E22 - A Serious Fight

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[00:00] Ren
    You see how magnificent my power is.
[00:04] Kai
    My turn's over.
[00:07] Ren
    Stand and draw.
[00:13] Ren
    Let's go with you.
[00:15] Ren
    Lurking deep within the shadow palace,
[00:17] Ren
    one who rules those beyond the bounds of law...
[00:22] Ren
    Ride The Vanguard.
[01:05] Ren
    The Dark Dictator.
[01:13] Kai
    A dark Alfred!
[01:20] Ren
    Imaginary Gift, Force.
[01:26] Ren
    We've nearly reached the dark abyss.
[01:40] Aichi
    Kai...
[01:44] Aichi
    Vanguard.
[01:45] Aichi
    It's a card game in which you yourself
    become the vanguard and fight!
[01:50] Kai
    Imagine it!
    Imagination will become your strength!
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[03:41] Misaki
    So he's brought out Dark Dictator...
[03:44] Miwa
    Yeah...
[03:46] Asaka
    So it begins.
[03:48] Asaka
    The "Time of Despair" under Ren's dominion.
[03:54] Ren
    Counterblast.
[03:57] Ren
    Dark Dictator's skill activates.
[03:59] Ren
    I superior call Black Sage, Charon from my hand.
[04:07] Tetsu
    That gives Charon +5000 power.
[04:13] Ren
    My blade shall guide you
    to the depths of darkness.
[04:17] Ren
    Break Darkness Destruction!
[04:24] Ren
    Soul blast for Black Sage, Charon.
[04:29] Ren
    Shadow warriors!
[04:31] Ren
    Go!
[04:34] Ren
    Blaster Axe attacks Nehalem!
[04:37] Kai
    No guard!
[04:41] Ren
    Blaster Rapier attacks your Vanguard.
[04:45] Kai
    I guard with Rakshasa!
[04:49] Ren
    You expect to pull through with that?
[04:51] Kai
    What?!
[04:54] Ren
    The power from my shadow warriors
[04:57] Ren
    has made this blade all the more sharp.
[04:59] Ren
    You shall experience that personally.
[05:03] Ren
    Twin drive.
[05:04] Ren
    First check.
[05:06] Ren
    Second check.
[05:08] Kamui
    Another critical trigger!
[05:11] Kyou
    Tetsu said that drawing triggers
    wasn't the essence of PSYqualia.
[05:18] Kyou
    But the flow of the game is all Ren's.
[05:28] Aichi
    Kai!
[05:34] Miwa
    Now he's got 5 damage!
[05:36] Kamui
    His back's against the wall!
[05:38] Asaka
    That's my Ren. He dominates.
[05:41] Tetsu
    Yes. This is thanks to PSYqualia's guidance.
[05:45] Kyou
    PSYqualia's guidance?
[05:49] Tetsu
    Since Ren has actually become
     a vanguard of the planet Cray,
[05:52] Tetsu
    he can converse with the cards
    and gain an inside view of the fight.
[05:58] Kyou
    So... what does that mean?! I don't get it!
[06:02] Kamui
    Me neither!
[06:03] Kyou
    Who asked you?!
[06:07] Aichi
    PSYqualia...
[06:09] Aichi
    So does Ren also experience
    sensations like that when he fights?
[06:17] Kai
    PSYqualia, my foot!
[06:19] Kai
    You hear the voices of the cards...
[06:22] Kai
    And so you play them...
[06:25] Kai
    Which means, you don't know
    who's actually leading the team, do you?
[06:30] Ren
    What?
[06:31] Kai
    Can you really call that fighting?!
[06:35] Kai
    Wake up, Ren!
[06:37] Kai
    It's my turn.
[06:38] Kai
    Stand and draw!
[06:41] Kai
    Water spirit dragon...
[06:42] Kai
    ...come forth from the blue spring!
[06:46] Kai
    Ride The Vanguard!
[06:55] Kai
    Dragonic Waterfall!
[06:58] Kamui
    Whoa...
[07:00] Miwa
    What is that dragon?!
[07:02] Misaki
    To think he had that unit...
[07:05] Kai
    Imaginary Gift!
[07:08] Kai
    Force!
[07:12] Kai
    Furthermore, Waterfall's skill activates!
[07:21] Kai
    Also...
[07:23] Kai
    To me, Dragonic Overlord
    and Dragonic Gaias!
[07:29] Kai
    Soul blast!
[07:31] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord gets +10,000 power!
[07:35] Kai
    Waterfall attacks your Vanguard!
[07:39] Kai
    Gaias's skill activates!
[07:41] Kai
    Waterfall gets an extra critical!
[07:45] Kai
    And then, a Soul blast for Waterfall!
[07:47] Kai
    +10,000 power and an extra critical!
[07:53] Kai
    And now, Ren, you can't use a perfect guard.
[07:57] Kamui
    Whoa! That prevents all perfect guards?!
[08:00] Miwa
    Waterfall's power is 33,000.
[08:03] Miwa
    What's Ren gonna do?!
[08:06] Ren
    No guard.
[08:07] Kai
    Twin drive!
[08:09] Kai
    First check.
[08:11] Kai
    Second check!
[08:14] Kamui
    He got a heal trigger!
[08:15] Miwa
    If only it'd been a critical trigger...!
[08:18] Misaki
    But being able to heal a damage
    in this situation is a major thing.
[08:23] Kai
    I give the power to Dragonic Overlord!
[08:28] Ren
    Damage check.
[08:31] Kai
    Your deep-seated grudge...
    Your pathos... Let's cleanse it all!
[08:40] Kai
    Babness Geyser!
[08:49] Asaka
    Ren!
[08:50] Kyou
    Hey! Cut it out!
    They're in the middle of a fight!
[08:54] Tetsu
    B-But how...?
[08:57] Tetsu
    While Ren's exhibiting PSYqualia,
[08:59] Tetsu
    he shouldn't be able
    to feel pain here in reality!
[09:04] Kyou
    So in other words...
    I mean, I still don't get it, but...
[09:07] Kyou
    ...that means Ren is on the ropes?!
[09:09] Kai
    How was that?
[09:10] Kai
    This is how I do a serious fight!
[09:13] Ren
    I appreciate it, Toshiki Kai.
[09:17] Asaka
    Ren, don't get drawn into following his pace!
[09:22] Tetsu
    Does this mean that, even with PSYqualia,
    Ren still isn't able to surpass Kai?!
[09:29] Kai
    My turn isn't over yet!
[09:32] Kai
    With a boost from Dragonic Gaias,
[09:34] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord attacks your Vanguard!
[09:39] Kamui
    He's got 51,000 power!
[09:41] Miwa
    Go, Kai!
[09:43] Ren
    Protect me, my guardians!
[09:48] Axe
    I'll assist you!
[09:51] Abyss
    Much appreciated!
[09:58] The Two
    What?!
[10:01] Ren
    Not even you, the most powerful player I know,
[10:05] Ren
    can change the outcome
    that the cards have guided me to.
[10:15] Aichi
    Oh no... Kai's going to lose?!
[10:21] Ren
    It's my turn.
[10:23] Ren
    Stand and draw.
[10:25] Ren
    Acknowledge my power already, Toshiki Kai!
[10:29] Ren
    Ride The Vanguard!
[10:39] Ren
    Born from the dark abyss,
[10:41] Ren
    a maelstrom of power gone amok takes form...
[10:45] Ren
    Phantom Blaster Dragon!
[10:47] Ren
    Imaginary Gift.
[10:49] Ren
    Force!
[10:53] Ren
    I call Skull Witch, Nemain
    to the rear guard. Skill activates.
[10:58] Ren
    I superior call another Nemain from my deck.
[11:03] Kamui
    Wh-What the heck is he up to now?!
[11:14] Ren
    Sink into the darkness beneath my shadow...
[11:24] Asaka
    With this, Phantom Blaster Dragon
    gets +15,000 power and an extra critical!
[11:30] Ren
    Now, sink into my darkness...
[11:33] Ren
    ...Toshiki Kai!
[11:49] Pop
    Ren, my son...
[11:51] Pop
    If you are truly a member
    of the Suzugamori family,
[11:54] Pop
    then you must attain perfection in every way!
[11:56] Pop
    There are only two kinds
    of people in this world.
[11:59] Pop
    Those who are laughed at as losers,
[12:02] Pop
    and those who laugh at them.
[12:06] Pop
    Become a perfect winner!
[12:09] Ren
    I was a far cry from the "perfection"
    my father demanded of me...
[12:15] Ren
    ...until I became
    completely absorbed by Vanguard.
[12:20] Tetsu
    Your old man hit you again?!
[12:23] Ren
    Vanguard has both winners and losers.
[12:27] Kai
    Who's next?!
[12:29] Ren
    But among them all,
    Toshiki Kai was the "perfect winner."
[12:34] Ren
    I swore to myself that
    I would beat Toshiki Kai.
[12:37] Ren
    By defeating you, I will achieve perfection.
[12:41] Ren
    Yes. My time has come!
[12:46] Ren
    Phantom Blaster Dragon's Soul blast!
[12:49] Ren
    It deals 1 damage to your Vanguard.
[12:51] Kai
    Damage check!
[12:59] Kamui
    5 damage!
[13:01] Miwa
    Kai!
[13:03] Aichi
    Kai...
[13:05] Ren
    Phantom Blaster Dragon attacks your Vanguard!
[13:11] Kai
    I'm counting on you, my guardians!
[13:15] Miwa
    What's their powers?
[13:16] Misaki
    48,000 versus 58,000.
[13:19] Misaki
    If he draws even one trigger, it'll go through.
[13:23] Kyou
    Did Ren foresee this outcome to the fight?
[13:28] Ren
    Twin drive.
[13:29] Ren
    First check.
[13:31] Ren
    Second check.
[13:35] Kamui
    He drew one!
[13:36] Ren
    I give all of the effects
     to Phantom Blaster Dragon.
[13:41] Ren
    Sink before my power, Toshiki Kai!
[13:45] Ren
    Shadow Erosion!
[13:57] Kai
    Ren...
[14:00] Aichi
    Kai!
[14:01] Miwa
    Kai! Speak to me!
[14:04] Asaka
    Ren?
[14:07] Ren
    I won...
[14:09] Ren
    I beat Toshiki Kai, the "perfect winner"!
[14:13] Ren
    I have finally achieved perfection!
[14:19] Ren
    Wait... That's not true...
[14:22] Kamui
    Why, Brother Aichi here has beat 'im before.
[14:28] Ren
    The "perfect winner" that I'd sought
[14:31] Ren
    was defiled before this fight!
[14:39] Ren
    You're an eyesore, Aichi Sendou.
[14:41] Aichi
    Huh?
[14:44] Ren
    I was supposed to be the one to save him.
[14:46] Ren
    I was to achieve perfection,
[14:49] Ren
    so that the solitude experienced only by
    those standing at the pinnacle of Cardfighting
[14:53] Ren
    would be shared between the two of us.
[14:55] Ren
    And yet, you...
[14:57] Kamui
    Hey, what're ya talking about?!
[14:59] Ren
    The Toshiki Kai I'd had
    as my objective was already gone.
[15:04] Ren
    You changed Kai.
[15:06] Aichi
    I... changed Kai?
[15:09] Ren
    Now I have no way of knowing
[15:12] Ren
    whether I would've beat Kai
    as he was before you beat him.
[15:17] Ren
    There's only one path left to me!
[15:19] Ren
    To fight you and obtain perfect victory!
[15:24] Ren
    Now, fight me, Aichi Sendou!
[15:29] Tetsu
    Ren!
[15:31] Tetsu
    You're too exhausted to fight him!
[15:34] Tetsu
    Besides, I fought Sendou not that long ago.
[15:38] Tetsu
    In my opinion, you're light years ahead of him.
[15:43] Ren
    Shut up, Tetsu.
[15:46] Ren
    Your words of comfort won't sway me now.
[15:49] Tetsu
    Ren...
[15:51] Ren
    Kai was the perfect man.
[15:54] Ren
    He'd never lost, not even once!
[15:57] Ren
    Someone stole victory from Kai,
     and I can't just let that go!
[16:02] Ren
    I won't be satisfied unless
     I resolve this here and now!
[16:07] Ren
    I beat Kai, but now I want greater perfection!
[16:13] Tetsu
    Is this obsession itself
    the source of PSYqualia's power?
[16:19] Ren
    So come to the table, Aichi Sendou.
[16:24] Aichi
    But, I...
[16:28] Aichi
    I didn't change Kai.
[16:32] Aichi
    He's the one who changed me.
[16:35] Aichi
    Kai invited me to fight,
[16:38] Aichi
    and ever since then, my world has expanded.
[16:44] Aichi
    That's why I'm so grateful to Kai.
[16:48] Aichi
    Besides, like he told you earlier,
[16:51] Aichi
    he wasn't fighting seriously then.
[16:53] Aichi
    He was teaching me Vanguard,
    and took it easy on me.
[16:57] Ren
    Nonsense!
[17:00] Ren
    You don't know anything about Kai.
[17:03] Ren
    He would never let anyone beat him
    just for a lame reason like that!
[17:08] Ren
    There must have been something
    that allowed you to surpass Kai then!
[17:13] Aichi
    But...
[17:14] Ren
    Don't defile Kai any further!
[17:16] Aichi
    But... But I...
[17:19] Kai
    Don't do it, Aichi...
[17:21] Aichi
    Kai...
[17:22] Miwa
    You've come to, Kai?
[17:24] Kai
    Don't do it.
[17:26] Kai
    Don't step into the same world as us!
[17:29] Aichi
    What world?
[17:30] Kai
    It's one devoid of all but endless fighting,
    where you see everyone else as the enemy.
[17:37] Kai
    Choose a different world. Please!
[17:41] Aichi
    Kai...
[17:44] Miwa
    Fight him, Aichi!
[17:47] Kai
    What are you saying, Miwa?!
[17:50] Miwa
    I think you're the only one who can
    end Ren and Kai's cycle of fighting.
[17:56] Aichi
    Me? I can't do that...
[17:59] Miwa
    Sure you can!
[18:01] Miwa
    After all, you beat Kai once before!
[18:07] Kai
    Aichi, don't!
[18:09] Miwa
    C'mere, you!
[18:11] Miwa
    You rest right there!
[18:14] Kai
    Miwa, you jerk!
[18:16] Miwa
    Don't worry.
[18:17] Miwa
    I'm sure Aichi will be fine.
[18:20] Miwa
    Since he was able to change Kai,
    maybe he can change Ren, too.
[18:25] Kamui
    Brother Aichi...
[18:27] Misaki
    Are you really going to fight him?
[18:30] Aichi
    Yes.
[18:31] Aichi
    If fighting him will end this dispute, then...
[18:40] Misaki
    Very well.
[18:45] The Two
    Wha...?!
[18:48] Aichi
    M-Misaki?
[18:51] Misaki
    Knowing you, I'm sure you'll be all right.
[18:55] Misaki
    Do your best!
[18:56] Aichi
    I will!
[18:57] Miwa
    M-M-M-Misaki, don't tell me
    you have those feelings for Aichi?!
[19:03] Misaki
    What are you talking about?
    I was just encouraging him.
[19:07] Kamui
    Dummy! You had the wrong idea!
[19:09] Miwa
    So did you!
[19:14] Aichi
    I feel lighter now.
[19:16] Aichi
    I'm not sure what I can do here.
[19:19] Aichi
    But still...
[19:21] Aichi
    To avoid betraying the fight I had with Kai...
[19:25] Aichi
    ...as well as the fights I've had
    with everyone else I've met so far...
[19:33] Aichi
    ...I'll muster all the strength I have.
[19:36] Aichi
    And then...
[19:38] Aichi
    ...I'll show it to Ren!
[19:41] Tetsu
    Oho... Are you motivated now, Sendou?
[19:45] Kyou
    I'll finally get to see a fight between
     two people who have PSYqualia.
[19:49] Tetsu
    Yeah...
[19:50] Tetsu
    To be honest, though, I'd rather have
    seen them fight when they weren't exhausted.
[19:56] Ren
    These VF Gloves...
[19:59] Ren
    They virtually recreate
    the pain felt by Vanguard units,
[20:04] Ren
    to let one attain a sense of unity with them.
[20:07] Ren
    But since we both have PSYqualia,
    we don't need these.
[20:14] Ren
    Are you ready?
[20:16] Aichi
    Yes...
[20:18] Ren
    Imagine it.
[20:20] Ren
    Right now, we're present on
    the planet Cray as astral bodies.
[20:33] Aichi
    Where are we?
[20:42] Ren
    It seems that you also feel it...
    The wind that blows on the planet Cray.
[20:51] Ren
    Up until now, I've always
    appeared in this domain alone.
[20:56] Ren
    I'm delighted to have
    someone finally join me here.
[21:04] Ren
    Now, then...
[21:06] Aichi
    Let's do it.
[21:08] Aichi
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[21:08] Ren
    Stand up, The Vanguard!
[21:33] Tetsu
    The battle between two fighters
     with PSYqualia has begun.
[23:10] Asaka
    Welcome to Vanguard Three-Minute Cooking.
     I'm your host, Asaka Narumi.
[23:13] Asaka
    This episode, we have with us
    PSYqualia Chef Ren Suzugamori.
[23:18] Ren
    Today we'll be preparing
    churrasco Flame Dragon kebabs.
[23:21] Asaka
    Then let's get right to it!
[23:23] Ren
    After cleansing the Flame Dragon
    with Babness Geyser,
[23:27] Ren
    we saute it in Breakdown Death Breath,
    and then grill over Eternal Flame until done.
[23:31] Asaka
    It smells wonderful!
[23:32] Ren
    Skewer on Damned Charging Lance, and serve!
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[23:35] Asaka
    Everyone, try this at home!
[23:37] Kyou
    Like anyone could make that!