Revision History

Removed repeated links to the same article so each term is linked once in the body text

Re-tensed the Oni Awakening summary and pointed to what the shipped game shows

Switched the difficulty settings to their published English names

Added official terminology for Parry, Deflect, Grab Reversal, Blade Lock, Blade Barrage, the Blaze Gauge and Blazing State, unavoidable attacks, assassinations, environmental objects, and the two control layouts; resolved the Hamakyo link to Spirit Mirror

Added Oni Awakening, the two selectable deflect control schemes, and the PlayStation 5 haptic and adaptive-trigger implementation

Added deflect, repel and rikido gauge mechanics table, difficulty modes, skill availability, save-point fixture and Switch 2 motion input

Replaced two mismatched screenshots with parry and combat images and rewrote the alt text

Added the dynamic dismemberment cutting system and expanded the ranged section with the Oni Bow's confirmed combat, puzzle, and boss uses

Removed duplicate in-body wikilinks, keeping the first occurrence per term (one link per term per article body)

Added a note that the demo is not representative of full-game difficulty: it pre-equips late-game skills, and the producer has said the released game will be tougher

Added the bow as Musashi's ranged weapon and clarified the single-katana core alongside switchable Oni Armaments

Removed duplicate in-body wikilinks

Added official names Reflex Combo (Reflex Dodge gauge), Oni Strength, and Oni Agility to the combat mechanics

Removed redundant H1 heading from article body

Embedded 2 gameplay screenshot(s)

Added Issen vs Break Issen explainer and cross-reference section to other system articles

Expanded combat system with four-tier parry toolkit, stance switching, reactive buff meters, Oni Vision, environmental parrying

Initial combat system article (2026-04-22)