As the story progressed, the Earthbound Immortals revived, and the Signers' hidden powers awakened one after another, driving this fated war to its climax.
The Signers' main ace was naturally Domino City's orphan and the Satellite Sector's superhero, Fudo Yusei. Facing his best buddy Kiryu, Yusei did not even bother pulling out any screws this time. He came right out swinging with a bout of love-hate combat, unleashing the long-lost Duel King secret art of Talk no Jutsu during the duel. After a barrage of verbal attacks, Kiryu's heart was stirred, and he finally believed that Yusei had not betrayed him and reported him to the Security Department back then. The two buried the hatchet.
Of course, burying the hatchet did not stop Kiryu from being sent straight back to the underworld by a soul-crushing blow from Yusei's Savior Star Dragon.
Yes, Savior Star Dragon, Yusei's freshly printed ace on the spot. This was probably the first time the Crimson Dragon's card printer had started up in 5DS. Kira could already foresee that this duel had likely set Yusei down the irreversible path of close cooperation with the Crimson Dragon Card Printing Factory.
If Yusei's side embodied Yu-Gi-Oh!'s fine tradition of bromance, then Jack's side was probably the least Yu-Gi-Oh! episode imaginable.
As a man capable of building a harem in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Jack displayed a shocking talent for flirting in this battle. He practically confessed his love and nearly dragged the corrupted Carly back out of the Dark Signers' camp.
As the saying went, fighting was affection and scolding was love. After this battle, Jack and Carly had reached the point where getting married on the spot would not have been surprising. Yet it was as if the writers suddenly slapped their foreheads and realized, Wait, this is Yu-Gi-Oh! Wasn't