# E27 - Esu Cup Match
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKWDM9Y/esu-cup-match)
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**[00:01] Esuka**
The Esu Cup finals will begin shortly,
with the right to fight me on the line!
**[00:07] Esuka**
From this point on, there will be
a change in the rules, so listen carefully.
**[00:11] Esuka**
For the finals, the first team to win three
out of five possible matches will be victorious.
**[00:16] Esuka**
This isn't a knockout competition,
**[00:18] Esuka**
so it doesn't matter whether three members
all fight or one member wins three in a row.
**[00:25] Esuka**
Another consideration during the fights is...
**[00:28] Shin**
Just you wait, Esuka. I'm gonna
defeat you and take back Capital!
***SIGN*** Remind 13 Esu Cup Match
**[02:11] Shin**
You get the first match, Mark!
**[02:15] Shin**
You could even win three in a row for us!
**[02:20] Mikuru**
Mark, are you listening?
**[02:22] Mark**
Oh! Sorry...
**[02:24] Mark**
I was spacing out for a moment.
**[02:27] Mikuru**
Do you feel nervous?
**[02:30] Mark**
I'm just fine!
**[02:32] Mark**
I'm on fire, much like how
Nobunaga was at Honnoji Temple!
**[02:36] Mikuru**
That's not the kind of fire we want!
**[02:39] Tonori**
Yo.
**[02:39] Tatsuya**
The finals at last, huh?
**[02:42] Tonori**
We came here to show our support, yo.
**[02:45] Shin**
Are you sure you're not here to eat?
**[02:47] Tatsuya**
He's already cleaned out
all the snacks in our waiting room.
**[02:51] Tonori**
That match was a blast, yo.
**[02:54] Tonori**
So I'm hungrier than usual.
**[02:56] Shin**
A blast?
**[02:58] Mark**
Verily, in what way?
**[03:00] Tonori**
It's weird, yo.
**[03:02] Tonori**
Even though I lost... How do I put it?
**[03:06] Tonori**
It just feels like I had a good time, yo.
**[03:09] Tatsuya**
Fascinating...
**[03:11] Mikuru**
Huh?
**[03:13] Mikuru**
Where's Nanami?
**[03:18] Nanami**
Did Ms. Esuka form Team Dragon's Vanity
in order to defeat Shinemon's team?
**[03:26] Nanami**
If that's the case, what's the point
of us being at Ms. Esuka's side?
**[03:34] Nanami**
Does she...
**[03:36] Nanami**
...not need me anymore?
**[03:42] Oyama**
All right! I'll be back.
**[03:45] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[03:47] Kanzaki**
Failure is unforgivable!
**[03:51] Oyama**
Winning and losing depend on luck.
**[03:54] Oyama**
I can't wait!
**[04:00] Ruga**
Rive Shindou...
**[04:04] MC**
The moment you've all been waiting for!
The first finals match is about to begin!
**[04:09] MC**
From Team Capital, Ninja Master!
**[04:13] MC**
From Team Dragon's Vanity,
**[04:15] MC**
the fighter of endless summer,
straight from the snowy mountains!
**[04:18] MC**
Here he is! Ryutarou Oyama!
**[04:21] Mark**
I am Ninja Master.
**[04:24] Mark**
Verily, I am a ninja.
**[04:26] Oyama**
Oh, a real ninja wears a helmet, huh?
**[04:29] Oyama**
That's great!
**[04:31] Oyama**
I'm Ryutarou Oyama!
Let's have a good match!
**[04:35] MC**
Start the fight!
**[04:38] Oyama/Mark**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[04:47] MC**
What?!
**[04:48] Rive**
It's a bear!
**[04:49] Tatsuya**
What's a bear doing out there?!
**[04:51] Shin**
It's not just a bear!
**[04:56] MC**
Everyone, please evacuate immediately!
**[04:59] Oyama**
The man says to evacuate.
**[05:02] Oyama**
Should we call this off?
**[05:04] Oyama**
We're just getting started!
**[05:07] Mark**
Naturally, we shall continue.
**[05:10] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[05:12] Nanami**
What's that?!
**[05:18] Nanami**
Oh no!
**[05:20] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka!
**[05:22] Nanami**
Are you okay?!
**[05:23] Esuka**
Nanamin!
**[05:27] Esuka**
Help!
**[05:29] Esuka**
Eeek! It's back!
**[05:32] Nanami**
Yes!
**[05:34] Esuka**
That one's extremely ferocious! Be careful!
**[05:38] Nanami**
Nothing to worry about!
**[05:39] Nanami**
Meow! Meow-meow!
**[05:51] Nanami**
You're a stray, huh?
**[05:52] Nanami**
Did you come here with the other animals?
**[05:59] Butler**
Ms. Esuka, look at that!
**[06:04] Esuka**
Come to think of it, in the mountains...
**[06:10] Esuka**
These animals have come
to root for Ryutarou Oyama!
**[06:15] Esuka**
Tell all audience members
who had evacuated to return.
**[06:18] Butler**
As you wish. At once.
**[06:20] Esuka**
Thank you.
**[06:23] Nanami**
Please tell me one thing.
**[06:25] Esuka**
What is it?
**[06:26] Nanami**
Ms. Esuka, why did you
form Team Dragon's Vanity?
**[06:32] Nanami**
Were we not good enough to beat Team Capital?
**[06:47] Esuka**
I decided not to give you and Tonori
the duty of defeating Shinemon Nitta.
**[06:52] Esuka**
That's all.
**[06:54] Nanami**
Because we're weak?
**[06:56] Esuka**
No, you're not.
**[06:58] Esuka**
But I wanted a team that would
attack them with every fiber of their being.
**[07:03] Esuka**
You're fond of Shinemon Nitta,
aren't you, Nanamin?
**[07:08] Nanami**
No, I'm not.
**[07:11] Esuka**
Either way, it's not as if
I have no more use for you.
**[07:17] Butler**
Ms. Esuka...
**[07:19] Butler**
We are all set.
**[07:23] MC**
Sorry for the wait!
**[07:25] MC**
Despite some unforeseen trouble,
**[07:28] MC**
the sponsor has declared the area safe,
so you can set your minds at ease!
**[07:34] MC**
We return to our scheduled play-by-play!
**[07:38] MC**
The fourth turn is over,
with Ninja Master at 3 damage!
**[07:44] MC**
Oyama has 2 damage!
**[07:47] Rive**
While we took cover,
they just kept fighting, huh?
**[07:51] Shin**
Good grief.
**[07:53] Shin**
For a minute there, I didn't know
what was gonna happen.
**[07:56] Mikuru**
But now you're Safe Cinnamon, huh?
**[07:58] Tonori**
It's just so surreal, yo.
Seein' animals as spectators.
**[08:03] Tatsuya**
Truly fascinating...
**[08:09] Mikuru**
Nanami!
**[08:11] Tonori**
Did somethin' happen?
**[08:13] Nanami**
No, nothing.
**[08:16] Mark**
Ninja Art, Riding Jutsu!
**[08:23] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[08:26] Mark**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Protect I!
**[08:34] Mark**
Ninja Art, Calling Jutsu!
**[08:36] Mark**
Rally to me, Evil Stealth Dragon, Zangetsu!
**[08:39] Mark**
Its skill activates!
**[08:41] Mark**
Ninja Art, Summoning Jutsu!
**[08:44] Mark**
I superior call Evil Decoy Token!
**[08:47] Mark**
All of the Tokens get Boost and +5000 power!
**[08:52] Oyama**
This is exciting!
**[08:56] Mark**
Kurogiri, punish Voltage Dragon!
**[08:59] Oyama**
That's the plan?
**[09:01] Oyama**
No guard!
**[09:08] Mark**
Next, I myself shall go...
**[09:10] Mark**
Yahhh!
**[09:12] Oyama**
No guard for that, either!
**[09:14] Mark**
Twin drive!
**[09:16] Mark**
First check.
**[09:18] Mark**
Second check.
**[09:19] MC**
There it is! A critical trigger!
**[09:21] Mark**
I give the power to Zangetsu,
and the extra critical to my Vanguard!
**[09:30] Oyama**
I'm getting a kick out of this!
**[09:33] Shin**
Now he's got 4 damage!
**[09:36] Mark**
Zangetsu attacks Mighty Bolt Dragon!
**[09:42] Oyama**
I see now.
**[09:45] Oyama**
The looming threat of a drawn-out battle
made you take out my rear-guards, eh?
**[09:51] Mark**
Verily, you see through me.
**[09:53] Oyama**
That's some strategizing. Well done.
**[09:57] MC**
And now it's Oyama's turn!
**[10:00] MC**
The animal army cheering him on is excited, too!
**[10:04] Oyama**
I ride!
**[10:13] Oyama**
Dragonic Vanquisher!
**[10:16] MC**
There it is! Oyama's ace in the hole!
**[10:19] MC**
Dragonic Vanquisher takes the field!
**[10:22] Oyama**
I get an Imaginary Gift, Accel II!
**[10:28] Oyama**
I call!
**[10:30] Oyama**
Demonic Dragon Berserker, Chatura!
**[10:32] Oyama**
Voltage Horn!
**[10:33] Oyama**
And also...
**[10:35] Oyama**
Ceremonial Bonfire Eradicator, Castor!
**[10:37] Oyama**
Thunder Break Dragon!
**[10:42] Mark**
How strange!
**[10:44] Mark**
Verily, you discarded
your last ace in the hole!
**[10:47] Oyama**
You do understand what this means, don't you?
**[11:06] Oyama**
You do understand what this means, don't you?
**[11:11] Mark**
Verily, you have chosen offense over defense.
**[11:14] Mark**
Though you are my adversary,
I admire your resolve.
**[11:19] Oyama**
And I admire your insight!
**[11:22] Rive**
Even as they battle, they swap compliments.
**[11:25] Rive**
What an unusual match.
**[11:27] Mark**
How enjoyable this is.
**[11:29] Mark**
Verily, this fight with the
worthy Oyama is most exhilarating!
**[11:37] Oyama**
I discard one unit from my hand,
and Castor's skill activates!
**[11:41] Oyama**
I bind Zangetsu!
**[11:43] Oyama**
Castor gets +5000 power!
**[11:45] Oyama**
Voltage's skill is in effect,
and it gets +5000 power!
**[11:50] Oyama**
Dragonic Vanquisher's skill activates!
**[11:54] Oyama**
I bind Kurogiri!
**[11:57] Oyama**
Thunder Break's skill activates!
**[12:00] Oyama**
I drag the Evil Decoy Tokens to the front row!
**[12:07] Oyama**
Here I come!
**[12:08] Oyama**
Voltage Horn attacks your Vanguard!
**[12:11] Oyama**
Its skill activates!
**[12:13] Oyama**
I bind Evil Decoy Token!
**[12:16] Oyama**
I bound three cards,
so Vanquisher's skill activates!
**[12:20] Oyama**
All of my front-row units gain +10,000 power!
**[12:27] Mark**
No guard!
**[12:31] MC**
With this, Ninja Master has 4 damage!
**[12:35] Oyama**
Vanquisher attacks your Vanguard!
**[12:39] Mark**
Guard! Protect me!
**[12:41] MC**
Oyama's attack is blocked by a perfect guard!
**[12:46] Oyama**
Twin drive!
**[12:47] Oyama**
First check!
**[12:49] Oyama**
Second check!
**[12:51] MC**
There it is! A critical trigger!
**[12:58] Mark**
Might you be curious about my hand?
**[13:01] Oyama**
That's right.
**[13:02] Oyama**
Out of the four cards,
one is Zangetsu and one's Tobihiko.
**[13:06] Oyama**
The question is, what are the other two?
**[13:10] Oyama**
This is a tough decision.
**[13:12] Mikuru**
Hey, how does he know what cards Mark has?
**[13:16] Shin**
He remembers Mark's drive check cards.
**[13:20] Mark**
That hesitation is reminiscent of
Kobayakawa Hideaki at Sekigahara,
**[13:25] Mark**
unsure of whether to join
the Eastern Army or Western Army.
**[13:30] Oyama**
You're a funny guy.
**[13:32] Oyama**
All right, that settles it!
**[13:34] Oyama**
I give all of the effects to
Thunder Break Dragon!
**[13:37] Oyama**
This'll do!
**[13:39] Oyama**
The attack I chose is at the expense
of all cards in my hand, so this is it!
**[13:45] Mark**
And that is why you forced me
to use my perfect guard earlier?
**[13:50] Oyama**
Oh, I'm impressed you realized that.
**[13:52] Oyama**
Truly a ninja.
**[13:55] Shin**
Mark is smiling, even though
he knows he's been bamboozled.
**[13:59] Mikuru**
He must really be
enjoying the fight with Oyama.
**[14:03] Oyama**
Chatura attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:09] MC**
With that, Ninja Master has 5 damage!
**[14:13] Tonori**
No triggers here would be real bad, yo.
**[14:16] Tatsuya**
Mark, hang in there!
**[14:18] Oyama**
Chatura's skill activates!
**[14:21] Oyama**
I bind Evil Decoy Token!
**[14:23] Oyama**
I draw one card!
**[14:25] Oyama**
Castor boosts!
**[14:31] Oyama**
Thunder Break attacks your Vanguard!
**[14:36] Mark**
Ninja Art, Guarding Jutsu!
**[14:37] Mark**
Tobihiko! Zashikihime!
**[14:40] Oyama**
Zashikihime?!
**[14:41] MC**
Again, Oyama's attack is blocked!
**[14:46] Oyama**
So frustrating!
**[14:48] Oyama**
That card was Zashikihime
with a 20,000 shield, eh?
**[14:52] Oyama**
Since Chatura's attack hit,
I assumed I was in the clear.
**[14:57] Mark**
Verily, I got back at you.
**[15:01] Oyama**
And I never saw it coming!
**[15:04] Butler**
That Oyama fellow certainly
has a peculiar way of fighting.
**[15:10] Esuka**
He smiles at his opponent
while thoroughly enjoying the fight.
**[15:15] Esuka**
That is his talent.
**[15:18] Mark**
Stand and draw!
**[15:21] Mark**
I call Chigasumi and Zangetsu!
**[15:23] Mark**
Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[15:26] Mark**
I superior call Evil Decoy Tokens!
**[15:31] Mark**
Ninja Art, Spiriting-Away Jutsu!
**[15:34] Mark**
Hanzo gains +20,000 power!
**[15:37] Mark**
Furthermore, all of your rear-guards
must return to your hand,
**[15:41] Mark**
while the same number
already in hand are discarded!
**[15:45] Oyama**
Five cards?!
**[15:48] Oyama**
That's a nice battle strategy!
**[15:51] Oyama**
You're incredible, Ninja Master!
**[15:55] Mark**
Verily, I am delighted to hear that.
**[16:02] Mark**
Calling Jutsu!
**[16:04] Mark**
Rally to me, Kurogiri!
**[16:06] Mark**
Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[16:08] Mark**
I superior call Evil Decoy Token!
**[16:11] Mark**
+5000 power!
**[16:13] Mark**
Again, Zangetsu's skill activates!
**[16:18] Mark**
I superior call a second one!
**[16:20] Mark**
Verily, all of my Evil Decoy Tokens
gain +5000 power, as well as Boost!
**[16:30] Mark**
Evil Decoy Token boosts!
**[16:32] Mark**
Hanzo attacks your Vanguard!
**[16:35] Mark**
Prepare yourself!
**[16:37] Oyama**
No guard!
**[16:41] Mark**
Drive check!
**[16:43] Mark**
First check!
**[16:45] Mark**
Second check!
**[16:46] MC**
There it is! A critical trigger!
**[16:50] MC**
Verily, Hanzo gains a critical!
**[16:53] Oyama**
Okay, damage check!
**[16:57] Oyama**
No trigger?!
**[16:59] Tatsuya**
All right! 5 damage!
**[17:01] Oyama**
One more damage point and he'll clinch it!
**[17:05] Oyama**
I don't want it to be over!
I don't want to let him end it!
**[17:09] MC**
The fateful second check!
**[17:11] Oyama**
If I draw a heal trigger here,
we can continue this fun fight!
**[17:17] Oyama**
The thought alone gives me a thrill!
**[17:20] Mark**
Lord Oyama...
**[17:22] Oyama**
Here goes my second check
for this manly battle!
**[17:26] Oyama**
Now!
**[17:31] MC**
No trigger!
**[17:40] MC**
It's over!
**[17:43] Oyama**
Nooo, I lost!
**[17:46] MC**
Ninja Master won the match!
**[17:50] MC**
Team Capital has the first victory!
**[17:55] Oyama**
Let's fight again, somewhere, somewhen.
**[17:58] Mark**
Verily, it would be my pleasure.
**[18:01] Oyama**
That really was a great fight.
**[18:04] Oyama**
And above all, that helmet of yours is awesome!
**[18:10] Mark**
This?
**[18:11] Oyama**
Yeah! Nice!
**[18:13] Oyama**
This is so cool.
**[18:15] Oyana**
I see--
**[18:17] Oyama**
Oh, that's right!
**[18:23] Oyama**
This feels amazing!
**[18:27] Oyama**
I'm from the world of Cardfight Vanguard!
**[18:30] Oyama**
The spirit of the deck, Li'l Valkerion!
**[18:34] Oyama**
Hey, everybody who loves card games!
**[18:37] Oyama**
Let's all stand up, Vanguard together!
**[18:42] Esuka**
He's in the suit I wore... That mega-pervert!
**[18:47] Butler**
Please calm yourself, Ms. Esuka.
**[18:48] Esuka**
Take it off already!
**[18:50] Butler**
If you say the wrong thing, it's possible that
everyone will learn that you were in the suit.
**[18:50] Esuka**
How do you find that comfortable?!
**[18:54] Esuka**
Wearing that thing is ridiculous!
**[18:56] Esuka**
All right, fine!
**[19:00] Tatsuya**
That was a great fight, Mark!
**[19:02] Mark**
Yes, that has been your constant refrain.
**[19:06] Mikuru**
But I know how Tatsuya feels.
**[19:09] Shin**
Yeah. That was a fun fight, even just to watch.
**[19:12] Tonori**
For real, yo.
**[19:14] Tatsuya**
It really was a great fight.
**[19:17] Mark**
Verily, you said it yet again.
**[19:32] Esuka**
You're fond of Shinemon Nitta,
aren't you, Nanamin?
**[19:44] Nanami**
What's wrong?
**[19:52] Nanami**
This stray cat wants you to go with it.
**[19:59] Nanami**
You don't fit in anywhere either, huh?
**[20:34] Shin**
All right, now it's my turn!
**[20:37] Mark**
No, no, no! I'll fight in the second match, too!
**[20:41] Mark**
That fight with Oyama put me in a great mood!
**[20:44] Mark**
I'll use this momentum
to snag us a second victory!
**[20:51] Ruga**
I ride!
**[21:01] Ruga**
Last Card, Revonn!
**[21:05] Mark**
Last Card, Revonn?!
**[21:07] Shin**
Mark...
**[21:09] Ruga**
Revonn attacks your Vanguard!
**[21:13] Mark**
Chigasumi intercepts!
**[21:16] Ruga**
Twin drive.
**[21:17] Ruga**
First check.
**[21:18] Ruga**
Second check.
**[21:20] Ruga**
Front trigger!
**[21:22] Tatsuya**
Mark!
**[21:23] Tonori**
Blew right through his guard, yo.
**[21:44] Mark**
How mortifying. Verily, I have lost.
**[21:48] Shin**
Mark... lost...
**[21:59] MC**
Uh-oh... What's this?
**[22:01] MC**
Ruga is glaring at the announcers' corner.
**[22:04] MC**
Was it something I sa--
**[22:05] Rive**
It's me.
**[22:07] Rive**
The one he's looking at...
**[22:10] Rive**
...is me!
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:49] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Oyama's
ace in the hole, Dragonic Vanquisher!
***SIGN*** Dragonic Vanquisher
**[23:54] Narrator**
By doing a Counterblast, you can
bind their front-row rear-guards!
**[23:58] Narrator**
And if there's a grade 3 in the Soul,
you can bind cards from your hand and theirs!
**[24:02] Narrator**
On top of that, if you've bound
three or more cards during this turn,
**[24:07] Narrator**
your front-row allies get +10,000 power!
**[24:11] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Shin**
Some of the cards have a weird way
of reading their names.
**[24:18] Mark**
Yeah, this looks like "Demonic Ninja Dragon,"
but it's read as "Evil Stealth Dragon."
**[24:22] Mikuru**
And Revonn looks like "Concluding Trump Card,"
but today we heard him call it "Last Card."
**[24:26] Shin**
In my case, I'm the manager of Capital.
**[24:29] Shin**
So, um...
**[24:30] Shin**
The first character means "shop,"
the other "long"...
**[24:33] Shin**
Just call me Shoplong Shinemon!
**[24:34] Mark**
No, no! "Manager" doesn't
break into characters in English!
**[24:37] Mikuru**
With English, you're Stinky Cinnamon!
**[24:39] Mikuru**
And besides, you're not the manager yet!
***SIGN*** Remind 14
Card is Life
**[24:42] Shin**
Don't say that in front of Sub Manager!