Welcome back to Season 1

[-]Meanwhile, back in Standard. . .
Last Time’s Egao Count: 257

Yuzu: I became stronger because of you!
I was able to keep smiling! (Egao Count: 257+1=258)
Respond to them, Yuya! Respond to your friends’ feelings!
Let’s go back to our hometown together after this!

Reiji: All right! It’s the last turn, Yuya!

Yusho: If you let fear take hold of you, you won’t be able to do anything.
If you want to win, you must be brave…

Yuya: …and step forward!

Yuya: It’s my turn!
I activate the Quick-Play Magic, Smile Universe! (Egao Count: 258+1=259)
I can Special Summon as many Pendulum Monsters as possible from the Extra Deck, with their Monster Effects negated!

GONGENZAKA: Supreme Dragon King has revived!

SAWATARI-SAN: Then, he’s not Yuya!?

Zarc: Pendulum Monsters are indestructible!
No matter how many times they are destroyed, they will revive!

Yuya: I won’t allow that!
I will put an end to this!

Zarc: W-What are you doing!?
S-Stop it!

Yuya: I’ve made up my mind!
I won’t ever become a demon again!
Now’s your chance!
Do it! Reira!

Reira: Using En Flowers’s effect, I can negate the effects of all monsters on the Field,
And destroy them!
And for every monster sent to the Graveyard, the owner will receive 600 damage!

Zarc: Damn you…!
I’ll definitely retur—

Leo: The world is breaking into four again!

Reiji: Zarc will be reincarnated in the four dimensions again, and the same things will repeat!

Reira: I won’t let it happen again!
I will seal Zarc away!

Zarc: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

Reira: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

Yuya: Reira?
REIRAAAAAAA!

Narrator: Action Duel was born from the realization of Solid Vision with mass.
This kind of Duel is one where the Field, monsters, and Duelists become one,
And sends the audience into a storm of excitement.

(Opening Sequence)

Yuya: AAAHHHH!
I overslept!

Yoko: Why are you getting so worked up?
Today is Sunday. You don’t have to go to school, you know?

Yuya: I have a Duel at You Show School!
I can’t miss the principal’s hot-blooded coaching!

Yoko: AH! Look at the mess you’re making!
You can’t just eat and talk at the same time!

Yuya: See you later!

Yuya: I’ve made it on time! AAAHHH!

Yuya: Hey! What was that for!?

Shuzo: You’re not on time! You’re three minutes late!

Yuya: Oh, come on! It’s just three minutes!

Ayu: That’s no good!

Ayu: The principal’s hot-blooded coaching has already begun, you know!

Yuya: By the way, what is that?

Shuzo: Oh, this thing?
Isn’t it that thing…?
You know, the usual… Huh?
Now that you mentioned it, why is this thing here?

Futoshi: Whoa, Big Bro Yuya!
Those boots are pretty cool!

Yuya: HeHe! Aren’t they!?

Futoshi: I’m getting shivers!

Tatsuya: Where did you buy them?

Yuya: I didn’t buy them.
Someone gave them to me.

Ayu: Who is it?

Yuya: Hah?
Well, it’s…Huh?

Ayu: Heh!? You forgot who gave them to you? You’re awful!

Futoshi: True that.

Tatsuya: Yup, yup.

Shuzo: HEY!
How long are you planning to keep chattering!?
It’s time for Dueling!
So, get to it!

Kids: He’s so scary!

Shuzo: Hmm…


Yuya: Well then,
Let’s have an unorthodox 1 vs 3 Duel today!
I’ll take on all of you at the same time,
So come at me in whichever order you want!

Shuzo: Listen, Yuya!
Senior Sakaki, the peerless entertainer whose name graced our You Show School,
Is still spreading Entertainment Dueling to the world even to this day!

Shuzo: You must become a great Pro Duelist just like my senior as soon as possible!
Field Magic, Plain Plain, activate!

Yuya: Duelists gathered in the hall of battle…

Futoshi: …Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters…

Ayu: …As they storm through the Field!

Tatsuya: Behold! This is the greatest evolution of Dueling!

Yuya: Action…

DUEL!

Yuya: I’ll start!
Using the Scale-1 Stargazer Magician and the Scale-8 Timegazer Magician in my hand, I set the Pendulum Scales!
With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters between Level-2 and 7!
Swing, Pendulum of the Soul!
Draw an arc of light across the ether!
Pendulum Summon!
Come forth!
My monsters!
Entermate Sword Fish!
Entermate Whip Viper!
And lastly, the one who bears heroic and beautiful dual-colored eyes!
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!

Yuya: I end my turn!

Tatsuya: It’s my turn!
Draw!
Using the Scale-1 Bunborg 008 and the Scale-10 Bunborg 007, I set the Pendulum Scales!
With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters between Level-2 and 9!
Pendulum Summon!
Bunborg 005!
And Bunborg 006!

Himika: Pendulum Dimension?

Reiji: Yes. This world used to be the Standard Dimension, but it has been reborn as the Pendulum Dimension.
Anyone can perform Pendulum Summon…

Reiji: …Ever since that day…

Himika: And that child is…

Reiji: I’ve already taken measures.
There’s no need to worry, Mother.

Yuya: It’s my turn!

Shuzo: All right!
This is where the real fight begins, Yuya!
Huh?

Shuzo: What is it?
WHAT!???

Yuya: Ladies and gentlemen! Huh?
AAAAHHHHHHH!

Yuya: Ouch…

Shuzo: Yuya!
BIG NEWS!
Here! Look at this!

Yuya: This is from LDS…!

Shuzo: Exactly!
It’s an invitation to the Junior Youth Championship!
If you win this, you can advance to the Youth class!
You’ll be one step closer to becoming a Pro Duelist!

Tatsuya: That’s amazing, Big Bro Yuya!

Futoshi: SHIVEERSSSSSSS!

Shuzo: What are you waiting for, Yuya!?

Shuzo: Come on! Go to LDS already!

Yuya: Right!
I’m going!

Receptionist: Okay.
All the paperwork is done.
Good luck, Sakaki Yuya-kun.

Yuya: Ah, sure!
Thank you very much!

GONGENZAKA: Yuya!
I knew you’d receive an invitation to the Junior Youth Championship as well!

Yuya: Gongenzaka!

SAWATARI-SAN: Well, well, you two are here, too!

GONGENZAKA: Sawatari!

Yuya: You actually got an invitation as well!?

SAWATARI-SAN: Why the hell are you so shocked!?
Of course I got invited!
I have the perfectest grades at LDS, and my father is gonna be the next mayor!
I’m the chosen one after all!
The Super Ultra Hyper Strong Duelist…

Yuya/GONG: Akaba Reiji!

SAWATARI-SAN: Yup! Akaba Reiji! Wait, what!?

Reiji: You’re all here, it seems.
To start off the Junior Youth Championship, I’ll have you all Duel each other.

Reiji: It will be a Battle Royal within Maiami City.

Yuya: Battle Royale!?

(ZETSUBOU commercial. Brb)

Nico: Everyone!
The wait is over!
The Junior Youth Championship will soon commence!

Nico: Let’s introduce our four participants!
Heh? Just four!?
Hmm…It’s true, after all.
Well then, once again, let’s introduce them!
First off, from You Show School: Sakaki Yuya!
Next up, from Gongenzaka Dojo: Gongenzaka Noboru!
Then, from Leo Duel School: Sawatari Shingo!

Ayu: What’s up with that…

Nico: And the last participant is…
Eh…S-Secret!?
Well then, the match will…

Ayu: By the way, where is the principal?

Tatsuya: He said that he has something else on his mind…

Yoko: What’s up with him!?
Today is supposed to be Yuya’s big day!
Sheesh.
What exactly does he have on his mind!?

Tatsuya: You’re asking me?

Futoshi: Looks like it’s about to start!

Nico: All right! The participants are all in their positions!
Well then, let’s start this Battle Royale!
Field Magic, Wonder Quartet, activate!

Yuya: This sensation…
It seems familiar somehow…

SAWATARI-SAN: Hey, he said there’s four participants, right?

Yuya: Yeah.

SAWATARI-SAN: But there’s only three of us here.

GONGENZAKA: Tardiness is simply inexcusable!

Tsukikage: If you’re looking for me, I’m right here!

Tsukikage: I am Tsukikage of the Fuuma clan!

Yuya: Tsukikage?

SAWATARI-SAN: All right, all the players have been assembled!

SAWATARI-SAN: Winning this Duel is gonna be a piece of cake for me!

Yuya: Heh?

GONGENZAKA: Yuya!
I, the manly Gongenzaka, will not hold back!
Fight me with everything you’ve got!

Yuya: Sure thing!
I’ll do just that!
I’ll show you the greatest Entertainment Duel ever!

Nico: Duelists gathered in the hall of battle…
…Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters…
…As they storm through the Field!
Behold! This is the greatest evolution of Dueling!
Action…

DUEL!

Yuya: Let’s do this! I’m going first!
I summon Entermate Discover Hippo from my hand!

Yuya: I set two cards face-down, and end my turn!
Let’s go, Hippo!

Nico: Sakaki Yuya has made the first move!

Nico: After declaring the end of his turn, he jumps onto his monster and runs around the Field using it!
Since Sakaki specializes in using Action Cards…

Shuzo: I feel like I’ve seen this before…
But just what is it?
A tangerine?
No… It’s something else…

SAWATARI-SAN: All righty! It’s my turn next!
Draw!
I summon Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser from my hand!

SAWATARI-SAN: Battle!
I attack Discover Hippo with Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser!
I then activate Curtain Raiser’s Monster Effect!
When Curtain Raiser is the only card on my Field,
During damage calculation only, its ATK will be doubled!

Yuya: Hippo!
Did you find one? Let’s go!

Yuya: Action Magic, Evasion!
Rolling Hippo!

SAWATARI-SAN: Damn it…
I set one card face-down, and end my turn!

GONGENZAKA: Next up is me!
Draw!
I summon Superheavy Samurai Flutist from my hand!
Flutist’s Monster Effect activates!
I can release it, and Special Summon Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei from my hand in Defense Position!
Big Benkei can attack while it is in Defense Position!
Battle!
I attack Discover Hippo with Big Benkei!

Yuya: Quick-Play Magic, Hippo Carnival, activate!
I can Special Summon three Hippo Tokens in Defense Position!
The opposing monsters can only attack the Hippo Tokens!

GONGENZAKA: Hmph! Not bad, Yuya.
I end my turn!
Now then, the next participant is…

Tsukikage: All of you! Remember!
The tournament that we once fought in!
The Maiami Championship!

Yuya: Maiami…

GONGENZAKA: Champion…

SAWATARI-SAN: …ship?

Random Lady: Maiami Championship?

Random Dude: We did have one, didn’t we?

Tatsuya: That’s right. Why did we forget it?

Futoshi: Yeah. I remember that it gave me a lot of shivers!

Yoko: That’s right!
Mitchie was in it! Mitchie was there!

Ayu: That’s what you remember?

Nico: I remember as well!
I was providing live coverage for it…
Is this what they call déjà vu!?

SAWATARI-SAN: That’s right!
In the first round of the Maiami Championship,
I fought a fierce battle against Sakaki Yuya,
Conducted an excellent Entertainment Duel, and got the audience fired up.
But I still lost.

Yuya: I remember as well…
I’m sure I’ve been to this Field before…
Shiun’in Sora…
His opponent in the Duel was…Tsukikage?

Tsukikage: It was Hikage. He’s my elder brother.

SAWATARI-SAN: I remember this Field as well.
But why did I participate in the Battle Royale when I lost in the first round?

GONGENZAKA: You returned because you got a second chance!

SAWATARI-SAN: That’s right!
Akaba Reiji approved of it, and gave me a second chance, so that I can fight against the Obelisk Force!

GONGENZAKA: The Obelisk Force is an elite unit under the direct control of the leader of Duel Academia, Akaba Leo, who aims to fuse the dimensions together.

SAWATARI-SAN: Akaba Leo is Akaba Reiji’s father, right?

GONGENZAKA: We fought against the Obelisk Force with Kurosaki and others.

Yuya: Kurosaki!?

Yuya: That’s right…
The real purpose of the Maiami Championship is to assemble a group of Duelists called the Lancers in order to fight against Academia, who used Dueling as a weapon to invade other dimensions.

Tsukikage: Indeed.
That is what happened.

Reiji: That’s it. Keep it up, Tsukikage.
Continue the Duel.
No need to go easy on them, either.

Tsukikage: As you wish!
Here I come!
It’s my turn!

Himika: Reiji-san.
Is this really going to work?
Can this Duel really bring back that child’s…
Reira’s smile? (Egao Count: 259+1=260)

Reiji: Of course.
The only one who can bring back Reira’s smile is Sakaki Yuya. (Egao Count: 260+1=261)
However, in order to accomplish that…

Yusho: Yuya needs to climb over a big barrier.

Tsukikage: Using the Scale-1 Twilight Ninja Jogen and the Scale-10 Twilight Ninja Kagen, I set the Pendulum Scales!
With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters between Level-2 and 9!
Pendulum Summon!
Come!
Twilight Ninja Shingetsu!
And Twilight Ninja Shogun Getsuga!

Tsukikage: From my hand, I activate the Continuous Magic,
Illusion Ninjitsu - Hazy Shuriken!
Battle!
I attack Hippo Token with Shingetsu!

Yuya: Hippo!

Yuya: All right!
I’ll be taking this! HUH!?

Tsukikage: Not on my watch!
When a card is added to my hand,
I can activate the effect of the Continuous Magic, Hazy Shuriken!
I send this card to the Graveyard,
And inflict 300 damage to the opposing player!

Tsukikage: At this moment, Jogen’s Pendulum Effect activates!
Once per turn, when a Ninja on my Field attacks a Defense Position monster, it can inflict piercing damage!

GONGENZAKA: Hippo Token’s DEF is zero. Shingetsu’s ATK is 1500.

SAWATARI-SAN: That’ll be 1500 damage.

Yuya: AAAAHHHHHHH!

Ayu: Hang in there, Big Bro Yuya!

Reiji: Don’t hold back, Tsukikage!
Give Sakaki Yuya a thorough beatdown!

Himika: Reiji-san!
If you do that, that child will…

Yusho: If he is defeated just like that, then he’s still not that good as a Duelist.

Reiji: Mother. I’ll apologize in advance, but should he lose, you’ll have to give up on Reira’s smile. (Egao Count: 261+1=262)

Himika: *gasps*

Tsukikage: My turn is still not over yet!
Kagen’s Pendulum Effect activates!
It gains the Pendulum Effect of the Jogen in the Pendulum Zone!

Yuya: Jogen’s effect!?
Then, he’s going to inflict piercing damage again!?

Tsukikage: Battle!
I attack Hippo Token with Getsuga!

Yuya: Getsuga’s ATK is 2000!

GONGENZAKA: Hence, the amount of piercing damage will be 2000.

SAWATARI-SAN: However, Yuya’s Life Point is 2200.
He’ll survive.

Tsukikage: Kagen’s second effect activates!
Once per turn, when my Ninja monster attacks, it will gain 500 ATK!

Yuya: What!?

Nico: Whoa!
If this attack goes through, his Life will hit zero!
Is Yuya going to lose this early in the game!?