183 - What Doesn't Change

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[00:08] Spoken
    Seriously?! Marco's gonna lose?!
[00:11] Spoken
    Who is that girl?
[00:13] Spoken
    I don't know.
[00:14] Spoken
    She just suddenly appeared and
    started winning over and over.
[00:18] Spoken
    Nobody is in her league!
[00:21] Spoken
    Who are you?!
[00:24] Spoken
    I'm Rati. Rati Curti!
[00:28] Spoken
    Well, listen up, Rati!
[00:30] Spoken
    I only lost because I let my guard down.
[00:33] Spoken
    I'm better than that!
[00:37] Spoken
    You doubt me?!
[00:39] Spoken
    Fine, I'll prove it to you.
[00:41] Spoken
    Fight me one more time!
[00:43] Spoken
    That's not fair, Marco!
[00:45] Spoken
    You already lost, remember?
[00:48] Spoken
    You should talk! You lost just now!
[00:52] Spoken
    Well, I haven't fought you yet!
[00:55] Spoken
    H-Hey!
[00:57] Spoken
    No cutting!
[00:59] Spoken
    Don't argue! Let's fight in order!
[01:03] Spoken
    Rati!
[01:07] Spoken
    Papa...
[01:09] Spoken
    Papa?
[01:11] Spoken
    You're going?
[01:12] Spoken
    Yeah. See you.
[01:19] Spoken
    Are we going to the next town?
[01:21] Spoken
    Yeah.
[01:25] Spoken
    I see...
[01:37] Spoken
    Sorry, Rati.
[01:39] Spoken
    It's okay.
[01:40] Spoken
    As long as I have you and your
    doughnuts, I'm satisfied.
[03:24] Spoken
    Come, my fairies.
[03:32] Spoken
    Fairy Masquerade Prison!
[03:44] Spoken
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[03:47] Spoken
    Regalia of Prayers, Pray Angel!
[03:50] Spoken
    Witch of Banquets, Lir!
[03:53] Spoken
    Ride!
[03:58] Spoken
    I didn't think I'd get to
    fight you so soon, Misakin!
[04:04] Spoken
    Ride!
[04:05] Spoken
    Call!
[04:08] Spoken
    Oh? I thought this would happen.
[04:17] Spoken
    Why?
[04:19] Spoken
    You Quatre Knights stood in our way,
[04:23] Spoken
    so of course it would
    end up with us fighting.
[04:26] Spoken
    I ride Norn!
[04:29] Spoken
    Call!
[04:31] Spoken
    Hey, Misakin, why are you and the
    others so obsessed with Aichi?
[04:37] Spoken
    Obsessed?
[04:39] Spoken
    Aichi is our mate!
[04:42] Spoken
    Aside from that, I wanted to
    fight you once more.
[04:47] Spoken
    Ah! I beat you,
    so you want to get me back!
[04:50] Spoken
    That's not it.
[04:52] Spoken
    I can't afford to lose for Aichi's sake.
[04:55] Spoken
    Still, my purpose in fighting you
    isn't about winning or losing.
[04:59] Spoken
    I want to be your friend!
[05:02] Spoken
    Friends? With me?
[05:05] Spoken
    I want to teach you...
[05:08] Spoken
    ...about mates. About friends!
SIGN    What Doesn't Change
[05:19] Spoken
    But why? We're enemies.
[05:23] Spoken
    I have a feeling we've got a lot in common.
[05:27] Spoken
    You and me.
[05:28] Spoken
    Okay, then let me ask you.
[05:31] Spoken
    What's a friend? Is it really that precious?
[05:34] Spoken
    Of course!
[05:36] Spoken
    I'm not so sure...
[05:38] Spoken
    What do you want to say?
[05:40] Spoken
    Isn't there something that's a
    lot more precious than friends?
[05:47] Spoken
    More than friends?
[05:49] Spoken
    I sold doughnuts with my father
    as we traveled the world.
[05:59] Spoken
    Thank you.
[06:02] Spoken
    During vacation season, we went
    to towns along the southern coast.
[06:06] Spoken
    When it snowed, we'd go to
    a resort area in the north.
[06:09] Spoken
    Whenever there was a festival, we went west.
    And for celebrations, we went east.
[06:15] Spoken
    We went everywhere people gathered.
[06:18] Spoken
    Thanks.
[06:23] Spoken
    We stayed in each town for a week at most.
[06:27] Spoken
    So I didn't know how to talk
    to kids my own age back then.
[06:35] Spoken
    But I never thought of myself as lonely.
[06:39] Spoken
    After all...
[06:41] Spoken
    ...as long as I had Papa and
    his doughnuts, I was okay.
[06:50] Spoken
    But it seems Papa was worried about me.
[06:58] Spoken
    And one day...
[07:01] Spoken
    Rati, I'm going to give you something good.
[07:04] Spoken
    What is it?
[07:07] Spoken
    It's called Vanguard.
[07:10] Spoken
    You fight friends with those cards.
[07:13] Spoken
    Fight?
[07:15] Spoken
    That's right. In this game,
    you're... um, what was it again?
[07:21] Spoken
    Oh, yes.
[07:23] Spoken
    Right now, you're an astral body that
    appears on Cray, a planet much like Earth.
[07:29] Spoken
    Go on, try to picture it.
[07:32] Spoken
    Picture it?
[07:46] Spoken
    This is... the planet Cray.
[07:51] Spoken
    It's beautiful!
[07:55] Spoken
    In that moment, something precious besides
    Papa and his doughnuts materialized.
[08:01] Spoken
    I was fascinated by the beauty
    of Cray and blown away.
[08:07] Spoken
    And at the same time,
    I became lost in Vanguard.
[08:14] Spoken
    Fianna attacks!
[08:16] Spoken
    After all, if I played Vanguard,
    I could go to Cray anytime.
[08:22] Spoken
    I could see that gorgeous scenery.
[08:26] Spoken
    After that, every time
    we went to a new town,
[08:31] Spoken
    the first thing I'd do was
    look for Vanguard fighters.
[08:34] Spoken
    Attack!
[08:35] Spoken
    You beat me!
[08:37] Spoken
    Darn it!
[08:39] Spoken
    One more time! Once more!
[08:42] Spoken
    I guess seeing me like that relieved Papa.
[08:46] Spoken
    I'd become proactive
    about making new friends.
[08:51] Spoken
    Except...
[08:54] Spoken
    ...those fighters weren't your friends?
[08:59] Spoken
    Well, yeah, since no matter
    how many times we fought,
[09:03] Spoken
    I'd be saying goodbye in a week.
[09:06] Spoken
    That's...
[09:08] Spoken
    But it couldn't be helped, you know?
[09:10] Spoken
    Nothing's absolute in this world.
[09:16] Spoken
    I learned that while traveling
    around the world with Papa.
[09:24] Spoken
    Even once-flourishing civilizations and
    great empires that dominated the world
[09:30] Spoken
    always went to ruin and
    disappeared at some point.
[09:33] Spoken
    Nothing lasts forever in this world.
[09:37] Spoken
    I realized that everything is a mirage.
[09:42] Spoken
    Even friends and friendship aren't eternal.
[09:46] Spoken
    And even people you treasure will someday...
[09:51] Spoken
    But the planet Cray is different.
[09:55] Spoken
    The planet Cray is in my heart and
    the hearts of all Vanguard fighters.
[10:04] Spoken
    As long as people fight with Vanguard,
[10:07] Spoken
    the image of Cray will last,
     never to disappear.
[10:13] Spoken
    Or so I thought...
[10:16] Spoken
    But Link Joker appeared.
[10:20] Spoken
    That's right.
[10:27] Spoken
    Before I knew it, fighters all
    over the world were Reversed...
[10:35] Spoken
    ...and a time of destruction
    closed in on Cray,
[10:38] Spoken
    the planet I thought would last forever.
[10:43] Spoken
    I wasn't strong enough to do anything.
[10:53] Spoken
    But then Aichi saved me.
[11:11] Spoken
    I would do anything Aichi asked of me.
[11:16] Spoken
    That's how I'm repaying him.
[11:19] Spoken
    I would sacrifice anything for that.
[11:23] Spoken
    Of course, I don't need friends either.
[11:26] Spoken
    So after this fight is over,
    it's goodbye, Misakin.
[11:31] Spoken
    That's crazy talk!
[11:33] Spoken
    Why? I'm fighting for someone
    who's important to me.
[11:37] Spoken
    It's the same as you, Misakin.
[11:38] Spoken
    No, it's not!
[11:40] Spoken
    Aichi doesn't want this!
[11:43] Spoken
    How can you be so sure?
[11:46] Spoken
    More than anything, Aichi is my mate.
[11:48] Spoken
    He cares about his friends deeply!
[11:51] Spoken
    Isn't that just how you want Aichi to be?
[11:57] Spoken
    Maybe.
[11:59] Spoken
    But to confirm it either way,
    I can't afford to lose to you!
[12:06] Spoken
    Call!
[12:07] Spoken
    Skill activated!
[12:09] Spoken
    I move Achlis from the Drop Zone to the Soul!
[12:12] Spoken
    Midnight Regalia, Nyx's Soulblast!
[12:17] Spoken
    Since I moved Norn and Achlis
    from the Soul to the Drop Zone,
[12:20] Spoken
    I can activate their skills!
[12:23] Spoken
    Nyx gets +10000 power!
[12:27] Spoken
    You're putting units into the Soul
    to do Soulblasts to increase power...
[12:33] Spoken
    You're serious, huh, Misakin?
[12:35] Spoken
    I told you. I'm not going to lose to you!
[12:39] Spoken
    Nyx, attack Serva!
[12:45] Spoken
    Barrier Witch, Grainne!
[12:47] Spoken
    Quintet Wall!
[12:50] Spoken
    36000 shield!
[12:52] Spoken
    I can't lose either, Misakin.
[13:02] Spoken
    Again?!
[13:04] Spoken
    How many times is this?!
[13:05] Spoken
    Don't lose your cool, Ishida.
[13:08] Spoken
    This is their idea of hospitality.
[13:11] Spoken
    And we're the guests.
[13:13] Spoken
    Yeah. You're right.
[13:17] Spoken
    Warrior imbued with the power of a god,
[13:20] Spoken
    all bow down before that noble power!
[13:24] Spoken
    I ride...
[13:26] Spoken
    Cosmic Regalia, CEO Yggdrasill!
[13:31] Spoken
    I call Hemera and move three cards
    from the Drop Zone to the Soul!
[13:36] Spoken
    Seek mate!
[13:46] Spoken
    Legion!
[13:52] Spoken
    I move Pray Angel to the Soul.
[13:54] Spoken
    Then I use its skill to send
    three cards from the deck to the Soul.
[13:57] Spoken
    Watch! This is the power of my mates!
[14:02] Spoken
    Yggdrasill! Norn! Legion attack!
[14:08] Spoken
    By putting Norn and Achlis in the Drop Zone,
    my Vanguard gets +5000 power.
[14:13] Spoken
    That's a total of +20000 power!
[14:16] Spoken
    On top of that, I get an extra critical.
[14:19] Spoken
    And you can only protect your Vanguard
     with grade zero units.
[14:25] Spoken
    Wow! So this is the power of
    your mates, huh?
[14:30] Spoken
    That's right.
[14:32] Spoken
    I'm fighting with all of our power
     put together.
[14:35] Spoken
    That's the power of mates!
[14:41] Spoken
    The power of friendship, huh?
[14:43] Spoken
    Certainly, I may not be able
     to block this attack.
[14:48] Spoken
    But I told you, remember?
    Nothing is absolute.
[14:53] Spoken
    Don't tell me...
[14:55] Spoken
    There is this, for instance!
[14:58] Spoken
    In my hand, I had exactly four...
[15:02] Spoken
    ...grade zero cards!
[15:06] Spoken
    I don't believe it...
[15:08] Spoken
    Now you get it, right?
[15:09] Spoken
    That's about how strong mates are.
[15:16] Spoken
    It looks like you're having fun, Rati.
[15:18] Spoken
    Sorry. That wasn't funny?
[15:21] Spoken
    But anybody would have fun when a fight
    goes just the way they want it to, right?
[15:27] Spoken
    Up to now, I've had all kinds of fights,
[15:32] Spoken
    but nothing is more fun
    than a fight with a friend.
[15:37] Spoken
    I told you, I'm not your friend...
[15:39] Spoken
    Picture it!
[15:42] Spoken
    The time before you knew about Vanguard!
[15:46] Spoken
    The days when you were young,
    hiding behind your Papa!
[15:55] Spoken
    Didn't you want friends at the time?
[16:00] Spoken
    Well, that was...
[16:06] Spoken
    You wanted to play together.
[16:09] Spoken
    You wanted to talk.
[16:12] Spoken
    But you didn't have the courage to speak up.
[16:18] Spoken
    Your Papa knew what was going on.
[16:21] Spoken
    So he entrusted that courage to Vanguard
     and gave it to you.
[16:37] Spoken
    Cray is a wonderful world...
[16:41] Spoken
    ...because it gave you courage
    when you were shy.
[16:44] Spoken
    But I still don't need any friends...
[16:47] Spoken
    Is that really true?
[16:49] Spoken
    Picture it.
[16:51] Spoken
    Just as you picture Cray, picture all
    the fighters you've gone up against!
[16:57] Spoken
    Your friends!
[17:07] Spoken
    Everyone...
[17:14] Spoken
    I'm sure you remember them.
[17:16] Spoken
    You can't have forgotten.
[17:18] Spoken
    After all, just as Cray is in your heart,
[17:23] Spoken
    your friends are in your heart.
[17:29] Spoken
    And mine are in my heart, too.
[17:33] Spoken
    Even if he tries to break off contact,
    even if we can't meet again,
[17:38] Spoken
    the person who's dear to me
    is right here... always...
[17:43] Spoken
    Always...
[17:54] Spoken
    Misakin, wow, I'm impressed.
[17:58] Spoken
    Just a little more and
    you would've won me over.
[18:03] Spoken
    But you're forgetting something
    important, Misakin.
[18:08] Spoken
    You've forgotten Aichi once already.
[18:13] Spoken
    Can you say that Aichi was
    in your heart then?
[18:20] Spoken
    Sorry! That was mean, huh?
[18:23] Spoken
    But I don't want to lose Cray.
[18:27] Spoken
    Just like you don't want
    to forget about Aichi.
[18:31] Spoken
    And for that purpose,
    I can't lose this fight.
[18:35] Spoken
    I don't have the luxury of thinking
    of my opponent as a friend.
[18:39] Spoken
    I call Seeking Witch, Securna!
[18:43] Spoken
    Skill activated!
[18:44] Spoken
    Decrease Yggdrasil's power!
[18:52] Spoken
    And then I call Securna!
[19:02] Spoken
    Well, Misakin?
[19:04] Spoken
    How do you feel after I've whittled
    down your power of friendship?
[19:09] Spoken
    Now you understand that friendship
    is just a mirage, right?
[19:17] Spoken
    Fianna and Femme legion attack!
[19:31] Spoken
    Heal trigger!
[19:34] Spoken
    You resist to the very end, huh?
[19:37] Spoken
    Just as you have something
    you want to protect,
[19:40] Spoken
    I have something precious.
[19:44] Spoken
    I see.
[19:45] Spoken
    Then I guess you'll just have to
    forget about Aichi one more time.
[19:53] Spoken
    Whoever loses this fight will
    receive Memory Judgment.
[19:58] Spoken
    The person who receives that judgment
    will lose all memories related to Aichi.
[20:06] Spoken
    The final blow!
[20:08] Spoken
    Witch of Ruination, Scathach!
[20:17] Spoken
    This time for sure, it's goodbye.
[20:21] Spoken
    Again, I couldn't reach you, Aichi...
[20:24] Spoken
    Or Rati's heart, either.
[20:28] Spoken
    Bye bye, Misakin.
[20:30] Spoken
    Thank you.
[20:32] Spoken
    This fight was fun.
[20:36] Spoken
    Rati...
[20:38] Spoken
    Memory Judgment!
[20:55] Spoken
    You're back, Misaki?
[20:58] Spoken
    Shin...
[21:00] Spoken
    Sorry to bug you as soon as you
    stepped in, but please open this.
[21:04] Spoken
    I have to bring in another box.
[21:07] Spoken
    Sure.
[21:16] Spoken
    What's wrong, Misaki?
[21:18] Spoken
    Are you not feeling well?
[21:21] Spoken
    I don't know...
[21:24] Spoken
    But I feel like I've forgotten
    something important.
[21:30] Spoken
    Something I should never have
    forgotten... and yet...
[21:39] Spoken
    That's right.
[21:41] Spoken
    I don't mind making any sacrifices
    to protect Cray.
[21:50] Spoken
    Strange...
[21:52] Spoken
    This doughnut is salty.
[22:00] Spoken
    You're Gaillard!
[22:03] Spoken
    Kamui Katsuragi...
[22:05] Spoken
    I commend you for making it this far.
[22:08] Spoken
    However, you shall go no further!
[22:11] Spoken
    I don't know what's goin' on here,
[22:14] Spoken
    but this saves me some searchin' time.
[22:16] Spoken
    Fight me, Gaillard!
[23:55] Spoken
    Kamui Katsuragi, I hear
    you're quite a fighter.
[23:58] Spoken
    As always, they look down on me.
[24:02] Spoken
    Sorry. I apologize if I touched a nerve.
[24:05] Spoken
    There ain't no need!
[24:06] Spoken
    You can put on airs, but the Great Kamui
    is gonna blow you away.
[24:09] Spoken
    Wait for us, Aichi.
[24:11] Spoken
    We want to hear the truth from you!
[24:14] Spoken
    Next time: Vow of the Blue Flames!
SIGN    Vow of the Blue Flames
[24:17] Spoken
    What is the truth?!
[24:18] Spoken
    I'm gonna blow you to
    the end of the universe!
[24:21] Spoken
    Interesting!