E21 - If You Can't Surpass Me, There's No Point

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[00:13] Tsubasa
    Sure thing, first-year.
[00:16] Tsubasa
    I'll show you what I like.
SIGN    Episode 21
SIGN    If You Can't Surpass Me, There's No Point
[01:51] Tsubasa
    "If You Can't Surpass Me,
    There's No Point."
[01:54] Tsubasa
    My turn! Draw!
[01:57] Tsubasa
    At the start of my turn,
    Pinion Prayer's Countdown advances by 1.
[02:03] Tsubasa
    And then I play Turquoise Sister.
[02:08] Ren
    Another follower with Ward?
[02:10] Tsubasa
    I'll warn you now:
    This card's strong.
[02:13] Tsubasa
    Turquoise Sister, evolve!
[02:16] Tsubasa
    When she evolves, she gets Storm.
[02:20] Ren
    But you can defeat only one
    of my followers with her!
[02:24] Tsubasa
    You're too cocky, first-year.
[02:27] Tsubasa
    Turquoise Sister attacks Flame Soldier!
[02:30] Tsubasa
    Turquoise Sister's effect activates.
[02:33] Tsubasa
    When a follower with both
    Ward and Storm attacks,
[02:37] Tsubasa
    an additional 3 damage is dealt to the
    enemy leader and all their followers!
[02:48] Tsubasa
    I end my turn.
[02:50] Tsubasa
    And Jewel Shrine's effect activates.
[02:55] Tsubasa
    At the end of my turn, all followers
     I possess with both Ward and Storm
[03:00] Tsubasa
    get 3 additional attack and defense!
[03:03] Ren
    Th-That's strong!
[03:05] Ren
    Turquoise Sister is so
     strong and so cool!
[03:21] Tsubasa
    Yeah, I guess.
[03:23] Tsubasa
    Listen. You said you wanted
    to be my friend, right?
[03:27] Ren
    Yes, I did!
[03:29] Ren
    And now we're battling!
[03:31] Tsubasa
    But the more you connect to somebody,
[03:34] Tsubasa
    the sadder you'll be when
    they go someplace far away.
[03:37] Tsubasa
    No matter how close you are to somebody,
    someday you'll have to say goodbye.
[03:41] Tsubasa
    You can't stay together forever.
[03:43] Tsubasa
    So maybe it's better never
     to connect with anyone.
[03:48] Tsubasa
    I guess you wouldn't understand that,
    though, first-year.
[03:53] Ren
    I don't...
[03:54] Ren
    But... But! But!
[03:56] Ren
    Even if you can't be together forever,
[03:58] Ren
    being friends, connecting with someone...
[04:02] Ren
    I think that's worth something!
[04:05] Ren
    Even if you have to say goodbye someday,
[04:07] Ren
    the bond you forged will never be broken!
[04:11] Ren
    I play Ironwall Guardener!
[04:16] Ren
    I evolve Ironwall Guardener!
[04:20] Ren
    And then I attack Turquoise Sister!
[04:26] Ren
    Tsubasa, there's nothing to be afraid of!
[04:33] Tsubasa
    Things aren't that simple!
[04:40] Ren
    Okay, I end my turn!
[04:43] Tsubasa
    Sheesh...
[04:44] Tsubasa
    Not bad!
[04:47] Tsubasa
    First, at the start of my turn, Pinion Prayer's
     Countdown advances and goes to 0.
[04:54] Tsubasa
    As it's destroyed, its Last Words activate
    and create a Holy Falcon with Storm.
[05:00] Tsubasa
    I play and evolve Sapphire Priestess!
[05:06] Tsubasa
    Its on-evolve effect triggers
[05:08] Tsubasa
    and allows me to play a Crystallize card
    from my hand in Crystallized form.
[05:17] Ren
    "Crystallize"?
[05:19] Tsubasa
    When you pay their Crystallize cost,
[05:22] Tsubasa
    a Crystallize follower enters play
    as an amulet card.
[05:25] Tsubasa
    Sapphire Priestess attacks
    Ironwall Guardener.
[05:35] Ren
    Ironwall Guardener's Last Words activate,
    and I get back 3 defense!
[05:40] Tsubasa
    My turn's not over!
[05:42] Tsubasa
    I play Luxwing Reno!
[05:45] Tsubasa
    And I attack your leader with Holy Falcon!
[05:51] Tsubasa
    And then, Crystallized Ruby Falcon's
     effect activates.
[05:55] Tsubasa
    When one of my followers attacks a leader,
[05:58] Tsubasa
    a randomly chosen follower
    of mine gets Storm!
[06:04] Tsubasa
    Luck's on my side!
[06:05] Tsubasa
    Reno now has Storm!
    She attacks your leader!
[06:15] Tsubasa
    I end my turn.
[06:16] Tsubasa
    And then Sapphire Priestess's effect activates.
[06:20] Tsubasa
    If my followers have attacked
    at least three times this turn,
[06:24] Tsubasa
    I draw three cards!
[06:26] Ren
    Three cards at once?!
[06:30] Tsubasa
    You said that even when friends are apart,
    their bond doesn't break, right?
[06:34] Tsubasa
    But that's just a childish ideal, first-year.
[06:39] Tsubasa
    And childish ideals will someday
    be broken by grown-up reality.
[06:44] Tsubasa
    So it's better never to dream at all.
[06:47] Ren
    You're a grown-up, aren't you?
[06:50] Ren
    I guess I get that it's hard
    to become a grown-up.
[06:54] Ren
    Sometimes I wish I were still a kid.
[07:01] Ren
    You know what I'm like.
[07:03] Ren
    I'm not really girly like you.
[07:07] Ren
    I'm not interested in romance or fashion.
[07:10] Ren
    My favorite thing is tokusatsu heroes!
[07:12] Ren
    I really am a kid.
[07:14] Ren
    And I used to be okay with that.
[07:18] Ren
    But it's really weird to be a middle-schooler
    and still truly want to be a hero, right?
[07:24] Ren
    Most people would think that's weird, right?
[07:27] (Flashback) Tsubasa
    This isn't a kids' TV show.
[07:30] (Flashback) Tsubasa
    So cut the crap about
    being comrades and friends.
[07:32] (Flashback) Tsubasa
    Do you still believe in that stuff? Ew.
[07:40] Ren
    But!
[07:42] Ren
    But...
[07:43] Ren
    Shadowverse showed me that
    I can be the person I really am!
[07:48] Ren
    I don't have to give up on
    what I like, or my dreams!
[07:54] Ren
    So I'm going to keep working hard!
[07:56] Ren
    So I can always be ready
    to battle my hardest at any time!
[08:01] Ren
    Um, er... What were
     we talking about?
[08:04] Tsubasa
    Nothing.
[08:06] Tsubasa
    And it's your turn.
[08:08] Ren
    Oh, right! I'm in big trouble!
[08:11] Ren
    I'll have to turn things around!
[08:14] Ren
    Draw!
SIGN    Spell Card: Heroic Entry!
SIGN    I put a Mach Knight into play and draw two cards!
SIGN    And if my opponent has more followers in play than I do, it restores 5 PP!
[08:39] Tsubasa
    Seriously?
[08:40] Ren
    Seriously!
[08:41] Ren
    And then I play Quickblader
    and Courageous Knight!
[08:46] Ren
    Courageous Knight's effect activates
    and puts a Steelclad Knight into play!
[08:51] Ren
    Here I go!
[08:52] Ren
    I evolve Courageous Knight!
[09:01] Ren
    I attack Holy Falcon!
[09:06] Ren
    Quickblader attacks Sapphire Priestess!
[09:12] Ren
    And then, Mach Knight has Storm,
     so it attacks Reno!
[09:20] Tsubasa
    Reno's on-combat effect triggers
    and does 1 damage to the enemy leader!
[09:29] Ren
    I turned things around, huh, Tsubasa?
[09:39] Tsubasa
    You're really...
[09:43] Tsubasa
    getting me excited!
SIGN    Tsubasa Takanashi & Gemstone Wingy
SIGN    Class: Havencraft
    Birthday 10/1
    Likes: Perfume
SIGN    Ruby Falcon
[09:55] Tsubasa
    My turn! Draw!
[09:59] Tsubasa
    At the start of my turn, Crystallized Ruby Falcon's
    Countdown advances by 1.
[10:04] Tsubasa
    I play Pinion Prayer.
[10:11] Ren
    A Countdown amulet, right?
[10:14] Tsubasa
    Yeah.
[10:15] Tsubasa
    But I won't wait!
SIGN    Spell Card: Hallowed Dogma!
SIGN    I advance the Countdown of one of my amulets by 2 and draw a card.
SIGN    And then...
SIGN    Thou art a visage of ultimate light!
SIGN    Shine, Diamond Master!
[10:53] Ren
    Th-That's...
[10:55] Tsubasa
    Yup. My best card.
[10:58] Tsubasa
    Holy Falcon has Ward.
    I attack your leader with it.
[11:05] Tsubasa
    Crystallized Ruby Falcon's effect activates.
[11:09] Tsubasa
    When a follower of mine
    attacks an enemy leader,
[11:12] Tsubasa
    a randomly chosen follower
    of mine gets Storm.
[11:15] Tsubasa
    Then Diamond Master's effect activates.
[11:18] Tsubasa
    When a follower of mine
    is randomly chosen by an effect,
[11:22] Tsubasa
    Diamond Master will always be chosen!
[11:24] Tsubasa
    I play Azurite Maiden!
[11:29] Tsubasa
    A randomly chosen follower
    of mine is given Ward.
[11:32] Tsubasa
    Diamond Master is chosen.
[11:35] Tsubasa
    Diamond Master attacks Courageous Knight!
[11:41] Ren
    But when she gets hit back—
[11:42] Tsubasa
    She won't!
[11:44] Tsubasa
    Diamond Master's on-attack effect triggers!
[11:47] Tsubasa
    If she possesses both Ward and Storm,
[11:50] Tsubasa
    she destroys the enemy follower
    before damage is dealt!
[11:58] Tsubasa
    At the end of my turn,
    Jewel Shrine's effect activates.
[12:02] Tsubasa
    Any of my followers with both Storm and Ward
    have their attack and defense increased by 3.
[12:08] Tsubasa
    Then Azurite Maiden's effect activates
[12:12] Tsubasa
    and adds any follower that had both
    Ward and Storm when it was destroyed
[12:17] Tsubasa
    back to my hand.
[12:19] Tsubasa
    That card is given Storm and Ward
    while still in my hand,
[12:23] Tsubasa
    along with a boost
    of 3 attack and 3 defense!
[12:26] Ren
    Wow!
[12:27] Ren
    Your deck is Jewel Havencraft, then!
[12:31] Tsubasa
    Don't name decks that aren't yours.
[12:33] Ren
    But my Hero Swordcraft is just as strong!
[12:37] Ren
    My turn! Draw!
[12:41] Ren
    First, I attack Diamond Master
    with Mach Knight and Steelclad Knight!
[12:48] Tsubasa
    Hit back, Diamond Master!
[12:53] Ren
    It's fine!
[12:55] Ren
    I play Alwida's Command!
[13:05] Ren
    It puts a Pirate and Viking into play!
[13:10] Ren
    Viking has Storm!
    It attacks Azurite Maiden!
[13:22] Ren
    Yes! I end my turn!
[13:24] Tsubasa
    I see.
[13:25] Tsubasa
    Then it's time to end this.
[13:28] Ren
    It won't end!
[13:29] Tsubasa
    Listen, first-year.
[13:31] Tsubasa
    Where is that confidence coming from?
[13:33] Ren
    I don't know!
[13:36] Tsubasa
    I see.
[13:38] Ren
    But I want to keep battling you!
[13:42] Ren
    So I don't want to lose that easily!
[13:45] Tsubasa
    I wonder if I was ever like you.
[13:51] Tsubasa
    If I was, I've forgotten!
[13:54] Tsubasa
    At the start of my turn, Crystallized
    Ruby Falcon's Countdown advances by 1!
[14:01] Tsubasa
    Lend me your power once more,
    Turquoise Sister!
[14:07] Ren
    That follower!
[14:08] Tsubasa
    Yes, the one I buffed
    with Azurite Maiden last turn.
[14:13] Tsubasa
    And so it has Storm and Ward.
[14:15] Tsubasa
    Turquoise Sister attacks your Pirate!
[14:20] Tsubasa
    Her on-attack effect activates.
[14:22] Tsubasa
    When a follower with both
    Storm and Ward attacks,
[14:25] Tsubasa
    she does 3 damage to the enemy leader
    and all their followers!
[14:32] Tsubasa
    Emerald Maiden!
[14:35] Tsubasa
    I attack your leader with Holy Falcon!
[14:42] Tsubasa
    Crystallized Ruby Falcon's effect activates
[14:46] Tsubasa
    and gives Storm
    to a randomly chosen follower!
[14:48] Ren
    This might be bad!
[14:50] Tsubasa
    You just realized?
[14:51] Tsubasa
    I attack your leader with Emerald Maiden!
[14:55] Tsubasa
    And Turquoise Sister's effect activates!
[14:58] Tsubasa
    When a follower with both
    Storm and Ward attacks,
[15:01] Tsubasa
    3 damage is dealt to the enemy leader
    and all their followers...
[15:04] Tsubasa
    for a total of 5 damage!
[15:13] Tsubasa
    And at the end of my turn,
    Jewel Shrine's effect activates
[15:18] Tsubasa
    and strengthens all my followers
    with Ward and Storm.
[15:22] Tsubasa
    And Emerald Maiden's effect gives Ward to a
     randomly chosen follower at the end of my turn!
[15:30] Tsubasa
    I did have some fun,
    but this is over, isn't it, first-year?
[15:35] Tsubasa
    I get what you're saying, but—
[15:38] Ren
    My name...
[15:43] Ren
    My name is Ren Kazamatsuri!
[15:47] Ren
    I'm not that smart,
    and I don't know that much about you.
[15:54] Ren
    There are so many things I worry about.
    So many things I don't understand!
[15:58] Ren
    But!
[16:01] Ren
    I like Seventh Flame!
    And you, too, Tsubasa!
[16:06] Ren
    You're so pretty! So cool!
[16:08] Ren
    And right now,
    you've shown me what you like!
[16:13] (Flashback) Tsubasa
    I'll show you what I like.
[16:17] Ren
    I don't think you can give up
    on what you really love,
[16:20] Ren
    no matter how old you get!
[16:22] Ren
    Like how I love heroes!
[16:24] Ren
    So no matter how much you worry,
    if you love something, that's enough!
[16:29] Ren
    That's how I want to be with you,
    and our club!
[16:33] Ren
    No, that's how I will be!
[16:37] Tsubasa
    I see.
[16:38] Tsubasa
    Then...
[16:40] Tsubasa
    If you can't surpass me,
    there's no point.
[16:42] Tsubasa
    Surpass my gleaming Wards!
[16:45] Ren
    Of course, I will!
[16:47] Ren
    A hero can overcome any wall,
    no matter how high!
[16:52] Ren
    There it is!
[16:55] Ren
    This is my best card!
[16:57] Ren
    Behold! Great, invincible justice!
[17:02] Ren
    Come save the day! Valiant Fencer!
[17:17] Tsubasa
    It's too late for a cost-4 follower
    to matter, right?
[17:20] Tsubasa
    No!
[17:21] Ren
    That's right!
[17:22] Ren
    I've played Valiant Fencer with Enhance.
[17:25] Ren
    And when its Enhance cost is paid,
[17:28] Ren
    an Enhance follower gets new effects!
[17:32] Ren
    Valiant Fencer's Enhance effect activates!
[17:35] Ren
    It can evolve without the use of EP!
[17:40] Ren
    And then I draw cards
    until I have a hand of seven!
[17:43] Ren
    All hero followers in my hand
    get an attack and defense boost of 1!
[17:48] Ren
    And their cost is lowered to 0
    until the end of the turn!
[17:52] Ren
    First, I evolve Valiant Fencer!
[18:06] Ren
    Its on-evolve effect activates
[18:10] Ren
    and gives my leader a new effect!
SIGN    Hero Mode
SIGN    Ren Kazamatsuri
[18:31] Ren
    Evolved Valiant Fencer
    attacks Turquoise Sister!
[18:38] Tsubasa
    Turquoise Sister's attack is 8!
    She'll take it down, too!
[18:49] Tsubasa
    No way!
[18:49] Ren
    That's Valiant Fencer's effect!
[18:52] Ren
    Any time it takes damage of 4 or more,
    that damage is reduced to 3!
[18:56] Ren
    I play Ironwall Guardener!
[18:58] Ren
    Its effect activates!
[19:01] Ren
    When a follower on my side is damaged,
[19:04] Ren
    the next amount of damage
     it takes will be 0!
[19:06] Tsubasa
    So this is what you were after!
[19:09] Ren
    And the effect
    Valiant Fencer gave me activates!
[19:13] Ren
    Once per turn,
[19:15] Ren
    I can raise the defense of a single
    Hero Follower I've played by 3,
[19:18] Ren
    as well as give it Rush!
[19:20] Ren
    Ironwall Guardener attacks Turquoise Sister!
[19:27] Ren
    And I'm not done yet!
[19:28] Ren
    I play two Mach Knights!
[19:33] Ren
    When I have a damaged follower in play,
[19:36] Ren
    it restores 2 play points per Mach Knight!
[19:39] Ren
    And then I play a Quickblader,
    which has Storm!
[19:43] Ren
    I attack Holy Falcon!
[19:46] Ren
    I play Blitz Lancer! It has Rush!
[19:49] Ren
    And attack Emerald Maiden!
[19:53] Tsubasa
    It won't be enough.
[20:02] Ren
    Flame Soldier!
[20:04] Ren
    When I have a damaged follower in play,
[20:07] Ren
    it does 4 damage to an enemy follower!
[20:11] Tsubasa
    Seriously? Seriously?
    She's destroyed my Wards?
[20:15] Ren
    Tsubasa, take this, please!
[20:18] Ren
    This is my full strength!
[20:20] Ren
    My two Mach Knights have Storm!
    They attack your leader!
[20:25] Ren
    Mach Blast!
[20:33] Tsubasa
    I guess I lose, then.
[20:57] Ren
    I won!
[21:14] Tsubasa
    Pay more attention
    to your surroundings.
[21:26] Ren
    Thank you!
[21:28] Ren
    That was a ton of fun!
[21:30] Tsubasa
    I see.
[21:31] Ren
    It feels like I've gotten
    a little closer to you!
[21:34] Ren
    Well, maybe I just think that...
[21:41] Ren
    What are you doing jumping in with me?
[21:46] Tsubasa
    It's fine.
    We're both the same now.
[21:49] Tsubasa
    I'm sorry for what I said on the roof.
[21:53] Tsubasa
    About your TV shows.
[21:57] Tsubasa
    But battling you, I understand...
[21:59] Tsubasa
    I'll try to be a little more honest
    with myself, too.
[22:04] Tsubasa
    The things you love are so exciting.
[22:09] Ren
    Thank you!
[22:10] Ren
    So are the things you love!
[22:13] Tsubasa
    Okay, want to have some fun
    before we go?
[22:15] Tsubasa
    Since we came all the way
    to the beach!
[22:17] Ren
    But it's late...
[22:20] Tsubasa
    You live a long way away?
[22:22] Ren
    Yes.
[22:27] Tsubasa
    Mom?
    Can I bring a friend over today?
[22:31] Tsubasa
    Yeah. Right now.
[22:33] Tsubasa
    Yeah. Yeah. I know.
[22:37] Tsubasa
    Want to stay at my place?
[22:39] Tsubasa
    You can call home.
[22:42] Tsubasa
    If you don't want to, that's fine.
[22:44] Ren
    No, no...
    I can't just stay over at your place!
[22:48] Ren
    I'm not worthy...
[22:54] Tsubasa
    I'm saying I want to talk
    with you a little more.
[23:02] Tsubasa
    Ren.
[23:05] Ren
    Okay!
[23:06] Ren
    Then, here I go!
[23:12] Tsubasa
    Now you've done it!
[23:17] Ren
    Gotcha!
[23:20] Tsubasa
    Hey, wait!
[23:23] Tsubasa
    Shadowverse Card Show—
SIGN    Shadowverse Card Showcase!
[23:25] Ren
    Shadowverse Card Showcase!
SIGN    Today's Card is
SIGN    Swordcraft
SIGN    Valiant Fencer
[23:26] Ren
    Today's card is...
[23:27] Tsubasa
    Valiant Fencer. Ren's best card.
[23:30] Tsubasa
    Its on-evolve effect is incredibly powerful
[23:31] Tsubasa
    and gives her leader a new effect.
[23:33] Ren
    She said it all!
[23:34] Tsubasa
    There's more, right?
[23:35] Tsubasa
    What's its special move?
[23:36] Ren
    Oh, right!
[23:37] Ren
    Valiant Attack!
[23:38] Ren
    This is Tsubasa's room?
[23:40] Ren
    It's so fancy! Wow!
    It smells so good!
SIGN    Preview
[23:43] Tsubasa
    What are you excited about?
[23:45] Tsubasa
    Anyway, don't you want to know more
    about that person now?
[23:47] Ren
    That's right!
    I want to be friends with everyone!
[23:49] Tsubasa
    Next time:
SIGN    Episode 22
SIGN    I've Finally Found You!
[23:50] Tsubasa
    "I've Finally Found You!"
[23:52] Both
    Battle! Shadowverse!