Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker Hen
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | CARDFIGHT!! ヴァンガード リンクジョーカー編 |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Jan 13, 2013 [12 years 2 weeks ago] |
| Ended: | Mar 2, 2014 [10 years 10 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | ANIDB |
A few months have passed since the VF Circuit, and Aichi is now in High School. However Aichi is in a different high school than most of his friends, a high school where the instructors focus on looking towards the future. One day Aichi admits he thinks Cardfight can be a future people can believe in, but in order to prove it Aichi must use his new deck, a deck in which Royal Paladins and Gold Paladins are combined as one force. Slowly but surely Aichi must gain friends through Cardfighting and help his new team win the newly formed high school cardfighting championships.
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Episode 1: Stand Up the High School!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-01-13
The VF Circuit has been over for months, and Aichi's life has returned to normal. He's a high school student in a new school now, and is having trouble adjusting. When Ishida, a terminally foul-tempered student, follows him to Card Capital, will Aichi end up making a new friend? A rival? Or an enemy?
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Episode 2: Catching a Break
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-01-20
When Aichi attempts to form a Cardfight Club at his high school, Kourin is his first recruit. But then she makes a rule to only let in students who beat her or Aichi in a match. Will they be the only two members? Or does Ishida stand a chance?
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Episode 3: Targeted Idol!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-01-27
It seems that Kourin has a stalker at school, and his name is Shingo. Naoki just wants to hit the guy, but Shingo insists on a Cardfight instead!
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Episode 4: The American Football Club's Assassin
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-02-03
The Student Council doesn't like how the Cardfight Club is making waves, so they send a Cardfighting member of the Football Club to crush Aichi before he can make his club official!
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Episode 5: It Exists!? The Vanguard Club
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-02-10
The Cardfight Club needs just one more member to become an official club, but the deadline is only hours away! Misaki seems to be their best hope, but does she want to join? Will Kourin even agree to give her a shot? And even if the answer is yes to both... Misaki will have to fight and beat one of the strongest members of the club to be accepted!
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Episode 6: First Match! Miyaji Academy vs. Hitsue High School!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-02-17
If Aichi's Cardfight Club doesn't beat Kai's Vanguard Club in a series of intramural matches, they'll have to disband! It's a tall order to begin with, but making matters worse, the first match is between newbie Naoki and Kai!
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Episode 7: The Ringer is a Middle School Student!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-02-24
Aichi's Cardfight Club has to win three out of five matches against Kai's high school team, or they'll be forced to disband. The current count is 1-1, but in the third match, Misaki goes up against a familiar pint-sized "ringer." Whoever wins this match will be just one step away from victory!
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Episode 8: Kai's Shadow!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-03-03
In the final, decisive match of the intramural game against Hitsue High's Vanguard Club, Aichi fights Morikawa, who's a pushover except when he's forced to use a balanced deck. But this time, the balanced deck is Kai's! Does the deck make the fighter? Find out here!
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Episode 9: Who's the Co-Captain?!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-03-10
Picking the captain of the Cardfight Club is easy, but not so much with the vice-captain, when four (out of five) members want the same position. What to do in this situation? Stand up, Vanguard!
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Episode 10: Miyaji Academy, Middle School Division
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-03-17
The middle school division of Miyaji Academy also has a Cardfight Club, helmed by Emi, her best friend, and a mystery member! But when Komoi and Naoki pay a surprise visit to give them some fighting "guidance," the question becomes... who schools whom?
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Episode 11: Idol Fight
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-03-24
Rekka is the third member of the middle school Vanguard Fight Circle! Can Aichi preserve his club's dignity by winning a match against her? Or is it already too late when Komoi falls head over heels for Rekka?!
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Episode 12: Reunion with the Wind
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-03-31
While taking a tour of Fukuhara High's Vanguard Club to catch their eventual rivals in action, Aichi and his Cardfight Club witness two powerful combatants in a "friendly" match: AL4's Assassin, Asaka and Leon Souryu!
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Episode 13: Powerful Fighter at Fukuhara High!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-04-07
Naoki tries to prove himself by fighting Suiko! The return of an old frenemy of Aichi's! And the promise of a formidable challenge ahead...
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Episode 14: Exciting School Festival!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-04-14
It's time for Miyaji Academy's school festival, and the Cardfight Club is going to participate... but the vice-president of the Student Council forces them to put on a play. Is Miyaji Academy ready for a fairy tale-Vanguard mash-up play, written and directed by Komoi? Will the vice-president derail their efforts and succeed in embarrassing Aichi and company? And who's the surprise guest at the end?!
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Episode 15: Legendary School Festival!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-04-21
The legendary Cardfighter Daigo is back, and this time he's in a match with Kourin. All eyes from Miyaji Academy are riveted on the fight, but will the Cardfight Club's play have a happy ending?!
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Episode 16: Hidden Fighting Spirit!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-04-28
The elimination round of the VF High School Championship begins with Aichi's Miyaji Academy versus Hitsue High, home to heavy hitters like Kai and... Miwa?! Misaki learns just how strong Miwa can be in a fight when he's totally serious about it!
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Episode 17: A Man's Guts!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-05-05
This is the match that decides which team gets cut from the VF High School Championship! It's Aichi versus Izaki, normally not a nail-biting match-up, but Kai and Miwa have given Izaki special training beforehand... and on top of that, Izaki has a passionate reason of his own to beat Aichi!
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Episode 18: Challenger Naoki!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-05-12
It's the beginning of the final round of the VF High School Championship, Kanto Block 3, with Aichi's club pitted against Ren's! First up is Naoki in a rematch against Suiko, who bested him only a few weeks earlier. Has Naoki gotten strong enough to beat one of the tough members of Ultra-rare?!
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Episode 19: Feelings About Victory!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-05-19
Two strong fighters, Kourin and Asaka Narumi (the "Beautiful Assassin"), face off for the second match of the Block 3 elimination finals. Both have a strong motivation to win, but what will be the deciding factor that tips the fight one way or the other?
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Episode 20: Showdown at the Summit
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-05-26
It's Aichi versus Ren and his Shadow Paladin deck! Has Ren returned to the dark side where he's well-nigh omnipotent? If Aichi wins this match, the Cardfight Club will go on to the main VF High School Championship. Otherwise... better luck next year!
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Episode 21: A Windy Day!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-06-02
The Cardfight Club is back home from taking a premature stab at the VF High School Championship, and the Student Council is still plotting against them! This time, a wannabe club, the Paranormal Power Research Society, is pitted against the Vanguard Club with their clubroom on the line... except Aichi and company don't answer the challenge. In fact, a rooftop battle ensues between the society's leader and a Vanguard fighter with true power!
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Episode 22: Mystery Dragon!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-06-09
Aichi is unnerved when Kourin doesn't show up for school. Later, Naoki stumbles onto a stunning discovery in the basement of the academy, then immediately runs to Card Capital to demand a fight with Aichi. Does Aichi stand a chance against this new, improved(?) Naoki with his powerful, never-before-seen card?!
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Episode 23: Lock!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-06-16
Bothered by Ishida's peculiar behavior, Kai pays Takuto a visit to ask whether Cray has anything to do with it. Takuto fills Kai in on a dire situation that has roots in the previous arc. In fact, Kai can't a-void being caught up in peril as he finds himself in a desperate Cardfight with his soul in the balance!
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Episode 24: Reverse!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-06-23
Kai is in the fight of his life against the possessed Takuto, with his soul lying in the balance. But when he's given a choice, will Kai stay true to himself or opt for power?
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Episode 25: The Power of the Black Ring!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-06-30
Possessed by the power of Link Joker, Kai goes to fight Tetsu, a person he deems worthy of passing it on. If Tetsu can't successfully fend off this new, mysterious deck with its confounding power to "lock" cards, he'll become infected too, and seek out other fighters...
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Episode 26: Dark Clouds Over Fukuhara High School!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-07-07
All Ren wanted to do was check on Asaka and Tetsu, whom he swore to protect, but he'll have to defeat the Reversed Suiko first... or end up being Reversed and under Void's power himself!
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Episode 27: Eternal Marionette!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-07-14
Ren and a Reversal-recovered Suiko finally find Asaka, but it's too late: she's been Reversed, too! Asaka throws down the gauntlet to Ren, and if he loses this match, he'll be made into her mindless marionette.
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Episode 28: Last Dance
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-07-21
The battle between Ren and a Reversed Asaka reaches a fever pitch! If he loses, he'll become a mindless slave (according to her). But if Ren wins, will Asaka ever live down the things she's saying to him?!
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Episode 29: The Traitor General
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-07-28
As Ren fights his Reversed best friend, Tetsu, we go back several years to see how they first met, when Ren was a wide-eyed freshman and Tetsu was a juvenile delinquent brawler who wanted to have nothing to do with him.
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Episode 30: Kingmaker in the Moonlight
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-08-04
The rooftop "boss battle" between Ren and Tetsu concludes here! Can Ren bring Tetsu back from the brink? And if so, what's the next move?
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Episode 31: Daiyusha Falls
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-08-11
Mitsusada returns from Singapore, only to be confronted at the airport by a strong Reversed fighter! In the meantime... Chris of Team Genius has been possessed by an unearthly power before. Can he withstand this, or will he become part of the outbreak of Reversed people?
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Episode 32: Yuri's Medal
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-08-18
The Reversed Mitsusada intends to gather an army, and he's already started with a Reversed Team Genius. Yuri will be the next one to succumb, unless she either beats her captain or somehow breaks through the mind control!
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Episode 33: Dark Dimensional Combination! "Reverse" Daiyusha!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-08-25
Koutei's reign as "dark emperor" continues as he seeks to increase his Reversed subjects by three... Leon, Jillian, and Sharlene! Will Leon even make it to the VF High School Championship?!
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Episode 34: Tight-knit Ship
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-09-01
It's the finale at the airport, with Leon as the last defense against Koutei and his small army of Reversed fighters. But now that Jillian and Sharlene have been Reversed too, will Leon be able to win on his own?!
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Episode 35: Camping Trip
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-09-08
While the students of Miyaji Academy go on a trip, the Student Council members try to destroy the Cardfight Club's reputation. Then, the gang watches the final match of the VF High School Championship between Ren and Leon!
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Episode 36: Under the Starry Sky...
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-09-15
Something seems to be wrong with Kourin during the school camping trip. And why did she just invite Aichi to the legendary romantic tree?! Meanwhile, after pulling an all-nighter of intensive Vanguard training, the president and vice-president of Student Council lurk around, waiting for the perfect chance to use their newfound Cardfighting prowess to take down Aichi's club!
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Episode 37: The Pirate Flag Fluttering at Miyaji
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-09-22
On a visit to Miyaji Academy, Gouki and his pirate buddies get Reversed, then turn the school's open house into a pirate recruiting effort. But before you can say "Arrrrr," Kamui arrives to put an end to the pirate factory and save Emi and Mai from certain peril!
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Episode 38: Kamui's Fist
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-09-29
Kamui hopes the fist of friendship will reverse the Reversed Gouki to normal! Emi and Mai are betrayed by a friend! And the old Ninja Master returns with a new name to take on a Reversed opponent of his own!
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Episode 39: Ninja Master Returns
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-10-06
Hell hath no fury like Nagisa kept away from her beloved fixation, Kamui, but Ninja Master Neo is doing his best to stop her by using every last ninja technique he knows. Adding weight to the proceedings, of course, is that if the mysterious ninja hero fails, he'll become Reversed just like Nagisa!
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Episode 40: Runaway Angel Rekka
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-10-13
Reversed Rekka wants to beat Kamui; Kamui wants to save Emi and Mai; and Reiji and Eiji have to beat an army of Reversed Rekka groupies! Can they do it?! HD, yo! (Highly doubtful...)
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Episode 41: Friends
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-10-20
Even though his own best friends have turned against him, Kamui puts everything on the line to win back Emi and Mai's friendship with Rekka. If he loses, her two "hostages" may just be Reversed too!
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Episode 42: Countdown to Despair
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-10-27
Kamui has one more fight to go... against the Reversed Kourin! Aichi and the other club members finally arrive at school, just in time to get a portentous message from Takuto. And a Reversed Kai finally gets back home after apparently criss-crossing the globe...
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Episode 43: Chaotic Destroyer
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-11-03
Aichi and the members of Cardfight Club are surrounded by Reversed fighters like Kamui and Kourin! Miwa fights the Reversed Kai in the name of friendship! And Takuto announces to all Cardfighters that the end of the world is at hand!
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Episode 44: Each One's Determination
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-11-10
Jun, leader of the underground Cardfighting ring, decides to step up. His goal is to bring Kai back to normal, but he won't even have that chance if the Reversed Miwa has anything to say about it. Meanwhile, when Aichi seems to have lost his groove, Ishida volunteers to help Leon Souryu take down Kai.
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Episode 45: Recapture Miyaji Academy
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-11-17
Unlikely friends Naoki and Shingo venture into the Reversed Miyaji Academy to turn everyone back to normal, but one of them loses and becomes Reversed himself! Only one is evil now, but which will win, Naoki or Shingo?!
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Episode 46: Smash Through Everything
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-11-24
Naoki gets a rematch against Nagashiro, the girl who once Reversed him! If he fails, Komoi, the president, and vice-president are all up for a Reversing, too!
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Episode 47: Aichi and Kamui
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-12-01
Kamui faces his old friend and rival, Aichi. Of course, Kamui is Reversed, so not only is he more powerful, but jealousy comes to the fore!
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Episode 48: The Form of Friendship
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-12-08
It's almost time for the big battle between Aichi and the Reversed Kai, but Miwa wants to fight Aichi first to test his worthiness. Aichi is game, but Misaki demands the chance to fight Miwa herself so she can be the one to bring him back!
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Episode 49: The Two Leaders
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-12-15
The voluntarily Reversed Kai reveals to Aichi and company why he went over to the "dark side"... and then they have a Cardfight! Kai has something to prove, but Aichi just wants his friend and former mentor back.
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Episode 50: Beyond the Bond
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-12-22
The fight between Aichi and Kai ends here, and it looks dire for Aichi! Also, Leon Souryu shows up with an unlikely ally! And who... or what... is Link Joker?!
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Episode 51: The Two Leons
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2013-12-29
When Takuto and Leon confront Takuto's Link Joker double, Leon is teleported to another room, where he's forced to fight a future version of himself. Specifically, a Leon who has given up and accepted the power of Reverse! Will the Leon of now be able to change his future, or is history (his story) doomed to repeat itself?!
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Episode 52: The One Who Cuts Through Chains
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-01-12
The true Takuto fights his double, who commands the power of Link Joker! While their fight rages on inside, Miwa, Misaki and the others battle a Reversed gang outside, whose power strengthens as the faux Takuto gets closer to winning...
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Episode 53: Kourin
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-01-19
Aichi vs. Kourin! Aichi vows to bring Kourin back to normal from her Reversed state, but she has her own reasons for wanting to win. Also, learn the truth behind Takuto's connection with Ultra-rare!
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Episode 54: Ren's Wish
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-01-26
Below, Tetsu and Asaka ward off a swarm of Reversed fighters. Far above, a climactic rooftop battle is taking place between the Reversed Kai and Ren as Aichi is forced to stand on the sidelines. Can Ren save the world? Or does that even matter to him while he's fighting his former best friend and greatest rival?
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Episode 55: Resurrection of the Dragon
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-02-02
It's the ultimate fight to the finish between Kai and Ren, but as the battle rages on, the Reversed Kai becomes... more like himself? Ren seems to have his opponent up against the ropes, but that's before Kai brings out his game-changer...
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Episode 56: Perfect Black Ring
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-02-09
Aichi is the only one who can keep the evil Takuto from attaining the end of the world... and it all comes down to a Cardfight! But now Aichi knows that if he wins, Kourin will lose everything...
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Episode 57: World End
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-02-16
It seems the end of the world is now, with Link Joker units brought to life, swooping down and stealing lifeforce from people, while hordes of Reversed fighters try to pick off the last of the un-Reversed. The gate will open completely as soon as Aichi is beaten by Dark Takuto... and though the odds are stacked against him, Aichi holds on to one last bit of hope...
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Episode 58: The Intersecting Path
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-02-23
Link Joker's power has been banished from Earth and all Reversed fighters have been returned to normal. But then why is Aichi in a desperate fight against Kai on the roof of Takuto's building? Whatever the outcome, Kai means for it to be their final battle!
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Episode 59: The Connected
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-03-02
In the finale of the Link Joker arc, Aichi's epic battle with the Reversed Kai reaches its climax! Kai is determined to win and then disappear forever so he won't ever be able to succumb to evil again. Aichi is just as determined to save his friend, no matter what it takes!
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