The effects of the Matoi Izuna
The Izuna (飯綱) is an unblockable sword technique that was mastered by Isurugi Raijūta.
Description[]
The Izuna is a technique that creates a vacuum between two layers of air while the user swings their sword. While using a shinai, the user is able to snap other shinai and leave a slash-like indentation on the floor at the same time. It is also speculated that the technique is powerful enough to snap even diamond if the user uses a real sword.
The Izuna has a more advanced technique, which the user is able to launch a wind-blade capable of causing immediate amputation if not dodged. When this technique is fully mastered, the user is able to send multiple flying slashes at once.
Variants[]
- Matoi Izuna (纏飯綱) - A regular swing within the Izuna technique. The user swings his sword so fast that it creates a vacuum around the sword and causes that vanishing of the blade like a summer mirage.
- Tobi Izuna (飛飯綱) - A flying slash within the Izuna technique. The user swings his sword and launches a vacuum slash that can't be blocked. Raijuta has mastered this technique enough to launch multiple slash at once.
Practitioners[]
- Isurugi Raijūta - The Izuna was mastered by Raijūta, who studied it for 10 years after researching it from ancient scrolls.
Trivia[]
- The principle behind the Izuna is called "Kamaitachi", which is part of the Japanese folklore, and refers to an event caused by yōkai:
- The name Kamaitachi is a combination of the words "itachi" meaning weasel, and "kama" meaning sickle.
- The Kamaitachi is a sharp, painless and bloodless wound, that is enveloped by a whirlwind.
- It's a concept highly used in anime, in which even the wind surrounding a punch or a hit can damage a person who feels it.
Gallery[]
Raijūta using the Tobi Izuna on the ground
Yutarō receives the hit of the Tobi Izuna in his arm
Yutarō's arm is damaged by the Tobi Izuna
Raijūta doing multiple slashes of the Tobi Izuna at once
Kenshin dodges the slashes of the Tobi Izuna
Kenshin cuts the Tobi Izuna with his Sakabatō