Sakura-jime against Akuma.
Sakura-jime is Sakura's Back throw in Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter X Tekken.
Description[]
Sakura leaps over her opponent and delivers a kick to their upper back. In older games, this attack was completely different, as Sakura would climb her opponent's back and wrap her arms around her opponent's neck, strangling them.
In Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix a more comical version of the older Sakuma-Jime was used where Sakura would climb into her opponent's back and give them wet willies. It is otherwise functionally equivalent to her Alpha counterpart. Instead of clubbing the opponent's back of the head like the Alpha version this version sees Sakura bite her opponent on the back of their head.
Tactics[]
Sakura using Sakura-Jime against Ibuki in Gem Fighter.
While not as useful as Sailor Shoot, it still has it's own uses. It can be used for positioning advantage and get the player in the side they want to be.
Trivia[]
- The way Sakura starts this throw is very similar to Ibuki's taunt in Third Strike.
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