# 31 - Shouma Shinonome
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**[00:07] ---**
A new power, shining for tomorrow!
**[00:10] ---**
We are Trinity Dragon!
**[00:12] ---**
Tokoha! We saw the whole thing!
**[00:15] ---**
Passion for victory!
**[00:16] ---**
Yeah!
**[00:17] ---**
An unyielding heart!
**[00:18] ---**
That's right!
**[00:18] ---**
You were shining more than anyone!
**[00:21] ---**
Tears don't become you!
**[00:23] ---**
I'm not crying!
**[00:25] ---**
Crying face, get outta here!
**[00:29] ---**
You need team unity at a time like this!
**[00:32] ---**
Come on, huddle up!
**[00:33] ---**
Kumi...
**[00:34] ---**
Huh? Huh?
**[00:37] ---**
We're one person short.
**[00:38] ---**
Where's Shion?
**[00:40] ---**
He said he wanted to focus
on his own before the fight.
**[02:18] ---**
If I can at least find out my
opponent's fighting style...
***SIGN*** High Expectations for Team Demise!
***SIGN*** On-the-spot Interview with Shouma Shinonome!
***SIGN*** Team Demise Going to the Final Tournament with an Easy Victory
**[02:28] ---**
Just superficial info...
**[02:30] ---**
If I had time, I would've at least
checked the front-runners.
**[02:36] ---**
The next match will begin in ten minutes.
**[02:39] ---**
Fighters, please return
to your designated area.
**[02:40] [SONG] ---**
Wish Fulfillment
**[02:41] ---**
I'll win, no matter who I'm fighting.
**[02:43] ---**
That's all!
**[02:48] ---**
S-Sorry!
**[02:58] ---**
I'm really sorry.
**[03:00] ---**
I'll pay to have it cleaned.
**[03:02] ---**
That's all right. It's cheap.
**[03:04] ---**
But from now on, watch
where you walk a bit more.
**[03:08] ---**
I will.
**[03:09] ---**
I'm just giving you a hard time.
**[03:11] ---**
You must've been thinking about
your fight, right, Shion Kiba?
**[03:15] ---**
You could tell?
**[03:17] ---**
I was thinking about it, too.
**[03:20] ---**
I know I get nervous before a fight.
**[03:23] ---**
You too, even though you've been
doing fencing since you were little?
**[03:29] ---**
It must be tough balancing
Vanguard and fencing.
**[03:33] ---**
It's all I can do just to
stay on top of Vanguard.
**[03:36] ---**
No...
**[03:38] ---**
And you're strong!
**[03:40] ---**
Especially Blue Sky Knight, Altmile.
That's a great unit.
**[03:44] ---**
It powers its comrades up,
then it pushes forward!
**[03:47] ---**
That's totally your avatar.
**[03:50] ---**
Getting to fight the scion of the Kiba family
is a chance that only comes around once.
**[03:55] ---**
The best sixteen third match.
**[03:57] ---**
Please go easy on me.
**[04:02] ---**
Likewise. I'm looking forward to it.
**[04:07] ---**
Well, see you at the fight.
**[04:13] ---**
Even though I only know his name and face...
**[04:25] ---**
Well played.
***SIGN*** Turn 31 Shouma Shinonome
**[04:33] ---**
What were you doin'?!
They're already starting!
**[04:37] ---**
Sorry. I had a little trouble.
**[04:39] ---**
Trouble?
**[04:40] ---**
Nothing important.
**[04:43] ---**
The next match is about to start.
**[04:47] ---**
Calm down and get out there.
**[04:49] ---**
Win it, 0 damage to 6!
**[04:52] ---**
That's the only acceptable outcome!
**[04:54] ---**
That's ridiculous!
**[04:57] ---**
Well, I'm off.
**[05:00] ---**
It's the endgame of the best sixteen battle!
**[05:04] ---**
The teams that win this match
will go on to the best eight!
**[05:10] ---**
Team TRY3, Shion Kiba!
**[05:13] ---**
He's usually cool, calm, and collected
during matches, but how will he fight today?
**[05:18] ---**
Versus Shouma Shinonome from Team Demise!
**[05:22] ---**
He's also a cool, logical fighter.
**[05:25] ---**
When these two similar types clash,
what will be the result?
**[05:35] ---**
I've discarded the word "lose."
**[05:37] ---**
I'm a Kiba!
**[05:40] ---**
I will grasp victory!
**[05:42] [SONG] ---**
Wish Fulfillment
**[05:45] ---**
Kiba will go first!
**[05:47] ---**
Which means Shinonome
will get to attack first.
**[05:49] ---**
Which takes us to the stage of this
climactic battle, choosing the fight field!
**[05:55] ---**
Shinonome, would you choose?
**[05:57] ---**
Are you sure?
**[05:59] ---**
It's not enough to serve as
an apology for before, but...
**[06:03] ---**
Then I'll take you up on that and decide.
**[06:12] ---**
And then there was light.
**[06:16] ---**
United Sanctuary's Shrine of the Abyss.
**[06:21] ---**
I wasn't expecting that!
**[06:22] ---**
That was some performance!
**[06:24] ---**
GIRS can even do stuff like that?!
**[06:30] ---**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[06:32] ---**
Shining Knight, Millius!
**[06:35] ---**
Fetter of Leather, Leyding!
**[06:38] ---**
Genesis, huh?
**[06:39] ---**
After everything I said,
it'd better not be a mediocre fight!
**[06:44] ---**
I ride Battle Maiden, Mihikarihime!
**[06:48] ---**
Leyding's skill. I move it back.
**[06:53] ---**
The tried and true way is to call a unit
behind the Vanguard, then boost it.
**[06:58] ---**
Does he have a card that can do a
more effective boost in his deck?
**[07:02] ---**
Or...
**[07:06] ---**
Mihikarihime attacks your Vanguard.
**[07:11] ---**
I ride Absolute Blade Knight, Livarot!
**[07:14] ---**
I call Knight of Fragment!
**[07:18] ---**
Attack!
**[07:22] ---**
I ride Battle Maiden, Izunahime.
**[07:25] ---**
I call Battle Maiden, Sahohime.
**[07:29] ---**
Attack.
**[07:35] ---**
Guard!
**[07:37] ---**
So far, both sides have 2 damage!
**[07:41] ---**
But it feels like we're coming to the stage
where big things are going to happen!
**[07:44] ---**
With your sword and my passion, I ride...
**[07:50] ---**
...Blue Sky Knight, Altmile!
**[07:53] ---**
I call Livarot!
**[07:55] ---**
Knight of Fragment attacks Sahohime!
**[07:58] ---**
No guard.
**[08:02] ---**
Altmile attacks your Vanguard!
**[08:05] ---**
For the sake of our future! Sky Noble Thrust!
**[08:09] ---**
Guard!
**[08:14] ---**
Twin drive!
**[08:16] ---**
Critical trigger!
**[08:17] ---**
I give all of the effects to Livarot!
**[08:20] ---**
Guard.
**[08:23] ---**
Hey, are you serious?
**[08:26] ---**
He blocked that one, too?
**[08:32] ---**
Kiba has staged a vigorous attack,
**[08:34] ---**
but Shinonome has displayed perfect defense!
**[08:37] ---**
The turn ends without Kiba dealing
even a single damage point!
**[08:43] ---**
He could tell what my attacks
were going to be beforehand!
**[09:08] ---**
It can't be helped.
**[09:11] ---**
You said there wasn't
enough time... this time.
**[09:15] ---**
You even know that?!
**[09:16] ---**
Of course.
**[09:18] ---**
I'm sure you would've investigated me, too.
If only you'd had the time.
**[09:22] ---**
Draw.
**[09:24] ---**
Unleash it. Jaw of the wolf
that signals destruction.
**[09:28] ---**
Ride!
**[09:29] ---**
Mythic Beast, Fenrir!
**[09:32] ---**
Generation Zone... release!
**[09:45] ---**
Deliver final judgment in the
world of evening twilight!
**[09:49] ---**
Stride Generation!
**[10:01] ---**
Great Angel...
**[10:04] ---**
...Doom Brace!
**[10:07] ---**
Stride skill!
**[10:09] ---**
Doom Brace Soul-Charges.
I call Witch of Ravens, Chamomile.
**[10:14] ---**
Skill activated!
**[10:20] ---**
Doom Brace Soul-Charges.
**[10:22] ---**
On top of that, I superior call Chamomile.
**[10:26] ---**
This is amazing!
**[10:28] ---**
While powering up his rear-guards,
**[10:31] ---**
he replenished the Soul again
with Doom Brace's ability!
**[10:35] ---**
What's more, a unit that was shot out of
the Soul returned to a rear-guard position!
**[10:41] ---**
If he can replenish the Soul
every time with the cards he's used,
**[10:45] ---**
he can keep using the skill,
and it won't run out.
**[10:47] ---**
Plus, even the units will return to him!
**[10:49] ---**
If this continues with every turn...
**[10:52] ---**
But Kiba's not powerless!
**[10:57] ---**
Doom Brace attacks!
**[11:03] ---**
A commoner like me wouldn't know,
**[11:06] ---**
but I'm guessing this is hard on you.
**[11:10] ---**
Being the scion of the Kiba family.
**[11:15] ---**
Triple drive.
**[11:18] ---**
Double critical trigger.
**[11:25] ---**
Damage check!
**[11:28] ---**
Heal trigger!
**[11:34] ---**
I won't make any excuses!
**[11:35] ---**
Everyone's busy in their own way!
**[11:38] ---**
How humble of you.
**[11:40] ---**
I'm sure that's why you've gotten this far.
**[11:43] ---**
I sincerely respect you.
**[11:46] ---**
Chamomile attacks!
**[11:47] ---**
Guard!
**[11:53] ---**
But it's odd...
**[11:55] ---**
The heir of the Kiba family and a fencer...
**[11:58] ---**
I would think that'd be tough enough.
What made you choose Vanguard, too?
**[12:06] ---**
Vanguard is the only thing
that I grabbed myself.
**[12:11] ---**
A world that I carved out for myself.
**[12:14] ---**
It's special.
**[12:17] ---**
I won't make any excuses.
**[12:18] ---**
I'm going to grasp victory for myself!
**[12:25] ---**
Generation Zone... release!
**[12:40] ---**
Soaring combo attack! I grasp the infinite future!
**[12:44] ---**
Stride Generation!
**[12:55] ---**
Divine Knight of Flashing Flame, Samuel!
**[12:58] ---**
I superior call Starlight Violinist
and Knight of Shield Bash!
**[13:03] ---**
I add +5000 power to Shield Bash and Livarot!
**[13:08] ---**
I call Knight of Twin Sword with
Starlight Violinist's skill!
**[13:13] ---**
There it is!
This is Royal Paladin at its best!
**[13:18] ---**
When a comrade is in danger,
the knights all rally round!
**[13:22] ---**
All right!
**[13:22] ---**
Now he can use Samuel's skill, too!
**[13:25] ---**
Samuel attacks your Vanguard!
**[13:27] ---**
With five or more rear-guards,
its skill activates,
**[13:30] ---**
giving 1 damage to your Vanguard!
**[13:37] ---**
You're taking everything, huh?
**[13:39] ---**
You impress me.
**[13:43] ---**
But still...
**[13:45] ---**
Piercing flash! Bright lightning shoot!
**[13:50] ---**
Perfect guard.
**[13:53] ---**
Is it even possible? With that
kind of half-hearted attack?
**[13:58] ---**
Knight of Twin Sword attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:01] ---**
Guard.
**[14:04] ---**
Oh, my! In this turn,
**[14:07] ---**
even Kiba's surging onslaught
**[14:09] ---**
only did 1 damage, and that was with a skill!
**[14:14] ---**
I don't believe this...
**[14:16] ---**
But his opponent used up
all the cards in his hand,
**[14:19] ---**
and he doesn't have many rear-guards!
**[14:26] ---**
In actual fact,
you've realized it for a while, right?
**[14:30] ---**
You can't beat me.
**[14:33] ---**
Stride Generation.
**[14:35] ---**
Great Angel...
**[14:38] ---**
...Doom Brace!
**[14:40] ---**
Skill activated!
**[14:43] ---**
Shinonome!
**[14:45] ---**
He's powered up his rear-guards
again with Doombrace!
**[14:49] ---**
Not only that! The units that
shot back out of the Soul
**[14:53] ---**
went back to him yet again with a skill!
**[14:57] ---**
This is my favorite thing at the moment.
**[15:00] ---**
I use this at big tournaments. Always.
**[15:05] ---**
If I'd only had that information,
I could've prepared a counter-measure!
**[15:09] ---**
Doom Brace attacks your Vanguard.
**[15:12] ---**
Perfect guard!
**[15:13] ---**
Triple drive.
**[15:16] ---**
Critical trigger. I give
the effects to Chamomile.
**[15:21] ---**
Chamomile attacks your Vanguard!
**[15:24] ---**
Guard!
**[15:27] ---**
Chamomile attacks your Vanguard.
**[15:31] ---**
No guard!
**[15:36] ---**
I don't blame you. You were busy, right?
**[15:39] ---**
You didn't prepare enough this time.
**[15:43] ---**
That's not true!
**[15:44] ---**
That's 5 damage!
**[15:47] ---**
Hey, what's wrong with Shion?
**[15:50] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[15:52] ---**
This isn't like you at all!
**[15:55] ---**
Get your head on straight!
Take this fight back!
**[15:58] ---**
We're goin' to the top together, aren't we?!
**[16:02] ---**
Chrono Shindou, is it?
**[16:05] ---**
He made remarkable progress
after forming a team with you.
**[16:10] ---**
He easily beat my teammate.
**[16:14] ---**
I'm sure he'll get even stronger.
**[16:16] ---**
Because he can bet everything on Vanguard.
**[16:34] ---**
No.
**[16:36] ---**
I won't make excuses. I...
**[16:39] ---**
It's simple.
**[16:41] ---**
All you have to do is believe
in your own possibilities.
**[16:48] ---**
I'll grab hold of everything! I'm Shion Kiba!
**[16:52] ---**
Stride generation!
**[16:55] ---**
Holy Dragon, Saint Blow Dragon!
**[16:59] ---**
With Altmile's stride skill,
two rear-guard units get +5000 power!
**[17:04] ---**
Millius's skill calls Knight of Twin Sword!
**[17:08] ---**
And I call Laurel Knight, Sicilus!
**[17:11] ---**
Kiba uses a skill
**[17:14] ---**
to replenish his lost rear-guards!
**[17:17] ---**
Saint Blow Dragon's skill activated!
**[17:20] ---**
+12000 power and an extra critical!
**[17:24] ---**
That's it! That's your fight, Kiba!
**[17:27] ---**
He knows his opponent's hand
because of the trigger checks!
**[17:30] ---**
His opponent can't guard against this attack!
**[17:32] ---**
I've thrown away the word "lose"!
**[17:35] ---**
Saint Blow Dragon attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:40] ---**
Triple drive!
**[17:41] ---**
It's Kiba's fateful drive check!
**[17:45] ---**
If he draws even one critical trigger,
it'll be a comeback victory!
**[17:48] ---**
I know you can draw it!
**[17:53] ---**
You are gonna draw it!
**[17:57] ---**
Just as with Vanguard, the person who has
the strongest feelings wins at the end.
**[18:01] ---**
I'm gonna draw it!
**[18:06] ---**
No trigger!
**[18:11] ---**
Or with the second card!
**[18:12] ---**
All right, the fateful third card!
**[18:20] ---**
Is there a trigger mark? No!
**[18:27] ---**
Starlight Violinist attacks!
**[18:29] ---**
Guard.
**[18:32] ---**
Knight of Twin Sword attacks!
**[18:34] ---**
Guard.
**[18:39] ---**
Oh, no...
**[18:43] ---**
This was your last turn.
**[18:57] ---**
Too bad.
**[19:02] ---**
So this is your level, huh?
**[19:06] ---**
Your Vanguard.
**[19:20] ---**
That's the game!
**[19:23] ---**
The winner is Shouma Shinonome!
**[19:27] ---**
The fight count is two matches to one!
**[19:29] ---**
The winner of the first battle of the best sixteen...
**[19:32] ---**
...is Team Demise!
**[19:39] [SONG] ---**
Wish Fulfillment
**[19:45] ---**
It's all my fault. I'm sorry.
**[19:49] ---**
Stop.
**[19:50] ---**
I'm the one who lost first!
**[19:53] ---**
It's not anybody's fault.
**[19:56] ---**
We're a team, right?
**[20:05] ---**
Hey, Kiba! Where are you goin'?!
**[20:08] ---**
Jeez!
**[20:20] ---**
A fight reveals everything about a person.
**[20:24] ---**
The result before you
is your team's current "everything."
**[20:40] ---**
I'm impressed.
**[20:42] ---**
That's your favorite shirt, isn't it?
**[20:47] ---**
An opponent that needed you to go that far?
**[20:50] ---**
How do you think one can keep a bird
from the heavens in a basket?
**[20:56] ---**
You clip its wings.
**[21:00] ---**
I look forward to meeting him again.
**[21:13] ---**
Of course they made the best eight.
**[21:16] ---**
They carried the name of United Sanctuary
into battle with them,
**[21:20] ---**
so losing even one battle
shall not be tolerated.
**[21:30] ---**
Gear Chronicle...
**[21:32] ---**
I see...
**[21:34] ---**
He's the only one who won.
**[21:37] ---**
The one who will carve out the future.
The legend who will change the world.
**[21:42] ---**
If he has power, he will
stand before me eventually.
**[21:47] ---**
And when that happens...
**[23:26] ---**
Chrono!
**[23:28] ---**
Kamui! Where have you been?!
**[23:32] ---**
Sorry. Something came up.
**[23:35] ---**
I just got to see the end of that last match.
**[23:38] ---**
Um...
**[23:41] ---**
I won't let it end here.
**[23:43] [SONG] ---**
Wish Fulfillment
**[23:43] ---**
I'm not gonna let it end!
**[23:46] ---**
Not this way!
**[23:56] ---**
Darn it! We lost!
**[23:59] ---**
That's too bad.
**[24:00] ---**
But Team Demise, was it? To be honest,
they're at a different level.
**[24:05] ---**
True. Anjou and Kiba's opponents
were especially strong.
**[24:09] ---**
But I have no intention of
letting it end here for us.
**[24:13] ---**
That's the spirit!
**[24:15] ---**
But I'm a little worried
about Tokoha and Shion.
**[24:19] ---**
Yeah. They helped me before.
Now it's my turn.
***SIGN*** Beginning of a Long Summer