The BEST episodes directed by Masahiko Matsunaga
#1 - Naked Fight
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 6 - Episode 11
Kamui confirms to Chrono that the planet Cray does exist and to ask Kouji for more details about it. Then, Kamui has Chrono, Team Trinity Dragon, and eventually Shion undergo special image training at a public bathhouse. At the end of the rough training session, only Chrono could last long enough to have a cardfight against Kamui. While battling, Kamui notes Chrono's reluctance to see Kouji and tells him to just go through with it. By the end of the day, Chrono decides that the next G Quest for TRY3 will be at the Star Gate branch, where Kouji and Kai are waiting.
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#2 - Ace's Trap
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 6 - Episode 4
Shion is officially named the Kiba heir and given the family heirloom, an ancient sword that supposedly glows when held by the true Kiba heir. Shortly after, he is challenged by a young boy named "Ace". Not only is Ace's corporation trying to take over the Kiba foundation, but he has also tricked Shion's uncle Utsugi into stealing the sword for him. With much at stake, Shion cardfights Ace, both using decks made out of cards pulled from random booster packs. When Shion sees the sword shining in Utsugi's hands, he loses both his fighting spirit and the battle. Ace later reveals that their fight was captured on video to smear Shion's credibility as Kiba heir, the glowing sword was a mere trick, and Utsugi was working with Ace all along. In the end, Ace's takeover of the Kiba company is successful, which forces Shion to start living by himself while his parents and Iwakura seek help elsewhere. Nonetheless, Shion vows to get revenge on Ace.
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#3 - Darkness of the Association
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 6 - Episode 20
Following some rumors, Kamui goes to a seemingly abandoned facility. He meets both Mamoru and Team Trinity Dragon, and they are chased by a robot. After escaping the robot, they discover a secret laboratory, which turns out to be one of Ryuzu's Stride Force relay stations. They also learn that the FICAs of all fighters have been gathering Stride Force for Ryuzu to use (to summon units from Cray as part of his ambitions). The group is then confronted by the person in charge of this facility, the crazy Kensuke Handa. He separates Kamui from his friends and challenges him to a cardfight. While Mamoru and Trinity Dragon try to escape, Kamui defeats Handa and demands him to reveal all he knows about Ryuzu. However, the facility activates its self-destruct mechanism, and Handa falls through a trap hole. Mamoru returns to save Kamui from the explosion. Although everyone made it out safely, Mamoru expresses frustration over how he had been helping Ryuzu's plans the whole time.
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#4 - Awakening of the Depend Card
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 7 - Episode 9
Chrono discovers that he has been taken to a private villa where he and Ryuzu continue from where their cardfight left off. Meanwhile, Kouji, Kamui, Shion, and Tokoha track down Chrono's location but are impeded by the Company. During the scuffle, Enishi tells Tokoha that Luna has become the new Peacemaker and has lost her sense of self as a result. Back at the villa, Ryuzu comes to realize that no matter what he says, Chrono will not join his cause. Just as Ryuzu lands the potential finishing blow, he summons his Chronofang Tiger to the real world and attacks Chrono with it. But it is at that moment when Chrono's 3 remaining Depend Cards awaken and are summoned to aid him. Chrono also summons Chrono Dran, and his four units fend off Tiger and knock out Ryuzu. This causes him to drop his other Depend Cards, which Chrono takes and tries to awaken all of them. However, doing so not only drains Chrono's energy and make him faint, but also unbeknownst to him, it worked in Ryuzu's favor. Later, after having an ominous dream about the Zodiac Time Beasts trapped with Luna, Chrono wakes up and finds himself back home safe with his friends and family.
#5 - Future Beyond Imagination
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 7 - Episode 23
Ryuzu strides Demiurge and uses its effect to stack his deck with triggers like he did against Kouji. However, Chrono counters by forcing Ryuzu to shuffle his deck before attacking. Believing that the power of bonds will help him overcome anything that the future may hold, Chrono strides a new G unit, Chronodragon Gear Groovy, which was created thanks to the collective Stride Force of awoken fighters from around the world. With its power, Chrono defeats Ryuzu.
#6 - Ryuzu Myoujin
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 7 - Episode 2
Some time has passed after Ryuzu's death. While on his way to meet with Taiyou, Chrono meets a peculiar boy who has a Gear Chronicle deck and decides to have a cardfight with him. Much to Chrono's shock, the boy reveals himself as Ryuzu Myoujin reincarnated. As the fight goes on, Ryuzu expresses more of his ideals of making the world perfect through Vanguard. After Ryuzu defeats Chrono, he tells him that his father Rive Shindou is alive and that Kouji knew it all along. Before leaving the distraught Chrono, Ryuzu suggests he should join with him.
#7 - Launch
Gatchaman Crowds - Season 2 - Episode 3
Tsubasa arrives in Tokyo with Gelsadra, where they are promptly enlisted to appear as guests in the popular Millione Show. There, they make a favorable impression, and they're soon familiarization themselves with their new teammates in the Gatchaman HQ, Tachikawa CAGE. However, Suzuki Rizumu, the VAPE leader, is about to make his move...
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