E23 - A Little Beacon

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[00:01] Ren
    Up until now, I've always
    appeared in this domain alone.
[00:06] Ren
    I'm delighted to have
    someone finally join me here.
[00:15] Ren
    Now, then...
[00:17] Aichi
    Let's do it.
[00:19] Aichi
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[00:19] Ren
    Stand up, The Vanguard!
[00:44] Tetsu
    The battle between two fighters
     with PSYqualia has begun.
[00:52] Aichi
    Vanguard.
[00:53] Aichi
    It's a card game in which you yourself
    become the vanguard and fight!
[00:57] Kai
    Imagine it!
    Imagination will become your strength!
SIGN    Image 23   A Little Beacon
[03:01] Ren
    Ride The Vanguard!
[03:04] Aichi
    I ride Knight Squire, Allen!
[03:09] Aichi
    He missed me on purpose.
[03:12] Ren
    That was simply a greeting.
    Now, come at me.
[03:17] Aichi
    Sage of light! Subordinate guard beast!
    Lend me your powers!
[03:23] Marron
    Marron's Book of Magic, section fifteen!
[03:49] Ren
    A mere warrior of light has wounded me. Me...
[03:56] Ren
    I ride Blaster Dark!
[04:01] Ren
    My darkness will blot out the light!
[04:04] Ren
    Ability Blast!
[04:06] Ren
    Greediness Shadow!
[04:09] Aichi
    Marron!
[04:12] Ren
    You'll be following them soon enough.
[04:15] Ren
    Attend me, Black Sage, Charon!
[04:18] Charon
    Yes, sir!
[04:19] Ren
    You shall experience
    the power of our darkness.
[04:24] Charon
    Charon's Book of Magic, section 118!
[04:36] Ren
    Uh oh. It's too soon for you to fall.
[04:39] Ren
    You can do that after 
    I run you through with my sword.
[04:42] Ren
    Darkside Blade!
[04:52] All
    Aichi!
[04:52] Kamui
    Brother Aichi!
[05:06] All
    Ren!
[05:09] Asaka
    I knew you shouldn't have
    kept fighting in your condition...
[05:12] Ren
    Stove it.
[05:14] Ren
    Don't say another word,
    Asaka... or I'll hate you.
[05:19] Kyou
    How are they exhausted,
    even without the VF Gloves?!
[05:24] Tetsu
    The damage to their psyches
    also manifests in their physical bodies.
[05:28] Tetsu
    We are witnessing a fight
    between PSYqualia users.
[05:32] Kyou
    A fight between PSYqualia users...
[05:44] Charon
    My vanguard...
[05:46] Ren
    Yes, I know.
[05:49] Ren
    You wonder which warriors of light
    he's brought with him, right?
[05:57] Aichi
    I ride!
[06:00] Aichi
    Blaster Blade!
[06:05] Ren
    Just as expected, it's that one.
[06:08] Aichi
    Ability Blast!
[06:11] Aichi
    Burst Buster!
[06:15] Aichi
    Attend me, Sage of Salvation, Benon!
[06:18] Benon
    Yes, my vanguard!
[06:21] Benon
    The seventh paean of
    Benon's great magic book of verse!
[06:29] Aichi
    Have at you!
[06:50] Ren
    Tetsu was right.
[06:52] Ren
    Perhaps it's because we share the same sense,
[06:55] Ren
    but I understand you well,
    even though we only just met.
[07:03] Aichi
    I understand you, too.
[07:05] Aichi
    You enjoy Vanguard fights
    a great deal, don't you, Ren?
[07:11] Aichi
    And above all else,
[07:13] Aichi
    you treasure the fights you've had with Kai.
[07:17] Aichi
    Just like I do.
[07:25] Ren
    But those treasured moments...
[07:28] Ren
    My fights with Kai, which tie
     into the core of my very being...
[07:31] Ren
    You changed them.
[07:34] Ren
    You tainted the fights between me and Kai!
[07:38] Ren
    You're the one person I must defeat!
[07:45] Ren
    I ride!
[07:55] Ren
    A jet-black king of knights
    who rules the darkness.
[07:58] Ren
    The Dark Dictator.
[08:00] Ren
    Imaginary Gift, Force.
[08:04] Ren
    Blaster Rapier.
[08:07] Ren
    Blaster Axe.
[08:17] Ren
    Skull Witch, Nemain.
[08:22] Ren
    Go!
[08:23] All
    Yes, sir!
[08:26] Aichi
    Flogal!
[08:37] Aichi
    I'm going to blot out your light.
[08:57] Kamui
    Brother Aichi!
[09:03] Misaki
    Now he has 4 damage.
[09:08] Misaki
    They're tied.
[09:13] Ren
    That's right, Aichi Sendou.
[09:16] Ren
    It's not yet time for you to fall.
[09:24] Aichi
    Stand and draw.
[09:27] Ren
    Now you'll ride...
[09:29] Ren
    ...Soul Saver Dragon.
[09:33] Aichi
    I ride!
[09:38] Aichi
    Dispelling the dark clouds
    that obstruct the way to hope!
[09:41] Aichi
    Dragon of sacred light!
[09:43] Aichi
    Soul Saver Dragon!
[09:46] Aichi
    Imaginary Gift! Force!
[09:54] Ren
    And now...
[09:57] Ren
    ...the fate of this fight will be...
[10:26] Ren
    PSYqualia's final revelation
[10:28] Ren
    is a vision of "the image of the conclusion."
[10:33] Ren
    You can see it too, can't you?
[10:37] Aichi
    My PSYqualia is telling me that...
[10:41] Aichi
    I call.
[10:44] Aichi
    Everyone, attend me!
[10:52] Miwa
    Six units at once!
[10:54] Miwa
    He's got a full complement of rear-guards!
[10:56] Kamui
    Go, Brother Aichi!
[11:02] Ren
    Yes.
[11:03] Ren
    This is what it's always like once I see
    "the image of the conclusion."
[11:19] Asaka
    Ren!
[11:20] Kyou
    Ren?! Why?!
[11:23] Tetsu
    In a fight between two people with PSYqualia,
[11:26] Tetsu
    their synesthesia is magnified
     more than ever before,
[11:29] Tetsu
    and just imagining the units is enough
    to make them vulnerable to the pain.
[11:35] Ren
    Damage check...
[11:42] Ren
    Already, this fight feels like...
[11:46] Ren
    ...a completed painting
    that I only need to allow to dry.
[11:52] Ren
    Aichi Sendou...
[11:54] Ren
    It's now just a matter of us both
    going through the motions.
[12:00] Aichi
    Boosted by Wingal...
[12:02] Aichi
    ...Soul Saver Dragon attacks the Dark Dictator!
[12:06] Aichi
    Shining Feather Saver!
[12:11] Ren
    Dark Shield, Mac Lir!
[12:14] Mac
    No blade can pierce this darkness!
[12:17] Mac
    The shield of darkness is infallible!
[12:20] Benon
    The ninth paean of 
    Benon's great magic book of verse!
[12:27] Ren
    Death Feather Eagle! Charon!
[12:35] Ren
    So that was justice.
[12:38] Misaki
    Against Aichi's three attacks,
[12:40] Misaki
    he did just enough to block them all.
[12:43] Miwa
    His PSYqualia's going full throttle, huh?
[12:45] Kamui
    Darn it!
[12:47] Asaka
    Ren!
[12:48] Kyou
    Awesome...
[12:52] Ren
    Even when fighting against
    someone else who possesses PSYqualia,
[12:55] Ren
    the result is still the same.
[12:58] Ren
    I control the entire fight,
[13:00] Ren
    and I attain complete victory.
[13:03] Ren
    How boring.
[13:06] Ren
    Just as I suspected,
    everything ended after my fight with Kai.
[13:12] Ren
    Born from the dark abyss,
    a maelstrom of power gone amok takes form...
[13:16] Ren
    Emerge and bring forth your evil power!
[13:28] Ren
    I ride!
[13:30] Ren
    Phantom Blaster Dragon!
[13:32] Ren
    Imaginary Gift! Force!
[13:36] Miwa
    Kai, the unit that finished you off
[13:40] Miwa
    has now appeared before Aichi.
[13:47] Ren
    This fight is over.
[13:52] Kyou
    Are they really here?
[13:54] Asaka
    Huh?
[13:56] Tetsu
    That's an astute question.
[13:58] Tetsu
    Their bodies are definitely here.
[14:01] Tetsu
    But because of the senses shared
    by these two people with PSYqualia,
[14:05] Tetsu
    they themselves become
    the vanguards as they fight.
[14:09] Tetsu
    Right now, their minds
    are in the realm of imagination.
[14:14] Kyou
    In the realm of imagination...?
[14:18] Miwa
    To me, it just looks like
    they're fighting normally.
[14:23] Kamui
    Brother Aichi and Ren...
[14:26] Misaki
    What sights do they see before them?
[14:29] Ren
    It's time I wrapped this up.
[14:46] Ren
    Damned Charging Lance.
[14:59] Ren
    Shadow Erosion!
[15:01] Ren
    Now you'll sink down into the depths.
[15:38] Ren
    What? What is this image?
[15:49] Ren
    Aichi Sendou...
[15:52] Ren
    This wasn't in the image I saw!
[15:58] Aichi
    Ren, you're just like me.
[16:07] Ren
    What?!
[16:09] Jerk
    Stop getting 100s!
[16:12] Jerk
    Why do you always get better grades than us?!
[16:16] Aichi
    We've both suffered.
[16:19] Aichi
    We've both struggled all alone
    within the confines of our small worlds.
[16:24] Ren
    His images are flashing before my eyes!
[16:28] Li'l Ren
    Why these clothes?!
[16:32] Li'l Ren
    Please... Dad, don't...
[16:35] Father
    You must be a perfect winner in every way!
[16:38] Father
    Address me as "Father," not "Dad"!
[16:44] Li'l Aichi
    We both lived in darkness.
[16:49] Li'l Aichi
    Until...
[16:51] Li'l Ren
    Until?
[16:55] Li'l Aichi
    We both obtained a little beacon.
[17:09] Tetsu
    Sorry.
[17:18] Tetsu
    Your face... Did something happen to you?
[17:23] Tetsu
    It seems you've been in some kind of trouble.
[17:26] Tetsu
    How about if we drop by over there?
SIGN    Cardshop
[17:38] Tetsu
    It's fun.
[17:43] Kyou
    Look!
[17:45] Kyou
    Sendou's damage check...
[17:48] Kyou
    He drew a heal trigger!
[17:50] Kamui
    You did it, Brother Aichi!
[17:53] Misaki
    He healed 1 damage point!
[17:58] Miwa
    Aichi gets another turn!
[18:07] Aichi
    After obtaining our beacons,
[18:10] Aichi
    the things that had bound us disappeared.
[18:13] Aichi
    And yet, you're still in shackles, Ren.
[18:19] Ren
    My father's...?
[18:22] Ren
    No.
[18:24] Ren
    Are you saying I've bound myself?
[18:29] Aichi
    We both obtained just a little beacon.
[18:33] Aichi
    However...
[18:34] Aichi
    These beacons allowed us 
    to connect to a wider world.
[18:43] Tetsu
    Ren.
[18:45] Asaka
    Ren...
[18:47] Kyou
    Ren.
[18:49] Kai
    Ren!
[18:56] Aichi
    Look.
[19:11] Aichi
    This little beacon that Kai gave to me
[19:15] Aichi
    is shining so brightly.
[19:18] Aichi
    I ride!
[19:19] Aichi
    The light that will rewrite
    the world of darkness!
[19:25] Ren
    Wh-What is this?!
[19:33] Aichi
    Exculpate the Blaster!
[19:41] Kamui
    A new Blaster!
[19:47] Ren
    My image is being overwritten!
[19:58] Ren
    Aichi Sendou, has your PSYqualia
    actually surpassed mine?!
[20:04] Aichi
    Immeasurable Blade!
[20:09] Ren
    Mac Lir!
[20:11] Aichi
    Twin drive.
[20:12] Aichi
    First check.
[20:13] Aichi
    Second check!
[20:15] Aichi
    Critical trigger!
[20:16] Aichi
    I give all of the effects to Wingal!
[20:24] Kamui
    H-How can just one attack...
[20:27] Kamui
    ...retire all of his opponent's rear-guards?!
[20:30] Tetsu
    Exculpate can attack all of an opponent's units.
[20:36] Kamui
    All of their units?!
[20:46] Kyou
    Exculpate...
[20:49] Kyou
    ...is retiring.
[20:51] Asaka
    Now Ren will get a turn!
[20:54] Miwa
    He was so close!
[20:57] Kai
    No...
[21:00] Kai
    After retiring Exculpate,
[21:02] Kai
    he puts two cards from his hand
    into the Soul, and then...
[21:18] Kai
    ...Aichi rides Blaster Blade!
[21:23] Aichi
    I'm going to cleave through 
    the darkness that binds you!
[23:10] Asaka
    Waaa! Ren said he'd "hate" me!
[23:13] Asaka
    I can't go on!
[23:14] Tetsu
    Don't worry, Asaka.
[23:16] Asaka
    I don't need your consoling, Tetsu!
[23:20] Tetsu
    Ow!
[23:21] Tetsu
    Despite the way he seems,
    Ren has a poor memory.
[23:25] Tetsu
    I doubt he even remembers saying that.
[23:28] Asaka
    R-Really?
[23:29] Tetsu
    He often forgets his phone when he goes out,
[23:32] Tetsu
    and he can't even remember my family name,
    let alone my zodiac sign and blood type!
SIGN    Image 24 
     Kai
[23:36] Asaka
    Wow, you want him to remember all that?