Cardfight!! Vanguard (カードファイト!! ヴァンガード)

You, a piddly little Nehalem, are standing up to my, Juggernaut Maximum's, attacks?!

Too bad for you.

The next attack, for sure!

If you get that chance, that is.

But you no longer have a way to win!

Say what?!

I will ride to the next grade!

Ride! The Vanguard!

Descend, Dragonic Overlord!

Impossible!

I win.

Juggernaut Maximum lost? Man, I've got such crappy luck!

Luck?

Damn it all!

Morikawa...

Just as freakishly good as always, I see, Kai.

Miwa?

Have you had a winning streak ever since you came back here?

Yeah, guess so.

You go, dude.

Hey, shop girl! Any of the regulars better than this guy?

I don't have a clue.

No clue? Then it's decided!

Toshiki Kai is the best player in this store!

Hey, you! That's not what "no clue" means!

Shut up, loser!

Say that again, you...

Morikawa...

What? I called you a loser, loser.

Shut it! Things just didn't go my way today, is all.

Yeah, right...

That's all it takes to be the best?

This level doesn't get me fired up at all.

How boring...

Aren't there any strong players around here?

Vanguard of Destiny!

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.

Hitsue Middle School

And finally the battles of Kawanakajima reach their climax!

Finally, the final battle!

In this one, Uesugi has forces numbering 12000!

Announce a battle formation called the "Wheel Winding"!

Sneak up to Shingen's main force under the cover of fog!

His opponent: Takeda's forces number 8000!

Announce a battle formation called the "Crane's Wing" and fight back!

But they're outnumbered!

Takeda's forces are in trouble!

His class is always so over-the-top...

With the battle upon him, Shingen ends up losing his younger brother,

He's not Japanese, but he's such a maniac about the Sengoku period...

and after the battle both forces are exhausted.

What a weirdo.

And so, in this Sengoku period of shrewd tactics...

Let me see here...

You! How would you survive, Aichi Sendou?

Yes?

What would you do to leave your mark on the Sengoku period?

Uh... Um...

What's the matter, Aichi?

Haven't heard your voice in, like, forever!

You can't get any quieter than this guy!

What's the matter, Sendou?

Image! Form an image in your mind!

I-I... I would make sure I always had a line of retreat behind me.

Man, what a coward!

He's, like, king of the wimps!

What a dope, as usual!

I mean, you can't get more small fry than him. No, he's just perfect!

Sendou, that might be a good way to survive during the Sengoku period,

but why don't you try imagining yourself with a slightly bigger role.

I-I'm sorry...

Man, I screwed up big time...

Now then, this battle at Kawanakajima

caused him to lose his chance to take control of the government...

But there's no way that I could appear alongside all these amazing warriors!

Oh, I know. I bet that he could even be in the Sengoku period.

The Vanguard warrior, Blaster Blade!

Who the hell are you?

I am Blaster Blade!

I have come from the United Sanctuary!

Are you some kind of damned monster?

Prepare yourself, fiend!

I will take you on!

It's no use...

There's no card in this pack strong enough to beat that guy!

Do I just suck that bad?

Damn you, Toshiki Kai!

I was always the best player at that store!

To lose against some punk who just moved into town... I won't let this stand!

I've got to get a card powerful enough to defeat him somehow!

What's that small fry doing with a grin on his face?

Wait, that's... a Vanguard card!

And it's Blaster Blade!

That's a legendary, powerful, rare card!

W-What is it, Morikawa?

Aichi Sendou... I didn't know that you were a Vanguard Fighter.

A Vanguard Fighter?

Don't play dumb.

Anyone who fights with Vanguard cards is a Vanguard Fighter.

You're one too, right?

No, you've got it wrong.

After all, I've never played a cardfight.

I'm not a Vanguard Fighter or anything.

Fine, whatever. Then show me the card you have hidden in your pocket!

Seriously! It's actually Blaster Blade!

With this I can totally beat that guy!

Ooh, let me see!

Whoa, awesome!

I'm taking this guy straight to the shop!

Wait, Morikawa!

Don't take it from me!

I got that card from someone special! It's important to me!

Wait!

Shut up already. You're not a Vanguard Fighter, right?

I feel sorry for this card, never getting to fight.

So I'll take it off your hands.

Okay, let's get to Card Capital!

Yeah!

G-Give it back... Give me back my card...

Kai! You and me, now!

You're that guy from yesterday...

Oh sure, talk big after beating me once!

We'll fight once again to decide once and for all who the best in this shop is!

I don't want to.

What?

You suck at Vanguard.

Your fighting techniques are simplistic and your strategy has no depth.

You rely too much on the cards' brute strength.

I won't get anything out of fighting you. So I won't.

Dude, that's harsh!

Won't get anything, huh?

Then if you win, I'll give you this card!

Ooh! That's Blaster Blade!

How rare! I didn't realize anyone still had one.

Blaster Blade?

It couldn't be that card, right?

So, what'll it be?

Fine.

It's on.

My... My card...

Damn it, why? Why is my luck so bad?

It's not your luck. It's your skill.

Ride the Vanguard!

I'm pretty sure this is the shop that Morikawa mentioned...

That's 6 damage. I win.

T-This shouldn't be!

And that's a wrap.

Here, it's yours.

Blaster Blade...

What? You don't seem so interested...

G-Give me my card back.

Who's this?

Aichi...

Morikawa, please!

It's very important to me!

Don't look at me!

Your card? You mean this one?

Yes, yes! That's mine!

Please give it back.

Why should I?

This card is now mine.

Hey...

U-Uh...

To we Vanguard Fighters, nothing is more sacred than the results of a fight.

This guy challenged me to a fight by betting this card, and lost.

But it's mine...

A card that is lost in a Vanguard fight can only be taken back by a Vanguard fight.

T-Then, will you fight me?

Sure, I'm game.

Hold it! What are you saying, Aichi?

I thought you'd never played a Vanguard fight before?

You don't even have a deck, right?