It is potentially the most powerful super in the game and can lead to 100% kill combos from full health using the Double Fukiage technique. A lot of its usefulness depends on your ability to land Karakusa (or the threat thereof), especially on your half of the screen, as it can be comboed into with HP after the Karakusa (or simply with HP to catch your opponent trying to jump away out of Karakusa reach. Typically used for slower characters including the shotos, Urien, Hugo, etc.
Some top players use this super exclusively against all characters as it allows for fast punishes and is universally easy to connect with. It also confers no positional advantage after hit, as your opponent is sent across the screen and often recovers before you will (some characters can even get a free punish if you hit them with it in the corner). Weaknesses include lack of range and bad anti-air, but the first shouldn't be an issue if you combo into it, and the second isn't a big deal, as she has plenty of good anti-air normals. It is especially good if you can confirm it after Hayate and Oroshi. It does excellent damage and has numerous hit-confirms, in addition to the guaranteed Karakusa ones. Use this for the faster characters, including Yun, Yang, and Ibuki, who tend to be harder to grab with Karakusa. Put all of this together and you have a character who can survive long sets until her highly explosive fighting style can win with a single opening.
Perhaps her best tool is the Karakusa, a unique command grab which can be comboed from, making way for devastating damage and stun. Although her normal walk speed is incredibly sluggish, she has the fastest dash in the game, as well as quick feints and overheads. Makoto is the first female Street Fighter to be tough and hard-hitting with just as much stamina as the average males (like Ryu and Ken), instead of being a "glass cannon" archetype. She is one of the new characters introduced in SF III: 3rd Strike, based around a more traditional concept of Japanese Karate compared to Ryu/Ken's more supernaturally-flavored Ansatsuken. Makoto, a tomboyish Japanese teenager, seeks to restore her father's dojo to its former glory.
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