No, he can cancel out of the startup from what it looks like. But it's not something like Lambda's crescent where you have to do the input right away. I think you can cancel it as long as the move hasn't come out yet.
Once people expect hop Tsubaki I just troll them with hop Renka. I never usually get to go that far though either because Tsubaki works or they aren't the type to just sit there.
I actually thought of those.
But that only works if you haven't conditioned them to play serious / scared yet. :P If they are throwing out 4B or 5C then they think they can get away with being dumb.
Jumping forward will beat both of those since you'll just see them whiff and hit them with a falling j.2C.
Man re-reading this I can't believe I thought you were serious. Too many memories of Nu 5C bodying me.