01x09 - The Shop Tournament Begins

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Finally, it's today...

My first shop tournament.

Good morning.

Good morning...

Mom... Look at Aichi!

Huh? Oh yes, he's gotten
up quite early, hasn't he?

Here, take this to him.

Vanguard Fight?

Oh, I'm sorry! I'll pick them up right now...

I see... If I recall,
today's the tournament.

That's why he's so excited.

I'm going to be fighting
in this tournament today.

Aichi, brother!

Kamui!

You're entering the Shop Tournament, right?

So what are you waiting for? Get in
there already, my dear brother Aichi!

Uh, right... And I'm not your brother...

So, where's my goddess?

Goddess?

I mean Emi, Brother!

Oh, I see.

Emi's not with me.

Okay. So she's the type that comes running
in late to cheer you on... I got it.

Okay, let's go!

But she never said anything
about showing up today...

What's with him?

A cosplay fighter?

Oooh!

What a grand stage for our great Kamui!

GS, yo!

E-Everyone is looking at me...

It's like it's not the Card
Capital that I know...

Aichi!

Huh? Emi?

Kamui!

My goddess!

Miss Emi, you came!

At the next Shop Tournament...

...I'd really love it if you
came to watch me fight!

Then... If I win...

Will you m-m-m-m-m-m-ma....

What could he have been stammering about?

I think he's been asking
me every day lately...

But, why me?

Now, Miss Emi... This way, please!

U-Uh...

The Shop Tournament Begins

Everyone entering the tournament, please
stand in front of the tournament bracket.

Great Kamui! Leave Miss Emi
in our special, perfect hands!

SP, yo!

Right! If anything happens, guard her!

What is he protecting her from, I wonder?

When I win, you'll be my
brother for real! Yeah!

Aichi...

Are you okay, Brother?

Get a hold of yourself, Aichi...
Gettin' weak knees now ain't good.

Kai...

Tch... Show off.

He can hear you!

Kai isn't nervous at all... It's so like him.

Not anything like me...

Now that everyone has gathered,

we will now officially begin the
Card Capital Shop Tournament!

Sixteen participants will hold
a single elimination tournament,

and the one that remains standing
at the end is the winner!

Perhaps it does not need to be said, but
players may not receive any advice from the gallery.

I will act as the referee.

Please follow the basic Vanguard rules.

Anyone who breaks the
rules may be disqualified.

Please keep that in mind.

Are there any questions so far?

Yes!

Yes... Morikawa?

Righto...

I pledge!

U-Uh... Would you...

I, the strongest Vanguard Fighter for
Hitsue Junior High, Katsumi Morikawa,

vow to win this tournament!

I can see how these fights are going
to go... But I'm a big-hearted man!

I'll give you all the chance right now to...

Hand it over!

Miss Emi! I'll win it all for you!

And when I do, m-m-m-m-m...

You tell her, Boss!

YT, yo!

Give it! I haven't sung the
tournament opening song yet!

Please disqualify these idiots.

I'm not gonna let your crappy
singing dirty my love!

Aww... But they're just excited, right?

I'd expect it from Kai,

but Morikawa and Kamui aren't nervous either.

Misaki doesn't look like it, either.

I think I'm the only person who's nervous...

Can I possibly fight like this?

Ah... Ah...

The preliminaries will be held tournament style.

We will split up the participants
into four groups,

and the four winners from those
groups will enter the finals.

Now, I will announce the
tournament match-ups!

I'm even more nervous now!

Please do me the honor, Sub-Manager.

Sub-Manager?

Manager...

Please, Manager!

D block: Inaba/Andou Fujino/Kai

Kai!

So that's the kanji for "Kai".

Don't think you're such hot stuff 'cause
your name's written with a difficult kanji.

Sub-Manager, why'd you have
to start from D block!?

Manager... Could you do the rest now?

C bock: Kamui/Nagai Hata/Matsumoto
B block: Misaki/Morikawa Kawamura/Yamagami

I'm in C block!

B block...

A-And me?

A block: Aichi/Izaki Ninja Master M/Nakanishi

A block...

I see. So I'll have to make it
to the finals to fight Kai...

What's this?

I'm up against...

Looks like my win's in the bag...

Oh, right! Who am I fighting?

Me!

Izaki?

Ooh! Good luck, you two!

Attention, all participants...

Make sure you've checked your names.

Okay?

Now, without further ado, let's
start the first round fights!

The first round of the Card Capital Shop
Tournament will be held two fights at a time!

Round 1, A block fight 1:

Aichi Sendou vs. Yuuta Izaki!

B block fight 1: Katsumi
Morikawa vs. Misaki Tokura!

It's the same Card Capital...

Well, maybe a little different...

It's the same fighting table...

The same opponent I always fight...

But for some reason, I'm still nervous!

I sure lucked out, getting
Aichi as my opponent.

Is Izaki any good?

Goddess, fights are all
about the luck of the draw!

LD, yo!

I'll win, Miss Emi!

That didn't answer my question...

I ain't heard of the phrase "holding
back", so you'd better get ready...

Shin, would you get going already?

Please call me Manager!

Now then, please place your chosen Vanguard
card upside down on the Vanguard circle.

Shuffle your decks, and
place them in the deck area.

After deciding who will go first,
everyone draw five cards to their hand.

L-Let's start.

I-I'm sorry! I'll reshuffle...

Fine, I'll allow it.

Looks like he's rubbing off on me...

Aichi's really, really nervous...

What's the matter, Brother?

You should just play like you usually do.

Now, start the match!

Stand up, Vanguard!

Barcgal!

The Ironclad Dragon, Shieldon!

What's wrong? You start...

Oh... R-Right...

Uh oh! I don't have any grade 2s in my hand!

I forgot to do the redraw!

Oh, well...

I need to center myself.

I ride Wingal.

With Barcgal's skill, I move
her to the rear-guard circle.

Okay, attack!

Oh, but the person who
goes first can't attack...

My turn is over.

My turn!

I ride the Pterodactyl, Skyptera!

I attack Wingal with Skyptera!

Check for a drive trigger...

Check for a damage trigger...

My turn is over.

If I don't get a grade 2 now,
I won't put up much of a fight.

Please!

Yes!

Gallatin!

Okay.

I ride the Knight of Silence, Gallatin!

I call the Little Sage, Marron.

I attack Skyptera with Gallatin,
supported by Barcgal!

I defend with Ganlu!

Check for a drive trigger...

Good. Stand trigger activated!

Gallatin's power, +5000!

Plus, I stand up a unit in my rear-guard.

If only I'd attacked with Marron first...

Check for a damage trigger...

I attack Skyptera with Marron!

I guard with Ganlu!

I got another of my
ultimate cards in my hand!

I still can't ride them!

What am I doing?

I've been screwing up all over the place.

I ride the as*ault Dragon, Blightops!

And I call another Blightops!

I attack Gallatin with my Vanguard Blightops!

Huh? But Gallatin's power is greater...

I-I-I knew that!

I just wanted to do this...

Check for a drive trigger...

How about this? Now
Blightops's power is +5000!

And I can draw a card from my deck!

No, you cannot.

Blightops is in the Tachikaze Clan.

Monica is from Kagero.

Triggers do not activate unless
they are of the same clan.

If you're going to make a deck with two
clans, that should be basic knowledge.

My attack fails...

Izaki, why would...

I-I just made a little mistake, that's all!

Um... Oh well.

I attack Marron with Blightops,
who has the same power!

I defend with the Transporter
of Good Luck, Epona!

Huh?

He attacked first with his Vanguard,
and then his rear-guard?

That's the same mistake I just made.

M-My turn's over!

I see! Izaki's never entered
this tournament before either.

He's nervous...

It's not just me... It's
Izaki... Everyone's the same!

Enter the fray! I ride the
ruler of all knights...

The King of Knights, Alfred!

Aichi!

Finally, the look on his face...
That's the brother I know!

I call Gallatin, and the
Yggdrasil Maiden, Elaine!

I attack your Vanguard Blightops
with Gallatin, supported by Elaine!

I defend with Tahr!

How about that?

He's...

I attack with Alfred!

In exchange for Alfred not begin able to be
boosted, he gains +2000 for each rear-guard.

Total, that's power +10000!

What?!

Twin drive check!

No trigger.

Second check!

No trigger.

Checking for a damage trigger...

I attack Blightops with
Marron, supported by Flogal!

Check for a damage trigger...

Aichi's nothing like he was a minute ago!

What happened?

Izaki...

I'm nervous, too.

Eh?

But when I realized you were
too, I finally settled down.

When I did that, it became
fun, just like it usually is!

Fun?

Oh... That's right...

Vanguard fights should be fun!

Yeah!

Let's go!

I ride the Tyrant Deathrex!

I call the Wyvern Guard, Barri, Skyptera,
and the Dragon Dancer, Monica!

I attack Alfred with Barri,
supported by Skyptera!

I defend with Marron!

Not gonna pass, huh?

I'm not done yet!

Yeah!

I attack Alfred with Deathrex!

Deathrex gains +5000 power while attacking!

Twin drive check!

And again!

Trigger activated!

I give power +5000 to Blightops!

And Deathrex's critical +1!

Check for a damage trigger...

That's the first.

That's the second...

When Deathrex's attack is successful,

one of the rear-guard must by retired.

But, using Skyptera's ability,
by paying a cost of 1,

it can be returned to the hand when dropped.

I attack Alfred with Blightops,
supported by Monica!

I guard with the Future Knight, Llew!

Turn over.

Yup!

I move Marron to the back,
and Flogal to the front.

Plus, I call Gancelot!

I retire Flogal.

I attack Deathrex with Gallatin,
supported by Elaine!

I have 3 damage...

Okay... I guard with Skyptera!

And intercept with Blightops!

I attack Deathrex with Alfred!

If I let this attack through,
and guard the next...

Twin drive check...

Critical trigger!

His critical is still only 2!

Second check...

What?!

Power +10000, and critical 3?!

Damage trigger...

...triple check...

I lost.

The winner of the first fight
in Round 1, from A block, is:

Aichi Sendou!

Thank you, Izaki!

I was nervous, but it was a lot of fun.

Me, too.

I-I lost...

The best player in Hitsue
Junior High, I, have lost!

It's because the horoscope this
morning said I'd be unlucky 13!

Luck's not with me today, again!

B block's winner: Misaki Tokura!

We... We'd expect nothing
less from our brother, right?

Misaki's expression is exactly
the same, even after she won.

She really is totally different
from me, a bundle of nerves...

Misaki...

Yeah... This is the Shop Tournament!

Good.

If I can win one more time,

then I'll get to go to the finals!

And if I do that... I'll get a
chance to fight Kai!

It was so nerve-wrecking being in the
first fight at the tournament!

Yeah, seriously! But it was a lot of fun!

My horoscope was just awful.

What's your sign, Morikawa?

Hey, Aichi... Your next opponent...

I-It's that guy...

A samurai? A ninja? Who is he?!

Next time: Enter the Ninja Fighter!

Picture it, Aichi!

Earth Art! Fire Art!
Shurikens and smoke bombs!

Sorry 'bout that! Can I have your autograph?