# 23 - Dragonia Battle Tournament!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYMGD32GY/dragon-collection)
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I want... to make... my idol... debut!
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I-I am Naviko!
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In the last episode...
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Um, uh...
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S-Some stuff happened,
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and they heard about the
Dragonia Battle Tournament,
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so they immediately decided to participate!
***SIGN*** Dragonia Battle Tournament!
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Dragonia Battle Tournament!
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There's so many people here!
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People come from all over Dragon Earth
to watch the Dragonia Battle Tournament.
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It must truly live up to its reputation for
determining the greatest DraColle Battler.
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It's got lots of tasty-looking food, too!
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Shin seems more interested in
eating than in the tournament.
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What a novice!
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He's sure to be eliminated in the first round.
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He's so pompous...
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Only participants are allowed past this point.
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We'll be up in the stands.
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Good luck!
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Yeah!
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A-All these people are participants?!
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And only one of us can be the winner...
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Oh, man... I'm getting kinda nervous.
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What a novice!
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You'll wind up removed in the first round, too.
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Hey, look!
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Isn't that Gelmen?!
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Did he actually come into town?!
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I can't believe he left the forest
to participate in the tournament.
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He is capable.
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Yeah, plus he's got the same smell as me.
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He was raised in the forest.
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He's like a wild bear.
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I don't want to go up against him.
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Me, neither.
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Really? The winner for five straight years?!
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Well, yes.
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Though not in a tournament as big
as this Dragonia Battle Tournament.
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Amazing!
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I've never put all that much effort into it,
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yet for some reason I always end up winning.
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How to put it?
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I just have the knack!
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W-Wow...
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By the way, would you care to have
dinner with me after the tournament?
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I-I appreciate the thought...
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Yuna!
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Oh, my, it's been a while.
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No, it hasn't!
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Surely you haven't forgotten
what happened in Biliora!
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Nobody likes a guy who holds grudges.
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Do you know them?
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They're something like my fan club.
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Hey!
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That makes sense...
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It's important to mingle with your fans.
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I, myself, have five fan clubs back home.
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Well then, Yuna, don't forget
about our dinner date!
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I never agreed to a date!
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Is he really that tough?
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I have to wonder.
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So you're in the tournament, too?
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Isn't it natural to strive to
be the strongest Battler?
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Well, I wonder about that.
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All of your actions seem to
have some ulterior motive.
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Wh-What are you saying?!
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Could you move aside a moment?
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Oh, dear! I can feel the heat of all your gazes!
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I believe she's the Green Pepper Gang's...
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Rubica!
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Dear me, you do look familiar.
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Why are you here?!
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What a foolish question.
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I'm here to win and have the king
hear my request, obviously!
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Boy, am I starving!
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Huh?
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That's another familiar voice.
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Oh, great.
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If you say that, I'll just have
to show you how "great" I am!
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We're the Green Pepper Gang that
scares crying children silent!
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The great Meatmania!
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Zakko!
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And Koppu!
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Wow, that really takes me back!
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I thought you guys went to jail!
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Did you break out?!
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Don't be rude!
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Despite appearances, we and
our boss were model prisoners!
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And thanks to that, we got released on parole!
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Boy, am I starving!
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Model prisoners?!
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He's eating a vegetable?
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Not meat?!
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Our boss is now a vegetarian!
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Mm, fresh!
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If you got released, then good for you.
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Yeah.
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Hold it!
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It's true that I have changed.
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I am now Meatmania, the veggie maniac!
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Which one...?
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But, we haven't forgotten
about how you got us arrested!
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And I can't sit quietly by after you
destroyed the Green Pepper Gang!
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Now is the moment we repay
you for all you've done to us!
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I'll have you know, Rigack is here, too.
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Even Rigack?!
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Where?
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I believe he's...
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Oh! Around there!
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Where?
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Oh, there he is!
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Looks like he got a haircut.
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You've got really good eyesight...
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Get ready, you brats!
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Hold it right there!
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Non-tournament battles are forbidden here!
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Oh!
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That's right!
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I wasn't thinking.
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Drat! Very well!
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But if you're up against me in a Battle,
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I'll turn you into mincemeat!
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Just you wait!
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It appears just participating in
the tournament won't end this.
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Now I'm even more fired up!
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Thanks for waiting, everyone!
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We will now open the tournament
with a few words from His Majesty!
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Incidentally, I will be acting
as master of ceremonies.
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I'm this year's...
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Miss Dragonia!
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Now, here is His Majesty!
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I have heard that the king himself
is quite a strong DraColle Battler.
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Really?!
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Quiet, please!
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His Majesty is about to speak!
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Do your best, okay?
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Thank you very much!
That was His Majesty's address!
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That was short!
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Simple, yet profound.
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Just what you'd expect of a king.
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He *is* capable.
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Seriously?
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We will now begin the first round!
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Our audience is anxiously expecting
a frantic, fever-pitched battle
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that will require all the strength you possess!
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Yes!
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From this moment onward,
everyone around you is your enemy!
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Shin! Rei!
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Let's do this!
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Yeah! I'm not gonna lose!
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I won't go easy on you just
because you're my valets!
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This is a serious competition!
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Right, of course!
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Oh-ho, they're fired up...
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Now, for the first round...
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For a fun change of pace
from the usual competition,
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we will be using special rules for this round!
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Special rules?
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In short, this round will be...
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a True or False Quiz!
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A quiz?!
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Hey!
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What does that have to do
with DraColle Battlers?!
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This isn't a quiz show!
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Quiet, please!
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Let's see...
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"What a DraColle Battler needs most is
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wisdom, good judgment, and dumb luck.
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This is the most suitable method
for testing these qualities.
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Those who are unhappy are welcome to leave."
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So it reads!
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Yep!
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Guess we have no choice.
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It looks like you all agree.
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Then, let's begin!
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True or False Quiz, question 1!
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Da-dum!
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Question: The first round is a True or False Quiz.
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True or false?
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Please move to the side with the
screen displaying your answer!
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She's asking whether or not the
first round is a True or False Quiz?
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Didn't she just say the first
round is a True or False Quiz?
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Yeah, she did.
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Rei, you're going to the "False" side?!
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Of course.
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This is a psychological test designed to outwit us.
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Outwit?!
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You must consider that this is
a DraColle Battle Tournament.
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There's no way it would involve a quiz.
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Getting fooled by that proves
that you are still a novice!
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You and your tangled logic...
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Things like this depend on intuition!
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This way!
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What'll we do?
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Since Rei put it that way,
I'm starting to think he's right.
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It can't be!
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She clearly said that the first round is a quiz!
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Th-That's true...
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Okay! Time's up!
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Huh?!
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There are way more on the "False" side!
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Now, I will announce the correct answer.
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The answer to question 1 is....
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"True"!
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Oh, dear!
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*Of course I would be correct.*
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*Honestly, Hiro and Shin are such novices.*
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*Why else would they choose "True"?*
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* If they'd done like I said*
* and chosen "False" as well,*
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* they wouldn't have to suffer the embarrassment*
* of being eliminated in the first round!*
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*Isn't the answer obviously "False"?*
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*Indeed, it's "False"...*
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*Right?!*
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Those who chose "False" are now eliminated!
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Unbelievably, Rei has been
eliminated in the first round!
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Has his road to becoming a
Dragon Master hit a dead end?!
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Next episode: "Farewell, Rei!"
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Await it with guts!