Editing The Strongest Pair, the Combination of Victory!

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|seriesissue=[[Victory_(manga)|Transformers Victory]]'' #7
|prev=The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!
|next=Mighty! Victory Saber
|image=
|title=The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!
|japanese=最強コンビ、勝利の合体！
|romaji=
|coverdate=October, 1989
|script=[[Masumi Kaneda]]
|artist=[[Ban Magami]]
|publisher=[[TV Magazine]]
}}



'''Victory Leo turns the tide of battle as Jean has naughty feelings about his sister!'''

==Summary==
On the battlefield, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] has fallen before the combined might of [[Deathsaurus]], [[Dinoking]] and [[Liokaiser]].  [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] begs [[Solon Kitakaze|Solon]] to stop the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], but he refuses, instead encouraging his [[Emperor of Destruction]] to finish Star Saber off.

Before the Decepticons can cut him to ribbons, they are interrupted by the arrival of a new [[Autobot]] warrior and a cute blonde chick.  The Autobot transforms and introduces himself as [[Victory Leo]].  Deathsaurus attempts to kill him with his "Metal Lifeform Destroyer Gun", only to have his blast bounce off Victory Leo's [[gurunium]] armor.

Elsewhere, Jean is swooning at the cute blonde girl...until she introduces herself as [[Patty Minakaze|Patty]], ''his sister''.  As a barrage of conflicting emotions disable Jean, Patty encourages Star Saber to find the strength to combine with Victory Leo.  Star Saber and Victory Leo form the Victory Combination and become [[Victory Saber]].  Victory Saber sends the Decepticons packing with his "Flash Victory" attack.

Then the cavalry ([[Road Caesar]], [[Landcross]], [[Cab]] and [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]]) arrives, late as usual.  Patty introduces herself to the flustered Cab and Shūta and then proceeds to explain her deal to Jean.

Their late father was a famed mineralogist who discovered a rare and powerful energy ore called gurunium.  The gurunium was used to build Victory Leo and is in fact what makes the Victory Combination possible.

Victory Saber remarks that he feels as if he has the strength of a hundred Autobots and thanks Patty for her assistance.  Just overhead, Solon makes his escape on [[Eaglebreast]], amused that the Autobots needed a girl to rescue them.


==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber/Victory Saber]] (1)
* [[Victory Leo]] (2)
* [[Landcross]] (11)
* [[Road Caesar]] (12)
|c2=
* [[Deathsaurus]] (5)
* [[Liokaiser]] (6)
* [[Dinoking]] (7)
* [[Eaglebreast]] (14)
|c3=
* [[Jean Minakaze]] (3)
* [[Patty Minakaze]] (4)
* [[Solon Kitakaze]] (8)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (10) 
* Jean and Patty's parents (flashback) (13) 
}}

==Notes==
[[Image:PattyJeanBlush01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sisterlicious!]]
*[[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] ''totally'' has a [[Luke Skywalker]] moment before he realizes [[Patty Minakaze|Patty]] is his sister.

*Absolutely no connection is made between [[Victory Leo]] and [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]], so it would seem to be that, unlike in the ''[[Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' cartoon, they are completely separate characters in this continuity.

*It seems strange that, despite both Patty and Jean being closely affiliated with the [[Autobot|Autobots]], this is the first time they'd met since their parents' deaths many years ago (and, indeed, the first time Jean learns that he even ''has'' a sister).  Autobot communication systems must be terribly poor.

*Now that Patty's on the payroll, the [[Victories]] never again refer to themselves as "the Autobot Boy Team" (for obvious reasons).

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/trans533.php Victory #7 in English]


[[Category:Victory issues]]