# Season 2
# E1 - Disband!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR5PD0Z8R/disband)
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***SIGN*** Vanguard Koshien
**[00:01] ULTRARARE**
The Vanguard Koshien!
**[00:03] Suiko**
Vanguard, the card game
that's popular all over the world!
**[00:06] Rekka**
Of course you've all heard about it, right?
**[00:09] Kourin**
The tournament to decide
Vanguard's number-one high school.
**[00:13] Kourin**
It's called...
***SIGN*** Vanguard Koshien
**[00:15] ULTRARARE**
...the Vanguard Koshien!
**[00:17] Suiko**
Formerly known as the
Vanguard High School Championship,
**[00:20] Suiko**
it's been upgraded in
appearance as well as name!
**[00:22] Rekka**
A love-love upgrade!
**[00:24] Kourin**
We eagerly await fighters
from all across the country!
***SIGN*** Vanguard Koshien
**[00:32] Suiko**
Tatsunagi Foundation Presents:
**[00:35] Suiko**
the first Vanguard Koshien!
**[00:37] ULTRARARE**
Accepting entries shortly!
**[00:39] Kourin**
We of ULTRARARE...
**[00:41] ULTRARARE**
...are ready to cheer you on!
***SIGN*** Fukuhara High School
**[00:45] Asaka**
The winner of the Vanguard Koshien
***SIGN*** Fukuhara 3rd-Year &
Vanguard Club Vice-Captain
Asaka Narumi
**[00:48] Asaka**
will be our school, Fukuhara High!
***SIGN*** Fukuhara 1st-Year
Minami Kawanami
**[00:51] Kawanami**
No trigger, woof!
***SIGN*** Fukuhara Coach
Tetsu Shinjou
***SIGN*** Fukuhara 2nd-Year & Captain
Ren Suzugamori
**[00:54] Ren**
You're all fired up, huh, Asaka?
**[00:57] Tetsu**
Our high school won last year's championship.
**[01:01] Tetsu**
We can't afford to make
a poor showing this time around.
***SIGN*** Hitsue High School
***SIGN*** Hitsue High Vanguard Club
**[01:08] Morikawa**
Even our school, Hitsue High,
has a shot at winning it!
**[01:12] Miwa**
Only if Toshiki Kai joins the team.
***SIGN*** Hitsue 2nd-Year, Taishi Miwa
**[01:16] Miwa**
He's promised to join the club
if you beat him even once, right?
***SIGN*** Hitsue 1st-Year & Captain
Katsumi Morikawa
**[01:20] Morikawa**
Yeah!
**[01:21] Morikawa**
That's why I'm having you
put me through intensive training, Miwa!
**[01:27] Miwa**
Too easy! Perfect guard!
***SIGN*** Miyaji Academy, High School Division
**[01:32] Aichi**
Here I go, Naoki!
**[01:34] Aichi**
I ride!
**[01:35] Aichi**
Monarch Sanctuary Alfred!
***SIGN*** Miyaji 1st-Year
Cardfight Club Captain
Aichi Sendou
**[01:39] Aichi**
Imaginary Gift! Force!
**[01:42] Aichi**
Skill activates!
**[01:44] Aichi**
Blaster Blade!
**[01:46] Naoki**
The closer the Vanguard Koshien gets,
***SIGN*** Miyaji 1st-Year
Naoki Ishida
**[01:49] Naoki**
the more pumped you get, Aichi.
**[01:52] Shingo**
In any case, our Cardfight Club
has been officially recognized as a club,
***SIGN*** Miyaji First-Year Shingo Komoi
**[01:56] Shingo**
so this will be our first real competition.
***SIGN*** Miyaji 2nd-Year Misaki Tokura
**[02:00] Misaki**
I'd like us to make our mark there,
to whatever extent we can.
**[02:03] Aichi**
That's part of it...
**[02:06] Aichi**
...but while I can't really explain why,
**[02:08] Aichi**
I also have this overwhelming desire
**[02:11] Aichi**
to win the Vanguard Koshien.
**[02:13] Naoki**
Declarin' victory already?
***SIGN*** Tatsunagi Foundation Presents: Vanguard Koshien!! Challengers wanted! We await your entry!
**[02:16] Naoki**
That's unusual for you, Aichi.
**[02:20] Aichi**
I think so, too...
**[02:22] Naoki**
Hey, why not?
**[02:25] Naoki**
Let's get up on that winners' podium together!
**[02:28] Aichi**
Naoki!
**[02:29] Naoki**
Now let's get back to our fight, Aichi!
**[02:33] Maki**
Cardfight Club captain, Aichi Sendou.
**[02:36] Maki**
Please report to the
Student Council Office at once.
**[02:39] Naoki**
C'mon, I was just havin' a cool moment!
**[02:42] Misaki**
Why are you being called
to the Student Council Office?
**[02:45] Aichi**
W-Well, I guess I'll go and see.
***SIGN*** Student Council Office
**[02:49] Aichi**
I'm Aichi Sendou of the Cardfight Club.
**[02:52] Naitou**
Enter.
**[02:54] Aichi**
Excuse me.
**[03:01] Aichi**
Um...
**[03:03] Naitou**
The Cardfight Club...
**[03:06] Naitou**
...is disbanded!
**[03:07] Naitou**
Disbanded!
**[03:08] Naitou**
Disbanded!
***SIGN*** Dimension 1 Disband!!
**[04:48] Naoki**
The Cardfight Club...?!
**[04:50] Aichi**
Yeah.
**[04:51] Shingo**
Just how can that be?!
**[04:53] Aichi**
They said we need five members to form a club,
**[04:56] Aichi**
but we had only four names on our application.
**[04:59] Misaki**
That can't be right!
***SIGN*** {Monday through Friday after school
}Members:
Aichi Sendou
Naoki Ishida
Shingo Komoi
Misaki Tokura
**[05:03] Shingo**
It's true. There are only four names.
**[05:06] Naoki**
That don't make sense!
**[05:08] Naoki**
We turned in our application
'cause we had five members!
**[05:14] Aichi**
Did we have one additional person?
**[05:21] Misaki**
I know! The photo!
**[05:23] Shingo**
That's right!
**[05:24] Shingo**
We all took our picture together
to commemorate the founding of the club!
**[05:29] Naoki**
Four people...
**[05:30] Misaki**
But how...?!
**[05:33] Aichi**
The Student Council said we have
three days to vacate the clubroom.
**[05:40] Naitou**
Very impressive, Nagashiro!
**[05:43] Naitou**
If you hadn't noticed
who Aichi Sendou really was,
**[05:46] Naitou**
we would've had a major situation on our hands.
**[05:49] Maki**
With him, they would be likely to pass the
preliminaries of the upcoming Vanguard Koshien,
***SIGN*** Tatsunagi Foundation Presents: Vanguard Koshien!! Challengers wanted!
**[05:55] Maki**
possibly even advancing to the finals.
**[05:58] Itsuki**
If that happened, this would
be their traveling expenses.
**[06:02] Itsuki**
If they make it to the finals,
this would be their lodging expenses.
**[06:07] Itsuki**
Include miscellaneous expenses,
and this would be the total.
**[06:10] Naitou**
Th-That's outrageous!
**[06:13] Itsuki**
Our club activity budget
would fall into the red,
**[06:16] Itsuki**
which means our three o'clock
snack of 41 Flavors ice cream
**[06:20] Itsuki**
may well be replaced by Mr. Scrapey popsicles!
***SIGN*** Mr. Scrapey Lemon Soda
**[06:24] Naitou**
Even from a global viewpoint,
disbanding them is the correct decision!
**[06:27] Itsuki**
We should thank them for their
simple mistake of lacking enough members.
**[06:34] Maki**
Seriously... that's too simple of a mistake.
**[06:38] Naoki**
If the reason's that
we ain't got enough members,
**[06:41] Naoki**
then we've just gotta get another one, right?
**[06:44] Shingo**
But we only have three days.
**[06:46] Aichi**
That's true, but...
**[06:48] Naoki**
When we formed the club,
**[06:50] Naoki**
we had a bunch of hopefuls
linin' up for a shot at gettin' in.
**[06:54] Misaki**
Now that you mention it, we did...
**[06:57] Naoki**
You'd think we had an idol in the club!
**[06:59] Shingo**
But we do, don't we?
**[07:02] Shingo**
Sendou is my...
**[07:04] Shingo**
No, he's the entire Vanguard world's idol!
**[07:09] Naoki**
Well, gettin' another member
should be a piece of cake.
**[07:12] Naoki**
It's like Toshiki Kai fightin' Morikawa!
**[07:15] Naoki**
We've got a 200% chance of winnin'!
**[07:19] Kamui**
I-It can't be!
**[07:21] Miwa**
No way!
**[07:22] Morikawa**
Yeah! I did it!
**[07:25] Morikawa**
What do you think of my ability now?!
**[07:29] Aichi**
Hello!
**[07:31] Naoki**
Huh?
**[07:32] Misaki**
Shin...
**[07:33] Shin**
Oh, Misaki. Welcome back.
**[07:36] Misaki**
What happened?
**[07:38] Shin**
Kai just...
**[07:39] Shin**
...lost to Morikawa.
**[07:41] Shingo**
What?!
**[07:42] Naoki**
For real?!
**[07:45] Morikawa**
Like you promised, you've gotta
join the Vanguard Club, Toshiki Kai!
**[07:58] Aichi**
Kai...
**[08:00] Kai**
Recently, I fought Ibuki here
for the first time in years.
**[08:08] Aichi**
Ibuki?
**[08:09] Kai**
Ever since losing to him,
**[08:11] Kai**
I just can't get into playing Vanguard.
**[08:16] Kai**
I'm no good at imagining myself
battling on the planet Cray anymore.
**[08:22] Kai**
Even if I join the Vanguard Club,
with the way I am now...
**[08:26] Kai**
...I might just be a liability.
**[08:28] Aichi**
Th-That's not true...
**[08:31] Kai**
It feels like I may have lost something.
**[08:36] Kai**
But I don't know what it was.
**[08:40] Rekka**
Of course you've all heard about it, right?
**[08:43] Kourin**
The tournament to decide
Vanguard's number-one high school.
**[08:47] Kourin**
It's called...
**[08:48] ULTRARARE**
...the Vanguard Koshien!
**[08:48] Aichi**
Maybe I did, too...
**[08:51] Suiko**
Formerly known as the
Vanguard High School Championship
**[08:51] Emi**
Aichi, aren't you forgetting something?
**[08:55] Emi**
You haven't brushed your teeth yet, have you?!
**[08:58] Aichi**
Oh!
**[08:59] Emi**
Be sure to brush before
going to sleep. Goodnight!
**[09:07] Aichi**
I may have lost something...
**[09:10] Aichi**
...without even realizing it.
**[09:16] Girl**
Good morning!
**[09:17] Aichi**
Won't you play Vanguard with us?!
**[09:19] Aichi**
Beginners are welcome!
**[09:22] Aichi**
Please take one!
**[09:25] Aichi**
Won't you play Vanguard with us?!
***SIGN*** Cardfight Club Now accepting new members!
**[09:29] Shingo**
Care to aim for the Vanguard Koshien
**[09:33] Shingo**
with idol of the Vanguard world Aichi Sendou?!
**[09:35] Naoki**
P-Please join...
**[09:37] Shingo**
Smile! Smile!
**[09:41] Naoki**
J-Join us!
**[09:48] Misaki**
What are you doing?!
**[09:50] Misaki**
They all ran away!
**[09:53] Misaki**
I-It's not what you think. I was just...
**[09:59] Naoki**
N-Now they're runnin' from you, Boss!
**[10:02] Misaki**
I'm not a "Boss"!
**[10:04] Shingo**
Shut up!
**[10:07] Aichi**
We just need one person...
**[10:10] Shingo**
...but no one's willing to join.
**[10:12] Naoki**
It ain't my fault!
**[10:15] Naoki**
What?!
**[10:16] Shingo**
I didn't say anything.
**[10:19] Misaki**
Sorry, but I have to work today.
**[10:22] Misaki**
I'm taking off.
**[10:23] Aichi**
We'll see you there afterwards.
**[10:26] Naoki**
Come on!
**[10:27] Naoki**
We've still got two more days!
**[10:28] Naoki**
It'll all work out somehow!
**[10:30] Shingo**
I'd like to think so...
**[10:32] Aichi**
It's open.
**[10:40] Naoki**
Who's this guy?
**[10:42] Shingo**
A stalker?
**[10:44] Eru**
And what do you want?
**[10:46] Shingo**
That's our line!
**[10:48] Shingo**
No trespassing in our room!
**[10:50] Eru**
I'm not trespassing.
**[10:52] Eru**
This room called out to me.
**[10:55] Eru**
It said, "Make me your research base!"
**[11:01] Shingo**
Could you please not stand on our fight table?!
**[11:07] Eru**
My name is Eru. Eru Nakagami.
**[11:11] Eru**
I'm the leader of the Psychic Research Society.
**[11:14] Eru**
My alternate name is...
**[11:15] Eru**
Evil-Eye Eru!
**[11:28] Aichi**
The leader of the Psychic Research Society?
**[11:31] Naoki**
There's a club like that here?
**[11:34] Shingo**
Probably more like fellow fanatics
calling themselves a club.
**[11:37] Shingo**
It can't be an official club.
**[11:40] Naoki**
This is the Cardfight Club's room!
**[11:42] Naoki**
It says so right on the door!
**[11:46] Eru**
Not even my Evil Eye
**[11:49] Eru**
could detect the presence of words there.
**[11:52] Naoki**
You've gotta be mistaken.
**[11:55] Shingo**
Nothing's written there.
**[11:57] Naoki**
Was it a false memory?
**[11:59] Aichi**
Maybe he wants to join our club?
**[12:02] Naoki**
Where'd you get that idea?!
**[12:04] Aichi**
Well, he has a Vanguard deck.
**[12:08] Eru**
Oh ho? You saw right through me.
**[12:11] Naoki**
A Vanguard deck!
**[12:13] Eru**
But these are not the cards you think they are.
**[12:18] Eru**
They're ESP cards.
**[12:20] Aichi**
ESP...
**[12:22] Naoki**
...cards?
**[12:24] Shingo**
Cards that are used to determine
whether a person has psychic powers.
**[12:28] Shingo**
They typically have symbols
of things like stars or waves.
**[12:31] Eru**
I'll show you...
**[12:33] Eru**
...the power of my Evil Eye!
**[12:37] Eru**
King of Masks, Dantarian.
**[12:40] Aichi**
W-Wow! You're right!
**[12:45] Eru**
Alluring Succubus.
**[12:48] Aichi**
Right again!
**[12:49] Naoki**
Those bandages are see-through, ain't they?!
**[12:53] Eru**
Only I can master these cards!
**[12:56] Shingo**
That's not how you're supposed to use them!
**[13:00] Shingo**
It's unacceptable!
**[13:01] Naoki**
Shingo!
**[13:02] Shingo**
I'll teach you how to use them!
**[13:06] Eru**
Oh ho.
**[13:07] Eru**
The first apostle has appeared at last.
**[13:10] Aichi**
"A-Apostle"?
**[13:11] Shingo**
Don't dignify that with a response!
**[13:14] Eru**
Actually, I am aware of
one other way to use these cards.
**[13:20] Eru**
I'll fight you!
**[13:22] Shingo**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[13:25] Eru**
Arise, Vanguard!
**[13:29] Shingo**
I ride!
**[13:32] Shingo**
Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Wind!
**[13:35] Eru**
I ride!
**[13:38] Eru**
Vermillion Gatekeeper!
**[13:41] Shingo**
Damage check!
**[13:45] Shingo**
No trigger.
**[13:48] Naoki**
Shingo lost!
**[13:50] Aichi**
He's strong!
**[13:53] Eru**
I didn't even use my true power.
**[13:58] Maki**
You people!
**[13:59] Maki**
What are you doing in here?!
**[14:02] Naitou**
I told you that your club was disbanded.
**[14:05] Naoki**
But if we can get another
member within three days...
**[14:08] Naitou**
Three days was just the deadline
for you to move out.
**[14:11] Naitou**
It only means you have that much time
to pack your things and leave.
**[14:14] Naitou**
That's global common sense.
**[14:17] Naitou**
You're caught up in playing with cards,
**[14:20] Naitou**
which is why you lack that global viewpoint.
**[14:24] Naitou**
It's pathetic, really.
**[14:26] Aichi**
But we should be able to apply again!
**[14:29] Naitou**
You founded your club
by using a false application.
**[14:33] Naitou**
Don't expect that you can simply re-apply!
**[14:36] Naitou**
For three years... No.
**[14:38] Naitou**
For as long as I'm alive,
your club won't be allowed to exist.
**[14:43] Aichi**
B-But that's...
**[14:44] Shingo**
...too harsh!
**[14:48] Eru**
All things must perish. It is manifest destiny!
**[14:52] Eru**
But beyond the apocalypse
**[14:55] Eru**
lies the land of milk and honey
of my psychic research!
**[14:58] Eru**
It is the promised land!
***SIGN*** Psychic Research Society
**[15:06] Naitou**
Who on earth was that?
**[15:09] Maki**
Nakagami.
**[15:10] Maki**
The representative of
the Psychic Research Society.
**[15:13] Maki**
He's applied for official club status
a number of times.
**[15:16] Itsuki**
President, you've rejected his bids
**[15:18] Itsuki**
for not being in line with
Miyaji Academy's global traditions.
**[15:23] Naitou**
Is there any national tournament
for psychic research?
**[15:26] Itsuki**
I don't believe so.
**[15:28] Maki**
But even if there was...
**[15:31] Maki**
If they requested funds for transportation,
**[15:33] Maki**
we could simply tell them,
"Use teleportation to get there."
**[15:37] Naitou**
Good point, Nagashiro.
**[15:41] Naitou**
We're giving that clubroom
to the Psychic Research Society.
**[15:46] Naitou**
Nakagami, give me your application
for formal club recognition.
**[15:51] Naitou**
As soon as I give my permission,
that room will be yours.
**[15:54] Eru**
I only follow heaven's decree.
**[15:57] Naitou**
For now, you can just write it down.
**[15:59] Naitou**
Please make a list of the
five or more members of your club.
**[16:02] Eru**
Huh? Five?
**[16:05] Itsuki**
You may use this desk.
**[16:07] Eru**
Y-Yes. If that is heaven's decree...
***SIGN*** Eru Nakagami Toran Nakao Gan Chisato
**[16:18] Aichi**
I wonder what's wrong.
**[16:20] Shingo**
He probably doesn't have any other members.
**[16:24] Eru**
No! Stop!
**[16:26] Eru**
C-Calm down, my right arm!
**[16:30] Naitou**
What's wrong, Nakagami?
**[16:31] Eru**
It demands a sacrifice!
**[16:34] Eru**
I fear that we're about to be
plunged into dangerous territory!
**[16:43] Naitou**
No!
**[16:47] Maki**
Make it stop!
**[16:53] Eru**
You would all come to harm
if I were to remain here.
**[16:56] Eru**
Unfortunately, I will have to
turn in the application form tomorrow.
**[17:00] Eru**
Frame out!
**[17:02] Naoki**
Did we narrowly escape death?
***SIGN*** Vanguard Koshien!!
**[17:08] Aichi**
Misaki!
**[17:10] Shingo**
Are you going grocery shopping?
**[17:12] Misaki**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Tatsunagi Foundation Presents: Vanguard Koshien!!
**[17:14] Naoki**
The Vanguard Koshien...
I really wanna do it.
**[17:19] Shingo**
Sendou, you've met
ULTRARARE before, haven't you?
**[17:23] Aichi**
Yes, at the Asia Circuit award ceremony.
**[17:27] Aichi**
But I didn't actually talk to them...
**[17:32] Misaki**
That Kourin girl...
**[17:34] Misaki**
Has her hairstyle changed?
**[17:36] Aichi**
Has it?
**[17:38] Misaki**
I feel like it has...
**[17:48] Ushimaru**
Isn't that the Asia champion, Aichi Sendou?
**[17:54] Ushimaru**
Over there, Kourin.
**[17:57] Kourin**
Oh, it is.
**[17:59] Ushimaru**
Looks like he's heading home from school.
**[18:01] Ushimaru**
If you were going to school,
**[18:04] Ushimaru**
then maybe you'd be leading
that kind of school life, too.
**[18:22] Misaki**
I'm not like you, Aichi,
**[18:23] Misaki**
but I also have a strong desire to win it.
**[18:26] Misaki**
That's strange, for me.
**[18:29] Aichi**
Then the first thing we have to do
is keep the club going.
**[18:32] Aichi**
Let's try asking the
Student Council one more time!
**[18:35] Misaki**
Oh, sure.
**[18:38] Naoki**
Let's all go together!
**[18:45] Kamui**
What's wrong with Brother Aichi and them?
**[18:48] Naoki**
Man, who knew the Vanguard Koshien'd
be a competition of five-person teams?
**[18:55] Misaki**
Up through last year's high school championship,
**[18:57] Misaki**
it was a team competition
with three people on a team.
**[19:00] Misaki**
I just assumed it'd be the same this year.
**[19:02] Shingo**
I suppose they made the change
as part of their expansion.
**[19:06] Aichi**
One more...
**[19:07] Aichi**
We just need one more person.
**[19:09] Aichi**
If anybody else becomes a member...
**[19:12] Misaki**
Aichi, let me see that application.
**[19:14] Aichi**
Sure...
***SIGN*** {Club Proposal Application
}Cardfight Club
{Monday through Friday after school
}Members:
Aichi Sendou
Naoki Ishida
Shingo Komoi
Misaki Tokura
**[19:15] Naoki**
If they just need it in writin',
**[19:17] Naoki**
let's put down a random name!
**[19:20] Naoki**
Uh, but what name should we use?
**[19:23] Naoki**
Maybe Kourin Tatsunagi?
**[19:25] Aichi**
Th-That's going a bit far...
**[19:28] Misaki**
They accepted this application before, right?
**[19:33] Misaki**
Yes...
**[19:34] Misaki**
We can use this.
**[19:37] Aichi**
Use what, Misaki?
**[19:46] Naitou**
What? You people again?
**[19:48] Aichi**
E-Excuse us...
**[19:51] Naitou**
The Cardfight Club has been disbanded.
**[19:53] Naitou**
I'm not going to change my mind.
**[19:55] Naitou**
Now leave.
**[19:56] Misaki**
If our club is forced to disband,
**[19:59] Misaki**
it will damage your career, President.
**[20:01] Naitou**
What do you mean by that?
**[20:03] Misaki**
This application.
**[20:05] Naitou**
A deficient application is worth nothing.
***SIGN*** President of Student Council
**[20:08] Misaki**
But this has the personal seal
of the Student Council President.
**[20:14] Misaki**
Aichi, the president himself
stamped this, didn't he?
**[20:18] Aichi**
Yes, I saw him do it.
**[20:21] Itsuki**
Right, I saw it, too.
**[20:25] Misaki**
So this application reveals that the
president has no grasp of school regulations.
**[20:32] Misaki**
That is a serious problem.
**[20:36] Misaki**
Or perhaps...
**[20:37] Misaki**
...he's so bad at math
that he mixes up "four" and "five"?
**[20:42] Naoki**
That's our Boss!
**[20:43] Misaki**
I'm not a "Boss."
**[20:45] Naitou**
Even so...
**[20:46] Naitou**
...I can't approve the continued existence
of a club that lacks enough members!
**[20:50] Naitou**
That would be even more damaging to my career.
**[20:53] Misaki**
Then let's have a showdown.
**[20:56] Misaki**
A competition between the
Student Council and the Cardfight Club.
**[20:59] Misaki**
If we win,
**[21:01] Misaki**
you all have to join our club.
**[21:04] Naitou**
And if you lose?
**[21:07] Misaki**
Then--
**[21:08] Eru**
All four of you would have to
join my Psychic Research Society!
**[21:12] Eru**
In order for me to attain the promised land!
**[21:16] Misaki**
Who's he?
**[21:17] Aichi**
N-Nakagami...
**[21:19] Naoki**
He really was short on members...
**[21:23] Eru**
I shall lend my power to the Senate!
**[21:27] Maki**
That's "Student Council."
**[21:28] Naitou**
Can you actually help us?
**[21:30] Eru**
I sent their Glasses Boy to
the land of the dead yesterday.
**[21:36] Itsuki**
Then it's four against four.
**[21:38] Maki**
Wait!
**[21:39] Maki**
Sendou is the Asia champion.
**[21:42] Maki**
It's not fair for him to participate.
**[21:44] Naitou**
Yes, exactly!
**[21:45] Maki**
If he sits out and makes it
three against three, then we accept.
**[21:49] Misaki**
Understood.
**[21:51] Misaki**
Fine with you, Aichi?
**[21:53] Aichi**
Yes.
**[21:54] Aichi**
After all...
**[21:55] Aichi**
Misaki.
**[21:57] Aichi**
Naoki.
**[21:59] Aichi**
Shingo.
**[22:00] Aichi**
I believe in you.
**[22:03] Naitou**
What fools...
**[22:04] Naitou**
We'll show you the Student Council's...
**[22:08] Naitou**
...global power!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card is
Aichi's avatar, Blaster Blade.
***SIGN*** Blaster Blade
**[23:52] Narrator**
When placed, its Burst Buster can retire
one of the opponent's front row rear-guards.
**[23:57] Narrator**
Furthermore, if it's the Vanguard
and you call four or more rear-guards,
**[24:01] Narrator**
it'll gain an extra critical
through the bond with its comrades!
**[24:04] Narrator**
That can set up a powerful attack!
**[24:06] Narrator**
It's a reliable ace up your sleeve for helping
your game, from the opening to the final stage.
**[24:11] Narrator**
You too should use
this card to "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Naitou**
I am Tatewaki Naitou, the global
Student Council president of Miyaji Academy,
**[24:18] Naitou**
with the motto, "the development
of global human resources."
**[24:21] Naitou**
First, I shall give
a global greeting to the viewers.
**[24:24] Naitou**
"Good morning."
**[24:25] Maki**
President, considering the full global market,
shouldn't you give a Chinese greeting?
**[24:29] Naitou**
R-Right.
**[24:30] Naitou**
*Ni hao.*
**[24:31] Itsuki**
Doesn't that mean "hello"?
**[24:32] Naitou**
Shh! Don't say anything,
and no one will notice!
**[24:34] Maki**
We can't ignore Spanish, either.
**[24:36] Naitou**
*A-Adios*?
**[24:37] Itsuki**
That's "goodbye."
**[24:38] Naitou**
Shhh!
**[24:39] Maki**
And now, Hindi...
***SIGN*** Dimension 2
Aichi's the Coach!?
**[24:40] Naitou**
Hi-Hiiiin...?!
**[24:42] Itsuki**
The president's turned into a horse!
# E2 - Aichi's the Coach!?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G61XDQ096/aichis-the-coach)
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**[00:04] Actor**
You may be asking, "Has the competition
with the Student Council already started?"
**[00:09] Aichi**
Actually, it hasn't.
**[00:11] Aichi**
Let's back up a bit.
**[00:17] Naoki**
We're gonna beat 'em easily!
**[00:20] Shingo**
It won't even be close.
**[00:21] Naitou; Suwabe**
Stand up,
**[00:23] Naitou; Suwabe**
Vanguard!
***SIGN*** Student Council
***SIGN*** Dimension 2
Aichi's the Coach!?
**[02:04] Girl**
What are they up to?
**[02:11] Naitou**
And of all things, why must I
be coached by you, a first-year?
**[02:16] Suwabe**
I'm still surprised that you've
played Vanguard before, Nagashiro.
**[02:20] Maki**
As a member of the Student Council,
**[02:23] Maki**
it's only natural for me to be
well-versed in all club activities.
**[02:28] Naitou**
I ride Lily of the Valley Musketeer, Rebecca.
**[02:31] Naitou**
That was fine, right?
**[02:33] Naitou**
It's your turn.
**[02:34] Maki**
No, not yet.
**[02:37] Maki**
When a player rides upon
Broccolini Musketeer, Kirah,
**[02:40] Maki**
its skill has them draw one card.
**[02:43] Maki**
With Vanguard, you mustn't forget
the importance of each card in your hand.
**[02:50] Naitou**
I call Maiden of Blossom Rain!
**[02:54] Maki**
Don't do that!
**[02:55] Maki**
That unit is a perfect guard,
which is vital for defense.
**[03:00] Maki**
You can't just call it unthinkingly.
**[03:04] Naitou**
Despite me being a genius, I find
your explanations difficult to comprehend.
**[03:08] Naitou**
I give up. Vanguard just doesn't suit me.
**[03:13] Naitou**
Above all else, it isn't global!
**[03:17] Aichi**
It *is* global!
**[03:23] Aichi**
S-Sorry to interrupt!
**[03:25] Naitou**
How is it global? Enlighten me!
**[03:28] Aichi**
S-Sure.
**[03:30] Aichi**
Vanguard is a wonderful global tool
**[03:32] Aichi**
because, if you have a deck,
you can communicate with anyone.
**[03:36] Aichi**
Right, Shingo?
**[03:38] Shingo**
Y-Yes, that's correct!
**[03:40] Shingo**
And apparently Sendou corresponds
with fighters from other countries.
**[03:44] Naitou**
What?! From other countries?!
**[03:46] Naitou**
That *is* global!
**[03:50] Naitou**
However, she's no good as a coach.
**[03:52] Naitou**
Aichi Sendou, Asia champion...
**[03:56] Naitou**
I bestow upon you the privilege
of coaching this globalist!
**[04:04] Aichi**
And that's how I became their teacher.
**[04:08] Suwabe**
We're going to fight, straight away?
**[04:12] Aichi**
You learn better through experience.
**[04:15] Naitou**
Sendou says that, too!
**[04:16] Shingo**
He's essentially helping the enemy.
**[04:20] Misaki**
But it's a very Aichi thing to do.
**[04:23] Aichi**
We'll fight without
using the cards' skills this time.
**[04:27] Aichi**
Too much info at the start can be overwhelming.
**[04:32] Aichi**
First, choose a grade 0 card from your deck
and set it face-down on the board.
**[04:39] Suwabe**
Grade 0...
**[04:43] Aichi**
That card is your First Vanguard.
**[04:47] Suwabe**
My First Vanguard...
**[04:49] Aichi**
Try to imagine it.
**[04:52] Naitou**
Imagine?
**[04:53] Aichi**
Yes.
**[04:59] Naitou**
Wh-Where are we?!
**[05:03] Maki**
It's the planet Cray!
**[05:05] Aichi**
That's right.
**[05:07] Aichi**
Vanguard fights take place on this planet.
**[05:11] Aichi**
We've just landed on
the planet Cray as astral bodies.
**[05:17] Aichi**
As we reveal our First Vanguards,
**[05:19] Aichi**
we "Ride" them, thereby becoming our Vanguards.
**[05:22] Aichi**
Then we command the units we "Called,"
and that's how the fight begins.
**[05:28] Aichi; Suwabe**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[05:32] Aichi**
I ride!
**[05:35] Aichi**
Glyme!
**[05:40] Suwabe**
I, uh, ride!
**[05:42] Suwabe**
Machining Worker Ant!
**[05:46] Aichi**
I go first.
**[05:48] Aichi**
I begin by drawing one card from my deck.
**[05:51] Aichi**
And then, at the start of my turn,
I can promote my Vanguard by one grade.
**[05:58] Aichi**
I ride!
**[06:00] Aichi**
Grade 1.
**[06:02] Aichi**
Knight Squire, Allen!
**[06:06] Aichi**
Furthermore, I can call units of
the same grade as my Vanguard or less
**[06:10] Aichi**
to these five spots.
**[06:13] Aichi**
I call a rear-guard!
**[06:17] Aichi**
Grade 1. Pongal!
**[06:22] Naitou**
Here he comes!
**[06:24] Aichi**
Now I'd attack!
**[06:25] Aichi**
Except the one who goes first
can't attack on the first turn.
**[06:30] Aichi**
My turn is over.
Now it's your turn, Vice-President.
**[06:33] Suwabe**
O-Okay.
**[06:36] Suwabe**
Draw!
**[06:40] Suwabe**
I ride!
**[06:44] Suwabe**
Grade 1. Machining Hornet!
**[06:49] Suwabe**
I call a rear-guard!
**[06:55] Naitou**
Good! Now, attack!
**[06:56] Suwabe**
Right.
**[06:58] Suwabe**
My Vanguard attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:01] Aichi**
When the Vanguard of an
attacking side attacks a Vanguard,
**[07:04] Aichi**
a trigger check occurs.
**[07:06] Aichi**
This is when you say, "Drive check."
**[07:08] Naitou**
"Drive check"?
**[07:11] Aichi**
You turn over one card from your deck,
and if that card has a trigger icon,
**[07:15] Aichi**
you can "trigger" the effect
indicated by that icon.
**[07:19] Aichi**
Try turning over a card.
**[07:21] Suwave**
D-Drive check.
**[07:26] Maki**
A critical trigger!
**[07:28] Naitou**
"Critical trigger"?
**[07:30] Aichi**
It's a trigger that increases
the damage to your opponent by one.
**[07:36] Aichi**
So I took 2 damage.
**[07:39] Aichi**
Now I do a damage check.
**[07:40] Suwabe**
"Damage check"?
**[07:42] Aichi**
When an attack hits you,
**[07:44] Aichi**
you do a check for each point of damage taken.
**[07:48] Aichi**
First check.
**[07:49] Aichi**
No trigger.
**[07:51] Aichi**
Second check.
**[07:53] Aichi**
No trigger here, either.
**[07:56] Aichi**
If a fighter accumulates six cards
in their Damage Zone like this, they lose.
**[08:03] Maki**
Vice-President, you can attack again.
**[08:07] Suwabe**
Hornet attacks your Vanguard!
**[08:11] Aichi**
Damage check!
**[08:15] Naitou**
So now you have 3 damage?
**[08:18] Suwabe**
My turn is over, right?
**[08:20] Aichi**
Yes.
**[08:22] Aichi**
It's my turn!
**[08:23] Aichi**
Stand and draw!
**[08:25] Aichi**
I ride!
**[08:28] Aichi**
Stand up, my avatar!
**[08:31] Aichi**
Blaster Blade!
**[08:35] Aichi**
I move Pongal to the back row and call!
**[08:40] Aichi**
Grade 2. Knight of Silence, Gallatin!
**[08:44] Aichi**
Grade 0 and grade 1 units like Pongal
have an ability called "Boost."
**[08:50] Naitou**
"Boost"?
**[08:52] Aichi**
It's when a unit in the back row adds power
to the unit in the front row during an attack.
**[08:57] Aichi**
With a boost from Pongal,
Gallatin attacks your Vanguard!
**[09:03] Naitou**
So with Pongal's 8000,
**[09:05] Naitou**
Gallatin now has 18,000 power?
**[09:08] Suwabe**
Wh-What should I do?
**[09:10] Aichi**
Do you have any cards
in your hand that say "Shield"?
**[09:13] Suwabe**
Where?
**[09:15] Maki**
Here.
***SIGN*** Shield
**[09:17] Suwabe**
It does have that...
**[09:19] Aichi**
It means that you can block the attack
by calling that unit as a guardian.
**[09:24] Naitou**
O-Okay, try it!
**[09:26] Suwabe**
Right.
**[09:27] Suwabe**
I call!
**[09:29] Suwabe**
Shelter Beetle!
**[09:32] Aichi**
With the added 15,000 shield,
**[09:34] Aichi**
Hornet now has 23,000 power.
**[09:37] Naitou**
And that number surpasses yours.
**[09:39] Naitou**
Now I see!
**[09:41] Aichi**
Cards that are called as guardians...
**[09:43] Suwabe**
Th-Thank you.
**[09:45] Beetle**
No problem.
**[09:47] Aichi**
...retire once their duty is done.
**[09:49] Aichi**
Please place it in the Drop Zone.
**[09:52] Suwabe**
Here, right?
**[09:53] Naitou**
Now, Vice-President! Counterattack!
**[09:55] Aichi**
But I can still make an attack.
**[09:59] Naitou**
Then do it already!
**[10:01] Aichi**
Sorry.
**[10:03] Aichi**
My Vanguard attacks your Vanguard.
**[10:07] Naitou**
Vice-President, use this one!
**[10:09] Suwabe**
M-Machining Mantis guards!
**[10:12] Naitou**
That gives you 13,000.
**[10:15] Naitou**
That means Blaster Blade's
10,000-power attack won't get through!
**[10:18] Aichi**
Are you sure?
**[10:20] Aichi**
Drive check!
**[10:22] Naitou**
A critical trigger?!
**[10:24] Aichi**
Triggers also have the effect
of adding 10,000 power to a unit.
**[10:29] Naitou**
In other words, Blaster Blade
now has 2 criticals *and* 20,000 power?!
**[10:41] Suwabe**
Damage check, right?
**[10:43] Aichi**
That's right.
**[10:45] Suwabe**
First check.
**[10:49] Suwabe**
Second check!
**[10:53] Naitou**
That makes 2 damage for us...
**[10:56] Aichi**
Now it's your turn, Vice-President.
**[10:59] Suwabe**
O-Okay.
**[11:00] Suwabe**
I ride!
**[11:04] Suwabe**
Grade 2. Machining Mantis!
**[11:08] Suwabe**
Hornet moves to the back row,
**[11:10] Suwabe**
and I call another Mantis to the front row.
**[11:13] Suwabe**
Furthermore, I call a Hornet to the back row.
**[11:20] Naitou**
Good! Now, counterattack!
**[11:22] Suwabe**
With a boost from Hornet,
my Vanguard attacks your Vanguard!
**[11:27] Aichi**
No guard!
**[11:28] Suwabe**
Drive check!
**[11:30] Naitou**
Good! A critical trigger!
**[11:33] Suwabe**
But I already have enough power. What a waste.
**[11:36] Aichi**
In this situation, you can give
the trigger's effects to different units.
**[11:42] Suwabe**
Then...
**[11:43] Suwabe**
...I give the critical to my Vanguard,
**[11:45] Suwabe**
and the power to my other Mantis.
**[11:49] Aichi**
Damage check!
**[11:51] Aichi**
First check!
**[11:53] Aichi**
Second check!
**[11:56] Suwabe**
A critical trigger!
**[11:57] Naitou**
That's nothing to worry about.
**[11:59] Naitou**
You're the one doing the attacking!
**[12:02] Maki**
Precisely.
**[12:04] Aichi**
I give the power to Blaster Blade.
**[12:06] Maki**
With that, Blaster Blade now has 20,000 power.
**[12:09] Naitou**
What?!
**[12:11] Suwabe**
But this Mantis also has
the power from a critical.
**[12:14] Suwabe**
With a boost from Hornet,
the total will be 27,000.
**[12:18] Naitou**
Good! Now, attack!
**[12:20] Suwabe**
Right!
**[12:21] Aichi**
Please, Gallatin!
**[12:24] Gallatin**
No problem.
**[12:25] Aichi**
"Intercept."
**[12:27] Aichi**
Only grade 2 units have this ability.
**[12:30] Aichi**
It means they can guard from the front row.
**[12:33] Naitou**
Y-You should have mentioned that earlier!
**[12:36] Suwabe**
But President...
**[12:38] Suwabe**
Sendou already has 5 damage.
**[12:41] Naitou**
What?!
**[12:42] Naitou**
Good! Now, finish him off!
**[12:44] Suwabe**
But I don't have
any other units that can attack.
**[12:49] Naitou**
I meant on the next turn!
**[12:55] Shingo**
Will Sendou be all right?
**[12:58] Naoki**
Of course he'll be all right!
**[13:14] Aichi**
I ride!
**[13:19] Aichi**
Grade 3. Monarch Sanctuary Alfred!
**[13:25] Aichi**
Imaginary Gift, Force!
**[13:31] Naitou**
"Imaginary Gift"?
**[13:33] Aichi**
As part of the power I gain when
my Vanguard is promoted to grade 3,
**[13:37] Aichi**
the Force that I selected gives
+10,000 power to the unit in this circle.
**[13:43] Naitou**
Then that Monarch's power is 23,000?!
**[13:47] Aichi**
Yes.
**[13:48] Aichi**
And then I call Gallatin!
**[13:51] Aichi**
My Vanguard attacks your Vanguard!
**[13:53] Naitou**
Okay, we'll guard with this!
**[13:54] Suwabe**
Wait!
**[13:55] Suwabe**
If Sendou gets a trigger,
using this would be a waste.
**[13:59] Suwabe**
No guard!
**[14:04] Aichi**
Twin drive!
**[14:05] Naitou**
"Twin drive"?
**[14:07] Aichi**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Twin Drive
**[14:08] Aichi**
A grade 3 can do two drive checks.
**[14:12] Aichi**
First check!
**[14:14] Aichi**
Second check!
**[14:17] Maki**
A heal trigger!
**[14:19] Aichi**
I give the power to Gallatin.
**[14:21] Aichi**
And then...
**[14:22] Aichi**
...with a heal trigger, if your damage
is the same or greater than your opponent's,
**[14:26] Aichi**
you can heal 1 damage point.
**[14:29] Naitou**
So you went back to 4 damage...
**[14:35] Suwabe**
Damage check!
**[14:38] Maki**
A draw trigger!
**[14:40] Maki**
You can draw one card from your deck.
**[14:44] Suwabe**
Then I'll give the power to my Vanguard.
**[14:47] Aichi**
With a boost from Pongal, Gallatin attacks!
**[14:51] Suwabe**
Shelter Beetle guards!
**[14:54] Aichi**
Now you're getting it.
**[14:57] Suwabe**
Stand and draw!
**[15:02] Suwabe**
What's this fancy shield?
**[15:05] Naitou**
That's...! You told me
about it at school, Nagashiro...
**[15:09] Naitou**
What was it, again?
**[15:11] Naitou**
Ah! An absolute guard!
**[15:14] Maki**
That's "perfect guard."
**[15:16] Maki**
It can block your opponent's attack,
no matter what their total is.
**[15:20] Naitou**
It's amazing.
**[15:23] Suwabe**
I... I ride!
**[15:27] Suwabe**
Grade 3. Machining Stag Beetle!
**[15:32] Suwabe**
Imaginary Gift. Right?
**[15:35] Suwabe**
Imaginary Gift, Protect II!
**[15:42] Suwabe**
With this, Mantis gets
+5000 power and +10,000 shield.
**[15:47] Naoki**
"II"? Did Protect always work like that?
**[15:50] Maki**
Each clan has two kinds of Imaginary Gifts.
**[15:55] Maki**
Don't tell me you didn't know that.
**[15:59] Shingo**
Ishida is more or less a beginner.
**[16:02] Naoki**
Say what?!
**[16:03] Naitou**
I have a proposal!
**[16:05] Naitou**
From this point on,
why don't we use the cards' skills, too?
**[16:10] Misaki**
That jerk, suggesting that now!
**[16:13] Shin**
Now, now, Misaki.
**[16:15] Shin**
Won't this just make it more interesting?
**[16:17] Naitou**
Of course, you may use skills as well.
**[16:23] Naitou**
Good! Now go, Vice-President!
**[16:25] Suwabe**
R-Right!
**[16:26] Suwabe**
Stag Beetle's skill activates!
**[16:29] Shingo**
Stag Beetle can call up to
two cards from the Soul, which stay at rest.
**[16:33] Naoki**
Nothin' to worry about, then.
**[16:35] Shingo**
On the contrary. Those called units
also add their power to Stag Beetle's.
**[16:40] Naoki**
What?!
**[16:42] Suwabe**
I call Machining Mantis and
Machining Hornet from the Soul!
**[16:47] Naitou**
With that, Stag Beetle has 29,000 power!
**[16:50] Suwabe**
Next, with a boost from Hornet,
I attack your Vanguard!
**[16:54] Naitou**
Take that 37,000-power attack!
**[17:01] Naitou**
We can beat him!
We're going to beat the Asia champion!
**[17:05] Aichi**
I guard!
**[17:06] Aichi**
Bringer of Good Luck, Epona!
Yggdrasil Maiden, Elaine!
**[17:11] Naitou**
The total is 48,000?!
**[17:14] Maki**
Vice-President, you still have a twin drive!
**[17:17] Suwabe**
Oh, that's right.
**[17:20] Suwabe**
First check!
**[17:22] Suwabe**
Second check!
**[17:24] Suwabe**
Critical trigger!
**[17:26] Suwabe**
I give all of the effects
to my left-side Mantis!
**[17:29] Naitou**
Finish him off with that!
**[17:32] Suwabe**
It attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:38] Aichi**
Thank you!
**[17:39] Elaine**
No problem.
**[17:42] Naitou**
N-Not again...
**[17:47] Aichi**
It's my turn.
**[17:51] Aichi**
Once more, I ride Monarch Sanctuary Alfred!
**[17:55] Aichi**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[18:00] Aichi**
I can use skills too, right?
**[18:03] Naitou**
N-Naturally. Use them or lose them.
**[18:07] Aichi**
Then I will.
**[18:09] Aichi**
Monarch's skill activates!
**[18:12] Aichi**
Blaster Blade moves from
the Drop Zone to my hand.
**[18:15] Maki**
With that, Monarch has
38,000 power and two criticals!
**[18:20] Naitou; Suwabe**
Wha...?!
**[18:21] Aichi**
I call!
**[18:22] Aichi**
Blaster Blade!
**[18:30] Maki**
And Blaster Blade also gets +10,000 power!
**[18:34] Naitou; Suwabe**
Wha...?!
**[18:35] Aichi**
Blaster Blade's skill activates!
**[18:42] Maki**
That unit is retired.
**[18:45] Aichi**
Gallatin attacks your other Mantis
with a boost from Pongal!
**[18:50] Suwabe**
N-No guard.
**[18:54] Aichi**
My Vanguard attacks your Vanguard!
**[19:02] Naitou**
Vice-President! Use an absolute guard!
**[19:04] Maki**
That's "perfect guard."
**[19:06] Suwabe**
Paralyze Madonna!
**[19:08] Naitou**
W-We managed to survive that...
**[19:11] Aichi**
Twin drive!
**[19:13] Aichi**
First check!
**[19:15] Maki**
A critical trigger!
**[19:17] Aichi**
I give all of the effects to Blaster Blade.
**[19:19] Aichi**
Second check!
**[19:21] Suwabe**
A critical trigger?!
**[19:23] Naitou**
Then...
**[19:25] Maki**
Blaster Blade has 3 criticals.
**[19:28] Suwabe**
3 criticals?!
**[19:30] Aichi**
Blaster Blade attacks your Vanguard!
**[19:33] Suwabe**
N-No guard.
**[19:47] Suwabe**
First check!
**[19:52] Naitou**
A heal trigger! We heal 1 damage point!
**[19:54] Maki**
No, we don't!
**[19:55] Maki**
Sendou has more damage than
the vice-president, so it won't work!
**[20:03] Suwabe**
Second check!
**[20:10] Suwabe**
Third check...
**[20:18] Maki**
6 damage...
**[20:21] Suwabe**
I lost.
**[20:25] Naitou**
Our first time against the Asia champion,
and we made it this far...
**[20:30] Naitou**
It's as though we won, really.
**[20:33] Naitou**
My global talent is scary!
**[20:40] Aichi**
Thank you for the game.
**[20:42] Eru**
I was watching.
**[20:46] Aichi**
It's you!
**[20:48] Eru**
My name is Eru. Eru Nakagami.
**[20:51] Eru**
Also known as God-Hand Eru!
**[20:54] Eru**
Aichi Sendou, you'll be a worthy opponent
for me to unleash my power upon.
**[21:00] Aichi**
But I'm not participating in the competition.
**[21:06] Eru**
Consider yourself blessed that
you need not face this destructive force!
**[21:10] Eru**
But I *will* attain the promised land!
**[21:14] Eru**
Just don't forget that.
**[21:16] Eru**
Farewell.
**[21:20] Misaki**
How long was he here, watching?
**[21:27] Aichi**
I'm looking forward to the competition!
**[21:29] Naoki**
Sheesh, that Aichi...
**[21:32] Shingo**
But he really does look happy.
**[21:34] Misaki**
New Vanguard fighters
are worth being happy about.
**[21:40] Maki**
I believe you understand the rules now.
**[21:41] Naitou**
And who do you think you're talking to?
**[21:44] Suwabe**
President, do you have a secret plan?
**[21:46] Naitou**
Of course. I'm a genius.
**[21:49] Naitou**
"Feel as though you're riding a big ship!"
**[21:53] Maki**
That idiom doesn't really
translate well literally.
**[21:57] Maki**
It would have been better if
you'd said, "You're in good hands."
**[22:00] Naitou**
You could say that, too!
**[22:03] Suwabe**
You certainly are a genius, President.
**[22:05] Naitou**
You can say that again!
**[22:07] Maki**
I just hope his "big ship" isn't the *Titanic.*
**[22:11] Naitou**
Ride the big ship!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is
Megacolony's fearsome weapon,
**[23:52] Narrator**
Machining Stag Beetle!
***SIGN*** Machining Stag Beetle
**[23:54] Narrator**
When it's placed, you can call two units
from the Soul as resting rear-guards.
**[23:58] Narrator**
Then those two called
rear-guard units increase its power.
**[24:01] Narrator**
While increasing both its own power
and the number of rear-guards,
**[24:04] Narrator**
it also gains an Imaginary Gift: Protect.
**[24:07] Narrator**
Easy to use, this unit provides a
superior balance of offense and defense.
**[24:10] Narrator**
You too should use
this card to "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Shin**
We're closed already.
**[24:17] Shin**
Huh? The Student Council president...
**[24:19] Naitou**
Manager, would you put together
a Great Nature deck for me?
**[24:22] Shin**
Again? Why?
**[24:23] Naitou**
Great Nature is the planet Cray's highest
institute of education, where geniuses gather!
**[24:28] Shin**
Y-Yes...
**[24:29] Shin**
But they're animals...
**[24:30] Naitou**
They're a global clan,
perfect for a genius like me!
**[24:33] Naitou**
With them, my victory
in the competition is assured!
**[24:36] Shin**
Understood.
**[24:37] Shin**
I'll build your deck with all my know-how!
***SIGN*** Dimension 3
Evil-Eyed Prince from Another World
Sings of the Strongest Hero and Love
**[24:40] Shin**
Welcome to our world...
**[24:42] Shin**
And thank you, Aichi.
# E3 - Evil-Eyed Prince from Another World Sings of the Strongest Hero and Love
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8D0525Y/evil-eyed-prince-from-another-world-sings-of-the-strongest-hero-and-love)
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**[00:00] Naitou**
The Cardfight Club has been disbanded.
**[00:02] Naitou**
I'm not going to change my mind.
**[00:04] Naitou**
Now leave.
**[00:06] Misaki**
If our club is forced to disband,
**[00:08] Misaki**
it will damage your career, President.
**[00:11] Naitou**
What do you mean by that?
**[00:12] Misaki**
This application.
**[00:14] Naitou**
A deficient application is worth nothing.
***SIGN*** President of Student Council
**[00:17] Misaki**
But this has the personal seal
of the Student Council President.
**[00:23] Naitou**
Even so...
**[00:24] Naitou**
...I can't approve the continued existence
of a club that lacks enough members!
**[00:28] Naitou**
That would be even more damaging to my career.
**[00:31] Misaki**
Then let's have a showdown.
**[00:34] Misaki**
A competition between the
Student Council and the Cardfight Club.
**[00:37] Misaki**
If we win,
**[00:39] Misaki**
you all have to join our club.
**[00:56] Aichi**
And now, let the competition between the
Cardfight Club and the Student Council begin!
**[01:02] Naitou**
If you lose, your club will be disbanded
immediately. Are you prepared for that?
**[01:07] Eru**
To attain the promised land,
**[01:10] Eru**
I shall fight with all my might.
**[01:14] Aichi**
Good luck, everyone!
**[01:16] Misaki**
I can't believe we agreed to fight
in a competition without Aichi.
**[01:20] Naoki**
If we lose to these amateurs, the new name
of the Cardfight Club's gonna be "mud."
**[01:25] Naoki**
So let's show 'em we're outta their league.
**[01:27] Shingo**
Right! This is also so that we can
participate in the Vanguard Koshien!
**[01:31] The Three**
We'll win at any cost!
**[01:33] Naitou**
The Vanguard Koshien? In a pig's eye!
**[01:37] Naitou**
This global and genius-level deck
fine-tuned to yours truly, Tatewaki Naitou,
**[01:42] Naitou**
will crush every one of your ambitions!
**[01:46] Aichi**
It's the first round.
Starting players, please step forward.
**[01:50] Naoki**
All right, I'll go.
**[01:52] Naitou**
Excellent. Then I shall be your--
**[01:54] Maki**
I'll go!
**[01:55] Naitou**
N-Nagashiro...
**[01:58] Maki**
We'll save our trump card until the end.
**[02:01] Maki**
Please leave this fight to me.
**[02:04] Naitou**
I'm the trump card?
**[02:06] Naitou**
V-Very well, then.
**[02:11] Maki**
In order to preserve order at this academy,
**[02:13] Maki**
I'm going to do everything
in my power to annihilate you.
**[02:17] Maki**
Please be ready for that, Naoki Ishida.
**[02:22] Naoki**
I'm down with it.
**[02:24] Naoki**
But you'll be sorry later, Secretary!
**[02:28] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[02:32] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[02:36] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 3 Evil-Eyed Prince from Another World Sings of the Strongest Hero and Love
**[04:19] Maki**
Here I come!
**[04:23] Irminsul**
You should pay more attention.
**[04:27] Naoki**
What?!
**[04:30] Maki**
With a boost from Fruits Basket Elf,
**[04:32] Maki**
Kaivant attacks!
**[04:34] Naoki**
I guard!
**[04:35] Naoki**
I'm countin' on you, Yellow Gem Carbuncle
and Zephyr Kid, Hayate!
**[04:44] Shingo**
Ishida volunteered to do this,
yet he's already on the ropes!
**[04:50] Misaki**
That Maki girl...
***SIGN*** Congratulations! Miyaji Academy
High School Division Entrance Ceremony
**[04:56] Naitou**
Indeed.
**[04:57] Naitou**
She's a superior student who graduated
first in her class from middle school,
**[05:02] Naitou**
so I scouted her out right away.
**[05:05] Aichi**
So that's why she's a member of
the Student Council, even as a first-year...
**[05:09] Naoki**
No matter how good her grades are,
it don't mean she's any good at Vanguard!
**[05:15] Naoki**
I ride!
**[05:17] Naoki**
Detonix Stinger Dragon!
**[05:20] Naoki**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[05:24] Aichi**
That's...
**[05:25] Misaki**
The other Accel, the one that increases
your hand and raises your power!
**[05:29] Shingo**
Ishida sure picked that up quickly!
**[05:31] Naoki**
Stinger's skill activates!
**[05:34] Naoki**
I bind Kaivant!
**[05:40] Naoki**
I call Hammerknuckle Dragon!
**[05:44] Naoki**
Counterblast!
**[05:46] Naoki**
I bind Spiritual Tree Sage, Irminsul!
**[05:50] Shingo**
He eliminated the front row!
**[05:52] Aichi**
Now she can't intercept!
**[05:54] Naoki**
I call!
**[05:56] Naoki**
Go, Thunderstorm Dragoon!
**[06:01] Maki**
Thank you, Irminsul!
**[06:06] Naoki**
I ain't done yet!
**[06:07] Maki**
Watering Elf guards!
**[06:10] Naoki**
Twin drive!
**[06:11] Naoki**
First check.
**[06:12] Naoki**
Second check!
**[06:15] Aichi**
A critical trigger!
**[06:16] Naoki**
I give all of the effects
to Hammerknuckle Dragon!
**[06:24] Naoki**
With a boost from Photon Bomber Wyvern,
**[06:27] Naoki**
Thunderstorm Dragoon attacks your Vanguard!
**[06:30] Maki**
No guard!
**[06:35] Misaki**
The power is 29,000.
**[06:37] Maki**
No guard.
**[06:38] Maki**
Damage check!
**[06:45] Shingo**
That makes 4 damage!
**[06:47] Naitou**
What are you doing, Nagashiro?!
**[06:49] Suwabe**
This is a team competition.
**[06:51] Suwabe**
If you lose here, it's all over for us.
**[06:54] Maki**
Would you please be quiet?
**[06:56] Maki**
You're distracting me.
**[06:57] Suwabe/Naitou**
O-Okay.
**[07:00] Maki**
Here I go!
**[07:01] Maki**
I ride!
**[07:07] Maki**
Maiden of Trailing Rose!
**[07:11] Maki**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[07:15] Maki**
Put forth your buds, my green soldiers!
**[07:19] Maki**
Now, sleep within my flowers' embrace!
**[07:23] Naoki**
Wait a sec!
**[07:24] Naoki**
You ain't really an amateur, are ya?
**[07:27] Naoki**
I can tell you're used to playin'!
**[07:29] Naoki**
It ain't just your own hand.
**[07:31] Naoki**
You've even got a perfect grasp
of how *my* units work!
**[07:34] Aichi**
Oh, true...
**[07:35] Naoki**
When'd you start playin' Vanguard?!
**[07:38] Maki**
Th-That has nothing to do with you!
**[07:41] Maki**
With a boost from Plant Token,
**[07:43] Maki**
Kaivant attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:50] Naoki**
Nothin' to do with me?!
**[07:53] Naoki**
Nah, it's got plenty to do with me!
**[08:00] Naoki**
You're in love, right?
**[08:03] Naoki**
Then come and play with us!
**[08:09] Maki**
You have no right to say that!
**[08:12] Maki**
You have no idea!
**[08:16] Maki**
You have no idea...
why I started playing Vanguard.
**[08:23] Maki**
What are you doing there?
**[08:26] Maki**
Class has already begun.
**[08:28] Naoki**
So annoying...
**[08:32] Naoki**
Move it.
**[08:37] Maki**
Ishida obviously didn't fit in at the academy.
**[08:43] Maki**
I thought he didn't have
even one friend here...
**[08:48] Naoki**
Aichi!
**[08:50] Aichi**
Want to go today, too?
**[08:51] Naoki**
You bet! It's fun playin' Vanguard
against people new to me!
**[08:55] Aichi**
Yeah, I know!
**[08:57] Maki**
"Vanguard"?
**[09:02] Maki**
Is this what helped Ishida to change?
**[09:08] Maki**
I'm simply fighting
to maintain order at this academy!
**[09:13] Maki**
That's my duty as a Student Council member!
**[09:18] Maki**
With a boost from Plant Token,
**[09:20] Maki**
Trailing Rose attacks your Vanguard!
**[09:24] Naoki**
No guard!
**[09:25] Maki**
Twin drive!
**[09:27] Maki**
First check!
**[09:28] Maki**
Second check!
**[09:30] Maki**
Critical trigger!
**[09:31] Maki**
I give the power to my front-row Plant Token,
**[09:34] Maki**
and the extra critical to Trailing Rose!
**[09:41] Aichi**
Knowing Naoki, it isn't over yet.
**[09:44] Naoki**
Damage check!
**[09:48] Maki**
A heal trigger?!
**[09:49] Naoki**
Sorry, Secretary.
**[09:54] Maki**
My turn isn't over yet!
**[09:56] Maki**
Go, my flowers!
**[10:00] Naoki**
Riki, I need you!
**[10:03] Maki**
My turn is over.
**[10:05] Shingo**
He held on!
**[10:07] Naoki**
Sheesh.
**[10:08] Naoki**
This's why I can't quit Vanguard.
**[10:12] Naoki**
There's so many good players I ain't met yet!
**[10:16] Naoki**
It's my turn!
**[10:18] Naoki**
I ride!
**[10:21] Naoki**
Detonix Drill Dragon!
**[10:24] Naoki**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[10:27] Naoki**
Skill activates!
**[10:28] Naoki**
I superior call Stinger!
**[10:31] Stinger**
Hydro Tri-Stinger!
**[10:37] Naoki**
Here comes the clincher!
**[10:53] Maki**
I lost.
**[10:55] Shingo**
You did it!
**[10:58] Naoki**
I take back what I said!
**[11:02] Naoki**
Sorry I called you an amateur.
**[11:05] Naoki**
Let's play again sometime, Secretary.
**[11:10] Maki**
M-My name is...
**[11:15] Maki**
...Maki Nagashiro.
**[11:20] Suwabe**
Wh-Wh-What do we do?!
**[11:22] Suwabe**
We're in a tight spot now!
**[11:24] Naitou**
There's no choice.
**[11:25] Naitou**
I, the trump card, will--
**[11:29] Eru**
I see...
**[11:30] Eru**
Your craving for prey is that strong?
**[11:32] Eru**
Very well!
**[11:33] Eru**
Then I shall go next!
**[11:36] Naitou**
Hey! You don't get to decide that!
**[11:40] Eru**
I am Eru Nakagami, the leader of
the Psychic Research Society.
**[11:45] Eru**
My alternate name is Almighty Eru!
**[11:47] Eru**
With my cosmic power,
I shall consign you all to oblivion!
**[11:50] Shingo**
In that case...
**[11:51] Shingo**
...please leave this to me!
**[11:54] Shingo**
I'll go up against him!
**[12:07] Eru**
Go, my servant of darkness!
**[12:13] Eru**
Mangle his very soul!
**[12:23] Misaki**
That makes 4 damage!
**[12:25] Aichi**
Shingo, calm down!
**[12:27] Naoki**
Since he lost to him once,
**[12:29] Naoki**
Shingo might have
this weird idea that he ain't up to it.
**[12:34] Eru**
Have you seen this?
Residing within my right arm...
**[12:38] Eru**
...is the power of a god!
**[12:42] Naoki**
Wh-What the heck's that?!
**[12:44] Misaki**
Could it be...
**[12:46] Aichi**
Misaki?
**[12:48] Misaki**
...the seal that locked away Apollyon,
dragon god of disasters,
**[12:52] Misaki**
in volume four of *Darkness Summoner*?
**[12:55] Misaki**
No, wait...
**[12:56] Misaki**
Is it the crest of
the Demon King that appears in
**[12:58] Misaki**
*So What If My Wife is
a Dark Elf From Another World*?!
**[13:03] Misaki**
Hold on.
**[13:04] Misaki**
It could be the seal of the Gotham clan that
appears in chapter 134 of *Galaxy Hero Mission*!
**[13:10] Misaki**
But still, those all bear
a slight difference from this one...
**[13:16] Naoki**
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[13:18] Aichi**
Misaki, are you talking about light novels?
**[13:24] Eru**
It seems you have the wrong idea, little girl.
**[13:28] Misaki**
What?
**[13:29] Eru**
This wasn't inspired by any outside source.
**[13:31] Eru**
It's my own original design!
***SIGN*** I came up with it all by myself.
**[13:34] Misaki**
Wh-What?!
**[13:38] Aichi**
Um, Misaki...?
**[13:40] Misaki**
I believe that he didn't
recognize what I was talking about,
**[13:43] Misaki**
but I don't recognize
what *he* was talking about, either.
**[13:46] Misaki**
That is no cheap imitation or ripoff.
**[13:50] Misaki**
H-He must be...
**[13:52] Misaki**
...the real thing!
***SIGN*** The Real Thing
**[13:58] Shingo/Aichi**
Th-The real thing?!
**[14:00] Naoki**
Don't he gotta take entrance exams this year?
**[14:02] Maki**
That will likely be difficult,
in more ways than one.
**[14:05] Naitou**
I agree...
**[14:07] Suwabe**
Indeed.
**[14:08] Eru**
Nonsense!
**[14:09] Eru**
I have obtained the power of the God Hand,
the power of destruction and creation!
**[14:14] Eru**
There is nothing that I fear!
**[14:17] Naoki**
Don't let him spook you, Shingo!
Turn the tables on 'im!
**[14:21] Shingo**
R-Right, I'll do that!
**[14:24] Shingo**
I ride!
**[14:30] Shingo**
Behold the fury of a meteor downpour!
**[14:33] Shingo**
Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm!
**[14:36] Shingo**
Imaginary Gift, Protect I!
**[14:40] Naoki**
So Shingo went with Protect I.
**[14:43] Misaki**
Since he doesn't know
what his opponent will do,
**[14:46] Misaki**
it's not a bad idea to play it safe.
**[14:49] Shingo**
Join me, Magatsu Gale!
Chigasumi! Sakurafubuki!
**[14:53] Shingo**
Here I go!
**[15:01] Naoki**
All right!
**[15:02] Misaki**
Now they're tied!
**[15:04] Eru**
Good one.
**[15:06] Eru**
But now I'll reveal...
**[15:08] Eru**
...my other secret power!
**[15:11] Misaki**
Th-That's...
**[15:14] Eru**
The eye of a deity that
sees through all things. God Eye!
**[15:19] Maki**
So it appears.
**[15:20] Naoki**
Yeah, but he must've drawn that on himself!
**[15:26] Eru**
I ride!
**[15:29] Eru**
Extol my virtues,
**[15:32] Eru**
O spirit king who rules over the five elements!
**[15:35] Aichi**
That's...
**[15:37] Misaki**
Master of Fifth Element!
**[15:40] Eru**
Bestow the power of the heavens upon me!
**[15:44] Naoki**
A Protect II...
**[15:47] Eru**
My power will continue to accelerate.
**[15:53] Eru**
Until eventually,
**[15:54] Eru**
it will blow past the speed of light!
**[15:57] Eru**
Then I will become the universe itself!
**[16:02] Maki**
Gwynn got Protect II, so that's
+5000 power and +10,000 shield!
**[16:09] Eru**
I'll put you out of your misery now!
**[16:12] Shingo**
Chigasumi!
**[16:15] Misaki**
Oh no!
**[16:16] Naoki**
Gwynn's skill took out Shingo's defense!
**[16:19] Eru**
Watch this!
**[16:23] Eru**
Yield before the laws of the universe!
**[16:33] Shingo**
I somehow managed to pull through...
**[16:36] Eru**
Are you thinking that
you managed to pull through?
**[16:40] Shingo**
Did he just read my mind?
**[16:43] Shingo**
Don't tell me he really *is* psychic?!
**[16:47] Misaki**
This is bad.
**[16:48] Naoki**
How so?
**[16:49] Misaki**
When Fifth Element attacks,
**[16:52] Misaki**
if his Soul has 15 or more cards,
**[16:54] Misaki**
and he then puts all of the cards
from his hand and Soul into the Drop Zone,
**[16:58] Misaki**
he can superior stand all of his units.
**[17:01] Naoki**
What?!
**[17:13] Eru**
Come forth, power of destruction and creation!
**[17:17] Shingo**
No guard here!
**[17:19] Misaki**
If he pulls a trigger, we lose!
**[17:21] Aichi**
Shingo!
**[17:22] Eru**
First judgment!
**[17:25] Eru**
Second judgment!
**[17:27] Naoki**
Whew! We're saved!
**[17:29] Shingo**
Damage check!
**[17:31] Shingo**
No trigger!
**[17:33] Eru**
Receive the baptism of the universe!
**[17:35] Eru**
Enhanced Strength!
**[17:46] Misaki**
That makes 5 damage!
**[17:48] Naoki**
He's already backed into a corner!
**[17:52] Naoki**
And that guy's got three attacks left!
**[17:56] Eru**
Receive the baptism of the universe once more!
**[17:59] Shingo**
Magatsu Breath!
**[18:02] Eru**
How much more can you endure?
**[18:07] Shingo**
All I have is Protect.
**[18:13] Shingo**
But in this situation,
which one should I discard?
**[18:17] Aichi**
Shingo!
**[18:18] Aichi**
It's okay!
**[18:20] Aichi**
If you fight using your own style,
I'm sure that you'll win!
**[18:25] Shingo**
My own fighting style?
**[18:33] Shingo**
That's right.
This isn't a psychic battle.
**[18:36] Shingo**
It's a Vanguard fight!
**[18:38] Shingo**
If I understand my opponent's actions,
I'm certain to win!
**[18:43] Eru**
Very well! Tremble in anticipation!
**[18:46] Eru**
First judgment!
**[18:49] Naoki**
A critical trigger!
**[18:51] Eru**
Gwynn, receive the power of the universe!
**[18:53] Eru**
Second judgment!
**[18:58] Eru**
It's not over yet!
**[19:00] Zashikihime**
I'll protect you!
**[19:03] Shingo**
Thank you very much!
**[19:07] Eru**
H-Have the laws of the universe gone haywire?!
**[19:11] Maki**
Amazing!
**[19:13] Suwabe**
He was able to block that fierce attack?
**[19:15] Aichi**
Now it's Shingo's turn!
**[19:23] Shingo**
I ride!
**[19:25] Shingo**
Magatsu Storm!
**[19:27] Shingo**
Imaginary Gift, Protect I!
**[19:32] Naitou**
Will he be okay?
**[19:34] Maki**
With the Protect II, his Gwynn the Ripper
has a 15,000 shield and can intercept.
**[19:40] Maki**
His opponent shouldn't be able
to break through so easily.
**[19:44] Shingo**
We'll see about that.
**[19:45] Eru**
What?!
**[19:48] Shingo**
Universe, gods, whatever!
**[19:50] Shingo**
You may have deceived me with your words,
**[19:53] Shingo**
but my eyes are now fully opened!
**[19:56] Eru**
Have his powers awakened?!
**[19:59] Shingo**
I call Stealth Dragon, Voidmaster!
**[20:02] Shingo**
+3000 power!
**[20:04] Shingo**
And now, because of Voidmaster's skill,
**[20:06] Shingo**
you can't intercept!
**[20:09] Eru**
Wh-What?!
**[20:11] Shingo**
Voidmaster attacks your Vanguard!
**[20:15] Eru**
Protect me, my servants!
**[20:18] Shingo**
Go for it!
**[20:19] Sakurafubuki**
No problem!
**[20:21] Eru**
I accept my destiny!
**[20:24] Shingo**
Twin drive!
**[20:25] Shingo**
First check!
**[20:26] Shingo**
Second check!
**[20:29] Naoki**
Yeah!
**[20:30] Shingo**
I got a critical!
**[20:32] Shingo**
I give the power to Voidmaster
and the extra critical to Magatsu Storm!
**[20:36] Eru**
Final judgment...
**[20:52] Eru**
I see now.
**[20:53] Eru**
You were also a descendant of the chosen.
**[20:58] Eru**
I lose.
**[20:59] Misaki**
That's two wins in a row!
**[21:01] Aichi**
You did it, Shingo!
**[21:03] Naoki**
The Cardfight Club wins!
**[21:05] Suwabe**
I... don't know what to say.
**[21:08] Maki**
We have no choice.
**[21:09] Maki**
A loss is a loss.
**[21:11] Naitou**
Come now, what are you saying?
**[21:15] Naitou**
Who decided that whichever team
wins two fights first would be the big winner?
**[21:20] Naoki**
Well, it's three against three,
**[21:23] Naoki**
so that's just common sense.
**[21:26] Misaki**
Hang on.
**[21:27] Misaki**
It's true, he never did say that
the team that wins twice is the winner.
**[21:32] Naoki/Shingo**
Wh-What?!
**[21:34] Aichi**
Now that you mention it, I guess that's right.
**[21:37] Naitou**
If you think winning two fights just by chance
**[21:39] Naitou**
gives you the right to call yourselves
the Cardfight Club, you're delusional.
**[21:44] Naitou**
Prove that your victories
weren't mere coincidences
**[21:48] Naitou**
by defeating me, the trump card!
**[21:58] Misaki**
I'll take this next fight.
**[22:01] Aichi**
Misaki...
**[22:04] Naitou**
Very well.
**[22:07] Misaki**
I'm going to beat you so badly
that you'll never mess with us again.
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is
Neo Nectar's beautiful dryad,
***SIGN*** Maiden of Trailing Rose
**[23:52] Narrator**
Maiden of Trailing Rose!
**[23:55] Narrator**
When this is placed,
you can call one Plant Token unit.
**[23:58] Narrator**
If it's placed as the Vanguard,
you can call two of them!
**[24:02] Narrator**
And if you do a Soul Blast, three of
your Plant Tokens will get +5000 power.
**[24:07] Narrator**
Its reliable skill that makes use of
Plant Token tactics provides great support.
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card,
you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Maki**
In this afternoon's Miyaji broadcast,
**[24:18] Maki**
we're joined by Eru Nakagami,
the leader of the Psychic Research Society.
**[24:22] Eru**
Hello there.
**[24:23] Maki**
Nakagami, is it true that
you possess psychic abilities?
**[24:27] Eru**
Everyone has psychic abilities.
**[24:29] Eru**
Go ahead, pick up a spoon
and focus your mind on it.
**[24:33] Eru**
Bend, bend, bend...
**[24:36] Eru**
People have yet to realize Earth's secret...
**[24:37] Maki**
Okay everyone, all together:
***SIGN*** Dimension 4
Beyond Globalization!!
**[24:40] Both**
Bend, bend, bend!
# E4 - Beyond Globalization!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDK380ZY/beyond-globalization)
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**[00:01] Naitou**
Prove that your victories weren't
mere coincidences by defeating me!
**[00:08] Misaki**
I'm going to beat you so badly
that you'll never mess with us again.
**[00:14] Naoki**
He's a novice. It'll be a piece of cake.
**[00:16] Shingo**
Beat the arrogance right out of him!
**[00:18] Aichi**
Good luck, Misaki!
**[00:20] Misaki**
I'm not going to hold back
just because you're a beginner.
**[00:25] Naitou**
I see.
**[00:26] Naitou**
You're all aware that I'm a beginner, correct?
**[00:31] Naitou**
Then you have me at a disadvantage.
**[00:33] Misaki**
A disadvantage?
**[00:34] Naitou**
Yes.
**[00:35] Naitou**
So allow me to lay out the perfect plan
to even the playing field between us.
**[00:43] Naitou**
Aichi Sendou, I appoint you
to be my exclusive fight advisor!
**[00:51] Aichi**
M-Me?!
**[00:54] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[00:58] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[01:02] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 4 Beyond Globalization!!
**[02:43] Suwabe**
President, you're a genius!
**[02:45] Suwabe**
Now that's what I call global!
**[02:47] Naoki**
Gettin' Aichi on your side's against the rules!
**[02:50] Shingo**
It's not fair!
**[02:52] Misaki**
Go ahead.
**[02:54] Naoki**
Y-You sure?! If you lose, the club disbands!
**[02:58] Shingo**
Not to mention losing our shot
at the Vanguard Koshien!
**[03:02] Aichi**
Misaki...
**[03:06] Aichi**
I understand.
**[03:08] Naitou**
I've been waiting for
this opportunity, Misaki Tokura.
**[03:13] Naitou**
Or rather...
**[03:14] Naitou**
"Backstage Boss"!
**[03:16] Misaki**
I'm not a "boss"!
**[03:18] Naitou**
There's no sense in hiding it!
**[03:20] Naitou**
Your plan is to use psychic powers
to take over the school.
**[03:24] Naitou**
I can see right through you!
**[03:27] Eru**
Was the prophecy correct?
**[03:29] Eru**
This dark book of prophecies
chronicles the machinations of evil psychics.
**[03:35] Eru**
Its name is: "Elle Note."
**[03:38] Eru**
Everything written in
this notebook shall come to pass.
***SIGN*** Evil Boss Misaki Takura Will Overthrow the Student Council And Take Over the School!
**[03:43] Eru**
There is no resisting it.
**[03:47] Naoki**
Who wrote that?
**[03:49] Naitou**
How dare you...
**[03:51] Naitou**
I refuse to stand by
and allow you to have your way!
**[03:58] Naitou**
Make sure to give me
perfect advice, Aichi Sendou.
**[04:02] Aichi**
Okay.
**[04:03] Naitou**
The hammer of justice
will smite you, Backstage Boss!
**[04:07] Misaki**
I've told you already... I'm not a "boss"!
**[04:10] Misaki/Naitou**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[04:14] Misaki**
Skill activates!
**[04:21] Naitou**
Global advisor Aichi Sendou...
**[04:23] Aichi**
Y-Yes?
**[04:25] Naitou**
What did she just do?
**[04:27] Aichi**
Misaki's clan is Oracle Think Tank.
**[04:30] Aichi**
By using skills to manipulate her deck,
**[04:32] Aichi**
she's able to to predict the future.
**[04:35] Eru**
D-Does that mean she's
an observer of time, like me?!
**[04:40] Naitou**
Th-That's not fair, Boss!
**[04:43] Misaki**
I'm not a "boss"!
**[04:45] Misaki**
Drive check!
**[04:47] Misaki**
I got a draw trigger!
**[04:49] Misaki**
I give the power to Cuore Magus,
**[04:51] Misaki**
and draw one card!
**[04:57] Naitou**
Aichi Sendou, what would you do?
**[05:00] Aichi**
First, deploy your units.
**[05:02] Naitou**
Exactly what I was thinking.
**[05:05] Naitou**
I ride!
**[05:09] Naitou**
Binoculus Tiger!
**[05:12] Naitou**
Join me, Geograph Giant and Silver Wolf!
**[05:18] Naitou**
With its skill, Silver Wolf gets +4000 power!
**[05:24] Naitou**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[05:28] Misaki**
Nike!
**[05:30] Naitou**
Come to me, trigger!
**[05:33] Suwabe**
Bravo!
**[05:35] Naitou**
Just as I planned.
**[05:37] Naitou**
I give all the effects to Geograph.
**[05:39] Misaki**
Tch!
**[05:47] Naoki**
Couldn't she've blocked that?
**[05:50] Maki**
It was probably for costs.
**[05:52] Maki**
If you stop too many attacks,
you're unable to cover skill costs.
**[05:55] Maki**
I suspect she took the damage on purpose.
**[05:59] Naoki**
Huh. You're watchin' real close.
**[06:02] Misaki**
I ride!
**[06:07] Misaki**
Rectangle Magus!
**[06:08] Misaki**
Circle Magus's skill!
**[06:11] Misaki**
I draw one card.
**[06:12] Misaki**
I call Rectangle Magus!
**[06:15] Misaki**
Skill activates!
**[06:17] Naoki**
You got it right!
**[06:19] Misaki**
I'm counting on you!
**[06:20] Rectangle**
Leave it to me!
**[06:26] Naitou**
You're playing *that* seriously
against a poor beginner like me?!
**[06:30] Misaki**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[06:32] Suwabe**
She could get another trigger, President!
**[06:35] Naitou**
I'll guard here...
**[06:37] Aichi**
Take the attack.
**[06:39] Naitou**
What?!
**[06:41] Aichi**
You'll be fine.
**[06:44] Naitou**
That's just what I had in mind.
**[06:48] Misaki**
Drive check!
**[06:50] Misaki**
Critical trigger!
**[06:53] Naitou**
Th-There, you see?!
**[06:55] Naitou**
I should have gone with
my *own* perfect plan instead!
**[06:58] Naitou**
Thanks to you, her attack hit me...
**[07:03] Suwabe**
President!
**[07:04] Shingo**
A draw trigger?!
**[07:05] Naoki**
Don't tell me...
**[07:08] Naoki**
He got a double trigger?!
**[07:12] Aichi**
It's inefficient to guard if you're
fairly certain to turn over a trigger.
**[07:16] Naitou**
That makes sense.
**[07:18] Aichi**
Now Misaki is out of units she can attack with.
**[07:23] Misaki**
Tch!
**[07:25] Naitou**
All according to plan.
**[07:26] Naoki**
Knock it off, Aichi!
**[07:29] Naoki**
Whose side are you on here?!
**[07:31] Shingo**
You're being too helpful!
**[07:32] Misaki**
Keep quiet!
**[07:35] Misaki**
I agreed to this.
**[07:38] Naoki**
She snapped at us...
**[07:40] Naitou**
That's right, you two.
**[07:42] Naitou**
Sendou is my advisor, and as such,
he is giving me honest advice.
**[07:49] Naitou**
Sendou, what's next?
**[07:51] Aichi**
Leo-pald.
**[07:53] Naitou**
My thoughts exactly!
**[07:54] Naitou**
I ride!
**[07:57] Naitou**
School Hunter, Leo-pald!
**[08:01] Naitou**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[08:08] Naitou**
Leo-pald's skill activates!
**[08:11] Naitou**
A normal unit...
**[08:14] Naitou**
Sendou, explain this skill to her.
**[08:17] Aichi**
Huh? For what reason?
**[08:20] Naitou**
Just to be sure!
**[08:21] Aichi**
Well, uh...
**[08:23] Aichi**
When using this skill reveals
a card that is a normal unit,
**[08:27] Aichi**
you flip over the top four cards of your deck,
**[08:29] Aichi**
and then you may superior call
up to two of them of grade 2 or less.
**[08:32] Misaki**
Yes, I knew that!
**[08:34] Naitou**
It's now our turn on the global stage!
**[08:39] Naitou**
Join me, Geograph Giant!
**[08:42] Naitou**
Binoculus Tiger!
**[08:47] Eru**
So you even called upon the Messiah
that appears only in the farthest lands.
**[08:51] Shingo**
Four in a row!
**[08:53] Naoki**
Man, this ain't good!
**[08:56] Naitou**
Binoculus Tiger attacks your Vanguard!
**[09:00] Naitou**
Skill activates!
**[09:03] Aichi**
When it reveals a trigger unit...
**[09:04] Naitou**
Yes, I know.
**[09:06] Naitou**
I retire Rectangle Magus, and three of
my front-row units gain +5000 power!
**[09:11] Aichi**
Correct.
**[09:12] Naoki**
A trigger lets him
retire a unit and gain power?!
**[09:15] Naoki**
He gets to do all that?!
**[09:17] Suwabe**
A clan truly befitting our president!
**[09:20] Naitou**
How does it feel when a novice
has you up against the wall?
**[09:24] Misaki**
Nike!
**[09:26] Naitou**
Then my Vanguard will punish the Backstage Boss!
**[09:31] Misaki**
"Boss" this, "Boss" that...
**[09:33] Misaki**
I'm sick of it!
**[09:36] Naitou**
Twin drive!
**[09:39] Maki**
A front trigger!
**[09:46] Naitou**
Now is your chance, team!
**[09:54] Naitou**
As to be expected from the perfect genius and
global deck that I, Naitou, have put together.
**[10:01] Naitou**
Sendou, at this point in time,
what are my chances of winning?
**[10:06] Aichi**
Well, if Misaki doesn't
clinch it in the next turn...
**[10:10] Naitou**
100%?
**[10:13] Aichi**
In a Vanguard fight,
there really is no 100% probability.
**[10:17] Naitou**
Perhaps until now.
**[10:18] Naitou**
But if I can hang on through the next turn,
I'll be able to obtain a complete victory.
**[10:23] Naitou**
Take a look.
**[10:25] Naitou**
With a hand like this,
there's nothing I can't block, see?
**[10:29] Naitou**
I no longer need your advice.
**[10:32] Naitou**
From this point on, I will fight
with my own global power.
**[10:37] Naitou**
My victory is already a foregone conclusion!
**[10:57] Misaki**
I ride!
**[11:01] Misaki**
Hexagonal Magus!
**[11:04] Misaki**
Imaginary Gift, Protect I!
**[11:07] Misaki**
Hexagonal Magus's skill activates!
**[11:14] Naitou**
That trick again...
**[11:16] Misaki**
I call Luck Bird!
**[11:20] Misaki**
Skill activates!
**[11:21] Misaki**
Luck Bird gets +6000 power!
**[11:26] Misaki**
Cuore Magus!
**[11:29] Cuore**
Stay calm, my Vanguard.
**[11:36] Misaki**
Thank you.
**[11:37] Misaki**
Come, Tetra Magus!
**[11:40] Tetra**
Finally!
**[11:42] Misaki**
Skill activates!
**[11:44] Misaki**
I call!
**[11:47] Misaki**
You know what to do!
**[11:53] Shingo**
She retired the Accel Circle rear-guard!
**[11:56] Misaki**
Hexagonal Magus attacks your Vanguard!
**[11:59] Naitou**
There it is.
**[12:00] Naitou**
You've got a trigger lined up for this attack,
so I'll do everything it takes to block it!
**[12:05] Naitou**
No need for worry!
**[12:07] Naoki**
Guarding with three cards?!
**[12:10] Naitou**
It can't get through now.
**[12:13] Misaki**
Twin drive!
**[12:16] Misaki**
I give all of the effects to
my left-side Hexagonal Magus!
**[12:21] Misaki**
Skill activates!
**[12:23] Misaki**
All of my Hexagonal Magus units
get +5000 power!
**[12:34] Misaki**
My right-side Hexagonal Magus
attacks your Vanguard!
**[12:39] Aichi**
Y-You don't need to guard against that...
**[12:42] Naitou**
It's absolute guarding!
**[12:49] Naoki**
H-He blocked it!
**[12:51] Shingo**
He's going to deploy like mad next turn.
**[12:54] Naoki**
Tch! Is it curtains for us?!
**[12:58] Naitou**
Did you see my power?
**[13:00] Suwabe**
That's our president!
**[13:04] Naitou**
Nakagami, what are you doing?
***SIGN*** When Eru Nakagami's
True Power is Unleashed
**[13:06] Eru**
I am the god who inscribed
the commandments in this tome,
**[13:10] Eru**
the fourth Elle Note.
***SIGN*** Evil Boss
**[13:12] Eru**
If I erase a prophecy,
**[13:14] Eru**
it is voided.
**[13:16] Naitou**
In other words, the Student Council's victory
has become set in stone, correct?
**[13:21] Naitou**
We'll start by disbanding the Cardfight Club.
**[13:24] Naitou**
And then...
**[13:27] Naitou**
Your ribbon!
**[13:28] Naitou**
Your shirt!
**[13:29] Naitou**
Your skirt!
**[13:31] Naitou**
Inexcusable!
**[13:32] Naitou**
Anyone who flagrantly disrupts
the moral order of our global academy
**[13:36] Naitou**
must be rehabilitated!
**[13:39] Naitou**
Again, I ride School Hunter, Leo-pald!
**[13:43] Naitou**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[13:47] Naitou**
I draw!
**[13:48] Naitou**
And now, Leo-pald's skill!
**[13:51] Shingo**
Another trigger!
**[13:53] Naitou**
Leo-pald gets +15,000 power
and an extra critical!
**[13:58] Naitou**
Furthermore, with a grade 3 card in the Soul,
I can use the same skill once more!
**[14:08] Naitou**
Now it has 42,000 power and 3 criticals!
**[14:12] Naitou**
Gather around me, my perfect ones!
**[14:15] Naitou**
Triangle Cobra!
**[14:17] Naitou**
Monoculus Tiger!
**[14:18] Naitou**
Binoculus Tiger!
**[14:24] Naoki**
No way she can stop all that!
**[14:26] Suwabe**
Victory is right before our eyes, President!
**[14:28] Naitou**
I'm well aware of that!
**[14:30] Naitou**
My left-side Binoculus Tiger
attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:34] Naitou**
Skill activates!
**[14:36] Maki**
A trigger unit!
**[14:38] Misaki**
I retire Hexagonal Magus.
**[14:46] Misaki**
Luck Bird!
**[14:48] Naitou**
Next!
**[14:50] Naitou**
Skill activates!
**[14:53] Naoki**
Hey, that's too many triggers!
**[14:56] Shingo**
Not even Misaki can...
**[15:00] Misaki**
Luck Bird!
**[15:09] Shingo**
5 damage...
**[15:11] Naoki**
She's at the end of her rope.
**[15:15] Naitou**
It's all over.
**[15:17] Naitou**
Global End!
**[15:20] Misaki**
Please, Sphere Magus units!
**[15:24] Shingo**
A 52,000 shield against 47,000 power?!
**[15:28] Naoki**
She's gotta be dreamin'!
**[15:30] Naoki**
If he draws even one trigger...
**[15:32] Naitou**
I get to draw twice!
Surely at least one will be a trigger!
**[15:38] Naitou**
Twin drive!
**[15:40] Naitou**
The first one...
**[15:43] Naitou**
A narrow escape for you.
**[15:45] Naitou**
But with this second one, it will all be over!
**[15:50] Misaki**
You're out of triggers.
**[15:53] Naitou**
Or so you'd like to hope.
**[16:00] Eru**
Th-The eye of providence is responding!
**[16:04] Eru**
The prophecy is...
**[16:08] Naitou**
Are you actually psychic?!
**[16:10] Naitou**
Using psychic powers
in the sacred game of Vanguard...
**[16:13] Naitou**
...is cowardly!
**[16:15] Misaki**
I didn't use any psychic powers!
**[16:17] Naitou**
Then how could you be so sure
I wouldn't draw a trigger?!
**[16:21] Misaki**
Because...
**[16:23] Misaki**
...you'd already drawn all 16 of your triggers.
**[16:26] Aichi**
Anything Misaki has seen, even for a instant,
she can recall as if looking at a photograph.
**[16:32] Naitou**
Wh-What's that?!
**[16:35] Aichi**
Eidetic memory.
**[16:38] Naitou**
E-Eidetic memory?!
**[16:41] Naitou**
That ability is *too* global!
**[16:47] Shingo**
You said you no longer needed Sendou's advice.
**[16:50] Naoki**
A man wouldn't go back on his word, right?
**[16:53] Naitou**
O-Of course not.
**[16:56] Naitou**
But I'm still going to win this.
**[17:00] Naitou**
Monoculus Tiger attacks!
**[17:03] Misaki**
Guard!
**[17:04] Naitou**
Tch! Cable Sheep attacks!
**[17:07] Misaki**
Perfect guard with Protect!
**[17:11] Misaki**
I ride!
**[17:22] Misaki**
Pentagonal Magus!
**[17:25] Misaki**
"Boss," "rehabilitate," "cowardly"...
**[17:29] Misaki**
So many attacks on my character.
**[17:31] Naitou**
Who could have said those rude things?!
**[17:34] Misaki**
*You* did!
**[17:37] Naitou**
At this rate, the Student Council
will have to support...
**[17:44] Aichi**
I also have this overwhelming desire
to win the Vanguard Koshien.
**[17:49] Naoki**
Declarin' victory already?
**[17:54] Misaki**
I won't let you shut down the Cardfight Club.
**[17:58] Misaki**
I'll protect it!
**[18:02] Misaki**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[18:05] Naitou**
N-No guard!
**[18:07] Misaki**
Quintet Drive!
**[18:10] Misaki**
Critical trigger!
**[18:12] Misaki**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[18:18] Misaki**
Critical trigger!
**[18:19] Misaki**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[18:26] Misaki**
Critical trigger!
**[18:27] Misaki**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[18:38] Naitou**
I'm so sorry!
**[18:45] Misaki**
You have to keep your promise.
**[18:49] Misaki**
The rule is that a club needs to have
at least five members, right?
**[18:54] Misaki**
But if you people join...
**[19:01] Naitou**
You pass!
**[19:02] Naitou**
You all possess more ability than I'd expected.
**[19:07] Naitou**
You still haven't realized?
**[19:09] Naitou**
We wanted to test whether you had what it takes
to participate in the Vanguard Koshien with us.
**[19:16] Naitou**
Just think about it.
**[19:18] Naitou**
I'm seeking perfect global fights
that would serve as a model to other schools.
**[19:23] Naitou**
As a club aiming for victory, we can't afford
to engage in embarrassing battles, after all.
**[19:28] Suwabe**
That's right, President!
**[19:31] Aichi**
Thank you very much.
**[19:33] Aichi**
I didn't know you were actually
being considerate of the Cardfight Club.
**[19:37] Naitou**
Come now, that's my job
as Student Council President!
**[19:41] Aichi**
I'm thrilled that
you'll be joining the Cardfight Club.
**[19:45] Naitou**
Wh-Why?
**[19:47] Aichi**
Because you all looked like
you were having fun while fighting.
**[19:53] Naitou**
S-Sendou...
**[19:54] Naitou**
That's one of the most
basic fundamentals of Vanguard!
**[19:58] Aichi**
Perfectly said, Naitou.
**[20:01] Naoki**
I know. I know, but...
**[20:04] Shingo**
It feels rather sneaky.
***SIGN*** {Aichi Sendou
Naoki Ishida
Shingo Komoi
Misaki Tokura
}Tatewaki Naitou
Itsuki Suwabe
Maki Nagashiro
Eru Nakagami
**[20:10] Aichi**
We've got enough members now.
**[20:12] Shingo**
So we can enter the Vanguard Koshien!
**[20:15] Naoki**
Yeah, and it's all thanks to you, Boss!
**[20:18] Misaki**
I'm not a...
**[20:20] Misaki**
Forget it.
**[20:21] Eru**
And at the same time,
my club has also become official.
***SIGN*** Cardfight Club and Psychic Research Society
**[20:32] Naoki**
When did you add that?!
**[20:34] Eru**
What are you saying?
**[20:36] Eru**
Becoming pioneers of the promised land
will require the power of a sage.
**[20:42] Eru**
Hence, we are now:
**[20:43] Eru**
"The Cardfight Club *and*...
**[20:46] Eru**
...Psychic Research Society"!
**[20:48] Misaki**
No thanks.
**[20:49] Eru**
What?!
**[20:50] Shingo**
"The Cardfight Club" alone is fine!
**[20:52] Naoki**
Darn right!
**[20:54] Maki**
Still, I don't understand it.
**[20:58] Maki**
The elementary mistake of granting
permission to a club with only four people...
**[21:02] Maki**
How could that have happened?
**[21:05] Maki**
And this photo...
**[21:07] Maki**
It's framed as if there should be five people.
**[21:11] Eru**
The answer is simple.
**[21:13] Eru**
The world-line has probably diverged.
**[21:17] Shingo**
"World-line"?
**[21:18] Eru**
Yes. Time is like a rail,
flowing from the past to the future.
**[21:25] Eru**
But through certain factors,
that rail can be changed.
**[21:30] Eru**
Identifying the cause of the divergence
**[21:33] Eru**
and locating the presence of
the singularity that awaits at the end...
**[21:38] Eru**
That shall be the first mission of the
Cardfight Club and Psychic Research Society.
**[21:45] Naoki**
Let's go to the Vanguard Koshien!
**[21:48] Shingo**
I'll do my best, too!
**[21:50] Naitou**
I will show all of you my global strength.
**[21:53] Suwabe**
I'll be right behind you, President!
**[21:58] Aichi**
The Vanguard Koshien...
**[22:00] Aichi**
With these members...
**[22:03] Aichi**
...we're sure to win!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card is
Misaki's ace in the hole,
***SIGN*** Pentagonal Magus
**[23:51] Narrator**
Pentagonal Magus!
**[23:52] Narrator**
When turning over a trigger,
you can add +5000 to the power received.
**[23:56] Narrator**
And when it attacks, if you Soul Blast a
grade 3 and discard five cards from your hand,
**[24:00] Narrator**
you can make five drive checks!
**[24:02] Narrator**
But if you have two rear-guard
"Magus" units in your front row,
**[24:05] Narrator**
you only have to discard three cards!
**[24:07] Narrator**
Put plenty of Magus units in your deck
and draw lots of triggers!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card,
you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Eru**
"Unless you win the game or
solve the puzzle, you are just a loser."
**[24:20] Naitou**
That may be what your
notebook of prophecies says, but...
**[24:23] Eru**
What's wrong, Naitou? I mean, "Light"!
**[24:24] Naitou**
That notebook helps to
guide people in the right direction.
**[24:27] Naitou**
Allow *me* to use the Elle Note, too!
**[24:29] Eru**
Can you use it?
**[24:31] Naitou**
I alone can--I mean, I can do it!
**[24:33] Naitou**
As god of the Cardfight Club
and Psychic Research Society,
**[24:37] Naitou**
I will show all of you
the creation of a new world!
**[24:39] Eru**
You are my only partner, Misa-Misa!
***SIGN*** Dimension 5
Lost Imagination
**[24:42] Misaki**
We have to do something about these two...
# E5 - Lost Imagination
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRKE7893R/lost-imagination)
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***SIGN*** Sub Manager
**[00:00] Aichi**
Now, imagine it.
**[00:03] Aichi**
This is Cray, a planet very similar to Earth.
**[00:06] Aichi**
We've just arrived there as astral bodies.
**[00:17] Naitou**
I can see it!
**[00:19] Naitou**
What a global image!
**[00:22] Suwabe**
You're a visionary, President!
**[00:24] Maki**
Please open your eyes.
**[00:25] Maki**
You can't fight with them shut.
**[00:28] Naitou**
Oh, good point.
**[00:30] Kyou**
He often says that.
**[00:33] Kyou**
That expression.
**[00:34] Kamui**
Which expression?
**[00:36] Kyou**
"Imagine it" or whatever.
**[00:38] Kamui**
Yeah, to enjoy Vanguard,
imagination is what you need the most.
**[00:44] Kyou**
Really?
**[00:45] Kamui**
Of course!
**[00:46] Kamui**
I'm imagining it myself!
**[00:49] Kamui**
Riding my Vanguard and
fighting on the planet Cray!
**[00:56] Kamui**
You should try to imagine it too!
**[01:05] Kyou**
Yeah, right.
**[01:07] Kamui**
Hey! Take this seriously!
**[01:11] Kyou**
I can't imagine any of that stuff.
**[01:15] Shin**
It's about that time.
***SIGN*** The Road to the Vanguard Koshien
**[01:21] ULTRARARE**
The Road to the Vanguard Koshien!
***SIGN*** Suiko Rekka Kourin
**[01:24] Suiko**
In this program, we introduce high schools that
are aiming to participate in the Vanguard Koshien.
**[01:30] Naoki**
It's started.
**[01:31] Shingo**
I believe today it's...
***SIGN*** Vanguard Club
**[01:33] Rekka**
Today we'll love-love introduce
Hitsue High's Vanguard Club!
**[01:38] Aichi**
Kai, Miwa, and Morikawa go to Hitsue.
**[01:43] Misaki**
This show is live, right?
**[01:45] Misaki**
I just hope they don't do anything goofy.
***SIGN*** Vanguard Club
**[01:49] Rekka**
Let's go in!
**[01:52] Morikawa**
I'm the captain here!
**[01:54] Miwa**
I said, just let me be captain for today!
**[01:56] Morikawa**
I'm gonna be the one who gets to talk to Kourin!
**[01:58] Miwa**
I wanna talk to Suiko!
***SIGN*** Please stand by.
**[02:06] Naoki**
They embarrassed themselves
on a nationwide broadcast.
**[02:09] Misaki**
They're probably banned from the show now.
***SIGN*** Morikawa Hitsue High Captain
**[02:13] Kourin**
All right, let's get back on track.
**[02:15] Kourin**
I'd like to interview the
club captain, Morikawa.
**[02:19] Kourin**
We hear a very strong fighter
has joined your club.
**[02:22] Miwa**
Me! Me! Me! Me!
**[02:25] Kourin**
But it seems he isn't here today.
**[02:27] Miwa**
Oof...
**[02:27] Morikawa**
Yeah, he just officially signed up,
**[02:31] Morikawa**
but never actually comes to the club!
**[02:33] Morikawa**
Kai!
**[02:34] Morikawa**
We had you become a member so we could win!
**[02:37] Morikawa**
So quit brushing us off!
**[02:39] Morikawa**
You've gotta be watching this, right?!
You should be here, practicing with us!
**[02:39] Shin**
I see. So he hasn't been going to the club...
**[02:43] Shin**
And I haven't seen him here lately, either.
**[02:47] Aichi**
Kai...
***SIGN*** The Road to the Vanguard Koshien
**[02:55] ULTRARARE**
Thank you for watching this week's episode!
**[02:58] Suiko**
Next time we'll feature a
team that's likely to win!
**[03:01] Rekka**
Gouki Daimonji!
**[03:04] Kamui**
It's Gouki!
**[03:05] Kourin**
And Kenji Mitsusada!
**[03:09] Suiko**
These two, who dominated the Asia Circuit,
belong to Harumi High's Vanguard Club!
**[03:15] Kamui**
I see! So Gouki's gonna be on TV!
**[03:18] Shin**
Top idols, ULTRARARE, visiting their school...
**[03:21] Shin**
Don't you just envy them?
**[03:23] Kyou**
Really?
***SIGN*** The Road to Vanguard Koshien
**[03:25] ULTRARARE**
See you then!
**[03:27] Kyou**
I don't know why, but this girl ticks me off!
**[03:30] Kyou**
Seriously!
***SIGN*** Dimension 5 Lost Imagination
***SIGN*** Vanguard Koshien Victory
**[05:15] Kawanami**
I can smell a heal trigger, woof!
**[05:19] Kawanami**
There! Oh no, it's a draw trigger!
**[05:26] Kawanami**
Thank you for the game...
**[05:30] Asaka**
What are you doing, Kishida?!
**[05:32] Asaka**
For the Vanguard Koshien,
we'll be fighting as a team of five!
**[05:35] Asaka**
Is this all you've got?!
**[05:39] Asaka**
And it's not just Kishida!
**[05:41] Asaka**
We've got other members
who lack enthusiasm, too!
**[05:43] Asaka**
Pull yourselves together!
**[05:45] Ren**
The members aren't the only ones
who've lost their motivation.
**[05:57] Ibuki**
Are you sure you have time to meet with me
while neglecting your club members...
**[06:01] Ibuki**
...Coach Tetsu Shinjou?
**[06:05] Tetsu**
I'm sure you already know this, Kouji Ibuki.
**[06:09] Tetsu**
Ever since you "deleted"
me and won that last fight,
**[06:14] Tetsu**
I've lost all my enthusiasm for Vanguard.
**[06:19] Tetsu**
I can't coach anymore.
**[06:22] Tetsu**
And it's not just me.
**[06:24] Tetsu**
We've got a lot of members who lost
their drive after you deleted them.
**[06:28] Ibuki**
Like I've told you over and over again,
even I don't know why that happened.
**[06:35] Tetsu**
But because of that,
**[06:36] Tetsu**
I'm having trouble putting together
a team for the Vanguard Koshien.
**[06:40] Tetsu**
You might as well join us.
**[06:42] Ibuki**
Even at the risk of making more people like you?
**[06:53] Ibuki**
It's true that I've
hated Vanguard with a passion.
**[06:57] Ibuki**
If I wanted to, I could go and ruin
the whole Vanguard Koshien tournament.
**[07:03] Ibuki**
However...
**[07:06] Ibuki**
...for some reason, I've started feeling
that I don't mind if Vanguard exists.
**[07:14] Ibuki**
Have I also...
**[07:15] Ibuki**
...lost something myself?
**[07:19] Kamui**
Hey!
**[07:22] Kamui**
Kyou!
**[07:23] Kamui**
It's time for our daily Vanguard fun!
**[07:26] Kyou**
Why'd you have to come to my school?!
**[07:29] Kyou**
Sheesh!
**[07:31] Kamui**
Whatever, let's just go!
**[07:34] Tetsu**
I could've sworn that Kyou Yahagi
was also deleted by Ibuki...
**[07:43] Emi**
See you later!
**[07:49] Aichi**
Emi went out?
**[07:51] Mom**
She's shopping with her friend.
**[07:53] Mom**
Hurry up and finish your breakfast, Aichi.
**[07:56] Aichi**
Okay!
**[07:59] Ushimaru**
Rekka!
**[08:01] Ushimaru**
Rekka!
**[08:03] Ushimaru**
Where are you?!
**[08:07] Kourin**
Rekka isn't here?
**[08:09] Ushimaru**
I bet she went off to have
another Vanguard fight!
**[08:12] Ushimaru**
Even after I pleaded with her
not to go out without permission!
**[08:16] Suiko**
Honestly...
**[08:18] Suiko**
I don't know what she sees in Vanguard.
**[08:21] Kourin**
You're not sounding like an official supporter.
**[08:25] Suiko**
I can't help it.
**[08:27] Suiko**
I've just lost interest for some reason.
**[08:30] Emi**
That's so cute!
**[08:32] Mai**
Emi, isn't that Rekka from ULTRARARE?
**[08:37] Fan A**
Rekka!
**[08:38] Fan B**
I want your autograph!
**[08:39] Fan C**
Shake my hand!
**[08:40] Rekka**
Stop following me!
**[08:43] Emi**
In here!
**[08:48] Fan**
This way?
**[08:48] Fan**
Let's go!
**[08:49] Emi**
You're safe now.
**[08:53] Rekka**
I wish people would know to leave
me alone on one of my few days off.
**[08:57] Rekka**
Thanks.
**[09:02] Rekka**
What? Have we met before?
**[09:05] Emi**
I don't think we have, but...
**[09:09] Rekka**
Right, of course not!
**[09:29] Rekka**
Ahh, that was fun!
**[09:31] Rekka**
Now if I could just play Vanguard,
it would be a perfect day.
**[09:34] Rekka**
Do you know of any good shops?
**[09:40] Emi**
Actually, I do!
**[09:44] Emi**
There's this place. I've been here before.
**[09:49] Emi**
Hello!
**[09:50] Gouki**
Next!
**[09:52] Member A**
That's me!
**[09:53] Gouki**
We don't have much time left
before the Vanguard Koshien.
**[09:57] Gouki**
You've gotta get fired up!
**[10:00] Rekka**
That's Gouki Daimonji from Harumi High,
the school we're covering next week!
**[10:04] Rekka**
I shouldn't have come here.
**[10:07] Emi**
Excuse me.
**[10:09] Rekka**
We shouldn't disturb them.
**[10:10] Rekka**
Let's play over there!
**[10:12] Rekka**
Okay?!
**[10:13] Emi**
Sure, okay!
**[10:18] Kyou**
It's my day off,
**[10:20] Kyou**
but here I am, going out with *this* guy...
**[10:24] Kyou**
Why do you care so much about me?
**[10:28] Kamui**
Why do I?
**[10:29] Kyou**
That's what I asked you!
**[10:32] Kamui**
Well, why not?
**[10:34] Kamui**
For a change of pace,
let's go to a different shop.
**[10:38] Kyou**
Sheesh...
**[10:42] Kamui**
'Sup!
**[10:44] Gouki**
Oh, Kamui!
**[10:46] Kamui**
Gouki!
**[10:47] Emi**
Kamui!
**[10:50] Emi**
Long time no see!
**[10:52] Kamui**
M-Miss Emi!
**[10:54] Kyou**
I never imagined I'd see *her* here.
**[10:58] Kamui**
H-Hey, Kyou!
**[11:00] Kyou**
Whenever I see you,
I get annoyed for some reason.
**[11:05] Kyou**
I'd like to send you flying,
but I can't get violent.
**[11:09] Kyou**
So instead...
**[11:14] Kyou**
Fight me,
**[11:16] Kyou**
Rekka Tatsunagi!
**[11:31] Gouki**
Did he say, "Rekka Tatsunagi"?!
**[11:33] Member A**
She's so cute!
**[11:34] Member B**
What's a genuine idol doing here?!
**[11:37] Gouki**
Pipe down!
**[11:40] Gouki**
Isn't the show on us not till next week?
**[11:43] Rekka**
I'm here as a private citizen.
**[11:46] Kamui**
Kyou, what are you...
**[11:47] Kyou**
Don't get the wrong idea.
**[11:49] Kyou**
It's not like I'm suddenly
interested in Vanguard.
**[11:53] Kyou**
It's just...
**[11:54] Kyou**
...I have to settle a score
with her, through Vanguard.
**[11:58] Kyou**
That's what my gut tells me!
**[12:04] Kawanami**
This scent...
**[12:13] Rekka**
Have we fought before?
**[12:16] Kyou**
Of course not.
**[12:19] Kawanami**
That's...
**[12:21] Kawanami**
...Kyou Yahagi!
**[12:24] Tetsu**
That's enough for today.
**[12:26] Tetsu**
Tomorrow is free practice.
**[12:27] Tetsu**
You can do it here, or you can fight
an unknown opponent at a shop.
**[12:33] Tetsu**
I just have one request.
**[12:37] Tetsu**
If you happen to see Kyou Yahagi
from the middle school fighting,
**[12:41] Tetsu**
I want you to contact me immediately.
**[12:43] Tetsu**
I'm counting on you.
**[12:46] Kawanami**
I'll contact him right a-woof!
**[12:54] Rekka**
White Lily Musketeer, Cecilia...
**[12:57] Rekka**
Love-love ride!
**[13:05] Kyou**
No trigger...
**[13:08] Kyou**
Darn it!
**[13:09] Member A**
Rekka won!
**[13:11] Member B**
She's not an official supporter for nothing!
**[13:13] Member C**
More like, her opponent was too weak!
**[13:19] Tetsu**
Kyou...
**[13:21] Kyou**
Tetsu...
**[13:22] Kyou**
You were watching?
**[13:24] Tetsu**
Well done!
**[13:26] Tetsu**
I'm impressed you fought to the end!
**[13:29] Gouki**
What do you mean?
**[13:32] Tetsu**
This boy, Kyou Yahagi, was "deleted"
by a fighter named Ibuki,
**[13:37] Tetsu**
and ever since then,
he's lost all interest in Vanguard.
**[13:41] Gouki**
All interest in Vanguard?!
**[13:44] Rekka**
That's just like Suiko!
**[13:47] Tetsu**
Some people who've been deleted
**[13:49] Tetsu**
have even had Vanguard's very
existence erased from their memory.
**[13:53] Tetsu**
But Kyou fought to the end.
**[13:57] Tetsu**
I know just how tough that is.
**[14:01] Tetsu**
Because I, too...
**[14:03] Tetsu**
...was deleted.
**[14:06] Tetsu**
Kyou and I aren't the only
ones who have been deleted.
**[14:09] Tetsu**
Several members of our club
at Fukuhara were as well.
**[14:12] Tetsu**
As well as...
**[14:14] Tetsu**
...Toshiki Kai!
**[14:16] Gouki**
Toshiki Kai?!
**[14:22] Kenji**
I haven't seen you since the
shop tournament, Toshiki Kai.
**[14:27] Kai**
Aren't you...
**[14:29] Kenji**
Kenji Mitsusada. Do you remember me?
**[14:32] Kai**
I guess.
**[14:33] Kenji**
I hear your club is aiming
to win at the Vanguard Koshien?
**[14:37] Kenji**
I saw your captain shouting about it on TV.
**[14:42] Kenji**
Of course my school, Harumi High,
is also going for the win.
**[14:45] Kenji**
Even now, we're doing
intensive training at Voyage.
**[14:48] Kenji**
Why don't you come with me?
**[14:51] Kai**
No thanks.
**[14:53] Kenji**
Please!
**[14:55] Kenji**
The truth is...
**[14:57] Kenji**
...I took the wrong train and got lost!
**[15:06] Kamui**
You did great, Kyou!
**[15:08] Kamui**
You fought someone besides me!
**[15:12] Kyou**
Not yet...
**[15:14] Customer A**
Rekka, fight me next!
**[15:16] Customer B**
No, me!
**[15:17] Customer C**
Fight me, just once!
**[15:21] Kyou**
Fight me once more, Rekka Tatsunagi!
**[15:26] Kamui**
I-I'd like you to fight him again, too!
**[15:28] Tetsu**
Fight Kyou again!
**[15:31] Emi**
Rekka...
**[15:33] Rekka**
I'm here on my own time.
**[15:36] Rekka**
So I'm going to fight whomever I want.
**[15:42] Rekka**
I'll fight you until you're satisfied!
**[15:45] Kamui**
Yeah!
**[15:46] Tetsu**
I appreciate it.
**[15:48] Rekka**
Actually...
**[15:52] Rekka**
...there's something bothering me, too.
**[15:55] Kai**
It should be around here.
**[15:57] Nagisa**
It's Koutei!
**[16:01] Kenji**
Hi, Nagisa and...
**[16:04] Kenji**
...who, again?
**[16:05] Nagisa**
You can call them the Three Stooges.
**[16:07] Tsuneto**
We're not the Three Stooges! I'm Tsuneto!
**[16:09] Carl**
I'm Carl!
**[16:10] Kei**
Kei!
**[16:13] Kenji**
Oh, right! It just slipped my mind.
**[16:15] Nagisa**
What are you doing here?
**[16:18] Nagisa**
My brother's been at Voyage for a while now.
**[16:20] Kenji**
Well...
**[16:22] Kei**
Another slip-up?
**[16:24] Carl**
Wait, are you lost?
**[16:27] Nagisa**
Atten-shun!
**[16:28] Nagisa**
Face...
**[16:29] Nagisa**
...right!
**[16:33] Kenji**
Voyage is right there!
**[16:35] Nagisa**
Come on, let's go! We'll escort you!
**[16:38] Kenji**
You don't have to...
**[16:39] Kei**
Here we go...
**[16:45] Kai**
It's him...
**[16:47] Kyou**
No trigger!
**[16:51] Gouki**
He understands the rules,
**[16:53] Gouki**
and the progression of the fight
doesn't seem to be a problem, but...
**[16:57] Rekka**
That makes ten losses in a row now.
Can you keep going?
**[17:03] Tetsu**
Has he lost heart?
**[17:05] Kamui**
Of course he'll keep going!
**[17:09] Kamui**
I'm right behind you, Kyou!
**[17:13] Ren**
Boy...
**[17:15] Ren**
Have you ever seen your units in profile?
**[17:20] Kyou**
They aren't drawn in profile...
**[17:23] Ren**
But they fight alongside you
on the planet Cray, and protect you.
**[17:28] Ren**
Seeing them in profile is only natural.
**[17:32] Ren**
You just have to imagine it, boy.
**[17:35] Ren**
Then maybe one day, you'll be able
to hear the voices of the cards too.
**[17:42] Kyou**
Imagine it...
**[17:44] Rekka**
Can we get started?
**[17:46] Kyou**
Y-Yeah!
**[17:48] Kyou/Rekka**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[17:52] Tetsu**
Like you, Kyou was deleted,
but he's recovered this much.
**[17:57] Tetsu**
That boy, Kamui Katsuragi,
has played a major part in his recovery.
**[18:03] Tetsu**
However...
**[18:05] Tetsu**
...the effects of Delete are still there.
**[18:08] Tetsu**
Something crucial is missing.
**[18:12] Tetsu**
If we could figure out what that is,
both of us might be able to get our mojo back.
**[18:24] Kyou**
Stand and draw!
**[18:25] Aichi**
Now, imagine it.
**[18:29] Kyou**
Imagine it...
**[18:35] Kamui**
I'm imagining it myself!
**[18:38] Kyou**
I must've been able to imagine it before, too!
**[18:44] Kyou**
This layout...
**[18:46] Kyou**
I've seen it before!
**[18:50] Kyou**
I ride Dueling Dragon, ZANBAKU!
**[18:56] Kyou**
I'll blow you away!
**[18:58] Rekka**
White Lily Musketeer, Cecilia...
**[19:01] Rekka**
Love-love ride!
**[19:07] Kyou**
Wh-What was that?!
**[19:09] Rekka**
We've fought each other before today?!
**[19:13] Ren**
Imagine it, boy.
**[19:18] Kyou**
Imagine it...
**[19:22] Kyou**
I have to imagine it!
**[19:30] Kyou**
That's right!
**[19:31] Kyou**
I'm Dueling Dragon, ZANBAKU! And...
**[19:34] Kyou**
...I can see them in profile!
**[19:38] Kyou**
Here I go! I ride!
**[19:49] Kyou**
Dueling Dragon King, ZANGEKI!
**[19:53] Kyou**
Twin Swordsman, MUSASHI! You're up!
**[19:55] Musashi**
As you wish!
**[19:56] Kyou**
Move up, Million Rat!
**[19:59] Rekka**
W-Wait!
**[20:00] Kyou**
This time for sure,
**[20:02] Kyou**
I'm gonna blow you away!
**[20:13] Rekka**
I lost...
**[20:18] Kyou**
I... did... it...
**[20:22] Kamui**
Kyou! Are you okay?!
**[20:26] Kyou**
I totally forgot how much fun Vanguard is!
**[20:32] Kamui**
Kyou's back!
**[20:34] Tsuneto**
Isn't it obvious that Vanguard is fun?
**[20:38] Carl**
Maybe he got hit on the head?
**[20:40] Kei**
Yeah...
**[20:41] Kyou**
Shut up, you third-rate dregs!
**[20:43] Kamui**
Even his sharp tongue is back!
**[20:46] The Three**
Third-rate dregs?!
**[20:49] Tsuneto**
Wh-What does "third-rate dregs" mean?
**[20:53] Kei**
Short for "three dragons"?
**[20:55] Tsuneto**
That's way better than "Three Stooges"!
**[20:57] Tsuneto**
"Three Dragons"! I like the sound of it!
**[20:59] Carl**
Why don't we make it cooler, though?
With "trio," or "triple"...
**[21:03] Kei**
"Trinity"!
**[21:04] Tsuneto**
That's it!
**[21:05] The Three**
We are...
**[21:07] The Three**
...Team Trinity Dragon!
**[21:11] Kamui**
Thank goodness they misunderstood...
**[21:15] Tetsu**
I don't know the reason why,
**[21:17] Tetsu**
but for Kyou, beating Rekka was necessary
for him to break free of Delete's influence.
**[21:25] Tetsu**
Which means...
**[21:26] Tetsu**
...if the other people who were
deleted could also find their triggers...
**[21:32] Mamoru**
You're Toshiki Kai, aren't you?
**[21:35] Mamoru**
The one they call the "Solitary Fighter."
**[21:38] Kai**
Who are you?
**[21:40] Kenji**
Mamoru Anjou.
**[21:42] Kenji**
He's a member of Harumi High's Vanguard Club.
**[21:45] Kenji**
Like you, he uses a Kagero deck.
**[21:48] Mamoru**
I've always wanted to fight you,
the strongest Kagero user around.
**[21:54] Mamoru**
It seems like you've fallen
on hard times, though.
**[21:59] Mamoru**
Still, maybe meeting you
here is some kind of fate.
**[22:04] Mamoru**
Including the fact that
I brought this card here.
**[22:08] Kai**
Card?
**[22:10] Mamoru**
Dragonic Overlord...
**[22:12] Mamoru**
THE END!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Kyou's ace in
the hole, Dueling Dragon King, ZANGEKI!
***SIGN*** Dueling Dragon King, ZANGEKI
**[23:53] Narrator**
With a Left Arrester in the
front row, this unit gains power,
**[23:55] Narrator**
and with a Right Arrester,
it gains an extra critical.
**[23:58] Narrator**
Also, if there's a card in the Soul
with "Dueling Dragon" in its name,
**[24:01] Narrator**
your opponent can only guard against
ZANGEKI with grade 0 units from their hand.
**[24:05] Narrator**
And Imaginary Gift, Accel,
increases its number of attacks,
**[24:08] Narrator**
allowing for consecutive attacks!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card,
you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Gouki**
Of course Harumi High is aimin'
to win at the Vanguard Koshien!
**[24:20] Gouki**
Let's sing our school song, loud and proud!
**[24:22] Gouki**
Mitsusada, you do lead vocals!
**[24:24] Kenji**
Got it! Okay, here I go!
**[24:26] Kenji**
Who we are is Team Asteroid!
**[24:29] Gouki**
That's not it!
**[24:30] Kenji**
Sorry, it just slipped out!
**[24:32] Mamoru**
Gouki, sorry, but I don't think
we can sing our school song.
**[24:35] Gouki**
Are you saying we can't win, Mamoru?!
**[24:38] Mamoru**
No, but Harumi High doesn't have a school song!
***SIGN*** Dimension 6
The Beginning of The End
**[24:41] Gouki**
Wh-What?! Let's make them write one, right away!
**[24:43] Kenji**
"Them" who?!
# E6 - The Beginning of The End
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYKE7853Y/the-beginning-of-the-end)
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**[00:06] Tetsu**
I don't know the reason why,
**[00:08] Tetsu**
but for Kyou, beating Rekka was necessary
for him to break free of Delete's influence.
**[00:16] Tetsu**
Which means...
**[00:17] Tetsu**
...if the other people who were
deleted could also find their triggers...
**[00:23] Mamoru**
You're Toshiki Kai, aren't you?
**[00:26] Mamoru**
The one they call the "Solitary Fighter."
**[00:30] Kai**
Who are you?
**[00:31] Mamoru**
Mamoru Anjou.
**[00:33] Kenji**
He's a member of Harumi High's Vanguard Club.
**[00:37] Kenji**
Like you, he uses a Kagero deck.
**[00:39] Mamoru**
I've always wanted to fight you,
the strongest Kagero user around.
**[00:45] Mamoru**
It seems like you've fallen
on hard times, though.
**[00:50] Mamoru**
Still, maybe meeting you
here is some kind of fate.
**[00:55] Mamoru**
Including the fact that
I brought this card here.
**[00:59] Kai**
Card?
**[01:01] Mamoru**
Dragonic Overlord...
**[01:03] Mamoru**
THE END!
**[01:07] Mamoru**
I have a proposal.
**[01:10] Kai**
What proposal?
**[01:11] Mamoru**
Would you use this card to fight me?
**[01:17] Mamoru**
I want to see Toshiki Kai, the strongest
Kagero user, master "The End."
**[01:25] Kenji**
Mamoru, didn't you hear?
**[01:27] Kenji**
Right now, he's...
**[01:34] Gouki**
Let's leave this to Mamoru.
**[01:45] Kai**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[01:45] Mamoru**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[01:50] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[01:54] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[01:58] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 6 The Beginning of The End
**[03:47] Mai**
That Kai person is a bit scary.
**[03:50] Emi**
You think so?
**[03:52] Emi**
He isn't as scary as usual today.
**[03:55] Mamoru**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[03:58] Kai**
No guard.
**[03:59] Mamoru**
Drive check.
**[04:02] Tsuneto**
A critical trigger!
**[04:03] Kei**
His opponent already has 4 damage.
**[04:05] Carl**
If this goes through...
**[04:07] Kai**
Damage check.
**[04:09] Kai**
First check...
**[04:11] Kai**
Second check...
**[04:13] Emi**
Please!
**[04:17] Kamui**
He lost again!
**[04:21] Mamoru**
Let's do it once more.
**[04:24] Kai**
Why? No matter how many times
we fight, the result will be--
**[04:28] Mamoru**
I want to see you master The End.
**[04:34] Tetsu**
Wait, could he be thinking
along the same lines as me?
**[04:41] Kai**
There was another time
when I wasn't able to win.
**[04:45] Kai**
It was when I moved soon after
my parents skipped out.
**[04:51] Opponent A**
All right! I win!
**[04:53] Kai**
Darn it!
**[04:56] Opponent B**
Pretty bad at this, huh?
**[05:01] Opponent C**
You're not cut out for Vanguard.
**[05:06] Young Kai**
Dragonic Overlord...
**[05:11] Young Kai**
It has to be you!
**[05:13] Young Kai**
I have to win with you, no matter what!
**[05:19] Mamoru**
I ride!
**[05:22] Mamoru**
Dragonic Blademaster!
**[05:24] Mamoru**
Imaginary Gift.
**[05:26] Mamoru**
Force I!
**[05:28] Mamoru**
I call Dragon Knight, Nehalem!
**[05:31] Mamoru**
Its skill activates.
**[05:33] Mamoru**
I retire Aermo.
**[05:38] Mamoru**
This way Nehalem gets +5000 power.
**[05:41] Mamoru**
On top of that, I call Doha.
**[05:45] Mamoru**
Its skill activates.
**[05:47] Mamoru**
I superior call
Wyvern Strike, Garan from my deck.
**[05:52] Mamoru**
Nehalem attacks Berserk.
**[05:55] Kai**
No guard.
**[05:58] Nagisa**
That Kai person lost all his rear-guards.
**[06:02] Carl**
Each time he's put out rear-guards,
they've gotten retired right away.
**[06:07] Tsuneto**
That's 'cause it's a fight
between two Kagero users.
**[06:10] Tsuneto**
It's what they call a "set pattern."
**[06:12] Kei**
Yeah, makes sense.
**[06:14] Mamoru**
Blademaster and Garan's skills activate.
**[06:17] Mamoru**
Blademaster gets +5000 power
and an extra critical.
**[06:21] Mamoru**
Garan also gets +5000 power.
**[06:24] Mamoru**
I attack your Vanguard.
**[06:25] Kai**
No guard!
**[06:27] Mamoru**
Drive check.
**[06:30] Gouki**
Two checks without a trigger for Mamoru...
**[06:33] Kai**
Damage check.
**[06:35] Kenji**
Kai didn't get any triggers either,
just 2 damage.
**[06:39] Mamoru**
Boosted by Garan,
**[06:40] Mamoru**
Doha attacks your Vanguard.
**[06:43] Tetsu**
Kai has no rear-guards,
and due to Doha's skill,
**[06:46] Tetsu**
he can't guard against Doha's attack
with normal units.
**[06:51] Emi**
Now he has 4 damage!
**[06:54] Mai**
Is he in a pinch?
**[06:55] Emi**
Yeah, a major pinch.
**[06:57] Kamui**
But he's just getting started, Miss Emi!
**[07:01] Kai**
The reason I wanted
to win with Overlord that much...
**[07:04] Kai**
Looking back on it now...
**[07:09] Man**
Hiya, Toshiki!
**[07:11] Man**
I'm sure we'll get along great!
**[07:13] Man**
I'm in a bind myself after
what that kid's parents did!
**[07:16] Man**
Honestly, I can't even
stand to see the name "Kai"!
**[07:20] Man**
Take him off my hands!
**[07:22] Kai**
All I thought about back then,
**[07:24] Kai**
was how much I wished I could engulf
everything around me in crimson flames,
**[07:30] Kai**
especially the adults who
lied to me through their teeth.
**[07:36] Kai**
...I'm sure that was the reason.
**[07:39] Kai**
I ride!
**[07:40] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord!
**[07:43] Kai**
Imaginary Gift.
**[07:44] Kai**
Force II!
**[07:47] Kai**
I had one other reason
for wanting to win with Overlord.
**[07:54] Young Kai**
Counterblast!
**[07:57] Young Kai**
I discard two units from my hand
and re-stand Dragonic Overlord!
**[08:01] Kai**
I really liked Overlord's re-stand skill.
**[08:07] Kai**
I had been betrayed by lies
over and over again.
**[08:20] Kai**
But seeing Overlord stand back up,
I felt like it was saying to me,
**[08:26] Kai**
"You too can rise up again,
with your own strength."
**[08:31] Kai**
That's how it seemed.
**[08:34] Young Kai**
Okay, I hear you!
**[08:40] Young Kai**
Dragonic Overlord attacks your Vanguard!
**[08:44] Opponent C**
I guard!
**[08:45] Young Kai**
What?!
**[08:46] Opponent C**
That was close!
**[08:48] Opponent C**
It's my turn.
**[08:51] Young Kai**
Darn it!
**[08:53] Opponent C**
Pathetic!
**[08:57] Opponent C**
Is it true you used to win more often
before you switched to Kagero?
**[09:03] Kai**
Yeah...
**[09:03] Opponent C**
You'd be better off
going back to your old clan.
**[09:29] Kai**
I call Nehalem.
**[09:31] Kai**
Its skill activates.
**[09:33] Kai**
+5000 power.
**[09:34] Kai**
I retire Garan.
**[09:37] Kai**
And then I call Embodiment of Armor, Bahr!
**[09:40] Kai**
Its skill activates!
**[09:43] Kai**
I retire Doha!
**[09:45] Kai**
Overlord's skill activates!
**[09:48] Kai**
+10,000 power.
**[09:50] Kai**
Bahr attacks Nehalem!
**[09:52] Mamoru**
No guard.
**[09:56] Rekka**
Now all the other guy's rear-guards are gone...
**[09:59] Kyou**
Well yeah, they've been going
back and forth like that.
**[10:05] Young Kai**
I have to...
**[10:08] Young Kai**
...use Kagero...
**[10:10] Young Kai**
...and Overlord, to wi--
**[10:13] Young Kai**
Ow!
**[10:15] Boy**
Ouch...
**[10:20] Boy**
S-Sorry!
**[10:29] Young Kai**
What happened to you?
Did you lose a fight or something?
**[10:33] Young Kai**
But you don't seem the fighting type.
**[10:36] Young Kai**
Did you get bullied?
**[10:41] Young Kai**
Come on! Just imagine it!
Imagine yourself being as strong as him.
**[10:48] Young Kai**
Imagination will become your strength.
**[11:00] Young Kai**
Imagination will become strength...
**[11:09] Young Kai**
Come to think of it,
that's just what I said, to him.
**[11:23] Kai**
And so...
**[11:27] Young Kai**
Dragonic Overlord attacks!
**[11:40] Opponent C**
I lost... again?!
**[11:45] Opponent C**
You cheated, didn't you?!
There's no other way you could--
**[11:50] Young Kai**
I imagined myself being strong.
**[11:57] Young Kai**
And imagination becomes strength.
**[12:04] Kai**
Overlord attacks your Vanguard!
**[12:11] Mamoru**
Wyvern Guard, Barri!
**[12:15] Nagisa**
A perfect guard!
**[12:16] Kai**
Twin drive!
**[12:18] Kai**
First check.
**[12:20] Kai**
Heal trigger!
**[12:21] Kai**
I give the power to Nehalem.
**[12:23] Kai**
Second check!
**[12:25] Kai**
Go, Nehalem!
**[12:27] Nehalem**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[12:34] Emi**
Now they're tied!
**[12:41] Kai**
It's your turn.
**[12:43] Mamoru**
Right.
**[12:45] Mamoru**
Once again, I ride!
**[12:47] Mamoru**
Dragonic Blademaster!
**[12:51] Mamoru**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[12:54] Mamoru**
I call Raopia and Doha!
**[12:58] Mamoru**
Doha's skill activates!
**[13:00] Mamoru**
I superior call Garan from my deck!
**[13:04] Mamoru**
Since Doha and Garan are both on the field,
**[13:06] Mamoru**
Blademaster's skill activates!
**[13:13] Rekka**
His rear-guards are gone again!
**[13:15] Kyou**
I told you to quit being surprised
every time that happens!
**[13:19] Rekka**
Where do you get off,
talking to me like--
**[13:21] Kyou**
Hush up! The fight's not over yet!
**[13:26] Mamoru**
I superior call Vision Token!
**[13:40] Nagisa**
Looks like Mamoru's gonna win again.
**[13:43] Gouki**
We'll see.
**[13:45] Gouki**
Toshiki Kai's got six cards in his hand.
**[13:49] Gouki**
If he survives this turn, then maybe...
**[13:53] Mamoru**
Here I come.
**[13:54] Kai**
I'm ready.
**[13:55] Mamoru**
Blademaster attacks!
**[13:58] Kai**
Barri!
**[14:00] Mamoru**
Twin drive!
**[14:01] Mamoru**
First check!
**[14:03] Mamoru**
Heal trigger!
**[14:06] Mamoru**
I give the power to Doha.
**[14:08] Mamoru**
Second check!
**[14:10] Mamoru**
Critical trigger!
**[14:11] Mamoru**
I give all of the effects to Vision Token!
**[14:15] Mamoru**
Vision Token attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:19] Kai**
No guard!
**[14:22] Tetsu**
If he gets a critical on this drive check,
**[14:25] Tetsu**
Kai will lose.
**[14:26] Emi**
I see!
**[14:28] Emi**
Vision Token is a rear-guard
that can make drive checks!
**[14:32] Kamui**
Good catch, Miss Emi!
**[14:34] Kamui**
It's like he's got more than one Vanguard.
**[14:37] Mai**
Is that really good?
**[14:38] Emi**
Yeah, it's great.
**[14:47] Emi**
That's great!
**[14:49] Kamui**
Um, Miss Emi...
**[14:53] Emi**
Now he has 5 damage!
**[14:56] Mamoru**
Boosted by Raopia,
**[14:57] Mamoru**
Doha attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:59] Emi**
If this finishes it, once again Kai will...
**[15:03] Kamui**
Nope, it's not ending here!
**[15:05] Kai**
I guard!
**[15:06] Kai**
Rakshasa! Genjo! To me!
**[15:14] Mamoru**
You managed to hang on thanks to
retaining cards in your hand, huh?
**[15:19] Nagisa**
But it's still 5 to 2.
**[15:21] Nagisa**
I think Mamoru's pretty much guaranteed to win.
**[15:24] Carl**
I have to agree.
**[15:25] Tsuneto**
Yeah, it's clear as daylight
who's gonna win and lose.
**[15:28] Kei**
Clear as daylight...
**[15:30] Kamui**
Nobody asked you kids for your opinion!
**[15:33] Nagisa**
Yeah! My Kamui's right, you guys!
**[15:36] Mamoru**
Toshiki Kai, it's your turn.
**[15:41] Kai**
Stand and draw.
**[16:02] Kai**
"Imagination becomes strength."
**[16:06] Kai**
Maybe what I lost was my belief in those words.
**[16:12] Kai**
And yet, as long as I have that, I can
always stand on the planet Cray, like now.
**[16:23] Kai**
I want to win with you!
**[16:38] Kai**
Materialize, raging dragon
of the true apocalypse!
**[16:42] Kai**
Herald the beginning of the end
with your crimson flames!
**[16:52] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord the End!
"The Vanguard"!
**[16:57] Kai**
Imaginary Gift!
**[16:59] Kai**
Force II!
**[17:03] Kai**
To me, Raopia and Nehalem!
**[17:09] Kai**
Nehalem's skill activates!
**[17:22] Kai**
Here I come!
**[17:23] Mamoru**
Bring it on!
**[17:28] Mamoru**
Rakshasa!
**[17:32] Kai**
Twin drive!
**[17:33] Kai**
First check!
**[17:35] Kai**
Second check!
**[17:37] Kai**
Critical trigger!
**[17:39] Kai**
I give all of the effects to The End!
**[17:46] Kamui**
If that'd gone through,
it would've done 3 damage!
**[17:48] Tetsu**
However...
**[17:49] Tetsu**
...The End also possesses a re-stand skill!
**[17:52] Kai**
Its skill activates!
**[17:58] Kai**
I re-stand The End!
**[18:01] Emi**
Please go through this time!
**[18:03] Mamoru**
Genjo! Nehalem!
**[18:08] Kai**
Drive check!
**[18:10] Kai**
Critical trigger!
**[18:12] Kai**
I give all of the effects to The End!
**[18:19] Kamui**
Again?!
**[18:20] Tetsu**
But now Kai has three cards in his hand.
**[18:25] Kyou**
If he discards them,
he can stand one more time.
**[18:28] Rekka**
Plus, that Mamoru guy
has just one card in his hand!
**[18:32] Kyou**
You get it, huh?
**[18:34] Rekka**
Naturally!
**[18:39] Kai**
Its skill activates!
**[18:41] Kai**
I re-stand The End once again!
**[19:07] Mamoru**
No guard...
**[19:32] Mamoru**
You certainly did show me
that you've mastered The End.
**[19:47] Kamui**
He finally got a win!
**[19:49] Emi**
That's great!
**[19:51] Kamui**
It sure is, Miss Emi!
**[19:53] Nagisa**
My dear Kamui!
**[19:54] Kamui**
Whaddaya want, Nagisa?!
**[19:55] Emi**
You two are as close as ever.
**[19:59] Nagisa**
That's right! We're bosom buddies!
**[20:04] Tetsu**
Looks like you also broke free
of Delete's influence.
**[20:09] Kai**
No, all I did was win once.
**[20:12] Kai**
To borrow your phrase,
**[20:14] Kai**
it'll still take some time
for me to get my "mojo" back.
**[20:24] Kai**
I'm grateful.
**[20:26] Kai**
This is all thanks to you
challenging me to a serious fight.
**[20:30] Mamoru**
It really was some kind of fate
that brought us together here.
**[20:38] Mamoru**
I can't help thinking that
The End was calling out for you.
**[20:47] Mamoru**
Hold on to it.
**[20:49] Kai**
Why?
**[20:51] Mamoru**
So I get to defeat Toshiki Kai, the strongest
Kagero user around, at the Vanguard Koshien.
**[20:57] Gouki**
Aha, so that's what this was about.
**[21:00] Gouki**
Well too bad, matey.
**[21:02] Gouki**
I'm the one who's gonna beat Toshiki Kai!
**[21:05] Kenji**
That's my line.
**[21:07] Kenji**
I owe him one.
**[21:09] Kenji**
And I intend to pay him back in full
at the Vanguard Koshien.
**[21:15] Kai**
The Vanguard Koshien, huh...
**[21:24] Morikawa**
Kai won?!
**[21:25] Kamui**
Yeah, I wish you'd been there to see the fight!
**[21:29] Morikawa**
Is that true?!
**[21:31] Morikawa**
All right...
**[21:33] Morikawa**
I'll see for myself!
**[21:38] Kai**
Then you'll let me practice with you, Captain?
**[21:41] Morikawa**
You got it!
**[21:42] Morikawa**
It's important to show humility.
**[21:49] Kamui**
My sincere condolences...
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Kai's new ace
in the hole, Dragonic Overlord the End!
***SIGN*** Dragonic Overlord the End
**[23:53] Narrator**
After attacking, if there's
an "Overlord" in the Soul,
**[23:56] Narrator**
you can re-stand it by discarding
three cards from your hand.
**[23:58] Narrator**
If you have four cards or less in your hand,
you can re-stand it again by paying the cost!
**[24:02] Narrator**
By using both skills in a single turn,
**[24:05] Narrator**
you can attack with your Vanguard
three times in a row!
**[24:07] Narrator**
The End displays its offensive might
within the final stages of a fight!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card,
you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Gouki**
Knowin' you, I figured ya
had somethin' in mind, but...
**[24:19] Kenji**
To think you'd fight Toshiki Kai to give him
a chance to break free of Delete's influence.
**[24:24] Mamoru**
Cut it out, you two.
**[24:26] Mamoru**
I just wanted to fight Toshiki Kai,
the guy everyone's been talking about.
**[24:29] Gouki**
No point hidin' it!
**[24:30] Gouki**
You've got a real reputation
as a helpful kinda guy.
**[24:33] Mamoru**
D-Do I?
**[24:34] Kenji**
But that helpfulness of yours
worries me, actually...
**[24:37] Mamoru**
Why?
**[24:38] Kenji**
I can picture you in the future,
slaving away at an exploitative company...
***SIGN*** Dimension 7
Greion's Whisper
**[24:41] Gouki**
Workin' under some feckless supervisor...
**[24:43] Mamoru**
Wha? Who?!
# E7 - Greion's Whisper
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G68D08V96/greions-whisper)
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***SIGN*** ULTRARARE Handshake Event
**[00:08] Fan A**
I'm a big fan!
**[00:09] Fan A**
I love your latest song!
**[00:11] Kourin**
Thank you.
**[00:12] Fan B**
I went to your latest concert.
**[00:14] Rekka**
Thank you!
**[00:16] Fan C**
If you would!
**[00:19] Kourin/Rekka**
Wow!
**[00:20] Kourin/Rekka**
That's...
**[00:23] Kourin/Rekka**
...a Zerachiel costume!
**[00:25] Suiko**
Yes. Thank you.
**[00:27] Suiko**
Next.
***SIGN*** ULTRARARE Green Room
**[00:30] Rekka**
What was that?
**[00:33] Suiko**
What do you mean?
**[00:34] Rekka**
You were so cold to that fan!
**[00:37] Rekka**
Zerachiel's one of your cards, right?
**[00:41] Rekka**
That guy did his best to make
that costume in order to please you!
**[00:46] Rekka**
"It's wonderful!"
**[00:48] Rekka**
"That's adorable!"
**[00:50] Rekka**
You could've given him
a decent reaction like that!
**[00:54] Suiko**
That's easy for you to say...
**[00:56] Suiko**
I've simply lost interest in Vanguard.
**[01:00] Kourin**
But you used to stay up
all night working on your deck...
**[01:05] Rekka**
Don't tell me Su was deleted, too?!
**[01:08] Suiko**
"Deleted"?
**[01:09] Rekka**
Yeah!
**[01:10] Rekka**
For people who've been deleted, it's like
their enthusiasm for Vanguard was erased!
**[01:16] Rekka**
I met a boy at a shop yesterday,
**[01:18] Rekka**
and he'd lost his motivation after
being deleted by a guy named Ibuki.
**[01:25] Ibuki**
Ibuki...
**[01:30] Kourin**
Suiko?
**[01:32] Rekka**
Do you know something about this Ibuki?
**[01:34] Suiko**
No, I don't.
**[01:36] Suiko**
It's just...
**[01:38] Suiko**
It's no good. I can't remember.
***SIGN*** Ibuki
**[01:45] Ushimaru**
There are currently four Ibukis in the fan club.
**[01:49] Ushimaru**
But all of them live far away from here.
**[01:53] Rekka**
You work fast!
**[01:54] Kourin**
As a surname, not given name?
**[01:58] Ushimaru**
None.
**[02:00] Kourin**
Aren't there any other clues to go on?
**[02:03] Rekka**
That's a tall order.
**[02:07] Tetsu**
Kyou and I aren't the only ones
who have been deleted.
**[02:10] Tetsu**
Several members of our club
at Fukuhara were, as well.
**[02:14] Rekka**
I know! There was that old guy!
**[02:17] Rekka**
He mentioned people from Fukuhara High!
**[02:20] Ushimaru**
I'll look into it.
**[02:22] Rekka**
You can do that?!
**[02:23] Ushimaru**
To an extent.
**[02:25] Suiko**
How much extent?
***SIGN*** Ibuki
**[02:33] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[02:37] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[02:41] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 7 Greion's Whisper
**[04:39] Ibuki**
A dream...
**[04:42] Tetsu**
Ever since you "deleted"
me and won that last fight,
**[04:47] Tetsu**
I've lost all my enthusiasm for Vanguard.
**[04:52] Tetsu**
And it's not just me.
**[04:54] Tetsu**
We've got a lot of members who lost
their drive after you deleted them.
**[04:59] Ibuki**
Delete End!
**[05:07] Ibuki**
If...
**[05:08] Ibuki**
If what he said is true...
**[05:11] Ibuki**
...then I've dampened
the enthusiasm of so many people.
**[05:16] Greion**
Trembling beneath the weight of your sins?
**[05:22] Greion**
That's a waste of time.
**[05:25] Greion**
You should expunge the weak.
Break their ties.
**[05:29] Greion**
It's for their own good.
**[05:45] Employee**
Welcome. I'll be with you in a moment.
**[05:48] Ibuki**
If I can just get rid of this cursed deck here,
**[05:51] Ibuki**
I'll stop being tormented by nightmares.
**[05:54] Ibuki**
But wait...
**[05:56] Ibuki**
What if the next one to get this deck
makes the same mistakes I did?
**[06:01] Ibuki**
What if they steal somebody's passion
without even realizing it?
**[06:07] Employee**
How may I help you?
**[06:10] Employee**
Sir...?
**[06:12] Employee**
Sir, you're next.
**[06:15] Customer A**
I'm getting this!
**[06:17] Ibuki**
That hurt.
**[06:19] Customer A**
It's your own fault for spacing out right here.
**[06:24] Ibuki**
You have no manners.
**[06:26] Ibuki**
Shouldn't you apologize
after bumping into someone?
**[06:30] Customer A**
Say what?!
**[06:35] Ibuki**
If that's the way you feel about it,
**[06:37] Ibuki**
I'm willing to take you on.
**[06:40] Ibuki**
In a Vanguard fight!
**[06:44] Greion**
I'll finally get to see some action.
**[06:51] Customer B**
What kinda deck is that?!
**[06:53] Customer C**
I've never heard of "Deletors"!
**[06:56] Customer D**
And look at how he's fighting...
**[07:00] Customer A**
What the heck is this?!
**[07:02] Customer A**
You're ending your turn
without using any skills?!
**[07:05] Ibuki**
I can beat the likes of you
without the use of skills.
**[07:09] Customer A**
Oh yeah?!
**[07:10] Customer A**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[07:15] Customer A**
There, you see?! 5 damage!
**[07:17] Customer A**
Keep acting cocky and you're finished!
**[07:22] Ibuki**
It's my turn.
**[07:24] Ibuki**
I call Geali and Given.
**[07:26] Ibuki**
Greion's skill activates.
**[07:30] Ibuki**
Docking Release!
**[07:34] Customer A**
What?!
**[07:35] Customer A**
My Vanguard got erased?!
**[07:37] Ibuki**
Now you're just a feeble astral body.
**[07:43] Ibuki**
Delete E--
**[07:59] Customer A**
What's with him?!
**[08:03] Employee**
Sir? Sir!
**[08:11] Announcer**
Here's last year's Asia champion, Leon Soryu,
**[08:15] Announcer**
now arriving in Japan to be
an ambassador for the Vanguard Koshien!
**[08:20] Greion**
Aren't you gloomy.
**[08:22] Greion**
While you started that fight,
**[08:24] Greion**
the way you fought was nothing but pathetic.
**[08:29] Greion**
Hey, where are you going?
**[08:32] Greion**
You can't escape.
**[08:33] Greion**
Not from me.
**[08:35] Greion**
For we are one, body and soul.
**[08:44] Ushimaru**
You are Kouji Ibuki, correct?
**[08:47] Ushimaru**
I'm here to pick you up.
**[08:56] Ibuki**
I've never been here before,
and yet I seem to remember it.
**[09:00] Ushimaru**
This way.
**[09:06] Nome**
Come in.
**[09:08] Ushimaru**
I've brought him.
**[09:10] Nome**
Welcome to the Tatsunagi residence.
**[09:15] Nome**
Ibuki...
**[09:17] Nome**
I believe this is your third time here?
**[09:20] Ibuki**
Hey...
**[09:21] Ibuki**
She told me an executive of
the foundation wanted to see me,
**[09:24] Ibuki**
so I agreed to come.
**[09:27] Ibuki**
I figured that Takuto brat
would be here waiting for me.
**[09:32] Ibuki**
So who the heck are you?
**[09:35] Nome**
Nice to meet you.
**[09:37] Nome**
I'm Nome Tatsunagi.
**[09:40] Nome**
I observe the destiny of Earth and Cray,
**[09:44] Nome**
by serving as Concert Master.
**[09:48] Ibuki**
You observe destiny?
**[09:51] Nome**
Indeed.
**[09:52] Nome**
The Tatsunagi family has been monitoring
both planets for a very long time.
**[10:00] Nome**
My younger brother Takuto
used to bear this responsibility,
**[10:04] Nome**
but because you deleted him,
**[10:07] Nome**
Destiny Conductor took over his mind and body.
**[10:12] Ibuki**
"Destiny Conductor"?
**[10:15] Nome**
The ruler of the wandering planet Brandt,
**[10:19] Nome**
who plotted to conquer Cray.
**[10:22] Nome**
But thanks to someone foiling that plan...
**[10:27] Nome**
...Takuto was freed from Brandt,
**[10:30] Nome**
simultaneously losing
his Concert Master powers.
**[10:35] Nome**
Thus I have taken the post in his stead,
to continue our observation of the planets.
**[10:42] Ibuki**
I have no idea what you're talking about!
**[10:44] Nome**
Of course you don't.
**[10:47] Nome**
After all, the revisions to the force of destiny
**[10:51] Nome**
rewrote the melody that had previously existed.
**[10:54] Nome**
The one certainty...
**[10:56] Nome**
...is that, in this place, there was a battle
over the fate of the two planets.
**[11:03] Nome**
By all rights, you, who were involved,
should know much more about it than me.
**[11:10] Ibuki**
Involved? Me?
**[11:13] Nome**
Correct.
**[11:14] Nome**
The "Deletors" you possess are the
advance force that Brandt bestowed upon you.
**[11:19] Ibuki**
These?!
**[11:24] Rekka**
Oh, come on, Nome!
**[11:26] Rekka**
Why did you start without us?!
**[11:29] Ibuki**
What are *you* looking at?!
**[11:31] Nome**
My apologizes.
**[11:33] Nome**
They were the ones who sent for you.
**[11:36] Ibuki**
What?
**[11:37] Rekka**
So you're Kouji Ibuki, huh?
**[11:39] Kourin**
Is what we heard true?
**[11:41] Kourin**
Do people suddenly lose interest
in Vanguard if they lose to you?
**[11:45] Ibuki**
How would I know? I've never tested it.
**[11:49] Suiko**
Are you sure?
**[11:51] Ibuki**
Wait, you're...
**[11:52] Rekka**
Then he did...
**[11:54] Kourin**
He robbed Suiko of her passion for Vanguard.
**[12:00] Ibuki**
Your face...
**[12:02] Ibuki**
Seen up close, it has...
way too much makeup.
**[12:07] Suiko**
Listen, you...
**[12:08] Rekka**
Whoa!
**[12:09] Rekka**
Calm down, Su!
**[12:11] Kourin**
Violence won't solve anything!
**[12:13] Suiko**
I know!
**[12:14] Suiko**
But he really irritates me.
**[12:16] Suiko**
When I look at his face,
my blood starts to boil!
**[12:19] Nome**
It's possible that this is due to...
**[12:22] Nome**
...a reverberation of the fight.
**[12:25] Kourin/Rekka**
A reverberation?!
**[12:27] Nome**
A Vanguard fight is
a harmony performed by two people.
**[12:32] Nome**
And even after the fight ends,
**[12:35] Nome**
an echo remains.
**[12:37] Nome**
People often refer to this as
"camaraderie," or perhaps a "bond"...
**[12:43] Ibuki**
Is he saying there's some connection
between me and her?
**[12:47] Suiko**
I see.
**[12:49] Suiko**
In that case, let's test it with a fight!
**[12:52] Rekka**
Huh? A fight?
**[12:54] Kourin**
Suiko!
**[12:56] Ibuki**
What a pain.
**[12:58] Ibuki**
But fine.
**[13:00] Ibuki**
I'll be your opponent!
**[13:04] Kourin**
Will Suiko be okay?
**[13:07] Kourin**
She said she's lost interest in Vanguard...
**[13:10] Rekka**
That old guy said that, if there's a trigger,
**[13:13] Rekka**
a person may be able to
break free of Delete's effects.
**[13:19] Nome**
Then in this instance, he's the trigger?
**[13:22] Nome**
If so, we should watch their fight closely.
**[13:27] Suiko**
It's strange...
**[13:28] Suiko**
I have this feeling of deja vu.
**[13:31] Ibuki**
If you're going to quit, better do it now.
**[13:35] Suiko**
That's my line.
**[13:37] Suiko**
I don't know why exactly, but when I look at
your face, I can't help but feel outraged.
**[13:45] Ibuki**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[13:45] Suiko**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[14:12] Leon**
The wind is strong...
**[14:17] Leon**
That reminds me, I saw Takuto in Singapore.
**[14:22] Leon**
He was disappointed about not
getting to see the Vanguard Koshien.
**[14:26] Leon**
By the way, where is the current acting head?
**[14:28] Ushimaru**
My apologies, but he's presently
in the middle of observing a fight.
**[14:34] Leon**
Oh? I'd like to watch, too.
**[14:39] Ushimaru**
As you wish.
**[14:43] Ushimaru**
Please come in.
**[14:44] Ushimaru**
It appears her fourth turn has just ended.
**[14:48] Jillian**
Suiko went second, right?
**[14:50] Sharlene**
Who's her opponent?
**[14:52] Ushimaru**
The young man's name is Kouji Ibuki.
**[14:55] Ushimaru**
He uses an unfamiliar deck called "Deletors".
**[14:59] Leon**
That's...
**[15:02] Jillian**
What's wrong, Leon?
**[15:05] Leon**
I thought the wind seemed oddly agitated...
**[15:08] Leon**
So it's *him...*
**[15:14] Greion**
At last, hell's show is about to begin.
**[15:17] Greion**
Now, summon me.
**[15:20] Greion**
Let's show her hell.
**[15:23] Greion**
The girl dared to pick a fight with us...
**[15:27] Ibuki**
Shut up!
**[15:28] Suiko**
What are you doing?
**[15:30] Suiko**
It's your turn.
**[15:32] Ibuki**
I know that!
**[15:35] Ibuki**
I ride!
**[15:39] Ibuki**
Docking Deletor, Greion!
**[15:45] Ibuki**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[15:51] Ibuki**
With this, Greion gets an extra critical!
**[15:57] Rekka**
That's Kouji Ibuki's Vanguard!
**[16:01] Kourin**
What a sinister form!
**[16:05] Nome**
That is Greion, an assassin
sent by the planet Brandt.
**[16:09] Nome**
When its skill is activated,
**[16:12] Nome**
the opponent's Vanguard...
**[16:14] Nome**
...is deleted.
**[16:16] Nome**
Suiko would return to the weak astral form
she had when she landed on the planet Cray.
**[16:22] Kourin**
He can do that?!
**[16:24] Greion**
Now, use my power.
**[16:28] Greion**
Drive fear deep into that girl's heart.
**[16:32] Ibuki**
Shut your mouth!
**[16:34] Ibuki**
I call two Gaen units!
**[16:37] Kourin**
He's not using its skill?
**[16:38] Rekka**
What does that mean?
**[16:42] Ibuki**
Alba attacks Raguel!
**[16:45] Suiko**
No guard.
**[16:49] Ibuki**
With a boost from Gaen,
**[16:50] Ibuki**
Greion attacks!
**[16:52] Suiko**
Please, Nociel!
**[16:56] Rekka**
A perfect guard!
**[16:57] Kourin**
Suiko's fighting just like she used to!
**[17:00] Ibuki**
Twin drive!
**[17:02] Ibuki**
First check.
**[17:03] Ibuki**
Second check.
**[17:05] Ibuki**
Critical trigger!
**[17:07] Ibuki**
I give all of the effects to my front row Gaen!
**[17:10] Ibuki**
With a boost from Gatario,
**[17:12] Ibuki**
Gaen attacks!
**[17:14] Suiko**
No guard!
**[17:19] Suiko**
Damage check!
**[17:23] Kourin**
That makes 4 damage.
**[17:25] Rekka**
However...
**[17:26] Rekka**
...Zerachiel's fallen into the Damage Zone!
**[17:30] Ibuki**
My turn's over.
**[17:33] Suiko**
Hold on!
**[17:34] Suiko**
Are you mocking me?
**[17:36] Suiko**
I expected you to go all out in this fight!
**[17:39] Ibuki**
An opponent like you needs a handicap.
**[17:42] Suiko**
What was that?!
**[17:44] Rekka**
I thought it was strange, too.
**[17:46] Rekka**
I was wondering why
he didn't use Greion's skill.
**[17:50] Kourin**
Is he trying to let Suiko win?
**[17:53] Nome**
No, that's not it.
**[17:55] Nome**
Holding back in a fight
is an insult to one's opponent.
**[17:59] Nome**
I'm sure he's well aware of that.
**[18:03] Nome**
I suspect he's afraid...
**[18:06] Nome**
...of his Deletor's power.
**[18:08] Suiko**
It's my turn!
**[18:10] Suiko**
Skill activates!
**[18:11] Suiko**
I superior ride Zerachiel
from the Damage Zone!
**[18:22] Suiko**
Solidify Celestial, Zerachiel!
**[18:26] Suiko**
Imaginary Gift!
**[18:28] Suiko**
Protect I!
**[18:30] Suiko**
Zerachiel's skill!
**[18:31] Rekka**
All the front row units...
**[18:33] Rekka**
...get +3000 power!
**[18:35] Suiko**
Furthermore, I call Zerachiel!
**[18:38] Kourin**
All the front row units get +3000 power!
**[18:41] Suiko**
Come,
**[18:42] Suiko**
Hesediel.
**[18:45] Suiko**
Skill activates!
**[18:46] Suiko**
I trade the Metatron in my hand
for Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[18:50] Suiko**
Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[18:53] Greion**
Hey, she's filled up her ranks.
**[18:58] Greion**
What are you going to do about it?
**[19:00] Ibuki**
Come and get me.
**[19:02] Suiko**
With a boost from Thousand Ray Pegasus,
**[19:04] Suiko**
Raguel attacks!
**[19:07] Suiko**
Pegasus's skill activates!
**[19:09] Suiko**
+10,000 power!
**[19:12] Kourin**
33,000 power!
**[19:14] Rekka**
Go!
**[19:19] Ibuki**
No guard!
**[19:22] Ibuki**
Damage check!
**[19:24] Kourin**
Now he's got 4 damage!
**[19:26] Rekka**
All right!
**[19:27] Suiko**
With a boost from Thousand Ray Pegasus,
**[19:30] Suiko**
Zerachiel attacks!
**[19:34] Suiko**
Pegasus's skill activates!
**[19:36] Suiko**
+10,000 power!
**[19:39] Ibuki**
No guard!
**[19:40] Suiko**
Twin drive!
**[19:42] Suiko**
First check!
**[19:44] Suiko**
Second check!
**[19:46] Rekka**
She got a critical!
**[19:48] Suiko**
I give all of the effects to Zerachiel!
**[19:50] Kourin**
Now she's got 46,000 power!
**[19:54] Suiko**
Receive the judgment of love!
**[20:25] Nome**
I see...
**[20:27] Nome**
The rewriting of the melody
was supposed to return tranquility,
**[20:33] Nome**
but it only damaged your psyche even further.
**[20:37] Nome**
Destiny can be such a nuisance.
**[20:43] Greion**
Good grief.
**[20:46] Greion**
You couldn't put up even a decent fight?
**[20:48] Greion**
You disappoint me.
**[20:50] Ibuki**
I should be the one saying that!
**[20:53] Ibuki**
Using you will be the last thing I ever do!
**[21:00] Kourin**
What's wrong, Suiko?
**[21:01] Rekka**
You won, but you look unsatisfied.
**[21:04] Suiko**
Of course I'm not satisfied!
**[21:06] Suiko**
How could I be, with a fight like that?!
**[21:09] Suiko**
Let's do it once more.
No holding back this time!
**[21:13] Kourin**
Huh? Is she back to her old self?
**[21:16] Rekka**
Maybe?
**[21:17] Kourin**
Congratulations, Suiko!
**[21:18] Rekka**
Now it's goodbye to you
giving fans the cold shoulder!
**[21:23] Ibuki**
I'm...
**[21:25] Ibuki**
...giving up... Vanguard!
**[21:29] Suiko**
What do you mean?
**[21:30] Ibuki**
This deck...
**[21:32] Ibuki**
I don't need it anymore!
**[21:35] Leon**
Are you sure about that?
**[21:36] Ibuki**
Who are you?
**[21:38] Leon**
Leon Soryu.
**[21:40] Jillian**
He's last year's Asia champion!
**[21:42] Sharlene**
Don't tell us you don't know of him.
**[21:45] Leon**
I was watching your fight.
**[21:49] Leon**
It was a boring fight
where you weren't even prepared
**[21:52] Leon**
to atone for your past self.
**[21:54] Ibuki**
What?!
**[21:55] Leon**
To me, it just looks like
you're trying to run away from destiny.
**[21:59] Ibuki**
And what do you know about me?!
**[22:01] Leon**
If an angry wind still blows within you,
**[22:06] Leon**
then prove it...
**[22:08] Leon**
...with a Vanguard fight!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Suiko's ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Solidify Celestial, Zerachiel!
***SIGN*** Solidify Celestial, Zerachiel
**[23:54] Narrator**
If this card is placed in the Damage Zone,
**[23:56] Narrator**
the front row units get
a power increase that turn!
**[24:00] Narrator**
You can raise your attack power in one stroke!
**[24:02] Narrator**
On top of that, you can ride Zerachiel from
not just your hand, but also the Damage Zone!
**[24:07] Narrator**
If you can control the Damage Zone,
victory will be close at hand!
**[24:12] Narrator**
With this card,
you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Greion**
Hey, Mr. Ibuki.
**[24:17] Ibuki**
Why are you talking to me like that, Greion?
**[24:20] Greion**
Are you believe in tomorrow?
**[24:23] Ibuki**
Huh?
**[24:24] Greion**
Don't do your best that round,
and there won't be next round. Am I wrong...
**[24:29] Greion**
...Joe Ibuki?!
**[24:30] Ibuki**
Who the heck is Joe Ibuki?!
**[24:31] Greion**
Joe Ibuki!
**[24:32] Greion**
Fight with me! Fight!!
**[24:34] Suiko**
The Tatsunagi Foundation
will promote that match,
**[24:38] Suiko**
as a present to you both.
***SIGN*** Dimension 8
The Last Delete End
**[24:40] Ibuki**
Huh? Suiko?
**[24:42] Suiko**
Merry Christmas.
# E8 - The Last Delete End
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYEXQ0XQ6/the-last-delete-end)
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**[00:00] Ibuki**
This deck...
**[00:02] Ibuki**
I don't need it anymore!
**[00:05] Leon**
Are you sure about that?
**[00:07] Ibuki**
What?!
**[00:08] Leon**
To me, it just looks like
you're trying to run away from destiny.
**[00:12] Ibuki**
And what do you know about me?!
**[00:14] Leon**
If an angry wind still blows within you,
**[00:19] Leon**
then prove it...
**[00:21] Leon**
...with a Vanguard fight!
**[00:24] Ibuki**
What is with this mansion?
**[00:27] Ibuki**
Is there a rule that you have to replace
saying "Hello" with a Vanguard fight?
**[00:33] Greion**
Let's teach this brat who doesn't
know his place just how terrifying we are.
**[00:40] Greion**
It's simple, isn't it?
**[00:42] Greion**
All we have to do is delete him...
**[00:45] Leon**
I see. Then you agree to it?
**[00:58] Leon**
Let's get started.
**[01:11] Leon**
Stand up, my Vanguard!
**[01:11] Ibuki**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[01:16] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[01:20] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[01:24] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 8 The Last Delete End
**[03:10] Jillian**
He ended the turn with 2 damage...
**[03:13] Sharlene**
Leon has 1 damage.
**[03:15] Sharlene**
Let's see what he's got.
**[03:19] Ibuki**
I ride!
**[03:24] Ibuki**
Swift Deletor, Geali!
**[03:27] Ibuki**
Come to me, Hailing Deletor, Alba!
**[03:31] Ibuki**
Having called Alba,
**[03:33] Ibuki**
I'm able to superior call
Hailing Deletor, Elro from the Drop Zone.
**[03:38] Ibuki**
Additionally...
**[03:39] Ibuki**
I call Ferment Deletor, Gaen.
**[03:46] Leon**
Show me the power of your Deletors.
**[03:49] Ibuki**
Go, Alba!
**[03:54] Ibuki**
Now it's my turn!
**[03:57] Leon**
Dolphin Soldier!
**[04:01] Ibuki**
Drive check!
**[04:03] Ibuki**
Heal trigger!
**[04:06] Leon**
Thank you!
**[04:07] Dolphin**
No problem!
**[04:09] Ibuki**
Gaen, Elro, go!
**[04:21] Leon**
It's coming!
**[04:41] Ibuki**
My turn is over...
**[04:42] Leon**
What?!
**[04:43] Rekka**
It's the same as when he played against Su.
**[04:46] Kourin**
It's like he refuses to use a skill.
**[04:48] Suiko**
But if Elro's attack hits, he could Vanish
Delete one of his opponent's rear-guards.
**[04:55] Leon**
What do you think you're doing?
**[04:58] Ibuki**
It's your turn.
**[04:59] Leon**
Why didn't you use the Deletor's power?
**[05:02] Ibuki**
I can play however I want.
**[05:04] Ibuki**
And it's not like I asked for
this Deletor power in the first place.
**[05:09] Leon**
You really are running away
from your own destiny, aren't you?
**[05:14] Greion**
You can't run away.
**[05:16] Greion**
Not from me.
**[05:17] Greion**
For we are one, body and soul.
**[05:24] Ibuki**
Shut your mouth!
**[05:33] Ibuki**
Who's running away?!
**[05:36] Leon**
Then why won't you use your Deletor power?
**[05:39] Ibuki**
Well, aren't you stubborn?
**[05:41] Ibuki**
Listen, I'm not playing
against you because I want to.
**[05:45] Jillian**
Hey! You're being rude to Leon!
**[05:48] Sharlene**
H-Hey, Jillian!
**[05:53] Ibuki**
This brat is the one who's rude!
**[05:56] Ibuki**
You're not satisfied with simply
coercing someone into fighting you?!
**[05:59] Ibuki**
You insist on how I should play, too?!
**[06:01] Ibuki**
How dare you!
**[06:04] Leon**
Don't disappoint me.
**[06:08] Ibuki**
Sorry, but if you're
disappointed, that's on you.
**[06:12] Ibuki**
I just wanna get this fight over with,
and then get rid of this cursed deck.
**[06:17] Leon**
You really are running away
from your own destiny, aren't you?
**[06:22] Leon**
Here I go!
**[06:25] Leon**
A slumbering giant dragon
awakens from the depths.
**[06:29] Leon**
I ride!
**[06:33] Leon**
Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom!
**[06:37] Leon**
Imaginary Gift!
**[06:39] Leon**
Accel II!
**[06:43] Leon**
Everyone, gather to me!
**[06:50] Jillian**
There it is! His four-pronged attack!
**[06:52] Sharlene**
Get him, Leon!
**[06:54] Leon**
Go forth, Algos!
**[07:04] Leon**
Judgment Maelstrom!
**[07:09] Leon**
Twin drive.
**[07:11] Leon**
Critical trigger!
**[07:19] Leon**
Algos! Once more!
**[07:21] Algos**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[07:25] Suiko**
If that gets through,
Maelstrom will stand again!
**[07:29] Ibuki**
I guard with Lady Healer!
**[07:31] Ibuki**
Elro intercepts!
**[07:35] Leon**
You blocked it, as expected.
**[07:38] Leon**
But, in that case...
**[07:40] Leon**
Coral Assault attacks your Vanguard.
**[07:43] Ibuki**
I guard!
**[07:47] Leon**
So he doesn't intend to go down easily?
**[07:49] Leon**
My other Coral Assault
also attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:54] Ibuki**
No guard!
**[07:55] Ibuki**
Damage check.
**[08:03] Leon**
Well, it's your turn.
**[08:07] Ibuki**
Stand and draw.
**[08:15] Greion**
I'm flattered...
**[08:17] Greion**
Being drawn with such perfect timing as this.
**[08:20] Greion**
You must really love me.
**[08:23] Ibuki**
I told you!
**[08:24] Ibuki**
Using you will be the last thing I ever do!
**[08:28] Greion**
Then you don't mind losing?
**[08:35] Ibuki**
I ride!
**[08:49] Ibuki**
Docking Deletor, Greion!
**[08:53] Ibuki**
Imaginary Gift!
**[08:55] Ibuki**
Force!
**[09:00] Ibuki**
Everyone, get over here!
**[09:08] Leon**
Now you'll show me the power of the Deletors.
**[09:13] Greion**
I'd feel bad for the kid if you let him down.
**[09:18] Greion**
Let's show him my...
**[09:21] Greion**
...no, our power.
**[09:26] Leon**
You'll skip using it yet again?!
**[09:30] Ibuki**
Shut up already!
**[09:32] Ibuki**
If you wanna see it that badly,
then I'll show you!
**[09:35] Ibuki**
This is Delete!
**[09:37] Ibuki**
Feast your eyes!
**[10:27] Nome**
Leon, this farce is over.
**[10:29] Leon**
No, Nome. It's not over yet.
**[10:33] Leon**
The wind is still blowing from him.
**[10:40] Leon**
Also, he told me...
**[10:42] Ibuki**
If you wanna see it that badly,
then I'll show you!
**[10:45] Ibuki**
This is Delete!
**[10:47] Leon**
This can't end without me seeing Delete.
**[10:58] Leon**
Or will I not get to see it, after all?
**[11:03] Ibuki**
Alba attacks Coral Assault!
**[11:07] Leon**
Algos intercepts!
**[11:12] Ibuki**
Here I come!
**[11:17] Ibuki**
Heal trigger!
**[11:18] Ibuki**
I give the power to Elro!
**[11:27] Nome**
Greion's attack hit the Vanguard, which means...
**[11:31] Suiko**
He can bind one rear-guard.
**[11:35] Leon**
I'd better see it this time.
**[11:47] Ibuki**
Gaen boosts.
**[11:49] Ibuki**
Elro attacks your Vanguard!
**[11:55] Leon**
I guard with two Battleship Intelligence units!
**[12:00] Ibuki**
My turn is over...
**[12:03] Leon**
4 to 3, and it's my turn.
**[12:05] Leon**
It seems your body has an adverse reaction
whenever you use the power of a Deletor.
**[12:13] Leon**
That's unfortunate, but now
I'll put you out of your misery.
**[12:17] Leon**
It's the least I could do.
**[12:19] Ibuki**
No more tedious talk!
**[12:20] Ibuki**
Just do it!
**[12:22] Jillian**
You should show Leon more gratitude!
**[12:24] Sharlene**
Jillian! He'll scowl at you again!
**[12:27] Jillian**
I don't care, Sharlene!
**[12:36] Leon**
I ride!
**[12:37] Leon**
Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom!
**[12:44] Leon**
I am justice!
**[12:46] Leon**
The creator of order!
**[12:48] Leon**
The guardian of omniscience that judges fools!
**[12:50] Leon**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[12:53] Leon**
Come, Tear Knight, Theo!
**[13:01] Rekka**
A five-pronged attack?!
**[13:02] Nome**
And due to Glory Maelstrom's skill,
Ibuki can use only one card to guard.
**[13:10] Nome**
He can't intercept, either.
**[13:15] Jillian**
Time for you to go to Hades!
**[13:17] Sharlene**
Hades...
**[13:19] Leon**
All right. Let's finish this.
**[13:22] Ibuki**
Gatario!
**[13:24] Leon**
Terminal Maelstrom!
**[13:33] Leon**
Twin drive!
**[13:34] Leon**
First check!
**[13:36] Leon**
Critical trigger!
**[13:37] Leon**
I give the extra critical to
Glory Maelstrom, and the power to Theo!
**[13:41] Leon**
Second check!
**[13:45] Ibuki**
Damage check!
**[13:47] Ibuki**
First check!
**[13:48] Ibuki**
Second check!
**[13:49] Ibuki**
Draw trigger!
**[13:55] Sharlene**
That makes 5 damage!
**[13:56] Jillian**
Finish him off, Leon!
**[13:59] Leon**
Theo attacks!
**[14:01] Suiko**
Theo has 33,000 power now!
**[14:04] Suiko**
Can he block that with just one guardian...?
**[14:06] Ibuki**
I guard with Asteroid Wolf!
**[14:14] Leon**
I'm not done yet.
**[14:20] Rekka**
This time, the power is 39,000!
**[14:22] Ibuki**
Lady Healer!
**[14:26] Jillian**
This time for sure!
**[14:27] Ibuki**
Cosmo Wreath!
**[14:29] Jillian**
It can't be...
**[14:30] Sharlene**
He blocked a five-pronged attack?!
**[14:38] Leon**
You have a great deck.
**[14:42] Leon**
It's as if the units are supporting you,
urging you to win.
**[14:48] Ibuki**
What?!
**[14:51] Ibuki**
I've heard those words before... somewhere...
**[14:56] Aichi**
I can sense them.
**[14:58] Aichi**
The deck, the units...
**[15:00] Aichi**
They're all giving me their support!
**[15:05] Ibuki**
I fought him... here...
**[15:17] Ibuki**
You guys...
**[15:19] Ibuki**
Is this the planet Cray?
**[15:26] Nome**
Your Deletors are vanguards sent out
by the ruler of the wandering planet Brandt.
**[15:31] Ibuki**
But none of you units
are from the planet Cray, so how...?
**[15:52] Ibuki**
I see...
**[15:53] Ibuki**
At that time, all of you
became inhabitants of Cray...
**[16:01] Ibuki**
But when was that?!
**[16:06] Nome**
It seems you've recalled a little.
**[16:10] Leon**
Is something wrong?
**[16:12] Ibuki**
No...
**[16:15] Ibuki**
It's nothing.
**[16:18] Ibuki**
So they're supporting me?
**[16:20] Ibuki**
They're encouraging me to win?
**[16:30] Ibuki**
It's my turn, right?
**[16:33] Leon**
Yes.
**[16:35] Ibuki**
Then I'll also...
**[16:36] Ibuki**
...Ride The Vanguard!
**[16:55] Ibuki**
My avatar, Waving Deletor, Greidhol!
**[17:00] Ibuki**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[17:03] Ibuki**
Greidhol's skill activates!
**[17:12] Ibuki**
Vanish Delete!
**[17:19] Leon**
Theo!
**[17:22] Ibuki**
As you said, this can't end
without you seeing Delete!
**[17:29] Ibuki**
Observe!
**[17:31] Ibuki**
Docking Release!
**[17:35] Leon**
Glory Maelstrom!
**[17:42] Ibuki**
You should worry about yourself.
**[17:47] Leon**
I'm counting on you all!
**[17:49] Jillian**
The total shield amount is...
**[17:52] Sharlene**
35,000!
**[17:54] Rekka**
Greidhol's power is...
**[17:56] Kourin**
33,000!
**[17:58] Suiko**
If he draws even one critical...
**[18:01] Sharlene**
Leon will... lose?!
**[18:03] Ibuki**
Twin drive!
**[18:05] Ibuki**
First check!
**[18:07] Ibuki**
Second check!
**[18:09] Ibuki**
Critical trigger!
**[18:23] Ibuki**
Delete... End.
**[18:32] Sharlene**
Jillian!
**[18:33] Jillian**
Sharlene!
**[18:39] Ibuki**
Don't tell me that, since I deleted him...
**[18:44] Leon**
You certainly did show me your Deletor power.
**[18:48] Ibuki**
Have you lost your interest in Vanguard?!
**[18:52] Nome**
You needn't worry about that.
**[18:54] Nome**
Now that their connection
with Brandt has been severed,
**[18:58] Nome**
your Deletors no longer
possess their former power.
**[19:02] Ibuki**
I see...
**[19:04] Leon**
Is that how you really feel?
**[19:06] Leon**
A fight reveals everything about a person.
**[19:11] Leon**
You trust Vanguard, huh?
**[19:15] Leon**
Yes, you love Vanguard.
**[19:17] Ibuki**
Who does?!
**[19:19] Aichi**
That shows just how much you trust Vanguard.
**[19:23] Aichi**
Ibuki, you really do love Vanguard.
**[19:29] Ibuki**
So I did fight Aichi Sendou here...
**[19:37] Leon**
It seems the wind turbulence has calmed down.
**[19:41] Nome**
Why are we just standing around talking?
***SIGN*** "Get them something to drink."
***SIGN*** "Yes, Master."
**[20:00] Ibuki**
I feel like I'm finally going to
get a good night's sleep tonight.
**[20:09] Ibuki**
I'd better get going.
**[20:14] Ushimaru**
Um...
**[20:15] Suiko**
Is something wrong, Ushimaru?
**[20:18] Ushimaru**
You forgot your deck.
**[20:28] Nome**
Is that meant as atonement for your sins?
**[20:33] Ibuki**
My sins?!
**[20:41] Ibuki**
What's this card?
**[20:45] Nome**
Neon Messiah.
**[20:52] Ibuki**
Neon Messiah...
**[21:11] Ibuki**
Where are you guys going?!
**[21:22] Ibuki**
Are you saying I can use this?
**[21:25] Ibuki**
You're some neo-messiah.
**[21:28] Miwa**
What's a "neo-messiah"?
**[21:30] Kai**
A cheesy savior.
**[21:42] Nome**
Use it, for the sake of
doing what you need to do.
**[21:51] Ibuki**
Is that meant as sarcasm?
**[22:04] Ibuki**
In that case,
**[22:06] Ibuki**
I'll live life...
**[22:09] Ibuki**
...as a cheesy savior.
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Leon's new ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom!
***SIGN*** Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom
**[23:54] Narrator**
Its skill only allows your opponent
one guardian per attack during that turn.
**[23:58] Narrator**
It also prevents Intercepts,
**[23:59] Narrator**
allowing your high-power attacks
to get through more easily!
**[24:02] Narrator**
If there's a "Maelstrom" in the Soul,
**[24:04] Narrator**
all of the front row units get +10,000 power!
**[24:07] Narrator**
By using consecutive attacks and
overwhelming suppressive power,
**[24:09] Narrator**
you can do a lot of damage at once!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Ren**
I wonder what time it is...
**[24:16] Rekka**
Just before nine!
**[24:17] Ren**
Aren't you Tatsunagi...
**[24:18] Rekka**
Rekka!
**[24:19] Ren**
I'm impressed you knew the time,
even without a watch.
**[24:21] Rekka**
I can tell time by Ushimaru's pompadour!
**[24:24] Rekka**
See how it stands up like that?
**[24:26] Rekka**
It reaches vertical by noon,
**[24:28] Rekka**
and droops back down by night.
**[24:29] Ushimaru**
R-Rekka, you use my hair as a clock?!
**[24:32] Rekka**
And that's not all!
Inside her pompadour...
**[24:34] Ushimaru**
Hey, stop it, Rekka!
**[24:36] Rekka**
...I've hidden this...
**[24:37] Rekka**
...and even this!
**[24:39] Ren**
Even that?!
***SIGN*** Dimension 9
Ruler's Resolution
**[24:40] Ushimaru**
Rekka, when did you--
**[24:41] Rekka**
And when I remove them...
**[24:42] Ushimaru**
Stop it!
# E9 - Ruler's Resolution
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY3K39M4Y/rulers-resolution)
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**[00:01] Emi**
Aichi! Aichi!
**[00:05] Emi**
Wake up, already! Today is...
**[00:08] Aichi**
It's a very important day.
**[00:12] Aichi**
The Vanguard Koshien starts today!
***SIGN*** The First Vanguard Koshien 4th Block Qualifying Round Hall
**[00:25] Shingo**
At last, Miyaji Academy's Cardfight Club
will have its first official match!
**[00:30] Misaki**
We have to get past the qualifier.
**[00:32] Naoki**
I can't wait!
**[00:38] Aichi**
Leon!
**[00:40] Leon**
I sense that a good wind will blow today.
**[00:46] Naitou**
Who's that global-looking boy?
**[00:49] Futabe**
Last year's Asia Circuit champion and the
Vanguard Koshien's ambassador, Leon Soryu.
**[00:56] Eru**
I see it! I can see it!
**[00:59] Eru**
In the near future...
**[01:01] Eru**
I see him fighting me on a much larger stage!
**[01:05] Maki**
Is that right?
**[01:07] Leon**
Today I'll be watching from
the commentator's seat.
**[01:10] Leon**
I have high expectations of you, Aichi Sendou.
**[01:13] Aichi**
Right!
***SIGN*** Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien
**[01:20] ---**
Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien!
**[01:25] Izaki/Inenaga**
Rekka!
**[01:27] Morikawa**
Kourin!
**[01:28] Miwa**
Suiko!
**[01:31] Gouki**
Are they participatin', too?
**[01:34] Koutei**
So it seems. Take a look.
**[01:37] Kai**
What are you doing?
**[01:40] Kai**
Let's go.
**[01:42] Miwa**
W-Wait up, Kai!
**[01:47] Mamoru**
I'm looking forward to your fights.
***SIGN*** Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien
**[01:51] Suiko**
The curtain now rises on this
Vanguard Koshien regional qualifier.
**[01:55] Kourin**
There are ten blocks nationwide,
each holding a qualifier.
**[01:58] Kourin**
The top three schools in each block
then go on to the actual tournament.
**[02:02] Rekka**
On this program, we'll be love-love
updating you about all the passionate battles!
**[02:08] Suiko**
Now, let's hear it for the first high school
ready to enter the tournament.
**[02:12] Rekka**
Wait a minute, Suiko.
**[02:14] Rekka**
The qualifier hasn't begun yet!
**[02:16] Kourin**
Have you forgotten, Rekka?
**[02:18] Kourin**
The champion school from last year
can automatically take part in the tournament.
**[02:23] Rekka**
Oh yeah, that's right!
**[02:26] Suiko**
Let's give a warm welcome to the winner of
last year's Vanguard High School Championship,
**[02:30] Suiko**
Fukuhara High School!
**[02:34] Kourin**
Representing the club here today
is their vice-captain, Asaka Narumi.
**[02:40] Aichi**
Not their captain, Ren?
**[02:43] Misaki**
You don't want a guy
like that on national TV.
**[02:48] Kawanami**
Do you have a cold, Ren?
**[02:50] Ren**
I'm not sure...
**[02:53] Suiko**
Please give us a few words.
**[02:57] Asaka**
As we get to start at the main event,
of course our goal is to win it twice in a row!
**[03:05] Suiko**
I would expect no less from
the school that won last year.
**[03:18] Announcer**
Members from Miyaji Academy,
please come to the second booth.
**[03:23] Misaki**
Let's go, Aichi.
**[03:25] Aichi**
Right!
**[03:27] Kourin**
Me, too.
**[03:30] Rekka**
You wanted to participate?
**[03:35] Kourin**
Maybe I did...?
**[03:39] Suiko**
That was Asaka Narumi
from Fukuhara High School.
**[03:42] Suiko**
Thank you very much!
**[03:44] Asaka**
But at this rate, winning twice in a row...
**[03:47] Asaka**
...is impossible!
***SIGN*** Dimension 9 Ruler's Resolution
***SIGN*** Fukuhara High School
**[05:26] Kawanami**
Welcome back, Asaka.
**[05:29] Asaka**
There aren't many people here.
**[05:31] Kawanami**
Today's club meeting was optional, so...
**[05:34] Asaka**
But the qualifier has already started!
**[05:37] Asaka**
Why isn't everyone more fired up about it?!
**[05:43] Asaka**
Last year, three of us
participated in the tournament.
**[05:46] Asaka**
Ren, Tetsu and I won through to the end.
**[05:50] Asaka**
But then Tetsu graduated...
**[05:54] Asaka**
...and now they require
five-member teams for the tournament.
**[05:58] Asaka**
Ren and I can't be the
only ones pulling our weight here!
**[06:03] Ren**
Asaka, I saw you!
**[06:06] Asaka**
Ren!
**[06:08] Asaka**
My apologies for announcing that
we intend to win the tournament.
**[06:12] Ren**
It's fine. That is the club's goal, after all.
**[06:17] Asaka**
Still, we haven't yet decided on
the rest of the team members,
**[06:20] Asaka**
and Tetsu refuses to coach us.
**[06:23] Ren**
It'll be fine.
**[06:25] Ren**
Tetsu finally found a clue.
***SIGN*** Cardshop Castle
***SIGN*** Reserved Today
**[06:31] Tetsu**
Next, Kishida.
**[06:33] Kishida/Opponent**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[06:36] Kishida**
Um...
**[06:41] Kishida**
I ride!
**[06:43] Tetsu**
Kishida and the others have recovered
to the point of being able to fight normally.
**[06:49] Tetsu**
But we won't be able to win the tournament
unless they recover as well as Kyou and Kai did.
**[06:57] Tetsu**
Winning twice in a row
is no more than a dream.
**[07:07] Kourin**
Miyaji Academy, led by
Asia champion Aichi Sendou,
**[07:11] Kourin**
have easily won the first and
second rounds, so they'll be back.
**[07:14] Shin**
Misaki! There you are!
**[07:18] Misaki**
That's enough.
***SIGN*** Cardshop Castle
**[07:26] Members**
Thank you very much!
**[07:29] Tetsu**
Be careful going home.
**[07:40] Tetsu**
Why don't you come in out of the rain?
**[07:54] Tetsu**
I didn't think you would come to see me.
**[07:59] Tetsu**
I thought you hated Vanguard.
**[08:03] Ibuki**
I finally realized it.
**[08:07] Ibuki**
What I really hated were the jerks
who used Vanguard to bully people.
**[08:12] Ibuki**
Those who abused it.
**[08:16] Ibuki**
For some reason, that led me
to hate Vanguard itself.
**[08:22] Ibuki**
And because of that,
I stole Vanguard from many people.
**[08:28] Ibuki**
I want to save them.
**[08:31] Tetsu**
Can you do it?!
**[08:35] Tetsu**
You told me you didn't know how.
**[08:38] Ibuki**
That was then.
**[08:40] Ibuki**
But now I have this.
**[08:45] Tetsu**
Currently, I'm effectively an amateur.
**[08:47] Tetsu**
Are you sure?
**[08:51] Ibuki**
All you have to do is fight me.
**[08:56] Tetsu**
Okay.
**[09:00] Ibuki**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[09:00] Tetsu**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[09:16] Rekka**
It's the second day of the qualifier!
**[09:18] Suiko**
We're seeing more and more heated battles.
**[09:30] Ren**
There's Aichi! Good luck!
**[09:33] Asaka**
This really isn't the time to be a spectator.
**[09:36] Tetsu**
Asaka's right.
**[09:39] Asaka**
Tetsu!
**[09:40] Tetsu**
The tournament is almost upon us.
**[09:42] Tetsu**
Starting today, I'm going to crack down!
**[09:46] Ren**
I'm glad you're motivated, Tetsu,
but that alone doesn't mean anything.
**[09:52] Tetsu**
I have a strategy.
**[09:53] Tetsu**
I'd like for a certain student to join the club.
**[09:57] Ren**
That'll make us stronger?
**[09:59] Tetsu**
I guarantee it.
**[10:01] Tetsu**
Enter.
**[10:07] Kishida**
He's...
**[10:12] Tetsu**
I'm sure you all know Kouji Ibuki.
**[10:15] Asaka**
Ren!
**[10:16] Asaka**
It's his fault that so many
of our members are now useless!
**[10:20] Asaka**
I don't want him in the club!
**[10:22] Ren**
How should we resolve this?
**[10:25] Ren**
Just joking. By this point,
I don't think it even needs saying.
**[10:30] Ibuki**
I'm ready.
**[10:32] Asaka**
I'll bounce you out of here.
**[10:37] Ibuki**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[10:37] Asaka**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[10:42] Ibuki**
I ride.
**[10:46] Ibuki**
Neon Messiah.
**[10:48] Ren**
Neon... Messiah?
**[10:52] Kawanami**
Never seen that before.
**[10:55] Asaka**
I ride Entertain Messenger!
**[10:59] Ibuki**
Here I go!
**[11:00] Ibuki**
I ride!
**[11:05] Ibuki**
Sunset Edge, Duskblade!
**[11:09] Asaka**
I ride!
**[11:14] Asaka**
Starting Presenter!
**[11:16] Asaka**
Take this!
**[11:18] Ibuki**
Asteroid Wolf!
**[11:21] Ibuki**
It's my turn.
**[11:23] Ibuki**
I ride!
**[11:29] Ibuki**
Blast Monk of the Thundering Foot.
**[11:32] Kishida**
His deck is different from before!
**[11:36] Tetsu**
That's right.
**[11:38] Tetsu**
This is Ibuki's new power.
**[11:53] Ibuki**
I call!
**[11:57] Ibuki**
Here I come!
**[11:58] Asaka**
Please! Dynamite Juggler!
**[12:04] Ibuki**
Drive check.
**[12:05] Ibuki**
Critical trigger.
**[12:07] Ibuki**
I give all of the effects to Lady Battler.
**[12:12] Ibuki**
Go, Lady Battler!
**[12:16] Ibuki**
Lady Battler's skill activates!
**[12:19] Ibuki**
Lock and draw.
**[12:21] Asaka**
Lock?
**[12:22] Ibuki**
I call a card face down from my deck.
**[12:25] Ibuki**
I draw one card.
**[12:31] Tetsu**
That card is bound by a spell.
**[12:35] Tetsu**
Right now, it isn't even a unit.
**[12:37] Tetsu**
But at the end of the turn, it will awaken.
**[12:40] Ren**
Tetsu, you sound like your old self again.
**[12:43] Tetsu**
That's thanks to Ibuki.
**[12:46] Asaka**
No guard!
**[12:52] Ibuki**
My turn is over!
**[12:53] Ibuki**
I unlock Destiny Dealer.
**[12:58] Koutei**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[13:00] Koutei**
I win, right?
**[13:06] Mamoru**
I managed to win.
**[13:07] Gouki**
This'll settle it!
**[13:11] Suiko**
That's Harumi High School for you!
**[13:13] Suiko**
They've secured a place in
the semifinals without any issue!
**[13:16] Kourin**
Aichi Sendou's Miyaji Academy
has also won its way to the semifinals.
**[13:21] Rekka**
Aichi is cute!
**[13:23] Kourin**
But he's surprisingly strong-willed.
**[13:26] Rekka**
How do you know?
**[13:30] Kourin**
I can just sort of tell...
**[13:33] Suiko**
Hitsue High School is now in the eye of the
qualifier typhoon, with two wins and two losses.
**[13:39] Suiko**
We'll know the outcome soon.
**[13:40] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord the End attacks!
**[13:44] Opponent**
Damage check!
**[13:46] Opponent**
No trigger...
**[13:48] Morikawa**
Yeah! We won!
**[13:50] Kourin**
They did it.
**[13:51] Kourin**
Hitsue High School is also
moving on to the semifinals.
**[13:54] Rekka**
I heard that Hitsue High's Kai
**[13:55] Rekka**
has never participated in an
official tournament before this one!
**[13:59] Suiko**
But in this qualifier, he's undefeated!
**[14:02] Suiko**
Isn't that amazing?
**[14:03] Leon**
He hides a strong wind within his heart.
**[14:07] Leon**
So this is no surprise.
**[14:10] Leon**
However...
**[14:12] Kai**
I still have a ways to go.
**[14:20] Asaka**
Dynamite Juggler boosts!
**[14:21] Asaka**
Nitro Juggler attacks!
**[14:26] Ibuki**
Pulse Monk of the Quaking Foot guards!
**[14:29] Asaka**
My turn is over.
**[14:32] Ibuki**
Stand and draw.
**[14:35] Ibuki**
To the blue soul lost in the darkness of chaos,
a great light of truth... and eternal harmony!
**[14:44] Ibuki**
I ride!
**[14:53] Ibuki**
Harmonics Messiah!
**[14:56] Ibuki**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[15:02] Ibuki**
With a boost from Destiny,
I attack your Vanguard!
**[15:05] Ibuki**
Skill activates!
**[15:09] Ibuki**
If I win this fight...
**[15:13] Asaka**
I'll accept you as a member of the club!
**[15:18] Ibuki**
Not just that.
**[15:20] Ibuki**
Let me be the anchor
for the Vanguard Koshien.
**[15:24] Asaka**
What?!
**[15:25] Ren**
Fine by me.
**[15:28] Asaka**
Even if Ren doesn't mind, I won't allow it!
**[15:33] Asaka**
Magical Box's skill activates!
**[15:40] Asaka**
Rude audience members
get ejected from the big top!
**[15:50] Ibuki**
I attack End of Stage!
**[15:57] Ibuki**
I have no intention of leaving.
**[16:01] Asaka**
I'll make you eat those words!
**[16:04] Asaka**
I ride!
**[16:09] Asaka**
Golden Beast Tamer!
**[16:12] Asaka**
Imaginary Gift!
**[16:13] Asaka**
Accel II!
**[16:19] Asaka**
I call!
**[16:22] Miss Direction**
Hi there!
**[16:23] Asaka**
Skill activates!
**[16:26] Asaka**
I call!
**[16:30] Asaka**
It's showtime!
**[16:37] Asaka**
Miss Direction!
**[16:38] Ibuki**
Intercept!
**[16:40] Asaka**
Nitro Juggler! Purple Trapezist!
**[16:42] Ibuki**
I guard!
**[16:44] Asaka**
Magical Boxtreamer!
**[16:46] Ibuki**
I guard with Pulse Monk!
**[16:50] Asaka**
Golden Beast Tamer attacks your Vanguard!
**[16:57] Asaka**
My Pale Moon Circus
has many more attractions lined up.
**[17:01] Asaka**
Skill activates!
**[17:04] Asaka**
Superior call!
**[17:05] Asaka**
Jill's skill activates!
**[17:07] Asaka**
Purple's skill activates!
**[17:09] Kishida**
W-Wow!
**[17:11] Kishida**
Their skills keep activating,
which increases the number of units!
**[17:16] Ibuki**
No guard.
**[17:17] Asaka**
Drive check!
**[17:19] Asaka**
Critical trigger!
**[17:20] Asaka**
I give the power to End of Stage,
and the critical to my Vanguard.
**[17:25] Asaka**
Second check!
**[17:26] Asaka**
Front trigger!
**[17:34] Asaka**
There's more!
**[17:35] Asaka**
Midnight Bunny boosts!
**[17:37] Asaka**
Jumping Jill attacks!
**[17:41] Ibuki**
Damage check.
**[17:43] Ibuki**
Critical trigger!
**[17:44] Ibuki**
I give all of the effects to Harmonics.
**[17:47] Asaka**
Now for the finish!
**[17:49] Asaka**
Magical Boxtreamer! Starting Presenter!
**[17:53] Ibuki**
Duskblade!
**[17:56] Kawanami**
Oh, man! A whole series of attacks!
**[17:58] Kishida**
Please pulverize that scoundrel!
**[18:00] Members**
Yeah!
**[18:01] Members**
Totally!
**[18:04] Asaka**
You understand, don't you, Kouji Ibuki?
**[18:07] Asaka**
You're an unwanted guest!
**[18:09] Ren**
But everyone's got their pep back,
though their eyes looked dead a moment ago.
**[18:18] Asaka**
This is where it ends.
**[18:20] Asaka**
Gun Salute Dragon, End of Stage!
**[18:37] Ibuki**
I guard.
**[18:38] Ibuki**
Lady Healer of the Torn World.
**[18:45] Ibuki**
I have to make amends for my past.
**[18:49] Ibuki**
To do that, I'm going to the Vanguard Koshien!
***SIGN*** The First Vanguard Koshien 4th Block Qualifying Round Hall
**[18:54] Suiko**
That settles it!
**[18:57] Aichi**
I won!
**[18:59] Naoki**
You did it, Aichi!
**[19:02] Suiko**
The fourth-block representatives
for the Vanguard Koshien:
**[19:05] Suiko**
The winner, Harumi High School!
**[19:09] Suiko**
The runner-up, Hitsue High School!
**[19:10] Morikawa**
Yay!
**[19:12] Suiko**
And Miyaji Academy, beaten by Harumi
in the semifinals, makes the third!
**[19:21] Kai**
The battle is about to begin...
**[19:23] Kai**
...Aichi.
**[19:26] Ibuki**
The battle has just begun.
**[19:31] Ibuki**
Destiny's skill activates!
**[19:38] Ibuki**
I'll show you a real series of attacks!
**[19:41] Ibuki**
Go, Blast Monk!
**[19:44] Monk**
Out of the way!
**[19:45] Ibuki**
Skill activates!
**[19:47] Ibuki**
Bind!
**[19:51] Ibuki**
I used Bind on a grade 2
or higher, so I Soul Charge.
**[19:55] Asaka**
That kind of attack won't work on me!
**[19:58] Ibuki**
You're up next, Lady Battler!
**[20:02] Ibuki**
Skill activates!
**[20:07] Asaka**
It's no use!
**[20:08] Ibuki**
Join us, Destiny!
**[20:12] Ibuki**
Harmonics Messiah's skill activates!
**[20:21] Asaka**
Please, Candy Clown!
**[20:26] Ibuki**
Again, Harmonics Messiah's skill activates!
**[20:39] Asaka**
Wh-What?!
**[20:40] Kawanami**
The locked cards...
**[20:42] Kishida**
...got unlocked!
**[20:44] Tetsu**
With Harmonics Messiah,
at the end of a battle,
**[20:48] Tetsu**
the player can unlock any locked cards,
and then draw that same number of cards.
**[20:53] Tetsu**
Furthermore, all the front row
rear-guards get +15,000 power!
**[21:00] Ibuki**
Go!
**[21:00] Ibuki**
Blast Monk! Duskblade!
**[21:13] Asaka**
Damage check.
**[21:15] Asaka**
No trigger.
**[21:19] Asaka**
I lost.
**[21:22] Ibuki**
As you promised, I'll be the anchor for--
**[21:25] Kishida**
Not so fast!
**[21:27] Kishida**
If you want to be our anchor, defeat me first!
**[21:31] Asaka**
Kishida...
**[21:32] Kawanami**
Leave this to me!
**[21:34] Member**
No, me!
**[21:35] Member**
Me!
**[21:36] Member**
I'll do it!
**[21:37] Ibuki**
Come at me.
**[21:38] Member**
I'll fight him!
**[21:38] Ibuki**
I'll take you all on.
**[21:39] Member**
No, me!
**[21:40] Member**
I'll do it, too!
**[21:41] Member**
No, me!
**[21:44] Tetsu**
Ibuki's current deck seems to have something
that generates motivation for Vanguard.
**[21:52] Ren**
Asaka, just accept this.
**[21:54] Ren**
Both his club membership
and him being our anchor.
**[22:02] Asaka**
If you insist, Ren...
**[22:10] Ibuki**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[22:10] Kishida**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Ibuki's
new ace in the hole, Harmonics Messiah.
***SIGN*** Harmonics Messiah
**[23:53] Narrator**
Whenever this unit attacks, the player
draws one card of their choice from the deck,
**[23:56] Narrator**
and places it on a rear-guard circle
as a locked card face down.
**[23:59] Narrator**
And at the end of the battle
in which it attacked,
**[24:01] Narrator**
the player can pick any number of locked cards
and unlock them by turning them face-up.
**[24:05] Narrator**
The player draws a card
for each unlocked card,
**[24:07] Narrator**
and the two rear-guards in
the front row get +15,000 power!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Ren**
So Ibuki is our anchor.
**[24:18] Ren**
He can be our team captain, too!
**[24:19] Asaka**
No way, Ren!
**[24:21] Asaka**
The captain is the face of the club.
**[24:22] Asaka**
He's not worthy of being the captain
of our school's Vanguard club!
**[24:26] Asaka**
There's only one person for that! Only one!
**[24:28] Asaka**
That's you, Ren! You're our eternal captain!
**[24:30] Ren**
Are you saying I can't graduate?
**[24:32] Asaka**
N-No, I didn't mean--
**[24:33] Ren**
Why don't you do it, Asaka?
**[24:35] Ren**
You're older than me.
**[24:36] Asaka**
Me?
**[24:37] Asaka**
No, I couldn't be the captain!
**[24:39] Kawanami**
Yo, Captain Asaka!
***SIGN*** Dimension 10
Stand Up!! The Vanguard Koshien!!
**[24:40] Asaka**
Call me "Your Majesty"!
**[24:41] Kawanami**
Your Majesty!
**[24:43] Ren**
So it's okay if you're the queen?
# E10 - Stand Up!! Vanguard Koshien!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYG5WM1PY/stand-up-vanguard-koshien)
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**[00:02] Naoki**
We really get to stay here?
**[00:06] Naoki**
In this fancy hotel?
**[00:09] Maki**
The Tatsunagi Foundation
designated this as our lodging.
**[00:12] Shingo**
The Tatsunagi Foundation is so generous!
**[00:15] Naitou**
It's a fitting place to stay
for a global fellow like me.
**[00:18] Suwabe**
I agree.
**[00:21] Eru**
Is this where I'm supposed to heal
my wings, wounded in battle?!
**[00:27] Aichi**
I checked us in.
**[00:30] Naoki**
Do you believe this?!
They've even got a huge fight room!
***SIGN*** Fight Room
**[00:33] Shingo**
Let's check it out right now!
**[00:36] Misaki**
After we drop our luggage off at the rooms.
**[00:39] Naoki/Shingo**
Okay...
**[00:44] Miwa**
Now for the finish!
**[00:45] Aichi**
Miwa!
**[00:49] Miwa**
Aichi!
**[00:50] Miwa**
You finally got here.
**[00:51] Aichi**
So Hitsue High is staying here too, huh?
**[00:54] Miwa**
What are you talking about?
**[00:56] Miwa**
All of the participants in the
Vanguard Koshien are staying here.
**[01:00] Naoki**
Huh, really?
**[01:03] Miwa**
That's not all.
**[01:04] Miwa**
I heard the suite on the top floor
is occupied by Suiko...
**[01:08] Miwa**
Well, not just her.
**[01:09] Miwa**
All three members of ULTRARARE
are staying there!
**[01:12] Shingo**
What?! Rekka's staying at this hotel?!
**[01:15] Naoki**
Huh? Where's that guy?
**[01:17] Miwa**
"That guy"?
**[01:17] Naoki**
You know, him. The guy who'd
normally break in here with "Kourin!"
**[01:23] Miwa**
If you mean Morikawa, he's over there.
**[01:27] Naoki**
What's he got, a stomachache?
**[01:28] Miwa**
He's making the oath of fair play tomorrow.
**[01:35] Miwa**
If you're looking for Kai, he's in his room.
**[01:38] Aichi**
No, I wasn't...
**[01:40] Miwa**
It's written all over your face.
"I'm worried about Kai."
**[01:44] Aichi**
Oh, come on!
**[02:08] Naoki**
Aichi!
**[02:10] Naoki**
Can't ya sleep?
**[02:13] Aichi**
Nope.
**[02:18] Aichi**
But I know I need to.
**[02:21] Naoki**
Let's win this thing. For sure.
**[02:25] Naoki**
Remember what you said?
**[02:27] Naoki**
"I have an overwhelming desire to win."
**[02:31] Aichi**
Right.
**[02:32] Misaki**
Oh, you guys are here, too.
**[02:35] Naoki**
You can't sleep either, Boss?
**[02:37] Misaki**
Don't call me "Boss."
**[02:38] Shingo**
Of course we can't sleep!
**[02:41] Shingo**
Just think about what's waiting
for us over there tomorrow!
**[02:49] Naoki**
Yeah.
**[02:52] Suiko**
You're still awake?
**[02:59] Kourin**
We're in a world in which anyone
can be connected through Vanguard.
**[03:04] Suiko**
Where did that come from?
**[03:06] Kourin**
I feel like someone told me that.
**[03:10] Suiko**
That's why you're putting together a deck,
even though you're not participating?
**[03:17] Suiko**
Still, get to bed. Tomorrow's a long day.
**[03:20] Kourin**
I will.
**[03:21] Suiko**
Goodnight.
**[03:33] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[03:37] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[03:41] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 10 Stand Up!! Vanguard Koshien!!
**[05:26] Announcer**
Welcome to the first Vanguard Koshien.
**[05:32] Miya**
Listen to the crowd roar!
**[05:39] Miya**
As Nome Tatsunagi, the head of
the Tatsunagi Foundation and sponsor,
**[05:43] Miya**
and the supporters, the three
members of ULTRARARE, look on,
**[05:46] Miya**
the first-ever Vanguard Koshien begins!
***SIGN*** Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien
**[05:50] Miya**
The Vanguard Fight High School Championship
has been reborn as an upgraded tournament!
**[05:57] Miya**
I'm MC Miya, reporting live.
**[06:01] Miya**
And Leon Soryu, the ambassador of this
tournament, will be providing commentary.
**[06:06] Miya**
May we have a few words?
**[06:10] Leon**
There's a fine wind.
**[06:12] Jillian**
Listen, you...
**[06:13] Jillian**
If Leon says "a fine wind,"
he means a fine wind!
**[06:16] Sharlene**
That's right. You understand, don't you?
**[06:19] Miya**
Exactly! A fine wind is certainly blowing.
**[06:23] Miya**
Oops, I should have introduced them before.
**[06:25] Miya**
They are Jillian and Sharlene Chen.
**[06:28] Jillian/Sharlene**
Thank you!
**[06:31] Announcer**
The teams are entering the stadium.
**[06:35] Miya**
The winners of the qualifying round
of each block are making their entrance.
**[06:40] Miya**
The first team to hit the field is...
***SIGN*** Victory Vanguard Koshien
**[06:44] Miya**
The winners of last year's
High School Championship:
**[06:48] Miya**
Fukuhara High School!
**[06:50] Miya**
Vice-captain Asaka Narumi is holding
the Vanguard High School Championship flag!
***SIGN*** Fukuhara High School
**[06:59] Miya**
For last year's competition,
there were three members per team,
**[07:03] Miya**
but this year, there are
five members per team.
**[07:06] Miya**
And their captain from last year,
Tetsu Shinjou, has graduated.
**[07:10] Miya**
Will they be able to show us the same
overwhelming strength they displayed last year?
**[07:16] Tetsu**
Don't worry.
**[07:18] Ibuki**
What a pain.
**[07:21] Miya**
What's this?
**[07:22] Miya**
That's strange.
**[07:24] Miya**
I don't see the pillar of the team,
captain Ren Suzugamori.
**[07:30] Asaka**
Where's Ren?!
**[07:31] Kawanami**
He was here just a minute ago...
**[07:34] Asaka**
I'll look for him!
**[07:35] Kawanami**
Wait, Asaka!
**[07:40] Ren**
Wake me when the opening ceremony starts...
**[07:43] Tetsu**
Uh, it already has...
**[07:52] Miya**
Abashiri Bangaichi High School!
**[07:54] Miya**
Tosa Ipponzuri Girls' School!
***SIGN*** Sata Andagi High School
**[07:57] Miya**
Sata Andagi High School!
**[08:01] Miya**
Powerhouse teams that won the qualifying round
are taking the field, one after another!
**[08:06] Miya**
And which team is coming out next?
**[08:10] Mom**
All right!
**[08:11] Miya**
The high school led by
the current Asia champion!
**[08:14] Leon**
They're finally coming out?
***SIGN*** Miyaji Academy
**[08:24] Miya**
Their captain beat Leon Soryu
at this year's Asia Circuit.
**[08:28] Miya**
Miyaji Academy, led by Aichi Sendou!
**[08:32] Emi**
Aichi!
**[08:34] Kamui**
Brother Aichi!
**[08:36] Aichi**
Emi! Kamui!
**[08:39] Shin**
Misaki!
**[08:41] Shin**
I'm behind you all the way!
**[08:44] Misaki**
That idiot really did close the shop
so he could come here.
**[08:47] Naoki**
Cut 'im some slack. He's happy for you.
**[08:54] Shingo**
That's right. When you think that there are
people rooting for us, isn't it encouraging?
**[09:01] Misaki**
I guess...
**[09:05] Miya**
Miyaji Academy has the potential
to be in the spotlight here,
**[09:09] Miya**
but aside from Sendou,
**[09:10] Miya**
the members are unknown newcomers
with no records from official competitions.
***SIGN*** Miyaji Academy
**[09:15] Miya**
What kind of battles will they show us?
**[09:20] Rekka**
There's the "surprisingly strong-willed" Aichi...
**[09:23] Rekka**
So that kind of boy is your type, Kou?
**[09:26] Kourin**
All I did was tell you my impression of him!
**[09:29] Rekka**
Su, do *you* think that's all it is?
**[09:32] Suiko**
Who can say?
**[09:35] Kourin**
Jeez, Suiko, you too?
**[09:38] Miya**
Coming out next is...
**[09:41] Miya**
...Hitsue High School!
**[09:47] Miya**
And the school that defeated Miyaji and Hitsue
to achieve victory in the fourth block qualifier:
***SIGN*** Harumi High School
**[09:53] Miya**
Harumi High School!
**[09:59] Kamui**
Ack! Nagisa!
**[10:01] Nagisa**
Kamui!
**[10:02] Kamui**
What're ya doing there?!
**[10:05] Nagisa**
Thanks for cheering me on!
**[10:07] Kamui**
L-Like I'd cheer you on!
**[10:09] Emi**
You two are as close as ever.
**[10:11] Kamui**
N-No, we're not! There's someone
who means a lot more to me...
**[10:15] Emi**
I'll take an orange juice, please.
**[10:19] Announcer**
And now for the oath of fair play!
**[10:22] Morikawa**
Here!
**[10:26] Shin**
Morikawa's going to do it?!
**[10:28] Mark**
Morikawa!
**[10:31] Shin**
Mark!
**[10:32] Mark**
Shin'emon!
**[10:34] Mark**
Oh, Shin!
**[10:37] Emi**
Wh-Who's that?
**[10:39] Shin**
This is...
**[10:40] Kamui**
That's Mr. Mark. He teaches
history at my middle school.
**[10:44] Shin**
Kamui, you know Mark?
**[10:46] Mark**
He's my student!
**[10:49] Shin**
Oh, I see. That's right,
Kamui goes to Hitsue Middle School.
**[10:52] Emi**
Then you were also Aichi's teacher.
**[10:55] Mark**
Aichi? You mean Sendou?
**[10:58] Emi**
Y-Yes. I'm his younger sister, Emi.
**[11:02] Mark**
Well, it's a pleasure to meet you.
**[11:06] Mark**
Aichi has become a fine young man.
**[11:09] Emi**
Thank you!
**[11:11] Kamui**
Manager, how do you know Mark?
**[11:14] Shin**
We've been best buddies since high school.
**[11:17] Mark**
We're just like Yoshitsugu Otani
and Mitsunari Ishida.
**[11:21] Kamui**
Who're they?
**[11:23] Morikawa**
Mark my words!
**[11:26] Shin**
Ah, so Morikawa and company
were also your students.
**[11:29] Mark**
Yes! I taught them, too.
**[11:33] Miya**
What's wrong, Morikawa?
**[11:36] Morikawa**
Let's get this over with...
**[11:39] Morikawa**
Hey, you jerks!
**[11:41] Morikawa**
I'm the leader of Hitsue High,
and I've come here to *win*!
**[11:46] Morikawa**
I'll accept a challenge from
anyone, anywhere, at any time!
**[11:54] Miwa**
Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi...
**[12:07] Morikawa**
I mean...
**[12:09] Morikawa**
...that's what our Toshiki Kai says!
**[12:13] Fighter A**
Toshiki Kai?!
**[12:15] Fighter B**
The "Solitary Fighter" is on Hitsue's team?!
**[12:18] Fighter C**
I thought he didn't participate
in official tournaments!
**[12:21] Miwa**
That moron!
**[12:26] Miya**
Certainly, the name
Toshiki Kai is on the roster.
**[12:30] Miya**
Could this be the same Toshiki Kai that
those in the know call the "Solitary Fighter"?
**[12:34] Morikawa**
Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that?
**[12:37] Morikawa**
In any case! We swear to fight fair and square!
**[12:43] Miya**
What an unprecedented oath of fair play!
***SIGN*** Vanguard Koshien
**[13:00] ULTRARARE**
Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien!
**[13:03] Suiko**
The Vanguard Koshien tournament has just begun!
**[13:07] Kourin**
Over the next six days,
we'll see a plethora of intense fights.
**[13:11] Rekka**
But right now, here's a
love-love update of today's results!
**[13:17] Naoki**
We safely made it to the second round.
**[13:19] Maki**
Excuse me, "safely"?
**[13:21] Maki**
You barely won your fight.
**[13:24] Naoki**
A-Aichi, let's visit the baths!
**[13:26] Aichi**
Sure.
**[13:27] Aichi**
You too, Shingo!
**[13:29] Shingo**
I-I'll just take a bath in the room...
**[13:32] Naoki**
What, are you *embarrassed*?!
**[13:34] Shingo**
Hey!
**[13:36] Suwabe**
President, we should go, too.
**[13:37] Naitou**
Now that's a global proposal.
**[13:40] Misaki**
Why don't we take a bath, too?
**[13:41] Maki**
Sure, Tokura.
**[13:45] Naoki**
Ain't you joinin' us, Nakagami?
**[13:51] Eru**
They'll see it wash off...
**[13:54] Eru**
I'll pass.
**[13:55] Naoki**
The heck? You prefer private baths too?
**[13:58] Shingo**
That's what I said, so...
**[13:59] Naoki**
You're comin' with us!
**[14:03] Eru**
My name is Eru.
**[14:04] Eru**
Some people call me, "Lonely Eru."
***SIGN*** Men's Bath
**[14:11] Naoki**
I can't hold back!
**[14:13] Shingo**
Naoki!
**[14:14] Rekka**
It's the fourth day of the Vanguard Koshien!
**[14:17] Rekka**
We're down to the best four teams!
**[14:20] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord the End!
**[14:23] Morikawa**
Juggernaut Maximum!
**[14:26] Miwa**
Miss Splendor!
**[14:28] The Three**
Attack!
**[14:29] Kourin**
First to make their bid for victory
is Hitsue High School,
**[14:31] Kourin**
led by the Solitary Fighter, Toshiki Kai!
**[14:35] Gouki**
King of Demonic Seas, Basskirk!
**[14:39] Kenji**
Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha!
**[14:42] Mamoru**
Dragonic Blademaster!
**[14:44] The Three**
Attack!
**[14:46] Suiko**
To continue, the next candidate for the
championship rounds is Harumi High School!
**[14:50] Asaka**
Gun Salute Dragon, End of Stage!
**[14:53] Kawanami**
Machining Stag Beetle!
**[14:57] Ibuki**
Harmonics Messiah!
**[14:59] The Three**
Attack!
**[15:02] Rekka**
And here's last year's champion,
Fukuhara High School!
**[15:05] Rekka**
They're so confident, they kept their captain,
Ren Suzugamori, on the backburner!
**[15:09] Rekka**
Lastly...
**[15:11] Aichi**
Monarch Sanctuary Alfred!
**[15:14] Naoki**
Detonix Stinger Dragon!
**[15:16] Shingo**
Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm!
**[15:19] Misaki**
Hexagonal Magus!
**[15:21] The Four**
Attack!
**[15:24] Rekka**
Go on, Kou!
**[15:27] Kourin**
A-As expected, taking center stage is
**[15:30] Kourin**
Miyaji Academy, led by Aichi Sendou,
the Asia Circuit champion!
***SIGN*** Vanguard Koshien: Fukuhara High School Harumi High School Miyaji Academy Hitsue High School
**[15:35] Suiko**
These four schools will clash
during tomorrow's semifinals.
***SIGN*** Miyaji Academy Hitsue High School
**[15:39] Naoki**
Our opponent's Hitsue High, huh?
**[15:42] Shingo**
Let's prepare for tomorrow
by fortifying ourselves with a meal.
**[15:45] Naoki**
Sure, race you to the cafeteria!
**[15:47] Shingo**
Are you in grade school?! Wait up!
**[15:49] Aichi**
Don't run in the halls, you two!
**[15:55] Naoki**
Ow...
**[15:59] Naoki**
It's you...
**[16:00] Ibuki**
That's why I find the guy so nauseating...
**[16:05] Naoki**
I ain't forgotten how you mocked Aichi.
**[16:10] Naoki**
What's nauseating about Aichi?!
**[16:14] Ibuki**
Even though he remembers
about that time at Fukuhara,
**[16:18] Ibuki**
he doesn't recall the Tatsunagi mansion...
**[16:21] Nome**
After all, the revisions to the force of destiny
rewrote the melody that had previously existed.
**[16:28] Ibuki**
I see...
**[16:30] Ibuki**
Because the melody was rewritten,
**[16:33] Ibuki**
their memories of the events
involving Takuto Tatsunagi are gone.
**[16:36] Naoki**
What, cat got your tongue?!
**[16:38] Aichi**
Naoki, stop it!
**[16:40] Naoki**
Don't stop me, Aichi!
**[16:41] Naoki**
Kouji Ibuki! You'd better take back
everythin' you said about Aichi!
**[16:46] Ibuki**
Fine, Naoki Ishida.
**[16:47] Ibuki**
If you beat me, I'll take it back,
and even beg for forgiveness.
**[16:52] Naoki**
Don't you dare forget that.
**[16:56] Ibuki**
I'm pretty sure my memory
is much better than yours.
**[16:59] Naoki**
Say what?!
**[17:01] Aichi**
Ibuki, we've only met once, at Fukuhara...
but it doesn't feel that way.
**[17:07] Ibuki**
I will delete all bonds!
**[17:10] Aichi**
Bonds can still be reforged!
**[17:16] Aichi**
Ibuki and I fought before?
**[17:20] Miya**
It's the fifth day of the tournament!
**[17:23] Kenji**
Damage check.
**[17:25] Miya**
No trigger!
**[17:27] Miya**
Mitsusada has 6 damage!
**[17:31] Miya**
It's the semifinals, and in the fourth round of the
first match between Harumi High and Fukuhara High,
**[17:35] Miya**
Fukuhara's Suzugamori, who had bided his time
before appearing, has defeated Mitsusada,
***SIGN*** Fierce Fighting! Vanguard Koshien
***SIGN*** Harumi High School:
Kaoru Komatsubara
Yuri Usui
Gouki Daimonji
Kenji Mitsusada
Mamoru Anjou
***SIGN*** Fukuhara High School:
Osamu Kishida
Minami Kawanami
Asaka Narumi
Ren Suzugamori
Kouji Ibuki
**[17:41] Miya**
tying them at two wins apiece!
**[17:44] Miya**
It'll all be decided in the anchor round
between Kouji Ibuki and Mamoru Anjou!
**[17:54] Mamoru**
Toshiki Kai...
**[17:58] Mamoru**
You certainly did show me
that you've mastered The End.
**[18:01] Kai**
Did I?
**[18:03] Mamoru**
I won't lose next time.
**[18:05] Mamoru**
Let's be sure to meet again at the finals!
**[18:10] Miya**
Which one of them will
the goddess of victory smile upon?!
**[18:15] Mamoru**
There's someone I have to beat in the finals!
**[18:23] Ibuki**
Come on, then!
**[18:26] Miya**
Ibuki managed to hang on with 5 damage!
**[18:29] Ibuki**
Not too shabby.
**[18:32] Mamoru**
Back at ya.
**[18:33] Nagisa**
He wasn't able to finish him off.
**[18:35] Gouki**
But Mamoru still has only 4 damage.
**[18:38] Kenji**
If he can get through this turn,
he's got a good shot at winning it.
**[18:42] Ibuki**
Once more!
**[18:43] Ibuki**
I ride!
**[18:45] Ibuki**
Harmonics Messiah!
**[18:47] Ibuki**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[18:50] Ibuki**
And then I call Destiny Dealer, and Soul Blast.
**[18:54] Ibuki**
Skill activates!
**[18:56] Miya**
Once again, we see Ibuki call a locked card!
**[19:00] Ibuki**
Destiny Dealer boosts.
**[19:01] Ibuki**
Harmonics Messiah attacks your Vanguard!
**[19:05] Ibuki**
Harmonic Messiah's skill activates!
**[19:09] Miya**
Yet another locked card!
**[19:11] Miya**
This ensures he'll get a series of attacks!
**[19:14] Miya**
What will Anjou do?!
**[19:22] Mamoru**
Nehalem guards!
**[19:25] Mamoru**
Doha intercepts!
**[19:27] Ren**
Naturally, he guards.
**[19:29] Asaka**
But if even one trigger comes up,
the attack will go through.
**[19:33] Ibuki**
Twin drive.
**[19:35] Ibuki**
First check.
**[19:36] Ibuki**
Second check.
**[19:39] Miya**
He drew a critical!
**[19:51] Mamoru**
Damage check!
**[19:53] Mamoru**
First check!
**[19:58] Mamoru**
Second check!
**[20:25] Nagisa**
Please!
**[20:34] Miya**
That decides it!
**[20:42] Miya**
For the second year in a row,
Fukuhara High School...
**[20:46] Miya**
...is moving on to the finals!
**[20:56] Gouki**
Our final summer...
**[20:59] Kenji**
It's over already...
**[21:02] Miya**
Any comments, Soryu?
**[21:05] Leon**
Right now there are separate gusts,
but they may converge at some point.
**[21:09] Leon**
That's the kind of wind I felt.
**[21:11] Miya**
My thoughts exactly.
**[21:14] Ibuki**
I also have...
**[21:16] Ibuki**
...someone waiting for me at the finals.
**[21:19] Mamoru**
Good luck.
**[21:22] Ibuki**
Thanks, man.
**[21:32] Naoki**
Now it's our turn to win.
**[21:34] Shingo**
Hitsue High School!
We couldn't ask for better opponents.
**[21:40] Aichi**
Will Kai be all right?
**[21:58] Miwa**
I slept through breakfast!
**[22:01] Miwa**
Why didn't you wake me up, Ka--i?
**[22:10] Miwa**
Where'd you go, Kai?!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Mamoru's
ace in the hole, Dragonic Blademaster!
***SIGN*** Dragonic Blademaster
**[23:54] Narrator**
Its skill activates if both
"Doha" and "Garan" are rear-guards.
**[23:58] Narrator**
It can retire all of an opponent's rear-guards
while also calling a Vision Token.
**[24:02] Narrator**
The Phantom Flames Vision Token
acts as a second Vanguard!
**[24:06] Narrator**
It can even do a twin drive when it attacks,
making it a really powerful Token unit!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Miya**
Wow, what a blast
the Vanguard Koshien has been!
**[24:20] Miya**
Reporters Jillian and Sharlene!
**[24:23] Miya**
Any comments from you two?!
**[24:25] Jillian**
I'm Jillian!
**[24:26] Sharlene**
I'm Sharlene!
**[24:27] Jillian**
Now, we shall make an introduction!
**[24:29] Jillian**
What is the place?
**[24:30] Sharlene**
Nakano-sakaue Bushido Hot Spring!
**[24:33] Jillian**
What kind of bath?
**[24:33] Sharlene**
An open-air bath!
**[24:35] Jillian**
What type of water?
**[24:36] Sharlene**
It is a simple sulfur spring.
**[24:37] Jillian**
And its benefits?
**[24:38] Sharlene**
Ride accident prevention
and improved luck with triggers.
***SIGN*** Dimension 11
Welcome Back, Kai
**[24:41] Miya**
Uh, what are you talking about?
**[24:43] Jillian/Sharlene**
Don't you know?!
# E11 - Welcome Back, Kai
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR1XDM32R/welcome-back-kai)
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**[00:02] Miya**
The second match of the semifinals,
**[00:04] Miya**
between Miyaji Academy and
Hitsue High School, is about to begin.
**[00:08] Miya**
But what's this?
**[00:10] Miya**
It seems Hitsue High School is missing members.
**[00:14] Aichi**
Kai...
**[00:15] Misaki**
Miwa isn't there, either.
**[00:17] Naoki**
Then maybe we'll win by default?
**[00:20] Shingo**
It's not that simple.
**[00:22] Maki**
Tournament rule number 7:
**[00:24] Maki**
"When a participant's name is called,
they must proceed to the fight table."
**[00:28] Shingo**
Which means it doesn't matter
where they are until it's their turn.
**[00:35] Kamui**
Is Kai pulling a Musashi Miyamoto,
just to mess with Brother Aichi's head?
**[00:41] Mark**
Musashi may have been late in a novel,
but he wasn't especially tardy in real life.
**[00:48] Kamui**
Huh, really?
**[00:51] Shin**
I wonder what happened to Kai.
**[00:55] Emi**
And Aichi was so looking
forward to their fight today...
**[01:01] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[01:05] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[01:09] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 11 Welcome Back, Kai
***SIGN*** The Previous Night
**[02:51] Kai**
With a boost from Aermo,
**[02:53] Kai**
The End attacks your Vanguard!
**[02:56] Izaki**
I lost!
**[03:00] Miwa**
Looks like you're in fine form, Kai.
**[03:02] Kai**
No, I'm still far from where I should be.
**[03:06] Inenaga/Akahori**
S-Seriously?!
**[03:08] Izaki**
Just how strong would you be then?
**[03:11] Miwa**
They've got it right.
**[03:13] Miwa**
From an outside perspective,
you're back to your old self already.
**[03:17] Miwa**
Heck, you're even stronger.
**[03:21] Kai**
But Miwa, while I was at a standstill,
Aichi and the rest kept making progress.
**[03:27] Kai**
To catch up to him, I need
to work several times as hard!
**[03:32] Miwa**
Isn't that just the Achilles paradox?
**[03:37] Kai**
What?
**[03:38] Miwa**
Nothing.
**[03:40] Miwa**
I'm fine with going along for the ride,
**[03:42] Miwa**
until you're finally satisfied.
**[03:45] Morikawa**
Hey!
**[03:47] Morikawa**
The gang's all here, huh?
**[03:49] Izaki**
What's up, Morikawa? You look so serious.
**[03:52] Morikawa**
We're gonna have a strategy session
to prepare for tomorrow's semifinal.
**[04:01] Morikawa**
Since Aichi will definitely be
Miyaji Academy's anchor, that means...
**[04:07] Morikawa**
...we'll have Inenaga be ours.
**[04:12] Inenaga**
Y-You want *me* to be the anchor?!
**[04:14] Morikawa**
Basically, the plan is to
give up on the Aichi battle,
**[04:18] Morikawa**
but definitely win
the remaining four matches.
**[04:21] Morikawa**
I call it the "Aichi Shift"!
**[04:23] Izaki/Akahori**
"Aichi Shift"?!
**[04:25] Inenaga**
So what am I?
**[04:26] Miwa**
Wait a sec!
**[04:28] Miwa**
Kai's only participating in this tournament
**[04:31] Miwa**
because he looks forward to fighting Aichi!
**[04:33] Kai**
I wouldn't say "only."
**[04:35] Morikawa**
If he wants to fight Aichi,
he can do it any old time!
**[04:38] Miwa**
Fighting in a card shop and fighting before
a huge crowd are completely different!
**[04:45] Morikawa**
I don't care! This is a team tournament!
**[04:47] Morikawa**
Our team winning is all that matters.
**[04:50] Miwa**
But...
**[04:51] Morikawa**
Shut up! It's captain's orders!
**[04:55] Morikawa**
Anyone who doesn't like it can leave!
**[04:58] Miwa**
There's no dealing with that guy!
**[05:04] Miwa**
I slept through breakfast!
**[05:06] Miwa**
Why didn't you wake me up, Kai?!
***SIGN*** Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien
**[05:12] Miya**
It's the fifth day of the tournament!
**[05:14] Miya**
The first match of the semifinals is
Fukuhara High School versus Harumi High School.
**[05:20] Miya**
Your thoughts on this bout, Soryu?
**[05:24] Leon**
The wind of victory will blow upon
last year's champions, Fukuhara High School.
**[05:33] Morikawa**
You guys are late.
**[05:35] Morikawa**
Where's Kai?
**[05:37] Miwa**
He's gone!
**[05:38] Miwa**
Kai's disappeared!
**[05:41] Asaka**
Artilleryman attacks your Vanguard!
**[05:49] Morikawa**
Wh-What?!
**[05:50] Inenaga**
What do you mean?!
**[05:51] Miwa**
Just what I said! When I woke up, Kai was gone!
**[05:55] Miwa**
I looked all over the hotel,
but he's nowhere to be found.
**[05:57] Izaki**
His phone?!
**[05:58] Miwa**
If I could reach him,
we wouldn't have this problem!
**[06:01] Morikawa**
If Kai doesn't come back,
**[06:04] Morikawa**
we'll lose by default.
**[06:07] Inenaga**
And we won our way through the semifinals, too!
**[06:10] Izaki**
It's all because a *certain someone*
made Inenaga the anchor!
**[06:14] Morikawa**
So it's *my* fault?!
**[06:16] Inenaga**
Maybe Sendou knows where Kai might be?
**[06:18] Izaki**
Let's ask him!
**[06:20] Morikawa**
Are you stupid?!
**[06:21] Morikawa**
They're our next opponents!
**[06:24] Morikawa**
We're not cozying up to them!
**[06:25] Miwa**
What's your issue with it?!
**[06:27] Miwa**
Asking is better than losing by default!
**[06:30] Morikawa**
This is Hitsue High's problem!
**[06:32] Morikawa**
If we're in their debt, we won't be able
to have a serious fight against them!
**[06:37] Miwa**
A serious fight...
**[06:40] Miya**
That decides it!
**[06:41] Miya**
Ibuki is the winner!
**[06:43] Miwa**
For the second year in a row,
Fukuhara High School is moving on to the finals!
**[06:49] Izaki**
What'll we do?!
Our match is gonna start soon!
**[06:53] Morikawa**
Kai's back to being the anchor.
**[06:57] Morikawa**
Izaki, you'll go first.
Inenaga, you're second. I'm third.
**[07:01] Miwa**
Morikawa...
**[07:03] Morikawa**
We'll buy as much time as possible.
**[07:06] Morikawa**
In the meantime, you find Kai
and bring him back here.
**[07:10] Morikawa**
I'm counting on you.
**[07:12] Miwa**
Got it.
**[07:14] Miya**
After two losses, three fast and furious wins!
What a brilliant comeback victory.
**[07:19] Ren**
Well, that's how it goes.
**[07:21] Miya**
You took third place in the Asia Circuit,
**[07:24] Miya**
but we hadn't yet seen you
in this tournament, Ren Suzugamori.
**[07:28] Miya**
You've been biding your time
before putting in an appearance.
**[07:31] Miya**
Was that part of your strategy?
**[07:33] Ren**
Not really.
**[07:35] Ren**
I wasn't interested in
fighting anyone except Aichi,
**[07:39] Ren**
but Asaka insisted I should play today.
**[07:42] Asaka**
Ren, that was too candid!
**[07:45] Ibuki**
Nonsense...
**[07:48] Ibuki**
Miwa?
**[07:50] Miwa**
Ibuki!
**[07:52] Ibuki**
What are you doing?
**[07:53] Ibuki**
You guys are up next.
**[07:55] Miwa**
That's not what matters now! Kai is...
**[08:00] Ibuki**
He's not himself?
**[08:01] Miwa**
Well, he did win all of
his matches in the qualifier,
**[08:05] Miwa**
but he insists that he still
hasn't fully gotten his game back.
**[08:17] Miwa**
I hate to think it, but I'm afraid
he's left us and won't come back.
**[08:24] Miwa**
Like that other time...
**[08:26] Miwa**
Sorry, just kidding there.
**[08:30] Ibuki**
Let's look for places where he's likely to be.
**[08:35] Izaki**
All right!
**[08:37] Inenaga**
Attack!
**[08:40] Miwa**
Ibuki...
**[08:42] Miwa**
Doesn't this look a lot like our park?
**[08:54] Miwa**
It does! It had swings
and a slide just like these.
**[08:58] Ibuki**
There was a hippo figure next to the sandbox.
**[09:01] Miwa**
Wasn't it a pig?
**[09:02] Ibuki**
A hippo.
**[09:03] Ibuki**
My memory is better than yours.
**[09:06] Kai**
No, it was a pig.
**[09:11] Miwa/Ibuki**
Kai!
**[09:14] Miya**
That decides it!
**[09:15] Miya**
With a ferocious attack by
the ever-changing Magatsu Gale,
***SIGN*** Yuuta Izaki
Ichirou Inenaga
Katsumi Morikawa
Taishi Miwa
Toshiki Kai
**[09:18] Miya**
Shingo Komoi of Miyaji Academy
wins the second match!
**[09:22] Inenaga**
Sorry, Morikawa.
**[09:26] Morikawa**
Hey, don't worry about it!
We can hang our hopes on me!
**[09:30] Izaki**
Miwa isn't back yet!
**[09:32] Izaki**
Draw it out as long as possible!
**[09:34] Morikawa**
Yeah, I know.
**[09:36] Kai**
What are you guys doing here?
**[09:39] Miwa**
That's my line!
**[09:41] Ibuki**
He said that you were gone
when he woke up this morning.
**[09:44] Kai**
Oh, that...
**[09:49] Kai**
His snoring was so loud
that it woke me up at dawn.
**[09:56] Kai**
I was just arranging my deck here.
**[09:59] Ibuki**
Don't you know what time it is?!
**[10:02] Ibuki**
Your school's matches are taking place now!
**[10:05] Kai**
What?!
**[10:29] Miya**
Wow! It's Morikawa, with a dramatic victory!
**[10:33] Miya**
Hitsue High School has two wins and one loss!
**[10:38] Morikawa**
Didn't think I was that strong, did ya?!
**[10:40] Izaki**
You idiot! I told you to draw it out!
**[10:43] Morikawa**
Oh, shoot!
**[10:44] Maki**
Ishida, how could you have lost like that?!
**[10:47] Naoki**
Yeah, sorry!
**[10:49] Naoki**
I couldn't stop his weird momentum.
**[10:52] Miya**
Now we're about to start the fourth match,
**[10:56] Miya**
but I don't see Hitsue's designated fighter.
**[11:03] Morikawa**
There!
**[11:12] Miwa**
Sorry we're late!
**[11:14] Morikawa**
You had me worried, Kai!
**[11:17] Kai**
Sorry, guys.
**[11:19] Ren**
Welcome back, Bukki.
**[11:24] Asaka**
What were you doing?
**[11:26] Ibuki**
Nothing worth mentioning.
***SIGN*** Miyaji Academy: Tatewaki Naitou Shingo Komoi Naoki Ishida Misaki Tokura Aichi Sendou
**[11:28] Miya**
Misaki Tokura wins!
**[11:31] Morikawa**
Don't lose, you idiot!
**[11:33] Misaki**
You weren't yourself this time.
**[11:36] Miwa**
Wouldn't finishing it here be boring?
**[11:39] Miwa**
This sets the stage for the last match.
**[11:42] Miya**
So, the outcome of this match
**[11:44] Miya**
has brought Aichi Sendou and Toshiki Kai
together for the anchor match!
**[11:55] Aichi**
Kai, are you okay?
**[11:58] Kai**
No problem here. Let's go!
**[12:02] Aichi**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[12:02] Kai**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[12:18] Miya**
Wh-What an intense battle!
**[12:21] Miya**
It's a heated fight in which
neither one of them has the edge!
**[12:26] Kai**
I ride!
**[12:27] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord!
**[12:33] Kai**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[12:40] Kai**
To me, Nehalem!
**[12:43] Kai**
Dragon Full-armored Buster, you too!
**[12:46] Kai**
Also you guys!
**[12:49] Kai**
Bahr's skill activates!
**[12:53] Aichi**
Kay!
**[12:56] Kai**
Sabel Dragonewt's skill activates!
**[12:58] Kai**
Superior draw!
**[13:00] Kai**
Nehalem attacks Bedivere!
**[13:03] Aichi**
No guard.
**[13:06] Kai**
Aermo, lend me your strength!
**[13:08] Aermo**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[13:17] Aichi**
Iseult!
**[13:18] Kamui**
All right! A perfect guard!
**[13:23] Kai**
Drive check!
**[13:25] Kai**
Second check!
**[13:26] Kai**
Critical trigger!
**[13:28] Kai**
I give all of the effects to
Dragon Full-armored Buster.
**[13:32] Kai**
Go!
**[13:34] Morikawa**
Now the power's 36,000!
**[13:37] Aichi**
No guard!
***SIGN*** Miyaji Academy: Tatewaki Naitou Shingo Komoi Naoki Ishida Misaki Tokura Aichi Sendou
**[13:44] Emi**
Now he's got 3 damage.
**[13:46] Kamui**
It's okay. The fight's just getting started!
**[13:50] Aichi**
It's my turn!
**[13:52] Aichi**
I ride!
**[13:58] Aichi**
Monarch Sanctuary Alfred!
**[14:03] Aichi**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[14:09] Aichi**
Monarch's skill activates!
**[14:11] Aichi**
Blaster Blade moves from
the Drop Zone to my hand!
**[14:16] Aichi**
Let's go, everyone!
**[14:19] Blaster**
Burst Buster!
**[14:27] Gordon**
Gordon goes forth!
**[14:34] Kai**
Nehalem!
**[14:35] Aichi**
Monarch attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:38] Aichi**
Subjugation Field!
**[14:40] Aichi**
Theater Moderate!
**[14:44] Kai**
No guard!
**[14:45] Aichi**
Drive check!
**[14:47] Aichi**
First check!
**[14:48] Aichi**
Critical trigger!
**[14:49] Aichi**
I give the power to Blaster Blade
and the extra critical to Monarch!
**[14:56] Aichi**
Second check!
**[14:59] Kai**
Damage check!
**[15:04] Kai**
Draw trigger!
**[15:06] Kai**
I give the power to Overlord!
**[15:08] Inenaga**
Now he's got 5 damage!
**[15:10] Izaki**
He's cornered!
**[15:14] Ibuki**
Show me, Kai.
**[15:17] Ibuki**
Show me your serious fighting.
**[15:19] Aichi**
Blaster Blade attacks your Vanguard!
**[15:27] Kai**
Thank you, Tahr!
**[15:31] Morikawa**
He blocked it!
**[15:32] Miwa**
Keep it up, Kai!
**[15:35] Kai**
The Achilles and Tortoise paradox:
**[15:37] Kai**
No matter how long he chased the tortoise,
Achilles would never be able to catch up.
**[15:43] Kai**
But I've realized something.
**[15:46] Kai**
There is no "finish line" in Vanguard.
**[15:48] Kai**
So together, you and I
can aim for the highest heights!
**[15:53] Kai**
I ride!
**[15:56] Kai**
Raging dragon of the true apocalypse!
**[15:59] Kai**
Herald the beginning of the end
with your crimson flames!
**[16:04] Kai**
Dragonic Overlord the End, "The Vanguard"!
**[16:12] Kai**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[16:15] Kai**
You guys, come to me too!
**[16:20] Kai**
Berserk Dragon's skill activates!
**[16:30] Aichi**
That's amazing, Kai!
**[16:38] Aichi**
Epona guards!
**[16:39] Kai**
Drive check!
**[16:41] Morikawa**
A critical trigger!
**[16:43] Kai**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard.
**[16:45] Kai**
Second check!
**[16:50] Kai**
I'm not done yet!
**[16:51] Kai**
With three cards discarded from my hand,
The End can stand up again!
**[16:56] Kai**
The End, superior stand!
**[17:01] Aichi**
I guard with Flogal and Allen!
**[17:04] Misaki**
With that, his shield is 38,000!
**[17:06] Shingo**
And when re-stood, The End
gets only one drive check!
**[17:10] Naoki**
So we can relax!
**[17:12] Kai**
Drive check!
**[17:14] Miya**
A critical trigger!
**[17:18] Miya**
With this, The End's power is 43,000!
**[17:26] Naoki**
Hey! No way!
**[17:28] Shingo**
A direct hit from a 4-critical...
**[17:34] Aichi**
Damage check!
**[17:36] Aichi**
First check.
**[17:40] Misaki**
Aichi...
**[17:41] Aichi**
Second check!
**[17:43] Naitou**
It's all over!
**[17:45] Emi**
Aichi!
**[17:52] Aichi**
Third check!
**[18:02] Aichi**
Fourth check!
**[18:06] The Three**
What?!
**[18:07] Morikawa**
A double heal?!
**[18:09] Miya**
Incredible!
**[18:10] Miya**
At the last possible moment,
Aichi Sendou has held out!
**[18:19] Kai**
I'm not done yet!
**[18:21] Kai**
The End!
**[18:23] Kai**
Superior stand!
**[18:25] Kai**
With a boost from Aermo,
The End attacks your Vanguard!
**[18:35] Aichi**
Thank you, everyone!
**[18:39] Kai**
My turn is over.
**[18:41] Miya**
What an astonishing fight!
**[18:43] Miya**
Aichi Sendou has fended off
Toshiki Kai's fierce attacks!
**[18:48] Aichi**
Grant me power, sublime wings of white!
**[18:52] Aichi**
I ride!
**[18:57] Aichi**
Solitary Knight, Gancelot!
**[19:00] Aichi**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[19:07] Aichi**
On top of that, I call Tristan!
**[19:09] Aichi**
Skill activates!
**[19:11] Aichi**
I superior call Blaster Blade from my deck!
**[19:15] Blaster**
Burst Buster!
**[19:20] Aichi**
Gancelot's skill activates!
**[19:22] Aichi**
Blaster Blade gets +10,000 power!
**[19:25] Aichi**
Then Blaster Blade becomes a Vanguard!
**[19:29] Emi**
In other words, he can do a drive check?
**[19:32] Kamui**
That's right, Miss Emi!
**[19:34] Ren**
As always, Aichi plays dirty.
**[19:39] Aichi**
With a boost from Tristan,
Gancelot attacks your Vanguard!
**[19:43] Kai**
Tahr, Berserk, lend me your strength!
**[19:46] Aichi**
Drive check!
**[19:48] Aichi**
Second check!
**[19:52] Aichi**
Blaster Blade attacks your Vanguard!
**[19:57] Aichi**
Drive check!
**[19:59] Naoki**
A critical trigger!
**[20:01] Aichi**
I give all of the effects to Blaster Blade!
**[20:04] Izaki**
Now Blaster Blade has 40,000 power!
**[20:07] Inenaga**
Oh no! That's higher than his shield!
**[20:10] Kai**
I knew it, Aichi...
**[20:13] Kai**
You really are better than--
**[20:15] Morikawa**
You moron!
**[20:19] The Three**
Morikawa?!
**[20:21] Morikawa**
Who said you get to be satisfied with that?!
**[20:24] Morikawa**
For the rest of your teammates,
don't you dare give up till the very end!
**[20:32] Kai**
You're right!
**[20:40] Aichi**
A heal trigger?!
**[20:43] Morikawa**
You can do this! Work just one more miracle!
**[20:47] Miwa**
Kai!
**[20:48] Ibuki**
Kai!
**[21:14] Miya**
That decides it!
**[21:15] Miya**
The winner is Aichi Sendou!
**[21:19] Miya**
For the final round of the Vanguard Koshien,
**[21:21] Miya**
first-time entrants Miyaji Academy and
last year's champion Fukuhara High School
**[21:25] Miya**
will meet in a fierce battle!
**[21:30] Aichi**
You really are amazing, Kai.
**[21:33] Kai**
Well, I finally got to have
a fight that satisfied me.
**[21:37] Kai**
All because of you.
**[21:39] Kai**
My thanks.
**[21:44] Inenaga**
It was so close at the end!
**[21:46] Izaki**
He was just one step away!
**[21:49] Morikawa**
You dope!
**[21:52] Miwa**
Welcome back, Kai.
**[21:57] Morikawa**
You let us dream a great dream!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Aichi's new set of wings,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Solitary Knight, Gancelot!
***SIGN*** Solitary Knight, Gancelot
**[23:54] Narrator**
It gives all of the player's
Blaster Blades +10,000 power!
**[23:57] Narrator**
On top of that, rear-guard Blaster Blades
can become additional Vanguard units!
**[24:01] Narrator**
They can use skills only available to Vanguards,
and even get to activate drive checks!
**[24:05] Narrator**
Two or more Vanguards means
the tactical possibilities are endless!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Ren**
See? Aichi won, like I said he would.
**[24:18] Ren**
So now the final clash will be between
Fukuhara High School and Miyaji Academy, Bukki.
**[24:23] Ibuki**
Don't call me that.
**[24:24] Ren**
Then what should I call you?
**[24:25] Ren**
Ibu? Ibu-ibu?
**[24:27] Ren**
Or Ibracadabra?
**[24:28] Ibuki**
After Sweden's former top scorer?
**[24:30] Ren**
That's my Bukki! You're even up on soccer!
**[24:33] Ibuki**
His real name is Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
**[24:36] Ibuki**
A name you never forget once heard.
**[24:39] Ibuki**
Wait, you slipped in another Bukki there!
***SIGN*** Dimension 12
Memories Neither from the Past
Nor Future
**[24:42] Ren**
Hey, why not, Bukki?!
# E12 - Memories Neither from the Past Nor Future
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYDKJQN86/memories-neither-from-the-past-nor-future)
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**[00:05] Naoki**
Boss!
**[00:07] Naoki**
Heya.
**[00:10] Misaki**
Again, stop calling me "Boss"!
**[00:13] Aichi**
Are you going out this late at night?
**[00:15] Misaki**
I thought I'd get some fresh air.
**[00:18] Misaki**
How about you guys?
**[00:20] Naoki**
Same as you.
**[00:22] Aichi**
When I think about the finals
being tomorrow, I just can't relax.
**[00:25] Shingo**
May I please join you?
**[00:32] Naoki**
What's wrong, Shingo?!
**[00:34] Shingo**
I can't sleep at all...
**[00:40] Eru**
The time has come for
the seven seals to be undone!
**[00:42] Eru**
What?! It's not working?!
**[00:45] Eru**
Then I have no choice
but to unleash my inner space!
**[00:49] Eru**
My life is as nothing
compared to the fate of humanity!
**[00:52] Eru**
I'm going to take back the world line!
**[00:54] Misaki**
I doubt anyone could sleep through that.
**[00:58] Naoki**
This's a nice garden.
**[01:02] Shingo**
Huh?
**[01:03] Shingo**
Someone else is here.
**[01:06] Aichi**
Kourin Tatsunagi?
**[01:11] Kourin**
You four are...
**[01:12] Misaki**
Why did you come here?
**[01:15] Kourin**
The moon was just so beautiful.
**[01:20] Kourin**
I believe it's called a crescent moon.
**[01:23] Aichi**
I see...
**[01:38] Ushimaru**
Kourin...
**[01:40] Ushimaru**
Please go to bed.
**[01:43] Kourin**
All right.
**[01:57] Aichi**
Good night, Kourin.
**[02:02] Kourin**
I bid you good night.
**[02:07] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[02:11] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[02:15] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 12 Memories Neither from the Past Nor Future
***SIGN*** Cardfight Club
**[04:02] Aichi**
Sorry I'm late.
**[04:04] Naoki**
We've already gotten started.
**[04:06] Shingo**
All right, it's you and me, Sendou.
**[04:08] Kourin**
Forget it! I'm the one fighting Aichi!
**[04:12] Misaki**
That's right. You reserved
a fight with him yesterday.
**[04:16] Aichi**
Right!
**[04:17] Aichi**
I remember, Kourin.
**[04:25] Kourin/Aichi**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[04:35] Naoki**
Wake up, Aichi! It's morning!
**[04:39] Aichi**
Right...
**[04:44] Naoki**
What's wrong? You havin'
a nightmare or somethin'?
**[04:48] Aichi**
I dreamed that we were all in the club room,
**[04:51] Aichi**
but Kourin Tatsunagi was there too,
wearing a Miyaji uniform.
**[04:56] Naoki**
That idol, a student at Miyaji?
**[05:00] Naoki**
Must've been 'cause you saw her
before goin' to bed last night.
**[05:02] Naoki**
Are you secretly a Kourin fan?
**[05:05] Aichi**
N-No, I'm not!
**[05:10] Naoki**
Today's the day.
**[05:13] Aichi**
Right.
**[05:23] Aichi**
Let's go, Naoki!
**[05:25] Aichi**
An awesome stage awaits us.
**[05:30] Naoki**
Yeah!
**[05:32] Miya**
Just take a look at this long, long, long line!
**[05:38] Miya**
They're here to watch the battle of the century
between Fukuhara High School and Miyaji Academy!
**[05:42] Miya**
Vanguard fans from all across the country--
nay, the world--want to witness it in person!
**[05:47] Kamui**
Miss Emi! Over here!
**[05:50] Emi**
The view seems better from there.
**[05:52] Shin**
Ah, you're right.
**[05:53] Mark**
Sendou's little sister has sharp eyes.
**[05:57] Kamui**
W-Wait for me!
**[06:01] Morikawa**
Aww yeah! We get box seats!
**[06:05] Miwa**
Even though we lost in the semifinals,
Hitsue High is still number three in the nation.
**[06:10] Miwa**
We deserve this.
**[06:12] Gouki**
You've got that right!
**[06:14] Gouki**
Harumi High is also number three.
**[06:17] Gouki**
So we're sitting here too.
**[06:19] Koutei**
Both of our schools will be awarded
third place during the closing ceremony.
**[06:23] Koutei**
Make sure you don't wander off.
**[06:26] Nagisa**
*You're* the one most in danger of that, Koutei!
**[06:33] Mamoru**
I'd hoped to fight you here.
**[06:37] Kai**
We'll have plenty of opportunities from now on.
**[06:43] Leon**
I suppose this is the calm before the storm.
**[06:55] Misaki**
There you are, Aichi.
**[07:03] Aichi**
Ever since I knew we'd be able
to participate in the Vanguard Koshien,
**[07:06] Aichi**
I've had my sights set on that spot,
the highest place on the winners' podium.
**[07:13] Aichi**
I felt like I just had to stand up there.
**[07:17] Aichi**
But still, will I really be able to win this?
**[07:25] Naoki**
It'll be fine. You've got us.
**[07:29] Naoki**
And actually, I've had the feelin'
I've gotta stand up there too.
**[07:34] Shingo**
So have I!
**[07:37] Misaki**
I've also felt that, all this time.
**[07:40] Misaki**
So let's go there together!
**[07:42] All**
Yeah!
**[07:44] Maki**
I always did think that they were
extremely motivated, but those feelings...
**[07:50] Naitou**
Thinking globally, the championship flag
would be the only thing awaiting them there...
**[07:54] Eru**
There may be a lost fate in effect.
**[07:59] Maki**
Perhaps if they stand up there,
**[08:01] Maki**
we'll finally learn why the Cardfight Club
was granted approval with too few members.
**[08:07] Itsuki**
Nagashiro, it's about that time.
**[08:09] Maki**
Well then, I will announce
our order for the final round.
**[08:18] Miya**
And now, at last!
**[08:21] Miya**
The final round of the Vanguard Koshien begins!
**[08:31] Miya**
These first-time entrants have
brilliantly made their way to the top!
**[08:35] Miya**
Miyaji Academy's Cardfight Club!
***SIGN*** Miyaji Academy
**[08:38] Leon**
As always, Aichi Sendou
is in the eye of the storm.
**[08:41] Miya**
Opposing them...
**[08:43] Miya**
...are these majestic champions.
**[08:44] Miya**
The school that emerged victorious from
last year's Vanguard High School Championship!
**[08:48] Miya**
Fukuhara High School's Vanguard Club!
***SIGN*** Fukuhara High School
**[08:51] Leon**
Kouji Ibuki... a new wind, perhaps...?
**[09:07] Miya**
Take a look at the Jumbotron over there.
**[09:10] Miya**
It's displaying the match-ups!
***SIGN*** Minami Kawanami -1st- Eru Nakagami Kiriya Bidou -2nd- Shingo Komoi Asaka Narumi -3rd- Misaki Tokura Ren Suzugamori -4th- Aichi Sendou Kouji Ibuki -Anchor- Naoki Ishida
**[09:16] Miya**
Wh-What's this?!
**[09:18] Miya**
The order for Fukuhara is the same as before,
but for Miyaji, Naoki Ishida is now the anchor!
**[09:24] Miya**
That means the anchor match
will be Naoki Ishida versus Kouji Ibuki!
**[09:28] Naoki**
I'm gonna steamroll you!
**[09:31] Miya**
Aichi Shindou and Ren Suzugamori
will clash in the fourth match!
**[09:39] Aichi**
Ren...
**[09:41] Ren**
I finally get to fight Aichi.
***SIGN*** 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th / Anchor
***SIGN*** Vanguard Koshien
**[09:50] Leon**
We have a marvelous lineup,
thanks to the guidance of the wind.
**[09:54] Miya**
Our first match!
**[09:56] Miya**
From Miyaji Academy, Eru Nakagami!
**[10:00] Miya**
And from Fukuhara High School,
Minami Kawanami!
**[10:04] Naitou**
Why don't I get to participate
in the finals, Nagashiro?
**[10:08] Maki**
Your record up to this point has been poor.
**[10:11] Maki**
Besides, these opponents suit each other.
**[10:14] Maki**
Oddball versus oddball.
**[10:17] Aichi**
Good luck, Nakagami!
**[10:20] Eru**
I'm going all out from the very start.
**[10:27] Eru**
Psychic Power!
**[10:29] Kawanami**
If that's how you wanna play it...
**[10:33] Kawanami**
Animal Power!
**[10:38] Eru**
Could he be the real thing?!
**[10:42] Miya**
That decides it!
**[10:43] Miya**
The winner of the first match is
Minami Kawanami from Fukuhara High School!
**[10:49] Kyou**
What's he even howling for?
**[10:53] Miya**
In the second match, we have
Shingo Komoi from Miyaji Academy
**[10:58] Miya**
versus Kiriya Bidou
from Fukuhara High School!
**[11:02] Shingo**
I'll catch us up!
**[11:04] Shin**
I have a bad feeling...
**[11:06] Shin**
Shingo's a little out of his depth here.
**[11:09] Mark**
I fear you're right.
**[11:13] Miya**
And Bidou's attack decides it!
**[11:19] Miya**
What a bitter defeat for Shingo Komoi!
***SIGN*** °Minami Kawanami° -1st- Eru Nakagami
°Kiriya Bidou° -2nd- Shingo Komoi
Asaka Narumi -3rd- Misaki Tokura
Ren Suzugamori -4th- Aichi Sendou
Kouji Ibuki -Anchor- Naoki Ishida
**[11:22] Miya**
Two consecutive losses for Miyaji Academy!
**[11:24] Miya**
They're hit a red light on the road to victory!
**[11:27] Miya**
Will they be able to recover?!
**[11:32] Misaki**
It's not over yet.
**[11:35] Aichi**
Misaki...
**[11:40] Misaki**
I'll be back soon.
**[11:54] Miya**
In the third match, we have
Misaki Tokura from Miyaji Academy
**[11:57] Miya**
versus Asaka Narumi from Fukuhara High!
**[11:59] Miya**
A battle between two female fighters!
**[12:10] Misaki**
I swear that we'll stand up there!
**[12:14] Suiko**
That scrunchie she has on her wrist...
I feel like I've seen it before.
**[12:19] Rekka**
Yeah, it looks like the
custom-made one Kou used to wear.
**[12:25] Kourin**
It does?
**[12:29] Tetsu**
If Asaka wins here,
you won't be able to fight Aichi Sendou.
**[12:36] Ren**
Say, Tetsu...
**[12:39] Ren**
We all get to play Vanguard here like this,
but who do we have to thank for that?
**[12:44] Tetsu**
That's a bizarre question.
**[12:47] Ren**
It's been on my mind lately.
**[12:49] Ren**
If we're able to enjoy Vanguard now,
maybe it's because someone protected Vanguard?
**[12:56] Ren**
Except we've all forgotten about it.
**[13:02] Misaki**
Now I'll finish you off!
**[13:08] Miya**
The blade of Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi
has pierced Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier!
**[13:14] Miya**
Miyaji Academy stands its ground!
**[13:19] Naoki**
You did it, Boss!
**[13:20] Misaki**
Don't call me "Boss"!
**[13:23] Miya**
At last, the time has come!
**[13:25] Miya**
It's the focal point of this tournament!
**[13:31] Miya**
Aichi Sendou from Miyaji Academy versus
Ren Suzugamori from Fukuhara High School!
**[13:37] Miya**
It's a replay of the Asia Circuit!
**[13:41] Miwa**
Who do you think will win?
**[13:42] Kai**
Who knows?
**[13:45] Naitou**
A world-level battle, taking place right here...
**[13:48] Naitou**
This is global indeed!
**[13:50] Eru**
But will destiny surpass the world line?
**[13:53] Itsuki**
Nakagami, what are you talking about?
**[13:56] Shingo**
Please, Sendou!
**[13:58] Maki**
Sendou! Win and hand it off to Ishida!
**[14:02] Misaki**
Whatever you do, just win!
**[14:05] Naoki**
We're all gonna stand up there!
**[14:11] Ren**
Let's get started, Aichi.
**[14:14] Aichi**
Right, Ren!
**[14:17] Ren**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[14:17] Aichi**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[14:20] Miya**
The fourth match has begun!
**[14:23] Miya**
Don't take your eyes off of it!
**[14:25] Aichi**
Stand up, my avatar!
**[14:29] Aichi**
I ride Blaster Blade!
**[14:32] Miya**
Sendou is quick to ride Blaster Blade!
**[14:36] Miya**
And then...
**[14:37] Aichi**
I call Knight of Truth, Gordon!
**[14:39] Aichi**
Bringer of Good Luck, Epona!
**[14:41] Aichi**
Knight of Friendship, Kay!
**[14:43] Aichi**
Kay's skill activates!
**[14:45] Aichi**
I superior call Knight of Loyalty, Bedivere!
**[14:49] Aichi**
Let's go, everyone!
**[14:53] Ren**
Death Feather Eagle!
**[14:56] Aichi**
Epona, lend me your strength!
**[14:59] Aichi**
Drive check!
**[15:02] Aichi**
Heal trigger!
**[15:07] Bedivere**
Keep going, Kay!
**[15:10] Ren**
Abyss Healer!
**[15:16] Miya**
Sendou unleashes a tidal wave of attacks!
**[15:19] Leon**
However, much like how Aichi Sendou
has Blaster Blade, Ren Suzugamori has...
**[15:25] Ren**
Envelop everything in darkness, my avatar!
**[15:29] Ren**
I ride!
**[15:32] Ren**
Blaster Dark.
**[15:35] Ren**
This is only the beginning, Aichi.
**[15:37] Ren**
Darkness Maiden, Macha!
**[15:39] Ren**
Black Sage, Charon!
**[15:41] Ren**
Skull Witch, Nemain!
**[15:43] Ren**
Nullity Revenger, Masquerade!
**[15:48] Ren**
Now, go!
**[15:53] Bedivere**
I'll handle this!
**[16:00] Ren**
Drive check!
**[16:03] Ren**
Critical trigger!
**[16:05] Ren**
Take this!
**[16:08] Miya**
With no guard, Sendou takes 2 damage!
**[16:12] Miya**
And then he's hit by an attack
from Macha, with a boost from Charon!
**[16:16] Leon**
A marvelous wind is blowing.
**[16:18] Miya**
However, Sendou launches a counterattack!
**[16:21] Miya**
He rides Monarch Sanctuary Alfred,
**[16:24] Miya**
then calls Gordon and Blaster Blade!
**[16:27] Miya**
Macha is retired!
**[16:28] Miya**
Now, the attack phase begins!
**[16:31] Emi**
Go for it, Aichi!
**[16:35] Ren**
Death Feather Eagle!
**[16:38] Aichi**
Subjugation Field!
**[16:40] Aichi**
Theater Moderate!
**[16:47] Miya**
Sendou got a critical trigger!
**[16:51] Miya**
Suzugamori accumulates 3, 4, 5 damage!
**[16:56] Tetsu**
That's Aichi Sendou for you.
**[16:59] Tetsu**
Ren hasn't lost to him
time and time again for nothing.
**[17:02] Asaka**
Are you saying Ren will lose?!
**[17:06] Tetsu**
Did you think Ren and I would come to a
tournament without taking advance measures?
**[17:11] Ren**
Stand and draw.
**[17:14] Ren**
I'll show you my determination.
**[17:17] Ren**
I ride!
**[17:19] Ren**
Come to me, wings of black!
**[17:32] Ren**
Illusionary Revenger, Mordred Phantom!
**[17:35] Ren**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[17:39] Ren**
Charon! Blaster Dark!
**[17:41] Miya**
Then Mordred Phantom's skill activates!
**[17:46] Tetsu**
With each Blaster Dark,
**[17:48] Tetsu**
Ren gains an Imaginary Gift, Force!
**[17:51] Ren**
I call!
**[17:53] Ren**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[17:56] Miya**
Another Blaster Dark!
**[17:58] Miya**
His super-powerful Force Corps is complete!
**[18:01] Gouki**
What's worse, Blaster Dark's skill
makes Sendou lose two units.
**[18:06] Koutei**
And now, from this point on, we'll be seeing
the true, terrifying nature of that deck!
**[18:17] Aichi**
Gallatin!
**[18:22] Ren**
Here I go!
**[18:26] Miya**
With that, Sendou has 5 damage!
**[18:30] Morikawa**
He managed to hold out.
**[18:32] Kai**
No.
**[18:34] Kai**
It's not over yet.
**[18:36] Miya**
Wh-What's this?!
**[18:37] Miya**
He's re-standing the two Blaster Dark units!
**[18:43] Mamoru**
Once Mordred attacks, Blaster Dark units
can re-stand and gain +10,000 power.
**[18:49] Morikawa**
What?!
**[18:50] Morikawa**
He can do that?!
**[18:52] Miya**
And he attacks again!
**[18:55] Aichi**
Epona!
**[19:01] Aichi**
Elaine!
**[19:04] Miya**
Amazing! Sendou blocked them both!
**[19:09] Ren**
Aichi...
**[19:12] Ren**
Vanguard's really fun, isn't it?
**[19:16] Aichi**
Yeah!
**[19:18] Aichi**
Grant me power, sublime wings of white!
**[19:22] Aichi**
I ride!
**[19:29] Aichi**
Solitary Knight, Gancelot!
**[19:32] Aichi**
Ren, here I come!
**[19:34] Miya**
Sendou is calling one unit after another!
**[19:39] Aichi**
Let's go, everyone!
**[19:47] Aichi**
Let's go, Allen!
**[19:57] Ren**
This is...
**[20:03] Miya**
With that, Ren Suzugamori has 5 damage!
**[20:09] Ren**
I knew it.
**[20:11] Ren**
It was you.
**[20:13] Blaster**
I'll settle this!
**[20:15] Dark**
Oh no you won't!
**[20:20] Shin**
With Gancelot's skill, any front-row
Blaster Blade units become Vanguards!
**[20:24] Mark**
So that means...
**[20:29] Aichi**
Drive check!
**[20:31] Aichi**
Critical trigger!
**[20:32] Aichi**
I give all of the effects to Blaster Blade!
**[20:39] Ren**
That was...
**[20:40] Ren**
...neither a memory from the past
nor a memory of the future.
**[20:46] Ren**
But still...
**[20:47] Ren**
...we're able to play Vanguard now,
and it's all because you protected it.
**[20:55] Ren**
I can't help believing that.
**[20:59] Blaster**
Blade Rush!
**[21:08] Miya**
Th-That decides it!
**[21:10] Miya**
The winner is Aichi Sendou!
**[21:24] Ren**
Thank you, Aichi.
**[21:28] Ren**
All fighters are grateful to you.
**[21:32] Aichi**
Let's have another Vanguard fight sometime!
**[21:38] Ren**
Sure, let's.
**[21:46] Kourin**
Huh? Why am I crying...?
**[21:52] Kourin**
Well done.
**[22:01] Miya**
They each have two wins and two losses!
***SIGN*** *Minami Kawanami* -1st- Eru Nakagami *Kiriya Bidou* -2nd- Shingo Komoi Asaka Narumi -3rd- *Misaki Tokura* Ren Suzugamori -4th- *Aichi Sendou* Kouji Ibuki -Anchor- Naoki Ishida
**[22:03] Miya**
The anchor match will decide the whole thing!
**[22:06] Miya**
Who will win the Vanguard Koshien?
**[22:09] Miya**
Miyaji, or Fukuhara? Which one?!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Ren's new set of wings,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Illusionary Revenger, Mordred Phantom!
***SIGN*** Illusionary Revenger, Mordred Phantom
**[23:54] Narrator**
Every time Blaster Dark is called,
the player can obtain Imaginary Gift, Force.
**[23:59] Narrator**
And then, when Mordred attacks,
Blaster Dark units re-stand and gain +10,000.
**[24:05] Narrator**
The force from a series of Blaster Dark attacks
can mow down any enemy standing in the way!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Eru**
No. This can't be right.
**[24:17] Itsuki**
What's wrong, Nakagami?
**[24:18] Eru**
According to my Elle Note,
**[24:20] Eru**
the Koshien finals were supposed
to kick off with my home run.
**[24:24] Eru**
Could someone have overwritten that destiny?!
**[24:28] Eru**
You must agree, Yah-mada!
**[24:29] Itsuki**
I'm Suwabe.
**[24:31] Itsuki**
And on another world line,
*I* participated in the finals.
**[24:34] Eru**
Huh? What are you reading there?
**[24:36] Itsuki**
This is: "How It All Really Happened Note"
**[24:39] Itsuki**
Also known as: "The Original Comics"!
***SIGN*** Dimension 13
Decisive Fight!!
**[24:41] Shingo**
Exactly! And *I* didn't lose my match, either!
# E13 - Decisive Fight!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYXJKJZM6/decisive-fight)
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***SIGN*** Fukuhara High School Miyaji Academy
**[00:10] MC**
They each have two wins and two losses!
***SIGN*** *Minami Kawanami* -1st- Eru Nakagami *Kiriya Bidou* -2nd- Shingo Komoi Asaka Narumi -3rd- *Misaki Tokura* Ren Suzugamori -4th- *Aichi Sendou* Kouji Ibuki -Anchor- Naoki Ishida
**[00:12] MC**
The anchor match will decide the whole thing!
**[00:15] MC**
Who will win the Vanguard Koshien?
**[00:18] MC**
Miyaji, or Fukuhara? Which one?!
**[00:25] Ibuki**
Do you actually have Blaster Blade?
**[00:32] Ibuki**
Well? Do you?!
**[00:34] Aichi**
Y-Yes. I have it.
**[00:40] Ibuki**
This takes me back...
**[00:43] Ibuki**
And where did you get this card?
**[00:46] Aichi**
Um, er... a f-friend gave it to me.
**[00:51] Ibuki**
Your wimpiness makes me sick.
**[00:58] Aichi**
S-Sorry...
**[00:59] Naoki**
Hey! What're you insultin' him for?!
**[01:02] Aichi**
N-Naoki!
**[01:03] Ibuki**
I'm amazed you can stand
the company of a milksop like him.
**[01:06] Naoki**
No more insulting Aichi!
**[01:12] Aichi**
A-Are you okay, Naoki?
**[01:14] Naoki**
Ow...
**[01:16] Aichi**
You shouldn't hit people
over something so minor.
**[01:19] Naoki**
"So minor"?!
**[01:31] MC**
With two losses followed by two wins,
**[01:33] MC**
Miyaji Academy made a narrow escape.
**[01:38] MC**
Everything is riding on this anchor match.
**[01:41] MC**
And the person who has been appointed
as the anchor of Miyaji Academy is...
**[01:46] MC**
...Naoki Ishida!
**[01:53] MC**
And his opponent...
**[01:55] MC**
...is Fukuhara High School's anchor,
who remains undefeated in this tournament.
**[02:00] MC**
Kouji Ibuki!
**[02:05] MC**
The champion side strides
to the table with confidence.
**[02:12] Ibuki**
I haven't forgotten.
**[02:17] Naoki**
Kouji Ibuki! You'd better take back
everythin' you said about Aichi!
**[02:21] Ibuki**
Fine, Naoki Ishida.
**[02:23] Ibuki**
If you beat me, I'll take it back,
and even beg for forgiveness.
**[02:27] Naoki**
Don't you dare forget that.
**[02:31] Ibuki**
I'm pretty sure my memory
is much better than yours.
**[02:35] Naoki**
I've been waitin' for this, Kouji Ibuki!
**[02:39] Ibuki**
Then beat me...
**[02:42] Ibuki**
...Naoki Ishida.
**[02:46] Leon**
I sense uncertainty in the wind.
**[02:48] MC**
Uncertainty?
**[02:51] MC**
All right! In the end,
which high school will win the crown?
**[02:58] MC**
The battle you're about to see...
**[03:00] MC**
...will determine the victor
of the Vanguard Koshien!
**[03:06] MC**
Which side will win?!
**[03:09] Ibuki**
Stand up, The Vanguard!
**[03:09] Naoki**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[03:14] Aichi**
For us, today is a day like any other.
**[03:18] Aichi**
We know we lost something precious.
**[03:22] Aichi**
Will we ever be able to connect again,
despite that interrupted fate?
***SIGN*** Dimension 13 Decisive Fight!!
**[05:05] Naoki**
I ride!
**[05:10] Naoki**
Lizard Soldier, Riki!
**[05:13] Aichi**
Good luck, Naoki!
**[05:16] Naoki**
Aichi!
**[05:18] Naoki**
Please!
**[05:20] Naoki**
Let me be the anchor
for the final match tomorrow!
**[05:24] Maki**
Why are you so intent on that?
**[05:26] Naoki**
Ibuki's been Fukuhara's anchor
for this whole tournament.
**[05:29] Naoki**
I've just gotta fight 'im!
**[05:32] Shingo**
You mean to make him beg for forgiveness, huh?
**[05:34] Suwabe**
B-Beg for forgiveness?
**[05:35] Naitou**
That's not a very global action.
**[05:37] Naitou**
Depending on circumstances...
**[05:39] Naoki**
That jerk!
**[05:40] Naoki**
That jerk made fun of Aichi!
**[05:43] Aichi**
Naoki, that's water under the bridge!
**[05:47] Naoki**
He's gotta learn his lesson.
**[05:49] Naoki**
I'm gonna make him apologize
to Aichi on his knees!
**[05:51] Naoki**
I ain't lettin' this go!
**[05:53] Aichi**
But...
**[05:54] Shingo**
Let's leave this to Ishida.
**[05:57] Shingo**
I couldn't just ignore it after
you've been insulted either, Sendou.
**[06:02] Misaki**
Me, either.
**[06:03] Naitou**
I was just about to say that.
**[06:05] Aichi**
No, everyone...
**[06:07] Aichi**
It's just so silly...
**[06:09] Naoki**
It ain't silly!
**[06:12] Naoki**
You're my Vanguard!
**[06:14] Naoki**
I'd even say you're my lifesaver!
**[06:16] Naoki**
And when someone like that gets mocked,
**[06:19] Naoki**
I ain't keepin' my trap shut!
**[06:22] Aichi**
Naoki...
**[06:26] Ibuki**
I attack your Vanguard.
**[06:29] Naoki**
No guard!
**[06:35] Naoki**
I swear I'll make you beg for forgiveness!
**[06:37] Aichi**
Naoki...
**[06:39] MC**
Now it's Ishida's turn!
**[06:42] Naoki**
I ride Recklessness Dragon!
**[06:48] Naoki**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[06:53] Ibuki**
I guard.
**[06:56] Ibuki**
I draw.
**[06:57] Ibuki**
I ride.
**[07:04] Ibuki**
Blast Monk of the Thundering Foot.
**[07:10] Naoki**
So attack already!
**[07:14] Ibuki**
I call.
**[07:15] Ibuki**
Destiny.
**[07:17] Ibuki**
Lady Battler of the Gravity Well.
**[07:19] Ibuki**
Destiny.
**[07:22] Ibuki**
Blast Monk attacks your Vanguard.
**[07:25] Naoki**
No guard!
**[07:26] Ibuki**
Drive check.
**[07:29] MC**
Oh, my!
**[07:30] MC**
Ibuki got a critical!
**[07:38] Naoki**
Damage check!
**[07:43] Naoki**
Darn it! What should I do?!
**[07:45] Misaki**
He still has only 3 damage!
**[07:48] Shingo**
Why is he so on edge?!
**[07:52] Ibuki**
Lady Battler's skill.
**[07:54] Ibuki**
I take Lady Battler from the top of my deck,
and superior call it in a locked state.
**[08:01] Naoki**
This ain't goin' my way!
**[08:03] MC**
Oh boy! Ishida has 4 damage already!
**[08:08] Naoki**
Dang it! At this rate, I won't be able to
make him get down on his knees!
**[08:14] Naoki**
What's so funny, moron?!
**[08:18] Aichi**
Naoki!
**[08:21] Aichi**
Naoki!
**[08:22] Kourin**
Naokiii!
**[08:32] Kourin**
What are you fighting for here?!
**[08:35] Morikawa**
Huh?! Did Kourin just call Naoki's name?!
**[08:40] Kamui**
Do they know each other?!
**[08:42] Emi**
Don't be silly!
**[08:45] Kourin**
Naoki!
**[08:46] Kourin**
Fight Vanguard your own way already!
**[08:51] Naoki**
Vanguard... my own way...
**[08:57] Naoki**
My own style?
**[08:58] Aichi**
Yeah.
**[08:59] Shingo**
Yes.
**[09:00] Misaki**
That's right. Your own style of Vanguard.
**[09:03] Shingo**
You shouldn't forget that.
**[09:05] Maki**
You still have only 4 damage.
**[09:07] Maki**
You can make a comeback!
**[09:10] Naoki**
A comeback...
**[09:13] Naoki**
Oh yeah. You're right.
**[09:15] Naoki**
Sorry I forgot that, you guys.
**[09:20] Naoki**
That's right!
**[09:22] Naoki**
I didn't come here to make you grovel!
**[09:26] Naoki**
What I'm...
**[09:29] Naoki**
What we're all aimin' for...
**[09:32] Naoki**
...is over there!
**[09:35] Naoki**
I owe ya one, Miss Idol.
**[09:37] Naoki**
Thanks to you--Huh? She's gone.
**[09:41] Naoki**
Where'd she go?!
**[09:42] Ushimaru**
Kourin! You're a member of ULTRARARE!
**[09:46] Ushimaru**
Please consider your position as an idol
and endeavor to act properly, Kourin!
**[09:55] MC**
I guess the fight is so exciting,
it makes even Kourin yell out unthinkingly.
**[10:00] MC**
What do you think, Leon?
**[10:04] Leon**
The uncertainty in the wind has disappeared.
**[10:07] Morikawa**
That chucklehead got Kourin to cheer him on!
**[10:10] Morikawa**
I'm so jealous!
**[10:13] Miwa**
Hey, Kai, who do you think's gonna win?
**[10:16] Kai**
I don't know.
**[10:19] MC**
Thank you for your patience!
**[10:21] MC**
We resume the fight with Ishida's turn!
**[10:24] Naoki**
All right!
**[10:25] Naoki**
Let the heavens roar and the earth howl!
**[10:30] Naoki**
I ride!
**[10:50] Naoki**
Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon!
**[10:56] MC**
What a move by Ishida!
**[10:59] MC**
He's riding a unit that hadn't yet
shown up in this tournament!
**[11:04] Ibuki**
So this may be a decent fight after all.
**[11:07] Naoki**
My bad for makin' you wait.
**[11:10] Naoki**
Here I go. This match's just gettin' started.
**[11:13] Ibuki**
Come at me!
**[11:32] Naoki**
Here it is!
**[11:34] Naoki**
Imaginary Gift!
**[11:35] Naoki**
Accel II!
**[11:39] Naoki**
Gauntlet Buster Dragon's skill!
**[11:42] Naoki**
I bind all of my opponent's
front row rear-guards!
**[11:45] Naoki**
And all the back row rear-guards
get moved to the front!
**[11:48] Naoki**
On top of that,
**[11:49] Naoki**
I call Recklessness Dragon!
**[11:52] Naoki**
Skill activates!
**[11:54] Naoki**
I bind Lady Battler of the Gravity Well!
**[11:58] Kamui**
He dragged the back row rear-guards
to the front and bound one!
**[12:02] Shin**
Well...
**[12:04] Shin**
That's not all.
**[12:06] Shin**
Since there's a missing front row rear-guard,
his Vanguard's effect comes into play.
**[12:12] Mark**
+5000 power and an extra critical!
**[12:16] Kamui**
Now that's what I'm talking about!
**[12:18] Emi**
Is it that great?
**[12:20] Kamui**
Yeah, it is! It's incredible!
**[12:22] Kamui**
This means he's bound
all the units that can intercept!
**[12:27] Emi**
Really?
**[12:28] MC**
Ibuki definitely wants to withstand this one!
**[12:32] Naoki**
C'mere, you guys!
**[12:35] Naoki**
Lend me your power, Cho-Ou!
**[12:38] Cho-Ou**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[12:47] Suiko**
Now Gauntlet Buster Dragon has
a total of 22,000 power and 3 criticals.
**[12:53] Rekka**
That feels unfair...
**[12:54] Naoki**
Here's where I make my comeback!
**[13:03] MC**
And now...
**[13:04] MC**
...time for Ibuki to respond!
**[13:07] Naoki**
How'd ya like this?!
**[13:11] MC**
What's he going to do?!
**[13:12] Ibuki**
Lady Healer! Blast Monk!
**[13:17] MC**
He refuses to give ground!
**[13:19] Naoki**
Twin drive!
**[13:21] Naoki**
First check!
**[13:23] Naoki**
Critical trigger!
**[13:24] Naoki**
I give all of the effects
to Thunder Break Dragon!
**[13:27] Naoki**
Second check!
**[13:29] Naoki**
Front trigger!
**[13:33] Gouki**
The attack doesn't go through, but...
**[13:35] Nagisa**
He got a front trigger!
**[13:37] Gouki**
The deck answered his demand!
**[13:40] Gouki**
Fiendish Sword Eradicator, Cho-Ou
re-stands with a skill.
**[13:44] Gouki**
If all his rear-guard attacks get through...
**[13:47] Koutei**
...it could be all over.
**[13:49] Mamoru**
Ibuki...
**[13:52] MC**
Will Ishida be able to clinch it right here?!
**[13:56] Ushimaru**
Kourin, remember that you're an idol!
**[14:03] Naoki**
All right! You're next!
**[14:06] Naoki**
Recklessness Dragon!
**[14:14] Naoki**
Last one up's Thunder Break Dragon!
**[14:16] Naoki**
I can win this!
**[14:18] Naoki**
We've all gotta stand up there!
**[14:22] Naoki**
I'm countin' on you, Thunder Break Dragon!
**[14:27] Naoki**
Lead us there!
**[14:33] Misaki**
Go!
**[14:34] Shingo**
You can do it!
**[14:36] Aichi**
Please!
**[14:40] Kourin**
Do it!
**[14:40] Ushimaru**
Kourin, I know you're fired up, but...
**[14:45] Kourin**
Naoki!
**[14:46] MC**
Ibuki's run out of options!
**[14:50] Ibuki**
That's nowhere near enough to get you up there!
**[15:02] Bidou**
H-He blocked that attack...
**[15:04] Asaka**
As our anchor, he wouldn't let himself
be finished off at a time like this!
**[15:09] Tetsu**
Taking responsibility for his own past.
**[15:13] Tetsu**
That makes sense.
**[15:15] Ren**
Maybe for Bukki, fighting itself
serves as his atonement.
**[15:21] Kai**
He's rough around the edges.
**[15:23] MC**
Too bad for Ishida!
**[15:25] MC**
He was just on the verge of clinching it!
**[15:29] Eru**
I can still see the land of Omega.
**[15:32] Ibuki**
Why are you obsessed with that spot?!
**[15:36] Naoki**
I dunno why, but...
**[15:39] Naoki**
I've just gotta stand
up there with my teammates!
**[15:42] Ushimaru**
Please act more like an idol...
**[15:42] Naoki**
And that's that!
**[15:45] Ibuki**
Maybe, but I'm not about to let you...
**[15:48] Ibuki**
...get there so easily!
**[15:51] Ibuki**
I ride!
**[16:05] Ibuki**
Harmonics Messiah!
**[16:13] Ibuki**
Imaginary Gift!
**[16:14] Ibuki**
Force I!
**[16:16] Naoki**
I'm blockin' it!
**[16:17] Ibuki**
Harmonics Messiah!
**[16:19] Ibuki**
Blast Monk!
**[16:21] Ibuki**
Go!
**[16:21] Ibuki**
Blast Monk!
**[16:23] Bidou**
He's attacking?!
**[16:24] Kishida**
But he doesn't have enough power!
**[16:27] Tetsu**
Don't worry.
**[16:29] Ibuki**
Skill activates!
**[16:31] Ibuki**
I bind Recklessness Dragon!
**[16:34] Kishida**
I get it!
**[16:35] Kishida**
He did that so he could
bind the unit in the Accel Circle!
**[16:38] Kawanami**
This'll take a big bite
out of his opponent's firepower.
**[16:43] Tetsu**
It was a good call.
**[16:45] Kohai1**
Awesome! I've never seen such an intense fight!
**[16:50] Senpai**
Hey, what're you guys watching?!
**[16:51] Kohai1**
This Vanguard thing is wicked!
**[16:58] Ibuki**
Harmonics Messiah attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:05] Naoki**
I'm countin' on you!
**[17:06] Naoki**
Seiobo! Hayate!
**[17:08] Hayate**
We'll come through for you, my Vanguard.
**[17:13] Ibuki**
Twin drive!
**[17:16] Kishida**
A critical trigger!
**[17:18] Ibuki**
I give all of the effects to
my right-hand Harmonics Messiah!
**[17:21] Ibuki**
Second check!
**[17:22] Bidou**
A double trigger!
**[17:24] Bidou**
He can do this! Yeah!
**[17:29] Kyou**
Go!
**[17:30] Kyou**
Go!
**[17:31] MC**
All right, Ibuki!
**[17:33] MC**
This is the moment of truth!
**[17:36] MC**
Will this be the decisive blow?!
**[17:41] Ibuki**
With Harmonics Messiah,
**[17:43] Ibuki**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[17:56] Kishida/Bidou**
Ibuki!
**[17:58] Ibuki**
Reach him!
**[18:00] Asaka**
Get through!
**[18:03] Naoki**
I ain't givin' in!
**[18:05] Naoki**
Yellow Gem! Hayate! I'm leavin' it to you guys!
**[18:15] MC**
He stopped it!
**[18:19] MC**
Too bad for Ibuki!
**[18:21] MC**
His attack was one step away,
but it just couldn't get there!
**[18:28] Ibuki**
My turn is over.
**[18:31] Senpai**
A deck...
**[18:33] Senpai**
Has anyone here got a deck?!
**[18:35] Kohai1**
Huh? I thought you quit
Vanguard a long time ago.
**[18:40] Senpai**
Yeah... I guess I did.
**[18:42] Senpai**
But now I wanna get back into it.
**[18:46] MC**
All right!
**[18:47] MC**
We're about to reach
the climax of this pitched battle!
**[18:52] MC**
What will happen?!
**[18:54] Naoki**
Hey!
**[18:56] Naoki**
Wake up!
**[18:58] Ibuki**
Oh, right.
**[19:01] Ibuki**
The fight isn't over yet, is it?
**[19:04] Naoki**
Here I go!
**[19:06] Ibuki**
Come at me!
**[19:07] Kourin**
Naoki!
**[19:09] Shingo**
We're all counting on you!
**[19:10] Misaki**
Show us what you're made of!
**[19:12] Aichi**
Naoki!
**[19:15] Naoki**
Here I come, Ibuki!
**[19:19] Naoki**
I'm puttin' everything I got on the line,
**[19:22] Naoki**
to punch right through you!
**[19:46] Ibuki**
You got me yet again.
**[19:58] Naoki**
I did it!
**[20:05] MC**
At last, that decides it!
**[20:09] MC**
The champion of the first Vanguard Koshien...
**[20:13] MC**
...is Miyaji Academy's Cardfight Club!
**[20:17] Kourin**
Yes!
**[20:23] MC**
Against the powerhouse of Fukuhara High School,
**[20:25] MC**
Miyaji Academy has made
a miraculous comeback victory!
**[20:29] MC**
Despite being first-time entrants, they made
a brilliant win here at the Vanguard Koshien!
**[20:38] MC**
And for Fukuhara High School,
which put up an amazing fight,
**[20:41] MC**
there's also an outpouring
of generous applause.
**[20:47] Tetsu**
Hey, chin up!
**[20:49] Tetsu**
We're Fukuhara's champions!
**[20:50] Ren**
Yeah, Tetsu's right.
**[20:56] Naoki**
This seems familiar somehow...
**[21:00] Naoki**
Hey, what're you doin'?!
**[21:02] Ibuki**
I'm on my knees...
**[21:04] Naoki**
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[21:06] Naoki**
Just forget that nonsense!
**[21:08] Ibuki**
Nonsense?
**[21:10] Naoki**
I forgot about it already myself.
**[21:13] Ibuki**
You...
**[21:22] Ibuki**
A fight reveals everything about a person...
**[21:28] Ibuki**
...or so I've heard.
**[21:33] Naoki**
Ibuki...
**[21:35] Voice**
Ibuki!
**[21:37] Aichi**
Naoki!
**[21:38] Shingo**
You actually did it, Ishida!
**[21:41] Voice**
You won!
**[21:42] Voice**
Good job!
**[21:44] Maki**
We are the champions!
**[21:45] Voice**
A splendid victory!
**[21:47] Naoki**
I can't breathe!
**[21:48] Aichi**
At long last...
**[21:51] Aichi**
...we've arrived!
**[21:53] Aichi**
The goal we all strived for...
**[21:55] Aichi**
...is right there!
**[21:59] Aichi**
At last!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Naoki's new ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon!
***SIGN*** Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon
**[23:54] Narrator**
For each of the opponent's
empty front row rear-guard circles,
**[23:57] Narrator**
this unit receives +5000 power
and an extra critical!
**[24:00] Narrator**
And by paying the cost, the player can bind
all of the opponent's front row rear-guards,
**[24:04] Narrator**
and then drag the back row units to the front!
**[24:06] Narrator**
Decimate the enemy camp,
and smack them with a secret weapon!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Kai**
Aichi, who's that with you?
**[24:18] Aichi**
This time, an idol, Miyu Koike,
is doing the preview with me.
**[24:22] Miyu**
Hello, everyone!
**[24:23] Miyu**
Hi, I'm Miyu Koike.
**[24:25] Miyu**
It's a pleasure to meet you!
**[24:26] Kai**
L-Likewise.
**[24:28] Miyu**
On a *Vanguard* TV special,
I won a presentation event,
**[24:32] Miyu**
and my prize was appearing in the anime.
**[24:34] Miyu**
I've been watching *Vanguard*
for years, so I'm thrilled to be here!
**[24:38] Aichi**
By the way, Miss Koike, what kind
of presentation did you do?
***SIGN*** Dimension 14
Welcome to the CF Club
**[24:41] Miyu**
A pot-sticker preview!
**[24:42] Kai**
Are you Izumi Kitta's plant?!
# E14 - Welcome to the CF Club
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6DKJD2DR/welcome-to-the-cf-club)
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**[00:06] Announcer**
The flag of victory is being awarded.
**[00:12] MC**
Miyaji Academy has received the flag of victory!
**[00:16] Emi**
Congratulations, Aichi!
**[00:18] Kamui**
Congratulations, Brother Aichi!
**[00:20] Shin**
Misaki!
**[00:23] Shin**
Misaki!
**[00:30] Naoki**
Finally...
**[00:32] Shingo**
...we're standing...
**[00:34] Misaki**
...right here...
**[00:35] Aichi**
...in the place we aimed for.
**[00:37] Maki**
So, have you learned anything?
**[00:40] Aichi**
L-Like what?
**[00:43] Maki**
I was thinking that by standing here,
we would be able to solve the riddle
**[00:46] Maki**
of why the Cardfight Club was approved before
when it didn't have enough members.
**[00:51] Aichi**
O-Oh...
**[00:53] Eru**
The world line must have been switched!
**[00:58] Naoki**
Come to think of it, I wonder why...
**[01:01] Shingo**
Why were we all so set on...
**[01:03] Misaki**
...making it up here?
**[01:08] Kourin**
Miyaji Academy Cardfight Club members...
**[01:16] Kourin**
Congratulations on your victory.
**[01:29] Rekka**
Congratulations!
**[01:31] Shingo**
Yes!
**[01:34] Shingo**
Th-Thank you very much!
**[01:39] Rekka**
Well, I don't care who takes it off my hands...
**[01:48] Kourin**
Congratulations.
**[01:49] Kourin**
You had a truly wonderful fight.
**[01:53] Aichi**
Th-Thank you very much.
**[02:02] Kourin**
Congratulations.
**[02:07] Misaki**
Thank you.
**[02:12] Naoki**
Thanks, Miss Idol.
**[02:16] Naoki**
If you hadn't called out earlier,
we wouldn't be standin' here right now.
**[02:20] Naoki**
But why'd you do that?
**[02:25] Kourin**
I don't know myself.
**[02:27] Kourin**
I just could tell that you weren't
playing your own style of Vanguard.
**[02:34] Kourin**
Strange, isn't it?
**[02:36] Rekka**
It's not strange at all.
**[02:39] Rekka**
Kou had her eyes on you guys the whole time.
**[02:43] Kourin**
Hey, Rekka!
**[02:46] Aichi**
Is that true?
**[02:52] Kourin**
For some reason, I couldn't get
your team out of my mind.
**[02:55] Kourin**
I think it's because you've got
such a great Cardfight club there.
**[02:59] Suiko**
Then why not become a member?
**[03:04] Naoki**
Miss Idol...
**[03:06] Naoki**
To join our Cardfight Club,
there's just one condition.
**[03:11] Kourin**
What condition?
**[03:12] Naoki**
You've gotta beat a member to become a member!
**[03:16] Shingo**
Ishida, how dare you speak that way to an idol?!
**[03:20] Naoki**
Nah, I'm only messin' with ya, Miss Idol.
**[03:25] Kourin**
I'm a strong fighter.
**[03:30] Kourin**
Beat a member of your club, you say?
**[03:41] Kourin**
I challenge you to a fight.
**[03:46] Aichi**
Me?
**[03:47] Kourin**
Is that okay with you, Nome?
**[03:55] MC**
Kourin from ULTRARARE
has a surprise gift in store!
**[04:00] Emi**
A surprise gift?
**[04:14] MC**
From the winning school,
Miyaji Academy's Sendou, versus Kourin--
**[04:19] MC**
No, fighter Kourin Tatsunagi.
**[04:22] MC**
They will now stage an exhibition match for us!
**[04:28] Morikawa**
If you guys hadn't lost,
I'd be standing there right now!
**[04:34] Kai**
Sorry.
**[04:35] Morikawa**
Sheesh!
**[04:37] Morikawa**
Kourin, beat Aichi and take
that flag of victory away from them!
**[04:41] Miwa**
No, no, no. He said it's an exhibition match.
**[04:44] Shingo**
We got to this strange turn of events
because you opened your big mouth, Ishida.
**[04:49] Shingo**
What's wrong?
**[04:51] Naoki**
Who'd *I* beat to get into the club, again?
**[04:55] Naoki**
You weren't a member yet...
**[04:59] Misaki**
I don't remember, either.
**[05:01] Shingo**
*You* don't remember, Misaki?
**[05:04] Naoki**
How could that be,
when you've got that memory thing?
**[05:08] Misaki**
I honestly don't know.
**[05:14] Aichi**
Let's have a good fight.
**[05:16] Kourin**
Yes, I look forward to it.
**[05:20] Kourin**
Well, let's start our Vanguard match.
**[05:24] Aichi**
Right!
**[05:29] Kourin/Aichi**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[05:34] Kourin**
Is something wrong?
**[05:35] Aichi**
N-No, it's nothing.
**[05:38] Kourin**
Then...
**[05:41] Kourin/Aichi**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[05:49] Kourin**
Blond Ezel attacks!
**[06:06] Aichi**
That wasn't just a dream...
**[06:11] Aichi**
Stand up, my avatar!
**[06:14] Aichi**
Blaster Blade!
**[06:24] Naoki**
Where are we...?
**[06:25] Shingo**
The planet Cray.
**[06:27] Misaki**
We've been here before.
**[06:33] Kourin**
It isn't the first time I've had this sensation.
**[06:39] Aichi**
Burst Buster!
**[06:46] Gordon**
I shall take the lead!
**[06:48] Kourin**
Beaumains!
**[06:50] Beaumains**
Aye aye, sir!
**[06:52] Aichi**
Leave the rest to me!
**[07:14] Aichi**
With a boost from Bedivere,
Pongal attacks Viviane!
**[07:19] Kourin**
No guard!
**[07:24] MC**
Viviane is sent to the Drop Zone,
**[07:26] MC**
and Kourin has 3 damage,
**[07:28] MC**
which makes them tied.
**[07:31] Naoki**
N-No two ways about it.
**[07:33] Shingo**
We've seen these two...
**[07:36] Misaki**
...fight each other before!
**[07:38] Naoki**
But that can't be right!
**[07:40] Shingo**
Kourin was never a student...
**[07:44] Misaki**
...at Miyaji Academy.
**[07:46] Kourin**
And yet, I know I've fought this boy before.
**[07:53] Kourin**
I ride!
**[07:55] Kourin**
Blazing Lion, Platina Ezel!
**[08:01] Kourin**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[08:04] Kourin**
Listener of Truth, Dindrane!
**[08:06] Kourin**
Advance of the Black Chains, Kahedin!
**[08:08] Kourin**
Blond Ezel!
**[08:10] Kourin**
Dantegal!
**[08:11] MC**
Wow! Kourin has five units
lined up in her front row!
**[08:17] Kourin**
Here I go!
**[08:18] Kourin**
Blond Ezel!
**[08:20] Ezel**
No problem!
**[08:27] Aichi**
Allen!
**[08:32] Aichi**
Knight of the Harp, Tristan!
**[08:39] Aichi**
Gareth, come with me!
**[08:42] Gareth**
Aye aye, sir!
**[08:44] Kourin**
Platina Ezel's skill activates!
**[08:47] Kourin**
I look at the top two cards of my deck,
and put Dantegal in the Trigger Zone.
**[08:53] Kourin**
I superior call Beaumains.
**[08:55] MC**
A five-column attack wasn't enough for Kourin.
**[08:58] MC**
Now she's increased her means of attack!
**[09:02] Tetsu**
So she's traded her first drive check
for a definite trigger and a superior call.
**[09:08] Asaka**
That's an impressive skill.
**[09:10] Kourin**
Second check.
**[09:14] Mamoru**
A double front trigger!
**[09:15] Gouki**
That makes her total power...
**[09:18] Koutei**
...40,000!
**[09:19] Nagisa**
40,000?!
**[09:24] Kourin**
Now he has 5 damage!
**[09:27] Rekka**
I've never seen Kou so serious before.
**[09:30] Suiko**
That girl...
**[09:33] Suiko**
It's as if she predicted this would happen.
**[09:39] Kourin**
I swear I'll win this!
**[09:41] Kourin**
Hoel boosts!
**[09:43] Kourin**
Beaumains will finish you off!
**[09:45] MC**
Kourin's total power is 50,000!
**[09:50] MC**
Is even Sendou powerless to block this attack?!
**[09:56] MC**
Which of them will end up winning the fight?!
**[10:18] Aichi**
Flash Shield, Iseult guards!
**[10:23] Eru**
That's the ultimate tenacious obstacle...!
**[10:27] Naitou**
Just as I would do.
**[10:28] Suwabe**
That's my president!
**[10:38] Ren**
Do you think Aichi will win next turn, Bukki?
**[10:42] Ibuki**
Probably...
**[10:43] Ibuki**
Stop calling me that!
**[10:46] Aichi**
Stand and draw!
**[10:48] Aichi**
Grant me power, sublime wings of white!
**[10:52] Aichi**
I ride!
**[10:55] Aichi**
Solitary Knight, Gancelot!
**[10:58] Aichi**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[11:05] Aichi**
Tristan!
**[11:06] Aichi**
Blaster Blade!
**[11:09] Blaster**
Burst Buster!
**[11:12] Kourin**
Kahedin!
**[11:14] Kahedin**
May fortune smile on you, my Vanguard!
**[11:19] Aichi**
Gordon!
**[11:20] Gordon**
Yes, sir!
**[11:22] Kourin**
Beaumains!
**[11:32] Kourin**
I guard!
**[11:33] Kourin**
Flame of Victory! Dantegal!
**[11:36] Kourin**
I can't afford to lose!
**[11:38] Aichi**
Twin drive!
**[11:40] Aichi**
First check!
**[11:41] Aichi**
I give the power to Blaster Blade!
**[11:43] Aichi**
Second check!
**[11:45] Aichi**
Critical trigger!
**[11:46] Aichi**
I give all of the effects to Blaster Blade!
**[11:49] MC**
Sendou got a double trigger,
but the attack didn't go through!
**[11:55] Emi**
Oh, drat!
**[11:56] Kamui**
But he's still got an attack left.
**[12:00] Aichi**
Boosted by Pongal, Blaster Blade attacks!
**[12:05] Kourin**
No guard!
**[12:06] Shin**
N-No guard, *here*?!
**[12:09] Mark**
She must have a strong heart!
**[12:11] Miwa**
If he gets a critical...
**[12:13] Kai**
...it's all over.
**[12:15] Morikawa**
Aichi, don't you dare draw that!
**[12:19] Aichi**
Drive check!
**[12:32] Emi**
So close!
**[12:34] Morikawa**
She's saved!
**[12:37] MC**
Kourin held the line at 5 damage!
**[12:40] MC**
Will she be able to do it?!
**[12:43] Kourin**
I'm going to defeat you and then join...
**[12:45] Kourin**
...Miyaji Academy's Cardfight Club!
**[12:56] Kourin**
Boosted by Gareth,
Platina Ezel attacks Gancelot!
**[13:04] Aichi**
No guard!
**[13:29] Aichi**
6 damage. I lose.
**[13:37] MC**
Wh-What a wonderful fight!
**[13:44] Leon**
Such a refreshing breeze.
**[13:48] Aichi**
Thank you for the fight.
**[13:54] Kourin**
No, thank *you*!
**[14:11] Morikawa**
Kourin!
**[14:14] Miwa**
That was a good one, huh?
**[14:16] Kai**
Yeah.
**[14:19] Emi**
Aichi!
**[14:21] Kamui**
Brother Aichi!
**[14:29] Naoki**
You really did it, Miss Idol.
**[14:32] Shingo**
That was a brilliant victory.
**[14:34] Misaki**
Congratulations.
**[14:43] All**
Cheers!
***SIGN*** The Vanguard Koshien
**[15:03] Aichi**
Congratulations, Kai.
**[15:06] Kai**
That's supposed to be my line.
**[15:09] Aichi**
You're back to your old self, right?
**[15:12] Kai**
Yeah.
**[15:14] Kai**
Thanks to fighting you.
**[15:17] Ren**
That's no fair, Kai.
**[15:19] Ren**
Keeping Aichi all to yourself!
**[15:22] Kai**
Ren, it's like you said.
**[15:26] Ren**
But still, we're able to play Vanguard now,
and it's all because he protected it.
**[15:35] Ren**
I can't help believing that.
**[15:38] Kai**
For some reason, I feel the same way.
**[15:42] Ren**
I know, right?
**[15:43] Ibuki**
If that's true,
**[15:45] Ibuki**
then my coming across Neon Messiah
was also thanks to you, Aichi Sendou.
**[15:54] Ushimaru**
Mr. Sendou...
**[15:55] Aichi**
A-Aren't you...?
**[15:59] Aichi**
Wh-Why did you call us here?
**[16:02] Kourin**
Because Ushimaru said no to me!
**[16:06] Ushimaru**
If you went to them, Kourin,
it would cause a disturbance.
**[16:10] Kourin**
See? I can't change her mind.
**[16:12] Naoki**
That ain't answered the question.
**[16:16] Kourin**
I... don't really have an answer for that.
**[16:19] Suiko**
"After all...
**[16:21] Suiko**
...I beat Aichi Sendou, and joined
Miyaji Academy's Cardfight Club."
**[16:26] Rekka**
"So of course I should be at the party, right?"
**[16:29] Rekka**
She just wouldn't quit!
**[16:32] Kourin**
Both of you have big mouths!
**[16:35] Shingo**
So that's why you called us here?
**[16:40] Aichi**
I see.
**[16:42] Aichi**
This is a welcome party for you, Ms. Tatsunagi!
**[16:45] Kourin**
I don't like you calling me that.
**[16:47] Kourin**
Would you call me by my given name?
**[16:50] Aichi**
Certainly, Kourin.
**[16:52] Naoki**
Then I'll be your opponent.
**[16:54] Naoki**
That all right, Miss Idol?
**[16:57] Kourin**
You too. Call me "Kourin" instead.
**[16:59] Naoki**
Okay, Kourin, then you call me "Naoki."
**[17:03] Kourin**
Very well, Naoki.
**[17:05] Shingo**
This feels odd somehow...
**[17:08] Shingo**
You're being too friendly with us.
**[17:10] Shingo**
Of the three members of ULTRARARE,
**[17:13] Shingo**
you're the least friendly, which is why
your popularity is lukewarm at best.
**[17:17] Kourin**
Are you picking a fight with me?
**[17:20] Rekka**
Come to think of it...
**[17:21] Kourin**
You're still here?
**[17:23] Rekka**
Kou, you lost that thing, remember?
**[17:25] Rekka**
It was the same kind of scrunchie
that girl's wearing on her wrist.
**[17:30] Rekka**
Why not have her tell you where she bought it?
**[17:38] Misaki**
You wear it.
**[17:39] Kourin**
Wh-Why?
**[17:42] Misaki**
I have a feeling that
it'll suit you more than me.
**[17:46] Kourin**
Th-Thank you.
**[17:52] Kourin**
Then, shall we?
**[17:55] Aichi**
Kourin, welcome to
Miyaji Academy's Cardfight Club!
**[19:36] Naoki**
Yo.
**[19:39] Kourin**
It's about time.
**[19:41] Suwabe**
S-Sendou...
**[19:44] Suwabe**
Why is there an idol here?
**[19:46] Naitou**
That's Miyaji Academy for you!
**[19:48] Naitou**
A global idol has even come here for a tour!
**[19:52] Eru**
It reminds me of the plot twist in volume 3 of
*So What If I Was Reincarnated as an Idol?*
**[19:58] Maki**
No, that was volume 4.
**[20:00] Eru**
You've read it?
**[20:01] Maki**
Y-Yes, the entire series.
**[20:04] Naoki**
Kourin, what're you doin' here?!
**[20:07] Kourin**
I told you that night, remember?
I'll be here on my days off.
**[20:12] Misaki**
What about the uniform?
**[20:14] Kourin**
Ushimaru got it for me.
**[20:16] Shingo**
She's very capable.
**[20:18] Aichi**
Then let's all enjoy our time here today.
**[20:22] Kourin**
Yay!
**[20:27] Kourin**
What?! You're all a bunch of wet blankets!
**[22:03] Aichi**
Already?
**[22:05] Kourin**
Since the Vanguard Koshien is over,
**[22:07] Kourin**
we decided now was a good time to return
to our usual base of activity in our country.
**[22:21] Misaki**
Why?
**[22:22] Kourin**
Hold on to it.
**[22:25] Naoki**
So we ain't gonna see each other much anymore?
**[22:29] Shingo**
Even if Kourin were to stay in Japan,
we wouldn't be able to see her that often.
**[22:33] Shingo**
But still, I'm going to miss her.
**[22:38] Kourin**
We're in a world in which anyone
can connect to others through Vanguard.
**[22:43] Naoki**
Those words...
**[22:44] Shingo**
I remember hearing them before!
**[22:47] Misaki**
Me too, but who said them?
**[22:50] Kourin**
You're the one who said that, Aichi.
**[22:56] Kourin**
You're not surprised, huh?
**[22:58] Aichi**
I'm sure we used to be connected.
**[23:02] Aichi**
And yet, for some reason,
we'd forgotten about it.
**[23:08] Aichi**
But still...
**[23:11] Aichi**
...we have Vanguard.
**[23:14] Aichi**
As long as we keep playing Vanguard,
**[23:16] Aichi**
no matter how far apart we are,
**[23:18] Aichi**
we can create a destiny
in which we all meet again!
**[23:30] Kourin**
Everyone...
***SIGN*** Dimension 14
Welcome to the CF Club
**[23:37] Kourin**
...I'll see you later!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Kourin's shining light,
**[23:52] Narrator**
Blazing Lion, Platina Ezel!
***SIGN*** Blazing Lion, Platina Ezel
**[23:54] Narrator**
Performing a Counterblast will
give the drive check a mega power-up!
**[23:59] Narrator**
You look at the top two cards of your deck,
**[24:01] Narrator**
put one in the Trigger Zone,
**[24:02] Narrator**
and call the other to a rear-guard circle!
**[24:06] Narrator**
That combo attack lets you increase your
trigger odds, while adding another rear-guard!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard!"
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
# E15 - I'm the Manager!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G679344NY/im-the-manager)
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**[00:05] Tatsuya**
I wonder what the shop is like!
**[00:08] Tatsuya**
Card Capital...
***SIGN*** Card Capital: Defend It to the End
***SIGN*** Fight Against Corporate Takeover!
**[00:15] Tatsuya**
What is this?!
***SIGN*** Cardfight Solidarity No Foreclosures
***SIGN*** Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression!
**[00:23] Tatsuya**
What does it mean?!
**[00:26] Tatsuya**
Now what?!
**[00:32] Esuka**
Card Capital belongs to us now!
**[00:36] Esuka**
Stop being so obstinate!
**[00:38] Esuka**
Surrender at once...
***SIGN*** Solidarity
Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression!
**[00:41] Esuka**
...Shinemon Nitta!
***SIGN*** Remind 1 I'm the Manager!!
**[02:28] Tatsuya**
That's...
**[02:29] Tatsuya**
...Esuka Hibino!
**[02:34] Esuka**
Are you a beginner? Don't worry!
**[02:37] Esuka**
You don't have to be a strong fighter!
**[02:42] Esuka**
Esuka will explain it all, just for you!
**[02:47] Esuka**
Our goal is to acquire 1,327 shops!
Join our franchise now!
***SIGN*** Our Chain is Expanding
**[02:52] Tatsuya**
She's the go-getter president
of the major Card Shop chain Esuka,
**[02:55] Tatsuya**
which is awesome since they stock
everything and are always comfortable.
**[02:58] Tatsuya**
Incidentally...
**[02:59] Tatsuya**
...she used to be a swimsuit model.
**[03:03] Tatsuya**
So what's she doing here?
**[03:06] Esuka**
No response?
**[03:08] Esuka**
This calls for the use of force.
**[03:09] Butler**
As you wish.
**[03:17] Goon A**
Move it.
**[03:23] Tatsuya**
S-Sorry!
**[03:28] Tatsuya**
Mikuru... Shindou?
**[03:30] Mikuru**
Who are you?
**[03:32] Tatsuya**
T-Tachibana! The new transfer student!
**[03:35] Mikuru**
Sorry, I don't really remember you.
**[03:38] Tatsuya**
Am I that easy to overlook?
**[03:41] Tatsuya**
Anyway, what's happening here?
**[03:44] Mikuru**
Bro, what's going to happen to Shinemon?
**[03:47] Rive**
Don't ask me.
**[03:50] Mikuru**
But since you're Shinemon's mentor,
anything that happens to him will be your fault!
**[03:55] Rive**
It's true that Lemon--
I mean, Shinemon--may be my disciple.
**[04:00] Rive**
However, Mikuru...
**[04:02] Rive**
That only applies to Vanguard fights.
**[04:09] Mark**
Here he comes!
**[04:13] Esuka**
What?
**[04:26] Mikuru**
Shinemon?
**[04:28] Rive**
Then, who's in the shop?
**[04:30] Mark**
Me, of course!
**[04:35] Tatsuya**
A topknot?!
**[04:36] Mikuru**
It was you, Mark?!
**[04:38] Mark**
Looks like I bought us enough time.
**[04:50] Shin**
I've been using catnip powder
to attract cats from all across town!
**[04:54] Shin**
You know why, don't you?!
**[04:56] Esuka**
Wh-Wh-What are you talking about?!
**[04:59] Shin**
I've done my homework on you,
**[05:01] Shin**
so I know how much you hate cats!
**[05:24] Shin**
Remember this, Esuka!
**[05:26] Shin**
I'll never let you take Capital!
**[05:28] Esuka**
And what do you intend to do with a shop
that doesn't even have a manager?!
**[05:32] Shin**
A shop without a manager...
**[05:34] Shin**
Then *I'll* be the manager!
**[05:39] Shin**
Whoa!
**[05:40] Butler**
Esuka!
**[05:47] Mark**
The plan worked out great, Shinemon!
**[05:49] Shin**
Good job, Mark!
**[05:52] Mikuru**
You silly Cinnamon!
**[05:55] Shin**
Mikuru...
**[05:59] Shin**
Who're you calling, "Silly Cinnamon"?!
**[06:02] Mikuru**
It's very well to *say*, "I'll be the manager,"
**[06:04] Mikuru**
but have you thought any further than that?!
**[06:07] Shin**
If I can't think before taking action,
I can at least take action unthinkingly!
**[06:11] Shin**
Taking action makes things happen!
**[06:14] Tatsuya**
Fascinating!
**[06:15] Mikuru**
Bro! Say something to him!
**[06:18] Rive**
Oops, time for me to leave for work!
**[06:20] Rive**
Shinemon! You keep up the good fight!
**[06:23] Shin**
M-Master Rive!
**[06:28] Shin**
You're still here...?
***SIGN*** Misaki Tokura
**[06:56] Misaki's Mother**
Now that I have Misaki, your niece,
**[06:59] Misaki's Mother**
you won't be able to depend on me all the time.
**[07:03] Shin**
I can stand on my own two feet!
**[07:06] Shin**
I promise I'll take care of her
just like a big brother would,
**[07:12] Shin**
so that Misaki can always be smiling!
**[07:16] Misaki's Mother**
I'm counting on you, Shin.
**[07:25] Misaki**
So you're here.
**[07:28] Shin**
You're awake, Misaki?
**[07:35] Shin**
What are you doing up there?
**[07:40] Misaki**
Where'd you get the cat?
**[07:47] Misaki**
It's cute.
**[07:51] Misaki**
Those scratches...
**[07:54] Misaki**
Being reckless again, weren't you?
**[07:56] Shin**
Oh, uh, well...
**[08:00] Shin**
I protected Capital again today.
**[08:04] Misaki**
You don't have to do that anymore.
**[08:07] Shin**
What're you talking about?!
**[08:09] Shin**
Your mom and dad left Capital to you, Misaki--
**[08:12] Misaki**
Don't bother.
**[08:15] Shin**
B-Bother? Don't be silly!
It's no bother at all!
**[08:20] Misaki**
Oh?
**[08:33] Shin**
I'll visit again.
**[08:40] Shin**
So that Misaki can always be smiling...
**[09:05] Mark**
Detention?
**[09:06] Shin**
Because I bombed on the Japanese history quiz.
**[09:10] Mark**
If you'd come to me for help,
I would've coached you.
**[09:13] Mark**
Any Japanese person who doesn't
know Japanese history is a dillard.
**[09:18] Shin**
"Dill"-ard? As in pickles?
**[09:22] Mark**
Sorry! My mistake! I meant "dullard."
**[09:26] Mark**
That was Nobunaga Oda's nickname
when he was very young!
**[09:29] Shin**
Was Nobunaga Oda
bad at Japanese history, too?
**[09:33] Mark**
It would've been current events to Nobunaga.
**[09:36] Mark**
I'll see you at Capital!
**[09:39] Shin**
Mark, don't forget this!
**[09:42] Mark**
Good luck with your detention!
**[09:45] Shin**
Thanks.
**[09:54] Esuka**
Hello there, Mr. Mark Whiting.
**[09:58] Mark**
Esuka Hibino?!
**[10:00] Mark**
The true dullard appears!
**[10:07] Mikuru**
Shinemon!
**[10:11] Shin**
Mikuru, if you're looking for your brother,
I don't think he's coming today.
**[10:14] Mikuru**
I didn't come here to drag my brother home!
**[10:17] Mikuru**
This boy wants to be introduced to you.
**[10:21] Tatsuya**
N-Nice to meet you!
**[10:22] Tatsuya**
I'm Tatsuya Tachibana, a first-year
student at Harumi Middle School!
**[10:26] Tatsuya**
I'm...
**[10:29] Mikuru**
Apparently he witnessed the ruckus yesterday.
**[10:31] Shin**
Yesterday...
**[10:33] Shin**
Was there a ruckus?
**[10:35] Tatsuya**
You drove off Esuka Hibino, Mr. Nitta!
**[10:39] Shin**
Oh yeah! I did!
**[10:42] Shin**
But "Mr. Nitta" is too formal.
**[10:45] Shin**
Just call me Shinemon!
**[10:47] Tatsuya**
O-Okay!
**[10:49] Tatsuya**
You were so cool, Shinemon!
**[10:53] Shin**
Cool?
**[10:56] Shin**
Cool...
**[11:01] Shin**
I know, right?! I really was super-cool!
**[11:04] Shin**
Keep the compliments coming!
**[11:06] Tatsuya**
Ouch...
**[11:07] Tatsuya**
Sure.
**[11:09] Shin**
I see! So you were watching me, huh?
**[11:12] Shin**
Of course you were!
**[11:14] Shin**
When a guy takes action like that,
all eyes are upon him!
**[11:17] Shin**
But still, you have a really discerning eye!
**[11:25] Mikuru**
More like he needs glasses...
**[11:28] Tatsuya**
You can do backbends like that?! Fascinating!
**[11:34] Shin**
Mark, sorry I'm late.
**[11:37] Tatsuya**
You keep it in your hair?
**[11:40] Shin**
It's kinda ended up
camping there without permission.
**[11:48] Shin**
Who are you?!
**[11:50] Mark**
Who I am is Ninja Master!
**[11:53] Tatsuya**
Ninja...
**[11:54] Mikuru**
...Master?!
**[11:56] Mikuru**
Mark...?!
**[11:58] Shin**
You're an agent of Esuka, aren't you?!
**[12:01] Shin**
What have you done with Mark?!
**[12:04] Mikuru**
He doesn't realize?!
**[12:06] Mark**
Verily, if you wish to learn that,
you will have to defeat me!
**[12:10] Shin**
I know that card!
**[12:12] Shin**
That's Mark's deck!
**[12:14] Mark**
Y-Yikes!
**[12:16] Shin**
Only the lowest of the low
would steal someone else's deck!
**[12:20] Tatsuya**
I... I agree!
**[12:23] Shin**
I swear I'll beat you!
**[12:26] Mark**
He actually bought it...
**[12:30] Mark**
As you wish!
**[12:31] Mark**
Verily, let us have a wager for this fight.
**[12:34] Shin**
A wager like... this shop?!
**[12:37] Mark**
You have good instincts.
**[12:39] Mark**
Verily, if I win, you must stop
barricading yourself inside this place.
**[12:43] Shin**
You're on! This is a Vanguard fight!
**[12:46] Shin**
Capital is the place where we hang out!
**[12:49] Shin**
It's the place where we play!
**[12:51] Shin**
And it's the place I will protect!
**[12:55] Shin**
I am Shinemon Nitta!
**[12:57] Shin**
Come at me with everything you've got!
**[13:00] Mikuru**
Did he have to make a speech?
**[13:02] Tatsuya**
He's so cool!
**[13:07] Shin**
Are you ready?!
**[13:11] Shin/Mark**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[13:13] Mark**
...verily!
**[13:18] Shin**
I ride!
**[13:20] Shin**
Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
**[13:24] Mark**
Riding Jutsu!
**[13:27] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon, Zangetsu!
**[13:30] Mark**
Followed by Ninja Art, Calling Jutsu!
Rally to me, Kurogiri!
**[13:36] Mark**
Kurogiri's skill activates!
**[13:39] Mark**
Ninja Art, Channeling Jutsu!
**[13:45] Tatsuya**
What are those?!
**[13:47] Mark**
Evil Decoy Tokens, verily!
**[13:49] Tatsuya**
Evil Decoy Tokens...
**[13:51] Mark**
In addition, Calling Jutsu!
**[13:53] Mark**
Rally to me, Stealth Beast,
Chigasumi and Kurogiri!
**[14:01] Mark**
Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[14:09] Mark**
Here I come!
**[14:16] Shin**
Behold my grade 3!
**[14:23] Shin**
The entirety of destiny is inscribed
within the blinding darkness!
**[14:28] Shin**
And I am the one who recites it!
**[14:34] Shin**
Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[14:39] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[14:48] Shin**
Uranus's skill activates!
**[14:52] Tatsuya**
That skill gave him an Imaginary Gift!
**[15:01] Shin**
Here I come!
**[15:05] Shin**
No trigger!
**[15:06] Shin**
Draw trigger!
**[15:13] Shin**
I have read your fate!
**[15:20] Shin**
Proceed, Parthenos of Holy Verse!
**[15:23] Shin**
Parthenos's skill activates!
**[15:28] Shin**
I got an Imaginary Gift!
**[15:38] Tatsuya**
Three gifts on the Vanguard Circle?!
**[15:41] Tatsuya**
But why...?!
**[15:54] Mark**
Ninja Art, Mortal-Coil Jutsu!
**[15:57] Mark**
Verily, Evil Decoy Token
may intercept even from the back row!
**[16:04] Shin**
That's Mark's specialty!
**[16:06] Shin**
You not only stole his deck,
but also his playing style!
**[16:11] Mikuru**
He seriously doesn't realize!
**[16:15] Mark**
Riding Jutsu!
**[16:19] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[16:22] Mark**
Imaginary Gift, Protect II!
**[16:29] Mark**
Furthermore...
**[16:35] Mark**
By retiring two Decoy units...
**[16:43] Mark**
This is Ninja Art, Spiriting-Away Jutsu!
**[16:47] Tatsuya**
Shinemon's rear-guards
were returned to his hand!
**[16:50] Mark**
But not only that!
**[16:52] Mark**
Verily, you must also discard
two cards from your hand!
**[16:56] Tatsuya**
Wh-What?!
**[16:58] Mark**
And then, Calling Jutsu!
Rally to me, Zangetsu!
**[17:03] Mark**
Channeling Jutsu!
**[17:05] Tatsuya**
That gives him an array of six units!
**[17:08] Mark**
Judgment is at hand!
**[17:15] Tatsuya**
Now he's got 5 damage!
**[17:17] Mark**
Chigasumi's skill activates!
**[17:19] Mark**
Verily have I seen...
**[17:20] Mark**
...the image of victory!
**[17:25] Tatsuya**
A 49,000 power attack!
**[17:27] Mikuru**
Is Shinemon going to lose?!
**[17:39] Shin**
Thanks!
**[17:42] Shin**
Now it's my turn!
**[17:48] Shin**
Once more, I ride Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[17:53] Shin**
I got an Imaginary Gift!
**[17:55] Tatsuya**
A fourth one?!
**[17:58] Shin**
Uranus's skill activates!
**[18:00] Shin**
I got an Imaginary Gift!
**[18:06] Tatsuya**
A *fifth* one?!
**[18:13] Tatsuya**
What's happening?!
**[18:15] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[18:17] Shin**
Once Uranus has five Imaginary Gifts,
**[18:20] Shin**
the rear guard circle behind
the Vanguard becomes the Astral Plane!
**[18:26] Shin**
And standing on that Astral Plane is...
**[18:39] Shin**
Rewrite the imagination,
**[18:44] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[18:46] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[19:01] Tatsuya**
Wh-What?!
**[19:03] Mikuru**
What is it?!
**[19:04] Tatsuya**
That card!
**[19:06] Tatsuya**
Grade 5, 70,000 power?!
**[19:10] Shin**
Don't act surprised just yet!
**[19:13] Shin**
Astral Plane units can even
attack from the back row!
**[19:18] Shin**
Valkerion's skill activates!
**[19:20] Shin**
I look at the top five cards of my deck...
**[19:23] Shin**
This card's grade becomes
the number of drive checks I can do!
**[19:27] Tatsuya**
Grade 3, which means... triple drive?!
**[19:34] Shin**
Valkerion, Zodiac Blazer!
**[19:40] Shin**
Triple drive!
**[19:42] Shin**
First check!
**[19:43] Mark**
A critical trigger?!
**[19:45] Shin**
Second check!
**[19:47] Shin**
Third check!
**[19:48] Mark**
A double critical?!
**[20:01] Mark**
6 damage...
**[20:13] Shin**
Mark?!
**[20:15] Shin**
Why would you...?
**[20:17] Mikuru**
He must've gotten disgusted with you
and gone over to Esuka's side.
**[20:21] Mark**
No! That's not why!
**[20:24] Shin**
Esuka asked you to do it?
**[20:27] Mark**
She said letting you stay holed up here
would have a negative impact on your grades.
**[20:33] Mikuru**
Well, Esuka's right about that.
**[20:36] Tatsuya**
But she exploited
the friendship between you two.
**[20:43] Shin**
Exploiting our friendship?!
**[20:45] Shin**
What kind of woman is Esuka Hibino?!
**[20:48] Shin**
Mark, it's fine.
**[20:50] Shin**
What happened here is water under the bridge.
**[20:53] Mark**
Ah, yes! Water under the bridge.
**[20:55] Esuka**
My ears are burning.
**[21:01] Shin**
As the manager here,
I'm going to protect Capital!
**[21:05] Esuka**
That child, a manager?
Don't be silly!
**[21:10] Esuka**
A c-cat?!
**[21:16] Tatsuya**
Y-You're camping here?!
**[21:18] Shin**
Yeah, so that Esuka can't seize the place.
**[21:21] Mikuru**
Outside of school, he's here most of the time.
**[21:24] Mikuru**
Words fail me...
**[21:26] Tatsuya**
Fascinating!
**[21:33] Tatsuya**
Who are these people?
**[21:35] Shin**
Nobody important. Never mind them.
**[21:38] Tatsuya**
Oh, okay.
**[21:44] Shin**
Want some dinner?
**[21:46] Mikuru**
What are you talking about? You're broke!
**[21:49] Mark**
Oh! Marvelous Japanese food!
**[21:52] Tatsuya**
Count me in!
***SIGN*** Ramen
**[21:55] Mikuru**
I've told you again and again,
no cooking in the shop!
**[21:59] Shin**
Once isn't gonna hurt!
**[22:01] Shin**
As the manager, I say it's fine!
**[22:03] Mikuru**
The manager?!
**[22:04] Mikuru**
I see no manager here!
**[22:08] Shin**
*I'm* the manager!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Shinemon Nitta's ace in the hole,
**[23:52] Narrator**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
***SIGN*** Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion
**[23:54] Narrator**
With grade 5 and 70,000 power,
it's one of the mightiest units.
**[23:59] Narrator**
On top of that, you can obtain
extra drive checks by using a skill!
**[24:02] Narrator**
Note that you can only call it to
a special circle known as the "Astral Plane,"
**[24:05] Narrator**
so be sure to pair it in your deck
with Gleaming Lord, Uranus,
**[24:09] Narrator**
which can deploy "Astral Plane"!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Mikuru**
Mark, you sound different
when you become Ninja Master.
**[24:19] Mark**
Oh? How so, Mikuru?
**[24:21] Mikuru**
He's put the helmet on.
**[24:22] Mark**
Verily, I am the Ninja Master!
**[24:24] Mikuru**
He's taken it off.
**[24:25] Mark**
I'm Mark Whiting...
**[24:27] Mark**
Wow, I do sound different!
**[24:29] Shin**
I've got it!
**[24:30] Shin**
This helmet contains the spirit of a ninja
who died before he could achieve his goals!
**[24:35] Mark**
Oh! I had no idea!
**[24:36] Mikuru**
Where did you find that creepy helmet, anyway?
**[24:39] Mark**
I made this for cosplay.
***SIGN*** Remind 2
Welcome to Esuka!!
**[24:41] Mikuru**
Don't go making stuff up, Windbag Cinnamon!
# E16 - Welcome to Esuka!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYDKJE7D6/welcome-to-esuka)
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**[00:00] Teacher**
There are various theories
regarding Akechi Mitsuhide's age.
**[00:05] Teacher**
Take Nobunaga...
**[00:06] Mark**
Nobunaga?!
***SIGN*** Muromachi Era 1336-1573
Akechi
Nobunaga
Honnoji incident
Saru (Hideyoshi)
**[00:08] Teacher**
Some say Akechi was already old when they met,
**[00:11] Teacher**
while other think he was young at the time.
**[00:14] Teacher**
There's no general agreement.
**[00:16] Shin**
3-2-1...
**[00:22] Teacher**
Hey! I haven't dismissed the class yet!
**[00:25] Shin**
Sorry!
**[00:27] Teacher**
Shinemon Nitta!
**[00:30] Shin**
Goodbye!
***SIGN*** Card Capital: Defend It to the End
Fight Against Corporate Takeover!
Protect Card Capital
Cardfighter Solidarity
No Foreclosures
Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression!
Protect Our Base
Don't Dishonor Card Capital
Down With Corporate Acquisitions!!
Withdraw Your Unreasonable Demands!
**[00:40] Shin**
Sub Manager! Sub Manager!
**[00:44] Shin**
You're gone?
**[00:47] Shin**
Manager!
**[00:49] Shin**
Listen, *I'm* the manager here!
**[00:54] Shin**
So no matter what you do,
you have to be the sub manager!
**[00:58] Shin**
Sub Manager!
**[01:00] Shin**
So, did any suspicious guys
come around while I was out?
**[01:05] Shin**
It's a suspicious guy!
**[01:07] Rive**
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[01:09] Rive**
It's me!
**[01:12] Shin**
M-Master?!
**[01:14] Rive**
The doors weren't locked.
**[01:15] Shin**
Seriously?!
**[01:17] Rive**
What do you mean to do
if someone from Esuka comes?
**[01:19] Rive**
You're as green as always...
**[01:21] Rive**
...Lemon.
**[01:23] Shin**
If you think I'll always be wet behind the ears,
you've got another thing coming!
***SIGN*** Cardfighter Solidarity Corporation, Withdraw Your Unreasonable Demand!
**[01:32] Mikuru**
Tatsuya! Are you here for something?
**[01:36] Tatsuya**
Shindou...
***SIGN*** Card Capital: Defend It to the End Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression! No Foreclosures
**[01:37] Tatsuya**
U-Um, I wanted to ask Shinemon a favor...
**[01:41] Tatsuya**
How about you, Shindou?
**[01:42] Mikuru**
I came here looking for my brother.
**[01:47] Mikuru**
So he is here...
**[01:49] Shin**
You beat me!
**[01:52] Mikuru**
Bro, you lunkhead!
**[01:54] Rive**
Mikuru, what's up?
**[01:56] Mikuru**
Don't give me, "what's up"!
**[01:58] Mikuru**
You left to go shopping and never came back.
**[02:01] Mikuru**
And now I find you goofing off Cardfighting!
**[02:03] Mikuru**
Where are the diapers?!
Also, remember to charge your Smartphone!
**[02:07] Rive**
Oops...
**[02:14] Mikuru**
And you, Shinemon...
**[02:16] Shin**
Wh-What?
**[02:17] Mikuru**
Tatsuya wanted to ask you a favor.
**[02:19] Shin**
Oh? Need dinner?
**[02:21] Tatsuya**
N-No, that's not it.
**[02:24] Tatsuya**
Um...
**[02:26] Tatsuya**
Please make me your disciple!
**[02:30] Shin**
Disciple?!
**[02:33] Tatsuya**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Remind 2 Welcome to Esuka!!
**[04:10] Shin**
M-My disciple?
**[04:13] Tatsuya**
Yes.
**[04:14] Mikuru**
I'd better check your temperature...
**[04:16] Mikuru**
You may have a bad cold.
**[04:18] Shin**
Hey!
**[04:20] Mikuru**
What's so great about this thoughtless guy?
**[04:23] Tatsuya**
The way he acts unthinkingly.
**[04:27] Tatsuya**
A lot of times, I can't act because
I think too much about everything.
**[04:32] Tatsuya**
But that day, Shinemon took on
Esuka Hibino as an equal.
**[04:42] Tatsuya**
Besides...
**[04:43] Tatsuya**
...his fight with Mark yesterday was awesome!
**[04:47] Tatsuya**
Please take me on as your disciple!
**[04:49] Shin**
Easy for you to ask...
**[04:52] Shin**
Tatsuya! Whether I make you my disciple
or not, let's fight each other once.
**[04:57] Tatsuya**
Sure!
**[05:06] Shin**
Tatsuya...
**[05:07] Shin**
Do you know why you lost?
**[05:10] Shin**
You're so focused on perfect guards
that you use more cards than you need to.
**[05:16] Shin**
You kept doing that.
**[05:18] Shin**
Don't be afraid!
**[05:20] Shin**
What's important is not getting
dominated by your opponent's imagination.
**[05:24] Tatsuya**
Imagination?
**[05:25] Shin**
Be assertive and rewrite that imagination!
**[05:30] Tatsuya**
Right!
**[05:31] Shin**
Well, shall we do it again?
**[05:33] Tatsuya**
Yes!
**[05:39] Esuka**
Careless of you to leave your door unlocked.
**[05:42] Mikuru**
Esuka Hibino!
**[05:43] Shin**
Shoot! I let the invaders in?!
**[05:46] Esuka**
Relax. I came here to talk.
**[05:49] Shin**
To talk?
**[05:50] Esuka**
Yes. Watch what's inside.
**[05:53] Esuka**
Then you'll understand
what the Esuka Group is all about.
**[05:57] Esuka (audio)**
Card Shop Esuka!
**[06:00] Esuka (audio)**
Making a leap forward
across Japan and the world!
**[06:03] Esuka (audio)**
The world's largest
card shop chain, Card Shop...
**[06:06] Esuka (audio)**
...Esuka!
**[06:08] Esuka (audio)**
With the largest assortment
of merchandise in the world!
**[06:11] Esuka (audio)**
From beginners to world champions,
everyone can enjoy the ultimate Card Shop...
**[06:17] Esuka (audio)**
...Esuka!
**[06:19] Esuka**
And now...
**[06:20] Esuka**
If you become a member of Esuka, you'll receive
a member's card and this beginner's deck.
**[06:26] Esuka**
Could you offer that at this shop?
**[06:30] Shin**
I have no intention of shutting this place down.
**[06:33] Esuka**
I only want to change the sign.
**[06:35] Esuka**
If you all keep coming here just as
you have been, you can enjoy Vanguard.
**[06:41] Esuka**
After all, wouldn't you rather enjoy fighting,
without having to worry about running the shop?
**[06:48] Rive**
Huh. This is a nice deck case.
**[06:51] Rive**
Why not keep it at least?
**[06:53] Shin**
Like I need this junk!
**[06:55] Shin**
I just want to keep Card Capital as it is!
**[06:59] Shin**
I'm not going to let it become Esuka!
**[07:01] Shin**
Take your stuff and get out of here!
**[07:05] Esuka**
Such a child.
**[07:06] Esuka**
Just think it over--
**[07:08] Shin**
Manager!
**[07:15] Butler**
Esuka!
**[07:17] Esuka**
I-I-I'll leave for now.
**[07:21] Esuka**
If you change your mind,
come see me anytime.
**[07:24] Esuka**
I'll be in the president's office
at Esuka headquarters.
**[07:27] Shin**
I'll never set foot in there!
**[07:31] Tatsuya**
You chased her off again. Fascinating!
**[07:35] Mikuru**
So you named that cat Manager?
**[07:38] Shin**
No! Its name is "Sub Manager"!
**[07:42] Shin**
But it'll only respond to Manager.
**[07:44] Mikuru**
Manager!
**[07:48] Rive**
Oh, that's right!
**[07:49] Rive**
I need to buy diapers!
**[07:51] Rive**
I just remembered!
**[07:53] Mikuru**
I knew it! You forgot them!
**[07:57] Mark**
Rive! You're leaving already?
**[07:59] Rive**
See you!
**[08:00] Mark**
That was weird...
**[08:02] Shin**
You're late, Mark!
**[08:04] Mark**
Sh-Shinemon!
**[08:06] Mark**
Who had cleaning duty today?!
**[08:08] Shin**
C-Cleaning duty...?
**[08:11] Shin**
You mean...
**[08:12] Shin**
...you did it in my place?!
**[08:14] Mark**
Yesss!
**[08:15] Mark**
And that's not all!
**[08:18] Mark**
To mollify our raging teacher,
**[08:21] Mark**
I had to put his slippers
inside my jacket to warm them up!
**[08:25] Shin**
Who are you, Hideyoshi?!
**[08:28] Mark**
KA-POW!
**[08:29] Shin**
S-Sorry, Mark!
**[08:30] Mark**
Be more careful!
**[08:32] Mark**
Even the punches to a sandbag will hurt.
**[08:34] Shin**
Please, don't hit me!
**[08:37] Tatsuya**
You meant, even the patience
of a saint will run out.
**[08:40] Mark**
Oh, Tatsuya! You're here, too?!
**[08:43] Tatsuya**
Yes. I want to become Shinemon's disciple.
**[08:47] Mark**
Disciple?!
**[08:48] Mark**
Oh! How wonderful!
**[08:51] Mark**
After many years of training,
you'll receive the secrets of the art!
**[08:58] Shin**
There's no secrets to it!
**[09:00] Shin**
All right, Tetsuya!
**[09:02] Shin**
Let's do it!
**[09:03] Tatsuya**
Right!
**[09:04] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
***SIGN*** Card Capital: Defend It to the End Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression! No Foreclosures
**[09:07] Shin**
What the hey?!
**[09:10] Mikuru**
What's wrong?
**[09:11] Mark**
Oh, a new deck, huh?
**[09:13] Shin**
N-No! This isn't my deck!
**[09:17] Shin**
What's going on here?!
**[09:18] Shin**
I'm sure my deck was
right here just a minute ago!
**[09:21] Shin**
How did it get switched so quickly?!
**[09:25] Shin**
Could it be...
**[09:26] Shin**
...I've acquired the secrets of the art?!
**[09:29] Mikuru**
Of course not, Super-Silly Cinnamon!
**[09:32] Tatsuya**
Um, didn't Esuka Hibino
bring over a deck as a present?
**[09:37] Mikuru**
Come to think of it, my lunkhead brother
took the deck out of the case...
**[09:44] Tatsuya**
Maybe you put the wrong one back?
**[09:45] Mikuru**
That's it!
**[09:46] Mikuru**
That's the only reasonable explanation.
**[09:48] Shin**
Then where's my deck?!
**[10:00] Shin**
Oh no!
**[10:01] Shin**
Of all places for my deck to end up!
Right in Esuka's hands!
**[10:05] Tatsuya**
What's going to happen to it?!
**[10:06] Mikuru**
She'll probably give it
as a present to a new member.
**[10:10] Mikuru**
I'm sure she didn't notice
that the deck was switched.
**[10:13] Shin**
No! I put my heart and soul into that deck!
**[10:17] Mark**
Since it's already been opened,
she may just dispose of it.
**[10:22] Tatsuya**
Um, why not explain the situation
to Esuka and have her give it back to you?
**[10:26] Shin**
That's the last thing I would do!
**[10:29] Shin**
"If you want me to give it back,
then give me your shop."
**[10:32] Shin**
What else would she say?!
**[10:35] Mikuru**
Then you'll just give up on the deck?
**[10:37] Shin**
Of course I'm not giving up on it!
**[10:40] Shin**
Since it's come to this...
**[10:42] Shin**
...I'll sneak into the president's office
at Esuka headquarters and steal my deck back!
**[11:04] Shin**
This must be...
**[11:06] Shin**
...Esuka headquarters.
**[11:08] Mark**
Verily, this is the place.
**[11:10] Mark**
Let's go!
**[11:14] Shin**
Where's the president's office?
**[11:15] Mark**
I have been a ninja for 18 years,
so leave this task to me!
**[11:21] Mark**
Pardon me!
**[11:22] Mark**
Where is the president's office?
**[11:24] Shin**
Through the front door?!
**[11:29] Shin**
There are the elevators!
**[11:31] Shin**
That one must go directly
to the president's office!
**[11:34] Shin**
All right!
**[11:35] ReceptionistA**
Excuse me, gentlemen?
**[11:38] ReceptionistA**
That elevator only goes to the top floors.
**[11:42] ReceptionistA**
It's reserved for the president
and those who have been given an S Card.
**[11:45] ReceptionistA**
No one else is allowed to use it.
**[11:47] Shin**
An S Card?!
**[11:48] ReceptionistA**
Yes.
**[11:49] Mark**
What should we do, Shinemon?
**[11:52] ReceptionistB**
Excuse me, are you Shinemon Nitta?
**[11:56] ReceptionistB**
The president has instructed us to contact her
immediately if Mr. Nitta came to see her.
**[12:03] Shin**
No, no!
**[12:04] Shin**
I'm definitely not that suspicious
high school student Nitta!
**[12:09] ReceptionistB**
High school student...?
**[12:10] Mark**
This is going badly...
**[12:12] Shin**
We've gotta make a run for that elevator!
**[12:15] ReceptionistA**
Excuse me.
**[12:17] ReceptionistA**
Surely you weren't intending to use
that elevator without permission...
**[12:23] ReceptionistA**
But if you did have that in mind...
***SIGN*** Card Capital: Defend It to the End Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression! No Foreclosures
**[12:32] Tatsuya**
Will Shinemon be okay?
**[12:35] Mikuru**
He was the one who said he wouldn't
set foot in the president's office,
**[12:39] Mikuru**
but he's ended up going over there.
**[12:41] Mikuru**
He'll probably fight her, too.
**[12:44] Tatsuya**
You don't play Vanguard yourself, Shindou?
**[12:48] Mikuru**
It's just, the fighters I know...
**[12:54] Mikuru**
...are all weirdos!
**[12:55] Mikuru**
So I have the feeling that if I started
playing Vanguard, I'd end up just like them.
**[13:00] Tatsuya**
I don't think that would happen.
**[13:03] Mikuru**
Huh? Where's Sub Manager?
**[13:09] Nanami**
Huh?
**[13:10] Nanami**
I thought I heard a kitten meowing...
**[13:14] Tonori**
Just your imagination.
**[13:20] Shin**
Who are they?!
**[13:23] ReceptionistA**
S Rank members.
**[13:26] ReceptionistA**
They both fought before the president,
so they each received an S Card.
**[13:32] Shin**
I see.
**[13:33] Shin**
So!
**[13:34] Shin**
How does one become an S Rank member?
**[13:38] ReceptionistA**
Well, this building is separated
into fight floors, according to skill level.
***SIGN*** C Rank
**[13:44] ReceptionistA**
If the floor leader gives permission,
the member moves up a rank.
***SIGN*** B Rank
***SIGN*** A Rank
***SIGN*** S Rank
**[13:47] ReceptionistA**
In the end, if Esuka Hibino approves,
they can become an S Rank member.
**[13:54] Shin**
So I just have to keep winning, right?
**[13:56] Mark**
Shinemon, you have a deck?
**[13:58] Shin**
The one Esuka left behind.
**[14:00] Mark**
Well then!
**[14:03] Shin**
We start with the first checkpoint.
**[14:06] Mark**
They're all kids...
**[14:09] Shin**
Well, this is the beginners' floor.
**[14:12] Floor LeaderA**
Hi, guys. Is this your first time here?
**[14:16] Mark**
Verily!
**[14:17] Shin**
Are you the floor leader?
**[14:19] Floor LeaderA**
Yeah, that's right...
**[14:21] Shin**
I'm Nitta--
**[14:22] Mark**
He means...
**[14:23] Shin**
...the Fighter With No Name!
**[14:25] Shin**
Bring it on!
**[14:28] Mark**
Let us make this...
***SIGN*** Fair Fight
**[14:30] Mark**
...a fair fight!
**[14:32] Shin**
The finishing stroke!
**[14:34] Floor LeaderA**
That was a great fight!
**[14:36] Floor LeaderA**
You clearly don't belong
on the beginners' floor.
**[14:39] Floor LeaderA**
You may go up to the next one.
**[14:41] Shin**
Thank you very much!
**[14:43] Floor LeaderB**
I'm impressed!
**[14:45] Floor LeaderB**
Go on up to the next floor!
**[14:47] Shin**
Thank you!
**[14:49] Floor LeaderC**
Go on up!
**[14:50] Shin**
Thank you!
**[14:51] Floor LeaderD**
Go up!
**[14:52] Shin**
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
**[14:54] Tonori**
Huh...?
**[14:56] Nanami**
White Lily Musketeer, Cecilia attacks.
**[14:59] Tonori**
Wh-What?!
**[15:01] Tonori**
Perfect guard with Halo Shield, Mark.
**[15:04] Nanami**
So, what were you saying?
**[15:06] Nanami**
There's a fighter steadily
moving his way up the ranks?
**[15:08] Floor LeaderE**
Yes. Actually, two of them.
**[15:11] Floor LeaderE**
I don't know their names,
since they're both here on a trial visit.
**[15:15] Nanami**
Strong fighters are always welcome,
**[15:18] Nanami**
but I'm not happy about
Esuka headquarters being made light of.
**[15:21] Tonori**
Yeah.
**[15:23] Nanami**
Yeah.
**[15:24] Shin**
We're almost there!
**[15:27] Delinquent**
You punk!
**[15:28] Delinquent**
Why won't you promote me to S Rank already?!
**[15:33] Floor LeaderF**
I... I told you...!
Your skill isn't up to S-Rank level!
**[15:38] Floor LeaderF**
Wasn't the last fight enough proof of that?!
**[15:41] Delinquent**
You askin' to get hurt, punk?!
**[15:43] Floor LeaderF**
Besides, I couldn't send someone
with boorish behavior up to see Esuka!
**[15:49] Delinquent**
Say what?!
**[15:50] Shin**
Okay then!
**[15:51] Shin**
Pardon me.
**[15:53] Shin**
You're the floor leader, right?
**[15:56] Shin**
Would you fight me?
**[15:58] Delinquent**
Hey, butt out!
**[16:00] Shin**
What?! You're in my way!
**[16:03] Shin**
I must get to the
president's office, immediately!
**[16:06] Floor LeaderF**
The president's office?
**[16:08] Mark**
Correct! He happens to be
a huge fan of President Esuka Hibino!
**[16:12] Mark**
Verily, it is his dream to achieve S Rank
and then meet the president!
**[16:16] Shin**
That isn't my dream!
**[16:20] Nanami**
Who are the anonymous fighters
racing their way up through the ranks?
**[16:26] Nanami**
I feel like I've seen you somewhere before...
**[16:29] Tonori**
Weren't they the guys
giving the receptionists a hard time?
**[16:32] Shin**
You're those S Rank members!
**[16:35] Tonori**
Your speedrun ends here.
**[16:37] Nanami**
We'll see just how good you are.
**[16:39] Shin**
Great, I'll be happy to show you!
**[16:42] Mark**
You should calm down, Shinemon.
**[16:44] Mark**
They are S Rank.
**[16:46] Mark**
The chances of you
beating them with that beginner's deck...
**[16:50] Mark**
...are verily worse than
the Battle of Okehazama!
**[16:53] Shin**
I see.
**[16:55] Mark**
Leave them to me.
**[16:57] Shin**
Got it. I'm counting on you.
**[17:01] Mark**
Greetings!
**[17:02] Mark**
For certain reasons,
I am unable to reveal my name,
**[17:05] Mark**
but I have come here with a purpose.
**[17:09] Mark**
You may call me Ninja Master!
**[17:12] Nanami**
I'm Nanami Gonomi.
**[17:14] Tonori**
Tonori Fujinami.
**[17:16] Mark**
Tonoris?!
**[17:17] Mark**
Tono!
**[17:20] Mark**
My lord! Please forgive my rudeness!
**[17:22] Mark**
Verily, a ninja must never
turn his blade upon a lord!
**[17:27] Mark**
Oh, Tono!
**[17:29] Nanami**
What will you do?
**[17:31] Nanami**
It looks like your friend's surrendered.
**[17:35] Shin**
What'll I do?!
**[17:37] Shin**
No... wait a sec.
**[17:40] Shin**
I didn't come here looking for a fight.
**[17:44] Shin**
All I want to do is get my deck back.
**[17:47] Shin**
So, then...
**[17:49] Nanami**
What are you muttering about?
**[17:51] Shin**
Aren't you...
**[17:55] Shin**
...a cat-lover?
**[17:57] Nanami**
Wh-What are you talking about?!
**[17:59] Shin**
You did hear a cat meow downstairs.
**[18:03] Nanami**
Huh?
**[18:05] Nanami**
I thought I heard a kitten meowing...
**[18:08] Shin**
Only a true cat-lover would notice that!
**[18:13] Shin**
To think a cat-lover like you
would be so close to Esuka Hibino, a cat-hater!
**[18:18] Shin**
Now, what would happen if Esuka ever found out?
**[18:22] Nanami**
Are you threatening me?!
**[18:23] Shin**
I could keep my mouth shut,
depending on the circumstances.
**[18:26] Shin**
I'd even place that kitten's
paw pads right here.
**[18:29] Nanami**
Th-that kitten's...
**[18:31] Nanami**
...paw pads?!
**[18:33] Shin**
I just wanna go to the president's office.
**[18:36] Shin**
Lend me your S Card.
**[18:37] Nanami**
R-Ridiculous! I can't do that!
**[18:40] Shin**
Are you sure about that?
**[18:44] Shin**
Look!
**[18:46] Nanami**
P-Paw pads!
**[18:48] Nanami**
But I can't! I could never betray Esuka!
**[18:54] Nanami**
Th-That's playing dirty!
**[18:56] Shin**
So, what's it going to be?
**[18:58] Shin**
The paw pads are right here...
**[18:59] Shin**
Well? Well? Well?!
**[19:03] Nanami**
Forgive me, Esuka!
**[19:08] Shin**
You keep her company, Sub Manager!
**[19:10] Shin**
I mean Manager!
**[19:13] Nanami**
Yay!
**[19:14] Nanami**
Aww, I'm in heaven!
**[19:21] Shin**
Let's go, Mark!
**[19:25] Shin**
All right! Is this the president's office?
**[19:28] Shin**
Where is it? Where's my deck?!
**[19:36] Shin**
These are...!
**[19:43] Shin**
I'll look elsewhere...
**[19:47] Shin**
Double doors!
**[19:49] Shin**
Suspicious!
**[19:53] Esuka**
Oh!
**[19:54] Shin**
Why is there a bath in the president's office?!
**[19:57] Esuka**
This is my private suite.
**[20:00] Esuka**
The president's office is upstairs.
**[20:02] Shin**
Whatever, just cover yourself!
**[20:05] Esuka**
Being looked at by a child like you
doesn't faze me in the least.
**[20:08] Shin**
Darn it!
**[20:11] Mark**
Where were you?
**[20:12] Mark**
It's in there...
**[20:15] Shin**
Yes! It's my deck, Mark!
**[20:19] Shin**
Let's get outta here!
**[20:23] Shin**
Here! Sorry.
**[20:24] Shin**
Return this to a girl named Nanami.
**[20:27] Shin**
Thanks!
**[20:28] Delinquent**
Hey.
**[20:29] Delinquent**
You made me look like a chump earlier.
**[20:33] Delinquent**
If you wanna get past me...
**[20:35] Shin**
Of course you want to fight, right?
**[20:37] Shin**
Sure! Now I've got this!
**[20:41] Shin**
Let's go, partner!
**[20:44] Shin/Delinquent**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[20:49] Shin**
Uranus's skill activates!
**[20:51] Shin**
I got an Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[20:58] Mark**
That is the fifth Imaginary Force!
**[21:01] Mark**
And that means...
**[21:04] Shin**
...Circle Shift!
**[21:06] Shin**
Once Uranus has five Imaginary Gifts,
**[21:09] Shin**
the rear guard circle behind
the Vanguard becomes the Astral Plane!
**[21:15] Shin**
And standing on that Astral Plane is...
**[21:26] Shin**
Rewrite the imagination!
**[21:30] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[21:32] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[21:41] Shin**
Valkerion, Zodiac Blazer!
**[21:51] Mark**
That's the game!
**[21:53] The Two**
And we're off!
**[22:00] Esuka**
Those boys...
**[22:02] Esuka**
Why on earth did they come here?
**[22:06] Esuka**
Well?
**[22:07] Esuka**
What do you think?
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Shinemon Nitta's ace in the hole,
***SIGN*** Gleaming Lord, Uranus
**[23:51] Narrator**
Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[23:53] Narrator**
With its skill, the player
can obtain Imaginary Gift Force!
**[23:56] Narrator**
If it appears by being ridden,
the player gets two Forces at once!
**[24:00] Narrator**
And if there are five or more Forces
on the Vanguard Circle,
**[24:03] Narrator**
the rear guard circle behind this unit
becomes the Astral Plane!
**[24:05] Narrator**
There, you can summon the ultra-powerful unit
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride the Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride the Vanguard!
**[24:15] Tatsuya**
Shindou, your big brother said he was
going to buy diapers. Does that mean...?
**[24:19] Mikuru**
That's right! My dumb brother is a new dad.
**[24:23] Mikuru**
He's a baby boy with adorable bangs,
**[24:25] Mikuru**
just like a beautiful Lemniscate of Bernoulli.
**[24:28] Tatsuya**
Huh?
**[24:28] Mikuru**
That comes from Jakob Bernoulli,
not the Bernoulli of Bernoulli's Principle.
**[24:32] Mikuru**
Oh, Bernoulli's Principle is the one
that explains how airplanes fly.
**[24:35] Tatsuya**
I don't follow...
**[24:37] Mikuru**
If you're not familiar with the Lemniscate
of Bernoulli, I doubt I can describe it to you.
***SIGN*** Dimension 3
First Time Holding the Fort
**[24:40] Rive**
I'd call it a mosquito coil.
**[24:42] Mikuru**
That's an Archimedean spiral!
# E17 - First Time Holding the Fort
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6ZJVZWZY/first-time-holding-the-fort)
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**[00:03] Esuka**
I've called you two here for one reason.
**[00:11] Esuka**
Shinemon Nitta.
**[00:13] Esuka**
A short while ago,
he intruded into my private room.
**[00:16] Tonori**
Seriously, yo?
**[00:17] Nanami**
Don't tell me that guy
wearing glasses was Shinemon?!
**[00:22] Esuka**
He gained entrance with your S Card, Nanami.
**[00:26] Tonori**
Seriously, yo?!
**[00:28] Nanami**
Who are you kidding, Tonori?!
You were right next to me!
**[00:33] Tonori**
Who's that?
**[00:34] Esuka**
I believe she's a friend of Shinemon.
**[00:37] Esuka**
You do know what to do, correct?
***SIGN*** Card Capital: Defend It to the End Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression! No Foreclosures
**[00:45] Tatsuya**
Hello!
**[00:49] Tatsuya**
Huh? Has something happened?
**[00:51] Mark**
Tatsuya! I'll say something's happened!
**[00:53] Mark**
Shinemon is going to do a flyover!
**[00:56] Tatsuya**
F-Flyover?
**[01:00] Mikuru**
No, he's going to be a *holdover*!
**[01:02] Mark**
Oh! My mistake!
**[01:05] Mikuru**
Shinemon didn't take any of the exams
at school, so he'll have to repeat the year!
**[01:10] Tatsuya**
What happened?
**[01:11] Shin**
When we stole our way into
Esuka headquarters the other day,
**[01:15] Shin**
I saw...
**[01:17] Shin**
...that woman's...
**[01:22] Mark**
N-Nosebleed?
**[01:24] Tatsuya**
What? What did you see, Shinemon?!
**[01:27] Shin**
I can't say it!
**[01:29] Shin**
If I do, it'll expose you to danger, too!
**[01:32] Tatsuya**
It's that bad?!
**[01:34] Shin**
And I'm scared of Esuka's vengeance,
**[01:37] Shin**
so I've been holed up here 24 hours a day.
**[01:42] Mark**
Shinemon, if you act now, there's still time!
**[01:45] Mark**
The teachers said that if you do well enough
on the make-up exams, you won't have to retreat!
**[01:49] Mikuru**
That's *repeat*.
**[01:51] Shin**
Thanks, Mark.
**[01:52] Shin**
But...
**[01:54] Shin**
...I'm not taking any make-ups!
**[01:56] Mikuru**
What are you saying?!
**[01:58] Shin**
Even if I took the make-ups now,
the result would be the same!
**[02:01] Shin**
So I choose to quit school altogether, and take
the path of living as this shop's manager!
**[02:06] Mark**
You just don't want to study, do you?
**[02:09] Shin**
You got me with an average jab!
**[02:10] Mikuru**
Do you really think you'd get away with
becoming manager for a lousy reason like that?!
**[02:14] Mark**
Just take the make-up exams!
**[02:16] Shin**
I told you, no!
**[02:17] Shin**
I'm quitting school!
**[02:19] Tatsuya**
E-Excuse me!
**[02:22] Tatsuya**
Please take the make-ups.
**[02:23] Tatsuya**
While you're out, I'll protect this shop
as your number one disciple!
**[02:29] Shin**
Number one disciple?
**[02:31] Mark**
Since when?
**[02:32] Mikuru**
Well said!
**[02:34] Mikuru**
Hand over the shop key!
**[02:38] Mikuru**
The shop is in your hands!
**[02:43] Tatsuya**
Right!
**[02:44] Shin**
Uh, but...
**[02:45] Mikuru**
What, are you going to say you don't
trust your number one disciple?
**[02:49] Shin**
No, that's not the issue...
**[02:55] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[02:58] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[03:03] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[03:06] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 3 First Time Holding the Fort
**[04:52] Tatsuya**
Who is it?
**[04:53] Shin**
It's me! Open up!
**[04:56] Tatsuya**
Okay!
**[04:56] Tatsuya**
At once!
**[04:59] Tatsuya**
Did you forget something?
**[05:00] Shin**
You're the one who forgot!
**[05:02] Tatsuya**
Wh-Why?!
**[05:03] Shin**
What if I'd been one of
Esuka's goons in disguise?!
**[05:08] Shin**
Don't open that door, even if you think it's me!
**[05:11] Shin**
Don't take Esuka and her lackeys lightly!
**[05:13] Tatsuya**
Okay! I've learned my lesson!
**[05:16] Mark**
Hurry up, Shinemon.
**[05:18] Shin**
Coming!
**[05:19] Tatsuya**
See you later!
**[05:20] Shin**
Right! I'm counting on you!
**[05:22] Mikuru**
Say, Tatsuya...
**[05:24] Mikuru**
Are you sure you want to be that guy's disciple?
**[05:28] Mikuru**
My big brother's a real goof,
***SIGN*** Ramen Noodles Salt
**[05:30] Mikuru**
but Shinemon's so bad, he's Applesauce Cinnamon!
**[05:34] Mikuru**
Barricading himself in a card shop!
**[05:36] Tatsuya**
But his passion for Vanguard is the real thing.
**[05:40] Tatsuya**
The beauty of Shinemon's playing,
**[05:42] Tatsuya**
his concentration and inspiration,
his luck of the draw...
**[05:45] Tatsuya**
All of them are wonderful!
**[05:48] Tatsuya**
He's my ideal... my vanguard!
**[05:54] Tatsuya**
Besides...
**[05:56] Tatsuya**
...this shop somehow reminds me
**[06:00] Tatsuya**
of the card shop I used to go to.
**[06:04] Tatsuya**
When I went there, I was always among friends.
**[06:07] Tatsuya**
I had a lot of good times.
**[06:12] Tatsuya**
I think Shinemon is trying
to protect that kind of place.
**[06:17] Tatsuya**
And I'd like to help him out.
**[06:24] Mikuru**
Okay.
**[06:25] Mikuru**
Then until Shinemon gets back,
I'll hold the fort with you.
***SIGN*** Make-up Exam minimum of 60 points
**[06:36] Shin**
Don't be discouraged by imagining failure.
**[06:39] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Shinemon Nitta
***SIGN*** Mathematics I - Mathematics A
**[06:55] Mark**
Verily, I do not like the way this is going.
**[07:04] Tatsuya**
I thought Shinemon would be back by now.
**[07:09] Mikuru**
Are you hungry?
**[07:10] Tatsuya**
Yes, a little...
**[07:13] Mikuru**
Come with me.
**[07:17] Mikuru**
Why don't we have these?
**[07:20] Tatsuya**
Are you sure it's okay?
**[07:22] Tatsuya**
Cooking in the shop?
***SIGN*** Ramen
**[07:24] Mikuru**
It's fine if *I* do it!
**[07:29] Tonori**
Man, I'm starvin'.
**[07:31] Nanami**
You get poor mileage, Tonori.
**[07:33] Nanami**
We just had curry.
**[07:35] Tonori**
I could use three more bowls, yo.
**[07:38] Nanami**
We have to take care of business first.
**[07:44] Tonori**
Somethin' smells good...
**[08:01] Tatsuya**
Wh-Who is it?
**[08:03] Nanami**
Is Mikuru there?
**[08:05] Mikuru**
Me?
**[08:08] Tatsuya**
Hey! Shindou!
**[08:10] Tonori**
She's here, yo.
**[08:12] Sub Manager**
Hiss!
**[08:13] Sub Manager**
Hiss!
**[08:16] Nanami**
We meet again, huh, kitty?
**[08:21] Tatsuya**
Who are you?
**[08:24] Nanami**
I'm Nanami Gonomi.
**[08:26] Tonori**
And I'm Tonori Fujinami, yo.
**[08:28] Mikuru**
"Fujinamiyo"?
**[08:30] Tonori**
Just call me Tonori.
**[08:32] Mikuru**
Oh, okay!
**[08:35] Tatsuya**
That's...
**[08:36] Tatsuya**
...the legendary S Card,
given only to S Rank members?!
**[08:41] Mikuru**
What is it?!
**[08:42] Tatsuya**
These two work for Esuka!
**[08:45] Nanami**
Hey.
**[08:46] Nanami**
Would you come with us?
**[08:49] Tatsuya**
Shindou!
**[08:51] Tatsuya**
H-Hey!
**[08:54] Mikuru**
Tatsuya!
**[08:58] Tatsuya**
Wh-What should I do?
**[08:59] Tatsuya**
I was told not to let anyone
into the shop, no matter what!
**[09:07] Tatsuya**
Somebody, help!
**[09:16] Tatsuya**
That's right!
**[09:17] Tatsuya**
I'm the sub manager right now.
**[09:19] Tatsuya**
Until Shinemon gets back,
I have to protect this shop!
**[09:26] Tatsuya**
Excuse me!
**[09:30] Tatsuya**
I challenge you...
**[09:31] Tatsuya**
...to a Vanguard match!
***SIGN*** Cardfighter Solidarity
**[09:36] Tatsuya**
If I win, you have to
leave this shop without Mikuru!
**[09:40] Nanami**
Then if we win, we get
to take her with us, right?
**[09:45] Nanami**
Tonori, you take this one.
**[09:47] Tonori**
If I win, can I get a double cheeseburger?
**[09:50] Nanami**
We'll make it a combo, with cola and fries.
**[09:56] Tonori**
Come to think of it,
I didn't catch your name, yo.
**[10:00] Tatsuya**
Tatsuya Tachibana.
**[10:02] Tatsuya**
I'm Shinemon's number one disciple!
**[10:05] Nanami**
There's no way you can win this, silly.
**[10:07] Mikuru**
Why do you say that?!
**[10:09] Nanami**
Out of the S Rank members,
Tonori is ranked number two.
**[10:12] Mikuru**
Who's number one?
**[10:15] Nanami**
Obviously, that would be me.
**[10:19] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[10:23] Tatsuya**
First Aid Celestial, Peniel!
**[10:29] Tonori**
Spring Breeze Messenger!
**[10:32] Tatsuya**
I go first.
**[10:35] Tatsuya**
I ride!
**[10:36] Tatsuya**
Marking Celestial, Arabhaki!
**[10:43] Tatsuya**
Can I beat an S Rank member?
**[10:47] Tatsuya**
No, I have to beat him,
**[10:50] Tatsuya**
at least to keep my promise to Shinemon!
**[11:09] Nanami**
His clan is Angel Feather, huh?
**[11:11] Nanami**
A legion of angels that are
good at assisting and healing.
**[11:15] Mikuru**
Angels?
**[11:17] Nanami**
You didn't know?
**[11:18] Mikuru**
I don't play Vanguard.
**[11:21] Nanami**
Then why are you here?!
**[11:23] Mikuru**
Well, that's... a good question.
**[11:26] Nanami**
Whatever. I'll explain it
so even you can understand.
**[11:29] Nanami**
Tonori's clan is Gold Paladin.
**[11:32] Nanmi**
It's a tight-knit order of
gold knights within United Sanctuary.
**[11:36] Tonori**
I ride.
**[11:38] Tonori**
Little Battler, Tron.
**[11:41] Tonori**
On top of that, I call
Evil Slaying Swordsman, Haugan!
**[11:46] Tonori**
Let's go, Haugan!
**[11:48] Haugan**
No problem!
**[11:50] Tatsuya**
No guard!
**[11:57] Nanami**
Uh oh, he didn't guard...
**[12:00] Nanami**
When the Vanguard's attack hits,
**[12:02] Nanami**
Haugan can summon a friend from the deck.
**[12:06] Tonori**
I superior call Listener of Truth, Dindrane, yo.
**[12:12] Tonori**
Dindrane's skill activates.
**[12:16] Nanami**
And then Tron also calls on a friend.
**[12:24] Tatsuya**
What?!
**[12:26] Tonori**
I'm gonna finish this ASAP, yo.
**[12:29] Tonori**
Dindrane boosts and Sagramore attacks, yo!
**[12:35] Tatsuya**
Hot Shot Celestial, Samyaza guards!
**[12:41] Tatsuya**
Even though it's only the second turn,
he's already using grade 3 units?!
**[12:46] Nanami**
If you're not careful,
it'll be over before you know it.
**[12:49] Mikuru**
Tatsuya!
**[12:53] Shin**
Don't get flustered, Tatsuya!
**[12:55] Tatsuya**
Shinemon!
**[12:56] Shin**
Don't be afraid!
**[12:58] Shin**
What's important is not getting dominated
by your opponent's imagination.
**[13:02] Shin**
Be assertive and rewrite that imagination!
**[13:07] Tatsuya**
That's right.
**[13:08] Tatsuya**
He's just dealt me opening damage.
**[13:10] Tatsuya**
I'll calm down and look
for a path to a counterattack!
**[13:13] Tatsuya**
I ride!
**[13:16] Tatsuya**
Rear Impetus Celestial, Armaiti!
**[13:20] Tatsuya**
Its skill activates!
**[13:22] Tatsuya**
I superior call Underlay Celestial, Hesediel
from the Damage Zone!
**[13:29] Tatsuya**
Come, Million Ray Pegasus!
**[13:39] Tonori**
To me, Dantegal!
**[13:42] Tatsuya**
Drive check!
**[13:44] Tatsuya**
Critical trigger!
**[13:45] Tatsuya**
I give all of the effects
to Million Ray Pegasus!
**[13:49] Tatsuya**
Go!
**[13:57] Tonori**
First check.
**[13:58] Tonori**
Second check.
**[14:00] Mikuru**
Yes! That makes 2 damage!
**[14:02] Nanami**
Looks like you're somewhat
familiar with it after all. But...
**[14:08] Nanami**
...I wonder how much longer he can hold out.
**[14:10] Mikuru**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[14:24] Tonori**
I ride!
**[14:26] Tonori**
Liberator of the Flute, Escrad!
**[14:30] Tonori**
Its skill activates!
**[14:33] Tonori**
I superior call
Stronghold of the Black Chains, Hoel!
**[14:36] Tatsuya**
Again?!
**[14:37] Tonori**
And then I call Player of the Holy Bow, Viviane!
**[14:40] Tonori**
Its skill activates!
**[14:46] Tonori**
I superior call Hoel!
**[14:52] Tonori**
Go!
**[14:54] Tatsuya**
Samyaza, please!
**[14:57] Tonori**
Outta my way!
**[15:02] Tatsuya**
No guard!
**[15:06] Tonori**
Drive check.
**[15:10] Tatsuya**
A critical trigger?!
**[15:12] Tonori**
I give the power to Viviane
and the extra critical to Escrad!
**[15:16] Tatsuya**
Damage check!
**[15:24] Tonori**
I'm still not done with you!
**[15:29] Tatsuya**
No guard!
**[15:36] Nanami**
Now he has 4 damage.
**[15:39] Tonori**
It's your turn.
**[15:42] Tonori**
Hurry up, already!
**[15:46] Tatsuya**
What's with him?
**[15:48] Tatsuya**
He seems totally different from before.
**[15:51] Tatsuya**
But there's no sense thinking about it.
**[15:54] Tatsuya**
I have to focus on my own fighting!
**[15:56] Tatsuya**
I ride!
**[16:00] Tatsuya**
Mobile Hospital, Feather Palace!
**[16:06] Tatsuya**
Imaginary Gift, Protect I!
**[16:09] Tatsuya**
Next, I call Hesediel!
**[16:11] Tatsuya**
Its skill activates!
**[16:15] Tatsuya**
I call Wild Shot Celestial, Raguel!
**[16:19] Tatsuya**
Raguel's skill activates!
**[16:23] Tatsuya**
I superior call Arabhaki from the Drop Zone!
**[16:29] Tatsuya**
Hesediel boosts, and Raguel attacks!
**[16:33] Tonori**
I guard with Flame of Victory!
**[16:37] Tatsuya**
I'm not done yet!
**[16:40] Tonori**
No guard!
**[16:41] Tatsuya**
Twin drive!
**[16:42] Tatsuya**
First check!
**[16:44] Tatsuya**
Second check!
**[16:46] Nanami**
A heal trigger?!
**[16:47] Mikuru**
All right!
**[16:55] Tatsuya**
I'm still not done!
**[16:57] Tatsuya**
With a boost from Hesediel,
Million Ray Pegasus attacks Sagramore!
**[17:08] Tonori**
Sagramore!
**[17:10] Tatsuya**
How about that?!
**[17:12] Tonori**
Not bad.
**[17:15] Tonori**
But you just lost this by
not clinching it right there!
**[17:21] Tatsuya**
Why...?
**[17:24] Tatsuya**
I still have only 3 damage.
**[17:27] Tonori**
I ride!
**[17:31] Tonori**
Knight of Fury, Agravain!
**[17:36] Tonori**
Imaginary Gift, Accel I!
**[17:43] Tonori**
I can't take any more!
**[17:52] Tonori**
I'm so hungry...
**[17:54] Tonori**
...I feel like I'm gonna die!
**[17:59] Mikuru**
What's this now?
**[18:00] Nanami**
When Tonori gets hungry,
**[18:02] Nanami**
he loses his reason and becomes a brute.
**[18:08] Nanami**
Go ahead. Eat as much as you like.
**[18:11] Nanami**
Devour all the prey!
**[18:15] Shin**
Why do I have butterflies in my stomach?
**[18:18] Shin**
I have a bad feeling about this.
**[18:20] Teacher**
Nitta!
**[18:21] Shin**
Y-Yes?!
**[18:26] Teacher**
Well done.
**[18:29] Teacher**
You passed.
**[18:32] Shin**
It's a miracle!
**[18:35] Teacher**
Now you have English, physics, modern Japanese,
**[18:37] Teacher**
art, chemistry, social studies, economics...
**[18:43] Mark**
What's this?
**[18:44] Mark**
"I'm... worried about... the shop... so...
**[18:48] Mark**
...go on ahead."
**[18:52] Mark**
You can depend on me!
**[18:56] Tonori**
Tron attacks your Vanguard!
**[18:58] Tatsuya**
Armaiti guards!
**[19:02] Tonori**
Jerkface! Quit trying to buy yourself time!
**[19:08] Tonori**
Go!
**[19:13] Tatsuya**
Damage check!
**[19:18] Nanami**
That makes 4 damage!
**[19:20] Tonori**
Hoel boosts, and Kahedin attacks your Vanguard!
**[19:24] Tatsuya**
Sunny Smile Angel guards!
**[19:31] Tonori**
Agravain attacks your Vanguard!
**[19:33] Tonori**
Its skill activates!
**[19:36] Tonori**
I'm gonna gobble up your lives!
**[19:39] Tonori**
Delish!
**[19:42] Tatsuya**
What are you trying to do?!
**[19:45] Tonori**
It absorbed all its allies into the Soul,
**[19:48] Tonori**
and now, for each ally I called this turn,
I can summon another one from my deck!
**[19:54] Tonori**
For this turn, I called three cards!
**[20:07] Tatsuya**
Wh-What?!
**[20:13] Tatsuya**
You can still attack with that many units?!
**[20:17] Tonori**
You ain't seen nothing yet!
**[20:19] Tonori**
Escrad's skill activates!
**[20:21] Tonori**
I superior call Flame of Victory!
**[20:33] Tatsuya**
Sunny Smile Angel guards!
**[20:36] Tonori**
Twin drive!
**[20:37] Tonori**
First check!
**[20:39] Tonori**
Front trigger!
**[20:41] Nanami**
With that, all of the front row units
get +10,000 power!
**[20:43] Tonori**
Second check!
**[20:48] Tonori**
Escrad attacks your Vanguard!
**[20:54] Tatsuya**
It's no use.
**[20:55] Tatsuya**
Even if I guard against this,
he still has two more attacks.
**[20:58] Tatsuya**
I can't stave them off!
**[21:04] Tatsuya**
No guard...
**[21:09] Tonori**
Go, you guys.
**[21:13] Tatsuya**
I'm sorry, Shinemon!
**[21:20] Tatsuya**
I couldn't...
**[21:22] Tatsuya**
...keep...
**[21:24] Tatsuya**
...my promise!
**[21:32] Mark**
I'm back!
**[21:34] Mark**
Shinemon has more make-ups
to do, so I came back...
**[21:40] Mark**
Tatsuya?
**[21:41] Mark**
Are you here?
**[21:47] Mark**
Tatsuya!
**[21:49] Mark**
What the heck happened?!
**[21:55] Tatsuya**
Agents... of Esuka... took Shindou... away...
**[22:03] Mark**
Why...?
**[22:07] Teacher**
Great!
**[22:08] Teacher**
Next is health and physical education.
**[22:11] Shin**
Nooo!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Tatsuya's ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Mobile Hospital, Feather Palace!
***SIGN*** Mobile Hospital, Feather Palace
**[23:54] Narrator**
When attacking, if the player does
a Soulblast with two grade 3 cards,
**[23:57] Narrator**
this unit gains +20,000 power
and an extra critical!
**[24:01] Narrator**
On top of that, an opponent's
perfect guard won't work against this unit,
**[24:04] Narrator**
giving you the perfect chance
to turn things around!
**[24:06] Narrator**
Though Angel Feather's specialty is defense,
**[24:08] Narrator**
this unit can become the
keystone of your end-game offense!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Mark**
Even though Tatsuya was
utterly defeated by Esuka lackeys,
**[24:19] Mark**
you must take all those make-up exams,
or else reheat everything!
**[24:23] Shin**
Why, who left leftovers in the fridge, Mark...?!
**[24:25] Shin**
You meant "repeat"!
**[24:26] Mark**
Sorry! "Crow's feet," right?
**[24:28] Shin**
As you grow older,
twinkles in the eye turn into wrinkles...
**[24:31] Shin**
No, silly!
**[24:32] Mark**
"Rhenium"?
**[24:32] Shin**
That's a chemical element!
**[24:34] Mark**
"Realm"?
**[24:35] Shin**
That's a fantasyland!
**[24:36] Mark**
"Lupin"?
**[24:37] Shin**
Who, the third-generation gentleman thief
that travels all across the world
***SIGN*** Remind 4
Idol's Birth?
**[24:40] Shin**
to steal valuable artifacts--Too long!
**[24:42] Mark**
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen!
# E18 - Idol's Birth?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNVGWXJR/idols-birth)
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**[00:08] Mikuru**
Isn't this...?
**[00:14] Esuka**
I'm the one who ordered
Nanami and Tonori to bring you here.
**[00:19] Esuka**
I wanted to have a chance
to talk to you at length.
**[00:23] Mikuru**
What do you want with me?!
**[00:25] Esuka**
You're Mikuru Shindou, yes?
**[00:28] Esuka**
Mind if I call you Mikurun?
**[00:31] Esuka**
Mikurun, have you considered...
**[00:34] Esuka**
...becoming an idol?
**[00:40] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[00:43] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[00:48] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[00:51] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 4 Idol's Birth?
**[02:32] Esuka**
Say...
**[02:34] Esuka**
How do you like this swimsuit?
**[02:37] Esuka**
Maybe I'll get a tan today...
**[02:40] Esuka**
This breeze feels great!
**[02:43] Mikuru**
So sexy...
**[02:46] Esuka**
I know, right?
**[02:47] Esuka**
I've had my eye on you for some time.
**[02:52] Esuka**
After all, you're often
with Shinemon Nitta, aren't you?
**[02:57] Esuka**
That's how I first noticed you.
**[02:59] Esuka**
I knew right away that
you had the makings of an idol.
**[03:02] Esuka**
Come on. Make your debut.
**[03:05] Mikuru**
No thank you!
**[03:06] Mikuru**
This is too out of the blue.
**[03:08] Mikuru**
And besides, I don't believe
I have what it takes to be a idol!
**[03:12] Esuka**
Don't take my opinion lightly.
**[03:15] Esuka**
I'm speaking as someone
who ushered in an age of idols.
**[03:19] Esuka**
You're a diamond in the rough
that just needs polishing, Mikurun.
**[03:23] Mikuru**
I'm a diamond in the rough?!
**[03:33] Mikuru**
What is this?
**[03:35] Esuka**
I'll leave you alone
for a while to think about it.
**[03:45] Esuka**
There are all kinds of things in here,
but don't touch any of them.
**[03:53] Mark**
You're awake!
**[03:57] Tatsuya**
Mark...
**[03:58] Mark**
Please fill me in.
**[04:01] Mark**
What exactly happened here?
**[04:03] Mark**
Where is Mikuru?
**[04:05] Tatsuya**
Oh no!
**[04:06] Tatsuya**
Shindou was taken away by Esuka's lackeys!
**[04:10] Mark**
Taken away?
**[04:11] Mark**
Oh! Like the movie where
monsters take away that little girl!
**[04:15] Tatsuya**
That's *Spirited Away*!
**[04:16] Mark**
Oh! My mistake!
**[04:18] Mark**
You mean she was kidnapped, huh?
**[04:21] Mark**
That's serious!
**[04:24] Mark**
Of all times for Shinemon not to be around...
**[04:27] Mark**
Well, what should we do?
**[04:29] Tatsuya**
It's my fault.
**[04:31] Tatsuya**
This only happened because I lost!
**[04:40] Mark**
I've got it!
**[04:41] Mark**
Let's you and me rescue Mikuru!
**[04:45] Tatsuya**
But if no one is minding the shop...
**[04:47] Mark**
Shinemon should be back soon.
**[04:50] Mark**
Until then, let's count on
the Sub Manager to hold the fort.
**[04:58] Mark**
Please, Manager!
**[05:04] Mark**
I'll write a missive to Shinemon
before we set out.
**[05:08] Tatsuya**
Maybe we should just wait for him to come back.
**[05:10] Mark**
The enemy is holding Mikuru hostage.
**[05:13] Mark**
We don't know what they're doing to her.
**[05:16] Mark**
For example, in the Warring States Period,
**[05:19] Mark**
they would whip prisoners,
crucify them, or saw off limbs,
**[05:22] Mark**
among other incredibly brutal forms of torture.
**[05:25] Tatsuya**
Let's go!
**[05:26] Tatsuya**
Let's go rescue Shindou right now!
**[05:35] Mikuru**
N-No way...
**[05:42] Tatsuya**
How do we get in?
**[05:44] Mark**
I shall use Ninja Art, Face of Fame Jutsu.
**[05:54] Tatsuya**
You said "Face of Fame," yet you're
hiding your face instead. Fascinating.
**[06:02] Mark**
It has been too long.
**[06:04] Floor Leader A**
Oh hey, good to see you.
**[06:07] Mark**
Verily, I have some business on a floor above.
**[06:10] Mark**
Might I just go up?
**[06:12] Floor Leader A**
Go right ahead.
**[06:14] Tatsuya**
I see now! This is the
ninja art "Face of Fame"...
**[06:21] Nanami**
Okay, that's far enough.
**[06:24] Nanami**
I figured you'd come.
**[06:26] Nanami**
But where is he?
**[06:27] Mark**
By "he," might you mean Shinemon?
**[06:31] Mark**
He will be here, in time.
**[06:33] Mark**
More importantly, where is Mikuru?
**[06:36] Nanami**
She's with Ms. Esuka.
**[06:38] Nanami**
We were told not to let anyone get by.
**[06:40] Tatsuya**
Give us back Shindou!
**[06:41] Tonori**
Yo...
**[06:46] Mark**
I demand you fight me!
**[06:49] Mark**
If you win, we will leave without another word.
**[06:52] Mark**
However, were I to win,
then you must allow us to pass!
**[07:01] Tonori**
I've gotta wait, yo?
**[07:02] Nanami**
Take care of him first.
**[07:07] Tonori**
A'ight.
**[07:10] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[07:12] Mark**
...verily!
**[07:13] Mark**
I ride!
**[07:16] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon, Ushimitsumaru!
**[07:19] Tonori**
I ride!
**[07:22] Tonori**
Spring Breeze Messenger!
**[07:26] Teacher**
Well done, Nitta.
**[07:29] Teacher**
You've completed all the makeup exams...
**[07:35] Teacher**
Hey! Aren't you going to say anything?!
**[07:37] Shin**
'hanks!
**[07:45] Mikuru**
I'll just take a little look...
**[07:47] Tonori**
I ride!
**[07:51] Tonori**
Little Battler, Tron!
**[07:53] Tonori**
Here comes Dindrane!
**[07:57] Tonori**
Let's go, yo!
**[07:59] Tonori**
Critical trigger!
**[08:06] Tonori**
Its skill activates!
**[08:09] Tonori**
Superior call, yo!
**[08:11] Tonori**
Player of the Holy Bow, Viviane!
**[08:14] Tonori**
Play away!
**[08:17] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[08:21] Mark**
Ninja Art...
**[08:22] Mark**
...Riding Jutsu!
**[08:25] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon, Zangetsu!
**[08:27] Mark**
Ninja Art, Summoning Jutsu!
**[08:31] Mark**
I superior call Evil Decoy Token!
**[08:34] Mark**
Furthermore, on this turn, Evil Decoy Token
gains +5000 power when it boosts!
**[08:39] Nanami**
That's unusual.
**[08:42] Nanami**
He's Nubatama, yet he's using a token.
**[08:45] Mark**
I call Chigasumi!
**[08:46] Mark**
We go!
**[08:48] Mark**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[08:54] Mark**
Chigasumi attacks Viviane!
**[09:00] Mikuru**
Whoa!
**[09:02] Mikuru**
At least it's not as
embarrassing as the other one.
**[09:06] Mikuru**
That red outfit left my whole back bare!
**[09:10] Mikuru**
This one is much cuter, in my opinion.
**[09:21] Tonori**
I ride!
**[09:24] Tonori**
Liberator of the Flute, Escrad!
**[09:27] Tonori**
Its skill activates, yo!
**[09:31] Tonori**
I superior call Dantegal!
**[09:34] Tonori**
Next, I call Hoel and Kahedin!
**[09:37] Tonori**
Hoel's skill activates, yo!
**[09:39] Tonori**
Kahedin's skill activates, yo!
**[09:43] Tonori**
I superior call Dindrane!
**[09:50] Tonori**
Kahedin! Let's go, yo!
**[09:53] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[09:55] Tonori**
Dindrane, back me up, yo!
**[09:59] Mark**
No guard...
**[10:02] Mark**
Damage check!
**[10:04] Tatsuya**
A draw trigger!
**[10:06] Mark**
I give the power to my Vanguard!
**[10:11] Mark**
Intercept Jutsu!
**[10:15] Tatsuya**
He's making one attack after another.
Will Mark be okay?
**[10:19] Nanami**
To be fair,
**[10:20] Nanami**
he's pretty good at dodging,
**[10:21] Nanami**
that masked ninja guy...
**[10:26] Shin**
Nobody's here?! What the heck happened?!
**[10:31] Shin**
What's this?
**[10:34] Shin**
"Dear Shinemon, I shall be brief,
**[10:36] Shin**
for I write to you in great haste.
**[10:38] Shin**
We are now facing an emergency.
**[10:41] Shin**
Therefore, Tatsuya and I...
**[10:44] Shin**
...*are go-ing off to he-he-help*..."
**[10:47] Shin**
Why did he suddenly switch to English?!
**[10:50] Shin**
I'm the king of makeup exams!
Of course I can't read that!
**[10:53] Shin**
Darn you, Esuka! You waited
for me to leave and then struck!
**[10:59] Shin**
Oh, Sub Manager!
**[11:03] Shin**
What happened, Manager?
**[11:08] Shin**
You want me to follow you? All right!
**[11:13] Mikuru**
I'm not sure about wearing makeup...
**[11:16] Esuka**
I just have to see how you look in makeup.
**[11:20] Esuka**
You can leave after that.
**[11:27] Esuka**
Do you usually wear makeup?
**[11:32] Esuka**
I didn't think so.
**[11:34] Esuka**
Then I'll do it for you. Just sit still.
**[11:56] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[12:03] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[12:07] Mark**
Imaginary Gift, Protect I!
**[12:12] Mark**
I call!
**[12:13] Mark**
Kurogiri's skill activates!
**[12:16] Mark**
Ninja Art, Summoning Jutsu!
**[12:20] Mark**
I call two Evil Decoy Tokens!
**[12:23] Mark**
Ninja Art, Calling Jutsu!
**[12:25] Mark**
Rally to me, Zangetsu!
**[12:28] Mark**
Its skill activates, verily!
**[12:36] Mark**
Now, Zangetsu! You must go!
**[12:39] Tonori**
Guard! Flame of Victory!
**[12:44] Mark**
I shall now perform...
**[12:48] Mark**
...a drive check!
**[12:50] Mark**
Second check!
**[12:51] Tatsuya**
A critical trigger!
**[12:53] Mark**
Verily I shall give the power to Chigasumi,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[13:02] Tatsuya**
Keep it up, Mark!
**[13:12] Esuka**
All done.
**[13:15] Mikuru**
That's... me?!
**[13:23] Esuka**
Does Shinemon Nitta still go on
about the imagination?
**[13:28] Mikuru**
Why did you suddenly
bring up Exam-Skipping Cinnamon?
**[13:32] Esuka**
The imagination has power.
**[13:35] Esuka**
After all, imagination is the
foundation of human society.
**[13:40] Esuka**
Our world is composed of dreams people had,
that were then brought to reality.
**[13:46] Esuka**
You too, Mikuru. Try to imagine...
**[13:50] Esuka**
...yourself as an idol.
**[13:53] Mikuru**
Imagine myself as an idol?
**[14:15] Esuka**
That's it! That face!
**[14:20] Nanami**
It's begun.
**[14:28] Tatsuya**
Mark, be careful!
**[14:30] Tatsuya**
When he gets hungry,
he loses control and goes berserk!
**[14:35] Mark**
There is no need to worry.
**[14:37] Nanami**
Now, Tonori, devour all of the prey!
**[14:41] Tonori**
I can't take any more!
**[14:44] Tonori**
I ride!
**[14:52] Tonori**
Knight of Fury, Agravain!
**[14:55] Tonori**
Imaginary Gift, Accel I!
**[15:02] Tonori**
I call!
**[15:03] Tonori**
Kahedin!
**[15:05] Tonori**
Its skill activates!
**[15:08] Tonori**
I superior call Battlefield Tempest, Sagramore!
**[15:12] Tonori**
Its skill activates!
**[15:14] Tonori**
+10,000 power!
**[15:16] Tonori**
I call!
**[15:18] Tonori**
Hoel! Tron!
**[15:20] Tonori**
Hoel's skill activates!
**[15:23] Tatsuya**
Hoel's skill increased Tron's power?!
**[15:25] Tonori**
Kahedin, get 'em!
**[15:32] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[15:36] Tonori**
You're up next, Sagramore!
**[15:42] Tonori**
Now you!
**[15:43] Tron**
Aye aye, sir!
**[15:46] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[15:48] Mark**
Along with an intercept by Evil Decoy Token!
**[15:52] Tonori**
Agravain attacks Hanzo!
**[15:55] Tonori**
Its skill activates!
**[15:57] Tatsuya**
Mark!
**[15:58] Tonori**
I'm gonna gobble up your lives!
**[16:09] Tatsuya**
That's what he used against me!
**[16:11] Tonori**
I've called four cards this turn!
**[16:16] Tonori**
Sagramore! Escrad! Mark! Haugan!
**[16:20] Tonori**
On top of that, Escrad's skill activates!
**[16:23] Tonori**
I superior call Dantegal!
**[16:25] Tonori**
Counterblast! +5000 power!
**[16:31] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[16:35] Tonori**
Drive check!
**[16:36] Tonori**
Critical trigger!
**[16:38] Tonori**
I give all of the effects to Sagramore!
**[16:41] Tonori**
Second check!
**[16:42] Tatsuya**
A double critical!
**[16:44] Tonori**
I give all of the effects to Escrad!
**[16:50] Tonori**
I'm not done with you!
**[16:52] Mark**
Protect activates, verily!
**[16:55] Tatsuya**
Yes!
**[16:56] Tonori**
Sagramore! You're up next!
**[16:59] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[17:01] Mark**
Chigasumi and Evil Decoy Token
perform Ninja Art, Intercept Jutsu!
**[17:06] Tatsuya**
All right!
**[17:08] Tonori**
Then Mark attacks Zangetsu!
**[17:12] Mark**
Ninja Art, Substitution Jutsu!
**[17:16] Mark**
I change the target of
Mark's attack to Evil Decoy Token!
**[17:22] Tatsuya**
Amazing, Mark!
**[17:23] Tatsuya**
You withstood a string of seven attacks!
**[17:27] Mark**
Verily, in the course of
rewriting your imagination.
**[17:31] Nanami**
I can't believe he made it through
Tonori's gauntlet of attacks!
**[17:38] Tonori**
Someone gimme some food...
**[17:40] Nanami**
He really gets bad mileage.
**[17:44] Esuka**
Leave the makeup on when you go home.
**[17:46] Mikuru**
Is what you just told me true?!
**[17:50] Esuka**
Yes, it's true.
**[17:52] Esuka**
Back when I was an idol, I worked as
an exclusive idol for a certain card shop.
**[18:00] Esuka**
I consider you my successor, Mikurun.
**[18:03] Esuka**
You're going to be a busy card shop idol
based at Capital, once it becomes mine.
**[18:10] Mikuru**
What?!
**[18:11] Esuka**
You'll get to liven up that shop.
**[18:15] Esuka**
Not a bad deal, is it?
**[18:19] Mikuru**
Hi, everybody!
**[18:28] Mikuru**
What's important to me is...
**[18:31] Mark**
I call!
**[18:32] Mark**
Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[18:35] Mark**
Ninja Art, Summoning Jutsu!
**[18:38] Mark**
I perform it again!
**[18:42] Mark**
Ninja Art, Spiriting-Away Jutsu!
**[18:45] Mark**
Sagramore and Escrad return to your hand!
**[18:51] Mark**
Verily, you must also discard
two other cards from your hand!
**[18:56] Mark**
The winner shall soon be determined.
**[18:59] Mark**
Watch carefully!
**[19:03] Tatsuya**
It's not only to rescue Shindou...
**[19:06] Tatsuya**
Mark's fighting in order to rewrite
the fearful image I have of this guy!
**[19:14] Mark**
Verily, Hanzo attacks Agravain!
**[19:17] Mark**
I advance!
**[19:19] Tonori**
I guard with Dantegal and Flame of Victory!
**[19:23] Mark**
Drive check!
**[19:24] Tatsuya**
No trigger...
**[19:26] Mark**
Second check!
**[19:33] Mikuru**
What's important to me is...
**[19:36] Esuka**
Well?
**[19:38] Mikuru**
I prefer to forget about the entire idea!
**[19:44] Mikuru**
Please excuse me!
**[19:47] Esuka**
An illusive idol, huh...
**[19:54] Mark**
Verily, it is a critical trigger!
**[19:58] Mark**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[20:02] Tatsuya**
Yes!
**[20:05] Tonori**
Damage check!
**[20:07] Tatsuya**
That makes 5 damage!
**[20:12] Tonori**
No trigger...
**[20:15] Tonori**
I've...
**[20:18] Tonori**
...lost, yo...
**[20:25] Tatsuya**
You did it!
**[20:27] Mark**
You are no longer afraid of him, verily?
**[20:30] Tatsuya**
Nope! Thank you, Mark!
**[20:33] Mark**
While I am in this attire,
address me as Ninja Master!
**[20:40] Tonori**
Food where...
**[20:43] Nanami**
Here.
**[20:47] Tatsuya**
Shindou!
**[20:50] Tatsuya**
Thank goodness you're safe!
**[20:52] Tatsuya**
Are you okay?! What did they do to you?!
**[20:55] Mikuru**
I-I'm fine...
**[20:56] Mark**
Wooow!
**[20:59] Mark**
Mikuru is wearing makeup!
**[21:04] Tatsuya**
Oh, yeah!
**[21:05] Mark**
Verily, you are a true beauty.
**[21:08] Mikuru**
She kept trying to get me to become an idol!
**[21:13] Mark**
Then you were not actually kidnapped?
**[21:17] Mikuru**
Kidnapped? Me?
**[21:20] Tatsuya**
That's what we assumed.
**[21:23] Mark**
So what was your answer, Mikuru?
**[21:27] Mark**
Will you be making your idol debut?
**[21:30] Mikuru**
I turned her down.
**[21:33] Tatsuya**
You really turned her down?
**[21:36] Mikuru**
As if *I* could be an idol! Gimme a break!
**[21:39] Mikuru**
Of course I refused!
**[21:41] Mikuru**
Right from the start!
**[21:42] Mikuru**
She couldn't change my mind!
**[21:44] Mark**
Huh...
**[21:46] Nanami**
Refusing Esuka's invitation?
**[21:48] Nanami**
I've never heard of anyone doing that!
***SIGN*** Shirota Fishery
**[21:55] Fishmonger**
Droppin' by again tonight?
**[21:58] Fishmonger**
Here's your usual snack.
**[22:03] Shin**
Hey, Sub Manager!
**[22:06] Shin**
Is this really the time for a snack stop?!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Tonori's ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Knight of Fury, Agravain!
***SIGN*** Knight of Fury, Agravain
**[23:53] Narrator**
If you place all your rear-guards
in the Soul when this attacks,
**[23:56] Narrator**
you can call a number of units
from the top of your deck
**[23:59] Narrator**
equal to the number
of units you called that turn!
**[24:01] Narrator**
Also, if you pay a Soul Blast of 12 cards,
**[24:04] Narrator**
your opponent can't guard with
trigger units during that battle!
**[24:07] Narrator**
This is a formidable unit that
specializes in taking down opponents!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Tatsuya**
You were so strong, Mark.
**[24:17] Tatsuya**
I know! Please make me your disciple!
**[24:19] Mark**
Aren't you already Shinemon's disciple, Tatsuya?
**[24:22] Tatsuya**
I have many masters in my life.
**[24:24] Tatsuya**
There's Master of Stationery Supplies...
**[24:26] Tatsuya**
Master of Small Portions...
**[24:28] Tatsuya**
Master of Unsociability...
**[24:29] Tatsuya**
Oh, and also Master of
Sneaking USB Memory Sticks
**[24:32] Tatsuya**
that Hold Mysterious and Exciting Data...
**[24:35] Mark**
That's a lot of masters,
but I couldn't say any are standouts...
**[24:39] Mark**
Like masters of all trades,
but jacks who aren't fun.
***SIGN*** Remind 5
Token Fight!! Plant VS Evil Decoy!!
**[24:41] Tatsuya**
That wordplay is *not* fascinating!
# E19 - Token Fight!! Plant VS Evil Decoy!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR4PKQXEY/token-fight-plant-vs-evil-decoy)
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**[00:00] Tonori**
Escrad attacks your Vanguard!
**[00:05] Tatsuya**
It's no use.
**[00:06] Tatsuya**
Even if I guard against this,
he still has two more attacks.
**[00:10] Tatsuya**
I can't stave them off!
**[00:15] Tatsuya**
No guard...
**[00:20] Toniri**
Go, you guys.
**[00:23] Tatsuya**
I'm sorry, Shinemon!
**[00:31] Tatsuya**
I couldn't...
**[00:33] Tatsuya**
...keep...
**[00:35] Tatsuya**
...my promise!
**[00:40] Tatsuya**
How do we get in?
**[00:42] Mark**
I shall use Ninja Art, Face of Fame Jutsu.
**[00:50] Nanami**
Okay, that's far enough.
**[00:53] Nanami**
I figured you'd come.
**[00:55] Nanami**
But where is he?
**[00:57] Mark**
By "he," might you mean Shinemon?
**[01:00] Mark**
He will be here, in time.
**[01:03] Mark**
More importantly, where is Mikuru?
**[01:06] Nanami**
She's with Ms. Esuka.
**[01:07] Nanami**
We were told not to let anyone get by.
**[01:10] Tatsuya**
Give us back Shindou!
**[01:11] Tonori**
Yo...
**[01:16] Mark**
I demand you fight me!
**[01:19] Mark**
If you win, we will leave without another word.
**[01:22] Mark**
However, were I to win,
then you must allow us to pass!
**[01:31] Tonori**
I've gotta wait, yo?
**[01:32] Nanami**
Take care of him first.
**[01:36] Tonori**
A'ight.
**[01:38] Mark**
The winner shall soon be determined.
**[01:41] Mark**
Watch carefully!
**[01:47] Mark**
Verily, it is a critical trigger!
**[01:50] Mark**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[01:54] Tatsuya**
Yes!
**[01:57] Tonori**
Damage check!
**[02:00] Tatsuya**
That makes 5 damage!
**[02:05] Tonori**
No trigger...
**[02:07] Tonori**
I've...
**[02:11] Tonori**
...lost, yo...
**[02:17] Tatsuya**
You did it!
**[02:19] Mark**
You are no longer afraid of him, verily?
**[02:23] Tatsuya**
Nope! Thank you, Mark!
**[02:25] Mark**
While I am in this attire,
address me as Ninja Master!
**[02:32] Tonori**
Food where...
**[02:36] Nanami**
Here.
**[02:39] Tatsuya**
Shindou!
**[02:42] Tatsuya**
Thank goodness you're safe!
**[02:44] Tatsuya**
Are you okay?! What did they do to you?!
**[02:47] Mikuru**
I-I'm fine...
**[02:48] Mark**
Wooow!
**[02:51] Mark**
Mikuru is wearing makeup!
**[02:55] Tatsuya**
Oh, yeah!
**[02:57] Mark**
Verily, you are a true beauty.
**[03:00] Mikuru**
She kept trying to get me to become an idol!
**[03:05] Mark**
Then you were not actually kidnapped?
**[03:09] Mikuru**
Kidnapped? Me?
**[03:12] Tatsuya**
That's what we assumed.
**[03:15] Mark**
So what was your answer, Mikuru?
**[03:19] Mark**
Will you be making your idol debut?
**[03:22] Mikuru**
I turned her down.
**[03:25] Tatsuya**
You really turned her down?
**[03:28] Mikuru**
As if *I* could be an idol! Gimme a break!
**[03:31] Mikuru**
Of course I refused!
**[03:33] Mikuru**
Right from the start!
**[03:34] Mikuru**
She couldn't change my mind!
**[03:37] Mark**
Huh...
**[03:38] Nanami**
Refusing Ms. Esuka's invitation?
**[03:40] Nanami**
I've never heard of anyone doing that!
**[03:45] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[03:48] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[03:53] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[03:56] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 5 Token Fight!! Plant VS Evil Decoy!!
**[05:39] Mark**
If you mean to lay hands on Mikuru,
**[05:41] Mark**
verily, I am unable to
stand aside and do nothing.
**[05:44] Nanami**
Get lost, Samurai Master!
**[05:47] Mark**
No! Not "samurai"!
**[05:50] Mark**
I am a ninja! Address me as Ninja Master!
**[05:54] Tatsuya**
I don't think ninjas wear helmets...
**[05:57] Nanami**
Ninja, schminja, whatever.
**[06:00] Mark**
I crave your pardon,
but it is not "whatever"!
**[06:04] Nanami**
That does it. I'm gonna
have you stuffed and mounted!
**[06:09] Mark**
Stuffed...?
**[06:10] Mark**
Verily, I cannot eat another bite!
**[06:14] Mark**
I will not partake of that!
**[06:16] Nanami**
We need to talk, afterwards.
**[06:22] Nanami**
You up for it, Ninja Mask?
**[06:24] Mark**
No! It's "Master"! Ninja Master!
**[06:27] Nanami**
What a pain in the neck.
**[06:28] Nanami**
If I win, I get to call you whatever I like.
**[06:32] Mark**
Verily, it is a deal!
**[06:37] Tonori**
Aww yeah!
**[06:38] Tonori**
Down the hatch!
**[06:58] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[07:01] Mark**
...verily!
**[07:12] Shin**
Hey, Esuka's place is...
**[07:15] Shin**
Seriously?!
***SIGN*** Ramen
**[07:22] Shin**
What the hey?!
***SIGN*** Crepes
**[07:25] Shin**
Even here?!
**[07:28] Shin**
Gimme a break, Sub Manager!
**[07:35] Nanami**
I ride!
**[07:39] Nanami**
Arboros Dragon, Branch!
**[07:43] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[07:46] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon, Kurogiri!
**[07:49] Mark**
In addition, Calling Jutsu!
**[07:52] Mark**
Rally to me, my double!
**[07:54] Mark**
Let us go!
**[07:57] Mark**
Drive check!
**[07:58] Mark**
Critical trigger!
**[08:08] Nanami**
Nice swift attack.
**[08:10] Nanami**
I ride!
**[08:15] Nanami**
Arboros Dragon, Timber!
**[08:18] Tatsuya**
So Nanami's clan is Neo Nectar...
**[08:22] Mikuru**
Is it a strong one?
**[08:23] Tatsuya**
Like with Mark's clan,
its specialty is making superior calls.
**[08:28] Mikuru**
"Superior"...?
**[08:29] Nanami**
I call!
**[08:31] Nanami**
Pansy Musketeer, Sylvia!
**[08:34] Nanami**
I superior call Plant Token!
**[08:39] Mark**
A Token possessing 10,000 power
the very moment it appears?
**[08:43] Nanami**
That's Timber's skill.
**[08:45] Nanami**
Did you assume you had a monopoly on Tokens?
**[08:48] Nanami**
I call Lily of the Valley Musketeer, Rebecca!
**[08:51] Nanami**
Its skill activates!
**[08:54] Mark**
Verily, this is troublesome.
**[08:56] Nanami**
Here I come!
**[09:00] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[09:03] Nanami**
Heal trigger!
**[09:08] Nanami**
I heal 1 damage point.
**[09:10] Nanami**
Next, Sylvia attacks!
**[09:22] Tatsuya**
2 damage...
**[09:29] Shin**
You've got everyone in town
in the pad of your paw.
**[09:33] Shin**
But this is no time to marvel at that!
**[09:38] Shin**
"Mikuru... was... kid-na-pped..."
**[09:42] Shin**
What does "kidnapped" mean?
**[09:45] Fella**
That alien abduction movie was scary.
**[09:47] Shin**
Abduction...
**[09:49] Shin**
Abduction!
**[09:50] Shin**
Mikuru was abducted?!
**[09:53] Shin**
We can't just sit here!
**[09:55] Shin**
Darn it!
**[09:59] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[10:03] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon, Zangetsu!
**[10:07] Mark**
Kurogiri's skill activates!
**[10:10] Mark**
Ninja Art, Summoning Jutsu!
**[10:14] Mark**
Calling Jutsu!
**[10:15] Mark**
Rally to me, Stealth Beast, Chigasumi!
**[10:22] Mark**
Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[10:31] Mark**
Skill activates!
**[10:32] Mark**
Calling Jutsu!
**[10:34] Mark**
Rally to me, Stealth Rogue
of the Night, Sakurafubuki!
**[10:38] Mark**
Forward, Chigasumi!
**[10:41] Chigasumi**
Yes, sir!
**[10:45] Nanami**
Sylvia!
**[10:48] Mark**
Then I shall go!
**[10:58] Nanami**
Intercept!
**[11:03] Tatsuya**
It's a Token showdown!
**[11:06] Tatsuya**
Mark and Nanami both keep calling Tokens,
**[11:09] Tatsuya**
which help conserve cards in their hands
and allow for really efficient attacks.
**[11:13] Tatsuya**
Fascinating!
**[11:15] Mikuru**
Y-Yeah...
**[11:18] Shin**
All right...
**[11:20] Shin**
How do I sneak in?
**[11:23] Floor Leader A**
Huh? Hey there.
**[11:26] Floor Leader A**
Are you here for more fights?
**[11:28] Floor Leader A**
Your ninja buddy's already inside.
**[11:30] Shin**
Where did Mark go?!
**[11:35] Nanami**
I ride!
**[11:38] Nanami**
Arboros Dragon, Sephirot!
**[11:41] Nanami**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[11:46] Nanami**
Sephirot's skill activates!
**[11:48] Nanami**
I superior call two Plant Tokens!
**[11:53] Mark**
Yet again?!
**[11:54] Nanami**
You think that's all?
**[11:57] Nanami**
I call two Lily of the Valley
Musketeer, Kaivant units!
**[12:03] Nanami**
Their skills activate!
**[12:06] Nanami**
Come along, Plant!
**[12:15] Tatsuya**
4 damage!
**[12:18] Mark**
Guarding Jutsu!
**[12:29] Tatsuya**
5 damage!
**[12:38] Mark**
Oh! Shinemon!
**[13:00] Shin**
Mikuru's been rescued already?
**[13:03] Shin**
You didn't need me?!
**[13:11] Mikuru**
He's awfully close!
Maybe because of the makeup?
**[13:15] Shin**
I'm so glad you're safe!
**[13:17] Shin**
Mm hmm!
**[13:19] Mikuru**
He hasn't noticed my makeup job?
**[13:29] Esuka**
Welcome, Shinemon Nitta.
**[13:33] Shin**
How dare you, Esuka?!
**[13:35] Shin**
Just because I'm holding
your secret is no reason...
**[13:38] Mikuru**
My secret?
**[13:39] Shin**
Right!
**[13:43] Shin**
Oh no!
**[13:44] Shin**
Stop imagining that, Shin!
**[13:47] Esuka**
What are you talking about?
Your face is flushed.
**[13:51] Shin**
N-No! Stay away from me!
**[13:55] Esuka**
Do you have a fever?
**[13:57] Shin**
I... I figured you'd try something,
you villainous president!
**[14:01] Shin**
But to think you would resort to crime!
**[14:05] Esuka**
Crime?
**[14:06] Shin**
Don't play dumb! You abducted Mikuru!
**[14:10] Esuka**
Abducted?
**[14:13] Esuka/Mikuru**
You Conclusion-Jumping Cinnamon!
**[14:18] Tatsuya**
Actually...
**[14:20] Shin**
Say what?!
**[14:23] Shin**
You guys jumped to the same wrong conclusion?
**[14:26] Mark**
Verily, I feel ashamed.
**[14:28] Tatsuya**
Sorry.
**[14:31] Shin**
M-My bad...
**[14:33] Esuka**
What was that?
**[14:35] Esuka**
I couldn't hear you.
**[14:37] Shin**
I said...
**[14:41] Esuka**
N-Never mind!
**[14:53] Nanami**
Yikes!
**[14:54] Nanami**
I can't let Ms. Esuka find out that I love cats!
**[15:03] Tonori**
Yo, why don't you guys get back to the fight?
**[15:05] Nanami**
Tonori! Good job there!
**[15:09] Shin**
Oh, you were having a fight?
**[15:13] Shin**
5 to 2, huh? That's a tight spot.
**[15:16] Mark**
Do not worry!
**[15:19] Mark**
Just as Toyotomi Hideyori was welcomed
by Sanada Yukimura during that Osaka winter,
**[15:24] Mark**
I feel as though I possess a million allies!
**[15:29] Nanami**
Then hurry up already! It's your turn!
**[15:33] Mark**
Verily, so it is!
**[15:35] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[15:40] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[15:43] Mark**
Imaginary Gift, Protect I!
**[15:46] Mark**
Hanzo's skill activates!
**[15:47] Mark**
Ninja Art, Spiriting-Away Jutsu!
**[16:00] Tatsuya**
He made her return four units to her hand!
**[16:03] Mikuru**
That's only two cards!
**[16:05] Tatsuya**
Tokens can only exist on the field.
**[16:08] Tatsuya**
So if they get sent back
to the hand, they disappear.
**[16:11] Mikuru**
O-Oh, I see.
**[16:13] Mark**
Verily, you must now discard
four cards from your honorable hand.
**[16:21] Tonori**
Man, she's got hardly nothin' left.
**[16:24] Tonori**
Even worse than with me, yo.
**[16:26] Mark**
That was not all!
**[16:28] Mark**
Calling Jutsu!
**[16:30] Mark**
Rally to me, Kurogiri! Voidmaster! Sakurafubuki!
**[16:36] Mark**
Here I go!
**[16:37] Mark**
Twin drive!
**[16:39] Mark**
First check!
**[16:41] Tatsuya**
A critical trigger!
**[16:43] Mark**
Second check!
**[16:44] Shin**
Look at that! A double critical!
**[16:53] Nanami**
Damage check!
**[16:55] Nanami**
Third check!
**[16:57] Tonori**
Draw trigger, yo!
**[16:59] Nanami**
I give the power to Sephirot.
**[17:06] Tatsuya**
5 damage! Now they're tied!
**[17:08] Mark**
Kurogiri boosts!
Voidmaster attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:16] Nanami**
Watering Elf!
**[17:22] Mark**
Chigasumi!
**[17:24] Chigasumi**
Aya aye, sir!
**[17:25] Mark**
By discarding one unit from my hand,
that activates Chigasumi's skill!
**[17:29] Tatsuya**
Now Chigasumi has 34,000 power!
**[17:32] Shin**
Do it!
**[17:40] Tonori**
She managed to hang on at 5 damage, yo.
**[17:43] Shin**
So close.
**[17:44] Shin**
Clinch it on your next turn!
**[17:47] Nanami**
His next turn?
**[17:49] Nanami**
He won't be getting one.
**[17:52] Nanami**
It'll all be over with my turn.
**[17:54] Shin**
Aren't you confident.
**[17:56] Nanami**
Oh yeah?
**[17:57] Mikuru**
Was that supposed to be a bluff?
**[18:00] Tatsuya**
Yes.
**[18:02] Tatsuya**
Nanami has two cards
in her hand. Mark has four.
**[18:06] Tatsuya**
Nanami's only unit on the field is her Vanguard,
whereas Mark has a unit on every circle.
**[18:13] Nanami**
You'll be ready to give up shortly.
**[18:19] Nanami**
Stand and draw!
**[18:22] Nanami**
I call Timber!
**[18:24] Nanami**
Next, I call Dandelion Musketeer, Mirkka!
**[18:27] Nanami**
Its skill activates!
**[18:28] Nanami**
Soul Blast!
**[18:30] Nanami**
I superior call Plant Token!
**[18:34] Nanami**
Sephirot's skill activates!
**[18:36] Nanami**
I superior call two Plant Tokens!
**[18:39] Nanami**
And then I call Kaivant!
**[18:44] Tonori**
Now she's got all her circles occupied.
**[18:47] Tonori**
That's our Nanami, yo.
**[18:49] Nanami**
Well? Would you like to give up?
**[18:53] Mark**
Verily, that seems a bit premature.
**[18:56] Nanami**
Oh yeah?
**[19:00] Nanami**
Here I come!
**[19:04] Mark**
Protect activates!
**[19:06] Nanami**
Fine, but if I draw a critical, it's all over.
**[19:10] Shin**
You think that'll be an easy draw?!
**[19:13] Nanami**
Twin drive!
**[19:14] Nanami**
First check!
**[19:18] Nanami**
Second check!
**[19:22] Tonori**
A critical, yo!
**[19:23] Nanami**
I give all of the effects to Kaivant!
**[19:26] Nanami**
Kaivant attacks with a boost from Token!
**[19:34] Mark**
I guard with Kurogane and Tobihiko!
**[19:37] Mark**
I also intercept with Chigasumi and Token!
**[19:41] Nanami**
Just give up already.
You're only wasting our time.
**[19:45] Shin**
Why, you...!
**[19:46] Mark**
Stop, Shinemon!
**[19:48] Mark**
We are still in the midst of this fight!
**[19:51] Mark**
Verily, you four have fought well.
**[19:53] Chigasumi**
May fortune smile on you, my Vanguard!
**[19:56] Nanami**
In the midst, you say?
**[19:58] Nanami**
It's over. You don't have
any cards in your hand.
**[20:03] Nanami**
Fine, I'll finish you off.
Even if it's a waste of time.
**[20:07] Nanami**
Here. I attack your Vanguard.
**[20:10] Mark**
No guard!
**[20:17] Shin**
If you draw a heal trigger...
**[20:19] Nanami**
And who was it that said,
"You think that'll be an easy draw?!"
**[20:31] Nanami**
There, you see?
**[20:38] Mark**
Verily, I have lost.
**[20:41] Nanami**
Too bad, Ninja Man!
**[20:52] Nanami**
...What?
**[20:53] Shin**
Don't mock someone else's fighting.
**[20:56] Shin**
Mark's guarding wasn't a waste of time.
**[20:59] Nanami**
I hate people who dunno when to give up.
**[21:03] Shin**
So you hate me too, huh?
**[21:07] Shin**
I'm also bad at giving up.
**[21:09] Nanami**
You wanna fight me?
**[21:11] Nanami**
Okay, but you'll lose, too.
**[21:13] Shin**
Sorry, but I don't see
any image of myself losing.
**[21:18] Nanami**
Then if you do lose, you'll surrender
that Capital or whatever to Esuka?
**[21:23] Shin**
You're on.
**[21:25] Mikuru**
Not again!
**[21:27] Shin**
And if I win...
**[21:29] Nanami**
Yeah?
**[21:30] Shin**
...you're gonna apologize to Mark!
**[21:34] Mark**
Shinemon...
**[21:39] Esuka**
Anyone else would've said,
"You guys will give up on Capital."
**[21:47] Shin**
Capital is the place where we hang out!
**[21:50] Shin**
It's the place we play!
**[21:52] Shin**
And it's the place I will protect!
**[21:55] Shin**
I am Shinemon Nitta!
**[21:56] Shin**
Bring it on!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Mark's ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
***SIGN*** Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo
**[23:53] Narrator**
If you discard two grade 0 units,
this unit gets +20,000 power!
**[23:57] Narrator**
Also, you choose any number of rear-guards
to send back to you and your opponent's hands!
**[24:01] Narrator**
And if your opponent is grade 3,
**[24:03] Narrator**
they have to discard from their hand
as many cards as got sent back to their hand!
**[24:07] Narrator**
Verily, this boss of Evil Stealth Dragons
dominates both the field and the hand!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Mikuru**
Sub Manager did?!
**[24:17] Shin**
Yeah, made the rounds getting fed stuff
by people in town. Ramen, for example.
**[24:20] Mikuru**
Wait a minute! You can't give cats ramen!
**[24:23] Shin**
Why not?
**[24:23] Mikuru**
Green onions are poisonous to cats.
**[24:25] Mikuru**
There's a component of green onions
called allyl propyl disulfide,
**[24:28] Mikuru**
which destroys a cat's red blood cells,
resulting in anemia, bloody urine, and vomiting!
**[24:33] Shin**
Oh no!
**[24:34] Nanami**
It's fine. The order was
for ramen, hold the green onions.
**[24:36] Shin**
Who told you that?!
**[24:37] Nanami**
The kitty did.
**[24:38] Mikuru**
Nanami, was it? You mean you can
understand what Sub Manager is saying?!
***SIGN*** Remind 6
Last Ditch No Guard!!
**[24:42] Nanami**
You mean you guys can't?
# E20 - Last Ditch No Guard!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY5PMMWDY/last-ditch-no-guard)
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**[00:01] Shin**
Mark's guarding wasn't a waste of time.
**[00:04] Nanami**
I hate people who dunno when to give up.
**[00:08] Shin**
So you hate me too, huh?
**[00:11] Shin**
I'm also bad at giving up.
**[00:13] Nanami**
You wanna fight me?
**[00:15] Nanami**
Okay, but you'll lose, too.
**[00:18] Shin**
Sorry, but I don't see
any image of myself losing.
**[00:22] Nanami**
Then if you do lose, you'll surrender
that Capital or whatever to Ms. Esuka?
**[00:28] Shin**
You're on.
**[00:30] Shin**
And if I win...
**[00:32] Nanami**
Yeah?
**[00:33] Shin**
...you're gonna apologize to Mark!
**[00:40] Nanami**
I don't like you.
**[00:43] Nanami**
You took my S Card against my will...
**[00:47] Shin**
Against your will?
**[00:48] Shin**
So, what's it going to be?
**[00:51] Shin**
The paw pads are right here...
**[00:54] Nanami**
Forgive me, Ms. Esuka!
**[00:58] Shin**
That was a subtle psychological ploy
taking advantage of your love of cats.
**[01:02] Nanami**
How was that subtle?!
**[01:03] Esuka**
Love of cats?
**[01:06] Nanami**
N-No, Ms. Esuka!
**[01:08] Nanami**
Come on, let's get started!
**[01:10] Shin**
O-Okay.
**[01:11] Shin/Nanami**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[01:15] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[01:18] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[01:23] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[01:26] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 6 Last Ditch No Guard!!
**[03:05] Nanami**
I don't like you.
**[03:11] Shin**
Th-The heck?!
**[03:13] Shin**
What else did I do?!
**[03:16] Nanami**
I hate your attitude towards Ms. Esuka.
**[03:21] Shin**
Hey, why are you so...
**[03:24] Shin**
...uh, zealous about her?
**[03:25] Nanami**
What of it?
**[03:26] Shin**
Not that there's anything wrong with it,
but you seem almost *too* deferential.
**[03:31] Nanami**
I can act how I want.
**[03:33] Shin**
Well, of course, but...
**[03:36] Shin**
I ride Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
**[03:44] Shin**
Come, Parthenos of Holy Verse!
Diana of Moonlight!
**[03:52] Shin**
Here I go!
**[03:56] Nanami**
No guard!
**[03:59] Nanami**
1 damage!
**[04:03] Nanami**
Chestnut Bullet!
**[04:10] Shin**
Look, at least tell me
what your connection to Esuka is.
**[04:16] Shin**
What, you won't even tell me that?
**[04:19] Nanami**
Fine. Given the situation, I'll tell you.
**[04:23] Nanami**
If it weren't for Ms. Esuka,
I wouldn't be here right now.
**[04:27] Shin**
What? You mean...
**[04:31] Shin**
...you're Esuka's daughter?!
**[04:35] Esuka/Mikuru**
You Simple-Minded Cinnamon!
**[04:37] Nanami**
If I were Ms. Esuka's child,
how old would that make her?!
**[04:42] Tatsuya**
Fascinating...
**[04:45] Shin**
Sorry. Go on...
**[04:47] Nanami**
Ever since I was little, I've been
really good at everything.
***SIGN*** Nanami Gonomi
**[04:54] Nanami**
Academics...
**[04:56] Nanami**
sports...
**[04:58] Nanami**
I was used to getting praised
by my parents and teachers.
**[05:02] Nanami**
Every day was boring.
**[05:05] Nanami**
I was on the lookout for something
more interesting, more fun...
**[05:11] Nanami**
...but one day, when I had just about
given up on ever finding it...
**[05:16] Interviewer**
Our guest today is Esuka Hibino.
**[05:20] Interviewer**
You were a successful swimsuit model.
**[05:23] Interviewer**
What was it that made you want
to start a chain of card shops?
**[05:29] Esuka**
Even as a child, I spent my life searching
for something more interesting and fun.
**[05:37] Esuka**
I eventually came to realize
that it wouldn't be easy to find.
**[05:42] Esuka**
But Vanguard has something
that goes far beyond what I was seeking.
**[05:48] Esuka**
I think that's why.
**[05:51] Nanami**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[05:54] Opponent A**
Damage check!
**[05:58] Opponent A**
Darn it!
**[06:02] Gallery A**
She won again!
**[06:05] Gallery B**
She's heading up to the S Class floor next!
**[06:08] Gallery C**
Who is that girl?!
**[06:13] Esuka**
Congratulations.
**[06:15] Esuka**
Now you're an S Rank member.
**[06:20] Esuka**
What a waste.
**[06:22] Esuka**
You're cute, but that surly attitude
takes away from it.
**[06:28] Nanami**
I can act how I want.
**[06:30] Esuka**
Sorry. I'm the kind of person
who speaks her mind.
**[06:35] Esuka**
How long have you been playing Vanguard?
**[06:38] Nanami**
Just started today.
**[06:40] Esuka**
So that's why you borrowed
a beginner's deck to play.
**[06:45] Esuka**
Well, would you be willing to play against me?
**[06:49] Nanami**
Fine.
**[06:52] Nanami**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[06:54] Esuka**
I perfect guard with Cable Sheep!
**[06:58] Esuka**
It's my turn.
**[07:00] Esuka**
I'm going to finish you off with
Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
**[07:05] Nanami**
No guard!
**[07:07] Nanami**
Damage check!
**[07:22] Gallery**
I knew she'd win!
**[07:23] Esuka**
Was this really your first day?
**[07:26] Esuka**
You played extremely well.
**[07:38] Shin**
Wait a second!
**[07:40] Shin**
You play Vanguard?!
**[07:43] Tatsuya**
I'll explain!
**[07:45] Tatsuya**
She's so focused on her work
as the company president
**[07:47] Tatsuya**
that she lacks the time
to participate in tournaments,
**[07:51] Tatsuya**
but Esuka Hibino is one of
the top fighters in the country.
**[07:54] Shin**
Y-You're that amazing?!
**[07:57] Esuka**
You didn't know?
**[07:59] Shin**
Well, I didn't exactly care...
**[08:02] Tonori**
Unbelievable, yo!
**[08:04] Nanami**
Now I swear I'll beat you!
**[08:06] Nanami**
I ride!
**[08:08] Nanami**
Arboros Dragon, Timber!
**[08:12] Nanami**
Join me, Sylvia!
**[08:16] Sylvia**
No problem!
**[08:17] Nanami**
Sylvia's skill activates!
**[08:19] Nanami**
I superior call Plant Token!
**[08:27] Mark**
Verily, it appears again.
**[08:31] Nanami**
Sylvia!
**[08:35] Shin**
Talisman Angel!
**[08:38] Nanami**
Then I will...
**[08:44] Nanami**
No trigger.
**[08:48] Shin**
Draw trigger!
**[09:04] Tonori**
As always, her attacks are efficient, yo.
**[09:06] Shin**
H-Hold on!
**[09:08] Shin**
You weren't done with your story!
**[09:11] Nanami**
I don't wanna talk to someone
who's that ignorant about Ms. Esuka.
**[09:14] Shin**
Come on, you've got me curious!
**[09:17] Esuka**
It is a curious story.
**[09:21] Esuka**
Nanami.
**[09:23] Esuka**
Would you mind if I continued the story?
**[09:27] Nanami**
If you'd like, Ms. Esuka...
**[09:30] Esuka**
One day, not long after I defeated her...
**[09:35] Nanami**
I'll finish you off with Arboros Dragon, Timber!
**[09:41] Gallery D**
That's ten wins in a row!
**[09:44] Esuka**
You've got your own deck now, huh?
**[09:49] Esuka**
Would you play against me?
**[09:53] Esuka**
How about it?
**[09:55] Nanami**
No thanks.
**[09:59] Esuka**
Ever since that first day,
Nanami has refused to play me.
**[10:06] Shin**
Why?
**[10:08] Nanami**
I told you before.
**[10:09] Nanami**
I hate people who don't know when to give up.
**[10:13] Nanami**
And right now, I'm not able to beat Ms. Esuka.
**[10:17] Nanami**
I can tell without even playing her.
**[10:20] Shin**
That's why you won't fight her?
**[10:24] Shin**
I also have someone I just can't beat,
no matter how many times I play him.
**[10:33] Rive**
I'll finish you off!
**[10:40] Shin**
How did you draw a heal there?!
**[10:42] Shin**
You're too lucky, Master!
**[10:47] Rive**
Luck's an ability in itself, Lemon!
**[10:49] Shin**
One more time!
**[10:51] Rive**
Sure!
**[10:53] Rive**
Shoot, I can't! I've gotta get to work!
**[10:55] Rive**
You work on your skills, Shinemon!
**[10:58] Shin**
I'll be waiting for you tomorrow, Master Rive!
**[11:00] Rive**
I'll beat you then, too!
**[11:02] Shin**
Tomorrow is the day I win!
**[11:09] Shin**
That's right! One day, I swear I'll defeat him!
**[11:15] Shin**
I'll win!
**[11:20] Shin**
The entirety of destiny is inscribed
within the blinding darkness!
**[11:26] Shin**
And I am the one who recites it!
**[11:32] Shin**
Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[11:48] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[11:57] Shin**
Uranus's skill activates!
**[12:00] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[12:07] Shin**
Come, Parthenos!
**[12:11] Shin**
Diana, follow me!
**[12:13] Diana**
Roger!
**[12:16] Shin**
Parthenos's skill activates!
**[12:18] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[12:25] Shin**
This clinches it!
**[12:27] Nanami**
Oh yeah?
**[12:29] Shin**
Then I'll be your opponent!
**[12:37] Shin**
I have read your fate!
**[12:40] Shin**
No trigger!
**[12:43] Nanami**
A critical trigger!
**[12:47] Tatsuya**
It's a 53,000 power attack!
**[12:52] Nanami**
Swearing that you'll win someday?
**[12:55] Nanami**
Stuff like that...
**[12:57] Nanami**
...is just a waste of time!
**[12:59] Nanami**
I ride Arboros Dragon, Sephirot!
**[13:04] Nanami**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[13:12] Nanami**
Fruits Basket Elf's skill activates!
**[13:16] Nanami**
I superior call two Plant Token units!
**[13:23] Nanami**
And then...
**[13:24] Nanami**
...I call Timber! Its skill activates!
**[13:27] Nanami**
I superior call Plant Token!
**[13:31] Nanami**
Sephirot's skill activates!
**[13:34] Nanami**
I superior call two Plant Token units!
**[13:45] Tatsuya**
The field is crammed with Tokens!
**[13:48] Mark**
Moreover, they represent
an enormous amount of power!
**[13:50] Tonori**
Looks like it'll end this turn, yo.
**[13:55] Shin**
Battle Maiden, Kukurihime!
**[14:00] Nanami**
Then my Vanguard will attack!
**[14:06] Tatsuya**
That attack has 33,000 power and two criticals!
**[14:11] Nanami**
Ready to give up yet?
**[14:14] Nanami**
I'm gonna draw two criticals...
**[14:22] Shin**
No guard!
**[14:25] Tonori**
Guess the guy's given up, yo.
**[14:30] Mikuru**
Shinemon is going to lose?!
**[14:33] Tatsuya**
If Nanami's prediction is correct,
and she draws two critical triggers...
**[14:38] Mark**
Verily, Shinemon will lose.
**[14:42] Mikuru**
Oh no...
**[14:44] Nanami**
Twin drive!
**[14:48] Tonori**
A critical trigger, yo!
**[14:50] Tatsuya**
If the next one is another critical...
**[14:52] Mark**
...Shinemon will...
**[14:54] Nanami**
Second check!
**[14:58] Mikuru**
Please, God!
**[15:12] Mikuru**
Thank God!
**[15:15] Nanami**
I'm not done attacking!
**[15:19] Nanami**
I'm counting on you!
**[15:22] Tatsuya**
Now it's a 35,000 power attack!
**[15:26] Mark**
Uranus's power is 13,000!
**[15:29] Mikuru**
Then this time, Shinemon will...
**[15:44] Shin**
Thank you!
**[15:46] Parthenos**
May fortune smile on you, my Vanguard!
**[15:50] Nanami**
What?!
**[15:52] Shin**
It's my turn!
**[15:53] Nanami**
After giving up once before...
**[15:55] Nanami**
Must be nice to be lucky.
**[15:58] Shin**
I never gave up!
**[16:01] Shin**
Know what luck is?
**[16:03] Shin**
It's a gift that only people who don't
give up to the very end can get!
**[16:10] Shin**
I ride Uranus once more!
**[16:14] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[16:21] Shin**
Uranus's skill activates!
**[16:23] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[16:38] Tatsuya**
Now he's got five Imaginary Gifts!
**[16:41] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[16:42] Shin**
Astral Plane!
**[16:46] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[16:48] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[16:59] Shin**
Valkerion's skill activates!
**[17:08] Mark**
Verily, it is grade 3!
**[17:10] Tatsuya**
Valkerion gets triple drive!
**[17:14] Tonori**
What the hey?!
**[17:18] Tonori**
Grade 5, 70,000 power, *and* triple drive?!
**[17:22] Tonori**
No way she can defend
against an attack like that!
**[17:25] Nanami**
That's not all.
**[17:27] Nanami**
Uranus hasn't attacked yet, either!
**[17:30] Nanami**
And right now, Uranus has 63,000 power!
**[17:34] Tonori**
For reals?!
**[17:37] Shin**
Uranus attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:44] Nanami**
I guard with two Watering Elf units and Kaivant!
**[17:50] Nanami**
I intercept with two Plant units!
**[17:53] Shin**
Twin drive!
**[17:54] Shin**
First check!
**[17:57] Tatsuya**
No trigger!
**[17:58] Shin**
Second check!
**[18:02] Tonori**
A draw trigger!
**[18:06] Tatsuya**
She guarded against that attack!
**[18:08] Mark**
Though she be the enemy, I sing her crazes.
**[18:12] Tatsuya**
S-Sing her crazes?
**[18:14] Mark**
Yay-yay-wowie-wowie-sis-boom-bah!
**[18:16] Mark**
Lovey-dovey-ooh-hah-zoo-bee-zoo-papa!
**[18:17] Mark**
Warden threw a party in the county jail!
**[18:20] Mark**
Oh! Uh...
**[18:23] Mark**
I'm sorry. So sorry!
**[18:25] Mark**
I meant, "Though she be
the enemy, I sing her praises."
**[18:28] Mark**
In like fashion, Tokugawa Ieyasu
praised Sanada Yukimura's rampage
**[18:31] Mark**
during the Summer War of Osaka, after--
**[18:34] Mikuru/Tatsuya**
Shhh!
**[18:43] Shin**
Valkerion attacks!
**[18:46] Nanami**
No guard!
**[18:51] Shin**
Valkerion, Zodiac Blazer!
**[18:57] Shin**
Triple drive!
**[18:59] Shin**
First check!
**[19:00] Nanami**
A critical trigger!
**[19:02] Shin**
Second check!
**[19:03] Shin**
Third check!
**[19:05] Nanami**
A double critical?!
**[19:16] Tonori**
6 damage, yo...
**[19:25] Shin**
To be honest, I didn't expect you
to stop even Uranus's attack!
**[19:31] Nanami**
But it was just a waste of time...
**[19:34] Shin**
Not at all!
**[19:36] Shin**
You mean to beat Esuka someday, right?
**[19:39] Nanami**
Wha...?!
**[19:41] Shin**
I doubt you'd hang out here otherwise.
**[19:46] Nanami**
It's only because I respect Ms. Esuka!
**[19:49] Shin**
And I respect Master Rive!
**[19:52] Shin**
That's why I wanna beat him someday!
**[19:58] Shin**
You don't know when to give up, either!
**[20:07] Shin**
Huh? What?!
**[20:09] Shin**
Did I do something wrong?!
**[20:17] Nanami**
Sorry.
**[20:20] Mark**
Verily, it is but water under the bridge.
**[20:30] Nanami**
It's kitty!
**[20:33] Nanami**
I'm in heaven!
**[20:36] Esuka**
N-Nanami...
**[20:40] Nanami**
I-It's not that I like cats and such!
**[20:43] Nanami**
Here, I'll show you how much I don't care!
**[20:49] Nanami**
Sorry, kitty!
**[20:51] Nanami**
Oh nooo!
**[20:53] Esuka**
I know you love cats, Nanami.
**[20:57] Esuka**
I hate them, but don't mind me. Do as you like.
**[21:04] Nanami**
In that case...
**[21:06] Nanami**
I'm in heaven!
**[21:11] Esuka**
The thing about luck...
**[21:13] Esuka**
"It's a gift that only people who don't
give up to the very end can get."
**[21:17] Esuka**
The manager always used to say that.
**[21:21] Manager**
"Luck's an ability in itself," huh?
**[21:24] Manager**
It's just like Rive said.
**[21:27] Rive**
Manager...
**[21:28] Manager**
The thing about luck...
**[21:29] Manager**
It's a gift that only people who don't
give up to the very end can get.
**[21:35] Shin**
You know about the manager?!
**[21:39] Mikuru**
Shinemon...
**[21:41] Mikuru**
In her office, there's a photo of her
with the manager and his family.
**[21:48] Shin**
What?!
**[21:50] Esuka**
I aspire to be like him.
**[21:55] Shin**
Wh-Why?!
**[21:57] Shin**
*I* aspire to be like him!
**[21:59] Shin**
A manager, just like him!
**[22:03] Esuka**
You're not qualified
to call yourself a manager yet.
**[22:09] Esuka**
You've never even reopened the shop.
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Nanami's ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Arboros Dragon, Sephirot!
***SIGN*** Arboros Dragon, Sephirot
**[23:54] Narrator**
With this unit as your Vanguard,
your Plant Tokens become all-mighty!
**[23:57] Narrator**
Their power doubles to 10,000,
their shield is 10,000, and they can intercept!
**[24:03] Narrator**
On top of that, using this unit's own skill,
you can call two Plant Token units!
**[24:07] Narrator**
And if there are five rear-guards,
Sephirot also gets a power-up!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Nanami**
I'm very sorry, Ms. Esuka!
**[24:18] Nanami**
I apologize from the bottom of my heart
for losing to Shinemon Nitta!
**[24:21] Esuka**
Then I'll have to punish you, Nanami.
**[24:23] Nanami**
What kind of punishment? Sounds exciting...
**[24:25] Esuka**
Hmm, perhaps the tickling punishment?
**[24:28] Nanami**
Tickling?!
**[24:28] Esuka**
Or would you prefer a spanking?
**[24:30] Nanami**
Spanking?!
**[24:31] Esuka**
I've got a better one!
**[24:33] Nanami**
Wh-What could be even more punishing...!?
**[24:35] Esuka**
How about no contact
with cats for a whole week?
**[24:38] Nanami**
N-No contact?!
**[24:39] Esuka**
Which means you can't even
be in the same room with a cat.
***SIGN*** Remind 7
Capital Revived!!
**[24:42] Nanami**
N...
**[24:42] Nanami**
Nooo!
# E21 - Capital Revived!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G61X12426/capital-revived)
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**[00:00] Shin**
To be honest, I didn't expect you
to stop even Uranus's attack!
**[00:05] Nanami**
But it was just a waste of time...
**[00:08] Shin**
Not at all!
**[00:10] Shin**
You mean to beat Esuka someday, right?
**[00:13] Nanami**
Wha...?!
**[00:15] Shin**
I doubt you'd hang out here otherwise.
**[00:18] Shin**
And I respect Master Rive!
**[00:22] Shin**
That's why I wanna beat him someday!
**[00:27] Shin**
You don't know when to give up, either!
**[00:37] Shin**
Huh? What?!
**[00:38] Shin**
Did I do something wrong?!
**[00:47] Shin**
*I* aspire to be like him!
**[00:51] Shin**
A manager, just like him!
**[00:55] Esuka**
You're not qualified
to call yourself a manager yet.
**[01:00] Esuka**
You've never even reopened the shop.
**[01:05] Chairman**
Excuse me...
**[01:08] Shin**
It's the shopping district chairman!
**[01:10] Chairman**
Do you have a few minutes?
***SIGN*** Halloween Festival
**[01:15] Shin**
Halloween Festival?
**[01:18] Chairman**
It's an annual celebration.
**[01:20] Chairman**
We put up decorations all around the
shopping district and hold special events.
**[01:26] Chairman**
Card Capital has always gotten
into the spirit of the occasion.
**[01:31] Shin**
Now that you mention it...
**[01:34] Shin**
Our customers dressed up
in costumes for that every year.
**[01:39] Chairman**
But this year, after what happened...
**[01:43] Chairman**
I suppose it's too much to ask.
**[01:45] Chairman**
After all, the shop is still closed.
**[01:54] Chairman**
Sorry to bother you.
**[01:55] Shin**
Please, wait!
**[01:58] Shin**
Card Capital will participate
in the Halloween festival, too!
**[02:02] Chairman**
But who is the manager?
**[02:05] Shin**
I'm the manager!
**[02:07] Shin**
I swear that I'll open the shop!
**[02:10] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[02:13] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[02:18] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[02:21] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 7 Capital Revived!!
***SIGN*** Card Capital: Defend It to the End Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression! No Foreclosures Down With Corporate Acquisitions!!
**[04:01] Mikuru**
You Conceited Cinnamon!
**[04:03] Mikuru**
What makes you think you can
open the shop in *this* condition?!
**[04:09] Mark**
Well, up to now, it took everything he had
just to defend it against Esuka Hibino.
**[04:18] Shin**
I'll bring it back to how it used to be!
**[04:21] Shin**
Let's put up Halloween decorations
and wear costumes, too!
**[04:24] Shin**
It's vital that I open the store again!
**[04:28] Shin**
To protect Capital and
keep it out of Esuka's clutches...
**[04:33] Shin**
...I need to prove that I can be the manager!
**[04:37] Tatsuya**
Shinemon...
**[04:40] Mikuru**
All right, fine. I'll help with that.
**[04:43] Rive**
A grand reopening, huh?
**[04:46] Rive**
Beyond just costumes,
I'd like to have some kind of big event.
**[04:50] Mark**
Nothing says "big event"...
***SIGN*** Tuna Slicing Show
**[04:52] Mark**
...like a tuna slicing show!
**[04:54] Mark**
All the tuna you can eat...
**[04:57] Shin**
And who's going to provide the tuna?
**[05:00] Rive**
No, you idiot!
A big event calls for pro wrestling!
**[05:05] Mikuru**
I won't give up!
**[05:07] Mikuru**
I can't give up!
**[05:10] Mikuru**
Like I'd ever do that!
**[05:14] Tatsuya**
Um, maybe you should just have
a normal Vanguard tournament.
**[05:20] Rive**
Of course! Why didn't I think of that?!
**[05:22] Mark**
It was in my blind spot!
**[05:23] Shin**
Now that you mention it, they held
a Vanguard tournament last year, too!
**[05:27] Mikuru**
Why didn't you remember that sooner?!
**[05:30] Tatsuya**
Is reopening the shop right now
really such a good idea?
**[05:34] Shin**
All right!
**[05:36] Shin**
Card Capital is going to host the
annual Halloween Vanguard Tournament!
**[05:40] Shin**
Everyone on board with that?!
**[05:42] All**
Yeah!
**[05:56] Mark**
Now *this* is Card Capital!
**[05:59] Rive**
All right, Shinemon. How 'bout we do a fight?
**[06:02] Shin**
Yes, Master!
**[06:03] Mark**
Oh! I was hoping you'd suggest that!
**[06:07] Mikuru**
Not until after preparations!
***SIGN*** Card Capital's Halloween Cardfight Tournament!
Costumes Required!
**[06:20] Esuka**
A Halloween festival?
**[06:22] Butler**
Card Capital will apparently
be reopening in conjunction with it.
**[06:28] Esuka**
Does that child seriously think
he can pull off being the manager?
**[06:38] Tatsuya**
What's wrong?
**[06:39] Shin**
It feels like something's lacking here...
**[06:42] Mikuru**
Well, *you're* certainly lacking, Shinemon!
**[06:45] Mikuru**
In looks, grades, and so much more...
**[06:47] Shin**
Hey!
**[06:49] Mark**
You mean the decorations, right?
**[06:52] Shin**
Yeah...
**[06:53] Shin**
Our regular customers would come either way,
**[06:57] Shin**
but since we're going to the trouble, I'd like
to make it fun for first-time customers, too.
**[07:01] Shin**
For that...
**[07:03] Tatsuya**
We need something that
would make customers happy...
**[07:08] Mikuru**
Something simple and eye-catching...
**[07:11] Shin**
Something they'd want to snap
a photo of and put on social media...
**[07:18] Mikuru**
That's it!
**[07:21] Mikuru**
Making Sub Manager a mascot character
with stuffed animal versions is sure to work!
**[07:26] Tatsuya**
I like it!
**[07:27] Mark**
Good idea!
**[07:29] Shin**
Stuffed animals aren't a bad idea...
**[07:32] Shin**
But this is a card shop.
**[07:34] Shin**
Instead of a stuffed animal,
we'll use a Vanguard unit!
**[07:38] Tatsuya**
I see!
**[07:39] Tatsuya**
Which will we use?
**[07:41] Tatsuya**
Glyme? Flogal?
**[07:44] Shin**
Isn't it obvious? It'll be...
**[07:49] Shin**
Valkerion!
**[07:59] Tatsuya**
Is this okay?
**[08:02] Shin**
It's more like Li'l Valkerion than Valkerion.
**[08:06] Mikuru**
You're a good artist, Tatsuya!
**[08:08] Tatsuya**
N-Nah, not really...
**[08:10] Shin**
Even customers who don't know
about Vanguard will get a kick out of this!
**[08:18] Tatsuya**
By the way, who's going to make them?
**[08:22] Shin**
Well...
**[08:23] Mikuru**
Don't look at me! I don't do crafts!
**[08:27] Mark**
Have no fear!
**[08:29] Mark**
I know someone who's great
at making things like that.
**[08:32] Mark**
Shall I ask?
**[08:34] Shin**
Really?!
**[08:35] Mark**
You can count on me!
**[08:38] Mark**
Cheese!
**[08:43] Mikuru**
It's pitch dark out!
**[08:45] Shin**
Mark, walk these two home.
**[08:48] Mark**
Leave it to me!
**[08:49] Tatsuya**
See you tomorrow, Shinemon.
**[08:52] Shin**
Yep. See you then.
**[08:57] Shin**
Capital's comeback is just days away!
**[09:06] Shin**
Welcome to Card Capital!
**[09:09] Rive**
What kinda place is this?
**[09:11] Shin**
It's a card shop.
**[09:13] Shin**
You can enjoy playing any card games here.
**[09:16] Rive**
Card games...?
**[09:18] Rive**
Huh. Sounds like fun.
**[09:20] Rive**
Then this oughta make your teeth rattle!
**[09:24] Shin**
Mark! Call the police!
**[09:26] Mark**
Yes, sir!
**[09:27] Mikuru**
Wait a minute!
**[09:29] Mikuru**
Don't be so hasty!
**[09:31] Tatsuya**
Take a good look at him first.
**[09:37] Shin**
It's a deck case...
**[09:39] Shin**
Th-Then...
**[09:41] Mikuru**
I think he's a Cardfighter
who just likes to talk tough.
**[09:45] Mikuru**
He only came here to play.
**[09:47] Mikuru**
There's no need to call the police.
**[09:49] Rive**
That's right.
**[09:51] Mikuru**
But do we really have to take
customer service training this far?
**[09:56] Shin**
It's safest if we try imagining
every possible situation...
**[10:00] Shin**
...or so I hope.
**[10:02] Rive**
By the way, what's the format
gonna be for the Vanguard event?
**[10:06] Rive**
Last year's was a regular tournament.
**[10:09] Shin**
We're doing a "free fight" this year.
**[10:12] Mikuru**
A "free fight"?
**[10:14] Mark**
Customers can fight whomever they like,
**[10:18] Mark**
and the fighter with the most wins within
a designated time limit will be the winner.
**[10:24] Shin**
A casual event allows everyone to participate
without requiring tournament brackets.
**[10:30] Shin**
Besides, we don't have the time
to prepare for a real tournament.
**[10:34] Rive**
A "free fight" is fine, but who's
gonna keep track of the wins?
**[10:40] Tatsuya**
Sh-Shindou and I can make
a list of all the participants.
**[10:45] Rive**
You're gonna match all the names to faces?
**[10:49] Rive**
They might not fight
in the same spot each time, either.
**[10:52] Tatsuya**
Well, um...
**[10:57] Mikuru**
"Trick or Treat"!
**[11:00] Mikuru**
We could just give sweets to the winners!
**[11:03] Mikuru**
How about homemade cookies?
**[11:06] Shin**
I see! That's a great idea!
**[11:08] Mark**
A perfect fit for Halloween!
**[11:10] Shin**
Then...
**[11:11] Shin**
Mikuru--you, uh, probably couldn't...
**[11:16] Shin**
Tatsuya!
**[11:17] Shin**
Would you bake cookies for us?!
**[11:19] Tatsuya**
I-I'll do my best!
**[11:20] Mikuru**
*I'll* bake them!
**[11:23] Rive**
So long as they're edible!
**[11:25] Mikuru**
I'm not letting you have any, Bro!
**[11:31] Mark**
We should receive the Li'l Valkerions
sometime tomorrow afternoon.
**[11:35] Shin**
Just in the nick of time!
**[11:37] Tatsuya**
And we have the fliers ready,
which means it's almost showtime!
***SIGN*** Card Capital's Halloween Cardfight Tournament! Costumes Required!
**[11:41] Shin**
Let's have everything all ready for
our reopening the day after tomorrow!
**[11:46] All**
Yeah!
**[11:58] Shin**
Please, take a flyer!
**[12:00] Tatsuya**
Please join us!
**[12:03] Shin**
Here you go!
**[12:05] Nanami**
Sh-Shinemon Nitta!
**[12:08] Shin**
Oh, Nanami!
**[12:11] Tonori**
What's this?
**[12:13] Shin**
We're opening Card Capital
for Halloween tomorrow.
**[12:17] Shin**
You will come, won't you?
**[12:21] Nanami**
I-If I feel like it...
**[12:26] Nanami**
L-Let's go, Tonori!
**[12:28] Tonori**
A'ight.
**[12:30] Tonori**
It says you gotta wear a costume, yo.
**[12:34] Tonori**
What kind of costume you gonna wear?
**[12:36] Nanami**
Don't worry about it.
**[12:38] Nanami**
Just make sure you wear one.
**[12:41] Tonori**
Sure, a'ight.
**[12:47] Shin**
We finally got them all handed out!
**[12:49] Rive**
Nice job.
**[12:51] Mikuru**
Thanks for your patience.
**[12:53] Mikuru**
I baked some cookies!
**[12:56] Shin**
Thanks, Mikuru!
**[12:58] Mark**
Let's sample them!
**[13:02] Rive**
Good timing. I'm starving!
**[13:05] Mikuru**
You don't get any, Bro!
**[13:07] Delivery Guy**
Special delivery!
**[13:10] Mark**
That must be the stuffed Li'l Valkerions!
**[13:14] Shin**
Great!
**[13:15] Tatsuya**
They're here at last!
**[13:19] Shin**
Isn't this package kinda big?
**[13:21] Tatsuya**
These *are* stuffed mascots, right?
**[13:24] Mikuru**
Maybe Mark's friend just made a lot?
**[13:28] Mark**
Th-That's...
**[13:30] Shin**
...a mascot character *costume!*
**[13:47] Shin**
What the heck happened?
**[13:49] Tatsuya**
I'm pretty sure we asked for stuffed mascots...
**[13:52] Mark**
I'll check.
**[13:56] Rive**
For now...
**[13:58] Rive**
...I'll try one of these!
**[14:00] Mikuru**
I said you can't have any!
**[14:06] Mikuru**
Hey! What kind of reaction is that?! How rude!
**[14:10] Rive**
Then *you* try one!
**[14:23] Tatsuya**
I think it's detergent...
**[14:25] Tatsuya**
Detergent smells sweet,
so she probably mistook it for sugar.
**[14:31] Rive**
Sheesh!
**[14:33] Mikuru**
I'm sorry!
**[14:34] Rive**
Thank goodness it's the day *before* the event.
**[14:41] Mark**
Oh. No.
**[14:43] Mark**
Oh my god!
**[14:52] Mikuru**
It's huge...
**[14:55] Tatsuya**
What should we do?
**[14:58] Rive**
There's nothing to worry about!
**[15:00] Rive**
You could just ride the thing!
**[15:02] Shin**
Master...
**[15:04] Shin**
I ride! Li'l Valkerion!
**[15:06] Rive**
I bet everybody'll get
charged up with this guy around!
**[15:11] Rive**
It'll have a much bigger impact
than stuffed animals!
**[15:13] Shin**
But I'm the manager...
**[15:15] Mikuru**
Then why don't you wear it, Bro?
**[15:17] Rive**
Wait, why me?!
**[15:19] Mikuru**
You're the one who suggested it!
**[15:22] Mark**
Okay. Roger that.
**[15:28] Mark**
It looks like we had a
miscommunication on both sides.
**[15:31] Mark**
To make a long story short...
**[15:36] Mark**
Where's Li'l Valkerion?
**[15:38] Rive**
Well? Does it look good on me?!
**[15:45] Mark**
Oh! No!
**[15:46] Mark**
Please take that off!
**[15:49] Rive**
What?!
**[15:50] Rive**
This was a huge pain to put on...
**[16:00] Mark**
Oh my god!
**[16:13] Mark**
It seems that since the drawing
had a person next to Li'l Valkerion,
**[16:18] Mark**
my friend thought that
we wanted a character costume.
**[16:25] Mikuru**
Oh, it's true.
**[16:28] Tatsuya**
It's Valkerion.
**[16:31] Tatsuya**
I sketched the original as a reference
for drawing the super-deformed version.
**[16:37] Mark**
Both sides should've confirmed it beforehand,
but we just came to an agreement where
**[16:41] Mark**
if we could send the suit back as-is,
we'd only be charged a nominal fee for labor.
**[16:50] Shin**
Now I guess all we can do is pay for it.
**[16:53] Mark**
In that case, this is the price.
**[16:57] Shin**
I could manage that with some part-time work.
**[17:00] Mark**
This is in dollars, not yen.
**[17:02] Shin**
Dollars?!
**[17:04] Rive**
Meaning, that amount times 100 or so...
**[17:15] Boy**
Hey, is that Valkerion?
**[17:18] Tatsuya**
Yes, that's right.
**[17:19] Boy**
That's so cute!
**[17:21] Boy**
Aw, I wish I could have that...
**[17:25] Tatsuya**
Here you go.
**[17:28] Boy**
Yay! Thank you!
**[17:32] Mother**
Thank you so much.
**[17:35] Mother**
My son loves Vanguard.
**[17:38] Mother**
While it's not much of a show of gratitude...
**[17:43] Tatsuya**
I got a bunch of persimmons.
**[17:46] Tatsuya**
Maybe Shinemon will like them.
**[17:48] Florist**
Hey, kid!
**[17:52] Florist**
Those are the highly sought-after
Montmouth persimmons!
**[17:58] Florist**
Please, let me have them!
**[18:00] Florist**
You can have anything you want
from my shop in trade!
**[18:08] Tatsuya**
These flowers seem expensive, but...
**[18:10] Woman**
Can I see those flowers?!
**[18:15] Tatsuya**
An autographed T-shirt...
**[18:18] Tatsuya**
An ammonite?!
**[18:19] Tatsuya**
This painting looks expensive...
**[18:22] President**
Well then, in exchange for that painting...
**[18:31] Shin**
It's no use.
**[18:32] Shin**
I've racked my brain, but I can't
come up with any good ideas.
**[18:38] Mikuru**
Shinemon...
**[18:42] Shin**
What should I do, Valkerion?
**[18:44] Shin**
At this rate, I'll never be
worthy of becoming the manager.
**[18:49] Tatsuya**
U-Um...
**[18:56] Shin**
A tuna?!
**[18:58] Mikuru**
How did you get that?!
**[19:00] Tatsuya**
It's a long story, but I traded my drawing,
and then after several more trades...
**[19:07] Shin**
Like the Straw Millionaire folk tale...
**[19:10] Mark**
Shinemon, this is nothing less
than a divine message!
***SIGN*** Tuna Slicing Show
**[19:15] Mark**
The heavens are ordering us
to do a tuna slicing show!
**[19:20] Shin**
R-Really?
**[19:22] Mark**
Yes! So let's get ready!
**[19:25] Butler**
Not so fast!
**[19:27] Tatsuya**
C-Can we help you?
**[19:29] Butler**
Please let me have that tuna!
**[19:33] Mark**
No, no!
**[19:35] Mark**
We're going to use it for a tuna slicing show!
**[19:37] Butler**
Of course, I don't expect to get it for free.
**[19:40] Butler**
Name your price!
**[19:43] Mikuru**
Give our price a name?
**[19:46] Tatsuya**
It means he'll pay what we ask for!
**[19:50] Shin**
Mark! Your phone!
**[19:51] Mark**
Okay!
**[19:53] Shin**
Then how about *this* much?!
**[19:55] Shin**
And to be clear, we're talking dollars!
**[20:03] Butler**
Okay! I'll pay you in cash!
**[20:07] Shin**
All right!
**[20:18] Shin**
We did it! We did it!
**[20:21] Mikuru**
Hey, cut it out! Calm down!
**[20:26] Rive**
What's all the fuss?
**[20:26] Shin**
We did it!
**[20:28] Mark**
We safely resolved the Li'l Valkerion issue!
**[20:32] Rive**
Oh, good.
**[20:40] Rive**
About that issue...
**[20:42] Rive**
They managed to solve it.
**[20:44] Rive**
Yeah. Sorry to make you worry, Tokimi.
**[20:54] Mark**
It looks much better now.
**[20:57] Shin**
Thank you, Mikuru!
**[20:59] Mikuru**
You're very welcome.
**[21:00] Mikuru**
And you're wearing it tomorrow!
**[21:03] Rive**
Yes, I know!
**[21:05] Shin**
Oh, that's right!
**[21:06] Shin**
Since the customers will be wearing costumes,
it'd look weird if we're not also in costume.
**[21:12] Mikuru**
Tatsuya and I are working on that right now.
**[21:15] Tatsuya**
Right!
**[21:16] Tatsuya**
But you'll just have to wait and see!
**[21:19] Mark**
Verily, I shall be clad in the usual.
**[21:23] Shin**
What should I wear?
**[21:25] Mark**
I will prepare your costume, Shinemon!
**[21:29] Shin**
Really?! That'll be a big help!
**[21:31] Mark**
Leave it to me!
**[21:32] Mark**
I'll bring a disguise worthy of a manager!
**[21:38] Shin**
To be honest, I'm still not sure myself
if I'm worthy of being the manager.
**[21:47] Shin**
But I know I love this shop more than anyone!
**[21:54] Shin**
Whatever the cost, let's see to it
that Card Capital makes a comeback!
**[21:58] All**
Yeah!
**[22:01] Shin**
We're not gonna let Esuka Hibino take it!
**[22:03] All**
Yeah!
**[22:04] Shin**
We're gonna make this
Halloween festival a success!
**[22:07] All**
Yeah!
**[22:08] Shin**
Vanguard forever!
**[22:11] All**
Yeah!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Tatsuya's new ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Cosmo Healer, Ergodiel!
***SIGN*** Cosmo Healer, Ergodiel
**[23:53] Narrator**
You can choose up to two from all rear-guards
**[23:56] Narrator**
to go to the Damage Zone,
and you'll heal that amount.
**[23:59] Narrator**
You'll also gain an extra critical.
**[24:01] Narrator**
On top of that, for every face-up card in your
opponent's Damage Zone, you get +5000 power!
**[24:07] Narrator**
This aggressive card is powerful enough
to back your opponent into a corner!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Shin**
It's the moment you've all been
waiting for: next episode's preview!
**[24:19] Shin**
Who's going to do it this time...?
**[24:21] Shin**
Hey, who's in charge of this week's preview?!
**[24:24] Mark**
Rive!
**[24:25] Mark**
But he's not here yet!
**[24:27] Mark**
And I can't get through to him!
**[24:29] Shin**
Master, while it's normal for you,
being late at a time like this?!
**[24:32] Shin**
All right, we'll just do it ourselves!
**[24:34] Mark**
Roger that! But we're already out of time...
**[24:38] Shin**
Don't tell me this preview is hinting
about a possible plot twist next week?!
***SIGN*** Remind 8
Welcome to Capital!!
**[24:42] Mark**
You mean it's a *real* preview?!
# E22 - Welcome to Capital!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6MEW79PR/welcome-to-capital)
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**[00:18] Shin**
Today's the big day.
**[00:27] Shin**
Maybe I got up a little too early.
**[00:31] Shin**
No, Halloween celebrates the resurrection!
And so Capital will be resurrected, too!
**[00:35] Shin**
Make hay while the sun shines!
The early bird gets the worm!
**[00:44] Shin**
Wait, *is* Halloween
the one about the resurrection?
**[00:46] Shin**
Hmm...
***SIGN*** Fall Halloween Festival
**[00:54] Mark**
I wonder if Shinemon is up.
**[00:57] Tatsuya**
The shutters are open!
**[00:59] Tatsuya**
And it's clean in front of the shop.
**[01:01] Mikuru**
It looks like he's psyched for this
and getting ready.
**[01:10] Mikuru**
Wake up, Sleepyhead Cinnamon!
This is no time for napping!
**[01:16] Shin**
Mikuru...
**[01:18] Shin**
Actually, I woke up too
early this morning, and...
**[01:23] Mikuru**
Don't sleep!
**[01:25] Mikuru**
Mark! Get this sleepyhead into the shower!
**[01:28] Mark**
At once!
**[01:29] Mikuru**
Tatsuya! Prepare to open the shop!
**[01:32] Tatsuya**
R-Right!
**[01:34] Mikuru**
Come to think of it, where's my dumb brother?
**[01:38] Tatsuya**
I haven't seen him yet.
**[01:40] Mikuru**
He's supposed to wear the
Li'l Valkerion costume, right?
**[01:42] Mikuru**
Where could he be?
***SIGN*** Remind 8 Welcome to Capital!!
**[03:24] Tatsuya**
All right. The cleaning's done.
**[03:25] Shin**
You sure it's okay for the manager
to wear an outfit like this?
**[03:33] Mark**
A manager is the one who runs the shop.
**[03:36] Mark**
Verily, it is natural for you
to wear the garb of a magistrate.
**[03:39] Mikuru**
I... I think it suits you.
**[03:42] Mikuru**
In fact...
**[03:44] Mikuru**
It suits you *too* well,
Moron Magistrate Cinnamon!
**[03:47] Shin**
Hey...
**[03:49] Shin**
"Moron" was uncalled for!
**[03:51] Tatsuya**
Rive sure is late...
**[03:53] Mark**
Verily, he should arrive shortly.
**[03:56] Shin**
Let's get started without him.
**[03:58] Shin**
It's been a while for Capital!
**[04:00] Shin**
Let's do our best not to let down the customers!
**[04:07] Shin**
Capital...
**[04:08] Shin**
...is open!
**[04:09] All**
Yeah!
**[04:14] Regular A**
It's really open?
**[04:16] Mikuru**
W-Welcome!
**[04:25] Regular B**
Whoa!
**[04:26] Regular A**
So cute!
**[04:28] Mikuru**
N-No, I'm really not!
**[04:32] Mikuru**
Maybe I do have what it takes to be an idol.
**[04:35] Tatsuya**
Shindou, let's get to work.
**[04:38] Shin**
You guys came?!
**[04:45] Regular A**
N-Nitta, is that you?!
**[04:46] Regular B**
Halloween or not, that outfit's too much!
**[04:52] Regular A**
So who reopened the shop?
**[04:56] Shin**
The current manager is yours truly!
***SIGN*** Manager
**[05:03] Regular B**
Your face's enough of a joke already!
**[05:05] Shin**
No, it's true!
**[05:08] Extra A**
Capital's actually open!
**[05:10] Extra B**
It's been so long!
***SIGN*** Manager
**[05:12] Shin**
How about this?!
**[05:14] Mikuru**
I fear it raises the level of stupidity.
**[05:16] Shin**
It's best to make it obvious!
**[05:18] Customer**
Manager!
**[05:21] Shin**
Coming!
**[05:23] Mark**
Verily, it *is* quite obvious now.
**[05:26] Shin**
The units depicted on the cards
are inhabitants of the planet Cray.
**[05:31] Student A**
The planet Cray?
**[05:32] Shin**
A planet somewhere in the cosmos.
**[05:34] Shin**
Like Earth, it has many countries,
with organizations called clans,
**[05:37] Shin**
all constantly competing with each other.
**[05:40] Student A**
Huh, so that's the setting?
**[05:44] Shin**
Perhaps...
**[05:45] Shin**
...Cray might actually exist!
**[05:51] Shin**
When you fight, there are moments
when the Cray units feel so close to you.
**[05:57] Shin**
I'll get to meet them someday!
**[06:00] Shin**
That's the feeling I have!
**[06:03] Shin**
Anyway, it's very important
to have that strong of an imagination.
**[06:07] Student A**
All right, I'll imagine it next time!
**[06:11] Tatsuya**
Fascinating...
***SIGN*** Fall Halloween Festival
**[06:18] Shin**
Those are the contest cookies, huh?
**[06:20] Shin**
Let's hope they're edible this time.
**[06:24] Mikuru**
You tell me!
**[06:32] Girl**
Excuse me.
**[06:33] Girl**
Sorry, but...
**[06:37] Shin**
Hello? Are you okay in there?
**[06:43] Shin**
Please don't change in the restroom.
**[06:46] Tatsuya**
Shinemon!
**[06:48] Tatsuya**
We have a customer who's not in costume!
**[06:56] Shin**
Now he is!
**[06:58] Mother**
Thank you so much!
**[07:01] Shin**
It was nothing. All part of
the job of being a manager.
**[07:04] Mikuru**
Shinemon, a customer over there
wants to be taught how to play.
**[07:09] Shin**
Where's Mark?
**[07:10] Mikuru**
Teaching another customer.
**[07:12] Mark**
Well, first you stand your cards,
and then draw one card from your deck.
**[07:18] Tatsuya**
Hello, Card Capital.
**[07:21] Tatsuya**
Shinemon, the shopping district chairman
wants to see you right away.
**[07:25] Tatsuya**
It sounds important.
**[07:26] Shin**
Right away?!
**[07:28] Shin**
Darn it! If only Master were here right now!
**[07:34] Shin**
Master?!
**[07:38] Shin**
*Two* Masters?!
**[07:41] Nanami**
Who're you calling "Master"?!
**[07:43] Tonori**
I'm starving, yo.
**[07:44] Shin**
Oh, it's just you two...
**[07:47] Shin**
Matching costumes?
**[07:48] Nanami**
It was a coincidence!
**[07:50] Shin**
Well, anyway, good timing.
**[07:52] Shin**
Would you look after the beginners?
**[07:54] Nanami**
Huh? But we're customers--
**[07:56] Shin**
Please!
**[08:01] Nanami**
B-Begging's not going to work, either.
**[08:11] Nanami**
I'm in heaven!
**[08:17] Shin**
Sorry it took so long! You wanted to see me?
**[08:20] Chairman**
Opening the card shop like you did
has been a very great help.
**[08:24] Member A**
A festival just isn't lively
without young people there.
**[08:30] Chairman**
I wanted to express my gratitude. Thank you.
**[08:34] Shin**
Oh, you're welcome...
**[08:36] Members A and B**
Thank you!
**[08:38] Shin**
This...
**[08:40] Shin**
...is all he wanted?!
**[08:47] Mikuru**
The suit's going to waste!
**[08:49] Mikuru**
And we spent good money to have it made...
**[08:51] Mikuru**
Blockhead big brother!
**[08:56] Tatsuya**
Shinemon, what was that about?
**[09:00] Shin**
Please don't ask!
**[09:02] Shin**
We need to get ready for the tournament.
**[09:04] Tatsuya**
Right!
**[09:06] Shin**
Okay, we're all here.
**[09:08] Mark**
Eh? What has happened to the cookies?
**[09:11] Mikuru**
Huh? I set them down over here...
**[09:27] Tatsuya**
Our cookies...
**[09:29] Tonori**
S-Sorry, yo...
**[09:32] Nanami**
I can't take this guy anywhere.
**[09:34] Shin**
It's our fault for setting them
where customers could see.
**[09:39] Tatsuya**
But what are we going to do?
**[09:42] Mikuru**
No need to worry.
**[09:45] Mikuru**
While I may have mixed up
sugar and laundry detergent yesterday...
**[09:51] Mikuru**
Today's mistake was excess amounts!
**[09:54] Mikuru**
Thanks to that, I have enough
leftover cookies at home for a bake sale!
**[09:57] Shin**
Well done!
**[09:58] Tatsuya**
But there's no time...
**[10:01] Mark**
Verily, it is my turn.
**[10:04] Mark**
You may leave this errand to me!
**[10:12] Tonori**
I'll help out any way I can, yo.
**[10:15] Shin**
In that case...
**[10:17] Shin**
...would you wear the Li'l Valkerion costume?
**[10:19] Tonori**
A'ight.
**[10:27] Tatsuya**
Are you okay?!
**[10:29] Nanami**
You're too weak.
**[10:30] Tonori**
Nah, this thing's really heavy, yo.
**[10:33] Tatsuya**
The Vanguard tournament is about to begin!
**[10:36] Rive**
Did someone say, "Vanguard tournament"?
**[10:39] Rive**
Starting the Vanguard tournament without me...
**[10:42] Rive**
...is unforgivable!
**[10:45] Tatsuya**
Li'l Valkerion...
**[10:47] Mikuru**
...stood up!
**[10:49] Shin**
Who *are* you?!
**[10:54] Rive**
It's me!
**[11:12] Shin**
Master!
**[11:14] Mikuru**
Why were you hiding in there?!
**[11:16] Rive**
I wasn't hiding!
**[11:20] Rive**
I got to Capital early this morning,
but Shinemon was asleep on his feet.
**[11:24] Rive**
So I put on the Li'l Valkerion suit,
intending to scare him...
**[11:31] Rive**
...but it looks like the joke was on me.
**[11:35] Tatsuya**
So you mean to participate
in the Vanguard tournament?
**[11:40] Rive**
Naturally! I'm a Cardfighter!
**[11:42] Mikuru**
You're one of the sponsors, Bro!
**[11:44] Rive**
Shinemon's the sponsor.
**[11:46] Mikuru**
You promised to wear the Li'l Valkerion costume!
**[11:49] Rive**
And I did!
**[11:52] Rive**
Now I'm just a regular customer.
**[11:55] Rive**
So let me have my fun, Manager!
**[11:59] Shin**
Master...
**[12:01] Mark**
Verily, the cookies have arrived!
**[12:05] Shin**
All right! Let's do this!
***SIGN*** Halloween Vanguard Tournament In Progress!
**[12:07] Shin**
And now, we're going to hold
a Vanguard tournament!
**[12:13] Shin**
Is everybody ready?
**[12:17] Shin**
Ready... Go!
**[12:20] Mark/Rive/Nanami/Tonori**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[12:23] Customer A**
All right! I won!
**[12:25] Mikuru**
Congratulations!
**[12:27] Tatsuya**
Congratulations! Here you go.
**[12:32] Tonori**
I'm starvin', yo.
**[12:36] Customer D**
I lost.
**[12:38] Customer E**
I lost.
**[12:40] Customer F**
I lost.
**[12:44] Mark**
Verily, come and get me!
**[12:49] Nanami**
I hear you're Shinemon's "master"?
**[12:52] Nanami**
Show me how good you are.
**[13:01] Rive**
*This* is how good I am.
**[13:07] Shin**
And now, I'll announce the top three!
**[13:10] Shin**
Nanami Gonomi, 20 wins!
**[13:15] Shin**
Ninja Master, 25 wins!
**[13:19] Shin**
Rive Shindou, 25 wins!
**[13:23] Mikuru**
My dumbbell big brother is so childish!
**[13:26] Rive**
When it comes to Vanguard, I'm always serious!
**[13:32] Tatsuya**
What now, Manager?
**[13:34] Rive**
Will you let the tournament end
with us at an equal number of wins?
**[13:40] Shin**
No.
**[13:41] Shin**
Since you're tied for first,
we'll have a final match!
**[13:48] Extra X**
Awesome!
**[13:50] Extra Y**
This is gonna be great!
**[13:53] Mark/Rive**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[13:59] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[14:04] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon, Ushimitsumaru!
**[14:06] Rive**
I ride!
**[14:10] Rive**
Full Moon Muscle!
**[14:17] Shin**
I wanted to play, too...
**[14:20] Shin**
No, I'm the manager!
**[14:22] Shin**
There are other things for me to do.
**[14:23] Old Woman**
Excuse me...
**[14:26] Shin**
Yes?
**[14:29] Shin**
May I help you?
**[14:31] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[14:37] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon, Kurogiri!
**[14:39] Rive**
I ride!
**[14:43] Rive**
Star-fighter, Silver Fist!
**[14:46] Rive**
Clay-doll Mechanic! Silver Fist!
**[14:52] Rive**
I'm gonna let you have it!
**[14:54] Rive**
Drive check!
**[14:57] Rive**
Front trigger! +20,000 power!
**[15:00] Tatsuya**
Why 20,000?
**[15:01] Nanami**
When Silver Fist is there,
a front trigger's power is increased.
**[15:08] Mark**
Damage check!
**[15:12] Mark**
Critical trigger!
**[15:14] Mark**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[15:17] Rive**
Once more! Attack!
**[15:22] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[15:26] Mark**
Verily, it is my turn!
**[15:28] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[15:33] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon, Zangetsu!
**[15:36] Mark**
Rally to me, Kurogiri!
**[15:39] Mark**
Ninja Art, Summoning Jutsu! Evil Decoy Token!
**[15:45] Mark**
A second Calling Jutsu!
**[15:47] Mark**
Rally to me, Kurogiri!
Stealth Beast, Chigasumi!
**[15:51] Mark**
In addition, by my power...
**[15:54] Mark**
Evil Decoy Token!
**[15:59] Tatsuya**
Three Evil Decoy Token units?!
**[16:03] Mark**
I have long desired to ask you something.
**[16:07] Rive**
Ask me what?
**[16:09] Tonori**
First he sends his rear-guard
Silver Fist to the Drop Zone?
**[16:14] Mark**
When Esuka Hibino
first arrived to acquire Capital,
**[16:18] Mark**
why did you not oppose her, Rive?
**[16:22] Mark**
Verily, have you no affection for Capital?!
**[16:26] Mark**
Chigasumi, once again!
**[16:28] Chigasumi**
Understood!
**[16:35] Rive**
Have I no affection for Capital?
**[16:37] Rive**
Don't ask me foolish questions!
**[16:41] Rive**
I ride!
**[16:46] Rive**
Fusing Striker!
**[16:48] Rive**
It's time, Fusing Striker! Silver Fist!
**[16:53] Rive**
Let's go!
**[16:54] Rive**
Drive check!
**[16:58] Rive**
I got a front trigger!
**[17:00] Tatsuya**
Another front trigger?!
**[17:01] Nanami**
Fusing Striker also increases
the power of front triggers.
**[17:06] Mikuru**
Which means...
**[17:08] Tonori**
They're +25,000. He's done for, yo.
**[17:15] Rive**
Clay-doll Mechanic! Silver Fist! Go for it!
**[17:22] Rive**
Fusing Striker! You too!
**[17:27] Mark**
Ninja Art, Intercept Jutsu!
**[17:33] Mark**
If you have affection for it, then why?
**[17:39] Rive**
Isn't there someone who has
even more affection for this place?
***SIGN*** Manager
**[17:43] Shin**
If you go straight here,
you'll reach an intersection.
**[17:47] Shin**
Turn left there...
**[17:48] Old Woman**
Eh?
**[17:49] Shin**
Um, at the intersection...
**[17:52] Old Woman**
Ah!
**[17:57] Shin**
Okay!
**[17:58] Shin**
I'll lead you there.
**[18:00] Shin**
It's this way. Let's go.
**[18:02] Old Woman**
Thank you, young man!
**[18:04] Shin**
My pleasure.
**[18:05] Rive**
An idiot who says he's gonna manage the place,
**[18:08] Rive**
even though he's just
a third-year high school brat.
**[18:11] Mark**
Rive...
**[18:14] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[18:21] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[18:24] Mark**
Imaginary Gift, Protect II!
**[18:26] Mark**
Verily, you shall now experience my Token Jutsu!
**[18:32] Mark**
Attack!
**[18:35] Rive**
Cannonball!
**[18:38] Mark**
Take this!
**[18:42] Mark**
Drive check!
**[18:45] Mark**
Critical trigger!
**[18:47] Rive**
What?!
**[18:50] Mark**
Zangetsu and Kurogiri attack
your rear-guard Fusing Striker!
**[18:57] Mark**
Then it is your duty to support Shinemon.
**[19:03] Rive**
That's for *him* to decide!
**[19:06] Rive**
I ride!
**[19:11] Rive**
Fighting Fist Dragon, God Hand Dragon!
**[19:14] Rive**
Imaginary Gift, Accel I!
**[19:16] Rive**
Accel Circle opened!
**[19:18] Rive**
I call God Hand there!
**[19:20] Rive**
And then, I call Fusing Striker!
**[19:24] Tatsuya**
Not again!
**[19:25] Tatsuya**
His front triggers keep getting more powerful!
**[19:30] Rive**
Here we go!
**[19:31] Rive**
Its skill activates!
**[19:36] Rive**
An extra critical, along with triple drive!
**[19:41] Mark**
Perfect Guard Jutsu!
Stealth Beast, Mijingakure!
**[19:46] Rive**
Blocked it, huh? But...
**[19:48] Rive**
Drive check!
**[19:50] Rive**
Front trigger!
**[19:55] Rive**
Front trigger!
**[19:58] Tatsuya**
A double front trigger?!
**[20:00] Nanami**
+60,000 power to the front row?!
**[20:03] Nanami**
That's too much!
**[20:09] Mark**
Such... tremendous... power...
**[20:17] Shin**
What happened?!
**[20:21] Mark**
Verily, I have lost.
**[20:28] Shin**
The winner of the
Halloween Vanguard Tournament...
**[20:31] Shin**
...is Rive Shindou!
**[20:38] Rive**
Shinemon.
**[20:40] Rive**
Do what you'd like to do.
**[20:43] Rive**
I look forward to seeing it.
**[20:46] Shin**
Master Rive...
**[20:50] Rive**
Well, I've gotta get to work.
**[20:55] Tatsuya**
Rive was really curious about
how many wins Mark had.
**[21:04] Tatsuya**
He kept asking me.
**[21:09] Mark**
He adjusted the quantity of his own wins
so that he might have a final match against me?!
**[21:14] Nanami**
Well, it did help to liven the place up.
**[21:21] Shin**
Thank you, Master!
**[21:29] Esuka**
Having a rough time yourself, Manager?
**[21:34] Esuka**
Though perhaps I owe you my gratitude.
**[21:39] Shin**
Excuse me, but... who are you?
**[21:48] Mikuru**
A swimsuit!
**[21:49] Tatsuya**
But why?!
**[21:51] Shin**
You're Esuka Hibino!
**[21:54] Mikuru**
How do *you* know?!
**[21:55] Tatsuya**
There's no one else like that.
**[22:00] Esuka**
After all, you've worked so hard
to make my Capital a success.
**[22:05] Shin**
Your...?!
***SIGN*** To be continued.
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Rive's ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Fighting Fist Dragon, God Hand Dragon!
***SIGN*** Fighting Fist Dragon, God Hand Dragon
**[23:53] Narrator**
It's a unit that increases
front-trigger power by +10,000!
**[23:58] Narrator**
By discarding a card from your hand,
you can perform an extra drive,
**[24:02] Narrator**
which makes it easier
to draw another front trigger!
**[24:04] Narrator**
And if your opponent's Vanguard is
grade 3 or higher, you get an extra critical!
**[24:08] Narrator**
It's a unit with dynamic skills,
just perfect for Rive!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Tonori**
Yo, so they said I'm in charge
of the preview comments this time,
**[24:20] Tonori**
but I'm starvin' and dunno what to say.
**[24:23] Nanami**
At times like this, give them an intro.
**[24:26] Tonori**
An intro...?
**[24:28] Tonori**
So I had this fight the other day.
**[24:30] Tonori**
My first hand had all grade-3 units.
**[24:33] Tonori**
I kept one and changed the rest,
but they were all grade 3s, too.
**[24:37] Tonori**
Then the first card I drew was also a grade 3.
***SIGN*** Remind 9
Valkerion's Tears
**[24:40] Tonori**
All I could do was laugh, yo.
**[24:42] Nanami**
That's an *incident*, not intro!
# E23 - Valkerion's Tears
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6EXGEXXR/valkerions-tears)
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**[00:04] Esuka**
Having a rough time yourself, Manager?
**[00:08] Esuka**
Though perhaps I owe you my gratitude.
**[00:13] Shin**
Excuse me, but... who are you?
**[00:20] Shin**
You're Esuka Hibino!
**[00:22] Mikuru**
How do *you* know?!
**[00:24] Tatsuya**
There's no one else like that.
**[00:29] Esuka**
After all, you've worked so hard
to make my Capital a success.
**[00:34] Shin**
What'd you just say?!
**[00:37] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[00:40] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[00:45] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[00:48] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
**[02:23] Regular A**
I haven't had that much fun in ages.
**[02:26] Regular B**
Don't make this a one-day deal.
Open the shop every day from now on!
**[02:30] Regulars A&B**
We love Capital.
**[02:33] Shin**
I hear you.
**[02:34] Regular B**
See you!
**[02:37] Tatsuya**
The one-day Halloween Festival
pop-up shop is finally over.
**[02:41] Mark**
Verily, it was exhausting, yet fun.
**[02:44] Mikuru**
Well, we'd better change and then clean up.
**[02:50] Shin**
Open the shop every day, from now on...
**[02:54] Mikuru**
Hey! What are you doing, Space Cadet Cinnamon?!
***SIGN*** Remind 9
Valkerion's Tears
**[03:08] Shin**
Wha...?! Wha...?! Wha...?! Wha...?!
**[03:12] Shin**
What *is* all this?!
**[03:14] Mark**
Oh! Great!
**[03:15] Tatsuya**
Yes, what a feast!
**[03:17] Mikuru**
But who's providing it?!
**[03:20] Esuka**
That would be me.
**[03:23] Esuka**
As thanks for warming up my Capital today.
**[03:26] Esuka**
Come on, let's celebrate.
**[03:29] Shin**
Wait a minute!
**[03:31] Shin**
First of all, this isn't "your" Capital!
**[03:38] Esuka**
A toast. My best wishes to all of you,
and a pat on the back for a hard day's work.
**[03:45] Butler**
Cheers!
**[03:47] All**
*You* made the toast?!
**[03:51] Shin**
Listen up! None of us are gonna take
a single bite of any food provided by Esuka!
**[03:57] Mark**
A samurai pretends to have eaten well
even when he has no food.
**[04:00] Tatsuya**
It's fascinating, but I won't eat any!
**[04:11] Shin**
This curry-and-rice kinda stuff is crazy good!
**[04:15] Tonori**
It's stroganoff made with wagyu beef, yo.
**[04:18] Shin**
This doesn't mean we've given in to Esuka!
**[04:22] Tatsuya**
Shinemon is right!
**[04:24] Tatsuya**
While this whole-roasted chicken
may have fascinating flavor...
**[04:27] Tonori**
It's domestic spring chicken,
rotisserie-style, yo.
**[04:32] Tatsuya**
...that doesn't change
our passion to protect Capital!
**[04:37] Mark**
This sauteed fish head is as delectable as
the dishes Nobunaga served to Tokugawa Ieyasu...
**[04:47] Tonori**
It'sh all-natural broiled shea bream.
**[04:50] Mark**
...yet that does not reduce
the strength of our will!
**[04:57] Mikuru**
Even while protesting,
they're stuffing their faces.
**[05:10] Shin**
Come over and eat with us!
**[05:22] Shin**
Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
**[05:27] Tonori**
Dude changed outta one costume
just to put on another?
**[05:30] Mikuru**
That's Cosplayin' Cinnamon!
**[05:33] Nanami**
What's it like in there?
**[05:35] Tatsuya**
That's a fascinating question.
**[05:40] Shin**
It smells kinda weird, for some reason.
**[05:43] Tatsuya**
The water from that bucket may have soaked in.
**[05:47] Mark**
Plus Rive had the suit on for hours.
He must have sweated up a storm.
**[06:03] Shin**
Noooo!
**[06:05] All**
Nooo!
**[06:06] Voice**
Hey! Don't come near me!
**[06:08] Butler**
I believe this is our cue to leave.
**[06:11] Esuka**
I know.
**[06:13] Esuka**
We still haven't heard
Shinemon Nitta say those words.
**[06:21] Shin**
Hey, everyone.
**[06:25] Shin**
I'd like to thank all of you
for working so hard on Capital's behalf.
**[06:30] Shin**
While we had our share of trouble,
I can now look back and say it was fun.
**[06:34] Shin**
I was gratified to see all
of our guests smiling.
**[06:40] Regular B**
Don't make this a one-day deal.
Open the shop every day from now on!
**[06:44] Regular A**
We love Capital.
**[06:48] Shin**
Starting tomorrow,
Capital is officially reopened!
**[06:54] Esuka**
You heard that?
**[06:55] Butler**
Yes.
**[06:57] Butler**
I certainly did.
**[07:12] Nanami**
I've never seen Ms. Esuka like this.
**[07:14] Butler**
Ms. Esuka has been waiting a long time
for Mr. Nitta to say those words.
**[07:20] Shin**
"Those words"?
**[07:21] Butler**
Once Mr. Nitta seriously declared
his intention to reopen Capital,
**[07:27] Butler**
Ms. Esuka would battle him in a game of
Vanguard, with the shop as the stakes.
**[07:30] Butler**
She has had that in mind for quite a while.
**[07:34] Shin**
What?!
**[07:37] Esuka**
Fight me, Shinemon Nitta!
**[07:41] Esuka**
If you win, I'll leave Capital alone.
**[07:44] Esuka**
And also...
**[07:46] Esuka**
I'll explain about that photograph.
**[07:54] Esuka**
However, if you lose, you leave.
***SIGN*** Misaki Tokura
**[08:10] Shin**
You're on!
**[08:12] Tatsuya**
Don't do it, Shinemon!
What if you happen to lose?!
**[08:15] Mark**
That's right! Are you serious?!
**[08:17] Shin**
Shut up!
**[08:18] Mikuru**
You Unthinking Cinnamon!
**[08:20] Shin**
Remember the smiles on
all our guests' faces today!
**[08:25] Shin**
I'll win. I swear I'll win!
**[08:30] Shin**
Capital is the place where we hang out!
**[08:33] Shin**
It's the place where we play!
**[08:35] Shin**
And it's the place I will protect!
**[08:38] Shin**
I am Shinemon Nitta!
**[08:40] Shin**
Come at me with everything you've got!
**[08:45] Shin/Esuka**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[08:51] Esuka**
I ride!
**[08:52] Esuka**
Jet-ink Fox!
**[08:55] Shin**
I ride!
**[08:57] Shin**
Pan of New Style!
**[09:04] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka's clan is Great Nature.
**[09:06] Tonori**
Yeah, a clan of scholarly animals
who hang out in a gigantic school.
**[09:11] Shin**
Vixen!
**[09:13] Shin**
This is the day you see once and for all
whom Capital really belongs to!
**[09:16] Esuka**
I couldn't agree more.
**[09:19] Esuka**
I go first.
**[09:22] Esuka**
I ride!
**[09:24] Esuka**
Prober of Black Jet, Cecile!
**[09:27] Esuka**
With it's skill, I draw one card.
That's the end of my turn.
**[09:32] Shin**
I ride!
**[09:35] Shin**
Atlas of Heavenly Sphere!
**[09:37] Shin**
With Pan's skill, I draw one card!
**[09:39] Shin**
With Atlas's skill, I Soul Charge!
**[09:48] Esuka**
I ride!
**[09:50] Esuka**
Scientist of Black Sheen, Mathilda!
**[09:53] Esuka**
I'll teach you about this card.
**[09:55] Esuka**
With Mathilda, different effects are activated
when a card is turned over from the deck,
**[10:01] Esuka**
depending on whether or not it's a trigger unit.
**[10:03] Nanami**
So it's like a lottery drawing.
**[10:06] Shin**
A lottery drawing...
**[10:08] Shin**
Whatever happens is entrusted to fate.
**[10:16] Esuka**
This time it's a trigger.
**[10:18] Esuka**
Mathilda gets an extra critical.
**[10:21] Esuka**
I call Silver Wolf!
**[10:24] Esuka**
Follow me!
**[10:26] Silver Wolf**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[10:28] Mark**
Grade 2, with 21,000 power?!
**[10:31] Tatsuya**
And two criticals!
**[10:33] Mikuru**
What'll Shinemon do?
**[10:35] Shin**
No guard!
**[10:41] Shin**
I won't give in!
**[10:44] Shin**
I'll never...
**[10:46] Shin**
...let her have Capital!
**[11:00] Shin**
I ride!
**[11:01] Shin**
Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
**[11:03] Shin**
I call Parthenos of Holy Verse
and Diana of Moonlight!
**[11:10] Shin**
Prometheus attacks Mathilda!
**[11:12] Esuka**
Castanet Donkey guards!
**[11:16] Shin**
Drive check!
**[11:20] Shin**
A critical trigger!
**[11:22] Shin**
I give all of the effects to Parthenos!
**[11:24] Shin**
Go, Parthenos!
**[11:32] Tatsuya**
Now she's got 3 damage!
**[11:35] Shin**
Diana's skill activates!
**[11:37] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[11:44] Mikuru**
Hey, who's winning?
**[11:47] Tatsuya**
It's hard to say, but...
**[11:49] Mark**
Shinemon is holding his own!
**[11:52] Mikuru**
Thank goodness!
**[11:54] Esuka**
Learn well!
**[11:55] Esuka**
With wisdom and knowledge...
**[11:58] Esuka**
...I ride!
**[12:03] Esuka**
Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
**[12:09] Esuka**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Accel I.
**[12:15] Esuka**
Isabelle's skill activates!
**[12:20] Esuka**
This time it's a trigger,
which I add to my hand.
**[12:23] Shin**
Vixen! Are you going to have
a lottery drawing with that one, too?
**[12:28] Esuka**
Come, Geograph Giant!
**[12:31] Esuka**
Binoculus Tiger and Silver Wolf, you're up!
**[12:36] Esuka**
Binoculus Tiger, attack Prometheus!
**[12:43] Shin**
I guard with Battle Maiden, Kukurihime!
**[12:48] Esuka**
This time it's me...
**[12:58] Esuka**
Geograph Giant, go and teach
Prometheus just how strong you are!
**[13:10] Tonori**
He's got 4 damage, yo. So far so good.
**[13:13] Nanami**
And also...
**[13:15] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka hasn't pulled out all the stops yet.
**[13:33] Shin**
I ride!
**[13:36] Shin**
The entirety of destiny is inscribed
within the blinding darkness!
**[13:41] Shin**
And I am the one who recites it!
**[13:48] Shin**
Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[13:52] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[13:58] Shin**
Uranus's skill activates!
**[14:00] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[14:02] Shin**
With this, Uranus gets +10,000 power!
**[14:05] Shin**
I call Atlas!
**[14:07] Shin**
I call Parthenos!
**[14:08] Shin**
Then I call one more Atlas unit!
**[14:27] Shin**
Circle Shift! Astral Plane!
**[14:47] Shin**
Rewrite the imagination...
**[14:51] Shin**
...O great planetary guardian deity!
**[14:53] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[15:04] Tatsuya**
This is Shinemon's surefire victory pattern!
**[15:06] Mark**
And even earlier than usual!
**[15:09] Mikuru**
So he's okay, right?
**[15:11] Mikuru**
Shinemon will win, won't he?
**[15:13] Tatsuya**
Of course!
**[15:14] Nanami**
We'll see.
**[15:17] Shin**
Parthenos, take out Binoculus!
**[15:23] Esuka**
No guard.
**[15:29] Esuka**
No guard!
**[15:30] Shin**
Drive check!
**[15:32] Shin**
First check!
**[15:33] Shin**
Second check!
**[15:35] Tatsuya**
A critical trigger!
**[15:37] Shin**
I give the power to my left-side Parthenos,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[15:44] Tatsuya**
She's got 5 damage!
**[15:46] Mikuru**
Just 1 more damage, right?
**[15:47] Tatsuya**
Right!
**[15:48] Mark**
Let's go! Valkerion!
**[15:54] Shin**
Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
**[16:16] Esuka**
Perfect guard.
**[16:18] Shin**
She had that card?!
**[16:23] Shin**
I'm not done yet!
**[16:25] Shin**
Drive check!
**[16:29] Mark**
Oh! A double critical!
**[16:31] Shin**
I give all of the effects to Parthenos!
**[16:35] Shin**
I'm counting on you, Parthenos!
**[16:40] Esuka**
It's no use.
**[16:41] Esuka**
I guard with Dictionary Goat and Cecile.
**[16:58] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka used strategic "no guards"
earlier so that she could block now.
**[17:02] Tatsuya**
Even though he called Valkerion
sooner than ever before...
**[17:08] Esuka**
I ride Isabelle once more!
**[17:12] Esuka**
Imaginary Gift, Accel I!
**[17:16] Shin**
You're gonna use that lottery drawing
thing again, huh? What'll it be this time?!
**[17:20] Esuka**
Both.
**[17:21] Shin**
What does that mean?!
**[17:23] Esuka**
I'll explain just what Isabelle's true power is.
**[17:26] Esuka**
Before, I could only use one of
Isabelle's effects, but now I can use both.
**[17:31] Shin**
What?!
**[17:32] Tatsuya**
She can use both?!
**[17:34] Mark**
In effect, two effects!
**[17:37] Esuka**
Isabelle's skill activates!
**[17:39] Esuka**
With this, Isabelle gets +15,000 power.
**[17:44] Esuka**
Come on out, Geograph Giant!
**[17:48] Esuka**
Monoculus Tiger, you as well.
**[17:51] Esuka**
And also Mathilda. Time for class.
**[17:54] Esuka**
Mathilda's skill activates!
**[17:58] Tatsuya**
A normal card!
**[18:00] Esuka**
Now you must use two or more units
to guard against Mathilda's attacks this turn.
**[18:04] Shin**
What?!
**[18:06] Esuka**
And that's not all.
**[18:08] Esuka**
An extra critical.
**[18:10] Shin**
Not Mathilda, too?!
**[18:15] Esuka**
I attack Uranus!
**[18:18] Shin**
No guard!
**[18:21] Esuka**
Twin drive!
**[18:23] Esuka**
First check.
**[18:27] Esuka**
Second check.
**[18:32] Esuka**
It's a critical trigger.
**[18:34] Esuka**
I give the power to Monoculus Tiger,
and the extra critical to Isabelle.
**[18:49] Mikuru**
Shinemon has five cards in his hand,
so why didn't he do anything?!
**[18:54] Tatsuya**
Even if he guarded against that,
there would still be Mathilda!
**[18:57] Esuka**
It was a cool, strategic decision.
**[18:59] Esuka**
And the correct one.
**[19:02] Esuka**
But that still doesn't guarantee victory.
**[19:05] Esuka**
Go on, try your luck.
**[19:18] Esuka**
5 damage.
**[19:20] Esuka**
One more to go.
**[19:26] Esuka**
I suppose you're not ready for it.
**[19:29] Shin**
Even after making it this far,
all I can do is rely on luck?!
**[19:33] Mark**
Hey, Shinemon!
**[19:36] Mark**
Li'l Valkerion's cheering you on! Hang in there!
**[19:40] Tatsuya**
Shinemon, please remember!
**[19:44] Tatsuya**
Remember how we got Li'l Valkerion!
**[19:49] Tatsuya**
We've got luck on our side!
I'm sure it'll be okay!
**[20:02] Esuka**
Look there.
**[20:06] Shin**
You're the man from the other day!
**[20:13] Butler**
I am Hitsujida the butler.
**[20:16] Shin**
D-Don't tell me...
**[20:18] Esuka**
That's right. *I'm* the one who paid for it.
**[20:22] Shin**
What?!
**[20:24] Tatsuya**
Then...
**[20:27] Esuka**
Don't get cocky just because
you ran a business for a single day.
**[20:32] Esuka**
Most of the people who came today
were customers of the previous manager.
**[20:36] Esuka**
Not you.
**[20:39] Esuka**
Do you have a vision for this shop's future?
**[20:42] Esuka**
A real shop isn't like one at a school festival.
**[20:46] Mikuru**
That's enough!
**[20:47] Esuka**
All of you, use your heads!
**[20:50] Esuka**
Were you compensated for your work today?
**[20:54] Esuka**
You can't run a business with volunteers.
**[20:57] Esuka**
If you calculated earnings and expenses,
you'd likely be deep in the red from today alone.
**[21:15] Esuka**
Running a shop isn't child's play.
**[21:19] Esuka**
Adults think hard and then use
originality and ingenuity to make it work.
**[21:27] Shin**
I lost...
**[21:59] Shin**
I don't believe it...
**[22:02] Shin**
It can't be...
**[22:04] Shin**
It can't be!
**[22:05] Shin**
It can't be! It can't be! It can't!
**[22:07] Shin**
It can't!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Esuka's ace in the hole,
Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
***SIGN*** Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle
**[23:53] Narrator**
When you flip over a card from your deck,
then depending on the card's type,
**[23:56] Narrator**
this unit either gets +15,000 power or triggers
its skill to add the flipped card to your hand.
**[24:01] Narrator**
However, if the opponent is grade 3 or higher,
you can activate both of those effects!
**[24:06] Narrator**
It can activate both lottery drawing skills
on allies as well, making them twice as strong!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Mikuru**
How did you make Li'l Valkerion?
**[24:18] Voice**
I first made a diagram based on the design
and built a small model with plaster and clay.
**[24:22] Voice**
Then I set about creating the full-sized version.
**[24:24] Voice**
I molded the torso out of urethane foam.
**[24:27] Voice**
For the head, I sculpted a clay prototype,
made a silicone mold, and cast the head in FRP.
**[24:31] Voice**
Then I corrected artifacts in the FRP surface
and polished it with putty and sandpaper,
**[24:36] Voice**
after which it was ready for painting.
**[24:38] Voice**
The key here was to use an off-the-shelf
spray paint and not worry about the exact shade.
***SIGN*** Remind 10
End of Shinemon
**[24:42] Mikuru**
I didn't understand any of that!
# E24 - End of Shinemon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR3K01KDR/end-of-shinemon)
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**[00:19] Deliveryman**
I-I-It's an alien!
**[00:40] Esuka**
Running a shop isn't child's play.
**[00:43] Esuka**
Adults think hard and then use
originality and ingenuity to make it work.
**[01:16] Shin**
I don't believe it...
**[01:19] Shin**
It can't be!
**[01:21] Shin**
It can't be!
**[01:22] Shin**
It can't be! It can't be! It can't!
**[01:24] Shin**
It can't!
**[01:29] Mikuru**
Shinemon!
**[01:31] Tatsuya**
Shinemon!
**[01:37] Esuka**
That was our deal. Now, leave my Capital.
**[02:00] Shin**
See you, Sub Manager.
**[02:04] Shin**
Manager...
**[02:07] Shin**
Neither of us is a manager anymore.
**[02:13] Shin**
Take care.
**[02:23] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[02:26] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[02:31] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[02:34] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 10 End of Shinemon
**[04:34] Shin**
I-It's okay. I'm still alive.
**[04:45] Shin**
I just have to apologize to Misaki.
***SIGN*** Misaki Tokura
**[05:00] Esuka**
You don't have to worry anymore.
**[05:04] Esuka**
I got rid of that nasty regular customer
who barricaded himself inside of Capital.
**[05:09] Misaki**
Uncle Shin?
**[05:12] Esuka**
Sorry, but I am, in fact,
referring to your uncle.
**[05:16] Shin**
Esuka and Misaki know each other?
**[05:20] Esuka**
Now I'll be able to keep
my promise to your father.
**[05:24] Shin**
*Her* promise?
**[05:26] Esuka**
It won't be called Capital anymore,
**[05:28] Esuka**
but I'll take the responsibility
of turning it into a wonderful shop.
**[05:34] Misaki**
Please do.
**[05:53] Shin**
A promise she made to the manager?
What the heck's that about?!
**[06:07] Tatsuya**
Mark!
**[06:10] Tatsuya**
Apparently Shinemon never went home.
**[06:13] Mark**
Really?
**[06:15] Tatsuya**
Has Rive seen him?
**[06:19] Rive**
I see. After losing to Esuka,
he was barred from Capital.
**[06:23] Mark**
What do you think we should do?
**[06:28] Rive**
He's the one who needs to decide what to do.
**[06:33] Rive**
I have to get to work. See you, Mark.
**[06:59] Shin**
For Esuka and Misaki
to have been acquainted...
**[07:03] Shin**
If I'd just notice it,
everything would make sense!
**[07:08] Mikuru**
Shinemon...
**[07:11] Mikuru**
In her office, there's a photo of her
with the manager and his family.
**[07:17] Shin**
What?!
**[07:19] Shin**
Esuka said it, herself...
**[07:22] Esuka**
I aspire to be like him.
**[07:26] Shin**
So it wouldn't be surprising at all
for her to make a promise to the manager.
**[07:32] Esuka**
It won't be called Capital anymore,
**[07:35] Esuka**
but I'll take the responsibility
of turning it into a wonderful shop.
**[07:40] Misaki**
Please do.
**[07:42] Shin**
From Misaki's point of view,
**[07:45] Shin**
everything I've done up to now
has probably been a nuisance to her.
**[07:49] Shin**
Misaki must also think that it's better
for Esuka to take charge of Capital.
**[07:56] Shin**
I promise I'll take care of her
just like a big brother would,
**[08:01] Shin**
so that Misaki can always be smiling!
**[08:10] Tatsuya**
Shinemon!
**[08:12] Mark**
Shinemon...
**[08:14] Nanami**
Hey.
**[08:25] Nanami**
You're giving up?
**[08:30] Nanami**
Didn't you tell me...
**[08:32] Shin**
You don't know when to give up, either!
**[08:36] Nanami**
Isn't that the same with you?
**[08:45] Nanami**
Y-You've only lost against
Ms. Esuka once, remember?
**[08:49] Nanami**
Instead of wallowing in self-pity,
think about what you can do now!
**[08:55] Shin**
What I can do now...
**[09:02] Shin**
I haven't apologized to her yet!
**[09:14] Nanami**
A hospital?
**[09:16] Mark**
Someone dear to Shinemon is a patient here.
**[09:21] Nanami**
Who's dear to him?!
**[09:23] Mark**
His niece.
**[09:25] Nanami**
Oh, his *niece*...
**[09:37] Mark**
His niece's parents were
the owners of Card Capital.
**[09:42] Nanami**
"Were"?
**[09:44] Mark**
About a month ago,
they were killed in a car accident.
**[09:54] Tatsuya**
I see. So Shinemon was protecting
Capital for his niece's sake.
**[10:01] Mark**
Mm-hm.
**[10:14] Misaki**
Uncle Shin...
**[10:17] Shin**
L-Like I've always said,
stop calling me "Uncle Shin."
**[10:22] Shin**
At least call me...
**[10:24] Misaki**
Shin.
**[10:26] Shin**
Yeah...
**[10:36] Misaki**
Don't you have something to tell me?
**[11:10] Misaki**
Now you can just focus on school, Shin.
**[11:17] Misaki**
I'll be fine.
**[11:19] Misaki**
No matter how much Capital changes,
**[11:21] Misaki**
I'll always be able to remember
how much my parents loved that shop.
**[11:28] Shin**
You'll always be able to...?
**[11:30] Misaki**
While in the car, right after the accident...
**[11:35] Misaki**
I remembered everything, from when I was born
up to the present, over and over and over again.
***SIGN*** Entrance Ceremony
**[11:43] Misaki**
That's when I realized... I could recall
all of my experiences with perfect clarity,
**[11:49] Misaki**
as if they were happening before my eyes.
**[11:55] Nanami**
That's what's called eidetic memory.
**[11:59] Nanami**
Or photographic memory.
**[12:02] Nanami**
The ability to recollect everything
you've seen, as if from a film library.
**[12:06] Nanami**
Compared to an average person, the amount
of info you can remember is extraordinary.
**[12:10] Nanami**
And you can recall it at will.
**[12:15] Tatsuya**
But doesn't that mean you can't even
forget things you wish you could?!
**[12:20] Shin**
Things you wish you could forget...
**[12:33] Shin**
Wh-Why didn't you tell me--
**[12:35] Nanami**
Because she didn't want you to worry, obviously.
**[12:39] Nanami**
Right?
**[12:45] Misaki**
I meant to tell you, but the doctors said
it's not a disease, so nothing to worry about.
**[12:52] Shin**
What is this?!
**[12:53] Shin**
Here I gave up on everything, tucking my tail
between my legs, and tried to run away...
**[12:58] Shin**
While you have no escape from your own fate...
**[13:08] Shin**
I'm sorry, Misaki!
**[13:09] Shin**
I won't run away!
**[13:12] Nanami**
Hey, wait!
**[13:24] Nanami**
So what'll you do?
**[13:25] Shin**
I'm here to see Esuka.
**[13:27] Mark**
Oh! A direct appeal?
**[13:29] Shin**
Yeah. I'm gonna ask her for one more chance.
**[13:32] Tatsuya**
That's a great idea!
**[13:34] Tatsuya**
I'm sure if you get down
on your hands and knees...
**[13:38] Tonori**
Yo, what's up?
**[13:42] Nanami**
Let's go!
**[13:43] Mark**
Verily, roger that!
**[13:47] Tonori**
Ignorin' me, huh?
**[13:50] Esuka**
Visitors?
**[13:54] Esuka**
I see. Send them in.
**[14:13] Butler**
Welcome.
**[14:16] Butler**
Oh. You two are with them?
**[14:18] Nanami**
Y-Yeah.
**[14:20] Tonori**
Just along for the ride, yo.
**[14:23] Butler**
Right this way.
**[14:38] Shin**
Mikuru!
**[14:40] Shin**
What are you doing here?!
**[14:43] Esuka**
I'll answer that.
**[14:47] Esuka**
She's finally realized her potential.
**[14:50] Esuka**
Right, Mikurun?
**[14:52] Shin**
Mikurun?!
**[14:54] Esuka**
It seems that Mikurun is ready to be an idol.
**[14:57] Shin**
An idol?!
**[15:00] Mikuru**
Esuka asked me if I'd agree to become an idol.
**[15:06] Esuka**
And she told me she would, *if* I let you
have a rematch, with Capital on the line.
**[15:16] Shin**
Don't tell me...
**[15:17] Esuka**
Exactly.
**[15:20] Esuka**
For your sake, Mikuru has agreed to do
what she had turned down before.
**[15:26] Shin**
What you turned down before?
**[15:32] Shin**
Don't!
**[15:34] Shin**
I can't let you do something
you don't want to, just for my sake!
**[15:40] Mikuru**
Something I don't want to?!
**[15:42] Mikuru**
And who are you to decide that?!
**[15:44] Shin**
Then you *do* wanna do it?
**[15:48] Mikuru**
I never said that, you Assuming Cinnamon!
**[15:56] Esuka**
You're always like this.
**[15:59] Esuka**
For instance, when you fought Nanami earlier...
**[16:05] Nanami**
Then if you do lose, you'll surrender
that Capital or whatever to Ms. Esuka?
**[16:11] Shin**
And if I win...
**[16:13] Shin**
...you're gonna apologize to Mark!
**[16:16] Esuka**
At the time, couldn't you have demanded
that I give up on Capital if you won?
**[16:23] Shin**
Oh, you're right!
**[16:25] Esuka**
You always put other people before yourself.
**[16:30] Esuka**
I admit I find your childish kindness charming.
**[16:36] Esuka**
Still, if you don't mind
an adult pointing this out,
**[16:40] Esuka**
it's as if you're only able to consider
the current situation at any particular moment.
**[16:44] Esuka**
I assume you came here to demand another chance.
**[16:51] Esuka**
But I *absolutely refuse* to give you one.
**[16:57] Esuka**
Don't grovel in my office.
**[17:01] Esuka**
You fought me with that
shop on the line, and lost.
**[17:07] Esuka**
That's why the shop is mine now.
**[17:11] Esuka**
Did you really assume that
begging would get you anywhere?
**[17:19] Esuka**
That's not the way the world works.
**[17:22] Esuka**
As an adult, I have a responsibility
to teach you that, child.
**[17:34] Esuka**
Leave the rest to me.
**[17:37] Esuka**
It's better for the shop this way.
**[17:39] Esuka**
You have my word on that.
**[17:57] Esuka**
Just tell me one thing.
**[18:02] Esuka**
Why were you trying to protect Capital?
**[18:24] Esuka**
What was that about?
**[18:27] Misaki**
I'll leave the rest to you.
**[18:30] Misaki**
I can't let Uncle Shin keep
doing all that for my sake forever.
**[18:56] Misaki**
I can't let Uncle Shin keep
doing all that for my sake forever...
**[19:02] Butler**
Ms. Esuka?
**[19:04] Esuka**
Begin.
**[19:05] Butler**
Very well.
**[19:11] Regular A**
Seriously?
**[19:57] Regular A**
After Nitta said he was gonna be the manager...
**[20:00] Regular B**
If you think about it, he's probably
studying to get into college.
**[20:03] Regular A**
Guess it's too much to ask for.
**[20:07] Chairman**
What a shame.
**[20:09] Chairman**
Our festival was so lively,
thanks to that young manager.
**[20:14] Mother**
Is the manager here?
**[20:19] Child**
This is for him!
**[20:26] Esuka**
The manager made that for you?
**[20:29] Child**
Yeah!
**[20:31] Esuka**
I see.
**[20:38] Esuka**
Honestly, you're so infuriating!
**[20:42] Esuka**
You need to remake your image of yourself!
**[20:46] Esuak**
Imagine becoming an excellent shop manager,
and not for other people's sake, but *your own*!
**[20:56] Esuka**
I'll give you just one more chance.
**[20:58] Esuka**
Win the upcoming S Cup!
**[21:02] Tonori**
The S Cup?!
**[21:04] Mikuru**
What's that?
**[21:05] Tatsuya**
It's the shop tournament at Esuka headquarters.
**[21:08] Tatsuya**
If I remember right, the winner...
**[21:10] Nanami**
...gets to fight Ms. Esuka.
**[21:12] Mark**
What?!
**[21:14] Esuka**
You still don't get it?!
**[21:15] Esuka**
I'm saying you have a shot
at a rematch with Capital on the line!
**[21:22] Shin**
E-Esuka...
**[21:23] Esuka**
Since I'm your elder,
that should be "Ms. Esuka"!
**[21:28] Shin**
Thank you!
**[21:30] Shin**
Thank you!
**[21:32] Esuka**
G-Get off of me!
**[21:33] Esuka**
This childishness is what
I hate the most about you!
**[21:37] Esuka**
Just grow up, already!
**[21:40] Shin**
Thank you so much, Esuka!
**[21:43] Esuka**
You forgot the "Ms." again!
**[21:45] Esuka**
I'll make one thing clear:
you're *not* allowed inside Capital.
**[21:52] Esuka**
A c-cat!
**[21:54] Shin**
So that's where you were, Sub Manager!
**[21:56] Shin**
Go on, you thank Esuka, too.
**[22:03] Esuka**
G... G...
**[22:06] Esuka**
Get away from me!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Shinemon's card,
Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
***SIGN*** Prometheus of Dancing Lights
**[23:54] Narrator**
When it appears, you look at the top two cards
of your deck and put one in the Soul!
**[23:59] Narrator**
If your opponent is grade 3 or higher,
**[24:02] Narrator**
both this unit and your Vanguard
gain 5000 power when it attacks!
**[24:06] Narrator**
It's a partner you can really count on
to support you as the situation demands!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Shinemon**
Tatsuya, can I ask something?
**[24:17] Tatsuya**
What is it, Shinemon?
**[24:18] Shinemon**
Who's this "Maeda-sensei"?
**[24:20] Tatsuya**
Y-You're only asking that now?!
**[24:21] Shinemon**
Well, it'd been bugging me for a while,
but then it slipped my mind.
**[24:24] Tatsuya**
"Slipped your mind"?!
**[24:25] Shinemon**
Why are you so angry?
**[24:26] Tatsuya**
Maeda-sensei does the
"30-second card intro segment"!
**[24:30] Tatsuya**
A true Vanguard fighter should know that!
**[24:32] Shinemon**
Tatsuya, your voice sounds
pretty similar to Maeda-sensei's...
**[24:35] Tatsuya**
Wh-Wh-What are you talking about, Shinemon?!
**[24:38] Tatsuya**
Surely my voice isn't
anything like Maeda-sensei's voice!
***SIGN*** Remind 11
Shin, Shin, Shinemon?
**[24:41] Tatsuya**
Much less like Inenaga's!
**[24:42] Shinemon**
Who's this "Inenaga"?!
# E25 - Shin, Shin, Shinemon?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6QWD41G6/shin-shin-shinemon)
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**[00:01] Mark**
Li'l Valkerion!
**[00:03] Mark**
I can't find Li'l Valkerion anywhere!
**[00:07] Tatsuya**
Never mind that. Listen to this!
**[00:09] Tatsuya**
For the S Cup, there are
three members per team,
**[00:12] Tatsuya**
and they're all tough opponents who have
won at her shops' nationwide qualifiers!
**[00:16] Tatsuya**
So...
**[00:17] Mark**
Wait just a moment!
**[00:20] Mark**
What is that?!
**[00:22] Shin**
Good morning!
**[00:23] Shin**
Please, take my card.
**[00:25] Shin**
Good morning!
**[00:27] Shin**
Please, take my card.
**[00:27] Girl**
Weirdo...
**[00:29] Tatsuya**
Shinemon!
**[00:30] Tatsuya**
What are you doing?!
**[00:32] Shin**
Please, take my card.
**[00:35] Mark**
Oh! I am quilt obliged!
**[00:38] Tatsuya**
You mean, "I am quite obliged," right?
**[00:40] Tatsuya**
That's not the point!
What are you doing, Shinemon?!
**[00:46] Shin**
Check me out!
**[00:47] Shin**
Now *I'm* an adult, too!
**[00:50] Esuka**
Still, if you don't mind
an adult pointing this out,
**[00:54] Esuka**
that's not the way the world works.
**[00:57] Esuka**
As an adult, I have a responsibility
to teach you that, child.
**[01:03] Shin**
Esuka treats me as nothing but a child!
**[01:10] Shin**
But from this day on,
you can call me Mature-emon. No...
**[01:14] Shin**
Make that Adult-emon!
**[01:16] Mark**
Oh, no!
**[01:18] Tatsuya**
While your style has changed...
**[01:20] Mark**
This seems pretty big for a business card.
***SIGN*** Adult Shinemon Nitta Manager of Card Capital
**[01:23] Mark**
Huh?
**[01:26] Mark**
An adult wouldn't make
a business card like this!
**[01:33] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[01:36] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[01:41] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[01:44] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 11 Shin, Shin, Shinemon?
**[03:24] Misaki**
So Shin will be in the S Cup...
**[03:27] Misaki**
But won't his grades suffer because of that?
**[03:30] Mikuru**
Sorry, after all that Capital
has done for me and Bro...
**[03:36] Rive**
Uh oh!
**[03:37] Rive**
I have to get to work!
**[03:43] Esuka**
Rive Shindou!
**[03:46] Esuka**
How long do you intend to be a babysitter?
**[03:49] Rive**
For Shinemon, you mean?
**[03:51] Esuka**
In this year's S Cup, I've created two slots
for teams that are exempt from the qualifier.
**[03:55] Esuka**
One is Simple Cinnamon's team.
**[03:58] Esuka**
And the other...
**[04:00] Rive**
A team to destroy them?
**[04:03] Esuka**
How about it?
**[04:04] Esuka**
Would the fighter once
known as "The Board Grappler"
**[04:08] Esuka**
be willing to use his skills
and bring his disciple to his senses?
**[04:14] Rive**
For an adult, there's no work
more important than babysitting a child.
**[04:25] Shin**
Listen up.
**[04:27] Shin**
We're gonna do intensive
training here every day.
**[04:30] Tatsuya**
Intensive training... for the S Cup?
**[04:33] Shin**
Obviously!
**[04:34] Shin**
The three of us will compete in it!
**[04:37] Shin**
After we win all our matches,
I'll get one more shot at Esuka herself!
**[04:40] Tatsuya**
W-Wait a second.
**[04:42] Tatsuya**
Mark I can see, but why me?
**[04:44] Shin**
Well, we need three people
for an S Cup team, right?
**[04:48] Mark**
Oh! Now that you mention it,
there *are* three of us!
**[04:51] Mark**
What a clay-doll instance!
**[04:52] Tatsuya**
You mean, "coincidence"!
**[04:54] Tatsuya**
But still...
**[04:55] Shin**
Don't worry, Tatsuya!
**[04:58] Shin**
Remember, you're my disciple!
**[05:01] Tatsuya**
But listen to this.
***SIGN*** Weekly Vanguard
**[05:04] Tatsuya**
There used to be a Vanguard fighter
called, "The Board Grappler,"
**[05:08] Tatsuya**
because he fought like a
martial artist, open and aboveboard.
**[05:12] Tatsuya**
This fabled fighter was undefeated in
official matches, breaking record after record,
**[05:17] Tatsuya**
until he just... disappeared.
**[05:18] Tatsuya**
Here he is.
**[05:21] Mark**
Oh! It's Rive!
**[05:23] Shin**
Huh! I didn't know Master was that famous!
***SIGN*** Absolute Perfection Ever Victorious and Unbeatable
**[05:27] Tatsuya**
I came upon this
while poring through back issues.
**[05:31] Tatsuya**
If Rive joined the team,
your victory would be guaranteed!
**[05:35] Shin**
But wouldn't you feel left out, Tatsuya?
**[05:38] Tatsuya**
No, of course I wouldn't!
**[05:41] Rive**
You're wet behind the ears!
**[05:44] Shin**
Master!
**[06:02] Oyama**
What the--?!
**[06:09] Oyama**
Here!
**[06:11] Esuka**
Thank you.
**[06:12] Oyama**
So you're on a journey
in search of strong fighters,
**[06:16] Oyama**
and have finally come to
this neck of the woods, huh?
**[06:19] Oyama**
It's almost too cold to *bear*!
**[06:21] Butler**
Mr. Ryutarou Oyama!
**[06:24] Butler**
Could you possibly show your fighting
**[06:27] Butler**
that "brings a smile to
everyone's face" at the S Cup?
**[06:30] Oyama**
Sounds good. But I've got one condition.
**[06:37] Butler**
Of course. Simply name your--
**[06:38] Oyama**
This thing's awesome!
**[06:40] Oyama**
Would you let me ride it?
**[06:43] Esuka**
*Ride* it?!
**[06:44] Esuka**
No way! Forget it!
**[06:47] Oyama**
Then be sure to let me ride it after the S Cup!
**[06:51] Oyama**
That's our deal!
**[06:55] Esuka**
What's with him?!
**[06:57] Esuka**
It's sweltering hot!
**[06:58] Esuka**
It stinks! And it's hard to move in!
**[07:00] Esuka**
And that man wants to wear this thing for fun?!
**[07:03] Esuka**
What kind of freak is he?!
**[07:06] Butler**
I do sympathize.
**[07:08] Butler**
But why are we scouting in disguise?
**[07:11] Esuka**
I can't let the world know that I'm personally
assembling a team to defeat Shinemon!
**[07:18] Butler**
Indeed.
**[07:20] Esuka**
Drat this thing!
**[07:21] Rive**
Hey, Lemon!
**[07:24] Rive**
You want me on your team?!
**[07:26] Rive**
Ask me that *after* you've beaten me for once!
**[07:29] Shin**
All right, Master.
**[07:31] Shin**
But I'm not the Shinemon you once knew!
**[07:34] Shin**
From this day on... I'm Adult-emon!
**[07:38] Mark**
Oh! You're like an old-timey Japanese papa!
**[07:41] Shin/Rive**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[07:47] Shin**
One more time!
**[07:48] Rive**
Bring it!
**[07:50] Rive**
It's over now!
**[07:55] Mark**
Shinemon, you have 6 damage!
**[07:57] Shin**
Yes, I know!
**[07:59] Shin**
Once more!
**[08:01] Rive**
Lemon, is this how an adult fights?
**[08:05] Shin**
If only I'd drawn Valkerion...
**[08:07] Rive**
Don't you get it yet, Lemon?!
**[08:11] Rive**
At this rate, you'll never beat Esuka!
**[08:14] Shin**
I got an Imaginary Gift!
**[08:18] Tatsuya**
Three gifts on the Vanguard Circle?!
**[08:20] Tatsuya**
But why...?!
**[08:23] Shin**
Uranus's skill activates!
**[08:25] Shin**
I got an Imaginary Gift!
**[08:31] Tatsuya**
A *fifth* one?!
**[08:34] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[08:36] Shin**
Once Uranus has five Imaginary Gifts,
**[08:39] Shin**
the rear-guard circle behind
the Vanguard becomes the Astral Plane!
**[08:45] Rive**
Grade 3 Gleaming Lord, Uranus can open up
the Astral Plane behind the Vanguard.
**[08:53] Nanami**
What?!
**[08:54] Shin**
It's my turn!
**[08:56] Nanami**
After giving up once before...
**[08:58] Nanami**
Must be nice to be lucky.
**[09:00] Shin**
I never gave up!
**[09:04] Shin**
Know what luck is?
**[09:05] Shin**
It's a gift that only people who don't
give up to the very end can get!
**[09:12] Tatsuya**
Now he's got five Imaginary Gifts!
**[09:15] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[09:16] Shin**
Astral Plane!
**[09:18] Rive**
The Astral Plane.
**[09:20] Rive**
That's a special space overlaid
onto the planet Cray as a new image.
**[09:25] Rive**
There you can summon elements
scattered across the Milky Way.
**[09:29] Rive**
Those elements come together to form
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion.
**[09:34] Rive**
That's your winning pattern.
**[09:37] Rive**
Your deck can only win by using Valkerion.
**[09:42] Rive**
Esuka clearly saw that.
**[09:45] Rive**
Valkerion is grade 5 with
70,000 power. It's very strong.
**[09:51] Rive**
But you can't ride it or call it.
**[09:54] Rive**
It can only stand on the Astral Plane.
**[09:57] Rive**
Which means...
**[09:58] Tatsuya**
It's definitely not an easy unit to wield.
**[10:02] Tatsuya**
Fascinating!
**[10:04] Shin**
You're wrong!
**[10:05] Shin**
I just didn't draw a heal trigger, that's all!
**[10:09] Shin**
It's not like *Valkerion* lost!
**[10:12] Rive**
Exactly!
**[10:13] Rive**
Valkerion doesn't lose!
**[10:16] Rive**
*You're* the one who lost!
**[10:18] Rive**
You haven't mastered Valkerion!
**[10:21] Rive**
You're just a kid who longs for strong figures!
**[10:25] Mikuru**
Are you telling him to get rid of Valkerion
because he's an Immature Cinnamon?!
**[10:32] Shin**
I was just unlucky there!
**[10:35] Rive**
I'll tell you about luck!
**[10:37] Rive**
The thing about luck...
**[10:39] Rive**
It's a gift that only people who don't
give up to the very end can get.
**[10:48] Rive**
I have to get to work.
**[11:09] Ruga**
What'd you just say?!
**[11:11] Butler**
All we said was...
**[11:12] Ruga**
You said, "Rive Shindou," didn't you?!
**[11:15] Ruga**
Is he gonna participate?!
**[11:17] Esuka**
Yes. I believe so...
**[11:20] Ruga**
Roger that.
**[11:22] Ruga**
I, Ruga Kaizu... I, who have won
the national tournament twice...
**[11:27] Ruga**
...shall take part in the S Cup!
**[11:30] Ruga**
Rive! I've been waiting for this chance!
**[11:35] Esuka**
This makes two...
**[11:41] Tatsuya**
Valkerion again...
**[11:43] Tatsuya**
Even there, Valkerion.
**[11:45] Tatsuya**
It's true, you've been winning all this time
by using Uranus to call Valkerion.
**[11:51] Shin**
Uranus is the only grade 3 I have in my deck.
**[11:54] Tatsuya**
But the way things stand,
Rive isn't going to join the team.
**[11:59] Tatsuya**
Why not take a chance
and try using another clan?
**[12:03] Shin**
Another clan?
**[12:05] Mark**
Oh! Then I recommend Nubatama!
**[12:11] Mark**
You get to use all kinds of ninja arts
and feel like you're a real ninja yourself!
**[12:16] Mark**
It's fun!
**[12:21] Tatsuya**
Nanami has Neo Nectar.
**[12:23] Tatsuya**
Tonori uses Gold Paladin.
**[12:26] Tatsuya**
And also...
**[12:28] Tatsuya**
There's always my Angel Feather,
or you could even try Esuka's Great Nature,
**[12:33] Tatsuya**
which would level the
playing field between you.
**[12:36] Tatsuya**
Vanguard has over
20 different clans to choose from!
**[12:45] Tatsuya**
So that's a no?
**[12:47] Shin**
Sorry.
**[12:49] Shin**
Yes, my deck relies on Valkerion.
Of course I know that.
**[12:54] Shin**
But still...
**[12:56] Tatsuya**
Why do you like it so much?
**[12:59] Tatsuya**
Did you maybe receive that unit
from someone dear to you, or...?
**[13:04] Shin**
Um... I'm not sure.
**[13:07] Tatsuya**
You mean there *is* no special reason?!
**[13:12] Shin**
When you put it that way...
**[13:15] Tatsuya**
That can't be right!
**[13:17] Tatsuya**
It should be a keepsake from your father,
or something that fell from the heavens...
**[13:21] Tatsuya**
Did the card start talking to you?!
**[13:24] Tatsuya**
There must be *something* special about it!
**[13:30] Shin**
I'm just a kid...
**[13:31] Shin**
I like Valkerion.
**[13:33] Shin**
I like Card Capital.
**[13:35] Shin**
That's all there is to me.
**[13:39] Misaki**
Shin!
**[13:40] Shin**
Misaki...
**[13:42] Misaki**
Shin, that one's so cool!
**[13:45] Shin**
Really?!
**[13:47] Shin**
This one's cool?
**[13:49] Misaki**
Yeah!
**[13:50] Shin**
All right! Then I'll clinch it here!
**[13:53] Father**
Oh? You think it'll work out that well for you?
**[13:56] Shin**
Valkerion!
**[13:59] Shin**
Cool...
**[14:01] Shin**
Isn't it enough that it's cool?
**[14:05] Mark**
Oh! Nothing wrong with that!
**[14:08] Mark**
If you really love it...
**[14:12] Shin**
Sub Manager?
**[14:17] Shin**
Tatsuya! What about this unit?!
**[14:21] Tatsuya**
That's right!
**[14:22] Tatsuya**
You could use this one!
**[14:25] Shin**
Yeah!
**[14:26] Mark/Tatsuya**
Yeah!
**[14:30] Mark**
Well...
**[14:31] Mark**
The S Cup final round is tomorrow.
**[14:33] Mark**
This is your last chance!
**[14:36] Rive**
Okay, then show me your answer, Lemon.
**[14:42] Shin**
Thank you, Master!
**[14:45] Shin/Rive**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[14:51] Rive**
Full Moon Muscle!
**[14:55] Shin**
Pan of New Style!
**[14:59] Rive**
Attack!
**[15:03] Shin**
4 damage...
**[15:05] Mikuru**
Wait, what?
**[15:06] Mikuru**
Shinemon still has Valkerion in his deck?
**[15:10] Tatsuya**
This is Shinemon's answer!
**[15:14] Shin**
Master, it's my turn.
**[15:17] Shin**
Stand and draw!
**[15:18] Shin**
I ride!
**[15:24] Rive**
You're riding grade 3 Uranus, again?
**[15:28] Rive**
Nothing's changed!
**[15:29] Shin**
That roar...
**[15:31] Shin**
The call of the stars...
**[15:33] Shin**
Shaking the furthest reaches of the Milky Way
and tearing through the firmament,
**[15:37] Shin**
it summons elements from far and wide!
**[15:39] Shin**
Its name is...
**[15:46] Shin**
Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon!
**[15:51] Shin**
Imaginary Gift!
**[15:53] Shin**
Force I!
**[15:55] Rive**
Astraios Dragon?
**[15:57] Rive**
Not Uranus?
**[15:59] Shin**
I can become *anything*,
as long as I have the imagination!
**[16:03] Shin**
That's the point of Vanguard!
**[16:05] Shin**
I call three Atlas of Heavenly Sphere units!
**[16:08] Shin**
Its skill activates!
**[16:10] Shin**
I got an Imaginary Gift!
**[16:13] Shin**
Astraios Dragon's skill activates!
**[16:16] Shin**
I got an Imaginary Gift!
**[16:20] Tatsuya**
Five Imaginary Gifts, in no time at all!
**[16:24] Mikuru**
What happens next?
**[16:26] Mark**
Astraios Dragon has the same skill as Uranus.
**[16:30] Shin**
That's right. Once Astraios Dragon
possesses five Imaginary Gift, Force cards...
**[16:38] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[16:39] Shin**
Astral Plane!
**[16:44] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[16:48] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[16:58] Mikuru**
So Uranus isn't the only unit
that can summon Valkerion!
**[17:02] Shin**
I have both Uranus and
Astraios Dragon in my deck!
**[17:06] Shin**
That alone doubles my chances
of being able to summon Valkerion!
**[17:11] Shin**
That's my answer, Master! I'm a kid!
**[17:14] Shin**
I love cool things!
**[17:16] Shin**
I love Valkerion!
**[17:18] Shin**
As a kid, I can't give that up!
**[17:22] Shin**
Astraios Dragon attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:28] Rive**
No guard!
**[17:30] Shin**
Twin drive!
**[17:31] Shin**
First check!
**[17:33] Shin**
Second check!
**[17:35] Shin**
Critical trigger!
**[17:36] Shin**
I give the power to Prometheus
and the extra critical to Astraios Dragon!
**[17:44] Rive**
Damage check!
**[17:48] Tatsuya**
All right! No trigger!
**[17:50] Mikuru**
One more damage point and Shinemon wins!
**[17:54] Shin**
Prometheus of Dancing Lights
attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:58] Shin**
Skill activates! It gains +5000 power!
**[18:03] Rive**
Clay-doll Mechanic! Fusing Striker!
**[18:08] Tatsuya**
He blocked it!
**[18:10] Shin**
I'll win it with this!
**[18:11] Shin**
Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
**[18:16] Rive**
It's time, Twin Blader!
**[18:25] Shin**
A perfect guard...
**[18:27] Mark**
No! You just had 1 damage to go...
**[18:30] Tatsuya**
But you still have a unit that can attack!
**[18:33] Shin**
Oh, right!
**[18:34] Shin**
My other Prometheus attacks your Vanguard!
**[18:38] Shin**
Prometheus gains power with its skill!
**[18:57] Striker**
Be careful, my Vanguard.
**[19:01] Silver Fist**
Fortune favor you.
**[19:04] Shin**
My turn's over.
**[19:06] Rive**
End of the line, Valkerion.
**[19:15] Tatsuya**
Once the turn is over,
Valkerion has to return to the deck!
**[19:25] Mark**
Your best chance got away!
**[19:28] Tatsuya**
No, it's still up in the air.
**[19:31] Tatsuya**
If you survive this, it's possible for you
to call Valkerion back in the next turn!
**[19:37] Mikuru**
So Shinemon hasn't lost yet!
**[19:40] Shin**
This is the day I beat you...
**[19:42] Shin**
...Master!
**[19:46] Rive**
Bravo... Shinemon.
**[19:50] Shin**
D-Did you just call me Shinemon?!
**[19:54] Shin**
Master!
**[19:55] Rive**
Whoops! I have to get to work!
**[19:57] Rive**
The match ends here.
**[20:01] Shin**
How could you?!
**[20:03] Shin**
Master! Hey, Master!
**[20:06] Rive**
See you at Esuka's main shop tomorrow.
**[20:08] Rive**
Don't be late.
**[20:09] Mikuru**
Wait up!
**[20:11] Mark**
What does that mean?
**[20:13] Tatsuya**
It means he'll join the team!
**[20:17] Shin**
Master's joining us?!
**[20:25] Rive**
It was a good match.
**[20:28] Rive**
Depending on my next turn, I may have lost.
**[20:32] Mikuru**
Really?
**[20:33] Rive**
Yeah.
**[20:35] Rive**
If he imagines it, he can become
Uranus or Astraios Dragon, eh?
**[20:42] Mikuru**
What does that mean?
**[20:43] Rive**
I made a mistake.
**[20:46] Rive**
Shinemon is a child.
**[20:48] Rive**
His possibilities are limitless.
**[20:50] Rive**
He could even end up
becoming as strong as Valkerion.
**[20:55] Rive**
As long as he doesn't forget to imagine it.
**[21:06] Esuka**
So, please!
**[21:07] Butler**
Please join our special team.
**[21:10] Butler**
Is that not an honor, Yuichirou Kanzaki?
**[21:19] Esuka**
H-He's crying?!
**[21:21] Kanzaki**
I, Yuichirou Kanzaki...
**[21:24] Kanzaki**
Winner of the World Vanguard High School
Championship for three years straight!
**[21:29] Kanzaki**
I, Yuichirou Kanzaki...
**[21:31] Kanzaki**
I, who have been scouted
by innumerable pro teams...
**[21:34] Kanzaki**
Why?!
**[21:35] Esuka**
It's nothing to cry about.
**[21:37] Kanzaki**
How dare you?!
**[21:39] Kanzaki**
You sell me short!
**[21:41] Kanzaki**
It makes me so sad
that my eyes overflow with tears!
**[21:45] Butler**
It appears this was a waste of a trip.
**[21:48] Esuka**
Let's go.
**[21:49] Kanzaki**
Wait!
**[21:50] Kanzaki**
I never said I wouldn't do it!
**[21:52] Kanzaki**
I always despised that S Class!
**[21:56] Kanzaki**
A gathering of weaklings, having friendly
matches to be number one or number two!
**[22:02] Kanzaki**
That's right!
**[22:03] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[22:05] Kanzaki**
A *sin...!*
**[22:12] Kanzaki**
A sin!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Shinemon's
Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon!
***SIGN*** Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon
**[23:55] Narrator**
Gather five Imaginary Gift, Force cards,
**[23:58] Narrator**
and this new "Astral Poet" trump card
can deploy the Astral Plane!
**[24:02] Narrator**
Use its skill to receive a Force on every turn!
**[24:06] Narrator**
And just like Uranus, it can summon
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Esuka**
Enough! This thing stinks,
and it's hard to move in!
**[24:18] Esuka**
I'm taking off this Li'l Valkerion suit!
**[24:21] Shin**
Li'l Valkerion?! There you are!
**[24:23] Shin**
Where were you all this time?!
**[24:25] Esuka**
Don't hug me!
**[24:26] Shin**
Wait... Li'l Valkerion, did you just talk?!
**[24:29] Esuka**
Sh-Shoot!
**[24:30] Esuka**
"I'm Valkerion!"
**[24:32] Esuka**
"Hello, Shinemon!"
**[24:34] Shin**
Amazing! When did you start talking?!
**[24:37] Esuka**
"Well, it all started after the
kindhearted Esuka Hibino found me..."
***SIGN*** Remind 12
Team Dragon's Vanity!!
**[24:43] Shin**
You're Esuka, aren't you?!
# E26 - Team Dragon's Vanity!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR4PEGJQY/team-dragons-vanity)
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**[00:01] Esuka**
Care to try fighting me?
**[00:04] Esuka**
There will soon be the opportunity
to make that dream a reality.
**[00:08] Esuka**
Card Shop Esuka Group
brings you our big annual event:
***SIGN*** Esu Cup
**[00:14] Esuka**
The Esu Cup!
**[00:16] Esuka**
Six teams that have won
shop qualifiers all across the country,
**[00:19] Esuka**
along with two special seeded teams,
**[00:21] Esuka**
will battle it out in a tournament
for the right to challenge me, Esuka Hibino!
**[00:28] Esuka**
What kind of fighter will I get to face?
**[00:32] Esuka**
I can't wait to find out!
**[00:34] Tonori**
Tomorrow's the big day.
**[00:38] Tonori**
Not that I'd expect you to, but you'd
better not throw the championship, yo.
**[00:45] Nanami**
Of course I wouldn't do that.
**[00:47] Nanami**
But still, if we win this, then he won't...
**[00:53] Esuka**
See you at the Esuka main shop!
**[00:57] Nanami**
Walk with me, Tonori.
**[01:06] Tonori**
It ain't our business whether
this place ends up as Esuka or Capital, yo.
**[01:11] Tonori**
A card shop's a card shop.
**[01:14] Nanami**
True.
**[01:16] Shin**
You will come, won't you?
***SIGN*** Manager
**[01:18] Shin**
*Two* Masters?!
**[01:22] Nanami**
Who're you calling "Master"?!
**[01:24] Nanami**
But still...
**[01:26] Shin**
Huh? Nanami?
**[01:28] Mark**
Accompanied by Lord Tonori?
**[01:32] Shin**
What are you doing here?
**[01:34] Nanami**
I-I just happened to be walking by!
**[01:37] Tonori**
You're transparent, yo.
**[01:43] Nanami**
And what about *you*?
**[01:45] Nanami**
Here to bid farewell to this place?
**[01:49] Nanami**
I'm sure you intend to get
the shop back by fighting Ms. Esuka,
**[01:53] Nanami**
but too bad!
**[01:54] Nanami**
The one to fight Ms. Esuka...
**[01:56] Nanami**
...will be *me*!
**[01:59] Nanami**
You have a zero percent chance of
taking your shop back, Shinemon Nitta!
**[02:03] Tonori**
This that sweet-'n'-sour thing?
**[02:11] Shin**
It's a good point. Everyone will fight hard.
**[02:14] Shin**
I doubt reaching the point
where I can fight Esuka will be easy.
**[02:17] Shin**
That's exactly why I'm here.
**[02:21] Shin**
In order to imagine getting Capital back!
**[02:26] Shin**
And that's why our team name is Team Capital!
**[02:32] Tonori**
So Team Capital's you three, yo?
**[02:39] Tatsuya**
N-No, I'm...
**[02:41] Mark**
It's me, Shinemon, and Rive.
**[02:48] Tonori**
Wanna join our team, then?
**[02:51] Tatsuya**
M-Me?!
**[02:54] Tonori**
Actually, just the two of us
made it through the qualifier.
**[02:58] Tonori**
We ain't got a third member, yo.
**[03:01] Tonori**
So I don't mind you joinin' us.
**[03:03] Tonori**
It's like my way of atonin'
for intimidatin' you before, yo.
**[03:07] Tatsuya**
B-But I...
**[03:08] Shin**
Why not?!
**[03:10] Shin**
You'll get to fight strong opponents
from all across the country!
**[03:13] Shin**
It'd be awesome training!
**[03:18] Tatsuya**
Understood! I'll do my best!
**[03:22] Shin**
Let's fight fair and square tomorrow.
**[03:26] Nanami**
You'd better put up a decent fight.
**[03:31] Shin**
Right!
***SIGN*** Remind 12 Team Dragon's Vanity!!
**[05:10] Shin**
Take good care of it.
**[05:12] Mikuru**
Gotcha.
**[05:14] Shin**
Anyway, what's taking Mark so long?
**[05:16] Shin**
It's way past the time we were going to meet.
**[05:19] Mikuru**
Maybe your habitual lateness
rubbed off on him, Dumbro!
**[05:22] Rive**
I was on time today!
**[05:26] Mark**
Sorry to keep you waiting!
**[05:28] Shin**
You're late! What were you doing?!
**[05:30] Mark**
I was preparing Team Capital's attire!
**[05:35] Shin**
Attire?
**[05:36] Mark**
For an event of this magnitude,
**[05:37] Mark**
wouldn't you say, "the clothes hit the fan"?
**[05:41] Rive**
That's "the clothes make the man"!
**[05:43] Mark**
So I've got uniforms for the three of us!
**[05:47] Shin**
All right! Let's do this!
**[05:49] All**
Yeah!
**[05:53] Butler**
Team Capital has arrived.
**[05:57] Esuka**
Oh?
**[06:04] Esuka**
I'm going to take a shower.
**[06:08] Mark**
So let's get changed!
**[06:10] Mark**
I, of course...
**[06:12] Mark**
...shal wear this, verily!
**[06:14] Rive**
Oh, come on...
**[06:18] Mark**
I looked at old photos for inspiration.
**[06:21] Rive**
Nice one!
**[06:22] Shin**
This isn't nice at all!
**[06:25] Shin**
You just used my Halloween costume!
**[06:29] Mark**
Verily, that outfit screams *you*, Shinemon.
**[06:31] Mikuru**
It suits you even better,
Moron Magistrate Cinnamon!
**[06:36] Shin**
*This* much, I can tolerate.
**[06:38] Rive**
You're no fun.
**[06:42] Butler**
Once you are ready, fighters,
please proceed to the arena.
**[06:46] Mark**
One moment, please!
**[06:49] Mark**
Would you honor us by taking a photo
before we head off to battle?
**[06:52] Mikuru**
Sure!
**[06:54] Mikuru**
Say "cheese!"
**[06:58] Mikuru**
Be sure to win!
**[07:00] Shin**
Of course.
**[07:02] Shin**
I wouldn't blow the chance Esuka gave me.
**[07:11] Rive**
Is Esuka in the arena?
**[07:14] Butler**
No, she's still in her quarters.
**[07:17] Rive**
Oh.
**[07:19] Shin**
All of these people...
**[07:21] Shin**
...have their game faces on!
**[07:23] Mark**
Verily, they are like feudal warlords.
**[07:26] Shin**
Well, not quite all of them...
**[07:29] Shin**
Buck up, Tatsuya!
**[07:31] Shin**
You're not being ushered to your execution!
**[07:34] Tatsuya**
I know, but...
**[07:38] Nanami**
I looked at the tournament chart earlier.
**[07:40] Nanami**
Assuming we both keep winning,
we'll see you in the finals.
**[07:43] Shin**
Yeah. That's a welcome development.
**[07:46] Shin**
Right, Master?
**[07:48] Shin**
Huh? Where's Master?
**[07:50] Mark**
He was here but a moment ago.
**[07:57] Shin**
That's... not Master, is it?
**[08:00] Nanami**
Wouldn't they be the other special seeded team?
**[08:03] Nanami**
"Team Dragon's Vanity," or such.
**[08:07] Mark**
Why do they mask their faces?
**[08:10] Tonori**
*You're* one to talk, yo.
**[08:15] Miya**
All right! And now, theeee--
**[08:18] Miya**
P-Pardon me for that...
**[08:21] Miya**
And now, the Esu Cup begins!
**[08:25] Miya**
The fighters enter the arena!
**[08:30] Mikuru**
Good luck, Shinemon! Mark! Bro!
**[08:36] Mikuru**
Where's my dumb brother?
**[08:39] Miya**
First, a few words from the sponsor
of this tournament, Esuka Hibino.
**[08:50] Esuka**
The most important thing about Vanguard...
**[08:53] Esuka**
...is the power of imagination!
**[08:56] Esuka**
So imagine yourself... winning!
**[09:00] Esuka**
Rewrite your image of the past...
**[09:03] Esuka**
...and imagine your future self as it should be!
**[09:06] Esuka**
That is all!
**[09:11] Miya**
Thank you!
**[09:13] Miya**
And now, on to the matches!
**[09:16] Miya**
In this tournament, aside from the finals,
all of the team members fight simultaneously.
**[09:23] Miya**
The first match:
***SIGN*** Match 1 Team Capital vs Team Dontaku
**[09:25] Miya**
Team Capital versus Team Dontaku!
**[09:28] Shin**
We're up first?
**[09:30] Mark**
What should we do?
**[09:32] Shin**
The two of us have no choice but to wing it!
**[09:34] Shin**
If we both win, we'll move on!
**[09:37] Mark**
Verily, roger that!
**[09:39] Miya**
Incidentally, I'm the president of the
Harumi High School Broadcasting Club,
**[09:44] Miya**
and my dream is to give the play-by-play
at an international Vanguard tournament.
**[09:49] Miya**
The name is MC Miya!
**[09:50] Miya**
And this is my first step forward!
**[09:53] Mya**
With me to provide commentary is
the man known as "The Board Grappler"!
**[10:00] Rive**
Hello. I'm your commentator, Rive Shindou.
**[10:03] Shin**
What are you doing, Master?!
**[10:05] Rive**
Like I said! Commentary!
**[10:07] Mark**
Oh no!
**[10:10] Shin**
Who gives commentary on their own team?!
**[10:14] Rive**
Me, of course!
**[10:25] Esuka**
Should you be here? It's about to start.
**[10:30] Rive**
Without you, the sponsor...
**[10:33] Rive**
...the matches can't start.
**[10:37] Esuka**
What do you want?
**[10:39] Rive**
Could you use a commentator?
**[10:43] Rive**
I'd deliver amazing color commentary.
**[10:47] Esuka**
What about the match?
**[10:49] Rive**
If he just relies on me,
there's no way he can beat you.
**[10:55] Rive**
He's a Naive-emon.
**[11:01] Esuka**
It's tough being a babysitter, huh?
**[11:07] Shin**
Fine!
**[11:09] Shin**
The two of us alone will win!
**[11:12] Miya**
Then let the fights begin!
**[11:16] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[11:32] Miya**
The third match is nearing its end!
**[11:37] Miya**
The favorite is Team TNT,
representing the Esuka main shop.
**[11:42] Miya**
They've dominated all of their matches so far.
**[11:53] Opponent A**
No trigger!
**[11:56] Miya**
Nanami Gonomi wins!
**[11:59] Nanami**
Nice try.
**[12:01] Tonori**
Now I'll go, too!
**[12:04] Tonori**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[12:13] Opponent B**
No trigger!
***SIGN*** Team TNT vs Team Nebuta
**[12:19] Miya**
Tonori Fujinami also makes a clean sweep.
**[12:21] Miya**
Two wins for Team TNT!
**[12:24] Miya**
Even without the outcome of Tachibana's fight,
**[12:26] Miya**
they've clinched a place in the semifinals!
**[12:29] Rive**
They were fired up since before the match began.
**[12:33] Rive**
I hope the *other* teams
learn from their example.
**[12:36] Shin**
It's not like I wasn't fired up!
**[12:39] Mark**
Now, now... as they say, winning is something.
**[12:41] Shin**
*Every*thing!
**[12:44] Tatsuya**
I ride!
**[12:46] Tatsuya**
Cosmo Healer, Ergodiel!
**[12:49] Opponent C**
Aww, man! We lost!
**[12:52] Opponent C**
Darn it! You guys beat us!
**[12:56] Tonori**
He's right about that, yo.
**[13:00] Tatsuya**
Thank goodness...
**[13:05] Shin**
Tatsuya!
**[13:06] Mikuru**
Tatsuya?!
**[13:08] Mark**
The sudden relief from nervousness did him in.
**[13:12] Shin**
He'd better rest up somewhere.
**[13:15] Butler**
I'll show you to the infirmary.
**[13:18] Shin**
Please do!
**[13:19] Tonori**
U-Um... We'll come too, yo.
**[13:24] Shin**
Leave this to us.
**[13:26] Shin**
You'd better watch the next match.
**[13:28] Shin**
You're fighting whoever wins, right?
**[13:34] Nanami**
Okay.
***SIGN*** Infirmary
**[13:43] Tatsuya**
Shinemon...
**[13:48] Tatsuya**
What am I doing here?!
**[13:50] Mark**
Verily, you fainted in the midst of a fight.
**[13:54] Tatsuya**
What have I done?!
**[13:56] Shin**
Don't worry. Your team won.
**[13:59] Mark**
Verily, do your best in the next!
**[14:01] Tatsuya**
Okay...
**[14:05] Mark**
The fourth match is over?
**[14:07] Shin**
Wasn't that a little too quick?
**[14:10] Rive**
Sorry, there was a long line for the restroom.
**[14:19] Rive**
It's over already?
**[14:21] Miya**
Y-Yes...
**[14:23] Miya**
Dosanko, the team from Hokkaido,
has been mercilessly defeated.
**[14:31] Miya**
The special seeded Team Dragon's Vanity...
**[14:35] Miya**
...is going on to the semifinals!
**[14:38] Miya**
They're strong! *Too* strong!
***SIGN*** Team TNT Waiting Room
**[14:41] Tonori**
You okay, Tatsuya?
**[14:44] Tatsuya**
I'm sorry I made you worry...
**[14:47] Shin**
So how did Team Dragon's Vanity do?
**[14:51] Nanami**
They may give us some trouble.
**[14:54] Nanami**
But...
**[14:55] Nanami**
...we're still gonna win!
**[14:57] Nanami**
And then, in the final...
**[15:01] Nanami**
...I'll beat you, Shinemon Nitta...
**[15:03] Nanami**
...and win the tournament!
**[15:05] Nanami**
I imagined it!
**[15:08] Nanami**
I *will* fight Ms. Esuka and defeat her!
***SIGN*** Team Capital vs Team Danjiri
**[15:14] Miya**
Now for the first match of the semifinals!
Here comes Team Capital!
**[15:19] Rive**
What's this?! Just those two again?
**[15:22] Rive**
They can't afford to lose a single fight!
Man, what risk-takers they are!
**[15:28] Shin**
It's because you're *there*, Master!
**[15:31] Shin**
Don't talk like it's not your doing!
**[15:33] Mark**
Verily, in the end, we're still on our own!
**[15:36] Rive**
Well, this time, I hope that *special*
seeded team shows us what they've got!
**[15:44] Miya**
Well, like in the first round,
this was a close one.
***SIGN*** Team Capital vs Team Danjiri
**[15:47] Miya**
Shinemon Nitta has won by a hair!
***SIGN*** Team Capital
**[15:51] Miya**
And with that,
Team Capital advances to the finals!
**[15:51] Shin**
Yes! We did it! Hurray!
**[15:55] Miya**
What's this? Team Dragon's Vanity
has entered the arena early.
**[16:12] Ruga**
For a disciple of Rive Shindou...
**[16:14] Ruga**
...that fight was pathetic.
**[16:20] Shin**
You know Master?!
**[16:23] Ruga**
Well, yes...
**[16:29] Ruga**
My name is Ruga Kaizu!
**[16:32] Tatsuya**
*The* Ruga Kaizu?!
**[16:37] Tatsuya**
He's Master Commander of the Field!
**[16:39] Nanami**
He's tough?
**[16:40] Tatsuya**
Of course!
**[16:41] Tonori**
Anyone who watches tournaments
knows about him, yo.
**[16:48] Audience**
No wonder! It's Ruga!
**[16:50] Audience**
Master Commander!
**[16:51] Audience**
To think I'd see him here!
**[16:54] Ruga**
The one moving on to the finals... will be me!
**[16:58] Nanami**
And who are you?
**[17:03] Shin**
Nanami!
**[17:06] Nanami**
You may be "Master Commander" or whatever...
**[17:09] Nanami**
...but my team will be the one
moving on to the finals!
**[17:13] Ruga**
I have no patience for childish prattling.
**[17:16] Nanami**
So why don't you retire already, old man?
**[17:21] Ryutarou**
That's enough, you two.
**[17:25] Ryutarou**
Fights are supposed to be fun.
**[17:30] Miya**
It's the second match of the semifinals,
and only one of them will go on to the finals!
**[17:37] Our Three**
Stand up...
**[17:38] Other Three**
...Vanguard!
**[17:41] Nanami**
Here I come!
**[17:47] Nanami**
I'm not done yet!
**[17:50] Ruga**
Don't get cocky!
**[17:55] Nanami**
Finish him off, Kaivant!
**[17:59] Kaivant**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[18:01] Ruga**
I told you not to get cocky!
**[18:07] Miya**
Somehow Kaizu has pulled through!
**[18:11] Miya**
But he's got 5 damage!
**[18:13] Miya**
Gonomi, on the other hand, has 3 damage!
**[18:16] Nanami**
Next turn, it'll be over!
**[18:18] Ruga**
I'm here to fight Rive Shindou.
**[18:21] Ruga**
You are beneath my notice!
**[18:24] Ruga**
I ride Last Card, Revonn!
**[18:27] Ruga**
Imaginary Gift, Accel 2!
**[18:31] Ruga**
Report for duty!
**[18:33] Ruga**
Blue Wave Marine General, Galleass!
**[18:35] Ruga**
Blue Wave Shield General, Yorgos!
**[18:37] Ruga**
Battleship Intelligence!
**[18:42] Ryutarou**
With Voltage Horn Dragon...
**[18:45] Ryutarou**
...I attack your Vanguard!
**[18:47] Ryutarou**
I bind Battlefield Storm, Sagramore!
**[18:56] Tonori**
I'm... starving...!
**[19:00] Tonori**
I'm not letting you walk all over me!
**[19:04] Tonori**
I guard with Flame of Victory!
**[19:07] Ryutarou**
Oh, so that's your move? Nice one!
**[19:11] Ryutarou**
Vanguard really is fun!
**[19:17] Tonori**
That laugh... Don't tell me you're...
**[19:23] Ryutarou**
My name is Ryutarou Oyama!
**[19:25] Ryutarou**
The man who loves both
Vanguard and the great outdoors!
**[19:29] Audience**
Ryutarou Oyama?!
**[19:31] Audience**
Didn't he go missing?!
***SIGN*** The ABCs of Vanguard
**[19:33] Audience**
Is it really him?!
**[19:34] Miya**
Wow! The second member of Team Dragon's Vanity
**[19:37] Miya**
is the fighter of endless summer, straight from
the snowy mountains: Ryutarou Oyama!
**[19:42] Ryutarou**
Let's have fun to the very end!
**[19:45] Tonori**
Works for me, yo!
**[19:46] Miya**
Now I'm very curious about
the third fighter's identity...
**[19:55] Kanzaki**
Weak...
**[19:57] Kanzaki**
Weak! Weak! Weak!
**[20:01] Kanzaki**
You're too weak!
**[20:06] Miya**
Oh, my! Their third member...
**[20:09] Miya**
...is the champion of the World Vanguard
High School Championship,
**[20:12] Miya**
Yuichirou Kanzaki!
**[20:15] Tatsuya**
*That* Kanzaki?!
**[20:17] Tatsuya**
I don't stand a ghost of a chance!
**[20:20] Miya**
Unbelievably, three legends of the
Vanguard world have come together!
**[20:25] Miya**
To form the fearsome Team Dragon's Vanity!
**[20:29] Kanzaki**
With my Claret Sword Dragon, if I bind
seven grade 1 cards in the Drop Zone,
**[20:36] Kanzaki**
I can attack once more
in exchange for losing a drive!
**[20:41] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[20:45] Kanzaki**
I want you...
**[20:47] Kanzaki**
...out of my sight!
**[20:55] Oyama**
Here I come!
**[20:57] Tonori**
Elixir Sommelier!
**[21:00] Rutarou**
Twin drive!
**[21:03] Ryutarou**
First check!
**[21:06] Ryutarou**
Second check!
**[21:08] Ryutarou**
Critical trigger!
**[21:14] Tonori**
No big surprise...
***SIGN*** Team Dragon's Vanity vs Team TNT
**[21:20] Miya**
Team TNT has two losses!
**[21:22] Miya**
They are officially defeated!
**[21:29] Ruga**
As expected, that wasn't worth my while.
**[21:33] Miya**
Team Dragon's Vanity will face
Team Capital in the finals!
**[21:40] Shin**
I can't believe Nanami lost!
**[21:42] Mark**
They're too tough.
**[21:45] Rive**
Well, they were headhunted to crush us.
**[21:51] Rive**
Of course they'd be strong.
**[21:57] Shin**
She wasn't giving me another chance?!
**[22:01] Rive**
Adults play to win.
**[22:09] Shin**
Esuka Hibino...
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Voltage Horn Dragon!
***SIGN*** Voltage Horn Dragon
**[23:53] Narrator**
When it attacks, you can bind
your opponent's front row rear-guards,
**[23:57] Narrator**
and drag the back row units to the front row!
**[24:00] Narrator**
On top of that, if you bind a card
during that turn, it gets +5000 power!
**[24:06] Narrator**
Its skills and ease of use will let you
flourish from the opening to the final stage!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Shin**
Time for pre-fight calisthenics!
**[24:17] Shin**
Vanguard exercise number one! Begin!
**[24:20] Shin**
Stretching your right arm out in front of you,
turn the palm of your hand counterclockwise!
**[24:24] Shin**
Stand! Stand!
**[24:25] Tatsuya**
Stand! Stand!
**[24:26] Shin**
Next, thrust that same hand forward! Draw!
**[24:29] Mark**
Draw!
**[24:29] Shin**
And now, from your chest outwards. Call! Call!
**[24:32] Tatsuya**
Call! Call!
**[24:34] Shin**
Turn your right hand clockwise.
**[24:36] Shin**
Attack! Attack!
**[24:37] Tatsuya**
Attack! Attack!
**[24:39] Shin**
Finally, put both hands
together in front of your chest...
***SIGN*** Remind 13
Esu Cup Match
**[24:41] Shin**
...and pray for a trigger!
**[24:42] Tatsuya**
What good does this do...?
# E27 - Esu Cup Match
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKWDM9Y/esu-cup-match)
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**[00:01] Esuka**
The Esu Cup finals will begin shortly,
with the right to fight me on the line!
**[00:07] Esuka**
From this point on, there will be
a change in the rules, so listen carefully.
**[00:11] Esuka**
For the finals, the first team to win three
out of five possible matches will be victorious.
**[00:16] Esuka**
This isn't a knockout competition,
**[00:18] Esuka**
so it doesn't matter whether three members
all fight or one member wins three in a row.
**[00:25] Esuka**
Another consideration during the fights is...
**[00:28] Shin**
Just you wait, Esuka. I'm gonna
defeat you and take back Capital!
***SIGN*** Remind 13 Esu Cup Match
**[02:11] Shin**
You get the first match, Mark!
**[02:15] Shin**
You could even win three in a row for us!
**[02:20] Mikuru**
Mark, are you listening?
**[02:22] Mark**
Oh! Sorry...
**[02:24] Mark**
I was spacing out for a moment.
**[02:27] Mikuru**
Do you feel nervous?
**[02:30] Mark**
I'm just fine!
**[02:32] Mark**
I'm on fire, much like how
Nobunaga was at Honnoji Temple!
**[02:36] Mikuru**
That's not the kind of fire we want!
**[02:39] Tonori**
Yo.
**[02:39] Tatsuya**
The finals at last, huh?
**[02:42] Tonori**
We came here to show our support, yo.
**[02:45] Shin**
Are you sure you're not here to eat?
**[02:47] Tatsuya**
He's already cleaned out
all the snacks in our waiting room.
**[02:51] Tonori**
That match was a blast, yo.
**[02:54] Tonori**
So I'm hungrier than usual.
**[02:56] Shin**
A blast?
**[02:58] Mark**
Verily, in what way?
**[03:00] Tonori**
It's weird, yo.
**[03:02] Tonori**
Even though I lost... How do I put it?
**[03:06] Tonori**
It just feels like I had a good time, yo.
**[03:09] Tatsuya**
Fascinating...
**[03:11] Mikuru**
Huh?
**[03:13] Mikuru**
Where's Nanami?
**[03:18] Nanami**
Did Ms. Esuka form Team Dragon's Vanity
in order to defeat Shinemon's team?
**[03:26] Nanami**
If that's the case, what's the point
of us being at Ms. Esuka's side?
**[03:34] Nanami**
Does she...
**[03:36] Nanami**
...not need me anymore?
**[03:42] Oyama**
All right! I'll be back.
**[03:45] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[03:47] Kanzaki**
Failure is unforgivable!
**[03:51] Oyama**
Winning and losing depend on luck.
**[03:54] Oyama**
I can't wait!
**[04:00] Ruga**
Rive Shindou...
**[04:04] MC**
The moment you've all been waiting for!
The first finals match is about to begin!
**[04:09] MC**
From Team Capital, Ninja Master!
**[04:13] MC**
From Team Dragon's Vanity,
**[04:15] MC**
the fighter of endless summer,
straight from the snowy mountains!
**[04:18] MC**
Here he is! Ryutarou Oyama!
**[04:21] Mark**
I am Ninja Master.
**[04:24] Mark**
Verily, I am a ninja.
**[04:26] Oyama**
Oh, a real ninja wears a helmet, huh?
**[04:29] Oyama**
That's great!
**[04:31] Oyama**
I'm Ryutarou Oyama!
Let's have a good match!
**[04:35] MC**
Start the fight!
**[04:38] Oyama/Mark**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[04:47] MC**
What?!
**[04:48] Rive**
It's a bear!
**[04:49] Tatsuya**
What's a bear doing out there?!
**[04:51] Shin**
It's not just a bear!
**[04:56] MC**
Everyone, please evacuate immediately!
**[04:59] Oyama**
The man says to evacuate.
**[05:02] Oyama**
Should we call this off?
**[05:04] Oyama**
We're just getting started!
**[05:07] Mark**
Naturally, we shall continue.
**[05:10] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[05:12] Nanami**
What's that?!
**[05:18] Nanami**
Oh no!
**[05:20] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka!
**[05:22] Nanami**
Are you okay?!
**[05:23] Esuka**
Nanamin!
**[05:27] Esuka**
Help!
**[05:29] Esuka**
Eeek! It's back!
**[05:32] Nanami**
Yes!
**[05:34] Esuka**
That one's extremely ferocious! Be careful!
**[05:38] Nanami**
Nothing to worry about!
**[05:39] Nanami**
Meow! Meow-meow!
**[05:51] Nanami**
You're a stray, huh?
**[05:52] Nanami**
Did you come here with the other animals?
**[05:59] Butler**
Ms. Esuka, look at that!
**[06:04] Esuka**
Come to think of it, in the mountains...
**[06:10] Esuka**
These animals have come
to root for Ryutarou Oyama!
**[06:15] Esuka**
Tell all audience members
who had evacuated to return.
**[06:18] Butler**
As you wish. At once.
**[06:20] Esuka**
Thank you.
**[06:23] Nanami**
Please tell me one thing.
**[06:25] Esuka**
What is it?
**[06:26] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka, why did you
form Team Dragon's Vanity?
**[06:32] Nanami**
Were we not good enough to beat Team Capital?
**[06:47] Esuka**
I decided not to give you and Tonori
the duty of defeating Shinemon Nitta.
**[06:52] Esuka**
That's all.
**[06:54] Nanami**
Because we're weak?
**[06:56] Esuka**
No, you're not.
**[06:58] Esuka**
But I wanted a team that would
attack them with every fiber of their being.
**[07:03] Esuka**
You're fond of Shinemon Nitta,
aren't you, Nanamin?
**[07:08] Nanami**
No, I'm not.
**[07:11] Esuka**
Either way, it's not as if
I have no more use for you.
**[07:17] Butler**
Ms. Esuka...
**[07:19] Butler**
We are all set.
**[07:23] MC**
Sorry for the wait!
**[07:25] MC**
Despite some unforeseen trouble,
**[07:28] MC**
the sponsor has declared the area safe,
so you can set your minds at ease!
**[07:34] MC**
We return to our scheduled play-by-play!
**[07:38] MC**
The fourth turn is over,
with Ninja Master at 3 damage!
**[07:44] MC**
Oyama has 2 damage!
**[07:47] Rive**
While we took cover,
they just kept fighting, huh?
**[07:51] Shin**
Good grief.
**[07:53] Shin**
For a minute there, I didn't know
what was gonna happen.
**[07:56] Mikuru**
But now you're Safe Cinnamon, huh?
**[07:58] Tonori**
It's just so surreal, yo.
Seein' animals as spectators.
**[08:03] Tatsuya**
Truly fascinating...
**[08:09] Mikuru**
Nanami!
**[08:11] Tonori**
Did somethin' happen?
**[08:13] Nanami**
No, nothing.
**[08:16] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[08:23] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[08:26] Mark**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Protect I!
**[08:34] Mark**
Ninja Art, Calling Jutsu!
**[08:36] Mark**
Rally to me, Evil Stealth Dragon, Zangetsu!
**[08:39] Mark**
Its skill activates!
**[08:41] Mark**
Ninja Art, Summoning Jutsu!
**[08:44] Mark**
I superior call Evil Decoy Token!
**[08:47] Mark**
All of the Tokens get Boost and +5000 power!
**[08:52] Oyama**
This is exciting!
**[08:56] Mark**
Kurogiri, punish Voltage Dragon!
**[08:59] Oyama**
That's the plan?
**[09:01] Oyama**
No guard!
**[09:08] Mark**
Next, I myself shall go...
**[09:10] Mark**
Yahhh!
**[09:12] Oyama**
No guard for that, either!
**[09:14] Mark**
Twin drive!
**[09:16] Mark**
First check.
**[09:18] Mark**
Second check.
**[09:19] MC**
There it is! A critical trigger!
**[09:21] Mark**
I give the power to Zangetsu,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[09:30] Oyama**
I'm getting a kick out of this!
**[09:33] Shin**
Now he's got 4 damage!
**[09:36] Mark**
Zangetsu attacks Mighty Bolt Dragon!
**[09:42] Oyama**
I see now.
**[09:45] Oyama**
The looming threat of a drawn-out battle
made you take out my rear-guards, eh?
**[09:51] Mark**
Verily, you see through me.
**[09:53] Oyama**
That's some strategizing. Well done.
**[09:57] MC**
And now it's Oyama's turn!
**[10:00] MC**
The animal army cheering him on is excited, too!
**[10:04] Oyama**
I ride!
**[10:13] Oyama**
Dragonic Vanquisher!
**[10:16] MC**
There it is! Oyama's ace in the hole!
**[10:19] MC**
Dragonic Vanquisher takes the field!
**[10:22] Oyama**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[10:28] Oyama**
I call!
**[10:30] Oyama**
Demonic Dragon Berserker, Chatura!
**[10:32] Oyama**
Voltage Horn!
**[10:33] Oyama**
And also...
**[10:35] Oyama**
Ceremonial Bonfire Eradicator, Castor!
**[10:37] Oyama**
Thunder Break Dragon!
**[10:42] Mark**
How strange!
**[10:44] Mark**
Verily, you discarded
your last ace in the hole!
**[10:47] Oyama**
You do understand what this means, don't you?
**[11:06] Oyama**
You do understand what this means, don't you?
**[11:11] Mark**
Verily, you have chosen offense over defense.
**[11:14] Mark**
Though you are my adversary,
I admire your resolve.
**[11:19] Oyama**
And I admire your insight!
**[11:22] Rive**
Even as they battle, they swap compliments.
**[11:25] Rive**
What an unusual match.
**[11:27] Mark**
How enjoyable this is.
**[11:29] Mark**
Verily, this fight with the
worthy Oyama is most exhilarating!
**[11:37] Oyama**
I discard one unit from my hand,
and Castor's skill activates!
**[11:41] Oyama**
I bind Zangetsu!
**[11:43] Oyama**
Castor gets +5000 power!
**[11:45] Oyama**
Voltage's skill is in effect,
and it gets +5000 power!
**[11:50] Oyama**
Dragonic Vanquisher's skill activates!
**[11:54] Oyama**
I bind Kurogiri!
**[11:57] Oyama**
Thunder Break's skill activates!
**[12:00] Oyama**
I drag the Evil Decoy Tokens to the front row!
**[12:07] Oyama**
Here I come!
**[12:08] Oyama**
Voltage Horn attacks your Vanguard!
**[12:11] Oyama**
Its skill activates!
**[12:13] Oyama**
I bind Evil Decoy Token!
**[12:16] Oyama**
I bound three cards,
so Vanquisher's skill activates!
**[12:20] Oyama**
All of my front-row units gain +10,000 power!
**[12:27] Mark**
No guard!
**[12:31] MC**
With this, Ninja Master has 4 damage!
**[12:35] Oyama**
Vanquisher attacks your Vanguard!
**[12:39] Mark**
Guard! Protect me!
**[12:41] MC**
Oyama's attack is blocked by a perfect guard!
**[12:46] Oyama**
Twin drive!
**[12:47] Oyama**
First check!
**[12:49] Oyama**
Second check!
**[12:51] MC**
There it is! A critical trigger!
**[12:58] Mark**
Might you be curious about my hand?
**[13:01] Oyama**
That's right.
**[13:02] Oyama**
Out of the four cards,
one is Zangetsu and one's Tobihiko.
**[13:06] Oyama**
The question is, what are the other two?
**[13:10] Oyama**
This is a tough decision.
**[13:12] Mikuru**
Hey, how does he know what cards Mark has?
**[13:16] Shin**
He remembers Mark's drive check cards.
**[13:20] Mark**
That hesitation is reminiscent of
Kobayakawa Hideaki at Sekigahara,
**[13:25] Mark**
unsure of whether to join
the Eastern Army or Western Army.
**[13:30] Oyama**
You're a funny guy.
**[13:32] Oyama**
All right, that settles it!
**[13:34] Oyama**
I give all of the effects to
Thunder Break Dragon!
**[13:37] Oyama**
This'll do!
**[13:39] Oyama**
The attack I chose is at the expense
of all cards in my hand, so this is it!
**[13:45] Mark**
And that is why you forced me
to use my perfect guard earlier?
**[13:50] Oyama**
Oh, I'm impressed you realized that.
**[13:52] Oyama**
Truly a ninja.
**[13:55] Shin**
Mark is smiling, even though
he knows he's been bamboozled.
**[13:59] Mikuru**
He must really be
enjoying the fight with Oyama.
**[14:03] Oyama**
Chatura attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:09] MC**
With that, Ninja Master has 5 damage!
**[14:13] Tonori**
No triggers here would be real bad, yo.
**[14:16] Tatsuya**
Mark, hang in there!
**[14:18] Oyama**
Chatura's skill activates!
**[14:21] Oyama**
I bind Evil Decoy Token!
**[14:23] Oyama**
I draw one card!
**[14:25] Oyama**
Castor boosts!
**[14:31] Oyama**
Thunder Break attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:36] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[14:37] Mark**
Tobihiko! Zashikihime!
**[14:40] Oyama**
Zashikihime?!
**[14:41] MC**
Again, Oyama's attack is blocked!
**[14:46] Oyama**
So frustrating!
**[14:48] Oyama**
That card was Zashikihime
with a 20,000 shield, eh?
**[14:52] Oyama**
Since Chatura's attack hit,
I assumed I was in the clear.
**[14:57] Mark**
Verily, I got back at you.
**[15:01] Oyama**
And I never saw it coming!
**[15:04] Butler**
That Oyama fellow certainly
has a peculiar way of fighting.
**[15:10] Esuka**
He smiles at his opponent
while thoroughly enjoying the fight.
**[15:15] Esuka**
That is his talent.
**[15:18] Mark**
Stand and draw!
**[15:21] Mark**
I call Chigasumi and Zangetsu!
**[15:23] Mark**
Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[15:26] Mark**
I superior call Evil Decoy Tokens!
**[15:31] Mark**
Ninja Art, Spiriting-Away Jutsu!
**[15:34] Mark**
Hanzo gains +20,000 power!
**[15:37] Mark**
Furthermore, all of your rear-guards
must return to your hand,
**[15:41] Mark**
while the same number
already in hand are discarded!
**[15:45] Oyama**
Five cards?!
**[15:48] Oyama**
That's a nice battle strategy!
**[15:51] Oyama**
You're incredible, Ninja Master!
**[15:55] Mark**
Verily, I am delighted to hear that.
**[16:02] Mark**
Calling Jutsu!
**[16:04] Mark**
Rally to me, Kurogiri!
**[16:06] Mark**
Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[16:08] Mark**
I superior call Evil Decoy Token!
**[16:11] Mark**
+5000 power!
**[16:13] Mark**
Again, Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[16:18] Mark**
I superior call a second one!
**[16:20] Mark**
Verily, all of my Evil Decoy Tokens
gain +5000 power, as well as Boost!
**[16:30] Mark**
Evil Decoy Token boosts!
**[16:32] Mark**
Hanzo attacks your Vanguard!
**[16:35] Mark**
Prepare yourself!
**[16:37] Oyama**
No guard!
**[16:41] Mark**
Drive check!
**[16:43] Mark**
First check!
**[16:45] Mark**
Second check!
**[16:46] MC**
There it is! A critical trigger!
**[16:50] MC**
Verily, Hanzo gains a critical!
**[16:53] Oyama**
Okay, damage check!
**[16:57] Oyama**
No trigger?!
**[16:59] Tatsuya**
All right! 5 damage!
**[17:01] Oyama**
One more damage point and he'll clinch it!
**[17:05] Oyama**
I don't want it to be over!
I don't want to let him end it!
**[17:09] MC**
The fateful second check!
**[17:11] Oyama**
If I draw a heal trigger here,
we can continue this fun fight!
**[17:17] Oyama**
The thought alone gives me a thrill!
**[17:20] Mark**
Lord Oyama...
**[17:22] Oyama**
Here goes my second check
for this manly battle!
**[17:26] Oyama**
Now!
**[17:31] MC**
No trigger!
**[17:40] MC**
It's over!
**[17:43] Oyama**
Nooo, I lost!
**[17:46] MC**
Ninja Master won the match!
**[17:50] MC**
Team Capital has the first victory!
**[17:55] Oyama**
Let's fight again, somewhere, somewhen.
**[17:58] Mark**
Verily, it would be my pleasure.
**[18:01] Oyama**
That really was a great fight.
**[18:04] Oyama**
And above all, that helmet of yours is awesome!
**[18:10] Mark**
This?
**[18:11] Oyama**
Yeah! Nice!
**[18:13] Oyama**
This is so cool.
**[18:15] Oyana**
I see--
**[18:17] Oyama**
Oh, that's right!
**[18:23] Oyama**
This feels amazing!
**[18:27] Oyama**
I'm from the world of Cardfight Vanguard!
**[18:30] Oyama**
The spirit of the deck, Li'l Valkerion!
**[18:34] Oyama**
Hey, everybody who loves card games!
**[18:37] Oyama**
Let's all stand up, Vanguard together!
**[18:42] Esuka**
He's in the suit I wore... That mega-pervert!
**[18:47] Butler**
Please calm yourself, Ms. Esuka.
**[18:48] Esuka**
Take it off already!
**[18:50] Butler**
If you say the wrong thing, it's possible that
everyone will learn that you were in the suit.
**[18:50] Esuka**
How do you find that comfortable?!
**[18:54] Esuka**
Wearing that thing is ridiculous!
**[18:56] Esuka**
All right, fine!
**[19:00] Tatsuya**
That was a great fight, Mark!
**[19:02] Mark**
Yes, that has been your constant refrain.
**[19:06] Mikuru**
But I know how Tatsuya feels.
**[19:09] Shin**
Yeah. That was a fun fight, even just to watch.
**[19:12] Tonori**
For real, yo.
**[19:14] Tatsuya**
It really was a great fight.
**[19:17] Mark**
Verily, you said it yet again.
**[19:32] Esuka**
You're fond of Shinemon Nitta,
aren't you, Nanamin?
**[19:44] Nanami**
What's wrong?
**[19:52] Nanami**
This stray cat wants you to go with it.
**[19:59] Nanami**
You don't fit in anywhere either, huh?
**[20:34] Shin**
All right, now it's my turn!
**[20:37] Mark**
No, no, no! I'll fight in the second match, too!
**[20:41] Mark**
That fight with Oyama put me in a great mood!
**[20:44] Mark**
I'll use this momentum
to snag us a second victory!
**[20:51] Ruga**
I ride!
**[21:01] Ruga**
Last Card, Revonn!
**[21:05] Mark**
Last Card, Revonn?!
**[21:07] Shin**
Mark...
**[21:09] Ruga**
Revonn attacks your Vanguard!
**[21:13] Mark**
Chigasumi intercepts!
**[21:16] Ruga**
Twin drive.
**[21:17] Ruga**
First check.
**[21:18] Ruga**
Second check.
**[21:20] Ruga**
Front trigger!
**[21:22] Tatsuya**
Mark!
**[21:23] Tonori**
Blew right through his guard, yo.
**[21:44] Mark**
How mortifying. Verily, I have lost.
**[21:48] Shin**
Mark... lost...
**[21:59] MC**
Uh-oh... What's this?
**[22:01] MC**
Ruga is glaring at the announcers' corner.
**[22:04] MC**
Was it something I sa--
**[22:05] Rive**
It's me.
**[22:07] Rive**
The one he's looking at...
**[22:10] Rive**
...is me!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Oyama's
ace in the hole, Dragonic Vanquisher!
***SIGN*** Dragonic Vanquisher
**[23:54] Narrator**
By doing a Counterblast, you can
bind their front-row rear-guards!
**[23:58] Narrator**
And if there's a grade 3 in the Soul,
you can bind cards from your hand and theirs!
**[24:02] Narrator**
On top of that, if you've bound
three or more cards during this turn,
**[24:07] Narrator**
your front-row allies get +10,000 power!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Shin**
Some of the cards have a weird way
of reading their names.
**[24:18] Mark**
Yeah, this looks like "Demonic Ninja Dragon,"
but it's read as "Evil Stealth Dragon."
**[24:22] Mikuru**
And Revonn looks like "Concluding Trump Card,"
but today we heard him call it "Last Card."
**[24:26] Shin**
In my case, I'm the manager of Capital.
**[24:29] Shin**
So, um...
**[24:30] Shin**
The first character means "shop,"
the other "long"...
**[24:33] Shin**
Just call me Shoplong Shinemon!
**[24:34] Mark**
No, no! "Manager" doesn't
break into characters in English!
**[24:37] Mikuru**
With English, you're Stinky Cinnamon!
**[24:39] Mikuru**
And besides, you're not the manager yet!
***SIGN*** Remind 14
Card is Life
**[24:42] Shin**
Don't say that in front of Sub Manager!
# E28 - Card or Life
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR5P7X37R/card-or-life)
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**[00:01] Mark**
How mortifying. Verily, I have lost.
**[00:05] Rive**
The one he's looking at...
**[00:08] Rive**
...is me!
***SIGN*** Ruga
***SIGN*** Mark
**[00:13] Shin**
Nice fighting, Mark.
**[00:15] Mark**
In this form, I am Ninja Master.
**[00:17] Shin**
I'll be sure to avenge you, Mark.
**[00:25] Ruga**
How long are you gonna run from me?!
**[00:30] Ruga**
Get over here, Rive Shindou!
**[00:33] MC**
Th-This is a surprise!
**[00:35] MC**
Ruga Kaizu of Team Dragon's Vanity
has beaten Ninja Master,
**[00:40] MC**
and now breaks etiquette
by picking his next opponent!
**[00:46] MC**
Team Capital has somehow managed
to survive this far, but at last,
**[00:51] MC**
the time has come for Rive Shindou,
the Board Grappler, to--
**[00:57] MC**
Huh? Rive Shindou?
**[01:00] MC**
Where is Rive Shindou?
**[01:02] MC**
In the restroom?
**[01:04] MC**
Mr. Shindou?
**[01:05] MC**
Mr. Rive Shindou?
**[01:12] Ruga**
You're not getting away, Rive!
**[01:17] Shin**
What's between Master and that Ruga guy?
**[01:34] GirlGang A**
Hey, you! Boy!
**[01:36] GirlGang A**
Are you part of the traveling duo
that's been wreaking havoc around here?
**[01:41] Ruga**
Are you the strongest fighters in this town?
**[01:48] GirlGang A**
And if we are?
**[01:50] Ruga**
Obviously, I'll fight you!
**[01:56] GirlGang A**
Why're you searching for strong fighters?
**[01:59] Rive**
So I can...
**[02:02] Rive**
So *we* can prove we're the strongest!
**[02:08] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[02:11] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[02:16] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[02:19] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 14
Card or Life
**[03:59] MC**
It's time for the third match
of the Esu Cup finals, so...
**[04:03] MC**
Rive Shindou! Ruga Kaizu!
*Please* return to the arena immediately!
**[04:11] Kanzaki**
What a farce!
**[04:13] MC**
Wait, you two are members
of Team Dragon's Vanity!
**[04:16] Kanzaki**
I, Yuichirou Kanzaki, will use this time
to explain fully the history of those two.
**[04:24] MC**
Thank you very much...
**[04:26] MC**
So, uh, you've known Ruga Kaizu for that long?
**[04:32] Kanzaki**
Nothing of the sort.
Don't lump me together with that idiot.
**[04:37] Kanzaki**
But in this world,
everyone has heard the rumors.
**[04:42] Oyama**
Ruga Kaizu, Master Commander of the Field,
and Rive Shindou, the Board Grappler,
**[04:49] Oyama**
used to be known as the Traveling
Vanguard Fighters, the strongest duo around.
**[04:54] MC**
Th-the strongest?
**[04:59] Rive**
God Hand Dragon attacks!
**[05:03] GirlGang A**
6... damage...
**[05:09] Kanzaki**
More precisely, they were
searching for "the strongest."
**[05:15] Kanzaki**
It was during the
Vanguard Warring States Period.
**[05:17] Kanzaki**
Local powerhouses
held control across the country.
**[05:22] Kanzaki**
And those two defeated them all,
one after another.
**[05:28] Oyama**
The rumors about them reached
as far as Hawaii, where I was at the time.
**[05:35] Kanzaki**
They both probably dreamed
of unifying the Vanguard world.
**[05:40] Kanzaki**
However, only one can stand at the top.
**[05:46] Kanzaki**
Who was the stronger, Ruga Kaizu
or Rive Shindou? They just had to know.
**[05:52] Kanzaki**
They entered the Vanguard National Tournament,
promising to face each other at the finals.
**[06:01] Kanzaki**
But Rive Shindou never
showed up at the tournament.
**[06:06] Kanzaki**
He had run away!
**[06:09] Oyama**
It wasn't just that tournament.
**[06:11] Oyama**
Rive Shindou never again
appeared in the Vanguard limelight...
**[06:16] Oyama**
...until now.
**[06:17] Shin**
No! Master would never have done that!
**[06:46] Rive**
How did you know?
**[06:48] Mark**
Verily, you have hidden
inside Li'l Valkerion before...
**[06:51] Mark**
I saw through your
Ninja Art, Li'l Valkerion Jutsu.
**[06:54] Tatsuya**
It's just as you said.
**[06:56] Rive**
I wasn't hiding that other time.
**[06:59] Shin**
But you were hiding this time?
**[07:04] Shin**
It's not true, is it, Master?
**[07:07] Shin**
Did you run away because
you didn't want to lose?
**[07:11] Rive**
Is that what Ruga said?
**[07:13] Tatsuya**
No. But it's true that you two were friends?
**[07:21] Shin**
Your friend challenged you
to a fight... and you ran away.
**[07:27] Rive**
I don't blame you for assuming that.
**[07:31] Mikuru**
Explain to them the reason why you did it!
**[07:35] Rive**
The reason...
**[07:38] Ruga**
I know the reason why.
**[07:43] Ruga**
That's what makes it unforgivable.
**[07:57] Shin**
I thought I could fight in your place, Master...
**[08:02] Shin**
...but I can't.
**[08:04] Shin**
I came this far just so
I could fight Esuka once more.
**[08:09] Shin**
If she was to disappear all of a sudden...
**[08:14] Shin**
I have faith that you're not someone who
runs away because he's going to lose, Master.
**[08:19] Shin**
So, please... prove it to me.
**[08:25] Ruga**
If you were to beat me, it'd certainly show
that you didn't run off because you were afraid.
**[08:38] MC**
The third match of the
Esu Cup finals is about to begin!
**[08:42] MC**
First to attack is Ruga Kaizu
of Team Dragon's Vanity.
**[08:47] MC**
Second to attack is
Rive Shindou of Team Capital.
**[09:05] MC**
It's the Master Commander of the Field
versus the Board Grappler!
**[09:09] MC**
This is a match not to be missed!
**[09:14] Shin**
Master...
**[09:19] Rive**
You still use Aqua Force?
**[09:21] Ruga**
I like the kind of fight
where you exchange blows head-on.
**[09:25] Ruga**
Your Nova Grappler is the same way.
**[09:28] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[09:36] Ruga**
I heard you had a kid.
**[09:40] Rive**
Yeah. A 3-month-old boy.
**[09:44] Ruga**
Living the dream with your wife and child, huh?
**[09:52] Ruga**
Seriously?! You're getting married, Rive?!
**[09:55] Rive**
She has kind of a weak constitution.
**[09:58] Rive**
So I've decided to stay by her side from now on.
**[10:01] Ruga**
We swore to stand together
at the summit of Vanguard!
**[10:04] Ruga**
All this time, we've been disregarding
run-of-the-mill happiness to achieve that!
**[10:08] Ruga**
We discard everything and live for Vanguard.
**[10:11] Ruga**
We belong on the planet Cray,
not in boring reality!
**[10:21] Rive**
I don't think I can live like that.
**[10:26] Ruga**
Wait! Fight me before you go!
**[10:28] Ruga**
Which of us is--
**[10:39] Ruga**
I ride!
**[10:40] Ruga**
Blue Wave Marine General, Galleass!
**[10:44] Ruga**
Here I come!
**[10:50] Ruga**
Coral Assault!
**[10:55] Ruga**
Go, Blue Wave Marine General, Foivos!
**[11:05] Rive**
2 damage.
**[11:07] Nanami**
He pays no attention to the rear-guards,
but just keeps attacking the Vanguard.
**[11:11] Mark**
Verily, that's what he did
when giving me a drubbing.
**[11:13] Rive**
I ride Fusing Striker!
**[11:21] Rive**
Its skill activates!
**[11:25] Tatsuya**
Using that skill, he can examine his deck
and add God Hand Dragon to his hand.
**[11:32] MC**
After this, Rive Shindou will definitely
be able to ride the grade 3 God Hand Dragon!
**[11:39] Ruga**
Just what I was waiting for.
**[11:41] Rive**
What?
**[11:43] Ruga**
God Hand Dragon is your strongest unit.
**[11:46] Ruga**
Unless I crush it, I won't be able say I've won.
**[11:50] Ruga**
So come for me!
**[11:52] Rive**
Strikers, get into formation!
**[11:56] Rive**
Shoot!
**[12:03] Tonori**
Rive did three attacks in a row, huh?
**[12:05] Tatsuya**
They all hit!
**[12:07] Tatsuya**
Now Ruga has 4 damage!
**[12:10] MC**
It's Ruga Kaizu's turn!
**[12:13] Ruga**
At your Master Commander's order,
**[12:15] Ruga**
awaken from the depths,
in order to end everything...
**[12:20] Ruga**
I ride Last Card, Revonn!
**[12:29] Ruga**
As its name indicates, Revonn is the last card.
**[12:32] Ruga**
None can remain standing
in the face of this unit!
**[12:36] Ruga**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[12:38] Ruga**
Accel Circle unleashed!
**[12:40] Ruga**
I call Blue Wave Marine General, Galleass!
**[12:44] Ruga**
I call Blue Wave Shield General, Yorgos!
**[12:47] Ruga**
I'll rest this to activate Revonn's skill.
**[12:53] Ruga**
My opponent's Vanguard gets -5000 power!
**[12:57] MC**
Rive Shindou's Vanguard has lost power!
**[13:00] MC**
The Accel Circle has been unleashed,
and there are now four units in the front row!
**[13:04] Kanzaki**
So he means to clinch it here?
**[13:06] Kanzaki**
Here comes his raging rapid-fire attack.
**[13:11] Ruga**
Let's attack together, Galleass!
Foivos! Coral Assault!
**[13:16] The Three**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[13:20] Rive**
Get over here, Cannon Ball!
**[13:26] Coral**
You're mine!
**[13:36] Ruga**
I'm not done yet.
**[13:38] Ruga**
Last Card, Revonn's skill activates!
**[13:41] Oyama**
With its second skill,
if there are five or more resting units,
**[13:46] Oyama**
Revonn gets +15000 power
and an extra drive.
**[13:50] Kanzaki**
Also, he can now restand Galleass and Foivos.
**[14:02] Ruga**
First check.
**[14:04] Ruga**
Second check.
**[14:06] Ruga**
Front trigger.
**[14:08] Ruga**
Third check.
**[14:10] Ruga**
Heal trigger!
**[14:11] MC**
Ruga got a front trigger and a heal trigger!
**[14:15] MC**
But what about Rive's damage check?!
**[14:20] Rive**
No trigger.
**[14:22] Ruga**
Next, Galleass attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:25] Rive**
No guard.
**[14:28] MC**
Whoa, a draw trigger!
**[14:30] MC**
And Rive has 5 damage!
**[14:32] Tatsuya**
Ruga can still attack with Foivos this turn!
**[14:37] Mikuru**
So Dumbro might be...
**[14:40] Ruga**
Foivos...
**[14:45] Ruga**
...attacks your rear-guard, Fusing Striker!
**[14:50] Rive**
No guard.
**[14:53] MC**
Ruga Kaizu's turn is over.
**[14:55] MC**
But what happened there?
**[14:58] MC**
Up to now, he's only attacked the Vanguard,
but this time he attacked a rear-guard.
**[15:03] Kanzaki**
Rive Shindou drew a front trigger
and draw trigger for his damage checks,
**[15:08] Kanzaki**
so his Vanguard is at +20,000.
**[15:11] Kanzaki**
Taking out his rear-guard
is the natural strategy.
**[15:15] Oyama**
Nah, Ruga wants to fight Rive's strongest unit,
God Hand Dragon, as a friend.
**[15:23] MC**
But Rive Shindou has 5 damage.
**[15:25] MC**
With that heal trigger, Ruga Kaizu
healed 1 damage point, so he has 3 damage.
**[15:31] Ruga**
It's your turn.
**[15:33] Ruga**
You're gonna ride God Hand Dragon, aren't you?
**[15:37] Ruga**
Then I'll prove it to you.
**[15:40] Ruga**
I've staked my entire life on Vanguard.
**[15:43] Ruga**
I'll prove that it's stronger than
the half-baked happiness you chose!
**[15:51] Rive**
Stand and draw!
**[15:55] Rive**
Its fists are like gods,
**[15:57] Rive**
and its standing technique
is the strongest on planet Cray...
**[15:59] Rive**
I ride Fighting Fist Dragon,
God Hand Dragon!
**[16:09] Rive**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[16:13] Rive**
Accel Circle unleashed!
**[16:16] Rive**
Go, Burstraizer!
**[16:21] Rive**
I'm next! Here I come, Ruga!
**[16:24] Ruga**
Emerald Shield, Paschal!
**[16:28] Rive**
First check.
**[16:30] Rive**
Second check.
**[16:32] Rive**
Front trigger!
**[16:34] Rive**
Third check.
**[16:35] Rive**
Heal trigger!
**[16:38] MC**
Kaizu had a perfect guard!
**[16:40] MC**
God Hand Dragon's attack fails!
**[16:44] Rive**
Fusing Striker attacks your Vanguard!
**[16:47] Ruga**
No guard.
**[16:50] MC**
The turn is over.
**[16:52] MC**
Rive Shindou dealt just 1 damage,
but since he got a heal trigger,
**[16:57] MC**
that makes them tied at 4 damage!
**[17:01] MC**
This fight is heating up!
**[17:04] Ruga**
Heating up?
**[17:05] Ruga**
Look at the huge difference between us!
**[17:08] Ruga**
Stand and draw!
**[17:11] Ruga**
I ride Revonn again!
**[17:14] Ruga**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[17:16] Ruga**
I call Light Signals Penguin Soldier!
Blue Wave Soldier Senior, Beragios!
**[17:21] Ruga**
Blue Wave Marine General, Foivos!
**[17:23] MC**
Due to Revonn's skill, once again
God Hand Dragon loses 5000 power!
**[17:34] Ruga**
Now, Beragios!
**[17:41] Mikuru**
5 damage!
**[17:42] Nanami**
And with Revonn's skill, it gets +15,000 power!
**[17:46] Mark**
Plus an extra drive.
Verily, that's what he said before.
**[17:51] Nanami**
On top of that, when there's
a grade 3 in the Soul...
**[17:54] Tonori**
...it gets an extra critical, yo.
**[17:57] Ruga**
Revonn attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:59] Ruga**
Its skill activates!
**[18:00] Ruga**
Next, Foivos stands!
**[18:02] Rive**
I guard with Wall Boy and Cannon Ball.
**[18:05] Ruga**
You intend to block it?
**[18:06] Ruga**
Triple drive!
**[18:09] Ruga**
First check.
**[18:11] Ruga**
Second check.
**[18:14] Ruga**
Third check.
**[18:16] MC**
He drew a critical trigger!
**[18:18] Ruga**
I give all of the effects to Foivos!
**[18:20] Ruga**
Foivos attacks with 24,000 power
and an extra critical!
**[18:25] Rive**
I guard with Wall Boy!
**[18:27] Ruga**
What?!
**[18:37] Rive**
Ruga... you abandoned everything but Vanguard.
**[18:41] Rive**
That's why you're strong, you claim.
**[18:43] Rive**
But I lost something important to me, too.
**[18:48] Ruga**
What?!
**[18:50] MC**
We're on Rive Shindou's fourth turn!
**[18:55] Kanzaki**
Why are you dragging your feet?!
**[18:57] Kanzaki**
Ruga!
**[18:59] Rive**
It was fun, wasn't it?
**[19:01] Rive**
Traveling around together...
**[19:05] Rive**
Vanguard was all I thought about back then.
**[19:09] Rive**
I had a grand dream.
**[19:16] Rive**
It'll never come back.
**[19:22] Ruga**
Is that what you're saying you lost?
**[19:26] Rive**
God Hand Dragon attacks your Vanguard!
**[19:29] Rive**
Its skill activates!
**[19:31] Rive**
It gets an extra drive and critical!
**[19:35] Ruga**
Report! Blue Wave Shield General,
Yorgos! Battleship Intelligence!
**[19:40] MC**
All together, those three units
have a total guard of 37,000!
**[19:43] MC**
Will God Hand Dragon's attack fail?!
It'll be a fateful drive check!
**[19:48] MC**
Right now, God Hand Dragon has triple drive!
**[19:54] Ruga**
No trigger.
**[19:56] Ruga**
Yet you still claim we're the same?
**[20:02] Rive**
I don't think we're the same.
**[20:04] Rive**
However, we've both lost something
and gained something in our lives.
**[20:09] Rive**
That's not enough to
decide which of us is stronger!
**[20:16] MC**
A front trigger!
**[20:17] MC**
All of the front row units get +20,000!
**[20:19] MC**
But the guard still stands!
**[20:21] MC**
What about the third and final check?!
**[20:25] Ruga**
Meaning, we don't know which of us will win?
**[20:29] Rive**
That's what makes Vanguard so interesting.
**[20:36] All**
Yeah!
**[20:39] MC**
A double front trigger!
**[20:41] MC**
Incredible! God Hand Dragon has 52,000 power!
**[20:45] MC**
On top of that, with its skill,
it gets an extra critical!
**[20:55] MC**
It's over!
**[21:02] MC**
Kaizu has 6 damage...
**[21:04] MC**
...and the winner of the third match
is Rive Shindou of Team Capital!
**[21:11] Ruga**
Then I might win next time.
**[21:16] Rive**
You still want to fight?
**[21:20] Ruga**
Yeah. Get your wife's permission.
**[21:33] Oyama**
In other words, however you choose to live,
there are strengths, and the right thing...
**[21:40] Kanzaki**
If you're weak, you'll lose.
**[21:42] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin.
**[21:43] Kanzaki**
I, Yuichirou Kanzaki,
will show you true strength.
**[21:50] Mikuru**
Bro!
**[21:51] Shin**
Master, you really are my master!
**[21:54] Shin**
I'll do the next one.
**[21:55] Shin**
Let me do it!
**[21:57] Rive**
Yeah, sure.
**[21:59] Rive**
Still...
**[22:04] Rive**
...that guy's strong.
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Ruga's
ace in the hole, Last Card, Revonn!
***SIGN*** Last Card, Revonn
**[23:54] Narrator**
Resting one of your own rear-guards will
make your opponent's Vanguard lose 5000 power!
**[23:59] Narrator**
And if five of your units are at rest,
this unit gets +15,000 power and an extra drive!
**[24:06] Narrator**
On top of that, by meeting the conditions,
you'll also gain an extra critical!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Kanzaki**
I see.
**[24:17] Kanzaki**
You want me, Yuichirou Kanzaki,
to host this preview? Very well.
**[24:21] Kanzaki**
All right! On the next episode of
*Cardfight!! Vanguard*...
**[24:23] Kanzaki**
...I will take Shinemon Nitta apart,
piece by piece, and--
**[24:26] Oyama**
That's a spoiler!
**[24:27] Kanzaki**
That's how previews are!
**[24:29] Oyama**
Nope! The previews for this show are
absurd drivel, potsticker trivia, exercises...
**[24:34] Kanzaki**
Or like, "Ride this channel next week, too!"?
**[24:36] Oyama**
I've been wondering this,
but, just how old *are* you?
**[24:39] Kanzaki**
We *both* look completely retro!
***SIGN*** Remind 15
Image Transformed!!
**[24:43] Oyama**
Good point.
**[24:43] Kanzaki**
Right?!
# E29 - Image Transformed!!
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**[00:01] MC**
With Team Capital at two wins
and Team Dragon's Vanity at one win,
**[00:05] MC**
we head into the fourth match
of the Esu Cup finals!
**[00:09] MC**
It's Shinemon Nitta versus international
Vanguard high school champion Yuichirou Kanzaki!
**[00:19] MC**
I recall hearing that Nitta is your disciple?
**[00:23] Oyama**
That kid's a spirited fighter.
**[00:26] Rive**
What're you doing here?!
**[00:28] Kanzaki**
You!
**[00:30] Kanzaki**
So you're stronger than S Class, eh?
**[00:33] Shin**
I only defeated them once.
**[00:37] Kanzaki**
Unless you're strong, you have
no business being a Vanguard fighter!
**[00:49] Kanzaki**
Strength is power! Strength is justice!
**[00:57] Kanzaki**
Strength is absolute!
**[01:03] Kanzaki**
Don't make me sad!
**[01:09] MC**
It's now the first turn! Nitta attacks!
**[01:13] Shin**
I'll finish you off with
Phosphoros of Auspicious Light!
**[01:16] Kanzaki**
Too wimpy!
**[01:23] MC**
Kanzaki rode out the attack
by guarding with four cards!
**[01:34] MC**
A-Again?
**[01:45] Kanzaki**
Weak, weak, weak!
**[01:48] Kanzaki**
Too weak!
**[01:50] Kanzaki**
You're weaker than I imagined!
**[01:54] Kanzaki**
That's why I'll end this now!
**[01:57] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword attacks!
**[02:02] Shin**
No guard...
**[02:04] MC**
Nitta will do a fateful damage check!
**[02:14] Shin**
No trigger...
**[02:17] MC**
Nitta has 6 damage!
**[02:20] MC**
That made a well-earned victory
for Kanzaki of Team Dragon's Vanity!
**[02:26] MC**
Now both teams are even
with two wins and two losses!
**[02:30] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[02:32] Kanzaki**
Begone, weakling!
**[02:35] Oyama**
He's strong, but he rubs me the wrong way.
**[02:41] Kanzaki**
Rive Shindou, the Board Grappler!
**[02:44] Kanzaki**
You're my next opponent, right?!
**[02:51] Rive**
Well, I guess so.
**[02:56] MC**
And now we'll have a one-hour
intermission before the fifth match.
**[03:05] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[03:08] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[03:13] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[03:16] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 15 Image Transformed!!
**[04:58] Nanami**
Are you sure you don't mind
sharing with us, too?
**[05:00] Mikuru**
That's why I made them all!
**[05:04] Mikuru**
I can't tell them I made too many again...
**[05:08] Tatsuya**
Shinemon and Mark sure have
been in the restroom a long while.
**[05:12] Tonori**
I-I can't hold back, yo!
**[05:15] Mikuru**
Well, go ahead!
**[05:17] Rive**
I have a bad feeling...
**[05:19] The Two**
Thanks!
**[05:22] The Two**
W-Water!
**[05:25] Mikuru**
Don't tell me...
**[05:27] Mikuru**
I'll try one!
**[05:31] Mikuru**
Water! I need water!
**[05:33] Rive**
Not only did she make too many,
she overloaded them with salt.
**[05:37] Mikuru**
Yeah!
**[05:39] Mikuru**
How did you know I made too many?!
**[05:41] Rive**
It was obvious!
**[05:44] Mark**
Verily, are you certain about this?
**[05:47] Shin**
Yeah.
**[05:49] Rive**
What's up?
**[05:51] Mark**
Shinemon wishes for you to fight
in the next match, Lord Rive.
**[06:03] Rive**
Leave it to me.
**[06:07] Shin**
Thank you...
**[06:22] Rive**
You stay put.
**[06:24] Mikuru**
Bro! Why isn't Shinemon
fighting in the next match?!
**[06:28] Tatsuya**
According to the rules, it's fine for
a player who lost a match to do another one.
**[06:35] Rive**
The way Shinemon is now,
he wouldn't be able to beat Kanzaki.
**[06:42] Mikuru**
But why?! I'm sure Shinemon
could defeat him this time!
**[06:46] Rive**
That was Shinemon's first fight
against somebody like Kanzaki.
**[06:51] Tatsuya**
What do you mean?
**[06:53] Rive**
Kanzaki is obsessed with strength.
**[06:57] Rive**
He and Shinemon are like polar opposites.
**[07:02] Kid**
I ride!
**[07:03] Kid**
Um... Allen attacks!
**[07:05] Kid**
My turn's over.
**[07:08] Kid A**
Stand and draw!
**[07:09] Kid A**
I ride Cosmo Beak!
**[07:12] Kid A**
With its skill, I draw one card!
**[07:15] Shin**
Where'd you come from, Mark?
**[07:17] Mark**
Refer to me as Ninja Master
when I am in this form.
**[07:21] Kids**
No guard!
**[07:24] Kids**
Heal trigger!
**[07:26] Kid**
I ride!
**[07:27] Kid A**
All right! Here I come!
**[07:28] Kid A**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[07:29] Shin**
Why did I lose to Kanzaki?
**[07:36] Mark**
Shall we fight here as well?
**[07:41] Mark**
Verily, even Sub Manager encourages you to.
**[07:45] Shin**
So I see. In that case...
**[07:50] Rive**
It's as if Shinemon was born to be
a man who purely enjoys Vanguard.
**[07:57] Nanami**
That makes sense.
**[07:58] Mikuru**
You understood that?
**[07:59] Nanami**
Yeah, I doubt he's interested
in strength and stuff like that.
**[08:05] Mikuru**
Then you do understand.
**[08:07] Rive**
So against Kanzaki, that kind of guy he'd
never faced before, he instinctively froze up.
**[08:14] Tatsuya**
Fascinating...
**[08:16] Mikuru**
He became a Scared Cinnamon.
**[08:19] Tonori**
But if he can overcome that...
**[08:23] Rive**
The thing is, Shinemon himself doesn't
realize he's harboring that image of Kanzaki.
**[08:30] Rive**
So just telling him that wouldn't work.
**[08:33] Mikuru**
Then, even if he did the next one...
**[08:36] Rive**
If he's the same Shinemon
as the previous match...
**[08:43] Nanami**
Hey, don't interrupt!
**[08:47] Tonori**
Speak for yourself.
**[08:53] Mikuru**
It's fine! You don't have to eat them!
**[08:57] Mikuru**
Let's go somewhere for lunch!
**[08:59] Shin**
Parthenos attacks!
**[09:01] Mark**
Ninja Art, Mortal-Coil Jutsu!
**[09:05] Mark**
Verily, you shall not get by me that easily!
**[09:09] Shin**
What is this feeling...?
**[09:11] Shin**
It's completely different
from when I played against Kanzaki.
**[09:15] Mark**
Stand and draw!
**[09:17] Mark**
Riding Jutsu!
**[09:19] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[09:22] Mark**
Its skill activates!
**[09:24] Mark**
Ninja Art, Spiriting-Away Jutsu!
**[09:26] Mark**
Return two cards to your hand
and discard two others from your hand.
**[09:31] Shin**
Drat!
**[09:32] Shin**
When I play against Mark,
it's fun even if I get into a tough spot.
**[09:37] Shin**
No, it's not just when I play Mark.
**[09:40] Shin**
Vanguard is fun, no matter who I'm fighting.
**[09:45] Shin**
Even when I lost to Esuka...
**[09:50] Shin**
And yet...
**[09:51] Mark**
Shinemon?
**[09:53] Boy A**
You gonna do something?
**[09:56] Shin**
Sorry about that.
**[09:58] Shin**
Let's continue.
**[09:59] Mark**
Verily, here I go!
**[10:04] Mark**
Verily, I lost.
**[10:07] Boy A**
That was great!
**[10:08] Kid**
So exciting!
**[10:09] Kid**
Let's us fight again too!
**[10:11] Girl**
Yeah, let's do it!
**[10:14] Shin**
Vanguard really is fun.
**[10:28] Mark**
A navy swims on its stomach!
**[10:30] Shin**
That's "an army marches on its stomach"!
***SIGN*** Esu Curry
***SIGN*** Esuka Rice Dishes
**[10:36] Mikuru**
That was Shinemon and Mark...
**[10:40] The Two**
Water! Water! Water!
**[10:43] Mikuru**
I was too late...
**[10:46] MC**
The fifth match will begin momentarily.
**[10:49] MC**
Participating fighters,
please proceed to the fight stage.
**[11:03] Shin**
Master...
**[11:06] Shin**
Would you mind if I did the next match?
**[11:12] Rive**
Do you have some kind of plan?
**[11:17] Shin**
I promised not to run away anymore.
**[11:21] Shin**
I'd be a liar if I ran now.
**[11:25] Rive**
Can you beat Kanzaki?
**[11:30] Mark**
Verily, if you can fight as you
normally do, I foresee no problems.
**[11:38] Rive**
Then go ahead!
**[11:41] Shin**
Great!
**[11:44] Shin**
Thank you, Master!
**[11:47] Mark**
Shinemon.
**[11:49] Mark**
Enjoy yourself to the utmost... verily.
**[11:53] Shin**
I will!
**[11:55] Kanzaki**
Rive Shindou! What is the meaning of this?!
**[11:59] Oyama**
Don't ask me!
**[12:04] Kanzaki**
Where did he disappear to?!
**[12:07] Rive**
He's such a pain in the neck.
**[12:11] Kid B**
It's Li'l Valkerion!
**[12:16] Kanzaki**
I'm utterly devastated!
**[12:21] Shin**
Enjoy myself, huh?
**[12:24] Shin**
It looked like Mark had a great time
fighting against that Oyama guy.
**[12:30] Shin**
And even Master seemed to
genuinely enjoy his fight with Ruga.
**[12:37] Shin**
Meanwhile, I'm...
**[12:40] Kanzaki**
Hey, weakling!
**[12:43] Kanzaki**
Let's get started.
**[12:44] Shin**
R-Right!
**[12:46] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[13:02] MC**
It's the fateful fifth match, since the team
that wins it will win the tournament!
**[13:06] MC**
Kanzaki's onslaught continues!
**[13:10] Kanzaki**
I attack Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
**[13:13] Shin**
No guard!
**[13:15] Shin**
Damage check!
**[13:17] Shin**
Draw trigger!
**[13:19] MC**
Kanzaki has 1 damage,
while Nitta already has 4 damage!
**[13:30] Prometheus**
Don't be afraid, my Vanguard!
**[13:37] Shin**
I'm afraid?
**[13:39] Kanzaki**
What are you doing?! It's your turn!
**[13:44] Shin**
Stand and draw!
**[13:47] Laurier**
We're with you!
**[13:50] Kuririhina**
Me too!
**[13:50] Diana**
Me too!
**[13:52] Bare**
Me too!
**[13:59] Rive**
His expression changed.
**[14:02] Rive**
Rewrite that imagination, Shinemon.
**[14:10] Rive**
I think you're able to understand...
**[14:13] Rive**
...what you should do!
**[14:16] Shin**
I don't know why I was afraid.
**[14:19] Shin**
What I do know is...
**[14:20] Shin**
...I should fight like I usually do!
**[14:20] Mark**
You should fight like you usually do!
**[14:25] Shin**
That roar...
**[14:26] Shin**
The call of the stars...
**[14:27] Shin**
Shaking the furthest reaches of the Milky Way
and tearing through the firmament,
**[14:31] Shin**
it summons elements from far and wide!
**[14:33] Shin**
I ride!
**[14:41] Shin**
Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon!
**[14:49] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[14:56] MC**
Nitta does it again!
**[14:58] MC**
With Astraios and the skill of the Atlas
that he called, he gets two Imaginary Gifts!
**[15:04] Shin**
Here I come!
**[15:18] Shin**
Prometheus! Diana!
**[15:20] Kanzaki**
Death Feather Eagle!
**[15:23] MC**
As you'd expect of Kanzaki,
he kept his damage at 3!
**[15:27] MC**
And now it's his turn!
**[15:29] Kanzaki**
"In Heaven and on Earth,
I alone am worthy!"
**[15:33] Kanzaki**
True power, come to me!
**[15:35] Kanzaki**
I ride!
**[15:42] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword Dragon!
**[15:46] Kanzaki**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[15:54] Kanzaki**
Its skill activates!
**[15:57] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword gets +30,000 power!
**[16:01] MC**
With that, Claret Sword has 43,000 power!
**[16:06] Kanzaki**
I knew you were weak!
**[16:08] Kanzaki**
On this turn, all you can do is lose!
To the *other* skill of my Claret Sword!
**[16:17] Kanzaki**
With my Claret Sword Dragon, if I bind
seven grade 1 cards in the Drop Zone,
**[16:25] Kanzaki**
I can attack once more
in exchange for losing a drive!
**[16:32] Tatsuya**
He's already got seven grade 1 cards there!
**[16:36] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[16:41] Kanzaki**
Show him how weak he is!
**[16:52] Shin**
Thank you, Laurier!
**[16:55] Laurier**
You look like you're having fun, my Vanguard!
**[16:59] Shin**
It's thanks to all of you.
**[17:03] Shin**
Vanguard is fun.
**[17:07] Kanzaki**
Fun, you say?!
**[17:08] Kanzaki**
It seems you don't understand
the position that you're in!
**[17:13] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:17] Shin**
No guard!
**[17:27] Shin**
Damage check!
**[17:30] MC**
No trigger!
**[17:32] Tatsuya**
That makes 5 damage!
**[17:34] Mikuru**
Shinemon!
**[17:39] Nanami**
A heal trigger!
**[17:41] Kanzaki**
Despite that narrow escape
from death, you're *still* weak!
**[17:45] Kanzaki**
I bind seven grade 1 cards from the Drop Zone!
**[17:50] Kanzaki**
I stand Claret Sword Dragon!
**[17:54] Kanzaki**
And now I finish you off!
**[17:55] MC**
That's a 61,000 power attack!
**[17:58] MC**
It's all over for Nitta!
**[18:00] Oyama**
I don't think so.
**[18:05] Shin**
Guard!
**[18:06] MC**
Nitta guarded with a batch of four cards,
for a total guard of 63,000!
**[18:12] Kanzaki**
No trigger!
**[18:13] MC**
However, Kanzaki still has rear-guards!
**[18:18] Kanzaki**
The final stroke!
**[18:23] Shin**
Guard! Intercept!
**[18:26] MC**
Nitta held on!
**[18:28] MC**
Kanzaki's turn is over!
**[18:33] Rive**
You can do this, Shinemon!
**[18:36] Shin**
Once more, I ride Astraios Dragon!
**[18:41] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[18:46] Shin**
Its skill activates!
**[18:48] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[18:52] Shin**
That makes five gifts!
**[19:03] Shin**
Circle Shift! Astral Plane!
**[19:08] Shin**
Let's go, partner!
**[19:12] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[19:14] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[19:23] Shin**
Valkerion's skill activates!
**[19:32] Shin**
Well, it's bound to happen sometime.
**[19:37] MC**
O-Oh no! It's an unexpected grade 1!
**[19:41] MC**
Valkerion only gets one drive!
**[19:48] Shin**
One drive is plenty!
**[19:52] Shin**
First, Astraios attacks!
**[20:03] Nanami**
5 damage!
**[20:06] Shin**
I'm counting on you, Valkerion!
**[20:08] Shin**
Zodiac Blazer!
**[20:11] Tatsuya**
That's a 70,000 power attack!
**[20:14] Mikuru**
Please!
**[20:15] Kanzaki**
Guard!
**[20:16] MC**
Kanzaki uses all the cards
in his hand to block it!
**[20:20] Shin**
Drive check!
**[20:22] Mark**
The total guard is 73,000.
**[20:25] Mark**
Verily, if Shinemon draws a trigger,
he'll win with 80,000 power!
**[20:32] Kanzaki**
A critical trigger?!
**[20:39] MC**
What a stunning upset!
**[20:42] MC**
Yuichirou Kanzaki has lost!
**[20:45] MC**
This makes three matches to two!
Team Capital has won this year's Esu Cup!
**[20:51] Mark**
Shinemon!
**[20:56] Shin**
Mark!
**[21:01] Shin**
Thank you, Mark!
**[21:06] Rive**
You did it, Shinemon.
**[21:11] Rive**
*Up* you go!
**[21:14] Kanzaki**
Weak! Too weak!
**[21:16] Kanzaki**
My own weakness has left me in tears!
**[21:21] Kanzaki**
Thus, I shall depart.
***SIGN*** Shinemon Nitta
**[21:32] Kanzaki**
Shinemon Nitta. I shall remember this.
**[21:41] MC**
Congratulations!
**[21:44] MC**
One representative
of the team may fight Ms. Esuka.
**[21:51] Shin**
That's me!
**[21:53] Shin**
I'll fight!
**[21:54] Shin**
Don't forget this, Esuka!
**[21:56] Shin**
I'm not the same person
I was the last time we fought!
**[22:00] Esuka**
That's "Ms. Esuka" to you.
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:50] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Kanzaki's
ace in the hole, Claret Sword Dragon!
***SIGN*** Claret Sword Dragon
**[23:56] Narrator**
After it attacks, binding seven grade 1 cards
from the Drop Zone will let it re-stand!
**[24:01] Narrator**
Also, when it first appears, if you send any
grade 1 units from your deck to the Drop Zone,
**[24:06] Narrator**
you get to power it up 10,000 per unit sent!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Kanzaki**
On the next episode--
**[24:16] Mikuru**
Doing it this week too, Kanzaki?
**[24:19] Kanzaki**
Naturally, Rive Shindou's younger sister!
I will show you the mightiest preview!
**[24:23] Mikuru**
The "mightiest"? Even though you lost?
**[24:25] Kanzaki**
Hush! He was lucky!
**[24:26] Mikuru**
Strength is power! Strength is justice!
Strength is absolute!
**[24:29] Kanzaki**
Forget all that already!
**[24:31] Mikuru**
Weakness is a sin! Weak, weak, too weak!
**[24:33] Mikuru**
You're weaker than I imagined!
**[24:36] Kanzaki**
But I'm a three-time winner of the
International Vanguard High School Championship!
***SIGN*** Remind 16
Trial of Deities
**[24:41] Kanzaki**
I can't lose to y--
**[24:42] Mikuru**
Begone, weakling.
**[24:43] Kanzaki**
Okay.
# E30 - Trial of Deities
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRZJE5W96/trial-of-deities)
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**[00:02] Rive**
The planet Cray is the mother world
that exists in another dimension.
**[00:09] Rive**
A variety of tribes, called Clans, live there,
and they each have their own stories.
**[00:17] Rive**
Clans fight each other,
and sometimes work hand-in-hand,
**[00:21] Rive**
as they try to build the future
beyond their imagination.
**[00:30] Rive**
This is Great Nature, a university where
intelligent animals study around the clock.
**[00:37] Rive**
They guide Cray with their strong intellect.
**[00:49] Isabelle**
Another battle, taking place somewhere...
**[00:52] Isabelle**
At this rate, civilization itself
is bound for ruin in the near future.
**[01:10] Mathilda**
Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows!
**[01:19] Isabelle**
What's happening?!
**[01:21] Cecile**
Holy Great Sage, look!
**[01:27] Mathilda**
You're... Genesis!
**[01:32] Rive**
Genesis calls itself a conglomerate,
but it employs many deities known as Nobles,
**[01:40] Rive**
and the organization itself
is shrouded in mystery.
**[01:44] Isabelle**
All the way from United Sanctuary?
**[01:47] Isabelle**
Welcome to Great Nature.
**[01:49] Isabelle**
It appears that you are Nobles.
**[01:53] Pan**
That's right. On this planet, we are said to be
the descendants of those who were called gods.
**[01:59] Isabelle**
What brings you young deities to our university?
**[02:03] Uranus**
We wish to rewrite the hopeless future
that has been prophesied.
**[02:06] Uranus**
That is the guiding principle behind Genesis.
**[02:10] Cecile**
What hopeless future?
**[02:13] Uranus**
Clans are constantly at war with each other.
**[02:16] Uranus**
The way matters are going,
our civilization will fall ere long.
**[02:20] Uranus**
That is what our CEO has prophesied.
**[02:23] Uranus**
However, it is merely an image of the future.
**[02:27] Uranus**
Images can be rewritten!
***SIGN*** Remind 16 Trial of Deities
**[04:08] Mikuru**
Going into a high school makes me so nervous.
**[04:11] Mikuru**
Jeez, what's keeping Slowpoke Cinnamon?
**[04:25] Mikuru**
What's Staring Cinnamon up to?
**[04:28] Mikuru**
Oh...!
**[04:30] Mikuru**
Maybe he just can't confess
his feelings to the girl he likes,
**[04:33] Mikuru**
so he's Stealing-a-Glance Cinnamon!
**[04:42] Mikuru**
Gotta be sneaky...
**[04:52] Mikuru**
The heck?! He's Strolling-Around Cinnamon!
**[05:20] Boy 1**
I attack!
**[05:22] Boy 2**
I guard!
**[05:22] Girl 1**
It's so cute!
**[05:23] Girl 2**
I know!
**[05:27] Shin**
Mikuru?
**[05:28] Shin**
What are you doing at my school?!
**[05:32] Mikuru**
You were supposed to meet me
at the school gate, remember?!
**[05:36] Mikuru**
Misaki is waiting for us!
**[05:38] Shin**
Oh, that's right! Sorry!
**[05:41] Mikuru**
Hey, Shinemon!
**[05:58] Shin**
Sorry, Misaki!
**[05:58] Rive**
I beat you the first time we fought.
**[06:01] Esuka**
You were seriously trying to crush me then!
**[06:09] Shin**
I see...
**[06:10] Shin**
So both Master and Esuka
used to be regulars at Card Capital?
**[06:14] Esuka**
That's "Ms. Esuka" to you.
**[06:18] Esuka**
I owe a lot to Misaki's parents.
**[06:23] Esuka**
After I'd lost my dream,
they helped me find it again.
**[06:31] Misaki**
You made a promise to my father, didn't you?
**[06:36] Mikuru**
A promise?
**[06:37] Mikuru**
To protect Capital or something like that?
**[06:40] Esuka**
If that were the case, would I have
changed the sign to Cardshop Esuka?
**[06:47] Shin**
You heard her.
**[06:49] Shin**
That's the kind of person she is.
**[06:55] Shin**
Don't worry, Misaki.
**[06:57] Shin**
Tomorrow, I'm gonna
defeat her and take back Capital.
**[07:01] Shin**
Just like I promised.
**[07:03] Misaki**
Shin...
**[07:05] Misaki**
Is that what you really want to do?
**[07:09] Shin**
Misaki...
**[07:13] Misaki**
Shin, you don't have to...
**[07:19] Rive**
Well, congrats on getting out of here, Misaki.
**[07:25] Shin**
R-Right. From now on, think of
my house as your home.
**[07:45] Butler**
You decided not to mention this?
**[07:50] Esuka**
No, tomorrow will be fine.
**[07:53] Esuka**
The more surprises, the merrier.
**[07:57] Nanami**
Hey, pay attention here!
**[08:00] Tonori**
You listening? Esuka's deck's
got loads of "Lottery" units, yo.
**[08:05] Nanami**
The skill these units have
activates an ability that differs,
**[08:09] Nanami**
depending on the type of card that's drawn.
**[08:12] Nanami**
Which ability turns up
is in the hands of fate...
**[08:16] Nanami**
Would you pay attention?!
**[08:21] Tonori**
This ain't like you, yo.
**[08:23] Tonori**
You still mean to win tomorrow's fight
and become the manager of Capital, right?
**[08:28] Shin**
Manager, huh?
**[08:30] Shin**
Tonori, what are you gonna be in the future?
**[08:33] Tonori**
I wanna be a pro Vanguard fighter
with a full stomach.
**[08:39] Nanami**
What kind of future is that?!
**[08:41] Shin**
Mark, you're going to college?
**[08:43] Mark**
Right! And then I'll teach Japanese history.
**[08:46] Mark**
While Vanguard is fun,
I find Japanese history just as profound.
**[08:51] Tatsuya**
When you're a high school student,
you consider all kinds of options, huh?
**[08:56] Shin**
I'm gonna become the manager of Capital...
**[09:00] Shin**
...and then...
**[09:03] Tatsuya**
And then...?
**[09:09] Mathilda**
Deploy the Astral Plane?
**[09:11] Pan**
We hear the Astral Plane observatory is here.
**[09:16] Pan**
It's a passage to another universe,
beyond the distant galaxies.
**[09:21] Cecile**
But we merely observe the Astral Plane.
**[09:24] Cecile**
We have no idea what would happen if
we actually connected the observatory to it.
**[09:30] Uranus**
Well, then...
**[09:32] Uranus**
...let's give it a try!
**[09:46] Isabelle**
Stop this! If you don't...
**[09:50] Uranus**
You'll fight us?
**[09:59] MC**
Vanguard fans all across Japan...
nay, the world, thank you for your patience!
**[10:06] MC**
Esuka Hibino. The former Vanguard idol
who once took the world by storm.
**[10:11] MC**
Her ability is authentic.
**[10:14] MC**
And now, the annual dream match between
Esuka and a winner of the Esu Cup will begin!
**[10:24] MC**
Esuka has graciously allowed the venue
to be her opponents' home ground, Card Capital!
**[10:30] Esuka**
It wouldn't be a fair match if I didn't
at least give you an advantage like that.
**[10:35] Shin**
Whatever you say.
**[10:37] Shin**
So, you brought them?
**[10:40] Esuka**
All of the documents regarding Card Capital.
**[10:47] Esuka**
Still... this doesn't make sense, does it?
**[10:52] Esuka**
If you win the fight, you get these.
**[10:55] Esuka**
But if I win, all I get to do is keep them.
**[10:59] Esuka**
It's unfair...
**[11:02] Esuka**
...you know?
**[11:05] Fans**
Ms. Esuka!
**[11:07] Tatsuya**
Fascinating! She does have a point.
**[11:13] Shin**
Then if you win, I'll do whatever you say.
**[11:18] Esuka**
Perhaps I'll make you debut as an idol.
**[11:25] Rive**
That would be funny.
**[11:27] Rive**
But if *you* lose, you've gotta do
whatever Shinemon says.
**[11:33] Esuka**
I'm sure to win, so it doesn't matter.
**[11:37] Esuka**
I accept that condition!
**[11:44] Tatsuya**
Wait, that's...
**[11:46] Fans**
Ms. Esuka!!
**[11:48] Tatsuya**
That's Esuka's favorite dress! She wore it when
she went from swimsuit model to Vanguard idol!
**[11:55] Tatsuya**
Fascinating!
**[11:57] Esuka**
So, let's begin.
**[12:02] Shin**
Capital is the place where we hang out!
**[12:05] Esuka**
Capital is *mine.*
**[12:08] Shin**
It's the place where we play!
**[12:10] Shin**
And it's the place I'm going to protect!
**[12:13] Esuka**
It's the place that an *adult*
will protect for *children* to play in!
**[12:17] Shin**
I'm Shinemon Nitta!
**[12:19] Esuka**
Vanguard idol, Esuka Hibino!
**[12:22] The Two**
Bring it on!
**[12:40] Esuka**
I ride!
**[12:43] Esuka**
Prober of Black Jet, Cecile!
**[12:46] Esuka**
That ends my turn.
**[12:50] Shin**
I ride!
**[12:54] Shin**
Atlas of Heavenly Sphere!
**[12:55] Shin**
Stand aside, for the sake of our ideals!
**[13:04] Esuka**
I ride!
**[13:07] Esuka**
Scientist of Black Sheen, Mathilda!
**[13:11] Esuka**
I don't care if they are deities.
**[13:14] Esuka**
I won't allow breaking the law.
**[13:18] MC**
And now it's Esuka's turn!
**[13:20] MC**
This is where Mathilda's skill activates!
**[13:23] Tonori**
Without delay, yo.
**[13:27] Shin**
The lottery...
**[13:34] MC**
A trigger!
**[13:35] MC**
Mathilda gets an extra critical!
**[13:38] Fans**
Hip! Hip! Hooray!
**[13:42] Shin**
Keep your cool, Shinemon.
**[13:44] Shin**
Yeah. This drawing is in the hands of fate.
**[13:49] Shin**
It's nothing to worry about.
**[13:53] Esuka**
People get to decide on
what will be important in their lives.
**[13:58] Esuka**
You believe that, right?
**[14:01] Shin**
Yeah, of course!
That's why I'm here now!
**[14:03] Esuka**
And that's why you're a child.
**[14:08] Shin**
Again with that?!
**[14:10] Esuka**
You know I used to be an idol, right?
**[14:21] Esuka**
I didn't decide to become an idol.
**[14:26] Esuka**
I was scouted by someone
connected with my father's work.
***SIGN*** Esuka Hibino Photo Album Hand-Off
**[14:35] Esuka**
One day, while wondering to myself
if I'd continue working as an idol...
**[14:41] Esuka**
Cardfight Vanguard?
**[14:44] Manager**
It's really popular right now!
**[14:46] Manager**
And there are a lot of Vanguard shows,
so this would be a great career move.
**[14:50] Esuka**
But isn't it a game for boys?
**[14:54] Manager**
Plenty of girls are into it, too.
**[14:56] Manager**
Esuka, you're so smart that it
sometimes comes off as coldness.
**[15:01] Manager**
This would help make you more approachable.
**[15:07] Man**
Good luck!
**[15:08] Esuka**
Um... I attack your Vanguard?
**[15:09] Man**
Yeah! That's the way!
**[15:13] Opponent**
No guard.
**[15:15] Esuka**
I won!
**[15:16] Esuka**
I won the match!
**[15:22] Manager**
Nice! Love that childlike smile!
**[15:27] Tatsuya**
When Esuka changed course by becoming
a Vanguard idol, her popularity skyrocketed.
**[15:33] Rive**
I don't even watch TV,
but I still found out about her.
**[15:37] Esuka**
For the first time, I thought my job was fun.
**[15:41] Esuka**
When I imagined myself riding
all the different sorts of things in Vanguard,
**[15:48] Esuka**
I felt a sense of freedom:
from my home life, and from the world.
**[15:56] Esuka**
But ironically, even though I'd gotten
absorbed in something for the first time...
**[16:02] Nanami**
What happened?
**[16:05] Esuka**
I got the message that idols are just idols.
**[16:13] Esuka**
Hey, I won again!
**[16:16] Manager**
Thank you very much!
**[16:18] Talent**
Did I do a good job of losing?
**[16:21] Manager**
You were perfect!
**[16:23] Manager**
Once again, thanks.
**[16:25] Manager**
I'll contact you soon for another--
**[16:31] Manager**
Esuka, wait!
**[16:38] Esuka**
My wins had been handed to me.
**[16:41] Esuka**
I was an artificial idol.
**[16:46] Esuka**
My Vanguard career was nothing but a sham.
**[16:58] Esuka**
I retired as an idol and
had nothing to do, until one day...
**[17:11] Esuka**
Excuse me, is it okay
if I wait out the rain here?
**[17:17] Father**
How about passing the time with a fight?
**[17:23] Esuka**
It was only then that
I realized it was a card shop.
**[17:30] Esuka**
I don't have the right to play Vanguard...
**[17:35] Father**
"The right"? Well, neither do I. No one does.
**[17:44] Mother**
If you like Vanguard, then that's enough.
**[17:55] Esuka**
Um...
**[17:58] Father**
Welcome.
**[17:59] Father**
Thanks for coming.
***SIGN*** 100 things I need to do to make the best shop in the world
**[18:06] Esuka**
After that, I seriously got into Vanguard.
**[18:11] Esuka**
Wanting to build a shop
where girls could also enjoy playing,
**[18:14] Esuka**
I eventually found myself
focusing on shop management.
**[18:21] Esuka**
Do you understand, Shinemon?
**[18:23] Esuka**
I didn't choose any of it myself.
**[18:27] Esuka**
Idolhood, playing Vanguard, running a shop...
**[18:31] Esuka**
They all just happened to me, like a lottery.
**[18:35] Esuka**
I didn't know what would come next.
**[18:42] Esuka**
Every adult knows that life is like that.
**[18:49] Shin**
But I chose this for myself!
**[18:52] Shin**
That I'd protect Capital!
**[18:54] Esuka**
If I win this, it's the same as
you getting a dud in a drawing.
**[19:00] Esuka**
I call Silver Wolf!
**[19:03] MC**
The fight resumes with Esuka's attack!
**[19:07] Esuka**
Mathilda attacks, boosted by Silver Wolf!
**[19:17] Shin**
I ride!
**[19:19] Shin**
Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
**[19:21] Shin**
Parthenos! Diana!
**[19:28] Shin**
Let's go!
**[19:34] MC**
With the effect of the critical trigger,
Nitta does an additional 2 damage!
**[19:41] Shin**
This is bad! It's a repeat of our last match!
**[19:46] Shin**
It's like Esuka's forcing me
to fight the way she wants!
**[19:54] Rive**
Misaki?!
**[20:01] Rive**
Try to imagine it.
**[20:05] Esuka**
Learn well, with wisdom and knowledge,
the truth of all creation!
**[20:12] Esuka**
I ride!
**[20:14] Esuka**
Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
**[20:19] Rive**
This is the planet Cray.
**[20:22] Rive**
There's Great Nature, an animal university,
and Genesis, a corporation of deities.
**[20:29] Rive**
The young deities of Genesis want to open
the door to a place known as the Astral Plane.
**[20:36] Rive**
However, Great Nature is opposed to that plan.
**[20:40] Rive**
No one knows what dangers await
in a mysterious new world.
**[20:45] Rive**
The animals of Great Nature are adults,
so they're well aware of the risk involved.
**[20:50] Misaki**
Is that a true story?
**[20:54] Rive**
Well...
**[20:56] Rive**
Who knows?
**[20:59] Shin**
No matter what you say...
**[21:02] Shin**
...life isn't some lottery,
where you never know what'll happen!
**[21:08] Shin**
I'm going to choose for myself!
**[21:16] Esuka**
Oh, really?
**[21:18] Esuka**
Then I'll let you choose.
**[21:21] Shin**
What's that?
**[21:23] Esuka**
Your invitation to the Vanguard World League.
The organizers witnessed the Esu Cup finals.
**[21:29] Tatsuya**
Wow! Any fighter would love
to go on that one-year world tour!
**[21:35] Shin**
A whole year?!
**[21:37] Esuka**
For those who succeed on this tour,
fighting numerous battles all across the world,
**[21:41] Esuka**
the door to going pro wide open.
**[21:44] Mikuru**
But if you were away from Japan for a year,
**[21:47] Mikuru**
what would happen to Capital?
**[21:52] Esuka**
This isn't a lottery.
**[22:03] Esuka**
Make your choice, Shinemon Nitta!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Great Nature's
shock-troops commander, Binoculus Tiger!
***SIGN*** Binoculus Tiger
**[23:55] Narrator**
When it attacks the Vanguard, perform a
Counterblast to activate the "Lottery" skill.
**[24:01] Narrator**
If the lottery card you flip over
is a normal unit, draw a card.
**[24:04] Narrator**
If it's a trigger unit, retire one
of your opponent's rear-guards,
**[24:08] Narrator**
and then your front row
rear-guards will get stronger.
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard
**[24:16] Reporter**
As usual, there are many tourists
from other countries here at Centrair.
**[24:20] Reporter**
Hello there!
**[24:21] Mark**
Who, me?
**[24:22] Reporter**
Why have you come to Japan?
**[24:24] Mark**
To see Sekigahara, of course.
**[24:26] Mark**
Ninja, harakiri, geisha, sukiyaki, Sekigahara!
**[24:29] Reporter**
Um, what are you planning to do at Sekigahara?
**[24:32] Mark**
Isn't it obvious?
**[24:34] Mark**
It's where Ishida Mitsunari's western force
clashed with Tokugawa Ieyasu's eastern force,
**[24:38] Mark**
so I'll play Vanguard there.
**[24:39] Reporter**
Vanguard?
***SIGN*** Remind 17
True Passion
**[24:40] Mark**
Vanguard!
**[24:41] Reporter**
Vanguard?
**[24:42] Mark**
Vanguard!
**[24:42] Reporter**
Vanguard?
**[24:43] Mark**
Vanguard.
# E31 - True Passion
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6KE429E6/true-passion)
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**[00:02] Uranus**
There is a legend stating
that Elementals still exist,
**[00:06] Uranus**
flitting about the place known as
the Astral Plane, at the end of the galaxy.
**[00:10] Uranus**
If that be true, then I wish to capture
a Galaxy Elemental with my own hand!
**[00:20] Esuka**
This isn't a lottery.
**[00:31] Esuka**
Make your choice, Shinemon Nitta!
**[00:38] Shin**
What should I do?
**[00:40] Shin**
If I choose Capital,
I can't go on the world tour.
**[00:43] Shin**
But if I choose otherwise, Capital will...
***SIGN*** Remind 17 True Passion
**[02:23] Shin**
What should I do?
**[02:25] Shin**
If I choose Capital,
I can't go on the world tour.
**[02:28] Shin**
But if I choose otherwise, Capital will...
**[02:33] Esuka**
You only get that choice if you beat me!
**[02:37] Esuka**
Binoculus Tiger attacks your Vanguard!
**[02:43] Esuka**
Binoculus Tiger's skill activates!
**[02:46] MC**
Binoculus Tiger also has the "Lottery" skill!
**[02:50] MC**
If the card she draws is normal,
she can draw a card.
**[02:53] MC**
If it's a trigger, she can retire
one of her opponent's rear-guards,
**[02:57] MC**
and three of her units will get stronger.
**[03:00] Tatsuya**
If she draws a trigger,
it may be tough for him to guard!
**[03:05] MC**
It's a normal unit!
**[03:07] Esuka**
It didn't go the way I preferred,
but I have to accept the result.
**[03:12] Esuka**
That's how life works.
**[03:14] Shin**
Don't patronize me!
**[03:16] Shin**
I guard!
**[03:18] Shin**
Cyber Tiger!
**[03:20] Esuka**
Silver Wolf, come with me!
**[03:22] Silver Wolf**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[03:25] Esuka**
Drive check!
**[03:30] Mark**
A heal trigger!
**[03:32] Esuka**
I give the power to Geograph Giant!
**[03:38] Esuka**
Geograph Giant!
**[03:45] Shin**
Damage check!
**[03:48] Mikuru**
4 damage!
**[03:50] MC**
Well, now it's Shinemon Nitta's turn...
**[03:57] Shin**
Misaki...?
**[03:59] Shin**
I'm just warming up. Watch me.
**[04:01] Misaki**
Shin...
**[04:02] Misaki**
What is your true passion?
**[04:06] Misaki**
Is running this shop what you most want to do?
**[04:11] Shin**
Misaki...
**[04:14] Misaki**
If you're only doing it for my sake, then...
**[04:17] Misaki**
...it's my fault that you're not
following your true passion!
**[04:23] Esuka**
It's like I told you.
**[04:25] Esuka**
Make sure that you can say
you're doing this for yourself.
**[04:28] Esuka**
While it's cool to say it's for someone else,
have you ever considered that person's feelings?
**[04:35] Esuka**
How would *you* feel if someone told you,
"I'm giving up my future, all for your sake"?
**[04:45] Shin**
I... I...
**[04:48] Shin**
I ride Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[04:53] Shin**
The entirety of destiny is inscribed
within the blinding darkness!
**[04:58] Shin**
And I am the one who recites it!
**[05:00] Shin**
Invited or not...
**[05:02] Shin**
Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[05:05] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[05:08] Shin**
Uranus's skill activates!
**[05:10] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[05:13] Shin**
Also, Atlas! Parthenos!
**[05:16] MC**
Atlas's skill! By putting Atlas in the Soul...
**[05:20] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[05:23] Mikuru**
That makes three Gifts!
**[05:25] Tatsuya**
No, he's also got the one from
the previous turn, so that's four Gifts!
**[05:29] Shin**
I call Atlas again!
**[05:33] MC**
Whoa! He had another one!
**[05:36] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[05:38] Shin**
That's the fifth gift!
**[05:41] Shin**
Believe in me, Misaki!
**[05:43] Shin**
I'm going to protect this shop, Capital!
**[05:46] Shin**
For your sake!
**[05:49] Shin**
And for my own sake, too!
**[05:51] Shin**
Along with my partner!
**[05:53] Shin**
Circle Shift! Astral Plane!
**[06:04] Uranus**
Elementals! Return to our planet Cray!
**[06:14] Shin**
And standing on that Astral Plane...
**[06:24] Shin**
Rewrite the imagination...
**[06:28] Shin**
...O great planetary guardian deity!
**[06:31] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[06:41] Shin**
Its skill activates!
**[06:44] Shin**
Twin drive!
**[06:45] Mark&Tatsuya**
Go, Valkerion!
**[06:47] Shin**
Parthenos! Attack Binoculus!
**[06:50] Parthenos**
Leave it to me!
**[06:56] MC**
He first retires Binoculus, which can intercept!
**[07:00] Shin**
Now I'll go!
**[07:05] Shin**
Drive check!
**[07:10] Tatsuya**
A heal trigger!
**[07:11] Tatsuya**
He heals 1 damage point!
**[07:13] Esuka**
Damage check!
**[07:16] MC**
That's a front trigger!
**[07:18] MC**
All of Esuka's front-row units gain 10,000 power!
**[07:22] MC**
But she's now at 3 damage, tied with Nitta!
**[07:26] Mark**
And he still has Valkerion!
**[07:32] Shin**
Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
**[07:40] Esuka**
Come, Cable Sheep!
**[07:42] MC**
There it is! Cable Sheep's skill is...
**[07:46] Esuka**
Perfect guard.
**[07:50] Shin**
First check!
**[07:52] Mark**
But even though he got a critical...
**[07:54] Shin**
I give all of the effects to Parthenos!
**[07:57] Shin**
Second check!
**[07:59] MC**
Wowsers! Before a perfect guard,
even Valkerion is at a loss!
**[08:06] Shin**
I still have Parthenos!
**[08:08] Tatsuya**
Between Parthenos, Diana's boosting,
and the critical, the power is 37,000!
**[08:14] Tonori**
If he doesn't deal at least 1 more damage...
**[08:18] Esuka**
Dictionary Goat guards!
**[08:21] Tatsuya**
42,000!
**[08:23] MC**
Ouch! Shinemon Nitta's
final attack is also a dud,
**[08:28] MC**
meaning he dealt a measly 1 damage this turn!
**[08:33] MC**
And as the turn ends,
Valkerion returns to the deck!
**[08:41] Uranus**
Galaxy Elemental...
**[08:44] Uranus**
With this hand, I shall...
**[08:54] Prometheus**
Are you injured, Gleaming Lord?
**[08:57] Uranus**
If but briefly, I had it in my hand.
**[09:02] Isabelle**
However much you
desire them, some things...
**[09:05] Isabelle**
...are unobtainable.
**[09:22] Shin**
Why...? I had Capital right in my hand.
**[09:26] Mikuru**
But is it what you actually wanted?
**[09:29] Mikuru**
Misaki's right.
**[09:32] Mikuru**
Just what is your true passion?
**[09:35] Shin**
I...
**[09:37] Misaki**
Shin, imagine your future as you wish it to be.
**[09:45] Shin**
What's that look for?
**[09:50] Esuka**
Stand and draw.
**[09:53] Esuka**
I ride Isabelle again!
**[10:00] Esuka**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[10:05] MC**
Whoa! Esuka has unleashed a second Accel Circle!
**[10:10] Esuka**
Its skill activates!
**[10:11] Nanami**
No more "Lottery" with Isabelle!
**[10:14] Nanami**
She's using both abilities at the same time!
**[10:16] Esuka**
Silver Wolf joins my hand.
**[10:18] Esuka**
And now, Isabelle gains +15,000 power!
**[10:22] Esuka**
Geograph Giant! Mathilda!
**[10:26] Esuka**
With Isabelle's skill, I can activate
either ability of any Lottery unit.
**[10:32] Esuka**
Including Mathilda's, of course.
**[10:35] MC**
Now her opponent can only guard against
Mathilda's attack with two or more cards,
**[10:40] MC**
and at the same time,
Mathilda gains an extra critical!
**[10:43] Esuka**
Isabelle...
**[10:44] Esuka**
...attacks!
**[10:46] Esuka**
Silver Wolf boosts!
**[10:48] Shin**
No guard!
**[10:50] Esuka**
Drive check!
**[10:51] Esuka**
First check.
**[10:53] Tonori**
A critical, yo!
**[10:55] Esuka**
I give the power to my left Geograph Giant
and the extra critical to Isabelle.
**[10:59] Esuka**
Second check.
**[11:01] MC**
The second one is a heal trigger!
**[11:03] Esuka**
I give the power to
my right Geograph Giant.
**[11:15] Nanami**
5 damage.
**[11:16] Tonori**
And Esuka's damage's back down to 2, yo.
**[11:19] Tonori**
I think it's all over.
**[11:21] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka!
**[11:22] Esuka**
What? Are you going to
ask me to take it easy on him?
**[11:27] Nanami**
Please tell me one thing.
**[11:29] Nanami**
Why do you want Capital so much?
**[11:31] Nanami**
It's just one shop.
**[11:34] Esuka**
I told you before.
**[11:35] Esuka**
I owe the couple who previously owned this shop.
**[11:39] Esuka**
Left to him, it's sure to go out of business.
**[11:42] Nanami**
But there's more to it.
**[11:43] Nanami**
It's felt like you've had something
against Shinemon since the beginning.
**[11:50] Esuka**
Back when I first got the
ball rolling with Esuka Group...
**[11:54] Esuka**
Wow, so this is your little brother?
**[11:57] Manager**
He's still in high school, but he fights
like he was born to enjoy Vanguard.
**[12:06] Esuka**
Maybe he'll have a future
as a pro Vanguard fighter.
**[12:10] Manager**
Who knows with him?
**[12:12] Manager**
Esuka, would you take him under your wing?
**[12:20] Esuka**
But then, before we could meet again...
**[12:24] Esuka**
So that's the first and last favor
the manager ever asked of me.
**[12:29] Shin**
Then your promise to the manager was...
**[12:32] Nanami**
B-But then, why have you
blocked Shinemon at every turn?!
**[12:36] Esuka**
Shinemon is still in high school.
**[12:39] Esuka**
He shouldn't give up on
his true passion in life.
**[12:43] Esuka**
Helping him realize that is
my way of "taking him under my wing."
**[12:48] Tatsuya**
Um, I'm not sure I follow...
**[12:52] Mark**
She means it was all for Shinemon's sake.
**[12:57] Esuka**
1 more damage, and you can
finally follow your true passion.
**[13:04] Esuka**
Geograph Giant attacks your Vanguard!
**[13:09] MC**
With Accel Circle and a skill,
**[13:11] MC**
plus the earlier trigger bonus,
that makes 32,000 power!
**[13:16] Shin**
I guard with Kukurihime!
**[13:19] MC**
28,000! It still isn't enough!
**[13:22] Shin**
I'm counting on you, Parthenos!
**[13:24] Parthenos**
Yes, my Vanguard!
**[13:28] Esuka**
However, I still have one more Geograph Giant!
**[13:31] Shin**
Kukurihime and Parthenos!
**[13:36] Esuka**
You're so tenacious...
**[13:38] Esuka**
Make it easy on yourself, already!
**[13:41] Shin**
Sheesh. I'm grateful, really.
**[13:44] Shin**
To Misaki...
**[13:45] Shin**
...and Mikuru...
**[13:47] Shin**
...and even you, Esuka!
**[13:48] Shin**
You're all concerned about my future.
**[13:51] Mikuru**
I can see why you'd want to
protect Capital for Misaki's sake.
**[13:55] Mikuru**
But your future's a different matter, Shinemon!
**[13:59] Misaki**
Follow your true passion, please...
**[14:02] Shin**
You've got me wrong!
**[14:05] Shin**
Yes, I'm conflicted.
**[14:07] Shin**
But it's not because I have
something else as my passion.
**[14:11] Shin**
It's because I *don't!*
**[14:14] Mark**
Shinemon...
**[14:16] Shin**
I have no idea what my true passion is.
**[14:22] Esuka**
So then, protecting Capital...
**[14:24] Esuka**
...has just been your excuse for not
making the effort to find that passion!
**[14:29] Esuka**
This will eliminate that concern, too!
**[14:32] Esuka**
Mathilda attacks!
**[14:35] MC**
There it is! To guard against Mathilda,
he has to use two or more cards!
**[14:41] MC**
What will Nitta do?!
**[14:44] Shin**
I guard!
**[14:45] MC**
His guard succeeded!
**[14:47] MC**
But Nitta has 5 damage, two units in play,
and only one card in his hand!
**[14:56] Isabelle**
It's not just us.
**[14:58] Isabelle**
Long ago, many people
sought out the Elementals...
**[15:02] Isabelle**
...but it was just a waste of time.
**[15:05] Isabelle**
So...
**[15:09] Pan**
Hey, that's...
**[15:14] Pan**
...Astraios Dragon!
**[15:17] Cecile**
No way... Quaking Heavenly Dragon,
Astraios Dragon is an ancient deity...
**[15:22] Cecile**
They're supposed to be extinct...
**[15:25] Astraios Dragon**
Indeed. I am this world's
last Quaking Heavenly Dragon.
**[15:30] Isabelle**
What an honor...
**[15:31] Isabelle**
The former Astral Poet Deity, said to have
shaken the furthest reaches of the galaxy.
**[15:37] Isabelle**
Still, why now?
**[15:38] Astraios Dragon**
Using thy science and my power,
open the Astral Plane once again.
**[15:45] Isabelle**
You want the experiment to continue?
**[15:47] Isabelle**
But it's impossible to gather
the Galaxy Elementals.
**[15:51] Isabelle**
You must know that
better than anyone, so why?
**[15:56] Astraios**
What even we could not accomplish,
might someday be possible for the young.
**[16:01] Astraios**
Is that not the object of history?
**[16:06] Uranus**
I *will* catch one!
**[16:08] Uranus**
Catch an Elemental, in this very hand!
**[16:12] Shin**
Stand and draw!
**[16:14] Shin**
I ride!
**[16:20] Esuka**
What is this?!
**[16:22] Shin**
Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon!
**[16:27] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[16:30] Shin**
Something I need to protect?
**[16:32] Shin**
I have nothing like that,
**[16:34] Shin**
and I never thought I did.
**[16:36] Shin**
Except for one thing!
**[16:39] Shin**
When Misaki was born, I made a vow...
**[16:44] Shin**
...that she would always be able to smile.
**[16:52] Shin**
Yes. This isn't about "someone else."
**[16:55] Shin**
To keep that promise I made to *myself*,
**[16:59] Shin**
I deploy the Astral Plane again!
**[17:01] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[17:05] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[17:11] Astraios**
Catch it, Uranus!
**[17:19] Uranus**
The Elementals are gathering...
**[17:22] Uranus**
It's as if they are taking on humanoid form!
**[17:29] MC**
Valkerion's skill!
**[17:31] MC**
He looks at the top five cards of his deck,
**[17:33] MC**
and gets as many drives as the
highest grade among those cards!
**[17:38] MC**
My goodness! A Valkerion!
**[17:41] MC**
A *third* Valkerion!
**[17:44] MC**
Valkerion's grade is...
**[17:46] Esuka**
Five. Quintet drive.
**[17:50] Tatsuya**
He can do five drive checks!
**[17:53] Shin**
Valkerion attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:57] MC**
Valkerion has 70,000 power!
**[17:59] MC**
With the additional Gift, it's 80,000! Amazing!
**[18:04] Esuka**
No guard.
**[18:06] Shin**
Valkerion!
**[18:07] Shin**
Zodiac Blazer Quintet!
**[18:12] Shin**
First check!
**[18:14] Shin**
Second check!
**[18:17] Shin**
Third check!
**[18:20] Shin**
Fourth check!
**[18:22] Shin**
Fifth check!
**[18:25] MC**
A t-triple critical trigger!
**[18:28] MC**
That's 4 damage!
**[18:30] MC**
Now it all rides on whether or not
Esuka can draw a heal trigger!
**[18:35] Esuka**
First check.
**[18:37] Esuka**
Second check.
**[18:40] Esuka**
Third check.
**[18:42] Nanami**
5 damage!
**[18:44] MC**
What will the final check bring?!
**[18:51] MC**
No trigger!
**[18:53] MC**
Should this even be possible?!
**[19:07] MC**
Shinemon Nitta has defeated Esuka Hibino!
**[19:11] MC**
This shop, Card Capital, now belongs to Nitta!
**[19:20] Esuka**
And all I wanted to do was set you free.
**[19:26] Shin**
Mark! Master! We're going on a world tour!
**[19:30] Shin**
Oh, I almost forgot.
**[19:32] Shin**
I choose *both!*
**[19:35] Nanami**
Hey, that's going too far...
**[19:37] Rive**
You did promise to do
whatever he said if you lost.
**[19:41] Shin**
I want to try everything,
**[19:44] Shin**
until I know what my true passion is!
**[19:47] Misaki**
Good.
**[19:48] Esuka**
That's fine. Open it.
**[19:53] Shin**
What is this?
**[19:55] Shin**
"Card Capital Apprentice Manager Contract"?
**[19:58] Esuka**
You and I are entering into
a contract, Shinemon Nitta.
**[20:01] Esuka**
While you're on the world tour...
**[20:04] Esuka**
I'll be managing this shop.
**[20:07] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka!
**[20:09] Esuka**
And one more thing.
**[20:11] Esuka**
The black envelope.
**[20:12] Shin**
What's this? A college application?!
**[20:15] Esuka**
Didn't you know?
**[20:16] Esuka**
To participate in the world tour,
you must be at least age 20, or in college.
**[20:21] Esuka**
You can't go unless you
become a college student.
**[20:24] Shin**
I can't do entrance exams now!
**[20:27] Shin**
What about the shop, and the tour?!
**[20:28] Mikuru**
Just do it, Exam-Taker Cinnamon!
**[20:31] Shin**
Easy for *you* to say!
**[20:33] Shin**
How can I, when I've got a 20 in English,
a 35 in Math and 40 in Japanese?!
**[20:38] Shin**
How could you tell me to take entrance exams?!
**[20:46] Shin**
M-Misaki's laughing!
**[20:52] Shin**
Th-Th-This is wonderful!
**[20:57] Shin**
After what happened, all I've wanted
was to see you smile again, Misaki!
**[21:00] Mikuru**
She has, though.
**[21:02] Rive**
Yeah, she's smiled
in front of us once in a while.
**[21:07] Mark**
I've seen her smile, too.
**[21:10] Mikuru**
She probably just hated you.
**[21:12] Shin**
Oh, Misaki...
**[21:15] Misaki**
No, that's not why.
**[21:17] Misaki**
I always felt worried
whenever I was around Shin, so...
**[21:24] Shin**
*That* was why?
**[21:28] Shin**
Thank goodness!
**[21:31] Shin**
Oh, thank goodness...
**[21:34] Shin**
Misaki...
**[21:46] Uranus**
What is this?
**[21:47] Astraios**
The Galaxy Elementals have
become one: a spirit of the stars.
**[21:51] Astraios**
Nay, an Astral Deity.
**[21:55] Isabelle**
O young deity,
together with this Astral Deity,
**[21:59] Isabelle**
grant us guidance with
the power of your imagination.
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Esuka's
Scientist of Black Sheen, Mathilda!
***SIGN*** Scientist of Black Sheen, Mathilda
**[23:56] Narrator**
When this unit appears,
its Lottery skill activates!
**[24:00] Narrator**
But if the Vanguard is Isabelle,
which can activate both its Lottery skills,
**[24:04] Narrator**
then both this unit's skills--guard restriction
and extra critical--can be activated together!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Misaki**
Uncle Rive, your story about the Genesis deities
and the Great Nature fox was very interesting!
**[24:21] Rive**
Glad to hear it, Misaki!
**[24:22] Misaki**
Tell me, where did you hear that story?
**[24:24] Misaki**
It felt as if you'd visited Cray
and seen it with your own eyes!
**[24:27] Rive**
All Vanguard fighters use their imaginations.
**[24:30] Rive**
You can use the clans and units to come up
with your own stories... or help set the scene.
**[24:33] Misaki**
You thought up that whole story yourself?
**[24:36] Rive**
Well, you could say that...
**[24:37] Misaki**
So it was all in your head?
Imaginary? Cooked-up?
***SIGN*** Remind 18
Examinees' Merry Christmas
**[24:40] Misaki**
Are you always thinking up stuff like that?
**[24:42] Rive**
When you put it that way...
# E32 - Examinees' Merry Christmas
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR4PE4PJY/examinees-merry-christmas)
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**[00:04] Radio**
Today is Christmas Eve.
**[00:06] Radio**
The weather may
leave much to be desired,
**[00:08] Radio**
but from the look of the sky,
we may well have a white Christmas.
**[00:13] Radio**
Who are you spending it with?
**[00:15] Radio**
Family? A sweetheart?
**[00:17] Radio**
Or perhaps some of you are
throwing a big party, with just the guys?
**[00:22] Radio**
On the other hand, many examinees
have no time for any of that...
***SIGN*** Victory
***SIGN*** Card Capital Apprentice Manager Contract Esuka
**[00:26] Shin**
"Card Capital Apprentice Manager Contract"?
**[00:30] Esuka**
You and I are entering into
a contract, Shinemon Nitta.
**[00:33] Esuka**
While you're on the world tour,
I'll be managing this shop.
**[00:39] Shin**
What's this? A college application?!
**[00:41] Esuka**
Didn't you know?
**[00:43] Esuka**
To participate in the world tour,
you must be at least age 20, or in college.
**[00:48] Esuka**
You can't go unless you
become a college student.
**[00:52] Shin**
I'll do it!
**[00:53] Radio**
Some of you may be watching this person.
**[00:56] Radio**
Tonight is the final concert
for popular idol Hitomi Kouzouji,
***SIGN*** Examinee Radio
**[01:01] Radio**
who recently announced her retirement.
**[01:04] Radio**
Surely many fans will be there
to give her warm encouragement.
**[01:06] Shin**
Hitomi Kouzouji...
**[01:09] Radio**
So let's listen to this,
**[01:11] Radio**
Hitomi Kouzouji's last single:
**[01:13] Mark**
Hitomi!
**[01:13] Radio**
"Mermai"--
**[01:17] Shin**
Mark?!
**[01:19] Shin**
I purposely holed up in Capital
so I could study someplace quiet!
**[01:24] Shin**
Don't just barge in!
**[01:26] Shin**
Hey, Mark!
**[01:29] Mark**
I really wanted to go to
Princess Hitomi's last concert!
**[01:34] Shin**
Why is the shop open?
**[01:37] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[01:40] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[01:45] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[01:48] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 18 Examinees' Merry Christmas
**[03:27] Shin**
A Christmas opening? But why?
**[03:31] Tatsuya**
"But why?"
**[03:33] Mikuru**
Don't you remember?
**[03:35] Esuka**
As I expected.
**[03:39] Shin**
E-Esuka...
**[03:41] Esuka**
"Ms. Esuka" to you.
**[03:42] Esuka**
The parties concerned gathered here
a week ago to discuss it, remember?
**[03:48] Shin**
Now that you mention it,
I kind of recall... but it's hazy.
***SIGN*** One Week Ago
**[03:54] All**
A limited opening?!
**[03:56] Esuka**
Yes. The shop will be open for a limited time.
Just two days, Christmas Eve and Day.
**[04:02] Shin**
Bite, bitter, bivouac, black...
**[04:02] Esuka**
I have two goals here:
**[04:04] Esuka**
The first is to inform the regular customers
**[04:07] Esuka**
that this shop is still in business
and will officially reopen next year.
**[04:11] Rive**
That's if Shinemon passes, right?
**[04:15] Esuka**
If not, only the shop name will change.
**[04:18] Esuka**
The second is purely for business reasons.
**[04:21] Esuka**
Sales go up during the Christmas season.
**[04:24] Mark**
Then we will be selling cards
and merchandise this time?
**[04:28] Esuka**
Correct. That's why
I'll be putting all of you to work.
**[04:32] Esuka**
We can't have the "school festival"
feel of your Halloween event.
**[04:36] Tatsuya**
Understood.
**[04:37] Mikuru**
Is our examinee, Shinemon,
expected to help too?
**[04:42] Esuka**
No, that would be cruel.
**[04:45] Esuka**
Just the four of us will handle it.
**[04:47] Esuka**
So while the shop will be open on Christmas,
**[04:50] Esuka**
All you need to do is study, Shinemon Nitta!
**[04:54] Shin**
Sure...
**[04:57] Shin**
Huh? That was about today?
**[05:00] Misaki**
Shin!
**[05:02] Shin**
Misaki! You're here, too?
That Santa suit looks good on you.
**[05:07] Misaki**
Do your best with your studies.
**[05:11] Shin**
Gotcha!
**[05:21] Shin**
Yeah! I got 'em all right!
**[05:25] Shin**
N-Nanami... You're here?
**[05:27] Nanami**
W-Well, yeah...
**[05:29] Shin**
What's that?
**[05:32] Nanami**
I found some cake for cheap...
**[05:34] Nanami**
You can have it if you like.
**[05:37] Shin**
Wow, thanks!
**[05:38] Shin**
I *was* feeling hungry.
**[05:40] Nanami**
So... um...
**[05:42] Tonori**
Somethin' smells good, yo.
**[05:44] Tonori**
Didn't that cake shop win
some worldwide sweets competition?
**[05:49] Tonori**
Can I have some?
**[05:50] Shin**
Sure, let's split it.
**[05:52] Nanami**
Get lost!
**[05:56] Nanami**
Study hard and eat that cake!
**[05:59] Shin**
O-Okay...
**[06:02] Radio**
Trains, buses and other public transportation
are currently running more or less on time.
**[06:08] Radio**
Stay tuned for later traffic reports.
And now, on to our next segment.
**[06:10] Rive**
The heck?! I wouldn't call that studying!
**[06:14] Rive**
Well, I guess it's impossible
to study during Christmas.
**[06:18] Shin**
Master!
**[06:20] Shin**
I was only taking a short break.
I was studying hard before that!
**[06:24] Rive**
From my experience,
I've learned that at a time like this,
**[06:27] Rive**
it's good to take a mental break
by doing something fun instead.
**[06:30] Shin**
But I've got to pass the
entrance exam this school year!
**[06:33] Shin**
There's no time for fun! So get out!
**[06:35] Rive**
Are you serious?
**[06:36] Shin**
Of course I'm serious!
**[06:38] Rive**
Then prove it to me!
**[06:40] Shin**
I was hoping you'd say that!
**[06:42] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[06:47] Oyama**
Merry Christmas!
**[06:49] Tatsuya**
Oyama! Kanzaki!
**[06:51] Esuka**
Welcome to Card Capital!
**[06:53] Oyama**
Thanks for the invitation!
**[06:55] Mark**
I didn't think you two would actually come!
**[06:57] Mark**
I'm touched!
**[06:59] Kanzaki**
It's not like I wanted to come.
**[07:02] Kanzaki**
I ran into him at the station,
and he dragged me here.
**[07:05] Oyama**
Like they say, chance meetings are preordained.
**[07:08] Customer**
Wow! Ryutarou Oyama and Yuichirou Kanzaki!
**[07:11] Customer**
I never imagined I'd see them here!
**[07:13] Oyama**
So, uh, where's the kid who beat you, Esuka?
**[07:16] Mikuru**
Shinemon is upstairs, studying for
his university entrance exam.
**[07:20] Oyama**
Oh, an examinee, is he?
**[07:23] Kanzaki**
Where's Rive Shindou?
**[07:24] Mark**
Rive is...
**[07:26] Tatsuya**
A while ago, he said he was
going up to check on Shinemon.
**[07:31] Mikuru**
How long of "a while ago"?
**[07:33] Misaki**
Two hours and 13 minutes.
**[07:35] Mark**
Over two hours?
**[07:37] Mark**
I have a bad feeling about this.
**[07:42] Shin**
Not again!
**[07:44] Mark**
What are you doing, Shinemon?!
**[07:47] Shin**
Huh...? Vanguard, of course.
**[07:50] Shin**
Wait, I shouldn't be playing
Vanguard at a time like this!
**[07:51] Mark**
Study for your entrance exam!
**[07:54] Rive**
Don't be such a party pooper.
**[07:56] Rive**
He should get to take a short break.
**[07:59] Mark**
How many hours is this
"short break" going to be?!
**[08:03] Mark**
Rive, the team you played against
in the Esu Cup finals is downstairs.
**[08:09] Rive**
Ruga Kaizu?
**[08:12] Rive**
Oh, I have work tonight! See you!
**[08:16] Shin**
Master!
**[08:18] Shin**
Are all three of them here?
**[08:20] Mark**
Just Oyama and Kanzaki.
**[08:23] Mark**
I haven't seen Ruga Kaizu.
**[08:28] Ruga**
Where... am I?
**[08:39] Shin**
You're so lucky. Already admitted
to a university via a recommendation...
**[08:43] Mark**
It's the vegetables of my labor.
**[08:46] Shin**
That's "fruits"...
**[08:48] Shin**
Well, anyway, good timing.
**[08:50] Shin**
Could you explain this one to me?
**[08:52] Shin**
Even after looking at
the solution, I still don't get it.
**[08:54] Mark**
Ahh, this one...
**[08:58] Kanzaki**
How weak... So low on the curve...
**[09:02] Kanzaki**
Weakness... is a sin!
**[09:05] Shin**
That's true, I am on the low end of the curve...
**[09:08] Mark**
Pull yourself together, Shinemon!
**[09:11] Oyama**
He went to a first-rate university, so most
everyone's low on the curve compared to him.
**[09:18] Oyama**
Don't let it get to you!
**[09:19] Shin**
Okay...
**[09:21] Oyama**
Buck up! In both studying and Cardfighting,
it'll never stick unless you're having fun!
**[09:26] Shin**
But I'm really not in a fun mood...
**[09:30] Oyama**
Then the important thing here
is getting you into a good mood...
**[09:34] Oyama**
That's it! I've got a great idea!
**[09:40] Tatsuya**
Welcome back.
**[09:41] Esuka**
We lost most of our customers.
**[09:43] Tatsuya**
Oh, you're right.
**[09:45] Tatsuya**
But their things are still here.
**[09:48] Esuka**
Then where is everyone?
**[09:49] Misaki**
Upstairs.
**[09:52] Oyama**
That's what you're going with? Nice one!
**[09:56] Shin**
Vanguard really is fun!
**[09:58] Oyama**
I know, right? This is the
best way to raise your spirits!
**[10:04] Esuka**
What are all of you doing in here?!
**[10:06] Shin**
Darn it! I'm playing Vanguard again!
**[10:09] Mark**
I got absorbed in the game, too.
**[10:12] Esuka**
After I went to all the trouble
of bringing over a special guest...
**[10:15] Esuka**
Aren't you curious?
**[10:16] Shin**
A special guest?
**[10:18] Mark**
Come to think of it, our flyers
did mention a "special guest."
**[10:23] Mark**
You weren't referring to Oyama and Kanzaki?
**[10:26] Esuka**
No.
**[10:28] Esuka**
It's her.
**[10:50] Radio**
Hitomi Kouzouji's final concert
ended just a short while ago.
**[10:55] Radio**
I wonder where Hitomi could be now,
after transforming back into a normal girl.
**[10:59] Radio**
Still, I bet she's having a wonderful time.
**[11:03] Shin**
She's here at Card Capital,
standing right before my eyes.
**[11:07] Esuka**
Be grateful.
**[11:08] Esuka**
I went out of my way to bring her here.
**[11:10] Mark**
Incredible!
**[11:13] Shin**
Speak to me, Mark!
**[11:14] Shin**
Hey! Come on!
**[11:16] Esuka**
I appreciate you coming over, Hitomi.
**[11:18] Hitomi**
I would never turn you down, Esuka.
**[11:21] Shin**
You know each other?
**[11:25] Esuka**
You could say that.
**[11:26] Tatsuya**
I see! Hitomi probably made her debut
around the time Esuka was a swimsuit model!
**[11:33] Hitomi**
Yes, Esuka helped me a lot
when I was first starting out.
**[11:42] Mikuru**
Esuka, why didn't you announce
that Hitomi would be coming?
**[11:47] Esuka**
Don't be silly. If I had...
**[11:50] Fans**
Hitomi!
**[11:53] Esuka**
It would've caused a panic in the neighborhood.
**[11:56] Kanzaki**
A wise decision.
**[11:59] Esuka**
So this is a special Christmas present
for the people who came to Capital tonight.
**[12:11] Hitomi**
Here you go.
**[12:13] Shin**
I wonder why Hitomi is retiring.
**[12:16] Shin**
She's still incredibly popular.
**[12:18] Esuka**
Why not ask her yourself?
**[12:20] Mark**
Lady Hitomi, do you play Vanguard?
**[12:24] Hitomi**
Actually...
**[12:29] Mark**
Oh!
**[12:31] Esuka**
Hitomin, you brought a deck with you?!
**[12:33] Hitomi**
When I knew I was coming here,
I bought a deck right away.
**[12:37] Esuka**
Earnest as always.
**[12:39] Hitomi**
To be honest, I was so busy
that I had my manager get it for me.
**[12:44] Hitomi**
Play against me later, Esuka.
**[12:48] Esuka**
If you want to play, why not go up
against the apprentice manager?
**[12:53] Shin**
But I...
**[12:55] Hitomi**
I'd love to!
**[12:57] Shin**
It's an honor...
**[12:59] Mikuru**
Grinny Cinnamon!
**[13:04] Hitomi**
I'm still not clear on how to play,
so I apologize in advance for my mistakes.
**[13:09] Shin**
Don't worry about it.
**[13:10] Shin**
First, we trade decks and shuffle.
**[13:13] Hitomi**
Okay!
**[13:16] Mark**
Shinemon!
**[13:18] Mark**
Get your hands off of Hitomi's deck!
**[13:22] Shin**
But I have to! It's the rules!
**[13:24] Hitomi**
Uh, my hand should have...
**[13:27] Oyama**
Five cards, Hitomi!
**[13:29] Hitomi**
Oh, right! Thank you very much!
**[13:33] Oyama**
Isn't Vanguard awesome?!
**[13:36] Kanzaki**
I will not dispute that.
**[13:38] Shin**
Here we go!
**[13:39] Hitomi**
Okay!
**[13:40] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[13:43] Hitomi**
I ride Top Idol, Riviere!
**[13:46] Shin**
W-Wait a second!
**[13:49] Shin**
Riviere is a grade 3 unit.
**[13:52] Hitomi**
Grade... 3?
**[13:55] Shin**
See where the "3" is here?
**[13:59] Shin**
You have to start by
placing a grade "0" unit.
**[14:03] Hitomi**
But... I don't have any.
**[14:06] Shin**
Can I take a look?
**[14:11] Shin**
What the...?
**[14:14] Shin**
They're all Riviere!
**[14:18] Hitomi**
I can't do that?
**[14:19] Shin**
No.
**[14:20] Shin**
You can only have up to four of the same card.
**[14:24] Hitomi**
Really? I'm very sorry.
**[14:27] Hitomi**
I just liked that card a lot...
**[14:29] Customer**
Shinemon, you jerk!
**[14:31] Customer**
Don't make Hitomi cry!
**[14:34] Mark**
Shinemon! You're banned from the shop!
**[14:37] Shin**
Wha? But I'm the manager!
**[14:39] Mikuru**
Apprentice manager, to be precise.
**[14:41] Hitomi**
The fault was mine!
**[14:43] Hitomi**
Please don't blame the manager.
**[14:46] Hitomi**
But what should I do?
**[14:47] Hitomi**
Everyone was cheering me on...
**[14:50] Esuka**
Why not sing a song to make up for it?
**[14:55] Hitomi**
Would that be okay?
**[14:57] All**
Yeah!
**[15:08] Hitomi**
Then, everyone please
listen to "Mermaid Graffiti."
**[15:23] Mark**
I can't believe I get to see
Princess Hitomi perform at Capital!
**[15:27] Mark**
It's overwhelming!
**[15:28] Tatsuya**
Hitomi looks like Riviere!
**[15:31] Kanzaki**
She's definitely a "Top Idol."
**[16:48] Keita**
Awesome, Hitomi!
**[16:49] Jibanyan**
Meownificent!
**[16:54] Shin**
Thank you very much!
**[16:55] Hitomi**
You're welcome.
**[16:59] Shin**
Um... may I ask you one question?
**[17:02] Hitomi**
What is it?
**[17:03] Hitomi**
You're still so young and popular.
**[17:06] Hitomi**
Why are you retiring?
**[17:08] Hitomi**
Good question.
**[17:10] Hitomi**
Before, whenever a new idol hit the scene,
I'd be like, "I won't let her upstage me."
**[17:16] Hitomi**
But recently, I've found that I enjoy
watching girls like them grow as idols.
**[17:20] Shin**
You enjoy watching them grow?
**[17:24] Hitomi**
Yes. More than being in the spotlight myself.
**[17:28] Hitomi**
I guess that's my main reason.
**[17:31] Customer**
Hitomi!
**[17:32] Crowd**
Hitomi! Hitomi! Hitomi!
**[17:39] Esuka**
Now, join Hitomin in saying...
**[17:41] All**
Cheers!
**[17:44] Esuka**
Shouldn't you be studying?
**[17:46] Shin**
I can't study at a time like this.
**[17:48] Shin**
Not with the highest-profile
person in Japan right here in my shop...
**[17:52] Esuka**
That makes sense.
**[17:53] Esuka**
But hasn't her showing up
encouraged you to study even harder?
**[17:56] Esuka**
After all, you're a big Hitomin fan.
**[17:59] Shin**
Why assume that?
**[18:00] Esuka**
Well, you have a Hitomin talisman
hanging above your desk.
**[18:04] Shin**
I got that from Mark.
**[18:07] Shin**
*He's* the big Hitomin fan.
**[18:09] Mark**
I've been a huge fan of yours ever since
the second season of "Young Mitsukuni"!
**[18:15] Hitomi**
Wow, you watched that?
**[18:17] Mark**
Of course!
**[18:19] Mark**
Though the daughter of a
Satsuma Domain nobleman,
**[18:21] Mark**
you usually hid your identity while traveling
the country with an elderly nobleman from Mito.
**[18:26] Mark**
But when there was danger, you'd use your great
swordsmanship to protect the old gentleman.
**[18:30] Mark**
Such marvelous sword fighting!
**[18:32] Mark**
Verily, I admired you for that.
**[18:34] Tatsuya**
Mark...
**[18:36] Esuka**
I... I see. So Mark was the fan.
**[18:51] Butler**
Ms. Esuka, it's about time.
**[18:53] Esuka**
It's that late already?
**[18:55] Esuka**
Let's go, Hitomin.
**[18:57] Hitomi**
Okay!
**[19:02] Mark**
Parting is such sweet sorrow!
**[19:05] Hitomi**
Huh? Where's my purse?
**[19:07] Mikuru**
I think I know where.
**[19:11] Mikuru**
Is this it?
**[19:12] Hitomi**
Yes, it is! Thank you!
**[19:14] Mikuru**
I saw it lying on the floor,
so I put it behind the counter.
**[19:18] Hitomi**
Thank you so much!
Something very important is in here.
**[19:23] Hitomi**
It's gone...
**[19:24] Esuka**
It's gone? You mean *that* pendant?
**[19:26] Hitomi**
What should I do, Esuka?!
**[19:29] Esuka**
Everyone, help us look for a pendant!
**[19:31] Shin**
Gotcha.
**[19:33] Shin**
A pendant...
**[19:35] Mark**
Lady Hitomi's pendant, where are you?
**[19:44] Kanzaki**
If it was in her purse,
it couldn't have gotten out by itself.
**[19:47] Kanzaki**
Perhaps a customer...
**[19:49] Oyama**
No Vanguard fighter
would do something like that!
**[19:52] Misaki**
That's right. It wasn't a customer.
**[19:56] Hitomi**
Really?
**[19:58] Misaki**
I remember the movements of
everyone who was in the shop tonight.
**[20:02] Mikuru**
After Mikuru picked up the purse,
no one approached it.
**[20:08] Shin**
What about before that?
**[20:10] Misaki**
Everyone was listening to Hitomi's song.
**[20:14] Misaki**
Wait!
**[20:15] Misaki**
Not everyone.
**[20:16] Shin**
Someone wasn't listening? Who was it?
**[20:21] Misaki**
Sub Manager!
**[20:24] Shin**
Excuse me...
**[20:26] Shin**
There it is!
**[20:32] Mikuru**
So Sub Manager picked it up.
**[20:34] Hitomi**
Thank you!
**[20:36] Hitomi**
You have an amazing memory!
**[20:39] Misaki**
It's no big deal.
**[20:40] Misaki**
I just can't forget anything.
**[20:43] Hitomi**
But doesn't that mean you'll always
remember what a lovely time we had tonight?
**[20:48] Hitomi**
I think it's a special gift from God.
**[20:54] Misaki**
Y-Yeah!
**[21:00] Hitomi**
It's a white Christmas!
**[21:02] Shin**
Oh, wow!
**[21:06] Hitomi**
So that I'll never lose it again...
**[21:13] Esuka**
You can finally wear it openly.
**[21:16] Hitomi**
Right!
**[21:17] Mikuru**
On the ring finger of her left hand, so...
**[21:21] Tatsuya**
Don't tell me she's mar--
**[21:25] Mark**
What's going on?
**[21:26] Mikuru**
Nothing you need to know, Mark!
**[21:29] Hitomi**
Thank you so much, Esuka.
I had a really great time.
**[21:34] Esuka**
Thank you for coming.
**[21:35] Hitomi**
Manager!
**[21:37] Shin**
Yes?
**[21:38] Esuka**
That's "apprentice manager," right?
**[21:40] Hitomi**
Good luck studying for your entrance exam.
**[21:43] Shin**
Thank you very much.
**[21:45] Shin**
If you ever get the chance,
please come back to Capital.
**[21:48] Hitomi**
I will.
**[21:50] Hitomi**
That image...!
**[21:51] Shin**
What image?
**[21:53] Hitomi**
An image just popped into my head.
**[21:56] Hitomi**
I could see my child...
falling in love with Vanguard...
**[23:46] Narrator**
Merry Christmas!
**[23:48] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:51] Narrator**
Today's featured card is
Genesis's Diana of Moonlight!
***SIGN*** Diana of Moonlight
**[23:57] Narrator**
When an attack boosted by this card hits,
you get an Imaginary Gift, Force.
**[24:04] Narrator**
That support can help Uranus and
Astraios Dragon to deploy the Astral Plane!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard
**[24:15] Saya**
Mama, what does this say?
**[24:18] Hitomi**
Which part, Saya?
**[24:20] Saya**
This!
**[24:21] Hitomi**
It says "Bermuda Triangle."
**[24:23] Hitomi**
It's the name of the card's clan.
**[24:25] Saya**
"Bermooda"?
**[24:27] Hitomi**
Not "moo," "myu."
**[24:29] Saya**
"Moo," "moo"... "myu"!
**[24:32] Hitomi**
That's right. "Myu"!
**[24:34] Saya**
Yay! I said it, myu!
**[24:36] Saya**
I'll go out and play, myu!
**[24:39] Hitomi**
Now she can't stop saying "myu"!
***SIGN*** Remind 19
Vanguard Abnormality
Shinemon Fight Encyclopedia
**[24:41] Hitomi**
What'll I do if that becomes a habit?
# E33 - Vanguard Abnormality - Shinemon Fight Encyclopedia
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYW4WJ4G6/vanguard-abnormality---shinemon-fight-encyclopedia)
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**[00:12] Shiatsunosuke**
Stick of... stick-ness!
**[00:17] Esuka**
End of the line, Shiatsunosuke!
**[00:20] Shiatsunosuke**
Who's there?!
**[00:27] Shiatsunosuke**
You know me?!
**[00:32] Esuka**
"Dark Fighter" Shiatsunosuke, boss of the
Rare Card Alliance and super-rare swashbuckler.
**[00:39] Esuka**
The virtuoso fighter of darkness.
**[00:42] Esuka**
However, in Japan,
your ability is merely second place!
**[00:46] Shiatsunosuke**
So who's number one in Japan?!
**[00:52] Shiatsunosuke**
Is it you?
**[00:54] Shiatsunosuke**
Fine, then! Fight me!
**[00:58] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[01:02] Esuka**
They call me the Vivacious Vanguard Fighter!
**[01:06] Esuka**
The Extraordinary S-Cat!
**[01:16] Esuka**
You're the one who stole a legendary deck
from Esuka on March 3rd, aren't you?
**[01:22] Shiatsunosuke**
I-It wasn't me! I was arranging
my own deck that day, in Singapore!
**[01:28] Esuka**
Even if it wasn't you, say it was!
***SIGN*** This person is a rare card counterfeiter.
***SIGN*** Esuka Hibino's first film after returning to show business!
**[01:40] Shiatsunosuke**
The Extraordinary S-Cat!
**[01:42] Shiatsunosuke**
Coming soon!
**[01:44] Morikawa**
Is it true, Manager? You know Esuka Hibino?!
**[01:49] Shin**
You could say that.
**[01:55] Emi**
Esuka Hibino...?
**[01:57] Kamui**
She's the popular president of Card Shop Esuka,
opening up shops all across the world, Miss Emi!
**[02:04] Emi**
R-Right. I knew that.
**[02:06] Naitou**
To think you'd know someone like that!
You're more global than I gave you credit for.
**[02:10] Naitou**
I'd always seen you as merely
the boring manager of a drab shop.
**[02:14] Suwabe**
You truly can't judge a book by its cover.
**[02:17] Inenaga**
Isn't there an Esuka by the station?
**[02:19] Izaki**
Yeah, they've got tons more stuff than here.
**[02:26] Naoki**
Man, she's hot.
**[02:28] Shingo**
In her prime, she was a top idol who made
commercials for 30 different companies.
**[02:34] Aichi**
Wow, that's amazing.
**[02:36] Shingo**
But *you* remain my top idol, Sendou!
**[02:39] Aichi**
I-I wasn't asking...
**[02:41] Eru**
Some claim Esuka Group's skyrocket to success
is due to her having secret psychic powers.
**[02:49] Shin**
I'm not sure about that...
**[02:51] Miwa**
So what's your connection to Esuka Hibino?
**[02:54] Kai**
Did she help out when you were young?
**[02:57] Shin**
A-Absolutely not!
**[02:58] Shin**
Not even close!
**[02:59] Miwa**
Why are you so mad?
**[03:02] Shin**
My apologies.
**[03:04] Naoki**
So how're you and her connected, old man?
**[03:08] Shin**
Please don't call me "old man."
**[03:09] Emi**
I wanna know, too!
**[03:11] Kamui**
I-I also wanna know too, Miss Emi!
**[03:14] Aichi**
I'm curious, myself.
**[03:15] Maki**
Me too.
**[03:16] Morikawa**
Count me in!
**[03:18] Inenaga**
Sure!
**[03:19] Izaki**
Go on!
**[03:19] Naitou**
I have a need to know.
**[03:21] Suwabe**
I concur.
**[03:23] Miwa**
It'd make for a nice break.
**[03:25] Eru**
It may uncover the truth of the world.
**[03:29] Shin**
All of you...?
**[03:34] Shin**
Hmmmm...
**[03:43] Emi**
Hm?
**[03:49] Shin**
Very well.
**[03:50] Shin**
Then I'll gladly tell you about...
**[03:55] Shin**
...the *real* Esuka Hibino!
**[03:57] Aichi**
The real Esuka?!
**[03:59] Shin**
Yes. Everything I'm about
to tell you is the absolute truth!
***SIGN*** Remind 19 Vanguard Abnormality Shinemon Fight Encyclopedia
**[04:13] Tatsuya**
I wonder what the shop is like!
**[04:15] Tatsuya**
Card Capital...
***SIGN*** Cardfight Solidarity No Foreclosures Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression!
**[04:23] Esuka**
Card Capital belongs to us now!
**[04:27] Esuka**
Stop being so obstinate!
**[04:29] Esuka**
Surrender at once...
**[04:32] Shin**
*That* is the evil president Esuka Hibino,
***SIGN*** Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression!
**[04:35] Shin**
who showed up that day
to seize Capital by force.
***SIGN*** The Evil President, Esuka Hibino
**[04:39] Emi**
"Evil President"?
**[04:41] Miwa**
Seize Capital by force?!
**[04:43] Shin**
That's how the vixen was trying to
expand her empire of chain shops!
**[04:48] Shin**
So despite it being my year to study for exams,
**[04:52] Shin**
I barricaded myself inside Capital,
in order to protect my beloved shop!
**[04:55] Maki**
Barricaded yourself?!
**[04:57] Shin**
But on that day, my best friend Mark
had taken my place while I was busy...
**[05:03] Kai**
That uniform...
**[05:05] Kai**
Manager, you went to Hitsue High?
**[05:08] Shin**
Yes.
**[05:09] Miwa**
Then you're an alumnus of our school?
**[05:11] Morikawa**
Do we maybe gotta treat you with more respect?
**[05:14] Izaki**
Yeah, probably.
**[05:16] Inenaga**
Should we call you "Mr. Manager"?
**[05:18] Shin**
No, no. I've never heard of a shop where
the customers have to look up to the manager.
**[05:23] Shin**
Let's get back on track.
**[05:25] Shin**
Knowing of Esuka Hibino's sole weakness,
I fought back with a sophisticated plan,
**[05:32] Shin**
and successfully chased her away!
**[05:34] Esuka**
And what do you intend to do with a shop
that doesn't even have a manager?!
**[05:38] Shin**
A shop without a manager...
**[05:40] Shin**
Then *I'll* be the manager!
**[05:44] Aichi**
Can a high school student be a manager?
**[05:48] Shin**
It's possible, if you love the shop enough.
**[05:51] Shin**
But it seems that my love was just
grease to the fire of that vixen's anger,
**[05:56] Shin**
since she released a deadly assassin!
**[05:59] Mark**
Who I am is Ninja Master!
**[06:02] Izaki**
Isn't that Mr. Mark?!
**[06:04] Inenaga**
Our teacher was your enemy?!
**[06:07] Shin**
That she-devil used hypnosis
to take control of Mark's mind!
**[06:11] Eru**
Hypnosis?!
**[06:12] Shin**
But one look was enough
to tell me it was Mark in disguise!
**[06:16] Kai**
Of course. It's not as if his mouth's masked.
**[06:19] Shin**
Huh?
**[06:20] Kai**
Is something wrong?
**[06:22] Mark**
Riding Jutsu!
**[06:25] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[06:28] Inenaga**
Today's featured card is
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[06:32] Izaki**
What's gotten into you, Inenaga?
**[06:34] Inenaga**
Sorry, I just can't help myself.
**[06:36] Inenaga**
With this card, you too can "Ride The"--
**[06:38] Morikawa**
Shut up!
**[06:43] Naoki**
What's with you, now?
**[06:45] Shingo**
He's using Nubatama! What a true ninja!
**[06:50] Shin**
The entirety of destiny is inscribed
within the blinding darkness!
**[06:55] Shin**
And I am the one who recites it!
**[07:02] Shin**
Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[07:06] Shin**
This is my grade 3 Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[07:10] Shin**
If there are five or more
Imaginary Gifts in the Vanguard Circle,
**[07:13] Shin**
this unit lets you deploy the Astral Plane!
**[07:16] Eru**
Astral Plane...
**[07:17] Shin**
The Astral Plane is a place
where you can call Astral Deities.
**[07:20] Shin**
Rewrite the imagination,
**[07:25] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[07:27] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[07:30] Naitou**
Wait just a moment!
Isn't 70,000 power against the rules?!
**[07:34] Suwabe**
And that's a grade 5!
**[07:36] Naitou**
I don't understand why,
but that's still far too global!
**[07:39] Shin**
Valkerion, Zodiac Blazer!
**[07:44] Shin**
And so I protected Capital.
**[07:48] Shin**
However...
**[07:50] Shin**
All right, Tatsuya!
**[07:51] Shin**
Let's do it!
**[07:52] Tatsuya**
Right!
**[07:53] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
***SIGN*** Card Capital: Defend It to the End Oppose the Evil Esuka Group's Oppression! No Foreclosures
**[07:57] Shin**
What the hey?!
**[07:59] Shin**
Someone had committed the
terrible act of making off with my deck!
**[08:03] Emi**
Someone stole your precious deck?
**[08:05] Emi**
Who could have done such a thing?!
**[08:07] Kamui**
It's unforgivable, right, Miss Emi?
**[08:09] Shin**
Exactly! It was unforgivable!
**[08:12] Shin**
I went to that shrew's headquarters
to steal it back, but she was devious!
**[08:20] Esuka**
Oh!
**[08:21] Shin**
She tried to seduce me with her adult allure!
**[08:27] Naoki**
Lucky devil!
**[08:28] Maki**
Excuse me?
**[08:29] Shin**
But with great resolve,
I brushed aside Esuka's siren call!
**[08:33] Shin**
That must have greatly offended her,
because afterwards...
**[08:37] Nanami**
Hey. Would you come with us?
**[08:41] Shin**
She performed the dastardly deed
of kidnapping one of my friends!
**[08:45] Emi**
That's terrible!
**[08:47] Kamui**
Exactly, Miss Emi!
***SIGN*** Make-up Exam Minimum of 60 points
**[08:48] Shin**
And if that wasn't bad enough...
**[08:51] Shin**
Don't be discouraged by imagining failure.
**[08:53] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Shinemon Nitta
***SIGN*** Mathematics I - Mathematics A
**[08:58] Shin**
Despite being a model student,
I'd been forced into taking a make-up exam!
**[09:04] Shin**
Mark acted as my proxy, overcoming numerous
obstacles to re-infiltrate her headquarters!
**[09:10] Shin**
However, Esuka's henchmen were lying in wait!
**[09:16] Shin**
A boy with a black hole for a stomach!
**[09:19] Shin**
The Evil Glutton, Tonori Fujinami!
***SIGN*** The Evil Glutton, Tonori Fujinami
**[09:25] Miwa**
"Evil Glutton"?!
**[09:27] Kai**
Sounds scary.
**[09:28] Tonori**
I ride!
**[09:31] Tonori**
Knight of Fury, Agravain!
**[09:34] Tonori**
I'm gonna gobble up your lives!
**[09:37] Shin**
And a token-dropping terror!
**[09:39] Shin**
The Evil Cat-Hunter, Nanami Gonomi!
***SIGN*** The Evil Cat-Hunter, Nanami Gonomi
**[09:44] Naoki**
I-It woke up.
**[09:46] Nanami**
I ride!
**[09:50] Nanami**
Arboros Dragon, Sephirot!
**[09:54] Nanami**
Ready to give up yet?
**[09:57] Nanami**
I'm gonna draw two criticals...
**[10:00] Shin**
That girl had the evil power of precognition!
**[10:04] Eru**
Precognition?! How dare she!
**[10:07] Nanami**
Twin drive!
**[10:09] Nanami**
Second check!
**[10:13] Shin**
I repelled her wicked precognition
with the power of justice!
**[10:26] Shin**
Huh? What?!
**[10:28] Shin**
She then repented of her sins!
**[10:34] Shin**
And we all lived happily ever after.
**[10:36] Morikawa**
That's no happy ending!
**[10:38] Miwa**
Yeah, you only saw Esuka in a swimsuit!
**[10:41] Naoki**
That's your connection to her?
Talk about letdowns.
**[10:44] Shin**
H-Hold on. I was just about
to get to the good part.
**[10:48] Shin**
Later on, we held a Halloween event here.
**[10:52] Emi**
An event for Halloween?
**[10:54] Shin**
Yes.
**[10:55] Shin**
It was so packed with customers,
there was barely room to stand!
**[11:00] Shin**
And they were all delighted to hear
that I had become the manager!
***SIGN*** Manager
**[11:04] Esuka**
Having a rough time yourself, Manager?
**[11:07] Shin**
You're Esuka Hibino!
**[11:09] Mikuru**
How do *you* know?!
**[11:11] Tatsuya**
There's no one else like that.
**[11:15] Esuka**
Fight me, Shinemon Nitta!
**[11:19] Esuka**
If you win, I'll leave Capital alone.
**[11:23] Shin**
And so, with Capital on the line,
my fight of desperation began!
**[11:41] Esuka**
Are you a beginner? Don't worry!
**[11:43] Esuka**
You don't have to be a strong fighter!
**[11:46] Esuka**
Esuka will explain it all, just for you!
**[11:50] Esuka**
We have shops in 108 countries!
Join our franchise now!
***SIGN*** Our Chain is Expanding
**[11:55] Morikawa**
Haven't they been
running these ads for years now?
**[11:58] Miwa**
She never ages.
**[12:00] Naoki**
What would you call
a middle-aged lady like that?
**[12:03] Kai**
A beautiful witch.
**[12:06] Shin**
Well, back to the story.
**[12:09] Shin**
Beautiful or not, that witch
withstood my partner Valkerion's attack.
**[12:16] Esuka**
I ride!
**[12:21] Esuka**
Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
**[12:30] Esuka**
I attack Uranus!
**[12:33] Shin**
No guard!
**[12:36] Esuka**
Don't get cocky just because
you ran a business for a single day.
**[12:41] Shin**
Knowing how exhausted I was after
a hard day's work, that woman tormented me.
**[12:50] Shin**
I lost...
**[12:53] Shin**
And so Capital fell into
that witch's hands, but then...
**[12:59] Esuka**
I'll give you just one more chance.
**[13:01] Esuka**
Win the upcoming Esu Cup!
**[13:05] Kamui**
You begged her for another chance?
**[13:09] Shin**
Oh! No, I...
**[13:12] Miya**
And now, the Esu Cup begins!
**[13:16] Maki**
So you've participated
in the Esu Cup, Manager?!
**[13:19] Shin**
Yes, but just that one time.
**[13:22] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[13:25] Oyama**
That's the plan?
***SIGN*** The fighter of endless summer, straight from the snowy mountains, Ryutarou Oyama
**[13:29] Shingo**
That's Ryutarou Oyama!
**[13:32] Naoki**
Who?
**[13:33] Shingo**
You don't know?!
**[13:34] Shingo**
He's a legendary Narukami fighter!
**[13:37] Oyama**
Vanquisher attacks your Vanguard!
**[13:40] Mark**
Guard! Protect me!
**[13:42] Mark**
Hanzo attacks your Vanguard!
**[13:46] Shin**
And that's how Mark beat Oyama.
**[13:50] Naitou**
So the both of you kept
winning your way through it?
**[13:53] Suwabe**
Doesn't the Esu Cup require
three people on a team?
**[13:56] Naitou**
I was about to bring that up.
**[13:59] Shin**
The final member, our third fighter, was...
***SIGN*** The Board Grappler Rive Shindou
**[14:05] Izaki**
Rive Shindou! He was a great fighter,
but died young, didn't he?
**[14:10] Inenaga**
That's right.
**[14:11] Shin**
He was my master!
**[14:15] Kai**
"Master"?
**[14:17] Shin**
He taught me so much.
**[14:19] Shin**
But he was always busy with work.
**[14:22] Rive**
Oops, time for me to leave for work!
**[14:24] Rive**
Well, I've gotta get to work.
**[14:26] Rive**
Whoops! I have to get to work!
**[14:28] Rive**
The match ends here.
**[14:34] Emi**
What kind of work did he do?
**[14:37] Shin**
Beats me.
**[14:38] Shin**
Rive's opponent was his former teammate!
***SIGN*** Master Commander of the Field Ruga Kaizu
**[14:45] Ruga**
At your Master Commander's order,
**[14:47] Ruga**
awaken from the depths,
in order to end everything.
**[14:52] Ruga**
I ride Last Card, Revonn!
**[14:55] Shin**
But my master refused to yield to him!
**[15:01] Rive**
Its fists are like gods,
**[15:03] Rive**
and its standing technique
is the strongest on planet Cray...
**[15:06] Rive**
I ride Fighting Fist Dragon,
God Hand Dragon!
**[15:10] Kamui**
You mean your master
used Nova Grappler, Manager?!
**[15:13] Miwa**
I feel a sense of brotherhood!
**[15:16] Aichi**
So you won the next match, Manager?
**[15:19] Shin**
No.
**[15:23] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword Dragon!
**[15:27] Shin**
No trigger.
**[15:32] Shin**
See, my opponent was Yuichirou Kanzaki,
***SIGN*** International Vanguard High School Champion
Yuichirou Kanzaki
**[15:35] Shin**
the three-time winner of the International
Vanguard High School Championship!
**[15:41] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[15:43] Kanzaki**
Begone, weakling!
**[15:46] Morikawa**
You lost?!
**[15:48] Izaki**
What about your rematch
with President Esuka?
**[15:50] Shin**
Of course I wouldn't let
one little defeat get me down!
**[15:55] Shin**
After some strenuous
special training with Mark...
**[15:59] Shin**
I ride!
**[16:03] Shin**
Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon!
**[16:10] Aichi**
That's another card you can use
to deploy the Astral Plane and call Valkerion.
**[16:15] Aichi**
You really like Valkerion, huh, Manager?
**[16:18] Kai**
Why do you like it so much
when you can't even ride it?
**[16:23] Shin**
Well, it's because...
**[16:27] Shin**
It's cool.
**[16:30] Shin**
Isn't it enough that it's cool?
**[16:35] Naitou**
For a childish reason like that?!
**[16:38] Suwabe**
Indeed!
**[16:39] Kai**
Well, I can understand that feeling myself.
**[16:44] Aichi**
Kai...
**[16:47] Shin**
And so, Team Capital won the Esu Cup!
**[16:51] Shin**
I got to have my rematch with that vixen!
**[16:55] Shin**
And then...
**[17:09] Esuka**
I'm sorry for everything I did!
**[17:11] Esuka**
I won't give you any more trouble!
Capital is all yours!
**[17:15] Shin**
In short, that witch Esuka Hibino was defeated
by my justice, and peace returned to Capital.
**[17:23] Mark**
Shinemon, Happy New Year!
**[17:27] Shin**
Mark?! What are you doing here?!
**[17:29] Mark**
Today, the former members of
Hitsue Middle School's Cardfight Club
**[17:33] Mark**
have gathered here for
their first fights of the New Year.
**[17:36] Aichi**
That's right, Manager.
**[17:37] The Three**
Yay!
**[17:39] Shin**
Oh, really?
**[17:41] Mark**
By the way, Shinemon,
I couldn't help overhearing your tale...
**[17:45] Mark**
It sounded like you were
greatly distorting the truth.
**[17:48] Shin**
Mark!
**[17:49] Morikawa**
You've been distorting the truth?
**[17:51] Miwa**
Who said, "Everything I'm about
to tell you is the absolute truth"?!
**[17:55] Naoki**
Old man! Don't tell me you lied to us!
**[17:58] Shin**
I-I'd never dream of lying to you!
**[18:01] The Three**
Shut up!
**[18:02] Shin**
Okay.
***SIGN*** "I am a liar"
**[18:09] Mark**
First of all, Esuka Hibino
was Shinemon's benefactor.
**[18:15] Esuka**
All of the documents regarding Card Capital.
**[18:18] Shin**
What's that?
**[18:19] Esuka**
Your invitation to the Vanguard World League.
The organizers witnessed the Esu Cup finals.
**[18:27] Mark**
While Esuka's intentions were that,
if Shinemon happened to defeat her,
**[18:31] Mark**
he would be forced to choose between Capital
and a one-year world tour as a fighter...
**[18:38] Shin**
I choose *both!*
**[18:40] Esuka**
That's fine. Open it.
**[18:45] Shin**
What is this?
***SIGN*** Card Capital Apprentice Manager Contract Esuka
**[18:46] Shin**
"Card Capital Apprentice Manager Contract"?
**[18:50] Esuka**
And one more thing.
**[18:52] Shin**
What's this? A college application?!
**[18:55] Esuka**
To participate in the world tour,
you must be at least age 20, or in college.
**[18:59] Esuka**
You can't go unless you
become a college student.
**[19:03] Shin**
I can't take entrance exams now!
**[19:05] Shin**
What about the shop, and the tour?!
**[19:07] Mikuru**
Just do it, Exam-Taker Cinnamon!
**[19:09] Miwa**
Hang on a sec!
**[19:11] Miwa**
That cute girl who keeps popping up.
Was she your girlfriend, Manager?
***SIGN*** "I am a liar"
**[19:17] Shin**
She was still in middle school then.
**[19:20] Shin**
So while Mikuru was very fond of me...
**[19:23] Emi**
Her name was Mikuru?
**[19:25] Emi**
What did she call you, Manager?
**[19:28] Mikuru**
Super-Silly Cinnamon!
**[19:31] Esuka/Mikuru**
You Conclusion-Jumping Cinnamon!
**[19:34] Mikuru**
You Unthinking Cinnamon!
**[19:38] Shingo**
Th-That's certainly unique...
**[19:40] Aichi**
By the way, Manager, why were you
protecting Capital from Esuka?
**[19:45] Shin**
W-Well...
**[19:47] Mark**
It was for Misaki's sake, right?
**[19:52] Shin**
M-Misaki's laughing!
**[19:56] Shin**
Th-Th-This is wonderful!
**[19:59] Shin**
After what happened, all I've wanted
was to see you smile again, Misaki!
**[20:03] Aichi**
So you've always loved Misaki, Manager.
**[20:08] Shin**
Well, she's been counting on me ever since...
**[20:13] Shin**
She'd cling to me like velcro.
Honestly, what a needy little girl.
**[20:20] Misaki**
I'm back.
**[20:22] Shin**
W-Welcome back, Misaki!
**[20:25] Shin**
Thanks for running to the store!
**[20:27] Misaki**
Who's a "needy little girl"?!
***SIGN*** Current Weather: Clear
**[20:33] Shin**
Great aim...
**[20:37] Morikawa**
I'm surprised you're still alive.
***SIGN*** Scumbag
**[20:41] Naoki**
That's the Boss for ya!
**[20:43] Misaki**
Stop calling me "Boss"!
**[20:44] Naoki**
That was way cool, Boss!
**[20:48] Shin**
I never was able to make Misaki smile, for real.
**[20:55] Shin**
Her true smile only appeared...
**[20:58] Shin**
...after she met you, Aichi. Her Vanguard.
**[21:03] Shin**
Thank you.
**[21:05] Shin**
But even now, I still...
**[21:33] Shin**
How did I smile, back then...?
**[21:43] Morikawa**
The heck? It's your turn, Mr. Mark.
**[21:46] Mark**
Oh, pardon me!
**[21:48] Morikawa**
Up too late for New Year's?
**[21:50] Shingo**
Hurry, I want to see what happens next!
**[21:53] Kids**
Hello!
**[21:56] Shin**
Welcome.
**[21:58] Kid A**
Manager, would you look at my new deck?
**[22:01] Shin**
Of course.
**[22:03] Shin**
It's Valkerion!
**[22:05] Shin**
Do you like that one?
**[22:07] Kid A**
Yeah! It's cool!
**[22:10] Shin**
I know, right?!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is
Bermuda Triangle's Top Idol Riviere!
***SIGN*** Top Idol Riviere
**[23:55] Narrator**
When Riviere debuts in the Vanguard Circle,
discard one card from your hand and draw two!
**[23:59] Narrator**
Also, after a battle, if you discard
two cards from your hand,
**[24:03] Narrator**
you can ride any unit from your hand
that contains the name "Riviere"!
**[24:07] Narrator**
Increase your hand and call out
to the fans cheering for an encore!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Aichi**
Shin was amazing in high school!
**[24:17] Morikawa**
You believed him, Aichi?
**[24:19] Aichi**
You didn't, Morikawa?
**[24:20] Morikawa**
Of course not! If his story were true,
he would've gone on a world tour!
**[24:25] Kai**
Wait. Look at this!
**[24:26] Aichi**
Kai? What's that magazine?
**[24:28] Kai**
An old issue of Monthly Vanguard.
**[24:30] Kai**
The manager and Mark are in here!
**[24:31] Aichi**
It's an article about that world tour!
**[24:33] Morikawa**
What? Seriously?!
**[24:35] Kai**
Why are you crying?
**[24:36] Morikawa**
He wanted us to believe so badly
that he made a fake article?!
**[24:39] Morikawa**
For the poor guy's sake,
let's pretend we believe him!
***SIGN*** Remind 20
Gear Chronicle
**[24:42] Morikawa**
Okay, Kai and Aichi?!
# E34 - Gear Chronicle
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR0X553MY/gear-chronicle)
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**[00:07] Rive**
This deck?
**[00:09] Ryuzu**
Could you try it out?
**[00:14] Ryuzu**
I want to learn what hidden powers
that deck might possess.
**[00:18] Ryuzu**
For the sake of our future...
**[00:23] Ryuzu**
Please, Rive!
**[00:28] Rive**
All right.
**[00:30] Rive**
We can't rewrite the imagination while
afraid of challenging the unknown, huh, Ryuzu?
***SIGN*** Remind 20 Gear Chronicle
**[02:18] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[02:20] Shin**
Astral Plane!
**[02:22] Shin**
Let's go, partner!
**[02:24] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[02:26] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[02:36] Shin**
Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
**[02:51] MC**
The Mighty College Student,
Shinemon Nitta, has clinched it!
**[02:56] MC**
Team Nippon is the winner!
**[02:59] Fans**
Nippon! Nippon!
**[03:00] MC**
With that, we have the Asia Circuit's best four!
**[03:06] MC**
Led by Ryutarou Oyama,
the fighter of endless summer,
***SIGN*** Team Daisetsuzan
**[03:08] MC**
plus whoever those two are: Team Daisetsuzan!
***SIGN*** Team SSS
**[03:12] MC**
The as yet undefeated,
record-breaking Yuichirou Kanzaki,
**[03:16] MC**
plus the two S Rank fighters
from Card Shop Esuka: Team SSS!
***SIGN*** Team Armageddon
**[03:22] MC**
Led by Ruga Kaizu, Master Commander
of the Field: Team Armageddon!
**[03:27] MC**
And lastly!
**[03:29] MC**
Rive Shindou! Ninja Master! Shinemon Nitta!
Together, they form Team Nippon!
***SIGN*** Team Nippon
**[03:38] Tonori**
Figured they'd make it this far, yo.
**[03:41] Nanami**
Looks like we'll have to wait
till the finals to beat Shinemon.
**[03:46] Kanzaki**
I hate to break the news to you,
but *I* will be the one to defeat Shinemon Nitta!
**[03:50] Nanami**
I'm not letting anyone else do it!
**[03:56] Tonori**
I'm starvin', yo.
**[03:58] MC**
Incredibly, the four teams that made it
to the semifinals are all from Japan!
**[04:03] MC**
What a bonanza of a year for Japanese teams!
**[04:07] MC**
Well, I'll see you all in
one week for the semifinals!
**[04:13] Mikuru**
You guys did it!
**[04:15] Chrono**
Pop, congrabulations!
**[04:17] Rive**
Chrono, that's "congratulations."
**[04:21] Chrono**
Congralumations!
**[04:24] Rive**
Well, whatever. Thank you.
**[04:29] Mark**
Yeah, Chrono!
**[04:31] Chrono**
Congralumations, Ninja Pasta!
**[04:33] Mark**
No, not Ninja Pasta!
Verily, I am Ninja Master!
**[04:38] Mikuru**
Just two more victories,
and you guys will win the Asia Circuit.
**[04:42] Shin**
Yeah, but that's not the real goal.
**[04:46] Shin**
If we win this, we'll be qualified
to participate in the World Grand Prix.
**[04:51] Shin**
For the first time ever, a Japanese team,
*our* team, could become the best in the world.
**[04:56] Shin**
That's why we changed our name
from Team Capital to Team Nippon.
**[05:02] Mikuru**
Super-confident Cinnamon.
**[05:05] Chrono**
Best in the curled!
**[05:08] Shin**
That's "best in the world," Chrono.
**[05:10] Chrono**
Beast in the world!
**[05:14] Shin**
That's right, best in the world.
**[05:17] Shin**
I'm sure that's what we'll be.
**[05:38] Fans**
Nitta!
**[05:40] Fan A**
Congratulations!
**[05:42] Fan B**
Please use my handmade card sleeves!
**[05:45] Fan C**
I wove this playmat for you!
**[05:52] Shin**
Th-Thank you.
**[05:55] Soccer A**
Lucky stiff... The guys who're
good at cards get all the attention.
**[06:15] Shin**
It's time for work, Sub Manager.
**[06:22] Shin**
"Manager"...
**[06:29] Shin**
Welcome!
**[06:30] Kid A**
Hey there, part-timer!
**[06:32] Shin**
Who's a part-timer?! I'm the manager here!
**[06:34] Kid A**
Apprentice, right?
**[06:36] Shin**
Y-You could say that...
**[06:38] Shin**
But once I graduate, I'll be the manager!
**[06:41] Kid A**
Yeah, whatever. Let's fight!
**[06:45] Shin**
Sure! I'll annihilate you.
**[06:49] Shin**
I'll finish you off with Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[06:54] Kid A**
No guard...
**[06:55] Kid A**
Damage check!
**[06:57] Kid A**
All right! Heal trigger!
**[06:59] Shin**
Wha...?!
**[07:04] Kid A**
Wha...?!
**[07:06] Shin**
It's your turn, guy!
**[07:08] Esuka**
You call customers, "guy"?
**[07:13] Shin**
E-Esu--
**[07:15] Esuka**
"Esuka"?
**[07:16] Shin**
I mean, Manager!
**[07:22] Esuka**
Apprentice Manager, I'm not saying that
you can't Cardfight with the customers.
**[07:27] Esuka**
But what about your promise to finish
taking inventory by the time I arrive?
**[07:32] Shin**
Did I promise th--
**[07:33] Esuka**
Yes, you did!
**[07:42] Esuka**
You and I are entering into
a contract, Shinemon Nitta.
**[07:45] Esuka**
While you're on the world tour...
**[07:48] Esuka**
...I'll be managing this shop.
**[07:51] Esuka**
I hope he can vindicate himself
for not winning the world tour four years ago,
**[07:57] Esuka**
with this year's World Grand Prix.
**[07:59] Butler**
That is rather premature.
**[08:01] Butler**
After all, they have yet
to win the Asia Circuit.
**[08:05] Esuka**
That's true.
**[08:07] Butler**
Besides, Shinemon and his team
performed quite well four years ago.
**[08:13] Esuka**
But they didn't become the best in the world.
**[08:16] Esuka**
Would you expect him
to be satisfied with "almost best"?
**[08:20] Butler**
An excellent point.
**[08:22] Mark**
Hello!
**[08:25] Shin**
Mark! Welcome!
**[08:28] Shin**
How did your student teaching go?
**[08:30] Mark**
It was fun, teaching Vanguard.
**[08:34] Shin**
No, I meant student teaching
for middle school students.
**[08:38] Mark**
Of course! I did it with
the help of these cards!
***SIGN*** Uesugi Kenshin Takeda Shingen
**[08:42] Mark**
Uesugi Kenshin attacks Takeda Shingen!
**[08:47] Shin**
Did the class turn out all right...?
**[08:51] Mark**
It was a dream come true.
**[08:53] Shin**
What dream?
**[08:54] Mark**
To form a Vanguard club after getting hired!
**[08:58] Shin**
I see.
**[09:01] Mark**
Is something wrong, Shinemon?
**[09:04] Shin**
No, I'm happy for your Cardfight Club!
**[09:07] Shin**
Do me a favor and send your students to Capital!
**[09:10] Mark**
I can't do that!
**[09:12] Shin**
Why not?
**[09:14] Mark**
Educators mustn't show favoritism
to any particular shop!
**[09:20] Shin**
Don't be so by the book.
**[09:22] Mark**
No means no!
**[09:23] Shin**
What about if I gave you a special card?
**[09:25] Mark**
I still can't!
**[09:29] Shin**
Great work today.
**[09:35] Shin**
Carry you up there?!
**[09:42] Shin**
I just can't anymore!
**[09:47] Misaki**
Welcome back!
**[09:50] Shin**
So you're here, Misaki.
**[09:52] Shin**
You're staying for dinner, right?
**[09:54] Misaki**
Yeah, I'm pretty hungry.
**[09:59] Misaki**
It's so good!
**[10:01] Shin**
You really should be eating my mom's cooking.
**[10:04] Misaki**
But Grandma always makes
more food than I can possibly eat.
**[10:09] Misaki**
I could end up like your cat here.
**[10:13] Shin**
I take your point.
**[10:15] Shin**
I can't even give Sub Manager rides anymore.
**[10:23] Announcer**
Two years ago today, there was
a major explosion at Yumigatake,
***SIGN*** Two years since the meteorite impact
**[10:26] Announcer**
referred to as "the Second Tunguska Event."
**[10:30] Announcer**
A great number of people have gathered
at the site today in memory of those
**[10:35] Announcer**
who tragically lost their lives
in the meteorite impact.
**[10:42] Shin**
Did something happen?!
**[10:44] Announcer**
And now this...
**[10:53] Misaki**
You made it to the semifinals, right?
Congratulations.
**[10:56] Shin**
You don't have to congratulate me
until I'm actually the best in the world.
**[10:59] Misaki**
Yeah, yeah.
**[11:02] Misaki**
Are you really going to
retire after this tournament?
**[11:08] Misaki**
You don't have to become
the manager after graduation.
**[11:11] Misaki**
You could leave the shop to Esuka--
**[11:12] Shin**
Misaki, there aren't many
world champions who run a shop.
**[11:18] Shin**
Imagine how much publicity the title
"Best in the World" would bring to Capital!
**[11:23] Misaki**
Then you want to be the best in the world for...
**[11:27] Shin**
Right. It's partly for Capital's sake.
**[11:30] Misaki**
I see.
**[11:33] Misaki**
I can get home fine from here. Goodnight!
**[11:36] Shin**
Yeah, goodnight.
**[11:40] Esuka**
The best in the world, huh?
**[11:42] Butler**
What about it?
**[11:44] Esuka**
Nothing.
**[11:45] Butler**
If you say so.
**[11:50] Esuka**
How could he retire when he has
the talent to aim for those heights?
**[12:05] Esuka**
It would be such a waste.
**[12:23] Kanzaki**
Weak! Too weak!
**[12:27] MC**
After two losses in a row for Team Daisetsuzan,
**[12:31] MC**
Oyama chose to face off against Kanzaki,
but he has unfortunately lost!
**[12:36] MC**
Team SSS is going to the finals!
**[12:40] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin! Begone, weakling!
**[12:47] Oyama**
It's frustrating, but I had a really good time.
**[12:50] Oyama**
Good luck!
**[12:52] Kanzaki**
I don't need wishes of success from a weakling!
**[12:56] Oyama**
What was that?!
**[12:57] Oyama**
I've had about enough of your verbal abuse!
**[13:01] Mikuru**
Your papa's match will start soon.
**[13:04] Chrono**
Papa's hatch!
**[13:05] Mikuru**
"Match."
**[13:07] Chrono**
Mats!
**[13:08] Mikuru**
"Mat-ch."
**[13:10] Chrono**
Hat-ch!
**[13:12] MC**
In just a moment, the second
semifinal match will begin!
***SIGN*** Rive Shindou Ruga Kaizu
**[13:17] MC**
We know Ruga Kaizu and Rive Shindou were once
a duo, known as the mighty "Flow Vanguard,"
**[13:24] MC**
that traveled the country
crushing powerhouse fighters,
**[13:28] MC**
but their duel at the Esu Cup
four years ago has become legend.
**[13:35] MC**
You definitely won't want to miss the
second coming that is *this* inevitable fight!
**[13:41] Ruga**
This won't be a repeat
of my failure four years ago!
**[13:43] Ruga**
I'm gonna beat you and take back
the title of "The Strongest"!
**[14:03] MC**
It's time!
**[14:04] MC**
Let the fight begin!
**[14:08] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[14:13] MC**
Wh-What is that?
**[14:15] MC**
"Primordial Dracokid"...
**[14:19] MC**
The clan is "Gear Chronicle."
**[14:22] Shin**
Gear Chronicle?
**[14:24] MC**
Th-That card is new, even to me!
**[14:30] Chrono**
What's with Pop?
**[14:32] Mikuru**
Sorry, I don't know.
**[14:35] Ruga**
Is that your recipe for defeating me?
**[14:39] Rive**
That's not how I think of it.
**[14:42] Ruga**
How long are you going to play dumb?
**[14:44] Ruga**
I ride Blue Wave Soldier Senior, Beragios!
**[14:48] Kanzaki**
What is Rive Shindou thinking?
**[14:51] Nanami**
Don't ask me.
**[14:52] Kanzaki**
I wasn't asking you. Just thinking out loud.
**[14:57] MC**
Rive Shindou, the "Board Grappler,"
has already taken 5 damage!
**[15:02] MC**
Usually, that means it will end this turn...
**[15:06] Rive**
This wasn't supposed to happen.
**[15:08] Shin**
Master!
**[15:09] Chrono**
Is Pop gonna lose?
**[15:11] Mikuru**
I-It'll be fine! He's just warming up!
**[15:14] Rive**
Chronojet Dragon attacks your Vanguard!
**[15:18] Ruga**
I guard!
**[15:19] MC**
Whoa! The attack didn't go through!
**[15:22] MC**
Which means...
**[15:25] Rive**
My turn is over.
**[15:26] Ruga**
Why?!
**[15:28] Ruga**
For the past four years, not a day's gone by
without me longing for a rematch against you!
**[15:34] Rive**
Then this is your lucky day.
**[15:36] Ruga**
Silence!
**[15:38] Ruga**
Last Card, Revonn attacks your Vanguard!
**[15:43] Rive**
No guard.
**[15:45] MC**
It's Rive Shindou's fateful damage check!
**[15:50] MC**
Will he get a heal trigger?!
**[15:55] Rive**
No trigger.
**[16:00] Rive**
I lose.
**[16:02] Ruga**
Unacceptable!
**[16:03] Rive**
Ruga...
**[16:04] Ruga**
Fight me once more, Rive!
**[16:06] Ruga**
This time with Nova Grappler!
**[16:08] Ruga**
Got it?! I wanna face Nova Grappler!
**[16:08] Rive**
He's cracked...
**[16:11] Chrono**
Pop lost?
**[16:16] Ryuzu**
I suppose the time wasn't yet ripe.
**[16:19] Mishima**
Well then...
**[16:20] Ryuzu**
Yes. Let's go.
**[16:23] Mikuru**
Aren't those two...?
**[16:25] Chronicle**
Auntie Mikuru...
**[16:28] Mikuru**
Just "Mikuru," remember?
**[16:34] Mikuru**
I-It's fine, Chrono!
**[16:36] Mikuru**
Shinemon and Mark's wins
will make up for my dumb brother!
**[16:40] Chrono**
Pop is dumb?!
**[16:47] MC**
What's wrong with Ruga Kaizu?!
**[16:49] Teammates**
Ruga!
**[16:54] Ruga**
Sorry. I no longer have
a reason to continue fighting.
**[17:01] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo
delivers the final stroke!
**[17:18] MC**
He did it! Ninja Master has
defeated two opponents in a row!
**[17:23] MC**
Team Nippon is moving on to the finals!
**[17:27] Crowd**
Nippon! Nippon! Champion!
**[17:29] Crowd**
Nippon! Nippon! Champion! Champion!
**[17:33] Shin**
What the heck were you doing?!
**[17:35] Shin**
We managed to squeak by today,
but we'll be facing Kanzaki in the finals!
**[17:41] Shin**
If you fight like you did in there,
there's no way we can win!
**[17:44] Rive**
Yeah, I figured.
**[17:46] Shin**
"I figured"?! Why are you so breezy?!
**[17:50] Rive**
So here's the deal...
**[17:54] Rive**
You two fight in the finals five days from now.
**[17:59] Rive**
I've got something to do that day
that I can't get out of, so please!
**[18:05] Mikuru**
Dumbro, how can you be so irresponsible?!
**[18:09] Shin**
She's right, Master!
**[18:11] Mark**
What is this thing you can't get out of?
**[18:13] Rive**
That's a secret.
**[18:15] Shin**
That's not gonna wash!
**[18:19] Rive**
Not so loud. You'll wake Chrono.
**[18:23] Shin**
S-Sorry.
**[18:25] Rive**
Well, I'm counting on you two.
**[18:28] Rive**
Get me to the Grand Prix.
**[18:33] Mark**
Could Rive be testing us?
**[18:37] Mikuru**
I don't think so.
**[18:40] Mikuru**
I bet it's all *his* fault.
**[18:43] Shin**
His who?
**[18:48] Mikuru**
I saw a man in a lab coat there today.
**[18:53] Mikuru**
I'd seen him before, when he
dropped off my brother on occasion.
**[19:04] Rive**
Thank you.
**[19:06] Mishima**
Good work.
**[19:15] Shin**
Wait a second!
**[19:17] Shin**
What's this about a lab coat?
**[19:18] Mark**
Then he works at a laboratory?
**[19:23] Mikuru**
Ack, I just remembered!
He told me not to tell anyone!
**[19:27] Mikuru**
My brother's been working at
Ryuzu Laboratory for a long time now.
**[19:34] Rive**
Oops, time for me to leave for work!
**[19:36] Rive**
Well, I've gotta get to work.
**[19:38] Rive**
Whoops! I have to get to work!
**[19:40] Rive**
The match ends here.
**[19:46] Shin**
So that's where he was going?
**[19:50] Mark**
What kind of research do they do there?
**[19:54] Mikuru**
It's on Vanguard.
**[19:55] The Two**
Vanguard?!
**[19:57] Mikuru**
Yeah, they do research into
Vanguard Physical something-or-other.
**[20:02] Mark**
Oh! Physical!
**[20:04] Shin**
But why would he want you to keep it a secret?
**[20:08] Mikuru**
He said, "I'm sure they would come to visit
on a lark, which would be a pain in the butt."
**[20:18] Shin**
All right, let's go!
**[20:19] Mikuru**
There you go again, running off unthinkingly!
**[20:22] Shin**
No, I'm not! I just don't
buy that explanation he gave!
**[20:26] Shin**
So I'm going there to ask
his real reason for ditching us!
**[20:29] Mark**
Then you'll need a driver!
**[20:31] Shin**
Can I count on you, Mark?
**[20:34] Mark**
Shinemon, if you're Maeda Keijiro,
then I'll be your horse, Matsukaze!
**[20:52] Shin**
Wh-What is this?
**[20:54] Mikuru**
You remember the huge explosion
at Yumigatake, don't you?
**[20:58] Shin**
Yeah.
**[21:00] Mark**
A meteorite landed, right?
**[21:02] Mikuru**
This is the place.
**[21:05] Shin**
Why would there be a Vanguard laboratory here?
**[21:08] Mikuru**
Beats me.
**[21:13] Shin**
It's not open to the public?
**[21:16] Guard A**
That's right.
**[21:17] Mikuru**
My big brother works here.
**[21:20] Guard A**
I still can't let you in without permission.
**[21:31] Guard B**
Hey, they got the go-ahead.
**[21:54] Tatsuya**
Long time no see, Shinemon.
**[22:01] Shin**
You're... Tatsuya?
**[22:07] Tatsuya**
Yes. Welcome to Ryuzu Lab.
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:50] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Aqua Force's
Blue Wave Soldier Senior, Beragios!
***SIGN*** Blue Wave Soldier Senior, Beragios
**[23:56] Narrator**
When you have many allies at rest,
this unit gets +5000 power!
**[24:02] Narrator**
And when it first appears, you can call
a grade 3 card from your deck,
**[24:05] Narrator**
making it easier to ride Last Card, Revonn!
**[24:09] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Shin**
Hey, Tonori.
**[24:16] Shin**
Why have you guys teamed up with Kanzaki?
**[24:19] Tonori**
Nanami and Kanzaki just hit it off, yo.
**[24:21] Tonori**
Would you believe they yak
with each other for hours?
**[24:24] Tonori**
They've got loads in common.
**[24:25] Tonori**
Know how Nanami's wild about cats?
**[24:27] Shin**
So is Kanzaki?
**[24:28] Tonori**
Nah, Kanzaki's into horses, yo.
**[24:30] Shin**
Horses?!
**[24:31] Shin**
What do they have in common?!
**[24:33] Tonori**
Well, they're both house pets.
**[24:35] Shin**
I see... Whoa, whoa, wait a sec!
**[24:37] Shin**
Horses aren't house pets!
**[24:39] Tonori**
Now that you mention it...
But that's how Kanzaki lives, yo.
***SIGN*** Remind 21
Summoning Experiment
**[24:42] Shin**
What kinda house does Kanzaki live in?!
# E35 - Summoning Experiment
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRG5EQ7DR/summoning-experiment)
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**[00:18] Tatsuya**
That day was the last time I saw you all, huh?
**[00:26] Shin**
Yeah. But I didn't know you were working here.
**[00:33] Tatsuya**
Yes. I work here as a researcher.
**[00:38] Mikuru**
High school students can be researchers?
**[00:41] Mark**
No wonder you're dressed like that!
**[00:44] Yuki**
Tachibana.
**[00:47] Yuki**
These people?
**[00:49] Tatsuya**
Yes.
**[00:50] Yuki**
I see.
**[00:51] Yuki**
Nice to meet you.
**[00:53] Yuki**
I'm Yuki Mishima, the director's assistant.
**[00:56] Yuki**
Right this way.
**[01:00] Mikuru**
Bro!
**[01:03] Rive**
What are you guys doing here?
**[01:05] Mikuru**
We should be asking you that!
**[01:08] Ryuzu**
Well, there's no harm in it.
**[01:11] Ryuzu**
Welcome to Ryuzu Lab.
**[01:14] Shin**
Ryuzu Lab?
**[01:16] Ryuzu**
Correct. Nice to meet you.
**[01:19] Ryuzu**
I'm the director, Ryuzu Myoujin.
**[01:23] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[01:26] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[01:31] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[01:34] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
**[03:10] Ryuzu**
You must be Shinemon Nitta.
**[03:14] Ryuzu**
And you're Mark Whiting, a.k.a. Ninja Master.
**[03:19] Mark**
Oh! Mysterious!
**[03:21] Mark**
How did you know our names?
**[03:24] Shin**
Master must've told him.
**[03:27] Shin**
While keeping too many secrets from us!
**[03:30] Rive**
Secrets?
**[03:32] Shin**
Yeah, like the existence of this lab,
and the fact that you work with Tatsuya!
**[03:37] Shin**
You never told us anything about it!
**[03:40] Rive**
I wasn't trying to hide--
**[03:41] Shin**
And you never told us something
that's even more important!
**[03:45] Shin**
Master, what's the *real* reason why
you're not participating in the finals?!
***SIGN*** Remind 21 Summoning Experiment
**[03:59] Shin**
My mind's made up! I'm not leaving
this spot until you tell me, Master!
**[04:04] Mark**
Oh!
**[04:06] Mark**
Like Kinoshita Tokichiro,
**[04:07] Mark**
who served Oda Nobunaga before becoming
Hashiba Hideyoshi, and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi,
**[04:14] Mark**
I shall follow your lead!
**[04:16] Rive**
Wait a second!
**[04:17] Rive**
This is no time for nonsense!
**[04:20] Rive**
In four days, you guys--
**[04:21] Shin**
I'm telling you I want to know why you're not
participating in the finals in four days!
**[04:26] Rive**
That's...
**[04:27] Ryuzu**
Okay, why don't we do this?
**[04:32] Ryuzu**
Have a Vanguard fight with me,
and if you win, Rive will explain everything.
**[04:38] Ryuzu**
But if I win, you have to leave
without saying another word.
**[04:43] Mark**
I see! Using Vanguard to silence an argument!
**[04:47] Mikuru**
That's "settle an argument"!
**[04:50] Ryuzu**
Prepare the X-Stage immediately.
**[04:53] Yuki**
I can't agree with this.
**[04:56] Yuki**
We shouldn't let outsiders see our facilities.
**[04:59] Rive**
Ryuzu, this is a very
important time for Shinemon.
**[05:03] Rive**
I don't want him involved.
**[05:04] Tatsuya**
I think he should do it.
**[05:07] Rive**
Tatsuya!
**[05:08] Ryuzu**
Well?
**[05:10] Shin**
All right! I accept your terms!
**[05:13] Shin**
Let's do this!
**[05:21] Shin**
What is this place?!
**[05:23] Ryuzu**
Welcome.
**[05:25] Ryuzu**
This is my lab's most cutting-edge facility.
**[05:29] Ryuzu**
Experimental Stage!
**[05:31] Ryuzu**
For short, "X-Stage"!
**[05:33] Mark**
"Experimental"?
**[05:35] Mikuru**
What does he mean?
**[05:36] Mark**
The stage is for performing experiments.
**[05:39] Shin**
Experiments?
**[05:41] Operator A**
Space-time fluctuation values stabilized.
**[05:43] Operator A**
Maintaining gravitational wave
error at zero point three.
**[05:46] Operator B**
Portal coolant full.
**[05:49] Operator C**
Imaginary Score meter functioning normally.
**[05:54] Tatsuya**
Then let's start it up.
**[05:55] Yuki**
Please begin filming.
**[05:57] Tatsuya**
We're going to document it?
**[05:59] Yuki**
If anything were to go wrong,
my job will be to establish where blame lies.
**[06:06] Chrono**
Hey!
**[06:07] Mikuru**
Chrono!
**[06:09] Shin**
Why are you here?
**[06:10] Rive**
I had him at the facility's daycare,
**[06:14] Rive**
but when I mentioned you were
going to fight, he insisted on watching.
**[06:19] Chrono**
Do your beast, Shinemon!
**[06:22] Shin**
Right! Leave it to me!
**[06:24] Shin**
I swear to win this fight, and make your dad,
**[06:27] Shin**
I mean, Master, confess the real reason
why he's not participating in the finals!
**[06:34] Chrono**
Yeah!
**[06:36] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[06:41] Operator A**
Imaginary Score output confirmed!
**[06:44] Yuki**
Already?
**[06:45] Tatsuya**
Right at the start?
**[06:47] Shin**
I ride!
**[06:49] Shin**
Pan of New Style!
**[06:51] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[06:53] Ryuzu**
Chrono Tigar!
**[06:56] Shin**
You use Gear Chronicle too, huh?
**[06:59] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[07:05] Rive**
Chronojet Dragon attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:10] Rive**
My turn is over.
**[07:14] Rive**
No trigger.
**[07:17] Shin**
Stand and draw!
**[07:19] Shin**
I ride!
**[07:22] Shin**
Atlas of Heavenly Sphere!
**[07:24] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[07:28] Ryuzu**
Chronotooth Tigar!
**[07:30] Ryuzu**
Let's go!
**[07:32] Shin**
No guard!
**[07:37] Shin**
I ride!
**[07:41] Shin**
Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
**[07:43] Shin**
Come to me, Atlas and Diana of Moonlight!
**[07:46] Shin**
Diana, follow me!
**[07:49] Ryuzu**
No guard.
**[07:51] Shin**
Drive check!
**[07:53] Shin**
Critical trigger!
**[07:56] Chrono**
That's the way, Shinemon! Get 'im!
**[07:59] Shin**
I give the power to Atlas,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[08:08] Mikuru**
Now his opponent has 2 damage!
**[08:10] Mark**
Keep it up, Shinemon!
**[08:13] Shin**
Diana's skill activates!
**[08:16] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[08:18] Shin**
Force I!
**[08:21] Shin**
Go, Atlas!
**[08:23] Ryuzu**
Steam Bomber, Digul!
**[08:27] Ryuzu**
Guard!
**[08:29] Ryuzu**
My turn!
**[08:31] Ryuzu**
Chronotooth Tigar's skill activates!
I draw one card.
**[08:35] Ryuzu**
I ride Chronobite Tiger!
**[08:41] Ryuzu**
Lost Break Dragon, you're up.
**[08:45] Ryuzu**
Here I go.
**[08:48] Shin**
No guard!
**[08:50] Ryuzu**
Drive check.
**[08:52] Mark**
A critical trigger!
**[08:54] Ryuzu**
I give the power to Lost Break,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[09:03] Ryuzu**
Lost Break! You go, too!
**[09:07] Shin**
No guard!
**[09:14] Chrono**
Is Shinemon winning?
**[09:16] Rive**
Right now Shinemon has 3 damage.
**[09:19] Rive**
Ryuzu has 2 damage.
**[09:22] Chrone**
Don't ruse, Shinemon! Don't ruse!
**[09:25] Rive**
You mean, "don't lose."
**[09:27] Shin**
Don't worry, I'm not gonna lose!
**[09:30] Shin**
I made up my mind that Mark,
Master and I are gonna be in the finals!
**[09:35] Shin**
So imagine it!
**[09:37] Shin**
The strength of imagination...
**[09:39] Shin**
...will become the strength of Vanguard!
**[09:45] Tatsuya**
Shinemon's Imaginary Score is soaring!
**[09:49] Yuki**
Amazing!
**[09:50] Operator**
130... 140...
**[09:52] Shin**
I ride Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon!
**[10:03] Shin**
Astraios Dragon!
**[10:06] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[10:13] Shin**
Atlas! Phosphoros! Come!
**[10:17] Shin**
Atlas's skill activates!
**[10:21] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[10:27] Shin**
Once more! Atlas's skill activates!
**[10:30] Shin**
I draw!
**[10:33] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[10:38] Shin**
Come, Phosphoros!
**[10:40] Shin**
Astraios's skill!
**[10:45] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[10:50] Mikuru**
That's the fifth one!
**[10:52] Mark**
And so speedily!
**[10:56] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[10:58] Shin**
Once Astraios Dragon has five Imaginary Gifts,
**[11:02] Shin**
the rear-guard circle behind
the Vanguard circle becomes the Astral Plane!
**[11:12] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[11:15] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[11:25] Operator A**
His Imaginary Score has climbed past 200%!
**[11:29] Tatsuya**
Incredible!
**[11:46] Shin**
Valkerion's skill activates!
**[11:50] Shin**
I get a twin drive!
**[11:52] Shin**
Phosphoros, defeat Lost Break!
**[11:59] Shin**
Now the spotlight's on me!
**[12:01] Shin**
Astral Laser!
**[12:03] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[12:05] Mark**
Now, Shinemon!
**[12:06] Shin**
Drive check!
**[12:08] Shin**
First check!
**[12:09] Shin**
Second check!
**[12:11] Shin**
Heal trigger!
**[12:12] Shin**
I give the power to Phosphoros!
**[12:14] Ryuzu**
Damage check!
**[12:17] Rive**
Now it's 3 to 2.
**[12:20] Chrono**
Attaboy, Shinemon!
**[12:25] Shin**
Valkerion!
**[12:27] Shin**
Zodiac Blazer!
**[12:33] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[12:35] Shin**
Twin drive!
**[12:37] Shin**
First check!
**[12:39] Shin**
Second check!
**[12:40] Shin**
Critical trigger!
**[12:42] Shin**
I give the power to Phosphoros
and the extra critical to Valkerion!
**[12:49] Ryuzu**
Damage check!
**[12:56] Mark**
Now he has 5 damage!
**[12:58] Mikuru**
That's the way, Matter-Settler Cinnamon!
**[13:01] Shin**
This is how I win!
**[13:03] Shin**
Phosphoros attacks Chronobite!
**[13:10] Ryuzu**
Perfect guard!
**[13:23] Ryuzu**
Shinemon.
**[13:26] Ryuzu**
Why do *you* think Rive won't
be participating in the finals?
**[13:31] Ryuzu**
My objective in creating this lab
was to change the world through Vanguard.
**[13:39] Shin**
Change the world? How?
**[13:41] Ryuzu**
To be specific, I'm going to
connect Earth to the planet Cray.
**[13:48] Mikuru**
The planet Cray is the world of the game.
I mean, isn't it fictional?
**[13:54] Mark**
Of course it is. The planet Cray is Vanguard's--
**[13:57] Ryuzu**
Wrong!
**[13:58] Ryuzu**
The planet Cray exists!
**[14:01] Ryuzu**
Beyond doubt!
**[14:02] Shin**
No way...
**[14:05] Rive**
Shinemon, Ryuzu isn't lying about this.
**[14:08] Rive**
The planet Cray and all the units
that live there actually exist.
**[14:13] Rive**
I've been working here in order to prove that.
**[14:17] Shin**
Master...
**[14:22] Ryuzu**
My turn! Chronobite's skill activates!
**[14:28] Ryuzu**
To prove the existence of the planet Cray...
**[14:32] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[14:36] Ryuzu**
Chronofang Tiger!
**[14:38] Ryuzu**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[14:44] Ryuzu**
Chronofang's skill activates!
**[14:47] Ryuzu**
O soaring tiger of the sky!
**[14:50] Ryuzu**
Praise the workings of time...
**[14:53] Ryuzu**
...and let out a roar of bravery!
**[14:56] Ryuzu**
I superior ride Chronotiger Rebellion!
**[15:00] Shin**
What?! Superior riding a grade 4?!
**[15:12] Shin**
That's...
**[15:13] Shin**
...Chronotiger Rebellion!
**[15:17] Ryuzu**
Chronofang's skill activates!
**[15:20] Ryuzu**
Rebellion gets an extra critical
and an extra drive!
**[15:24] Ryuzu**
Chronobite, Wedgemove Dragon,
and Chronotooth, come here!
**[15:31] Shin**
An empty hand!
**[15:32] Shin**
The winner is clear!
**[15:35] Ryuzu**
Rebellion attacks Astraios Dragon!
**[15:40] Ryuzu**
With Rebellion, the fewer cards
in my hand, the more skills it gains!
**[15:44] Shin**
What?!
**[15:45] Ryuzu**
If I have five cards or fewer in my hand,
I can retire two of your front row rear-guards.
**[15:50] Ryuzu**
If I have three cards or fewer in my hand,
my three front-row cards gain +10,000 power!
**[15:54] Ryuzu**
And if I have one card or fewer, all of my
opponent's guardians' shields have -5000 power!
**[16:02] Shin**
What?!
**[16:03] Mark**
What is this?! With all that, he's helpless!
**[16:07] Mikuru**
What do you mean?
**[16:09] Mark**
To guard, he'll need
a lot more cards in his hand.
**[16:12] Ryuzu**
Will you guard?
**[16:14] Shin**
No. He won't be able to deal
4 damage with one attack.
**[16:19] Shin**
No guard!
**[16:21] Ryuzu**
Triple drive.
**[16:23] Ryuzu**
First check.
**[16:25] Ryuzu**
Critical trigger!
**[16:26] Ryuzu**
I give the power to Chronobite,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard.
**[16:30] Ryuzu**
Second check.
**[16:32] Shin**
No trigger!
**[16:33] Rive**
But what's the last card?
**[16:35] Chrono**
What's it?
**[16:37] Chrono**
Do your beast, Shinemon!
**[16:39] Ryuzu**
Third check!
**[16:41] Mark**
Oh my god!
**[16:42] Mark**
A double critical!
**[16:44] Shin**
What? 4 damage?!
**[16:48] Shin**
Here I go! Damage check!
**[16:51] Chrono**
Shinemon...
**[16:55] Mark**
No trigger!
**[17:01] Shin**
Two more!
**[17:06] Chrono**
Shinemon, don't ruse!
**[17:40] Mikuru**
Shinemon lost...
**[17:44] Mark**
Shinemon, who was aiming
to win the Asia Circuit...
**[17:49] Chrono**
No, Shinemon lost!
**[17:55] Yuki**
What?!
**[17:55] Operator A**
The Imaginary Score has
exceeded the fail-safe point!
**[17:58] Operator A**
It's gone from yellow to red!
**[18:01] Operator B**
It's uncontrollable! Uncontrollable!
**[18:04] Ryuzu**
Now it begins!
**[18:09] Shin**
What is this?!
**[18:11] Ryuzu**
A unit summoning experiment!
**[18:14] Shin**
Unit summoning...?
**[18:16] Ryuzu**
Correct. Using the power of our imaginations.
**[18:20] Ryuzu**
The Imaginary Score will now
open a portal to the planet Cray!
**[18:33] Chronodragon**
Who...? Who are you?
**[18:39] Chronodragon**
Hey...
**[18:51] Shin**
Watch out!
**[19:25] Shin**
Master!
**[19:46] Operator A**
Today's unit summoning experiment is a success.
**[19:50] Operator B**
Component analysis complete.
**[19:53] Operator B**
It shows this is constructed from
an unknown material not found on Earth.
**[20:00] Shin**
So then...
**[20:02] Ryuzu**
You understand now, don't you?
**[20:04] Ryuzu**
The planet Cray exists.
**[20:07] Shin**
The planet Cray...
**[20:10] Shin**
Perhaps Cray may actually exist.
**[20:17] Shin**
When you fight, there are moments
when the Cray units feel so close to you.
**[20:23] Shin**
I'll get to meet them someday!
**[20:26] Shin**
That's the feeling I have!
**[20:29] Ryuzu**
Please keep what happened here a secret.
**[20:33] Ryuzu**
If word of our unit summoning
experiment were to go public,
**[20:36] Ryuzu**
I'm sure that someone would try
to use this technology for evil purposes.
**[20:40] Shin**
Gotcha. So this was your reason for
not being able to participate in the finals?
**[20:45] Rive**
Yeah. The next large-scale unit summoning
experiment is scheduled for that same day.
**[20:54] Ryuzu**
Correct. On the night of the next crescent moon.
**[20:58] Rive**
We wouldn't get another shot
at so perfect an opportunity
**[21:01] Rive**
until years down the road.
**[21:03] Shin**
Then I'll help with the experiment, too!
**[21:07] Rive**
No, you idiot! You've got the finals!
**[21:10] Rive**
Ryuzu beat you, so get outta here.
**[21:13] Shin**
I-I know he did, but...
**[21:17] Shin**
The planet Cray is actually real.
**[21:21] Rive**
Yeah. And proving that is my mission. Not yours.
**[21:32] Shin**
I'm counting on you, Master.
**[21:34] Rive**
Likewise. Good luck.
**[21:46] Tatsuya**
Come again sometime!
**[21:48] Shin**
Of course! I'm counting on you, too!
**[21:52] Shin**
Oh, right!
**[21:55] Shin**
On the day of the finals, if we...
**[22:01] Shin**
What's with Master?
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Ryuzu's ace in the hole,
**[23:51] Narrator**
Chronofang Tiger!
***SIGN*** Chronofang Tiger
**[23:53] Narrator**
If you discard cards with a sum of
grades 3 or greater from your hand,
**[23:56] Narrator**
you can superior ride
a grade 4 unit from the deck!
**[23:59] Narrator**
Then seize a victorious fate with the new
ace in the hole, grade 4 Chronotiger Rebellion!
**[24:05] Narrator**
Because, when Rebellion appears...!
**[24:07] Narrator**
But that's all for now!
We'll reveal more in next week's card intro.
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Mikuru**
Hey, Chrono!
**[24:17] Chrono**
What, Auntie Mikuru?
**[24:18] Mikuru**
I told you. You don't have to call me "Auntie."
**[24:21] Mikuru**
Can you just say my name?
**[24:23] Chrono**
Creamy Shindou.
**[24:25] Mikuru**
Not "Creamy"! It's "Mikuru Shindou."
**[24:28] Chrono**
Mil-ky Shin-dou!
**[24:31] Mikuru**
Suddenly I'm a detective!
**[24:32] Mikuru**
You should remember
the right way. One more time!
**[24:35] Chrono**
Cool-see Me-you!
**[24:37] Mikuru**
Huh?
**[24:38] Chrono**
Mi-ku-ru Shin-dou!
***SIGN*** Remind 22
The Day Before
**[24:41] Mikuru**
You did it!
**[24:42] Chrono**
Auntie!
**[24:43] Mikuru**
Ugh...
# E36 - The Day Before
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKP053Y/the-day-before)
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**[00:24] Shin**
A unit?!
**[00:29] Shin**
That actually happened.
**[00:33] Shin**
The planet Cray actually exists.
**[00:36] Shin**
So does this unit,
and this unit and this unit...
**[00:40] Shin**
...and this one and this one,
and this one, and this one...
**[00:47] Shin**
And even Valkerion!
**[00:50] Shin**
Incredible!
**[00:52] Shin**
The world I had only imagined... is all real!
**[01:02] Shin**
If the unit summoning experiment succeeds,
that means I'll get to meet these units!
**[01:10] Shin**
Still, if Master is participating in
such a historic experiment, then why...
**[01:17] Shin**
Why did he have that look?
**[01:21] Shin**
Maybe it bothers him that
he's not able to take part in the finals.
**[01:27] Shin**
No, no!
**[01:30] Shin**
Master!
**[01:31] Shin**
Mark and I will fight to the end in the finals!
**[01:35] Shin**
*You* need to focus on the summoning experiment.
**[01:39] Shin**
"But your future is riding on this tournament."
**[01:42] Shin**
The futures of Earth and Cray
are much more important than my own!
**[01:47] Shin**
It'll be fine! We'll win even
without you, Master, you'll see!
**[01:51] Shin**
Right, Mark?
**[01:54] Shin**
"Yes! No progress!"
**[01:58] Shin**
I mean, "No plankton!"
**[02:03] Shin**
Wrong! "No plan!"
**[02:06] Mark**
I think you meant to say, "No problem!"
**[02:08] Mikuru**
"No plan" just shows that
you're Slacking-Off Cinnamon!
**[02:13] Shin**
Oh, I didn't know you two were here.
**[02:15] Mikuru**
The sign out front said you're "Closed."
**[02:21] Shin**
S-Seriously?!
**[02:33] Mikuru**
I changed it already!
**[02:36] Shin**
Th-Thank you...
**[02:40] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[02:45] Kanzaki**
Tomorrow you will fully realize your weakness...
**[02:48] Kanzaki**
...Team Nippon! And then...
**[02:52] Nanami**
Begone, weaklings!
**[02:54] Kanzaki**
That's *my* line!
**[02:56] Tonori**
Who cares, yo?!
***SIGN*** Team SSS
**[02:58] MC**
That was Team SSS, commenting on
the upcoming Asia Circuit finals.
**[03:04] MC**
Today on the Vanguard Channel, we present:
**[03:08] MC**
"Which Team Will Go On
to the World Grand Prix?!
***SIGN*** Pre-Finals Special! Who will go on to the World Grand Prix?! Team SSS vs Team Nippon!
**[03:12] MC**
A Thorough Comparison Special"!
**[03:15] MC**
For that, we'll be looking back at all of the
previous fights of Team SSS and Team Nippon!
**[03:25] Mikuru**
I apologize to you both.
**[03:27] Shin**
It's not Master's fault.
**[03:28] Shin**
Working on an experiment to change
the world is acceptable enough to us.
**[03:33] Shin**
Right?
**[03:35] Mark**
If you say so, Shinemon.
**[03:38] Shin**
If Master's experiment works out,
wonderful things will happen.
**[03:45] Mark**
Shinemon...
**[03:48] Mark**
Why don't you take the day off?
**[03:51] Shin**
I-I'm fine! I intend to go about my normal
daily business and approach the finals in calm!
**[04:01] Mark**
Is that so? Well, I'm going home.
**[04:10] Mikuru**
Mark!
**[04:13] Mark**
I'm glad that I came to Japan.
**[04:18] Mark**
Cross-cultural exchanges are marvelous.
**[04:22] Mark**
However, they carry a risk.
**[04:26] Mark**
During the Warring States Period,
firearms were imported via Tanegashima,
**[04:30] Mark**
afterwards spreading across the land.
**[04:32] Mark**
This eventually resulted in a gunfight
that would encompass the whole world.
**[04:39] Ryuzu**
If the unit summoning experiment succeeds,
the world will know that the planet Cray exists!
**[04:47] Ryuzu**
So let's make our imaginations reality!
**[04:50] Shin**
Wait, Master! Tatsuya!
***SIGN*** Remind 22 The Day Before
**[06:31] Butler**
What do you think, Ms. Esuka?
**[06:36] Esuka**
It's as I expected.
**[06:38] Butler**
It will be some time
before the final report is ready.
**[06:42] Esuka**
But we're out of time.
**[06:45] Esuka**
Cancel all of my appointments for tonight.
**[06:48] Butler**
Yes, ma'am.
**[06:50] Esuka**
I'm a terrible woman.
**[06:52] Butler**
How so, Ms. Esuka?
**[06:55] Esuka**
I'm about to present him with
two difficult choices yet again.
**[07:01] Butler**
I suspect he may overcome
them this time, as well.
**[07:05] Esuka**
I hope so...
***SIGN*** Shindou Family
**[07:21] Tatsuya**
Are you visiting Tokimi's grave?
**[07:25] Chrono**
Tatsu!
**[07:27] Rive**
How many times do I
have to tell you? It's "Tatsuya."
**[07:32] Rive**
You, too?
**[07:35] Tatsuya**
I just came for some fresh air.
**[07:39] Tatsuya**
That was right before I changed schools, huh.
**[07:41] Rive**
Yeah.
**[07:44] Rive**
While she'd always been physically frail,
I assumed she was more or less fine. Until...
**[07:50] Rive**
...she was gone.
**[07:53] Rive**
I'm sure Chrono doesn't remember her at all.
**[08:00] Tatsuya**
Chrono, do you want to see your mama?
**[08:06] Chrono**
Here's my mama!
**[08:08] Rive**
I told you, I'm "Papa"!
**[08:11] Rive**
Like I always say...
**[08:13] Chrono**
My fend said his mama comes pick him up!
**[08:17] Rive**
Your "friend," huh?
**[08:24] Tatsuya**
Sorry for interrupting.
**[08:26] Tatsuya**
I'll see you at the experiment tomorrow.
**[08:31] Rive**
Tatsuya. You don't play Vanguard anymore?
**[08:37] Tatsuya**
Is it necessary that I do so?
**[08:44] Rive**
Sorry for prying, Tatsu.
**[08:54] Chrono**
It's "Tatsuya"!
**[08:58] Rive**
I get to call him that!
**[09:02] Tonori**
The big day's tomorrow, huh?
**[09:04] Nanami**
Yeah.
**[09:06] Tonori**
Four years in the making...
**[09:08] Nanami**
Four years?
**[09:11] Tonori**
At the Esu Cup four years ago,
we swore we'd beat Team Capital...
**[09:16] Tonori**
...but we never got to go up against them.
**[09:19] Nanami**
Forget that ever happened!
**[09:21] Nanami**
Or else you're not getting any snacks
before the fight tomorrow!
**[09:24] Tonori**
I forgot already, yo.
**[09:28] Tonori**
Once he graduates college, he's gonna
become the manager of Capital, right?
**[09:34] Nanami**
Who knows?
**[09:36] Nanami**
Will he be a pro fighter? The manager?
Or will he choose another path?
**[09:41] Nanami**
I'm sure he'll figure it all out
after the finals are over.
**[09:46] Nanami**
Wanna go by Capital,
to visit the assistant manager?
**[09:51] Tonori**
Shinemon Nitta, huh?
**[09:53] Nanami**
I specifically meant the cat!
**[09:56] Nanami**
I'm dead sure *he's* not minding
the store the day before finals!
**[10:01] Shin**
Welcome!
**[10:02] Nanami**
Why are you working today?!
**[10:06] Mikuru**
He says he's going about his normal business
so that he can approach the finals in calm.
**[10:12] Nanami**
"Normal," huh?
**[10:14] Customer**
Um, what about my change?
**[10:18] Shin**
Oh, that's right!
**[10:23] Shin**
Here's your change.
**[10:29] Nanami**
This is the norm?
**[10:30] Mikuru**
He's actually making more
work than he's accomplishing.
**[10:34] Shin**
Thank you.
**[10:35] Nanami**
Looks like even he's nervous
on the day before the finals.
**[10:40] Mikuru**
That's not the only issue...
**[10:45] Shin**
Hello?
**[10:48] Shin**
Hello?!
**[10:50] Shin**
Who's calling?!
**[10:51] Shin**
Hello?!
**[10:54] Shin**
Hello?! He--
**[10:54] Mikuru**
Hello, Card Capital.
**[10:57] Mikuru**
Yes! Just a moment, please.
**[11:02] Mikuru**
It's Esuka.
**[11:05] Shin**
What do you want?
**[11:09] Shin**
Oh, okay. Bye.
**[11:11] Mikuru**
What was it?
**[11:13] Shin**
She said I could close up early today.
**[11:16] Mikuru**
Huh...
**[11:18] Shin**
And she's gonna take me out
to dinner at a good restaurant.
**[11:24] Nanami**
D-Don't tell me...
**[11:33] Esuka**
Thanks for waiting.
**[11:36] Shin**
S-Sure.
**[11:37] Esuka**
Let's go.
**[11:44] Mikuru**
Is this...
**[11:45] Nanami**
...a date?
**[12:01] Esuka**
How are you feeling?
**[12:04] Esuka**
About tomorrow's finals.
I'm asking whether you think you'll win.
**[12:09] Shin**
O-Of course I'm fully confident!
**[12:11] Shin**
I can't find any factors
that could make me lose.
**[12:14] Esuka**
The same for the other two?
**[12:15] Shin**
Y-Yeah! You don't need to worry
about Mark or Master!
**[12:21] Esuka**
Your team had a weird loss
during the semifinals, though.
**[12:27] Shin**
But I'm in such top form, I may not even
give Master a chance to play in the finals!
**[12:34] Esuka**
Well, it doesn't matter to me who wins.
**[12:38] Esuka**
Either way, it's still good publicity
for Card Capital and Cardshop Esuka.
**[12:44] Esuka**
Both teams making it to the finals
is a major success.
**[12:49] Shin**
As always, you're only thinking about business.
**[12:52] Esuka**
That's not true.
**[13:08] Shin**
This place looks really expensive!
**[13:10] Esuka**
Hey! Shinemon Nitta!
**[13:14] Esuka**
At times like this, the man escorts the lady!
**[13:17] Esuka**
It's common sense for adults.
**[13:20] Shin**
Fine!
**[13:29] Nanami**
What's that?! They look like a couple!
**[13:36] Mikuru**
I-I was just curious about
what restaurants Esuka goes to!
**[13:41] Nanami**
You're not fooling me.
**[13:43] Nanami**
But that's fine.
**[13:46] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka may have money,
but *we* have youth!
**[13:51] Mikuru**
What good does youth do?
**[13:55] Nanami**
We don't have a reservation...
**[13:57] Waiter A**
It's okay, you're a regular. Please, this way.
**[14:03] Mikuru**
You sure have grown up!
**[14:06] Nanami**
This is one of Ms. Esuka's
favorite restaurants. It's got five stars!
**[14:17] Esuka**
I'll have this.
**[14:19] Sommelier**
An excellent choice.
**[14:22] Esuka**
Well...
**[14:24] Esuka**
It's just the two of us now...
**[14:27] Esuka**
...so how about doing it before we eat?
**[14:32] Shin**
My thoughts exactly!
**[14:35] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[14:42] Nanami**
Is that really enough for you?
**[14:44] Mikuru**
I'm not all that hungry!
**[14:51] Mikuru**
I mean, I'm blowing a whole day's
worth of food expenses on this alone!
**[14:55] Mikuru**
Just thinking about that makes me feel full!
**[14:59] Nanami**
High school girls have it rough.
**[15:06] Esuka**
Who's in "top form" now?
**[15:08] Esuka**
I'll have you know,
I haven't played in some time.
**[15:14] Esuka**
What hope is there for someone
who loses like this right before the finals?
**[15:22] Shin**
Again! Please, just one more!
**[15:26] Waiter**
Here you are.
**[15:27] Shin**
I'm not asking for another helping!
**[15:31] Esuka**
Is there something you're concerned about?
**[15:35] Shin**
Yeah. Um, well, like what
comes after graduation.
**[15:40] Esuka**
Certainly, I can imagine you being conflicted.
**[15:43] Shin**
Of course it'd be tough
to give up being a pro fighter,
**[15:47] Shin**
but lately I feel like I'm truly
starting to enjoy running the shop,
**[15:51] Shin**
so I don't want to let that go either...
**[15:54] Esuka**
Anything else?
**[15:57] Esuka**
Well, either way...
**[16:01] Esuka**
There'll be a crescent moon tomorrow.
**[16:04] Shin**
Yeah.
**[16:05] Esuka**
Apparently there was a beautiful
crescent moon two years ago, as well.
**[16:11] Esuka**
On the night of the explosion at Yumigatake.
**[16:18] Shin**
A meteorite crashed into Yumigatake,
resulting in a bunch of casualties, right?
**[16:26] Esuka**
That's the official explanation.
**[16:28] Esuka**
But I wonder if it really was a meteorite.
**[16:31] Shin**
What do you mean?
**[16:34] Esuka**
If a meteorite impacted,
claiming numerous victims,
**[16:39] Esuka**
it should have been visible as a
"shooting star" that lit up the night sky,
**[16:43] Esuka**
and there would've been
a huge flash as it hit ground.
**[16:48] Esuka**
But not a single person
witnessed a shooting star that night.
**[16:52] Esuka**
No such photos exist.
**[16:55] Esuka**
However, someone uploaded
this picture to social media...
**[16:59] Esuka**
...which was deleted soon after.
**[17:04] Shin**
That's...
**[17:05] Esuka**
It's hard to judge from the photo alone,
but it resembles a Vanguard unit.
**[17:12] Shin**
Yes...
**[17:13] Esuka**
You visited Yumigatake recently, didn't you?
**[17:19] Shin**
H-How did you know?!
**[17:23] Esuka**
This is Ryuzu Myoujin.
**[17:25] Esuka**
For better or worse, he's famous
in the world of Vanguard research.
**[17:32] Esuka**
Ryuzu was building a research facility
at the site of the meteorite crash.
**[17:37] Esuka**
Of course my curiosity was piqued.
**[17:40] Esuka**
So I did some digging.
**[17:44] Shin**
Y-You mean...?!
**[17:47] Esuka**
A meteorite wasn't the cause
of the explosion at Yumigatake.
**[17:51] Esuka**
It's more likely an accident caused by
the appearance of a unit from the planet Cray.
**[18:00] Operator A**
Space-time fluctuation values climbing.
**[18:03] Operator A**
At this pace, by tomorrow night,
we'll have reached the highest values on record.
**[18:08] Operator B**
All systems checked. All green!
**[18:11] Operator B**
I'll perform the final check 12 hours from now.
**[18:16] Ryuzu**
Wonderful! Just as I calculated!
**[18:21] Ryuzu**
All we need now is a fighter!
**[18:32] Esuka**
I don't believe that Yumigatake was
the first time a Cray unit has appeared.
**[18:38] Esuka**
All over the world, legends are told
of dragons, giant creatures, and fairy folk.
**[18:47] Esuka**
To a fighter like you, the existence
of Cray must sound very appealing.
**[18:54] Esuka**
Even more so when thrown the concept
that units could actually appear here.
**[18:58] Esuka**
But don't forget what happened at Yumigatake.
**[19:04] Shin**
Ryuzu said it was safe!
**[19:07] Esuka**
There are too many mysteries
surrounding that laboratory.
**[19:11] Esuka**
I couldn't even find out where
they get their research funding.
**[19:15] Esuka**
It's dangerous to swallow
anything Ryuzu tells you.
**[19:18] Shin**
But Master's there, too!
**[19:21] Esuka**
Rive Shindou...
**[19:23] Esuka**
What is that man thinking?
**[19:27] Esuka**
I wouldn't take what he
says at face value, either.
**[19:36] Esuka**
Shall we go elsewhere?
**[19:42] Mikuru**
What could those two
be talking about all this time?!
**[19:51] Nanami**
Is she another one
who goes berserk when hungry?
**[19:56] Nanami**
Hey, they're leaving!
**[20:01] Nanami**
Where's my wallet...
**[20:02] Waiter A**
Your bill has already been paid.
**[20:06] Waiter A**
By Esuka Hibino.
**[20:09] Nanami**
She noticed us?!
**[20:10] Mikuru**
I should've ordered a full-course meal!
**[20:16] Esuka**
Only a handful of people know the truth.
**[20:20] Esuka**
Ryuzu, his assistant, and...
**[20:23] Shin**
Master Rive!
**[20:25] Esuka**
He wouldn't answer honestly if you just ask.
**[20:29] Esuka**
But Vanguard fighters have other means.
**[20:34] Shin**
I'll beat Master in a fight...
and force the truth out of him!
**[20:40] Esuka**
You have a choice to make, Shinemon Nitta!
**[20:44] Esuka**
Fight Team SSS here tomorrow
to win the championship...
**[20:50] Esuka**
...or fight Rive Shindou in the lab
tomorrow to find out the truth!
**[20:56] Esuka**
I've prepared a special weapon
for if you intend to fight Rive Shindou.
**[21:03] Esuka**
So... which will it be?
**[21:19] Shin**
Isn't it obvious?
**[21:26] Shin**
I'll defeat Master Rive!
**[21:29] Shin**
And then come right back here...
**[21:33] Shin**
...to beat them!
**[21:42] Mikuru**
Over there!
**[21:43] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka, where's Shinemon Nitta?
**[21:48] Esuka**
He left.
**[21:51] Mikuru**
Where did he go?
**[21:53] Esuka**
After getting some new cards,
I'd assume he'd go tune-up his deck.
**[22:03] Esuka**
This is the first time
anyone's walked out on me...
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Ryuzu's Chronotiger Rebellion!
***SIGN*** Chronotiger Rebellion
**[23:53] Narrator**
When it attacks, the fewer cards in hand,
the more powerful the skills activated!
**[23:58] Narrator**
If you have one card or fewer, on that turn,
all of your opponent's guardians weaken!
**[24:03] Narrator**
And if this unit appeared
via Chronofang Tiger's skill,
**[24:06] Narrator**
discarding your hand will earn you
an extra critical and an extra drive!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Mikuru**
I just don't get it.
**[24:17] Nanami**
Get what?
**[24:18] Mikuru**
How is it that Shinemon is surrounded by girls?
**[24:21] Mikuru**
There's Esuka, and you, Nanamin, and Misaki...
**[24:24] Nanami**
And you, Mikurun...
**[24:24] Mikuru**
Leave me out of it!
**[24:26] Nanami**
But you don't have to worry.
**[24:28] Mikuru**
Why not?
**[24:28] Nanami**
As they say, everyone's popular
during three periods of their life.
**[24:31] Nanami**
For him, there was right after birth,
then during preschool for the second period,
**[24:34] Nanami**
so right now is his third period of popularity.
**[24:36] Nanami**
Meaning ten years from now,
he'll be totally free!
***SIGN*** Remind 23
Clash between Master and Student
**[24:40] Nanami**
If you're gonna target him,
that's the time to do it, Mikurun!
**[24:42] Mikuru**
I said, leave me out of it!
# E37 - Clash Between Master and Student
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR3KQ1XNR/clash-between-master-and-student)
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**[00:01] MC**
Hi there! We're live in front of Card Capital.
***SIGN*** Guard Luck, Team Nippon!
**[00:05] MC**
Team Nippon certainly is loved by the locals.
**[00:08] MC**
While they weren't able to win it
during the World Tour four years ago--
**[00:13] MC**
Ah! The shutters are opening!
**[00:20] Mark**
H-Hi, everybody!
**[00:24] Fan 1**
Who's he?
**[00:25] Fan 2**
No idea...
**[00:26] Fan 3**
Just some guy...?
**[00:29] Mark**
N-Ninja Master verily appreciates
everyone's support as he departs for the front.
**[00:33] MC**
Oh, it's Ninja Master!
**[00:37] Mikuru**
So much for your secret identity!
But more importantly...
**[00:40] MC**
Exactly! Where are Rive Shindou,
the "Board Grappler,"
**[00:45] MC**
and Shinemon Nitta,
the "Mighty College Student"?
**[00:48] Mark**
A-Actually...
**[00:51] Shin**
Ryuzu's experiment is on
the night of the crescent moon.
**[00:54] Mark**
Oh! Like the archer Minamoto no Tomato!
**[00:58] Shin**
In other words, tonight.
**[00:59] Shin**
Which is why Master said
he can't participate in the finals.
**[01:03] Shin**
But if Esuka's right about the
experiment being that dangerous...
**[01:10] Mark**
Wait, hang on!
**[01:12] Mark**
You're *supposed* to say,
"You mean Minamoto no Tametomo!"
**[01:18] Shin**
Mark, I promise you that
Master and I will be there for the finals.
**[01:23] Shin**
If maybe a little late...
**[01:26] Mark**
The finals are important.
Master is important, too. Naturally.
**[01:35] Mark**
A-Actually...
**[01:37] MC**
Actually...?
**[01:38] Mark**
Verily, 'tis a secret!
**[01:42] MC**
I-It appears that Team Nippon
is doing some top secret training.
**[01:48] Ryuzu**
If the unit summoning experiment succeeds,
the world will know that the planet Cray exists!
**[01:56] Ryuzu**
So let's make our imaginations reality!
**[01:59] Shin**
Wait, Master! Tatsuya!
***SIGN*** Remind 23 Clash between Master and Student
**[03:38] Esuka**
"I can't! I can't!"
Is that all you have to say?!
**[03:42] Esuka**
Cards for a clan named "Gear Chronicle"
are actually being shipped, aren't they?!
**[03:47] Esuka**
No one had seen them
before the Asia Circuit semifinals.
**[03:51] Esuka**
Or are you suggesting that
Rive Shindou drew each card himself?
**[03:56] Esuka**
The organizers are allowing them, right?
**[03:59] Esuka**
What on Earth...?
**[04:10] Esuka**
Does Ryuzu Lab have that much pull?
**[04:16] Tatsuya**
Is it okay for you to be here, Shinemon?
**[04:20] Tatsuya**
Don't you have the Asia Circuit finals today?
**[04:22] Shin**
Don't you want to come and watch, too?
**[04:26] Tatsuya**
I have work to do.
**[04:29] Shin**
That reminds me.
We've never discussed it, but...
**[04:32] Shin**
Why are you working here?
Shouldn't you be in high school?
**[04:38] Tatsuya**
Didn't you see it for yourself, Shinemon?
**[04:49] Shin**
The planet Cray actually exists.
**[04:52] Tatsuya**
Vanguard isn't just a card game.
**[04:55] Tatsuya**
It has a connection to the actual planet Cray.
**[04:58] Tatsuya**
So...
**[05:03] Rive**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[05:05] Rive**
Chrono was cranky.
**[05:11] Shin**
Master, there's something
I'd like you to confirm.
**[05:15] Rive**
If you beat me, I'll give you answers.
**[05:19] Tatsuya**
The experiment will begin shortly.
**[05:21] Shin**
What?!
**[05:28] Rive**
We can fight someplace else.
**[05:31] Tatsuya**
But...
**[05:33] Rive**
Let's go, Shinemon.
**[05:34] Shin**
Okay...
**[05:45] Chrono**
Pop...
**[05:55] Ryuzu**
It'll be interesting to see what happens
if he can keep him here until night.
**[05:59] Mishima**
You trust Rive Shindou that much?
**[06:02] Ryuzu**
He's my friend.
**[06:06] Shin**
An old friend? Like Ruga Kaizu?
**[06:10] Rive**
Even older than him.
**[06:13] Rive**
I've known Ryuzu from when
I first started playing Vanguard.
**[06:16] Shin**
And you've been helping him
with his work all this time?
**[06:19] Rive**
Yeah.
**[06:21] Rive**
It's gotten a bit dangerous
on a few occasions.
**[06:25] Rive**
That's what you wanted to ask about, isn't it?
**[06:31] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[06:36] Shin**
Nova Grappler?
**[06:39] Rive**
I wouldn't be able to beat you otherwise.
**[06:47] Rive**
I ride Fusing Striker!
**[06:54] Rive**
Fusing Striker's skill is...
**[06:56] Shin**
+5000 power for a front trigger, right?
**[07:01] Rive**
Exactly.
**[07:03] Rive**
And I call another Fusing Striker unit.
**[07:06] Rive**
That's another +5000 per front trigger.
**[07:09] Rive**
Next, I call Silver Fist!
**[07:12] Rive**
This one also has the +5000
for front trigger skill.
**[07:15] Shin**
That's a total of 15,000.
**[07:18] Shin**
But only if you draw a front trigger.
**[07:27] Rive**
Clay-doll Mechanic attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:33] Shin**
Come, Phosphoros of Auspicious Light!
**[07:38] Rive**
Guarding before anything can trigger?
**[07:41] Shin**
I know quite well how you fight, Master.
**[07:44] Rive**
Then my Vanguard attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:48] Shin**
No guard!
**[07:50] Rive**
Drive check!
**[07:51] Rive**
Front trigger.
**[07:53] Shin**
Including the 15,000 from before,
all of your front row units get +25,000.
**[08:03] Shin**
Damage check!
**[08:05] Shin**
Critical trigger!
**[08:06] Shin**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[08:09] Rive**
+10,000 won't be enough.
**[08:11] Rive**
Silver Fist boosts Fusing Striker!
**[08:21] Rive**
It's your turn.
**[08:23] Shin**
Master, is it true that the explosion at
Yumigatake wasn't caused by a meteorite?
**[08:33] Shin**
And that the same thing has occurred in places
all over the world a number of times before?
**[08:39] Shin**
A wide variety of disasters,
legends, demons, dragons, spirits...
**[08:46] Shin**
They all stem from those incidents?
**[08:51] Rive**
That's the phenomenon of Earth
and the planet Cray overlapping.
**[08:54] Rive**
Ryuzu believes that he can make it happen
by using a Vanguard fighter's Imaginary Score.
**[09:21] Chrono**
Pop?
**[09:30] Chrono**
Pop?
**[09:46] Chrono**
Pop's not here...
**[09:49] Dran**
Hey...
**[09:52] Dran**
Are you crying again?
**[09:55] Dran**
Why?
**[10:18] Butler**
This building is the only one
that blocks all outside transmissions.
**[10:24] Esuka**
If that's not suspicious, what is?
**[10:33] Butler**
Go ahead. I shall stand guard outside.
**[10:49] Chrono**
C'mere! I'm here!
**[11:09] Esuka**
You're Rive Shindou's son, Chrono, aren't you?
**[11:13] Ryuzu**
What was that?!
**[11:15] Ryuzu**
Did a summoning almost occur?
**[11:19] Esuka**
Ryuzu Myoujin, I presume?
**[11:28] Ryuzu**
Ms. Mishima, that's enough.
**[11:31] Ryuzu**
And you are Esuka Hibino, correct?
**[11:35] Esuka**
That's me! Former idol and current president
of the Card Shop Esuka Group,
**[11:41] Esuka**
Esuka Hibino!
**[11:43] Esuka**
Um, so I heard you've been using
a new clan that we don't have yet?
**[11:48] Esuka**
I was hoping we could make a deal!
**[11:50] Tatsuya**
The portal had definitely been activated.
**[11:54] Ryuzu**
But nobody was fighting in here.
**[11:59] Esuka**
Wait a minute!
**[12:00] Ryuzu**
Oh, pardon the interruption.
**[12:02] Ryuzu**
What were you talking about again?
**[12:05] Esuka**
It seems the rumors of experiments about
summonings from the planet Cray were true!
**[12:09] Esuka**
As a person who loves Vanguard,
I can't simply ignore your devious scheme!
**[12:16] Shin**
I ride Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
**[12:22] Shin**
Come, Phosphoros of Auspicious Light!
**[12:24] Shin**
Diana of Moonlight!
**[12:28] Shin**
Here I come, Master!
**[12:30] Rive**
No guard!
**[12:32] Shin**
Drive check!
**[12:33] Shin**
Critical!
**[12:35] Shin**
I give the power to Phosphoros,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[12:38] Shin**
That'll be 2 damage!
**[12:40] Rive**
Damage check.
**[12:45] Rive**
Front trigger.
**[12:47] Rive**
All of my front row units get +10,000 power.
**[12:50] Shin**
Boosted by Diana, Phosphoros...
**[12:55] Shin**
...attacks your rear-guard Fusing Striker!
**[12:58] Shin**
Phosphoros's skill activates! +5000 power!
**[13:02] Rive**
Huh. So your plan is to eliminate
my rear-guards beforehand
**[13:05] Rive**
to mitigate my front trigger effect
as much as possible?
**[13:10] Rive**
However...
**[13:12] Shin**
Guarding here?!
**[13:13] Rive**
You're trying for Diana of
Moonlight's skill, aren't you?
**[13:18] Rive**
I won't let you get an
Imaginary Gift that easily.
**[13:22] Rive**
You won't be able to call
Valkerion on your next turn.
**[13:26] Shin**
Master...
**[13:27] Shin**
You're that serious about beating me?
**[13:31] Shin**
Is Ryuzu's experiment that important to you?!
**[13:33] Rive**
We know now that by using the portal,
a safe connection can be made with Cray.
**[13:39] Rive**
There won't be any more huge explosions.
**[13:43] Shin**
But weren't there casualties in the past?!
**[13:46] Rive**
These experiments are essential,
**[13:48] Rive**
for the sake of our world...
**[13:51] Esuka**
If units come here from the planet Cray,
they'll become dreadful weapons!
**[13:56] Esuka**
World domination: that's your mad ambition!
**[14:06] Ryuzu**
Goodness. You appear to
have mistaken me for a villain.
**[14:11] Mishima**
Our goal is to save our world
with the planet Cray's advanced science.
**[14:17] Mishima**
By using their power, it may be possible
to prevent wars and tragic accidents.
**[14:23] Esuka**
What...?
**[14:26] Tatsuya**
There would be no more
unhappy people in our society.
**[14:34] Rive**
Its fists are like gods,
**[14:36] Rive**
and its standing technique
is the strongest on planet Cray!
**[14:41] Rive**
Fighting Fist Dragon, God Hand Dragon!
**[14:46] Rive**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[14:49] Rive**
I call Burstraizer to the Accel Circle.
**[14:52] Rive**
On top of that, I move Clay-doll Mechanic.
**[14:55] Rive**
I call Fusing Striker!
**[14:58] Shin**
With God Hand's skill, the front trigger
is +10,000, making a total of...
**[15:03] Rive**
For each front trigger I draw,
my front row units get +35,000 power.
**[15:10] Shin**
For each one?!
**[15:19] Rive**
Witness the true power of God Hand Dragon!
**[15:23] Rive**
By activating its skill, I restand Burstraizer.
**[15:27] Rive**
And with God Hand Dragon's skill,
I get an extra drive.
**[15:32] Shin**
No guard...
**[15:34] Rive**
Triple drive.
**[15:35] Rive**
First check.
**[15:38] Rive**
Second check!
**[15:40] Rive**
Front trigger! All of my
front row units get +35,000!
**[15:49] Rive**
Third check!
**[15:52] Shin**
The total is +70,000?!
**[16:03] Rive**
Go, Fusing Striker!
**[16:05] Rive**
Burstraizer!
**[16:10] Shin**
5 damage...
**[16:12] Rive**
I still have two Fusing Striker units left.
**[16:16] Rive**
Clay-doll Mechanic's boost
makes the power 87,000.
**[16:19] Rive**
The only way to block it
is with a perfect guard.
**[16:24] Rive**
You look like you're in despair.
**[16:27] Rive**
But Shinemon, true despair
is something else entirely.
**[16:31] Shin**
Master...
**[16:32] Rive**
I gave up on being a Vanguard fighter
and ended a long friendship.
**[16:38] Rive**
All for the dream of living an
ordinary life with the woman I loved.
**[16:43] Rive**
But then she...
**[16:47] Shin**
I'm so sorry about what happened with your wife.
**[16:51] Rive**
It's not just me.
**[16:53] Rive**
Why did Misaki's parents have to die like that?
**[16:58] Rive**
The way things are, all I'll ever have
to leave to Chrono and Misaki is despair.
**[17:04] Rive**
It isn't right.
**[17:06] Shin**
But with the planet Cray,
things would be different?
**[17:10] Rive**
It's an unknown world.
**[17:13] Rive**
Though we're living in a lousy reality,
**[17:16] Rive**
I at least want to give Chrono
and Misaki a better future.
**[17:22] Rive**
It ends here!
**[17:34] Shin**
Damage check!
**[17:40] Rive**
A heal trigger?!
**[17:41] Shin**
I heal 1 damage point!
**[17:46] Shin**
It's not over yet!
**[17:48] Shin**
Stand and draw!
**[17:50] Rive**
But you won't be able to call on Valkerion!
**[17:54] Shin**
I ride!
**[17:57] Rive**
What is that card?!
**[18:00] Shin**
A ray of light pierces the darkness!
**[18:03] Shin**
No matter how faint it may be,
I am the one who will recite and extol it!
**[18:09] Shin**
Behold!
**[18:11] Shin**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus!
**[18:14] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[18:20] Rive**
That makes one...
**[18:23] Shin**
I call Atlas of Heavenly Sphere!
**[18:25] Shin**
Its skill activates!
**[18:28] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[18:32] Rive**
Even so, that's just two. You're still short.
**[18:37] Shin**
Two Phinomenus of the Constellations!
**[18:39] Shin**
Dikei of the Just Path!
**[18:45] Rive**
Dikei?!
**[18:47] Shin**
With Dikei, I look at seven cards from my deck,
**[18:51] Shin**
and if two or more are Astral Poets,
I get an Imaginary Gift.
**[18:54] Rive**
You're depending on such low odds?
**[19:01] Rive**
You had an Astraios Dragon?!
**[19:06] Rive**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[19:10] Shin**
Skill activates for
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus!
**[19:13] Rive**
What?!
**[19:14] Shin**
With my new Uranus, I can open the
Astral Plane with three Imaginary Gifts!
**[19:26] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[19:27] Shin**
Astral Plane!
**[19:37] Shin**
I'll rewrite your imagination to the very end!
**[19:40] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[19:42] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[19:45] Shin**
Cleave the darkness, O blade of light!
**[19:53] Rive**
You actually succeeded in summoning Valkerion...
**[19:57] Rive**
Was that the will of planet Cray?
**[19:59] Shin**
No!
**[20:01] Shin**
Esuka gave me a new card, that's all!
**[20:05] Rive**
No.
**[20:06] Rive**
The planet Cray actually exists. And also...
**[20:10] Shin**
So what if it actually exists, Master?!
**[20:15] Shin**
Whether the planet Cray is real or not,
it's always existed in our imaginations!
**[20:21] Shin**
Even a cruel and rotten reality
can be changed with imagination!
**[20:28] Shin**
You taught me that with Vanguard!
Don't you remember?!
**[20:39] Shin**
Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
**[20:46] Shin**
Twin drive!
**[20:50] Rive**
A critical. So 2 damage...
**[20:53] Rive**
Damage check.
**[21:15] Shin**
Master...
**[21:24] Rive**
Vanguard really is fun.
**[21:27] Rive**
With just one unit,
you became a powerhouse.
**[21:31] Rive**
Imagination can rewrite reality.
**[21:36] Shin**
So tell me what the true objective is, Master.
**[21:41] Rive**
Let's go see Ryuzu.
**[21:43] Rive**
I'll have him explain.
**[21:51] Chrono**
Pop!
**[21:54] Shin**
Esuka...
**[21:58] Ryuzu**
It appears you're just in time
for the start of the experiment.
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Shinemon's new partner,
***SIGN*** Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus
**[23:51] Narrator**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus!
**[23:54] Narrator**
Unlike with the usual
Uranus or Astraios Dragon,
**[23:57] Narrator**
if you do a Soul Blast with
a sum of grades 5 or higher,
**[24:00] Narrator**
then with only three Force Gifts, you can
deploy the Astral Plane and call Valkerion!
**[24:04] Narrator**
And Uranus has another special skill,
which is... uh-oh, we're out of time!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard
**[24:16] Mark**
Shinemon! You mustn't stop
the experiment at Ryuzu Lab!
**[24:18] Shin**
Mark! Why?!
**[24:20] Mark**
If units from the planet Cray can materialize,
then the female characters can come here, too!
**[24:25] Shin**
Wh-What?! Even Lozenge Magus
and Imperial Daughter?!
**[24:28] Mark**
They can all be my brides!
**[24:30] Mikuru**
So you wanna marry a unit, Shinemon?
**[24:33] Shin**
Mikuru! No, I would never consider--
**[24:36] Mikuru**
Don't tell me you have Valkerion in mind?!
**[24:39] Shin**
Gulp!
**[24:39] Mikuru**
"Gulp"? Why the "gulp"?!
***SIGN*** Remind 24
The Real Opponent
**[24:41] Mark**
Nobody actually *says* "gulp" in the real world!
# E38 - The Real Opponent
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYEX2XE36/the-real-opponent)
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**[00:08] Shin**
Master...
**[00:16] Rive**
Vanguard really is fun.
**[00:20] Rive**
With just one unit,
you became a powerhouse.
**[00:24] Rive**
Imagination can rewrite reality.
**[00:28] Shin**
So tell me what the true objective is, Master.
**[00:33] Rive**
Let's go see Ryuzu.
**[00:35] Rive**
I'll have him explain.
**[00:44] Chrono**
Pop!
**[00:47] Shin**
Esuka...?
**[00:50] Ryuzu**
It appears you're just in time
for the start of the experiment.
**[01:05] Ryuzu**
If the unit summoning experiment succeeds,
the world will know that the planet Cray exists!
**[01:13] Ryuzu**
So let's make our imaginations reality!
**[01:16] Shin**
Wait, Master! Tatsuya!
**[02:55] Ryuzu**
Our true objective?
**[02:59] Shin**
Yes, that's right!
**[03:01] Rive**
Sorry. I promised to tell him
if I lost to him in a fight.
**[03:05] Chrono**
Pop, you lost again?
**[03:07] Rive**
Don't rub it in!
**[03:10] Ryuzu**
In that case, very well.
**[03:13] Ryuzu**
You would've found out eventually,
so I'll tell you everything.
**[03:16] Yuki**
Director, do you intend to leak
our secrets to an outsider?
**[03:21] Ryuzu**
Outsider? Shinemon is no outsider.
**[03:25] Yuki**
What do you mean?
**[03:27] Ryuzu**
Shinemon Nitta...
**[03:29] Ryuzu**
I'm hiring you as a temporary
employee for one night only!
**[03:36] Rive**
What are you doing?!
**[03:38] Ryuzu**
Shinemon, you're going to
assist me with tonight's experiment.
**[03:46] Shin**
Assist you?
***SIGN*** Remind 24 The Real Opponent
**[03:56] Shin**
Me? Help you with the experiment?
**[04:00] Ryuzu**
Correct! Together, we will
open the portal to the planet Cray!
**[04:09] Shin**
What are you doing?!
**[04:11] Esuka**
It's obvious! There's no sense
in sticking around here!
**[04:15] Esuka**
You've got the Asia Circuit finals!
**[04:21] Ryuzu**
We require his talent, Esuka.
**[04:27] Ryuzu**
If you're leaving, you leave alone.
**[04:30] Esuka**
And if I said I'm taking Shinemon Nitta
with me, by whatever means necessary?
**[04:34] Ryuzu**
I would respond in kind,
if reluctantly, by fair means or foul.
**[04:39] Chrono**
Are those two fighting?
**[04:41] Rive**
Well, I guess you could say that.
**[04:43] Rive**
I disagree with you, Ryuzu.
**[04:46] Rive**
Shinemon should go to the finals.
**[04:48] Rive**
I can do the experiment.
**[04:50] Ryuzu**
Oh, I'm afraid that wouldn't work.
**[04:53] Ryuzu**
You see, Rive...
**[04:55] Ryuzu**
Shinemon's Imaginary Score
is higher than yours.
**[05:01] Ryuzu**
We need him to ensure the experiment
has the best chance of succeeding.
**[05:05] Tatsuya**
What do you say, Shinemon?
**[05:07] Tatsuya**
The finals or the experiment,
which do you choose?
**[05:10] Shin**
W-Well...
**[05:12] Esuka**
You don't have to answer.
**[05:15] Esuka**
Fight me, Ryuzu Myoujin!
**[05:17] Esuka**
If I win, I'm taking Shinemon out of here!
**[05:21] Ryuzu**
But if I win, Shinemon stays.
Will you agree to this?
**[05:36] Butler**
"When you see a crescent moon
at the end of the twilight sky..."
**[05:44] Butler**
What's this?
**[05:50] Chrono**
Huh?
**[05:51] Chrono**
Shinemon doesn't look very happy...
**[05:54] Rive**
I know, but let's not bother him.
**[05:58] Rive**
Shinemon has a lot on his mind right now.
**[06:01] Esuka**
I'm well aware of that!
**[06:03] Esuka**
But if he participates in this experiment,
**[06:06] Esuka**
he'll be forced to continue
cooperating from here on out.
**[06:09] Esuka**
By fair means or foul...
**[06:11] Esuka**
That's just the kind of person
Ryuzu Myoujin is, right?
**[06:15] Rive**
I can't argue.
**[06:16] Esuka**
That's why I'm going to fight.
**[06:18] Esuka**
Nobody has the right to steal
another person's future.
**[06:22] Rive**
Can you win?
**[06:24] Rive**
Ryuzu is strong.
**[06:27] Chrono**
Shinemon, who do you want to win?
**[06:30] Rive**
I'm rooting for Esuka.
**[06:33] Shin**
I...
**[06:35] Tatsuya**
They're starting.
**[06:37] Shin**
I...
**[06:40] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[06:44] Esuka**
I ride!
**[06:46] Esuka**
Jet-ink Fox!
**[06:48] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[06:51] Ryuzu**
Chrono Tigar!
**[06:53] Esuka**
Stand and draw!
**[06:55] Esuka**
I ride!
**[06:59] Esuka**
Prober of Black Jet, Cecile!
**[07:02] Esuka**
With its skill, I draw a card!
**[07:04] Ryuzu**
My turn. Stand and draw.
**[07:08] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[07:12] Ryuzu**
Chronotooth Tigar!
**[07:14] Ryuzu**
Wedgemove Dragon!
**[07:15] Ryuzu**
Here I come!
**[07:18] Esuka**
No guard.
**[07:19] Ryuzu**
Drive check.
**[07:21] Ryuzu**
Critical trigger.
**[07:23] Ryuzu**
I give the power to Wedgemove Dragon,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard.
**[07:32] Chrono**
That old lady has 2 damage!
**[07:34] Rive**
Keep your voice down, please.
**[07:38] Ryuzu**
Wedgemove Dragon!
**[07:40] Esuka**
Triangle Cobra!
**[07:45] Esuka**
I ride!
**[07:50] Esuka**
Scientist of Black Sheen, Mathilda!
**[07:53] Esuka**
I'll tell you something: Mathilda has--
**[07:55] Ryuzu**
The "Lottery" skill, in which
varying effects are set into motion
**[08:00] Ryuzu**
depending on whether the card you flip over
from your deck is a normal one or a trigger.
**[08:07] Esuka**
You've done your homework.
**[08:09] Esuka**
Then without further ado...
**[08:13] Esuka**
Ah well, it's not a trigger, but that's fine.
**[08:17] Esuka**
Come here, Binoculus Tiger!
**[08:20] Esuka**
Silver Wolf!
**[08:22] Esuka**
Binoculus! Hammer of Intelligence!
**[08:26] Esuka**
Binoculus Tiger's skill activates!
**[08:34] Ryuzu**
Steam Bomber, Digul!
**[08:39] Esuka**
Now I'm up!
**[08:42] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[08:43] Esuka**
Drive check.
**[08:45] Esuka**
Critical trigger.
**[08:47] Esuka**
I give the power to Silver Wolf,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard.
**[08:55] Chrono**
Now the director has 2 damage, too!
**[08:58] Esuka**
Silver Wolf attacks Chronotooth!
**[09:01] Ryuzu**
Again, no guard.
**[09:06] Shin**
That makes 3 damage.
**[09:09] Ryuzu**
Oh, yes... Shinemon.
**[09:12] Ryuzu**
I still haven't told you
what our true objective is, have I?
**[09:18] Rive**
He's trying to win Shinemon over!
**[09:23] Ryuzu**
Shinemon, we created this lab
**[09:27] Ryuzu**
in order to investigate the meteorite
that caused the explosion at Yumigatake.
**[09:34] Ryuzu**
But that's just our cover story.
**[09:38] Ryuzu**
The cause of the explosion
wasn't a meteorite crash!
**[09:43] Ryuzu**
It was something from beyond time and space...
**[09:47] Shin**
A unit from the planet Cray...
**[09:55] Ryuzu**
Our investigation revealed that the space-time
fluctuations in this area are extremely high.
**[10:01] Ryuzu**
Do you understand?
Do you know what that means?
**[10:06] Ryuzu**
Correct. There is a possibility that
the same tragedy will happen again...
**[10:12] Ryuzu**
...in the near future!
**[10:14] Shin**
What?!
**[10:16] Ryuzu**
However, if we can create a connection
between Earth and the planet Cray,
**[10:22] Ryuzu**
and summon units before that occurs,
**[10:25] Ryuzu**
we'll be able to avoid the massive damage
from another catastrophic Yumigatake event.
**[10:33] Ryuzu**
That's why we need the power of imagination
produced by Vanguard fighters,
**[10:38] Ryuzu**
or as we call it, Imaginary Score!
**[10:41] Esuka**
And how do you intend to use
the units that you summon?
**[10:46] Ryuzu**
Have you forgotten what he said?
**[10:49] Tatsuya**
There would be no more
unhappy people in our society.
**[10:57] Ryuzu**
Science on the planet Cray
is much more advanced than it is here.
**[11:02] Ryuzu**
They have even taken what
we would call magic or sorcery,
**[11:06] Ryuzu**
and systematized it for practical use!
**[11:10] Ryuzu**
If the skills that units possess
can manifest in our world,
**[11:14] Ryuzu**
sorrow will become obsolete!
**[11:18] Esuka**
Wait a moment!
**[11:19] Esuka**
That sounds so good, there must be a catch.
**[11:22] Esuka**
Aren't there any risks? Is there zero danger?
**[11:25] Ryuzu**
Tonight's experiment will establish a
foothold in resolving such disadvantages.
**[11:32] Ryuzu**
You wish to win the Asia Circuit,
and then reach the pinnacle of the world.
**[11:44] Ryuzu**
But if the unit summoning experiment succeeds,
**[11:48] Ryuzu**
the world itself will
undergo revolutionary changes.
**[11:55] Ryuzu**
Vanguard is a wonderful tool
for changing the world!
**[11:59] Shin**
A tool?
**[12:01] Ryuzu**
So instead of aiming for
the top of a mere gaming world,
**[12:04] Ryuzu**
join us in order to change the *real* world!
**[12:09] Shin**
"Mere"...
**[12:12] Esuka**
What are you droning on about?!
**[12:15] Esuka**
Let's get back to the fight!
**[12:17] Esuka**
I won't let you have his future!
**[12:34] Ryuzu**
Chronotooth's skill activates!
**[12:37] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[12:41] Ryuzu**
Chronobite Tiger!
**[12:43] Ryuzu**
Wedgemove Dragon, Chronobite Tiger, come here!
**[12:48] Ryuzu**
Chronobite's skill activates!
**[12:50] Ryuzu**
An extra critical, and for no cost,
Chronotooth's skill activates.
**[12:56] Ryuzu**
I draw one card.
**[12:57] Ryuzu**
By resting Chronotooth, I can superior call!
**[13:01] Ryuzu**
Chronobite attacks Mathilda!
**[13:03] Esuka**
No guard!
**[13:05] Ryuzu**
Drive check!
**[13:07] Ryuzu**
Heal trigger!
**[13:09] Ryuzu**
I give the power to my other Chronobite!
**[13:14] Shin**
3 damage...
**[13:16] Shin**
Hang in there, Esuka!
**[13:18] Esuka**
That's "Ms." to you! "Ms. Esuka"!
**[13:23] Rive**
Shinemon, you seriously...
**[13:25] Chrono**
You seriously...
**[13:28] Ryuzu**
Go!
**[13:30] Esuka**
Dictionary Goat, protect me!
**[13:36] Esuka**
Learn well, with wisdom and knowledge,
the truth of all creation!
**[13:43] Esuka**
I ride!
**[13:54] Esuka**
Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
**[14:01] Esuka**
Shinemon Nitta's life
doesn't end with the Asia Circuit!
**[14:05] Esuka**
His future is limitless!
**[14:08] Shin**
Esuka...
**[14:09] Esuka**
Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[14:15] Esuka**
Isabelle's skill!
**[14:17] Esuka**
This time, I got a trigger!
**[14:19] Esuka**
I add to my hand... and also...
**[14:22] Esuka**
I move Silver Wolf.
**[14:24] Esuka**
Come to me, Geograph Giant!
**[14:27] Esuka**
You join us as well, Monoculus Tiger!
**[14:30] Esuka**
Learn just how powerless you are!
**[14:36] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[14:37] Esuka**
Twin drive!
**[14:39] Esuka**
First check!
**[14:41] Esuka**
Critical trigger.
**[14:42] Esuka**
I give the power to Binoculus,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard.
**[14:46] Esuka**
Second check.
**[14:48] Esuka**
Front trigger.
**[14:49] Esuka**
All of the front row units get +10,000 power!
**[14:54] Shin**
All right!
**[14:54] Rive**
Now Ryuzu has 4 damage!
**[14:58] Esuka**
Binoculus, teach Chronobite how strong you are!
**[15:03] Ryuzu**
Steam Doctor, Mar-tash guards!
**[15:07] Esuka**
Geograph Giant! Smite Chronobite
with the Fist of Knowledge!
**[15:12] Ryuzu**
Steam Guard, Kastilia!
**[15:16] Ryuzu**
Perfect guard!
**[15:19] Esuka**
Boosted by Silver Wolf, Monoculus Tiger
attacks your rear-guard Chronobite!
**[15:26] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[15:33] Ryuzu**
Chronobite's skill activates!
**[15:35] Ryuzu**
I draw one card and discard
one card from my hand!
**[15:38] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[15:43] Ryuzu**
Chronofang Tiger!
**[15:46] Ryuzu**
She has four 15,000 shield cards.
**[15:52] Ryuzu**
So then...
**[15:53] Ryuzu**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[15:59] Ryuzu**
Chronofang Tiger's skill activates!
**[16:02] Ryuzu**
O soaring tiger of the sky!
**[16:05] Ryuzu**
Praise the workings of time...
**[16:08] Ryuzu**
...and let out a roar of bravery!
**[16:12] Ryuzu**
I superior ride Chronotiger Rebellion!
**[16:21] Esuka**
Superior riding a grade 4?!
**[16:26] Ryuzu**
Chronofang's skill activates.
**[16:30] Ryuzu**
I give Rebellion an extra critical and drive.
**[16:34] Rive**
Oh no!
**[16:35] Shin**
Ryuzu has no cards in his hand!
**[16:38] Ryuzu**
I attack Isabelle!
**[16:42] Ryuzu**
Rebellion's skill activates!
**[16:44] Ryuzu**
I retire Binoculus and Geograph!
**[16:48] Ryuzu**
Then I give +10,000 power
to Wedgemove and Rebellion!
**[16:53] Ryuzu**
Furthermore, the shields of all of
my opponent's guardians have -5000 power!
**[16:59] Esuka**
Triple drive or not, there's no guarantee
he'll draw two critical triggers!
**[17:05] Esuka**
I'm guarding here!
**[17:14] Shin**
Esuka's guard is at 57,000!
**[17:17] Rive**
Ryuzu attacked with 43,000.
**[17:20] Tatsuya**
If the director draws two triggers, he'll win.
**[17:25] Ryuzu**
Triple drive.
**[17:27] Ryuzu**
First check.
**[17:29] Shin**
Whew!
**[17:32] Ryuzu**
Second check!
**[17:33] Ryuzu**
Heal trigger!
**[17:35] Ryuzu**
I give the power to Rebellion!
**[17:37] Ryuzu**
That makes the power 53,000!
**[17:40] Ryuzu**
Third check!
**[17:47] Esuka**
No way...
**[17:48] Shin**
A critical trigger!
**[17:50] Rive**
Rebellion's power is 63,000!
**[18:00] Esuka**
First check!
**[18:02] Rive**
No trigger!
**[18:04] Esuka**
Second check!
**[18:11] Esuka**
Third check!
**[18:34] Ryuzu**
It seems Shinemon will be participating in
the unit summoning experiment after all.
**[18:41] Ryuzu**
Would you see yourself out, Esuka?
**[18:46] Shin**
Wait, Esuka!
**[18:48] Shin**
I'm not staying here!
**[18:52] Ryuzu**
What?!
**[18:52] Shin**
I'm leaving with her!
**[18:55] Shin**
And then I'm gonna play
in the Asia Circuit finals!
**[18:58] Esuka**
Shinemon!
**[18:59] Ryuzu**
What are you talking about?!
You said you wanted to meet the units!
**[19:03] Shin**
That's true. And I still want
to meet the units face to face.
**[19:07] Shin**
But then you said:
**[19:09] Ryuzu**
Vanguard is a wonderful tool
for changing the world!
**[19:13] Shin**
A tool?
**[19:15] Ryuzu**
So instead of aiming for
the top of a mere gaming world,
**[19:19] Ryuzu**
join us in order to change the *real* world!
**[19:23] Shin**
"Mere"...
**[19:27] Shin**
You're wrong!
**[19:28] Shin**
Vanguard isn't just some tool!
**[19:31] Shin**
I don't think it's just a game, either!
**[19:34] Shin**
And that's my reason for leaving!
**[19:37] Ryuzu**
Then you force my hand.
**[19:40] Ryuzu**
I will do whatever it takes
to keep you with me!
**[19:45] Esuka**
So will I.
**[19:49] Butler**
Understood.
**[19:51] Butler**
Ms. Esuka bought me
enough time to get everything ready.
**[19:58] Butler**
And so... Click.
**[20:02] Esuka**
Now!
**[20:03] Shin**
Right!
**[20:04] Rive**
This way!
**[20:09] Rive**
Nuts...
**[20:12] Butler**
Leave it to me.
**[20:18] Butler**
Now! This way!
**[20:21] Rive**
All right! Around the back!
**[20:24] Esuka**
Why don't you go to the finals, too?
**[20:27] Rive**
There's something I have to do here.
**[20:30] Esuka**
Oh?
**[20:32] Shin**
Esuka!
**[20:34] Shin**
How do I put this? Um...
**[20:38] Shin**
Thanks a lot!
**[20:42] Butler**
Ms. Esuka, a change of clothing.
**[20:52] Mark**
This is just like the Siege of Takamatsu,
**[20:56] Mark**
after Oda Nobunaga's forces, led by
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, flooded the castle.
**[21:01] Mark**
As in that situation,
I have been left to fight alone.
**[21:04] Mark**
Since Shinemon and Rive aren't here,
I'm the only one who can be counted on.
**[21:10] Mark**
But I'm sure Shinemon will come!
**[21:13] Mark**
Onward!
**[21:15] Mark**
Verily, it is time to take the field!
**[21:22] Shin**
Ryuzu!
**[21:24] Yuki**
You're going to participate in the
unit summoning experiment, Shinemon.
**[21:28] Yuki**
That is the director's will.
**[21:31] Ryuzu**
Correct. I will fight you tonight,
Shinemon, and through that,
**[21:35] Ryuzu**
the portal to the planet Cray will be opened.
**[21:39] Tatsuya**
Wait.
**[21:40] Tatsuya**
Let's revise part of that plan,
**[21:43] Tatsuya**
given that *I* was originally meant
**[21:45] Tatsuya**
to be Shinemon's real opponent for
tonight's unit summoning experiment...
**[21:55] Ryuzu**
What are you saying?!
**[21:56] Shin**
Hey, what are you talking about?!
**[21:59] Shin**
Hey!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card
is Ryuzu's Chronotooth Tigar!
***SIGN*** Chronotooth Tigar
**[23:54] Narrator**
If Tigar is the Vanguard,
**[23:55] Narrator**
you can draw one card at the
beginning of the ride phase.
**[23:58] Narrator**
And when you discard a unit from
your hand during your turn,
**[24:02] Narrator**
you can call it to your
rear-guard circle instead!
**[24:05] Narrator**
Try combining its skills with
Chronofang Tiger and Rebellion!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Mark**
Oh! Please, introduce yourself!
**[24:18] Butler**
I am Rentarou Hitsujida, the butler.
**[24:20] Mark**
Should I call you Mr. Shitsujida?
**[24:22] Butler**
No, I'm Hitsujida. But "Hitsuji" means sheep,
so you could call me "Butler Sheep."
**[24:26] Mark**
They say that when you can't sleep,
you should try counting sheep.
**[24:30] Mark**
It's because enunciating "sheep" serves to
steady your breathing, making you drowsy.
**[24:34] Mark**
But saying it in Japanese,
as "hitsuji", has no effect at all.
**[24:37] Butler**
To that, a sheep might say,
"Mehhhh, I'm impressed."
***SIGN*** Remind 25
The Night at Yumigatake
**[24:41] Mark**
Isn't "mehhhh" what a goat would say?
# E39 - The Night at Yumigatake
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY1X2QWEY/the-night-at-yumigatake)
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***SIGN*** 5 Years Ago
***SIGN*** Myoujin Laboratory
**[00:09] Ryuzu**
I wondered what was up when you said
you were quitting the Vanguard circuit,
**[00:14] Ryuzu**
but I never imagined you were getting married!
**[00:18] Rive**
Is that a bad thing?
**[00:20] Ryuzu**
No, I'm impressed.
**[00:22] Ryuzu**
Young as you are, about to set foot
into that graveyard of life...
**[00:26] Ryuzu**
It takes real courage.
**[00:28] Rive**
Even graveyards are filled with flowers
during the three big memorial holidays.
**[00:33] Ryuzu**
She must be the one you
introduced to me before, er...?
**[00:37] Rive**
Tokimi!
**[00:39] Ryuzu**
That's right! Tokimi.
**[00:41] Rive**
Aren't you interested in
anything but your research?
**[00:45] Ryuzu**
Is that okay?
**[00:46] Rive**
Sure! It's not every day
that someone comes along
**[00:51] Rive**
who's willing to share the journey
of a Vanguard obsessive like me.
**[00:54] Ryuzu**
You're a lucky man.
**[00:56] Ryuzu**
I'd like you to marshal that
good luck for my experiments, too.
**[01:05] Rive**
Well?
**[01:06] Ryuzu**
A negligible rise in
space-time fluctuation values.
**[01:08] Ryuzu**
Given the rain interference...
it's within experimental error.
**[01:12] Ryuzu**
It seems time and space
are just too stable around here.
**[01:17] Ryuzu**
Perhaps I should consider moving the lab.
**[01:22] Rive**
"On Observed Changes in Space-time
Fluctuation Values During Vanguard Cardfights,
**[01:26] Rive**
and Their Potential Applications"...
**[01:29] Rive**
This is the article you submitted
to that scientific journal, right?
**[01:34] Rive**
Another rejection?
**[01:36] Ryuzu**
There are far too many people engaged
in the sciences who possess closed minds.
**[01:41] Ryuzu**
It's deplorable.
**[01:42] Rive**
I can kind of see why
they'd decline to publish it, though.
**[01:46] Rive**
I mean, the crux of it is
that the planet Cray really exists, right?
**[01:52] Rive**
They must think you're nuts.
**[01:55] Ryuzu**
So what?!
**[01:56] Ryuzu**
There are countless examples of hypotheses
**[01:58] Ryuzu**
that were once deemed ludicrous,
but are now established theory!
**[02:01] Ryuzu**
Like the Copernican system!
**[02:03] Rive**
That scientific society's
gonna drop you one of these days.
**[02:06] Ryuzu**
Not as long as I keep up
with their membership dues.
**[02:10] Ryuzu**
Besides...
**[02:14] Ryuzu**
When I announce that, it won't be in
some journal or at a scientific conference.
**[02:18] Rive**
On the internet, then?
**[02:21] Ryuzu**
Oh, right! A wedding present!
**[02:23] Rive**
You don't have to...
**[02:25] Ryuzu**
Instead of continuing to work here part-time,
**[02:27] Ryuzu**
what would you say to becoming
a full-time employee of the lab?
**[02:34] Ryuzu**
With a salary to match.
**[02:37] Rive**
Seriously?!
**[02:44] Rive**
It's stopped...
**[02:46] Mikuru**
Bro!
**[02:54] Mikuru**
I brought a spare umbrella for nothing.
**[02:56] Rive**
Grade schoolers shouldn't be out at night.
**[02:58] Mikuru**
I'm almost in middle school.
**[03:01] Mikuru**
Besides, this may be the last time
I have to take care of you, Bro.
**[03:05] Rive**
Yeah. I'm getting married
and have a full-time job lined up.
**[03:09] Mikuru**
You've got the world in the palm of your hand!
**[03:12] Rive**
Maybe I do!
**[03:13] Mikuru**
Lucky guy!
**[03:19] Ryuzu**
The fluctuations are especially pronounced
on nights when there's a half-moon.
**[03:24] Ryuzu**
I'll have to do a detailed analysis
on the moon's orbit.
**[03:28] Rive**
I've been curious about something.
**[03:31] Rive**
I get that space and time
become distorted during Cardfights.
**[03:35] Rive**
The data supports that.
**[03:37] Rive**
But the proposition that by doing so,
something could appear from another world...
**[03:42] Rive**
How are you so certain that "something"
would be a unit from the planet Cray?
**[03:46] Ryuzu**
I presented my speculations in the article,
but folklore and myths from across the world
**[03:53] Ryuzu**
demonstrate a strong connection
between Earth and Cray since antiquity.
**[03:56] Ryuzu**
Furthermore--
**[03:56] Rive**
I don't buy it.
**[03:59] Rive**
You must have something that proves it.
**[04:04] Ryuzu**
I can hear voices.
**[04:07] Rive**
What voices?
**[04:09] Ryuzu**
The voices of the units.
***SIGN*** Remind 25 The Night at Yumigatake
***SIGN*** 2 Years Ago
**[05:54] Rive**
It's pouring...
**[05:56] Mikuru**
Over here, Dumbro!
**[06:02] Mikuru**
You know I'm busy studying for entrance exams.
**[06:05] Mikuru**
To think I'd still be taking care of you
as a third-year middle school student.
**[06:10] Rive**
Sorry.
**[06:12] Mikuru**
I-It's nothing you have to apologize for...
**[06:15] Rive**
Where's Chrono?
**[06:16] Mikuru**
I put him to bed after dinner.
**[06:18] Rive**
I should wish him sweet dreams…
**[06:20] Mikuru**
Don't you dare wake him!
**[06:38] Rive**
Hello?
**[06:38] Ryuzu**
It's me!
**[06:41] Rive**
Is it experiment time...?
**[06:43] Ryuzu**
No, there's a chance that
something massive is going to happen!
**[06:45] Ryuzu**
Can you get over here?!
**[06:51] Ryuzu**
Remember how I placed
monitoring devices at various locations
**[06:54] Ryuzu**
to help find an ideal site for the lab?
**[06:57] Rive**
Yeah.
**[06:58] Ryuzu**
One of them has been registering values
off the charts for the past hour!
**[07:02] Ryuzu**
I've never seen numbers like this!
**[07:04] Ryuzu**
And they're still rising!
**[07:07] Ryuzu**
This might well generate a tremendous
space-time distortion, causing a unit...
**[07:12] Rive**
From Cray?
**[07:13] Ryuzu**
...to appear!
**[07:13] Rive**
Where?
**[07:16] Ryuzu**
Yumigatake!
**[07:20] Tatsuya**
Ergodiel attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:23] Dad**
No trigger...
**[07:24] Dad**
I lose again, huh?
**[07:27] Dad**
You've gotten better at this, Tatsuya.
**[07:29] Tatsuya**
It's thanks to Shinemon
and the others at Capital.
**[07:33] Dad**
I see...
**[07:35] Dad**
I'm sorry about that. Having to move
after you made such good friends...
**[07:42] Tatsuya**
I don't blame you, Papa.
**[07:44] Mom**
For heaven's sake, are you two still up?
**[07:47] Dad**
We lost track of the time...
**[07:50] Mom**
Well, get to bed.
**[07:51] Tatsuya**
Okay, Mama.
**[08:02] Tatsuya**
The moon is pulsing?!
**[08:08] Ryuzu**
Stop the van!
**[08:12] Ryuzu**
Look at that!
**[08:17] Ryuzu**
It's a gravitational anomaly!
**[08:19] Ryuzu**
Get it on video!
**[08:20] Rive**
Right!
**[08:24] Ryuzu**
Here it comes!
**[08:41] Tatsuya**
Wh-What? A dragon?!
**[08:45] Rive**
I don't believe it!
**[08:49] Rive**
It's flying!
**[09:20] Ryuzu**
Wonderful!
**[09:21] Ryuzu**
Units from the planet Cray,
before my very eyes!
**[09:24] Rive**
My god...
**[09:26] Tatsuya**
They look like...
**[09:29] Tatsuya**
Don't tell me the planet Cray actually...
**[09:44] Ryuzu**
It stopped time!
**[09:55] Dad**
What's happening?!
**[10:34] Rive**
Are you okay, Ryuzu?
**[10:38] Ryuzu**
Those were units from the planet Cray.
**[10:43] Ryuzu**
Such power...
**[10:47] Ryuzu**
Consider the possibilities for humanity
if that could be effectively utilized, Rive!
**[10:54] Rive**
Ryuzu...
**[11:02] Ryuzu**
Rive! Our work may be the most important
research in the history of the human race!
**[11:10] Rive**
There were several villas in that area.
**[11:17] Rive**
It looks like a meteorite impact.
**[11:20] Ryuzu**
Yes, it does.
**[11:22] Rive**
Hot! It's a wave of heat!
**[11:25] Rive**
Hey! Anybody down there?!
**[11:28] Rive**
Is anyone there?!
**[11:34] Ryuzu**
It's hard to imagine anyone surviving that.
**[11:38] Ryuzu**
The police...
**[11:40] Rive**
Even if we told them what really happened,
they would never believe us.
**[11:46] Ryuzu**
I don't care about the police.
**[11:48] Ryuzu**
The problem is this event could give people the
impression that "units from Cray are dangerous."
**[11:54] Rive**
There may be casualties here!
**[11:56] Ryuzu**
Correct. We need to come up
with some plausible explanation.
**[12:01] Rive**
Ryuzu, you're...
**[12:05] Tatsuya**
Help me...
**[12:10] Rive**
Over there!
**[12:11] Ryuzu**
There's actually a survivor?
**[12:15] Rive**
Are you okay?! Hang in there!
**[12:18] Rive**
You're...
**[12:19] Rive**
...Tatsuya?!
**[12:22] Tatsuya**
Papa... Mama...
**[12:38] Reporter**
On the scene at Yumigatake,
the police are still refusing entry.
**[12:43] Reporter**
With me is a witness to the incident,
geophysicist Ryuzu Myoujin.
**[12:48] Reporter**
What can you tell me about
the meteorite impacting the ground?
**[12:53] Ryuzu**
This case bears a close resemblance
to the Tunguska Event in Russia in 1908.
**[12:59] Ryuzu**
We might as well call this
the Second Tunguska Event.
**[13:02] Reporter**
The Second Tunguska Event?
**[13:05] Ryuzu**
The difference is that it took them over
100 years to get to the bottom of Tunguska,
**[13:10] Ryuzu**
whereas this time, I, a scientist,
was on hand to witness it.
**[13:14] Ryuzu**
If authorities allow it, the investigation
should go smoothly under my leadership.
**[13:22] Rive**
Hey, what's this about a meteorite?!
**[13:25] Ryuzu**
I just co-opted your idea.
**[13:27] Rive**
What?
**[13:28] Ryuzu**
You're the one who said it
looked like a meteorite crash.
**[13:32] Ryuzu**
It's easier for the world to accept that.
**[13:34] Ryuzu**
What good would it do anyone
if we made the truth public?
**[13:39] Ryuzu**
More importantly, this is the
perfect location for my new lab.
**[13:43] Ryuzu**
I would do anything to build it here.
**[13:50] Ryuzu**
I've received an offer of
research funding from, er...
**[13:54] Mishima**
Mishima.
**[13:56] Ryuzu**
Right, Ms. Mishima.
**[13:58] Mishima**
I'm only a proxy, to be precise.
**[14:01] Mishima**
My employer is the one
who will be providing the funds.
**[14:04] Ryuzu**
This is Rive Shindou.
**[14:06] Ryuzu**
He's my best friend, and a great collaborator.
**[14:09] Mishima**
I'm Mishima. Nice to meet you.
**[14:13] Rive**
Nice to meet you.
**[14:15] Mishima**
I've read all of your articles, Dr. Myoujin.
**[14:20] Mishima**
I think your research is amazing.
**[14:24] Ryuzu**
Thank you.
**[14:26] Mishima**
There's just one thing I would like
to verify, concerning the funding.
**[14:30] Ryuzu**
What is it?
**[14:32] Mishima**
Was it a coincidence that you were
in Yumigatake on the night of the event?
**[14:39] Ryuzu**
It sounds to me that
you're suggesting it wasn't a coincidence.
**[14:43] Mishima**
A thorough reading of your articles tells me
**[14:46] Mishima**
that some of your space-time fluctuation
monitoring devices were present at Yumigatake.
**[14:52] Mishima**
Doctor, I conclude that your reason
for visiting there in the dead of night...
**[14:57] Mishima**
...was an observed anomaly.
**[15:01] Mishima**
Tell me what really happened.
**[15:04] Ryuzu**
Marvelous.
**[15:07] Ryuzu**
I'll explain what actually happened that night.
**[15:21] Rive**
I'm surprised you got
permission to construct it here.
**[15:24] Mishima**
No one would object to a facility being built
**[15:26] Mishima**
for the purpose of investigating
the explosion at Yumigatake.
**[15:30] Rive**
What should I do?
**[15:32] Ryuzu**
Help me with my experiments, of course.
**[15:35] Ryuzu**
Experiments to summon units to this area.
**[15:39] Ryuzu**
In short, unit summoning experiments.
**[15:43] Mishima**
If these experiments succeed, that will
also elucidate the true cause of the explosion.
**[15:48] Mishima**
So it's not as if we're lying to the public.
**[15:52] Rive**
You make it sound so simple.
**[16:10] Ryuzu**
Rive. Before the experiment, come to my office.
**[16:15] Rive**
What can I do for you, Ryuzu?
**[16:18] Tatsuya**
Rive...
**[16:20] Rive**
Tatsuya? What are you doing here?
**[16:23] Tatsuya**
Starting today, I'll be living and working here.
**[16:27] Ryuzu**
I see you need no introduction.
**[16:30] Rive**
No.
**[16:31] Mishima**
For now, he'll be working here
as a research assistant.
**[16:37] Mishima**
I sent you an email with
the details of your assignment.
**[16:41] Tatsuya**
Yes, I received it.
**[16:43] Mishima**
Then that's all for today.
**[16:46] Ryuzu**
Yes, you may go.
**[16:49] Tatsuya**
Have a good evening, Director. Rive.
**[17:00] Rive**
Tatsuya is still in middle school!
**[17:02] Rive**
What are you doing?!
**[17:04] Ryuzu**
First of all...
**[17:06] Ryuzu**
Take a look at this deck.
**[17:11] Rive**
The name of the clan is... Gear Chronicle?
**[17:20] Rive**
Those units were from Gear Chronicle.
**[17:23] Ryuzu**
Regrettably, his parents
lost their lives in the incident.
**[17:28] Ryuzu**
But it's possible that he saw what happened.
**[17:31] Rive**
So you want to keep the witness close by?
**[17:35] Ryuzu**
It's what he wishes, as well.
**[17:39] Rive**
This is where his parents died...
**[17:42] Rive**
I'm surprised he'd want to be here.
**[17:45] Ryuzu**
He's smart as a whip.
**[17:47] Ryuzu**
For a middle schooler.
**[17:56] Rive**
Is Chrono in bed?
**[17:58] Rive**
I see.
**[18:00] Rive**
No, you don't have to wake him.
**[18:02] Rive**
Thanks again, Mikuru.
**[18:19] Ryuzu**
Gear Chronicle units appeared
from the space-time distortion.
**[18:24] Ryuzu**
In other words, it's only natural
to assume the space-time distortion
**[18:27] Ryuzu**
that still remains in this area
has a connection to the Gear Chronicle units.
**[18:33] Ryuzu**
Am I correct, Chronotiger Rebellion?
**[18:37] Rebellion**
Yes. You are correct.
**[18:41] Ryuzu**
In order to summon a unit via that distortion,
we have to use the corresponding deck.
**[18:49] Ryuzu**
Put that way, it seems self-evident.
**[18:52] Ryuzu**
Yet I had missed it.
**[18:54] Rebellion**
But now you know.
**[18:59] Ryuzu**
Gear Chronicle is a clan that rules time.
**[19:02] Ryuzu**
If the summoning experiment succeeds,
and I become able to summon units at will,
**[19:08] Ryuzu**
I'll be the master of time itself!
**[19:12] Rebellion**
I'll do everything I can to help you, Ryuzu.
**[19:16] Ryuzu**
Earth's history is in the palm of my hand!
**[19:24] Rive**
Tatsuya?
***SIGN*** Now...
**[19:31] Tatsuya**
I'm Shinemon's true opponent.
**[19:36] Ryuzu**
Meaning, you wish to perform the
unit summoning experiment with Shinemon?
**[19:40] Ryuzu**
For what reason, Tatsuya?
**[19:42] Rive**
You want to save your parents, don't you?
**[19:45] Shin**
Tatsuya's parents?
**[19:46] Butler**
Their names are on the register of those
who died in the explosion at Yumigatake.
**[19:53] Ryuzu**
Out of the question.
**[19:54] Ryuzu**
You've seen my research firsthand,
so you know why you can't.
**[19:58] Tatsuya**
But I can *imagine* it.
**[20:01] Tatsuya**
A world where my parents
are still alive and happy.
**[20:04] Ryuzu**
In your imagination?
**[20:06] Tatsuya**
Then, how about this.
**[20:08] Tatsuya**
Let's decide which is correct--
your theory or my imagination--
**[20:12] Tatsuya**
with a fight.
**[20:14] Tatsuya**
The winner of that...
**[20:16] Ryuzu**
...will fight Shinemon Nitta, correct?
**[20:20] Tatsuya**
Director, there's something
important that you've overlooked.
**[20:24] Tatsuya**
If you fight Shinemon without that information,
the summoning experiment will not succeed.
**[20:31] Ryuzu**
Oh? Intriguing.
**[20:35] MC**
And now, let's have both teams enter the arena!
**[20:46] Mark**
Of course everybody's surprised.
**[20:49] Mark**
There's only one person
standing on the finals stage.
**[20:53] Mark**
However, until Shinemon's arrival...
**[20:56] Mark**
...then come what may,
I shall survive on my own... verily!
**[21:04] Oyama**
Um, what're you doing here?
**[21:05] MC**
Uh...
**[21:06] MC**
This is for the match to decide third place...
**[21:13] Mikuru**
Oh, Mark...
**[21:18] Mark**
Verily, it appears I had not been summoned...
**[21:22] Mark**
In which case, I shall make my exit.
**[21:28] Oyama**
Ninja Master's one heck of an entertainer!
**[21:31] Tonori**
He was alone, yo.
**[21:33] Nanami**
Yeah...
**[21:35] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka isn't here yet, either.
**[21:37] Nanami**
I have a feeling something bad is happening.
**[21:45] Esuka**
I wonder what's happening with the Asia Circuit.
**[21:49] Shin**
All I can do is have faith in Mark.
**[21:51] Ryuzu**
And if I win, you'll tell me
what it is I've overlooked?
**[21:56] Ryuzu**
Assuming that something even exists.
**[22:01] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is
Shinemon's Dikei of the Just Path!
***SIGN*** Dikei of the Just Path
**[23:53] Narrator**
When placed, if you put a card
from your hand into the Soul,
**[23:56] Narrator**
its skill will activate!
**[23:57] Narrator**
Look at the top seven cards of your deck,
**[23:59] Narrator**
and if there are two or more Astral Poets,
**[24:03] Narrator**
you'll get an Imaginary Gift, Force!
**[24:06] Narrator**
It's risky, but if luck is on your side,
you'll be able to deploy the Astral Plane early!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Rive**
Oh, here's a letter from a girl.
**[24:17] Rive**
Let's see... "I also believe
that the planet Cray exists.
**[24:20] Rive**
"In fact, in a past life, I was Neo Nectar's
Lily of the Valley Musketeer, Rebecca.
**[24:23] Rive**
"Which one were you, Ryuzu? Please tell"--
**[24:26] Rive**
Hey, Ryuzu!
**[24:26] Ryuzu**
Ever since my article about the actual
existence of Cray was published in a journal,
**[24:29] Ryuzu**
I've been receiving letters like this.
**[24:31] Rive**
A journal actually published it?!
**[24:33] Ryuzu**
Alongside articles about the Lost Continent
of Mu, Nostradamus, and spirit photography.
**[24:36] Rive**
That's no journal!
**[24:37] Ryuzu**
This is shocking, Rive!
The world is going to end!
***SIGN*** Remind 26
Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh
**[24:40] Ryuzu**
In July of 1999!
**[24:42] Rive**
That passed a long time ago!
# E40 - Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G63KQMZQ6/arch-aider-malkuth-melekh)
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**[00:01] Ryuzu**
Meaning, you wish to perform the
unit summoning experiment with Shinemon?
**[00:04] Ryuzu**
For what reason, Tatsuya?
**[00:07] Rive**
You want to save your parents, don't you?
**[00:09] Shin**
Tatsuya's parents?
**[00:11] Butler**
Their names are on the register of those
who died in the explosion at Yumigatake.
**[00:18] Tatsuya**
Director, there's something
important that you've overlooked.
**[00:22] Tatsuya**
If you fight Shinemon without that information,
the summoning experiment will not succeed.
**[00:29] Ryuzu**
Oh? Intriguing.
**[00:36] Esuka**
If it's possible to control time and
prevent disasters after they've occurred,
**[00:41] Esuka**
then even the the explosion at
Yumigatake could be effectively erased.
**[00:45] Rive**
Tatsuya's deck is Angel Feather?
**[00:49] Shin**
Tatsuya...
**[00:52] Shin**
Even now, you use that clan?
**[00:57] Tatsuya**
Of course.
**[01:00] Tatsuya**
It's the clan I used when you
taught me how much fun Vanguard is.
**[01:04] Tatsuya**
Angel Feather is my wings!
***SIGN*** Remind 26 Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh
**[02:48] Tatsuya**
Aid-roid, Resh!
**[02:53] Ryuzu**
Chrono Tigar.
**[02:54] Tatsuya**
I ride Aid-roid, Lamedo!
**[03:01] Shin**
I guess he reorganized his deck.
**[03:04] Rive**
Even though he said he quit Vanguard...
**[03:09] Ryuzu**
I ride Chronotooth Tigar
and call Wedgemove Dragon.
**[03:14] Ryuzu**
Here I come.
**[03:16] Ryuzu**
I'm not done yet. Go, Wedgemove!
**[03:19] Wedgemove**
Gladly, my Vanguard!
**[03:25] Tatsuya**
Thank you.
**[03:29] Tatsuya**
I ride!
**[03:33] Tatsuya**
Aid-roid, Zayin!
**[03:36] Tatsuya**
Million Ray Pegasus!
**[03:41] Ryuzu**
No guard!
**[03:45] Tatsuya**
If the opponent's Vanguard takes damage,
Zayin gets +10,000 power.
**[03:49] Tatsuya**
Now it attacks your Vanguard!
**[03:52] Ryuzu**
No guard here, either.
**[03:54] Shin**
No guard, without hesitation!
**[03:56] Esuka**
He has confidence.
**[03:58] Esuka**
Next turn, he'll swoop in and negate
that damage, just like he did in our match.
**[04:02] Shin**
Tatsuya must realize that already.
**[04:07] Hitsujida**
Ahem.
**[04:09] Hitsujida**
Forgive me for interjecting...
**[04:12] Hitsujida**
Ms. Esuka and Mr. Nitta,
**[04:15] Hitsujida**
are you hoping that Tatsuya Tachibana will win?
**[04:19] Shin**
He's better than Ryuzu.
**[04:21] Rive**
Do you really think so?
**[04:22] Shin**
Master?
**[04:24] Rive**
Certainly, Ryuzu can be reckless.
**[04:27] Rive**
If his experiment took a dangerous direction,
I'm willing and prepared to stop it by force.
**[04:33] Rive**
But the other thing that
made me uneasy was Tatsuya.
**[04:36] Esuka**
Tatsuya Tachibana wants to erase
the event that killed his parents.
**[04:42] Rive**
He'll do anything for that.
**[04:46] Rive**
That's the feeling I get.
**[04:48] Rive**
I've also lost someone dear to me,
so I know how he feels.
**[04:54] Shin**
No wonder he didn't say anything to us...
**[04:58] Hitsujida**
Actually, while investigating Ryuzu Lab,
I realized Tatsuya Tachibana's true goal.
**[05:06] Hitsujida**
It is--
**[05:07] Mishima**
It's Director Ryuzu's turn.
**[05:09] Mishima**
Be quiet and watch the match.
**[05:11] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[05:14] Ryuzu**
Chronobite Tiger!
**[05:17] Ryuzu**
One more Chronobite unit, join the lineup.
**[05:22] Ryuzu**
My rear-guard Chronobite's skill.
**[05:25] Ryuzu**
By discarding the Chronotooth
from my hand, I get an extra critical.
**[05:29] Esuka**
But he can superior call
that discarded Chronotooth.
**[05:35] Esuka**
Here it comes.
**[05:36] Ryuzu**
My Vanguard Chronobite Tiger attacks!
**[05:39] Tatsuya**
No guard.
**[05:41] Ryuzu**
Drive check.
**[05:43] Tatsuya**
A critical trigger.
**[05:45] Ryuzu**
Well, well.
**[05:46] Ryuzu**
I give the power to my rear-guard Chronobite,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard.
**[05:50] Ryuzu**
That's 2 damage.
**[05:52] Tatsuya**
Damage check.
**[05:56] Ryuzu**
Next, I attack with my rear-guard Chronobite,
boosted by Wedgemove.
**[06:04] Tatsuya**
Battle Cupid, Nociel!
**[06:10] Shin**
Oh, so he had a perfect guard.
**[06:12] Esuka**
This wasn't the time to use it!
**[06:15] Rive**
Ryuzu's strongest unit is Rebellion.
**[06:18] Rive**
Rebellion can decrease
the opponent's units' shields.
**[06:22] Rive**
A perfect guard is the only defense against it.
**[06:26] Shin**
But Tatsuya used it here...
**[06:41] Tatsuya**
Don't worry.
**[06:44] Tatsuya**
I've also gained a trustworthy partner.
**[06:48] Tatsuya**
No, I should call it my guardian angel!
**[06:53] Tatsuya**
The tender love that will soothe all lives...
**[06:57] Tatsuya**
...no matter how wounded or defeated they are!
**[07:01] Tatsuya**
Come to me!
**[07:03] Tatsuya**
Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh!
**[07:32] MC**
And that's the game!
**[07:34] MC**
In the battle for the Asia Circuit third place,
**[07:37] MC**
Ryutarou Oyama of Team Snowy Mountain
fought it out to the end by himself,
**[07:43] MC**
and captured the glory of third place!
**[07:47] Oyama**
It doesn't feel like I won
without Ruga participating.
**[07:51] Nanami**
Neither Shinemon nor Rive are here yet?
**[07:56] Misaki**
No.
**[07:57] Mikuru**
But I'm sure they'll make it--
**[07:58] Nanami**
At this rate, it'll be
Team Armageddon all over again.
**[08:02] Nanami**
It will be you against me, Tonori,
and Yuichirou Kanzaki.
**[08:08] Mark**
Mr. Oyama won all by himself.
**[08:11] Tonori**
You sayin' you don't need your teammates?
**[08:32] Tatsuya**
Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh!
**[08:37] Tatsuya**
Imaginary Gift, Protect II!
**[08:45] Ryuzu**
You're sure you want II?
**[08:51] Esuka**
Despite the fact that Protect I would work
as a perfect guard against Ryuzu's Rebellion...
**[08:58] Shin**
Is he that confident in Malkuth-melekh?
**[09:02] Tatsuya**
Malkuth-melekh's skill activates.
**[09:05] Tatsuya**
It delivers 1 damage to my opponent.
**[09:14] Ryuzu**
A skill that does damage as the unit is placed?!
**[09:17] Tatsuya**
Go ahead. Do a damage check.
**[09:22] Shin**
What an incredible skill.
**[09:24] Shin**
That makes 3 damage.
**[09:26] Shin**
If he keeps it up,
maybe he'll win this turn!
**[09:28] Esuka**
You think Ryuzu is a pushover?
**[09:31] Tatsuya**
Furthermore, Malkuth-melekh's other skill.
**[09:34] Tatsuya**
I call up to three cards
from my Drop Zone as rear-guards.
**[09:37] Ryuzu**
What?!
**[09:38] Tatsuya**
Be revived, Sectio! Zayin!
**[09:44] Tatsuya**
Be revived, Lamedo!
**[09:58] Tatsuya**
The price... of resurrection...
**[10:02] Tatsuya**
will be paid... by Malkuth-melekh!
**[10:09] Tatsuya**
Malkuth-melekh...
**[10:13] Tatsuya**
...takes 1 damage!
**[10:37] Rive**
A skill in which you bring back allies
in exchange for taking damage yourself?!
**[10:41] Esuka**
Why would he let it reach 4 damage for that?!
**[10:44] Tatsuya**
Damage check...
**[10:46] Tatsuya**
Critical trigger.
**[10:48] Tatsuya**
I give the power to Zayin and
the extra critical to Malkuth-melekh.
**[10:52] Tatsuya**
Next, the skills of the units I brought back!
**[11:04] Ryuzu**
A marvelous twist.
**[11:07] Ryuzu**
But Tatsuya, I want you to understand something.
**[11:10] Ryuzu**
The explosion at Yumigatake
that stole the lives of your parents...
**[11:14] Ryuzu**
That event alone cannot
be expunged from past history.
**[11:21] Ryuzu**
Even if you are able to
master time with Gear Chronicle.
**[11:25] Hitsujida**
I suspected as much.
**[11:29] Shin**
Why do you believe him?
**[11:32] Hitsujida**
If the power of Gear Chronicle were used
to prevent the explosion at Yumigatake,
**[11:38] Hitsujida**
there would be no way to prove a possible
connection between the planet Cray and Earth.
**[11:44] Esuka**
The tragedy at Yumigatake is what
allowed him to build Ryuzu Lab here
**[11:49] Esuka**
and perform unit summoning experiments.
**[11:52] Esuka**
If that never happened...
**[11:54] Rive**
Ryuzu and I would still be at his old lab,
repeating experiments that don't go anywhere.
**[12:03] Shin**
Wait, am I the only one who doesn't get it?
**[12:06] Esuka**
If Ryuzu is serious about
preventing future tragedies,
**[12:09] Esuka**
then the tragedy at Yumigatake
must be allowed to have taken place.
**[12:25] Ryuzu**
Perfect guard.
**[12:29] Tatsuya**
I'll do a drive check.
**[12:31] Tatsuya**
First check.
**[12:32] Tatsuya**
Heal trigger.
**[12:34] Tatsuya**
I give the power to Million Ray Pegasus,
and heal 1 damage point.
**[12:39] Tatsuya**
Second check.
**[12:40] Tatsuya**
No trigger.
**[12:42] Ryuzu**
Too bad. What's your next attack?
**[12:46] Tatsuya**
Zayin attacks your Vanguard.
**[12:48] Ryuzu**
No guard.
**[12:53] Ryuzu**
Damage check.
**[12:54] Ryuzu**
Draw trigger. I give the power to my Vanguard.
**[12:57] Tatsuya**
Million Ray Pegasus attacks your Vanguard
with a boost from Sectio!
**[13:02] Ryuzu**
Steam Bomber, Digul!
**[13:04] Esuka**
Ryuzu's guard worked again.
**[13:07] Shin**
Even after Tatsuya unveiled a new partner!
**[13:11] Rive**
And now... *that* is coming.
**[13:14] Ryuzu**
I ride Chronofang Tiger!
**[13:24] Ryuzu**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[13:27] Ryuzu**
Interdimensional Dragonknight, Lost Legend!
**[13:32] Rive**
Chronofang Tiger allows him to superior ride
a grade 4 unit from his deck.
**[13:38] Rive**
A Grade 4, meaning...
**[13:42] Shin**
Rebellion.
**[13:45] Ryuzu**
O soaring tiger of the sky!!
**[13:48] Ryuzu**
Praise the workings of time...
**[13:49] Ryuzu**
...and let out a roar of bravery!
**[13:52] Ryuzu**
I ride!
**[14:00] Ryuzu**
Chronotiger Rebellion!
**[14:04] Ryuzu**
Chronofang's skill activates!
**[14:06] Ryuzu**
Rebellion gets a triple drive
and two criticals!
**[14:14] Ryuzu**
I have one card in my hand.
**[14:16] Ryuzu**
All of Rebellion's skills activate!
**[14:19] Ryuzu**
First, I retire two of your rear-guard units.
**[14:23] Ryuzu**
Second, my front row units get +10,000 power!
**[14:31] Ryuzu**
Third, all of my opponent's guardians
get -5000 shield!
**[14:36] Ryuzu**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[14:39] Tatsuya**
Nociel!
**[14:43] Shin**
He still had another perfect guard?!
**[14:46] Esuka**
But Ryuzu has triple drive.
**[14:49] Ryuzu**
First check.
**[14:51] Ryuzu**
Second check.
**[14:53] Tatsuya**
A critical trigger!
**[14:55] Ryuzu**
I give all of the effects to Lost Legend.
**[14:58] Ryuzu**
Third check.
**[15:00] Ryuzu**
Double critical!
**[15:02] Ryuzu**
I give all of the effects to Chronobite Tiger.
**[15:05] Ryuzu**
And now, Lost Legend attacks your Vanguard!
**[15:09] Tatsuya**
No guard.
**[15:10] Ryuzu**
Are you sure? That's 2 damage.
**[15:15] Tatsuya**
First check.
**[15:17] Tatsuya**
Second check.
**[15:21] Ryuzu**
Chronobite Tiger also has 2 criticals.
**[15:24] Ryuzu**
End of the line.
**[15:27] Tatsuya**
I guard.
**[15:30] Shin**
Guarding with every card
in his hand won't be enough!
**[15:33] Tatsuya**
Intercept!
**[15:41] Rive**
If there's an Imaginary Gift
in the same column as that unit,
**[15:45] Rive**
it can intercept from the back row?
**[15:47] Esuka**
That's why he chose Protect II.
**[15:51] Ryuzu**
I retire Rebellion and ride Chronofang.
**[15:57] Tatsuya**
Your turn is over, eh?
**[16:03] Staff A**
Tatsuya Tachibana's Imaginary Score...
**[16:05] Staff A**
...is suddenly rising!
**[16:09] Ryuzu**
I never thought such values were possible!
**[16:11] Ryuzu**
With numbers like that,
another summoning might occur!
**[16:21] Ryuzu**
But you have no cards in your hand.
**[16:23] Ryuzu**
And at 5 damage, you can't take damage
to revive any rear-guards, either.
**[16:29] Ryuzu**
It seems there's not much you can do.
**[16:32] Tatsuya**
Is that right?
**[16:34] Tatsuya**
I ride Malkuth-melekh again!
**[16:37] Ryuzu**
You drew a second Malkuth-melekh?!
**[16:40] Tatsuya**
When Malkuth-melekh is placed, an opposing
Vanguard of grade 2 will take damage.
**[16:46] Tatsuya**
However, if it's grade 3 or higher,
then I heal 1 damage point!
**[16:52] Ryuzu**
You're back to 4 damage!
**[16:54] Ryuzu**
Does this mean you can use that skill again?!
**[16:57] Tatsuya**
That's right.
**[16:58] Tatsuya**
For the price of 1 damage,
I give these fallen units...
**[17:02] Tatsuya**
...the gift of life!
**[17:04] Tatsuya**
Be revived, Zayin!
**[17:06] Tatsuya**
Million Ray Pegasus!
**[17:08] Tatsuya**
Be revived, Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[17:15] Shin**
He did damage to himself again!
**[17:18] Tatsuya**
Damage check!
**[17:19] Tatsuya**
Critical trigger!
**[17:21] Tatsuya**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[17:23] Tatsuya**
Malkuth-melekh attacks your Vanguard
with a boost from Lamedo!
**[17:36] Ryuzu**
I guard with two Digul units! 43,000!
**[17:40] Tatsuya**
First check!
**[17:42] Tatsuya**
Second check!
**[17:45] Shin**
A critical!
**[17:47] Tatsuya**
I give all of the effects to my Vanguard.
**[17:49] Tatsuya**
With this, I have 50,000 power.
**[17:51] Ryutarou**
Three criticals... 3 damage?!
**[17:56] Tatsuya**
Do your damage check.
**[18:07] Ryuzu**
Damage check!
**[18:11] Ryuzu**
Second check!
**[18:29] Ryuzu**
No summoning from the planet Cray occurred.
**[18:34] Tatsuya**
I knew you were missing something crucial.
**[18:46] Ryuzu**
Hey! What are you doing?!
**[18:48] Mishima**
It's dangerous here.
**[18:50] Mishima**
You should leave as well.
**[19:03] Ryuzu**
You must be joking!
**[19:07] Shin**
What's happening?!
**[19:08] Rive**
Nothing good...
**[19:09] Esuka**
Run!
**[19:13] Rive**
Ryuzu!
**[19:26] Rive**
No...!
**[19:27] Chrono**
Pop!
**[20:13] Shin**
My god...
**[20:23] Ryuzu**
M-Mishima, what are you...
**[20:27] Mishima**
I'm just following Tatsuya's orders.
**[20:34] Ryuzu**
If the explosion at Yumigatake
doesn't happen, history can't be revised!
**[20:40] Tatsuya**
That tragedy will happen.
**[20:47] Tatsuya**
But it will be the final one.
**[20:52] Shin**
Tatsuya, I thought you wanted to use
Gear Chronicle's power to change the past!
**[20:58] Tatsuya**
Not the past.
**[21:00] Tatsuya**
I'm going to change reality itself!
**[21:08] Crowd**
Nippon! Champion! Champion!
**[21:10] Crowd**
Nippon! Nippon! Champion! Champion!
**[21:20] Mark**
Verily, this time I shall go into battle.
**[21:30] Tatsuya**
The one I wish to summon is Malkuth-melekh.
**[21:33] Tatsuya**
You saw, didn't you?
**[21:35] Tatsuya**
With power like that, it can even
bring the dead back to life!
**[21:45] Shin**
Bring them back to life...
**[21:56] Tatsuya**
Shinemon, have a Vanguard fight with me.
**[22:00] Tatsuya**
Please.
**[22:03] Shin**
Tatsuya...
**[23:46] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Tatsuya's ace
in the hole, Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh!
***SIGN*** Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh
**[23:51] Narrator**
When it's placed, if the opponent's Vanguard
is grade 2, the opponent takes 1 damage,
**[23:55] Narrator**
but if their Vanguard is grade 3 or higher,
the player can heal 1 damage point!
**[23:58] Narrator**
With the ability to call three
rear-guard units from the Drop Zone,
**[24:01] Narrator**
this unit has a powerful skill that
goes beyond the limits of Angel Feather!
**[24:05] Narrator**
However, as the price to pay
for bringing back allies,
**[24:07] Narrator**
Malkuth-melekh delivers damage to itself!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Rive**
Next episode, we go even further
back in time! To the Edo period!
**[24:19] Rive**
Card-seller Rivero Shindou encounters
some suspicious Western playing cards.
**[24:23] Rive**
Then he hears a voice:
**[24:26] Mark**
"You play with these cards! Warship me!"
**[24:29] Rive**
All right, got it! Play against me,
younger sister Omiku!
**[24:31] Mikuru**
I told you I can't play Vanguard, Dumbro!
**[24:35] Rive**
Omiku, how is it that you
know of these Western cards?
**[24:38] Mikuru**
Huh? I'm not sure.
**[24:40] Mark**
This is what they call a "time paradox"!
***SIGN*** Remind 27
Manifest the Units!!
**[24:42] Mikuru**
Sure it's not a background research slip-up?
# E41 - Manifest the Units!!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR248WZ76/manifest-the-units)
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**[00:04] Kanzaki**
What?! Shinemon Nitta isn't here?!
**[00:08] Nanami**
Something must've happened,
**[00:09] Nanami**
for him to be late
for the beginning of a match...
**[00:14] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[00:17] Kanzaki**
Even if it means we win by forfeit...
**[00:22] MC**
The finals will start in just a moment!
**[00:26] Tonari**
Nanami, you're up first, yo.
**[00:27] Nanami**
Yes, I know!
**[00:51] Shin**
Are we going to fight here?
**[00:53] Tatsuya**
That night...
**[00:56] Tatsuya**
Papa and Mama died, leaving me behind.
**[01:00] Tatsuya**
But soon, even that will be over!
**[01:06] Tatsuya**
I can imagine it!
**[01:09] Tatsuya**
Papa and Mama will come back to me!
**[01:32] Ryuzu**
If the unit summoning experiment succeeds,
the world will know that the planet Cray exists!
**[01:40] Ryuzu**
So let's make our imaginations reality!
**[01:43] Shin**
Wait, Master! Tatsuya!
***SIGN*** Remind 27 Manifest the Units!!
**[03:24] Ryuzu**
Tatsuya, for all this time, you've been
the one financing my lab? Through Mishima?
**[03:33] Tatsuya**
That's right.
**[03:36] Ryuzu**
Where did you get the money?
**[03:37] Butler**
Based on what I uncovered, he appears to
have received an inheritance from his parents.
**[03:42] Ryuzu**
An inheritance?
**[03:44] Esuka**
Is that true?
**[03:46] Mishima**
Tatsuya's parents wished for him
to use the money however he saw fit.
**[03:55] Rive**
I never knew he was a privileged rich kid.
**[03:58] Rive**
You and me, two grown adults,
had the wool pulled over our eyes.
**[04:04] Tatsuya**
So then, please begin, Ms. Mishima.
**[04:07] Mishima**
At once.
**[04:12] Chrono**
D-Don't!
**[04:15] Rive**
What are you doing?!
**[04:15] Chrono**
No!
**[04:16] Chrono**
Pop!
**[04:23] Shin**
You took Chrono hostage?!
**[04:27] Tatsuya**
Let's begin.
**[04:29] Tatsuya**
If you would.
**[04:31] Mishima**
Begin the final experiment.
**[04:34] Operator A**
Starting the final experiment!
**[04:35] Operator B**
Activating the portal for the final experiment!
**[04:43] Esuka**
Wh-What?!
**[04:53] Shin**
What is this?
**[04:55] Ryuzu**
It's the portal we created
for tonight's final experiment.
**[05:01] Tatsuya**
Well then...
**[05:04] Shin**
Chrono!
**[05:05] Shin**
I'll free you in no time!
**[05:07] Chrono**
O-Okay...
**[05:18] Oyama**
What's going on?
**[05:20] MC**
Here in the first match, Nanami Gonomi
of Team SSS has not yet made her first move.
**[05:26] MC**
Does she lack any cards she can ride?
**[05:30] Misaki**
I suspect she's waiting for Shin...
**[05:34] Mikuru**
For Shifty Cinnamon?
**[05:38] MC**
Uh oh, looks like she's been penalized!
**[05:43] Mark**
Nanami!
**[05:45] Mark**
While I appreciate how you feel,
Shinemon will definitely arrive!
**[05:48] Mark**
Verily, I can promise you that!
**[05:53] Nanami**
I ride Arboros Dragon, Branch!
**[06:00] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[06:04] Tatsuya**
I ride Aid-roid, Lamedo!
**[06:09] Shin**
Now it's my turn!
**[06:14] Shin**
Drive check!
**[06:17] Esuka**
A critical trigger!
**[06:19] Shin**
I give the power to Parthenos
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[06:29] Shin**
I'm counting on you, Parthenos!
**[06:32] Parthenos**
No problem!
**[06:34] Tatsuya**
I guard! Hot Shot Celestial, Samyaza
and Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[06:49] Esuka**
That makes it 3 to 1.
**[06:51] Esuka**
Shinemon has the edge.
**[06:54] Tatsuya**
Don't be afraid.
**[06:57] Tatsuya**
What's important is not getting
dominated by your opponent's imagination.
**[07:02] Shin&Tatsuya**
Be assertive and rewrite that imagination!
**[07:09] Shin**
I'm surprised you remember what I said then.
**[07:12] Tatsuya**
Naturally I remember my master's words.
**[07:15] Tatsuya**
I'm your disciple, Shinemon.
**[07:18] Tatsuya**
You're my vanguard.
**[07:21] Tatsuya**
That's right. You're the one
who made me who I am, Shinemon.
**[07:29] Tatsuya**
But today is when I will surpass you!
**[07:32] Tatsuya**
I'm going to accomplish something
that not even you could have imagined!
**[07:36] Shin**
Is that bringing your parents
back to life with Malkuth-melekh?
**[07:40] Tatsuya**
That's also thanks to you.
**[07:44] Tatsuya**
Perhaps... Cray might actually exist!
**[07:51] Shin&Tatsuya**
When you fight, there are moments
when the Cray units feel so close to you.
**[07:57] Shin&Tatsuya**
I'll get to meet them someday!
**[08:00] Shin&Tatsuya**
That's the feeling I have!
**[08:03] Ryuzu**
But Tatsuya, how can you be so sure
**[08:06] Ryuzu**
that summoning Malkuth-melekh
will bring your parents back to life?
**[08:12] Tatsuya**
Isn't it obvious?
**[08:14] Tatsuya**
Be revived, Zayin!
**[08:16] Tatsuya**
Million Ray Pegasus!
**[08:17] Tatsuya**
Be revived, Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[08:22] Tatsuya**
Malkuth-melekh can bring units back
from that graveyard known as the Drop Zone.
**[08:30] Tatsuya**
What else could that be besides
the ability to resurrect the dead?
**[08:35] Tatsuya**
Yes. The tender love that
will soothe all lives...
**[08:41] Tatsuya**
...no matter how wounded or defeated they are!
**[08:47] Tatsuya**
Come to me!
**[08:48] Tatsuya**
Arch-aider Malkuth-melekh!
**[08:57] Nanami**
Arboros Dragon, Sephirot attacks your Vanguard!
**[09:02] Mark**
No guard!
**[09:07] MC**
Ninja Master now has 5 damage!
**[09:10] Oyama**
She's got him on the ropes!
**[09:30] Tatsuya**
Imaginary Gift, Protect II!
**[09:38] Shin**
He couldn't summon it?
**[09:41] Tatsuya**
Here I go.
**[09:49] Tatsuya**
Malkuth-melekh's skill activates!
**[09:51] Tatsuya**
Be revived!
**[09:56] Tatsuya**
Amputation Angel! Aid-roid, Zayin!
Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[10:02] Esuka**
Three units from the Drop Zone...
**[10:05] Ryuzu**
But there's a price to pay.
**[10:07] Ryuzu**
Tatsuya himself must take damage.
**[10:19] Tatsuya**
Here I come.
**[10:25] Tatsuya**
Twin drive.
**[10:29] Tatsuya**
Critical trigger!
**[10:30] Tatsuya**
I give the power to Amputation Angel
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[10:47] Tatsuya**
Zayin attacks your Vanguard with
a boost from Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[10:51] Tatsuya**
Zayin's skill activates!
**[10:53] Esuka**
When Zayin attacks, the player can
choose one of the opponent's rear-guards
**[10:57] Esuka**
and send it to the Damage Zone.
**[11:03] Tatsuya**
I send Phinomenus of the Constellations
to your Damage Zone!
**[11:12] Rive**
While Shinemon gets to heal the damage...
**[11:14] Esuka**
His intercept is sealed.
**[11:18] Shin**
No guard!
**[11:25] Butler**
He has 5 damage...
**[11:28] Tatsuya**
I used Zayin's skill, so I retire it.
**[11:37] Chrono**
Beat him, Shinemon!
**[11:45] Shin**
You can count on me, Chrono!
**[11:47] Shin**
That roar...
**[11:48] Shin**
The call of the stars...
**[11:49] Shin**
Shaking the furthest reaches of the Milky Way
and tearing through the firmament,
**[11:53] Shin**
it summons elements from far and wide!
**[11:56] Shin**
Its name is...
**[12:00] Shin**
Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon!
**[12:05] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[12:09] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[12:13] Shin**
Astraios's skill activates!
**[12:15] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[12:18] Shin**
I call Atlas!
**[12:19] Shin**
Its skill activates!
**[12:22] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[12:24] Shin**
Come, Phinomenus! Atlases!
**[12:33] Rive**
On top of that,
he called two more Atlas units.
**[12:36] Esuka**
That makes five Imaginary Gifts.
**[12:44] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[12:46] Shin**
Astral Plane!
**[12:58] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[13:00] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[13:09] Shin**
Valkerion's skill activates!
**[13:13] Shin**
Triple drive!
**[13:17] Shin**
I'll start!
**[13:18] Shin**
Astral Laser!
**[13:24] Butler**
Now his opponent also has 5 damage.
**[13:26] Shin**
Here I come!
**[13:29] Shin**
Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
**[13:37] Shin**
Triple drive!
**[13:39] Tatsuya**
Battle Cupid, Nociel!
**[13:44] Shin**
First check!
**[13:46] Shin**
Second check!
**[13:47] Shin**
Draw trigger!
**[13:49] Shin**
I give the power to Phinomenus!
**[13:53] Shin**
Third check!
**[13:57] Shin**
Critical trigger!
**[13:59] Shin**
I give all of the effects to Phinomenus!
**[14:06] Tatsuya**
Perfect guard.
**[14:07] Esuka**
But Shinemon still has a unit
with which he can attack!
**[14:12] Shin**
Phinomenus will finish you off!
**[14:17] Esuka**
Phinomenus gets +5000 power
for each Imaginary Gift.
**[14:21] Esuka**
Now its power is 55,000!
**[14:23] Rive**
With Diana's 8000 power
added to that, the total is 63,000!
**[14:29] Chrono**
You can win!
**[15:15] Rive**
He used up his whole hand
and an intercept to scrape by.
**[15:24] Shin**
It's your turn.
**[15:26] Chrono**
Shinemon, is it over?
**[15:30] Chrono**
You couldn't win?
**[15:33] Shin**
Oh, he just got lucky there...
**[15:38] Tatsuya**
I think it's about time.
**[15:48] Rive**
Hey! What are you going to do?!
**[15:52] Mishima**
Listen, Chrono, we need you to...
**[15:57] Guard B**
You little brat!
**[16:10] Tatsuya**
That's enough, Ms. Mishima.
**[16:12] Mishima**
O-Okay.
**[16:21] Dran**
Don't cry.
**[16:25] Dran**
I'm on my way.
**[16:32] Chrono**
Who are you?
**[16:34] Shin**
Chrono, what are you saying?!
**[16:37] Chrono**
Who are you?
**[16:38] Dran**
Me?
**[16:42] Dran**
I'm...
**[16:53] Operator A**
Picking up a unit in the portal!
**[16:55] Operator A**
Verifying transfer!
**[16:57] Operator B**
The Imaginary Score is
maintaining a normal value!
**[16:59] Operator C**
What does it mean?!
**[17:01] Operator B**
The space-time fluctuation value
is skyrocketing!
**[17:04] Operator A**
Unit manifestation in 3... 2... 1...
**[17:26] Dran**
Don't worry.
**[17:29] Dran**
I'll protect you.
**[17:46] Tatsuya**
Welcome.
**[17:48] Tatsuya**
I've been waiting for you.
**[17:52] Ryuzu**
Weren't you waiting for Malkuth-melekh?
**[17:56] Tatsuya**
For that to happen, I also needed him...
**[18:00] Tatsuya**
...and Chrono.
**[18:02] Rive**
Why Chrono?
**[18:03] Tatsuya**
The two of them are special.
**[18:05] Ryuzu**
Special...
**[18:08] Ryuzu**
Is this what I had overlooked?
**[18:11] Tatsuya**
Again and again...
**[18:14] Tatsuya**
And again and again, I re-examined
the records of Ryuzu Lab.
**[18:22] Chrono**
Shinemon lost!
**[18:33] Tatsuya**
That's when I realized:
**[18:35] Tatsuya**
You didn't need some Imaginary Score
to summon units from the planet Cray...
**[18:45] Tatsuya**
...but the bond between him and Chrono,
which transcends time and space!
**[18:51] Ryuzu**
A bond that transcends time and space?
**[18:53] Rive**
Why is it bonded to Chrono?
**[18:55] Tatsuya**
That's not important.
**[18:58] Tatsuya**
What is important is that
both of them are here, now.
**[19:02] Operator A**
The space-time fluctuation value has stabilized!
**[19:04] Operator B**
Portal is in normal operation.
**[19:07] Tatsuya**
Right now, a portal is connecting
Earth with the planet Cray!
**[19:12] Ryuzu**
The two of them are singularity points?
**[19:15] Ryuzu**
Is that what you're saying?
**[19:19] Rive**
Singularity points?
**[19:20] Tatsuya**
That's right.
**[19:21] Ryuzu**
I see...
**[19:23] Ryuzu**
For Earth and Cray, the two singularity points
stabilize the space-time fluctuation value,
**[19:28] Ryuzu**
thereby summoning a unit...
**[19:31] Tatsuya**
Director, shouldn't you be pleased?
**[19:34] Tatsuya**
After all, this proves
that your theory was correct.
**[19:44] Tatsuya**
Stand and draw.
**[19:48] Tatsuya**
Tonight we have the perfect conditions
for summoning a unit.
**[19:52] Tatsuya**
Now, let's continue, Shinemon.
**[19:56] Shin**
O-Okay...
**[20:01] Tatsuya**
Yes. You want to come to Earth, don't you?
**[20:07] Tatsuya**
Just a bit longer, Papa and Mama...
**[20:13] Tatsuya**
The time has come to surpass you, my vanguard!
**[20:17] Tatsuya**
I can imagine Papa and Mama smiling!
**[20:22] Tatsuya**
I ride once more!
**[20:23] Tatsuya**
Come to me!
**[20:25] Tatsuya**
Arch-aider, Malkuth-melekh!
**[20:45] Mark**
Ninja Art, Spiriting-Away Jutsu!
**[20:52] Mark**
Verily, the final stroke!
**[20:57] MC**
There it is!
**[21:00] Mikuru**
That's the way, Mark!
**[21:02] Misaki**
When he's wearing that...
**[21:04] Mikuru**
Whoops. I meant Ninja Master.
**[21:08] MC**
Ninja Master, with a come-from-behind victory!
**[21:11] MC**
He's defeated Nanami Gonomi!
**[21:16] Tonori**
My turn now.
**[21:20] Nanami**
He's gotten better.
**[21:22] Tonori**
I could tell, yo.
**[21:28] Mark**
Shinemon, Master Rive, I shall
carry you both to the world championship.
**[21:42] Shin**
I don't believe it...
**[22:05] Tatsuya**
Welcome to Earth...
**[22:10] Tatsuya**
...Malkuth-melekh!
**[23:45] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card is
Tatsuya's Aid-roid, Zayin!
***SIGN*** Aid-roid, Zayin
**[23:52] Narrator**
If the opponent takes damage during
that turn, this unit gets +10,000 power.
**[23:56] Narrator**
And when Zayin attacks,
**[23:57] Narrator**
one of the opponent's rear-guards
is sent to the Damage Zone.
**[24:00] Narrator**
While the opponent heals afterwards, the unit
remains in the Damage Zone! A prime skill!
**[24:06] Narrator**
The price is that Zayin gets retired, but you
can use Malkuth-melekh to bring it back!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Ryuzu**
I can't believe Tatsuya means to have
Malkuth-melekh resurrect his parents.
**[24:19] Ryuzu**
How did he think of that?
**[24:20] Mishima**
It was your influence, Director Ryuzu.
**[24:22] Ryuzu**
Mishima? What about my influence?
**[24:24] Mishima**
Tatsuya was inspired by your essay,
the one published in that magazine.
**[24:28] Ryuzu**
The magazine with a pen pal section,
where people seek friends from past lives?
**[24:32] Mishima**
Yes, Tatsuya purchases it every month.
**[24:35] Mishima**
In fact, he has all the back issues,
starting with the magazine's debut.
**[24:37] Ryuzu**
At his age?! It's been around for decades!
That must have cost a fortune!
***SIGN*** Remind 28
Our Wings
**[24:41] Mishima**
If you recall, Tatsuya received
an inheritance from his parents...
# E42 - Our Wings
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNV988QR/our-wings)
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**[00:03] Tatsuya**
Welcome to Earth...
**[00:05] Tatsuya**
...Malkuth-melekh!
**[00:11] Esuka**
Is this actually real?!
**[00:16] Esuka**
Now what?!
**[00:18] Ryuzu**
I suspect...
**[00:25] Esuka**
Even rear-guards?!
**[00:27] Ryuzu**
...this is entirely linked
to the fight occurring right now!
**[00:36] Mishima**
Tatsuya?!
**[00:38] Tatsuya**
What a wonderful night!
**[00:42] Tatsuya**
Welcome, Angel Feather units!
***SIGN*** Remind 28 Our Wings
**[02:24] Tatsuya**
Malkuth-melekh, I want you
to bring Papa and Mama back to life!
**[02:33] Tatsuya**
I know. There's a price, right?
**[02:37] Shin**
A price?
**[02:39] Tatsuya**
It's a shame to bring a fun fight like this
to an early end, but I can't wait any longer!
**[02:45] Tatsuya**
Imaginary Gift, Protect II!
**[02:54] Tatsuya**
Furthermore, Malkuth-melekh's skill activates!
**[02:57] Shin**
What?!
**[02:58] Esuka**
If that happens...
**[03:00] Rive**
...Tatsuya will have 6 damage!
**[03:03] Shin**
What are you thinking, Tatsuya?!
**[03:06] Tatsuya**
What are you so flustered about, Shinemon?
**[03:11] Tatsuya**
I superior call Amputation Angel,
Zayin, and Lamedo from the Drop Zone!
**[03:42] Shin**
Is this the price?
**[03:44] Tatsuya**
Damage check.
**[03:48] Shin**
A heal trigger?!
**[03:50] Rive**
What timing!
**[03:52] Esuka**
How lucky can he be?!
**[03:55] Tatsuya**
Know what luck is?
**[03:57] Tatsuya**
It's a gift that only people who don't
give up to the very end can get!
**[04:05] Tatsuya**
I heal 1 damage point.
**[04:09] Tatsuya**
Here I come.
**[04:10] Tatsuya**
Malkuth-melekh attacks with a boost
from Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[04:21] Esuka**
It wouldn't...!
**[04:30] Mark**
Hanzo attacks your Vanguard!
**[04:34] Tonori**
No guard!
**[04:36] Mark**
Twin drive, first check!
**[04:39] Mark**
Second check!
**[04:41] Mikuru**
A critical trigger!
**[04:46] Tonori**
Damage check!
**[04:53] Tonori**
No trigger...
**[04:57] Tonori**
I lose, yo.
**[04:59] Nanami**
If you're gonna lose, at least hold out longer!
**[05:02] Miya**
Ninja Master has won the second match!
**[05:06] Miya**
Will he be able to pull off three in a row?!
**[05:12] Kanzaki**
Begone, weakling!
**[05:15] Tonori**
Figures he'd say that, yo.
**[05:18] Kanzaki**
This won't turn out
like it did with the other two!
**[05:22] Mark**
I am well aware.
Verily, this is a fateful showdown.
**[05:33] Shin**
Wait, you're...
**[05:36] Shin**
...Goddess of Self-sacrifice, Kushinada!
**[05:42] Shin**
Because I summoned that unit?!
**[05:44] Tatsuya**
That's not all.
**[05:49] Shin**
My other units, too?!
**[05:55] Tatsuya**
Twin drive.
**[05:57] Tatsuya**
First check.
**[05:59] Tatsuya**
Second check.
**[06:01] Esuka**
Another heal trigger!
**[06:05] Tatsuya**
I give the power to Amputation Angel.
**[06:09] Tatsuya**
Zayin attacks your Vanguard
with a boost from Thousand Ray Pegasus!
**[06:15] Tatsuya**
Zayin's skill activates!
**[06:18] Tatsuya**
I put Phinomenus in the Damage Zone.
**[06:26] Shin**
It disappeared!
**[06:27] Tatsuya**
Shinemon?
**[06:29] Shin**
Right.
**[06:36] Shin**
I guard!
**[06:37] Shin**
Again...!
**[06:41] Tatsuya**
I retire Zayin.
**[06:45] Tatsuya**
Amputation Angel attacks
with a boost from Lamedo!
**[06:51] Shin**
I guard here, too!
**[06:56] Shin**
Thank you.
**[06:59] Rive**
He managed to hang on at 5 damage.
**[07:03] Tatsuya**
It's your turn, Shinemon.
**[07:06] Shin**
I know.
**[07:07] Shin**
Stand and draw!
**[07:14] Shin**
When you fight, there are moments
when the Cray units feel so close to you.
**[07:19] Shin**
I'll get to meet them someday!
**[07:22] Shin**
That's the feeling I have!
**[07:25] Shin**
I never thought that day would actually come.
**[07:28] Shin**
But...
**[07:32] Tatsuya**
Shinemon?
**[07:35] Shin**
I ride Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus!
**[07:39] Uranus**
A ray of light pierces the darkness!
**[07:42] Uranus**
No matter how faint it may be,
I am the one who will recite and extol it!
**[07:48] Uranus**
Behold!
**[07:49] Uranus**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus!
**[07:53] Shin**
Uranus...
**[07:57] Rive**
Hey, Lemon!
**[07:58] Rive**
You're in the middle of a fight.
Don't think about anything else.
**[08:02] Shin**
I know, Master!
**[08:04] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[08:07] Shin**
Then I call Dikei of the Just Path!
**[08:13] Shin**
Its skill activates!
**[08:15] Shin**
I look at the top seven cards in my deck,
and add two Astral Poets to my hand!
**[08:19] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[08:25] Shin**
I call Gleaming Lord, Uranus
and Astraios Dragon!
**[08:30] Shin**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus's
skill activates!
**[08:34] Shin**
Dare I call him, too?!
**[08:44] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[08:46] Shin**
Astral Plane!
**[09:09] Chrono**
It's Valkerion!
**[09:12] Shin**
This is...
**[09:14] Uranus**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[09:16] Uranus**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[09:34] Shin**
Valkerion's skill activates!
**[09:38] Shin**
Triple drive!
**[09:46] Uranus**
Valkerion!
**[09:48] Uranus**
Zodiac Blazer!
**[09:51] Tatsuya**
No guard!
**[09:52] Tatsuya**
Drive check?
**[09:54] Shin**
Right! Triple drive!
**[10:02] Shin**
Hold your fire!
**[10:49] Ryuzu**
Wonderful...
**[10:52] Ryuzu**
If this power can be effectively utilized,
the human race's potential will be limitless!
**[10:58] Ryuzu**
Right, Rive?!
**[11:00] Rive**
That's *if* it can be effectively utilized.
**[11:03] Ryuzu**
I'm sure it can! I'll prove it to you,
even if I have to gamble with my life!
**[11:08] Shin**
He calls this wonderful...
**[11:12] Shin**
The Cray units mustn't
be called to Earth like this.
**[11:17] Tatsuya**
Damage check.
**[11:20] Tatsuya**
Draw trigger.
**[11:25] Rive**
Don't tell me he drew a perfect guard?!
**[11:35] Tatsuya**
Papa, Mama... It's almost time...
**[11:40] Shin**
Tatsuya...
**[11:42] Shin**
What's the "price" you mentioned before?
**[11:46] Tatsuya**
Surely you know by now, don't you?
**[11:51] Tatsuya**
That's right. *I'll* have to take the injury.
**[11:56] Tatsuya**
I may even lose my own life!
**[12:01] Tatsuya**
Right, Malkuth-melekh?
**[12:09] Shin**
Are you saying you don't care if you die?!
**[12:12] Tatsuya**
If Papa and Mama can be brought back,
then I don't need to live!
**[12:20] Rive**
If I could give my own life...
**[12:24] Esuka**
You too?!
**[12:25] Esuka**
You're not contemplating that, are you?!
**[12:29] Tatsuya**
I can imagine it.
**[12:35] Tatsuya**
Papa and Mama are smiling!
**[12:41] Shin**
You're not imagining anything!
**[12:45] Shin**
Would your parents really be able to smile?!
**[12:48] Shin**
Tatsuya, if they were brought
back to life in a world without you,
**[12:52] Shin**
they would feel just as bereft as you do now!
**[13:00] Tatsuya**
So what?! If Papa and Mama are
brought back, at least this grief will vanish!
**[13:07] Shin**
All you're doing is trying
to escape your own grief!
**[13:11] Shin**
That's wrong!
**[13:13] Shin**
You need to rewrite the image of your grief!
**[13:20] Tatsuya**
Fascinating...
**[13:24] Tatsuya**
But I've already won this fight!
**[13:28] Rive**
Certainly, Shinemon has
three units that can still attack,
**[13:34] Rive**
but with that Protect II, Tatsuya's front row units
get +10,000 shield when they intercept.
**[13:41] Rive**
If he has a perfect guard in hand, none
of Shinemon's three attacks will get through.
**[13:47] Tatsuya**
It's come! The time for me
to surpass you, my vanguard!
**[13:53] Esuka**
I'm not sure about that.
**[13:55] Esuka**
Shinemon, you should show him your new power!
**[14:02] Shin**
Right!
**[14:04] Tatsuya**
New power...?
**[14:06] Shin**
I rest two Astral Poets!
**[14:11] Rive**
What does he mean to do?
**[14:13] Shin**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus's
skill activates!
**[14:24] Shin&Uranus**
Stand up, Valkerion!
**[14:30] Tatsuya**
I-It can't be!
**[14:36] Tatsuya**
I don't believe it...
**[14:40] Shin**
Tatsuya...
**[14:42] Shin**
You told me about your wings.
**[14:46] Tatsuya**
Angel Feather is my wings!
**[14:54] Shin**
If you have wings, you should be able to fly!
**[14:57] Tatsuya**
Where?
**[14:58] Shin**
To the future!
**[15:01] Tatsuya**
The future...?
**[15:04] Shin**
Me...
**[15:08] Shin**
Misaki...
**[15:10] Shin**
Even Master! We all have sad pasts, too.
**[15:13] Shin**
But still, we don't think about trading
our own lives to bring back our loved ones!
**[15:23] Shin**
You should also stop thinking about dying!
**[15:26] Shin**
Or I mean--please, don't die!
**[15:29] Tatsuya**
But why not? Once I'm dead--
**[15:32] Shin**
You expect me not to be sad
when my friend is dead?!
**[15:43] Tatsuya**
I'm... your friend...?
**[15:48] Shin**
Tatsuya, imagine the future! And go there!
**[15:52] Shin**
That's what you, and I, have wings for!
**[15:56] Shin**
Look, you have them there!
**[16:00] Tatsuya**
Vanguard...
**[16:02] Shin**
That's right! Vanguard is our wings!
**[16:09] Shin&Uranus**
Valkerion!
**[16:13] Shin&Uranus**
Zodiac Blazer!
**[16:23] Tatsuya**
Malkuth-melekh!
**[16:26] Tatsuya**
It's not over!
**[16:27] Tatsuya**
I still have a damage check!
**[16:33] Mishima**
6 damage...
**[16:43] Esuka**
A perfect guard...
**[16:45] Esuka**
Why didn't he use it?
**[16:47] Rive**
So he could stop Origin Deity
of Heavenly Light, Uranus's attack...
**[16:53] Rive**
No... Tatsuya may have wanted to be stopped.
**[17:09] Rive**
The portal!
**[17:10] Ryuzu**
It's the strain of the experiment!
**[17:13] Ryuzu**
Have all lab employees
evacuate immediately!
**[17:15] Mishima**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[17:17] Mishima**
All lab employees,
emergency evacuation! I repeat...
**[17:22] Rive**
Why are the Genesis units still here?
**[17:26] Ryuzu**
Probably... because there are
two Singularities here on Earth.
**[17:31] Shin**
How can we send Uranus
and the rest back to Cray?!
**[17:35] Dran**
It's okay!
**[17:45] Dran**
I haven't introduced myself yet, huh?
**[17:47] Dran**
I'm Chrono Dran.
**[17:49] Chrono**
Chrono?
**[17:50] Chrono**
I'm Chrono, too!
**[17:53] Chrono**
Chrono and Chrono!
**[17:55] Dran**
Oh, really?!
**[17:57] Dran**
Nice to meet you, Chrono!
**[17:59] Chrono**
Nice to meet you, Chrono!
**[18:05] Chrono**
Are you leaving already?
**[18:07] Dran**
Yeah.
**[18:08] Ryuzu**
I see. If he returns to Cray,
the other units will follow.
**[18:13] Dran**
Chrono, I'll see you again!
**[18:18] Rive**
Chrono!
**[18:25] Esuka**
What's happening?!
**[18:27] Ryuzu**
It might be a gravitational pull
between the Singularities!
**[18:31] Rive**
Chrono...
**[18:35] Shin**
Master!
**[18:37] Esuka**
How would your presence help?!
**[18:39] Shin**
But...
**[18:43] Esuka**
What's that helicopter?!
**[18:44] Butler**
I suspected this might happen...
**[19:10] Rive**
Here goes nothing!
**[19:15] Shin**
Master!
**[19:36] Rive**
Chrono!
**[19:40] Rive**
Never mind me!
**[19:42] Rive**
Get Chrono!
**[19:48] Dran**
Let's meet again someday!
**[19:52] Dran**
Please...
**[20:13] Shin**
Master... Chrono...
**[20:30] Shin**
Isn't that...?
**[20:37] Shin**
Chrono!
**[20:38] Ryuzu**
Where's Rive?!
**[21:19] Uranus**
My vanguard, I too shall fly to the future!
**[21:41] Kanzaki**
I stand Claret Sword Dragon!
**[21:44] MC**
This is Kanzaki's sure-fire victory pattern!
**[21:47] Kanzaki**
The final stroke!
**[21:50] Mark**
No guard.
**[21:52] MC**
It's Ninja Master's fateful damage check!
**[21:58] Mikuru**
Mark!
**[22:01] MC**
Unfortunately, no trigger!
**[22:05] MC**
Yuichirou Kanzaki wins the third match!
**[22:08] MC**
And so... Wh-What's this?!
**[22:13] MC**
Kanzaki isn't crying!
**[22:17] Oyama**
It's true!
**[22:19] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[22:21] Kanzaki**
If you wish to redeem yourself,
we can hold a rematch anytime!
**[22:24] Tonori**
Kanzaki's offerin' him a rematch "anytime"?!
**[22:27] MC**
With this, Team SSS
has one win and two losses...
**[22:31] Nanami**
Where's Shinemon?!
**[22:33] MC**
...but other than Ninja Master, there are
no Team Nippon members in the building!
**[22:42] Mark**
Shinemon, verily, I am sorry.
**[22:49] Oyama**
Hey, that's...
**[22:58] Misaki**
Shin!
**[22:59] Mikuru**
It's about time, Late-Arriving Cinnamon!
**[23:02] MC**
It's Shinemon Nitta from Team Nippon!
**[23:05] MC**
Making a grand entrance!
**[23:11] Mark**
Shinemon!
**[23:12] Mikuru**
My brother isn't with him?
**[23:16] Mark**
Verily, I had faith you would make it...
**[23:22] Kanzaki**
I have been waiting for you, Shinemon Nitta!
**[23:26] MC**
The final match of the Asia Circuit,
Nitta versus Kanzaki, is about to begin!
**[23:34] Kanzaki**
H-Hey...
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Shinemon's
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus!
***SIGN*** Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus
**[23:53] Narrator**
With three or more Force markers
in the Vanguard Circle,
**[23:56] Narrator**
if you do a Soul Blast with
a sum of grades 5 or higher,
**[23:59] Narrator**
you can deploy the Astral Plane!
**[24:01] Narrator**
And that's not all! If you rest two rear-guard
Astral Poets, you can restand Valkerion!
**[24:07] Narrator**
Dish out more damage with
yet another Valkerion attack!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Malkuth**
Hello, I'm Malkuth!
**[24:17] Melekh**
And I'm Melekh!
**[24:18] Malkuth**
The right hand is a scalpel.
**[24:19] Melekh**
The left hand is a syringe.
**[24:20] The Two**
Together, we are Malkuth-Melekh!
**[24:23] Malkuth**
Y'know, the world today has lots of people
who make unreasonable demands!
**[24:27] Melekh**
Unreasonable how?
**[24:28] Melekh**
Like demanding to bring
their dead parents back to life?
**[24:30] Malkuth**
Well, that can be arranged.
**[24:31] Melekh**
It can?!
**[24:32] Malkuth**
Listen to this! Someone caught a cold,
so they came to me for a shot!
**[24:36] Melekh**
Well, you've got a fine syringe there,
so why not oblige them?
**[24:39] Malkuth**
The thing is, the green liquid inside
is just melon soda. Does that cure colds?!
***SIGN*** Remind 29
Once Again, To Capital
**[24:43] Melekh**
Never mind!
# E43 - Once Again, To Capital
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNV9MPGR/once-again-to-capital)
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**[00:00] Kanzaki**
I have been waiting for you, Shinemon Nitta!
**[00:04] MC**
The final match of the Asia Circuit,
Nitta versus Kanzaki, is about to begin!
**[00:19] Kanzaki**
H-Hey...
**[00:23] Shin**
Stand up...
**[00:24] Kanzaki**
Stand up...
**[00:26] The Two**
...Vanguard!
***SIGN*** 10 years later
***SIGN*** Shinemon Nitta is...
***SIGN*** ...currently...
**[00:46] Shin**
Cut it out! No, not there... Misaki...
***SIGN*** Manager Stand Up
**[01:02] Shin**
Is the world ending?! Everything's blurry!
**[01:06] Esuka**
Hello? Manager, are you there?
**[01:09] Shin**
I can't see!
***SIGN*** Eeek!
**[01:10] Esuka**
Noooo!
***SIGN*** Meow
**[01:22] Esuka**
Manager? Manager!
**[01:25] Esuka**
No, not you!
**[01:27] Shin**
Hello. I'm the actual manager of Card Capital.
**[01:32] Esuka**
Yes, I know!
**[01:34] Shin**
President Esuka? Long time no talk.
**[01:37] Shin**
Are you in Japan now?
**[01:40] Esuka**
I'll be returning abroad soon,
but there's something I wanted to tell you.
***SIGN*** Remind 29 Once Again, To Capital
**[03:25] Chrono**
This story is set in the near future.
**[03:29] Chrono**
Hundreds of millions of people
all over the world play card games,
**[03:32] Chrono**
and the pastime has become
part of everyday life.
**[03:36] Chrono**
But that had nothing to do with me.
**[03:39] Chrono**
Until now!
**[03:41] Chrono**
But I don't know anything about Vanguard!
**[03:45] Kamui**
That doesn't matter! Just come with me!
**[03:54] Chrono**
That dream...
**[03:56] Chrono**
No, not a dream.
**[04:00] Chrono**
It's my oldest memory,
but I don't understand it at all.
**[04:04] Chrono**
I'd forgotten it all this time...
**[04:07] Kamui**
H-Huh?
**[04:09] Kamui**
What's wrong? Did that hurt?
**[04:11] Chrono**
No, I'm fine.
**[04:12] Kamui**
I see! Well, it's right over here.
**[04:16] Kamui**
Card Capital!
**[04:18] Chrono**
Don't just breeze past that. What's with you?
**[04:24] Kamui**
Shin! We've got a customer!
***SIGN*** This Shop is Home to the Vanguard Koshien Winner!
**[04:31] Kamui**
Shin's not here?
**[04:33] Mark**
I suddenly got called in. I'm the pink hitter.
**[04:36] Kamui**
It's "pinch hitter,"
and isn't that already English?!
**[04:40] Kamui**
I guess it's okay even without Shin around.
**[04:53] Mark**
Hi. I haven't seen your face before.
**[04:56] Chrono**
Yeah, I was just wanting to sell this.
**[05:01] Chrono**
I was out looking for a shop where
I could sell it, and bumped into him.
**[05:04] Kamui**
It's a shame to quit Vanguard,
so I thought I'd persuade him not to.
**[05:09] Mark**
Well, anyway, I'll take a look at your cards.
**[05:14] Mark**
Gear Chronicle...
**[05:17] Mark**
Chronojet Dragon.
**[05:20] Mark**
This shouldn't exist...
**[05:23] Kamui**
Whoa, that's Gear Chronicle!
**[05:25] Kamui**
It really exists!
**[05:27] Chrono**
What does that mean?
**[05:28] Kamui**
Lately there've been rumors
about a legendary clan.
**[05:32] Kamui**
Some fighters search the world for it,
while others say it's just a fantasy.
**[05:37] Chrono**
Just a fantasy? Then this deck is fake?
**[05:41] Mark**
No, it's not fake.
**[05:43] Mark**
There's a record of it being used
at the Asia Circuit ten years ago.
**[05:48] Kamui**
You know a lot about it, Mark.
**[05:50] Kamui**
Are ya seriously gonna sell it?
**[05:52] Kamui**
That'd be such a waste.
**[05:54] Chrono**
But I'm not interested in the game.
**[05:56] Kamui**
If you're not interested, why do ya have it?
**[05:59] Chrono**
Um...
**[06:04] Chrono**
What's this?
***SIGN*** For Shindou
**[06:12] Chrono**
This is that Vanguard thing, right?
**[06:16] Chrono**
Who put it there?
**[06:19] Chrono**
Well, whatever.
***SIGN*** Burnable Trash
**[06:22] Student**
Hold up, Shindou.
**[06:25] Student**
You live with your aunt, don't you?
**[06:28] Student**
I bet you don't have time to play Vanguard.
**[06:32] Student**
So I'll take this off your hands.
**[06:34] Student**
Especially since it looks pretty rare...
**[06:44] Dran**
Chrono... Chrono!
**[06:48] Student**
The heck?! You were gonna throw it away!
**[06:51] Chrono**
What am I doing?
There's no way cards can talk.
**[06:56] Student**
If you don't want that, give it to me!
**[07:00] Student**
Drat. I probably could've
gotten lots of money for that.
**[07:03] Student**
Wh-What?!
**[07:06] Chrono**
Can I sell these?
**[07:15] Kamui**
You're in middle school, right?
**[07:17] Kamui**
What do ya need the money for?
**[07:19] Chrono**
Once I finish middle school,
I wanna live on my own.
**[07:23] Chrono**
This could really add to the pot.
**[07:25] Mark**
Live on your own? Then Mikuru--
**[07:29] Mark**
It's nothing.
**[07:31] Mark**
So, have you ever played Cardfight before?
**[07:34] Chrono**
No.
**[07:36] Kamui**
What a waste. Cards like that and all...
**[07:39] Chrono**
Whatever, just buy this off me!
**[07:41] Kamui**
Forget it! We're not buying that deck
unless ya do a Cardfight against me first.
**[07:46] Chrono**
Who are you, anyway?
**[07:49] Kamui**
Why, I'm this shop's...
**[07:51] Kamui**
...part-timer!
**[08:05] Kamui**
I'd feel bad for these cards if ya never
learn their worth, other than monetary value.
**[08:13] Chrono**
But I don't know anything about Cardfight.
**[08:17] Kamui**
Those are your cards.
**[08:19] Kamui**
So they wanna fight for ya.
**[08:24] Chrono**
Well, I guess there's no harm
in learning what these cards are.
**[08:28] Kamui**
The rules are simple.
**[08:30] Kamui**
First of all, Vanguard is...
**[08:30] Mark**
There's no mistaking it.
**[08:33] Mark**
Shinemon, please get back soon.
**[08:38] Kamui**
All right, let's get started.
**[08:40] Kamui**
Now, imagine it.
**[08:43] Kamui**
We're astral bodies that have
just landed on the planet Cray.
**[08:47] Chrono**
The planet Cray...?
**[09:19] Kamui**
All right, let's go.
**[09:21] Kamui**
Show me your First Vanguard.
**[09:23] Kamui**
Stand up...
**[09:25] Chrono**
Stand up...
**[09:26] The Two**
...Vanguard!
**[09:28] Kamui**
I ride! Battleraizer!
**[09:33] Chrono**
This is... "riding"?
**[09:37] Chrono**
Then this unit I'm riding must be...
**[09:42] Chrono**
...the Vanguard.
**[09:44] Chrono**
Chrono Dran...
**[09:46] Chrono**
It's my first time playing,
but I recognize him somehow!
**[09:53] Kamui**
Chrono Dran?
**[09:55] Kamui**
That's a Gear Chronicle unit, huh?
**[09:59] Kamui**
Why're ya blushing?
**[10:02] Chrono**
Why does it have the same name as me?
**[10:08] Shin**
Enough already!
**[10:09] Esuka**
Such an embarrassment!
**[10:11] Esuka**
A man over 30, walking around town
with graffiti on his face!
**[10:16] Shin**
My phone?
**[10:18] Shin**
Mark's calling?
**[10:20] Esuka**
I'm sure it's about some plan to hang out.
**[10:23] Esuka**
I swear, you're both over 30,
yet you still act like teenagers.
**[10:29] Shin**
By the way, what's your relationship with him?
**[10:33] Esuka**
Don't jump to conclusions!
He's my younger brother.
**[10:36] Esuka**
He's gotten interested in Vanguard recently,
**[10:38] Esuka**
so I'm having him assist me at the
Esuka Headquarters in Singapore, that's all.
**[10:42] Shin**
What conclusion would I jump to?
**[10:44] Esuka**
The way you talk gets on my nerves!
**[10:46] Esuka**
Who do you think you are?!
**[10:48] Shin**
Shin Nitta.
**[10:50] Shin**
My personality hasn't changed in years.
You should be used to it by now.
**[10:57] Esuka**
Anyway, the Esuka Group has had
major success with overseas expansion.
**[11:03] Shin**
I heard both Nanami and Tonori are
idolized as star fighters by fans overseas.
**[11:11] Esuka**
There have been rumors
among those overseas fans
**[11:15] Esuka**
about the existence of a clan
called Gear Chronicle.
***SIGN*** Weakness is a sin Fight with a smile
***SIGN*** Vanguard Committee Strong fighters wanted! Weakness is a sin! Fight with a smile! Even you can play Vanguard!
**[11:21] Oyama**
So that's why you're here?
**[11:24] Oyama**
Welcome to the newly-launched
Vanguard Committee!
**[11:30] Oyama**
My, it's been quite a while!
**[11:33] Esuka**
Pardon the interruption, but... who are you?
**[11:37] Oyama**
It's me! Ryutarou Oyama,
the fighter of endless summer.
**[11:42] Shin**
Oh. Of course it would be you, Mr. Oyama.
**[11:46] Kanzaki**
And just who are you?
**[11:50] Oyama**
You wanna join the committee?
Which clan do you use?
**[11:54] Shin**
Um... I'm Shin Nitta...
**[11:58] Oyama**
Nitta? Shinemon?!
**[12:01] Kanzaki**
Ridiculous! This creepy man in an apron
is the same man who once beat me?!
**[12:08] Esuka**
I agree that he's creepy, but he is what he is.
**[12:12] Shin**
Huh? Isn't Ruga Kaizu with you?
**[12:15] Oyama**
It seems the disappearance of
Rive Shindou was a real shock for him.
**[12:21] Oyama**
He said he didn't want any more
to do with the Vanguard world.
**[12:26] Oyama**
We're trying to build an organization
that trains Vanguard fighters from kids on up.
**[12:34] Oyama**
An ideal fight is...
**[12:36] Kanzaki**
...when might makes right.
**[12:36] Oyama**
...when everyone smiles.
**[12:39] Oyama**
You're still on that?!
**[12:41] Kanzaki**
The purpose of the committee
is to produce strong Vanguard fighters.
**[12:46] Esuka**
All right, all right.
So where's your committee chair?
**[12:50] Ryuzu**
Here I am.
**[12:52] Shin**
Ryuzu Myoujin?!
**[12:54] Ryutarou**
And who are you?
**[12:56] Shin**
Again...?
**[12:58] Esuka**
Just give up.
**[13:01] Ryuzu**
It seems Gear Chronicle has
become a worldwide urban legend.
**[13:07] Esuka**
Don't play dumb. Wasn't this place
ground zero of that legend?
**[13:11] Esuka**
You used to have contact with
Gear Chronicle's Chronotiger Rebellion,
**[13:16] Esuka**
and conducted unit summoning experiments.
**[13:19] Ryuzu**
If we can interact with the planet Cray,
Earth will have a wonderful future.
**[13:25] Ryuzu**
While my end goal hasn't changed,
I now insist on safe and peaceful means.
**[13:30] Kanzaki**
Children like strong units.
**[13:33] Kanzaki**
That's probably why the rumors of
Gear Chronicle took on a life of their own.
**[13:37] Ryuzu**
Besides, the real issue was never the cards.
It was the Singularities.
**[13:44] Esuka**
The Singularities... How is
Chrono Shindou doing these days?
**[13:49] Shin**
He's in middle school already,
and seemingly uninterested in Vanguard.
**[13:54] Esuka**
He mustn't ever come into contact
with Gear Chronicle.
**[13:57] Shin**
Don't worry.
**[13:59] Shin**
Tatsuya and Mishima are continuing
their research at a university in the US.
**[14:04] Shin**
I'm sure what happened
ten years ago will never happen again.
**[14:08] Esuka**
Can you really be certain...?
**[14:13] Esuka**
Oh, well.
**[14:15] Esuka**
It's been a long time, so how about
if I treat you to a delicious dinner--
**[14:18] Shin**
Sorry, I have to get back to work! Take care!
**[14:22] Esuka**
You don't have to go so far as to
emulate your master's abrupt exits!
**[14:29] Chrono**
I'll, uh... "ride" this dragon.
**[14:33] Kamui**
What the hey?
**[14:35] Kamui**
You've gotta state the card's name clearly!
**[14:39] Chrono**
Why do all of these cards share my name?
**[14:42] Chrono**
I ride this Chronojet Dragon!
**[14:48] Kamui**
Whoa! What is that unit?!
**[14:53] Shin**
Is it true that Chrono's here, Mark?
**[15:06] Shin**
Chrono Shindou...
**[15:09] Shin**
Chrono is playing Vanguard.
**[15:12] Shin**
But where did he get Gear Chronicle?
**[15:15] Mark**
He said he found the deck in his shoe locker.
**[15:17] Shin**
I never could make sense of
your messed-up Japanese, Mark.
**[15:22] Mark**
Nooo!
**[15:24] Chrono**
6 damage.
**[15:28] Kamui**
It was tight, but I still managed to win.
**[15:32] Chrono**
So this is Vanguard...
**[15:34] Kamui**
Well?
**[15:36] Kamui**
It got pretty fun there, huh?
**[15:38] Chrono**
Yeah...
**[15:40] Chrono**
It annoyed me when things didn't go
my way, but that's how reality works, too.
**[15:47] Chrono**
I guess it's kind of fun.
**[15:49] Kamui**
You show promise.
**[15:50] Kamui**
All right, from now on,
you're my number-one disciple!
**[15:54] Chrono**
Did I say I wanted to be your disciple?
**[15:57] Kamui**
I'm Kamui Katsuragi.
**[15:59] Kamui**
What's your name?
**[16:01] Chrono**
I'm--
**[16:02] Shin**
Chrono Shindou.
**[16:06] Kamui**
Shin!
**[16:08] Kamui**
Chrono?
**[16:09] Chrono**
How do you know my name?
**[16:13] Shin**
So he did lose his memories...
**[16:17] Chrono**
Why do you know about me?!
**[16:19] Shin**
That deck holds an important meaning for you.
**[16:24] Shin**
If you can solve its riddle,
you'll be able to discover who you are.
**[16:30] Shin**
Probably.
**[16:33] Chrono**
I don't like you.
**[16:35] Chrono**
An adult wearing a smug look
who talks like he knows everything.
**[16:38] Kamui**
Hey, Shin's the manager here!
**[16:41] Chrono**
The manager?
**[16:43] Chrono**
Is he any good at Vanguard?
**[16:45] Kamui**
You bet he is!
**[16:46] Kamui**
Ten years ago, Shin and Mark's Team Nippon
almost made it to the world championship!
**[16:55] Kamui**
Look!
**[17:00] Chrono**
Isn't that Rive Shindou?
**[17:05] Kamui**
Shindou?
**[17:07] Chrono**
What's a photo of my father doing here?
**[17:11] Mark**
Actually...
**[17:12] Shin**
If you want to know that, how about
having a Vanguard fight with me, too?
**[17:17] Kamui**
Shin?
**[17:19] Shin**
How about it, Chrono?
**[17:21] Misaki**
All of you, back to work!
**[17:24] Kamui**
There she is!
**[17:28] Misaki**
You're...
**[17:29] Shin**
He and I were just about to have a Vanguard--
**[17:33] Shin**
Uh, nothing!
**[17:38] Chrono**
What the heck was that about?
**[17:42] Mikuru**
It's unusual for you to
get home later than me, Chrono.
**[17:45] Mikuru**
Don't tell me you made a new friend?
**[17:49] Mikuru**
Just teasing.
**[17:51] Chrono**
Mikuru, I have a favor to ask.
**[18:02] MC**
The final match of the Asia Circuit,
Nitta versus Kanzaki, is about to begin!
**[18:11] Shin**
Stand up...
**[18:12] Kanzaki**
Stand up...
**[18:14] The Two**
...Vanguard!
**[18:15] Chrono**
Shin Nitta... Shinemon...
**[18:22] Mikuru**
Until now, he's never expressed
any interest in my dumb brother's matches.
**[18:29] MC**
What is going on with Shinemon Nitta?!
**[18:33] MC**
He keeps accumulating damage,
with nothing to show for it!
**[18:37] Mark**
Shinemon!
**[18:38] Mikuru**
Shinemon, what's wrong with you?!
**[18:46] Chrono**
Is that me?
**[18:55] Shin**
No guard!
**[18:57] Kanzaki**
Drive check!
**[19:00] Kanzaki**
Critical trigger!
**[19:02] MC**
And that's 6 damage!
**[19:04] MC**
The winner of the final
Asia Circuit match is Yuichirou Kanzaki!
**[19:10] Kanzaki**
Shinemon Nitta!
**[19:12] Kanzaki**
I've run out of tears for your weakness!
**[19:24] Chrono**
What's the deal? Shin wound up losing!
**[19:37] Shin**
I finally finished
calculating this month's profits...
**[19:43] Shin**
Mikuru...
**[19:47] Shin**
When was the last time I saw you?
**[19:49] Mikuru**
Shinemon...
**[19:51] Mikuru**
Oh, right, you go by Shin now.
**[19:54] Shin**
I heard you launched your own company.
**[19:57] Mikuru**
I've always wanted to work
in the makeup industry.
**[20:01] Mikuru**
But I'm still way in the red.
**[20:03] Mikuru**
And taking care of Chrono...
**[20:04] Shin**
Chrono came by the shop today.
**[20:07] Mikuru**
I knew it...
**[20:09] Shin**
He said someone gave him a deck.
**[20:12] Shin**
He wanted to sell it.
**[20:16] Mikuru**
I don't think he likes me taking care of him.
**[20:20] Mikuru**
It seems he wants to live on his own
after finishing middle school.
**[20:25] Shin**
He's a good kid.
**[20:27] Mikuru**
It's strange. Even though he doesn't
have any memories of Vanguard,
**[20:32] Mikuru**
or of my dumb brother,
he still went to Capital.
**[20:36] Shin**
Yes. He didn't seem to recognize me, either.
**[20:40] Mikuru**
I was relieved that he never
got interested in Vanguard.
**[20:45] Mikuru**
I'd been afraid that he would
end up like my brother one day.
**[20:52] Mikuru**
But Shin, if Chrono wants to play Vanguard...
**[20:57] Shin**
Of course.
**[20:59] Shin**
By the way, I saw Esuka today...
**[21:02] Mikuru**
Esuka?!
**[21:04] Mikuru**
She's still at it?
**[21:07] Mikuru**
I, uh... didn't say anything!
**[21:10] Shin**
Misaki!
**[21:11] Mikuru**
Huh?
**[21:13] Mikuru**
Misaki! Is this guy working hard?
**[21:16] Shin**
Yes, I work hard, Mikuru!
**[21:18] Mikuru**
Sorry, Misaki.
**[21:21] Mikuru**
Well, let me know if
there's anything else with Chrono.
**[21:24] Mikuru**
Good night!
**[21:33] Dran**
Chrono... Chrono!
**[21:41] Shin**
And Misaki used to be so nice...
**[22:10] Shin**
Let's do this!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Chrono's
Chronojet Dragon!
***SIGN*** Chronojet Dragon
**[23:53] Narrator**
Chronojet Dragon, which has
lots of similarities to Chrono Dran,
**[23:56] Narrator**
is the key card of Chrono's deck!
**[23:58] Narrator**
When it attacks, if you do a Counterblast,
**[24:01] Narrator**
it gets +5000 power, and you can prevent
your opponent from calling a sentinel!
**[24:05] Narrator**
And if you discard units from
your hand with a sum of grade 3,
**[24:08] Narrator**
you can superior ride a grade 4!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Shin**
Misaki?
**[24:17] Misaki**
I'm busy...
**[24:18] Shin**
That was the Misaki I knew
before she went off the rails.
**[24:20] Shin**
But then her voice changed
and she became unfriendly to me.
**[24:23] Shin**
I'm so sad that I could cry...! Glance--
**[24:26] Misaki**
Out of the blue, you start going by "Shin."
Your attitude and speaking style disgust me!
**[24:31] Shin**
B-But this is meant to appeal to
parents and female customers!
**[24:35] Misaki**
You just admitted to faking your personality!
**[24:37] Shin**
I guess you preferred the old me,
my "Shinemon" personality, huh?
***SIGN*** Remind 30
A New Vanguard
**[24:41] Misaki**
That was oppressively annoying in its own way!
# E44 - A New Vanguard
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYG5Q2Q1Y/a-new-vanguard)
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***SIGN*** Remind 30 A New Vanguard
***SIGN*** Rive Shindou
**[00:14] Mark**
Rive isn't dead.
**[00:17] Mark**
I'm sure he'll come back.
**[00:19] Mikuru**
It doesn't feel real yet,
but we have to face the facts.
**[00:25] Esuka**
Nothing turned up at the site of Ryuzu Lab.
**[00:30] Esuka**
At the very least, Rive Shindou's body
is nowhere to be found on Earth.
**[00:38] Mikuru**
Chrono doesn't remember anything.
**[00:41] Mikuru**
That may be for the best.
**[00:49] Shin**
I'm a failure as a disciple.
**[00:54] Misaki**
Shin, put these on.
**[00:58] Shin**
Glasses?
**[01:00] Misaki**
I asked Mikuru to buy them for you,
as a sign of a new beginning.
**[01:15] Shin**
Master...
**[01:16] Shin**
From now on, I'll...
**[01:24] Dran**
Chrono!
**[01:33] Chrono**
What was that?
**[01:38] Mikuru**
Chrono, I'm off.
**[01:40] Chrono**
See you later.
**[01:42] Mikuru**
Hey, did you turn in your
future course plan form?
**[01:47] Chrono**
No, not yet.
**[01:49] Mikuru**
Put down whatever you like.
**[01:51] Mikuru**
You can become anything you want to be.
**[02:00] Chrono**
What can I be?
**[02:03] Chrono**
I'm just grateful to be alive,
thanks to the orphanage and Mikuru.
**[02:07] Chrono**
A brat like me...
**[02:16] Shin**
You'll be able to discover who you are.
**[02:22] Chrono**
I'm nothing more than myself.
**[02:25] Tokoha**
Hey, Shindou.
**[02:29] Chrono**
Anjou? What do you want?
**[02:32] Tokoha**
You're the only one who hasn't
turned in a future course plan form.
**[02:37] Chrono**
I've already settled on my future course.
**[02:39] Chrono**
I'm gonna live on my own
so I'm not a burden to anyone.
**[02:41] Tokoha**
Something like that
doesn't count as a future course.
**[02:44] Tokoha**
What high school will you go to?
What future career will you embark on?
**[02:48] Tokoha**
This is so you're not caught unawares
once we're in third year.
**[02:54] Tokoha**
It's also a good opportunity to consider
the possibilities for your future self.
**[03:10] Chrono**
I've ended up drawn here again...
**[03:16] Kamui**
I figured you'd come.
**[03:17] Kamui**
Shin! Shin!
**[03:23] Shin**
I've awaited your arrival.
**[03:25] Shin**
I mean, I've been waiting for you!
**[03:29] Kamui**
Shin, what's with that outfit and glasses?
**[03:33] Shin**
I kind of wanted to fight in serious mode.
**[03:36] Kamui**
O-Okay.
**[03:37] Shin**
If you win, Chrono, I'll buy your deck
or do whatever you want me to.
**[03:42] Kamui**
What if you win, Shin?
**[03:46] Shin**
I just want to fight Chrono.
**[03:50] Chrono**
Then let's do it!
**[03:52] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[04:01] Chrono**
This form... I really did remember it.
**[04:07] Shin**
So that's become your First Vanguard?
**[04:11] Chrono**
What's the deal?
**[04:13] Chrono**
I ride Bearing Rover.
**[04:18] Shin**
I ride Atlas of Heavenly Sphere!
**[04:21] Shin**
Here I come!
**[04:23] Kamui**
This is the first time I've seen
Shin use a Genesis deck.
**[04:28] Shin**
So, what are you gonna do?
**[04:31] Chrono**
Um, I guard with Ring Ring Worker.
**[04:36] Kamui**
With that, you've got 23,000.
**[04:38] Shin**
Drive check!
**[04:44] Chrono**
I ride Stroboscope Dragon.
**[04:48] Chrono**
I call Steam Fencer, Idena and Bearing Rover!
**[04:55] Chrono**
Here I go!
**[04:56] Shin**
Cyber Tiger!
**[04:58] Chrono**
You guarded?
**[04:59] Kamui**
Yeah, but now ya need to do a drive check.
**[05:02] Chrono**
Oh, right.
**[05:04] Chrono**
Drive check!
**[05:06] Chrono**
Critical trigger!
**[05:08] Chrono**
Um, I can use this on rear-guards, too,
so I give all the effects to Idena!
**[05:14] Shin**
Huh.
**[05:15] Shin**
Idena attacks your Vanguard
with a boost from Bearing Rover!
**[05:19] Kamui**
There ya go.
**[05:20] Kamui**
Between the effects of that trigger
and the boost, you've got a total of 33,000!
**[05:26] Shin**
No guard!
**[05:27] Shin**
Damage check!
**[05:32] Chrono**
Yes! I got in the first 2 damage points!
**[05:34] Shin**
That was a good attack.
**[05:36] Kamui**
That's 'cause he's got a good vanguard.
**[05:38] Chrono**
My vanguard?
**[05:41] Kamui**
A vanguard is like someone who leads the way.
**[05:45] Kamui**
In the game, a vanguard makes pacts with units
from the planet Cray and leads them into battle.
**[05:50] Kamui**
And in real life, it can mean someone
who leads the way for fellow fighters.
**[05:55] Kamui**
In other words, Chrono, *I'm* your vanguard.
**[05:58] Chrono**
Huh...
**[06:00] Shin**
I ride!
**[06:02] Shin**
I call Phosphoros of Auspicious Light
and Diana of Moonlight!
**[06:06] Shin**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[06:09] Chrono**
Steam Bomber, Digul!
**[06:11] Shin**
Phosphoros and Diana!
**[06:15] Chrono**
No guard!
**[06:17] Chrono**
Damage check!
**[06:20] Chrono**
You're out of attacks. It's my turn now, right?
**[06:24] Shin**
No. Before the end of my turn,
Diana's skill activates.
**[06:29] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Force I.
**[06:32] Chrono**
That's all?
**[06:34] Chrono**
Stand and draw!
**[06:37] Chrono**
I ride Chronojet Dragon!
**[06:45] Kamui**
Another unit sharing your name, Chrono?
**[06:52] Chrono**
I also get an Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[06:57] Kamui**
With that, Chrono's Vanguard gets +10,000 power!
**[07:01] Chrono**
Chronojet Dragon attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:05] Shin**
No guard!
**[07:06] Chrono**
Drive check!
**[07:09] Kamui**
All right, a critical!
**[07:11] Chrono**
I give the power to Idena and
the extra critical to Chronojet!
**[07:18] Chrono**
2 more damage and I win!
**[07:20] Chrono**
Idena attacks your Vanguard!
**[07:23] Kamui**
He can't clinch it this turn.
**[07:26] Kamui**
Attacking a rear-guard would be best,
but I haven't taught him that far yet.
**[07:33] Shin**
No guard!
**[07:35] Chrono**
I did it! Just 1 more damage!
**[07:38] Kamui**
Yeah! Hang in there through the next turn!
**[07:44] Shin**
I also had a vanguard.
**[07:46] Shin**
Well, I called him "Master."
**[07:49] Kamui**
Huh, really? Where is he now?
**[07:54] Shin**
He had a childlike personality,
**[07:58] Shin**
and whenever he seemed about to lose,
he'd take off, saying he had to get to work,
**[08:03] Shin**
so I never could beat him.
**[08:06] Shin**
Never mind work. Even though he had a wife
and child, it's as if Vanguard was his mistress.
**[08:16] Chrono**
That doesn't sound like a responsible adult.
**[08:19] Shin**
I used to think that, too.
**[08:21] Shin**
But what is an adult, Chrono?
**[08:25] Shin**
How does one become an adult?
**[08:35] Chrono**
When and how did *you* become an adult?!
**[08:46] Shin**
I ride!
**[08:48] Shin**
A ray of light pierces the darkness!
**[08:51] Shin**
No matter how faint it may be,
I am the one who will recite and extol it!
**[08:58] Shin**
Behold!
**[08:59] Shin**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus!
**[09:02] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[09:08] Shin**
Atlas! Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
**[09:11] Shin**
Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon! Come!
**[09:31] Chrono**
All those grade 3s...
**[09:33] Shin**
Atlas's skill activates!
**[09:36] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[09:40] Kamui**
Three Force I gifts. That gives
Shin's Vanguard +30,000 power.
**[09:45] Kamui**
But that's not all.
**[09:48] Shin**
My master told me that with Vanguard,
I can become anything.
**[09:54] Shin**
It's the same with real life.
**[09:56] Shin**
Anything I can imagine, I can become.
**[10:00] Shin**
You don't have to settle on just one thing.
**[10:02] Shin**
He was the first adult to tell me that.
**[10:07] Chrono**
Imagining...
**[10:13] Shin**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus's
skill activates!
**[10:16] Shin**
With three Imaginary Gifts,
I can deploy the Astral Plane!
**[10:20] Chrono**
"Astral Plane"?
**[10:22] Shin**
The Astral Plane is where
the Astral Deities can appear!
**[10:25] Chrono**
"Astral Deities"? What're those?
**[10:28] Shin**
This is my victory pattern!
**[10:30] Shin**
Circle Shift!
**[10:31] Shin**
Astral Plane!
**[10:44] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[10:47] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[10:51] Chrono**
Grade 5. 70,000 power!
**[10:54] Chrono**
That's an Astral Deity?
**[10:58] Shin**
With Valkerion, I can look at the top
five cards of my deck, choose one,
**[11:02] Shin**
and Valkerion gets the same number of
drive checks as that card's grade.
**[11:08] Shin**
I got a Quintet Drive!
**[11:10] Chrono**
"Quintet"?
**[11:11] Kamui**
It means five of them.
**[11:14] Chrono**
Five?!
**[11:15] Shin**
Zodiac Blazer! Quintet!
**[11:23] Chrono**
I'm sure the only thing
to do for that is no guard!
**[11:26] Shin**
Drive check!
**[11:27] Shin**
First check!
**[11:30] Shin**
Second check!
**[11:33] Shin**
I give the power to Phosphoros
and the extra critical to Valkerion!
**[11:37] Shin**
Third check!
**[11:39] Chrono**
A second critical!
**[11:41] Shin**
Again, I give the power to Phosphoros
and the extra critical to Valkerion!
**[11:45] Shin**
Fourth check!
**[11:47] Shin**
Fifth check!
**[11:49] Kamui**
The last one's a draw trigger...
**[11:52] Shin**
I give the power to Phosphoros. Attack!
**[11:58] Kamui**
3 damage! Ya do three damage checks.
**[12:01] Chrono**
Yes, I know!
**[12:02] Chrono**
First check!
**[12:05] Chrono**
Second check!
**[12:07] Chrono**
Critical trigger! I give
all the effects to my Vanguard!
**[12:10] Chrono**
Third check!
**[12:26] Chrono**
I'm still only at 4 damage.
**[12:28] Shin**
My master never held back.
**[12:31] Shin**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus's
skill activates!
**[12:34] Chrono**
Skill?
**[12:36] Shin**
By resting two Astral Poet units,
I can attack again with Valkerion.
**[12:51] Chrono**
Another 70,000 power attack?!
**[12:54] Kamui**
Worse, he's also got his Vanguard's attack left.
**[12:59] Kamui**
Let's see how long ya can hold out...
**[13:05] Shin**
Origin Deity of Heavenly Light, Uranus
attacks your Vanguard!
**[13:10] Chrono**
No guard!
**[13:11] Shin**
Drive check!
**[13:15] Shin**
Draw trigger! I give the power to Phosphoros!
**[13:22] Chrono**
Damage check!
**[13:24] Chrono**
Critical trigger! I give
all of the effects to my Vanguard!
**[13:28] Kamui**
1 more damage point and ya lose, Chrono!
**[13:31] Chrono**
Come and get me, Valkerion!
**[13:33] Shin**
Valkerion attacks your Vanguard!
**[13:36] Chrono**
I guard with two Steam Maiden, Uluru units!
**[13:41] Kamui**
Thanks to the trigger, ya guarded successfully!
**[13:44] Shin**
Best not forget, though.
**[13:47] Shin**
I can still attack with *this* one.
**[13:49] Shin**
Phosphoros of Auspicious Light
attacks your Vanguard!
**[13:53] Shin**
Phosphoros's skill activates!
**[13:55] Shin**
+5000 power!
**[13:58] Kamui**
The power from that trigger
and Diana's boost added to that...
**[14:03] Shin**
Phosphoros's power is 63,000!
**[14:07] Chrono**
I guard!
**[14:08] Kamui**
You're gonna use up all your hand?!
**[14:11] Shin**
And your guard is just equal, 63,000!
**[14:14] Shin**
It's not enough!
**[14:15] Chrono**
I also intercept with my rear-guard Diana!
**[14:20] Diana**
Leave it to me, my Vanguard!
**[14:23] Chrono**
Idena, please!
**[14:33] Kamui**
Ya rode it out, but you've got zero cards
in hand, while Shin still has plenty of them.
**[14:43] Chrono**
In the end, this is reality.
**[14:48] Chrono**
Shinemon Nitta. Why didn't you go on
to become an international pro fighter,
**[14:55] Chrono**
when you're this strong?
**[14:57] Kamui**
Hey!
**[14:58] Chrono**
I know you lost in the finals
of the Asia Circuit ten years ago.
**[15:03] Chrono**
Your dream never panned out.
**[15:05] Chrono**
You talk about being able to become anything,
but the reality is you're fighting kids like me.
**[15:10] Kamui**
Wha...?!
**[15:17] Shin**
Reality is garbage.
**[15:20] Shin**
Those are also my master's words.
**[15:23] Shin**
Even if you have a variety of dreams
and are able to imagine yourself in them...
**[15:29] Shin**
Well, while I was working through that,
my dear master disappeared.
**[15:36] Chrono**
Disappeared?
**[15:38] Shin**
That's why I'm here.
**[15:42] Shin**
I pass on to children the wisdom
I received from my master!
**[15:47] Shin**
As long as you can imagine it,
you can become anything!
**[15:54] Chrono**
But even when I try to imagine it,
all I can see is myself losing.
**[16:00] Shin**
Master never mastered this deck.
**[16:04] Shin**
But I know you can do it, Chrono.
**[16:08] Shin**
You can hear the voices of the units!
**[16:10] Shin**
Listen to them, Chrono!
**[16:14] Shin**
Rewrite your imagination!
**[16:16] Shin**
Rewrite this lousy reality and the image of
your own failure, then face the future and fly!
**[16:26] Chrono**
Stand and draw!
**[16:33] Chrono**
What's that?
**[16:35] Dran**
Chrono... Chrono!
**[16:38] Dran**
Have you forgotten me?
**[16:42] Chrono**
You're Chrono... Dran.
**[16:45] Dran**
You called to me. That's how I found you.
**[16:49] Dran**
And even now...
**[16:52] Chrono**
Dran...
**[16:55] Dran**
So, what do you want to do?
**[16:57] Dran**
Together, the two of us can do anything.
**[17:02] Chrono**
I want to defeat him.
**[17:07] Chrono**
No, wait.
**[17:10] Chrono**
I want to defeat my current self,
**[17:12] Chrono**
who uses the fact that I forgot everything
as an excuse to run away from my true self.
**[17:20] Dran**
Sure, that's easy.
**[17:22] Dran**
Let's destroy your "self."
**[17:25] Dran**
Go!
**[17:31] Chrono**
I'll destroy who I am now.
**[17:33] Chrono**
And then...
**[17:36] Chrono**
Chronojet Dragon's skill activates.
**[17:38] Chrono**
By discarding one or more cards with
the sum of their grades being 3 or higher,
**[17:43] Chrono**
I superior ride Chronodragon Nextage
from my deck!
**[17:49] Chrono**
Manifest here and now,
being that transcends all others!
**[17:54] Chrono**
Chronodragon Nextage!
**[17:57] Kamui**
He can superior ride a grade 4?!
**[18:00] Shin**
Right! Ten years ago, Ryuzu superior rode
Chronotiger Rebellion from Chronofang Tiger!
**[18:09] Shin**
It's Gear Chronicle's power to transcend time!
**[18:14] Chrono**
Did I surpass myself?
**[18:16] Chrono**
Chronodragon Nextage attacks!
**[18:20] Chrono**
Super Dimensional Roar!
**[18:25] Shin**
Goddess of Self-sacrifice, Kushinada!
**[18:27] Kamui**
A perfect guard!
**[18:28] Shin**
I don't take any damage,
but you can do a drive check.
**[18:33] Chrono**
No trigger!
**[18:35] Kamui**
Aww man, now it's Shin's turn agai--
**[18:38] Chrono**
Chronodragon Nextage's skill activates!
**[18:41] Chrono**
To pay the cost, I discard the two units
that the drive check just added to my hand,
**[18:46] Chrono**
and then retire Chronodragon Nextage!
**[18:49] Shin**
Riding Chronojet Dragon, from the Soul?!
**[18:52] Shin**
Guide me to the future and open up a new world!
**[18:56] Shin**
I superior ride Chronojet Dragon!
**[19:06] Chrono**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[19:10] Chrono**
Chronojet Dragon attacks!
**[19:12] Chrono**
Including the power of the
two Imaginary Gifts, I have 53,000!
**[19:16] Kamui**
And with the card's skill, your opponent can't
use Sentinels to guard against the attack!
**[19:22] Shin**
Kukurihime! Cyber Tiger! Diana of Moonlight!
**[19:25] Shin**
Phosphoros, you help too!
**[19:27] Phosphoros**
No problem!
**[19:35] Shin**
Even without a perfect guard,
I have 58,000 to your 53,000!
**[19:40] Chrono**
Drive check!
**[19:42] Chrono**
First check!
**[19:43] Chrono**
Second check!
**[19:45] Kamui**
A draw trigger!
**[19:47] Chrono**
I give the power to Chronojet Dragon!
**[19:49] Chrono**
That gives me a total of 63,000!
**[19:59] Chrono**
Lightning Soul Attack! Consecutive Burst!
**[20:07] Shin**
Damage check.
**[20:14] Shin**
You got me!
**[20:19] Chrono**
I won?
**[20:22] Kamui**
That was awesome, Chrono!
**[20:23] Kamui**
You've totally mastered Gear Chronicle!
**[20:27] Chrono**
No, I...
**[20:30] Chrono**
Hey!
**[20:33] Chrono**
I feel like I wish I could've met your "master."
**[20:42] Chrono**
What the heck?
**[20:45] Chrono**
Why am I... crying?
**[21:07] Dran**
I saw Chrono's dream.
**[21:16] Esuka**
Chrono used a Gear Chronicle deck?!
**[21:19] Shin**
I don't know where he got it from.
**[21:22] Shin**
But I think it would be okay if
I just keep an eye on him for a while.
**[21:26] Shin**
People may say that Vanguard is just a game,
**[21:31] Shin**
but playing it can teach you important lessons
and give you dreams to reach for.
**[21:37] Esuka**
Could it be you don't want to be the adult
who tells him it's dangerous and confiscates it?
**[21:41] Shin**
We're told that if adults engage them earnestly,
then children will have boundless imagination.
**[21:47] Shin**
That's what I believe.
**[21:49] Esuka**
And that's why you also believe in
the potential of Gear Chronicle?
**[21:53] Esuka**
How exasperating.
**[21:55] Esuka**
This means you're still a child.
**[21:58] Esuka**
But I still prefer you
with these glasses and hairstyle.
**[22:07] Shin**
W-Well, I'm not so sure--
**[22:37] Shin**
Welcome. Thanks for coming.
**[22:41] Kid**
Shin, check out my deck!
**[22:43] Kid**
Shin, which ones are the new packs?!
**[22:46] Kid**
Shin, let's fight!
**[22:51] Shion**
Shin, see you tomorrow.
**[23:03] Shion**
Huh, isn't he in my class?
**[23:15] Kid**
Is this one strong?
**[23:16] Chrono**
U-Um...
**[23:21] Shin**
Hi. Welcome.
**[23:24] Shin**
All right, let's imagine.
**[23:26] Shin**
To become strong, you need imagination.
**[23:29] Kid**
I got stronger!
**[23:31] Shin**
That's right!
**[23:34] Shin**
Imagine!
**[23:35] Kids**
Imagine!
**[23:35] Shin**
Imagine!
**[23:38] Kids**
Imagine!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:48] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Chrono's
Chronodragon Nextage!
***SIGN*** Chronodragon Nextage
**[23:53] Narrator**
Using Chronojet Dragon's skill, you can
superior ride Nextage directly from your deck.
**[23:58] Narrator**
And once the unit is done attacking,
if you discard two cards from your hand,
**[24:01] Narrator**
you can immediately ride
Chronojet Dragon from the Soul!
**[24:04] Narrator**
May the consecutive attacks
leading from Nextage to Chronojet
**[24:07] Narrator**
guide you to the future
and open up a new world!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:16] Shin**
After half a year,
**[24:18] Shin**
"*Cardfight Vanguard*: Fight, Shinemon Nitta!!
Protect Earth!!" has reached its final episode.
**[24:24] Shin**
It's a desperate situation,
even for the invincible Vanguard,
**[24:27] Shin**
who must now face down
the seven demonic armies from hell!
**[24:30] Shin**
Stand up! Arise, Vanguard!
**[24:33] Shin**
Just then, a new ally appears!
And his name is: Vanguard Great!!
**[24:38] Mikuru**
What if the kids take you seriously?!
***SIGN*** Remind 31
Vanguard Abnormality
Shinemon Encyclopedia
**[24:41] Mikuru**
You Dynamic-Deceiver Cinnamon!
# E45 - Vanguard Abnormality: Shinemon Encyclopedia - Three Idols? / Shin Nitta
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR2489N76/vanguard-abnormality-shinemon-encyclopedia---three-idols--shin-nitta)
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**[00:03] Shin**
Hello. I'm Shin Nitta.
**[00:07] Shin**
It's very difficult to make TV anime.
**[00:11] Shin**
Case in point, we finished
our story arc in last week's episode,
**[00:14] Shin**
but still had one more episode scheduled.
**[00:18] Shin**
Still, no need to worry.
**[00:20] Shin**
Thinking this might happen, I prepared
a special episode where I'm the main--
**[00:23] Shinemon**
Hold it right there!
**[00:25] Shinemon**
I, *Shinemon Nitta*, am the star of this show!
**[00:29] Shinemon**
My story goes first!
**[00:31] Shinemon**
This took place while
I was still a college student.
***SIGN*** Remind 31
{Vanguard Abnormality
Shinemon Encyclopedia
} Three Idols?
**[02:11] Kai**
Blaster Blade attacks!
**[02:16] Miwa**
I lost.
**[02:18] Kai**
We've really gotta thank Ibuki
for teaching us this fun game.
**[02:23] Ibuki**
You called?
**[02:26] Miwa**
Ibuki?! When did you get here?
**[02:29] Ibuki**
You two were engrossed in your fight...
**[02:32] Ibuki**
But anyway, Miwa, Kai, take a look at this.
***SIGN*** Special Vanguard Day Secret Event
**[02:36] Miwa**
What's going on?
**[02:37] Miwa**
"Announcing a Special Vanguard Day to
celebrate the release of a new booster set."
***SIGN*** Special Vanguard Day Secret Event
**[02:42] Miwa**
"To feature a variety of events,
including an astonishing Secret Event."
**[02:49] Miwa**
Sounds like fun!
**[02:51] Kai**
What's the shop?
***SIGN*** Cardshop Esuka
**[02:53] Ibuki**
Cardshop Esuka...
**[02:58] Mikuru**
We're going to be idols?!
**[03:00] Nanami**
You're that delighted?
**[03:01] Mikuru**
Gulp!
**[03:02] Mikuru**
D-Don't be silly! Of course not!
**[03:04] Mikuru**
Seriously, the two of us, idols?!
**[03:07] Esuka**
Not two, but three.
**[03:12] Esuka**
Thanks for your support, everyone!
**[03:18] Esuka**
I am the eternal idol, Esuka Hibino!
**[03:24] Mikuru**
But why must the three of us become idols?
**[03:28] Hitsujida**
I shall explain.
**[03:32] Hitsujida**
On this Sunday, to celebrate
the release of a new booster set,
**[03:36] Hitsujida**
we will be holding a Special Vanguard Day.
***SIGN*** Special Vanguard Day Secret Event: Famous Idol Hand-off
**[03:40] Hitsujida**
For the secret activity, we had planned a
hand-off event featuring a certain famous idol.
**[03:46] Mikuru**
"Hand-off event"?
**[03:47] Esuka**
It's where fans buy photo books or CDs,
and the idol herself hands it directly to them.
**[03:53] Hitsujida**
Although we did have a
famous idol lined up for the event...
**[03:58] Hitsujida**
...she suddenly canceled on us.
**[04:02] Esuka**
I even asked another girl,
but her schedule didn't work out.
**[04:06] Esuka**
That's when I thought of you two!
**[04:09] Esuka**
The three of us are going to
form an idol unit for one day only!
**[04:13] Esuka**
We'll take Special Vanguard Day
and kick it into high gear!
**[04:17] Nanami**
W-Well, if that's what
Ms. Esuka wants, I'll go along with it...
**[04:20] Mikuru**
An idol? Yeah, right.
There's no way I'd agree to that.
**[04:27] Nanami**
You did agree to it!
**[04:30] Esuka**
Fundamental to being an idol
is a smile that everyone will love!
**[04:33] Esuka**
Your mouth should be like
when saying the letter "E."
**[04:36] Esuka**
"E"!
**[04:37] Esuka**
Now you try!
**[04:39] Mikuru**
E!
**[04:39] Nanami**
E!
**[04:40] Mikuru**
E!
**[04:41] Nanami**
E!
**[04:43] Esuka**
Next, your outfits!
**[04:44] Esuka**
Hitsujida!
**[04:50] Nanami**
It's unit cosplay!
**[04:52] Mikuru**
Outfits like that exist?!
**[04:54] Esuka**
On the day of the event, you'll be
doing your own makeup, so practice that.
**[04:59] Nanami**
Here I am, Ms. Esuka!
**[05:02] Nanami**
Meow! Aren't I cute?
**[05:06] Esuka**
Cat!
**[05:07] Esuka**
Cat! Cat! Cat!
**[05:09] Mikuru**
Hey, doesn't Ms. Esuka have a cat phobia?
**[05:12] Nanami**
Please don't run, Ms. Esuka!
**[05:15] Nanami**
It's just me!
**[05:17] Tonori**
Yo, do other countries do tongue twisters too?
**[05:21] Mark**
Of course.
**[05:23] Mark**
Eight simians each
consumed one forbidden fruit.
**[05:26] Tonori**
So how'd you say that in English?
**[05:29] Mark**
"Eight apes ate eight apples."
**[05:32] Tonori**
I'll try it, yo.
**[05:34] Tonori**
"Eight apes ate eight apples."
**[05:37] Mark**
What the heck?!
**[05:39] Mark**
He says it better than me,
and that's my native language!
**[05:41] Mark**
Then how about this one?!
**[05:43] Mark**
Peter Piper picked a pec--
**[05:45] Tonori**
"Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers," yo.
**[05:48] Mark**
Yikes...
**[05:49] Mark**
E-Excellent, Tonori.
**[05:51] Mark**
With English that good,
you can upgrade your character.
**[05:55] Tonori**
Okay! From now on,
verily, I shall be Ninja Master II!
**[06:01] Mark**
Tonori, the Starvin' Fighter, yo.
**[06:03] Mark**
His favorite food is
juicy sushi in a jacuzzi, yo.
***SIGN*** Meow! Don't change the characters on the last day!
**[06:15] Miwa**
I wonder what they're
gonna do for the secret event!
**[06:18] Kai**
Beats me.
**[06:20] Ibuki**
It's about to start!
**[06:29] Esuka**
Hello, everyone!
**[06:31] Esuka**
The Special Vanguard Day's secret activity...
**[06:35] Esuka**
...is the three of us doing
a hand-off event AND an attack event!
**[06:42] Mikuru**
Ms. Esuka really is popular, huh?
**[06:45] Nanami**
It's because she used to be an idol.
**[06:48] Mikuru**
All right! We've got to do our best, too!
**[06:51] Nanami**
I guess we're past the point of no return...
**[06:54] Mikuru**
By the way, what's an "attack event"?
**[06:57] Esuka**
Here we come!
**[06:59] Esuka**
Attack!
**[07:01] Esuka**
Bam!
**[07:04] The Three**
Attack!
**[07:06] Ibuki**
What's so fun about being attacked by women?
**[07:09] Kai**
You got me.
**[07:11] Ibuki**
By the way, where's Miwa?
**[07:14] Kai**
Over there!
**[07:16] Miwa**
Getting attacked by gorgeous women
is like a dream come true!
**[07:20] Ibuki**
So Miwa likes older women!
**[07:23] Kai**
Still, there should be limits.
***SIGN*** Event Participants' Green Room Nanami Gonomi Mikuru Shindou
**[07:25] Hitsujida**
We have an emergency!
**[07:28] Hitsujida**
Truth to be told, we are having
trouble with another secret guest!
**[07:33] Mikuru**
There's another secret guest?
**[07:35] Nanami**
Who?
**[07:36] Hitsujida**
Shinemon Nitta!
**[07:39] Hitsujida**
It appears that Sub Manager suddenly
has a fever, so he is looking for a vet.
**[07:45] Hitsujida**
It seems he will be very late.
**[07:47] Mikuru**
Huh? Shinemon's coming here?
**[07:50] Nanami**
Will Sub Manager be okay?!
**[07:53] Nanami**
I'm worried!
**[07:54] Nanami**
I'm just so worried!
**[07:55] Hitsujida**
Please! I am attempting to make up
for the sudden cancellation!
**[07:58] Nanami**
Don't die on me, Sub Manager!
**[08:03] Ryuzu**
A unit summoning experiment.
**[08:05] Ryuzu**
It's forbidden technology that
connects Earth to the planet Cray.
**[08:10] Ryuzu**
Watch closely, humanity!
**[08:13] Ryuzu**
This will be the unit that proves
the existence of the planet Cray:
**[08:17] Ryuzu**
Valkerion!
**[08:27] Ryuzu**
Wait a moment!
**[08:28] Ryuzu**
What was that growl?!
**[08:30] Ryuzu**
I didn't summon *you!*
**[08:35] Esuka**
In the end, Shinemon Nitta didn't make it.
**[08:39] Esuka**
But you two saved the show.
**[08:42] Esuka**
The event was a huge success.
**[08:45] Esuka**
Good job.
**[08:46] Esuka**
Hitsujida.
**[08:48] Hitsujida**
Yes, ma'am.
**[08:50] Mikuru**
What's wrong?
**[08:51] Hitsujida**
Actually, in addition to your pay,
Esuka has a gift for each of you.
**[08:55] Hitsujida**
For Nanami...
**[08:57] Hitsujida**
This.
**[08:58] Nanami**
Meow-meow! It's a giant plushie of Sub Manager!
**[09:02] Hitsujida**
And for Mikuru...
**[09:04] Mikuru**
Makeup!
**[09:06] Esuka**
You can experiment with it
to your heart's content.
**[09:10] Mikuru**
Thank you!
**[09:12] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka, thank you so mu--
**[09:15] Esuka**
I hate cats! I'm afraid
of cats! I'm a fraidy cat!
**[09:18] Mikuru**
Ay-yi-yi...
**[09:20] Nanami**
Oh boy...
**[09:22] Miwa**
Man, that was a blast!
**[09:25] Kai**
Really?
**[09:26] Ibuki**
There really are all kinds of shops.
**[09:29] Miwa**
Yep!
**[09:30] Shinemon**
That took longer than I expected.
**[09:36] The Two**
Misaki!
**[09:37] Nanami**
Hey, how is Sub Manager doing?!
**[09:40] Shinemon**
Fine! The vet said it was just indigestion.
**[09:45] Shinemon**
That aside, why are you all dressed like that?
**[09:48] Esuka**
What do you think?
**[09:49] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka ordered me to...
**[09:52] Mikuru**
I-I'm just keeping Nanami company...
**[09:55] Shinemon**
You look great!
**[09:59] Misaki**
These are cute!
**[10:00] Esuka**
Want to try one on?
**[10:06] Misaki**
How do I look?
**[10:08] Mikuru**
It really suits you!
**[10:10] Nanami**
So stylish!
**[10:12] Shinemon**
You look awesome, Misaki!
**[10:14] Shinemon**
On a whole other level
than Mikuru and Nanami!
**[10:17] Misaki**
That's not true...
**[10:19] Shinemon**
I doubt there are any real idols
who look as cute as you look in that!
**[10:23] Shinemon**
You've got a kung fu grip on my heart!
**[10:29] Shinemon**
What was that for?!
**[10:30] Nanami**
Punishment!
**[10:31] Mikuru**
You Sicko Cinnamon!
**[10:33] Mikuru**
Your true nature rears its head at last!
**[10:35] Shin**
You've got the wrong idea! I was just--
**[10:38] Esuka**
Would you like to become an idol?
**[10:42] Misaki**
Huh?
**[11:03] Shin**
And now we have a story set in the days
when Aichi and the gang frequented Capital.
**[11:09] Shin**
So--
**[11:09] Shinemon**
Enjoy!
***SIGN*** Remind 31
{Vanguard Abnormality
Shinemon Encyclopedia
} Shin Nitta
**[11:20] The Four**
Hey, that's...
**[11:21] Miwa**
Esuka Hibino!
**[11:23] Morikawa**
And there's a swimsuit poster insert!
**[11:26] Kamui**
Whoa! Swimsuits galore!
**[11:29] Aichi**
Shingo, you're--
**[11:30] Naoki**
You're interested in
*that* kinda stuff too, huh?
**[11:33] Shingo**
You misunderstand me!
This is just reference material!
**[11:37] Shingo**
What I meant to show you...
**[11:39] Shingo**
...is this!
***SIGN*** Esu Cup
**[11:41] Kai**
Looks like that's an Esuka Group PR magazine.
**[11:43] Shingo**
Yes, it was published ten years ago.
**[11:47] Kai**
Ten years ago...
**[11:49] Shingo**
Do you recall the story the manager
told us during the new year holiday?
**[11:54] Morikawa**
That tall tale?! But Mr. Mark told us:
**[11:57] Mark**
You were greatly distorting the truth.
**[11:59] Morikawa**
Remember?
**[12:01] Aichi**
But he didn't say it was a lie.
**[12:03] Shingo**
It piqued my curiosity,
so I did some research.
**[12:06] Shingo**
This is the article I wanted you to see.
***SIGN*** Team Capital, Winners of the Esu Cup
**[12:11] Naoki**
The results of the Esu Cup from ten years ago?
**[12:14] Aichi**
And the winner...?
**[12:15] Shingo**
Right here.
***SIGN*** Team Capital, Winners of the Esu Cup
**[12:16] Aichi**
"Team Capital"?!
**[12:18] Kamui**
Seriously?! Who were the members?!
**[12:22] Morikawa**
Ninja Master!
**[12:24] Morikawa**
He's just so cool, y'know?!
**[12:27] Morikawa**
I wanna wear that helmet!
**[12:29] Miwa**
Then this is the manager's mentor?
**[12:32] Aichi**
Is that the manager?
**[12:34] The Four**
Nahhh...
**[12:35] Morikawa**
Seriously, just look at that photo.
**[12:39] Morikawa**
The face and hairstyle are all wrong.
**[12:42] Miwa**
Even the glasses are different.
**[12:44] Kai**
It should have his name there.
**[12:47] Kai**
Shinemon Nitta...
**[12:50] The Four**
Manager?!
**[12:51] Shin**
At your service!
**[12:53] Shin**
Can I help you?
**[12:55] Morikawa**
Manager, your name is "Shin," right?
**[12:58] Miwa**
This says that Shinemon Nitta
won the Esu Cup ten years ago!
**[13:04] Miwa**
Care to explain?
**[13:05] Shin**
W-Well, it's complicated...
**[13:08] Morikawa**
Try us!
**[13:10] Shin**
A-Actually...
**[13:12] Shin**
It's time! I have to open the shop!
**[13:15] Morikawa**
He ran away.
**[13:18] Miwa**
Very suspicious.
**[13:24] Nagashiro**
President.
**[13:26] Naitou**
What are you talking about, Nagashiro?
**[13:29] Naitou**
I've already retired.
**[13:32] Naitou**
You're the president now, remember?
**[13:34] Nagashiro**
Since you're aware of that,
please don't sit in my chair!
**[13:39] Naitou**
Oh. Pardon me.
***SIGN*** *Former* Student Council President
**[13:42] Suwabe**
President--I mean, former President,
what about studying for entrance exams?
**[13:47] Naitou**
I'm just taking a break.
**[13:48] Naitou**
I don't see you studying, either.
**[13:51] Suwabe**
I've already been accepted
based on a recommendation.
**[13:53] Nagashiro**
Wait a moment.
**[13:55] Nagashiro**
Isn't this the day of the entrance exam
for your first-choice university?!
**[13:59] Naitou**
You must be confused. The exam is tomorrow.
**[14:02] Naitou**
It's here on my schedule...
**[14:04] Naitou**
G-GLOBAL!
**[14:06] Suwabe**
It *was* today, wasn't it?
**[14:09] The Two**
Our condolences.
**[14:12] Naitou**
This is a sign from God.
**[14:15] Naitou**
A global fellow like me isn't meant
to study at a Japanese university!
**[14:18] Naitou**
God is telling me to study abroad!
**[14:22] Nagashiro**
Is your English up to it?
**[14:24] Nakagami**
Words are meaningless!
**[14:28] Suwabe**
Nakagami.
**[14:29] Nakagami**
My sixth sense is telling me...
**[14:33] Nakagami**
"Move on to a new venue together."
**[14:35] Naitou**
A new venue, you say?
**[14:37] Nakagami**
That's right.
***SIGN*** Universal Preparatory School Your power is universal!
**[14:39] Nakagami**
A universal world, which surpasses the global.
**[14:43] Nakagami**
Come with me! Follow your destiny!
**[14:47] Suwabe**
That's a pamphlet for a prep school.
**[14:50] Suwabe**
"Introduce a friend now to get
half-price on your own enrollment."
**[14:55] Suwabe**
As I recall, Nakagami hasn't taken
any college entrance exams, either.
**[14:58] Nagashiro**
Which means...
**[15:00] Nagashiro**
...they'll both be in limbo for a year.
**[15:06] Miwa**
I can't believe they're the same person.
**[15:10] Aichi**
But there is a certain similarity...
**[15:13] Naoki**
Maybe they're brothers or cousins?
**[15:15] Naoki**
Like his relative's a really strong fighter,
**[15:17] Naoki**
so he posed as 'im to lure in customers
when he opened this place up?
**[15:22] Aichi**
But Card Capital originally
belonged to Misaki's parents.
**[15:26] Aichi**
I doubt that would've been necessary.
**[15:30] Kai**
Thanks to this article, we know that there
was once a strong fighter named Shinemon Nitta.
**[15:36] Kai**
We also know that he would've
been a regular at Card Capital.
**[15:41] Morikawa**
Then can't we clear the
whole thing up by asking Mr. Mark?
**[15:45] Miwa**
Mr. Mark?
**[15:46] Morikawa**
Yeah. They're old friends, aren't they?
**[15:49] Miwa**
Yeah, but there's no guarantee
he would tell us the truth either.
**[15:53] Miwa**
They might be accomplices.
**[15:55] Aichi**
Accomplices?
**[15:56] Miwa**
Yeah. If they're accomplices...
**[16:03] Mark**
Now, the identity and status
of "Shinemon Nitta" will be all yours!
**[16:08] Shin**
Thank you, Mark.
**[16:09] Shin**
Let's go!
**[16:15] Kamui**
Then why would he
call himself "Shin Nitta" now?
**[16:19] Miwa**
Out of a guilty conscience.
**[16:23] Shin**
Their imaginations are
really giving me a beatdown...
**[16:29] Shin**
Welcome.
**[16:32] Shin**
Nanami?
**[16:39] Nanami**
Who are you?
**[16:44] Employee 1**
Okay!
**[16:45] Employee 2**
Rest!
**[16:46] Employee 3**
I ride!
**[16:46] Employee 4**
I attack!
**[16:47] Employee 5**
I call!
**[16:47] Tetsu**
He may well be cut out
for unifying an organization.
**[16:52] Tetsu**
By the way, Asaka, what are you doing?
**[16:56] Asaka**
Studying for entrance exams, of course.
**[16:57] Ren**
On the floor?
**[16:59] Asaka**
This is where I concentrate the best.
**[17:02] Kawanami**
I did it! I did it! I did it!
**[17:03] Kawanami**
I did it!
**[17:05] Kawanami**
I really did it!
**[17:06] Kawanami**
I'm gonna go to dog trainer school!
**[17:09] Kawanami**
This is the double critical
I've been waiting for! Woof!
**[17:14] Asaka**
Shut up, Kawanami!
**[17:18] Tetsu**
You can't concentrate like this.
**[17:21] Ren**
You'll fail your entrance exams
and wind up starting the same year as me.
**[17:28] Asaka**
The same year as Ren...?!
**[17:35] Ren**
Open wide!
**[17:37] Tetsu**
I guess Asaka won't be
entering college for a year...
**[17:47] Nanami**
Sub Manager's gotten bigger.
**[17:51] Shin**
You've really grown up yourself, Nanami.
**[17:54] Nanami**
The way you talk now creeps me out.
**[17:57] Nanami**
You used to be more...
**[18:00] Nanami**
Like, rough around the edges.
**[18:02] Shin**
W-Was I?
**[18:06] Nanami**
Your hair and glasses are all rounded-off, too.
**[18:09] Nanami**
What happened to you, Shinemon Nitta?!
**[18:12] Shin**
Well, you could say that something happened.
**[18:15] Shin**
But you could also say that nothing happened.
**[18:18] Emi**
Shin, is Aichi here?
**[18:21] Shin**
He's downstairs.
**[18:22] Emi**
Thank you!
**[18:25] Nanami**
"Shin"?
**[18:27] Shin**
Yes, everyone calls me "Shin Nitta."
**[18:31] Nanami**
You removed the "emon"?
**[18:33] Shin**
It was about a year after
I took over the shop from Esuka.
**[18:39] Shin**
Business was bad,
no matter what I tried.
**[18:42] Shin**
The shop wasn't getting any traffic.
**[18:46] Shin**
But then, one day...
**[18:48] Misaki**
I'll be helping out here from now on.
**[18:51] Shin**
"Emon" is short for "uemon no fu."
**[18:55] Shin**
It was originally an official post,
a guard who'd protect the imperial court.
**[18:58] Shin**
Like my namesake, I felt it was my duty
to protect Misaki as well as Capital,
**[19:04] Shin**
and put a lot of pressure on myself to do that.
**[19:07] Shin**
But Misaki was beyond the point
of needing to be protected all the time.
**[19:15] Shin**
And a shop isn't something to be protected,
but something that everyone creates together.
**[19:25] Shin**
Once I realized that...
**[19:27] Shin**
...it was like a huge weight
had been lifted from my shoulders.
**[19:31] Shin**
The next thing I knew, our customers
had returned, and my hair had gotten like this.
**[19:39] Shin**
So I don't need the "emon" anymore.
**[19:43] Shin**
Shin Nitta is fine.
**[19:49] Nanami**
I see.
**[19:51] Nanami**
Actually, I've come back to Japan
to recruit some teammates.
**[19:56] Shin**
Teammates?
**[19:58] Nanami**
Next year there's gonna be a new tournament
gathering top fighters from all over the world.
**[20:04] Nanami**
How about participating as a member of my team?
**[20:10] Shin**
I appreciate it, but now,
I've got them... as well as this shop.
**[20:21] Nanami**
I see...
**[20:24] Tonori**
We've gotta get to the airport, yo.
**[20:30] Nanami**
Okay.
**[20:32] Nanami**
I won't pressure you again.
**[20:36] Shin**
I'm sorry.
**[20:38] Nanami**
Take care, Manager.
**[20:45] Kyou**
I-I don't believe it! Those two are...
**[20:47] Miwa**
To sum up, there used to be
a regular at Card Capital
**[20:51] Miwa**
who was an awesome fighter
by the name of Shinemon Nitta.
**[20:55] Morikawa**
However, after losing in the
Asia Circuit finals six years ago, he vanished.
**[21:01] Morikawa**
But how...? Hey, Manager!
**[21:04] Morikawa**
Be honest! Where you hide the body?!
**[21:08] Miwa**
We'll go easier on you if you confess!
**[21:12] Shin**
I haven't done anything!
**[21:14] Kai**
Ridiculous...
**[21:15] Kyou**
Hey, hey, hey, hey! You guys!
**[21:18] Kamui**
What is it, Kyou?!
**[21:19] Kyou**
I just saw Nanami Gonomi
and Tonori Fujinami outside!
**[21:24] Emi**
Are they famous?
**[21:26] Shingo**
Yes! Like A-list celebrities!
**[21:29] Shingo**
They're international top fighters
based out of Singapore.
**[21:33] Emi**
Wow!
**[21:35] Kyou**
Don't tell me they came here?
**[21:37] Kyou**
Well, Manager?
**[21:39] Shin**
N-No...
**[21:41] Kyou**
They walked out of this shop!
**[21:43] Shin**
Now that you mention it, maybe they were here.
**[21:46] Kyou**
Why didn't you keep them here?!
**[21:49] Morikawa**
We could've at least gotten their autographs!
**[21:51] Shin**
Oh, that never occurred to me...
**[21:54] The Four**
What's wrong with you?!
**[21:57] The Two**
You're fired!
**[22:00] Shin**
Then who's going be the manager?!
**[22:04] All**
Sub Manager!
**[22:07] Shin**
Seriously?!