E23 - Valkerion's Tears

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[00:04] Esuka
    Having a rough time yourself, Manager?
[00:08] Esuka
    Though perhaps I owe you my gratitude.
[00:13] Shin
    Excuse me, but... who are you?
[00:20] Shin
    You're Esuka Hibino!
[00:22] Mikuru
    How do you know?!
[00:24] Tatsuya
    There's no one else like that.
[00:29] Esuka
    After all, you've worked so hard
    to make my Capital a success.
[00:34] Shin
    What'd you just say?!
[00:37] Shin
    The strength of imagination!
[00:40] Shin
    That's the strength of Vanguard!
[00:45] Shin
    Don't get dominated by
    your opponent's imagination!
[00:48] Shin
    Rewrite that imagination!
[02:23] Regular A
    I haven't had that much fun in ages.
[02:26] Regular B
    Don't make this a one-day deal.
    Open the shop every day from now on!
[02:30] Regulars A&B
    We love Capital.
[02:33] Shin
    I hear you.
[02:34] Regular B
    See you!
[02:37] Tatsuya
    The one-day Halloween Festival
    pop-up shop is finally over.
[02:41] Mark
    Verily, it was exhausting, yet fun.
[02:44] Mikuru
    Well, we'd better change and then clean up.
[02:50] Shin
    Open the shop every day, from now on...
[02:54] Mikuru
    Hey! What are you doing, Space Cadet Cinnamon?!
SIGN    Remind 9
     Valkerion's Tears
[03:08] Shin
    Wha...?! Wha...?! Wha...?! Wha...?!
[03:12] Shin
    What is all this?!
[03:14] Mark
    Oh! Great!
[03:15] Tatsuya
    Yes, what a feast!
[03:17] Mikuru
    But who's providing it?!
[03:20] Esuka
    That would be me.
[03:23] Esuka
    As thanks for warming up my Capital today.
[03:26] Esuka
    Come on, let's celebrate.
[03:29] Shin
    Wait a minute!
[03:31] Shin
    First of all, this isn't "your" Capital!
[03:38] Esuka
    A toast. My best wishes to all of you,
    and a pat on the back for a hard day's work.
[03:45] Butler
    Cheers!
[03:47] All
    You made the toast?!
[03:51] Shin
    Listen up! None of us are gonna take
    a single bite of any food provided by Esuka!
[03:57] Mark
    A samurai pretends to have eaten well
    even when he has no food.
[04:00] Tatsuya
    It's fascinating, but I won't eat any!
[04:11] Shin
    This curry-and-rice kinda stuff is crazy good!
[04:15] Tonori
    It's stroganoff made with wagyu beef, yo.
[04:18] Shin
    This doesn't mean we've given in to Esuka!
[04:22] Tatsuya
    Shinemon is right!
[04:24] Tatsuya
    While this whole-roasted chicken
    may have fascinating flavor...
[04:27] Tonori
    It's domestic spring chicken,
    rotisserie-style, yo.
[04:32] Tatsuya
    ...that doesn't change
    our passion to protect Capital!
[04:37] Mark
    This sauteed fish head is as delectable as
    the dishes Nobunaga served to Tokugawa Ieyasu...
[04:47] Tonori
    It'sh all-natural broiled shea bream.
[04:50] Mark
    ...yet that does not reduce
    the strength of our will!
[04:57] Mikuru
    Even while protesting,
    they're stuffing their faces.
[05:10] Shin
    Come over and eat with us!
[05:22] Shin
    Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
[05:27] Tonori
    Dude changed outta one costume
    just to put on another?
[05:30] Mikuru
    That's Cosplayin' Cinnamon!
[05:33] Nanami
    What's it like in there?
[05:35] Tatsuya
    That's a fascinating question.
[05:40] Shin
    It smells kinda weird, for some reason.
[05:43] Tatsuya
    The water from that bucket may have soaked in.
[05:47] Mark
    Plus Rive had the suit on for hours.
    He must have sweated up a storm.
[06:03] Shin
    Noooo!
[06:05] All
    Nooo!
[06:06] Voice
    Hey! Don't come near me!
[06:08] Butler
    I believe this is our cue to leave.
[06:11] Esuka
    I know.
[06:13] Esuka
    We still haven't heard
    Shinemon Nitta say those words.
[06:21] Shin
    Hey, everyone.
[06:25] Shin
    I'd like to thank all of you
    for working so hard on Capital's behalf.
[06:30] Shin
    While we had our share of trouble,
    I can now look back and say it was fun.
[06:34] Shin
    I was gratified to see all
    of our guests smiling.
[06:40] Regular B
    Don't make this a one-day deal.
    Open the shop every day from now on!
[06:44] Regular A
    We love Capital.
[06:48] Shin
    Starting tomorrow,
    Capital is officially reopened!
[06:54] Esuka
    You heard that?
[06:55] Butler
    Yes.
[06:57] Butler
    I certainly did.
[07:12] Nanami
    I've never seen Ms. Esuka like this.
[07:14] Butler
    Ms. Esuka has been waiting a long time
    for Mr. Nitta to say those words.
[07:20] Shin
    "Those words"?
[07:21] Butler
    Once Mr. Nitta seriously declared
    his intention to reopen Capital,
[07:27] Butler
    Ms. Esuka would battle him in a game of
    Vanguard, with the shop as the stakes.
[07:30] Butler
    She has had that in mind for quite a while.
[07:34] Shin
    What?!
[07:37] Esuka
    Fight me, Shinemon Nitta!
[07:41] Esuka
    If you win, I'll leave Capital alone.
[07:44] Esuka
    And also...
[07:46] Esuka
    I'll explain about that photograph.
[07:54] Esuka
    However, if you lose, you leave.
SIGN    Misaki Tokura
[08:10] Shin
    You're on!
[08:12] Tatsuya
    Don't do it, Shinemon!
    What if you happen to lose?!
[08:15] Mark
    That's right! Are you serious?!
[08:17] Shin
    Shut up!
[08:18] Mikuru
    You Unthinking Cinnamon!
[08:20] Shin
    Remember the smiles on
    all our guests' faces today!
[08:25] Shin
    I'll win. I swear I'll win!
[08:30] Shin
    Capital is the place where we hang out!
[08:33] Shin
    It's the place where we play!
[08:35] Shin
    And it's the place I will protect!
[08:38] Shin
    I am Shinemon Nitta!
[08:40] Shin
    Come at me with everything you've got!
[08:45] Shin/Esuka
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[08:51] Esuka
    I ride!
[08:52] Esuka
    Jet-ink Fox!
[08:55] Shin
    I ride!
[08:57] Shin
    Pan of New Style!
[09:04] Nanami
    Ms. Esuka's clan is Great Nature.
[09:06] Tonori
    Yeah, a clan of scholarly animals
    who hang out in a gigantic school.
[09:11] Shin
    Vixen!
[09:13] Shin
    This is the day you see once and for all
    whom Capital really belongs to!
[09:16] Esuka
    I couldn't agree more.
[09:19] Esuka
    I go first.
[09:22] Esuka
    I ride!
[09:24] Esuka
    Prober of Black Jet, Cecile!
[09:27] Esuka
    With it's skill, I draw one card.
    That's the end of my turn.
[09:32] Shin
    I ride!
[09:35] Shin
    Atlas of Heavenly Sphere!
[09:37] Shin
    With Pan's skill, I draw one card!
[09:39] Shin
    With Atlas's skill, I Soul Charge!
[09:48] Esuka
    I ride!
[09:50] Esuka
    Scientist of Black Sheen, Mathilda!
[09:53] Esuka
    I'll teach you about this card.
[09:55] Esuka
    With Mathilda, different effects are activated
    when a card is turned over from the deck,
[10:01] Esuka
    depending on whether or not it's a trigger unit.
[10:03] Nanami
    So it's like a lottery drawing.
[10:06] Shin
    A lottery drawing...
[10:08] Shin
    Whatever happens is entrusted to fate.
[10:16] Esuka
    This time it's a trigger.
[10:18] Esuka
    Mathilda gets an extra critical.
[10:21] Esuka
    I call Silver Wolf!
[10:24] Esuka
    Follow me!
[10:26] Silver Wolf
    Yes, my Vanguard!
[10:28] Mark
    Grade 2, with 21,000 power?!
[10:31] Tatsuya
    And two criticals!
[10:33] Mikuru
    What'll Shinemon do?
[10:35] Shin
    No guard!
[10:41] Shin
    I won't give in!
[10:44] Shin
    I'll never...
[10:46] Shin
    ...let her have Capital!
[11:00] Shin
    I ride!
[11:01] Shin
    Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
[11:03] Shin
    I call Parthenos of Holy Verse
    and Diana of Moonlight!
[11:10] Shin
    Prometheus attacks Mathilda!
[11:12] Esuka
    Castanet Donkey guards!
[11:16] Shin
    Drive check!
[11:20] Shin
    A critical trigger!
[11:22] Shin
    I give all of the effects to Parthenos!
[11:24] Shin
    Go, Parthenos!
[11:32] Tatsuya
    Now she's got 3 damage!
[11:35] Shin
    Diana's skill activates!
[11:37] Shin
    I get an Imaginary Gift, Force I!
[11:44] Mikuru
    Hey, who's winning?
[11:47] Tatsuya
    It's hard to say, but...
[11:49] Mark
    Shinemon is holding his own!
[11:52] Mikuru
    Thank goodness!
[11:54] Esuka
    Learn well!
[11:55] Esuka
    With wisdom and knowledge...
[11:58] Esuka
    ...I ride!
[12:03] Esuka
    Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
[12:09] Esuka
    I get an Imaginary Gift, Accel I.
[12:15] Esuka
    Isabelle's skill activates!
[12:20] Esuka
    This time it's a trigger,
    which I add to my hand.
[12:23] Shin
    Vixen! Are you going to have
    a lottery drawing with that one, too?
[12:28] Esuka
    Come, Geograph Giant!
[12:31] Esuka
    Binoculus Tiger and Silver Wolf, you're up!
[12:36] Esuka
    Binoculus Tiger, attack Prometheus!
[12:43] Shin
    I guard with Battle Maiden, Kukurihime!
[12:48] Esuka
    This time it's me...
[12:58] Esuka
    Geograph Giant, go and teach
    Prometheus just how strong you are!
[13:10] Tonori
    He's got 4 damage, yo. So far so good.
[13:13] Nanami
    And also...
[13:15] Nanami
    Ms. Esuka hasn't pulled out all the stops yet.
[13:33] Shin
    I ride!
[13:36] Shin
    The entirety of destiny is inscribed
    within the blinding darkness!
[13:41] Shin
    And I am the one who recites it!
[13:48] Shin
    Gleaming Lord, Uranus!
[13:52] Shin
    I get an Imaginary Gift, Force I!
[13:58] Shin
    Uranus's skill activates!
[14:00] Shin
    I get an Imaginary Gift!
[14:02] Shin
    With this, Uranus gets +10,000 power!
[14:05] Shin
    I call Atlas!
[14:07] Shin
    I call Parthenos!
[14:08] Shin
    Then I call one more Atlas unit!
[14:27] Shin
    Circle Shift! Astral Plane!
[14:47] Shin
    Rewrite the imagination...
[14:51] Shin
    ...O great planetary guardian deity!
[14:53] Shin
    Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
[15:04] Tatsuya
    This is Shinemon's surefire victory pattern!
[15:06] Mark
    And even earlier than usual!
[15:09] Mikuru
    So he's okay, right?
[15:11] Mikuru
    Shinemon will win, won't he?
[15:13] Tatsuya
    Of course!
[15:14] Nanami
    We'll see.
[15:17] Shin
    Parthenos, take out Binoculus!
[15:23] Esuka
    No guard.
[15:29] Esuka
    No guard!
[15:30] Shin
    Drive check!
[15:32] Shin
    First check!
[15:33] Shin
    Second check!
[15:35] Tatsuya
    A critical trigger!
[15:37] Shin
    I give the power to my left-side Parthenos,
     and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
[15:44] Tatsuya
    She's got 5 damage!
[15:46] Mikuru
    Just 1 more damage, right?
[15:47] Tatsuya
    Right!
[15:48] Mark
    Let's go! Valkerion!
[15:54] Shin
    Valkerion! Zodiac Blazer!
[16:16] Esuka
    Perfect guard.
[16:18] Shin
    She had that card?!
[16:23] Shin
    I'm not done yet!
[16:25] Shin
    Drive check!
[16:29] Mark
    Oh! A double critical!
[16:31] Shin
    I give all of the effects to Parthenos!
[16:35] Shin
    I'm counting on you, Parthenos!
[16:40] Esuka
    It's no use.
[16:41] Esuka
    I guard with Dictionary Goat and Cecile.
[16:58] Nanami
    Ms. Esuka used strategic "no guards"
    earlier so that she could block now.
[17:02] Tatsuya
    Even though he called Valkerion
    sooner than ever before...
[17:08] Esuka
    I ride Isabelle once more!
[17:12] Esuka
    Imaginary Gift, Accel I!
[17:16] Shin
    You're gonna use that lottery drawing
    thing again, huh? What'll it be this time?!
[17:20] Esuka
    Both.
[17:21] Shin
    What does that mean?!
[17:23] Esuka
    I'll explain just what Isabelle's true power is.
[17:26] Esuka
    Before, I could only use one of
    Isabelle's effects, but now I can use both.
[17:31] Shin
    What?!
[17:32] Tatsuya
    She can use both?!
[17:34] Mark
    In effect, two effects!
[17:37] Esuka
    Isabelle's skill activates!
[17:39] Esuka
    With this, Isabelle gets +15,000 power.
[17:44] Esuka
    Come on out, Geograph Giant!
[17:48] Esuka
    Monoculus Tiger, you as well.
[17:51] Esuka
    And also Mathilda. Time for class.
[17:54] Esuka
    Mathilda's skill activates!
[17:58] Tatsuya
    A normal card!
[18:00] Esuka
    Now you must use two or more units
    to guard against Mathilda's attacks this turn.
[18:04] Shin
    What?!
[18:06] Esuka
    And that's not all.
[18:08] Esuka
    An extra critical.
[18:10] Shin
    Not Mathilda, too?!
[18:15] Esuka
    I attack Uranus!
[18:18] Shin
    No guard!
[18:21] Esuka
    Twin drive!
[18:23] Esuka
    First check.
[18:27] Esuka
    Second check.
[18:32] Esuka
    It's a critical trigger.
[18:34] Esuka
    I give the power to Monoculus Tiger,
    and the extra critical to Isabelle.
[18:49] Mikuru
    Shinemon has five cards in his hand,
    so why didn't he do anything?!
[18:54] Tatsuya
    Even if he guarded against that,
    there would still be Mathilda!
[18:57] Esuka
    It was a cool, strategic decision.
[18:59] Esuka
    And the correct one.
[19:02] Esuka
    But that still doesn't guarantee victory.
[19:05] Esuka
    Go on, try your luck.
[19:18] Esuka
    5 damage.
[19:20] Esuka
    One more to go.
[19:26] Esuka
    I suppose you're not ready for it.
[19:29] Shin
    Even after making it this far,
    all I can do is rely on luck?!
[19:33] Mark
    Hey, Shinemon!
[19:36] Mark
    Li'l Valkerion's cheering you on! Hang in there!
[19:40] Tatsuya
    Shinemon, please remember!
[19:44] Tatsuya
    Remember how we got Li'l Valkerion!
[19:49] Tatsuya
    We've got luck on our side!
    I'm sure it'll be okay!
[20:02] Esuka
    Look there.
[20:06] Shin
    You're the man from the other day!
[20:13] Butler
    I am Hitsujida the butler.
[20:16] Shin
    D-Don't tell me...
[20:18] Esuka
    That's right. I'm the one who paid for it.
[20:22] Shin
    What?!
[20:24] Tatsuya
    Then...
[20:27] Esuka
    Don't get cocky just because
    you ran a business for a single day.
[20:32] Esuka
    Most of the people who came today
    were customers of the previous manager.
[20:36] Esuka
    Not you.
[20:39] Esuka
    Do you have a vision for this shop's future?
[20:42] Esuka
    A real shop isn't like one at a school festival.
[20:46] Mikuru
    That's enough!
[20:47] Esuka
    All of you, use your heads!
[20:50] Esuka
    Were you compensated for your work today?
[20:54] Esuka
    You can't run a business with volunteers.
[20:57] Esuka
    If you calculated earnings and expenses,
    you'd likely be deep in the red from today alone.
[21:15] Esuka
    Running a shop isn't child's play.
[21:19] Esuka
    Adults think hard and then use
    originality and ingenuity to make it work.
[21:27] Shin
    I lost...
[21:59] Shin
    I don't believe it...
[22:02] Shin
    It can't be...
[22:04] Shin
    It can't be!
[22:05] Shin
    It can't be! It can't be! It can't!
[22:07] Shin
    It can't!
[23:45] Narrator
    The 30-second card intro segment!
[23:48] Narrator
    Today's featured card is Esuka's ace in the hole,
    Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle!
SIGN    Holy Great Sage of Black Shadows, Isabelle
[23:53] Narrator
    When you flip over a card from your deck,
    then depending on the card's type,
[23:56] Narrator
    this unit either gets +15,000 power or triggers
    its skill to add the flipped card to your hand.
[24:01] Narrator
    However, if the opponent is grade 3 or higher,
    you can activate both of those effects!
[24:06] Narrator
    It can activate both lottery drawing skills
    on allies as well, making them twice as strong!
[24:11] Narrator
    With this card, you too can
    "Ride The Vanguard"!
SIGN    Ride The Vanguard!
[24:16] Mikuru
    How did you make Li'l Valkerion?
[24:18] Voice
    I first made a diagram based on the design
    and built a small model with plaster and clay.
[24:22] Voice
    Then I set about creating the full-sized version.
[24:24] Voice
    I molded the torso out of urethane foam.
[24:27] Voice
    For the head, I sculpted a clay prototype,
    made a silicone mold, and cast the head in FRP.
[24:31] Voice
    Then I corrected artifacts in the FRP surface
    and polished it with putty and sandpaper,
[24:36] Voice
    after which it was ready for painting.
[24:38] Voice
    The key here was to use an off-the-shelf
    spray paint and not worry about the exact shade.
SIGN    Remind 10
     End of Shinemon
[24:42] Mikuru
    I didn't understand any of that!