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"There is nothing I cannot cut."
― Kamikaze/Atomic Samurai (One-Punch Man)
"That's no imitation... we truly have been welded into his soul. A gathering of various swordsmen... Through years of cultivation, his Ganryu has finally touched the heavens. That is what it means to be unparalleled beneath the heavens!!"
― Musashi Miyamoto on Kojiro Sasaki (Record of Ragnarok)
"As I am now, I would cut down the Gods. En garde."
― Juuzou Shishimi to his former teacher, Jinbei (UQ Holder)

The power to possess transcendent mastery in wielding swords. Advanced version of Enhanced Swordsmanship. Variation of Supernatural Weapon Proficiency.

Also Called[]

  • Transcendent Swordsmanship/Sword Proficiency/Swordplay

Capabilities[]

Users are able to wield a sword with supernatural proficiency in speed, power, dexterity, and skill, allowing them to perform seemingly impossible feats with ease, such as cutting through nigh invulnerable or intangible materials, blocking or deflecting things that should be impossible to block/deflect and even slash targets from any distance.

The user's skill with a blade may even be so great that they can wield blades they shouldn't be able to such as Empathic and Bound weapons.

Applications[]

  • Attack Movement Manipulation - The user can manipulate, redirect or transfer their attack from an opponent to other targets as they can even disable attacks aimed towards them as a target and can transfer the attack to anyone/anything they desire.
    • Counter - User can reverse the moves of opponents and attack with the user's own counter moves with their blade.
    • Deflection - The user is capable of deflecting attacks, normally projectiles or blunt force, away from themselves.
  • Defense Break - With their blade, the user is capable of breaking and overcoming almost every type of defense.
  • Efficient Combat - With extensive knowledge and skill in swordplay, users can fight intensively with less energy/force than what is usually required.
  • Quick-Draw Mastery - With a sword, the user can draw their sword(s) and cut their opponent faster than they can register, slashing them before they have a chance to even react.
  • Multi-Sword Proficiency - With supernatural swordsmanship skill, users are usually capable of wielding two different/or same type of blades with ease in combat and in other cases, the user is also capable of wielding multiple different blades.
  • Precise Strike - The user can land accurate strikes on their opponents, allowing them to damage exactly whoever and whatever they want with utmost precision.
  • Razor Wind - The user can project air/wind or sound in a way that allows them to cut through matter from a distance.
  • Speed Cutting - The user can cut anything using only speed.
    • Pulverization - The user is able to pulverize or turn anything to dust using only their blade.

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See Also: Implausible Fencing Powers and Master Swordsman.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

Literature/Movies[]

  • Nicholas St. North/Santa Claus (The Guardians of Childhood)
  • Various Jedi and Sith (Star Wars Canon/Legends)

Video Games[]

  • Sparda (Devil May Cry)
  • Dante (Devil May Cry)
  • Vergil (Devil May Cry)
  • Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII series)
  • Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII series)
  • Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII series)
  • Genesis Rhapsodos (Final Fantasy VII series)
  • Angeal Hewley (Final Fantasy VII series)
  • Weiss the Immaculate (Final Fantasy VII series)
  • Squall Leonhart (Final Fantasy VIII)
  • Lightning Farron (Final Fantasy XIII series)
  • Caius Ballad (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
  • Zenos yae Galvus (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • Noctis Lucis Caelum (Final Fantasy XV)
  • Ardyn Izunia (Final Fantasy XV)
  • Clive Rosefield (Final Fantasy XVI)
  • Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
  • Ronin Alpha (HOURS)
  • Drifter (HOURS)
  • King Mickey Mouse (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Meta Knight (Kirby)
  • Kain (Legacy of Kain)
  • Link (The Legend of Zelda); as the Fierce Deity
  • Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
  • Demise (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
  • Raiden (Metal Gear)
  • Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear)
  • Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden/Dead or Alive)
  • Gen (Saga Frontier)
  • Flynn (Shin Megami Tensei)
  • Masakado (Shin Megami Tensei)
  • Ramirez (Skies of Arcadia)
  • Users of Soul Calibur (Soul Calibur)
  • Users of Soul Edge (Soul Calibur)
  • Various Jedi and Sith (Star Wars Legends)
  • Servants (TYPE-MOON)
  • Sword Master (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Takemikazuchi (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Arthas Menethil/Lich King (Warcraft series)
  • Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
  • Zanza (Xenoblade Chronicles)
  • Meyneth (Xenoblade Chronicles)
  • Rex (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
  • Pyra/Mythra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
  • Jin (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
  • Malos (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
  • Takeda Akane (Hanachirasu)
  • Yoshia Igarasu (Hanachirasu)
  • Beatrice Waltrud von Kircheisen (Dies Irae)
  • Gijou Mitsumi (Tokyo Necro)

Web Animation/Comic/Series/Original[]

  • Fighter (8-Bit Theater)

Known Swords[]

  • Zanpakutō (Bleach)
  • Various Nichirin Swords (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Kyokokukamusari/Hollow Cry of the Godless (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Nichirin/Sun Blade (One-Punch Man)
  • Gachirin/Moon Blade (One-Punch Man)
  • Sword of Masakado (Shin Megami Tensei)
  • Lightning God's Blue Dragon Sword (Yongbi the Invincible)

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