E54 - I'll Make It a Defeat That Means Something!

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[00:06] Ren
    Tsubasa! The Seven Shadows
    were so cool, weren't they?
[00:10] Tsubasa
    Yeah, you're right.
[00:11] Itsuki
    Kazamatsuri, you fought Hina
    from the Seven Shadows, right?
[00:16] Ren
    Yeah, I did! Hina's super strong!
[00:20] Ren
    And super cute!
[00:22] Tsubasa
    Oh? She looked like a brat,
    but she's actually cute?
[00:26] Ren
    Yup! I'm sure you'd be
    really good friends with her.
[00:30] Subaru
    But man, this place is crazy, isn't it?
[00:33] Light
    Yeah.
[00:34] Subaru
    They used that "Arc" thing to make it, huh?
[00:37] Light
    I don't know.
[00:38] Light
    Shion seems to know something, but...
[00:44] Light
    I don't think she'll tell us right now.
[00:46] Subaru
    Well, she's got stuff on her mind.
[00:48] Light
    If something's bothering her,
     I want to help.
[00:51] Subaru
    You take everything so seriously.
[00:53] Subaru
    You're worried about Mikado, too, I bet.
[00:57] Light
    You're sharp, Subaru.
[00:59] Sign
    Neutral
[00:59] Sign
    Portalcraft
[00:59] Sign
    Light Hiryu
[00:59] Sign
    Mikado Shirogane
[00:59] Sign
    Ryoga Jasei
[00:59] Sign
    Tsubasa Takanashi
[00:59] Sign
    Itsuki Mitsutagawa
[00:59] Sign
    Shion Otosaka
[00:59] Sign
    Subaru Makabe
[00:59] Sign
    Ren Kazamatsuri
[00:59] Sign
    Luca Yonazuki
[00:59] Sign
    Wolfram Zerga
[00:59] Sign
    Wodin Kraft
[00:59] Sign
    Hina Sinclair
[00:59] Sign
    Kaguya Makabe
[01:01] Subaru
    Anyone could tell from the way
     you're clutching your phone.
[01:05] Light
    Right.
[01:06] Draconir
    You're worried about Mikado?
[01:09] Light
    Yeah.
[01:10] Light
    I think I am.
[01:12] Subaru
    Isn't that being a little 
    too nice, Mr. Leader?
SIGN    Episode 54
SIGN    Episode 54
SIGN    I'll Make It a Defeat
     That Means Something!
SIGN    I'll Make It a Defeat
     That Means Something!
[01:23] Hiro
    "I'll Make It a Defeat That Means Something!"
[01:26] Mikado
    Pure-White Disciple's effect activates.
[01:28] Mikado
    Each time I play a Return to Heaven
     or a Winged Inversion,
[01:32] Mikado
    it does 3 damage to
    a random enemy follower.
[01:35] Mikado
    And...
[01:36] Mikado
    Fear my fallen angels!
[01:46] Hiro
    Analyzing Artifact's Last Words.
[01:48] Hiro
    I draw a card.
[01:50] Mikado
    You lost all the followers you
    had in play and gained one card.
[01:55] Hiro
    That's plenty.
[01:56] Hiro
    Or do you not believe in the possibilities
    of the cards, Mikado Shirogane?
[02:04] Hiro
    I do.
[02:11] Hiro
    I believe in the infinite
    possibilities of a single card!
[02:20] Mikado
    A Portalcraft legendary follower, huh?
[02:23] Hiro
    I play Spinaria, Keeper of Enigmas.
[02:26] Hiro
    Spinaria's Artifact enters play.
[02:29] Hiro
    Acceleratium gives Spinaria's Artifact Rush.
[02:34] Hiro
    I evolve Spinaria.
[02:41] Hiro
    I attack Dark Angel of the Word.
[02:47] Hiro
    Then, I play an Analyzing Artifact
    and a Mech Wing Swordsman.
[02:54] Hiro
    I end my turn.
[02:56] Hiro
    My Artifact followers trigger
    the effect Spinaria gave them.
[03:02] Hiro
    At the end of my turn, they deal
    1 damage to a random enemy follower.
[03:10] Mikado
    That won't work on me.
[03:13] Mikado
    Corruption Guardian.
[03:19] Mikado
    Its effect restores my
    leader's defense by 2.
[03:23] Mikado
    Return to Heaven.
[03:25] Mikado
    This card destroys a
    Neutral follower I have in play,
[03:28] Mikado
    and adds a copy of it to my hand.
[03:31] Mikado
    And where applicable,
    that card changes to its Angel form.
[03:37] Mikado
    And since Corruption Guardian's
    Last Words have triggered,
[03:40] Mikado
    I add a Winged Inversion to my hand.
[03:44] Mikado
    Come forth, Purifying Guardian.
[03:49] Hiro
    For a cost of zero.
[03:51] Mikado
    That's its effect.
[03:52] Mikado
    When I've played four or more
    Return to Heaven cards in the battle,
[03:56] Mikado
    Purifying Guardian's cost reduces to zero.
[03:58] Mikado
    And that's not all.
[04:01] Mikado
    The next damage my leader
    takes is reduced to zero, too.
[04:08] Mikado
    And I'm still not done.
[04:10] Mikado
    Winged Inversion: Fallen form.
[04:16] Mikado
    Dark Lyrial.
[04:22] Mikado
    Kneel before me.
[04:24] Mikado
    Evolve.
[04:34] Mikado
    Follow it up.
[04:39] Mikado
    And again.
[04:45] Mikado
    You're so weak.
[04:47] Mikado
    You can't reach me. All of you
    are so fragile, weak, and small.
[04:53] Hiro
    You assume we're fragile, weak, and small.
[05:01] Hiro
    You avoid others and seal off your heart.
[05:09] Hiro
    You can't accept others.
[05:11] Hiro
    Which means you can't accept defeat.
[05:15] Hiro
    Ancient Artifact has Rush.
[05:19] Mikado
    You keep talking like you know me.
[05:24] Hiro
    It's time for you to listen.
[05:28] Mikado
    I won't listen to the words of the talentless.
[05:33] Hiro
    Is talent all that matters in Shadowverse?
[05:35] Mikado
    Not just in Shadowverse.
    It's the same for everything.
[05:39] Mikado
    In everything, talent is all that matters.
[05:43] Hiro
    There are possibilities.
[05:46] Hiro
    People have possibilities.
[05:49] Hiro
    Believing in those possibilities
    is what allows us to learn to fly.
[05:55] Hiro
    You don't believe in possibilities,
    so the sky will never show itself to you.
[06:03] Mikado
    Purifying Guardian's effect
    will nullify the damage.
[06:08] Mikado
    All this baloney about the "sky" or whatever...
[06:10] Hiro
    You're sad and alone, stuck on the ground.
[06:19] Mikado
    This is a joke, right?
[06:21] Mikado
    I'm the one who pities others. 
    I'm the one who looks down on people.
[06:26] Mikado
    First, Heavenly Temple's effect...
[06:30] Mikado
    adds a Return to Heaven to my hand.
[06:33] Mikado
    Then, I play One-Winged Traitor.
[06:35] Mikado
    Its effect restores 2 PP and
    gives me a Winged Inversion.
[06:41] Mikado
    Return to Heaven. Now, be reborn.
[06:52] Mikado
    I play One-Winged Executor.
[06:56] Mikado
    Its effect restores 3 PP.
[07:00] Mikado
    Next, I use Winged Inversion to make
    one of the followers in my hand fall.
[07:05] Mikado
    Then, I play that Fallen card.
[07:11] Mikado
    Dark Angelic Knight's effect...
[07:13] Mikado
    increases the attack and defense
     of all Neutral followers by 1.
[07:17] Mikado
    And then, One-Winged
    Executor's effect activates.
[07:21] Mikado
    When a Neutral follower enters play on my side,
     its attack and defense increase by 1.
[07:26] Mikado
    And both that follower and itself evolve.
[07:30] Mikado
    Begone!
[07:38] Mikado
    I know someone who talks like you.
[07:44] Mikado
    "Alone"? "All by myself"? It's so stupid.
[07:48] Hiro
    And you lost to the boy who said
    those stupid things, didn't you?
[07:53] Mikado
    It was only once! And it was a fluke!
[07:55] Hiro
    Shadowverse doesn't exist
    for you to reject others.
[08:01] Hiro
    You accept each other. Challenge each other.
    Understand each other. That's Shadowverse.
[08:05] Mikado
    That has nothing to do with me.
[08:10] Hiro
    No, it does.
[08:11] Hiro
    Because right now,
    we're connected by Shadowverse!
[08:18] Hiro
    Its Last Words move a random
    Artifact card from my deck to my hand.
[08:23] Hiro
    I play Miriam, Synthetic Being.
[08:26] Hiro
    I'm in Resonance, so I get to
    choose which version to play.
[08:29] Hiro
    I choose La Diablotine Miriam.
[08:32] Hiro
    Her effect moves a random
    Artifact card from my deck to my hand.
[08:38] Hiro
    And then, I play Biofabrication.
[08:40] Hiro
    It lowers the cost of a
    follower in my hand by 1,
[08:43] Hiro
    then adds three copies of
    the same card to my deck.
[08:47] Hiro
    I play two Analyzing Artifacts.
[08:52] Hiro
    Acceleratium gives them Rush.
[08:54] Hiro
    I attack.
[08:57] Hiro
    Their Last Words draw me
    a total of two cards.
[09:00] Hiro
    I play an Ancient Artifact and Icarus.
[09:04] Hiro
    Icarus's effect adds two
    Artifact followers to my deck.
[09:09] Hiro
    And...
[09:11] Hiro
    Radiant Artifact!
[09:15] Hiro
    Radiant Artifact has Storm.
[09:17] Hiro
    It attacks your leader.
[09:23] Hiro
    I end my turn.
[09:25] Hiro
    And then, the effect I gained
    from Deus Ex Machina activates.
[09:29] Hiro
    If I'm in Resonance, I discard my
    entire hand and draw six new cards.
[09:34] Hiro
    Mikado Shirogane, you're clinging to
    Shadowverse. Begging to it. Am I wrong?
[09:41] Hiro
    But you refuse to face it. You run from it.
[09:46] Mikado
    Shut up. I don't care...
[09:50] Mikado
    about a single word you say!
[09:57] Mikado
    "Cling to it"? "Face it"? I don't need any of that.
[10:02] Mikado
    We've talked enough.
[10:04] Mikado
    I'm ending this.
[10:08] Sign
    Mikado Shirogane & Garuel, Seraphic Leo
[10:08] Sign
    Mikado Shirogane & Garuel, Seraphic Leo
[10:08] Sign
    Mikado Shirogane & Garuel, Seraphic Leo
[10:08] Sign
    Class: Neutral
[10:08] Sign
    Class: Neutral
[10:08] Sign
    Birthday: 6/6
[10:08] Sign
    Birthday: 6/6
[10:08] Sign
    Likes: There's Stuff He Doesn't Like
[10:08] Sign
    Likes: There's Stuff He Doesn't Like
[10:13] Sign
    Spinaria, Keeper of Enigmas
[10:16] Mikado
    Wings of chaos slash at the heavens.
[10:19] Mikado
    Take flight, Angel of Chaos.
[10:35] Mikado
    Angel of Chaos is played with Enhance.
[10:38] Mikado
    First, I add two Winged Inversions to my hand.
[10:42] Mikado
    The Enhance effect restores 5 PP.
[10:46] Mikado
    Damage dealt to Angel of Chaos
    is reduced to zero,
[10:49] Mikado
    and effects do not affect her,
     except ones that change attack and defense.
[10:55] Mikado
    Winged Inversion.
[10:59] Mikado
    Fallen form.
[11:02] Mikado
    Dark Angel Altaia.
[11:06] Mikado
    Altaia's effect activates, turning all
    enemy followers into Neutral followers.
[11:13] Mikado
    To me, Shadowverse is a tool.
[11:16] Mikado
    Just a tool to alleviate my boredom.
[11:19] Mikado
    Angel form.
[11:26] Mikado
    I evolve Angel of Chaos.
[11:35] Mikado
    And it attacks alongside Altaia!
[11:41] Mikado
    You can't reach me.
[11:46] Mikado
    Its on-attack effect.
[11:50] Mikado
    I'll wipe that smirk off
    your face soon enough.
[11:54] Mikado
    I end my turn.
[11:56] Mikado
    Angel of Chaos's effect activates.
[11:59] Mikado
    For every unique Fallen follower
    I've played during this turn,
[12:03] Mikado
    it does that amount of damage to a random
     enemy follower and the enemy leader.
[12:17] Hiro
    Last Words.
[12:21] Mikado
    Heavenly Temple's second effect activates.
[12:24] Mikado
    If I have Angel of Chaos in play,
    it restores my leader's defense to 15.
[12:31] Mikado
    You did a whole lot of talking,
    but this is the reality.
[12:36] Mikado
    I'm strong.
[12:42] Hiro
    We're nearing the end of our battle.
[12:46] Hiro
    You're right. There's no further need to talk.
[12:51] Hiro
    To the heart, Shadowverse
    means more than words.
[12:57] Hiro
    Now I'll share what's in my heart
     through the way I play.
[13:01] Hiro
    Hamelin!
[13:03] Hiro
    Its effect lets me select a follower from my
    hand with cost 3 or less and create a copy.
[13:09] Hiro
    I play two Ancient Artifacts
    and a Radiant Artifact.
[13:14] Mikado
    It's futile.
[13:15] Hiro
    Radiant Artifact has Storm
    and attacks your leader.
[13:27] Mikado
    You're wasting your time.
[13:29] Hiro
    Amulet Card: Nilpotent Entity.
[13:31] Mikado
    A complete and total waste of time.
[13:35] Hiro
    I end my turn. Since I'm in Resonance,
    I discard my hand and draw six cards.
[13:50] Mikado
    Futile! Futile! Futile! All of it!
[13:53] Mikado
    My win is no longer in doubt!
[13:55] Mikado
    No matter how many followers you play or
    attack me with, or how many cards you draw!
[14:00] Mikado
    You're beneath me in the end!
[14:05] Mikado
    I'll incinerate all those worthless
    words you've vomited at me!
[14:09] Mikado
    Bahamut!
[14:31] Mikado
    Bahamut's effect activates!
[14:37] Mikado
    It destroys all followers aside from itself!
[14:58] Mikado
    But Angel of Chaos's effect stops it from
    being destroyed, meaning it's still in play.
[15:05] Mikado
    Weak! Fragile!
[15:07] Mikado
    So I'll do you a favor and break you.
[15:09] Mikado
    I attack with Angel of Chaos.
[15:12] Mikado
    It can attack twice.
[15:15] Mikado
    This is the end.
[15:16] Mikado
    I'll destroy everything!
[15:30] Mikado
    I knew it!
[15:33] Mikado
    I knew I'd win.
[15:37] Mikado
    Is that all you've got?
[15:38] Mikado
    Is that all the Seven Shadows have got?
[15:42] Mikado
    I can't believe I ever expected more—
[15:44] Hiro
    The battle's not over yet.
[15:49] Mikado
    Huh?
[15:57] Mikado
    Impossible.
[15:58] Mikado
    You had 10 defense.
    Angel of Chaos should've defeated you.
[16:04] Mikado
    That amulet...
[16:06] Hiro
    Nilpotent Entity.
[16:08] Hiro
    Damage of 4 or more dealt
    to my leader is reduced to 3.
[16:16] Hiro
    So now what?
[16:20] Hiro
    I'm still standing.
[16:24] Mikado
    I end my turn, and Angel
    of Chaos's effect activates.
[16:28] Hiro
    Nilpotent Entity.
[16:33] Mikado
    And then, Heavenly Temple
    restores my defense to 15.
[16:41] Mikado
    Well, whatever. It doesn't matter.
[16:43] Mikado
    I have 15 defense! You have 1!
[16:47] Mikado
    I'm still going to win! It's inevitable!
[17:00] Hiro
    Mikado Shirogane.
    In Shadowverse, nothing is inevitable.
[17:07] Mikado
    Are those your last words?
[17:09] Hiro
    Nope.
[17:11] Hiro
    I told you I'd show you through how I play...
[17:17] Hiro
    That the things you decided you didn't need...
[17:20] Hiro
    The things you assumed
    were weak and fragile...
[17:23] Hiro
    That all of them were necessary.
[17:28] Hiro
    You will now learn that
    they were necessary possibilities.
[17:38] Hiro
    Safira, Synthetic Beast evolves due
    to her Enhance effect and gains Storm!
[17:44] Hiro
    And...
[17:47] Mikado
    Wh-What?
[17:49] Hiro
    Until the end of the turn, her attack becomes
    equal to the number of my Artifact cards
[17:53] Hiro
    that have been destroyed in this game!
[18:01] Hiro
    Since 15 Artifact cards have been
    destroyed, her attack becomes 15!
[18:10] Mikado
    No...
[18:12] Mikado
    Y-You were planning this from the start?
[18:16] Hiro
    You assumed they were weak and fragile,
     and denied their possibilities.
[18:20] Hiro
    And now, I'll change that weakness
     into a defeat that means something!
[18:25] Hiro
    Safira attacks your leader!
[18:33] Hiro
    Lose the game, Mikado Shirogane.
[18:41] Mikado
    No...
[18:44] Mikado
    I-It can't be!
[18:47] Mikado
    This can't be!
[19:07] Subaru
    What's wrong, Light?
[19:12] Subaru
    H-Hey, Light!
[19:15] Light
    Sorry! Go on without me!
[19:17] Subaru
    But where are you going?
[19:19] Light
    To where Mikado is!
[19:26] Hiro
    So now what?
[19:28] Hiro
    The battle in this area is over.
[19:31] Hiro
    The Seven Shadows have one win.
[19:33] Hiro
    But I don't mind fighting you again,
     if that's what you want.
[19:41] Mikado
    Th-That was just luck.
[19:44] Mikado
    If I play again, I'll win.
[19:48] Mikado
    Because I never...
[19:54] Hiro
    Is that your answer?
[19:56] Mikado
    No...
[20:15] Hiro
    Have you learned the agony of defeat?
[20:17] Mikado
    I didn't lose...
[20:19] Hiro
    Though in reality, you know you did, don't you?
[20:22] Mikado
    I said I didn't lose!
[20:24] Light
    Stop it, Mikado!
[20:29] Light
    The battle is over!
[20:31] Light
    Right?
[20:33] Mikado
    It's none of your business!
[20:35] Light
    It is!
[20:37] Mikado
    Shut up! Why did you come here?
[20:39] Light
    Because I connected with you in our battle!
[20:51] Light
    So of course I'm worried about you.
[20:58] Hiro
    That's it, then.
[21:02] Hiro
    Farewell, chosen ones.
[21:04] Hiro
    Continue on to the next battle.
[21:08] Hiro
    I look forward to my battle with you.
[21:23] Light
    Mikado...
[21:24] Mikado
    Stay away from me.
[21:26] Mikado
    I can stand up. I know I can. I just...
[21:33] Light
    Don't force yourself.
[21:35] Light
    Everyone's gone on ahead.
[21:37] Light
    We'll go, too.
[21:39] Mikado
    I'm not accepting help from you.
[21:44] Light
    Mikado...
[21:46] Mikado
    I'm not the kind of person who gets pitied...
[23:23] Mikado
    Shadowverse Card Showcase
[23:23] Sign
    Shadowverse 
    Card Showcase
[23:25] Draconir
    Today's card is Deus Ex Machina!
[23:25] Sign
    Today's Card is?
[23:25] Sign
    Portalcraft
[23:26] Sign
    Deus Ex Machina
[23:29] Light
    This powerful legendary follower can
    quickly fill your hand if you're in Resonance.
[23:33] Draconir
    Portalcraft was a big surprise, wasn't it?
[23:36] Light
    Yeah. There's still so much
    to learn about Shadowverse.
[23:38] Draconir
    The Seven Shadows are scary.
     They beat Mikado.
SIGN    Preview
[23:42] Draconir
    Aren't you scared, Tsubasa?
[23:44] Tsubasa
    I am.
[23:45] Tsubasa
    But I'm sure she's waiting for me.
[23:49] Tsubasa
    Next time: "It's Not Just Despair, Right?"
SIGN    Episode 55
SIGN    Episode 55
SIGN    It's Not Just Despair, Right?
SIGN    It's Not Just Despair, Right?
[23:51] Tsubasa
    Battle! Shadowverse!