# 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...
***SIGN*** Image 3 Who’s the Strongest Cardfighter!!
**[23:36] Aichi**
It's just too embarrassing!