166 - Aichi's Shadow

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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!