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** The duel between Afro and Kuma {{spoiler|aka Jinnosuke}} ends with one of these. {{spoiler|Just before the clash, Afro switches to a thrust, allowing him to fully utilize the greater length of his sword as well as strike faster than even the cybernetically-enhanced Kuma.}}
* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]], Mizoguchi's Samurai Deck has a trap, ''Pause of the Certain Kill'', that turns battle between monsters into this. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|It even has Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro in the illustration]].
* Much of Goemon's battles from ''[[Lupin the Third]]'' are like this. One of the best examples is in the movie ''[[
* The second duel between Guts and Griffith of ''[[Berserk]]'' is carried out this way. Guts wins by breaking Griffith's sword with one strike.
* The climax of the final showdown between Spike and Vicious in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' is one of these, with an additional [[Shout-Out]] to ''A Better Tomorrow II'' (Spike has Vicious' sword, Vicious has Spike's gun). {{spoiler|After both weapons are returned to their original owners, and the final attacks are made, both men fall, but Vicious goes down first, with Spike living just long enough to deliver his final line to the Red Dragons gathered before him: "Bang."}}
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** After fighting Luxord in the World That Never Was, the battle ends when {{spoiler|Luxord tries to put up a wall of cards around himself, but Sora just sprints right at him and slices through the cards (and Luxord) with one swing.}} Cue Sora's [[Asskicking Pose]].
** Also in ''II'', [[Bonus Boss]] [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]] always opens up the battle with and afterwards periodically uses a move called "Flash", where the screen darkens, Sephiroth makes a short remark ("That's enough."), and he dashes past Sora with quick footwork. If Sora doesn't use the "Reflect" reaction command (or--with ''very'' good timing--use Reflect or even jump), Sora is struck by multiple invisible blows that usually bring Sora's health down to critical levels (if underleveled/unprepared, this almost certainly spells [[One-Hit Kill|disaster]]).
** Terra in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep|Birth by Sleep]]'' can meld together other commands to get Zantetsuken to use in normal combat. Much like its ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' origins, it can take out a normal enemy in one swing, if you're lucky. Otherwise, it just does regular damage. It's ineffective against bosses though.
* At the end of the "YMCA" level of ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'', a ship captain engages in this against a pirate skeleton. The level "La La" also uses it, as a white blood cell ([[Anthropomorphic Personification|portrayed as a nurse]]) fights a virus this way... several times. Yes, it's a weird game.
** Not to be outdone, the "Julia ni Shoushin" level of ''[[Osu Tatakae Ouendan|Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2]]'' features a Single Stroke Battle between two rival barbers. The winner shaves the kanji for "loser" into his opponent's head.
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