Samurai Deleted Action(s), Comeback of Ageha in 7.x or beyond?

[Cynric]

Interesting, I know Iaijutsu was actually used, but from what I understand of it, it wasn't a battlefield maneuver, but more like a self-defence thing, possibly execution, or pre-emptive attacking, which was what I was trying to convey (rather poorly honestly). Either way I don't have an issue with it being in-game, but moreso was just pointing out you wouldn't realistically want to resheathe a weapon mid-combat. I'm willing to eat my words on that however.

And yeah, that was the point I was making overall; the attacks are a mix of fantasy and some grounding in reality. Silly things like the Kaiten spin are pure fantasy, which is fun. That said, I never really claimed to be particularly knowledgeable on japanese culture either, most of my knowledge I admit is very cursory and simple.

Oh that's quite alright. I just really like swords and Japanese culture and just wanted to give you some information on the topic.

In terms of practical use sheathing your sword makes your line of attack somewhat vague(you can attack from many different angles very quickly) and adds speed to the cut(due to propelling the blade with your thumb and using body momentum).
It depends more on the style of Kenjutsu on how many drawing techniques you use with the modern Iaido being basically all about drawing techniques.

As for Kaitens sword spin, there are actually sheathing techniques that look very similar. There's all sorts of ways to flip your sword around because you strike with the blade toward the opponent but sheathe with the blade side towards the sky to keep the blade from dulling. That's why for example in game the sheathe has the blade pointing towards the sky. When walking around with your sword sheathed if the blade were near the bottom of the saya(sheathe) it would dull very quickly, and katana had to always be sharpened and ready.

I would assume since Kaiten was only used before Iaijutsu (yes ogi namakiri is also a type of iaijutsu) it's kind of meant to be like a spin before sheathing the blade to draw it for the next strike.