The user can unleash sword-pressure or sword-force, bursts of energy/matter, with a simple swing of a bladed weapon, allowing them to strike an enemy without their weapon making physical contact. While not as strong as a full powered attack, the energetic, elemental, or telekinetic pressure is capable of stunning and significant damage.
Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII/Super Smash Bros.)
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Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa[]
Sephiria Arks (Black Cat) vaporizing a state at a molecular level with her Mekkai technique.
After regaining his Shinigami/Soul Reapers powers, Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) can emit bursts of sword-pressure that are as powerful as his old Getsuga Tenshō with just the force of his sword swings.
Trunks (Dragon Ball GT) channeling ki into his sword, producing a sword-force potent enough to slice through steel.
Erza Scarlet's (Fairy Tail) sheer strength allows her to produce sword-pressure strong enough to slash through metal.
Sesshōmaru (InuYasha), like most wielders of demonic swords, can use Kenatsu to cut anything with demonic energy without making physical contact...
...one example is when he first started using Tōkijin, he developed a Kenatsu that fires a barrage of demonic energy needles...
...and with his continued use of Tōkijin, he became able to use Kenatsu in the form of powerful energy waves...
...and in the form of devastating energy blasts to eradicate an entire horde of lesser demons.
Hoshiyomi (InuYasha) can use the Naginata of Kenkon to unleash its Kenatsu in the form of a spherical shockwave that is powerful enough to kill a large number of demons...
...and fire a Kenatsu that can open a vortex to the invisible void between Heaven and Earth.
Motoko Aoyama (Love Hina) uses Rock-Splitting Sword to infuse her blade with ki, emitting sword-pressure powerful enough to cleave through boulders.
Meliodas (Nanatsu no Taizai) projecting a powerful slash with a simple swing of his sword.
Setsuna Sakurazaki (Negima) using Rock-Splitting Sword to infuse her blade with ki, emitting sword-pressure powerful enough to cleave through boulders.
Samurai like Tsubaki Kurogane (Naruto/Boruto) can use the Samurai Sabre Technique to emit sword-force powerful enough to penetrate stone.
Gol .D "Gold" Roger (One Piece) emitting his Kamusari, a Haki infused Flying Slash Attack, to effortlessly defeat Kozuki Oden.
As the World's Greatest Swordsman, Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk (One Piece) can create powerful long-range sword-pressure with his Kokuto Issen/Black Blade Brandish/One Flash, an invisible Flying Slash Attack that cuts everything in his path...
...and Kokuto Kogetsu/Black Blade Arc Moon, a powerful slash attack that emits immense cutting air with each sword swing.
A skilled master swordsman, Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) can emit powerful waves of sword-force through the Flying Slash Attack that can cleave through almost anything...
...cleave through the mountain-sized Pica with his Santoryu/Three Swords Style variant...
...and generate a Flying Slash Attack with a simple Tanto knife.
With a mere swing of her bokken, Twilight Suzuka (Outlaw Star) emits sword-force powerful enough to shatter concrete.
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With a simple swing of his arm, Ventus-Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep) emits a massive burst of windy sword-force from the χ-blade that sends Aqua and Mickey flying.
Link (The Legend of Zelda series) can emit potent sword-force by infusing his blade with either the divine energy of the Skyward Strike...
...or magic power.
Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) can use his Murasama to emit potent shockwaves of sword-pressure.
After building up power for a Limit Break, Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII/Super Smash Bros.) unleashes it as the Finishing Touch, a cyclone of sword-force.
Videos[]
Zoro VS Erza (One Piece VS Fairy Tail) DEATH BATTLE!
One Minute Melee - Roronoa Zoro Vs Rurouni Kenshin (One Piece vs Samurai X)