This is a show that refuses to step back from its plot. Chrono is grating, but that's exactly the problem the story is solving: watch a kid so desperate to win that he burns every relationship to chase it. The final fight against Myōjin costs him everything he built, and the show makes you sit in that wreckage instead of pretending it didn't happen. Animation gets choppy when it matters least, but it stays sharp during the moments that actually break him. For Vanguard players, this arc is mandatory, it's where the lore stops being flavor text and becomes the reason your cards exist.

Chrono and his teammates Shion and Tokoha, together known as Team TRY3, have claimed the championship of Generation Quest. Meanwhile, Ryuzu Myōjin is quietly pursuing a secret scheme: bringing the Zodiac Time Beasts of the Gear Chronicle clan to Earth. Chrono refuses to let this happen. Alongside Kouji, he sets out to stop Ryuzu, but a mysterious group of cardfighters called Company, who hold the same ideals as Ryuzu, stands in their way. This action fantasy adventure makes up the second half of the second season of the Cardfight!! Vanguard G series.