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Story

The eldest son of the historical Tohno family, he was raised for some time by the Arima branch family. However, he was called back to Souya to live in the Tohno estate shortly after his father passed away. A childhood injury left him with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, giving him the ability to see the death of all things in the form of lines and points. He wears special glasses which prevent his eyes from seeing these things all the time. He may be an ordinary student, but his ability to visualize death has altered his very perception of it. The aftereffects of his accident, combined with the toll his eyes take, has left him with chronic anemia. During battle, he removes his glasses to use his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

Gameplay

Shiki (often referred to as Tohno) is a melee rushdown fighter who punishes opponents with his fast normals and good advancing special attacks.

Shiki can easily tag opponents across the screen from surprising range with his high-movement special attacks, then work his strong mix-up at close range with many fast normal attacks (that complement his meterless reversals nicely on the defense) and frametraps. Should opponents try to mash out, his backdash pulls him away a great distance where he's ready to start his pressure all over again. Landing his Boundary Peek Arc Drive (236B+C) will also enable the usage of 22X teleport slashes for the rest of the round, expanding his punish options even further.

His strength in neutral comes with downsides; whiffing his special attacks or getting them blocked often leads to Shiki getting blown up horribly due to long recovery time. His normal attack hitboxes are also quite easy to duck, jump or low-profiled through with educated guess, especially if the player is being predictable with attack string.

Shiki's strong and simple style is deeply suited for beginners to play and learn with. But firm grasp of fighting game fundamentals is a must if one want to use him at high-level.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Coming soon.	Coming soon.

Character Summary

Move list

Moon Skills: 6B+C - Flash Sheath - Single Strike; 3B+C - Flash Run - Six Fish; 4B+C - Flash Run - Double Strike; j.6B+C - Flash Run - Six Fish; 2B+C - (Boundary Peek activated) Flash Sheath - Eight Piercings
Special Attacks: 236A/B/C (EX OK) - Flash Sheath - Single Strike: Advancing attack; 623A/B/C (EX OK) - Flash Run - Six Fish (Air OK): Anti-air, reversal (B/EX ver. only); 214A/B/C (EX OK) + Add. A/B/C - Flash Run - Double Strike: Sliding low kick; 22A - (Boundary Peek activated) Flash Sheath - Eight Piercings: Teleporting overhead; 22B - (Boundary Peek activated) Flash Sheath - Seven Nights: Fast dashing low; 22C - (Boundary Peek activated) Flash Sheath - Eight Points:
Arc Drive: 236B+C - Boundary Peek: High damage attack that unlocks 22X specials for the rest of the round when used
Last Arc: A+B+C+D / Successful Shield in Blood Heat - Testify - Seventeen Dissection: Very high damage attack
Unique Attacks: 44 > 44, 3C
Blowback Edge Moves: 5[C], j.[C], 236[B+C]

Stats & vitals

Coming soon.

Quick combo reference

Coming soon.

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

5A

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5A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
180	L	-SE-, -N-, -SP-, -RB-, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	2	12	18	-2	-

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Holding allows you to cancel into itself up to 3 times.

5B

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5B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
480	LH	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	4	15	26	-2	-

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5C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
680	LH	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	CD	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9 ~ 18	8	20	36 ~ 45	-11 ~ -4	-

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5[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
2000	U	-	SK, AB, L	2 Moon Icons	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
30 (26)	4	24	58 (54)	+14 ~ +17	18-30 Clash (14-26 Clash)

Unblockable, but can be stand Shielded.

Crouching Normals

2A

+

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2A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
150	L	-SE-, -N-, -SP-, RB, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	2	12	18	-2	-

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2B

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2B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
504	L	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	CD	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	4 (2) 4	14	30	-3	-

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2C

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2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
620	L	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	HK, L	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	5	25	36	-13	-

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Jumping Normals

j.A

Aerial

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jA

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
140	HA	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	4	11	19	-	-

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j.B

Aerial

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jB

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
392	HA	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, J	CD	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	2,2	-	-	-	-

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j.C

Aerial

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jC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
560	HA	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	7	-	-	-	-

Air combo filler and decent jump in option due to it's range.

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j[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
900	HA	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, J	GB, L	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
20	7	-	-	-	15-19 Clash

Very potent combo tool, both as a starter or extender.
Allows you to extend combos using Flash Run - Double Strike (+ or +) or Flash Run - Six Fish (++ or Aerial ++)
Requires testing, but also appears to have some form of guardpoint when it becomes active.

Command Normals

3C

+

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3C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700	LH	SP, EX, MD, (J)	CD, LR	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	4	25	37	-11	5-12 Air

Universal launcher for air combos
Is upper body invincible meaning you can use it as an antiair to an opponents jump in, as a less risky option than DP.
Not as long as or + but has a fair bit of range.
If you aren't sure if it will hit, it's probably better to just Rapid Beat into launcher if the combo allows for it.

44 > 44

(44)(44)

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44~44

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	-	-	-	-

Shiki has access to an extended backdash by inputting it a second time.

Universal Mechanics

Rapid Beat 2

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Double hitting slash attack that you can perform after hitting any of the attack buttons twice in a row.
Moves Shiki significantly closer to the opponent to set up for Rapid Beat 3 launcher
As a result, some special cancels that might not have reached before are now much easier to connect depending on how the opponent got hit. (IE if the opponent is on the ground, you can cancel Rapid Beat 2 into + and still have the combo connect, but if they were in the air you'll have to replace with +)

Rapid Beat 3

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Same animation as 3C

Ground Throw

throw

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+

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4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1500	U	-	HK	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4	3	19	25	+47	-

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Air Throw

airthrow

Aerial

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j4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	U	-	HK	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
1	3	-	-	-	-

Universal air combo ender.

Special Moves

Flash Sheath - Single Strike

+

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236A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LH	-EX-, -MD-	C	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	3	20	34	-4	-

A quick advancing slash
Maximum travel distance is pretty close to Round Start distance
On block has enough pushback to shift the opponent out of range even if done point-blank, though several characters have 's, +'s, and even some with buttons that can still beat out your from this range. Further out however the possibility of challenging the opponent pressing a button after using + is a lot higher due to the pushback and how which and far Shiki's and + can reach.

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236B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1377	LH	-EX-, -MD-	GB(3), L(3)	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
18	2,2,2	17	40	-2	-

A slower, slightly further advancing slash than +
Unlike +, + hits 3 times and bounces the opponent off of the ground on the final hit allowing a combo conversion afterwards.
The speed and hit properties make it tricky to use late into a combo and is much better suited to use at the beginning to help with hit confirms like max range normals for instance.

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236C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
2263	LH	MD	HK, WB(4), L(4)	1 Magic Circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+4	6 (11) 4	26	54	-9	1-4 Throw

EX version, now slashes twice and deals as much more damage as this would entail.
The first slash will hit slightly closer than half screen. Any further and the first hit won't connect, but the second slash will still come out with Shiki continuing to advance.
Incredibly fast to start and reaching fairly far it's very easy to work this move into a combo where other options might not work, notably after a ++ for huge Corner carry.
If used going into the corner, the last hit will cause a wall bounce and allow you to continue the combo if you are close enough, where normally the opponent would launched to pick up.

Flash Run - Six Fish

+

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623A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LH	-EX-, -MD-	L, SK(3)	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	1 (2) 10	33	51	-26	-

Does not possess any invincibility
Quick and gives a soft knockdown, but the hitbox is very far in front of him making it possible for the opponent to jump directly over his head and leaving you open to a punish.

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623B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LH	(EX), (MD)	L, SK(3)	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	2 (2) 10	37	56	-30	1-13 All

Shiki's Meterless Invincible Reversal
Largely the same to the A version, the B version goes slightly higher in the air and takes longer to recover as a result
You can cancel into grounded EX moves from the first hit of this and the A version though it's very tight, and you can cancel either into EX air DP before Shiki performs the downward kick.
Activating Moon Drive will leave the character being hit in untech until they reach the ground allowing you to combo charge Aerial into a combo.

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623C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1807	LH	(MD)	L, HK	1 Magic Circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+1	3 (2) 10	37	56	-30	1-16 All

EX Version
Slightly quicker and goes about as high as the B version.

Flash Run - Six Fish (air)

Aerial

+

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j236A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LHA	-EX-, -MD-	L, SK(3)	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	1 (2) 10	Until Landing+12	-	-	-

Shiki's DP, but in the air.
Most useful as an air combo ender when the opponent is too high for an air grab to reach but does less damage usually so not ideal if it can be avoided.
Similarly to the grounded version, Activating Moon Drive during the first 2 hits will leave the opponent in a long period of untech (though if done in the air after a + combo it won't be until they reach the ground, they will be able to tech in the air.)

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j236B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LHA	-EX-, -MD-	L, SK(3)	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	2 (2) 10	Until Landing+12	-	-	-

B version is largely the same as the A version

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j236C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1807	LHA	MD	L, HK	1 Magic Circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+3	3 (2) 10	Until Landing+12	-	-	1-4 Throw

Ex Version for more damage

Flash Run - Double Strike

+

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214A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	L	-EX-, -MD-, -CH-	L, SK	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	10	13	29	-3	-

A quick short slide along the ground hitting low.
On hit allows a follow-up attack to be inputted to create combo opportunities, otherwise puts the opponent into soft knockdown.
Common special to cancel into Boundary Peak from as there shouldn't be any possibility of the opponent being too high for the Arc Drive to reach using this move as well as being the fastest and easiest special to do it from.

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214B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1330	L	-EX-, -MD-, -CH-	L, SK	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
17	10	13	39	-1	-

A somewhat slower but further reaching version
This version is much more commonly seen in combos due to the A version missing in a lot of places that B won't, especially at the beginning of combos.

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214C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1645	L	MD	L, LR(2), HK	1 Magic Circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+3	10	11	28	±0 (-4)	1-4 Throw

EX Version
Very quickly slides along the ground about a quarter of the screen or until hitting an opponent or having the move blocked.
Unlike the non-metered versions, will automatically perform the follow-up attack that now behaves the same way as + and launches the opponent.
Works best as a combo ender when the opponent is too far for other things to reach quick enough, assuming they are low enough to the ground.

Flash Run - Double Strike - Followup

+

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214X~X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1000	LH	-EX-, -MD-, (J)	L	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	3	20	37	-6	-

Has the same animation as + but doesn't cause a launch effect, instead just striking the opponent into the air slightly.
Can be jump-cancelled on hit to chain into a variety of air combos, most commonly a charged Aerial followed by Aerial into some form of ender or relaunch.
The Follow-up can be triggered as long as Shiki is still still moving forward, giving the B version a very generous stagger timing if it should be blocked, though you cannot jump cancel the follow-up on block.
It's also possible to trigger the follow-up before you connect the hit of the slide causing you to drop the combo, so be aware of this.

Boundary Peek Activated (After Arc Drive)

Flash Sheath - Eight Piercings

+

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22A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1400	H	-EX-, -MD-	NC, L, SK	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
29 ~ 35 37 ~ 43	2	19	48	-4	-

Hits cross-up & overhead.
Won't get you a combo on hit naturally. You can spend Magic Circuit on Aerial + if you just want to cash out on damage and knockdown or Moon Drive if you want a longer combo.
Safe on block, but only just. Your turn is over if you use this and they block excluding using a raw dp to call out their challenge or using moon drive, each carrying their own risks of course.
A decent tool to have but don't get too crazy with it. You can be stuffed out of the move at the start before dashing, or the opponent can hold shield and punish however they please when you do cross-up, though this carries the risk of misreading a + and a +. It also seems possible to interrupt Shiki with a normal while he's attacking after crossing up but it's very difficult to replicate, and a much easier answer can be found using an invincible reversal, assuming it can reach high enough. For example, most true DP's will catch him no problem but it's a lot trickier to say if your character can Arc Drive him for instance, with Miyako being able to Arc Drive as soon as Shiki begins to dash and he'll get hit no matter what, and Roa can do the same though having to time it so that he's facing the side that Shiki will be crossing to, but another Shiki cannot punish + with Boundary Peek as the vertical hitbox is too small and he travels forward too quickly.
Be careful about using it in neutral as well. If you start it from too far away the opponent can potentially backdash and cause the move to whiff which has a great deal of recovery.

Flash Sheath - Seven Nights

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22B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1400	L	-EX-, -MD-	NC, L	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
13	5	25	42	-9 ~ -5	-

Looks like a mid but it's actually a low.
Travels about half screen and unlike + or ++ will still play out the attack animation even if you don't find a target.
You can both combo into this move and from it.
At the further distances of + you will cross-up to the other side of the opponent on hit, and from just outside the maximum range of you will cross-up on block too, but the block direction never changes. Despite that this move still carries the potential of a left/right mixup if Shiki decides to spend Moon Drive or Meter if you're brave to cancel the move ambiguously between still being on the same side or having already crossed up.

Flash Sheath - Eight Points

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22C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1419	LH	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	4,4,4,4,4,2[22]	19	51	-1	-

Notably different from the other moves unlocked by Boundary Peek, + isn't a metered version of either of the 2 dashes, instead having Shiki perform a rapid fire series of slashes in front of him.
Deals the tiniest bit more damage than the other 2 + moves with a fairly large and active hitbox rather than being a mix-up option. The hitbox isn't quite the total height that the animation would suggest but pretty close, able to hit a fair amount above Shiki's head.
Since it's only a special attack and not a metered special, can be cancelled into all of the other C specials regardless of height, and even into Boundary Peek if you manage to get another 3 meters, though height does become a concern at that point.
Interestingly, Shiki can press hold any direction forwards to slide forwards or any direction backwards to slide backwards during +. The distance you travel is dependent on how long you hold the direction, able to either shimmy slightly or move a maximum of about a tile and a half in training mode (will upload an example of the total travelable distance eventually)
Doing the above doesn't seem to effect the moves properties in any way (damage and hits are the same, advantage on block remains.) so the utility of this is somewhat niche. Use this if you want to put some distance between you and the opponent if using it as a block string finisher or to get closer to try to take advantage of being safe on block and pressure the opponent, but using it while hitting the opponent will only move Shiki's relative position to the opponent and can't be used to get more corner carry.

Moon Skills