Facing Ace

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Facing Ace (Japanese Version: Synchronicity) is the second episode of Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia. It aired on May 16, 2009 on English, and in the Japanese aired on March 9, 2010.

Plot

After the battle with Lync Volan and Volt Luster which ended in Lync and Volt's defeat, Dan Kuso, Drago and Marucho Marukura, go with Mira Fermin to the Resistance Mobile Base. Meanwhile on the Vestal Destroyer Spectra Phantom, Gus Grav, Mylene Farrow, Shadow Prove Volt and Lync have a chat with Hydron where they conform Drago is in New Vestroia. Hdron then orders the Vexos to make sure Drago is captured and given to him. Back on Earth Julie Makimoto continues to serve cosumters at Runo Misaki's restaurant while Runo appears jealous. After their shifts are over Julie shows Runo Billy Gilbert fighting a bull in Spain. Runo however worries for Dan. In Vestail, Mira reveals that only a few Vestals realize that the Bakugan are intelligent creatures, while the rest of the Vestals have not been told. She reveals that after discovering this for herself, and becoming outraged with her father, for participating in the capturing of the Bakugan, she ran off and created the Bakugan Battle Brawlers Resistance, joining with people who felt the same way as she did. Upon arriving at the base, they meet Baron Leltoy, a major fan of the Battle Brawlers and the Six Originals Hero Bakugan. Shortly after, another Brawler from the Resistance named Ace Grit, highly disapproves of Mira bringing humans to aid in their quest to free the Bakugan. Instead, he challenges Dan to a battle and says that if he beats him, he and Marucho can join the Resistance in their quest to save the Bakugan. Dan gets off to a rocky start, but he and Ace are too evenly matched. With one win and one loss each their battle ends, after a period of three hours, in a tie and they become fast friends.

Major events

Dan and Marucho travel with Mira to the Resistance's mobile base.
Mira reveals that the Vestals (other than the Vexos) do not have malicious intentions in their enslavement of the Bakugan; they simply do not realize they are intelligent.
Spectra defeats a Brawler in a flashback.
Dan and Marucho meet Baron, the Resistance's Haos brawler, and Ace, their Darkus brawler.
Ace challenges Dan to a battle, saying he will only let him join the Resistance if he wins.
Dan and Ace have a battle which lasts for several hours and ends in a tie.
Dan and Ace settle their differences and Dan and Marucho join the Resistance.
Mira wonders where her brother Keith Fermin is

Featured Brawls

Spectra Phantom vs Tournament Brawler = Spectra wins (flashback)

Dan Kuso Vs Ace Grit

Round 1

Dan Life Force: 500 Points (100%)
Ace Life Force: 500 Points (100%)

Battle

Ace throws his Gate Card and Percival. (Power: 450 Gs)

Dan throws out Drago (Neo Dragonoid). (Power: 400 Gs)

Both Bakugan do a tornado struggle and Drago gets knocked out due to his default power level being lower than Percival's.

Dan Life Force: 90%

Round 2

Dan throws his Gate Card and Drago. (Power: 400 Gs)

Ace throws out Percival. (Power: 450 Gs)

Ace activates the ability Darkus Driver (Percival: 450 - 650 Gs)

Dan activates the ability Burning Dragon (Drago: 400 - 600 Gs)

Then he open his Gate Card Pyrus Reactor (Drago: 600 - 750 Gs)

Ace activates the ability Tri-Gunner (Percival: 650 - 950 Gs)

Dan activates the ability Burning Dragon (Drago: 750 - 950 Gs)

Next he activates the fusion ability Pyrus Slayer (Drago: 950- 1250 Gs) (Percival: 950 - 850 Gs)

Ace activates the ability Night Explorer (Drago: 1250 - 950 Gs), but that's not enough and Percival gets knocked out.

Ace Life Force: 80%

The rest of the battle is unknown, other than for their near final round, their life gauges are almost empty.

Character Debuts

Bakugan Debut

Percival

Bakugan Seen

Characters Seen

Difference between the Japanese and English dub

In the Japanese version when Mira is naming all the members of the Vexos the character screens have a text box showing their names while in the English Dub this was removed.
In the Japanese Version, Dan senses something is being launched at him, and he turns and is hit in the forehead with a fruit pit by Ace, which knocks him to the ground. The dub censors this, with Dan just sensing his presence and turning to him, and is still standing up.
In the Japanese Version,Runo gets mad at Julie in her cafe after she says "Bon-Kyu-Bon" saying how having a curvier figure is more popular.The English Dub changes this to make Runo gets mad at Julie for being able to "Have fun and work at the same time"

Errors

In the montage of Ace and Dan battling, Dan's life gauge icon has changed to show him in his new clothes