01x15 - Thrilling?! Emi's First Fight

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Bye, Emi!

Yeah, see you tomorrow!

I can't wait for the Vanguard regionals!

Let's stand in line first thing in the morning,
so we can get good seats!

I'm gonna get the Cardfighter of the
winning team to take a look at my deck!

It's just too bad we didn't make it...

Next time, we just gotta win
at the shop's tournament!

Yeah!!

Hello!

Oh, hello there.

I think Aichi and the
others will be here soon.

Good.

Hello.

Huh? You're interested in Vanguard?

Eh? Um...

Not especially...

I mean, it's difficult, right?

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

Huh...

Would you like to try it?

Suspenseful?! Emi's First Fight

Oh, yeah! I'm feelin'
super-strong again today!

You're sure in a good mood, Morikawa.

Yep! My horoscope says I'm
gonna have a great day!

Oh yeah?

Hey!

Let's see... Morikawa's
horoscope for today...



Hey, that sounds like the
lousiest luck to me...

You do not look at my
bible without permission!

Anyway, you were looking in the wrong place!

It's right here.

Um... "You possess a winning smile."

Keep reading!

"With that smile, you may be
respected by your juniors."

You hear that?! I'll be respected!

Respected!

Huh... By your juniors...

Good afternoon.

Er... Welcome.

Thanks.

I'll just go in.

Thank you!

Huh?

Wha...?

Aichi!

Emi! You're here?

Aichi, it seems that Emi wants
to start playing Vanguard!

Huh?

Really, Emi?

N-Not especially, and I told him that!

Let's go over to a standing fight table.

Eh?

I have adjusted it to your height.

I-I don't even have any cards...

Misaki! We need a deck at
this table, if you would!

You don't have to crow about it!

Here.

You can borrow my deck.

Oh! B-But...

Um, your fighting partner should be...

Your big brother, Aichi.

I get it! It meant you!

Yo, Junior!

Eh?

Excuse me?

Don't hold back!

Aichi is my number one pupil!

It's my duty to take care of my
number one pupil's little sister!

Uh... Aichi...

Do your best, Emi!

But I don't really understand the rules...

It'll be fine. This is how I
was taught Vanguard, too...

...by Kai.

Why, you...

Huh?

Don't remind me of that show-off!

Uh, that's not what I was trying to do...

Relax! Unlike that Kai clown, I'm the strongest nice guy around!

If you say so.

First, shuffle the deck.

L-Like this?

What do you think of my ultimate shuffle?!

I don't really see the "ultimate" in it.

All right!

Then you cut each other's decks.

Like this?

Don't show me the card you
chose for the Vanguard circle, okay?

Okay.

All-righty, I'm gonna draw
five cards from my deck.

Watch me now.



Get ready, Junior!

I'm ready!

Master Morikawa's one-point lecture!

With only your first hand, if there
are any cards you don't need,

you can discard them and draw again.

You've gotta go, and this one, too...

I'm drawing three new cards!

There we go!

Master Morikawa doesn't need any cards
in his hand that're grade 2 or less!

Even though it was a surprisingly good hand...

Oh, how cute!

But I don't need these two.

This one's cute, too!

You like your cards? Good!

I'm all ready.

Imagine!

Right now, you and I are astral bodies that
have appeared on Cray, a planet much like Earth!

Morikawa, Kai says the same thing.

W-W-What?!

O-Oh yeah?! Then he must be ripping me off!

The planet Cray...

It's beautiful!

Beautiful?

Hey! Where are you?!

Really?! Here?!

Please, Junior, keep up with me!

Stand up, Vanguard!

Lozenge Magus!

Lizard Runner, Undeux!

He's scary!

Give me your best shot, Junior! Master
Morikawa is your sparring partner today!

I wonder if Miss Emi is here today?

And if Kai happens to be there, too...

Miss Emi I can understand, but
why do you care about Kai?

WK, yo?!

I attack with Asura Kaiser!

Finishing Hold!

That was wonderful, Kamui!

Um... I have a favor to ask...

What is it, my goddess?

Please teach me how to play Vanguard!

Are you sure you want me for the job?

Please, Kamui!

I know Emi would be in good hands with you!

Would you do it for me, Kamui?

Great Kamui?!

Brother Aichi!

Kamui?!

What is this?! What the
heck's going on here?!

W-What's going on?

Emi's playing Vanguard for the first time...

Why did it have to be with
Lose-umi, of all people?!

With him! This is the worst day of my life!

Shut up!

I-I'm sorry!

She beat me to the punch...

Please excuse us!

EU, yo!

Once a cardfight starts, it can't be stopped!

CS, yo!

My...

My dream is...

My turn. I draw!

All right, a grade 3!

Sorry, Junior, but this
is a fight to the finish!

I ride...

Huh?

Crap! My hand is so strong that
I don't have any cards to ride!

She's...with Lose-umi...with Lose-umi!

Miss Emi is...!!

Poor Great Kamui!

PK, yo!

Um... It's my turn and I draw.

Miss Emi...

Nothing to worry about. Even if it's her
first time, I just know she'll blow Lose-umi away!

This one's cute, so I'll ride it!

You decide by how cute it is?!

Is that bad?

You'd be better off choosing a powerful Unit

or a Unit that has a skill you
can use in the Vanguard Circle!

Kamui...

I don't mind if you teach her the rules...

But it's a breach of manners to instruct
her to use your personal style of play.

But FT, yo!

It is Miss Emi's first time...

That's all the more reason. I want her
to experience the pleasure of winning

through her own discernment,
discovering the thrill of the fight!

That's how it was the first
time for you guys, right?

Yeah.

Yep.

No problem. As long as you're
having fun, Miss Emi...

In that case...

All I can do is watch...

Miss Emi has her own style of play.

But Lose-umi, I'll never
forgive you for this!

And one of these days, it'll be payback time!

I can put this in the back, right?

Mm-hm.

All right, then!

I, um...call Dream Eater!

Then I use Lozenge's power to boost Milk...

...and Milk attacks Undeux!

You know, if you boost with
Lozenge, it returns to the deck.

Really?! Then I won't do it!

You're not gonna do it?!

Great Kamui!

I-If Miss Emi is happy with
that, it's okay with me!

Do a trigger check.

Yeah!

I got another cute one!

Dammit! No trigger, huh?

Great...

Oh, by the way, what's a trigger?

Hm? Um...

Go ahead.

I-I can help you with that...

Look at your Lozenge Magus there.

It's got... I mean, she's got a mark
above her and to the right, right?

Oh, I see it!

When you attack or when you take damage,
if another card with that mark comes up,

your power could increase or
your damage could be boosted,

or you could even be healed
after taking damage.

Uh...

Good for you, oh Great Kamui!

GY, yo!

Well, this class is about to draw to a close.

It's my turn and I draw!

I'll show you that this is
the Age of the Morikawa!

Grade 1 kept me waiting long enough!

You're the one who put it back
in the deck at the beginning!

I ride the Embodiment of Armor,
Bahr -- ultimately!

Then I call the Embodiment
of the Spear, Tahr!

And now I'm gonna attack
the Weather Girl, Milk!

Oh!

Miss Emi, guard!

Nooo!

What the...?!

Certainly, that's a great guard!

But, if this girl is attacked,
she'll disappear, right?!

No, the Vanguard doesn't go away.

Really?

I still don't want her to be attacked!

If you don't wanna take any damage, then
you oughta protect it with a guardian.

No, even with that, it's still too cruel...

If I may...

Your Vanguard cards and Units...

They do battle on the planet Cray in place of you, the Cardfighters.

There's a pact between you.

Maybe it would help if you thought
of it as a sport, like boxing.

A sport?

I see...

In that case, I'll take the attack.

Miss Emi is so kind...

That's my goddess!

Yep!

All right! Here to throw another
wet blanket over the mood...

I do a super-strong attack with Bahr!

I, um...stand and draw!

I ride Maiden of Libra!

She attacks Bahr!

Oh, no you don't! I guard with Bahr!

Oh no...

Emi, do a trigger check.

Okay. Um...

Drive trigger check!

What?!

There it is!

Critical trigger!

Miss Emi, you get +5000
power and do damage +1!

Dammit!

Why am I so unlucky?!

Even though this is your first time playing
Vanguard, you're drawing great cards, Miss Emi!

You've hit the jackpot!

The goddess of victory is smiling on you!

Mm-hm!

Huh! Then I'm doing pretty well...

If you've got the goddess of victory, then
the goddess of fortune is on my side!

Horoscope

Even though there's a guy on the cover...

The stars know everything!

Aichi's little sister! Today,
I'm going to beat you!

It's your destiny to respect me!

My turn! I draw!

Here it is, grade 2!

I ride the Dragon Knight, Nehalem!

Then I attack your Libra with
Nehalem, boosted by Tahr!

Drive trigger check!

No trigger...

Aichi's little sister, in the next turn,
something terrible is going to happen to you.

Brace yourself for Master
Morikawa's ultimate...

Now it's my turn, right?

Listen when a guy talks!

Jeez...

Actually, you're the weird
one for intimidating a child!

For my turn, I draw!

Mmm, Apollon isn't cute, so I
don't think I want to ride him.

I know! I'll have these two attack!

I call Chocolat!

And one more...

I attack Nehalem!

You won't use Lozenge, no matter what, huh?

Great Kamui...

Is that all you've got?!

Drive trigger check!

Another cute one!

Dream Eater's barrage attack!

Chocolat girls, please give me a boost!

Not bad...


trap me in a corner like that...

Of course, you are the little
sister of my number one pupil!

But it's the end of the line! Here I go!

Master Morikawa draws for
his super-strong turn!

Here comes my star performer!

I ride Juggernaut Maximum -- ultimately!

Note: If you don't have any other unit of the same clan, power is lowered to 9000.

Move it! If you're not grade 3,
I have no use for you!

Look upon the valiant
figure of Master Morikawa!

That's really mature of you～

Monster Frank! Tyrant Deathrex!

Demon Eater! Stealth Dragon
Voidmaster! Hell Spider!

I call them all together -- ultimately!

How do you like them apples?!
They're all grade 3!

Meet the ultimate, extreme Morikawa
corps, equipped with twin drive skill!

Only the Vanguard can use twin drive...

Only units with the ability can boost...

What is Lose-umi doing?

Mmm, this is getting interesting...

Maximum does an ultimate attack!

Twin drive... I got it!

Critical trigger!

And even more damage!

What's wrong? You want me to hold back?

Um...You can't use that card
without a Kagero, right?

Uh...

Mm?

Well, Tahr's a Kagero...

Move it! If you're not grade 3,
I have no use for you!

I have no use for you! No use! No use!

Crap!

But Master Morikawa isn't the kind of guy
who loses his head over something like that!

I attack with my Monster Frank and Deathrex!

That's the end of my turn.

Morikawa, you look scary!

Then it's my turn!

I ride CEO Amaterasu!

Eh? You're not giving up yet?

Excellent! Give me all you got!

I call Libra and the Oracle Guardian, Nike!

Amaterasu attacks Maximum!

Tahr puts up his ultimate guard!

How do you like that?! Your
attack didn't go through!

Twin drive... I need you!

Please!

Let me have it!

Yayyy!

Draw trigger?!

+5000 power!

And one more card drawn, to boot!

Amaterasu's skill says that, if there are four
or more cards in hand, the fighter gets +4000...



And +5000 on top of that, for a total of...



Then...

It's too powerful for me to defend against!

Her first time playing Vanguard
is also her first victory!

That's my Miss Emi!

You were awesome!

AE, yo!

Emi, that was great. Congratulations.

Thank you!

Why?! I had the super-strong
Morikawa corps...

Are you okay, Morikawa?

I've got it! The reason I lost...

...is that my star sign had
the lowest rank for today!

That's it! There's no doubt about it!

Yeah, yeah...

But it was off about you being
respected by someone your junior.

That is strange. Impossible
for it to be wrong, but...

Um...

Huh?

I had a lot of fun!

Thank you very much, Mr. Morikawa, sir!

Eh...?

Sir!

Well, what can I say?

My bible was right on target after all!

Yep, you've been really lucky to have a
super-strong guy like me around to show you the ropes!

Oh, get your head outta
your butt, Lose-umi!

The name is Ka-tsu-mi!

I say it's Lose-umi!

Ka-tsu-miii!!

Well, he is super-strong, in a way...

Yee-up.

Aichi!

Hm?

Next time, I wanna try to make my own deck!

When it comes to deck
construction, leave it to me!

What, is it your turn next?

Hah?

Okay. I suppose you can also be
the junior of Master Morikawa.

W-Who the heck would wanna
be the junior of Lose-umi?!

"Junior"... I like the sound of that.

All right, imagine!

Please do it, Great Kamui!

PK, yo!

Next time, can I bring a friend?

Of course! We'll give them a warm welcome.

Good for you, Emi.

Yeah!

Stand up, Vanguard!

Stand up!

Did you have a good time, Emi?

Yeah!

Since this was my first time, I wonder
if Mr. Morikawa went easy on me?

Um...I think he might've...

Oh, Kamui says he wants to
teach you Vanguard too, Emi.

Sure. Aichi, you'll give me free
lessons when we get home, won't you?

On the house?

Next time: Team Q4 Heads for
the Regional Tournament!

The Vanguard Regional Championship
Tournament begins at last!

Huh? Where are the manager and Misaki?