The BEST episodes written by Ayumu Hisao
#1 - Punishment
Blade & Soul - Season 1 - Episode 11
Alka suffers thinking back on everyone's words, which she had originally thought were meaningless. She returns to the Village of the Sword. Karen searches for Alka with Hazuki and Loana, but Jin Varrel seems to be approaching as well.
#2 - Sorrow Skyscraper
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 19
The second day of the U20 first stage ends. As all the teams return to their homes, Chrono meets Team New Nippon and has dinner with them. Meanwhile, Rin decides that she is fed up with being on the team. She challenges Shion to a cardfight on top of a skyscraper; if she wins, then she will quit. At first frustrated by Shion's reasons for wanting to enter the U20 in the first place, Rin rekindles her own fighting spirit through this fight. Afterwards, Rin decides to stay with the team.
#3 - Return of the Vanguard!
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 26
Chrono is invited to the first Card Capital shop where he is introduced to Aichi Sendou. After Aichi gets reacquainted with his old friends, he and Kamui take Chrono back to Card Capital 2 to meet with Kouji. Along the way, Chrono gets to learn more about Aichi, who later gives him a new Gear Chronicle card that has a hefty activation cost. When the trio reaches the shop, Kouji is not present. To pass the time till he arrives, Chrono and Aichi decide to have a cardfight.
#4 - Dawn of Nippon
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 16
On the second day of the first stage, Kazuma faces Makoto Asada of Team New Nippon. While fighting, Makoto reminisces about the time when he first met Arata and how Team New Nippon was formed. Ultimately, Makoto defeats Kazuma. Just as Taiyou learns of this news, he comes across Tokoha.
#5 - The Knights Swear Victory Upon Their Swords
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 24
The fourth day of the first stage ensues with Shion cardfighting Taiyou. Despite Taiyou learning about Shion's style from Chrono, Shion manages to win, thus gaining enough points for his team to advance to the second stage. Elsewhere, Chrono comes across Noa...
#6 - The Power to Transcend
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 5 - Episode 46
Despite the overwhelming power of Kanzaki's Aurageyser Doomed, Chrono still has fun with the fight as he manages to completely protect himself from Kanzaki's assault. This leaves the audience in awe and Taiyou realizing the error of his ways. As he and the crowd start to liven up, Chrono makes one final attack with his Chronojet Dragon on Kanzaki. The force is so great that it destroys the GIRS system. Mysteriously, the attack makes it through and hits Kanzaki, which makes him come to a realization. In the end of the arduous fight, Chrono defeats Kanzaki, who suddenly declares that he will resign as manager of the United Sanctuary branch. Afterwards, Chrono and Taiyou reconcile, and Kouji pays a visit to Shin...
#7 - Solar Eclipse
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 5 - Episode 39
Jaime returns to Japan and gives Chrono a new Gear Chronicle card. Then, Chrono gets an idea to bring Taiyou along with his friends for a day of fun in an effort to have Taiyou smile again. Near the end of the day, Doujima, a top-ranked Dog Trainer from the United Sanctuary branch, appears to take Taiyou back. Chrono decides to fight Doujima, using the new Gear Chronicle card, Chronodragon Nextage, to win the long and difficult battle. However, Taiyou still feels the need to become stronger and returns to the branch with Doujima. Although Chrono failed to change Taiyou's perspective, he stays determined to show him how fun Vanguard can be. But unbeknownst to Chrono, Taiyou is selected to undergo a special training program...
#8 - Shin Nitta
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 5 - Episode 35
After learning from Mikuru that his father was a cardfighter and died while on Vanguard business, Chrono feels lost on what he should do. He tries to talk to Shin about it but decides not to. Sensing Chrono is troubled over something, Shin proposes to have a fight with him as a way to find the answer for himself. Shin shows that despite his appearance, he is a highly skilled fighter as he counters Chrono's tactics with his Murakumo deck. At the end of this fierce battle, Chrono manages to win on a gamble. Afterwards, Shin deduces that Chrono was asked by a family member to stop playing Vanguard, and Chrono realizes that he loves the game so much that he cannot quit. So, Chrono eventually confronts Mikuru and tells her his true feelings about Vanguard. Revealed to be acquainted with Shin and hearing from him about how much Vanguard changed Chrono's life, Mikuru now understands Chrono's feelings and allows him to continue playing the game.
#9 - Team Demise
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 5 - Episode 29
TRY3 makes it past the qualifying rounds into the top 16 of the tournament. Their upcoming opponent is Team Demise, which is coached by Kouji. While Chrono faces off against Demise's Sugiru Kariya, Shion reminisces about the time when he first got into playing Vanguard. In spite of Kariya's expert and ruthless plays, Chrono pulls off a comeback and wins the game.
#10 - Shion vs. Kai
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 6 - Episode 24
The second fight of the special match is Shion vs. Kai, who is using his Overlord deck. Shion attacks aggressively at the start, but Kai quickly closes the gap and puts him a nearly hopeless situation akin to the cardfights from their first encounter. This time however, Shion keeps his composure and miraculously defeats Kai.
#11 - Birth of a Team
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 5 - Episode 25
The special quest that Chrono, Tokoha, Shion, and many other fighters are participating in is a survival game/scavenger hunt on a mountain. Teams must find star coins scattered across the mountain, pass obstacles, and bet the coins in cardfights against other teams. Upon reaching the goal line, the coins will then be converted into points towards a fighter's grade. As Chrono, Tokoha, and Shion fight and gain coins, they come across many of their friends and have a fun time together. Near the finish line, Chrono defeats Tsuneto and acquires all of his coins, thus giving Chrono enough points to reach grade 3. Now eligible to enter the regional tournament with Tokoha and Shion, Chrono officially names their team "TRY3".
#12 - Chrono vs. Ren
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 6 - Episode 19
Ren beats both Tokoha and Shion, which means it is all up to Chrono. Using the cards left by his teammates, Chrono defeats Ren, thus completing the branch's G Quest. At that moment, one of Chrono's Depend Cards becomes inhabited by a new Gear Chronicle unit. As a reward, Ren informs TRY3 about the true purpose of Plan G: to pinpoint Ryuzu's location and put a stop to his ambitions. Furthermore, he tells them that once they fully complete the G Quest and awaken Chrono's last Depend Card, Plan G will move on to the next phase: GIRS Crisis.
#13 - Taiyou vs. Hiroki
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 7 - Episode 5
Taiyou starts his rematch against Hiroki. Realizing how lonely Hiroki truly is and how he clings to his twisted sense of justice, Taiyou defeats Hiroki, who escapes with help from Wakamizu. Meanwhile, Am tells both Tokoha and Luna her reason for working with Ryuzu: to revive her comatose parents. She also tells them her role as Peacemaker, the one who will eventually open the Stride Gate. Although Am cuts off her ties of friendship with the two, Luna nonetheless wishes to stay by her side. Later that day, Chrono learns that Mikuru also knew that Rive was still alive but kept that secret from him. Appalled, he storms out of his home, and standing next to him is Ryuzu...
#14 - Shion's Awakening
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 6 - Episode 7
While Shion fights as many chasers as possible, Chrono and Tokoha end up imprisoned after they each fall for some of the G Quest's traps. To rescue them, Shion must defeat the "prison guard" Miwa. Shion has a tough time due to Miwa's Seal Dragon deck benefiting from his normal tactics. Nevertheless, with new-found resolve to change himself, Shion sticks to his strategy and ultimately wins the fight. Soon afterwards, the quest ends with Shion having gained the majority of the points and thus making Team TRY3 the winner.
#15 - Vortex Cupid
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 5 - Episode 18
One day, a socially awkward teenager named Ogawa had a cardfight with a girl who he fell in love with at first sight. Unfortunately, the girl accidentally left behind an Angel Feather card (Battle Cupid, Nociel), and having never learned her name, Ogawa has not been able to find her or give the card back to her. One month later, he eventually makes a quest that Chrono, Shion, and Tokoha accept to locate that girl and return her card. With little information to go on, the trio nonetheless searches for her. After much investigation, they eventually track the girl, Hinako, at her school. Shion and Tokoha feel that Ogawa should personally give her card back, but he is too scared to see her. Then, Chrono decides to shuffle the card amongst four others and has Ogawa draw one of them. If Ogawa picks the Nociel card, then he will be the one to return the card, but if not, then Chrono will. Ogawa gathers his courage, draws the right card, and returns it to her. For completing this quest, Chrono, Shion, and Tokoha are given an equal amount of points. Afterwards, Shion and Tokoha suspect that Chrono had actually shuffled the Nociel card amongst other copies of it so that Ogawa would pick it no matter what. To their surprise and disappointment, Chrono reveals that he did not do so.
#16 - Deus Ex Machina
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 7 - Episode 19
Kouji fights Ryuzu, who slowly binds each of the twelve Zodiac Time Beast cards. In doing so, he is able to stride Deus Ex Machina, Demiurge, use its effect to stack his deck with triggers, and defeat Kouji. Then, Kouji activates a device that causes Chrono Dran to be awakened. In response, Ryuzu summons Chronofang Tiger to stop Kouji. Although Kouji is knocked out by the Tiger, he successfully frees Chrono Dran, which returns to Chrono's possession.
#17 - Dragon Awaiting Awakening
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 2
To enter the U20 Championship, Chrono must find two other fighters and form a team with them. He recruits Taiyou but has yet to find a third member. Later at the card shop, Chrono meets an apathetic teenager named Kazuma Shouji, who also attends Harumi High School. He claims to have previously played Vanguard and requests Chrono to teach the game's rules to him. So, Chrono has a teaching fight with Kazuma, who slowly is reminded of how Vanguard is played. Despite acting nonchalant to most of Chrono's teachings, Kazuma becomes motivated when he gets the chance to stride. However, when Chrono tries to win on the following turn, Kazuma decides to quit, believing he already lost. Chrono tries to tell him to never give up until the very end and to believe in his own possibilities. He shows Kazuma that he would have gotten a heal trigger to help him, but he suddenly gets defensive upon touching his card. He then leaves, and Chrono wonders why Kazuma acted the way he did.
#18 - Crossover
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 6
Chrono's and Shion's teams meet and have a friendly team fight with each other.
#19 - An Unsurpassable Existence
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 10
Chrono, Tokoha, and Shion enter in a U20-qualifying tournament with their respective teams. In this tournament, players are randomly paired up, and the team with the most collective victories will get a guaranteed spot into the U20. As the tournament progresses, Kazuma eventually fights Mamoru. Believing to be on the verge of losing to Mamoru, Kazuma decides to quit before the fight properly concludes, which angers Chrono. He tries to ask Kazuma about his pessimism and convince him to just try, but this leads to a small fight between the two, ending with Kazuma leaving. At the end of the tournament, Shion's team is declared the winner, and Mamoru informs Chrono about thugs who are using Vanguard to attack people.
#20 - Sky
Blade & Soul - Season 1 - Episode 8
Yuu, appears in front of Alka, poisoned by the Impurity. He asks where Master Hon is and then collapses due to hunger. Alka takes him to the Pleasure Gang base, and Alka takes care of him. While talking with Yuu, Alka starts to understand Master Hon's teachings.
#21 - Dream
Blade & Soul - Season 1 - Episode 6
Yuu joins an anti-gorilla force and doesn't like military action, however all the other members want to take the fight to the Empire. Jin commands the Flower Monks to set up camp to take them out. Yuu wants to stop the fight from happening, so he goes to talk to Jin...
#22 - Toru's Deeply Mysterious Story - Part One
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 10
When he was young, Kuro could see things that ordinary people couldn't. After being taken to the hospital, he pretends that he can't see anything so that his family won't worry about him. However, the things remain visible even after years pass. Furthermore, Kuro begins coughing up sand and can no longer eat. Desperately clutching at straws, he visits a certain place...
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#23 - Toru's Deeply Mysterious Story - Part Two
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 11
Kuro believes he has stopped coughing up sand thanks to the founder's exorcism. Though he's been avoiding the suspicious-looking Ramune, the founder locks Kuro in a room and makes him fast. Concerned for Kuro, Ramune uses the mysterious Furoshiki Cloth of Lies to disguise himself as the leader to enter the cult and rescue Kuro. Kuro stubbornly refuses his help, but Ramune confronts him head-on, touching the core of his heart.
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#24 - Paradise SOS
Osamake: Romcom Where the Childhood Friend Won't Lose - Season 1 - Episode 9
After playing throughout their first day in Okinawa, Sueharu is exhausted and falls asleep hard. When he wakes up, an angry Kuroha and her sisters stand before him! What's more, Kuroha senses that the distance between Sueharu and Shirokusa has grown smaller, so she decides to make up for the time lost due to her delayed arrival by coming on to Sueharu with all the appeal she can lay on him. Can Sueharu withstand the fierce attack of "Alter Kuroha"?!
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#25 - Pot Sticker Ears (Part Two)
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 6
Rio learns that his mother's ears have turned into pot stickers because his older brother Yuu was kidnapped, and Rio feels responsible for what happened. When Rio nearly falls off a cliff while searching for Yuu, Ramune throws himself in harm's way to protect him and ends up badly injured. In order to save Ramune, Rio uses the Pearl of Night Voices he received from Ramune to treat his mother, desperately calling out to his mother, who can't hear his voice.
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#26 - Popcorn Head (Part Two)
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 8
Aona's head began producing popcorn because his father prohibited him from making the creations he loved. Concerned for Aona's wellbeing, Kuro heads to the hospital where Aona's mother is staying in order to seek her help. However, Aona ties balloons to the bag that's now full of popcorn and releases it into the sky. Kuro and Ramune rush out of the hospital in order to recover the bag.
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#27 - Subjugation and Escape
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria - Season 1 - Episode 6
Riveria chaperones Ais as she takes on a brutal boss alone. On their way out, Ais discovers an unconscious, but familiar, white haired boy, and decides to take care of him.
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#28 - Training and Jealousy
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria - Season 1 - Episode 9
Ais finally gets her chance to speak to Bell, and the two agree to train together. When a brokenhearted Lefiya catches them, she becomes determined to get Ais to notice her!
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#29 - The Girl Who Lost Her Memories / The Octopus Wiener Trap
Osamake: Romcom Where the Childhood Friend Won't Lose - Season 1 - Episode 5
Kuroha's younger sisters abruptly visit Sueharu's house to tell him that she has developed amnesia. All her memories from summer break onward are gone, and they stop right when she was about to confess to Sueharu. So she suggests starting over from the moment of her own confession and erasing everything she did during the cultural festival. But Kuroha's behavior is making Shirokusa suspicious...
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#30 - Mysterious Labyrinth
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 9
Upon receiving an invitation to a treasure hunt from the famous mysterious item artist Reinette, Ramune and Kuro visit Reinette's mansion. There they encounter Ayame and Nico, who have also come to participate in the treasure hunt. However, when Ramune sees the man with them, his expression freezes, and he attempts to flee the scene. That man is Ramune's master Momiji!
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#31 - Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 12
It's time for Kuro's checkup. As his doctor, Ramune determines that Kuro has made a complete recovery from his mysterious illness. Since Kuro became Ramune's assistant while receiving treatment, he asks if this means he should stop coming to the clinic. Though Ramune wants Kuro to stay, he recalls Momiji's warning that he'll make the people around him unhappy, and tells Kuro that he doesn't have to force himself to come anymore.
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#32 - Chili Pepper Fingertips
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 4
Takaharu, a high school student whose fingertips have turned into chili peppers, comes to see Ramune. He seems to have some idea as to why he's haunted by the mysterious. The mysterious nail clippers Ramune lends to him can be removed from their bag once Takaharu stops hiding his true self. Initially Takaharu can't even untie the drawstring, but...
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#33 - Momosaka Maria Strikes
Osamake: Romcom Where the Childhood Friend Won't Lose - Season 1 - Episode 4
Sueharu thought he had carried out his plan to perfection at the confession festival, but what he thought was just a little idea of his own ended up involving everyone around him, and when he confessed to Kuroha, she rejected him. Kuroha answered his feelings with a hard no, and Shirokusa had to hear him say that he "was" in love with her, but no longer is. And now, a newcomer is about to make this love triangle even more complicated...
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#34 - Come and Catch the Me From That Day
Osamake: Romcom Where the Childhood Friend Won't Lose - Season 1 - Episode 11
Just after the group had discussed filming a documentary, the truth about Sueharu's retirement from show business is published in the weekly tabloids. Sueharu is shocked to see how dramatic and tragic the articles make his story sound. To film something that might turn this dilemma around, Shirokusa, Kuroha, and Maria take him to places where they have important memories with him, and conduct their own interviews at each location.
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#35 - The Red-Head and the Lone Ruler
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria - Season 1 - Episode 5
Loki attempts to get answers from Lord Uranus. Meanwhile, as the battle rages in the dungeon, Ais finds herself crossing swords with the murderer in a fight to the death.
#36 - The Chikuwa Penis
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 2
Ramune is visited by Kengo, a young man whose penis has turned into a chikuwa fish cake. Though there must be some reason for it, Kengo refuses to talk. When Kengo begs Ramune to fix it, even if it's only temporary, Ramune hands him a certain mysterious item. Kengo accepts the item and begins talking to a woman named Yui about going on a date, but...
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#37 - Cat Got My Tongue?! A Heart-Pounding Transformation!
Tokyo Mew Mew New - Season 1 - Episode 10
A dangerous situation of epic proportions threatens thousands of civilians, but where the heck is Ichigo!? It’s a race against time to find her and wipe out the alien threat!
#38 - Believe In Yourself! Romance on the High Seas!
Tokyo Mew Mew New - Season 1 - Episode 8
Lettuce is convinced that the only thing she’s good at is being bad at everything! But a soiree on the high seas may provide Lettuce the opportunity to prove herself wrong.
#39 - Who Doesn't Want to Be Her? Our Last Member is a Huge Star!
Tokyo Mew Mew New - Season 1 - Episode 4
The Mew Mews found a new member, but getting close to her is no easy feat. They'll need to audition for a musical if they want to get anywhere near the intimidating Zakuro!
#40 - Popcorn Head (Part One)
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 7
Kuro's classmate Aona is troubled by the popcorn that keeps popping out of his head. Aona says it makes him sad when the popcorn disappears, so Ramune lends him a bag that can be used to store the popcorn. Why is Aona's head producing popcorn, and why does he feel sad when it disappears? Ramune tells Aona that the treatment method will become clear if he asks himself those questions...
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#41 - Pot Sticker Ears (Part One)
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 5
A boy named Rio comes to the shrine. His mother is afflicted by a mysterious disease that has turned her ears into pot stickers. His mother claims not to know what the cause is, but she is distraught because they are preventing her not only from hearing the voices of others, but Rio's voice as well. Ramune explains that there are voices she can hear and voices she can't, and that it's an emotional problem. He decides to wait and see how her condition changes.
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#42 - Mysterious Item Shop Akatsuki
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 3
Ramune uses his Shoji Vision to invite Kuro to a mysterious item shop. Kuro discovers the mysterious item shop Akatsuki at his destination. At first glance, the store appears to be a candy shop, but mysterious items are sold in the back. Kuro meets shopkeeper Nico and his great-grandmother and former shopkeeper Ayame, a girl who remembers her past lives, and is watching her make mysterious items with great interest when a strange man appears.
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#43 - Condiment Tears
Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist - Season 1 - Episode 1
People become afflicted by "mysterious diseases" when their hearts and minds are affected by "the mysterious." Koto, a girl who produces mayonnaise from her eyes, visits Dr. Ramune, who specializes in these diseases that can't be explained by modern medicine. She was brought to the clinic by Ramune's apprentice Kuro. Koto explains that she also cries condiments other than mayonnaise, and Ramune offers her a mysterious treatment.
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#44 - Heat of Searing Heart
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 44
TRY3 Showdown Again! Chrono and Tokoha are fighting for a new determination. With a ticket to the final match, they will fight head-on without taking a step.
#45 - Battle of the Brothers
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 49
Kazumi and Kazuma, who were young and unraveled in the fight, have forgotten memories. In order to save his brother and surpass everything in the past, Kazuma strikes a blow betting all of himself.
#46 - Zeroth Dragon
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 9 - Episode 4
Wandering around in Relics, Chrono and the rest encounter the vanguard of an Apostle, Gastille. At the same time, Taiyou battles against Valeos and the Zeroth Dragon on the surface.
#47 - The Curse Known As Destiny
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 9 - Episode 12
Chrono takes over the deck and fight from Ibuki, who is on the verge of death. In order to protect each other's future, Ibuki and Chrono face a decisive battle with Gastir.
#48 - Ibuki's Miscalculation
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 6 - Episode 13
The next fight for TRY3 at the branch is another rematch: Chrono versus Kouji, who quickly gains the upper hand and expresses disappointment over Chrono's lack of growth as a fighter. However, he rebukes that Kouji has also done things that irritate him, specifically when he gave Chrono three blank Depend Cards but not telling him what to do with them. Just as Chrono makes his final attack, he is pulled into another vision that shows a new Gear Chronicle unit, much like with Chrono Dran. In the end, Chrono defeats Kouji again, and one of his Depend Cards now has that unit on it. After the awards ceremony, Kouji speaks privately with TRY3, informing the team more about Depend Cards, Plan G, and Ryuzu Myoujin's ambitions.
#49 - Human Potential
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 33
The first day of the second stage nears its end as Chrono fights Saori. Thinking that he has this battle won, Saori is shocked when he sees Chrono render him unable to guard against his attack and make a comeback victory. Afterwards, Chrono rushes to Kazuma, who is currently fighting Onimaru.
#50 - Our Vanguard
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 37
In spite of the high stakes, Chrono and Shion thoroughly enjoy their cardfight which reminds everyone of how fun Vanguard can be.