


Most noticeably, the Kannari Ryu (one of the oldest and strongest) is all about iaijutsu. Fürher King Bradley aka the homunculus Wrath from Fullmetal Alchemist can do it so fast you can't even see it.Vralgo Kentauri from The Five Star Stories is a respected iaido master, demonstrated most dramatically when he nearly kills a young King Colus III in a flashback scene.She can draw and resheathe her sword so fast that even Erza can't follow it. The villain Ikaruga from Fairy Tail combines this with Razor Wind to slash her opponents to pieces without taking a single step.In Dragon Ball, Yajirobe ends his fight with Cymbal by using iaijutsu.Anyone who uses the same "Thunder Breathing" fighting style as Zenitsu would count as well, as Thunder Breathing is predominantly modeled after iaijutsu, except Kaigaku as he noticeably forsake the iaijutsu stance due never learning the first form, with that Kaigaku keeps his sword on his back, using all remaining forms without relying on fast sword drawing.He then finishes things off by combining this with a Flash Step to decapitate his foe. In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, at least when he's asleep, Zenitsu can draw his sword, slice, and sheathe it so fast that you can barely even see it leave the scabbard, as seen during his "fight" against the tongue demon: one moment, Zenitsu's hand slightly twitches and exposes only a tiny bit of the blade, the very next instant, the demon's tongue is already severed.He tries it again with Spike, who manages to parry with his pistol.

In Cowboy Bebop, Vicious uses this to kill a mook during his overthrow of the Red Dragon leadership.

Ilena, the creator of the Quicksword technique, is so skilled at its use that she can block attacks "undetected" that is, her arm moves at such a speed that it looks like any attack against her is hitting some kind of invisible barrier rather than her sword, which is being drawn, used, and sheathed so quickly that literally no motion is detected. In Claymore the Quicksword and Wind Cutter techniques are similar examples of invisibly fast Blade Spam iaijutsu.It's so powerful that it can destroy a massive wall of ice. In Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Touka Toudou's ultimate attack, Raikiri, uses her power over electricity and magnetism to accelerate her sword draw.She actually can perform iaido, but doesn't do it very often. While her opponent tries to track her drawing her sword, they are distracted from the real attack: Razor Wire that she controls like a marionette. Kanzaki Kaori from A Certain Magical Index fakes iaido when performing her nanasen technique.Isshin Kurosaki uses this style to kill Grand Fisher in one strike.Ichigo on the other hand has absolutely no idea what happened. Renji, who is at this point more experienced at following high-speed movement, is barely able to follow the second attack, but can't even see the first one at all. Played straight even earlier than that when Byakuya pulls this off twice in combination with his Flash Step, once to cut off the blade of Ichigo's sword, and again when he stabs Ichigo to remove the powers he borrowed from Rukia.Yamamoto wins and unleashes a Sword Beam which blows them back. In this case, it's a battle of who can do this first. Head-Captain Yamamoto prepares to battle Captains Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro. Played straight earlier in the Soul Society arc.
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Urahara's mod souls figure out that he has to resheathe his sword after every blast in order to recharge it, and they render him helpless by preventing him from doing so. He's just showing off his iajutsu skills, right? Nope. An arrancar named Patros always sheathes his sword after using it to send out a blast of power.
