# 26 - Taiyou Asukawa
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I feel it...
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...in my heart!
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Jaime!
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Skill activated!
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Now I'll show off your power once more!
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Stand up!
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Magnum Assault!
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One Who Surpasses the Storm,
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Thavas!
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*Adiós*!
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Dear Jaime,
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Congratulations making it to the best eight
in the Number Three Euro League.
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It seems you'll rise again in the
world rankings this time, too.
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As for me, the national
tournament is starting soon.
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Fighters here are champing
at the bit in expectation.
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One of them will eventually make
his or her way out into the world
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and perhaps challenge you.
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I'm sure you're working hard now too, *amigo*.
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Shoot. I'd better take my bath.
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Let's go.
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Welcome!
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Hello.
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Hello!
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Is this your first time here?
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Y-Yes...
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Um, I...
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I want to play Vanguard!
***SIGN*** Turn 26 Taiyou Asukawa
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Hello...
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Chrono! Good timing!
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I have a little favor to ask.
***SIGN*** Register
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What is it?
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Would you do a teaching fight with him?
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Teaching fight?
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I'd like you to teach this
beginner how to play.
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Oh...
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To be honest, I want to teach him myself,
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but Kamui's out right now,
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so I don't have a free hand.
***SIGN*** Register
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Yeah, I don't mind...
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I appreciate it.
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Asukawa, this is Chrono Shindou.
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U-Um, I'm Taiyou Asukawa.
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N-Nice to meet you.
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Stand up, Vanguard.
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First, you choose the place to fight...
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What do you wanna do?
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Um, I-I'll leave it to you.
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I appreciate this.
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Taking the time to help me...
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You had something else to do, didn't you?
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Well, I was gonna do a quest...
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O-Oh, really?
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Look...
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Y-Yes?!
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Sorry!
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Gold Paladin...
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Did you put the deck together yourself?
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Y-Yes.
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Although I don't know if I did it right...
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We'll find out as we fight.
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First, choose a grade 0 card
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and set it down as your first Vanguard.
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You draw five cards from the deck.
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You have one chance to redraw.
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The ideal is to have one of each grade,
1 through 3, in your hand.
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Okay.
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Um...
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This one and this one...
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I did it!
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All right.
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Normally you do rock-scissors-paper
to see who goes first,
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but I'll go first this time,
since it'll be easier to explain that way.
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Okay!
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Um... Yeah, first...
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Right.
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From this moment on,
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we're going to be fighting on
another world, the planet Cray.
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Okay...
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Imagination is everything with Vanguard.
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The power of the units.
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The development of the fight.
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If you picture it, you can grasp victory.
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R-Right!
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The field I chose today
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is a United Sanctuary training ground.
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We're disembarking there.
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Picture it.
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The world where we're going to fight...
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The world where we're going to fight...
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The planet Cray...
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Well?
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Right now, our powerless astral bodies
are on the planet Cray.
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We can't do anything like this.
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So we're going to summon units
that'll lend us their power.
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That's a Vanguard.
The word itself means "leader."
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Leader?
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We ride the Vanguard,
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which gives us a form with which
to battle on the planet Cray.
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Picture it.
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The moment you become one with the unit...
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Let's go!
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R-Right!
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Stand up, Vanguard!
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Gunnergear Dracokid!
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Rising Lionet!
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First, I stand and draw.
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Although with the first turn, the unit
is already standing, so I just draw.
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I draw one card from my deck.
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Next is the ride phase.
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You make the Vanguard evolve
with an even stronger unit!
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Ride!
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Masergear Dragon!
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Next, the main phase.
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Here, you summon comrades that will
fight alongside your Vanguard.
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Call!
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Masergear Dragon!
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Rear-guards.
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These units are the comrades that will
fight together with your Vanguard.
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Comrades that fight together...
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The person who starts
can't attack on the first turn,
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so my turn is over.
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Then it's my turn?
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Yeah. Try doing it like I did.
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R-Right!
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Ride!
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Wait!
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First you draw! Then you ride!
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Sorry! Sorry!
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Pardon me!
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Look...
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Yes?
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I first started playing myself
not too long ago.
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Vanguard.
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So you don't need to be that nervous.
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O-Okay.
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All right! Try riding!
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Okay!
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Knight of Morning Shadow, Kimarcus!
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Ride!
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Some units have skills.
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With this one, when you ride a unit of the same clan on it,
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you can call it as a rear-guard.
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That increases your allies by one.
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Allies...
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Then...
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...I move this Rising Lionet
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and call Kimarcus!
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Now everything is set.
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Try to attack my Vanguard!
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Right!
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You can use grade 0 and 1 units to boost.
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They make the guy in front of 'em stronger.
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Then...
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Rising Lionet boosts.
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Kimarcus attacks your Vanguard.
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No guard.
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Now, if your Vanguard attacks,
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you do a drive check.
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Drive check?
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Turn over the top card of your deck.
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O-Okay.
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Drive check.
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You got one!
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Cards that have a mark in the top right
are called triggers.
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When they show up,
you get a beneficial effect.
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This is a critical trigger.
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You can give 5000 power to any unit you like,
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and it increases the amount of damage you do
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to your opponent's Vanguard by 1.
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Yeah!
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If your Vanguard takes damage,
you do a damage check.
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If I get a trigger here,
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I may be able to heal damage...
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...but I didn't get one this time.
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Whoever gets six cards in
their Damage Zone loses.
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Okay.
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Now attack with your rear-guard.
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Right.
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Kimarcus attacks your Vanguard!
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This time I'm gonna guard!
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I successfully guarded.
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The power of the cards that
are in the guardian circle
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are calculated with this shield value.
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The power of my unit was greater
than your unit's power,
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so I guarded successfully.
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The cards you used to guard with
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go into the Drop Zone.
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And that's the basic flow of the game.
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Every turn, you ride the Vanguard
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and get stronger by increasing your grade,
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while also waging a battle.
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When your Vanguard becomes grade 3,
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you can use an even more incredible skill,
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but I'll save that for later.
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Okay!
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All right, let's continue!
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I'm back!
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Here's the slip.
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Thanks.
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There he is.
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I asked Chrono to do a teaching fight.
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Huh...
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So he's capable of teaching now.
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Pwyll attacks Glimmer Breath Dragon!
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No guard.
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My Vanguard attacks!
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Knight of Dawnlight, Jago,
attacks your Vanguard!
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No guard. Come and get me!
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Drive check!
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Stand trigger, huh?
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You can use a unit
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that's already attacked.
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All right!
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Please lend me your power
one more time, Pwyll!
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Damage check.
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Heal trigger!
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Heal trigger...
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The damage in the Damage Zone
decreases by one card.
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Then, on balance,
my attack had zero effect?
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Yeah, actually...
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Turn end.
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I'll do my best next turn!
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I can tell you're really picturing it.
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You play like this, you'll be fine
playing against anyone.
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What's wrong?
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Nothing...
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Sorry.
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I was a little scared...
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N-No! I don't mean scared of you, Chrono.
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I, um...
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...was scared of playing
against another person.
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It's my personality.
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I've been doing it myself up until now...
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Knowing myself, I was sure
I couldn't do anything.
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It couldn't be helped.
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I told myself I was fine on my own...
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Ride!
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Chronojet Dragon!
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Call!
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Then why did you come here?
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Guard!
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I'm moving.
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My family is moving to a new town.
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It made me wonder if I would be
the same person,
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the same old me that can't do anything...
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But I don't want that.
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I thought Vanguard
was impossible for me, too.
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I gave up.
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But the truth is, I wanted to
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try my deck out with someone.
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I've been there.
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A long time ago,
I thought along similar lines.
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That I was fine on my own...
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That I had no choice.
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It's easier to think that way, you know?
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You don't show any mercy even
to a total beginner, huh?
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Want me to teach you something?
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Hey, did you come over to butt in?
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Here.
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What are they?
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Prayers for victory.
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Give one to Kiba if he comes.
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Because we're definitely going
to the national tournament!
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Sorry for interrupting.
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Don't hold back.
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Crush this jerk.
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Sheesh! Annoying...
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Turn end.
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It's your turn.
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Right.
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Draw.
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Can you ride a grade 3 this turn?
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Yes.
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All right! Then I'll
teach you a little trick.
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First, ride to grade 3.
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Ride!
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Sunrise Ray Knight,
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Gurguit!
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When both fighters have grade 3 Vanguards,
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they can declare the release
of Generation Zone.
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You can use the G unit here
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to stride the Vanguard.
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Stride...
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G units are our other, future self.
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You transcend the space-time barrier
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and draw possibilities and the
person you want to become to you!
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My...
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...future self...
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For the cost,
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you have to discard units in your hand
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that have a total of grade 3 or more.
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Can you do it?
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Yes!
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All right. Then try it.
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Picture it.
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Your future self,
grabbing new possibilities...
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Generation Zone... release!
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I'm grasping the future!
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Bring me new freedom now!
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Stride Generation!
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Golden Dragon...
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...Spearcross Dragon!
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When a G unit strides,
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the previous Vanguard becomes the Heart.
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The G unit gains its name and power.
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Wow!
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Rising Lionet boosts.
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Spearcross Dragon attacks your Vanguard!
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No guard.
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G units, which have gained
other possibilities,
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possess triple drive.
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You can turn over three cards.
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Then here I go.
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First card...
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Second card...
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Third card!
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Critical trigger!
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This is my future!
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A new power in my grasp!
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After the end of the turn,
the G unit returns to the G Zone.
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Turn end.
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That's a new Gold Paladin unit, huh?
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Yes.
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You want something?
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Oh, that's right.
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You should take a look at these
before the tournament.
***SIGN*** The Art of War
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Huh. I didn't know they had these.
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Thanks for going out of your way.
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It was on the way.
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Oh, yeah...
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This is from Anjou.
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Good Luck
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A good luck charm, huh?
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I appreciate it.
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You can't rely on those things.
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God is an aggregation of people's feelings.
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Just as, with Vanguard, the person who has
the strongest feelings wins at the end.
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Well...
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Sorry to interrupt.
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Do your best to crush this guy.
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See you.
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Jeez...
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Sorry. How far did we get?
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The end of my turn.
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I see. Sorry about that.
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N-No, not at all...
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Like I said before,
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I haven't been at this for too long.
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I mean, playing Vanguard.
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But during this short time, all kinds
of awesome things have happened.
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And it's been tough... but fun.
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Right!
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Right now, I'm having a lot of fun!
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Generation Zone... release!
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Now, show me...
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...the world I truly desire!
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Stride Generation!
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Interdimensional Dragon, Epoch-maker Dragon!
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Thank you so much.
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That's okay. I had a good time, too.
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Who won?
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Pretty immature, Chrono.
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Well, I would've felt bad holding back...
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It's all right. Thanks to you,
I have a goal now.
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I'm gonna get strong enough
to beat you one day, Chrono!
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Even after you move,
come by once in a while.
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Let's fight again!
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Sure!
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Nice.
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Reminds me of the way I used to be.
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You were a fighter too, Shin?
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You could say that...
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If we ever get the chance,
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maybe we can have a match?
**[21:44] ---**
Sure.
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Well, this is unusual.
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I may have the opportunity to play
pretty soon, so I thought I'd prepare.
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Did you come across an interesting fighter?
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Yes.
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I did.
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Want me to help you iron it out?
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Oracle or Genesis, which do you want?
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That's a tough choice.
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I didn't think you'd agree
to a match with me, Misaki.
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If you've got a half-baked deck,
I'll crush you in no time.
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Stand up, Vanguard!
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Chrono!
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Thank you so much for today!
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It's okay. I didn't really do anything.
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That's not true! I had an awesome
time fighting you, Chrono.
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I have a feeling I'll change today!
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I see.
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Even after you go to a new place,
keep playing Vanguard.
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Of course!
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Chrono, please fight me again sometime!
**[24:17] ---**
Sure. Come back anytime!
**[24:19] ---**
Please wait for me!
***SIGN*** Yuichirou Kanzaki
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I promise I'll get stronger!