E9 - Ruler's Resolution

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[00:01] Emi
    Aichi! Aichi!
[00:05] Emi
    Wake up, already! Today is...
[00:08] Aichi
    It's a very important day.
[00:12] Aichi
    The Vanguard Koshien starts today!
SIGN    The First Vanguard Koshien 4th Block Qualifying Round Hall
[00:25] Shingo
    At last, Miyaji Academy's Cardfight Club
    will have its first official match!
[00:30] Misaki
    We have to get past the qualifier.
[00:32] Naoki
    I can't wait!
[00:38] Aichi
    Leon!
[00:40] Leon
    I sense that a good wind will blow today.
[00:46] Naitou
    Who's that global-looking boy?
[00:49] Futabe
    Last year's Asia Circuit champion and the
    Vanguard Koshien's ambassador, Leon Soryu.
[00:56] Eru
    I see it! I can see it!
[00:59] Eru
    In the near future...
[01:01] Eru
    I see him fighting me on a much larger stage!
[01:05] Maki
    Is that right?
[01:07] Leon
    Today I'll be watching from
    the commentator's seat.
[01:10] Leon
    I have high expectations of you, Aichi Sendou.
[01:13] Aichi
    Right!
SIGN    Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien
[01:20] ---
    Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien!
[01:25] Izaki/Inenaga
    Rekka!
[01:27] Morikawa
    Kourin!
[01:28] Miwa
    Suiko!
[01:31] Gouki
    Are they participatin', too?
[01:34] Koutei
    So it seems. Take a look.
[01:37] Kai
    What are you doing?
[01:40] Kai
    Let's go.
[01:42] Miwa
    W-Wait up, Kai!
[01:47] Mamoru
    I'm looking forward to your fights.
SIGN    Fierce Fighting! The Vanguard Koshien
[01:51] Suiko
    The curtain now rises on this
    Vanguard Koshien regional qualifier.
[01:55] Kourin
    There are ten blocks nationwide,
    each holding a qualifier.
[01:58] Kourin
    The top three schools in each block
    then go on to the actual tournament.
[02:02] Rekka
    On this program, we'll be love-love
     updating you about all the passionate battles!
[02:08] Suiko
    Now, let's hear it for the first high school
    ready to enter the tournament.
[02:12] Rekka
    Wait a minute, Suiko.
[02:14] Rekka
    The qualifier hasn't begun yet!
[02:16] Kourin
    Have you forgotten, Rekka?
[02:18] Kourin
    The champion school from last year
    can automatically take part in the tournament.
[02:23] Rekka
    Oh yeah, that's right!
[02:26] Suiko
    Let's give a warm welcome to the winner of
    last year's Vanguard High School Championship,
[02:30] Suiko
    Fukuhara High School!
[02:34] Kourin
    Representing the club here today
    is their vice-captain, Asaka Narumi.
[02:40] Aichi
    Not their captain, Ren?
[02:43] Misaki
    You don't want a guy
    like that on national TV.
[02:48] Kawanami
    Do you have a cold, Ren?
[02:50] Ren
    I'm not sure...
[02:53] Suiko
    Please give us a few words.
[02:57] Asaka
    As we get to start at the main event,
    of course our goal is to win it twice in a row!
[03:05] Suiko
    I would expect no less from
    the school that won last year.
[03:18] Announcer
    Members from Miyaji Academy,
    please come to the second booth.
[03:23] Misaki
    Let's go, Aichi.
[03:25] Aichi
    Right!
[03:27] Kourin
    Me, too.
[03:30] Rekka
    You wanted to participate?
[03:35] Kourin
    Maybe I did...?
[03:39] Suiko
    That was Asaka Narumi
    from Fukuhara High School.
[03:42] Suiko
    Thank you very much!
[03:44] Asaka
    But at this rate, winning twice in a row...
[03:47] Asaka
    ...is impossible!
SIGN    Dimension 9   Ruler's Resolution
SIGN    Fukuhara High School
[05:26] Kawanami
    Welcome back, Asaka.
[05:29] Asaka
    There aren't many people here.
[05:31] Kawanami
    Today's club meeting was optional, so...
[05:34] Asaka
    But the qualifier has already started!
[05:37] Asaka
    Why isn't everyone more fired up about it?!
[05:43] Asaka
    Last year, three of us
    participated in the tournament.
[05:46] Asaka
    Ren, Tetsu and I won through to the end.
[05:50] Asaka
    But then Tetsu graduated...
[05:54] Asaka
    ...and now they require
    five-member teams for the tournament.
[05:58] Asaka
    Ren and I can't be the
    only ones pulling our weight here!
[06:03] Ren
    Asaka, I saw you!
[06:06] Asaka
    Ren!
[06:08] Asaka
    My apologies for announcing that
    we intend to win the tournament.
[06:12] Ren
    It's fine. That is the club's goal, after all.
[06:17] Asaka
    Still, we haven't yet decided on
    the rest of the team members,
[06:20] Asaka
    and Tetsu refuses to coach us.
[06:23] Ren
    It'll be fine.
[06:25] Ren
    Tetsu finally found a clue.
SIGN    Cardshop Castle
SIGN    Reserved Today
[06:31] Tetsu
    Next, Kishida.
[06:33] Kishida/Opponent
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[06:36] Kishida
    Um...
[06:41] Kishida
    I ride!
[06:43] Tetsu
    Kishida and the others have recovered
    to the point of being able to fight normally.
[06:49] Tetsu
    But we won't be able to win the tournament
    unless they recover as well as Kyou and Kai did.
[06:57] Tetsu
    Winning twice in a row
     is no more than a dream.
[07:07] Kourin
    Miyaji Academy, led by
    Asia champion Aichi Sendou,
[07:11] Kourin
    have easily won the first and
    second rounds, so they'll be back.
[07:14] Shin
    Misaki! There you are!
[07:18] Misaki
    That's enough.
SIGN    Cardshop Castle
[07:26] Members
    Thank you very much!
[07:29] Tetsu
    Be careful going home.
[07:40] Tetsu
    Why don't you come in out of the rain?
[07:54] Tetsu
    I didn't think you would come to see me.
[07:59] Tetsu
    I thought you hated Vanguard.
[08:03] Ibuki
    I finally realized it.
[08:07] Ibuki
    What I really hated were the jerks
    who used Vanguard to bully people.
[08:12] Ibuki
    Those who abused it.
[08:16] Ibuki
    For some reason, that led me
    to hate Vanguard itself.
[08:22] Ibuki
    And because of that,
    I stole Vanguard from many people.
[08:28] Ibuki
    I want to save them.
[08:31] Tetsu
    Can you do it?!
[08:35] Tetsu
    You told me you didn't know how.
[08:38] Ibuki
    That was then.
[08:40] Ibuki
    But now I have this.
[08:45] Tetsu
    Currently, I'm effectively an amateur.
[08:47] Tetsu
    Are you sure?
[08:51] Ibuki
    All you have to do is fight me.
[08:56] Tetsu
    Okay.
[09:00] Ibuki
    Stand up, The Vanguard!
[09:00] Tetsu
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[09:16] Rekka
    It's the second day of the qualifier!
[09:18] Suiko
    We're seeing more and more heated battles.
[09:30] Ren
    There's Aichi! Good luck!
[09:33] Asaka
    This really isn't the time to be a spectator.
[09:36] Tetsu
    Asaka's right.
[09:39] Asaka
    Tetsu!
[09:40] Tetsu
    The tournament is almost upon us.
[09:42] Tetsu
    Starting today, I'm going to crack down!
[09:46] Ren
    I'm glad you're motivated, Tetsu,
    but that alone doesn't mean anything.
[09:52] Tetsu
    I have a strategy.
[09:53] Tetsu
    I'd like for a certain student to join the club.
[09:57] Ren
    That'll make us stronger?
[09:59] Tetsu
    I guarantee it.
[10:01] Tetsu
    Enter.
[10:07] Kishida
    He's...
[10:12] Tetsu
    I'm sure you all know Kouji Ibuki.
[10:15] Asaka
    Ren!
[10:16] Asaka
    It's his fault that so many
    of our members are now useless!
[10:20] Asaka
    I don't want him in the club!
[10:22] Ren
    How should we resolve this?
[10:25] Ren
    Just joking. By this point,
    I don't think it even needs saying.
[10:30] Ibuki
    I'm ready.
[10:32] Asaka
    I'll bounce you out of here.
[10:37] Ibuki
    Stand up, The Vanguard!
[10:37] Asaka
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[10:42] Ibuki
    I ride.
[10:46] Ibuki
    Neon Messiah.
[10:48] Ren
    Neon... Messiah?
[10:52] Kawanami
    Never seen that before.
[10:55] Asaka
    I ride Entertain Messenger!
[10:59] Ibuki
    Here I go!
[11:00] Ibuki
    I ride!
[11:05] Ibuki
    Sunset Edge, Duskblade!
[11:09] Asaka
    I ride!
[11:14] Asaka
    Starting Presenter!
[11:16] Asaka
    Take this!
[11:18] Ibuki
    Asteroid Wolf!
[11:21] Ibuki
    It's my turn.
[11:23] Ibuki
    I ride!
[11:29] Ibuki
    Blast Monk of the Thundering Foot.
[11:32] Kishida
    His deck is different from before!
[11:36] Tetsu
    That's right.
[11:38] Tetsu
    This is Ibuki's new power.
[11:53] Ibuki
    I call!
[11:57] Ibuki
    Here I come!
[11:58] Asaka
    Please! Dynamite Juggler!
[12:04] Ibuki
    Drive check.
[12:05] Ibuki
    Critical trigger.
[12:07] Ibuki
    I give all of the effects to Lady Battler.
[12:12] Ibuki
    Go, Lady Battler!
[12:16] Ibuki
    Lady Battler's skill activates!
[12:19] Ibuki
    Lock and draw.
[12:21] Asaka
    Lock?
[12:22] Ibuki
    I call a card face down from my deck.
[12:25] Ibuki
    I draw one card.
[12:31] Tetsu
    That card is bound by a spell.
[12:35] Tetsu
    Right now, it isn't even a unit.
[12:37] Tetsu
    But at the end of the turn, it will awaken.
[12:40] Ren
    Tetsu, you sound like your old self again.
[12:43] Tetsu
    That's thanks to Ibuki.
[12:46] Asaka
    No guard!
[12:52] Ibuki
    My turn is over!
[12:53] Ibuki
    I unlock Destiny Dealer.
[12:58] Koutei
    I attack your Vanguard!
[13:00] Koutei
    I win, right?
[13:06] Mamoru
    I managed to win.
[13:07] Gouki
    This'll settle it!
[13:11] Suiko
    That's Harumi High School for you!
[13:13] Suiko
    They've secured a place in
    the semifinals without any issue!
[13:16] Kourin
    Aichi Sendou's Miyaji Academy
    has also won its way to the semifinals.
[13:21] Rekka
    Aichi is cute!
[13:23] Kourin
    But he's surprisingly strong-willed.
[13:26] Rekka
    How do you know?
[13:30] Kourin
    I can just sort of tell...
[13:33] Suiko
    Hitsue High School is now in the eye of the
    qualifier typhoon, with two wins and two losses.
[13:39] Suiko
    We'll know the outcome soon.
[13:40] Kai
    Dragonic Overlord the End attacks!
[13:44] Opponent
    Damage check!
[13:46] Opponent
    No trigger...
[13:48] Morikawa
    Yeah! We won!
[13:50] Kourin
    They did it.
[13:51] Kourin
    Hitsue High School is also
    moving on to the semifinals.
[13:54] Rekka
    I heard that Hitsue High's Kai
[13:55] Rekka
    has never participated in an
    official tournament before this one!
[13:59] Suiko
    But in this qualifier, he's undefeated!
[14:02] Suiko
    Isn't that amazing?
[14:03] Leon
    He hides a strong wind within his heart.
[14:07] Leon
    So this is no surprise.
[14:10] Leon
    However...
[14:12] Kai
    I still have a ways to go.
[14:20] Asaka
    Dynamite Juggler boosts!
[14:21] Asaka
    Nitro Juggler attacks!
[14:26] Ibuki
    Pulse Monk of the Quaking Foot guards!
[14:29] Asaka
    My turn is over.
[14:32] Ibuki
    Stand and draw.
[14:35] Ibuki
    To the blue soul lost in the darkness of chaos,
    a great light of truth... and eternal harmony!
[14:44] Ibuki
    I ride!
[14:53] Ibuki
    Harmonics Messiah!
[14:56] Ibuki
    Imaginary Gift, Force II!
[15:02] Ibuki
    With a boost from Destiny,
    I attack your Vanguard!
[15:05] Ibuki
    Skill activates!
[15:09] Ibuki
    If I win this fight...
[15:13] Asaka
    I'll accept you as a member of the club!
[15:18] Ibuki
    Not just that.
[15:20] Ibuki
    Let me be the anchor 
    for the Vanguard Koshien.
[15:24] Asaka
    What?!
[15:25] Ren
    Fine by me.
[15:28] Asaka
    Even if Ren doesn't mind, I won't allow it!
[15:33] Asaka
    Magical Box's skill activates!
[15:40] Asaka
    Rude audience members
    get ejected from the big top!
[15:50] Ibuki
    I attack End of Stage!
[15:57] Ibuki
    I have no intention of leaving.
[16:01] Asaka
    I'll make you eat those words!
[16:04] Asaka
    I ride!
[16:09] Asaka
    Golden Beast Tamer!
[16:12] Asaka
    Imaginary Gift!
[16:13] Asaka
    Accel II!
[16:19] Asaka
    I call!
[16:22] Miss Direction
    Hi there!
[16:23] Asaka
    Skill activates!
[16:26] Asaka
    I call!
[16:30] Asaka
    It's showtime!
[16:37] Asaka
    Miss Direction!
[16:38] Ibuki
    Intercept!
[16:40] Asaka
    Nitro Juggler! Purple Trapezist!
[16:42] Ibuki
    I guard!
[16:44] Asaka
    Magical Boxtreamer!
[16:46] Ibuki
    I guard with Pulse Monk!
[16:50] Asaka
    Golden Beast Tamer attacks your Vanguard!
[16:57] Asaka
    My Pale Moon Circus
    has many more attractions lined up.
[17:01] Asaka
    Skill activates!
[17:04] Asaka
    Superior call!
[17:05] Asaka
    Jill's skill activates!
[17:07] Asaka
    Purple's skill activates!
[17:09] Kishida
    W-Wow!
[17:11] Kishida
    Their skills keep activating,
    which increases the number of units!
[17:16] Ibuki
    No guard.
[17:17] Asaka
    Drive check!
[17:19] Asaka
    Critical trigger!
[17:20] Asaka
    I give the power to End of Stage,
     and the critical to my Vanguard.
[17:25] Asaka
    Second check!
[17:26] Asaka
    Front trigger!
[17:34] Asaka
    There's more!
[17:35] Asaka
    Midnight Bunny boosts!
[17:37] Asaka
    Jumping Jill attacks!
[17:41] Ibuki
    Damage check.
[17:43] Ibuki
    Critical trigger!
[17:44] Ibuki
    I give all of the effects to Harmonics.
[17:47] Asaka
    Now for the finish!
[17:49] Asaka
    Magical Boxtreamer! Starting Presenter!
[17:53] Ibuki
    Duskblade!
[17:56] Kawanami
    Oh, man! A whole series of attacks!
[17:58] Kishida
    Please pulverize that scoundrel!
[18:00] Members
    Yeah!
[18:01] Members
    Totally!
[18:04] Asaka
    You understand, don't you, Kouji Ibuki?
[18:07] Asaka
    You're an unwanted guest!
[18:09] Ren
    But everyone's got their pep back,
    though their eyes looked dead a moment ago.
[18:18] Asaka
    This is where it ends.
[18:20] Asaka
    Gun Salute Dragon, End of Stage!
[18:37] Ibuki
    I guard.
[18:38] Ibuki
    Lady Healer of the Torn World.
[18:45] Ibuki
    I have to make amends for my past.
[18:49] Ibuki
    To do that, I'm going to the Vanguard Koshien!
SIGN    The First Vanguard Koshien 4th Block Qualifying Round Hall
[18:54] Suiko
    That settles it!
[18:57] Aichi
    I won!
[18:59] Naoki
    You did it, Aichi!
[19:02] Suiko
    The fourth-block representatives
    for the Vanguard Koshien:
[19:05] Suiko
    The winner, Harumi High School!
[19:09] Suiko
    The runner-up, Hitsue High School!
[19:10] Morikawa
    Yay!
[19:12] Suiko
    And Miyaji Academy, beaten by Harumi
     in the semifinals, makes the third!
[19:21] Kai
    The battle is about to begin...
[19:23] Kai
    ...Aichi.
[19:26] Ibuki
    The battle has just begun.
[19:31] Ibuki
    Destiny's skill activates!
[19:38] Ibuki
    I'll show you a real series of attacks!
[19:41] Ibuki
    Go, Blast Monk!
[19:44] Monk
    Out of the way!
[19:45] Ibuki
    Skill activates!
[19:47] Ibuki
    Bind!
[19:51] Ibuki
    I used Bind on a grade 2
    or higher, so I Soul Charge.
[19:55] Asaka
    That kind of attack won't work on me!
[19:58] Ibuki
    You're up next, Lady Battler!
[20:02] Ibuki
    Skill activates!
[20:07] Asaka
    It's no use!
[20:08] Ibuki
    Join us, Destiny!
[20:12] Ibuki
    Harmonics Messiah's skill activates!
[20:21] Asaka
    Please, Candy Clown!
[20:26] Ibuki
    Again, Harmonics Messiah's skill activates!
[20:39] Asaka
    Wh-What?!
[20:40] Kawanami
    The locked cards...
[20:42] Kishida
    ...got unlocked!
[20:44] Tetsu
    With Harmonics Messiah,
    at the end of a battle,
[20:48] Tetsu
    the player can unlock any locked cards,
     and then draw that same number of cards.
[20:53] Tetsu
    Furthermore, all the front row
    rear-guards get +15,000 power!
[21:00] Ibuki
    Go!
[21:00] Ibuki
    Blast Monk! Duskblade!
[21:13] Asaka
    Damage check.
[21:15] Asaka
    No trigger.
[21:19] Asaka
    I lost.
[21:22] Ibuki
    As you promised, I'll be the anchor for--
[21:25] Kishida
    Not so fast!
[21:27] Kishida
    If you want to be our anchor, defeat me first!
[21:31] Asaka
    Kishida...
[21:32] Kawanami
    Leave this to me!
[21:34] Member
    No, me!
[21:35] Member
    Me!
[21:36] Member
    I'll do it!
[21:37] Ibuki
    Come at me.
[21:38] Member
    I'll fight him!
[21:38] Ibuki
    I'll take you all on.
[21:39] Member
    No, me!
[21:40] Member
    I'll do it, too!
[21:41] Member
    No, me!
[21:44] Tetsu
    Ibuki's current deck seems to have something
    that generates motivation for Vanguard.
[21:52] Ren
    Asaka, just accept this.
[21:54] Ren
    Both his club membership 
    and him being our anchor.
[22:02] Asaka
    If you insist, Ren...
[22:10] Ibuki
    Stand up, The Vanguard!
[22:10] Kishida
    Stand up, Vanguard!
[23:46] Narrator
    The 30-second card intro segment!
[23:48] Narrator
    Today's featured card is Ibuki's
    new ace in the hole, Harmonics Messiah.
SIGN    Harmonics Messiah
[23:53] Narrator
    Whenever this unit attacks, the player
    draws one card of their choice from the deck,
[23:56] Narrator
    and places it on a rear-guard circle 
    as a locked card face down.
[23:59] Narrator
    And at the end of the battle
    in which it attacked,
[24:01] Narrator
    the player can pick any number of locked cards
    and unlock them by turning them face-up.
[24:05] Narrator
    The player draws a card
    for each unlocked card,
[24:07] Narrator
    and the two rear-guards in
    the front row get +15,000 power!
[24:11] Narrator
    With this card, you too can "Ride The Vanguard"!
SIGN    Ride The Vanguard!
[24:16] Ren
    So Ibuki is our anchor.
[24:18] Ren
    He can be our team captain, too!
[24:19] Asaka
    No way, Ren!
[24:21] Asaka
    The captain is the face of the club.
[24:22] Asaka
    He's not worthy of being the captain
    of our school's Vanguard club!
[24:26] Asaka
    There's only one person for that! Only one!
[24:28] Asaka
    That's you, Ren! You're our eternal captain!
[24:30] Ren
    Are you saying I can't graduate?
[24:32] Asaka
    N-No, I didn't mean--
[24:33] Ren
    Why don't you do it, Asaka?
[24:35] Ren
    You're older than me.
[24:36] Asaka
    Me?
[24:37] Asaka
    No, I couldn't be the captain!
[24:39] Kawanami
    Yo, Captain Asaka!
SIGN    Dimension 10 
     Stand Up!! The Vanguard Koshien!!
[24:40] Asaka
    Call me "Your Majesty"!
[24:41] Kawanami
    Your Majesty!
[24:43] Ren
    So it's okay if you're the queen?