# 166 - Aichi's Shadow
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRE51VXX6/cardfight-vanguard-legion-mate-season-4)
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**[00:02] Spoken**
A few people have remembered Aichi.
**[00:07] Spoken**
We can't afford to let this stand.
**[00:09] Spoken**
If they find their way here...
**[00:12] Spoken**
They still wouldn't be able to do anything.
**[00:15] Spoken**
Not as long as we're here.
**[00:17] Spoken**
It sounds like fun!
**[00:20] Spoken**
I wonder how I should play with them...
**[00:24] Spoken**
All of you. If something does happen,
it'll be too late to act.
**[00:29] Spoken**
Those who remembered him are new buds
growing on a branch, so to speak.
**[00:34] Spoken**
I believe our wisest course of action is
to freeze them before they can blossom.
**[00:45] Spoken**
Master...
**[00:48] Spoken**
Please assign me that duty.
**[00:50] Spoken**
And? What will you do?
**[00:53] Spoken**
After reading their minds,
I will do whatever needs to be done.
**[00:58] Spoken**
In other words, I will continue
my duties as steward.
**[02:33] Spoken**
There are a few things I want to know.
**[02:35] Spoken**
What?
**[02:37] Spoken**
How do we find Aichi?
**[02:39] Spoken**
Do you have any ideas?
**[02:43] Spoken**
Why did he disappear?
**[02:46] Spoken**
How... and for what reason?
**[02:50] Spoken**
And where is he now?
**[02:54] Spoken**
We don't even have any hints to
help answer those questions.
**[02:59] Spoken**
Where in the world should we begin?
**[03:03] Spoken**
Do we even really stand a
chance of finding Aichi?
**[03:08] Spoken**
I understand your anxiety.
**[03:10] Spoken**
But don't think too much.
**[03:13] Spoken**
But...
**[03:14] Spoken**
Don't think too much about what lies ahead.
**[03:16] Spoken**
It's the same thing with fights, right?
**[03:18] Spoken**
In a trigger check, you never know if you'll
draw one until you turn that card over.
**[03:23] Spoken**
What's that? That's a weird analogy.
**[03:27] Spoken**
Kai... you've changed.
**[03:31] Spoken**
Hey, Tokura...
**[03:34] Spoken**
Would you give me a little time?
**[03:38] Spoken**
Sure. I'll leave it to you.
**[03:41] Spoken**
Sorry.
**[03:42] Spoken**
Huh...
**[03:45] Spoken**
It's strange hearing you
apologize to someone.
**[03:51] Spoken**
So, where's Ishida?
**[03:54] Spoken**
Still in school, I think...
***SIGN*** Aichi's Shadow
**[04:12] Spoken**
Wait, Aichi!
**[04:24] Spoken**
Naoki... It's impossible for you.
**[04:28] Spoken**
W-Why?! I wanna get over there!
**[04:32] Spoken**
You can't come here.
**[04:36] Spoken**
But...
**[04:39] Spoken**
What the...?!
**[04:49] Spoken**
W-Wait, Aichi!
**[04:58] Spoken**
A dream?
**[05:00] Spoken**
Darn it! Why do I gotta
have a dream like that?!
**[05:04] Spoken**
It's bad luck at a time
when I gotta find Aichi!
**[05:07] Spoken**
Darn it!
**[05:14] Spoken**
Y-You startled me!
**[05:17] Spoken**
You shouldn't suddenly cry out like that!
**[05:19] Spoken**
Shingo... What are you doin' here?
**[05:22] Spoken**
I can go wherever I want.
**[05:25] Spoken**
For some reason, coming to this
classroom calms my nerves.
**[05:29] Spoken**
That's all.
**[05:31] Spoken**
It also sharpens my concentration,
so I came here to read up on this.
***SIGN*** Modern Literature
**[05:38] Spoken**
Hey, Shingo!
***SIGN*** Vanguard Monthly
**[05:44] Spoken**
Wait, look! I'm not some idol otaku...
**[05:48] Spoken**
I thought that looked too
thick for a textbook.
**[05:51] Spoken**
But I don't care about that.
**[05:54] Spoken**
Why does comin' here make you feel at ease?
**[05:56] Spoken**
Do you remember the
Cardfight Club bein' here?
**[06:01] Spoken**
Cardfight Club?! This school
has a club like that?!
**[06:06] Spoken**
That would be Utopia for me!
**[06:09] Spoken**
Guess you don't remember...
**[06:13] Spoken**
Remember what?
**[06:15] Spoken**
How can I explain it?
**[06:18] Spoken**
In a nutshell...
**[06:21] Spoken**
That struck totally close!
**[06:24] Spoken**
The static electricity made
my hair stand on end.
**[06:28] Spoken**
Huh?
**[06:29] Spoken**
Huh?
**[06:30] Spoken**
Was that window open before?
**[06:33] Spoken**
It's suddenly pouring out there.
**[06:36] Spoken**
Weird weather...
**[06:38] Spoken**
This weather is like your feelings right now.
**[06:45] Spoken**
In a word, that feeling is "turmoil."
**[06:51] Spoken**
Who the heck are you?!
**[06:53] Spoken**
I am Moress Pennyworth.
**[06:57] Spoken**
I'm employed as a certain person's steward.
**[07:00] Spoken**
And what's a steward doin' here?!
**[07:03] Spoken**
I came to fulfill my master's wish.
**[07:06] Spoken**
Wish?
**[07:07] Spoken**
To shatter your will.
**[07:12] Spoken**
You're directing that strong
will towards your friend.
**[07:19] Spoken**
Friend?
**[07:21] Spoken**
What does Shingo have to do with...
**[07:23] Spoken**
Well, it doesn't matter
if you understand or not.
**[07:31] Spoken**
Wait... you're talkin' about Aichi?!
**[07:39] Spoken**
Interestin'...
**[07:41] Spoken**
Okay, I'll fight you.
**[07:49] Spoken**
In that case, will you picture it?
**[07:53] Spoken**
Being caught in a web, immobile,
only able to wait for your inevitable death...
**[07:59] Spoken**
...as spider's prey.
**[08:07] Spoken**
What is this?!
**[08:08] Spoken**
Here I come...
**[08:11] Spoken**
I don't know who you are,
but Naoki ain't such a pushover
**[08:16] Spoken**
that he'd give up on a friend
over a little intimidation!
**[08:18] Spoken**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[08:23] Spoken**
Brawler, Fighting Dracokid!
**[08:26] Spoken**
Megacolony Battler C!
**[08:32] Spoken**
Read their minds?
**[08:35] Spoken**
Much like anticipating a master's thoughts.
**[08:38] Spoken**
It's a steward skill.
**[08:41] Spoken**
Reading their thoughts
will be simplicity itself.
**[08:45] Spoken**
What are their current thoughts?
**[08:48] Spoken**
At the moment,
**[08:50] Spoken**
I'm certain our three troublemakers
have no idea what they should do next.
**[08:56] Spoken**
And so?
**[08:58] Spoken**
Because of that, their feelings are in turmoil over
whether they'll really be able to find him.
**[09:04] Spoken**
I shall use that turmoil to arrest
their wills and crush them.
**[09:13] Spoken**
Ishida...
**[09:16] Spoken**
I ride Machining Hornet!
**[09:20] Spoken**
I ride Teirin!
**[09:23] Spoken**
Attack!
**[09:28] Spoken**
That's a fierce unit.
**[09:31] Spoken**
Just like your will...
**[09:35] Spoken**
However, a person's will
cannot remain strong forever.
**[09:43] Spoken**
Machining Mantis attacks!
**[09:50] Spoken**
I activate Caucasus's skill!
**[09:54] Spoken**
I paralyze one of your rear-guard units!
**[10:00] Spoken**
Megacolony's stand prevention.
**[10:02] Spoken**
I prefer the more elegant term "paralyze."
**[10:09] Spoken**
And then...
**[10:10] Spoken**
...just like with this unit,
I paralyze a person's will.
**[10:16] Spoken**
You're unable to do a thing.
**[10:25] Spoken**
Kotenka!
**[10:27] Spoken**
I'm sick of hearin' your mouth flap!
**[10:31] Spoken**
Guard!
**[10:33] Spoken**
I ride Cyclomatooth!
**[10:37] Spoken**
You're trying to use your
strong will to find your friend.
**[10:42] Spoken**
What about it?!
**[10:44] Spoken**
Well... how are you
planning to locate him?
**[10:49] Spoken**
Are you capable of
articulating that here?
**[10:53] Spoken**
What?
**[10:55] Spoken**
Come. Please tell me.
**[10:59] Spoken**
W-Well... I...
**[11:04] Spoken**
There's nothing you can say.
**[11:06] Spoken**
For you understand nothing.
**[11:10] Spoken**
Oh, yeah?!
**[11:12] Spoken**
Call!
**[11:14] Spoken**
I activate Papilio's skill!
**[11:16] Spoken**
And as that makes its
entrance, I can paralyze one unit!
**[11:19] Spoken**
Wha...?!
**[11:24] Spoken**
Jerk! So what if I don't understand?!
**[11:28] Spoken**
I'll rely on my guts to
do it somehow!
**[11:31] Spoken**
Oh, really?
**[11:33] Spoken**
When you're driving a car but
don't know your destination,
**[11:37] Spoken**
will putting the pedal to the metal
somehow get you there eventually?
**[11:57] Spoken**
Truly, even you must
know the answer to that.
**[12:00] Spoken**
You won't reach it that way.
**[12:08] Spoken**
Aichi, wait!
**[12:15] Spoken**
Attack!
**[12:22] Spoken**
Darn it!
**[12:24] Spoken**
Ishida seems strange somehow...
**[12:31] Spoken**
I paralyze a unit again.
**[12:34] Spoken**
Every time I do that to a unit,
your mind becomes paralyzed too.
**[12:42] Spoken**
I shall expand their turmoil, weaken their wills,
and transform those into despair.
**[12:57] Spoken**
Please picture it.
**[13:00] Spoken**
You, not getting anywhere...
**[13:02] Spoken**
The subsequent feeling of wasted effort...
**[13:05] Spoken**
Will you be able to endure that?
**[13:09] Spoken**
For Aichi's sake, you bet I'll endure it!
**[13:17] Spoken**
If you never make it there,
that feeling of wasted effort
**[13:20] Spoken**
will continue for months, years...
no, the rest of your life.
**[13:25] Spoken**
And as that feeling accumulates,
a person's will weakens.
**[13:31] Spoken**
Th-That'll never happen to me...
**[13:38] Spoken**
No matter how much effort you put
into something, if it never pays off,
**[13:42] Spoken**
even a strong will becomes paralyzed.
**[13:46] Spoken**
You've experienced that before, haven't you?
**[13:49] Spoken**
Shut up!
**[13:52] Spoken**
No matter how much you drivel on,
I'm gonna find Aichi!
**[13:57] Spoken**
Do you really think you can?
**[13:59] Spoken**
I can!
**[14:01] Spoken**
You're wrong!
**[14:03] Spoken**
You're simply lying from bravado.
**[14:06] Spoken**
What?!
**[14:07] Spoken**
The fact of the matter is that
you *know* you can't do it.
**[14:12] Spoken**
Why, you...
**[14:14] Spoken**
There is uncertainty in your heart!
**[14:20] Spoken**
I'll lay it out for you.
**[14:23] Spoken**
At the bottom of your heart,
you know you can't do it.
**[14:28] Spoken**
You're just afraid to admit that!
**[14:33] Spoken**
Look deep into your heart.
**[14:36] Spoken**
Then the truth shall become clear.
**[14:39] Spoken**
No matter how desperately you strive,
you'll never reach your friend.
**[14:44] Spoken**
You'll never get closer to him.
**[14:49] Spoken**
It's impossible for you.
**[14:51] Spoken**
Despite your will and effort,
you're just spinning your wheels.
**[14:55] Spoken**
You can't come here.
**[15:02] Spoken**
You're held captive by a
feeling of helplessness.
**[15:04] Spoken**
In the end, you'll even
lose the ability to move.
**[15:10] Spoken**
Just as my master has commanded,
all enemies shall be paralyzed!
**[15:15] Spoken**
Break ride!
**[15:17] Spoken**
Machining Spark Hercules!
**[15:22] Spoken**
Now I'm going to show you what I meant
by "losing the ability to move"!
**[15:31] Spoken**
Break ride skill!
**[15:35] Spoken**
Hercules gets +10000 power!
**[15:38] Spoken**
All of your units,
including the Vanguard, are paralyzed!
**[15:49] Spoken**
I... I can't stand any of my units?!
**[15:53] Spoken**
Not even the Vanguard?!
**[15:54] Spoken**
Now even you understand what it means
to lose the ability to move, yes?
**[16:01] Spoken**
You cannot accomplish anything
with your will.
**[16:06] Spoken**
That holds true for this fight,
and also regarding your friend.
**[16:12] Spoken**
I... I...
**[16:15] Spoken**
What's this? It seems you
haven't given up yet.
**[16:19] Spoken**
Then you leave me no choice.
**[16:22] Spoken**
Hercules's skill.
**[16:24] Spoken**
With an Especial Soulblast,
it gets +2000 power!
**[16:29] Spoken**
I do the same skill one more time.
**[16:32] Spoken**
Call!
**[16:34] Spoken**
Observe, unmoving, as Kohiko
is miserably smashed.
**[16:40] Spoken**
Realize that there is nothing you can do!
**[16:48] Spoken**
After their will has been
stopped in its tracks...
**[16:54] Spoken**
...I shall inflict upon them abject loss.
**[16:57] Spoken**
With that, their wills shall be crushed!
**[17:03] Spoken**
I can't... do anything...
**[17:06] Spoken**
Limit Break!
**[17:12] Spoken**
The power is 41000...
**[17:15] Spoken**
Y-You can't give up!
**[17:20] Spoken**
Giving up over something like
this isn't like you, Ishida!
**[17:24] Spoken**
We fought together...
**[17:25] Spoken**
...so I know that better than anyone!
**[17:29] Spoken**
We fought together?
**[17:31] Spoken**
What? What am I saying?
**[17:36] Spoken**
Anyway, not important right now. Ishida!
**[17:42] Spoken**
Goodbye, Naoki Ishida.
**[17:54] Spoken**
Is there really nothin' I can do?
**[17:57] Spoken**
Nothin' except give up?
**[18:01] Spoken**
Aichi!
**[18:04] Spoken**
Walk together with your mate...
**[18:11] Spoken**
A mate that fights by your side!
**[18:15] Spoken**
One ray of light, extending out
into the despair of oblivion...
**[18:19] Spoken**
When the strength of two is combined,
a giant power is born!
**[18:27] Spoken**
Ishida, hang in there!
**[18:35] Spoken**
Guard! Intercept!
**[18:41] Spoken**
What?!
**[18:44] Spoken**
Attack!
**[18:45] Spoken**
Guard!
**[18:47] Spoken**
Yeah, you hit the nail on the head.
**[18:52] Spoken**
I was worried about whether
I could find Aichi or not.
**[18:55] Spoken**
But...
**[18:56] Spoken**
You! You!
**[19:01] Spoken**
It may be impossible for me to do it alone,
but along with my friends,
**[19:05] Spoken**
I'm sure I'll be able to make it!
**[19:09] Spoken**
Ishida...
**[19:11] Spoken**
That's right. I ain't fightin' alone!
**[19:18] Spoken**
That's what this guy taught me.
**[19:20] Spoken**
You and your friend reach out
to each other with hot blood,
**[19:23] Spoken**
then bring on the fight!
**[19:25] Spoken**
I ride...
**[19:27] Spoken**
...Brawler, Skybeat Dragon!
**[19:32] Spoken**
True, you kept me from standin' my units.
**[19:37] Spoken**
But if I ride like this, I can
make my own opportunity to stand!
**[19:43] Spoken**
Crafty...
**[19:45] Spoken**
What can you do with just one unit?!
**[19:48] Spoken**
I told ya, I'm not alone!
**[19:50] Spoken**
Seek mate!
**[19:53] Spoken**
This Vanguard can call out a mate just once!
**[19:58] Spoken**
Whoa! And now, Legion!
**[20:02] Spoken**
Legion?!
**[20:10] Spoken**
With its skill, I retire one
of your rear-guard units!
**[20:14] Spoken**
I use the skill of Fighting Dracokid
to retire one more unit!
**[20:19] Spoken**
Legion attack!
**[20:23] Spoken**
Guard!
**[20:24] Spoken**
You shouldn't be able to
break through this defense!
**[20:27] Spoken**
Twin drive check!
**[20:33] Spoken**
A trigger here?!
**[20:44] Spoken**
This is...
**[20:46] Spoken**
It's the power of more than one person!
**[20:49] Spoken**
And I'm definitely gonna use that power
to find my mate, Aichi!
**[20:56] Spoken**
It seems like you know
some interestin' things.
**[21:00] Spoken**
You're gonna share 'em with me, huh?
**[21:05] Spoken**
Enough. Withdraw.
**[21:07] Spoken**
But...
**[21:08] Spoken**
Regardless. Withdraw.
**[21:11] Spoken**
This won't happen next time.
**[21:15] Spoken**
We shall meet again!
**[21:21] Spoken**
Gone...
**[21:22] Spoken**
Darn it! He got away clean.
**[21:26] Spoken**
Who was he?
**[21:28] Spoken**
Sorry to get you mixed up in it.
**[21:30] Spoken**
Huh? Not at all...
**[21:33] Spoken**
More importantly, Ishida,
when I cheered you on, I felt like...
**[21:38] Spoken**
You remembered?!
**[21:40] Spoken**
It's like it's inside of a thick fog,
so I can't see it clearly.
**[21:46] Spoken**
I see.
**[21:51] Spoken**
So that's what happened...
**[21:54] Spoken**
Although the guy didn't clearly say
that he had some connection to Aichi.
**[21:58] Spoken**
I see...
**[22:13] Spoken**
Hi. This is unusual.
**[22:16] Spoken**
What can I do for you today?
**[23:57] Spoken**
Darn it, what's with that steward guy?!
**[24:00] Spoken**
But I can still sense it.
**[24:01] Spoken**
The shadow of those people who
said not to look for Aichi!
**[24:03] Spoken**
We have to increase
our number of mates.
**[24:06] Spoken**
But whoever we choose will
be exposed to danger.
**[24:10] Spoken**
Next time: Seek the Mate!
***SIGN*** Seek the Mate
**[24:12] Spoken**
We need to find mates who
aren't afraid of danger!
**[24:17] Spoken**
You mean someone stupid like me?
**[24:19] Spoken**
It's fine, but...
**[24:20] Spoken**
Sorry.
**[24:21] Spoken**
You admitted it!