Haohmaru: slashes upwards, jumping above the enemy, spinning around in mid-air, bringing his sword crashing down through the enemy, violently killing them, as they are cut in half.

Secondly, each character can execute the enemy if they finish the opponent within 20 seconds in the final round: Both halves of their corpse will hit the ground as your samurai is completely drenched in blood.

A powerful downward slice will cause a horrific explosion of gore, as the opponent seizes up, moments before ripping in half from head to groin.

After standing still for a second, having been cut in half at the waist, their torso will slide off of their legs, which will then drop to it's knees and fall to the ground.

An upward slashing attack will cause the opponent to freeze, scream, and bleed profusely.

A crushing blow will shatter their bones, causing the opponent to vomit up blood before dying and collapsing face first in a pool of their own gore.

A geyser of blood will shoot out, and the weakened opponent will scream as they collapse to the ground, dead.

A piercing blow will slit their throat.

Both halves will bounce along the ground briefly, splashing more blood. They will go flying slowly before their body rips in half, spraying blood everywhere.

Killing an opponent in mid-air will cut them in half.

First are simple finishing blows that will kill an opponent:

Mizuki: drops severed heads of defeated opponents.

Genjuro: drops a deck of hanafuda cards.

In the first two games, they drop personal possessions worth bonus points.

Killing an enemy mid-air slices them in half, cause the pieces of their body to scatter across the battlefield.

Earthquake: Cut horizontally through stomach.

Galford: Cut diagonally from right side of neck to left hip.

Hanzo: Cut diagonally from right shoulder to left side of chest.

Genjuro: Cut horizontally across chest.

Ukyo: Cut diagonally from right shoulder to left hip.

Nakoruru: Cut diagonally from right armpit to left side of her neck.

Haohmaru: Cut diagonally from his right shoulder to left hip.

The attack would kill them, causing them to split in half.

Finishing off a standing opponent would cause the attack to cut clean through their body.

They would gasp their last words before falling to their knees, then falling face-down, dead.

Finishing off a standing opponent would cut open their throat or chest causing blood to start gushing out, drenching you.

A powerful strike would cut them apart, causing them to scream and die.

Killing another fighter in the first few games was as easy as striking them hard enough when their life meters were empty. Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown 2: Haohmaru's Journey to Hell, and Samurai Shodown 3: Blades of Blood

2 Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge.

1 Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown 2: Haohmaru's Journey to Hell, and Samurai Shodown 3: Blades of Blood.

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