01x02 - Ride to Victory

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You were able to picture it, I see.

Yes, this is Vanguard!

But, this is fun, Kai!

Just as I thought. You are Aichi Sendou.

That's right, Kai.

And this is the power that
you gave me back then.

I see.

Stand up, my avatar!

Ride!

Blaster Blade!

Blaster Blade?

So he rides Blaster Blade now?
Man, what luck the guy's got.

I activate Blaster Blade's ability.

Paying a cost of 2, I retire one
of my opponent's rear-guards.

Ride to Victory

I remember, Aichi Sendou.

You were all beat-up back then.

Yes. Back then I was always getting beaten
up. It was hard for me to even go to school.

It was like I was being suffocated
by the small world around me...

Man, you're a mess.

Lose a fight or somethin'?

Hey, wait up!

Here, take this.

That's a pretty strong warrior there.

What? Cheer up!

Listen... Picture it in your mind.

Picture yourself big and strong,
like the warrior in that card!

I-I can't...

Well, sure, at first.

But if you can picture it, one
day you'll get that strength!

Get strong?

Your vision can become your power!

Ever since I got that card,
light has shone in my world.

Since I got this Blaster Blade,

I've wanted to have a Vanguard fight with
you, and obsessed over creating a deck.

But soon afterwards, you moved away, Kai.

Yes.

But while I was making the deck, I forgot
about all the bad and harsh things around me.

I still can't picture myself any stronger,

but the person who showed me the
way to strength was you, Kai!

I call the Knight of Silence,
Gallatin, to the rear-guard!

That's why I'm so happy to have
this Vanguard fight with you, Kai.

I support Blaster Blade with
Wingal, and attack Nehalem!

He took damage!

I support Marron with Flogal,
and attack Nehalem once again!

Finally, I attack Nehalem with Gallatin!

A triple attack?

Is this really the Aichi Sendou I know?



One more and it's over.

I guess Kai ain't such hot stuff after all!

But Kai over there isn't
even breaking a sweat.

He's gotta have some plan to win.

It's your turn, Kai!

I showed you the way?

You're taking me totally the wrong way.

All I wanted to do was to
get you hooked on Vanguard,

so I could collect rare cards from you later.

Ooh, that's so evil!

Was he gunning for me, too?

Kai, you wouldn't do things like that...

T-That's a lie!
You're not that kind of person.

Shut up!

I am not the person you think I am!

Don't go deciding who I am on your own!

I... I...

What was...

Just watch.

This is who I really am!

Ride the Vanguard!

Burn everything in this world to
dust with your apocalyptic fire!

Dragonic Overlord!

W-Whoa...

That's the b*stard that did me in!

This fight is over.

I call two Monicas!

And at a cost of 3, I activate
Dragonic Overlord's Counter Blast!

Dragonic Overlord's power increases by 5000!

Here I go.

I support Bahr with Monica...

...and attack Blaster Blade!

I guard with Trumpeter!

Now it's their turn!

I support Monica with Jarran,
and attack Blaster Blade!

I guard with Gallatin!

He got through it!

Used up your entire hand to defend, huh?

But my attack isn't over yet!

Dragonic Overlord, it's your turn now!

With Aermo's support, attack Gallatin!

What? Gallatin?

And at the same time,
check the drive trigger!

Gallatin is retired...

Dragonic Overlord... stands.

What, didn't you know?

When Dargonic Overlord's skill,
Counter Blast, is activated,

whenever it hits the opponent's rear-guard
and defeats them, this unit stands!

It won't stop until everything
in this world is burnt to dust!

That's Dragonic Overlord's
ability, Eternal Flame!

Are you going to...

This time, attack Marron!

And at the same time,
check the drive trigger!

M-Marron is also retired...

And once again, Dragonic Overlord stands!

Oh, no...

No goin' easy on him, eh?

Damn it, I want one of those cards!

If I had me one, it'd be straight
wins for me, no question about it!

Now, it's time for the main show.

I attack Blaster Blade
with Dragonic Overlord!

Check the trigger...

Get!

Activate drive trigger!

Tahr's effect adds 5000 to
Dragonic Overlord's attack power!

And the effect of the critical
trigger adds +1 to the damage!

That means...

That's 2 damage in addition
to the 4 you already have.

It's over.

Yup, it's over.

That's one...

And two...

This is...

Yggdrasil Maiden, Elaine, eh?

What's this?

Yggdrasil Maiden, Elaine.

A heal trigger.

When that card appears,

you can recover a card from your damage zone
as long as you have more than your opponent.

In that case...

The fight isn't over yet.

Now I have 5 cards in my damage zone.

It's your turn, Aichi Sendou.

Kai...

Now it's Aichi's attack.

Kai's got 5 damage.

If he can just damage Kai
once, then the fight's over.

So Aichi's actually gonna win?

No telling yet!

It's plenty possible that Kai hangs tough.

I don't believe what you said before.

What?

You said that you gave me Blaster Blade
so that you could collect my cards.

But if that's the case,

then this Blaster Blade wouldn't have
given me the courage that it did!

Ridiculous...

No... No matter what you try and say,
Blaster Blade has been really important to me!

And that's never going to change!

I can picture how I was when I took
that Blaster Blade from you...

And how you were back then, too!

The picture in my mind is the truth!

I can picture this fight...

I can picture my Blaster
Blade defeating you, Kai!

I call Elaine!

I support Elaine with Flogal...

....and attack Dragonic Overlord!

I guard with Tahr!

Your attack does not go through.

He defended, just like we thought!

What's gonna happen?

If he can defend, then next turn it
will be impossible to defend completely

against Kai's triple attack.

In other words, Kai will win.

There is only one more attack.

And he has one defensive card in his hand.

However...

He has a defense power of 21000.

The attack power of Blaster Blade is 9000,
plus Wingal's 6000, and the ability adds 4000...

It won't be enough.

This will be the end!

Attack, Blaster Blade!

This will be the end!

Attack, Blaster Blade!

Kai, it's always been my dream
to fight with you like this!

Attack, Blaster Blade!

I guard with Tahr!

With this, your attack will not go through.

It's not going to be enough...

Please!

Check for a drive trigger!

This is...

Drive trigger activated.

Attack power +5000, damage +1.

Which means...

Dragonic Overlord was defeated
from Blaster Blade's hit.

I have now returned to merely a spirit.

And I have been extinguished
off the planet Cray...

Kai...

I... have lost.

You beat Kai!

Kai!

Yeah, that card is yours after all.

Kai...

Kai, hey!

Hey!

Kai!

Thank you!

Hey, Kai!

Thank you...

I think we should head home...

Hey, you forgot your bag!

Oh, crap...

When I saw you under the apple tree...

With your hair swept up for the first time...

Who is the poet that wrote this?

Aichi Sendou!

R-Right!

Um... Um...

It might be a French person!

Is it Peynet?

Takuboku Ishikawa, duh!

No, no... It's Wakako Shimazaki!

He doesn't know!

You guys are too much, really!

Um... Touson?

Blaster... Blade.

Let's go!

Heading to Card Capital today again?

Well, of course!

Check out my deck!

You sure like it...

Oh, you got it backwards.

Vanguard likes me!

Morikawa!

What do you want?

I was hoping I could have a Vanguard
fight with you next time...

You wanna beat me?

No...

I just don't know much about Vanguard yet,
so I was hoping you would teach me...

Teach you? A small fry like
you ain't worth my time.

Y-Yeah...

Small fry, huh?

Man, Kai's so lame!

He acts like he's all that and then goes
and loses to a small fry like Aichi!

Yeah, totally!

If I were him I'd never show
my face in the store again!

Hey, let's have a cardfight!

Yeah, let's!

I made a new deck.

You think it can beat my ultimate deck?

Oh yeah? Well, mine is the
ultimate times infinity!

Well, then mine's the
ultimate, super ultimate...

Then mine's the super duper ultimate...

Picture yourself big and strong!

That's right...

I'm a Royal Paladin, the strongest knight...

I'm going to get stronger, and stronger!

Kai...

Hello.

Welcome.

No one is here.

That's because it's still early.

I see.

Yeah, that's true.

Are you waiting for someone?

Yes, but I'm not sure he's coming.

Since I won, he might not be coming back.

And I after I finally met Kai again...

Oh, I doubt that.

Kai!

Hey, Aichi. What're you doing here?

Hey, guy from yesterday!

Um, you see...

Say no more!

How about I play you today?

No, I think I'll be the
one playing him today!

Me, too!

What?

Morikawa, and Izaki, too!

That was rich!

Why are you here?

What a shock!

What are you guys so shocked about?

Did you seriously think we
wouldn't show after that?

With hundreds of millions of people
around the world playing card games,

they've naturally become
a part of our daily lives.

Cardfight! Vanguard is the card game
that gets most of our attention now.

And one of those cards let
me meet him once again.

Come on, Aichi! That whole thing about you
being a beginner at Vanguard was a bluff, right?

It's true! I'd never had
a cardfight before...

It was my dream to be able
to have one with Kai.

Being satisfied after playing that
guy? Yeah, that's the Aichi I know.

Then will you play me next, Morikawa?

I'll show you all my awesome skills!

Next time: Welcome to Card Capital!

I'm picturing myself standing
on the planet Cray...

...wait, Emi? Why are you here?