Zanku Hadosho



The Zanku Hadosho is one of Oni's special attacks. Executed in mid-air by performing a quarter-circle backwards motion and pressing punch, the attack sees Oni fire a small hado from his palm, propelling him in the opposite direction from it. Depending on which punch button is pressed, Oni can go in three different directions: light punch shoots a burst of ki backward which propels him forward, medium punch shoots a burst of ki downward which propels him upward, heavy punch shoots a burst of ki forward which propels him backward. As well as giving Oni greater maneuvrability in the air, the hado is also an attack which can damage the opponent; Oni can thus use it as a way to poke at the opponent's defenses while also moving away from attempted counterattacks.

Oni cannot use any other attacks during a single jump, punching or kicking during a jump and then attempting a Zanku Hadosho will result in failure, and performing a Zanku Hadosho and then attempting another attack will also result in failure - with one exception: the Zanku Hadosho can be cancelled into Oni's aerial version of the Raging Demon.