Flying Heavenly Sword Style Flash of the Heavenly Soaring Dragon's Flying Lightning Crimson Lotus Buzzsaw!
While a normal strike is performed by drawing the katana from its sheath on one side while stepping forward with the opposite foot, using a single step - However, this strike adds yet another step (a second step) mid-draw with the foot adjacent to the sheath (creating a Stutter-Step) which momentarily creates an instantaneous acceleration to the forward-charge as well as the sword draw.Meanwhile, the range of the attack is increased and the Timing of the attack changes slightly, which can throw off the opponent,
Although truly, a super-sword attack, it endangers the user by possibly putting the adjacent leg into the free sword's path and draws one even closer to an opponent's sword than usual, but on the other hand, boosts the Speed of the sword draw to beyond-Godspeed and even greater is the boost in force of the strike.
By realizing one's insignificance and risking life and limb to protect something else while, at the same time, taking one's own, fragile human life into consideration, the user is able to step into the small margin behind one's own drawn sword and in front of the sword of one's opponent without fail, delivering a beyond-godspeed blow of monstrous power.
It easily makes sense that leading with the left foot results in a slightly faster attack on the draw, since the sword is closer to the opponent than if one led with the right foot.
Beyond speed however, the technique has an element of surprise to it--most swordsmen do not perform a left foot-leading battou-jutsu. Why not?
In the Kenshin anime, it's mentioned how leading with the left foot is dangerous because one might cut one's own leg on the upswing if the technique is performed improperly.
This is true, but I think there's an even more important reason why opposing swordsmen don't expect the left foot to lead on the draw, and that's the fact that most sword-drawing techniques tend to be high-to-low, as opposed to low-to-high (like the Ama Kakeru Ryu no Hirameki).
For high-to-low slashes, a right-handed swordsman would invariably lead with the right foot because the full follow-through of a high-to-low slash ends with the sword more on the left side of the body than the right side, so one wouldn't want the left leg in the way of the down swing.
Since most swordsmen are used to encountering high-to-low slashes on the draw, they'd find it surprising that one would lead with the left foot.
Leading with the left foot instead of the right completely changes the body mechanics of the technique (a low-to-high slash on the draw). The technique becomes much stronger.
In boxing, for example, it would be the difference between a jab (attacking with the lead hand) and a cross (attacking with the rear hand), the cross being much stronger.
Or from a baseball perspective, it'd be like a right handed pitcher pitching with his right foot forward versus pitching with his left foot forward.
Punching or pitching with the hand opposite and rear of the leading foot is much more powerful because it allows for greater torque, with the whole weight of the body behind the movement.
Notice that Kenshin's succession technique is not weak and jab-like. In fact, it's strong enough to lift his opponents into the air. @_@
In addition, the motion of making a full step forward with the left foot is stronger than the motion of shuffling one's right foot forward. When Kenshin performed this technique against Aoshi, his left foot left cracks in the ground!
And very importantly, leading with the left foot makes the second part of the succession technique possible.
With the right foot forward, one would have to spin a full 360 degrees in order to make the second slash. On the other hand, leading with the left foot, one only has to spin 180 degrees, which is much faster.
Redriot combines this technique with her Semblance, Sheathe and Aura Techniques to devastating effect.
By focusing her Aura into the tip of her sword and knowing when and how to time it's release in the swing she can release a sword beam.
In addition, her Semblance coats her sword in chainsaw-esque blades of aura energy that cuts through objects by use of "teeth" running in a circular motion around the blade and back of the sword, allowing it to "chew" through most objects easily.
In addition, the dust in her sheathe and its gun mechanisim increases the speed of her sword draw even further while also coating it in an element of her choice. Usually flames.
Combine all this together with proper timing and you have an insanely fast sword draw backed with incredible arm strength coated in flaming energy chainsaw teeth that releases a buzzsaw energy blast on impact and while it's being swung.
Suffice to say, this ultimate attack will finish just about any opponent it hits.
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