E45 - Vanguard Abnormality: Shinemon Encyclopedia - Three Idols? / Shin Nitta

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[00:03] Shin
    Hello. I'm Shin Nitta.
[00:07] Shin
    It's very difficult to make TV anime.
[00:11] Shin
    Case in point, we finished
    our story arc in last week's episode,
[00:14] Shin
    but still had one more episode scheduled.
[00:18] Shin
    Still, no need to worry.
[00:20] Shin
    Thinking this might happen, I prepared
    a special episode where I'm the main--
[00:23] Shinemon
    Hold it right there!
[00:25] Shinemon
    I, Shinemon Nitta, am the star of this show!
[00:29] Shinemon
    My story goes first!
[00:31] Shinemon
    This took place while
    I was still a college student.
SIGN    Remind 31
     {Vanguard Abnormality
     Shinemon Encyclopedia
    } Three Idols?
[02:11] Kai
    Blaster Blade attacks!
[02:16] Miwa
    I lost.
[02:18] Kai
    We've really gotta thank Ibuki
    for teaching us this fun game.
[02:23] Ibuki
    You called?
[02:26] Miwa
    Ibuki?! When did you get here?
[02:29] Ibuki
    You two were engrossed in your fight...
[02:32] Ibuki
    But anyway, Miwa, Kai, take a look at this.
SIGN    Special Vanguard Day Secret Event
[02:36] Miwa
    What's going on?
[02:37] Miwa
    "Announcing a Special Vanguard Day to
    celebrate the release of a new booster set."
SIGN    Special Vanguard Day Secret Event
[02:42] Miwa
    "To feature a variety of events,
    including an astonishing Secret Event."
[02:49] Miwa
    Sounds like fun!
[02:51] Kai
    What's the shop?
SIGN    Cardshop Esuka
[02:53] Ibuki
    Cardshop Esuka...
[02:58] Mikuru
    We're going to be idols?!
[03:00] Nanami
    You're that delighted?
[03:01] Mikuru
    Gulp!
[03:02] Mikuru
    D-Don't be silly! Of course not!
[03:04] Mikuru
    Seriously, the two of us, idols?!
[03:07] Esuka
    Not two, but three.
[03:12] Esuka
    Thanks for your support, everyone!
[03:18] Esuka
    I am the eternal idol, Esuka Hibino!
[03:24] Mikuru
    But why must the three of us become idols?
[03:28] Hitsujida
    I shall explain.
[03:32] Hitsujida
    On this Sunday, to celebrate
    the release of a new booster set,
[03:36] Hitsujida
    we will be holding a Special Vanguard Day.
SIGN    Special Vanguard Day Secret Event: Famous Idol Hand-off
[03:40] Hitsujida
    For the secret activity, we had planned a
    hand-off event featuring a certain famous idol.
[03:46] Mikuru
    "Hand-off event"?
[03:47] Esuka
    It's where fans buy photo books or CDs,
    and the idol herself hands it directly to them.
[03:53] Hitsujida
    Although we did have a
    famous idol lined up for the event...
[03:58] Hitsujida
    ...she suddenly canceled on us.
[04:02] Esuka
    I even asked another girl,
    but her schedule didn't work out.
[04:06] Esuka
    That's when I thought of you two!
[04:09] Esuka
    The three of us are going to
    form an idol unit for one day only!
[04:13] Esuka
    We'll take Special Vanguard Day
    and kick it into high gear!
[04:17] Nanami
    W-Well, if that's what
    Ms. Esuka wants, I'll go along with it...
[04:20] Mikuru
    An idol? Yeah, right.
    There's no way I'd agree to that.
[04:27] Nanami
    You did agree to it!
[04:30] Esuka
    Fundamental to being an idol
    is a smile that everyone will love!
[04:33] Esuka
    Your mouth should be like
    when saying the letter "E."
[04:36] Esuka
    "E"!
[04:37] Esuka
    Now you try!
[04:39] Mikuru
    E!
[04:39] Nanami
    E!
[04:40] Mikuru
    E!
[04:41] Nanami
    E!
[04:43] Esuka
    Next, your outfits!
[04:44] Esuka
    Hitsujida!
[04:50] Nanami
    It's unit cosplay!
[04:52] Mikuru
    Outfits like that exist?!
[04:54] Esuka
    On the day of the event, you'll be
    doing your own makeup, so practice that.
[04:59] Nanami
    Here I am, Ms. Esuka!
[05:02] Nanami
    Meow! Aren't I cute?
[05:06] Esuka
    Cat!
[05:07] Esuka
    Cat! Cat! Cat!
[05:09] Mikuru
    Hey, doesn't Ms. Esuka have a cat phobia?
[05:12] Nanami
    Please don't run, Ms. Esuka!
[05:15] Nanami
    It's just me!
[05:17] Tonori
    Yo, do other countries do tongue twisters too?
[05:21] Mark
    Of course.
[05:23] Mark
    Eight simians each
    consumed one forbidden fruit.
[05:26] Tonori
    So how'd you say that in English?
[05:29] Mark
    "Eight apes ate eight apples."
[05:32] Tonori
    I'll try it, yo.
[05:34] Tonori
    "Eight apes ate eight apples."
[05:37] Mark
    What the heck?!
[05:39] Mark
    He says it better than me,
     and that's my native language!
[05:41] Mark
    Then how about this one?!
[05:43] Mark
    Peter Piper picked a pec--
[05:45] Tonori
    "Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers," yo.
[05:48] Mark
    Yikes...
[05:49] Mark
    E-Excellent, Tonori.
[05:51] Mark
    With English that good,
    you can upgrade your character.
[05:55] Tonori
    Okay! From now on,
    verily, I shall be Ninja Master II!
[06:01] Mark
    Tonori, the Starvin' Fighter, yo.
[06:03] Mark
    His favorite food is
    juicy sushi in a jacuzzi, yo.
SIGN    Meow! Don't change the characters on the last day!
[06:15] Miwa
    I wonder what they're
    gonna do for the secret event!
[06:18] Kai
    Beats me.
[06:20] Ibuki
    It's about to start!
[06:29] Esuka
    Hello, everyone!
[06:31] Esuka
    The Special Vanguard Day's secret activity...
[06:35] Esuka
    ...is the three of us doing
    a hand-off event AND an attack event!
[06:42] Mikuru
    Ms. Esuka really is popular, huh?
[06:45] Nanami
    It's because she used to be an idol.
[06:48] Mikuru
    All right! We've got to do our best, too!
[06:51] Nanami
    I guess we're past the point of no return...
[06:54] Mikuru
    By the way, what's an "attack event"?
[06:57] Esuka
    Here we come!
[06:59] Esuka
    Attack!
[07:01] Esuka
    Bam!
[07:04] The Three
    Attack!
[07:06] Ibuki
    What's so fun about being attacked by women?
[07:09] Kai
    You got me.
[07:11] Ibuki
    By the way, where's Miwa?
[07:14] Kai
    Over there!
[07:16] Miwa
    Getting attacked by gorgeous women
    is like a dream come true!
[07:20] Ibuki
    So Miwa likes older women!
[07:23] Kai
    Still, there should be limits.
SIGN    Event Participants' Green Room Nanami Gonomi Mikuru Shindou
[07:25] Hitsujida
    We have an emergency!
[07:28] Hitsujida
    Truth to be told, we are having
     trouble with another secret guest!
[07:33] Mikuru
    There's another secret guest?
[07:35] Nanami
    Who?
[07:36] Hitsujida
    Shinemon Nitta!
[07:39] Hitsujida
    It appears that Sub Manager suddenly
    has a fever, so he is looking for a vet.
[07:45] Hitsujida
    It seems he will be very late.
[07:47] Mikuru
    Huh? Shinemon's coming here?
[07:50] Nanami
    Will Sub Manager be okay?!
[07:53] Nanami
    I'm worried!
[07:54] Nanami
    I'm just so worried!
[07:55] Hitsujida
    Please! I am attempting to make up
    for the sudden cancellation!
[07:58] Nanami
    Don't die on me, Sub Manager!
[08:03] Ryuzu
    A unit summoning experiment.
[08:05] Ryuzu
    It's forbidden technology that
    connects Earth to the planet Cray.
[08:10] Ryuzu
    Watch closely, humanity!
[08:13] Ryuzu
    This will be the unit that proves
    the existence of the planet Cray:
[08:17] Ryuzu
    Valkerion!
[08:27] Ryuzu
    Wait a moment!
[08:28] Ryuzu
    What was that growl?!
[08:30] Ryuzu
    I didn't summon you!
[08:35] Esuka
    In the end, Shinemon Nitta didn't make it.
[08:39] Esuka
    But you two saved the show.
[08:42] Esuka
    The event was a huge success.
[08:45] Esuka
    Good job.
[08:46] Esuka
    Hitsujida.
[08:48] Hitsujida
    Yes, ma'am.
[08:50] Mikuru
    What's wrong?
[08:51] Hitsujida
    Actually, in addition to your pay,
    Esuka has a gift for each of you.
[08:55] Hitsujida
    For Nanami...
[08:57] Hitsujida
    This.
[08:58] Nanami
    Meow-meow! It's a giant plushie of Sub Manager!
[09:02] Hitsujida
    And for Mikuru...
[09:04] Mikuru
    Makeup!
[09:06] Esuka
    You can experiment with it
    to your heart's content.
[09:10] Mikuru
    Thank you!
[09:12] Nanami
    Ms. Esuka, thank you so mu--
[09:15] Esuka
    I hate cats! I'm afraid
    of cats! I'm a fraidy cat!
[09:18] Mikuru
    Ay-yi-yi...
[09:20] Nanami
    Oh boy...
[09:22] Miwa
    Man, that was a blast!
[09:25] Kai
    Really?
[09:26] Ibuki
    There really are all kinds of shops.
[09:29] Miwa
    Yep!
[09:30] Shinemon
    That took longer than I expected.
[09:36] The Two
    Misaki!
[09:37] Nanami
    Hey, how is Sub Manager doing?!
[09:40] Shinemon
    Fine! The vet said it was just indigestion.
[09:45] Shinemon
    That aside, why are you all dressed like that?
[09:48] Esuka
    What do you think?
[09:49] Nanami
    Ms. Esuka ordered me to...
[09:52] Mikuru
    I-I'm just keeping Nanami company...
[09:55] Shinemon
    You look great!
[09:59] Misaki
    These are cute!
[10:00] Esuka
    Want to try one on?
[10:06] Misaki
    How do I look?
[10:08] Mikuru
    It really suits you!
[10:10] Nanami
    So stylish!
[10:12] Shinemon
    You look awesome, Misaki!
[10:14] Shinemon
    On a whole other level
    than Mikuru and Nanami!
[10:17] Misaki
    That's not true...
[10:19] Shinemon
    I doubt there are any real idols
    who look as cute as you look in that!
[10:23] Shinemon
    You've got a kung fu grip on my heart!
[10:29] Shinemon
    What was that for?!
[10:30] Nanami
    Punishment!
[10:31] Mikuru
    You Sicko Cinnamon!
[10:33] Mikuru
    Your true nature rears its head at last!
[10:35] Shin
    You've got the wrong idea! I was just--
[10:38] Esuka
    Would you like to become an idol?
[10:42] Misaki
    Huh?
[11:03] Shin
    And now we have a story set in the days
    when Aichi and the gang frequented Capital.
[11:09] Shin
    So--
[11:09] Shinemon
    Enjoy!
SIGN    Remind 31
     {Vanguard Abnormality
     Shinemon Encyclopedia
    } Shin Nitta
[11:20] The Four
    Hey, that's...
[11:21] Miwa
    Esuka Hibino!
[11:23] Morikawa
    And there's a swimsuit poster insert!
[11:26] Kamui
    Whoa! Swimsuits galore!
[11:29] Aichi
    Shingo, you're--
[11:30] Naoki
    You're interested in
    that kinda stuff too, huh?
[11:33] Shingo
    You misunderstand me!
    This is just reference material!
[11:37] Shingo
    What I meant to show you...
[11:39] Shingo
    ...is this!
SIGN    Esu Cup
[11:41] Kai
    Looks like that's an Esuka Group PR magazine.
[11:43] Shingo
    Yes, it was published ten years ago.
[11:47] Kai
    Ten years ago...
[11:49] Shingo
    Do you recall the story the manager
    told us during the new year holiday?
[11:54] Morikawa
    That tall tale?! But Mr. Mark told us:
[11:57] Mark
    You were greatly distorting the truth.
[11:59] Morikawa
    Remember?
[12:01] Aichi
    But he didn't say it was a lie.
[12:03] Shingo
    It piqued my curiosity,
    so I did some research.
[12:06] Shingo
    This is the article I wanted you to see.
SIGN    Team Capital, Winners of the Esu Cup
[12:11] Naoki
    The results of the Esu Cup from ten years ago?
[12:14] Aichi
    And the winner...?
[12:15] Shingo
    Right here.
SIGN    Team Capital, Winners of the Esu Cup
[12:16] Aichi
    "Team Capital"?!
[12:18] Kamui
    Seriously?! Who were the members?!
[12:22] Morikawa
    Ninja Master!
[12:24] Morikawa
    He's just so cool, y'know?!
[12:27] Morikawa
    I wanna wear that helmet!
[12:29] Miwa
    Then this is the manager's mentor?
[12:32] Aichi
    Is that the manager?
[12:34] The Four
    Nahhh...
[12:35] Morikawa
    Seriously, just look at that photo.
[12:39] Morikawa
    The face and hairstyle are all wrong.
[12:42] Miwa
    Even the glasses are different.
[12:44] Kai
    It should have his name there.
[12:47] Kai
    Shinemon Nitta...
[12:50] The Four
    Manager?!
[12:51] Shin
    At your service!
[12:53] Shin
    Can I help you?
[12:55] Morikawa
    Manager, your name is "Shin," right?
[12:58] Miwa
    This says that Shinemon Nitta
    won the Esu Cup ten years ago!
[13:04] Miwa
    Care to explain?
[13:05] Shin
    W-Well, it's complicated...
[13:08] Morikawa
    Try us!
[13:10] Shin
    A-Actually...
[13:12] Shin
    It's time! I have to open the shop!
[13:15] Morikawa
    He ran away.
[13:18] Miwa
    Very suspicious.
[13:24] Nagashiro
    President.
[13:26] Naitou
    What are you talking about, Nagashiro?
[13:29] Naitou
    I've already retired.
[13:32] Naitou
    You're the president now, remember?
[13:34] Nagashiro
    Since you're aware of that,
    please don't sit in my chair!
[13:39] Naitou
    Oh. Pardon me.
SIGN    Former Student Council President
[13:42] Suwabe
    President--I mean, former President,
    what about studying for entrance exams?
[13:47] Naitou
    I'm just taking a break.
[13:48] Naitou
    I don't see you studying, either.
[13:51] Suwabe
    I've already been accepted
    based on a recommendation.
[13:53] Nagashiro
    Wait a moment.
[13:55] Nagashiro
    Isn't this the day of the entrance exam
    for your first-choice university?!
[13:59] Naitou
    You must be confused. The exam is tomorrow.
[14:02] Naitou
    It's here on my schedule...
[14:04] Naitou
    G-GLOBAL!
[14:06] Suwabe
    It was today, wasn't it?
[14:09] The Two
    Our condolences.
[14:12] Naitou
    This is a sign from God.
[14:15] Naitou
    A global fellow like me isn't meant
    to study at a Japanese university!
[14:18] Naitou
    God is telling me to study abroad!
[14:22] Nagashiro
    Is your English up to it?
[14:24] Nakagami
    Words are meaningless!
[14:28] Suwabe
    Nakagami.
[14:29] Nakagami
    My sixth sense is telling me...
[14:33] Nakagami
    "Move on to a new venue together."
[14:35] Naitou
    A new venue, you say?
[14:37] Nakagami
    That's right.
SIGN    Universal Preparatory School Your power is universal!
[14:39] Nakagami
    A universal world, which surpasses the global.
[14:43] Nakagami
    Come with me! Follow your destiny!
[14:47] Suwabe
    That's a pamphlet for a prep school.
[14:50] Suwabe
    "Introduce a friend now to get
    half-price on your own enrollment."
[14:55] Suwabe
    As I recall, Nakagami hasn't taken
    any college entrance exams, either.
[14:58] Nagashiro
    Which means...
[15:00] Nagashiro
    ...they'll both be in limbo for a year.
[15:06] Miwa
    I can't believe they're the same person.
[15:10] Aichi
    But there is a certain similarity...
[15:13] Naoki
    Maybe they're brothers or cousins?
[15:15] Naoki
    Like his relative's a really strong fighter,
[15:17] Naoki
    so he posed as 'im to lure in customers
    when he opened this place up?
[15:22] Aichi
    But Card Capital originally
    belonged to Misaki's parents.
[15:26] Aichi
    I doubt that would've been necessary.
[15:30] Kai
    Thanks to this article, we know that there
    was once a strong fighter named Shinemon Nitta.
[15:36] Kai
    We also know that he would've
    been a regular at Card Capital.
[15:41] Morikawa
    Then can't we clear the
    whole thing up by asking Mr. Mark?
[15:45] Miwa
    Mr. Mark?
[15:46] Morikawa
    Yeah. They're old friends, aren't they?
[15:49] Miwa
    Yeah, but there's no guarantee
    he would tell us the truth either.
[15:53] Miwa
    They might be accomplices.
[15:55] Aichi
    Accomplices?
[15:56] Miwa
    Yeah. If they're accomplices...
[16:03] Mark
    Now, the identity and status
    of "Shinemon Nitta" will be all yours!
[16:08] Shin
    Thank you, Mark.
[16:09] Shin
    Let's go!
[16:15] Kamui
    Then why would he
    call himself "Shin Nitta" now?
[16:19] Miwa
    Out of a guilty conscience.
[16:23] Shin
    Their imaginations are
    really giving me a beatdown...
[16:29] Shin
    Welcome.
[16:32] Shin
    Nanami?
[16:39] Nanami
    Who are you?
[16:44] Employee 1
    Okay!
[16:45] Employee 2
    Rest!
[16:46] Employee 3
    I ride!
[16:46] Employee 4
    I attack!
[16:47] Employee 5
    I call!
[16:47] Tetsu
    He may well be cut out
    for unifying an organization.
[16:52] Tetsu
    By the way, Asaka, what are you doing?
[16:56] Asaka
    Studying for entrance exams, of course.
[16:57] Ren
    On the floor?
[16:59] Asaka
    This is where I concentrate the best.
[17:02] Kawanami
    I did it! I did it! I did it!
[17:03] Kawanami
    I did it!
[17:05] Kawanami
    I really did it!
[17:06] Kawanami
    I'm gonna go to dog trainer school!
[17:09] Kawanami
    This is the double critical
    I've been waiting for! Woof!
[17:14] Asaka
    Shut up, Kawanami!
[17:18] Tetsu
    You can't concentrate like this.
[17:21] Ren
    You'll fail your entrance exams
    and wind up starting the same year as me.
[17:28] Asaka
    The same year as Ren...?!
[17:35] Ren
    Open wide!
[17:37] Tetsu
    I guess Asaka won't be
    entering college for a year...
[17:47] Nanami
    Sub Manager's gotten bigger.
[17:51] Shin
    You've really grown up yourself, Nanami.
[17:54] Nanami
    The way you talk now creeps me out.
[17:57] Nanami
    You used to be more...
[18:00] Nanami
    Like, rough around the edges.
[18:02] Shin
    W-Was I?
[18:06] Nanami
    Your hair and glasses are all rounded-off, too.
[18:09] Nanami
    What happened to you, Shinemon Nitta?!
[18:12] Shin
    Well, you could say that something happened.
[18:15] Shin
    But you could also say that nothing happened.
[18:18] Emi
    Shin, is Aichi here?
[18:21] Shin
    He's downstairs.
[18:22] Emi
    Thank you!
[18:25] Nanami
    "Shin"?
[18:27] Shin
    Yes, everyone calls me "Shin Nitta."
[18:31] Nanami
    You removed the "emon"?
[18:33] Shin
    It was about a year after
    I took over the shop from Esuka.
[18:39] Shin
    Business was bad,
    no matter what I tried.
[18:42] Shin
    The shop wasn't getting any traffic.
[18:46] Shin
    But then, one day...
[18:48] Misaki
    I'll be helping out here from now on.
[18:51] Shin
    "Emon" is short for "uemon no fu."
[18:55] Shin
    It was originally an official post,
    a guard who'd protect the imperial court.
[18:58] Shin
    Like my namesake, I felt it was my duty
    to protect Misaki as well as Capital,
[19:04] Shin
    and put a lot of pressure on myself to do that.
[19:07] Shin
    But Misaki was beyond the point
    of needing to be protected all the time.
[19:15] Shin
    And a shop isn't something to be protected,
    but something that everyone creates together.
[19:25] Shin
    Once I realized that...
[19:27] Shin
    ...it was like a huge weight
    had been lifted from my shoulders.
[19:31] Shin
    The next thing I knew, our customers
    had returned, and my hair had gotten like this.
[19:39] Shin
    So I don't need the "emon" anymore.
[19:43] Shin
    Shin Nitta is fine.
[19:49] Nanami
    I see.
[19:51] Nanami
    Actually, I've come back to Japan
    to recruit some teammates.
[19:56] Shin
    Teammates?
[19:58] Nanami
    Next year there's gonna be a new tournament
    gathering top fighters from all over the world.
[20:04] Nanami
    How about participating as a member of my team?
[20:10] Shin
    I appreciate it, but now,
    I've got them... as well as this shop.
[20:21] Nanami
    I see...
[20:24] Tonori
    We've gotta get to the airport, yo.
[20:30] Nanami
    Okay.
[20:32] Nanami
    I won't pressure you again.
[20:36] Shin
    I'm sorry.
[20:38] Nanami
    Take care, Manager.
[20:45] Kyou
    I-I don't believe it! Those two are...
[20:47] Miwa
    To sum up, there used to be
    a regular at Card Capital
[20:51] Miwa
    who was an awesome fighter
    by the name of Shinemon Nitta.
[20:55] Morikawa
    However, after losing in the
    Asia Circuit finals six years ago, he vanished.
[21:01] Morikawa
    But how...? Hey, Manager!
[21:04] Morikawa
    Be honest! Where you hide the body?!
[21:08] Miwa
    We'll go easier on you if you confess!
[21:12] Shin
    I haven't done anything!
[21:14] Kai
    Ridiculous...
[21:15] Kyou
    Hey, hey, hey, hey! You guys!
[21:18] Kamui
    What is it, Kyou?!
[21:19] Kyou
    I just saw Nanami Gonomi
    and Tonori Fujinami outside!
[21:24] Emi
    Are they famous?
[21:26] Shingo
    Yes! Like A-list celebrities!
[21:29] Shingo
    They're international top fighters
     based out of Singapore.
[21:33] Emi
    Wow!
[21:35] Kyou
    Don't tell me they came here?
[21:37] Kyou
    Well, Manager?
[21:39] Shin
    N-No...
[21:41] Kyou
    They walked out of this shop!
[21:43] Shin
    Now that you mention it, maybe they were here.
[21:46] Kyou
    Why didn't you keep them here?!
[21:49] Morikawa
    We could've at least gotten their autographs!
[21:51] Shin
    Oh, that never occurred to me...
[21:54] The Four
    What's wrong with you?!
[21:57] The Two
    You're fired!
[22:00] Shin
    Then who's going be the manager?!
[22:04] All
    Sub Manager!
[22:07] Shin
    Seriously?!