- "Born in a world of strife, against the odds, we choose to fight! Blossom Dance!"
- — Dunban
Blossom Dance (Japanese: 桜花乱舞, Ōkaranbu) is Dunban's Talent Art in Xenoblade Chronicles. He acquires it when Shulk receives the Monado. Dunban strikes up to four times with progressively greater power, the third time hitting twice and the final strike hitting multiple enemies near the target.
The number of strikes is dependent on successfully hitting the B button at three challenge prompts. Pressing B at the edge or inside the circle allows the attack to continue; pressing it too soon or too late causes the attack to end.
Stats[]
| Strike | Power | No. of Hits |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1.50 | 1 |
| 2nd | 2.00 | 1 |
| 3rd | 1.25 | 2 |
| 4th | 4.50 | 1 |
Miscellaneous Info[]
- Damage is calculated based on the weapon's attack + Dunban's strength. This sum is multiplied by the power of each strike.
- The B challenge prompts appear in sync with both the strikes and Dunban's dialogue.
- The final strike also generates volatile aggro.
- The attack sequence will end if one of the strikes is blocked by the enemy.
Trivia[]
- Each hit of Blossom Dance internally considered to be separate arts with unique names. The first hit is Blossom Dance, the second hit is Cutting Petal, the third hit is Twisting Petal, and the last hit is Falling Petal.
- Shulk's Monado Buster in Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed takes inspiration from Blossom Dance. When using Monado Buster, Shulk attacks multiple times with the Monado REX+ in a similar fashion to how Dunban attacks during Blossom Dance.
- The inspiration from Blossom Dance is further emphasized by the flower petals that appear from the Monado REX+'s Blade when Shulk performs the finishing slash.
Quotes[]
These are the four voice lines that are played while Blossom Dance is executed.
| Born in a world of strife! | 人の世にっ！ | Hito no yo ni! | |
| Against the odds! | 生まれし頃より | Umareshi koro yori | |
| We choose to fight! | 戦道！！ | Ikusamichii!! | |
| Blossom Dance! | 桜花乱舞！！ | Ōkaranbu!! |
- The quotes prior to "Ōkaranbu!!" can be translated to "Following the path of war since being born in the world of humans!".
- Finally, "Ōkaranbu!!" literally translates to "Boisterous dance of the the cherry blossom!".
Dunban's quotes in Japanese almost form a haiku, an unrhymed and short poetic form traditionally consisting of three phrases of 17 phonetic units (similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, and 5 pattern. The second line contains 7 phonetic units even though it is written in rōmaji with 8 syllables (effectively pronounced like Umaresh' koro yori).
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