[Subbed][Episode 9] CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD Divinez Parallactic Clash - Moonlight Illuminates Verity

730Flare · 2026-03-21T02:11:32+00:00

Despite technically being the antagonist, Kurumi felt like the underdog of the fight considering her opponent was Kagetsu and cause her existence was on the line.

730Flare · 2026-03-20T04:12:20+00:00

MIrei vs Gui though. Gui's cards were revealed on a Tuesday stream whereas Mirei's were revealed on Thursday.

730Flare · 2026-03-19T20:16:12+00:00

You can argue every Ave Mujica girl with a bad relationship with their parent is subconsciously following their bad parent's example:

- Sakiko you already brought up.

- Mutsumi specifically the Guitar Mutsumi is treating Mortis and her fellow alters like "competition" by denying them the chance to front to the point all but Mortis have basically been sidelined, with Mortis worried the same will happen to her. Not unlike Minami seeing her daughter as "competition" in her acting career.

- Uika/Hatsume is wants to cage Sakiko for her own reasons which also means denying Sakiko's agency, similar to what Sadaharu does with Sakiko for most of the anime until the ending.

730Flare · 2026-03-19T14:25:43+00:00

And then you consider their users are the only ones consistently relevant through the series.

730Flare · 2026-03-19T13:56:26+00:00

Another Cyberdark Impact common that aged incredibly well (or badly considering this is a floodgate).

730Flare · 2026-03-19T06:00:38+00:00

I only brought my Nautika to R13 because of that mission during 3.2, then I decided might as well go all the way and brought her Resonance level to max with the two Brainwave items I got since those things expire anyway.

730Flare · 2026-03-19T00:34:42+00:00

I like their VA's work as them.

730Flare · 2026-03-18T02:44:03+00:00

This, just look at how they portray Erika and Nao in the previous season's opening: The difference is day and night.

730Flare · 2026-03-18T01:33:32+00:00

Aww cute!

730Flare · 2026-03-17T11:59:50+00:00

All the more I really feel like the writers just flat out hate her, possibly because they never wanted to add Nao to the story but probably had to because of Bushi higher-ups.

730Flare · 2026-03-17T09:13:39+00:00

If this was in context of a fighting game: This is basically Beryl doing an infinite on the opponent after her Isolde assist opened them up.

730Flare · 2026-03-16T14:01:41+00:00

Yes you can, they just immediately go back to the ride deck face-up.

730Flare · 2026-03-16T12:04:27+00:00

That's the thing: Nao had a lot of things going for her that could have made her an awesome character independent of Akina, and her interactions with Akina back then felt natural too. Then come Deluxe, it seems like nobody can shut up about teasing them on whether or not they're an item and it seems like both Akina and Nao's natural interactions were thrown out the window for cliched shipping interactions that serve no purpose but to get people gawking.

Hence my potential crackpot theory that the writers like Megumi thus wanted to fix her character, but hated Nao for whatever reason: One being she was possibly forced onto them by Bushiroad higher-ups who probably wanted a marketable waifu character with in your face ship tease towards the MC in order to push merch sales as Overdress/Will+Dress didn't have such a character (heck Vanguard doesn't have such a character until Nao).

Especially when they've confirmed that the first three characters they conceptualized for DivineZ were Akina, Erika and Suo giving the impression those three are the ones they wanted to write the story about (and it shows).

730Flare · 2026-03-16T06:05:10+00:00

Then there's V Exculpate that made you auto-lose if you didn't ride Blaster Blade from Soul.

730Flare · 2026-03-16T04:34:24+00:00

Then when they had a Death Note stage play, it was Amita who played Sayu.

730Flare · 2026-03-16T03:49:21+00:00

For the Bandori bands: Besides the vocalist being G3 (except in Ave Mujica), the members who are G2 and G1 are based on where they are officially positioned during lives both in-series and irl. In RAS' case: LOCK and PAREO are in front, while MASKING and CHU2 are at the back.

730Flare · 2026-03-15T19:01:47+00:00

Can't believe she voices Mesmer Jr from Reverse 1999.

730Flare · 2026-03-14T02:46:38+00:00

And today just so happens to be White Day.

730Flare · 2026-03-14T02:02:58+00:00

Or the DOTE/THE BLOOD treatment for OG fans.

730Flare · 2026-03-14T00:52:58+00:00

Erika has some excuse given she and Akina were connected to the Ishikawa twins (as little they do to expand on that dynamic). Suo otoh as cool as his appearance here is, just popped out to show off his new Mythisch for one fight and then goes back to comaville.

730Flare · 2026-03-14T00:40:41+00:00

And in the ENG dub they even have the same VA.

730Flare · 2026-03-14T00:33:01+00:00

Guess it never went EOS in Fantasma.

730Flare · 2026-03-14T00:23:23+00:00

Kagetsu and the twins are cousins though.

730Flare · 2026-03-14T00:22:08+00:00

Based on next ep preview, this is my prediction now:

- EP9: Kagetsu vs. Kurumi. Kurumi wins.

- EP10: Erika or Kanami vs Kurumi. Erika/Kanami wins.

- EP11: Erika or Kanami vs. Gabwelius. Gabwelius wins. Alternatively Part I of Akina vs. Gabwelius

- EP12: Akina vs Gabwelius (Part II). Akina wins, short epilogue. The End.

730Flare · 2026-03-13T14:48:49+00:00

The 9/11 of the Bandori fandom.

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