# 42 - Shion Versus Shouma
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We move on to the second fight.
**[00:03] ---**
Kiba has challenged Shinonome.
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It's an honor to be challenged by you.
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I'm going to pay you back
for what happened at regionals...
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...with the fight that we believe in!
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Hashima had a stunning defeat.
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However, this person is sure to win.
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He's United Sanctuary branch's top fighter,
Team Demise's absolute ace,
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Shouma Shinonome!
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Shouma!
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We're counting on you, Shinonome!
**[02:08] ---**
His opponent is, like Anjou,
a member of Team TRY3.
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Shion Kiba.
**[02:19] ---**
Hey, come on. This feels more
and more like an away game.
**[02:22] ---**
It seems Rin Hashima's loss
has stirred them up.
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I'm scared.
**[02:27] ---**
I hope Shion is okay...
**[02:29] ---**
No problem. Look at his face.
**[02:34] ---**
He hasn't forgotten
to enjoy the fight.
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Hey, don't get scared. Cheer him on!
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Win this, Shion! We're with you!
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Beat him, Shion! Fight, fight, fight!
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Shion! Beat him!
**[02:54] ---**
Amusing.
***SIGN*** Turn 42 Shion Versus Shouma
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Kiba will start. Shinonome will go second.
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We continue with choosing the field.
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You decide, since you're on our turf.
**[03:14] ---**
The least I can do is let you
choose the battleground.
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Then I'll avail myself of your kind offer.
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And then there was light.
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This is...
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...United Sanctuary's Shrine of the Abyss.
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That's the field Shinonome beat Shion on
last time! Why would he choose that?!
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Go, Shion!
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Show him what you're made of now!
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The prince has an unyielding spirit.
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The second fight of the special match!
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Stand up, Vanguard!
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Shining Knight, Millius!
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Fetter of Leather, Leyding!
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I ride Lunar Crescent Knight, Felax!
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I ride Fetter of Fiber, Dromi!
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Attack!
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Ride!
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Absolute Blade Knight, Livarot!
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Attack!
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Objections to United Sanctuary
branch's policies,
**[04:26] ---**
along with Branch Chief Kanzaki
and Taiyou Asukawa...
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It seems you people are facing this match
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with a variety of feelings and resolutions.
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Would you forget all of that?
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Even though it doesn't mean anything to me.
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I ride Unappeasable Biter, Gleipnir!!
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I call Jormungand!
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I like United Sanctuary. But that's all.
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I'm neither burdened with nor devoted to
United Sanctuary's doctrine or ideology.
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Gleipnir attacks your Vanguard!
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Drive check. Critical trigger.
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I give the power to Jormungand and
the extra critical to Gleipnir.
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Jormungand attacks your Vanguard!
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I want to have fun fighting.
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I don't need anything more than that.
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This match belongs to just you and me.
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The damage is 4 to 1.
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Shinonome has had a big lead
since the beginning.
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It seems his victory is assured.
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With your sword and my passion,
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I ride...
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...Blue Sky Knight, Altmile!
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Altmile...
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The unit you've used ever since
you started playing Vanguard.
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That unit lost to me.
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Altmile attacks your Vanguard!
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Drive check!
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Heal trigger! I heal 1 damage point!
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Sky Noble Thrust!
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It's strange. Why are you
so attached to Altmile?
**[06:28] ---**
Do you project yourself
onto that knight card?
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Or maybe you have a memory
associated with it?
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Even if you do, what's the point?
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Just as you have your
own way of doing things,
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I have my own way!
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Twin Sword attacks your Vanguard!
**[06:53] ---**
You haven't changed at all.
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Unleash it. Jaw of the wolf
that signals destruction.
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Ride!
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Mythic Beast, Fenrir!
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Stride Generation.
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Great Angel,
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Doom Brace!
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Stride skill! Soul-charge!
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Doom Brace's skill activates! Soul-blast!
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Two rear-guard units power up.
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And Soul-charge.
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On top of that, a skill is activated.
**[07:33] ---**
I superior call Gleipnir!
**[07:36] ---**
He powered up rear-guards
with a G unit's skill.
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And then he called a Soul-blasted unit.
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His specialized tactic!
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You haven't changed at all.
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You're the same as when
you lost to me last time.
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Gleipnir attacks Knight of Fragment!
**[07:58] ---**
Vanguard, fencing, and duties
related to you being an heir...
**[08:04] ---**
You chose all of them again.
You're trying to do everything.
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And as always, it leaves you
in a half-baked state.
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Shinonome's wave of attacks explode!
**[08:25] ---**
Kiba has 5 damage. His back is to the wall.
**[08:31] ---**
He really is strong...
**[08:34] ---**
Is Shion okay?
**[08:37] ---**
It doesn't look like he's got an opening.
**[08:39] ---**
What do you mean?
**[08:41] ---**
His triggers keep getting wasted.
**[08:45] ---**
Look. He's got three triggers
in the Damage Zone.
**[08:49] ---**
All of them came out
during that last attack.
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Shion...
**[08:56] ---**
Don't worry. He's been fighting
with me a lot lately.
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The match isn't over yet!
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Generation Zone... release!
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Soaring combo attack!
I grasp the infinite future!
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Stride Generation!
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Shrouded Divine Knight, Gablade!
**[09:27] ---**
Altmile's stride skill!
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Twin Sword and Pir get +5000 power!
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I call Knight of Fragment!
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Pir's skill!
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Two units in the same column
get +2000 power!
**[09:43] ---**
After losing to you,
I was getting ready to quit Vanguard.
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But I realized something.
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That was a mistake!
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Gablade attacks your Vanguard!
**[10:11] ---**
Gablade attacks your Vanguard!
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Holy Fierce Blast!
**[10:18] ---**
Perfect guard.
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He won't let an attack get through easily.
**[10:23] ---**
That's 'cause he's seen a lot of
Shion's fights.
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Triple drive!
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Dang it! He didn't draw a trigger!
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But...
**[10:35] ---**
Pir boosts!
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Knight of Twin Sword attacks your Vanguard!
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Skill activated!
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I superior call Techgal!
**[10:43] ---**
Pir's skill!
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Twin Sword and Pir get +2000 power!
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Twin Sword Cleave!
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All right!
**[10:53] ---**
I don't like that guy.
**[10:56] ---**
That jerk's smirking the whole time.
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Never wavering or hesitating, always calm...
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That's Shinonome's strength.
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Hey, you feel it, don't you?
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Trying to do everything
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is your ideal, but it's hard.
**[11:21] ---**
As a fencer, as a Kiba with responsibilities,
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you're not getting the results you imagine.
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Am I wrong?
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You spare no effort, so of course
there are certain results,
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but they're a far cry from
the level you desire.
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Knight of Fragment attacks your Vanguard!
**[11:48] ---**
Techgal's skill activates!
**[11:50] ---**
Fragment gets +8000 power!
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Guard!
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You try to have everything.
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But in doing so, you end up with nothing.
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That's the major paradox that you bear.
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You strive for a higher peak than anyone.
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That's who you are.
**[12:10] ---**
It's a tragedy that happens
because you aim for perfection.
**[12:18] ---**
It was Kiba's turn,
and he tried to use it to recover,
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but he only managed to
inflict 1 damage.
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But that's Shinonome for you.
**[12:28] ---**
I think it's safe to say that
his victory is in the bag.
**[12:33] ---**
Generation Zone... release!
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Deliver final judgment in the
world of evening twilight!
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Stride Generation!
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Mythical Destroyer Beast,
**[12:56] ---**
Vanargandr!
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Stride skill! Soul-charge!
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Leyding's skill. It moves to the Soul.
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Vanargandr's skill.
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What was that?
**[13:18] ---**
A revelation from the heavens.
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Vanargandr's skill! Superior call!
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I can see people's futures.
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I've had that power ever since I was a kid.
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What is he talkin' about?
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That's interesting.
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He can see the future.
That's how he can be so calm.
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No wonder.
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I see. Understood.
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Phone call from association
headquarters. I'll take it.
**[14:09] ---**
Is that a bluff?
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Or are you saying you can
see me losing this match?
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I can see your future.
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You'll never find a fundamental solution,
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but just continue down that path,
feeling vaguely anxious.
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You stubbornly refuse to change...
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...and at the end of that path
you're going down...
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...is a disease that will result in death.
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Despair is waiting for you.
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Your future is closed off by darkness.
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Yes!
**[14:55] ---**
He survived the Vanguard's attack
with a perfect guard!
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Drive check. Vanargandr's skill activates.
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But I'm going to follow the revelation
of the heavens and change the future.
**[15:07] ---**
What?!
**[15:08] ---**
If he does that...
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Critical trigger triple.
**[15:14] ---**
I give 19000 power and the
3 criticals to Gleipnir.
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To Jormungandr,
I give 20000 power and 2 criticals.
**[15:22] ---**
Of course he's going to
draw a trigger with that!
**[15:26] ---**
What is that gamebreaking skill?!
**[15:31] ---**
Vanguard, fencing, Kiba...
**[15:36] ---**
You can't choose between them.
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That's your weakness. Your sin.
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And your punishment is despair.
**[15:46] ---**
The overwhelming darkness that
is fear is going to attack you.
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And yet there is nothing to fear,
because I'm going to save you.
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The darkness will be turned
into illuminating light.
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Shion Kiba, I'll give you a future.
**[16:06] ---**
So for right now,
be embraced by the darkness,
**[16:10] ---**
and quietly nod off!
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Shion!
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Perfect guard.
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You'll give me a future? Get stuffed!
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Gleipnir attacks.
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Guard! Intercept!
**[16:47] ---**
You said you would enjoy this fight.
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I feel the same.
**[16:53] ---**
But we think differently.
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I want to share the enjoyment
of this fight with everyone.
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I want my teammates and friends
to enjoy it together with me.
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That's the origin of my Vanguard!
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And it's the light
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that runs through my Vanguard,
that connects what I've gained.
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That is my joy.
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I believe in my own possibilities!
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My future isn't just the future
that you're looking at!
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I have as many futures as I do possibilities!
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And I'm going to a future that
you definitely can't see!
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Unlimited Soaring!
Give me a faraway future!
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Stride Generation!
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Aerial Divine Knight, Altmile!
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The darkness is gone!
**[18:13] ---**
A warm, kind light!
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Wow! The power of Shion's imagination!
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Not too shabby!
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The Stride Force is suddenly spiking!
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We've never seen a value like this!
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Even the conversion efficiency
is up. Incredible.
**[18:32] ---**
The Depend Card is letting out
a whoop of joy.
**[18:39] ---**
When I lost against you,
I realized what my weakness was.
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And then...
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...I turned it into my strength!
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Stride Skill!
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Techgal and Pir get +5000 power!
**[18:53] ---**
Aerial Divine Knight, Altmile's skill!
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The front-row units get +3000 power!
**[19:00] ---**
And then I superior call Twin Sword!
**[19:02] ---**
Pir's skill activates!
**[19:04] ---**
The units in the same column get +2000 power!
**[19:07] ---**
Techgal moves!
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I call Pir!
**[19:11] ---**
Milllius's skill! It moves to the Soul.
**[19:15] ---**
I superior call Benizel!
**[19:17] ---**
Pir's skill activates!
**[19:18] ---**
The units in the same column get +2000 power!
**[19:22] ---**
Whoa...
**[19:24] ---**
The power of the two Pir units
keeps rising because of their skills!
**[19:28] ---**
Every time he calls a grade 2,
the skill activates. And he's still going!
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Benizel's skill!
**[19:35] ---**
I superior call Techgal!
**[19:37] ---**
Pir's skill!
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+2000 power!
**[19:41] ---**
Techgal attacks your Vanguard!
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You think you're superior
**[19:50] ---**
as you look down on people,
but there's a future you can't see!
**[19:55] ---**
If you open your heart and hold hands,
your world expands with no end in sight.
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Even a future that you can't see alone
becomes visible when you're with everyone.
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I'm going to grasp that future,
together with Altmile!
**[20:13] ---**
That's my Vanguard!
**[20:32] ---**
6 d-damage!
**[20:34] ---**
S-S-Somehow, Kiba won!
**[20:37] ---**
Shinonome, the absolute ace
of Demise, has been defeated.
**[20:44] ---**
Yeah!
**[20:45] ---**
He did it!
**[20:47] ---**
I knew he would!
**[20:48] ---**
Shion held on through Shinonome's attack
with all the drawn triggers
**[20:51] ---**
and won, even though he
didn't draw any triggers!
**[20:54] ---**
Vanguard really is awesome!
**[21:09] ---**
By beating me, you've grasped a new future.
**[21:13] ---**
A future that's unknowable to me.
**[21:18] ---**
In that case, fly higher, Shion Kiba.
**[21:23] ---**
If your wings are going to break,
it's more fun that way.
**[21:34] ---**
Weakness is a sin.
**[21:36] ---**
Shouma Shinonome...
His strength was false, too.
**[21:42] ---**
Then I'll show them!
**[21:45] ---**
United Sanctuary is right!
I'll show them our true strength!
**[21:49] ---**
I'll beat Chrono Shindou...
**[23:49] ---**
Depend Card...
**[23:57] ---**
Shion, you were great!
Complete victory against Shinonome!
**[24:01] ---**
Thank you. It's because
of you and Chrono, Tokoha.
**[24:04] ---**
Nah, it's your own ability.
**[24:07] ---**
That was seriously moving!
**[24:08] ---**
So, you're next, Chrono!
**[24:11] ---**
We set the stage,
so now we're counting on you!
**[24:14] ---**
Yeah, count on it!
**[24:16] ---**
But what's the crowd getting so noisy about?
**[24:19] ---**
Now that you mention it...
***SIGN*** Stride Force
**[24:20] ---**
What's happening?