No Contest

The **No Contest** (断末奥義, *Danmatsu Ōgi*?, roughly translated as *Miserable End* or literally meaning Secret/Occult Art of Agonizing Death) is a bonus special finisher move exclusively found in *Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge*, which can only be executed after the player wins the match. In adiction to generic, classic body cuts, the goal of this move is to kill the opponent character in a stylish, violent way.

Basic conditions to get more chances of No Contest are:

* The enemy must be stand on the floor when the last slash attack ends with his Life Gauge, and such hit must make him lean forward (as opposed to knocking down or leaning back).
* Defeat the opponent in 30 or less seconds during the winning round.
* Use Weapon-Toss Provocation (push Start button 3 times) at least once during the match.
* Hold Light Slash button while use other buttons to finish the opponent.

When the match finish and the conditions are met, the stage background turns in grayscale and a message written in kanjis appears on screen, alongside this command:

     + C (C button equals Strong Slash in Neo Geo), which is the same for every character.

In this moment, the player just have an instant to perform this command. If the special command is performed successfully, the character will excecute his unique moves to cut in two halves or explore the opponent's body; routine and results depends on the character. During the victory screen, the announcer says "*Kaishō"*, same as when a player wins in perfect, and appears the kanjis 快勝 (*Kaishō,*lit. easy victory) in the right side of the screen.

## Descriptions

* Basara Kubikiri - Grabs the opponent, like in the Friendly Rip special move, and drags him/her down slowly, blood flying everywhere. He then reappears from the top of the screen as the portal closes.
* Charlotte - Does a Splash Fount windup, hops back, then does a super-powerful Violent Lunge. She holds a rose to her face, then the opponent spurts blood.
* Gaira Caffeine - Does a series of attacks, then says, "Issai shoumetsu!"(?) and does a final downward strike that removes the opponent's upper body.
* Galford - Charges through the opponent, yelling, "BREAK!" and bisects him/her as lightning strikes.
* Genjuro Kibagami - Slides forward, like SLASH's San Ren Satsu special move, then does a strong slash which bisects the opponent from behind.
* Hanzo Hattori - Dashes past the opponent, holds up a flaming hand, and the opponent explodes.
* Haohmaru - Dashes forward, does a quick Kogetsuzan, then comes downward with a Resshin Zan.
* Jubei Yagyu - Does a Nikkaku Ratou which bisects the opponent, then says "Tawake ga!" (Fool!).
* Kazuki Kazama - Sends a blast of fire at his opponent, burning off his/her head and one shoulder.
* Kyoshiro Senryo - Spins around the opponent like in BUST's Chikaze Goma, and slashes off the opponent's upper body.
* Nakoruru - Dashes into the opponent, bounces off, and does an Annu Mutsube.
* Rimururu - Creates her giant iceberg, and slams it into the opponent, smashing off the opponent's upper body.
* Shiro Tokisada Amakusa - He sends his sphere out and it pummels the opponent for a little while, then cuts him/her in half. Basically a recycled version of his 14-hit Combo Slash.
* Shizumaru Hisame - Does his umbrella spin at the opponent, bisecting him, and then turns away with the open umbrella over his shoulder.
* Sogetsu Kazama - Does a long series of strong slashes, then dashes through the opponent, vanishes with his water teleport, and reappears on the other side, saying "Shini nasai" (Die).
* Tam Tam - Does a Paguna Paguna special move and slashes off his opponent's upper body.
* Ukyo Tachibana - Run around the opponent at high speed, like Tsubame Roku Ren super special move, then, after three hits the opponent's torso slides off.