Loved their dynamic and bonding which was shown to develop throughout the series.Kai was the reason Aichi first started playing vanguard since Kai introduced vanguard to Aichi.I loved how their meeting when they were kids.Aichi changed Kai and Kai also changed Aichi.I loved how they helped each other in difficult situations.It was heart breaking in link joker when Aichi realized Kai was reversed to become stronger than Aichi but in the end Aichi managed to get through Kai and thats when their bond started to get stronger.At the end of link joker Aichi seemed to have become Kai's vanguard by dragging Kai by the wrist towards his friends.
Kai also repayed Aichi by saving him in legion mate and made him realize that he did not have to carry all the burdens by himself.The final battle of legion mate and link joker were both so good!
Their relationship improved a lot in G series and it seemed that they were more open to each other than before.Loved their tag fight against Chaos Breaker Dragon which showed the strength of their bond.
Was anyone going to tell me that Pokemon: Path to the Peak was going to have Cardfight!! Vanguard vibes, or was I just supposed to figure that out for myself?
I didn't make anything for Aichi's birthday but made this amv years ago which I never posted before. It's mostly based on s4 legion mate. Legion mate had many problems but it was such a sad season.
Though it gets points for having the best ending to the original series. ( probably the best ending in any anime I feel as the ending was emotional but also very happy with many of the characters graduating high school.)
My only complain was mainly how the season treated team q4 members who weren't aichi and kai. I still think misaki and kamui should have been there in the sanctuary. They were his longest friends and have been in the anime since the beginning. 😭 Also though I was never a fan of kourin, I still think misaki should have fought kourin.
Anyway I didn't realize it when I first watched it as I was so young but the directors were really shipping kaichi in this season a lot weren't they? 🤭
To think Misaki never even got to have a proper final conversation with Kourin in legion mate before Kourin forgot everything again is really upsetting.She was the only friend who understood Kourin's feelings and emotions the most.She even kept on preserving her hairband in G meaning she still misses her when no one else seems to talk about her.From one of the conversation in Vanguard Zero Misaki said that she wanted to return Kourin's hairband back to Kourin .It's sad she never really got that opportunity.The least she could have had a final talk with Kourin but Misaki in legion mate lost to the same person twice and lost her chance to fight Kourin and that never happened.She kept on waiting all through G series for someone to come back whom we never see in the Original series ever again.Thinking about it makes me reallly unhappy.
Crystal’s Opinion on Season 4 of the OG Cardfight!! Vanguard
Time for Legion Mate!
Once again, this is stream of consciousness-esque.
These opinions aren’t necessarily in line with the popular opinion, so please bear with me!
SPOILERS FOR CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD (OG AND REBOOT)
Legion Mate: Great premise, not so great execution. Kai’s entire demeanor shift felt extremely sudden from his personality at the end of Link Joker, IMO. It needed to be a bit more gradual.
The plot was good. I really enjoyed the fact that Aichi got a cool outfit, I loved the plot of Aichi being erased from everyone’s memories and how he has to be saved (from himself!), I enjoyed the Quatre Knights (barring Serra, but there’s good reason for that)...
I’m glad at least one person acknowledged that Kai did a lot of harm, and had good reason to feel angry with him. IIRC Gaillard was never necessarily portrayed in the wrong for this, and I think that’s a good thing. Kai did do a lot of damage. He hurt a lot of people. Gaillard experienced the damage he did, and had to struggle during the darkest hours of Link Joker’s invasion. It makes sense that he’d feel that way. And he doesn’t just magically LOSE that dislike of Kai at the end! He’s learning to move on, but he still has issues with him to a degree!
Aichi’s character flaw of keeping things to himself playing such a huge role is absolutely awesome. Despite how much he’s grown by this point, he still has flaws to work off of, and it’s an incredibly relatable flaw to me. The desire to keep all of your problems and loneliness to yourself so you don’t hurt others. The moral Aichi learned was something that he needed to learn, the fact that he should reach out to his friends. They WANT to help him, they WANT to hear him out and do whatever they can. He’s not just some burden, he’s their friend, and they love him.
Downsides though... The only heroes allowed to win were Kai and Naoki (And Kamui got one whole win). The losses against the heroes were similarly meanspirited to how Asia Circuit was, but I can forgive it here a little more because at least it’s just the literal antagonists doing it this time. In Asia Circuit it was allies, antagonists, and people completely neutral.
I, being the Aichi fan I am, wish Aichi got to do a little more. Whether it was while directly controlled by the Seed or of his own will. However, I get why this couldn’t happen. The plot itself just doesn’t have that room.
Another thing is that so many things are left unexplained. How did Aichi wipe everyone’s memories? Are the Quatre Knights’ prison powers literally manifested from Aichi? How did Aichi even discover that he could hide his sanctuary (Not to be confused with the OTHER Aichi’s Sanctuary) on the moon? How did he even make it?
Is it related to PSY Qualia? Is it related to the Seed’s own power fusing with/corrupting his own? Why did he choose the moon (This is another thing that makes more sense in the reboot than the OG anime, as the reboot establishes that the moon is like a weird conduit between Earth and Cray, IIRC. So in theory Aichi could be drawing from that power or something).
And heck, why WHERE there magical transporter ruins near some random town anyway?
Similar to the issues with Takuto, it feels like people just magically got powers that aren’t explained (Vanguard -if- in the reboot is also guilty of this).
I also find it kind of weird Shingo wasn’t included among the Mates. I mean I kind of get it since Shingo isn’t exactly the most popular from what I understand (I don’t like him), but it’s a little unfair that Naoki gets to be in the group while Shingo doesn’t. They have a dynamic going on, and Naoki doesn’t feel the same without Shingo.
Also Naoki gets this sudden interest in Japanese history that I don’t remember him having in Season 3. I mean it’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it came out of nowhere.
On the note of the Quatre Knights, I DID like how there was conflict among them thanks to Serra. I hate Serra, but he’s a love to hate character, and his actions definitely caused chaos. I like Gaillard and Rati quite a bit, but Neve is... kind of just there. I don’t hate him, and I don’t feel especially drawn to him.
