E2 - Ride The Vanguard!!

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[00:01] Kai
    I ride Lizard Runner, Undeux!
[00:04] Aichi
    I ride Grime.
[00:12] Kai
    By riding these grade 0 units,
[00:15] Kai
    both of us now stand upon
    the planet Cray as Vanguards.
SIGN    Image 2 Ride The Vanguard!!
[01:56] Kai
    So I go first, right?
[02:01] Kai
    I start by drawing a card from my deck.
[02:04] Kai
    On my turn, I have one opportunity
    to promote my Vanguard by one grade.
[02:10] Kai
    Ride The Vanguard!
[02:15] Kai
    Grade 1, Embodiment of Armor, Bahr!
[02:19] Kai
    I make use of my Undeux's skill
    when ridden to draw one card.
[02:23] Kai
    Furthermore, I may call units of
    my grade or lower to any of these five spots.
[02:30] Kai
    They are called rear-guards.
[02:33] Kai
    Call The Rear-guard!
[02:34] Kai
    Grade 1, Dragon Monk, Gojo!
[02:39] Kai
    And then, I attack!
[02:41] Kai
    Except the one who goes first
     can't attack on the first turn.
[02:46] Kai
    My turn has ended.
[02:48] Kai
    Now it's your turn.
[02:50] Aichi
    R-Right.
[02:52] Aichi
    I draw one card from my deck.
[02:56] Aichi
    And then, with a grade 1 Vanguard...
[02:59] Aichi
    I ride...
[03:05] Aichi
    Knight Squire, Allen!
[03:07] Aichi
    Furthermore, for a rear-guard...
[03:10] Aichi
    I call grade 1, Wingal!
[03:16] Miwa
    Allen's power is 8000!
[03:19] Shin
    If you add Wingal's 8000 power,
    that makes it 16,000.
[03:23] Kai
    Right. When you attack, you can add the
    back row unit's power to the front row unit.
[03:29] Aichi
    That's called a "boost," right?
[03:32] Kai
    Right. Are you gonna attack?
[03:34] Aichi
    Y-Yes!
[03:36] Kai
    Then turn the cards you're using
    for the attack to the rest position.
[03:39] Aichi
    Boosted by my rear-guard, Wingal,
    my Vanguard attacks Bahr!
[03:46] Kai
    All right.
[03:48] Kai
    Now, drive check!
[03:50] Aichi
    Drive check...
[03:52] Kai
    Turn over one card from your deck.
[03:54] Aichi
    O-Okay.
[03:57] Shin
    If the card turns out to be a trigger unit,
SIGN    Critical
SIGN    Front
SIGN     Heal
SIGN    Draw
[04:00] Shin
    you can activate the effect
    indicated by its icon.
[04:08] Misaki
    No trigger icon.
[04:10] Kai
    Emboldened by the Vanguard's attack,
    a new unit joins in.
[04:14] Kai
    That's the drive check.
[04:16] Kai
    Add it to your hand.
[04:18] Aichi
    Okay.
[04:21] Kai
    Now, back to the fight.
[04:24] Aichi
    Right!
[04:27] Kai
    I took 1 damage.
[04:30] Kai
    So I do a damage check.
[04:34] Kai
    No trigger icon.
[04:36] Kai
    This is what took my damage,
[04:38] Kai
    so the unit is released from its contract
[04:40] Kai
    and leaves the Vanguard.
[04:43] Kai
    It's as though it sensed danger and ran away.
[04:48] Kai
    Once you have six units like this,
[04:50] Kai
    or in other words, when you have 6 damage,
[04:53] Kai
    your contracts with all units are nullified,
[04:56] Kai
    so you return to astral form
    and simply disappear.
[04:59] Kai
    That fighter has lost.
[05:03] Kai
    Got all that? Class is over. Let's go!
[05:06] Aichi
    R-Right!
[05:08] Kai
    It's my turn. Stand and draw.
[05:11] Kai
    Ride The Vanguard!
[05:17] Kai
    Grade 2, Dragon Armored Knight!
[05:20] Kai
    Call The Rear-guard!
[05:22] Kai
    Dragon Knight, Nehalem!
[05:30] Kai
    To me, Gojo!
[05:35] Miwa
    No trigger icon.
[05:38] Shin
    Now he has 2 damage.
[05:41] Kai
    Two units have deserted you.
[05:44] Kai
    Doesn't that make you feel sad?
[05:46] Kai
    They gathered for your sake.
[05:48] Kai
    They look to you for guidance.
[05:52] Aichi
    I-It's my turn!
[05:54] Aichi
    Stand and draw!
[06:01] Kai
    You don't have a grade 2 in your hand?
[06:04] Aichi
    N-No...
[06:05] Kai
    This can happen in fights.
[06:07] Kai
    But even though you can't ride,
    you can still take other actions.
[06:11] Aichi
    F-For a rear-guard, I call...
[06:14] Aichi
    Knight Squire, Allen!
[06:18] Aichi
    Margal!
[06:21] Aichi
    I'm counting on you both! Lend me your power!
[06:23] Allen
    No problem!
[06:25] Margal
    Yes, sir.
[06:28] Miwa
    Margal boosts with 5000 power,
    which is added to Allen.
[06:31] Miwa
    So their power is 13,000!
[06:33] Miwa
    Dragon Armored Knight has 10,000 power,
    so your attack will go through!
[06:38] Kai
    To me! Red Gem Carbuncle!
[06:45] Aichi
    But how?!
[06:47] Kai
    I called Red Gem Carbuncle,
    which has a 5000 shield.
[06:51] Kai
    That's added to Dragon Armored Knight,
[06:54] Kai
    making my current power 15,000,
    which exceeds Allen's.
[06:58] Aichi
    So the attack didn't go through.
[07:02] Kai
    When the opponent is attacking,
[07:04] Kai
    if you have a card that has
    a shield ability in your hand,
[07:07] Kai
    you can call it as a guardian.
[07:09] Aichi
    A guardian?
[07:11] Miwa
    That's mean, Kai! You're only
    just now telling him about that?!
[07:16] Kai
    You learn better by doing.
[07:21] Young Kai
    You learn better by doing!
[07:26] Kai
    The card you call as a guardian
[07:29] Kai
    doesn't stick around, but leaves.
[07:32] Kai
    Thanks for the help, Red Gem.
[07:34] Carbuncle
    Yes, my Vanguard.
[07:39] Kai
    So, let's continue.
[07:42] Aichi
    With a boost from Wingal,
[07:44] Aichi
    my Vanguard attacks Dragon Armored Knight!
[07:49] Aichi
    Drive check!
[07:51] Miwa
    That's...
[07:53] Kai
    A critical trigger?!
[07:54] Shin
    A critical trigger can give your opponent
    one extra damage.
[08:03] Miwa
    Because of that, Kai takes 2 damage.
[08:06] Kai
    Damage check.
[08:12] Shin
    With this, Kai has 3 damage.
[08:17] Kai
    It's my turn.
[08:20] Kai
    What are you smiling about?
[08:26] Aichi
    I'm happy, Kai.
[08:29] Miwa
    You're happy?
[08:48] Aichi
    It's been my longtime dream
    to have a Cardfight with Kai like this.
[08:56] Kai
    I remember you, Aichi Sendou.
[08:59] Kai
    I remember how battered you were then.
[09:02] Aichi
    Yeah.
[09:04] Aichi
    Back then, it was hard for me
    to even face going to school.
[09:09] Aichi
    It felt like I was suffocating
     in my own tiny world.
[09:14] Aichi
    Around then, I would sometimes see you, Kai.
[09:20] Aichi
    You always looked like you were
    having a good time Cardfighting.
[09:24] Kai
    "Having a good time," huh?
[09:27] Kai
    Don't say such nonsense!
[09:29] Kai
    Can you still say that after seeing this?
[09:32] Kai
    Ride!
[09:42] Aichi
    W-Wow!
[09:45] Miwa
    Kai's the first one to ride a grade 3!
[09:49] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord "The Vanguard"!
[09:53] Kai
    Imaginary Gift! Force!
[09:56] Aichi
    Imaginary Gift?
[10:06] Aichi
    So this is Imaginary Gift...
[10:15] Kai
    It's the power you can gain
    from your contracted units as a blessing
[10:18] Kai
    when your Vanguard advances to grade 3.
[10:22] Miwa
    Dragonic Overlord gets +10,000 power!
[10:26] Miwa
    On top of that, he calls Bahr and
    Red Gem Carbuncle as rear-guards!
[10:31] Miwa
    Even Crested Dragon!
[10:35] Kai
    Bahr! Nehalem! Go get him!
[10:38] The Two
    At your command!
[10:46] Aichi
    Attend me, Bringer of Good Luck, Epona!
[10:50] Epona
    Are you well, my Vanguard?
[10:52] Aichi
    Thank you, Epona!
[10:54] Aichi
    Retire and get some rest.
[10:57] Miwa
    Huh, looks that actual experience has paid off!
[11:01] Kai
    Red Gem, Crested, now it's your turn!
[11:05] Red Gem
    At your will!
[11:08] Aichi
    Flogal! Margal!
[11:12] Kai
    What?!
[11:13] Misaki
    He guarded again!
[11:15] Kai
    Then I'll do it myself!
[11:17] Kai
    Gojo, onward!
[11:19] Gojo
    My lord!
[11:22] Kai
    We'll attack the rear-guard Allen!
[11:24] Kai
    Twin drive!
[11:26] Aichi
    Twin drive?!
[11:28] Shin
    A grade 3 Vanguard can do two drive checks.
[11:32] Kai
    First check.
[11:34] Kai
    Critical trigger!
[11:36] Kai
    I give all of the effects to my Vanguard.
[11:38] Kai
    Second check.
[11:40] Misaki
    Another critical trigger!
[11:43] Kai
    I give all of the effects to my Vanguard!
[11:50] Allen
    Hang in there!
[11:52] Aichi
    Thank you.
[11:54] Aichi
    Thank goodness he didn't attack my Vanguard.
[11:57] Kai
    What, are you relieved that
    you didn't take any damage?
[12:01] Kai
    After its attack has hit,
[12:03] Kai
    if I then discard two cards from my hand,
[12:05] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord...
[12:08] Kai
    ...stands back up!
[12:10] Aichi
    Then...
[12:11] Miwa
    It means he can attack one more time!
[12:18] Kai
    Behold the power and might
    known as the Flames of Apocalypse!
[12:23] Aichi
    Attend me, guardians!
[12:27] Misaki
    He managed to guard, huh?
[12:29] Shin
    No. Dragonic Overlord has 46000 power now.
[12:35] Shin
    The power of Allen and
    the three guardians totals 48000,
[12:40] Shin
    but Kai has...
[12:41] Miwa
    ...twin drive!
[12:43] Miwa
    Or I guess that's -1 drive, since he stood.
[12:48] Miwa
    Either way, if he draws a trigger,
    he'll burst through the shields.
[12:53] Kai
    Drive check.
[12:59] Aichi
    Three critical triggers in a row?!
[13:02] Miwa
    +10000 power! That's a total of 56000 power!
[13:29] Miwa
    That attack did a total of 4 damage...
[13:32] Miwa
    It's over.
[13:34] Misaki
    He still has four damage checks.
[13:40] Shin
    Draw trigger. He can draw one card.
[13:49] Misaki
    Second one...
[13:50] Aichi
    No trigger.
[13:52] Misaki
    Third one...
[13:53] Aichi
    No trigger.
[13:57] Miwa
    This is your last damage check.
[14:06] Misaki
    Fourth one...
[14:07] Misaki
    Heal trigger!
[14:09] Shin
    If your amount of damage is equal to
    or greater than your opponent's,
[14:12] Shin
    you can heal 1 damage point.
[14:15] Miwa
    Kai has 3 damage,
[14:17] Miwa
    and with the 4 added now,
    this guy's got 6 damage.
[14:20] Miwa
    He heals 1 damage point!
[14:26] Shin
    That leaves him with a sliver of hope.
[14:29] Misaki
    But he has 5 damage.
    His back is to the wall.
[14:38] Kai
    Against my might,
    you're nothing but trash.
[14:43] Aichi
    That's right.
[14:48] Aichi
    Back when I was trash, you told me...
[14:52] Young Kai
    You can keep this one.
[14:54] Aichi
    Ever since then,
[14:57] Aichi
    my world has expanded!
[15:00] Young Kai
    Come on! Just imagine it!
    Imagine yourself being as strong as him.
[15:07] Aichi
    Stand and draw!
[15:10] Young Kai
    Imagination will become your strength.
[15:20] Aichi
    Here I go, Kai!
[15:22] Aichi
    I ride!
[15:23] Aichi
    Stand up, my avatar!
[15:27] Aichi
    From the military force of planet Cray's
[15:30] Aichi
    hallowed nation of United Sanctuary,
[15:32] Aichi
    Royal Paladin's Sword of Light!
[15:38] Aichi
    Blaster Blade!
[15:43] Aichi
    Ability Blast...
[15:45] Aichi
    Burst Buster!
[15:50] Shin
    When Blaster Blade becomes the Vanguard,
[15:53] Shin
    you can retire one of
    your opponent's rear-guard units.
[15:56] Aichi
    And then I call!
[15:59] Aichi
    Knight Squire, Allen!
[16:02] Aichi
    Bringer of Good Luck, Epona!
[16:07] Aichi
    Knight of Silence, Gallatin!
[16:20] Aici
    Ever since I first got Blaster Blade,
[16:24] Aichi
    I've been absorbed in putting together a deck,
    since I wanted to have a Cardfight with you, Kai.
[16:30] Aichi
    When I found out you'd moved away,
[16:32] Aichi
    I thought things would go back
    to the way they were before.
[16:36] Aichi
    But whenever I'd work on my deck,
    I'd forget about anything unpleasant or tough.
[16:43] Aichi
    I still can't imagine myself
    being as strong as Blaster Blade,
[16:49] Aichi
    but you're the one who gave me
    the image of becoming stronger, Kai.
[16:55] Aichi
    Everyone, lend me your power!
[16:58] Gallatin
    No problem.
[16:59] Wingal
    Yes, sir.
[17:00] The Three
    Aye aye, sir!
[17:04] Kai
    Guard!
[17:05] Tahr
    Good luck!
[17:08] Aichi
    Wingal! Come with me!
[17:10] Wingal
    Yes, sir!
[17:12] Aichi
    So being able to fight like this
     makes me really happy.
[17:16] Kai
    Shut up!
[17:21] Kai
    Don't foist your delusional images on me!
[17:25] Aichi
    B-But...
[17:27] Aichi
    I sense it when we're fighting.
[17:29] Kai
    Sense it? Sense what?
[17:33] Aichi
    How much you love Vanguard.
[17:37] Kai
    This kid...
[17:41] Aichi
    Here I come, Kai!
[17:43] Kai
    Then come on, Aichi!
[17:57] Aichi
    Drive check!
[17:58] Miwa
    Critical trigger!
[18:00] Miwa
    That gives Kai 2 damage!
[18:02] Miwa
    So Kai has a total of 5 damage.
[18:04] Shin
    No, 6.
[18:05] Miwa
    Huh?
[18:06] Shin
    If there are four or more rear-guards,
    Blaster Blade gets an extra critical.
[18:12] Miwa
    What?!
[18:26] Kai
    3 damage...
[18:30] Kai
    Damage check.
[18:36] Misaki
    That makes 4 damage.
[18:40] Misaki
    That makes 5 damage.
[18:44] Miwa
    But if he gets a heal trigger,
    his damage will decrease.
[19:13] Misaki
    6 damage.
[19:16] Kai
    So six units have left me.
[19:25] Kai
    I go back to being just an astral body.
[19:27] Aichi
    Kai...
[19:29] Kai
    It's been a long time
    since I've had a fight like this.
[19:41] Miwa
    I didn't think anybody could beat Kai.
[19:46] Aichi
    Kai!
[19:48] Kai
    That card is yours, after all.
[19:55] Aichi
    Kai, thank you.
[20:06] Aichi
    You always looked like you were
     having a good time Cardfighting.
[20:15] Aichi
    I'm home!
[20:16] Emi
    Aichi! Where have you been all this time?!
[20:21] Emi
    What's that smile about?
[20:29] Mom
    Maybe he has a girlfriend?
[20:31] Emi
    What?!
[20:34] Emi
    No way, absolutely not.
[20:36] Emi
    I bet my intuition as a little sister on it.
[20:43] Izaki
    I'm telling ya, man...
[20:45] Morikawa
    I'm gonna use the can.
[20:46] The Two
    O-Okay...
[20:50] Izaki
    M-Morikawa!
[20:56] Izaki
    D-Don't tell me you beat him?!
[20:59] Aichi
    Yeah.
[21:01] Aichi
    Morikawa...
[21:04] The Two
    Morikawa!
[21:09] Misaki
    Are you waiting for someone?
[21:12] Aichi
    Y-Yes!
[21:17] Aichi
    But he might not come here anymore.
[21:21] Misaki
    I wouldn't worry.
[21:23] Aichi
    Huh?
[21:29] Kai
    Hey, Aichi.
[21:33] Kai
    Wanna play again today?
[21:38] Aichi
    Yeah!
[23:10] Aichi
    K-Kai...
[23:12] Kai
    What is it, Aichi?
[23:13] Aichi
    Why do you add "The"?
[23:15] Kai
    "The"?
[23:16] Aichi
    You say, "Stand up, 'The' Vanguard."
[23:18] Kai
    What's wrong with that?
[23:19] Aichi
    The rule book says to say,
    "Stand up, Vanguard."
[23:23] Kai
    You're right...
[23:25] Kai
    It's just that the guy who
    taught me Vanguard always added "The."
[23:29] Aichi
    Huh, okay.
[23:30] Kai
    All right, Aichi, now you try using "The."
[23:33] Aichi
    U-Um...
[23:34] Aichi
    Stand up, The... er...
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[23:36] Aichi
    It's just too embarrassing!