# 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?!