Hiken: Tsubame Gaeshi

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Hiken: Tsubame Gaeshi

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Fate/Stay night

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Spatial manip

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The legendary technique of the swordsman Sasaki Kojirou, who is said to be capable of cutting down a swallow mid-flight. Through human means, he achieved a Mystery on the level of a Noble Phantasm, a skill mindlessly refined to the point that it has become a legend in itself. Under the Fuyuki system, it is not acknowledged as a Noble Phantasm but is instead a skill. However, it is registered as such under the FATE system. The technique, through an application of the Second Magic, bends the laws of physics to make three perfectly simultaneous slashes from three separate directions. It is a sword of infinity that renders the finite existence of a single slash into multiple possibilities to create a future that not even the gods can escape from. In Fate/Unlimited Codes, Assassin can use a technique called Hikan: Tsubami Mai, which is a series of six high-speed slashes he performs on his enemy before getting into position and ending it with Tsubami Gaeshi.

It is Assassin's most important technique. He never normally takes a stance but does so for Tsubame Gaeshi. The technique is complemented by the range offered by Monohoshi Zao, allowing him to cut off escape. Even if one strike is blocked, the other two will land. As it is just a skill refined to the level of a Mystery, Assassin can use it without expending any more magical energy than he needs to move. The only requirement for its execution is level ground, as performing it on an improper level ground will only cause it to form two slashes rather than the three it normally should make.

At the peak of this technique, instead of just attacking with three overlapping possibilities, he attacks with infinite answers. Normally, within the limits and laws of Space and Time, one would be bound to a single attack existing at any given time, but his skills have long surpassed Space, Time, Existence, Essence, etc. Using Infinity, his blade has become one with Endlessness. Accepting countless possibilities at once, and creating many more. This is the utimate purpose of Kojiro's Swallow Reversal, to create a future that not even the gods nor the Buddha can avoid.

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It;s literally just a sword strike that warps space to become 3 sword strikes.

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Extended melee ranges due to the use of a sword.

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Tsubame Gaeshi can only be performed properly if performed on level ground and will become imperfect if the Monohoshi Zao is bent or chipped in combat, leaving gaps through which a swift enough opponent can dodge. Speaking of swords, the ability needs a functional sword or a sword thats good enough to take a few hits or else the ability would be useless.