Gee, my first post, and it's a reply to something...

Hi! Everybody!

Alright, alright, whilst I know that this is a spamfic (gotta love 'em),
an interesting question is brought up.  Is crying out the name of the
attack (bakusai tenketsu) REALLY necessary to finish the move?

I was always of the opinion that it was the honourable thing to do, to
give ones opponent an opportunity to counter-attack.  But, if the
villain truly wanted to hurt/maim/kill/utterly-destroy their opponent,
why call it out and take the chance the good guy would already know the
counter?

Just a question.

-Tom

No, crying the name of an attack is not neccessary. Ranma does not always cry out attack names when he uses them (Example - watch the second Ranma movie.) Cologne and Happosai only uses attack cries when their gloating.

The pourpose of screaming out the name of the attack, from what I can tell, is as a concentration trick. These special attacks require the user to martial energies - either internal or external - to perform. Useing an attack cry seems to be a method for focusing that energy faster.

Or, of course, I could be completly wrong, and they just do it to sound cool... ^^;;;

Hope this helps,
Jason, Victim of the Longniichuan, J-ryu




"Something tells me we're gonna be dealing with a lot of morons for a long time to come..."
    -Tamuro Gomi, Wasted Minds part one
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