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- Kaede by Ribeiro
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- Kaede
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Kaede is the 17 year old leader of the four gods in the Last Blade
series. He represents SeiRyu, the blue dragon from East with eletric
powers. His style is the Kasshin Ittou Ryuu Unorthodox Fencing.

This version of Kaede for MUGEN mixes some elements from The Last Blade
and The Last Blade 2, plus a few original moves.

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- Contact
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http://mugenow.mgbr.net/ribeiro
ribribeiro@yahoo.com.br

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- Normal Moves
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*Without Blade
Back+x, Crouch x, a, Crouch a, Jump a, Fwd+a, Crouch Fwd+a

*With Blade
Jump x, x, x a Second time, y, Crouch y, Jump y, Fwd+y

*Ground Attack
D+F+y or just "a" for a kick (when the opponent is down)
Kaede strikes his sword against the fallen enemy.

*Counter
b, Crouch b
Do it when you see an opponent striking. The high version can't counter
low moves and the low version can't counter air moves. Pressing "b"
shortly after does the conter attack, but any other move can be used.
By pressing forward, Special Moves can be countered.

*Overhead Attack
c
A fast move that sends the opponent up. Can only be blocked high. Great
against someone crouch-blocking.

*Unblockable Attack
z
A very powerfull move that takes a while charging. Good to use against
an opponent that blocks every move.

*Run Forward
F, hold F
Kaede runs with great speed, being able to do long distance jumps.

*Hop Backward
B, B
Kaede does a short jump away from the opponent.

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- Special Moves
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*Taunt
Start
Kaede wipes his brows and sighs.

*Power Up
a+b
Kaede concentrates and gathers energy increasing his power bar.

*Throw
(Close) Fwd+y (can be done in air)
Kaede grabs his opponent and jumps, smashing the enemy against the
ground.

*Ittou Hayate
D, F, x/y (can be done in air)
Kaede swings his sword, resulting in a projectyle attack.

*Ittou Kuga
F, D, DF, x/y
Kaede jumps spining his sword in a good anti-air move. The strong
version can be done a second time and Kaede slashes down his opponent.

*Ittou RenjinZan
D, B, x/y
Kaede slides forward, slashing three times throwing the enemy up, then
down. This move can be cancelled into a level 1 Super.

*Ittou TabaKaze
D, B, a
Kaede rolls forward being able to appear behind his opponent. He can be
hit during the roll. If you press forward or backward while lying down,
you can do this before getting up. In that case, Kaede is invulnerable.

*Ittou ArashiUchi
B, D, F, a
Kaede attacks one time with an unblockable elbow attack. If that
connects, he slashes three more times sending the opponent up.

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- Super Moves
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*Kasshin SeiRyu
D, F, D, F, x+y
Kaede lifts his energized sword above his head then slashes down with a
huge crash. Level 1 super move, can be held.

*Kasshin FukuRyu
D, B, D, F, x+y
Kaede slashes the ground in front of him and a big lightning bolt appears in that spot. Level 1 super move, can be held.

*Kasshin KouRyu
D, B, D, F, y
Kaede slashes the ground in front of him and three dragon-shaped
lightnings strike juggling the opponent. Level 2 super move, can be
held.

*Combo Special
D, D, x+y
Like the Custom Combo Mode from SFA3, this move allows you to do very
big combos using any moves until the super bar reaches zero. Must have
at least one super bar level, but it uses the whole power.

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- What's missing
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MAYBE
*AI
*Intro and Ending
*Kakusei Kasshin SouRyu
D, F, D, F, y
Kaede awakens as SeiRyu and makes a short range slash. If that
connects, he does a second slash similar to Ittou Kuga as a huge
eletric dragon bursts from the ground. Level 3 super move.

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- Combo System
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Last Blade has a combo system that works like this:

   1           2           3         4                  5
Back+x < x/Crouch x < x again < y/Crouch y/c < Fwd+y/Fwd+a/Crouch Fwd+a

Meaning that a 5 hit combo can be done with normal moves. You can just
press x, y, a to knock down the opponent.
The moves can be cancelled into Specials until step 4, except for one
Special that can be cancelled into Supers, causing great damage.

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- Thanks
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DeSouza: edited some sprites, ripped the sounds, made bug reports, gave
         ideas, helped a lot in the making of Kaede.

bagaliao: his Kaedem helped me with some vels and I took a few sounds
          even though the Awakaned form is different.

Mantovao: helped in the making of the palletes and bugs in the sff.

VIB: helped in a lot of things