Misaka Kaori (EFZ)

Introduction

Misaka Kaori (美坂 香里) is a fast, straight-forward character that fights with her unmatched boxing skills. While powerful up close, her lack of range and projectiles make her powerless when at a distance. Because of this, it is best to adopt a pressure-heavy style when using her.

Kaori is actually one of the supporting characters of Kanon, a visual novel produced by Key in 1999. Kaori is Nayuki's closest friend, and is Yuuichi's and Nayuki's classmate. She is very smart and knows a lot about her classmates and the town, but does not seem to be aware of any of the supernatural happenings that take place. During Kanon, Yuuichi learns that Kaori has the same family name as Shiori, but Kaori strongly denies any relation...

Stage: Snowy Park (Night) (雪の公園(夜))

BGM: Frozen Plateau (凍土高原)

Character-Specific Notes

• Kaori is able to air jump once, and air dash/backstep once.
• Kaori's ground dash is actually considered to be a special move, and thus her dash attacks will also be covered in the Special Moves section.
• Kaori has the shortest jump in the game. You might need to double jump over things that only require a single jump for other characters.

Normal Moves

The notation for the movelists can be found under Move List Notation (EFZ).

Move	Hits	Damage	Guard	Move Cancel	Jump Cancel	IC Cancel
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2A	?	?	?	?	?	?
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5B(c)	?	?	?	?	?	?
5B(f)	?	?	?	?	?	?
2B	?	?	?	?	?	?
j.B	?	?	?	?	?	?
5C	?	?	?	?	?	?
2C	?	?	?	?	?	?
j.C	?	?	?	?	?	?
Throw	?	?	?	?	?	?
j.Throw	?	?	?	?	?	?

Weak Attacks

5A

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2A

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j.A

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Medium Attacks

5B (close)

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5B (far)

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2B

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j.B

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Strong Attacks

5C

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2C

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j.C

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Throws

Throw

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Air Throw

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Special Moves

The notation for the movelists can be found under Move List Notation (EFZ).

Move	Hits	Damage	Guard	IC Cancel
Ducking
66	?	?	?	?
Recoil Ducking [During a backdash]
66	?	?	?	?
> Fast Upper [During Ducking/Recoil Ducking]
> A	?	?	?	?
> Shine One Two [During Ducking/Recoil Ducking]
> B	?	?	?	?
> Hell Charge [During Ducking/Recoil Ducking]
> C	?	?	?	?
> Leg Smasher [During Ducking/Recoil Ducking]
> 2C	?	?	?	?
Punishment Cross
214A	?	?	?	?
214B	?	?	?	?
214C	?	?	?	?
Cyclone Upper
623A	?	?	?	?
623B	?	?	?	?
623C	?	?	?	?
Initial K [SP Level 1-3]
236236A	?	?	?	?
236236B	?	?	?	?
236236C	?	?	?	?
Fire Storm [SP Level 1-3]
214214A	?	?	?	?
214214B	?	?	?	?
214214C	?	?	?	?
Extreme Double [SP Level 1-3]
641236A	?	?	?	?
641236B	?	?	?	?
641236C	?	?	?	?
Silent Pose [1/3 HP, SP Level 3]
666S	?	?	?	?

Specials

Ducking (ダッキング)

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Recoil Ducking (反動ダッキング)

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Fast Upper (ファストアッパー)

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Shine One Two (シャインワンツー)

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Hell Charge (ヘルチャージ)

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Leg Smasher (レッグスマッシャー)

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Punishment Cross (パニッシュメント・クロス)

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Cyclone Upper (サイクロンアッパー)

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Eterny Specials

Initial K (イニシャルＫ)

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Fire Storm (ファイアーストーム)

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Extreme Double (エクストリームダブル)

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Final Memory

Silent Pose (サイレントポーズ)

• Shiori does a pose that will counter non projectile attacks with an instant KO

• Since this comes out of ducking like a few of he specials it should put people off trying to hit you out of ducking, and if it doesn't theres an instant KO with your opponent's name on it next time they try it.

Strategy, Tactics, and Combos

Combos

BnB Combo: (close) 2AA 5C 66A 5C 66A 5C 66C. Does about 2600 base damage, and does not need any RF or SP.

There's Something about Cyclones

The B version of Kaori's "Cyclone Upper" move (623B) is wonderful to use on opponents who are waking up, since it is one of those rare special moves which can be cancelled into normal moves. Good for mixups. Someone needs to expand on the possibilities, I don't play Kaori.

Win Quotes

Japanese	English
もう良いでしょ 弱い物虐めは 趣味じゃ無いのよね	I suppose that was okay. But there isn't any meaning to bullying weaker things.
悪くは無いわね 次は結構良いところ いけるんじゃない？ 相手が私以外なら	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
ボディがお留守よ	You should take care of your body. (Kaori is saying one of Vanessa's quotes, from The King of Fighters series.)
チェックメイト …言葉通りよ	"Checkmate" ...is the approriate word.
遅いわね… ハエが止まるって こう言うことかしら	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Shiori) 栞… こんな物騒な中 出歩いてないで 家で大人しく してなさい	(To Shiori) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Kaori) まぁ人気が有るから コピーが 出回るんでしょうけど こう粗悪な物 出されるんじゃ 勘弁して欲しいわね…	(To Kaori) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]

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In-game References

External References

• Kaori's "Cyclone Upper" move is based on Cody's "Criminal Upper" move, from the Street Fighter Alpha Series.

Kanon References

• The park with the fountain in the background is an important place of her sister, Shiori.
• The way that Kaori stares blankly at the toast during Akiko's "There is also some that isn't sweet" move is a reference to her previous experience with Akiko's "special" jam before the events of Kanon.