Aichi has difficulty pushing for victory, and his opponent Kurosawa gets a critical trigger on top, bringing him to five damage. Aichi desperately needs to block the next strike, but is unwilling to leave his hand empty. He guards with Wingal and intercepts with his new unit Knight of Truth, Gordon. At first, it seems that Aichi has an insufficient amount of shield, but he reveals that Gordon's skill, the Especial Intercept, allows its shield to rise by 5000 points during an intercept. After successfully defending against Kurosawa's last attack, Aichi proceeds to call Gigantech Charger, another new card whose skill is used to call Flogal to completely fill Aichi's side of the field, bringing Alfred up to maximum power and finishing the match with a critical trigger.

Team Black Magic's next fighter, Kurosaki, appears, while on Team Q4's side, Kai steps up. They both use Kagero, and the announcer and spectators seem to think it will be an exciting match. However, they are soon disillusioned - Kai annihilates Kurosaki without even breaking a sweat. Afterwards, everyone sees that underneath Team Black Magic's dark cloaks are actually three sparkling-bright men. Kai's victory leads to Team Q4 advancing to the next round and Kamui becoming enraged that he was not given the chance to fight.

ユリの勲章

Stoney, Clementine

Yes

Chōten no Za o Kakete
Sendōsha Kai
Q4 vs. Ultra Rare
Aichi challenges Reversed Takuto, who arranges for the Reversed Kourin to be Aichi's opponent and leaves. Misaki makes her way up to where Aichi and Kourin are having a high-stakes cardfight. It is revealed that Kourin has no memories of her past because of Takuto, and she fears of losing her current memories if she is defeated. Through sheer spirit, Aichi stays strong and wins by using a card that was given to him by the real Takuto: Liberator, Monarch Sanctuary Alfred. Kourin is freed from the spell of Reverse and then faints. Intending to go face Reversed Takuto, Aichi asks Misaki to take care of Kourin, but they are all soon confronted by more Reversed fighters.
A Stormy Beginning! The National Championship!

Esther Vergeer

Fushi no Kyōfu! Guranburū Dekki
The Return of the Ninja Master
Sanjō! Chīmu Shinobu
Aichi tries to end the match with Liberator of Bonds, Gancelot Zenith, but Kai completely defends himself. Kai then uses Star-vader, Chaos Breaker Dragon to finish off Aichi and walks back into the Tatsunagi HQ building, leaving Aichi to be Reversed. However, Team Dreadnought shortly appears, and Leon tells Aichi to use Psyqualia. With help from the real Takuto in a spiritual form, Aichi prevents himself from being Reversed but is left exhausted. Then, Leon informs everyone about how he rescued the real Takuto and their plans to infiltrate Tatsunagi HQ to defeat Link Joker. Aichi wants to join them, but Leon and Takuto tell him that Aichi's Reverse process was only temporarily stopped. They also say that if Aichi fights again in his current state, it could be fatal. So, leaving Jillian and Sharlene to take care of Aichi and his friends, Leon and Takuto prepare to go inside Tatsunagi HQ.
As the fight between Kiriya and Aichi begins, Kai is seen watching the match in another area. Emi runs to Team Q4, worried about Aichi playing in another fight, but finds both Misaki and Kamui visibly shaken from Aichi's words. While the fan girls for Brilliant Stars are cheering, Kiriya is still wondering if Aichi has really mastered the Shadow Paladin deck, while deciding to prove his worth by beating him in front of Ren. With his Pale Moon deck, Kiriya successfully deals damage to Aichi with his Juggler cards and calling cards from the soul. Aichi simply takes a few damage and defends himself with a couple of cards, all while taunting Kiriya about Ren giving him the Shadow Paladin deck because he is strong. After riding Dusk Illusionist, Robert, Kiriya is able to deal three damage to Aichi, giving him almost complete control of the match. However, as Miwa states, Aichi is just playing around with Kiriya, as he rides Phantom Blaster Dragon and calls another Blaster Dark as a rear-guard to help deal damage. Kiriya is able to defend himself, allowing only one damage as he eagerly calls "Final Turn" on Aichi. With Ren watching, Kiriya stands in shock as Aichi completely defends himself and takes no damage. Wondering if Kai is watching his fight, Aichi claims he will show how strong he is, calling his "Final Turn" on Kiriya. Calling two more grade 3 units, Aichi soundly defeats Kiriya, while still muttering that he needs to be even stronger for Kai's recognition. As everyone in the stadium cheers Team Q4 for winning the elimination rounds, Ren congratulates Aichi for winning, while forgetting who Kiriya is. Meanwhile, Kai is seen walking away from watching the match, swearing to himself that he will stop Aichi.

Robert K. Olson

champgs

Welcome to Card Capital
ようこそ! カードキャピタルへ
Just as Aichi and his friends are surrounded by more Reversed fighters, Teams Asteroid and Avengers appear. They fend off the Reversed fighters while Aichi and Ren go together to face Reversed Takuto, who has revealed himself as being the emissary of Link Joker. They meet on the rooftop of Tatsunagi HQ, where Reversed Takuto states that he has completely absorbed the original Takuto and has gotten stronger from doing so. He further explains that the world will end once the gate floating above them fully opens. Then, Kai appears and challenges Ren. And so, the two wage battle as Aichi and Reversed Takuto observe, with Kai returning to his Kagero deck. As the cardfight ensues, Ren expresses his enlightenment in fighting against Kai while showing signs of his former sadistic self when he was possessed by Psyqualia. Kai responds by forewarning Ren's defeat once his true power is unleashed...
Hidden Fighting Spirit
初試合！宮地学園VS後江高校
それぞれの夏

Sak Kuk

The tournament finals begin, and Ren delivers an egotistical speech at the beginning that angers the other teams. Team Q4 battles through the first two rounds, but coming up next is their "rivals", Team Caesar.
占いファイト!
A Windy Day
新たなる仲間たち
Otokomae Faito! Mitsusada VS Gouki
ダイユーシャ堕つ

Co-founder of the Rafael Cancel Miranda High School, now

幻影のﾗﾃｨ
Aichi attempts to interview the whimsical Ren. After visiting a clothing store, Misaki tries to give more cheerful greetings to customers at Card Capital.
Kai no Kage
The Intersecting Path
Results of the Training Camp
Tsunagu Mono
Beyond the Bond

Sanderling, Kurt

男前ファイト! 光定ＶＳゴウキ

Shin introduces the "Standing Fight Table" to enrich the experience of a Vanguard fight, with Morikawa and Kamui being the first to play on it. After Kamui once again beats Morikawa, Aichi and his friends return to their homes but then see Kai walking back to his home. Wanting to learn where Kai lives, Aichi, Kamui, and Miwa try to follow him, but Kai soon notices them tailing him. Aichi apologizes and asks for Kai to battle him again, but he declines. However, Kamui challenges Kai, and he reluctantly accepts.

The next day, the two commence their cardfight. Kai gains the upper hand by getting a grade 3 card, Embodiment of Victory, Aleph, into play before Kamui, who counterattacks with his own grade 3 unit Mr. Invincible. But Kai soon summons another grade 3 unit Vortex Dragon, and he later activates its Soulblast skill to destroy three of Kamui's units, leaving Kamui unable to defend himself from Kai's final attacks. Kai defeats Kamui and takes his leave, but not before Aichi tells him that he'll become a stronger and more worthy opponent for him.

Team Q4 Heads for the Regional Tournament!
Team Q4 arrives at the site of the national tournament grounds and meets Team Caesar, composed of Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada and the siblings Gai and Yuri Usui, who were the last national tournament's finalists and former champions. Everything seems to be going well, but due to Kai's increasingly arrogant and insulting attitude, Kamui decides he can no longer work with him and abandons the team. Aichi attempts to go after him, but is reminded that if he also leaves, Team Q4 will be unable to participate in the tournament and will therefore be disqualified. With some advice from Kenji, Aichi decides to win the preliminary rounds and earn Q4 a spot in the finals, so Kamui can return.
助っとは中学生!
Kaze no Yukue
The cardfight between Aichi and Reversed Takuto begins. Although Aichi inflicts 5 damage, this allows Reversed Takuto to start setting up his "World End" strategy with "Omega" Glendios by locking almost all of Aichi's rear-guards. Reversed Takuto also tries to make Aichi falter by making Aichi the villain. Moreover, Reversed Takuto mentions that if Aichi defeats him, then Kourin will also be badly affected. After Aichi takes another hit from Reversed Takuto's Glendios, the gate above Tatsunagi HQ opens, and Link Joker units emerge from it and start their invasion on Earth.
Kaisen! Kesshō Tōnamento

After Serra creates the Millenium Blizzard Prison, Kamui begins his fight against him. He quickly deals a lot of damage to Serra while proclaiming that he will find Aichi. Serra taunts him by saying that Aichi does not want to be with Kamui and the others anymore. Serra triumphs over Kamui, which causes the prison to damage Kamui's body. Both Misaki and Kamui try to fight Rati and Serra again, but due to their injuries, the two Quatre Knights simply leave but not before Serra tells Kamui that the Quatre Knights must be defeated in order to reach Aichi. After Misaki and Kamui regroup, they decide to return to Card Capital and upgrade their decks.

Meanwhile, Kai returns to Team Asteroid HQ along with Miwa and Naoki. They meet with Ren and ask about Aichi, but Ren again claims he does not remember him. However, when Kai mentions the Quatre Knights, Ren shows awareness about them, which makes Kai believe that Ren knows more than he is letting on. To find answers from Ren, Kai prepares to cardfight him.

Stephane Houdet / Stefan Olsson

Kamui no Kobushi

Aichi faces Morikawa in the last fight of this intramural match. Although initially mad with using Kai's Kagero deck and not his own, Morikawa nonetheless puts a great amount of pressure on Aichi. All the while, Kai watches the fight as an opportunity to see if his Kagero deck is strong enough against the current Aichi, who strikes back with the Break Ride of Solitary Liberator, Gancelot to empower itself and his rear-guards. Morikawa defends and makes it to his next turn, in which he rides Dragonic Overlord the End. Pairing its Personablast with the Break Ride effect of Dauntless Drive Dragon, Morikawa attacks Aichi with the End three times in a row. Determined to win for the sake of the Cardfight Club, Aichi withstands the onslaught and then uses Gancelot's Break Ride again on the following turn to land a final blow. Aichi emerges victorious over Morikawa, meaning that the Miyaji Academy Cardfight Club wins the intramural match. Aichi and his friends are then congratulated by Hitsue Vanguard Club, with Kai coming to the conclusion that Aichi has indeed grown stronger, perhaps more so than himself.

In spite of being irritated by the Cardfight Club's victory, Naito allows the club to become official and also provides the club with a faculty advisor: Mr. Nakamurabashi, who is clueless about Vanguard. Nevertheless, now that the Cardfight Club has been made official, Aichi and his fellow members look forward to what the future holds for the club.

Saikyō Chīmu, AL4 !
ファイトの支配者
Nazo no Kādo Shoppu
アメフト部の刺客
Senpū! Shōgakusei Faitā Kamui
Challenger at the Snow Fields
Zassō Tamashī!!

Now that the Cardfight Club has become official, the new faculty advisor Nakamurabashi has the club decide on a captain and vice-captain for the club by order of Naito. Since Aichi was the person who started the club, he reluctantly accepts the position of captain. As for vice-captain, Shingo is the only person who honestly wants the job while the others are apathetic on the matter. Not wanting to make a hasty decision, Nakamurabashi recommends to hold off until tomorrow on who to elect for vice-captain. After school, Misaki is convinced by her friend Akari Yotsue to try out for vice-captain. The same happens with Kourin being persuaded by Takuto.

The club meets the next day, and when Nakamurabashi asks again for who wants to be the vice-captain, Shingo, Naoki, Misaki, and Kourin all raise their hands. To finally settle things, the four cardfight each other with the overall winner becoming the vice-captain. Misaki defeats Shingo, but Naoki suffers a terrible loss against Kourin. Before the final faceoff between the two girls, Naoki expresses his frustration by saying how bad he feels after finding a passion in Vanguard and yet not initially caring for becoming vice-captain of the Cardfight Club. However, he soon gets over his mortification with a smile. Noticing his strong enthusiasm, Misaki, Kourin, and Shingo agree to have Naoki be the vice-captain. As the club walks home from school, Naoki impulsively runs towards a riverside, followed by Aichi and Shingo, where Naoki and Shingo scuffle a bit in the river before all the boys let out one big yell at the sunset.

波乱の幕開け! 全国大会!!
Ren begins his fight against the Reversed Suiko, who explains everything regarding Void, Reverse, and Link Joker to him. Although Ren is caught off-guard by the lock ability of Suiko's Link Joker deck, he maintains a strong front and strikes back with Blaster Dark Revenger. Suiko then unleashes the Limit Break of Schwarzschild Dragon to lock three of Ren's units, thus dealing major damage to him and weakening his following attack. Despite this, in order to reach Tetsu and Asaka, Ren uses Revenger, Raging Form Dragon to hopefully end the game. Suiko blocks Raging Form's assault, but Ren activates its Limit Break to Superior Persona Ride another Raging Form from his hand and attacks again, this time finishing the fight. As a result of Ren's victory, Suiko falls unconscious and eventually awakens but no longer Reversed. The two then ascend Team Asteroid headquarters and enter Asaka's room as Ren shows concern for her safety...
A New Shine!
Ō kara no Chōsen-jō
Caesar's Empress

Queen of Palenque

トモダチ
お前にブレイク
Ryudo brutally corners Aichi with the speed and power of his Tachikaze deck, bringing the score to 5-3 in Ryudo's favor. To make a reversal, Aichi rides his new ace card, Soul Saver Dragon. Managing to get a critical trigger, it looks like the match has been decided. But luck favors Ryudo, who gets a last-minute heal trigger and survives, winning on the next turn. The next match features Misaki who, despite cleverly using the attribute of Silent Tom to cripple her opponent's ability to guard, is also defeated in the exact same manner. As a result, Team Jurassic Army defeats Q4 with a score of 2-0. Although Aichi and Misaki feel devastated after losing, they are comforted by Shin who tells them how well they actually fought. Jurassic Army also shows respect by saluting them for their efforts, making Team Q4 feel better and more eager to win the national tournament.
強豪 福原高校
Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom
Feelings About Victory
驚愕の新メンバー
It's Summer! It's Camp! It's Vanguard!

Secretary, Executive Office of Public Safety, Comm. Of Massachusetts

The Fall of Daiyusha
鎖裁つ者
ショップ大会開幕

Colletta, Pietro

Kamui tricks Misaki into helping him with his homework. In Mini Van Space Wars, the crew of the spaceship Card Capital is under attack by the alien forces of Team Asteroid.
Fukushū no Kyō

Lok, Michael

To prepare for the national tournament, worried about cardfighters on Ren's level, Aichi and Misaki engage in a fight. Throughout the battle, Misaki exhibits her excellent memorization skills, to which Aichi and Kamui praise. However, their constant compliments have the opposite effect on Misaki as memories of her tragic past about her parents dying in a car crash surface in her mind, causing her to break down. Though she dominates the match by preventing Aichi's strategy from taking effect until it is too late, and finishing him off by means of a critical trigger, she abandons the team directly afterwards, claiming to be unable to fight any longer. Stunned, Aichi and Kamui try to discover what they have done wrong...
Miyaji Gakuen Chūtōbu

best-time

Genkai o Koeru Shishi

Jessica Garlick

Takuto faces off against his Reversed self while outside, Aichi is being protected by his friends when they get surrounded by other Reversed fighters. Takuto uses Salvation Lion, Grand Ezel Scissors to unlock his rear-guards from Reversed Takuto's lock effects, but he responds with Star-vader, "Omega" Glendios. Reversed Takuto uses its Limit Break to permanently lock all of Takuto's rear-guards one by one while also preventing him from using Ezel Scissors's skill to unlock them. After locking all of Takuto's rear-guards, Reversed Takuto activates the Ultimate Break of "Omega" Glendios to automatically win the fight and then absorbs Takuto into his body. Soon after, Aichi appears before Reversed Takuto.
Kesshō de no Saisen!!
Kai takes his anger out on Aichi after supposedly having a dream of losing to Morikawa. In a futuristic era, Aichi and his friends are the crew members of the spaceship Card Capital and are about to combat evil alien forces .
Rematch of the Knights

David Coldrick

In a quest to gather more mates who remember Aichi, Kai tries to get Ren to recall him. Unfortunately, Ren cannot remember him, and Kai leaves in disappointment. Later, after a day of school, Kai decides to cardfight Miwa in an attempt to remind him of Aichi. So, Kai faces off against Miwa, who is using the former's Kagero deck. As the cardfight progresses, memories of Aichi slowly pop into Miwa's mind, but he still does not fully remember him. When Kai finishes the match with a Legion attack from both Seeker, Sing Saver Dragon and Blaster Blade Seeker, Miwa finally remembers Aichi. Afterwards, Misaki and Naoki inform Kai about the encounter with Moress. Suddenly, Kamui appears and issues a challenge to Kai.
副部長はだれだ!?
白熱のトーナメント!

Aichi is feeling desperate by the fact that he and Q4 must win the Japan Stage of the VF Circuit. To better prepare the team, Shin recommends for Aichi, Kamui, and Misaki to battle against other stronger, non-Q4-affiliated cardfighters. Aichi takes a look at his Blond Ezel card and is reminded about Kourin, the person who gave it to him. So, Q4 goes to Card Shop PSY and requests for the Ultra Rare girls to cardfight with them for training purposes. They accept, and thus the battles ensue. The first match-up is between Aichi and Kourin, who now uses an Angel Feather deck. Aichi gains the upper hand when he superior rides Pellinore, but Kourin uses her Angel Feathers' skills to swap cards from her damage zone and then calling them. As the fight continues, Kourin antagonistically puts down Aichi by telling him to give up and how he's reached his limits. He proves her wrong and shows his conviction when he rides Blond Ezel and activates its Limit Break to defeat her. Despite her harsh words, Kourin is actually glad that Aichi won.

Then, the second match-up starts with Kamui against Suiko, who also uses an Angel Feather deck. Although Kamui takes some precaution by not dealing 4 damage to Suiko for fear of Limit Break, she nonetheless plays a card named Doctroid Micros, whose skill is used to purposely give herself 4 damage. Not only can she now activate the Limit Break of her key card, Chief Nurse, Shamsiel, but she also powers up all of her front-row units as well. How will Kamui deal with Suiko's Limit Break?

ナオキの拳

The Vanguard Fight High School Championship finally begins with the Miyaji Cardfight Club having to attend the Kanto regional qualifiers. In the waiting room, the club sees Fukuhara's and Hitsue's Vanguard teams. In particular, Hitsue's team has a surprisingly strong look of determination to win the entire tournament. The first round pits Miyaji Academy against Hitsue High in a best-of-3 match. In the first game, Kai defeats Shingo, which puts Hitsue up 1-0.

The second game features Miwa vs. Misaki. For the sake of his teammates, the typically-carefree Miwa goes all out with the Limit Break of Hellfire Seal Dragon, Blockade Inferno to retire all of Misaki's grade 2 rear-guards and gain a significant amount of power. Misaki completely defends herself, but she is left with a weakened battle formation. Nonetheless, on her next turn, Misaki rides Goddess of Good Luck, Fortuna and reassembles her forces. She also activates Fortuna's Limit Break to perform three drive checks and manages to get two drive triggers to increase her overall power, ultimately winning the game and tying the score 1-1.

For the third and final game that will decide which team will advance through the tournament, Aichi and Izaki must fight each other.

At the End of the Battle...
Hatsu Shiai! Miyaji Gakuen VS Hitsue Kōkō
Wall of the General
Reinforcements from the Junior High School!
The Place Where Aichi Will Return
Jurassic Army

The news of Kourin transferring into Aichi's class becomes a hot topic, especially when the male classmates start talking to Aichi to get closer to her once they learn that the two know each other. Then, Aichi gets an idea on how to promote Vanguard at his school. Because there is no Cardfight Club, Aichi decides to make one himself. The next day, he tries to recruit enough members to officially start the club by handing out leaflets in front of the school. His pleas fall on deaf ears until Kourin agrees to be a member. Her enlistment is followed by several other boys who want to join , but she proposes that anybody who wants to become club members will have to defeat either her and Aichi in cardfights before they can enter. The two easily beat all of the challengers, but then Naoki steps up to play against Kourin with honest feelings of wanting to join the club.

With a new Jewel Knight Royal Paladin deck, Kourin battles Naoki, who uses the Eradicator Narukami trial deck he bought a while ago. In the middle of the fight, Naoki reveals that he knew Aichi from when he was in the elementary school division of Miyaji Academy and how he felt guilty for not doing anything to help Aichi who was being bullied at the time. Naoki further explains that seeing how much Aichi has changed because of Vanguard motivated him to find something to be passionate about and ultimately change himself. In the end, Naoki defeats Kourin with the Break Ride ability of Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon. With that, Naoki is initiated into the newly formed Cardfight Club, and Aichi's life in high school truly begins.

Tight-knit Ship
Everyone celebrates Christmas and exchanges gifts with each other.
Maiorita Hijiri Ryū

Otoole, Kathleen

Kecchaku! Shoppu Taikai
Tsuki, Michiru Toki
Kai's Battle
The Lion That Surpasses The Limit

Kamui and Suiko's cardfight continues. Suiko uses Shamsiel's Limit Break and the Angel Feather stategy of switching cards from her hand with ones from the damage zone, thereby increasing her units' attack strength and acquiring the cards she wants. She also tells Kamui that power alone is not enough to win. Despite her words, Kamui manages to win through the sheer force of Perfect Raizer.

Then, the rematch between Misaki and Rekka begins. Although Misaki gets the first turn, Rekka gets a grade 3 in play first by superior riding her new ace card, Crimson Impact, Metatron. With its Limit Break, Rekka superior calls more Angel Feathers from her damage zone and pressures Misaki to use a lot of her cards to block against her attacks. The two then have a conversation about how it was Rekka who motivated Misaki to change her deck. Misaki further elaborates that she was hesitant on changing her deck because she thought it would also mean changing the memories associated with her first deck. However, Misaki eventually realized that even if she did change her deck, it would not mean losing what was most important to her. Back to the game, Misaki takes a chance by riding another Scarlet Witch, CoCo, sacrificing attack power for the opportunity of drawing the card she needs to win. Her gamble pays off when she draws and calls a second Silent Tom. With 2 Toms, Misaki renders Rekka unable to guard with any grade 0 units against their attacks and emerges victorious. Afterwards, Team Q4 thanks Ultra Rare for the matches. But before Q4 can leave, three mysterious lights shine from the shop's holographic card displays. These lights make their way to Q4 and are revealed to be three new cards, one for each member. Suiko claims that the cards have chosen Q4 to be their owners. With newfound experience and cards, Q4 is now pumped and ready to win the Japan Stage.

ドキドキの文化祭

Young, Peter

Tatewaki Naito, the student council chairman of the Miyaji Academy High School Division, deems Aichi's Cardfight Club to be unnecessary for the school and orders the vice-chairman, Itsuki Suwabe, to devise on how to abolish it. Elsewhere, the Cardfight Club finds an empty classroom to serve its official headquarters. Then, the school's American football team, the Miyaji Vipers, barges in and takes the club outside to the academy's sub-ground where the Vipers' quarterback/captain, Kongou "the Catapult" Ikki, challenges Aichi to a cardfight, with the former appropriately using a Spike Brothers deck. This is an elaborate plan set up by Suwabe to have Kongou defeat Aichi and thereby crush the Cardfight Club members' spirits into not wanting to continue the club.

Kongou uses strong Limit Break effects of the latest Spike Brothers to push for victory, but Aichi successfully defends and makes it to his next turn. Aichi then utilizes both the Break Ride of Solitary Liberator, Gancelot and the Limit Break of Liberator of the Round Table, Alfred to overpower and beat Kongou. This loss causes the football team's female cheerleaders to dump Kongou and the Vipers, which devastates them. Later, Naoki asks Kongou's motive for challenging the Cardfight Club, to which he answers that while he was bribed by the student council with a bigger budget for the football team, he mainly did it for the sake of playing against a strong cardfighter like Aichi. The Vipers then take their leave, and the Cardfight Club is more motivated to find a fifth member to have the club become official before the student council acts again.

決戦! ブライダルファイト

Preliminary Round Replay

並び立つ能力者
Pride of the Elite
謎のカードショップ
The regionals commence once again, with Team Q4 and Team Handsome competing. Battles rage between newcomers and returning players as Team Handsome advances to the next round. Team Q4's first opponent, though, is Team Fragrance, a dangerous group whose members claim to be able to sense their opponent's feelings by their scent. Aichi displays extraordinary confidence by claiming the first spot for Q4 and proceeds to the fighting arena.
双闘
裏ファイトの王
Aichi and Kamui try to play Vanguard using only their imaginations. Misaki shows that she refers her friends by nicknames on her cellphone's contact list.
Light and Nothingness
秘められたメッセージ
While buying a booster pack, Aichi uses Psyqualia to see if the pack contains a grade 3 card, which upsets Shin. Then, Aichi has a strange dream about an unknown Vanguard unit called Capelin; he later tries to find out what it is but is shocked by his discovery. Finally, it is a quiet day in Card Capital when Misaki, Tetsu, and Kai are the only ones there.
二人の頂上決戦
星空の下で...

Kamui and Kai advance to the second round of the tournament along with Ninja Master M, an eccentric player who dresses and acts like a ninja. He meets Aichi, who deduces that he is actually his teacher Mr. Mark Whiting, but he denies that claim . The tournament progresses to the second round matches with Aichi facing off against Ninja Master M while Kai plays against the previous tournament's champion Kazuki Inaba.

Ninja Master M uses his Nubatama ninja units' effects to deplete the cards in Aichi's hands. He drives Aichi to a corner when he rides his ace card Stealth Dragon, Voidmaster and leaves only one card in Aichi's hand. While this is going on, Kai defeats Inaba in his match.

Ren pulls ahead of Asaka in terms of damage, but she then Crossrides Silver Thorn Dragon Queen, Luquier "Яeverse". Despite Asaka's taunts and expressing her frustration from thinking that Ren has never acknowledged her, he answers back by saying that he has always noticed her. With that, Ren makes a final attack after calling more Blaster Dark Revengers to his field, and Asaka is freed from the spell of Reverse. Afterwards, Ren, Asaka, and Suiko reach the top floor of Team Asteroid headquarters where Ren goes alone to fight a Reversed Tetsu on the rooftop.
絆の舟
Chīmu Q4 Futatabi

Márton Fucsovics / Hsieh Cheng-peng

Aichi VS Kamui
Aichi tries to show off his skills as a "master detective". For Tanabata, Miwa wishes to find a girlfriend but then causes a great misunderstanding. When strange things happen to Aichi, he eventually realizes that he is in a dream.
帰ってきた忍者マスター
Yōkoso! Kādo Kyapitaru e
Birth of the Cardfight Club!
Kai rides King of Knights, Alfred to give Aichi some damage. However, on the next turn, Aichi declares "Final Turn", attacking with Phantom Blaster Dragon and Blaster Dark attacks but Kai successfully guards against both of them. Failing his "Final Turn", Aichi is shocked and forced to end his turn, giving Kai the chance to show Aichi what true strength is. Kai declares "Final Turn" as he rides Alfred Early, a younger form of King of Knights, Alfred. Through Alfred Early's skill, Blaster Blade is superior called from the soul. Blaster Blade makes Aichi realize that relying on Psyqualia isn't real power and has him remember the kind of cardfight he originally wanted with Kai. Remembering all of that and realizing that he had the strength he wanted all along, Aichi is convinced to give up Psyqualia, the Shadow Paladin deck, and Blaster Dark as his avatar. The fight is called off, and Kai gives back Aichi's Royal Paladin deck.
秘めたる闘志
Q4 returns home to rest and recover for the next leg of the Circuit. Aichi learns that Kai hasn't appeared at Card Capital and hasn't been seen in the city since they left. As Aichi wonders about his missing friend, the scene shifts and reveals Kai is traveling the world getting stronger. Currently, he is in a snowy mountain region where he battles a rumored abominable snowman. It is soon revealed that the snowman is actually Kyou Yahagi in disguise, still aiming to get his revenge on Kai. Kyou has gained new cards, one of them being Demonic Lord, Dudley Emperor which has the power of Limit Break. Can Kai manage to withstand 5 attacks that could result in up to 7 damage in 1 turn?
Naoki's Fist
The Card Capital Shop Tournament finally begins. In the first round, Aichi must play against Izaki while at the same time, Morikawa battles Misaki. The atmosphere of the tournament makes Aichi grow nervous. His tournament jitters get the better of him as he makes many amateur mistakes. But when he sees that Izaki is also just as nervous and makes similar mistakes, Aichi realizes that he's not alone, regains his composure, and remembers that Vanguard fights should be fun. When he tells Izaki that, he too calms down, and the two continue playing the game at their best. In the end, not only does Aichi win, but Misaki also advances to the next round.
Shin receives advice from CEO Amaterasu on how to increase revenue for Card Capital. Aichi tries to wake up Kai in the Mini Van Broadcast segment.
Q4 VS Urutorarea
Assemble! Japan Stage
美しきアサシン
The Last Dance
Psyqualia
Kaze no Tsuyoi Hi

Ix Sak K'uk'

Kōrin

New Point, Indiana

Targeted Idol
The Assista-cat is now the hardworking manager of Card Capital which has become a bakery. However, this all turns out to be one of the Assista-cat's dreams.
A Man's Willpower
Tanjō!? Kādofaitobu
Uranai Faito!
Kessen! Nova Gurappurā!

Serena Williams / Venus Williams

アイチとカムイ
Harahara!? Emi no Hatsu Faito
Ren no Nozomi
The Black Vanguard
Handsome Fight! Koutei vs. Gouki
Activate! Limit Break!
Aidorufaito
Awakening of the Twin Blades
Kyou is the guest of the Mini Van Broadcast segment this time. Kamui fantasizes what it would be like if he and Emi were siblings.
The Powerful Fukuhara High
Ren no Yakusoku
Wārudo Endo
剣闘士 （グラディエーター）
騎士王、出陣!
Kamui takes Aichi to Card Shop Handsome, a pirate-themed store that Kamui used to visit. They meet the previous regional champions that had gone on to play at the national tournament, Team Handsome, which is led by Gouki Daimonji, an old friend of Kamui. Soon after, they also meet Gouki's little sister Nagisa. She has a huge crush on Kamui to the point that she wants to marry him despite their young age, but the feeling is not mutual. When Kamui tries to explain that he's in love with Aichi's sister Emi, the situation is misinterpreted as Aichi trying to take Kamui away from Nagisa and hurting her feelings. Always wanting to make her little sister happy, Gouki challenges Aichi to a cardfight with the winner getting Kamui. As the fight goes on, Aichi learns the horror of Gouki's Granblue deck as he constantly resurrects his undead pirates from the drop zone. The level of a cardfighter who has played in a national tournament proves to be too much for Aichi; Gouki defeats him, making Aichi learn the level of competition that he will face in the future and more eager to get stronger. After the game, the misunderstanding is cleared, and Nagisa goes back to chasing after Kamui, much to his dismay.

If This Is Love

Shingo tells Naoki about a Cardfight Circle formed in the middle school division of Miyaji Academy. Shingo suggests that the two of them should pay a visit to the circle and build a relationship between it and the Cardfight Club. Naoki agrees, but he is unaware of Shingo's scheme; he plans to use this as his chance to impress the underclassmen and take them under his wing, thereby raising his status over Naoki. The two go to the Cardfight Circle's clubroom where they meet Emi and Mai, who are two of the three members of the circle. Naoki and Mai play a friendly match, in which Naoki shockingly loses to Mai's Bermuda Triangle deck. After the game, he asks her for advice in a somewhat intimidating fashion. But this earns him to be reprimanded by Misaki, who later enters with Aichi.

Not knowing that Aichi and Emi are siblings, Shingo gets offended when he hears Emi talking to Aichi in a casual manner, which causes her to get mad with Shingo. This leads to a cardfight pitting Emi, using a PR♥ISM-themed Bermuda Triangle deck, against Shingo, who is using a Narukami deck this time. Although Shingo deals 5 damage to her, Emi nonetheless uses the Break Ride of PR♥ISM-Image, Vert to empower her vanguard PR♥ISM-Promise, Labrador and then returns three of her rear-guards to her hand. She then activates the Limit Break of Labrador to call three rear-guards from her hand to the field, which gives Labrador more power and critical value. Along with getting a critical trigger, Emi thoroughly defeats Shingo. Just as he requests for Aichi to avenge him, Ultra Rare's Rekka Tatsunagi appears in a Miyaji Academy uniform.

Longest-incarcerated advocate for Puerto Rico's independence

Towa no Marionetto
Kyōgō Fukuhara Kōkō
Dakkan Seyo!! Miyaji Gakuen
Q4 arrives in Singapore. While sight-seeing, they run into their friendly rivals, Team Caesar. Kenji and his friends take them to a local university, SIT , where students learn about specific studies in Vanguard and where Kenji hopes to attend when he graduates from high school. They then meet three young boys, Christopher Lo, Ali Pajeel, and Lee Shenlon, who are students of the university despite being the same age as Kamui. The SIT boys get into a heated discussion about how they got an early start in attending SIT and how there's little to no hope for those who attend later than they have. After leaving the university, Aichi sees Takuto and follows him trying to get an answer. Kourin arrives and lets him know the only way to meet with Takuto is to win the VF Circuit. Before leaving, Kourin gives Aichi a card, Incandescent Lion, Blond Ezel. He returns to the hotel and reorganizes his deck with his friends and with cards that Shin purchased in Singapore. The next day, the VF Circuit begins. Q4 learns that Chris, Ali, and Lee are the members of a rival team, SIT Genius, in the VF Circuit, and the worldwide broadcast of the Circuit begins.
Shoppu Taikai Kaimaku
In the conclusion of Mini Van Space Wars, Captain Kai orders the entire crew to evacuate the ship while he stays on to fight to the bitter end. It is then revealed that Space Wars is actually a story written by Kai.

Peter Norfolk

Garlick, Jessica

As Emi continues coming to Card Capital, Shin convinces her to try the game out for herself. While approaching the game shop, Morikawa has his fortune told and he finds that he will have luck with his juniors today . When they arrive at the card shop, Aichi is surprised when Emi is preparing to play Vanguard. Emi is handed Misaki's deck as Shin wants both Aichi and Emi to battle together. However, following the fortune he read, Morikawa wishes to take Aichi's place and a battle between the new player Emi and the "Expert Naive Player" Morikawa begins, with Kamui bitter about how Morikawa is playing against her instead of himself. With some tips from Aichi, Kamui, and Shin, and only using "cute" cards, Emi defeats Morikawa with some beginner's luck.
Kokurin no Chikara

Co-founder of the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center.

勝利へのライド
伝説の文化祭
Whirlwind! Kamui, the Grade-School Fighter!

Johannes

Peter Young

Saint-Barthélemy

Blue Flames Gaillard
Power of the Tag Fight!

Tyrone/Down

Ankoku Jigen Gattai! Ribāsu Daiyūsha

Crellius, Johannes

Continuing his broadcast which is only visible to cardfighters, Takuto reveals everything about Reverse and the black rings in the sky scattered around the world. He explains that those are gates which grow with each fighter becoming Reversed, eventually enveloping the entire world in darkness. At the end of the broadcast, as Aichi and his friends come to grips with this revelation, Kamui finally succumbs to Reverse and challenges Aichi. Soon becoming overwhelmed by an increased number of Reversed fighters, Aichi and his friends escape along with Gouki, Nagisa, Emi, Mai, and Rekka thanks to the timely arrival of Shin.

Elsewhere, Miwa fights Kai using the latter's Kagero deck in an attempt to open his eyes. However, his efforts end in vain as Kai defeats him with Star-vader, Chaos Breaker Dragon while also telling Miwa that he became Reversed of his own volition to become as strong as Aichi and Ren.

At Card Capital, Aichi and his friends decide to confront Takuto for information. Suddenly, Miwa, now Reversed, appears and tells them that they will have to fight Kai before getting to Takuto. He also tells Aichi that he and Ren are what drove Kai to becoming Reversed in the first place. After Miwa takes his leave, everyone resolves themselves to press onward, but Aichi is showing signs of hesitation after what Miwa said...

不死の恐怖! グランブルーデッキ
Determined to turn Ren back to his former self, Kai Crossrides Dragonic Overlord the End and performs its Personablast, discarding a copy of itself to have it stand up and attack twice. With this second assault, Kai hopes to attain victory in an attempt to snap Ren out of his Psyqualia obsession. However, it proves ineffective against Ren, who then Crossrides his own trump card: Phantom Blaster Overlord . In retaliation, Ren uses Phantom Blaster Overlord's Personablast to gain immense power and +1 critical, both of which help Ren win the game. Because of this failed battle, it leaves Kai devastated with no hope. Unable to help Kai in this situation, Aichi is then asked by Suiko to make a choice; will Aichi choose the light or the darkness?

After Aichi tells his friends at Card Capital about how his school's student council is causing problems for the Cardfight Club, he repeatedly requests for Misaki to join as the fifth member. However, she still turns him down, having mixed feelings on the matter and being insulted by Kourin for not being serious on becoming a member. Then, to quickly shut down of the Cardfight Club, the student council creates a deadline for all potential clubs with at least five members to report to the council, or else they will not be officially recognized by the school. At the last second, Misaki declares herself as the Cardfight Club's fifth member after resolving her feelings of earnestly wanting to join the club. As an initiation test and to prove herself to Kourin, Misaki cardfights Aichi.

With her new Genesis deck, Misaki uses the Limit Break abilities of both Eternal Goddess, Iwanagahime and Battle Deity of the Night, Artemis to eventually defeat Aichi and becomes a proper member of the Cardfight Club. However, when Aichi and his friends go to the student council to gain official status, the council denies them because the club does not have a faculty advisor. Nonetheless, Naito proposes another method for the club to be recognized: produce results by winning against another high school's cardfighting team. Aichi agrees to the terms, and so Naito arranges for the Cardfight Club's opposing team, which has familiar-looking members...

O typical,
O natural variant

二人のレオン
After calling out "Final Turn" and using the Personablast of Phantom Blaster Overlord, Ren fails to defeat Aichi as he miraculously draws a heal trigger. Aichi then realizes his true self, acknowledging both his light and dark sides, as he summons Majesty Lord Blaster to get Ren out of his Psyqualia addiction. Majesty Lord Blaster's skill shocks Ren as Majesty Lord Blaster gets +10000 attack power and an extra critical by adding both Blaster Blade and Blaster Dark in the soul. This power increase and getting a critical trigger help Aichi to finally defeat Ren, thus crowning Team Q4 the national champions and ridding Ren of Psyqualia. A week later, Aichi, also having lost Psyqualia, goes to Card Capital where all of his friends await him, including Kai, looking to have the real honest fight that Aichi wanted with him.
The Leader, Kai
Teehee
Sōran Ryū Meirusutorōmu
Dangerous Scent
Sōryū Reon
Rokku
Moeyo! Honkon Sutēji
The Blazing Lion
レンの約束
Thrilling! Emi's First Fight!
The One Who Cuts Through Chains
Ren gives Misaki the nickname "Misa-Q". Aichi tries to fall asleep by counting sheep but keeps thinking about Great Nature units. Kyou makes fun of Ren's nickname for Asaka which greatly angers her.
Aichi and his friends decide to go to a different card shop called PSY. There, after being greeted by a girl named Rekka, they try out the shop's special Vanguard Fight Stage. It oddly reacts to Aichi, which leads to a woman, Kourin, challenging him to a cardfight. When the two begin the battle, Aichi is surprised that the stage brings the cards to life. Aichi and Kourin, who also uses a Royal Paladin deck, continue their battle, until Aichi makes a bad decision in not guarding one of her vanguard's attacks, ultimately leading to his defeat. Afterwards, another woman, Suiko, gives Aichi the King of Knights, Alfred card as a special memento for visiting the card shop. Later, Aichi learns from Morikawa that the card shop they visited has mysteriously disappeared.
燃えよ! 香港ステージ
林間学校
Team Q4 battles Team Divination in the 2nd round. All 3 members supposedly have psychic powers that allow them to see the future, and they each play with Oracle Think Tank decks, the same deck Misaki uses. Aichi's opponent, Crystal, uses his crystal ball to predict his victory. Kamui's opponent, Oracle Sticks, foretells that misfortune will strike Kamui via the Dark Cat card . Misaki's opponent, Horoscope, flirts with her and proclaims that she will fall in love with him. Despite Team Divination's declarations and some bad luck on Kamui's part, Q4 sweeps Divination 3-0 while exposing each member as phony prophets. After the battle, Q4 runs into SIT Genius on the street. Kamui vows to never lose to fighters the same age as he is, and Misaki wonders how she can avoid facing off against an opponent with the power of Limit Break.
The King of Underground Fights

Derry/Donegal
Fermanagh/Antrim

In the style of rakugo, Kamui tells a story about Kai supposedly having a fear of kittens which Morikawa tries to exploit.

Puerto Rican political prisoner in the United States

Kessen! Buraidarufaito
激突! オーバーロード

Norman Garwood

Demon World General
青き炎のガイヤール
Q4 VS ウルトラレア

O auxiliary

Facing the "Lock"
PSY Kuoria
Mō Hitotsu no Fū Faitā
ジュラシックアーミー
PSYからの挑戦状

Gillette, Francis

Naoki uses Eradicator, Tempest Bolt Dragon to defeat Shingo, thereby freeing him of Reverse. Naoki, Naito, and Suwabe then take Shingo inside the school where he regains his senses. Meanwhile, Aichi thinks about what Leon said to him as he walks to Card Capital. Once there, he wonders where Naoki and Shingo are, and Misaki deduces that the two have gone off on their own to take on any Reversed fighters.

Back at Miyaji Academy, Naoki remembers the secret room where he previously followed Maki to, and it is there that Naoki engages her in a cardfight while Shingo, Naito, and Suwabe watch. As the two wage battle, Maki reveals she knows about how Naoki was previously a loner like herself and further exclaims that he should embrace the darkness of Link Joker like she has. As Naoki gets caught up in Maki's image, Shingo reminds Naoki that he is not alone. Those words snap Naoki out of the image; he then goes on to beat Maki with Tempest Bolt Dragon. Her loss means that the last of Miyaji Academy's Reversed fighters have been dealt with, resulting in the gate floating above the school dissipating. Afterwards, Maki, no longer Reversed, regains consciousness under the care of Naito and Suwabe, both of whom discovering a new appreciation for Vanguard. Aichi and Misaki arrive and meet up with Shingo and Naoki, who collapses from exhaustion. When Shingo tells them about Naoki's reasons for doing all of this, Aichi finds the resolve to confront his other Reversed friends and starts heading towards Takuto's place.

Gekka no Kingumēkā
Kishi-ō, Shutsujin!
Our Respective Summers

Kim Clijsters

Team Q4 and friends head to the Hong Kong Stage of the VF Circuit, hoping to advance to meet with Takuto. While in front of the stadium, before the fights start, they have a short run-in with three males, one big, one normal-sized, and one small. Shin vaguely remembers seeing them before, and it is then that two identical girls appear. They tell him off by saying how that group is actually a powerful team before taking their leave.

The Hong Kong Stage officially begins. The unique attribute of this stage is that each cardfight will be 2-on-2 tag-battle style; the first team to deal 9 points of damage instead of the usual 6 to the opposing team is the victor. However, Kamui cannot comprehend the numerous rules, leaving Aichi and Misaki to pair up and take on Team Lao in the first round. Throughout the fight, the special rules are exhibited and explained: the fighters must only attack the player standing in front of them, they are forbidden to consult their partners and show the cards in their hands to one another, but they are allowed to call guardians from their hands to block for their partners and share damage for Counterblast uses. Team Lao's Terence and Felix both use Tachikaze decks; Terence's Raptor units deliver major damage to Aichi early on in the fight. Using her new Witch deck, Misaki compensates for Aichi by riding Scarlet Witch, CoCo and using various skills to draw more cards, empty her vanguard's soul, and subsequently gain benefits from it. On the sidelines, Shin finally recalls that the members of Team Lao are actually three brothers who therefore have great teamwork with each other. Can Aichi and Misaki overcome the Lao brothers' team synergy and win?

Valeria Solovieva / Maryna Zanevska
Heather Watson

Tatakai no Hate ni...
漆黒のブラスター
Ribāsu

Hardcourt

女神を賭けて!
Aichi and his friends wonder about Kai always wearing heavy clothing and also imagine him as a robot.
Kōki no Shishi
Leon and Takuto enter Tatsunagi HQ and confront Reversed Takuto, who sends Leon away and traps Takuto in black rings. Leon is transported to another room where he encounters his Reversed future self. The two Leons then fight each other, and the Reversed Leon eventually uses Blue Storm Karma Dragon, Maelstrom "Яeverse". Along with its powerful Limit Break, Reversed Leon puts an enormous amount of pressure on Leon while also retiring his rear-guards, leaving him with almost nothing. Against all odds, Leon uses Tetra-drive Dragon to defeat his Reversed self, who disappears after the long battle. Leon is left fatigued and is transported back to the original room where Takuto, freed from his bindings, challenges his Reversed self to a cardfight.

Quarter-finals

暗雲 福原高校
PSY kara no Chōsen-jō
Aichi's match against Gouki begins. Aichi remembers Gouki as a formidable opponent, and realizes that he cannot stay the same as before if he wishes to win. Using a combination of the skills of Barcgal and Future Knight, Llew, he superior rides Blaster Blade from the deck, surprising Gouki and everyone else. With both sides getting a heal trigger and staying at nearly the same amount of damage, it becomes an intense fight. Gouki superior rides Spirit Exceed from the drop zone and prepares for a full frontal assault.
グレートダイカイザー見参！

After Aichi plays Blaster Blade, he and Kai recall their first meeting. Back then, after seeing a young Aichi beaten up, the young Kai cheered him up by giving him Blaster Blade and telling him to imagine himself as a strong warrior like the card. With that in mind, Aichi got absorbed into Vanguard, creating his own deck in the hopes of playing against Kai, who had already moved away by then.

Back to the game, Aichi deals a bit of damage to Kai, who retaliates with his ace card, Dragonic Overlord. It wipes out Aichi's units and greatly damages him. All hope seems lost until Aichi draws a heal trigger, which allows Aichi to stay in the game for one last turn. Aichi launches a final attack with Blaster Blade and drive checks a critical trigger, which breaks through Kai's defenses and deals one more point of damage to Kai, thus giving Aichi the win. A day later, Aichi revisits Card Capital. Despite thinking that Kai would not show his face after being defeated, Aichi is glad to see that Kai returns.

The Reversed Kai battles Tetsu, with the latter surprised by the former's usage of the Link Joker clan. Although initially thinking that it is only natural for Kai to have switched decks in the pursuit of strength, Tetsu soon realizes that something is off with Kai. He relates this with Ren having been overcome by Psyqualia and tries to open Kai's eyes, but to no avail. Kai uses Star-vader, Nebula Lord Dragon to finish the game, and as he leaves, Tetsu soon becomes Reversed.

The next day, Ren goes to Team Asteroid headquarters and meets Suiko in front of the school. He wonders about the strange situation recently happening, and Suiko tells him to come to her for answers. She then walks into the school and has several Reversed Fukuhara High students cardfight Ren, all of whom he defeats. However, a Reversed Team Brilliant Stars stands in Ren's way. But with some unexpected help from Kyou and Team Avengers, Ren makes it to Suiko, who not only challenges him to a cardfight, but is also revealed as being Reversed.

In a rakugo performance, Aichi tells a story about a card that would be given the name of every other card in existence. Aichi and his friends go to Card Capital, but upon arrival, they each are surprised to see the shop is closed.

Production designer

Aichi and Kamui's match comes down to the wire, with Kamui slowly building up his vanguard's soul. Despite Aichi getting a heal trigger to allow him to stay in the game, Kamui then uses his Mr. Invincible's Soulblast, dubbed the "Tornado Stand Galactica", making all of his units stand up and ready to attack again. With this move, Kamui once again defeats Aichi. After Aichi gets over this loss, the final battle between Kai and Kamui ensues. Even though Kamui uses Mr. Invincible and its Soulblast like in the previous match, Kai nonetheless successfully defends and survives the onslaught. In the end, Kai beats Kamui again and is therefore the champion of the entire tournament. Afterwards, Shin makes a special announcement: the four finalists of this tournament are to represent Card Capital and participate in the regional qualifying tournament, shocking Aichi.

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友情の形

South Carolina

Himerareta Messēji
Nerawareta Aidoru
The Traitor General
戦いの果てに…
呪縛
Feelings Towards Asteroid
Yūjō no Katachi
Aichi to Kamui
Beyond the Memories
Kaze no Shinjitsu
カムイの拳
暗黒次元合体! "Я" ダイユーシャ
月、 満ちるとき

The fight between Aichi and Leon reaches its climax. After Leon uses the Ultimate Break of Glory Maelstrom to increase its power and prevent Aichi from guarding with grade 1 or higher units, Aichi attempts to guard with two grade 0 units. However, Leon drive checks a heal trigger, which gives Glory Maelstrom enough power to penetrate Aichi's defense. Aichi survives the attack thanks to his own heal trigger. Leon slowly grows weakened after absorbing Void's power as Aichi Crossrides Platina Ezel and activates its Ultimate Break to overpower and finally defeat Leon.

Void leaves Leon's body, and Takuto opens the path to the planet Cray, declaring that Aichi's Gold Paladin clan is the rightful leader of Cray. Aichi holds up his deck, and with a reformed Leon's help, the Gold Paladins and Aqua Force units dispel Void's darkness from Cray and free the sealed Royal Paladin, Shadow Paladin, and Kagero clans. Aichi then faints and has a vision of Blaster Blade and the other Royal Paladins appearing before him. Takuto telepathically informs him that he is now able to use Royal Paladins again. While Aichi is glad to hear that, he does not want to part with Gold Paladins after fighting alongside them for so long. The Royal Paladins fade away, as Blaster Blade tells Aichi that they will forever be with him.

Everyone is then transported back to Earth. The next day, the finale of the VF Circuit takes place, and Team Q4 is crowned the winning team of the Circuit. Afterwards, Aichi and his friends return to their daily lives, with Aichi deciding to continue using Gold Paladins, now including a Gold Paladin version of his avatar card, Blaster Blade.

暴走天使レッカ
Kamui's Fist
Team Q4's second match against Team Muscle Brain begins. Team Muscle Brain believes that training the body will result in a better mind, and thus practices brutal fighting prowess. However, when Kai steps up to the first match, he is able to easily annihilate his opponent, Kicking Shu, by superior riding Blazing Flare Dragon. Misaki takes the second match, using a new line of cards located in the deck that was given to her by her parents before their death. Her opponent, Punch Ken, shows off the synergy between the Nova Grappler and Megacolony clans to prevent Misaki's units from standing. Though she can't seem to get a grade 3 in hand, using the effects of her units that reflect the waxing of the moon, Misaki superior rides from Crescent Moon to Half Moon to Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi. Using skills that allow her to draw, she increases her hand to the point where she comfortably blocks Ken's desperate attacks, and finishes the game on her next and final turn. However, there is no time to celebrate as the next match is versus Team Asteroid, the strongest team.
Tsudoishi Shōsha-tachi

Team Q4 and New Team Asteroid continue their vacation on the southern island, with all members of Q4 having their own story to tell. Kamui gets depressed when he loses to Tetsu again, and his friends Reiji and Eiji cheer him up. The three then undergo a rigorous training regimine, which gives Kamui inspiration to make a new deck revolving around the Raizer series. But once again, in spite of this new deck, Kamui is defeated by Tetsu.

After getting coaxed into playing beach volleyball with Ren and Asaka, Misaki cardfights with Ren, with both of them borrowing others' decks. Ren reveals the reason as to why he fights with other people's decks is to not only try to find a more suitable clan for him to use, but to also gain a better understanding of his own deck. With that in mind, Misaki constructs a new Witch-themed Oracle Think Tank deck and defeats Ren, who borrows Emi's Bermuda Triangle deck this time.

Aichi turns his focus toward developing a new deck. He finally accepts the gift of Psyqualia and uses it to construct a new deck while also fully embracing the Gold Paladin clan. All the while, Izaki tries to fish but a suntanned Morikawa's swimming gets in the way, and Miwa cardfights Kai. Finally, Team Q4 and friends take a flight home while New Team Asteroid stays on the island.

Yuri is challenged by the Reversed Kenji to a cardfight, with Yuri noticing that Kenji is not the same as she knows him. As the battle progresses, Yuri recalls how she first met Kenji. One day, Yuri and Gai were scouting for a third member for their as-of-yet unnamed team until Kenji, who was a weak player at the time, offered to play against her. Despite Kenji losing to both her and Gai, Yuri decided to make him the third member of the team, being oddly drawn to him. As time went on, Kenji's skills improved through hard work, and the team, now known as Caesar, won the Japanese Vanguard National Championship. Yuri also gave her medal to Kenji which he wears around his neck to this day.

Apalled by how different Kenji is now, Yuri tries to finish the match with a Break Ride combo as she cries out for Kenji to return to his former self. However, Kenji survives her attacks while ignoring her pleads. He eventually wins using "Яeverse" Daiyusha and succumbs Yuri to Reverse.

Clash! Overlord
Team Q4 watches the final round of the Seoul Stage, which pits New Team Asteroid against Team Caesar. The special rule for all of the fights in this round is that only 3 rear-guard units are allowed to stand at the beginning of each turn, thus limiting overall attacking power. The matchups are Kai vs. Gai, Asaka vs. Yuri, and Ren vs. Kenji, with Ren deciding to borrow Tetsu's Dark Irregulars deck for his match. Ren and Kenji exhibit world-class play as Ren builds up his soul to power up both his vanguard Blade Wing Reijy and rear-guard units. Ren tries to attack Kenji's rear-guards to hinder his upcoming strategy, but Kenji successfully protects them. Kenji then declares "Final Turn", moves his Dimensional Robo rear-guards to the soul, and Superior Crossrides his new key card, Ultimate Dimensional Robo, Great Daiyusha. This tactic dubbed as the "March of the Emperor" and Great Daiyusha's Limit Break raise its power to unprecedented heights, and along with getting a draw trigger, Kenji finally fulfills his goal of defeating Ren. However, the celebration is cut short when he learns that Yuri and Gai have lost their matches, meaning that New Team Asteroid wins the Seoul Stage by a score of 2-1. Before New Team Asteroid is transported to the next round, Kai informally tells Aichi and Q4 how they must get stronger if they hope to ever cross paths with him again.
Ōgon no Kagayaki
三和の実力

Widemouth blindcat

Kaettekita Ninja Masutā
The Man They Call "The Emperor"!
Fortune Telling Cardfight!
Misaki tells a story about herself as a warrior taking on 5 bosses on each floor of a five-storied pagoda.
Subete wo Buchiyabure!!
Having ordered the positions of her last 16 cards thanks to the abilities of her cards, Misaki defeats Asaka.
Gekitotsu! Ōbārōdo
Kaimaku! VF Sākitto!!

Cubas Grau, Raul

Misaki draws upon her memory power as she battles Asaka in this second-round revenge match.
Dark Dimensional Combination! "Яeverse" Daiyusha
The Holy Dragon Descends
誕生!?カードファイト部
凍てつく氷のセラ
Saitan no Ryū

Crellius

Q4 battles in their first match in the VF Circuit. Will their newly reorganized decks give them an advantage against the ninjas?
決着! ショップ大会
The last fight between Aichi and Kai is reaching its climax. Despite the overwhelming Limit Break of Kai's Dragonic Overlord "The Яe-birth", Aichi nullifies most of its attacks. Kai insists on ridding himself from the world because of the sins he committed, but Aichi finally gets him to realize that he has and always will be there for him. Upon understanding that, Kai's Reverse is dispelled as well as the effects of Reverse that were still inside Aichi. They both continue the fight to the best of their abilities. In the end, Aichi defeats Kai with a final attack from Blaster Blade Liberator, the card that connects the two. Aichi and Kai then descend the Tatsunagi building and reunite with their friends as the gate above fully disappears. Some time later, life returns to normal as Kai walks to Card Capital, where he will play against Aichi, who he now recognizes as the strongest fighter and his best friend.

American police chief

二人の先導者
Nekkyō-tekina no Sourusutēji

Miyaji Academy's unofficial Cardfight Club is set up to have an intramural match against Hitsue High School's Vanguard Club, in which Kai, Miwa, Morikawa, and Izaki are members. The two teams play in a best-of-5 match, and opponents are randomly selected. Under the conditions that Naito established, if the Cardfight Club loses this match, then it will be dissolved.

In the first game, Naoki fights Kai, with both using Eradicator-themed Narukami decks. Naoki combines both the Break Ride of Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon and the Limit Break of Eradicator, Gauntlet Buster Dragon to retire Kai's units and gain more critical value and power, but Kai manages to survive the assault. Then, Kai uses a similar devastating combo with Vowing Sword and Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant. Although Naoki blocks his first attempt, Kai activates Descendant's Limit Break to have it stand up, gain another critical, and attack again. Unable to defend this attack, Naoki loses, thus putting Hitsue High up 1-0. For the next fight, Kourin is chosen to battle Izaki .

Miwa no Jitsuryoku

An example of merge sort. First divide the list into the smallest unit , then compare each element with the adjacent list to sort and merge the two adjacent lists. Finally all the elements are sorted and merged.

Misaki makes a wish upon a shooting star for Shin to find a wife. It is a peaceful day at Card Capital when Aichi, Misaki, Miwa, and Izaki are the only people present. Continuing in Mini Van Space Wars, the crew of Card Capital is forced to land on the planet Cray. After a year passes in which many unexplained events occurred, the crew returns to outer space to battle Team Asteroid once again.
Jurashikku Āmī

Asaka and Suiko look for a way to reach the rooftop where Ren begins his fight against the Reversed Tetsu. As they battle, Ren recalls how he and Tetsu first met each other.

One day, a young Ren got himself in trouble with a group of violent delinquents, the leader of which was Tetsu. Ren tried to get Tetsu into playing Vanguard, but Tetsu did not care about it. Eventually, after much pushing from Ren, Tetsu decided to play a game with Ren. After losing that game, Tetsu was motivated to keep playing until finally winning against Ren and becoming interested in Vanguard. Since then, the two became friends and had formed Team Asteroid.

Back in the present, the Reversed Tetsu exclaims how much power matters and how Ren has fallen from grace. Tetsu further declares that he will defeat Ren and then make him the "king" he seeks...

Unmei no Deai

Aichi uses Psyqualia to gain a winning image. Although things seem to go just as he envisioned, his attacks are foiled by Leon's perfect defense and Sharlene's tag guard. On the next turn, Sharlene again uses the Limit Break of Navalgazer Dragon and forces both Kamui and Aichi to use a lot of their cards to defend against its attack. Then, Kamui says that his turn will be the last as he rides another Perfect Raizer, bringing its power up to full potential. However, the usually-mellow Sharlene easily blocks Kamui's attacks and grows angry with his indirect "Final Turn" declaration. On Leon's turn, he follows his "wind" and calls another Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom as a rear-guard, now having two Maelstroms as Aichi had seen through Psyqualia. Leon attacks him with his vanguard Maelstrom powered up via its Limit Break, and Kamui tries to tag guard for Aichi. However, Leon's drive check reveals a stand trigger, giving his vanguard Maelstrom enough power to penetrate Q4's defenses and win the match for Dreadnought.

Shortly afterwards, the two teams argue over the value of losing. Leon asks Aichi about what is the path he takes, and Aichi is reminded to make his own path. Leon bids farewell to him and says that they will battle each other again someday. Privately, Jillian asks Leon why he would console his opponents like that, to which he answers by saying it was the "wind" that told him to do so. He and Sharlene take an interest in Aichi's gentle "wind", which Leon sees as potentially becoming a great "windstorm" eventually. After Team Dreadnought is transported away, Shin informs Team Q4 about the next and last stage of the VF Circuit; it will be in their home country, Japan.

Kai and Misaki begin their cardfight as Naoki observes them. During the battle, Kai asks Misaki questions about the past in hopes of getting her to remember Aichi. Even with her perfect memory, Misaki cannot seem to recall him. In a final attempt to make her remember, Kai performs Legion, an ability that not only returns cards from the drop zone into the deck, but it also summons a specific unit from the deck and places it next to the vanguard, thus allowing those two units to combine their powers and fight as one. Through this move, he calls forth Blaster Blade Seeker, which serves as the trigger to help Misaki regain her memories of everything related to Aichi. After Kai defeats Misaki, they and Naoki pledge to each other to find Aichi. However, unbeknownst to them, there are enemies who intend to stop them from doing so...
コーリン

Woodland Trust

TBC

シャドウパラディン
Kamui is concerned when Aichi stops coming to Card Capital after the tournament. Aichi continues to be haunted by Kai's words and finds himself unexpectedly at the door of Card Shop PSY. Aichi enters the shop and is greeted by the members of Ultra Rare where he asks them if he was strong in the last tournament. Everyone is then surprised when Ren enters the shop. Confronting Aichi, Ren explains what has been happening to him lately and the nature of the power, Psyqualia. Ren tells Aichi that Kai will only acknowledge strong fighters and that he must get stronger. Ren then gives Aichi a Shadow Paladin deck, the dark opposite of his Royal Paladin deck. Seeing through Psyqualia, Aichi is nearly overwhelmed by the deck's power and believes this new deck makes him invincible. Kourin believes he's being arrogant and challenges him to a duel with her Royal Paladin deck. In the match, Kourin is easily and soundly defeated by Aichi using Blaster Dark and his new Shadow Paladins, demonstrating the fearsome power of Psyqualia. All the while, Ren watches from the shadows, smiling and encouraging Aichi to embrace his new dark power.

After Nagisa appears in a horse-ridden carriage led by Team Handsome, she greatly exaggerates about being married to Kamui, which causes the audience to misunderstand the situation and embarrasses him in the process. Nonetheless, the two kids begin their cardfight, which is being treated as a wedding ceremony by Team Handsome. Nagisa's Death Army units battle Kamui's Beast Deity units in this Nova Grappler mirror match . After protecting himself from the Limit Break of Nagisa's new ace, Infinite Corrosion Form, Death Army Cosmo Lord, Kamui Crossrides his new key card which he received after Q4's time at Card Shop PSY: Ultra Beast Deity, Illuminal Dragon. With multi-pronged attacks, Kamui defeats Nagisa, who decides to leave him alone .

Elsewhere, Aichi and Misaki win more matches for Q4. Shortly after, Q4's next opponent, Team Unknown, approaches each member. It will be Aichi vs. King Z, Misaki vs. Queen Y, and Kamui vs. Joker X.

The Cardfight Club receives an invitation to and then registers for the upcoming Vanguard Fight High School Championship, a tournament that will feature high school Vanguard teams from all over Japan. Naoki suggests to check out some of the competition, which leads to the club visiting Fukuhara High, an elite private high school that is associated with Team Asteroid and located next to its headquarters. The club is greeted by Tetsu, who leads everyone into the school where they watch a cardfight between Asaka and Leon, much to Aichi's surprise. Asaka tries to end the game by using Starlight Melody Tamer, Farah's Personablast and the Pale Moon strategy of superior calling units from the soul during the battle phase for additional attacks. Despite the multi-pronged assault, Leon defends himself and then rides Last Card, Revonn on top of Blue Flight Dragon, Trans-core Dragon. This activates the latter's Break Ride effect, forcing Asaka to discard a card from her hand. He then utilizes the Limit Break of Revonn to gain more power and critical value. Also getting a heal trigger, Leon plows through Asaka's defenses for a comeback victory.

Afterwards, Leon gets reacquainted with Aichi, telling him that he and Team Dreadnought are now enrolled in a high school at Hong Kong; they have also been invited to participate in Japan's VF High School Championship. Then, Tetsu offers someone from the Miyaji Cardfight Club for a match. Ever eager to play, Naoki accepts, and Tetsu arranges for his opponent to be Ultra Rare's Suiko Tatsunagi, who is revealed to be a student of Fukuhara High. But when Naoki comments that Suiko's sailor uniform does not suit her, she gets peeved as the two begin their battle.

Aichi and his friends relate the stories of Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood with Vanguard. Shin's allergies act up, revealing his peculiar sneeze. Kai is suspected of also having a funny-sounding sneeze.

Semi-final winner

Mezameshi Sōken
繋ぐもの
Fateful Showdown!
Under the Starry Sky...

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天使たちの舞い

Lotzsch, Gesine

After losing to Aichi, Kourin goes to Card Capital, asking for Kai. Since Miwa is the only person who knows where Kai is, he rides with Kourin to the underground cardfight area. They find Kai, who is beating all the underground fighters to relieve his frustrations. Kourin soon challenges him to a fight, where Miwa and Jun get to sit in the middle of the action. While Kourin uses her Royal Paladin deck, Kai reveals his newly modified Kagero deck, which focuses on Amber Dragons. As each of them are dealing damage to each other, Kourin confronts Kai about how it is his fault that Aichi has fallen into the power of Psyqualia, saying that Aichi only sought the power because he wanted to become stronger for Kai's approval. Kai agrees, and also claims that he had seen the corrupted effects of Psyqualia before, not knowing how to prevent it from happening. He then tells Kourin that it may have been one simple thing: to exceed that power. Kourin then asks Kai if he can stop Aichi before he falls completely under the influence of Psyqualia, to which Kai says that he can. After losing to Kai, Kourin gives him Aichi's Royal Paladin deck, and hopes that he can succeed where she had failed.

Meanwhile, Aichi spends the entire night in his room, mentally preparing himself for the national tournament. When arriving at the tournament, Aichi tells Kamui to relax as he is sure that they will win, revealing his newly acquired Shadow Paladin deck, much to the shock of his teammates.

The Two Leaders
Chaotic Destroyer
Anun Fukuhara Kōkō
A Gathering of Winners
Lord of the Fight
Yōjō no Utahime

Semi Final

Hagane no Nēvu
Kyougaku no Shin Menbaa
Itetsuku Kōri no Sera
最強! タッグファイト
Himetaru Tōshi
参上! チーム忍

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Hoshizora no Shita de...
蒼嵐竜 メイルストローム
Beautiful Assassin
Dokidoki no Bunkasai
Ninja Master Returns
将軍の壁
Uragiri no Jeneraru
Fighting for the Top Spot

Spanish

After easily blocking Kyou's quadruple attack, Aichi declares "Final Turn". Though it seems his plan is going to be defeated, thanks to a stand trigger, Aichi manages to deliver the finishing blow using Young Pegasus Knight. It is determined by Suiko that Aichi possesses the ability Psyqualia, which they seek. Kyou has a vision of planet Cray, where he is slashed down by Pegasus Knight, and collapses, obliterated. Similarly, an exhausted Aichi falls in Kai's arms, and he is brought to the infirmary. The second match between Misaki and Team Avengers' second member begins. Aichi is visited by Emi, who claims Aichi looked scary during his fight, though Aichi doesn't notice anything different. Misaki wins her fight, though Suiko and the others decide she doesn't possess Psyqualia. Aichi is visited by Kai, and although he seeks his approval for becoming stronger, Kai calls him weak and abandons him and Team Q4 after Aichi challenges him to a fight in order to prove his strength. Kyou continues seeking his revenge, until Team Brilliant Stars appears, ordering Kyou and the others to be arrested.
レンの望み
Kizuna no Fune

R+9

Enter Team Ninja
Kaesaru no Jōtei

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Team Q4 Once More
Kiken na Nioi
The Coiling Thread
櫂の戦い
The King's Challenge
Miyaji ni Hatameku Kaizoku Hata

After Naoki makes another offhand comment towards Suiko, the two start their cardfight. Suiko criticizes Naoki for being a good but uninteresting fighter. He tries to prove her wrong when he activates the Limit Break of his new ace card: Armor Break Dragon. At the cost of discarding three cards from his hand, Naoki not only eliminates Suiko's front-row rear-guard units, but he also increases Armor Break Dragon's power and critical value to unbelievable heights. Despite this, Suiko defends against Naoki's attacks with almost all of the cards in her hand. On the following turn, Suiko wins the game with Chief Nurse, Shamsiel by moving cards to and from her damage zone thus increasing most of her units' power.

Afterwards, Naoki apologizes to his friends for his loss and realizes how weak he actually is. Shingo cheers him up and says that he'll train Naoki to become stronger. Then, Ren Suzugamori appears and is revealed to be the captain of Fukuhara High's Vanguard Club. Ren suggests to have a match with Aichi, showing him a glimpse of his reversioned Shadow Paladin deck. But this turns out to be a tease from Ren, who retracts his match request and dismisses everyone. As the Miyaji Cardfight Club and Team Dreadnought leave Fukuhara High, Leon tells Aichi that if he wants to fight Dreadnought at the VF High School Championship, then he will have to first defeat Fukuhara High at the regional qualifying tournament.

Freezing Ice Serra

After returning home from Seoul, Team Q4 runs some errands to help Aichi relax after the team's loss. Then, in front of Card Shop PSY, they meet a young blonde-haired and mysterious man named Leon Soryu, who is able to feel the "wind". The Ultra Rare trio returns, and they discover that their supposedly-closed shop is unlocked. The entire group enters, and they are surprised to find that the legendary cardfighter Daigo is there. It was believed that Daigo had gone missing for months, to which Daigo explains in a private conversation with Ultra Rare that he had been randomly teleporting from place to place. Suiko believes it is because of Daigo's deck, which is composed of Royal Paladins, one of the clans that were removed from the world, and therefore considered legendary by everyone except Aichi. Afterwards, Daigo offers up a challenge to anyone willing to cardfight with him. Before Aichi can accept, Leon steps up to be Daigo's opponent.

And so, Team Q4 and Ultra Rare observe the fight between Daigo using Royal Paladins and Leon, whose deck is composed of another legendary clan: Aqua Force. Although Aichi is familiar with Royal Paladins, Daigo uses units that even he has never seen before, including White Dragon Knight, Pendragon. Leon rides Navalgazer Dragon and uses its seemingly-simple Limit Break to increase its attack power by 3000, which Daigo guards against. Daigo then utilizes the Limit Break of Pendragon to superior ride Soul Saver Dragon, using its skill to power up his rear-guards, but Leon defends and makes it to his next turn, which he declares as the "Final Turn". After activating the Limit Break of Navalgazer again, he attacks. Daigo tries to block with all of the cards in his hand, but Leon gets a heal trigger, giving the power boost to Navalgazer and breaking through Daigo's defenses. Although Daigo manages to survive thanks to his own heal trigger, Leon then reveals the other effect of Navalgazer's Limit Break; since it successfully attacked the opponent's vanguard, Leon is allowed to stand two of his rear-guard units, thus giving him another attack to finish the game and defeat Daigo. Before taking his leave, Leon asks Aichi for his name and ominously says that they'll meet again someday. Then, Daigo is on the verge of being teleported away, and Suiko elaborates that since Royal Paladins are gone from this world, Daigo's usage of the clan has caused him to be stuck in a constant time-space warp; he will only be free from this curse if Royal Paladins return to the world. Daigo is teleported to a remote island where he is challenged to a cardfight by a "reborn" Kyou Yahagi.

夏だ! 合宿だ! ヴァンガードだ!
While Team Q4 trains at Card Shop Handsome to get ready for the next round of the VF Circuit, the group is informed that Tetsu has arrived to Card Capital, assuming that he is causing trouble. However, their assumptions are disproven when they return and see Tetsu helping out Emi and the other kids at the shop. Kamui asks Tetsu what his real intention for coming is, to which Tetsu answers by telling Q4 how weak the team is due to losing at the VF Circuit's Singapore Stage. Enraged, Kamui challenges Tetsu to prove him wrong. Tetsu accepts the challenge, and the two start their cardfight. With support from the latest expansion set, Tetsu uses new Dark Irregulars to Soulcharge, and then he utilizes the Limit Break of Dark Lord of Abyss to overwhelm and defeat Kamui once again. Tetsu leaves, warning Q4 of stronger teams awaiting them in the VF Circuit. Although Kamui thinks that Tetsu was being mean, Emi and the others believe that Tetsu was really trying to tell Q4 something underneath his harsh words...
Eiyū no Chōsen
The Advent of a Genius
裏切りの将軍
Mōshin! Tachikaze Dekki!!
Songstress of the Sea
Faito no Shihaisha

Semi Final Winner

The gate above Tatsunagi HQ slowly crumbles, which prompts everyone to evacuate the building while Aichi and Kai are still on the rooftop. Much to Aichi's shock, Kai reveals that he never was completely Reversed and was consciously Reversing others despite knowing the consequences of his actions, all for the sake of becoming the strongest. He also wants to fight Aichi again before he returns to normal in order to see who is the strongest between the two of them and whose path was right all along: his or Aichi's. And so, Aichi and Kai cardfight each other while everyone else watches from below. Thinking that he will only hurt Aichi and his friends again, Kai intends for this to be the last fight he will have against him and will be gone once it is over. However, Aichi tries to convince Kai that he is not alone and further exclaims it was because of him that Aichi is the person he is now. Despite Aichi's cries to bring him to his senses, Kai continues the fight by riding Dragonic Overlord "The Яe-birth"...
The Truth of the Wind
アイチVSカムイ
The fight between Miwa and Aichi begins. Miwa, who surprisingly uses a Kagero deck like Kai, forces Aichi into a corner by using powerful unit-retiring strategies, and even though Aichi manages a powerful attack using two Pongals and Young Pegasus Knight, and then Solitary Knight, Gancelot as well as Soul Saver Dragon, Miwa blocks his efforts, and calls Dragonic Overlord, activating its Eternal Flame. Though Miwa gloats by declaring "Final Turn", Aichi blocks his attack, and then guards with Flash Shield, Iseult to neutralize Overlord's hit. He proceeds to win the game using another Soul Saver Dragon, just like he envisioned. Later, Kai is informed by Miwa that Aichi hears the call of card spirits, which greatly worries him.
Two Powers, Side-by-Side
Naoki, the Challenger!
ラスト・ダンス
Decisive Battle! Bridal Fight

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孤独なファイト
The battle between Aichi and Chris continues, with the latter using Psyqualia and becoming intoxicated by it. Chris declares he will defeat Aichi with a triple slash from his School Hunter, Leo-pald. He does so by having his rear-guard Leo-pald attack first, then his vanguard Leo-pald second, and getting a stand trigger to allow the rear-guard to launch a third and final attack on Aichi's Blond Ezel. Chris wins, meaning that SIT Genius goes on to the finals and Q4 knocked out of the tournament. SIT Genius then fights Team Caesar in the final round and effortlessly defeats Caesar, thus becoming the champions of the Singapore stage. Although Aichi is depressed by losing both the tournament and the chance of meeting Takuto, he is reassured by his teammates that the VF Circuit is not over and that Q4 will have another opportunity to participate in the Circuit.
Ninja Fighter Withdraws!
Bōsō Enjeru Rekka
Another Asteroid
Tetsu Genru

TBA

Yuri's Battle Sisters deal major damage to Misaki, giving her the lead 1-5. Misaki strikes back by riding her new ace card, Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu. Yuri tries to guard her attack, putting Misaki in the same situation as the last time they fought each other. Misaki decides to take a chance, which pays off when she drive checks a critical and heal trigger, and evens out the damage 4-4. Thanks to Amaterasu and its Limit Break, Misaki ultimately wins.

Meanwhile, Kamui continues his battle with Joker X, who rides No Life King, Death Anchor. Kamui defends himself against its terrifying skill with a lot of his cards. On the following turn, Kamui Crossrides Illuminal Dragon and activates its Limit Break to stand his remaining units, thus forcing X to not guard against his attack. Kamui defeats Joker X without ever learning his true identity. Winning every match they had, Q4 is crowned the victor of the Japan Stage.

After the awards ceremony, Q4 is led to a room where Takuto Tatsunagi explains everything. Expanding on what he previously said to Aichi, a mysterious force has invaded the planet Cray and captured the leaders of the united clans. The abduction of those three affected the human world by wiping their respective clans from existence. Nevertheless, through the VF Circuit, Takuto has gathered the winners of each stage to become the new vanguards for the clans of Cray and lead them in the battle against the mysterious enemy. Takuto transports everyone to a unique dimension that leads to Cray, where they all advance to the "True Final Stage". However, Team Dreadnought stands in their way, with Leon saying that he is the only one needed.

Surprisingly enough, Nagisa steps into the fray as the first fighter of Team Handsome, resulting in Kamui being in a desperate situation as she declares that Kamui has to marry her if she wins. Kamui answers back by declaring that if he wins, then Nagisa will leave him alone. Both parties agree to these terms and then start their cardfight. Using a Nova Grappler deck like Kamui, Nagisa proves herself to be an excellent fighter, fighting toe-to-toe with him. Though it seems that the agonizing Kamui can make a reversal using Lion Heat, Nagisa is able to fully negate his attacks and finish him off using her own Lion Heat and Magician Girl, Kirara with a "Wedding Hold" during the next turn. After the match, as per agreement, Nagisa gets dressed in a wedding gown and is ready to marry Kamui, who tries to run for his life.
Fukubuchō wa Dare Da!?
ニンジャマスター復活
Hikari to Kyomu
猛攻! ツインドライブ
Illusional Rati

German theologian

The regional tournament continues with Team Q4 easily plowing through their second and third opponents, Team Martial Arts and Team Chemistry Club, by defeating them both 2–0. Kamui's past relation to Gouki and Team Handsome is revealed, and Gouki and Kamui pledge to be the first to take the stage in the final match. During a break, Emi arrives with lunch, making Kamui happy to eat her food. But this moment is ruined when Nagisa charges in with her own prepared lunch and messes things up for Kamui. Incidentally, both lunches end up in Morikawa's stomach, who spews fire like a dragon from Nagisa's spicy food, which Kamui does not appreciate. Misaki finally arrives, but it is nonetheless decided that Aichi will still play should it come to his turn. After a musical performance by Ultra Rare singing their debut song "Miracle Trigger", the tournament finals commence. Kamui, expecting to play against Gouki in the first game, is shocked when Nagisa steps up to be his opponent.
Rinkan Gakkō
Introducing Great Daikaiser!
目覚めし双剣
Emi unintentionally saddens Aichi when she says she wanted an older sister like Misaki instead of a brother. Team Q4 and Team Asteroid come across each other on a rainy day, with Kyou being left out in the rain by Asteroid. Aichi sees Kai on the street and thinks he is image-training when Kai is actually wondering about the Assista-cat.

It is Team Q4 against Team Unknown in the last round of the Japan Stage. Aichi's opponent, King Z, is revealed to be Jun Mutsuki, the king of underground fights, although Aichi does not immediately recognize him. Meanwhile, Misaki battles Queen Y and sees through her disguise. Queen Y is actually Yuri Usui from the defunct Team Caesar, and Yuri now uses the deck she originally had before joining Caesar: Oracle Think Tank. As for Kamui, he has not realized who Joker X is. As they battle, Joker X's voice and style of play with Dark Irregulars slowly remind Kamui of a certain someone.

Aichi and Jun conduct their cardfight. Jun's "dark hero" Dimension Police units decrease the power of Aichi's vanguard. Because of this, he is forced to either take damage or use a lot of shields to guard. Even though Aichi's Blond Ezel is sent to the damage zone, he remembers his reasons for fighting and stays resolved. Using Psyqualia to gain an image of victory, Aichi superior rides Pellinore for a comeback. Afterwards, Jun leaves and has a short reunion with Kai. Now, Aichi awaits the results of Misaki's and Kamui's fights.

風の審判
The match between Aichi and Tetsu continues while an anxious Kamui watches. Confronted by Nagisa, Gouki and Emi, who learned of the situation via Team Caesar, Kamui, who had been hiding from his teammates throughout the entire tournament, is motivated to go support Aichi. Aichi begins to make a comeback by shutting down his opponent's offense and evening out the damage with a heal trigger, but Tetsu rides Demon World Marquis, Amon, and with a critical trigger, he pushes Aichi down to five damage. Aichi gains a vision of the Royal Paladin knights joined together, and draws and rides Soul Saver Dragon, whose effect is used to power up all his units. Regardless, Tetsu manages to block, and during his next turn rides Stil Vampir. This card has a deadly effect that replaces the opponent's vanguard with another rear-guard, thus Aichi is forced to ride the grade 0 Future Knight, Llew. In this weakened form, he is unable to withstand Tetsu's attack and suffers a terrible defeat. It seems as if all hope is not lost, as Jurassic Army loses to Muscle Brain and a 3-way tie is formed. Through a final judges' call based on overall performance, Ultra Rare announces that Jurassic Army is the team that progresses. Ren meets up with Q4 and tries to get Kai to rejoin his team, but Kai refuses him, and Ren blames Aichi for Q4's failure.

Bradley, David

Preliminary round winner

As Aichi and his classmates continue on their bus ride home, the middle school division of Miyaji Academy is having an open house. Team Handsome attends in the hopes of convincing Nagisa to go to Miyaji instead of Hitsue Middle School . But unbeknownst to them, a Reversed cardfighter lurks the school grounds.

Kamui, Reiji, and Eiji rush to Miyaji and are confronted by many Reversed cardfighters. They are brought before Gouki, who has also been Reversed along with the rest of Team Handsome . Holding Emi and Mai hostage, Gouki forces Kamui to cardfight with him. In the middle of the battle, Emi and Mai are nearly forced to become Reversed by the other members of Team Handsome but are momentarily saved by the efforts of Reiji, Eiji, and a disguised Rekka. Kamui is outraged by Gouki, who responds by riding Ice Prison Hades Emperor, Cocytus "Яeverse" and using several combo plays to superior call more rear-guard units from the drop zone while empowering them at the same time. Despite these odds, Kamui remains resolute on saving the girls and Gouki from Reverse...

A Challenge from PSY

Kourin and Asaka fight each other in the second game of the final round with both of them having their own reasons to win. Kourin hopes to win for the sake of her teammates while Asaka fights for Ren. The cardfight is a seesaw battle until Kourin deals 5 damage to Asaka. However, this allows Asaka to use a Limit Break Ride combination move with Miracle Pop, Ava and Nightmare Doll, Chelsea. She superior calls more of her units to the field to launch multiple attacks, which gives her the win over Kourin. Although frustrated by this loss, Kourin is comforted by her teammates that they will win in the end.

The last fight is coincidentally a rematch between Aichi and Ren, who reverts back to his Shadow Paladin deck but themed around the Revenger archetype. With both players stronger than before and Ren showing signs of his former sinister self, who will emerge victorious in the Kanto regional qualifier?

Shingo Kunieda

Kishitachi no Saisen

While everyone is still coming to grips with this entire situation, Leon appears before Aichi and his friends. He not only tells them the solution to returning Reversed fighters to normal is defeating them in cardfights, but he also informs them that he plans on going to fight Kai and wants Aichi to join him. He agrees, but then Leon proposes to have a fight instead. Shortly into the battle, Leon calls the fight off, noting that Aichi's heart is locked by the thought of having to fight Kai. Leon leaves after further deeming Aichi as being unable to achieve victory in his current state and unworthy of fighting alongside him. While Aichi looks inside himself for answers, Naoki follows Leon outside and says that he wants to go with him in Aichi's place. Leon decides to test Naoki's skills in a cardfight with Shingo observing them.

Meanwhile, Jun Mutsuki gathers his fellow underground fighters in an effort to counterattack the Reversed fighters until Miwa appears before him. Quickly realizing Miwa's Reversed state, Jun cardfights him. Although he drives Miwa to the brink of defeat, Jun is unable to deal the final blow to him. Miwa wins using Dauntless Dominate Dragon "Яeverse", leaving the now-Reversed Jun to take on the other underground fighters.

After beating Naoki several times, Leon finally decides to leave until Shingo intervenes. Before departing, Leon recommends for Naoki and Shingo to take care of Aichi. So, the two decide to train in preparation for the big confrontation.

The Football Team's Assassin
Aichi and Kamui try to cool themselves off by thinking about cards with cold imagery.
New Allies
Sīku za Meito
Kingmaker in the Moonlight

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Thomas C. Rapone

Fateful Encounter

Quarter-final winner

洋上の歌姫
すべてをブチ破れ!!

Johannes Crellius

Utsukushiki Asashin
地区大会、 再び
Aichi, Kamui, and Misaki visit Card Shop PSY after Suiko's invitation. They meet an aloof red-haired stranger with a peculiar attitude. However, once the Ultra Rare group arrives, they learn that he is none other than Ren Suzugamori, the winner of the previous national tournament and current reigning champion! Then, Kourin and Ren engage in a cardfight, both using the exact same deck structure of entirely female units, and Aichi, who had been beaten by Kourin before, watches in amazement as Ren easily controls the match. Strangely using the same speech patterns that Kai does during his matches, Ren uses a seemingly simple grade 1 card called Blazer Idols to finish the game. However, what are these visions that Aichi has of the planet Cray, when Ren is about to make his move...?
Kai meets with Takuto and tells him about the incident with Naoki. Takuto explains that it is the work of Reverse, a phenomenon created by the evil Void in its quest to envelop everything in darkness. He further elucidates that those who are Reversed will lose their souls and become engulfed with Void's energy if they lose to a Reversed fighter. It is then revealed that Takuto has been Reversed and is now an agent for Void. The two engage in a cardfight, and Kai is surprised to see Takuto's deck representing Link Joker, a never-before-seen clan that acts as the harbinger of Void. As the fight progresses, Kai is shocked by the terrifying lock effect of Link Joker; his units are temporarily sealed away from being used. Kai refuses to surrender, but when Takuto does a Break Ride and locks two more of Kai's units, will Kai be able to still win?
Futari no Reon
Q4 returns to Japan with new strategies for winning being devised. Aichi and Kamui test them in the final round of a tournament held at Card Shop Handsome. Unbeknownst to them, Kenji "Koutei" Mitsusada arrives, looking for Aichi. Gouki tells him that Aichi is currently in a cardfight with Kamui. Feeling anxious and being short on time, Kenji decides to leave until Gouki challenges him. It is the first-ever match between the two. Although Gouki gets a bad starting hand with no grade 2 or 3 units, he manages to make it to the next grade by superior riding with cards he sent to the drop zone, including his new ace card, Ice Prison Necromancer, Cocytus. Kenji is impressed by Gouki's resolve to overcome the odds stacked against him, to which Gouki expresses his disappointment in Kenji the "Emperor" for saying such a thing to begin with. Remembering the feeling of never giving up, Kenji continues to play at his best, Crossriding Ultimate Dimensional Robo, Great Daiyusha and winning the match. After the battle, Kenji reveals his reason for coming: to tell Aichi that he is leaving to attend the SIT university and won't have the chance to participate in tournaments again until he graduates. Kenji was at first wavering on whether he could survive on his own and wanted Aichi to give him words of encouragement. But he regained his confidence after fighting Gouki, who gives Kenji his bandana as a farewell gift. Then, all of his friends go with Kenji, wearing Gouki's bandana, to the airport and wish him well in his upcoming journeys.
The Japan Stage of the VF Circuit is drawing near, and many teams, including the victors of the previous stages, will appear there. As Team Dreadnought's plane lands in Japan, it is directed to and locked in a hangar with a jungle environment inside. It is really a trap set by Kyou Yahagi and his Team Avengers , who plan to take Dreadnought's spot in the VF Circuit. Although Jillian and Sharlene handily take care of Kyou's teammates, he nonetheless challenges Leon to a cardfight. Now using a Megacolony deck after witnessing the strength of insects from his experience in the jungle, Kyou prevents some of Leon's units from standing and retires others. Thus, he seals the Aqua Force strategy of launching multiple attacks and Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom's Limit Break. In spite of Kyou's own Limit Break from his new ace card, Martial Arts Mutant, Master Beetle, Leon overcomes the obstacles against him when he calls more units to replace his rested ones and utilizes the max potential of his Aqua Force clan. Kyou's overconfidence gets the better of him when he leaves himself with little cards to guard against all of Leon's attacks, ultimately leading to his downfall and Leon's victory. After Kyou vows to get revenge on Leon, he and the rest of Team Avengers escape. The scene ends with Kyou and his team aiming to get stronger in outer space .
Kai no Tatakai
Aratanaru Kagayaki!
Aichi vs. Kamui

Aichi has an ominous nightmare in which Misaki, Kourin, Naoki, and Shingo all leave him. Worried about the dream, he then goes to school and is relieved to see his friends are there, except for Kourin. After school, Aichi arranges for the Cardfight Club to meet at Card Capital. Naoki goes back into the classroom to retrieve his bag and then decides to follow the student council's secretary, Maki Nagashiro. He is eventually led into a strange hidden room where he sees Maki talking with an unknown person about monitoring the Cardfight Club.

At Card Capital, Aichi expresses his worry to his friends over Kourin's absence. Naoki enters the shop, but he is acting like a completely different person. As if possessed by a dark force, Naoki challenges Aichi to a cardfight, which he accepts. The fight reaches a turning point when Naoki declares "Final Turn" and does a Crossbreak Ride with Eradicator, Vowing Saber Dragon "Яeverse". This move allows Naoki to retire all of Aichi's rear-guards and increase his overall attack power. Determined to return Naoki to his former self, Aichi withstands Naoki's assault and rides Wolf Fang Liberator, Garmore on the following turn. He uses its Limit Break to superior call more units from his deck to refill his entire field, winning the game for Aichi. Naoki collapses and then gets up but with no memory of what just happened. Moreover, when Kai picks up the Vowing Saber Dragon "Яeverse" card, it mysteriously vanishes.

The second day of the camping trip commences with everyone having an open-fire cookout together. When night falls, Kourin walks with Aichi alone to the legendary tree by the lake that Akari mentioned, who, along with a reluctant Misaki, decides to tail the two. At the tree, Kourin finally says to Aichi that she wants to cardfight him, which he accepts. The two then have their fight without knowing that Misaki and Akari are watching them from afar. Revealed to be Reversed but still unbeknownst to Aichi, Kourin is about to play a certain card. However, she cannot bring herself to do so after all that they have been through together. She gathers her cards, apologizes to him, and runs off. Aichi and Misaki try to follow her, but they are stopped by Maki, who reassures them that she will take care of Kourin. The next day, all of the students return home from the camping trip as Aichi worries about her...
The•草•魂!!
Yokisenu Raikyaku
チームQ4再び

Misaki and Kamui await for Kenji to return from his travels at an airport, hoping to get information from him about Gaillard and Neve. While waiting, Misaki and Kamui help a lost foreign girl by buying her doughnuts. They eventually meet up with Kenji and another man named Raul Serra while also learning that the girl's name is Rati Curti. Misaki and Kamui try to ask Kenji about Gaillard and Neve, but before he can answer, Rati insists on having a cardfight with him. And so, Kenji and Rati cardfight while Misaki, Kamui, Serra, and a growing number of spectators watch. As Rati exhibits her Shadow Paladin Witch deck's abilities to replace some of Kenji's rear-guards with weaker ones, a spectator comments on how both she and Serra are world-class cardfighters, which lead Misaki and Kamui to believe that they may be connected to Gaillard and Neve.

When Rati deals 5 damage to Kenji, Serra leaves after thinking Rati has already won, which prompts Kamui to follow him. Kenji tries to mount a comeback with Ultimate Dimensional Robo, Great Daikaiser and its Limit Break to gain an additional drive check, but Rati protects herself and then wins the match with a Legion attack. After Kenji briefly steps out to take a phone call, Rati and Serra reveal themselves as Quatre Knights to Misaki and Kamui. They create their respective fight fields to trap Misaki and Kamui, who prepare themselves for battle.

Dolley, Denzil

Passion! The Hong Kong Stage
Aichi and Kamui
Blaster of Darkness
決戦! ノヴァグラップラー!

Madeleine Thien

黒輪の力
Miwa wishes to be in the Assita-cat's position as it sleeps on Misaki's lap. Aichi explains that having Psyqualia has its downsides. Miwa, Kyou, and Morikawa go to a cafe hosted by Battle Sisters, in which Miwa gets the short end of the stick. Nontheless, this turns out to be another of the Assita-cat's dreams.
Kamui, Reiji, and Eiji finally find the Reversed Rekka in the school gymnasium where she is holding Emi and Mai captive. Reiji and Eiji are forced to cardfight against the Rekka Corps, a group of Reversed fans of Rekka, while Kamui battles Rekka herself. When Kamui asks her why she is doing such terrible things to her friends Emi and Mai, Rekka responds by saying that she has no friends nor does she need any. She further reveals her plans to eventually Reverse everyone in the entire world. With Reiji and Eiji also being Reversed, Kamui is the only person left who can stop Rekka.
Yuri no Kunshō
Who's the Vice-Captain?!
The Fearsome Undead! The Granblue Deck!
Despite the increased power from Gouki's combo moves, Kamui withstands his attacks with two perfect guards. He then goes on to defeat Gouki and free him of Reverse. Afterwards, while Kamui asks Gouki if he remembers how he was Reversed, Emi and Mai are taken away by Rekka, who is revealed to be Reversed. Kamui and the gang try to catch up but are stopped by the appearance of Nagisa, also Reversed. Kamui is left with a tough decision on whether he should go rescue Emi and Mai or fight Nagisa to dispel her of Reverse. Before he is coerced to fight Nagisa, Kamui is saved by Ninja Master M , who renames himself "Ninja Master Neo". He tells Kamui to move on to where the girls are while offering to take on Nagisa in a cardfight. So, Kamui, Reiji, and Eiji continue their pursuit for Emi and Mai as Neo and Nagisa start their fight.
Team Q4 and friends travel to a distant southern deserted island with an invitation from the VF Circuit, but when they arrive, they learn that New Team Asteroid has also been invited. While Team Q4 is fixated on training to get stronger, everyone else is looking for some rest and relaxation. Later that night, after dinner, Ren gathers everyone together and gets them to agree to be in a test of courage, with some having the job of scaring people and the others being put to the test. Shenanigans ensue such as the supposedly-stoic pair of Misaki and Asaka easily getting scared to the point of fainting and Kamui failing to scare Tetsu for being paired with Emi. Aichi and Kai are teamed together to go through the course, but instead of doing so, Kai takes Aichi off on his own and gives him some words of encouragement, which are topped off by a fireworks display.
The cast parodies the story of Momotarō. Morikawa is chastised by Misaki for having impure thoughts when he says he wants to go to the swimming pool.
The Mysterious Card Shop!
Leon Soryu
Hidden Message
The sudden appearance of Daigo surprises everyone and also attracts more students to watch the Cardfight Club's play unfold. Posing as the "real" villain of the play, Daigo is challenged by the hero Kourin to a cardfight for Misaki's freedom. Although Kourin applies a lot of pressure to him shortly into the fight, Daigo eventually gets a heal trigger and deals 5 damage to her, putting her in a tough situation. However, she is cheered on by Misaki and subsequently the audience to not give up. Kourin regains her composure and tries to end the game with the Limit Break of Leading Jewel Knight, Salome. Unfortunately, she does not do so. Daigo then uses White Dragon Knight, Pendragon's Limit Break to superior ride his new ace: Sanctuary Guard Dragon. He activates its Limit Break to overpower and defeat Kourin. Although the hero Kourin loses, Misaki, Aichi, Naoki, and Shingo all step up to challenge Daigo for their fallen friend. Daigo fakes being weakened by the club's strong bonds of friendship and then takes his leave. With that, the play ends with a happy ending and a round of applause from the audience. Aichi expresses his thanks for Daigo as a montage of Misaki's pictures during the play is shown.
交わる道
Misaki fights Rati within the Fairy Masquerade Prison, which is in a dimension separated from the real world. While dealing major damage to Rati, Misaki expresses how much she cares for Aichi as a friend. Similar to her earlier match against Kenji, Rati once again executes her strategy of exchanging Misaki's rear-guards with weaker grade 0 units and wins the fight after dismissing Misaki's feelings of friendship as illusions. Because of her defeat, the prison directly damages Misaki, leaving her severely injured. Elsewhere, Kamui is about to start his fight against Serra.

Sak K'uk'

Nicholas Taylor / David Wagner

Unexpected Visitor
Ren's Promise
Legendary School Festival
Nazo no Doragon
カエサルの女帝
Kai regains consciousness and tries to go warn his friends about the Quatre Knights. Meanwhile, Misaki and Naoki are walking through a park where they discover a man playing with a few cats, including the Assista-cat. The man reveals himself as Phillip Neve, one of the Quatre Knights who wants to stop them from finding Aichi. Refusing to fight Misaki, Neve accepts Naoki's challenge. Like Gaillard, Neve creates a field called the Steel Wall Prison in which he and Naoki cardfight. Naoki gains the upper hand after using Legion with Brawler, Big Bang Knuckle Dragon and Big Bang Slash Dragon while destroying almost all of Neve's rear-guards, but Neve is unimpressed. He responds by performing his own Legion with Metal Borg, Sin Buster and Uru Buster while preventing Naoki from using a perfect guard to nullify the Legion attack, resulting in Naoki's defeat and causing the prison to inflict direct damage to him. Then, Misaki tries to challenge Neve, but Kai arrives and tells her to not do it. After Neve leaves, Kai, Misaki, and Naoki go to Hitsue High School and find Miwa, who is wounded after being attacked by another Quatre Knight.
Kamui vs. Ali and Misaki vs. Lee Shenlon finish their matches. The results will be a 1-1 draw. As the scene shifts to Aichi vs. Chris, Takuto Tatsunagi calls out to both of them with his spirit on Cray. Aichi's Psyqualia is returned, but Chris also gains the power of Psyqualia and slowly begins to go mad. Takuto states this is the only time he can interfere in a match, and in order for Aichi to gain any additional knowledge about Cray and the Royal Paladins, he will have to win the tournament.

The decisive fight between Aichi and Izaki ensues. Although Izaki is underestimated by the majority of the people watching, he nonetheless is serious about wanting to catch up to Aichi's level of strength. Aichi notices his fighting spirit and the two continue to play to the best of their abilities. Despite the large amount of pressure from Izaki's Ancient Dragon units, Aichi pulls off a comeback victory. Izaki sheds tears of frustration over this loss, but his effort is rewarded with applause from the crowd.

The regional qualifier progresses to the final round, in which the Miyaji Cardfight Club will face off against the Vanguard Club of Fukuhara High.

Aichi once again battles Chris, who uses Psyqualia to foresee his victory. Similar to their last match, Chris predicts that he will win when his new ace card Battler of the Twin Brush, Polaris strikes Aichi's Blond Ezel three times in one turn. While Chris' Psyqualia prophecies initially seem to be going the way he said they would, Aichi knows that Psyqualia is not 100% accurate nor is it just a dark power. On the turn Chris declares his victory, Aichi blocks the last two attacks from Polaris, therefore throwing off his winning Psyqualia image. Then, Aichi Crossrides his new key card gained from his experience at Card Shop PSY: Blazing Lion, Platina Ezel. With its Ultimate Break, Aichi increases the power of all his rear-guards, thus overwhelming and defeating Chris. Now knowing what Psyqualia really is, Chris learns the error of his ways and is forgiven by his friends Lee and Ali. However, due to the law of the unique dimension they're in, Chris' loss forces Team SIT Genius to be transported back to Earth.

Elsewhere, New Team Asteroid confronts Team Dreadnought, and Kai is about to fight Leon.

Kathleen

光輝の獅子

Francine Jordi

The national tournament preliminary rounds begin! After an explanation of the tournament rules by Ultra Rare, Team Q4 discovers that they are put in the same block as Team Asteroid, Ren Suzugamori's team and previous winners. To his great surprise, Aichi discovers that Kai not only personally knows Tetsu, one of Asteroid's members, but he is also acquainted with Ren. They are soon forced to forget about Asteroid, though, since the first round begins and pits them against Team Jurassic Army, a group of militaristic cardfighters using the brutal Tachikaze clan. Aichi takes the first match against Gunji Ryudo, and though he allows himself to take damage and effectively use the skill of Blaster Blade, he is cornered by the Tachikaze ace, Tyrant, Deathrex...

Jordi, Francine

Having noticed that Kourin has also disappeared like Aichi, Kai goes to Card Shop PSY to look for possible clues. There, he meets Olivier Gaillard, the champion of the Vanguard European Circuit. When Gaillard states he knows Aichi, Kai assumes he is an ally. However, Gaillard reveals that he is one of the Quatre Knights and tells Kai to stop his search for Aichi, but he refuses. Gaillard uses his mystical powers to create a separate dimension surrounded by blue flames called the Holy Prominence Prison in which he and Kai cardfight. Kai is surprised to see Gaillard using Aichi's Gold Paladin deck, and Gaillard responds by saying he has inherited Aichi's will. Despite Kai's best efforts, Gaillard defeats him, which causes the prison to inflict direct damage to Kai. Although he survives, Gaillard is confident that he has instilled fear deep in Kai's heart. Gaillard also tells Kai that he and the other three Quatre Knights will continue to attack Kai and his mates to stop them from finding Aichi, who has fallen into a deep slumber. After Gaillard leaves, Kai tries to go warn everyone but then faints...
Miwa spys on Kai who has begun fighting in underground fights in order to find stronger opponents. Underground cardfights usually result in the loss of cards, and players do not abide by the rules that ensure fair play. When Miwa discovers that Kai is searching for Jun Mutsuki, the king of underground fights, he goes looking for him. He confronts Jun and is captured. Jun and Kai then have a cardfight with Miwa and Kai's freedom at stake. Jun uses a Dark Irregulars deck against Kai and puts up a fierce fight while setting up to play his key card, Edel Rose. Kai foresees this and adds the perfect-defense card Wyvern Guard, Barri to his hand in order to foil Jun's strategy. Jun makes a change in his plan by riding Demon Eater, sending Edel Rose back into his deck, and attacking to force Kai to use Barri. However, Jun reveals that he had a second Edel Rose all along, and he attempts to use its critical strike ability to finish off Kai, who nullifies the attack with another Barri he kept all this time. After defeating Jun, Kai and Miwa leave, with Miwa figuring out that he had been used by Kai to draw Jun out.

It is time for the last leg of the VF Circuit, the Japan Stage. Taking place in an amusement park, many familiar teams have gathered. The aspect for this stage is that each team member will individually fight others in three separate stadiums. Each victory that a cardfighter gets will earn his/her team 1 point; the team with the most points by the end is the winner of the entire Japan Stage and will go on to face the previous stages' winners at the Final Stage. What's more is that "special reserve" cardfighters like Team Unknown will participate and act as obstacles for all of the teams. With the rules fully explained, Aichi and Q4 resolve themselves to win the Japan Stage. And so, the fights begin.

Misaki and Kamui win their respective matches. On the other hand, Aichi is in a close fight in a rematch with Team Jurassic Army's Gunji Ryudo. Against the threatening Limit Break of Ryudo's new ace card, Destruction Dragon, Dark Rex, Aichi successfully defends himself, using a lot of his cards in the process. Despite the odds, Aichi remains unfaltering and utilizes the Limit Break of his Blond Ezel twice, superior calling more units from his deck and gaining power from them, which forces Ryudo to not guard against Ezel's attack. As a result, Aichi is victorious. After saluting him on his win, Ryudo warns Aichi of what's to come in the Japan Stage.

Behind the scenes, Joker X is confronted by Kyou and Team Avengers, who plot to take Team Unknown's masks and assume their roles. However, Kyou is defeated by Joker X, who reveals his true identity to Kyou and shocks him. Soon after, Kamui awaits his next opponent, who turns out to be none other than Nagisa, clad in a bridal gown and eager to marry him right now.

The tag fight between Q4's Aichi and Misaki versus Lao's Terence and Felix continues. After Misaki's attack on Felix, he strikes back with Tyrant, Deathrex to put Team Lao in the lead. Then, wanting to make up for Misaki, Aichi rides a new ace card: White Hare in the Moon's Shadow, Pellinore. With its Limit Break, getting two drive triggers, and multiple superior calls from his deck, Aichi tries to finish the game with powered-up attacks. However, Terence manages to survive with support from Felix's tag guard. On Terence's turn, he also activates Limit Break, retiring his own units to increase the attack power of Military Dragon, Raptor Colonel while also superior calling more units from his deck. Aichi defends with all of the cards in his hand, and Misaki uses the extra cards drawn from her previous turn to tag guard with him. She anticipates Terence getting a drive trigger, which he does but her tag guards nonetheless successfully block his attacks. It is then that Aichi discovers what roles he and Misaki have during tag fights. With little cards left on Team Lao's side, Misaki wins the match on the following turn, thus making Team Q4 the victor. Afterwards, the Lao brothers praise Aichi and Misaki for their victory and newfound teamwork. Now, Team Q4 is one step closer to winning the Hong Kong Stage and having the chance to meet Takuto...

Oscar López Rivera

All Hands on Deck! The Legendary Fleet
The battle between Ren and Kai draws near the end as Ren declares "Final Turn". He Crossbreak Rides Revenger, Dragruler Phantom and activates its Limit Break to automatically deal 1 damage to Kai, bringing him closer to defeat. Despite that, Kai protects himself from Ren's assault and responds with his own "Final Turn" announcement. He Crossbreak Rides Dragonic Overlord "The Яe-birth", locks all of his own rear-guards, and launches a triple attack on Ren with it. Exhausted of all of his heal triggers, Ren loses and faints while in the process of being Reversed. Aichi is left as the only person who can take on Reversed Takuto and Kai. Reversed Takuto orders Kai to fight Aichi, but he refuses because he already beat Aichi and no longer deems him as a worthy opponent. So, Reversed Takuto takes it upon himself to cardfight Aichi.
風の強い日

Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes

Gasshuku no Seika
Hatsudō! Rimitto Bureiku!!
Shukumei no Taiketsu
Megami o Kakete!
Tomodachi
The Fearsome Soulblast!
Kamui ponders about taxes. Continuing in Mini Van Space Wars, the crewmembers of the spaceship Card Capital try to attack the alien forces of Team Asteroid but get struck by their trap.

Kenji arrives back in Japan via airplane. While waiting at the airport for his friends Yuri and Gai to pick him up, Kenji meets Kai and decides to have a cardfight with him, unaware about the existence of Reverse or of the current situation about it. Despite Kenji's best efforts, the Reversed Kai soundly defeats him.

Elsewhere, Team SIT Genius is hanging around the cardfight lounge in the same airport until Takuto's secretary brings the group to a private room where they meet Kenji who is now Reversed. Kenji challenges Chris to a cardfight, which he accepts. The battle reaches a turning point when Kenji rides Dark Dimensional Robo, "Яeverse" Daiyusha, an evil version of the original Daiyusha. Kenji uses its Limit Break to weaken Chris' vanguard and deal major damage to him. Realizing that Kenji is acting like a completely different person, Chris resolves himself to finish the game with a Break Ride combo using School Hunter, Leo-pald. However, Kenji wards off his attacks and activates "Яeverse" Daiyusha's Limit Break again to defeat Chris and subsequently Reverse him.

Leaving Gai behind, Yuri finally arrives at the airport. Not knowing about Reverse, she is surprised to see all of the Reversed cardfighters approaching her including all of Team SIT Genius and Kenji. Meanwhile, Kai is seen traveling on an airplane...

An Invitation to Everlasting Summer

Preliminary Round

出撃! 伝説の艦隊
Seek the Mate
Although Jillian and Sharlene have been Reversed and pledged their loyalty to Kenji, Leon begins his counterassault on him. Kenji responds by using "Яeverse" Daiyusha's Limit Break while also insulting Leon's precious Aqua Force clan. In spite of the odds against him, Leon's faith in the "wind" slightly affects Jillian and Sharlene into remembering their past with him, causing them to shed tears and Kenji to get angry. Leon guards against Kenji's attacks and then Break Rides Blue Wave Dragon, Tetra-drive Dragon. After having it attack once, he uses its Limit Break to have Tetra-drive Dragon stand up and launch a final attack on Kenji, thus winning the game and freeing him of Reverse. Kenji reverts to his normal self, and then he and Leon proceed to defeat Jillian, Sharlene, Yuri, and Team SIT Genius in cardfights and dispelling Reverse from them. With everyone back to normal, they all go their separate ways, and Kenji is given a warm "welcome back" from Yuri and Gai.
Majiwaru Michi
The final battle between Ren and Aichi begins, with Ren initially using his Psyqualia to overpower Aichi.
"Я" -リバース-

Bernard Tomic

蒼龍レオン
宿命の対決
Futari no Chōjō Kessen
魔界の将軍
Kyou thinks he is getting better at reading Tetsu's moods but gets thrown off by one of his colorful headbands. Misaki uses Vanguard cards as a Tarot reading to tell Shin's fortune. Kamui and Emi dress up for Halloween, but when Kamui is given candy, it seems more like Shichi-Go-San.
Naoki no Kobushi

Ulster final

Ninja Masuta Fukkatsu
Teams Q4 and Asteroid are both musical bands. Miwa explains to Aichi his reasoning for why he does not play in Vanguard tournaments.

Kyou is back for revenge against Team Q4, specifically Kai. Kyou then explains how things came to be this way - since he lost his match to Kai at the national tournament, he got banished from Asteroid. As a former member of Asteroid, Kyou had trouble finding a new team to join because no one wanted to recruit a discarded Asteroid member to prevent any conflicts. After multiple rejections, Kyou went insane and sweared vengeance against everyone who wronged him. So, he found two other former members of Asteroid and joined with them to form Team Avengers.

For the first match, Aichi decides to take the lead instead of letting Kai face Kyou again in hopes of earning more of Kai's acknowledgement. Under the influence of his new powers, Aichi becomes a completely different cardfighter. Before the match, Aichi declares his victory and the card Young Pegasus Knight as the key card to win the match - something that Ren would do. During the match, Kyou slowly becomes intimidated by Aichi's resemblance to Ren. Kyou believed Aichi was simply bluffing after retiring his Young Pegasus Knight during his second turn. But at the end, Aichi reveals the second Young Pegasus Knight he had and declared his victory with the same attitude and aura as Ren.

Q4's Aichi and Kamui face off against Leon and Sharlene of Dreadnought in the finals of the Hong Kong Stage. Remembering Leon's fight with Daigo, Aichi and Kamui do their best to minimize the damage taken from Dreadnought's multi-attacking Aqua Force units. Although Aichi deals damage to Leon, he is unaffected by his attacks. Then, Aichi asks Leon what he means whenever he refers to the "wind". It is then revealed that Leon's "wind" is actually the power of Psyqualia.

In a Psyqualia-induced vision, Leon tells Aichi a tale from long ago about a conflict between the many clans on the planet Cray. This war was eventually resolved by the appearance of the dominating Aqua Force armada. In the human world, the Soryu family had control over the Aqua Force which was used to hold power over the seven seas. However, for unknown reasons, the Aqua Force clan disappeared, and so did the Soryu family's power. The last remaining Soryu members foretold a prophecy of a child who would be "embraced by the wind" and restore the family name and the Aqua Force clan to their former glory; Leon believes that child is himself.

In a flash, Aichi is shown a vision of two Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstroms; Leon claims this to be his "whirlwind" image of victory. Back to the tag fight, Leon rides one Maelstrom and activates its Limit Break. But Aichi uses a perfect guard to block its attack and safely makes it to his next turn. Does Aichi have the same kind of resolve that Leon has, willing to use Psyqualia to win?

Futari no Sendōsha
Saikyō! Taggufaito

Former community organizer for the Northwest Community Organization , ASSPA, ASPIRA and the 1st Congregational Church of Chicago.

After defeating Jurassic Army, Team Q4 is now up against Team Spyder. Wanting Aichi to continue resting, Misaki and Kamui prepare themselves to win without his presence. Before the next round begins, they are confronted by Team Spyder's members, who try to exploit Misaki's and Kamui's weaknesses. Kamui is tricked into believing that his opponent is a vulnerable "girl" who wants Kamui to let "her" win when they face off. Misaki then runs into her future opponent who has analyzed Misaki's past fights and uses that collected data to psyche her out, questioning Misaki if she has mastered Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi.

The fights between Q4 and Spyder then start with Kamui against the "girl" he met earlier. Eventually, the disguise is exposed, and Kamui defeats his opponent using Stern Blaukluger with no hesitation. Misaki is up next, but she is unable to get Full Moon in her hand. Her opponent uses the skills of deadly Megacolony cards like Elite Mutant, Giraffa and Death Warden, Ant Lion, activating the latter's Megablast to restrict Misaki's rear-guards from standing next turn. On what is practically her last turn, Misaki miraculously draws and rides Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi, using its Counterblast to draw more cards and replace all of her rested rear-guard units. With that, she manages to win, and therefore, Q4 moves on to face the last team of C Block, the Brilliant Stars.

The Shop Tournament Begins!
チームQ4、地区大会へ
The Entangling Weeds!
櫂の影

Augustin, Fernando

Misaki stays locked in her room while Aichi and Kamui feel horrible for what they did to her. They want to get her to rejoin Team Q4, but Kai says to let her do what she wants. Emi visits Card Capital, worrying about the depressed Aichi. She encounters Misaki, who claims not to know anything, but Shin pushes the two into a cardfight using the new trial decks that just arrived. Going along for Emi's sake, Misaki uses the new Nova Grappler deck, whereas Emi uses the Oracle Think Tank one. Already having memorized all effects of the cards with her perfect memory, Misaki easily defeats Emi, but in doing so, she remembers the fun that Vanguard used to be for both her and her parents, and realizes that they would not want her to feel sad about the game. Receiving a key from her uncle to unlock the box with the deck her parents made for her and now wearing that key around her neck, she easily beats every regular customer of the shop the next day. She also rejoins Team Q4 to Aichi and Kamui's joy.
Resurrection of the Dragon
The fight between Aichi and Gouki continues. Aichi blocks Gouki's attack, and counterattacks with Alfred, bringing Gouki to five damage. However, Gouki replaces his vanguard with King of Demonic Seas, Basskirk, who uses its Megablast to instantly revive as many Granblue units from the drop zone as possible! Although Aichi perfectly defends against all of Gouki's attacks during that turn, he realizes that he must end the battle immediately. Just then, a strange blue light emerges from his deck, which Kai notices. Aichi draws one of the new cards that he had acquired, which he had put in his deck despite Kamui's advice. He rides Soul Saver Dragon, the powerful God of the Royal Paladin clan, and activates its skill to power up his rear-guard units. Though it seems like Gouki will make it through, Aichi gets a stand trigger and finishes the game with a brutal attack. With Aichi's win over Gouki, Team Q4 wins the regional tournament and is therefore eligible to enter the national tournament. At the awards ceremony, Ultra Rare congratulates Q4 for their victory, and Suiko invites Aichi to visit Card Shop PSY once more.
フーファイターへの想い
予期せぬ来客
Very Upset
戦慄のソウルブラスト
運命の出会い
Shadō Paradin

Aichi goes to Card Capital to buy a booster pack in the hopes of getting a grade 3 card. When he arrives, he sees an elementary-grade-school kid, Kamui Katsuragi, convincingly defeating Izaki in a cardfight. Aichi challenges Kamui, but he refuses, noticing that Aichi is not a strong player. Then, after Kamui beats Morikawa in a cardfight, Aichi tries to buy a booster pack. Suddenly, Emi appears, and Kamui immediately falls in love with her. Before Aichi could buy a pack, Emi drags him back home while Kamui looks on, thinking that the two are boyfriend and girlfriend. Later, Aichi buys a booster pack and is pleased to find that it contained a grade 3 card, Solitary Knight, Gancelot. Just then, Kamui shows up and challenges Aichi, demanding to get Emi if he beats him. Although Aichi misunderstands Kamui's intentions, the two begin their Vanguard fight.

Kamui uses powerful cards like Brutal Jack and King of Sword to quickly deal a ton of damage to Aichi, who strikes back by using his newly acquired Solitary Knight, Gancelot. But in the end, Aichi loses to Kamui after he rides his ace card Asura Kaiser. Afterwards, Emi arrives and tries to get Aichi home, and it is then that Kamui learns that the two are actually siblings. Now, hoping to get closer to Emi, Kamui starts referring to Aichi as his "big brother", although Aichi is not exactly glad about it.

Recapture Miyaji Academy!!
Aichi's Shadow
エリートの誇り
Guradiētā
Return to Regionals
Legion
Kyou's Revenge

Republican

Team Q4 gathers at Card Capital to watch the national tournament finals. Due to various delays, they only manage to catch the very last match, where Ren, leader of Team Asteroid, faces of against Kenji, leader of Team Caesar. Even though Kenji appears to put up a good fight, Aichi sees right through Ren's power. Ren quickly decides to take the battle a little more seriously and rides Blaster Dark, a black version of Blaster Blade. In a couple of turns, he completely annihilates Kenji, and Team Asteroid is crowned the national champion. In an attempt to cheer Q4 up, Shin arranges for a beach trip, but Aichi is too demotivated for it. Miwa manages to convince Kai to speak to Aichi. Kai's words give Aichi the motivation to continue playing. Fired up, Q4 requests a special training session from Shin.
Assault! Twin Drive!
Kai and Misaki are in a park where Misaki expresses her worry over whether or not they can find Aichi, but Kai calms her down. At Miyaji Academy, in the room where the Cardfight Club used to meet, Naoki awakes from a nightmare in which he tries to reach Aichi but fails to do so. He then comes across Shingo, who has also forgotten about Aichi. Naoki tries to help him remember, but the two are suddenly approached by a mysterious steward named Moress Pennyworth. He has been sent by the enemy to stop those who are trying to find Aichi, with Naoki set in his sights. The cardfight between Naoki and Moress ensues while Shingo observes. While using his Megacolony deck to paralyze Naoki's units from standing, Moress tries to demoralize Naoki from continuing the search for Aichi. Naoki almost gives in to despair, but with encouragement from Shingo and recalling Kai's words of working together, he recovers his fighting spirit and defeats Moress with a Legion attack. Naoki pressures Moress into telling everything he knows, but he manages to escape. Some time later, Naoki tells Misaki of this incident. Meanwhile, Kai pays a visit to Ren at Team Asteroid headquarters.
狙われたアイドル
Shadow Paladin
もう一つのフーファイター
Kusari Tatsumono
Shikkoku no Burasutā
The Pirate Flag Fluttering at Miyaji
When the Moon is Full

After much training, Naoki finally constructs a suitable deck with help from Shingo. The two then decide to go and reclaim Miyaji Academy from the Reversed fighters inhabiting it. They encounter Maki, who summons all of the Reversed fighters . Together, Naoki and Shingo take on all of the fighters, defeating them one by one. However, unbeknownst to Naoki as he continues fighting, Shingo loses to Maki. After beating the last of the Reversed fighters, Naoki searches for Shingo but then comes across Naito and Suwabe, who have been hiding from Reversed fighters and are unaware of Maki's involvement with Reverse. Soon after, Naoki finds Shingo but is shocked to discover that the latter is Reversed.

Determined to bring his friend back, Naoki engages the Reversed Shingo in a cardfight. Naoki gains an early advantage, but Shingo strikes back with Covert Demonic Dragon, Hyakki Vogue "Яeverse" and its Limit Break. With the Reversed Shingo denouncing all sense of friendship he had with the Cardfight Club, Naoki begins to lose the will to fight until he hears the real Shingo's voice, motivating him to continue the battle.

Kioku no Saki ni
Aggressive Movement! Tachikaze Deck!!
Setsugen no Chōsen-sha

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While Jillian and Sharlene take on Ren and Asaka in a tag fight, Kai begins his battle with Leon. As the two fighters clash, Leon reveals his past. As it turns out, the legend of a child who would call forth the "wind" and lead the second coming for both the Soryu family and Aqua Force clan was just a fairy tale; it was made up by the Soryu chief, Master Osa, who only wanted to provide hope to the young Leon, Jillian, and Sharlene. Eventually, the Soryu and Aqua Force would be forgotten and die out. Desperate to find power to save both, Leon met Void, who offered him Psyqualia. He accepted the power, and thus Leon became that prophesied Soryu child, turning that fairy tale into a reality.

Back to the cardfight, Kai, who is furious at Leon's selfish actions of betraying the 3 clans, rides Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion and announces that he will defeat him.

Q4 makes it to the semifinals of the Hong Kong Stage with Aichi and Misaki doing all of the cardfighting. After diligently studying the tag fight rules, Kamui offers to participate in the next fight. So, it is decided that Kamui and Misaki will pair up for their fight against Team Battle Weeds, a group of three kids who greatly admire the tenacity of weeds. True to their namesake, the members of Battle Weeds use Neo Nectar decks. Withstanding the Limit Break of Battle Weeds' ace card, White Lily Musketeer, Cecilia, Kamui proceeds to ride his new key card: Perfect Raizer. Its skill increases its power to exponential heights, and managing to pull a critical trigger, Kamui wins the match for Q4, thus advancing the team to the finals. However, Q4's next opponent is Team Dreadnought, with its members consisting of the two previously-encountered twin sisters, Jillian and Sharlene Chen, and their leader, Leon Soryu.
Erīto no Kokori
Let It Begin! The VF Circuit!
With Team Q4 reunited, Aichi, Kamui, and Misaki go shopping in preparation for the VF Circuit. After they finish their shopping, they visit Card Shop PSY so that Aichi can talk to Suiko about the mystery behind the replacement of his Royal Paladin deck. Once there, they find out that the Ultra Rare girls will also be going overseas. Noticing the large amount of shopping bags that Team Q4 has, Rekka questions the team's motive for participating in the VF Circuit. When Misaki says that she's going because she was asked to, Rekka insults her for treating their ticket to the VF Circuit as a free vacation and having no intention to win. To prove her wrong, Misaki challenges Rekka to a cardfight. While using the new Angel Feather clan to use cards in her damage zone to her advantage, Rekka criticizes Misaki's deck for being good but still lacking. Rekka then shows Misaki what that missing attribute is when she rides Circular Saw, Kiriel and utilizes its Limit Break to defeat her. Through this loss, Team Q4 realizes that they must change their mentality and their decks if they want to have a chance to win the VF Circuit.
Lonely Fight
Otoko no Iji

Armagh/Cavan

旋風! 小学生ファイターカムイ
Senritsu no Souruburasuto
Jūketsu! Nihon Sutēji
At the start of the tournament, Team Q4 is placed in C Block, which is the same block as Team Jurassic Army and Team Brilliant Stars, another faction of Asteroid. After having a brief conversation with Team Q4, Kiriya Bidou, leader of Brilliant Stars, is summoned by Ren, who tells him that if he can take care of Aichi, then he will be allowed into Asteroid. When Team Q4 is getting ready to face Jurassic Army, they are greeted by the members of Team Caesar, who wish them luck to meet in the finals. Aichi then claims that even without luck, they will be at the finals, since their victory is guaranteed, puzzling Team Caesar. As he steps onto the field, Aichi once again faces off against Ryudo, who asks if he has gotten stronger since their last match. Fed up with people asking how much stronger he has gotten, Aichi tells Ryudo that it is best to just show much power he has, and warns him that he will soundly defeat him. Using his new Shadow Paladin deck, Aichi beats Ryudo, despite drawing a heal trigger like last time. Although Ryudo claims that Aichi has gotten stronger, it is not something that is worth a salute. Soon after, Ren claims that Aichi still has not released his true powers, as Aichi once again collapses from using Psyqualia. As Aichi is resting in the infirmary, both Kamui and Misaki agree that till the finals, they would not let Aichi fight again, while Kourin returns, hoping that Kai will make it in time to help Aichi.
Within another dream, Aichi plays a game of memory with Ren but under special rules.
開幕! VFサーキット!!
Kanzen'narishi Kokurin
A Visit from Tetsu
奪還せよ!! 宮地学園
謎のドラゴン
While the Link Joker units have begun attacking Aichi's friends, Aichi is still wavering after hearing Reversed Takuto's words. Just as Aichi loses hope, he hears the many cries from his friends who are still fighting, which motivates Aichi to continue the battle. Aichi rides Liberator, Monarch Sanctuary Alfred to return his locked units to the deck and superior call them back to the field, thus countering Reversed Takuto's "World End" strategy. Aichi defeats him, which causes the many gates over the world to disappear along with the invading Link Joker units and all of the Reversed fighters returning to normal. However, about to also disappear, Reversed Takuto tries to take Aichi down with him in a last ditch effort, but he is stopped by the appearance of the original Takuto. Apologizing to Kourin, Rekka and Suiko, Takuto sacrifices himself and dissipates along with his Reversed self. Although the long battle against Link Joker seems to be over, the gate above Aichi is not completely gone, and he is soon confronted by Kai, who is still Reversed...
The Form of Friendship
Golden Glow
On the planet Cray, CEO Amaterasu and Knight of Conviction, Bors are flirting with each other until they are both called into battle by Misaki and Aichi.
Daiyūsha Otsu
Camping Trip

While shopping for a camping trip, the Cardfight Club watches a news report about the upcoming VF High School Championship, Ren Suzugamori, and Leon Soryu. Elsewhere, at a hotel lobby, Jillian defeats Kishida, who wanted to challenge Leon. She returns to her hotel room with both Sharlene and Leon inside, the latter of which being in deep concentration for the VF High School Championship. Jillian and Sharlene reminisce for a bit and then try to make little leaf boats as a way to cheer up Leon. Instead, Leon makes the boats and brightens the twin sisters' moods. When the three leave their room, they are confronted by the Reversed group of Kenji, Yuri, and Team SIT Genius.

Leon finds himself facing Kenji while Jillian fights Ali and Sharlene plays against Lee. Kenji manages to Superior Crossride "Яeverse" Daiyusha from his deck, giving him an early advantage. Jillian and Sharlene both lose their matches and are Reversed as a result. Despite being alone and Kenji's insults to the Soryu tribe, Leon maintains a strong front...

Semi-finals
Final

Lancaster

Jebb, Richard

Aichi, Misaki, Naoki, and Shingo walk to Takuto's headquarters but are stopped by the appearance of the Reversed Kamui. Aichi feels that he must fight him and proceeds to do so. In the midst of the battle, Kamui expresses his frustration over how Aichi became stronger than him despite both of them being together for so long. He then Crossbreak Rides Deadliest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster "Яeverse" and launches 8 attacks in a single turn, but Aichi manages to survive. Aichi responds by saying that he not only admires Kamui but also that he became stronger because Kamui, Kai, and Misaki were there with him from the beginning. Then, Aichi Crossbreak Rides Liberator of Bonds, Gancelot Zenith and uses its Limit Break to superior call Blaster Blade Liberator to land a final blow on Kamui, thus winning the fight and freeing him of Reverse. With Kamui back to his normal self albeit fatigued, Aichi and his friends continue to travel to Takuto's headquarters. Once there, they are confronted by the Reversed pair of Miwa and Kai.
Saikuoria no Shinjitsu
王からの挑戦状

The matches between Misaki vs. Asaka and Aichi vs. Ren continue. Asaka rides a new card, Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier, and uses its Limit Break to superior call 3 units from her soul. She launches powerful attacks that Misaki cannot guard against and ultimately wins. Asaka walks away victorious while being disappointed in Misaki's performance.

Meanwhile, Ren rides Spectral Duke Dragon and later attacks Aichi's Blond Ezel with it. Aichi guards against it, but then Ren utilizes the Limit Break of Spectral Duke Dragon to have it stand up and attack again. Aichi is unable to block this attack, giving Ren the victory, just as he predicted with Psyqualia. This 3-0 sweep means that New Team Asteroid moves on to the next round, with Team Q4 learning how much New Team Asteroid has changed.

The Legendary Fighter

Aichi and Ren face off in the third and last game of the Kanto regional qualifier. As the fight unfolds, Kai watches and is concerned about them. Despite Aichi's best efforts to land a final attack with Blaster Blade Liberator, Ren survives and finishes the battle with a final blow from his reborn avatar: Blaster Dark Revenger. With that, Fukuhara High wins the regional tournament and therefore moves on to the VF High School Championship. Aichi apologizes to his teammates, but they are not upset by his loss and instead cheer him up. During the awards ceremony, Kai leaves after coming to the conclusion that both Aichi and Ren have become too strong for him.

As the Kanto regional qualifier comes to a close, the Miyaji Cardfight Club looks forward to more cardfighting in the future. However, unbeknownst to the club, the Miyaji student council continues to scheme for the club's abolishment...

Aichi awakes from a bad dream of his cards talking to him about keeping them in his deck while taking out others. Kai and Kenji have woken up before everyone else and are already engaged in cardfighting. They have leftover curry for breakfast, while Aichi reports the unfortunate results of his deck-editing session. They go to the beach, where Aichi, Morikawa and Izaki are put under a special training regimine by Kamui, which culminates in them imagining themselves as valiant vanguards on Cray. Shin presents Q4 with a briefcase full of rare cards, which they used to build up their decks. Aichi's Royal Paladins speak to him in his mind, and he reconstructs his deck without realizing it. Yuri challenges Aichi to a rematch, and Aichi skillfully uses the effects of High Dog Breeder, Akane and Pongal to get Soul Saver Dragon in his hand, before Morikawa interrupts the match. The team finally leaves the training camp with everyone satisfied with the experience they have gathered except Morikawa who had completely forgotten about going swimming.
Shōri e no Raido
The final battle between Aichi and Leon begins, with the latter predicting via Psyqualia that he will win when his Glory Maelstrom attacks Aichi's Blond Ezel. Signs show of the nothingness that is Void slowly destroying the dimension and creeping its way to Aichi. The darkness eventually affects Aichi as he falls unconscious and loses the will to fight. However, he remembers his loved ones and then hears a familiar voice, both of which help Aichi to stand up and continue the battle. He activates the Limit Break of Blond Ezel to superior call an astral form of his original avatar card: Blaster Blade Spirit. But even with that, Leon withstands Aichi's attacks and then Crossrides Glory Maelstrom...
鋼のネーヴ
シーク・ザ・メイト
Countdown to Despair
Aratanaru Nakama-tachi
Excitement at the Seoul Stage!
The final match begins, with Kamui against Tetsu.
Challenge of a Hero

The day for the regional tournament is here, and Shin drives the team of Aichi, Kamui, and Kai to the tournament site. On the way there, while Aichi and Kamui make adjustments to Aichi's deck, Shin decides to name the team "Quadrifoglio" . They arrive and watch a promotional video of the pop idol group Ultra Rare, who are the three girls, Kourin, Rekka, and Suiko, who Aichi met at Card Shop PSY. After a run-in with Team Handsome, it is then announced that Team Q4 will play in the first round against Team Black Magic, three dark-robed men who all have "Kuro" in their names. Because of Misaki's absence, Aichi will have to participate, and in the first match too!

After being given special Vanguard gloves and using it with the tournament's Motion Figure System to bring the cardfight to life, Aichi begins his fight against Team Black Magic's Kurosawa, who uses the same clan as Kai, the Kagero, but with many new units. When Kurosawa superior rides Demonic Dragon Berserker, Yaksha and uses several skills to retire all of Aichi's rear-guards, Aichi panics, realizing that even if he rides Alfred, he cannot fully use its ability. In a desperate move, he uses all the cards in his hand, including the newly added Knight of Truth, Gordon, to create an almost full field.

Shop Tournament Winner Crowned!

Tyrone/Down/Monaghan

Kathleen Otoole

Chief Executive

Ren has Tetsu talk more like a villain. Aichi and his friends go to a bathhouse where many antics ensue.
Rematch in the Final Match!
合宿の成果
風との再会
Misaki has a mountain of books which she refuses to clean up. In the Mini Van broadcast segment, Asaka talks forever about herself and Ren.
忍者ファイター、退場
While the Quatre Knights regroup and discuss their next move, Kai and Ren begin their cardfight while Miwa and Naoki watch them. Suspecting Ren is feigning ignorance about Aichi, Kai manages to defeat him in spite of Ren's powerful Legion skill. Although Ren does not give a straight answer, he does provide Kai and his friends with a photo of a place where he recommends them to go. Kai, Miwa, and Naoki then reunite with Misaki and Kamui, and they all set off to find that location.
Rekka, the third member of Miyaji middle school's Cardfight Circle, enters the clubroom and is followed by Kourin. After Shingo informs Naoki on who Rekka is, she then challenges Aichi to a Vanguard fight. As the two battle, Rekka shows off her charm as an idol, which infatuates Shingo into becoming her fan. Rekka uses the various effects of her Celestial-themed Angel Feather deck to move cards in and out of her damage zone to her advantage. She gets a copy of Solidify Celestial, Zerachiel into her damage zone which, via the Limit Break of her vanguard Zerachiel, empowers all of her Celestial Angel Feather units. However, Aichi withstands Rekka's assault and uses his Gancelot/Alfred Limit Break Ride combo while also superior calling Blaster Blade Liberator from the soul to finish the game and defeat her. Afterwards, the two clubs give their thanks to each other before Shingo offers to become a member of Rekka's fan club.
Mōkō! Tsuin Doraibu
集いし勝者たち

Kai and Leon continue their cardfight with each side using their respective vanguards' Limit Break abilities. After he insults Leon by calling him a pawn to Void, Kai Crossrides his new trump card: Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion "THE BLOOD". He activates its Ultimate Break to give it extra critical value and power, forcing Leon to use his few remaining cards to defend. Kai manages to deal 2 more points of damage, presumably ensuring his victory, but Leon gets a heal trigger to stay in the game. On the following turn, Leon also Crossrides his new ace card: Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom. Its Ultimate Break also makes Kai use the last of his cards to hopefully block its attack. However, Leon drive checks a critical trigger, thus plowing through Kai's guardians and winning the match. After Glory Maelstrom's attack, the dust settles and reveals Leon standing over the fallen Kai.

Just arriving to the scene, Aichi runs towards Kai and picks him up. Weakened, Kai apologizes to Aichi for not being there with him throughout the entire journey and then tells him to continue down his path for both of their sakes. New Team Asteroid is transported back to Earth due to Kai's loss, so now it is up to Aichi to defeat Leon.

Shōgun no Kabe
発動! リミットブレイク!!

Raúl Cubas

それぞれの決意
Tetsu and Misaki watch a sunset together. Continuing in Mini Van Space Wars, Aichi infiltrates Team Asteroid's main spaceship to deactivate its shield, unaware of the trap set by Asteroid as he returns to Card Capital. Ren and Kyou also watch a sunset, but Ren is unaware of Kyou's presence.
Makai no Shōgun
Natsu da! Gasshuku da! Vangādo da!
Chīmu Q4, Chiku Taikai e

Francine Lehmann

Team Q4 travels via train to a Vanguard event. On the way there, they play shiritori but Kai keeps ending the game. Kyou helps Team Asteroid hitch a ride to a tournament but gets left behind.
新たなる輝き!
Kamui deals some damage to Tetsu while being wary of his Stil Vampir, the card that beat Aichi in the last national tournament. In the midst of the battle, Kamui and Tetsu argue over their differences in beliefs of what teammates are. Although Kamui tries his hardest, Tetsu emerges victorious when he rides King of Diptera, Beelzebub, putting Team Asteroid up 1-0.

The Cardfight Club is forced by the student council to take the main stage on the day of the academy's upcoming School Festival. The student council hopes to use this chance to embarrass the club and tarnish its reputation. Despite the daunting task, the club decides to do a stage play using one of Shingo's prewritten scripts and with costume help from Emi and Mai. The script is loosely based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter but with Vanguard units; Aichi is given the role of the bamboo cutter , Misaki is the heroine , Naoki is the villain , and Kourin is the hero . Although Kourin is seemingly busy with her job as an idol, Misaki notices that she is in fact preparing for the play. However, on the day of rehearsal, Kourin does not show up, which leads the club to think that she is not serious about the play and that Aichi should take the role of Alfred.

The day of the School Festival finally arrives, and all of Aichi's friends have come. Unfortunately, Kourin is not at school. To make matters worse, the club is informed by Suwabe that the club's time of performance is actually an hour earlier than scheduled. As the club hastily sets up for the play, Misaki learns from Akari why Kourin did not show up for rehearsal. The play then goes underway with Shingo narrating the story. But when the time comes for Kourin's scene, Naoki accidentally destroys the set and his costume, causing the audience to grow angry. Before the play is totally ruined, Kourin appears in her costume and saves the show when she declares a new adversary for her to face: the legendary fighter Daigo.

光と虚無
Shōri e no Omoi
The fight between Ninja Master Neo and the Reversed Nagisa begins, with the latter furious at the former for standing in her way. Neo deals 5 damage to Nagisa, but she was awaiting this moment as she Crossbreak Rides Deadliest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster "Яeverse". This Limit Break Ride combo allows Nagisa's units to attack Neo 8 times, who manages to survive thanks to a heal trigger. Despite Neo having less cards to use than Nagisa, he mounts a comeback with his own Limit Break Ride combo with Shura Stealth Dragon, Kabukicongo to bind most of Nagisa's cards from being usable to land a finishing blow and win the game, thus reverting Nagisa to normal. Neo takes his leave, and Nagisa and Gouki team up to take on the other Team Handsome members in cardfights to free them of Reverse. Meanwhile, Kamui, Reiji, and Eiji continue their search throughout Miyaji Academy for Emi, Mai, and their kidnapper Rekka.
再誕の龍
Eternal Marionette
Showdown! Nova Grappler!
Gladiator
Konton no Hakaisha

Dowdell, Jeff

Enter the Ninja Fighter!

Clementine Stoney

Shin tries to get Misaki to make a girly giggle. In a feudal Japan setting, samurai warrior Kamui challenges warlord Kai to a cardfight. Asaka makes a wish upon a shooting star which lands on top of Kyou.
Sorezore no Natsu

Garwood, Norman

Wrist drop

英雄の挑戦
Tenshi-tachi no Mai
限界を超える獅子
The Startling New Member

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World End
Kaze to no Saikai

Incarcerated by the U.S. Government

Also having lost his memories pertaining to Aichi, Kamui challenges Kai after being recommended to do so by Gouki. Kai mentions Aichi to Kamui, but he does not remember him. When Kamui adds that Aichi must be too weak to remember, Naoki gets infuriated and challenges him in Kai's place. So, Naoki and Kamui have a cardfight while Kai, Misaki, and Miwa watch. In the midst of battle, Naoki cries out to Kamui to remember by recalling significant moments that he and Aichi shared. When Naoki finishes the game with a Legion attack, Kamui finally regains his memories about Aichi. After the fight, Kamui is informed about everything, and Miwa recommends for the group to search for Aichi by themselves. Elsewhere, a man swears to not allow anyone to get near Aichi...
Yuri's Medal
Kamui is suspected of holding back while fighting. Despite Tetsu's angry expression, Asaka thinks that he is actually happy because of the headband he is wearing. Morikawa is the only one in high spirits despite everyone else feeling terrible.
In a Wild West setting, Kai and Kyou are about to have a showdown when Kyou gets flustered by Kai's dueling methods.
挑戦者 ナオキ
Yes, My Vanguard
先導者・櫂
Kesenai Kioku
宮地学園中等部

Mount Chephren

Kai, Misaki, Naoki, and Miwa meet with Kamui at Card Capital and inform him about the Quatre Knights. To keep his mates from getting involved any further, Kai decides to go fight the Quatre Knights by himself. However, Kamui stops Kai by challenging him to a cardfight. During the battle, Kamui expresses how he and the others want to find Aichi as much as Kai does. After using his newfound Legion skill, Kamui defeats Kai. As Kamui explains, Kai is the vanguard of the group while he, Misaki, Naoki, and Miwa are the rear-guards who will support him no matter what. Kai realizes and acknowledges this, and so the group sets out to become stronger. Meanwhile, the Quatre Knights are making their next move...
Narabitatsu Nōryokusha
Reunion with the Wind
Although happy that Aichi woke up, Kai still thought of the time when he was still young. He wanted to get Ren out of his Psyqualia self, but then Ren's image was so bad that Kai left him defeated. Now that Kai changed, he vowed to rescue Ren from his Psyqualia addiction and is bent on winning!
黒い先導者
頂点の座を賭けて
Where the Wind Blows
Team Q4 proceeds to fight Team Brillant Stars and Kamui is up first, facing Hiromi from BS. Hiromi uses the skills of Young Pegasus Knight, High Dog Breeder, Akane, Great Sage, Barron, Knight of Godly Speed, Galahad, and Margal to power up his units. Kamui skillfully defends and uses the ability of Stern Blaukluger to stand Stern and the unit behind it to finish the fight. Hiromi congratulates Kamui about winning the first fight, but tells him that their victory as a team had vanished. Aichi then wakes up and manages to watch Misaki's fight, and discovers that Misaki had lost the match due to Seal Dragon, Blockade, a vicious card that disables Misaki's rear-guards to intercept. After watching the fight, Aichi slowly makes his way to the fighting area to start the third fight. As he walks towards the Motion Figure System, Shin, Misaki and Kamui are shocked. Aichi tells Misaki and Kamui that he is disappointed in the two and gives them a confident and evil smile. His opponent, Kiriya Bidou, tells Aichi he was convinced that Aichi would run away and Aichi replies by saying that there was no need to be afraid of him. The fight begins!!
Fū Faitā e no Omoi
When Team Asteroid celebrates Ren's birthday, Asaka gets distraught when it seems as if Ren likes Kyou's present the most, but she is elated when Ren is using her present .

Quarter Final

Wanting to apologize to everyone for his recent behavior, Aichi goes to Card Capital, which is holding a casual shop tournament. Aichi, Kamui, and Misaki enter in the senior division, while Emi competes in the junior division. Morikawa also wants to enter, but he unfortunately has left his "super-strong" deck at home. So, Shin lends Morikawa an unmodified trial deck to use. The deck does not have as many grade 3 units as Morikawa would like, leading him to believe the deck is weak. Nevertheless, to everyone's surprise, Morikawa goes on a winning streak with this seemingly "weak" deck, even beating Aichi, who no longer cares about winning but is instead reminded about just having fun.

Asaka and Suiko finally reach the rooftop where they witness the fight between Ren and the Reversed Tetsu unfold. Tetsu pulls ahead in terms of damage with a heal trigger, but Ren turns the game around with Revenger, Raging Form Dragon. Tetsu declares "Final Turn" and Crossrides Demon Marquis, Amon "Яeverse", using its Limit Break to try and finish off Ren. He fends off all of Tetsu's attacks but is left with little resources of his own. Ren's last attack with Raging Form seems to fail when Tetsu nullifies it with a perfect guard until Ren's twin drive check reveals another Raging Form. It is at that moment in which Ren activates Raging Form's Limit Break to Superior Persona Ride the one he checked and launch a final attack on Tetsu, thus defeating and reverting him to his normal self.

After the battle, Ren asks Tetsu who was the one who Reversed him, but he does not remember. Ren, Asaka, Tetsu, and Suiko then leave Asteroid headquarters while letting Kyou fight the Reversed Kiriya Bidou. They meet Aichi in front of Miyaji Academy, and Ren asks about Kourin. Although Aichi tells him that she has not been at school lately because of her work as an idol, Kourin and Rekka suddenly appear. As Aichi, Kourin, and Rekka go to class, Ren's suspicions of Kourin and Rekka being Reversed have been cleared but still thinks that Aichi should be careful...

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With Takuto monitoring them from afar, Aichi and Kai finally confront each other. When Aichi questions Kai on his actions, he explains his reasoning as to why he chose to be Reversed despite the consequences. Wanting to save Kai like he did when Aichi was under the negative influence of Psyqualia, Aichi engages him in an intense cardfight. Aichi is put in a seemingly hopeless situation, and although he stays determined to win, Kai thinks otherwise...
テツ現る
猛進! たちかぜデッキ!!
Tō Natsu e no Jōtaijō
In front of Tatsunagi Corporation HQ, Miwa wants to cardfight Aichi, but Misaki insists on being Miwa's opponent instead. Steadfast on returning Miwa to his former self, Misaki recalls how Miwa is really a caring person underneath his usual carefree demeanor. After repelling Miwa's Crossbreak Ride combo with Dauntless Dominate Dragon "Яeverse", Misaki performs her own Crossbreak Ride with Omniscience Regalia, Minerva and defeats Miwa, thus lifting the spell of Reverse from him. After everyone gathers around Miwa as he regains himself, Aichi makes a direct challenge to Kai.

Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott

宮地にはためく海賊旗
White-Hot Tournament!
アイドルファイト
The shop tournament continues, with Morikawa having an unprecedented amount of victories and Emi's Bermuda Triangle deck dominating the junior division. While this is going on, Shin provides booster packs of the latest cards for Team Q4 to open and put into their decks in preparation for the upcoming national tournament finals. At the end of the tournament, Emi and Morikawa are crowned as the champions of their respective divisions. Morikawa decides to buy the structure deck that he was using throughout the tournament and goes home to "improve" it. The next day though, Morikawa's deck modifications by stuffing it with loads of grade 3 units has made him the loser he once was, thus turning things back to normal.

As Team Dreadnought stops everyone from moving forward, Leon reveals that his true purpose for entering the VF Circuit was to thwart Takuto's plan of freeing Cray from the enigmatic enemy. Leon also says he was the one who let the Royal Paladin, Shadow Paladin, and Kagero clans be sealed away by the enemy. His reasons for doing so are to set the Aqua Force clan free , restore the Soryu family to its former glory, and then rule the world. Leon's Psyqualia is amplified by the dark powers of the enemy and blows everyone away.

Later, after being knocked unconscious, Q4 awakens and speaks with an injured Takuto, who gives more revelations. He discloses the name of the mysterious enemy: Void, an evil power of emptiness that is currently encompassing the majority of Cray and will make its way to Earth if not stopped. Takuto also states that he manipulated everyone's memories to make them forget about the past relating to the 3 sealed clans in order to introduce the new clans, Gold Paladin and Narukami, for Aichi, Kai, and Ren to later use and get stronger for this upcoming battle to free Cray. After Takuto restores everyone's rightful memories, Q4 leaves him to find and confront Leon, who is currently allowing himself to be engulfed by Void's power.

Resolute on saving Blaster Blade after remembering all that the card has done for him, Aichi receives a card that contains Blaster Blade's spirit, which aids the group in their search for Leon. Then, Q4 runs into Team SIT Genius' leader Chris attacking his comrades Lee and Ali. Falling under the negative influence of Psyqualia which is magnified by Void, Chris' obsession with being "number one" makes him go mad with power and prevents Q4 from going any further. To save Chris from what he once had undergone, Aichi engages him in a cardfight.

月下のキングメーカー

Wielka Piaśnica

Mystery Dragon
Ren's Wish
Idol Fight
Amefutobu no Shikaku
雪原の挑戦者
舞い降りた聖龍
Team Q4 confronts Kai to learn why he joined the VF Circuit, and the match between Team Q4 and New Team Asteroid begins. Ren battles Aichi, Kamui must try to defeat Kai, whom he has never defeated before, and the tiebreaker between Asaka and Misaki all begin. The special rule is each player starts with 2 damage and they play until 8 damage has been made, meaning that a player can activate Counterblast skills immediately and use Limit Break more quickly. Kai overwhelms Kamui with 2 Limit Breaks from Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion and defeats him 8-6. Misaki holds a slim lead on Asaka 6-5. Ren and Aichi are contacted by Takuto who gives back to Ren the power of Psyqualia and asks them what they see to lead them to victory.
永遠の操り人形

Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer

The Battle Begins! Tournament Finals
Each One's Determination
伝説のファイター
Kaze no Shinpan
Perfect Black Ring

Thien

最強チーム、 AL4 !

Jeff Dowdell

The Card Capital Shop Tournament begins soon, but Aichi is hesitant to play in it, even after making a new deck. However, when he learns that Kai will be in the tournament, Aichi decides to enter as well. But when he submits his entry application form, another Vanguard player, Osamu Kishida, places his application at nearly the same time as Aichi. Both of them want to enter, but there is only one open spot left in the tournament. To resolve this issue, Shin recommends to have Aichi and Kishida play against each other to see who gets the last entry spot.

Using his Megacolony units' effects, Kishida restricts Aichi's units from standing while scoffing at him for calling so many weak units. However, Aichi uses his new card King of Knights, Alfred, whose power is increased by the number of other Royal Paladins in play. With Alfred, Aichi defeats Kishida and is therefore officially in the tournament.

It is the semifinals: Kai plays against Misaki, and Aichi once again battles Kamui. Both of them want to win for their own reasons; Aichi wants to fight Kai again while Kamui hopes to gain Emi's affection upon winning the entire tournament. Aichi defends himself from Kamui's Brutal Jack's attacks better than he did in their first cardfight. Aichi makes a surprising move by calling Blaster Blade as a rear-guard and using its ability to destroy Brutal Jack. As the battle between Aichi and Kamui rages on, the cardfight between Kai and Misaki comes to a close with Kai as the victor.
Haran no Makuake! Zenkoku Taikai!!
完全なりし黒輪
The Wind's Judgment
Aoki Honō no Gaiyāru

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Aichi makes a comeback by calling more units from his deck to boost the power of King of Knights, Alfred, forcing Ninja Master M to use most of his cards to guard against his attacks. As a result, M is left with no cards to defend himself from Aichi's last attack. Aichi wins and therefore advances to the semifinals. Ninja Master M disappears, and Mr. Mark soon arrives . After Aichi's match, Kamui and Misaki play in their respective cardfights, and they both advance as well.

Before the start of the semifinals, the tournament is put on hold for a lunch break. So, Aichi and Emi have lunch outside the card shop where Kamui tries to get Emi to feed him, but no such luck. After everyone returns to the shop, Aichi, Misaki, Kamui, and Kai all draw lots to determine who will be playing against whom. Aichi is put up against Kamui while Kai must fight Misaki. With the match-ups set, the semifinals begin.

The second match is between Misaki and Yuri, two female fighters with completely different playstyles. While Misaki makes her decisions based on highest probabilities and most logical outcomes, Yuri relies on her intuition to take high risks for greater rewards. The latter strategy bears some truth as Misaki makes a grave misplay by not going for said high risks which could have won her the match. Showing the reason why she is called the "Empress", Yuri uses her instincts to draw a stand trigger as if she commanded her deck to allow her to do so, thus giving her enough power to defeat Misaki and take the second game.

With the score tied 1-1, the last match between Kenji and Aichi will decide who will go on to the finals. As both players deal damage to each other, Aichi sets up to play Soul Saver Dragon in his next turn. However, Kenji sees through Aichi's plan and intends to put a dent in it.

Karamitsuku Ito
Depressed about losing his Royal Paladin deck, Aichi meets Kai. He learns that not only has Kai's deck been changed to a Narukami deck, but also that Kai has no memory of using a Kagero deck or of Aichi using Royal Paladins. To find some answers, the two have a cardfight. As Aichi struggles to get comfortable with his new Gold Paladin deck, Kai slowly realizes that something is off. Getting his memory back, Kai nonetheless chooses to continue using his current deck, but Aichi is conflicted about using his. Kai tells Aichi that he is bound by his own limits by not wanting to use Gold Paladins and that he needs to break through them. To prove his point, Kai rides Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion, declares "Final Turn", and performs Limit Break, an ability that activates when a player has 4 or more damage. With Vermillion's Limit Break, Kai attacks all of Aichi's front-row units in one strike and wins as a result. After the battle, Aichi and Kai watch a commercial advertising the Vanguard Fight Circuit, a worldwide invitational tournament which is sponsored by Takuto Tatsunagi, the young boy that Aichi met before and the one responsible for the phenomena of changing their decks. To use the VF Circuit as a way to reach Takuto, Aichi and Kai go their separate paths. When Aichi goes to Card Capital, he is surprised to learn that Team Q4 has received an invitation to the VF Circuit.

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Miyaji Academy, Middle School Division
In spite of Nagisa winning and her getting to marry Kamui as a result, Kamui weasels out by saying that Team Q4 as a whole hasn't lost yet, so their agreement is still pending. With one loss in their record, Team Q4 has to win both the next matches in order to advance through the regional tournament. Though everyone is certain that Kai will win, Aichi becomes increasingly desperate, as his match will be the one to decide the fate of the team, going as far as to thinking of running away to have Misaki participate instead. As Kai walks up to play, he indirectly tells Aichi that people who run away are not worthy of fighting him. His opponent, Kaoru "Ka-boom!" Komatsubara, seems to be a formidable opponent who gloats how he's gone to the national tournament before, but Kai gains an early lead, pushing Kaoru into a bad situation. Throughout the battle, Kai chooses to not defend against all except one of Kaoru's attacks, puzzling everyone about his decisions. Aichi believes that Kai is trying to tell him something through these actions; he deduces that Kai knows that he does not need to defend and will still be able to win. When both players are at five damage, Kaoru confidently declares that he will survive and claim victory, but Kai refutes that claim, loudly announcing "Final Turn!" He rides a new card, Blazing Flare Dragon, and uses Gattling Claw Dragon's skill to retire one opposing unit and increase the attack power of Blazing Flare Dragon. Kai relentlessly adds to its power by drawing two critical triggers in a row, thoroughly annihilating Kaoru. Seeing Kai's power, and remembering his own aspirations to reach his level, Aichi becomes motivated to win his fight!

Otoole

Gurēto Daikaizā Kenzan!
Ride to Victory!
Gen'ei no Rati
The Indelible Memory
The Angels' Dance
集結! 日本ステージ
Kourin
危険な匂い
アイチの影
The King of Knights Enters The Fray!

Lopez Rivera, Oscar

ワールドエンド
絡みつく糸
Ren and Suiko enter Asaka's circus-themed room where they find Asaka who has been Reversed. Asaka challenges Ren to a cardfight and declares that she will make Ren hers after defeating him. Asaka dominates the fight early on, but Ren manages to even the score. As the battle progresses, Asaka talks about her past struggles and having overcome them by using Ren as inspiration but still not be recognized by him. She then attempts to end the fight after activating Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier's Limit Break, but Ren guards against her last attack and then decides to get serious.
復讐のキョウ
Runaway Angel Rekka

Francis Gillette

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Spearthrower Owl

Dream Girl Dilemma!
Omae ni Bureiku
Having been cornered by his opponent's Murakumo deck, Aichi rides a new Gold Paladin card, Incandescent Lion, Blond Ezel, which was given by Kourin to Limit Break and turn the outcome of the match.

Lord Jim

After reporting to Naito about the Cardfight Club's loss at the Kanto regional tournament, Suwabe moves on to his next plan of terminating the club. He gets the Paranormal Power Research Society, a group of delinquent-looking students who are interested in supernatural forces, to challenge the club to a cardfight on the rooftop of the school. However, instead of the Cardfight Club, Leon and Team Dreadnought appear and accept the challenge. Nonetheless, Eru Nakagami, the leader of the Research Society, engages in a Vanguard fight with Leon. Nakagami uses his Dark Irregulars deck and also unleashes his sealed paranormal powers to push for victory. Regardless, Leon defeats Nakagami by putting him in a no-win situation with Last Card, Revonn.

All the while, the Cardfight Club enjoys lunch along with Takuto.

Drama at the School Festival
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Ninja Faitā, Sanjō
決勝での再戦!!
遠夏 への招待状
Ura Faito no Ō
騎士たちの再戦

Mucklestone

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Steel Neve
皇帝と呼ばれる男
Rasuto Dansu
風のゆくえ
Smash Through Everything!!
Team Q4's final fight in the preliminary rounds, which they cannot afford to lose, begins. Kai takes the stage first, against Asteroid member "Crusher" Kyou Yahagi, who potently uses a Spike Brothers deck. Kai rides Dragonic Overlord and activates its skill, but Kyou blocks it, pushing Kai on the defensive. However, Kai recovers his momentum with a heal trigger, allowing him to reclaim three unflipped damage. He uses Overlord's effect once more, annihilating Kyou's defense and claiming victory. An observing Ren claims the result was not unexpected and grins madly, while Kyou runs off in panic.
記憶の先に
Aichi's little sister, Emi, is worried by Aichi's different behavior as of late. After school, Emi sees Aichi with Morikawa and Izaki, who want him to go with them to Card Capital. However, Emi misinterprets the situation as Aichi hanging with the wrong crowd. Concerned for her brother, she secretly follows the trio to Card Capital. There, Emi is astounded by all the people in the shop, including Aichi, Morikawa, and Izaki, playing Vanguard. It is then that the card shop's manager, Shin Nitta, appears and introduces Emi to the world of trading card games. The two then observe a cardfight between Aichi and Morikawa. The battle ends with Aichi winning without taking any damage. Watching Aichi play, Emi sees how much her big brother has changed because of Vanguard. And so, she becomes supportive of Aichi playing the game.

The members of the Miyaji Cardfight Club draw lots to decide who will play against the Fukuhara Vanguard Club in the final round of the Kanto regional qualifier. Naoki is selected to be first, Kourin is second, and Aichi is third. After some pre-fight conversations between Miyaji and Fukuhara, the two teams send their fighters for the first game.

Naoki once again fights against Suiko. Unlike what happened in their previous encounter, Naoki chooses to not preemptively use the Limit Break of Armor Break Dragon in order to maintain the cards in his hand. He survives Suiko's Break Ride combo attack, but he is left in a tough situation and begins to question himself. With some encouragement from Aichi, Naoki trusts his instincts and activates Armor Break Dragon's Limit Break, climactically winning the game and putting Miyaji up 1-0.

For the second game, Miyaji's Kourin will face Fukuhara's Asaka.

Kai's Shadow
After receiving the invitation to the VF Circuit, Aichi wants to enter with all of the original members of Team Q4 . He convinces Misaki to rejoin with no problem, but then Aichi learns that Kamui has joined Team Handsome. So, he goes to Card Shop Handsome to recruit him back. When Aichi tells him about the invitation, Kamui becomes torn between his own feelings of wanting to participate in the Circuit and his promise to Team Handsome to go with them to the upcoming national tournament. It is ultimately decided to settle things with a cardfight between Aichi and Kamui. If Aichi wins, then Kamui will return to Q4 and enter the VF Circuit. If Kamui wins, then he stays with Handsome. And so, Aichi and Kamui's cardfight ensues. As Aichi tries to get used to his Gold Paladin deck, Kamui puts on the pressure with his slightly-improved Nova Grappler deck, driving Aichi to 5 damage. But this allows Aichi to access the Limit Break of his vanguard Great Silver Wolf, Garmore and increase its power by 5000, thus surprising and defeating Kamui. Although Kamui is initially saddened by this loss and leaving Team Handsome, he is glad to be with Aichi again and have the chance to play in the VF Circuit.
絆の先に

Ren taunts Aichi throughout their battle, trying to get him to use Psyqualia. Aichi gives into his anger and calls Blaster Dark to the surprise of everyone. However, this causes him to change his personality back into what he was before when he first used Psyqualia. Meanwhile, a mysterious entity temporarily possesses Rekka, informing Kourin and Suiko of an impending doom about to happen on the planet Cray and a war between the many clans which will be decided based on the outcome of Aichi and Ren's battle. The mysterious being also explains the truth of Psyqualia.

Back to the match, Kai reminds Aichi that this was not his true self which causes Aichi to overcome his dark self. To mess with Aichi even more, Ren asks him "if that's not the real Aichi, then who is?" While Aichi deals with his identity crisis, Ren declares "Final Turn" and Crossrides Phantom Blaster Overlord.

Q4 has gone to the beach in order to train at Vanguard - though a lot of its supporters, such as Morikawa, seem to have other priorities such as swimming. The team meets up with Team Caesar, who set up the training camp, and they quickly engage in cardfights. Surprising everyone, Kai actually defeats Kenji, and the two engage in an elaborate discussion about strategies and tactics. In the meantime, Aichi loses to Yuri five times in a row. Yuri requests to see Aichi's deck; she acknowledges that it is a good deck but with a weak unifying victory strategy. Aichi thinks about her words as everyone prepares curry for dinner, and while everyone else sleeps, he begins working on his deck.
Densetsu no Faitā
PSYクオリア
Aichi continues his battle against Kenji "the Emperor" for the right to face Team Asteroid in the finals. Knowing that Aichi will play Soul Saver Dragon and use its skill on the next turn, Kenji attacks and retires Aichi's rear-guard units while also dealing major damage. Although Aichi does play Soul Saver Dragon and uses its skill to power up his few remaining rear-guards, it is not enough to fully damage Kenji. Aichi is put in a hopeless situation with Kenji having more cards on the field and in his hand, but he refuses to give up and use Psyqualia. Aichi's determination is rewarded when he draws and rides Alfred Early, using its skill to superior call Blaster Blade. With the addition of drive checking a stand trigger, Aichi miraculously defeats Kenji. Therefore, Team Q4 moves on to face Team Asteroid in the final round.

Has been incarcerated for

黄金の輝き

Pau, Petra

In the first battle of the semi-finals, Kamui faces off against Gai Usui, the "Gladiator" of Team Caesar.
Catching a Break
Dark Clouds Over Fukuhara High!
Misaki and Asaka accidentally bump into each other on the street and find a common interest. The quiet trio hangs out by the riverside. After Team Asteroid watches a violent movie, Asaka takes jabs at Kyou by relating the events of the movie with him.
風の真実
The Two Leons

New York City, USA

As the battle continues, the Reversed Takuto tries to entice Kai into using the Link Joker clan for himself, claiming that it will give him great power that can even help him defeat his rivals Aichi and Ren. Kai rejects him by saying that he wants to use his own strength and not rely on anything else. Despite having two rear-guards locked thus weakening his overall offense, Kai tries to finish the match with Dragonic Descendant's Limit Break. However, Takuto blocks his attacks and then rides an unknown Link Joker unit which locks all of Kai's rear-guards. Then, Takuto draws Kai into an image of him fighting Aichi with Link Joker. Within this image, Kai, succumbed by power, uses the unknown Link Joker unit against Aichi, which effectively destroys Kai's earlier beliefs of using his own strength. As Takuto explains, Kai has been reborn...

Later, Aichi learns from his friends that Kai has not been around recently. Meanwhile, at Team Asteroid headquarters, Tetsu thinks that he is engaging in a friendly cardfight with Kai, not knowing that Kai is now Reversed.

Aichi no Kage

Seditious conspiracy, weapons violations, conspirancy to transport explosives

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Shutsugeki! Densetsu no Kantai
Aichi trusts the voice of his cards, riding Solitary Knight, Gancelot and calling King of Knights, Alfred as a rear-guard. His opponent, Parfum, uses an Oracle Think Tank deck. Though his first Counterblast with Gancelot is thwarted by Battle Sister, Chocolat, he tries again during the next turn, and scores an unexpected critical trigger, winning the match. Misaki proceeds to win the second fight against Team Fragrance's Toilette with a clever combination of Battle Sister, Cocoa, Oracle Guardian, Red-Eye and Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi to trick her into a false sense of security. Team Q4 also advances, but Aichi gets exhausted from his previous fight and collapses, unable to continue. The next fights are conducted without his presence, and Kamui and Kai easily dominate their opponents, allowing Q4 to move once more to the very last round, where they hope to face Team Handsome. However, Gouki and the others are defeated by a mysterious group called Team Avengers, whose leader is revealed to be none other than "Crusher" Kyou Yahagi, seeking revenge against Kai...
ハラハラ!? エミの初ファイト
Tensai Kōrin

criminal status

The Connected
Kōtei to Yobareru Otoko
勝利への想い
Kamui continues his battle against the Reversed Rekka, who reiterates how she has no friends despite Emi and Mai being there for her ever since she transferred into Miyaji Academy. After both fighters perform Crossbreak Rides and stop each other's attacks, Kamui points out a flaw in Rekka's logic of using Emi and Mai as hostages when it would have been easier to Reverse them. This is proof of how Rekka does not actually want to Reverse Emi and Mai and that despite her earlier claims, she deeply cares about them as friends. While Rekka reels from this exposure, Kamui launches multi-pronged attacks to win the fight and dispel her of Reverse. Along with Emi, Mai, and Team Handsome, Kamui and Rekka then battle and defeat Reiji, Eiji, and the Rekka Corps, lifting the spell of Reverse from them. Emi expresses her thanks to Kamui, which causes him to run off in embarassment. At the front of the school, he runs into Maki and Kourin who have just arrived from the camping trip. Kourin gives a troubling look towards Kamui as an airplane flies overhead...

Caicedo, Patricia

Suketto wa Chūgakusei!
熱狂的なのソウルステージ

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Though Kai won the first match of the team battle, Misaki is challenged by Asaka Narumi, known as the "Assassin". Asaka skillfully uses a Pale Moon deck, and though Misaki tries to fight by reading her opponent's moves, Asaka plans further ahead and cripples Misaki's strategy while preparing her field. Using a tactic dubbed the "Deadly Shadow Beasts", Asaka superior calls units from the soul to launch an unavoidable three-pronged attack coupled with a draw trigger. With that, Asaka delivers the final blow to Misaki. This leaves both teams with a single match won, and it is up to Aichi to determine Q4's fate against Tetsu, the "General" of Asteroid. Tetsu, using a Dark Irregulars deck, deals 3 damage to Aichi in his very first turn - however, Aichi has a plan.
The Power of the Black Rings
Zetsubō e no Kauntodaun
混沌の破壊者
Showdown at the Summit
Sorezore no Ketsui
First Match! Miyaji Academy vs. Hitsue High School

The high school students of Miyaji Academy go out on the school's traditional camping trip in the mountains. For the first activity, the students must undergo global orienteering. So, teaming with Akari, the Cardfight Club treks across the mountain and reaches various checkpoints before returning to the campsite. Along the way, Akari tells the group about a legend that if two people confess their feelings for each other under a large tree by a certain lake on the second day of the camping trip, then they will be together forever. Kourin tries to talk with Aichi at one of the checkpoints but misses her chance. The Cardfight Club and Akari make it back to the campsite and are surprised to learn that they are the first to return, which earns them praise from their classmates and also angers the student council.

By the end of dinner, the Cardfight Club and the few other of Miyaji's cardfighters watch the final match of the VF High School Championship on TV. While watching Ren and Leon in a heated duel, other classmates start viewing the last moments of the match. In the end, Ren wins, making Fukuhara High School the winners of the Championship. As the Cardfight Club feels inspired by the match, all of the students who were watching gain a new appreciation for Vanguard, delighting Aichi and his friends. The student council is irritated by this to the point that Naito and Suwabe decide to learn how to play Vanguard in order to beat the Cardfight Club themselves. Later that night, Kourin again attempts to speak with Aichi but fails to do so. As everyone turns in for the night, Kourin is seen standing outside and is determined to talk with Aichi tomorrow...

忍者ファイター、参上

Kamui quickly realizes that Kourin is Reversed and resolves himself to defeat her in a cardfight to lift the spell from her. He quickly deals 5 damage to Kourin, who responds by using the card that she could not bring herself to use against Aichi during the camping trip: Broken Heart Jewel Knight, Ashlei "Яeverse". She uses its devastating Limit Break to retire Kamui's units while increasing her own forces to eventually overpower and defeat Kamui. Meanwhile, Kai returns to Japan and is escorted by Takuto's assistant until he sees Miwa.

Aichi and his classmates finally return to Miyaji Academy where Aichi sees Kamui reeling from his loss to Kourin and about to become Reversed. While Aichi and his friends try to understand the situation, Takuto appears in a live worldwide broadcast in which he announces the beginning of the world's destruction.

天才降臨
Into the Reverse
PSYクオリアの真実

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After taking a look at Aichi's deck, Shin decides to show him "something nice". So, Shin has Aichi battle Misaki, who, despite working at the card shop, has never actually participated in a Vanguard fight before. Nonetheless, after Shin gives Misaki a special deck, she and Aichi begin their cardfight. In the midst of the battle, Misaki shows that she knows more about the game than she lets on as she draws multiple cards and rides her ace card, the grade 3 CEO Amaterasu. Using the Twin Drive ability that grade 3 cards have, Misaki defeats Aichi. Through this loss, Aichi learns that he has much more to know about Vanguard if he ever wants to play against Kai again.
Miwa's Ability
Team Q4's 3rd round match begins; their opponents are revealed to be against Chris, Ali, and Lee - Team SIT Genius. Lee Shenlon is shown having great pride, and he declares he is the only one who can defeat Chris. Meanwhile, Ali promises to defeat Kamui and steal Emi from his heart forever. Ali seems to have the advantage as Kamui is given a quick 5 damage to Ali's 3. Misaki gives Lee 3 damage and then attacks the rearguard, fearing Lee might have the power of Limit Break. That move is made void though as Lee plays a card that will give him one additional damage for a full turn, thus giving him the power to gain Limit Break.
Ninja Faitā, Taijō
Friend
Chiku Taikai, Futatabi
Kuroi Sendō-sha
Kodoku na Faito
The Strongest Team, Asteroid!
開戦! 決勝トーナメント
Kizuna no Saki ni
消せない記憶

Aichi's Cardfight Club is attracting attention all around the school as male classmates have him teach them the rules of Vanguard and again attempt to play against Kourin in order to be inducted to the club but to no avail. Additionally, the female students gossip about a rumor that claims Aichi only started the club to get close to Kourin, which makes Misaki worry. Aichi tries to ask Misaki to join the club, but she declines because of her job at Card Capital.

Kourin gets an unsettling feeling that there is someone watching her, with Naoki suspecting that it could be a stalker. Naoki eventually confronts the stalker who turns out to be a classmate, Shingo Komoi. Naoki threatens to beat him up, but Shingo suggests to settle things with a cardfight instead. Despite modifying his Narukami deck, Naoki's inexperience at Vanguard causes him to struggle against Shingo's Murakumo deck. After some taunting from Shingo, he reveals that the one who he has been watching is not Kourin, but it is actually Aichi, who he highly admires. Shingo defeats Naoki, who recommends for him to become a member of the Cardfight Club. Aichi and Kourin let Shingo join, thus bringing the total members to four. Unbeknownst to Aichi and his friends, another student observes them from afar and then walks away with the intention of reporting the Cardfight Club's disruptive behavior to the student council chairman...

Densetsu no Bunkasai
Hakunetsu no Tōnamento!

Kourin defeats Izaki, which ties the score 1-1. The third game pits Misaki against Hitsue Vanguard Club's ringer and old Q4 teammate, Kamui Katsuragi. Although Kamui gets an early lead, Misaki mounts a comeback with Battle Deity of the Night, Artemis. Kamui then combines the Break Ride of Beast Deity, Ethics Buster and the Limit Break of Ultra Beast Deity, Illuminal Dragon to stand four of his rear-guards to launch multiple attacks in one turn. However, Misaki protects herself, only taking one point of damage from Kamui's five attacks. In what seems to be a hopeless situation, Misaki rides Eternal Goddess, Iwanagahime and uses its Limit Break to retire Kamui's front-row units. Weakening Kamui's defenses, Misaki wins and puts Miyaji Academy up 2-1.

In the fourth game, Shingo is selected to fight against Miwa. Before the fight, Shingo underestimates Miwa, which ends up being his undoing when Miwa demolishes him and evens the score 2-2. So, it is Aichi vs. Morikawa in the fifth and final game that will decide the fate of the Miyaji Academy Cardfight Club. Given Morikawa's reputation, Misaki thinks that this will be an easy win for Aichi. However, after the two fighters reveal their first vanguards, Aichi is surprised to see Morikawa using Kai's Kagero deck .

A tournament is being held again at Card Capital, but it is now a team fight due to the large number of participants. In preparation for the tournament, while looking through his deck, Aichi has a vision of two Soul Saver Dragons appearing next to each other. The team tournament begins; Team Q4 moves all the way up to the final round, with Kai choosing to not participate. Q4 discovers their opponent to be Team Overthrow which consists of Miwa, Izaki, and Morikawa, who is dressed up as Ninja Master M, since the costume was donated to him by M, who decided to not participate in tournaments anymore. In the first round, Morikawa faces Misaki and completely loses as usual. The second round features Kamui versus Team Overthrow's secret weapon, Princess Maiden, who is actually Emi in disguise. Because of Kamui being unwilling to give his all against Emi, she defeats him using her Bermuda Triangle/Oracle Think Tank deck. Now it is Aichi's turn, and his opponent is none other than Miwa, who has never been seen playing in a Vanguard tournament until now!
Charenjā Naoki
男の意地

Juan Martín del Potro

Co-founder of FREE, a half-way house for convicted drug addicts, and ALAS, an educational program for Latino prisoners at Stateville Prison in Illinois.

The Truth of Psyqualia