Shadowverse (シャドウバース)

Are you Luca Yonazuki?

Wh-What's with this guy?

Do you need something from me?

You've got that phone you took from Takuma, right?

That belongs to my friend!

So...

Mimori's phone?

You're giving it back.

I'm not interested in it.

You beat Takuma Kibakura.

Yeah! It was close, though.

It was a ton of fun!

Hey, Luca, why don't you battle me?

You want to battle me?

You like Shadowverse, right?

Okay. But everyone who loses to me quits Shadowverse.

I won't quit if I lose.

And of course, I don't intend to lose!

Episode 2 Hiro's Resolve

Battle! Shadowverse!

Here I go! My turn!

I play a Bejeweled Dragon!

I end my turn!

My turn.

Draw.

I play an Ambling Wraith.

This follower's ability deals 1 damage to each leader.

It deals damage to both of us?

That's a neat follower!

Is it, I wonder?

I end my turn.

So it's my turn, then!

Draw!

I play a Fire Lizard!

Its ability does 1 damage to an enemy's follower!

And then I attack your leader with my Bejeweled Dragon!

How about that, Luca?

I end my turn.

I guess that explains how you beat Takuma Kibakura.

I can beat you, too!

I see.

I'm looking forward to that.

Burn! Fire Lizard!

You're wide open!

Grah! Counterattack!

It'll take more than that.

For the moment, we're mostly even.

You're kind of interesting.

Thanks!

But it's about to get way more interesting!

My turn!

Draw!

I play Raging Ettin!

And then... I evolve it!

Go!

I attack your Metal Gargoyle!

And then I attack your Blood Wolf with my Ironscale Dragonfolk!

Now I end my turn!

A good decision.

Have you been playing a long time?

I started today!

I guess it's worth trying.

My turn. Draw.

Blood Rage.

It deals 3 damage to an opponent's follower.

But then my Raging Ettin...

He didn't destroy my Raging Ettin?

You seem interesting, so I'm going to try something.

"Try something"?

I don't know what you're talking about, but whatever!

If this is my chance, I'll hit you hard!

Draw!

Is this...?

I see...

So this...

So this is the power of the Dragon class!

Awaken, Dragonguard!

This follower is in an Overflow state.

When your play points are above 7, it gets Ward!

A good follower.

But what will you do with it?

What was that?

Shadowverse is a series of choices.

What will you choose?

I'll make the only choice there is!

Attack your leader with the Raging Ettin!

I end my turn!

I've got followers with powerful Attack and Ward, too!

With this...

I guess I expected too much.

You don't understand why you play Shadowverse at all.

Wh-What is this?

It seems this is the end.

I'll show you the true power of the Vampire class.

My turn.

Draw.

The time of Vengeance is now.

Dark Emperor!

No way!

My followers!

Dark Emperor has Vengeance active.

When its leader has less than 10 defense,

it can destroy two of the enemy's followers.

I'm disappointed.

I thought I could have a little fun, but...

Remember what I said?

Everyone who plays against me quits Shadowverse—

Shadowverse really is fun!

Fun?

Yeah!

It's fun just to think about how I'm going to turn this around!

Here I go!

My turn!

Okay!

I can damage him with this.

You can't damage him with spells.

Dark Emperor's card ability stops him from taking damage or being destroyed.

Then how about this?

I end my turn!

You'll use Ward to protect yourself?

You're wasting your time.

I play Veight, Vampire Noble and Demonhand Assassin.

What is that?

You'll know soon.

I evolve Demonhand Assassin.

And attack Firstborn Dragon.

Wh-What?

Drain.

When a follower with this ability does damage,

it heals its leader for the same amount.

That's not all.

I play Hungering Horde.

No!

Your hand probably contains Serpent Wrath.

Serpent Wrath

But it can't turn things around.

This battle is over.

No...

It's just getting started!

Ambling Wraith

Dragonguard

I want to have fun with this battle until the end!

So I don't want to give up till it's over!

My turn!

Come forth, Ignis Dragon!

When I have two or fewer cards in my hand, it can evolve without any evolution points!

Go, Ignis Dragon!

Attack!

He turned things around that much?

I told you I didn't intend to lose!

Now come on! Let's make this battle even more fun!

Did I say something weird?

I take back what I said about being disappointed.

What's your name?

Hiro Ryugasaki!