"I'll do it, Morishima. I'll show you me when I'm playing seriously." (ʘ‿ʘ✿)
Kitta Izumi and Morishima Shuuta, the respective voices of Tokura Misaki and Nitta Shin in the Cardfight!! Vanguard anime series, appeared in a special tutorial video for the new Standard-format Vanguard trading card game. Morishima plays the Royal Paladin Star Drive deck while Kitta plays the Kagerо̄ Crested Dragon deck.
In the video, they demonstrate:
The basics of setting a First Vanguard, drive checking triggers, and conducting battle.
The new redraw/mulligan procedure. (You stack the cards you're putting back on the bottom of your deck, then draw the replacements, then shuffle.)
How to apply the Imaginary Gift ability, "Force."
Although much of the video is in Japanese, the terminology used is mostly romanized English that will ring familiar to any avid viewers of the officially-subbed anime series.
"You finally remembered, didn't you? I've been keeping it for you. Because it's a valuable memory of yours--"
Nitta Shin/新田シン Age: Unconfirmed; no younger than 25. Anime Biography:
The manager of Card Capital, and Misaki's cousin. Shin is the one who initially brings the
cast together by holding the shop tournament that leads to Team Q4's
formation. While he doesn't himself fight, he knows much about Vanguard
and provides moral and strategic support to the kids.
Note that while Crunchyroll's subtitles waver in referring to him as Misaki's cousin or uncle, Bushiroad's blog states that during production he was referred to as the nephew of one of her parents.
Spoiler warning: Season 1 details follow. Misaki's parents died ten years ago in a car accident. At this time, Shin was still in high school(his uniform is the same one that Kai wears, indicating him to be at least 15 years old.) He became Misaki's guardian from then on, and the manager of Card Capital until she could come of age to inherit what her parents left behind. Shin appears to have overcome his grief at their deaths, and holds no resentment toward his "promotion" to both parent and manager, but he has difficulty raising Misaki due to being a kid at the time of their passing. Shin is no father, but he does appear to have learned from this experience, and later in the series acts as a parent might while coaching Aichi.
Shin eventually arranges a training camp along with Team Caesar, bringing both groups together on a camping trip where they restructure their decks to prepare for the upcoming season. In ride 52 he prompts Team Q4 to again rethink their overall strategy, in order to finally put an end to the Foo Fighters' scheming. Spoilers end here.
Manga Biography:
Shin's role is lessened in the manga, where the tournament arc doesn't
take place. However, he appears to act as an emotional pillar for
Misaki, attempting to get his cold niece to open up to others, and is
instrumental in arranging her fight with Aichi. Decks: Shin
has not been shown to fight, though he is the one who built Misaki's first
deck. In addition to this, he is the primary supplier for Team Q4's card supply.
