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Best Match: Masterpost

Now that we're off the starting line, I'll be compiling a list of every Best Match showcase for easy reference. A few notes:

Only Chrono Stones matches are included here, and only two-way ones (for now). For example, Arion and Tezcat's counts because both can be used as the target, but not Arion and Arthur's because only the former can.

Characters with only one match won't be getting their own post, as they'll be fully included in their partner's.

If the focus character can naturally armourfy, a shot of them with their (and their partner's, if applicable) Fighting Spirit's armour on will be included too.

With several teams' worth of kids to cover, posts will proceed in alphabetical order by nickname. Links below!

GO-Era Characters (15 / 15)

Adé Kébé (and Eugene Peabody).

Aitor Cazador.

Arion Sherwind (and Jean-Pierre "JP" Lapin).

Bailong (and Dawntavius Spectrum).

Doug "Dodge" McArthur.

Gabriel Garcia.

Jade Greene.

Lucian Dark.

Michael "Kaiser" Ballzack.

Preston Princeton.

Riccardo Di Rigo.

Rosie Redd.

Tezcat.

Victor Blade (and Davy Jones, Zaphod Riker and Vladimir Blade).

Wanli Changcheng (and Harrold Houdini).

OG-Era Characters (14 / 14)

Axel Blaze.

Celia Hills.

Shawn Froste (and Njord Snio).

Jordan Greenway.

Jack Wallside.

Jude Sharp (and Harry Dwind and Caleb Stonewall).

Kevin Dragonfly (and Archer Hawkins and Ryoma Nishiki).

Joseph King.

Mark Evans (and Samguk Han).

Nathan Swift.

Nelly Raimon.

David Samford.

Silvia Woods (and Skie Blue).

Xavier Foster.

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InaLog update: started on the all-change dialogue for Chapter 10, but sorting out the sticker showcases made for a quiet week there. For now, instead of pushing on to Mirage and Houdini, we're taking a brief step back to talk about Kirkwood captain Bay Laurel.

Laurel is one of Kirkwood's three Spirit Summoners, as seen above, and the only one not supporting regulated football. His scripted summon during the first half occurs with no fanfare nor dialogue - not inherently odd, since only half of the National Finals matches (Alpine, Kirkwood, Universal and Dragon Link's half of the grand final) utilise Fighting Spirits in their storyline.

However, unlike every other story-significant Spirit Summoner, Leon never appears outside the four GO games. Conspicuously absent in the anime adaptation and TCG's Avatar cards (with the manga irrelevant due to cutting Saints' Way), at time of writing it doesn't appear in Victory Road either. With Triangle ZZ tied to Kirkwood as a whole, the choice to omit Laurel's only personal technique sticks out quite a bit.