Cardfight!! Vanguard Legion Mate ep 191 [ Kourin’s Burden and Aichi’s Suffering ]

Cooperation time is over and Kourin comes out to f…fuck. KOURIN ONLY WINS TO MAKE PLOT ELEMENTS HAPPEN. She and Naoki get into a fight in order to protect Aichi from being taken back by them. /screeches deeply/

This fight feels cheap because let’s be for real. . .Kourin sucks. She sucks. She is just a terrible Vanguard player and she ONLY wins to prove a point, and there is a point to be proved here. She wants to protect Aichi so she’ll likely win just to make a point here that she will win because of emotions. EMOTIONS FOR AICHI- THAT HE WILL NEVER EVER RETURN (maybe).

Give it about 5 minutes…..anddd of course Naoki calls Knuckle Buster which is a ride mistake, WHICH MEANS OF COURSE KOURIN CAN ONLY WIN THEN BECAUSE SHE CAN ONLY WIN WHEN BETTER PLAYERS MAKE MISTAKES. Yeah Kourin I bet you’d beat me if I only had grade 2s as well don’t make you a good cardfighter biutch.

this screenshot has nothing to do with the above but it featured so much pretty i had to include it

Okay, maybe I’m just being overtly critical of Kourin. She might win this solely based on skill. I’m just. . .I’m a skeptic okay. She has been nothing but a point of sad contention for me as I want her to win but . . .I’m not sure? She’s using a trial deck as Kirtro pointed out, Naoki called Knuckle Buster- they’ve got points against them on both sides. For once maybe I can just sit back and relax? But. . . if Kourin loses all credibility for her future duels goes out the fuckin window for me.

Kourin makes it to 5 damage. We begin to see flashbacks to when she lost her memories, pained cries of Aichi. . . and she had no idea who or what anyone was. She appeared before him in his pain and tried to help him . She became his figurative ‘mate’ in order to help him. I have to say it does grow on you to see just how much Kourin OBVIOUSLY loves Aichi, to the extent it could restore her memories. It’s never quite so clear for Aichi but Kourin’s pain can sometimes be moving.

We understand after this that it was through these moments that Kourin got Link Joker. Her determination is steadfast but Naoki uses a Quintet Wall to stop her, guards, and shuts down her offense. Naoki begins his own reminiscence and tries to get through to Kourin about the club, that he wants them all to be together again. He reminds her that she’s their mate too! The last damage is dealt with that and his feelings get through. But. . .

It doesn’t end there..when he loses, Link Joker begins to take over her deck and then her body! She recalls all of her friends ..and even herself…smiling, and laughing. She is overcome with Link Joker until…Aichi awakens and catches her! He reassures her that she caught his suffering, but she doubts it..and loses consciousness.