The timing needs to be so precise that he can't afford to pull his blow, and there's even a risk that he'll accidentally kill Guts, but he is willing to accept it. As soon as a clump of snow falls from an overladen branch, breaking the deadly stillness, they spring to attack. Griffith tries to execute the technique, but Guts' strike cleanly cuts Griffith's blade in half and stops just short of Griffith's shoulder, leaving him with no injury except to his wrist from having the weapon struck out of his hand, and proving beyond doubt that Guts has surpassed him as a swordsman. Griffith crouches in the snow experiencing a Heroic BSoD, while Guts bids him farewell and departs without looking back. Guts' first confrontation with Serpico in volume 17, when Farnese demands that Serpico kill Guts for kidnapping and humiliating her. Serpico first pretends to ignore Farnese's command and leave peacefully so that Guts will let his guard down, then turns about and cuts at Guts' head while leaping into the air to avoid Guts's simultaneous strike with the Dragon Slayer. Guts gets a shallow cut on the cheek, and Serpico gets his boot cut open by a strike that narrowly misses his toes. Having failed to kill Guts with the first strike and lost the element of surprise, Serpico decides to throw in the towel for real this time and live to fight another day. In the same volume, Zodd and Griffith's spirit lunge at each other and attack, and as the latter sails past him, Zodd realizes that his face is wounded and his left horn has been cut off. This causes Zodd to acknowledge him as his master.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_708ae58b	comment	Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures: How the fight between Daniel and Dark Pegasus was resolved in the "Warrior for Hire" arc.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_71430cc0	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_71430cc0	comment	Similarly, in Breath of Fire 2, Jean's "Chop" wiped out all enemies.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_7673b3be	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_7673b3be	comment	In Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion, this is how the clash between the E5 Hayabusa and the first Monster of the Week ends. Happens again in the final episode.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_76b91d49	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_76b91d49	comment	Shinobi (2002) carries this to its logical conclusion: upon defeating an opponent, a timer would start to count down at the bottom of the screen, and each time another opponent was defeated the timer would start over. Meanwhile, the protagonist's magical vampiric katana would glow, with the glow intensifying with each successive kill, and the damage inflicted by an attack also increasing. When all goes well, every enemy in an area is killed within the fairly limited time available, at which point the camera flashes to each defeated enemy in turn before returning to the protagonist (in a suitably cocky victory pose, sword sheathed), at which point every enemy would simultaneously slide apart. Also, several boss fights are effectively impossible without the extra damage potential that comes from killing six monsters in seven seconds.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_76e539c2	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_76e539c2	comment	In Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, this is how Fate defeated Sette (i.e. by running/flying around, and shattering her weapon and knocking her out with a single blow).
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_7a7ce7ee	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_7a7ce7ee	comment	The last fight in Kurosawa's Sanjuro. In fact many of the fights in Sanjuro and its predecessor Yojimbo, even if they aren't a single strike for the entire fight, only require the protagonist to make one or two strikes per opponent.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_7aaf9e41	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_7aaf9e41	comment	The delightful "Batman vs Ninjas" story from 1989. After taking out a group of ninjas one-by-one, only their leader remains. What ensues is a single-stroke battle, with the ninja using a katana, and Batman his bare hands. After they pass each other, Batman has a bloody gash across his stomach and is in pain. The ninja, who up until now has been completely silent, has a hearty laugh and commends Batman on his technique - before collapsing due to a delayed nerve strike.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_7adc421e	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_7adc421e	comment	The third mission of Vanguard Bandits features a duel between Kamorge and Faulkner that ends this way. There is also a move called the Wind Strike, which essentially allows players to do this to enemies.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_7ae8ef1a	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_7ae8ef1a	comment	Played for shock value in Equilibrium, where a confrontation between Preston and The Dragon Brandt is teased throughout the film. When the time finally comes for them to face off, Preston chops Brandt's face off without any effort at all and barely breaks stride. Though this is more of an example of a Curb-Stomp Battle and was made so short because the actor playing the Dragon did not have time to film a longer scene due to other projects. This scene is also the opposite of an earlier scene where the same characters have a very drawn out training fight.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_7dcc80c6	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_7dcc80c6	comment	In the backstory of Chrono Crusade, Aion and Chrono clashed when Chrono refused to turn over Mary Magdelene to him. Aion furiously charged at Chrono while Chrono desperately tried to counter him. Aion tears off Chrono's horns in that brief exchange, and Chrono and Mary fall to the land below. Aion is unable to immediately pursue them since Chrono's strike nearly bisected him. Their final meeting (with Chrono having regained his horns while Aion having lost his) ends with a shot of them charging at each other in the lead-up for one of those. The epilogue suggests that Chrono won.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_7e368d5b	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_7e368d5b	comment	G.I. Joe: Resolute has this with Snake-Eyes vs a random mook. The mook had an assault rifle. Guess what happened. (Hint: this.) Subverted later when he does the SSB with Storm Shadow and neither fall.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_7f8a38b6	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_7f8a38b6	comment	The climax of the final battle between Heero and Zechs in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is one of theseâ€¦ in giant robots with light sabers!!!
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_81202666	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_81202666	comment	In Chainsaw Man, Katana Man's Speed Blitz ability allows him to do this repeatedly.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_8264b132	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_8264b132	comment	In Chain of Memories after Lexaeus knocks Riku after their boss battle, Ansem takes over Riku's body and slays him, combining this with a Flash Step.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_8281aef3	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_8281aef3	comment	Subverted when Darkness fights Beldia in KonoSuba. They both swing dramatically, only to realize after a brief pause that Darkness missed him.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_82d0db97	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_82d0db97	comment	In Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, this appears to be the visual effect of David's Sandevistan implant to outside observers. In one prominent example, David uses the Sandevistant to close the distance on a Maelstrom brute, then when the brute uses his own reflex booster to try and crush him with a hammer, David slips behind him and blows his head off with his Arm Cannon. The same battle is shown twice: once through David's perspective in Bullet Time, then again where it appears David Flash Stepped behind his opponent and instantly splattered his brains against the wall.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_843f6f3f	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_843f6f3f	comment	The Bushido Blade series may do this trope the best for video games. Any attack can be fatal, so while some battles involve extensive parrying or countering, others end with a single, perfectly placed stroke.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_85eecea0	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_85eecea0	comment	Pictured above: Shiki cutting through zombies in the fifth The Garden of Sinners movie like butter. And it was awesome!
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_86814e56	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_86814e56	comment	Odin and Raiden show up in Final Fantasy VI, but Cyan is capable of doing this by himself, and without magic. His top-level Swordtech/Bushido skill has him charge across the field of battle with his sword out, leap back to his original position, flourish his blade, and (hopefully) watch all the enemies on the field fall to pieces. He can even kill ghosts with that move.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_86aff994	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_86aff994	comment	Subverted one time in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Leo and the Monster charge each other and slash one another with their swords. They keep going and then pause for several seconds, sparks fly off the monster and it collapses... only for it to be revealed this was because the Magna Defender threw a knife into its back after it and Leo fought.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_884b6712	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_884b6712	comment	In Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!, Trunks and Vegeta's fights with the lesser androids both end this way (although Trunks was the only one with a sword). In both cases, the Saiyan stumbles and shows visible damage, while the android seems unharmed - and then boom.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_88586e51	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_88586e51	comment	The Theater Special for Ultraman Ginga sees a midair Beam-O-War variation in an intense battle between Ginga and Dark Zagi, as the fight culminates in a clash of the Ginga Cross Shoot and Lightning Zagi. The two pass each other and land on the ground, seemingly perfectly fine...and then Zagi's Energy Core shatters.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_890bea21	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_890bea21	comment	Ultraman Taiga sees Ultraman Fuma's Trenchant-Star Light Wave Shuriken, used as a melee attack, clash with an Alien Babarou's sword. After the two pass each other, there's a Beat before Fuma declares his victory, followed by Babarou falling over and exploding.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_894619be	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_894619be	comment	Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II: Kyle and Jerec end their duel with one — after Kyle gives Jerec his lightsaber back, the two charge at one another with blades ignited. Kyle's strike is the fatal one, and Jerec's body disintegrates into nothingness.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_8cb4a772	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_8cb4a772	comment	The backstory for Ultraman Mebius reveals that at the end of the war against Alien Empera in the distant past, Empera and the Father of Ultra ended their battle with this. While neither one was killed by their wounds, neither one was able to truly recover from it.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_8cdbeb34	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_8cdbeb34	comment	At the very end of Legion, between the angels Michael, who was resurrected just moments ago, and Gabriel, though surprisingly, both of them survive.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_8d50e6ff	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_8d50e6ff	comment	One episode of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! had one such fight featuring Meta Knight and Chilidog / WolfWrath. It gave Meta Knight a fang in his forehead that paralyzed him until Kirby destroyed Chilidog / WolfWrath.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_8eab5c5	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_8eab5c5	comment	Satirized in Kamen Rider Kabuto in a single-pass duel between makeup artists (both male). Whoever ends up prettiest (due to the opponent's makeup application) loses.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_9038cb73	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_9038cb73	comment	In A New Hope (Danganronpa), this trope is used as the base for Peko's execution, placing her up against a samurai Monokuma. She takes it with her.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_90f94684	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_90f94684	comment	Likewise, in Fire Emblem Engage, the Swordmaster critical animation involves the character kneeling down in the foreground and quickly unsheathing and resheathing a sword, while the enemy explodes in the distance.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_91120398	comment	Kagura's debut in Ga-Rei -Zero-. One strike against a monster which spent half an episode wiping out entire fire-teams of special forces.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_9173be2b	comment	Not to be outdone, the "Julia ni Shoushin" level of Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 features a Single Stroke Battle between two rival barbers. The winner shaves the kanji for "loser" into his opponent's head. Naturally, this is also the ending to one of the multiplayer scenarios â€“ the vampire and the yeti do this, and depending on which player played better (or maybe they tied, it's surprisingly common), one (or both) of them falls down in defeat.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_959f1374	comment	The finale of Sasuke Uchiha and Hiei has the two charging each other with Sasuke using Susanoo and black Chidori to strengthen his sword while Hiei turns his broken blade into the Sword of Darkness Flame to meet it. Hiei comes out with a cut-open chest, but Sasuke gets Blood from the Mouth before exploding into Ludicrous Gibs.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_97bb943d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_97bb943d	comment	Maximus in Gladiator does this against a soldier on a horse. It even includes Maximus falling to his knees from the attack before the soldier falls off, dead.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_99d8fc02	comment	The fight between Shirahime (Sai) & Suzuka (Hatoko) in Angelic Layer. Suzuka loses. Happens earlier when Hatoko fights with Suzuka and takes out one of her early round opponents in one hit. It's a mark of the skill of both opponents that both Shirahime and Suzuka pause before starting their battle as they both intend to one hit KO the other, and neither wants to move foolishly. They were basically equals in skill, as Hatoko comments her reach being slightly less than the tall Shirahime's cost her the match when they both struck one another at the same time and the damage calculator was initially unsure who had one, since Shirahime survived with a literal fraction of health.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_9bd48d60	comment	Case 02: Paranormal Evil: Mechanically speaking, all fights with individual normal enemies are resolved in one or two rolls. The dice rolls determine how much damage and money the player gets from the short encounter.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_9c32b00a	comment	In Incarnation of Legends, Kojiro challenges the Radiance to one in a replication of their final duel on the Ryuudou Temple's steps, ending with his sword bent, his shoulder dislocated, and the Radiance's helmet cracked in two.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_9db1766a	comment	Devil May Cry: In the Special Editions where he's playable, Vergil has this as a special attack - his "Rapid Slash" move consists of charging straight ahead and drawing his katana. Half a second later, anything that was in his path gets cut to pieces. The effect is more evident in his Devil Trigger form; a powered-up Rapid Slash will also impale the enemies with a Summoned Sword that explodes after a short delay. Also used plot-wise in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. Vergil and Dante end up finishing their last confrontation in demon world this way, providing an almost spot-on example of the trope. The "almost" resulting from the fact that you see the finishing blow. Near the end of Devil May Cry 5, Dante and Vergil get to do this again, in full Sin Devil Trigger, to close off their final confrontation. Except Nero is in no mood to let either of them kill each other.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_9e2f90f4	comment	Happens at the climax of the battle between Roronoa Zoro and Erza Scarlet, which is quite fitting since both of them have used this trope themselves. Not only does Zoro's strike defeat Erza, but the mountain behind her.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a0112f3d	comment	Tekken: In Tekken 3, Yoshimitsu's move "Yoshimitsu Blade" is a nasty two-handed whack in the stomach with the hilt of his energy sword. However, if the target happens to be running at full pace towards you, Yoshi quickly turns the sword upwards at the end of the move and runs the poor sap through, dealing heavy damage. Tekken Tag Tournament: the ending cutscenes for Yoshimitsu and Kunimitsu begin the same way, with them engaging in this. Whoever the player used wins against the other. Also happens in the ending cutscenes of Tekken 5 for Anna and Nina, although in this case, it was for a movie shoot. If it's Anna's ending, she (the victor) fakes her defeat against the script (unlike Nina's ending). It does pay off for Anna, though, as the blow had the unintentional effect of causing a wardrobe malfunction for Nina, treating the film crew (and the player) a peak at an embarrassed Nina hastily trying to cover herself as a Sexophone plays in the background. Anna gets a chuckle out of her sister's predicament.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a058fdcf	comment	Happens near the end of Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, between the Black Ranger (Will) and his primary antagonist Kamdor (as there were four enemy groups, each individual Ranger got one or more individual rivals). This was the alternate version, with the Black Ranger falling to one knee first, and the enemy going "Finally! Now, to find the—YEARGHH!" and violently exploding.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a0ae1fb2	comment	In John Carter, John kills Tal Hajus this way.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a3eb1343	comment	The climactic battle of the first season of Chivalry of a Failed Knight boils down to this. Ikki Kurogane faces off in his final match against Touka Toudou in his final match, which he must win to graduate. He puts his all into a single strike, and she responds in kind and in the end he is victorious, earning himself a place in the next Seven Stars Tournament.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a5b8b965	comment	The Iliad is an endless series of these - of the literally hundreds of duels, only a few take more than a stanza. And most of the longer ones are because the author felt the need to give a brief biography of the person who dies on the next page.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a7bb29af	comment	In the awesome manga adaptation of Mega Man X2, X is challenged to a duel by Flame Stag, who previously lost a duel and is itching for revenge. Stag, having received an upgrade from the Big Bad, and X, who has been blinded, rush past each other in a dormant volcano. X is then shown bleeding (oil?), while Stag is completely unharmed. X then crumples to the ground. Of course, there's no way X is going to lose here, and Stag suddenly bursts into flames, due to some crazy close-range tampering by X earlier when passing by. The Irony is that had Stag not been upgraded, he might have been able to contain the damage.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a7fedddd	comment	Aurora: The unnamed paladin cleaves a charging Cave Crawler in two with one strike from his weapon as it runs past him.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a81325d3	comment	The Odin summon from various Final Fantasy games would randomly kill all on-screen enemies (or would simply deal a good chunk of damage to a single foe). The Final Fantasy VIII version follows the trope to a T (except for Odin being mounted). Appropriately, Odin's unexpected death in that game at the hands of Seifer came in the form of a one-stroke battle as well. To put that last part in perspective, Seifer counters Odin's Zantetsuken with a move (judging by the kanji shown afterward) called the "Zantetsuken Reverse". It only involves Seifer raising his free hand. That's right. The Law of Diminishing Defensive Effort was used to enact a Single Stroke Battle. Luckily for the player, this cutscene leads to a Big Damn Heroes moment from Gilgamesh, who shows up several turns later to one-shot Seifer with some Razor Wind and then joins the party as a semi-Guardian Force replacement for Odin. Odin and Raiden show up in Final Fantasy VI, but Cyan is capable of doing this by himself, and without magic. His top-level Swordtech/Bushido skill has him charge across the field of battle with his sword out, leap back to his original position, flourish his blade, and (hopefully) watch all the enemies on the field fall to pieces. He can even kill ghosts with that move. Final Fantasy VII has a "Flash" command obtainable by increasing the level of the "Slash-All" materia. Flash instantly kills all enemies...but only if "Death" attacks are allowed by them. The Yojimbo summon in Final Fantasy X has the special move zanmato, which follows the trope exactly and cleaves pretty much any in-game enemy in half, as a non-standard enemy death scene to boot. In Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, one of Zack's memories of Sephiroth triggered by the DMW involves him doing this to a monster. Of course, it's Cutscene Power to the Max. Final Fantasy Tactics has a variation. In an early cutscene, we are shown two knights fighting. One rushes at the other, sword raised for a downward strike, but the other merely steps out of the way before striking. The final ability of the Samurai in Final Fantasy V, Iainuki, attempts to kill off all enemies when used, after a long charge time. The catch? It doesn't always hit, and undead enemies get back up with full health.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_a9ebc166	comment	Appears in Girly, with fakeout Clothing Damage on the victor and a trace of Alas, Poor Villain.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_aa3cab5c	comment	The fight between Akane and the mystery man in Marla.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_aba7ffb9	comment	In The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, Rean engages in this against both Osborne and Ishmelga. He wins both times. Happens again in the sequel, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie where Rean squares off against his masked replica at the climax of his chapter 4. And in the final chapter, Rufus engages this with his replica self.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_ac4b6a62	comment	Parodied in Questionable Content here.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_ae54c340	comment	Reign of the Seven Spellblades: Oliver Horn versus Darius Grenville. Oliver uses a Spellblade to sever Darius's sword hand on the first stroke by picking out the one possible future out of ten thousand where he struck faster than Darius.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b0c8849e	comment	Kobayashi the Discount Ninja from Kid Radd tries to use this several times. All attempts end badly for him. It's also used in the Fourth Wall Week episode "SAMURAI", between Radd and Bogey, with the variation that both sides lose.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b0ec0986	comment	Terra in Birth by Sleep can meld together other commands to get Zantetsuken to use in normal combat. Much like its Final Fantasy origins, it can take out a normal enemy in one swing, if you're lucky. Otherwise, it just does regular damage. It's ineffective against bosses though.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b1143709	comment	Played straight in The Water Phoenix King, "Temple of the Comet," when Gilgam's old comrade Momba Kawunei arrives at the inn, having been sent to the wilderness in hopes that the bandits will finish him off which doesn't encourage his subordinate's respect very much. It helps that one of them has a Magitek weapon.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b11e29d2	comment	Outlaw Star does this frequently, although usually after a long battle. Subverted in episode five when Aisha doesn't collapse as expected, shattering the blade instead, because it turns out she is Made of Iron.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b2fba3e0	comment	Ultra Series: Happens in a swordless manner in Ultraman Tiga during the final fight with Evil Tiga. After an evenly matched battle, the two run passed each other and jump with strikes. Tiga falls to his knees but as he's celebrating his victory, Evil Tiga collapses to the ground. Subverted slightly as this doesn't kill Evil Tiga, but merely allows Tiga to hit the finishing move. The backstory for Ultraman Mebius reveals that at the end of the war against Alien Empera in the distant past, Empera and the Father of Ultra ended their battle with this. While neither one was killed by their wounds, neither one was able to truly recover from it. The Theater Special for Ultraman Ginga sees a midair Beam-O-War variation in an intense battle between Ginga and Dark Zagi, as the fight culminates in a clash of the Ginga Cross Shoot and Lightning Zagi. The two pass each other and land on the ground, seemingly perfectly fine...and then Zagi's Energy Core shatters. Ultraman Taiga sees Ultraman Fuma's Trenchant-Star Light Wave Shuriken, used as a melee attack, clash with an Alien Babarou's sword. After the two pass each other, there's a Beat before Fuma declares his victory, followed by Babarou falling over and exploding.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b3710362	comment	In the beginning of Troy, Brad Pitt as Achilles does this to an enemy army's champion, who didn't even have time to react because Achilles strolled up to him so casually.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b446d631	comment	Shogun's Samurai features a Cool Old Guy vs. Retired Badass SSB that dramatically uses a stylistic conjunction of Diagonal Cut.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b53b86fa	comment	In The Princess Bride Inigo does this to one of Count Rugen's guards without taking his eyes off Rugen. He then repeats it on the other 3.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b55b8015	comment	Ryu Hayabusa and Strider Hiryu naturally ends with one as a reference to the intro of the original Ninja Gaiden. As Hiryu was faster, he won the clash, leaving Ryu wide-open for his Ragnarok Finishing Move.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b704a08a	comment	This pretty much happens in the Cloud fight during the Ring Conflict arc of Reborn! (2004). Mosca flies at Hibari of the Absurdly Powerful Student Council, and it looks like he might be in trouble. But unsurprisingly for him, Hibari one-shots him and can't even walk away fast enough before he turns to attack Xanxus. Granted, Mosca was a Caped Mecha who ran on the power of a Nice Old Man who loves puppies, and is a Mafia Boss at the same time. And it was playing dead. All apart of Xanxus' Evil Plan.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b8ec1fed	comment	In Volume 9 of The Beginning After the End, Arthur and Nico's rematch during the Victoriad ends up being this. Arthur nonchalantly knocks out Nico in a single blow with his newfound aether powers, causing Nico to be sent flying across the arena. To add insult to injury, the attack destroyed Nico's mana core, an instance of Laser-Guided Karma as the outcome of their last confrontation during the war had led to Arthur's own mana core being damaged beyond recovery.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b962c879	comment	Erza's final showdown with Ikaruga in Fairy Tail. After they pass each other, there's a Beat before one of Erza's blades shatters into pieces, just like all her other weapons and armor before this moment...and then another Beat as Ikaruga's sword shatters as well and she collapses in a heap. It happened again between the dragons Igneel and Acnologia in their final showdown. Acnologia tore away most of Igneel's torso before blowing him up with his Breath Weapon, but Igneel tore off one of Acnologia's arms in exchange.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b9a762be	comment	The final battle of Azumi: Azumi and Bijoumaru do this after a long swordfight. After the unseen swordstrike, both fighters are standing with their backs to each other, filmed from different angles. A small trail of blood starts to encircle Bijoumaru's neck, he tries to turn while jumping and he lands.....with his head pointing the wrong way. The decapitation takes full effect only as he collapses.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_b9b796cf	comment	In Fate/stay night, Saber and Assassin end their fight with a Single Stroke Battle. (More precisely, it was Saber's Excalibur vs. Assassin's Tsubame Gaeshi, so technically it was three strokes on Assassin's part.)
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_ba2ab0a2	comment	The first trailer for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood shows Ezio slashing at a horseman who goes past and stays on his horse for a while before falling off.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_bddc4ebe	comment	This is how the duel between Trent and his evil clone ended in Power Rangers: Dino Thunder. "I guess you wanted it more. Goodbye, White Ranger." Happens near the end of Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, between the Black Ranger (Will) and his primary antagonist Kamdor (as there were four enemy groups, each individual Ranger got one or more individual rivals). This was the alternate version, with the Black Ranger falling to one knee first, and the enemy going "Finally! Now, to find the—YEARGHH!" and violently exploding. Taylor and Zen-Aku have this in Power Rangers Wild Force. After they strike each other in passing, it is Taylor who falls and involuntarily demorphs, allowing ZA to snag two of her Animal Crystals (and thus control two more of the Rangers' Humongous Mecha. ZA was all about the Gundam Jacking.) However, the previously-untouchable Zen-Aku was made to bleed a little - red blood, proving he wasn't what he seemed. Doggie Kruger vs. his similarly armed and similarly trained old rival in Power Rangers S.P.D.. Victory goes to the big blue dog, but The Rival survives. SPD has another example. Sky Tate and his Evil Former Friend Dru Harrington. Sky repeats wisdom Dru had told him while they were training: "You don't make the same mistake twice." This happens in Power Rangers and Super Sentai a lot - not even always at the same times. (Kamdor vs. Will didn't have this in sentai, Jannu and Asuka didn't have this in PR, Zen-Aku and Taylor as well as Doggie and Ichthior were the same in both.) Also, it's seldom the entire battle. Oftentimes it's more, after fighting for the whole episode, they gather themselves for one more strike. Subverted one time in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Leo and the Monster charge each other and slash one another with their swords. They keep going and then pause for several seconds, sparks fly off the monster and it collapses... only for it to be revealed this was because the Magna Defender threw a knife into its back after it and Leo fought.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_be0c33a5	comment	Ghost of Tsushima has this as a gameplay mechanic known as "standoffs". Jin can challenge any enemy and the player has to hold down the heavy attack button until the enemy attacks. If the enemy lands a hit or Jin attacks before the enemy charges Jin's health bar will completely deplete, but a successful hit instakills the enemy. Certain upgrades can even allow Jin to coax subsequent enemies into trying to attack him, chaining multiple instakills together.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_bf4d4a91	comment	Assassins of Brotherhood has the battle between Wei and his second brother-in-arms, two of them in a field at dusk. The sun is setting, the audience only see their silhouettes as they dash at each other. A slashing noise is heard as the camera pans out, then pans in again, switching between Wei and his brother as they have a heartfelt, final chat on how they're destined to kill each other... then the brother collapses.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c0d295c4	comment	A sword in Team Fortress 2, called the Half-Zatoichi, allows the player to one-hit kill another player who is also wielding this sword.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c137e301	comment	Taylor and Zen-Aku have this in Power Rangers Wild Force. After they strike each other in passing, it is Taylor who falls and involuntarily demorphs, allowing ZA to snag two of her Animal Crystals (and thus control two more of the Rangers' Humongous Mecha. ZA was all about the Gundam Jacking.) However, the previously-untouchable Zen-Aku was made to bleed a little - red blood, proving he wasn't what he seemed.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c154d9b6	comment	Basilisk has an interesting variation: Yakushiji Tenzen gets to be on both the receiving and giving end of this trope... and in that order! First Jimushi Juubei pierces Tenzen's chest with his hidden blade, killing him. Then Tenzen comes back and cuts Juubei in half with his katana.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c18d15ca	comment	In Starcraft II Legacy Of The Void, one happens between Zeratul and an Amon-possessed Artanis. The two strike, a second passes with a peal of Dramatic Thunder, and Zeratul collapses. Artanis then turns, revealing that Zeratul also hit his mark and severed Artanis' nerve cords, freeing him from the Khala and Amon's control.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c2463c55	comment	The Yojimbo summon in Final Fantasy X has the special move zanmato, which follows the trope exactly and cleaves pretty much any in-game enemy in half, as a non-standard enemy death scene to boot.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c4282b71	comment	Used in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Close to a shot-for-shot of the Ninja Gaiden scene. Featuring a geriatric mule baker ninja. Against an enemy cake. Really.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c4b82575	comment	The final fight in the pulpy Underworld (2003) is this trope down to a tee, although somewhat more drawn out than usual.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c50747b1	comment	In LoliRock, Talia and Auriana do this to Praxina. Later, Iris and Talia do it on a Monster. Both instances have the characters running past each other, but they don't aim for each other, just the person in the middle.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c72c2d06	comment	In Star Wars Rebels, the final duel between Obi-Wan and Maul is one of these. Maul tries to defeat Obi-Wan with the same move he used to kill Qui-Gon all those decades ago, but Obi-Wan cuts through Maul's saber and fatally wounds him.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_c9633211	comment	The first trailer for No More Heroes features Travis and Helter Skelter in a Single Stroke Battle. Travis wins, and Helter either collapses, or has his head removed, depending on the trailer version. "Your shining armor and fine words won't get you anywhere!"
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_cba48b98	comment	God Hand: The Daisy Cutter God Reel move looks like this. Gene blows the target into the air, slides past it, then punches his fists together, causing an explosion. Azel kills off the Three Evil Stooges this way.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_ce50887e	comment	This is done at least twice in the original Dragon Ball, though with fists and feet instead of swords. First, Goku faces off barehanded against Yamcha's "Wolf Fang Fist." Later, capping off his match against Jackie Chun at the World Martial Arts Tournament (after a series of ridiculous events have already transpired such as blowing up the moon) Goku has a single stroke jump-kick faceoff with Chun. And loses to Chun, who is really Master Roshi in disguise, because Roshi's legs are longer. Parodied mercilessly earlier in the same Tenkaichi Budokai, during Jackie Chun and Krillin's match. They rush each other, there's a flash of action too fast for the eye to follow, and they land... and Krillin collapses. But since the audience (and the announcer) missed it, they pantomime the entire event all over again, for the audience's benefit, with running commentary on the dozens of techniques and attacks they used in that split-second rush. Actually played straight in one instance. Yajirobe defeats Cymbal with one stroke of his sword. Gohan and Garlic Jr. get into one with their fists. When they land, Gohan falls over in pain and Garlic Jr. gloats, but then gets shocked when a cut opens on his cheek. In Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!, Trunks and Vegeta's fights with the lesser androids both end this way (although Trunks was the only one with a sword). In both cases, the Saiyan stumbles and shows visible damage, while the android seems unharmed - and then boom.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d0c4538c	comment	One of these occurs in the first episode of Real Bout High School between Ryoko and the last member of the Amateur Ninja Club. Ryoko wins.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d2050b4c	comment	In Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, this is how the Prince kills Kaileena, after a long fight. They run at each other from a distance, a sword clang is held when they meet and they continue running without pause for a short distance. After a beat, Kaileena slowly collapses while telling the Prince he lost anyway.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d2bb929d	comment	A version of this appears in Soulcalibur III, just before the penultimate battle in story mode (regardless of which character is played or the story path). Siegfried and Nightmare square off in the cutscene, swing their swords simultaneously, there's a one-second beat, then one of them falls over. Which one survives to fight the player depends on which character you are playing at the time: good characters fight Nightmare, evil ones fight Siegfried. If you have chosen either of those characters, you simply fight the other. This is also how Siegfried kills Nightmare in his ending in Soulcalibur IV. And Setsuka's Critical Finish, also in IV. As Setsuka's student, Alpha Patroklos uses this as his Critical Edge in V. Also, playing vs matches with health set to 0% can do this, handy for farming the vs match total count.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d38fe19f	comment	Used by Asajj Ventress to take care of the last fighter in the battle that introduces her, and the nearest thing to an actual threat to her, in Star Wars: Clone Wars.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d3b17858	comment	Final Fantasy Tactics has a variation. In an early cutscene, we are shown two knights fighting. One rushes at the other, sword raised for a downward strike, but the other merely steps out of the way before striking.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d5166b43	comment	This can happen in Halo 2 if both players use the sword dash.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d56cb367	comment	Doggie Kruger vs. his similarly armed and similarly trained old rival in Power Rangers S.P.D.. Victory goes to the big blue dog, but The Rival survives. SPD has another example. Sky Tate and his Evil Former Friend Dru Harrington. Sky repeats wisdom Dru had told him while they were training: "You don't make the same mistake twice."
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d58b1a52	comment	A non-lethal version of this occurs in Utawarerumono when Nawunga tests out Karula's skills in battle.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d5ddd6c1	comment	A non-sword version of this trope occurs in the Battle Frontier season of PokÃ©mon: The Series: at the end of the battle between Charizard and Articuno, both PokÃ©mon hit each other with one last attack. Charizard falls to the ground, while Articuno lands seemingly unharmed. The referee begins to declare Articuno the winner, but Charizard manages to struggle back to his feet. Then Articuno suddenly collapses. In an earlier episode, Team Rocket's Meowth has a Single Stroke Battle with a Persian involving an incredibly long and drawn out beat. Meowth actually won. Meowth tries to exploit this against Pikachu in a XY episode, issuing one as a rouse to trap the latter in a Pokeball. Pikachu dodges however, forcing him to quickly play it proper. Surprisingly, Meowth's Fury Swipes actually hurts Pikachu, but his Iron Tail knocks Meowth out flat. Parodied in a duel between an Electabuzz and Scyther. After a lengthy buildup, the two charge at each other, the action freezes at the point of contact... and both fall, having run headfirst into each other. A variation of this happens a lot in PokÃ©mon, similar to the Charizard/Articuno example above. Both combatants score a final attack, they stand panting with their backs to each other, one feigns fainting, the other faints for real. Special mention goes to when Ash's Sirfetch'd (one of the few instances actually involving blades) does this against Cynthia's Garchomp and Died Standing Up.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d5e9a8ed	comment	The Ultimates: Nerd Hulk beats Whistler in an old Iron Man suit in one punch.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d5ea01b5	comment	Happens again in the sequel, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie where Rean squares off against his masked replica at the climax of his chapter 4. And in the final chapter, Rufus engages this with his replica self.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d76723b5	comment	Ultraviolet (2006), which is also written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, features a similar scene. Several Curb Stomp Battles establish that Violet's hemophage superpowers prevent any mere human from challenging her. Then she's confronted by a whole room full of her fellow hemophage assassins. Prepare for an epic battle, right? Wrong. She cuts off all of their heads with a single swing. Yay.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d78af2ac	comment	The final battle between Eggsy and Gazelle in Kingsman: The Secret Service concludes this way. Gazelle's first appearance has her effortlessly dispatching a Kingsman agent in this manner, as well.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d7c9f170	comment	The Matrix Reloaded has one... in the form of Morpheus vs. an SUV. As Trinity and the Keymaker make their getaway, the Twins try to run Morpheus down. He rolls to the side at the last minute, and uses his katana to slice through one of their tires as they pass him. The SUV starts to flip over, setting up Morpheus's next move — emptying his gun into the gas tank.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_d908efc	comment	In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Zenitsu's fights against weaker demons go accordingly to the theme. More precisely, in one single stroke of his Thunder Breath Style -which invokes an Iaijutsu discipline- Zenitsu quickly dispatches the foe with a swift slash to the throat; on longer battles, however, Zenitsu tries to charge his speed to a ludicrous degree till he blitzes through the area, all to find that sweet spot to behead the enemy.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_da093071	comment	Used seriously in the main storyline of No Need for Bushido in the duel between Yorikiro and Ryoku(It is notable that they agree to sheathe their swords during a battle to invoke this), but subverted in the second video of No Need for Bushido: Squeaky's Paper-Cutout Theater, where the camera perspective flashes back and forth repeatedly between Yorikiro and his opponent, seemingly to draw out the tension of the moment, only to have the camera pan out and show the two still far apart slowly ambling towards each other, meaning that they really have been taking that long to reach each other.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_da9864b	comment	The fight between Perseus and Medusa in Clash of the Titans where he finishes her with a single Clean Cut.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_daff6a21	comment	In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds, Mizoguchi's Samurai Deck has a trap, Pause of the Certain Kill, that turns battle between monsters into this. It even has Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro in the illustration.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_dc4c68bb	comment	Valkyria Chronicles does this once in the battle between Selvaria and Alicia. Despite the fact that Selvaria was winning for most of the battle.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_df2eb6f4	comment	While it was preceded by a long choreographed battle, that was just a long lead-up to one of these between Connor MacLeod and the Kurgan to end it all.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_e22c949c	comment	In Dragon Quest 9 the move 'Blind Man's Biff' has an animation which looks rather like this. Although, as it strikes a random opponent, it's not going to allow for a Single Stroke battle unless it's against a single opponent you're assured of OHKO-ing.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_e25322af	comment	The Homestar Runner cartoon Under Construction parodies this trope, with the anime-inspired Stinkoman battling "Stickly Man", a shovel-wielding animated GIF, in a Single-Stroke Battle that's clearly an Homage to Ninja Gaiden.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_e45f1b21	comment	Chrome Shelled Regios: An early fight between Haia and Layfon comes down to this, both waiting for the other to show an opening, since both are trained in the same techniques.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_e4d5575	comment	In WarCraft, the climatic fight between Lothar and Blackhand goes this way, with the former sliding low and striking under the latter's guard. He adds a second strike, but that's mostly a finishing touch - his opponent would've bled out of the first cut anyway.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_e5a5b4c1	comment	Done in Dead of Summer, more literally than usual. Panther's evil clone doesn't even get a chance to react before being destroyed.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_e67a7d6c	comment	Setsuna in Negima! Magister Negi Magi suggested she and Negi do this to finish their match in the Tournament Arc seeing as they only had 15 seconds left in the match.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_e9d7acf9	comment	Some fights in Lone Wolf are close to this trope, usually when one or both opponents are on mounts and they have only one round to strike each other before the momentum bring them apart. Notably, a barbarian scout on skis while Lone Wolf pass him on a sled (Book 3), a Vassagonian horseman charging Lone Wolf (Book 4) or a Drakkar Kraan-rider while Lone Wolf is flying on an Itikar (Book 5). The one with the highest Endurance loss loses the fight, with varying results, up to a One-Hit Kill.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_e9e265b6	comment	In Fire Emblem: Awakening, a Swordmaster armed with a Killing Edge and activating the Lethality skill results in this. Likewise, in Fire Emblem Engage, the Swordmaster critical animation involves the character kneeling down in the foreground and quickly unsheathing and resheathing a sword, while the enemy explodes in the distance.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_ed2a7866	comment	In Sword Art Online, Kirito does this to a wolf at the end of the first episode when he rushes off to the next village shortly after Kayaba tells the players they're stuck in the game. He also does this consecutively to two Salamanders right after he first arrives in ALfheim Online.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_eef5470a	comment	Considering that the non-leaping non-ninja version of this phenomena is essentially the most extreme form of Iai or Battoujutsu, it's rather surprising that Rurouni Kenshin doesn't make heavy use of the technique; whenever Kenshin (whose old nom de guerre Hitokiri Battousai means "Assassin who has mastered Battoujutsu") uses a battou attack, the location of the weapon in his opponent is clearly shown. That may have something to do with the fact that since Kenshin's sakabatou is a blunt weapon, he's not exactly capable of cleaving enemies to pieces with it. Except when using Amekakeru Ryu No Hirameki, in which case it was always a double lens flare. We saw the immediate after effects, but never the sword physically connecting. Given the nature of the attack, this is justified.
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Single-Stroke Battle / int_ef2e1620	comment	In MegaMan NT Warrior, Rockman's fight with Fireman in the N1 Grand Prix ends this way, with Rockman using Wide Sword and Fireman using Flame Sword. Rockman wins, naturally.
Single-Stroke Battle / int_ef2e1620	featureApplicability	1.0
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MegaManNTWarrior	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_ef2e1620
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f10a65b	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f10a65b	comment	Subverted in Legends of Tomorrow, in Sara's duel with a samurai. They run at each other, each strike a single blow, and then the samurai staggers and collapses... and then Sara reveals the bloody knife in her left hand with which she struck the actual fatal blow. After all, Sara isn't a samurai, she's an assassin.
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f10a65b	featureApplicability	-0.3
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Legends of Tomorrow	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_f10a65b
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f4a728d6	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f4a728d6	comment	The fight between Afro Samurai's father and Justice ends with one of these coupled with a Diagonal Cut... with the winner using a revolver. It is not until the last episode that we learn Justice has a hidden third arm with a blade. The duel between Afro and Kuma aka Jinnosuke ends with one of these. Just before the clash, Afro switches to a thrust, allowing him to fully utilize the greater length of his sword as well as strike faster than even the cybernetically-enhanced Kuma.
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Afro Samurai	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_f4a728d6
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f4abd380	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f4abd380	comment	Jin and Hakumen from BlazBlue have the Yukikaze move,note Jin gets it in Continuum Shift, if you're playing Calamity Trigger and about to say "I don't see shit, captain". which follows a counter. Yeah, they're the same person... sort of, why do you ask?
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f4abd380	featureApplicability	1.0
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BlazBlue (Franchise)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_f4abd380
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f6a54e75	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f6a54e75	comment	Kingdom Hearts: Sora in Kingdom Hearts II can initiate a reaction command when fighting a Samurai Nobody. When pressed, everything else on the screen freezes as Sora and the samurai take stance. There are even cherry blossoms fluttering over their heads. After about 2 or 3 seconds, the words "The End" appear in one of your (now empty) command boxes. You have to get to and click on "The End" in time to win the face-off. Regardless of who wins or loses, the two opponents suddenly strike each other, the screen goes white for a second, and the victor is shown behind the victim with their weapon drawn as the opponent recoils with pain. In the Final Mix+ version of the game, the same applies to their controller, Roxas (now a boss, instead of a cutscene). Initiating the Duel Stance reaction command shows a scene of the two charging at each, Keyblades at the ready and in slow-mo. If Sora selects the right command in time, he'll knock Roxas into the air and telekinetically steal his Oathkeeper and Oblivion Keyblades, using them in tandem with his regular combos for a short period of time until Roxas (now reduced to his light powers) steals them back. If Sora fails, let's just say he'll be feeling sore in the morning. Or not. After fighting Luxord in the World That Never Was, the battle ends when Luxord tries to put up a wall of cards around himself, but Sora just sprints right at him and slices through the cards (and Luxord) with one swing. Cue Sora's Ass Kicking Pose. Also in II, Superboss Sephiroth always opens up the battle with and afterwards periodically uses a move called "Flash", where the screen darkens, Sephiroth makes a short remark ("That's enough."), and he dashes past Sora with quick footwork. If Sora doesn't use the "Reflect" reaction command (or â€“ with very good timing â€“ use Reflect or even jump), Sora is struck by multiple invisible blows that usually bring Sora's health down to critical levels (if underleveled/unprepared, this almost certainly spells disaster). Terra in Birth by Sleep can meld together other commands to get Zantetsuken to use in normal combat. Much like its Final Fantasy origins, it can take out a normal enemy in one swing, if you're lucky. Otherwise, it just does regular damage. It's ineffective against bosses though. In Chain of Memories after Lexaeus knocks Riku after their boss battle, Ansem takes over Riku's body and slays him, combining this with a Flash Step. The II.5 HD ReMIX of coded's cutscenes had a lot of the boss fights end as soon as Sora got a good hit in. The classic 'jump, pass, someone dies' version is done with the true Shadow form of Sora's Heartless
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f6a54e75	featureApplicability	1.0
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f6a54e75	featureConfidence	1.0
Kingdom Hearts (Franchise)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_f6a54e75
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f84c42c0	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f84c42c0	comment	Much of Goemon's battles from Lupin III are like this. One of the best examples is in the movie The Mystery of Mamo where he faces off against Mamo's lead henchman Flinch; when they land, Goemon has a deep cut on his arm and a broken sword-tip. Flinch laughs at him only for his head to separate into three pieces â€“ the broken sword was still plenty sharp.
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f84c42c0	featureApplicability	1.0
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f84c42c0	featureConfidence	1.0
Lupin III (Franchise)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_f84c42c0
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8705c18	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8705c18	comment	Hellsing did this in a scene decidedly not drawn from the manga during the battle between Alucard and Father Anderson. Subverted in that Alucard doesn't actually win the showdown, but that hardly matters. This tends to be a staple of the whole series. If it's not a serious battle or they're not toying with their prey, this is how most fights end for Alucard and Anderson. Due to their roles as the respective Juggernauts of Hellsing and Iscariot, they're just too powerful for most enemies to last more than a single shot or bayonet stroke against them. Their young protÃ©gÃ©s, Seras Victoria for Alucard and both Heinkel Wolfe and Yumie Takagi for Anderson, are just as likely to take down and destroy enormous swathes of opponents in a blood-soaked glory of single strokes, bullets, or cannon shots.
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8705c18	featureApplicability	-0.3
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8705c18	featureConfidence	1.0
Hellsing (Manga)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8705c18
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8956ef3	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8956ef3	comment	In YuYu Hakusho, Hiei and Shigure fight to the death for Mukuro's edification. Both deal out lethal wounds too quickly to spot, and have a keel-over moment afterwards. Of course, Mukuro revives them both, and even ends up falling in love (sorta) with Hiei. Hiei also pulled this trope out much earlier, in the battle against Seiryuu of the Four Saint Beasts (in the manga, anyway; the anime extended the fight by a few minutes, though Seiryuu still went down faster than the other three beasts). Though it was actually 16 strokes. They just came so fast that Seiryuu didn't even know he'd been hit until he died.
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8956ef3	featureApplicability	1.0
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8956ef3	featureConfidence	1.0
YuYu Hakusho (Manga)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8956ef3
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8df4747	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8df4747	comment	In The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye, the first time Cyclonus fights Star Saber, it's a moderately long engagement where Cyclonus only wins by being a Combat Pragmatist and having prominent spikes on his head. The second time they fight, Cyclonus tricks Star Saber into switching into his plane-like vehicle mode, lures him into a narrow corridor, and cuts him in half with a single blow, then offers up a prayer to Primus, asking that he forgive Star Saber's sins.
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8df4747	featureApplicability	1.0
Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8df4747	featureConfidence	1.0
The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_f8df4747
Single-Stroke Battle / int_fe83990a	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_fe83990a	comment	Happens at least a couple of times (with unarmed fighters, though) in the Saint Seiya anime; also, the first to fall to the ground is the one who actually survives.
Single-Stroke Battle / int_fe83990a	featureApplicability	1.0
Single-Stroke Battle / int_fe83990a	featureConfidence	1.0
Saint Seiya (Manga)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_fe83990a
Single-Stroke Battle / int_ff3289cd	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_ff3289cd	comment	The Explorer in Age of Empires III is always given 2 or 3 special attacks that often end in a single stroke battle
Single-Stroke Battle / int_ff3289cd	featureApplicability	1.0
Single-Stroke Battle / int_ff3289cd	featureConfidence	1.0
Age of Empires III (Video Game)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_ff3289cd

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Azure Striker Gunvolt / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Devil May Cry: The Animated Series / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Digimon Adventure / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Dragon Quest: Your Story / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Gregory Horror Show / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Halo Legends / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kemono Friends / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kill la Kill / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Macross Frontier / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Maho Girls Pretty Cure! / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Revolutionary Girl Utena / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Samurai Champloo / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Star Wars: Visions / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Sword of the Stranger / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Tenchi Muyo! GXP / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Dagger of Kamui / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Day Naruto Became Hokage / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Mystery of Mamo / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
You Are Umasou / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Avengers: The Kree/Skrull War (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Cap's Kooky Quartet (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Dark Times (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
In the Shadow of Dragons (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Mega Man (Archie Comics) (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Avengers (Lee & Kirby) (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Kree/Skrull War (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Ultimates (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Usagi Yojimbo (Comic Book) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Friendly Foreign Exchange Student Spider-Man! (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
FutureGenerations	seeAlso	Single-Stroke Battle
Lillie's Z-Powered Adventure! / Fan Fic / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Flash Sentry Chronicles / Fan Fic / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Legend of Spyro: A New Dawn / Fan Fic / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Weight of the World / Fan Fic / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
A Gamer In South Blue (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Black Knights, Arknights (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Dimensional Links (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Fairy Without Wings (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Fates Collide (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Green Tea Rescue (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Heroes of the New World (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Incarnation of Legends (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Natural Selection (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Owl House: NT Witch (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Relic of the Future (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Steal the Truth, Reach Out For Your Heart (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Stormwolf Adventures (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Legacy of the Blood Ravens (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Vasto of White (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Thy Good Neighbor (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
ULTIMATE-ONE-TYPE-Taylor (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Vow of the King (Fanfic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Ashes of Time / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Blade (1998) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Blind Fury / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Bunraku / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Clash of the Titans (2010) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Equilibrium / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Gladiator / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Golden Swallow / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kingsman: The Secret Service / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Predators / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Prey (2022) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Rob Roy / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Sanjuro / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Seven Samurai / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Shogun's Samurai / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Sword of the Beast / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Hidden Fortress / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Magic Blade / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Magnificent Trio / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The NeverEnding Story (1984) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The NeverEnding Story / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Suicide Squad / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Warrior's Way / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Troy / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Warcraft (2016) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kirby (Franchise) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Zatoichi (Franchise) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Black Bullet / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Chivalry of a Failed Knight / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Goblin Slayer / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
KonoSuba / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Lord Marksman and Vanadis / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Strike the Blood / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
A Conspiracy of Serpents / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Black Blood Brothers / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Black Bullet / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Chivalry of a Failed Knight / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Codex Alera / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Digimon Seekers / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Goblin Slayer / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Howling Dark / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
KonoSuba / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Lone Wolf / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Lord Marksman and Vanadis / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Musashi / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Neverwhere / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Reign of the Seven Spellblades / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Snuff / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
So I'm a Spider, So What? / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Strike the Blood / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Garden of Sinners / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The God in the Bowl / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Hagakure / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Sacred Blacksmith / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Sun Eater / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Twelve Kingdoms / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Wandering Inn / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Their Bright Ascendancy / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Undead Girl Murder Farce / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Warformed Stormweaver / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
ElfenHigh	seeAlso	Single-Stroke Battle
Absolute Boyfriend (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Biomega (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Cat Paradise (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Cells at Work! (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Claymore (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Dororo (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Hellsing (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Hidamari Sketch (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kamui Den (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Mega Man Megamix (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Parallel Paradise (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Reborn! (2004) (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Saint Seiya (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Samurai Deeper Kyo (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
School Rumble (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Shigurui (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Soul Eater (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Sumomo Mo Momo Mo (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Wanted! (1998) (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
YuruYuri (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Thundercat (Music) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
A Man's Dream Never Dies: A One Piece Quest (Roleplay) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Dreams and Destiny: A One Piece Quest (Roleplay) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Engine Sentai Go-onger / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Godzilla Island / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Legends of Tomorrow / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Robot Wars / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Stargate Atlantis / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Hexer / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Thunderbolt Fantasy / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Aces and Eights: Shattered Frontiers (Tabletop Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Burning Wheel (Tabletop Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Legend of the Five Rings (Tabletop Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Aquapazza (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Baldur's Gate (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Black★Rock Shooter (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Bushido Blade (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Crisis Core (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Elite Beat Agents (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Elsword (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Final Fantasy IV (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Final Fantasy Type-0 (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Final Fantasy V (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Final Fantasy VI (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Final Fantasy VII (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Final Fantasy X-2 (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Friday Night Funkin': Corruption (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Ghost of Tsushima (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
God Hand (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Hellish Quart (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kingdom Hearts coded (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kirby Super Star (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kirby's Adventure (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
KUNAI (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
MadWorld (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Metro: Last Light (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Ninja Gaiden (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Ninja Gaiden (NES) (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
No More Heroes (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Overwatch (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
P.N.03 (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Red Dead Redemption (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Rondo of Swords (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Samurai Shodown (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Soul Series (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Star Fox Command (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Street Fighter Alpha (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Super Gem Fighter (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Vanguard Bandits (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Yakuza 5 (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (Video Game) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Aoi Shiro (Visual Novel) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Hakuouki (Visual Novel) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Hanachirasu (Visual Novel) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Lucky Dog 1 (Visual Novel) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Cyborneer Series (Web Animation) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
DC Super Hero Girls (Web Animation) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kombat Kids (Web Animation) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Legendary & Mythical PokÃ©mon Battle Royale (Web Animation) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
SPARKLE ON RAVEN (Web Animation) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Codex (Web Animation) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Brony D&D (Web Video) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
None Piece (Web Video) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Sword Art Online Abridged (Web Video) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Aurora (2019) (Webcomic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Feast For A King (Webcomic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kill Six Billion Demons (Webcomic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Mokepon (Webcomic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Nuzlocke Comics Fan Works (Webcomic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace (Webcomic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
The Water Phoenix King (Webcomic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Unicorn Jelly (Webcomic) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Blue Eye Samurai / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
G.I. Joe: Resolute / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Heart String Marionette / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kubo and the Two Strings / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
LoliRock / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Star Wars: Clone Wars / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Star Wars Rebels / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Digimon Fusion / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Digimon Xros Wars / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Clash of the Elements / Fan Fic / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Transformers Alter Verse / Fan Fic / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Akame ga Kill! (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (Manga) / int_4565d81d	type	Single-Stroke Battle

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