# 164 - The Missing Leader
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRE51VXX6/cardfight-vanguard-legion-mate-season-4)
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**[00:02] Spoken**
I'll set the whole world free!
**[00:06] Spoken**
Liberator, Monarch Sanctuary Alfred!
**[00:14] Spoken**
Liberate the lock!
**[00:16] Spoken**
Five comrades, gather on the battlefield!
**[00:23] Spoken**
For the sake of everyone who is dear to me...
**[00:26] Spoken**
For the sake of this world that I love...
**[00:49] Spoken**
When this world was enshrouded in darkness
**[00:52] Spoken**
and on the brink of extinction,
there was a man who saved it.
**[00:58] Spoken**
His name is...
**[02:54] Spoken**
Who are you?
**[03:01] Spoken**
You're...
**[03:13] Spoken**
A dream?
***SIGN*** The Missing Leader
**[03:23] Spoken**
The number of card game players across the world
has surged to hundreds of millions of people.
**[03:29] Spoken**
It's became a part of our lives
that we take for granted.
**[03:35] Spoken**
The card game that attracts the
most attention is Cardfight!! Vanguard.
**[03:44] Spoken**
In today's world, children and
adults alike enjoy Cardfight!! Vanguard.
**[03:49] Spoken**
At a glance, it looks like everything
is right with this world.
**[03:54] Spoken**
But...
**[03:58] Spoken**
Welcome, Kai.
**[04:00] Spoken**
Is Aichi here today?
**[04:02] Spoken**
Aichi...?
**[04:04] Spoken**
I don't think I've
heard the name before.
**[04:06] Spoken**
Who is he?
**[04:08] Spoken**
Are you kidding?
**[04:10] Spoken**
You know, Aichi... Aichi Sendou.
**[04:13] Spoken**
Has he been here before?
**[04:17] Spoken**
"Has he been here before?"
**[04:19] Spoken**
As if he's just another customer!
**[04:22] Spoken**
Come to think of it, there is a
customer here by the name of Sendou.
**[04:27] Spoken**
Right over there...
**[04:30] Spoken**
Pacifica attacks!
**[04:31] Spoken**
I lost!
**[04:34] Spoken**
You sure are strong, Emi.
**[04:37] Spoken**
Emi... Sendou?
**[04:39] Spoken**
Yes...? Oh, Toshiki Kai!
**[04:44] Spoken**
You're a really strong Cardfighter, right?
**[04:47] Spoken**
You know about him, right, Mai?
**[04:49] Spoken**
Sure!
**[04:50] Spoken**
Where's your brother today?
**[04:54] Spoken**
I'm an only child...
**[04:58] Spoken**
Is something wrong?
**[05:01] Spoken**
Do you know Aichi Sendou?
**[05:04] Spoken**
Sendou...
Is that a relative of yours, Emi?
**[05:07] Spoken**
Nuh uh. No one I know.
**[05:11] Spoken**
Um...
**[05:13] Spoken**
Never mind. It's nothing.
Sorry to bother you.
**[05:17] Spoken**
Oh, that's right, a new trial deck's come in.
**[05:23] Spoken**
I wanted to show it to you...
**[05:26] Spoken**
Huh? Now where did I put it?
**[05:29] Spoken**
Do you know, Sub-manager?
**[05:32] Spoken**
Never mind the manager...
Aichi's sister doesn't even know him?
**[05:37] Spoken**
What in the world is going on?
**[05:41] Spoken**
If only Misaki were here
at a time like this...
**[05:44] Spoken**
Tokura...
**[05:46] Spoken**
That's right, she's the one
with the perfect memory.
**[05:50] Spoken**
Sure. She doesn't forget a thing.
**[05:54] Spoken**
She remembers every little
thing you've said...
**[05:56] Spoken**
...and brings it up long after
you've forgotten.
**[06:00] Spoken**
But anyway, she said she's got something
to do at school today, so she'll be late.
**[06:05] Spoken**
Excuse me.
**[06:07] Spoken**
Come again soon, Kai!
***SIGN*** Sub-manager
**[06:12] Spoken**
Now where could that trial deck have gone?
**[06:16] Spoken**
I'm sure that the battle
to save the world is over.
**[06:21] Spoken**
And yet, Aichi, who protected
the world's peace,
**[06:25] Spoken**
has been erased from
everyone else's memories?
**[06:29] Spoken**
But maybe Misaki Tokura's
power of memory will...
***SIGN*** Miyaji Academy, High School Division
**[06:35] Spoken**
You want to talk to a student?
**[06:37] Spoken**
Yeah. I don't know her class,
but her name is Tokura...
**[06:40] Spoken**
Kai?
**[06:45] Spoken**
Tokura, does the name "Aichi Sendou"
ring any bells for you?
**[06:51] Spoken**
Aichi... Sendou...
**[06:54] Spoken**
No. I don't remember
hearing that name before.
**[06:57] Spoken**
There's a girl, Emi Sendou,
who comes to the store though...
**[07:01] Spoken**
I see.
**[07:03] Spoken**
Aichi doesn't even remain in Tokura's memory?
**[07:08] Spoken**
You went to all the trouble of
coming here just to ask me that?
**[07:12] Spoken**
Yeah.
**[07:13] Spoken**
I hope you find him.
**[07:16] Spoken**
Well, I'm about to head home...
**[07:19] Spoken**
Sure.
**[07:22] Spoken**
By the way, Tokura...
**[07:23] Spoken**
I heard you were staying late at school
because you had something to do...
**[07:28] Spoken**
Was it a Cardfight Club meeting or something?
**[07:31] Spoken**
We don't have a club like that at our school.
**[07:34] Spoken**
My assigned cleaning duties
just took a long time.
**[07:38] Spoken**
I see...
**[07:49] Spoken**
So even the Cardfight Club that
Aichi founded doesn't exist now.
***SIGN*** Physics Prep Room
**[08:11] Spoken**
Kai! I finally formed an
official Cardfight Club!
**[08:14] Spoken**
Then, we can use the physics preparation room as our club room.
**[08:19] Spoken**
And also...
**[08:22] Spoken**
Aichi...
**[08:26] Spoken**
I still have a debt to repay to you.
**[08:45] Spoken**
Blaster Blade?!
**[08:49] Spoken**
What happened?
**[08:50] Spoken**
What did I just feel?
**[09:03] Spoken**
This is a Vanguard deck.
**[09:07] Spoken**
Why did it come to me?
**[09:10] Spoken**
Royal Paladin...
**[09:13] Spoken**
This is...
**[09:15] Spoken**
...Blaster Blade!
**[09:18] Spoken**
The one I gave to Aichi...
**[09:25] Spoken**
Blaster Blade, what are
you trying to tell me?
**[09:36] Spoken**
Hey!
**[09:40] Spoken**
Naoki Ishida...
**[09:44] Spoken**
How do you know my name?
**[09:46] Spoken**
You don't know who I am?
**[09:49] Spoken**
Uh uh. Nope.
**[09:52] Spoken**
I'm Toshiki Kai. So, what do you want?
**[09:56] Spoken**
I saw you back there.
**[09:58] Spoken**
You're wearin' the uniform of a
different school. Made me curious...
**[10:02] Spoken**
Then I saw you go into the physics
prep room and come out holding somethin'.
**[10:10] Spoken**
This?
**[10:12] Spoken**
That's it! That made me really curious.
**[10:17] Spoken**
So... what is it?
**[10:19] Spoken**
A deck.
**[10:21] Spoken**
It's for a card game called
Cardfight!! Vanguard.
**[10:25] Spoken**
Vanguard...
**[10:28] Spoken**
It doesn't bring back any memories?
**[10:31] Spoken**
Nope. Never heard of it.
**[10:35] Spoken**
I don't think so...
**[10:37] Spoken**
And yet, that deck...
**[10:41] Spoken**
That name, Vanguard, strikes a chord in my heart...
**[10:47] Spoken**
Why?
**[10:50] Spoken**
The second I saw that deck,
my heart started beatin' fast.
**[10:58] Spoken**
Why not learn the reason for that
through a Cardfight?
**[11:03] Spoken**
Cardfight?
**[11:05] Spoken**
You mean fight you?
**[11:12] Spoken**
You're on.
**[11:16] Spoken**
Follow me.
**[11:32] Spoken**
Sorry for the bother.
**[11:34] Spoken**
Welcome.
**[11:35] Spoken**
Oh, Kai and, uh... you are...
**[11:41] Spoken**
Boss Lady!
**[11:44] Spoken**
We're gonna use a fight table.
**[11:46] Spoken**
Help yourselves.
**[11:48] Spoken**
Put your bag down over there.
We'll do it here.
**[11:51] Spoken**
R-Right...
**[11:53] Spoken**
So how do I do it?
**[11:55] Spoken**
For starters, give the rules
here a quick read-through.
**[11:59] Spoken**
Sure...
**[12:00] Spoken**
Let's see...
**[12:02] Spoken**
Here.
**[12:04] Spoken**
Shin wanted you to see this deck.
**[12:08] Spoken**
A Narukami trial deck...
**[12:11] Spoken**
Can we use it?
**[12:12] Spoken**
Okay with me.
**[12:14] Spoken**
Use this.
**[12:15] Spoken**
All right...
**[12:17] Spoken**
Do you remember the rules?
**[12:18] Spoken**
Yeah...
**[12:19] Spoken**
For some reason, they're easy to remember,
as if I've read 'em before.
**[12:26] Spoken**
Then you go first.
**[12:28] Spoken**
Cool with me.
**[12:30] Spoken**
You put one grade 0 card face-down
in the Vanguard circle,
**[12:34] Spoken**
then draw five cards from your deck.
**[12:38] Spoken**
Gotcha...
**[12:39] Spoken**
If you get a hand you don't like,
**[12:41] Spoken**
you have one chance to re-draw
as many cards as you want.
**[12:44] Spoken**
It's good to have
grade 1, 2, and 3 cards in your hands.
**[12:49] Spoken**
How about you?
**[12:50] Spoken**
I'm good.
**[12:52] Spoken**
Then let's start.
**[12:54] Spoken**
Picture it...
**[12:55] Spoken**
Picture?
**[12:57] Spoken**
Yes.
**[12:59] Spoken**
Right now, our two ethereal astral bodies
**[13:02] Spoken**
have appeared on Cray,
a planet much like Earth.
**[13:07] Spoken**
What the...?!
**[13:11] Spoken**
The planet Cray?
**[13:13] Spoken**
We've been given two powers on this world.
**[13:18] Spoken**
The first is the ability to summon units,
which are the denizens of this planet.
**[13:23] Spoken**
"Call."
**[13:24] Spoken**
Okay...
**[13:25] Spoken**
You first summon units by drawing
the five cards from your deck.
**[13:30] Spoken**
Each card has a grade
and ability value on it.
**[13:36] Spoken**
And the other ability is to possess
the units with your astral body.
**[13:42] Spoken**
"Ride."
**[13:44] Spoken**
Ride...
**[13:45] Spoken**
The unit that we each possess
is called the Vanguard.
**[13:50] Spoken**
Vanguard...
**[13:53] Spoken**
We turn the face-down card over at
the same time, and the fight begins.
**[13:59] Spoken**
Stand up the Vanguard.
**[13:59] Spoken**
Stand up, Vanguard.
**[14:01] Spoken**
Brawler, Sky Dracokid.
**[14:04] Spoken**
Bravery Seeker, Marc!
**[14:08] Spoken**
With this, we're now standing
on Cray soil as Vanguards.
**[14:12] Spoken**
Okay, you start.
**[14:15] Spoken**
All right.
**[14:17] Spoken**
If you have a card in your hand that's
one grade higher, you can ride it.
**[14:23] Spoken**
I ride Wandering Brawler, Teirin!
**[14:27] Spoken**
The person who goes first
can't attack right away.
**[14:29] Spoken**
So your turn is over.
**[14:31] Spoken**
O-Okay.
**[14:33] Spoken**
My turn.
**[14:35] Spoken**
I ride Righteousness Seeker, Gangaren!
**[14:41] Spoken**
Then, from my hand, I can summon units
**[14:45] Spoken**
that are the same grade
as my Vanguard or less.
**[14:50] Spoken**
The units that I bring forth fight
alongside my Vanguard as comrades.
**[14:55] Spoken**
That's "call."
**[14:57] Spoken**
Call! Rune Eagle!
**[14:59] Spoken**
Since I'm going second, I can start attacking.
**[15:03] Spoken**
I rest one of the front-line
units and declare my attack.
**[15:08] Spoken**
The unit that's right behind it can give this unit
a boost during an attack, giving it power.
**[15:16] Spoken**
Rune Eagle boosts!
**[15:20] Spoken**
I can picture it!
**[15:22] Spoken**
My Vanguard, Gangaren, attacks Teirin!
**[15:26] Spoken**
During a Vanguard's attack,
**[15:28] Spoken**
the attacking side can turn
over a card from the deck.
**[15:31] Spoken**
That's a "drive check."
**[15:33] Spoken**
Okay.
**[15:35] Spoken**
No trigger.
**[15:37] Spoken**
The card that I drew goes into my hand.
**[15:43] Spoken**
I did 1 damage.
**[15:44] Spoken**
Now you do a damage check by flipping
over one card from your deck.
**[15:49] Spoken**
Damage check...
**[15:51] Spoken**
No trigger?
**[15:53] Spoken**
You put that card into your Damage Zone.
**[15:55] Spoken**
Okay...
**[15:58] Spoken**
The side that gets 6 damage
there first loses the fight.
**[16:04] Spoken**
Turn end.
**[16:06] Spoken**
Now it's your turn.
**[16:07] Spoken**
Stand and draw...
**[16:09] Spoken**
That's what you say, right?
**[16:11] Spoken**
If you have a grade 2 card,
you can ride it as the Vanguard.
**[16:15] Spoken**
'Course I do!
**[16:20] Spoken**
Dragon, huh?
**[16:21] Spoken**
Kinda gettin' fired up here...
**[16:24] Spoken**
Here I come!
**[16:25] Spoken**
I ride Brawler, Wildfist Dragon!
**[16:32] Spoken**
Call!
**[16:35] Spoken**
Wildfist Dragon attacks Gangaren!
**[16:39] Spoken**
No guard.
**[16:41] Spoken**
Drive check!
**[16:45] Spoken**
Critical trigger.
**[16:47] Spoken**
Trigger?
**[16:49] Spoken**
Critical trigger...
**[16:50] Spoken**
That's right. There are
four types of triggers.
**[16:55] Spoken**
You drew a critical trigger.
**[16:58] Spoken**
It has a critical effect that increases
the damage you do to your opponent,
**[17:01] Spoken**
and also gives you +5000 power.
**[17:04] Spoken**
Yeah!
**[17:12] Spoken**
In other words, I gave you 2 damage, right?
**[17:15] Spoken**
Yeah. Now I do a damage check.
**[17:22] Spoken**
Heal trigger.
**[17:24] Spoken**
I give +5000 to my Vanguard.
**[17:26] Spoken**
Then, if I have the same
number of cards or more
**[17:29] Spoken**
in the Damage Zone
as my opponent,
**[17:32] Spoken**
I can move one card
to my Drop Zone.
**[17:35] Spoken**
So there's that kind of trigger too, huh?
**[17:38] Spoken**
All right! My rear-guard Wildfist attacks!
**[17:41] Spoken**
You don't always take damage
when you're attacked.
**[17:45] Spoken**
You can also call cards that are in
your hand to guard against the attack.
**[17:51] Spoken**
Siren Seeker, Maris guards!
**[17:54] Spoken**
When you guard, it's calculated
by this number on the side.
**[18:02] Spoken**
I'm done attacking.
**[18:03] Spoken**
Now it's my turn.
**[18:06] Spoken**
Stand and draw.
**[18:10] Spoken**
Here you are...
**[18:13] Spoken**
Cardfight!! Vanguard is a mysterious game.
**[18:18] Spoken**
Even though it's just a card game,
**[18:21] Spoken**
Vanguard always gets my blood pumping.
**[18:24] Spoken**
Whenever I feel disillusioned
or bored of something,
**[18:28] Spoken**
it fires me up
from the bottom of my heart.
**[18:31] Spoken**
I think I understand.
**[18:33] Spoken**
Since earlier, I been thinkin'...
**[18:35] Spoken**
"Why is playin' this game
gettin' me so excited?"
**[18:41] Spoken**
And this card...
**[18:43] Spoken**
This Vanguard card always speaks to me.
**[18:48] Spoken**
It tells me what I'm really feeling.
**[18:54] Spoken**
Feelings connected to this card
will never come to an end.
**[18:59] Spoken**
Even amid the despair of oblivion,
its light gives me courage.
**[19:04] Spoken**
Courage that runs through darkness
where you can't even see anything!
**[19:10] Spoken**
Stand up, my avatar!
**[19:13] Spoken**
True friend inside my soul, my mate!
**[19:17] Spoken**
Ride the Vanguard!
**[19:20] Spoken**
Blaster Blade!
**[19:32] Spoken**
What is that card?
**[19:34] Spoken**
Blaster Blade...
**[19:37] Spoken**
What the heck?
**[19:40] Spoken**
Darn it! Darn it!
**[19:43] Spoken**
What the heck are these tears?
**[19:46] Spoken**
What is this feelin'?
**[19:49] Spoken**
Stand up, my avatar!
**[19:52] Spoken**
I ride...
**[19:53] Spoken**
...Blaster Blade Liberator!
**[19:59] Spoken**
Aichi... Sendou!
**[20:03] Spoken**
Do you remember?!
**[20:04] Spoken**
Yeah. I remember...
**[20:07] Spoken**
...Toshiki Kai!
**[20:09] Spoken**
Darn it!
**[20:11] Spoken**
What is this?!
**[20:12] Spoken**
To think that I could forget about
Aichi Sendou for even a moment!
**[20:19] Spoken**
Forget Aichi?!
**[20:21] Spoken**
The one who ignited the flames of Vanguard
in my heart when I was bored by everything?
**[20:30] Spoken**
I forgot him?!
**[20:33] Spoken**
But you remember him now...
**[20:38] Spoken**
...thanks to this card.
**[20:41] Spoken**
That's right. You're his
mate too, beyond a doubt.
**[20:47] Spoken**
I'm... Aichi's mate...
**[20:51] Spoken**
Yeah.
**[20:54] Spoken**
Kai... What happened to Aichi?
**[20:58] Spoken**
I don't know.
**[20:59] Spoken**
All I know for sure is that almost
nobody has memories of Aichi.
**[21:06] Spoken**
Darn it! You don't even know where Aichi is?
**[21:12] Spoken**
Okay. But I swear I'm gonna find him!
**[21:19] Spoken**
I swear the same.
**[21:24] Spoken**
Your fight doesn't look like it's finished...
**[21:26] Spoken**
I don't really feel like fightin' right now.
**[21:32] Spoken**
Blaster Blade...
**[21:38] Spoken**
Tokura, if you're curious about it,
how about fighting me?
**[21:43] Spoken**
But I have to mind the store...
**[21:46] Spoken**
It's fine.
**[21:47] Spoken**
There aren't any customers this late.
**[21:49] Spoken**
Unless... maybe you're scared to fight me?
**[21:53] Spoken**
N-Not especially.
It's just a Cardfight, right?
**[21:57] Spoken**
There's nothing to be afraid of...
**[22:02] Spoken**
Then it's settled.
**[23:46] Spoken**
Aichi...
**[23:56] Spoken**
My best friend, who saved the
world from destruction, and also myself...
**[24:00] Spoken**
Darn it! How could I have
forgotten about Aichi?
**[24:03] Spoken**
What is this?!
**[24:04] Spoken**
The reason is unknown,
and it's not just his friends, but family as well!
**[24:07] Spoken**
Darn it! Darn it!
Whoever's responsible, show yourself!
**[24:11] Spoken**
Something has consigned Aichi to oblivion,
trying to make it as if he never existed!
**[24:16] Spoken**
Next time: Legion!
***SIGN*** Legion
**[24:18] Spoken**
I swear I'll find Aichi!
**[24:20] Spoken**
Aichi is my mate!