# 8 - Encountering Fighters
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Beginning Plavsky particle dispersal.
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The Plavsky particle.
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This is the name of a special particle...
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...invented by the Plavsky Particle
System Engineering Company, or PPSE.
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These particles react with the plastic
from which Gunpla is made.
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By fluidly controlling the particles,
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the normally immobile Gunpla can be
manipulated as the controller wishes.
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And through the use of
particle transformation,
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effects such as beams, missiles,
and explosions can be reproduced.
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Any thoughts, Professor?
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Are you seriously going to do research
on a particle that only moves toys?
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You, the one they call the "Early Genius!"
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Professor, may I speak?
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Did you know Plavsky particles are made
by bonding antiparticles together?
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I-Is that right?
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This technology could be
applied to other fields of study.
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However, PPSE only uses this
revolutionary particle to move toys.
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Besides, the manufacturing method
is kept completely secret.
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Either they're scared of their
technology being leaked and misused,
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or there's some other reason.
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Professor, I...
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...I have to discover
the secret of this particle.
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You're not alone
Hitori janai
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You and I have this bond between us
Bokura tsunagatteru kara
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That bond has made me want to take a step forward
Asu e to fumidashitaku nattanda
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Let's link the colors of our dreams
Sorezore no yume no iro wo tsunaide
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And create a bright rainbow up in the sky
Kono sora ni azayaka na niji wo kakeyou
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GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS
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I don't have any merits to speak of
Kore to itte torie mo nai
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I always felt inferior, I had no confidence
Rettoukan to aruite jishin datte nai
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"What's so fun about that?" you asked,
"Tte yuu ka sore de tanoshii no?" tte
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As you smiled and ran ahead of me
Kimi wa waratte boku wo oikoshiteku
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When I'm alone inside (Flash back)
Kokoro no naka de hitori ni naru to (Flash back)
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I synchronize with you (Mash up)
Nara shinkuro sasete (Mash up)
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With you, I feel confident (Right now)
Kimi to nara dekisou sa (Right now)
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Ready set go!!
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From the minute I felt you in my heart
Hitori janai tte omoeta toki kara
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I was sure my dream would come true
Kanaeraresou na ki ga shitanda
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With that same smile you always had,
Kawaranai itsumo no egao no mama de
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You firmly took my hand
Kimi wa boku no te wo tsukande
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With you, nothing is impossible
Futari nara fukanou nante nai sa
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You're the one who made me feel this way
Sou omoeta no wa kimi ga ita kara
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You make up for the strength that I lack
Boku ni nai tsuyosa to kimi ga motte nai
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I will cover the powers that you lack
Chikara wo kasanete
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Let's fly away
Tobitatsu yo…
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Don't stand still (Don't stop)
Tachidomaruna (Don’t stop)
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I'll be there for you (Don't cry)
Soba ni iru kara (Don’t cry)
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You're not alone anymore
Kimi wa mou hitori janai!
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Everything's gonna be alright!! (Alright)
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Episode 8
Encounters of Fighters
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New York, America
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Hey, Ricardo!
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Ricardo Fellini!
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Long time no see, Greco.
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Haven't seen you since
the last World Tournament.
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Yeah, I guess.
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What brings you here?
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Tomorrow's the final round
of the qualifiers, right?
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I came to encourage you.
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Guess you have some free time
now that you're in the World Tournament.
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Don't be sarcastic.
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Oh, if it isn't this year's new model.
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I see, it's well built.
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I'll pay you back for my losses in
the last two World Tournaments.
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Is your opponent Scott? Or is it Carter?
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No, it's some first-timer kid.
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Then it'll be easy.
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I'm not so sure about that.
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I hear he only has three months
of experience with Gunpla.
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Three months...
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What's his name?
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Nils.
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Nils Nielsen.
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Greco Logan. Age 27.
20 years of Gunpla experience.
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Has previously participated
in two World Tournaments.
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Top rank is Best 16.
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The Gunpla he uses is
the Tallgeese Valkyrie.
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This machine possesses
high firepower, heavy armor,
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and more than enough thrust to match.
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You're fighting in
the Gunpla Battle Championship?
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Yes. The best way to get information
about the Plavsky particle,
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is to win the qualifiers
and get into the World Tournament.
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The PPSE works team will also
participate in the Tournament,
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and its founders will be at the venue.
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If I become a contestant,
I'll be able to meet them...
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...at receptions and other events.
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That being said, I'm facing
Mr. Greco in the final round.
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He's on another level
from my previous opponents.
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To compete with him...
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I wanted to keep it in reserve
until the World Tournament, but...
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Rate of particle motion, 99.97 percent.
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Particle compression rate of
energy packs installed in weapons...
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...is stable at 24 percent.
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The high polycaps in all joints
have been successfully activated.
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No loss of emotion paint.
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The numbers underwater are
equal to those on land.
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It's just as you designed it, Chief Allan.
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No, it's all thanks to
the PPSE lab's technology.
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What's more, its fighter
is Meijin Kawaguchi.
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We're all set for
the World Tournament.
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I still have concerns.
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Nemesis?
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Yes. The Gunpla team led by the
methane hydrate excavation king.
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Rumor has it they're aiming to
make it to the World Tournament.
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Is that so...
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Sir, Mr. Barthes from the
Flana Institute wants to see you.
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Let him in.
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Yes, sir.
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Excuse me, sir.
Let me wish you the best—
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Enough pleasantries. Let me see him.
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Absolutely, sir. Get in here.
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Nice to meet you.
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My name is Aila Jyrkiäinen,
from the Flana Institute.
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What is this?
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What, sir?
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Our Nemesis team asked for
the strongest Gunpla fighter.
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That's why we invested
big bucks in you.
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And this is the result?
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Aila is the Flana Institute's masterpiece.
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She is humanity's strongest fighter.
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Chairman, if you're
skeptical about my ability,
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please see it with your own eyes.
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I see.
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Yes, sir.
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Call Gawain. He has a battle.
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But she didn't bring her Gunpla.
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Just use one in the battle room.
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If you're humanity's strongest,
you won't mind, right?
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Of course not.
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Your opponent is Gawain!
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Never heard of him.
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He's the main fighter of team Nemesis,
and a world-level player.
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Come in.
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Gawain, it's battle time.
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Iori Models
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Huh?
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Is Sei still holed up in there?
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I've been telling him to take a break.
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But just like his dad,
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he won't stop once he gets all fired up.
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One month until the World Tournament.
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When I won the regional qualifiers,
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I assumed the Build Strike Gundam
could compete in the World Tournament.
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Reiji battled for me as a fighter,
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and I poured all my energy
into the Build Strike.
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But as we are now,
we just aren't good enough.
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We lost to Yuuki, a contestant
in the last World Tournament.
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His levels of completion,
manueverability, and firepower...
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Reiji and I couldn't match them.
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When we went to the sea,
we fought that mobile armor Apsaras.
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Its I-field reflected particle beams
by altering the Plavsky particles.
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That's the true strength of
a world-level Gunpla.
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And then there was Mao.
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Even without a super microwave system,
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he fired his hyper satellite cannon.
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All the Gunpla that
fight at the world level...
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They all understand and apply the
characteristics of Plavsky particles.
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I've got to build an
original Gunpla that can face them!
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Darn!
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Where'd it go?!
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Battle ended.
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Gawain's Devil Gundam,
defeated by a Jegan...
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Wh-Who the heck are you?!
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So what do you think, Chairman?
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Excellent.
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I'll make her the team's main fighter.
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Thank you very much.
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But don't get conceited.
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He will also be a contestant
in the qualifying tournament.
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The champion of
the last World Tournament,
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Carlos Kaiser.
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Can you defeat him, Aila Jyrkiäinen?
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If that is your order.
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Hey, 6.5 billion Gunpla fans
around the world!
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The moment of joy has come!
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Tonight, here, at the
La Vie en Rose Garden...
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It's the final round of the
American regional qualifiers!
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This will decide who goes to the
Gunpla Battle Championship World Tournament!
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This sizzling match
will be brought to you live!
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Isn't it exciting?
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Of course.
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I can't wait.
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In this final round, we'll see Greco,
who went to last year's World Tournament.
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His abilities are guaranteed.
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But his opponent Nils
can't be underestimated either.
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Nils is only 13 years old,
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and this is his first time
entering the tournament.
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Ability in Gunpla Battle
isn't a matter of experience.
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So it seems.
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He's here!
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America's mightiest raging bull!
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But, despite his bold nickname,
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his fighting style is
subtle and accurate!
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The winner of the previous
qualifying tournament,
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Greco Logan!
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Wow, he looks full of spirit.
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He seems resolute about this!
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Yes.
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Please welcome the challenger
from the opposite side.
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He's just 13 years old!
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But having skipped grades and
gone to America's top university,
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this young genius has
already earned three Ph.Ds!
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His father is a world-famous detective,
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and his mother is a master of martial arts.
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The one-of-a-kind super-boy, Nils Nielsen!
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As always!
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It's Nils' famous Samurai Hello!
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Influenced by his mother,
he's also familiar with martial arts.
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I hear he's a black belt
in both karate and judo.
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I can't wait to watch this match!
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I've been looking forward to this.
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I can't wait to battle with you, Early Genius.
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Thanks.
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But I can't let you go
to the World Tournament.
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There's a man waiting for me there.
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I also have a reason not to lose.
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Well then, let's see
whose feelings are stronger.
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Bring it on!
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Please set your GP Base.
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Beginning Plavsky particle dispersal.
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The Plavsky particle.
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If I can just find out
the secret of this particle,
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then I can...
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Field 1, Space.
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Please set your Gunpla.
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An improved version of
the Gundam Astray?
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He switched machines to face Greco.
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How on earth will he fight?
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It'll be even more fun defeating you, now.
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Tallgeese Valkyrie, launching!
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Sengoku Astray, here I come!
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The final round has begun!
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That Astray's a close range type.
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It doesn't have any extra
long range weapons.
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So...
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He's dodging with minimum movement.
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Is that what they call
"mikiri" in the martial arts?
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In that case...!
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Darn!
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Take a full burst!
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Th-This is amazing!
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The Sengoku Astray is splitting
Greco's beam in half!
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I can't believe it.
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Greco!
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The match is over.
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Not yet.
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It's not over yet!
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Please just give up.
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There's no use battling any longer.
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I'm being underestimated, huh?
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Why are you still fighting,
knowing you'll lose?
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I told you. There's a man
who I truly want to defeat.
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I can't lose here!
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At this distance,
you can't use your precious swords!
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I'll slam you against the rocks!
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It's useless!
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Come on.
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Wh-What?
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What happened?!
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What did you do?!
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Battle ended.
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B-Battle ended!
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Nils Nielsen's Astray has defeated
Greco, the raging bull!
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This is unbelievable.
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The champion of the
American qualifying tournament,
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the player who will go to the
World Tournament, has been decided!
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The winner is Samurai Boy, Nils Nielsen!
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Greco.
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I didn't imagine the match
would be this one-sided.
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Those swords, and that final technique.
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That boy makes full use of
the Plavsky particle.
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This is...
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...a Gunpla built by the new generation.
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A reformation, I should say.
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No, it's not just him.
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New fighters from
around the world are...
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gunpla Shingyo School
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Hey, Sei!
**[21:01] ---**
I said, Sei!
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Why are you shouting?
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What?
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Isn't your Gunpla ready yet?
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It's not that easy!
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Go away, I need to concentrate!
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Wh-What did you say to me?!
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Just...
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Leave me alone!
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If there's a future you want to grab
Tsukamitai asu ga aru no nara
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No matter how many times you get hurt,
Nando kizutsuitemo
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focus on your dreams
Yume wo mitakutte
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That's how we get past the present
Ima wo koeteikunda bokutachi wa
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Somehow, I was caught up in the flow of time
Nantonaku sugiteku toki ni nagasare
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I was just dimly moving forward
Bonyari to susumu dake ja
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As I walked, it felt like even my footprints...
Aruitekita michi ni ashiato sae mo
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...were fading away
Nokosenai ki ga shitanda
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I have a place to head to, with my fist in the air
Kobushi wo furiagete mukau basho ga aru
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Let's try to question ourselves,
Jibun ni toikake
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move forward with more strength
Motto tsuyoku fumidashite miyou
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If there's a future you want to grab
Tsukamitai asu ga aru no nara
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No matter how many times you get hurt,
Nando kizutsuitemo
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focus on your dreams
Yume wo mitakutte
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Get past the present
Ima wo koeteyuke
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I don't want to turn away from the obstacles...
Tachihadakaru mono ni
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...that stand in my way
Me wo somuketakunai
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I don't wanna lose
Maketakunainda
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What can I accomplish?
Nani ga dekiru no ka?
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I want to believe in infinite power,
Mugen no chikara wo shinjitai kara
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So I want us to keep challenging ourselves
Idomi tsuzuketai
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Forever and always
Bokura wa itsumo
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I'm finally here.
**[22:57] ---**
It was worth traveling this far to watch
the last tournament's champ, Carlos Kaiser.
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Oh, my.
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The final round is about to begin.
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I'd better hurry.
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Wh-What's all this cheering?
**[23:19] ---**
The battle should've just begun...
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Kaiser's Alpha Azieru...!
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The world champion, beaten so badly?
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What kind of fighter is that?
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Aila Jyrkiäinen of team Nemesis...
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...will represent Finland in the 7th Gunpla
Battle Championship World Tournament.
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I-It's a young lady!
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Next Episode
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My Beargguy III is
challenged to battle,
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and undergoes terrible torment.
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Next episode, "Wings of Imagination."
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Next Episode
Wings of Imagination
**[24:02] ---**
Next episode, "Wings of Imagination."
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Don't miss it!