# E55 - It's Not Just Despair, Right?
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**[00:30] Mikado**
*What is this pain?*
**[00:39] Mikado**
Why did I... A second battle...
**[02:16] Tsubasa**
"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?
**[02:25] Draconir**
Mikado looked like he was in pain.
**[02:28] Light**
Yeah.
**[02:30] Draconir**
I've always thought he was just a jerk.
**[02:33] Draconir**
But I do feel a little bad for him.
**[02:37] Draconir**
Light, what will you do?
**[02:39] Light**
I...
**[02:45] Subaru**
*Hey, boss.*
**[02:46] Light**
Subaru.
**[02:47] Subaru**
What's going on where you're at?
**[02:49] Light**
*Mikado went off on his own.*
**[02:52] Subaru**
*Yup, figures.*
**[02:54] Subaru**
*So are you coming back? We'll wait for you.*
**[02:57] Light**
Well, um...
**[03:00] Draconir**
Light...
**[03:03] Light**
No, I'll go with Mikado.
**[03:05] Light**
Go on without me.
**[03:06] Subaru**
*Sure thing.*
**[03:07] Light**
Sorry. Tell the others for me.
**[03:09] Subaru**
* Nah, it's fine. You do crazy*
* stuff like this all the time.*
**[03:14] Light**
Yeah. Be careful.
**[03:17] Light**
You're worried about Mikado, too, aren't you?
**[03:20] Light**
Okay, got it.
**[03:23] Light**
Then, we're friends.
**[03:25] Light**
Will you help me talk to Mikado?
**[03:32] Itsuki**
What did Light say?
**[03:33] Subaru**
He'll be a while 'cause he's got
to bring back our scary chairman.
**[03:37] Itsuki**
I'm amazed he can worry
about Chairman Shirogane.
**[03:41] Itsuki**
I'm still a little scared of him, I think.
**[03:44] Subaru**
That's normal. He's the weird one.
**[03:48] Itsuki**
That's just like Light, though.
**[03:50] Subaru**
Yeah, too much like him.
**[03:51] Subaru**
Well, let's go on without him, I guess.
**[03:57] Subaru**
Our next opponent is a
Shadowcraft player, right?
**[04:01] Tsubasa**
It's kind of cold.
**[04:02] Ren**
I bet there's ghosts here!
**[04:04] Shion**
Ghosts?
**[04:05] Ren**
Don't worry, Shion!
**[04:07] Ren**
Even if we do see any ghosts,
I'll defeat them with my punches.
**[04:11] Tsubasa**
You can't beat a ghost by punching it.
**[04:12] Ren**
What? You *can't?*
**[04:14] Tsubasa**
I don't actually know.
**[04:15] Ren**
Let's give it a try then!
**[04:17] Tsubasa**
We don't need to try it.
**[04:20] Ryoga**
You're all just noise.
**[04:26] Ryoga**
You guys can take on whoever's here.
**[04:29] Ryoga**
But Wolfram Zerga's my prey.
**[04:32] Ryoga**
Don't try to fight him.
**[04:37] Itsuki**
Make sure Ryoga doesn't
do anything silly, okay?
**[04:43] Subaru**
Team "Us" has already split up, huh?
**[04:48] Ren**
But our hearts are one!
We all want to defeat the Seven Shadows!
**[04:52] Tsubasa**
You're way too positive.
**[04:55] Subaru**
Well, let's get going ourselves.
**[05:02] Ren**
We're still in the Shadow Area,
but it feels totally different here.
**[05:06] Ren**
The place we were just in
was more fu... futur...
**[05:11] Shion**
Futuristic.
**[05:12] Ren**
Yeah, that's the word!
**[05:14] Ren**
Hey, Shion! You'll get lost if you fall behind.
**[05:17] Shion**
I will *not!* I'm not a little kid.
**[05:20] Ren**
But it's dark. Maybe we should hold hands.
**[05:27] Subaru**
I never imagined we'd go through all this.
**[05:32] Subaru**
Remember when we were just trying to
stop Seventh Flame from being shut down?
**[05:40] Subaru**
Tsubasa?
**[05:42] Tsubasa**
Oh, sorry. I wasn't listening.
**[05:44] Subaru**
What's on your mind that's making
you wrinkle up your face like that?
**[05:49] Tsubasa**
Huh?
**[05:50] Tsubasa**
Where are there wrinkles on my face?
**[05:53] Subaru**
Why do you have such a
pretty look on your face?
**[05:57] Tsubasa**
No reason.
**[06:08] Ren**
This is the place, right?
**[06:10] Itsuki**
It should be.
**[06:12] Subaru**
Hey, Shadowcraft player!
**[06:16] Subaru**
Where are you?
**[06:18] Subaru**
Are they not here?
**[06:34] Subaru**
Y-You're kidding me!
**[06:36] Itsuki**
Ms. Andrea?
**[06:38] Andrea**
So you made it all the way here.
**[06:41] Itsuki**
I knew she was a grandmaster and that
there was more to her than met the eye, but...
**[06:46] Ren**
I thought you were our teacher
at Shadowverse College!
**[06:50] Andrea**
I was just doing that
because Wolfram told me to.
**[06:54] Tsubasa**
So this is your real job?
**[06:57] Andrea**
I don't even know.
This might not be my real job.
**[07:01] Andrea**
So I guess I'm supposed
to battle one of you.
**[07:06] Tsubasa**
I'll do it.
**[07:08] Andrea**
I see.
**[07:11] Tsubasa**
Sorry. It's okay, right?
**[07:13] Itsuki**
Yeah. Go for it.
**[07:15] Subaru**
Okay, we'll go on without you.
**[07:17] Ren**
Good luck, Tsubasa!
**[07:21] Tsubasa**
Thanks.
**[07:28] Tsubasa**
This time, I'm going to win, ma'am.
**[07:32] Andrea**
I'm glad to see you so enthusiastic.
**[07:34] Andrea**
But I'm not a schoolteacher right now.
**[07:38] Andrea**
So I might not be very nice.
**[07:41] Tsubasa**
That's fine.
**[07:43] Tsubasa**
I need to face you at your full power.
**[07:46] Tsubasa**
Battle!
**[07:46] Tsubasa**
Battle!
**[07:47] Tsubasa**
Shadowverse!
**[07:47] Tsubasa**
Shadowverse!
**[08:04] Sign**
Andrea Rondo
**[08:04] Sign**
Andrea Rondo
**[08:04] Sign**
Andrea Rondo
**[08:04] Sign**
Class: Shadowcraft
**[08:04] Sign**
Class: Shadowcraft
**[08:04] Sign**
Birthday: Unknown
**[08:04] Sign**
Birthday: Unknown
**[08:04] Sign**
Likes: Reading
**[08:04] Sign**
Likes: Reading
**[08:09] Sign**
Tanzanite Convictor
**[08:13] Tsubasa**
I'll go first!
**[08:15] Tsubasa**
Draw!
**[08:18] Tsubasa**
I play Cat's Eye Gardener with Crystallize.
**[08:24] Tsubasa**
I end my turn.
**[08:25] Andrea**
Hm? You didn't have that card before, I believe.
**[08:28] Tsubasa**
Right. I reorganized
my deck after I lost to you.
**[08:32] Andrea**
I see. You've been working hard.
**[08:35] Andrea**
I play Gloomy Gravedigger.
**[08:39] Tsubasa**
That one's new, too, isn't it?
**[08:43] Andrea**
Gloomy Gravedigger's effect activates.
**[08:49] Andrea**
I bury two cards from my hand.
**[08:56] Tsubasa**
"Bury"?
**[08:58] Andrea**
An effect that strips a follower of
its abilities, plays it, then destroys it.
**[09:02] Andrea**
I end my turn.
**[09:04] Andrea**
Gloomy Gravedigger's effect activates.
**[09:07] Andrea**
At the end of my turn,
for Necromancy 1, I draw a card.
**[09:11] Andrea**
Your turn.
**[09:12] Tsubasa**
Right!
**[09:13] Tsubasa**
Draw!
**[09:15] Tsubasa**
At the start of my turn, Cat's Eye Gardener's
countdown advances by 1.
**[09:20] Tsubasa**
And then...
**[09:22] Tsubasa**
* That follower is bad news.*
* It might draw her a card each turn.*
**[09:26] Tsubasa**
* But I don't have anything*
* that can get rid of it.*
**[09:29] Tsubasa**
*In that case...*
**[09:30] Tsubasa**
I play Jeweled Priestess.
**[09:35] Tsubasa**
Its effect triggers.
**[09:39] Tsubasa**
I can choose either a White Diamond or
Black Diamond and add it to my hand.
**[09:44] Tsubasa**
I choose this one.
**[09:48] Tsubasa**
I end my turn.
**[09:50] Andrea**
Draw.
**[09:53] Andrea**
The sixth angel descends upon the earth.
**[09:59] Andrea**
Come forth, armies of condemnation.
**[10:03] Andrea**
Soul Legion.
**[10:05] Andrea**
Soul Legion's effect activates,
**[10:08] Andrea**
summoning a follower with
cost 3 or less from my deck,
**[10:12] Andrea**
stripping it of its abilities,
and destroying it.
**[10:16] Andrea**
Gloomy Gravedigger attacks your leader.
**[10:22] Andrea**
I end my turn.
**[10:24] Andrea**
Gloomy Gravedigger's effect lets me
draw a card for Necromancy 1.
**[10:29] Tsubasa**
My turn! Draw!
**[10:33] Tsubasa**
First, Cat's Eye Gardener's
countdown drops by 1.
**[10:37] Tsubasa**
Emerald Maiden!
**[10:40] Tsubasa**
Jeweled Priestess attacks
Gloomy Gravedigger.
**[10:47] Tsubasa**
I end my turn,
and Emerald Maiden's effect triggers,
**[10:51] Tsubasa**
giving Ward to a random
follower at the end of my turn.
**[10:57] Andrea**
You're good. As always.
**[11:02] Andrea**
Spell Card: Regenerate Spirit.
**[11:05] Andrea**
It has Reanimate 3.
**[11:07] Andrea**
This effect puts a copy
of the card in my graveyard
**[11:11] Andrea**
with the highest cost equal or lower
than the Reanimate value into play.
**[11:17] Tsubasa**
The Soul Sniper that
Soul Legion destroyed! And...
**[11:21] Andrea**
Yes.
**[11:22] Andrea**
Soul Legion's effect triggers as well.
**[11:25] Andrea**
When a follower of mine
enters play due to Reanimate,
**[11:30] Andrea**
it gives it Rush.
**[11:33] Andrea**
First, Soul Sniper attacks Emerald Maiden.
**[11:37] Andrea**
Its on-attack effect does 1 damage
to all enemy followers and your leader.
**[11:47] Andrea**
Next, it attacks your follower.
**[11:55] Andrea**
And then, Soul Legion attacks your leader.
**[12:02] Andrea**
I end my turn.
**[12:04] Tsubasa**
You're strong, ma'am.
**[12:06] Andrea**
I'm not. And even if I were, it wouldn't matter.
**[12:12] Tsubasa**
Don't say that.
**[12:14] Tsubasa**
I respect you.
**[12:18] Tsubasa**
Cat's Eye Gardener's countdown drops by 1.
**[12:21] Andrea**
You respect me?
**[12:24] Tsubasa**
Yes.
**[12:25] Tsubasa**
I told you I want to be a pro, right?
**[12:27] Tsubasa**
Do you remember?
**[12:29] Andrea**
I suppose.
**[12:30] Tsubasa**
The Seven Shadows are, like,
the strongest pros, right?
**[12:37] Tsubasa**
So of course I respect you!
**[12:41] Andrea**
I'm not like that.
**[12:43] Tsubasa**
But you *are* part of the Seven Shadows.
**[12:46] Tsubasa**
That's amazing, ma'am.
**[12:48] Andrea**
It isn't.
**[12:50] Andrea**
If Wolfram hadn't told me
to join, I wouldn't have.
**[12:55] Andrea**
And even after joining,
I haven't really done much.
**[12:59] Andrea**
Spell Card: Resentment Revealed.
**[13:01] Andrea**
It sets the cost of a follower in my
hand with an attack of 3 to zero.
**[13:06] Andrea**
That follower is banished
at the end of turn.
**[13:10] Andrea**
I play Lord of Resurrection for 0 cost.
**[13:21] Tsubasa**
She got that card out already?
**[13:29] Andrea**
With Necromancy 4, it does Reanimate 3 and
gives Storm to the resurrected follower.
**[13:35] Andrea**
Soul Sniper, evolve.
**[13:44] Andrea**
Its on-evolve effect triggers
and I regain 1 PP.
**[13:50] Andrea**
It attacks your leader,
**[13:53] Andrea**
and its on-attack effect triggers as well.
**[14:01] Andrea**
Soul Legion attacks your leader, too.
**[14:09] Tsubasa**
I'm down to 8 defense already?
**[14:10] Andrea**
And then, I play the
spell card Soul Conversion,
**[14:16] Andrea**
destroying a follower of mine
and drawing me two cards.
**[14:22] Tsubasa**
You really are good.
**[14:26] Tsubasa**
Resentment Revealed was supposed
to banish Lord of Resurrection,
**[14:30] Tsubasa**
but you brought it back.
**[14:32] Andrea**
It's not that special.
**[14:35] Tsubasa**
You're really cool.
**[14:36] Andrea**
You mean cold and unemotional?
**[14:38] Tsubasa**
No.
**[14:40] Tsubasa**
A grandmaster. One of the Seven Shadows.
**[14:44] Tsubasa**
You look pretty darn cool to me!
**[14:48] Tsubasa**
Cat's Eye Gardener's
countdown reaches zero.
**[14:51] Tsubasa**
It is destroyed and its Last Words trigger,
summoning a Cat's Eye Gardener.
**[15:01] Tsubasa**
Cat's Eye Gardener's effect triggers.
**[15:04] Tsubasa**
When it enters play, it adds
Hallowed Dogma to my hand,
**[15:08] Tsubasa**
and reduces its cost to 1.
**[15:10] Tsubasa**
So you'll use that Hallowed Dogma to
advance the countdown of that amulet?
**[15:15] Tsubasa**
Nope.
**[15:16] Tsubasa**
First, I attack your Soul Legion
with Princess Snow White.
**[15:21] Tsubasa**
Its Last Words bring another Princess
Snow White into play and evolve it.
**[15:33] Tsubasa**
Next, I play Gemstone Carapace.
**[15:38] Tsubasa**
Each time one of my followers evolves,
it advances this amulet's countdown by 1.
**[15:43] Tsubasa**
Its Last Words create a Bejeweled Tortoise.
**[15:47] Tsubasa**
And it doesn't end there!
Princess Snow White attacks Soul Legion!
**[15:54] Andrea**
I counterattack.
**[16:00] Tsubasa**
I play the amulet card Bejeweled Shrine.
**[16:06] Tsubasa**
And then, Cat's Eye Gardener's
effect triggers.
**[16:09] Tsubasa**
When I bring an amulet card into play,
it restores my leader's defense by 3!
**[16:15] Tsubasa**
And now, this follower!
**[16:17] Tsubasa**
A noble light brings judgment!
**[16:20] Tsubasa**
Come forth!
**[16:23] Tsubasa**
Tanzanite Convictor!
**[16:33] Tsubasa**
Then I play Wingy, Chirpy Gemstone!
**[16:38] Tsubasa**
I evolve Wingy!
**[16:48] Tsubasa**
I attack Soul Sniper!
**[16:56] Tsubasa**
Wingy's Last Words give Ward to a random
follower of mine with a base attack of 2 or less.
**[17:03] Tsubasa**
Thank you, Wingy.
**[17:07] Tsubasa**
Tanzanite Convictor has Storm.
**[17:10] Tsubasa**
It attacks your leader!
**[17:16] Tsubasa**
I end my turn, and first,
Tanzanite Convictor's effect activates,
**[17:21] Tsubasa**
restoring both of our leader's defense by 1.
**[17:24] Tsubasa**
And then...
**[17:24] Andrea**
Bejeweled Shrine's effect.
**[17:27] Tsubasa**
Yup!
**[17:28] Tsubasa**
Bejeweled Shrine's effect activates,
increasing the attack and defense by 3
**[17:32] Tsubasa**
of any followers I have
with both Storm and Ward.
**[17:35] Tsubasa**
And then, Tanzanite
Convictor's second effect.
**[17:39] Tsubasa**
When its attack and defense increase,
**[17:42] Tsubasa**
Tanzanite Convictor can't be attacked
until the start of my next turn.
**[17:48] Tsubasa**
I turned it around, ma'am.
**[17:50] Andrea**
Your light is so dazzling. But...
**[17:53] Tsubasa**
"But the world's filled with despair," right?
**[17:56] Tsubasa**
I still don't know why you say those things.
**[18:02] Andrea**
I was once...
**[18:05] Andrea**
I was once like you.
**[18:09] Tsubasa**
But you changed?
**[18:12] Andrea**
That's right.
**[18:14] Andrea**
Yeah, I'm sure that's right.
**[18:34] (Flashback) Mom**
Oh, you're awake?
**[18:37] (Flashback) Mom**
Come over here.
**[18:39] (Flashback) Andrea**
Okay!
**[18:42] (Flashback) Andrea**
How's work?
**[18:44] (Flashback) Mom**
Hm... It's tough, but I think it'll work out.
**[18:48] (Flashback) Mom**
If this technology works,
humanity will be saved.
**[18:53] (Flashback) Mom**
But it's a little too hard for you
to understand, huh, Ann?
**[18:55] (Flashback) Andrea**
That's not true!
**[18:57] (Flashback) Andrea**
I'll be just like you when I grow up!
**[19:00] (Flashback) Andrea**
I'll save humanity!
**[19:02] (Flashback) Mom**
Yeah? I can't wait.
**[19:06] (Flashback) Andrea**
My mother tried to use
the light of her life for good.
**[19:12] (Flashback) Andrea**
Nothing she did was wrong.
**[19:15] (Flashback) Andrea**
She was righteous.
**[19:17] (Flashback) Andrea**
She was beautiful.
**[19:18] (Flashback) Andrea**
But...
**[19:21] (Flashback) Mom**
Director, explain yourself!
**[19:23] (Flashback) Mom**
Why?
**[19:24] (Flashback) Mom**
That theory was mine! Why?
**[19:30] (Flashback) Mom**
Huh? F-Fired?
**[19:32] (Flashback) Mom**
Wait, you can't just...
**[19:35] (Flashback) Mom**
No...
**[19:44] (Flashback) Andrea**
Mom! Mom!
**[19:48] (Flashback) Mom**
Oh.
**[19:49] (Flashback) Mom**
You're awake.
**[19:52] (Flashback) Mom**
I'm sorry, Ann.
**[19:55] (Flashback) Mom**
I'm sorry.
**[19:57] (Flashback) Mom**
Mommy's... tired.
**[20:01] Andrea**
My light was tainted with despair.
**[20:05] Andrea**
It disappeared in front of my eyes.
**[20:10] Andrea**
But I still...
**[20:12] Andrea**
I still believed in the light.
**[20:16] Andrea**
I tried to bring back her light
by studying her research.
**[20:26] Andrea**
But...
**[20:28] Andrea**
But other people stole all of her research.
**[20:36] Andrea**
I couldn't even figure out
what she had been researching.
**[20:44] Andrea**
Yes...
**[20:45] Andrea**
Takanashi. Like you said, I changed.
**[20:51] Andrea**
But it's not my fault. It's the world's.
**[20:56] Andrea**
It stole something beautiful from me.
Something I could believe in.
**[21:02] Tsubasa**
Shadowverse brought you all the way here.
**[21:05] Tsubasa**
And to Shadowverse College, too.
**[21:08] Tsubasa**
It wasn't all despair, right?
**[21:12] Andrea**
That's true.
**[21:14] Andrea**
But this isn't what I wanted.
**[21:19] Andrea**
I played Shadowverse for fun,
and I was better at it than others. That's all.
**[21:24] Andrea**
None of it matters. Not Shadowverse.
Not being a teacher. Not the Seven Shadows.
**[21:31] Andrea**
Takanashi...
**[21:33] Andrea**
I dislike you.
**[21:35] Andrea**
But don't worry.
**[21:47] Andrea**
I'll save you, too.
**[23:23] Sign**
Shadowverse
Card Showcase
**[23:24] Itsuki**
Shadowverse Card Showcase!
**[23:25] Sign**
Havencraft
**[23:25] Sign**
Today's Card is?
**[23:26] Itsuki**
Today's card is...
**[23:26] Sign**
Cat's Eye Gardener
**[23:27] Itsuki**
Hey, where are you going, Ryoga?
**[23:29] Ryoga**
I don't care about this. I'm leaving.
**[23:31] Itsuki**
But the card showcase...
**[23:32] Ryoga**
...is a waste of time.
I'd rather go do Puzzle Quests.
**[23:35] Itsuki**
Man, he's as moody as a cat.
**[23:38] Subaru**
I still can't believe Andy's
one of the Seven Shadows.
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:41] Itsuki**
She was a grandmaster,
so I knew she was good, but...
**[23:43] Subaru**
Her heart didn't seem in it,
but she was a good teacher, too.
**[23:46] Itsuki**
Yeah, she's a good teacher.
**[23:48] Andrea**
Next time: "Neither I,
Nor the World, Will Change."
***SIGN*** Episode 56
***SIGN*** Episode 56
***SIGN*** Neither I, Nor the
World, Will Change
***SIGN*** Neither I, Nor the
World, Will Change
**[23:51] Andrea**
Battle, Shadowverse.