Sorry, did we scare you?
You're a DigiFriend, right?
What are you doing here?
Episode 18
My Rhythm Is the Heartbeat of a Devil!
"My Rhythm Is the Heartbeat of a Devil!"
There's nothing to be afraid of. It's okay now.
Did you get separated from your partner?
But if you return to being data, you'll go back to your smartphone, right?
You like it when I pat your head?
What about here?
You were fine as you were...
Did your partner drop their phone?
I guess there aren't any phones around here with Shadowverse installed.
Yeah, that's right.
Hey, can you take us to your owner?
Don't worry. I'll talk to them.
Sure, but don't scare him.
Sorry!
DigiFriends can always go back to their owners' smartphones, so he isn't lost.
He doesn't seem to be running away,
and it doesn't seem like his owner dropped their smartphone.
Which means the reason he's alone...
Is that possible?
To do that to your DigiFriend...
Well, I won't know until I talk to them, right?
Where'd Tsubasa go?
Why? Why are you thinking about Tsubasa Takanashi?
You scared me! Is that you, Gentleman?
I thought you were a ghost!
There are no ghosts out at this hour.
And anyway, ghosts are unscientific.
Huh? Ghosts are real.
I've seen one.
I looked outside the window late one night and saw a white—
Stop! Stop!
No! Don't talk about that!
Stare...
Ahem!
Were you acting kind of odd just now?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Are you maybe scared of ghosts?
Of course not.
As I said, ghosts are unscientific.
I could never be afraid of them!
But anyway...
Tsubasa Takanashi!
That's right.
Have you seen her anywhere?
No.
Where did she go?
Why are you so obsessed with her?
"Obsessed"?
I'm asking why you're so obnoxious about following her everywhere.
Am I being obnoxious?
Oh, no... Do you think she feels the same way?
Why are you following her?
Well, it's better to be friends, right?
So—
She's not the type who wants friends.
Just like me!
Huh? You say that, but you hang out with us a lot.
Well...
They say that bunnies get lonely easily, right?
I wish Tsubasa would hang out with us, too.
We're all part of Seventh Flame. We're a team.
I don't like that way of thinking.
We may be a part of the same school club, but we're all individuals.
Humans are lonely creatures, in the end.
Even if I were to hypothetically— hypothetically—appear to be lonely,
in fact I am a solitary, aloof creature who is just fine all by myself—
Where did you go?
I don't know how to handle her.
Gentleman!
Help me look for her!
Okay?
Is this where your partner is?
He's trembling. What's he so scared of?
I don't want to think of it, but...
Hey, are you...
Slade?
Um...
Um, excuse me! Can you hear me?
Uh...
Noise.
Your voice is just noise to me.
Itsuki Mitsutagawa and Blossom Wolf Slade
Class: Forestcraft Birthday: 5/2 Likes: Days with Good Weather
Demon Conductor
So, what do you want?
Is this your DigiFriend?
He came back, huh?
Why did you let him run free?
He was all alone.
Why?
I don't need weak cards.
They're just noise in my deck.
You're the one who chose him as your DigiFriend, right?
I was fiddling with my smartphone, and he just became my DigiFriend on his own.
He's weak and annoying, so I wanted to change him.
And I couldn't, so I tried abandoning him.
But you can't do that, either.
So I told him to get lost.
And then he disappeared.
That's all.
What... What are you saying?
You didn't hear me?
Let me sing you the refrain again.
Don't be ridiculous!
He's your DigiFriend!
So what?
How can you be so selfish?
He was trembling!
All alone in the middle of a filthy street!
Who cares? They're just data.
Data that the Genesis Corporation just started spreading several years ago.
Punk Devil Demonia
At some point they became a part of our lives, but I don't like them.
What the hell are they?
Why do we need them to play Shadowverse now?
The Genesis Corporation explained that.
They're digital friends who connect the players with Shadowverse.
"Friends"? That's not enough of an explanation to satisfy me.
We played Shadowverse just fine without them.
We don't need them. They're noise.
I just want to crush my opponents with an powerful deck.
I don't want to pretend to be friends with a bunch of zeroes and ones.
If you want to make friends with it, go ahead.
It's not my problem. Get lost.
Why would I have to battle you?
I don't want anything from you.
I want something from you.
You're the Bloodcraft player who hangs out at the riverbank, right?
I'm Itsuki Mitsutagawa, a second-year player at Shadowverse College!
I came to play a Bloodcraft player.
I'll sing you the refrain again.
I don't want anything from you.
But now that's not all!
Abandoning him? Throwing him away?
I can't let you treat your DigiFriend like that!
Trying to jump in on my rhythm...
That's the problem with you Shadowverse College people.
Fine, I'll battle you. And what if I win?
I'll apologize.
Huh? What?
In exchange, if I win, please apologize.
To you?
Why?
No, not to me! To him!
Ridiculous. Fine, come on.
All right. I won't lose!
Battle! Shadowverse!
I go first. Draw.
I play Ambling Wraith.
When Ambling Wraith enters play, it does 1 damage to the enemy leader.
And then it does 1 damage to its own leader, as well.
What is that?
The rhythm of Bloodcraft is already playing.
You're decreasing your own defense to 10 or below to enter Vengeance.
That's how Bloodcraft players play.
I end my turn.
Then it's my turn. Draw!
I end my turn.
I was expecting a Water Fairy or an Elf Child May.
You don't have one in your hand?
Shadowverse is about rhythm.
With bad rhythm, you can't win.
I play Demon Conductor.
That follower...
Don't be in such a hurry. We start at adagio. Slow tempo.
Demon Conductor's effect activates and grants its leader a new effect.
And then, Ambling Wraith attacks your leader!
I end my turn.
My turn! Draw!
I play Elf Child May!
You just drew it, huh?
May's effect activates and does 1 damage to a randomly chosen enemy follower!
And then I play the spell card Flower Breeze,
returning a follower to my hand and restoring my defense by 1!
Your rhythm sucks.
This is how Forestcraft fights.
I end my turn.
Draw.
Speeding it up a little. Andante.
First, the effect Demon Conductor gave me activates.
At the start of my turn, it does 1 damage to my leader.
Another red ball...
And if I have four or fewer cards in hand, I draw a card.
I play Blood Wolf.
It does 2 damage to its leader, but it has Storm.
And then I play the spell card...
Wicked Conducting.
It does 2 damage to my leader.
A f-fourth one?
It removes two cards from my hand to evolve one follower.
It's your third turn, and you already have an evolved follower?
I told you I was speeding up the rhythm!
I attack your leader with Blood Wolf and Demon Conductor!
This is my rhythm!
You can't keep up, can you?
You're just a spoiled little kid from Shadowverse College.
I'm not spoiled!
Almost everyone there is.
They all think Shadowverse is just a game.
Well, one of them was better than the rest.
Haruma Hazeura, was that his name?
Him? "Better"?
What are you saying?
What? Did you get crushed by him, too?
Poor kid.
Were you in one of those "Shadowverse Clubs"?
I'm the president of the Seventh Flame Shadowverse Club!
I play Salvia Panther!
She has Rush!
I attack Demon Conductor!
And then I play Elf Child May!
She does 1 damage to a randomly chosen enemy follower!
Okay, I end my turn...
What, you're the president of that weak-ass club, Seventh Flame?
I heard you were destroyed by Haruma Hazeura.
You're still playing Shadowverse?
I took over the club.
I have new members, too.
I see.
And you're all having lots of fun being friends?
We're friends, yes, but we promised to get stronger together!
We're more than friends!
Stupid.
"Get stronger"? "Together"?
Those words are disharmony.
The rhythm of the weak is no more than meaningless noise.
And my world doesn't need noise.
Get lost. The effect Demon Conductor gave me activates.
It does 1 damage to me,
and draws me a card if I have four or fewer cards in hand.
And then...
Trombone Devil!
Its effect does 1 damage to my leader.
But it's still your fourth turn, and you went first. You can't evolve!
So...
No, that's your rhythm.
My rhythm's fast.
Trombone Devil's other effect activates.
Each time its leader takes damage, it does 1 damage to all enemy followers and your leader.
I'll destroy your eardrums!
H-He's strong...
So this is the power of the Bloodcraft?
Allegretto.
My rhythm is the heartbeat of a devil.
Once you hear it, you're destined to eat dirt.
Shadowverse Card Showcase!
Today's Card Is
Bloodcraft
Demon Conductor
Today's card is Demon Conductor!
Um, Ryoga will tell you about its effect.
Don't ask me. I don't care.
But it's your card.
Shut up. You're just noise.
But... But...
What's his problem?
Your rhythm's boring me, spoiled brat.
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I'm not spoiled.
Your messa di voce is putting my devil to sleep.
Up the beat and the pitch, spoiled brat!
I'm not spoiled!
Episode 19: "I Have My Own Ace in the Hole!"
Episode 19
I Have My Own Ace in the Hole!
Battle! Shadowverse!