01x25 - Kioku no Sakin

[bunniefuu]

Good afternoon.

Welcome.

Oh, Brother!

Um, where's Misaki?

Oh, she doesn't feel very
well, so she took the day off.

I see...

Brother, it seems like we'd be
better off going home today.

Okay.

Dad!

Mom!!

Can you believe it? The day of the regional
tournament was the anniversary of her parents' deaths.

Naturally she couldn't make it!

Yeah...

Imagine constantly remembering
even the sad things...

Possessing a great memory
can be hard, too, huh?

Yeah. And I kept going on about how
fantastic her memory was, without thinking...

I was no different, crowing about using
her memory as a weapon for the team!

And here I thought Misaki
was being irresponsible

for getting to the regional
tournament late...

What should we do?

A-Anyway, right now, we have
to think about the nationals!

If we don't convince Misaki to participate...

But she hasn't been in the store
since then! What should we...

Is this the reason you interrupted my nap?

Excuse me?!

Sorry! I thought maybe you would
have some idea what to do, Kai...

And you were takin' a nap,
without a care in the world!

She should quit.

Anybody who wants to quit should quit.

Kai...?

Everyone has a past.

Using that as a perpetual reason for your
own weakness is childish, pure and simple.

W-Why, you...! You don't
have to put it like that!

Can't you worry about Misaki
at least a little bit!

She's our teammate, isn't she?!

What's with that guy?!

Kai...

Beyond Memories

I'm home.

Welcome back, Aichi!

Thanks...

This is early for you, isn't it?

With the nationals coming up, I thought
you'd be at Card Capital and not get home...

'til... later...

Aichi?

Did something happen?

I don't know...

Emi? Where are you going?

There we go!

Misaki! Help me set out
the new cards, please!

Please!

No dice?

What should we do, Manager?

Congratulations, Q4, on Making the National Tournament!

All I can do is watch over her.

I don't know what to do...

No-no! Don't do that, Sub-manager!

I mean, "Manager"...

They're here! The new packs
and constructed decks!

Hello...

Yes, welcome?

Is Misaki here?

Misaki!

Emi...

What's wrong?

Um...

I don't know if it's okay ask
you this or not, Misaki, but...

A question? What is it?

Aichi is feeling down.

Even though he's been all excited about
the national tournament up until now.

Oh, really?

I thought maybe something had
happened with the team...

Have you heard anything, Misaki?

No, nothing.

I see...

Sorry for bothering you.

Well, since you came all this
way, please stay a while.

The new cards just came in!

New cards?!

Meteo Break Wizard...

Goddess of Flower Divination, Sakuya...

Sword Dancer, Angel...

Dark Cat...

Battle Sister, Maple...

Victory Maker...

These two cards are cute!

Right, Misaki?!

Uh-huh...

I wonder what kind of fight
you can have with them...

Would you like to give it a try?

Sure!

You heard her!

Me...?

Sorry, but right now,
I'm really not in the...

Let's do it, Misaki!

This'll work as a fighting table for today!

Misaki, where's your deck?

I can't...

I can't fight together
with you guys anymore...

Shin, I...

Your deck has been stored safely.

But more importantly, these!

Ta-daa!

A new deck?!

A constructed deck?

That's right.

Here you are.

Emi has an Oracle Thinktank deck.

Misaki, you get a Nova Grappler deck.

What's a "constructed deck"?

A deck that anyone can use
to play Cardfight right away.

But decks take time to
put together, don't they?

It does take time to put
together constructed decks.

Each card is put in there with love, so
even the first-time player can have fun.

With love?

Misaki?

Okay, you've reviewed the cards?

I'll take the empty boxes.

It's nothing.

Well, shall we start?

Yeah!

Stand up, Vanguard!

I'll start.

I ride Oasis Girl!

Battleraizer moves to the rear-guard.

My turn ends.

It's my turn!

I ride Battle Sister, Maple!

Lozenge moves back.

And then...

I call the Black Kitty!

I-It's "Dark Cat", not Black Kitty...

Well, it is a black kitty...

Pink doggy!

That's Flogal, Misaki.

Flogal...

Next, I attack!

Wait...

When Dark Cat comes into play, if there's an
Oracle Thinktank unit in the Vanguard Circle...

each Fighter gets to draw a card.

I see...

I attack Oasis Girl with Dark Cat!

Damage check.

Maple attacks!

I guess I don't have enough power...

It's okay.

When Maple attacks, if you have four or more
cards in your hand, you get +3000 power.

I see!

Drive check!

Damage check.

Has she already memorized the
cards that came in stock...

that I don't even remember yet?

Just what I'd expect from you, Misaki.

That's the end of my turn! You're up, Misaki.

But there's something that I
really want you to remember.

It's my turn.

I ride Super Electromagnetic Lifeform, Storm.

Then I call Prototype,
Minotaur, and Oasis Girl.

Uh, excuse me. Would you
mind getting off of that?

Manager...

I attack with Sword Dancer,
Angel, boosted by Dark Cat!

I guard with Cannon Ball!

Then, I, uh...

Sorry. After you came out for me...

I attack one more time,
with a boost from Lozenge!

Drive check!

Damage check.

Awww, Lozenge left...

Come to think of it, last time
you didn't use Lozenge's skill

because you didn't want to put
her back in the deck, right?

Yeah, but it was frustrating!

I can see that.

When your attack doesn't hit,
it is frustrating, isn't it?

Then I'll stand and draw.

I ride Death Metal Droid!

I move Battling Minotaur
back and call Storm.

NGM Prototype is boosted by Battleraizer...

and attacks Sword Dancer, Angel!

When Battleraizer gives a boost, the
unit receives another +3000 power.

And then Death Metal attacks,
boosted by Oasis Girl!

Certainly, Death Metal...

Counterblast.

+3000 power!

Then its power is 20000!

The shields of these three cards aren't
enough to help me here, are they?

Twin drive, first check...

Second check...

Stand trigger activated.

I choose one unit to give +5000 power to.

I choose Storm, who isn't
finished attacking yet.

And then, this unit which has finished attacking...

What will Emi draw...?

Damage trigger...

Here I go! I attack your Sword Dancer
with Storm, boosted by Minotaur!

I activate Storm's skill!

When your opponent's Vanguard
is hit with an attack...

you can flip over one card
that's in the Damage Zone.

Are you done?

Not yet.

This, from before...

I attack your Sword Dancer with Prototype!

Um... I guard with Dream Eater!

Well done!

Misaki isn't holding back
at all on Emi today...

End phase.

I'm returning Battleraizer
to the deck and shuffling.

Are you surprised?

I already think of you as a
full-fledged Cardfighter, Emi...

so going easy on you would
be rude, wouldn't it?

Uh-huh!

I didn't really understand it until now,

but this is a lot of fun!

Fun...

Are you having fun, Misaki?

Is it fun looking at the cards, Misaki?

Uh-huh! There are so many cards!

Misaki says she remembers all of the cards.

She has a good memory!

She must take after me!

She takes after me!

It's me, I say!

Honey, you can't even remember
the shop's phone number!

And in the car, if I don't navigate from
the passenger's seat, you always get lost!

Stand up, Vanguard!

There they go again!

Go! Go! Manager!

Fight, lady!

Don't call me "lady"!

This month, Mom has 45
wins and Dad has 14 wins!

At least try to win half the time, uncle!

Call me "Manager"!

What...was that...?

Mom and Dad were laughing...

And so was I...

Um...

When this unit comes into play,

all of your Oracle Thinktank units in
the rear-guard return to your hand...

I ride Goddess of Flower Divination, Sakuya!

And then these two cards go to my hand.

Then I call two Sword Dancer,
Angels and a Black Kitty!

When Black Kitty... I mean
"Dark Cat"... comes into play,

if an Oracle Thinktank unit is
my Vanguard, I can draw one card!

I activate Sword Dancer, Angel's skill!

When I draw a card, her
power increases by +1000!

I call Gemini and Weather Girl, Milk!

Dark Cat gives a boost!

I attack with Sword Dancer!

I guard with Ring Girl, Clara!

Then Sakuya next!

Milk's boost puts her
power up to 16000, right?

Twin drive check!

First, second...

Damage check!

I attack one more time with Sword Dancer!

I guard with Battleraizer!

Ah! I couldn't do more than 1 damage!

Not at all! That's really something.

Keep learning, and you'll become
quite the Vanguard Fighter!

Really?!

I wonder if I'll ever be as good as Misaki...

I wonder if I'll ever be as good
a Vanguard Fighter as you, Dad...

Oh, sure you will!

In fact, you may even become
a lot stronger than me!

The world of Vanguard is such a big
place, there's no end to the fun!

Misaki, I'm sure you'll also make lots of
allies and rivals as you discover this wide world...

Maybe you'll even make it to
the national championship!

Oh my gosh!

Everyone at Card Capital will
have to go there to cheer her on!

I'll make a gigantic banner!

A banner...?

Yeah! A gigantic one! A humongous one!

You want to become a Vanguard
Fighter like Misaki?

Uh-huh! After all, I can't lose to Aichi!

Before, he was always alone and wouldn't have
been able to do anything if it weren't for me.

But now he's got a lot of friends and
is gonna go to the national tournament!

So, me too!

When you put it like that, I know it was
worth giving you the constructed deck!

I told you, remember?

Every single card is put in there with love,
so even the first-time player can have fun.

My own deck?!

Yep. I put my whole heart into making that
deck for you, Misaki, every single card.

Thank you, Dad!

It's my... turn...

I call King of Sword.

I drop Prototype.

I call Queen of Heart.

Why...?

The King attacks, boosted by the Queen!

The Queen's skill adds +4000 power!

I intercept with Sword Dancer!

Everyone, protect Sakuya!

Why did I try not to remember those times...?

I attack with Death Metal!

There they go again!

Go! Go! Manager!

Fight, lady!

Don't call me "lady"!

It's not all sad things...

Twin drive...

Damage check!

I attack with Super Electromagnetic
Lifeform, Storm!

There were fun things, too...

Things I mustn't forget, and yet...

The world of Vanguard is such a big
place, there's no end to the fun!

Misaki, I'm sure you'll also make lots of
allies and rivals as you discover this wide world...

Maybe you'll even make it to
the national championship!

My own deck?!

Yep. I put my whole heart into making that
deck for you, Misaki, every single card.

Oh, too bad!

But I had fun! Thank you, Misaki...

Misaki...?

Misaki...

Shin... I...

That treasure chest...

I don't have a key...

The deck Dad put together for me...

I can't open the treasure box, so...

What should I do about the key?

Shin!

You finally remembered, didn't you?

I've been keeping it for you.

Because it's a valuable
memory of yours, Misaki.

Thank you...

Kam...I should really...

Brother, it's more my fault...

Right. Misaki is an important friend...

We'll go in and beg...

Misaki, I'm sorry!

Misaki, I didn't think about your feelings!

That goes double for me!

Please! Let's do Vanguard fight together...

You're late!

Huh?

What is this?!

What happened?

Aichi!

Misaki is amazing! She's
won all of these fights!

Yeesh. Not one of them was even
the slightest match for me.

How am I gonna train for
the nationals at this rate?

You said "nationals"!

Misaki, you mean...

What are you gaping at?

You're next!

S-Sure!

Yesss!

My pleasure!

I'm not gonna pull any punches.

Ready?

Uh-huh!

Stand up, Vanguard!

Misaki, please fight me one more time!

Okay. Today, I'll fight
you as often as you like.

Great!

For the national tournament, we're meeting
at Card Capital and traveling by car, right?

Right. But don't worry, I've
memorized how to get there.

Who needs GPS when all you have
to do is take one look at a map?

It's incredible!

Oh, I'm sorry! Please don't
take that the wrong way!

Next: A Stormy Beginning!
The National Championship!

I can only imagine the
new people we'll meet...

Kamui, it's dangerous to
run around like that!