E11 - 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?!