# E29 - Image Transformed!!
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**[00:01] MC**
With Team Capital at two wins
and Team Dragon's Vanity at one win,
**[00:05] MC**
we head into the fourth match
of the Esu Cup finals!
**[00:09] MC**
It's Shinemon Nitta versus international
Vanguard high school champion Yuichirou Kanzaki!
**[00:19] MC**
I recall hearing that Nitta is your disciple?
**[00:23] Oyama**
That kid's a spirited fighter.
**[00:26] Rive**
What're you doing here?!
**[00:28] Kanzaki**
You!
**[00:30] Kanzaki**
So you're stronger than S Class, eh?
**[00:33] Shin**
I only defeated them once.
**[00:37] Kanzaki**
Unless you're strong, you have
no business being a Vanguard fighter!
**[00:49] Kanzaki**
Strength is power! Strength is justice!
**[00:57] Kanzaki**
Strength is absolute!
**[01:03] Kanzaki**
Don't make me sad!
**[01:09] MC**
It's now the first turn! Nitta attacks!
**[01:13] Shin**
I'll finish you off with
Phosphoros of Auspicious Light!
**[01:16] Kanzaki**
Too wimpy!
**[01:23] MC**
Kanzaki rode out the attack
by guarding with four cards!
**[01:34] MC**
A-Again?
**[01:45] Kanzaki**
Weak, weak, weak!
**[01:48] Kanzaki**
Too weak!
**[01:50] Kanzaki**
You're weaker than I imagined!
**[01:54] Kanzaki**
That's why I'll end this now!
**[01:57] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword attacks!
**[02:02] Shin**
No guard...
**[02:04] MC**
Nitta will do a fateful damage check!
**[02:14] Shin**
No trigger...
**[02:17] MC**
Nitta has 6 damage!
**[02:20] MC**
That made a well-earned victory
for Kanzaki of Team Dragon's Vanity!
**[02:26] MC**
Now both teams are even
with two wins and two losses!
**[02:30] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[02:32] Kanzaki**
Begone, weakling!
**[02:35] Oyama**
He's strong, but he rubs me the wrong way.
**[02:41] Kanzaki**
Rive Shindou, the Board Grappler!
**[02:44] Kanzaki**
You're my next opponent, right?!
**[02:51] Rive**
Well, I guess so.
**[02:56] MC**
And now we'll have a one-hour
intermission before the fifth match.
**[03:05] Shin**
The strength of imagination!
**[03:08] Shin**
That's the strength of Vanguard!
**[03:13] Shin**
Don't get dominated by
your opponent's imagination!
**[03:16] Shin**
Rewrite that imagination!
***SIGN*** Remind 15 Image Transformed!!
**[04:58] Nanami**
Are you sure you don't mind
sharing with us, too?
**[05:00] Mikuru**
That's why I made them all!
**[05:04] Mikuru**
I can't tell them I made too many again...
**[05:08] Tatsuya**
Shinemon and Mark sure have
been in the restroom a long while.
**[05:12] Tonori**
I-I can't hold back, yo!
**[05:15] Mikuru**
Well, go ahead!
**[05:17] Rive**
I have a bad feeling...
**[05:19] The Two**
Thanks!
**[05:22] The Two**
W-Water!
**[05:25] Mikuru**
Don't tell me...
**[05:27] Mikuru**
I'll try one!
**[05:31] Mikuru**
Water! I need water!
**[05:33] Rive**
Not only did she make too many,
she overloaded them with salt.
**[05:37] Mikuru**
Yeah!
**[05:39] Mikuru**
How did you know I made too many?!
**[05:41] Rive**
It was obvious!
**[05:44] Mark**
Verily, are you certain about this?
**[05:47] Shin**
Yeah.
**[05:49] Rive**
What's up?
**[05:51] Mark**
Shinemon wishes for you to fight
in the next match, Lord Rive.
**[06:03] Rive**
Leave it to me.
**[06:07] Shin**
Thank you...
**[06:22] Rive**
You stay put.
**[06:24] Mikuru**
Bro! Why isn't Shinemon
fighting in the next match?!
**[06:28] Tatsuya**
According to the rules, it's fine for
a player who lost a match to do another one.
**[06:35] Rive**
The way Shinemon is now,
he wouldn't be able to beat Kanzaki.
**[06:42] Mikuru**
But why?! I'm sure Shinemon
could defeat him this time!
**[06:46] Rive**
That was Shinemon's first fight
against somebody like Kanzaki.
**[06:51] Tatsuya**
What do you mean?
**[06:53] Rive**
Kanzaki is obsessed with strength.
**[06:57] Rive**
He and Shinemon are like polar opposites.
**[07:02] Kid**
I ride!
**[07:03] Kid**
Um... Allen attacks!
**[07:05] Kid**
My turn's over.
**[07:08] Kid A**
Stand and draw!
**[07:09] Kid A**
I ride Cosmo Beak!
**[07:12] Kid A**
With its skill, I draw one card!
**[07:15] Shin**
Where'd you come from, Mark?
**[07:17] Mark**
Refer to me as Ninja Master
when I am in this form.
**[07:21] Kids**
No guard!
**[07:24] Kids**
Heal trigger!
**[07:26] Kid**
I ride!
**[07:27] Kid A**
All right! Here I come!
**[07:28] Kid A**
I attack your Vanguard!
**[07:29] Shin**
Why did I lose to Kanzaki?
**[07:36] Mark**
Shall we fight here as well?
**[07:41] Mark**
Verily, even Sub Manager encourages you to.
**[07:45] Shin**
So I see. In that case...
**[07:50] Rive**
It's as if Shinemon was born to be
a man who purely enjoys Vanguard.
**[07:57] Nanami**
That makes sense.
**[07:58] Mikuru**
You understood that?
**[07:59] Nanami**
Yeah, I doubt he's interested
in strength and stuff like that.
**[08:05] Mikuru**
Then you do understand.
**[08:07] Rive**
So against Kanzaki, that kind of guy he'd
never faced before, he instinctively froze up.
**[08:14] Tatsuya**
Fascinating...
**[08:16] Mikuru**
He became a Scared Cinnamon.
**[08:19] Tonori**
But if he can overcome that...
**[08:23] Rive**
The thing is, Shinemon himself doesn't
realize he's harboring that image of Kanzaki.
**[08:30] Rive**
So just telling him that wouldn't work.
**[08:33] Mikuru**
Then, even if he did the next one...
**[08:36] Rive**
If he's the same Shinemon
as the previous match...
**[08:43] Nanami**
Hey, don't interrupt!
**[08:47] Tonori**
Speak for yourself.
**[08:53] Mikuru**
It's fine! You don't have to eat them!
**[08:57] Mikuru**
Let's go somewhere for lunch!
**[08:59] Shin**
Parthenos attacks!
**[09:01] Mark**
Ninja Art, Mortal-Coil Jutsu!
**[09:05] Mark**
Verily, you shall not get by me that easily!
**[09:09] Shin**
What is this feeling...?
**[09:11] Shin**
It's completely different
from when I played against Kanzaki.
**[09:15] Mark**
Stand and draw!
**[09:17] Mark**
Riding Jutsu!
**[09:19] Mark**
Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo!
**[09:22] Mark**
Its skill activates!
**[09:24] Mark**
Ninja Art, Spiriting-Away Jutsu!
**[09:26] Mark**
Return two cards to your hand
and discard two others from your hand.
**[09:31] Shin**
Drat!
**[09:32] Shin**
When I play against Mark,
it's fun even if I get into a tough spot.
**[09:37] Shin**
No, it's not just when I play Mark.
**[09:40] Shin**
Vanguard is fun, no matter who I'm fighting.
**[09:45] Shin**
Even when I lost to Esuka...
**[09:50] Shin**
And yet...
**[09:51] Mark**
Shinemon?
**[09:53] Boy A**
You gonna do something?
**[09:56] Shin**
Sorry about that.
**[09:58] Shin**
Let's continue.
**[09:59] Mark**
Verily, here I go!
**[10:04] Mark**
Verily, I lost.
**[10:07] Boy A**
That was great!
**[10:08] Kid**
So exciting!
**[10:09] Kid**
Let's us fight again too!
**[10:11] Girl**
Yeah, let's do it!
**[10:14] Shin**
Vanguard really is fun.
**[10:28] Mark**
A navy swims on its stomach!
**[10:30] Shin**
That's "an army marches on its stomach"!
***SIGN*** Esu Curry
***SIGN*** Esuka Rice Dishes
**[10:36] Mikuru**
That was Shinemon and Mark...
**[10:40] The Two**
Water! Water! Water!
**[10:43] Mikuru**
I was too late...
**[10:46] MC**
The fifth match will begin momentarily.
**[10:49] MC**
Participating fighters,
please proceed to the fight stage.
**[11:03] Shin**
Master...
**[11:06] Shin**
Would you mind if I did the next match?
**[11:12] Rive**
Do you have some kind of plan?
**[11:17] Shin**
I promised not to run away anymore.
**[11:21] Shin**
I'd be a liar if I ran now.
**[11:25] Rive**
Can you beat Kanzaki?
**[11:30] Mark**
Verily, if you can fight as you
normally do, I foresee no problems.
**[11:38] Rive**
Then go ahead!
**[11:41] Shin**
Great!
**[11:44] Shin**
Thank you, Master!
**[11:47] Mark**
Shinemon.
**[11:49] Mark**
Enjoy yourself to the utmost... verily.
**[11:53] Shin**
I will!
**[11:55] Kanzaki**
Rive Shindou! What is the meaning of this?!
**[11:59] Oyama**
Don't ask me!
**[12:04] Kanzaki**
Where did he disappear to?!
**[12:07] Rive**
He's such a pain in the neck.
**[12:11] Kid B**
It's Li'l Valkerion!
**[12:16] Kanzaki**
I'm utterly devastated!
**[12:21] Shin**
Enjoy myself, huh?
**[12:24] Shin**
It looked like Mark had a great time
fighting against that Oyama guy.
**[12:30] Shin**
And even Master seemed to
genuinely enjoy his fight with Ruga.
**[12:37] Shin**
Meanwhile, I'm...
**[12:40] Kanzaki**
Hey, weakling!
**[12:43] Kanzaki**
Let's get started.
**[12:44] Shin**
R-Right!
**[12:46] The Two**
Stand up, Vanguard!
**[13:02] MC**
It's the fateful fifth match, since the team
that wins it will win the tournament!
**[13:06] MC**
Kanzaki's onslaught continues!
**[13:10] Kanzaki**
I attack Prometheus of Dancing Lights!
**[13:13] Shin**
No guard!
**[13:15] Shin**
Damage check!
**[13:17] Shin**
Draw trigger!
**[13:19] MC**
Kanzaki has 1 damage,
while Nitta already has 4 damage!
**[13:30] Prometheus**
Don't be afraid, my Vanguard!
**[13:37] Shin**
I'm afraid?
**[13:39] Kanzaki**
What are you doing?! It's your turn!
**[13:44] Shin**
Stand and draw!
**[13:47] Laurier**
We're with you!
**[13:50] Kuririhina**
Me too!
**[13:50] Diana**
Me too!
**[13:52] Bare**
Me too!
**[13:59] Rive**
His expression changed.
**[14:02] Rive**
Rewrite that imagination, Shinemon.
**[14:10] Rive**
I think you're able to understand...
**[14:13] Rive**
...what you should do!
**[14:16] Shin**
I don't know why I was afraid.
**[14:19] Shin**
What I do know is...
**[14:20] Shin**
...I should fight like I usually do!
**[14:20] Mark**
You should fight like you usually do!
**[14:25] Shin**
That roar...
**[14:26] Shin**
The call of the stars...
**[14:27] Shin**
Shaking the furthest reaches of the Milky Way
and tearing through the firmament,
**[14:31] Shin**
it summons elements from far and wide!
**[14:33] Shin**
I ride!
**[14:41] Shin**
Quaking Heavenly Dragon, Astraios Dragon!
**[14:49] Shin**
Imaginary Gift, Force I!
**[14:56] MC**
Nitta does it again!
**[14:58] MC**
With Astraios and the skill of the Atlas
that he called, he gets two Imaginary Gifts!
**[15:04] Shin**
Here I come!
**[15:18] Shin**
Prometheus! Diana!
**[15:20] Kanzaki**
Death Feather Eagle!
**[15:23] MC**
As you'd expect of Kanzaki,
he kept his damage at 3!
**[15:27] MC**
And now it's his turn!
**[15:29] Kanzaki**
"In Heaven and on Earth,
I alone am worthy!"
**[15:33] Kanzaki**
True power, come to me!
**[15:35] Kanzaki**
I ride!
**[15:42] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword Dragon!
**[15:46] Kanzaki**
Imaginary Gift, Force II!
**[15:54] Kanzaki**
Its skill activates!
**[15:57] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword gets +30,000 power!
**[16:01] MC**
With that, Claret Sword has 43,000 power!
**[16:06] Kanzaki**
I knew you were weak!
**[16:08] Kanzaki**
On this turn, all you can do is lose!
To the *other* skill of my Claret Sword!
**[16:17] Kanzaki**
With my Claret Sword Dragon, if I bind
seven grade 1 cards in the Drop Zone,
**[16:25] Kanzaki**
I can attack once more
in exchange for losing a drive!
**[16:32] Tatsuya**
He's already got seven grade 1 cards there!
**[16:36] Kanzaki**
Weakness is a sin!
**[16:41] Kanzaki**
Show him how weak he is!
**[16:52] Shin**
Thank you, Laurier!
**[16:55] Laurier**
You look like you're having fun, my Vanguard!
**[16:59] Shin**
It's thanks to all of you.
**[17:03] Shin**
Vanguard is fun.
**[17:07] Kanzaki**
Fun, you say?!
**[17:08] Kanzaki**
It seems you don't understand
the position that you're in!
**[17:13] Kanzaki**
Claret Sword attacks your Vanguard!
**[17:17] Shin**
No guard!
**[17:27] Shin**
Damage check!
**[17:30] MC**
No trigger!
**[17:32] Tatsuya**
That makes 5 damage!
**[17:34] Mikuru**
Shinemon!
**[17:39] Nanami**
A heal trigger!
**[17:41] Kanzaki**
Despite that narrow escape
from death, you're *still* weak!
**[17:45] Kanzaki**
I bind seven grade 1 cards from the Drop Zone!
**[17:50] Kanzaki**
I stand Claret Sword Dragon!
**[17:54] Kanzaki**
And now I finish you off!
**[17:55] MC**
That's a 61,000 power attack!
**[17:58] MC**
It's all over for Nitta!
**[18:00] Oyama**
I don't think so.
**[18:05] Shin**
Guard!
**[18:06] MC**
Nitta guarded with a batch of four cards,
for a total guard of 63,000!
**[18:12] Kanzaki**
No trigger!
**[18:13] MC**
However, Kanzaki still has rear-guards!
**[18:18] Kanzaki**
The final stroke!
**[18:23] Shin**
Guard! Intercept!
**[18:26] MC**
Nitta held on!
**[18:28] MC**
Kanzaki's turn is over!
**[18:33] Rive**
You can do this, Shinemon!
**[18:36] Shin**
Once more, I ride Astraios Dragon!
**[18:41] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[18:46] Shin**
Its skill activates!
**[18:48] Shin**
I get an Imaginary Gift!
**[18:52] Shin**
That makes five gifts!
**[19:03] Shin**
Circle Shift! Astral Plane!
**[19:08] Shin**
Let's go, partner!
**[19:12] Shin**
O great planetary guardian deity!
**[19:14] Shin**
Giant Deity of Distant World, Valkerion!
**[19:23] Shin**
Valkerion's skill activates!
**[19:32] Shin**
Well, it's bound to happen sometime.
**[19:37] MC**
O-Oh no! It's an unexpected grade 1!
**[19:41] MC**
Valkerion only gets one drive!
**[19:48] Shin**
One drive is plenty!
**[19:52] Shin**
First, Astraios attacks!
**[20:03] Nanami**
5 damage!
**[20:06] Shin**
I'm counting on you, Valkerion!
**[20:08] Shin**
Zodiac Blazer!
**[20:11] Tatsuya**
That's a 70,000 power attack!
**[20:14] Mikuru**
Please!
**[20:15] Kanzaki**
Guard!
**[20:16] MC**
Kanzaki uses all the cards
in his hand to block it!
**[20:20] Shin**
Drive check!
**[20:22] Mark**
The total guard is 73,000.
**[20:25] Mark**
Verily, if Shinemon draws a trigger,
he'll win with 80,000 power!
**[20:32] Kanzaki**
A critical trigger?!
**[20:39] MC**
What a stunning upset!
**[20:42] MC**
Yuichirou Kanzaki has lost!
**[20:45] MC**
This makes three matches to two!
Team Capital has won this year's Esu Cup!
**[20:51] Mark**
Shinemon!
**[20:56] Shin**
Mark!
**[21:01] Shin**
Thank you, Mark!
**[21:06] Rive**
You did it, Shinemon.
**[21:11] Rive**
*Up* you go!
**[21:14] Kanzaki**
Weak! Too weak!
**[21:16] Kanzaki**
My own weakness has left me in tears!
**[21:21] Kanzaki**
Thus, I shall depart.
***SIGN*** Shinemon Nitta
**[21:32] Kanzaki**
Shinemon Nitta. I shall remember this.
**[21:41] MC**
Congratulations!
**[21:44] MC**
One representative
of the team may fight Ms. Esuka.
**[21:51] Shin**
That's me!
**[21:53] Shin**
I'll fight!
**[21:54] Shin**
Don't forget this, Esuka!
**[21:56] Shin**
I'm not the same person
I was the last time we fought!
**[22:00] Esuka**
That's "Ms. Esuka" to you.
**[23:46] Narrator**
The 30-second card intro segment!
**[23:50] Narrator**
Today's featured card is Kanzaki's
ace in the hole, Claret Sword Dragon!
***SIGN*** Claret Sword Dragon
**[23:56] Narrator**
After it attacks, binding seven grade 1 cards
from the Drop Zone will let it re-stand!
**[24:01] Narrator**
Also, when it first appears, if you send any
grade 1 units from your deck to the Drop Zone,
**[24:06] Narrator**
you get to power it up 10,000 per unit sent!
**[24:10] Narrator**
With this card, you too can
"Ride The Vanguard"!
***SIGN*** Ride The Vanguard!
**[24:15] Kanzaki**
On the next episode--
**[24:16] Mikuru**
Doing it this week too, Kanzaki?
**[24:19] Kanzaki**
Naturally, Rive Shindou's younger sister!
I will show you the mightiest preview!
**[24:23] Mikuru**
The "mightiest"? Even though you lost?
**[24:25] Kanzaki**
Hush! He was lucky!
**[24:26] Mikuru**
Strength is power! Strength is justice!
Strength is absolute!
**[24:29] Kanzaki**
Forget all that already!
**[24:31] Mikuru**
Weakness is a sin! Weak, weak, too weak!
**[24:33] Mikuru**
You're weaker than I imagined!
**[24:36] Kanzaki**
But I'm a three-time winner of the
International Vanguard High School Championship!
***SIGN*** Remind 16
Trial of Deities
**[24:41] Kanzaki**
I can't lose to y--
**[24:42] Mikuru**
Begone, weakling.
**[24:43] Kanzaki**
Okay.