E21 - Abyss of Darkness

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[00:01] Ren
    I've been looking forward
    to this for a long time.
[00:05] Ren
    A very long time...
[00:11] Asaka
    Ren's greatest wish is about to come true!
[00:13] Tetsu
    Yes. Ren himself is going up
    against the Solitary Fighter, Toshiki Kai.
[00:27] Aichi
    Vanguard.
[00:28] Aichi
    It's a card game in which you yourself
    become the vanguard and fight!
[00:33] Kai
    Imagine it!
    Imagination will become your strength!
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[02:17] Ren
    Kai.
[02:18] Ren
    Why did you leave us without saying anything?
[02:21] Kai
    You guys were the ones
    who chose to hang around me.
[02:25] Kai
    I didn't owe you any notice.
[02:28] Ren
    What a pity.
[02:29] Ren
    Here I thought I was the only one
[02:32] Ren
    who understood your
    feelings of isolation, and vice versa.
[02:36] Kai
    Isolation?
[02:39] Ren
    I understand it well.
[02:41] Ren
    I longed to be perfect like you,
[02:43] Ren
    which is why I eventually reached
    the pinnacle of Cardfighting, like you.
[02:49] Ren
    So I understand your isolation.
[02:52] Ren
    I understand being sick of your own strength,
[02:55] Ren
    and yet feeling that the only thing to do
    is keep seeking out strong opponents.
[03:01] Ren
    It was hard on you, wasn't it?
[03:04] Ren
    I thought the only one who
    could save you from that isolation
[03:08] Ren
    was someone in the same position: me.
[03:11] Ren
    And yet...
[03:16] Ren
    ...is it true that you lost?
[03:19] Ren
    To that boy...
[03:21] Ren
    To Aichi Sendou?!
[03:24] Kai
    Aichi...
[03:28] Kai
    Yeah.
[03:36] Kai
    I lost to Aichi.
[03:45] Kai
    Aichi...
[03:46] Aichi
    Kai, Miwa...
[03:49] Miwa
    What's wrong?
[03:52] Aichi
    Nothing. I just lost a fight earlier...
[03:57] Kamui
    Hey!
[03:59] Kamui
    It's him! He's the guy who beat Aichi!
[04:02] Kai
    Tetsu...
[04:04] Tetsu
    So you've already met Ren, Aichi Sendou...
[04:07] Tetsu
    Could this also be fate?
[04:10] Aichi
    Huh?
[04:12] Tetsu
    Both of you possess PSYqualia.
    It's as if you were drawn to each other.
[04:16] Miwa
    Wha...?!
[04:17] Kai
    It can't be!
[04:18] Kai
    Aichi...
[04:19] Kai
    Do you really have PSYqualia?!
[04:22] Aichi
    U-Um, I'm not really sure,
[04:25] Aichi
    but sometimes,
    during a fight, I hear a voice...
[04:29] Blaster
    My Vanguard.
[04:32] Aichi
    ...and then suddenly,
    Blaster Blade is standing right before me.
[04:36] Aichi
    He's there to guide me.
[04:39] Aichi
    That's the image I have of it.
[04:41] Kai
    Throw away your cards, Aichi!
[04:46] Kai
    That power will alter you.
[04:48] Kai
    Throw away your cards
    and never fight again!
[04:51] Aichi
    No!
[05:02] Aichi
    No, I can't throw them away.
[05:06] Aichi
    If I did that...
[05:08] Aichi
    I'd go back to the way I used to be.
[05:13] Aichi
    Back to being all alone, with nothing at all.
[05:21] Aichi
    I don't want to be like that again!
[05:26] Kamui
    Brother Aichi...
[05:31] Ren
    Of course he can't throw them away.
[05:36] Ren
    He can't, and neither can I.
[05:39] Ren
    Not even you, who severed all ties,
[05:42] Ren
    could throw away your cards, right?
[05:45] Ren
    Vanguard is all we have.
[05:48] Ren
    Yes. All we have is the world
    that's guided by Vanguard fights.
[05:56] Aichi
    The world guided by Vanguard...
[06:01] Ren
    And as for who should stand
    atop the summit of that world...
[06:10] Aichi
    Kai...
[06:12] Ren
    Kai, even now, I still can't believe...
[06:16] Ren
    ...that you lost to a boy like him.
[06:21] Ren
    Stand up, Aichi Sendou.
[06:24] Ren
    Join me in a Vanguard fight.
[06:28] Ren
    If we fight, then I'll be able to tell
    whether you truly gained victory over Kai.
[06:35] Ren
    Come...
[06:40] Kai
    Don't get me wrong, Ren.
[06:43] Ren
    Kai...
[06:45] Kai
    Sure, I lost to Aichi.
[06:47] Kai
    But that was in order to teach him Vanguard.
[06:50] Kai
    I wasn't fighting him earnestly.
[06:52] Aichi
    Huh?
[06:53] Kamui
    What're ya talking about?!
[06:54] Misaki
    Wait.
[06:56] Kamui
    But...
[07:00] Kai
    Ren, your objective
    is to gain absolute victory.
[07:05] Kai
    Shouldn't you be challenging me,
    the one person you've never beaten?
[07:10] Kai
    There's no need for you to do it indirectly.
[07:13] Kai
    I'll fight you.
[07:18] Ren
    You'll fight me?
[07:20] Ren
    Now, don't you get me wrong.
[07:23] Ren
    I came here to save you.
[07:26] Ren
    Poor you, all isolated and
    unable to have any serious fights.
[07:32] Ren
    I'll save you by using my power: PSYqualia.
[07:37] Ren
    Then I'll have achieved perfection.
[07:42] Ren
    That is my greatest wish...
[07:46] Ren
    Absolute victory.
[07:49] Kai
    You think you've surpassed me,
    by using that power?
[07:52] Ren
    Fight me and you'll see.
[07:55] Kai
    Then let's go!
[07:59] The Two
    Vanguard fight!
[08:17] Aichi
    Kai...
[08:19] The Two
    Stand up, The Vanguard!
[08:22] Kai
    I ride Lizard Runner, Undeux!
[08:25] Ren
    I ride Fullbau!
[08:33] Kai
    I ride Embodiment of Armor, Bahr!
[08:42] Kai
    Lizard Runner, Undeux's skill. I draw one card.
[08:47] Kai
    My turn is over.
[09:10] Ren
    It's my turn. I draw.
[09:14] Asaka
    Ren...
[09:15] Kyou
    He's humming, at a time like this?!
[09:17] Tetsu
    It's because it's a time like this.
[09:34] Tetsu
    Ren has been looking
    forward to this for a long time.
[09:38] Tetsu
    To the one thing that
    could relieve his boredom...
[09:43] Tetsu
    He's longed for a fight
    with Toshiki Kai, above all else.
[09:51] Ren
    All right. I'll ride you.
[09:55] Ren
    Blaster Javelin.
[09:59] Ren
    Fullbau's skill activates.
[10:02] Ren
    Blaster Javelin attacks your Vanguard!
[10:07] Kai
    No guard!
[10:14] Ren
    My turn is over.
[10:24] Kai
    I ride Bellicosity Dragon!
[10:37] Kai
    Breath of Fire!
[10:50] Aichi
    But he took damage...
[10:52] Tetsu
    Ren no longer feels pain.
[10:55] Tetsu
    Neither suffering nor pleasure.
[10:57] Tetsu
    Well...
[10:59] Tetsu
    Maybe he does feel pleasure, now.
[11:03] Ren
    This really brings back memories, Kai.
[11:06] Ren
    I'm in a wonderful mood.
[11:11] Kai
    My turn is over.
[11:13] Kamui
    What's wrong, Brother Aichi?
[11:15] Aichi
    Oh, it's just...
[11:17] Aichi
    Kai doesn't seem like his usual self.
[11:24] Miwa
    It's as if Kai has gone back
    to the way he used to be.
[11:31] Miwa
    Well, it's complicated...
[11:34] Miwa
    But back when I saw him with Ren,
    he was in a really terrible state.
[11:39] Miwa
    So it's probably coming back to him now...
[11:42] Miwa
    The time when strength
    was all that mattered to him.
[11:46] Aichi
    Kai...
[11:47] Misaki
    Knowing Kai, he should be okay.
[11:51] Miwa
    What do you mean, Misaki?
[11:53] Misaki
    Since Aichi's in no shape to fight now,
    Kai was acting to protect him,
[11:58] Misaki
    by making it sound like
    Aichi's far below Ren's level.
[12:01] Kamui
    You think so?
[12:03] Misaki
    I can't be sure, but I doubt
    that he was like this back then.
[12:09] Miwa
    Misaki...
[12:10] Aichi
    You're right. This is the Kai we know now.
[12:16] Kamui
    Well, if you two are so sure,
    then I guess I'll believe in him, too.
[12:22] Miwa
    Kai...
[12:24] Miwa
    There are people here
    who feel that way about you now.
[12:28] Miwa
    So I'll also have faith that
    you're not the guy you used to be.
[12:41] Ren
    I guess you'll have to be
    the one to take the lead.
[12:46] Kai
    Is it coming?
[12:52] Ren
    Ride The Vanguard!
[12:56] Ren
    The vanguard of darkness...
[13:05] Ren
    Blaster Dark.
[13:09] Aichi
    S-So that's Blaster Dark...
[13:12] Aichi
    It really does look just like my Blaster Blade.
[13:16] Kai
    Blaster Dark...
[13:18] Ren
    Yes. The jet-black knight who
    will lead you to the abyss of darkness.
[13:23] Ren
    So...
[13:25] Ren
    Now it begins.
[13:31] Tetsu
    His PSYqualia is manifesting?
[13:34] Aichi
    So this is...
[13:35] Kai
    Ren...
[13:37] Ren
    Here I come, Kai.
[13:45] Ren
    Let's battle with everything we have.
[13:59] Aichi
    So this is PSYqualia...
[14:05] Ren
    I call.
[14:09] Ren
    Denizens of the shadows,
    our adversary lies before us.
[14:15] Ren
    Attend me.
[14:22] Tetsu
    Ren's Blaster Dark has a skill
    that gives it an extra drive.
[14:27] Tetsu
    How will he handle it?
[14:30] Ren
    Subjugate him.
[14:30] Units
    No problem!
[14:33] Kai
    Guardians, protect me!
[14:42] Kai
    Flame of Hope, Aermo!
[14:52] Kai
    Embodiment of Spear, Tahr!
[15:00] Ren
    Take this.
[15:05] Ren
    Drive check.
[15:11] Ren
    I can see... everything.
[15:17] Kamui
    A critical trigger?!
[15:19] Miwa
    I-Incredible!
[15:20] Miwa
    He drew a trigger!
[15:22] Miwa
    So that's PSYqualia!
[15:24] Tetsu
    You're mistaken.
[15:26] Tetsu
    Drawing triggers is not
    the essence of PSYqualia.
[15:30] Ren
    Blaster Burst.
[15:39] Ren
    Now it's your turn.
[15:42] Ren
    But I can see everything.
[15:45] Ren
    Even the image of your defeat.
[15:49] Kai
    The image, huh?
[15:51] Kai
    Ren...
[15:52] Kai
    Even though we're fighting together,
[15:55] Kai
    we're looking at completely different things.
[15:58] Kai
    It's just like we were back then.
[16:01] Kai
    Even when we were together,
    we were heading in different directions.
[16:05] Kai
    I sought serious fights.
[16:07] Kai
    All you wanted was victory.
[16:10] Kai
    And that's how you came upon PSYqualia.
[16:17] Kai
    Is that power real or fake?
    You can use me as your benchmark!
[16:23] Kai
    Ride The Vanguard!
[16:36] Kai
    Dance, Flames of Apocalypse!
[16:44] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord!
[16:53] Miwa
    All right! Here it comes!
[16:55] Kyou
    That's Toshiki Kai's Dragonic Overlord...
[17:01] Ren
    I know. I'm counting on you.
[17:07] Kai
    Imaginary Gift! Force!
[17:12] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord gets +10,000 power!
[17:15] Kai
    And then I call!
[17:17] Kai
    Follow me!
[17:18] Kai
    Lizard Soldier, Raopia
    and Dragon Knight, Nehalem!
[17:23] Units
    At your will!
[17:25] Kai
    Burn the servants of darkness to ashes!
[17:32] Kai
    Dragon Knight, Nehalem gets +5000 power.
[17:35] Kai
    Furthermore, Lizard Soldier, Raopia's skill.
[17:42] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord's skill!
[17:44] Kai
    +10,000 power!
[17:46] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord... Eternal Flame!
[17:50] Arianrhod
    My Vanguard, allow us...
[17:53] Ren
    Yeah.
[17:54] Ren
    I'm counting on you.
[18:07] Miwa
    There's no way he can
    block that with just three units!
[18:10] Miwa
    Ram 'im, Kai!
[18:13] Kai
    Twin drive.
[18:15] Kai
    First check.
[18:17] Kai
    Second check!
[18:22] Misaki
    No trigger!
[18:24] Aichi
    Even with the Imaginary Gift bonus,
    Kai's attack still got blocked!
[18:29] Miwa
    He didn't just block it.
[18:31] Aichi
    Huh?
[18:32] Miwa
    Ren was so certain that Kai wouldn't
    draw any triggers to raise his power...
[18:38] Miwa
    ...that he played the ideal hand,
     without wasting any extra units.
[18:44] Ren
    Looks like your Overlord's
    power-up skill went to waste, too.
[18:49] Kai
    Nehalem attacks your Vanguard!
[18:52] Ren
    Yes, I know.
[18:54] Ren
    I'll just take this one.
[19:03] Ren
    Yes, there it is!
    That's the expression I wanted to see.
[19:11] Miwa
    He's got Kai on the ropes?!
[19:13] Miwa
    I don't believe it!
[19:16] Ren
    Now do you understand, Kai?
[19:19] Ren
    You can't deny the future that
    my units have whispered to me about.
[19:24] Ren
    And now...
[19:25] Ren
    ...you see how magnificent my power is.
[19:30] Kai
    My turn's over.
[19:32] Ren
    Stand and draw.
[19:38] Ren
    Let's go with you.
[19:40] Ren
    Lurking deep within the shadow palace,
[19:42] Ren
    one who rules those beyond the bounds of law...
[19:47] Ren
    Ride The Vanguard.
[20:30] Ren
    The Dark Dictator.
[20:38] Aichi
    A dark Alfred!
[20:45] Ren
    Imaginary Gift, Force.
[20:51] Asaka
    That gives Ren's Dark Dictator +10,000 power.
[21:21] Ren
    We're nearly there.
[21:26] Aichi
    Kai...
[23:10] Kyou
    Three months ago, your Kyou Yahagi
    encountered something most dreadful.
[23:15] Kyou
    Late one night at Team Asteroid headquarters,
    I was nearly about to doze off...
[23:19] Kyou
    When from far, far away...
[23:20] Kyou
    ...I could hear the most awful humming.
[23:23] Kyou
    How very strange, I thought to myself.
[23:25] Kyou
    Rubbing the sleep from my eyes,
    I ventured toward the source of the noise...
[23:29] Kyou
    Only to find...
[23:30] Ren
    Find what?
[23:31] Kyou
    R-R-Ren!
[23:32] Ren
    Come on, tell me how it ends.
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[23:36] Kyou
    N-N-Nothing, it was nothing, really!