[Isao has thought about it for a few moments while Lan has discussed her own thoughts on it. Eventually, he takes his hand off of his nose for his own answer.]
Alright, I'm gonna go off track a bit before I answer this.
I know that when people think about our school and our dueling, they think about me more than anything. I know there's an image of me as a "wild animal", assaulting people during duels and sending them to the hospital afterwards.
...a little over a year ago, I participated in a tournament in my hometown called the Maiami Championship. The winner of that tournament moves up to the Youth division, and moving up to that division is the key to becoming a pro duelist. I made it to the finals of that tournament. I lost, to a duelist from LDS. That loss did two things - it meant that I was stuck in the Junior Youth division and it brought significant shame upon myself and my school. For the last year, those two facts have driven me - possessed me. And when I arrived in the Super Junior League, my goal was, above all, to rectify that loss and become a champion.
With hindsight, I know there were moments I went overboard. [He taps his hands on the table for a second.] To Yuya Sakaki and Shun Kurosaki -- I'm sorry that I injured them and forced them to lose time in this league and, probably, an opportunity to duel for the championship themselves. I'm sorry. If I were Super Junior Champion, I'd give them both title shots as soon as I could. But I'm not the Super Junior Champion, so, all I can do is apologize.
But I'm only going to apologize for my own individual conduct as a duelist, not for my school's dueling or for my fellow students' dueling -- before now, I was taught to duel emotionlessly, without applying any part of myself except what I needed to win to my cards. After that, when I started getting more desperate, I started dueling with anger. I don't want to do either of those things anymore. I want to take this. [He takes his deck out and slaps it on the table.] And this. [He picks up the belt and places on the table.] And I want to duel with pride. Pride in myself, in my cards, in my partner and in my dueling.
From this moment on, the two of us are going to represent our school, our league, these championships and ourselves with dignity and pride. You're going to see our form of Entertainment. You're going to see what two duelists at their absolute physical peak are capable of and you are going to see us revolutionize both Action Dueling and Tag Team Dueling. You asked me if this was a backup plan. [He holds up his belt.] This is not a backup. This is not a consolation prize. This is not second place. We are going to take these and with our dueling, we are going to make these the most prestigious, the most respected championship in the world. You are going to see us in the spot Reiji Akaba is in right now.
I'm going to say this point-blank. I am the best duelist in the Super Junior League. And I asked Zheng to be my partner, [he puts his hand on her shoulder.] because I knew nobody in this league is as dedicated to their own dueling as she is. And from this point, you are going to see us become the best team in the world.
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Alright, I'm gonna go off track a bit before I answer this.
I know that when people think about our school and our dueling, they think about me more than anything. I know there's an image of me as a "wild animal", assaulting people during duels and sending them to the hospital afterwards.
...a little over a year ago, I participated in a tournament in my hometown called the Maiami Championship. The winner of that tournament moves up to the Youth division, and moving up to that division is the key to becoming a pro duelist. I made it to the finals of that tournament. I lost, to a duelist from LDS. That loss did two things - it meant that I was stuck in the Junior Youth division and it brought significant shame upon myself and my school. For the last year, those two facts have driven me - possessed me. And when I arrived in the Super Junior League, my goal was, above all, to rectify that loss and become a champion.
With hindsight, I know there were moments I went overboard. [He taps his hands on the table for a second.] To Yuya Sakaki and Shun Kurosaki -- I'm sorry that I injured them and forced them to lose time in this league and, probably, an opportunity to duel for the championship themselves. I'm sorry. If I were Super Junior Champion, I'd give them both title shots as soon as I could. But I'm not the Super Junior Champion, so, all I can do is apologize.
But I'm only going to apologize for my own individual conduct as a duelist, not for my school's dueling or for my fellow students' dueling -- before now, I was taught to duel emotionlessly, without applying any part of myself except what I needed to win to my cards. After that, when I started getting more desperate, I started dueling with anger. I don't want to do either of those things anymore. I want to take this. [He takes his deck out and slaps it on the table.] And this. [He picks up the belt and places on the table.] And I want to duel with pride. Pride in myself, in my cards, in my partner and in my dueling.
From this moment on, the two of us are going to represent our school, our league, these championships and ourselves with dignity and pride. You're going to see our form of Entertainment. You're going to see what two duelists at their absolute physical peak are capable of and you are going to see us revolutionize both Action Dueling and Tag Team Dueling. You asked me if this was a backup plan. [He holds up his belt.] This is not a backup. This is not a consolation prize. This is not second place. We are going to take these and with our dueling, we are going to make these the most prestigious, the most respected championship in the world. You are going to see us in the spot Reiji Akaba is in right now.
I'm going to say this point-blank. I am the best duelist in the Super Junior League. And I asked Zheng to be my partner, [he puts his hand on her shoulder.] because I knew nobody in this league is as dedicated to their own dueling as she is. And from this point, you are going to see us become the best team in the world.
[He glances at Lan.]
You got anything to add?