I am a little sad for the loss of Kaiten because now, there's no real "managing" our Kenki. Just spam Shinten/Kyuten. Guren and Senei are in sync with Ikishoten, so you don't have to manage them.

It wasn't much, the idea that "gotta save 20 for my next Iaijutsu," but it was there. I liked that.

If button bloat is such a concern, why not start reworking combos the same way GBN's Gnashing Fang combo got reworked: a single hotbar slot that cycles to the next ability as you go.

For Sam, this wouldn't be hard. Their single target combos become three buttons, all starting on Hakaze. These would be Yukikaze combo, Gekko combo, and Kashi combo. The AoE combos become two buttons, both starting with Fuga/Fuko: the Mangetsu combo, and the Oka combo.

With that, we just reduced 9 hotbar slots to 5 hotbar slots. Give Shoha a diminished AoE component and remove Shoha II; give Senei a diminished AoE component and delete Guren. That's 2 more slots saved.

We don't need to get rid of Kaiten, which, admittedly, only served to give a bit more depth to our Kenki management, but it felt like the right amount of depth! Now I feel like Kenki management is going to feel very mindless.