Chapter Summaries

Kira trapped Oohara and Kohara in a duel by filling their Monster Zones with Ojama monsters and tokens, then disabled their only attacker and began wearing down their Life Points. As the brothers struggled to break free, Asuka and Misawa watched, and Kira ended his turn with the lockdown still in place.

• Kira used Ojama King and Ground Collapse to seal the brothers’ remaining Monster Zones, then summoned Ballista Wielder and set two cards.
• Kohara had Oohara destroy Ground Collapse with Mystical Space Typhoon, but Kira activated Ojama Duo and filled the newly open zones with Ojama Tokens.
• Kohara ordered Swift Velociraptor to attack, but Kira’s Torture Wheel trapped it and prevented it from attacking or changing position.
• Misawa recognized Oohara and Kohara as the Spider Monster Person duo, and Asuka joined him to watch the duel.
• Kira drew two cards with Pot of Greed, dealt 1100 damage during the Standby Phase, then used Submarineroid to inflict another 800 damage before ending his turn.

Oohara drew Material Dragon and helped Kohara break Kira’s lockdown, but Kira summoned Jinzo, threatening their set Trap. The duel remained unresolved as Jinzo appeared.

• Oohara encouraged Kohara and drew two cards with Allure of Darkness, finding Material Dragon and Bottomless Trap Hole.
• Oohara banished Goblin Attack Force, Tributed Swift Velociraptor to summon Material Dragon, and equipped it with Megamorph.
• Material Dragon destroyed Ojama King and changed Ballista Wielder’s burn damage into Life Point recovery for Oohara.
• Kira returned five Monsters from his Graveyard to his Deck with Pot of Avarice and drew two cards.
• Kira Tributed Ballista Wielder to summon Jinzo, shocking Oohara and Kohara.

Kira used Cyber Blader and Ojama Knight to lock down Oohara and Kohara’s field, leaving them unable to activate effects or attack. With Ballista Wielder threatening to drain their Life Points, Oohara surrendered before Kohara could lose control.

• Kira Tributed Jinzo - Psychic Shockwave with Metamorphosis to Special Summon Cyber Blader.
• Cyber Blader negated Oohara and Kohara’s card effects while they controlled exactly three monsters.
• Kira revived Ojama Yellow and Ojama Green, fused them into Ojama Knight, and sealed Kohara and Oohara’s remaining Monster Zones.
• Kira used Submarineroid to damage Oohara and activated Supergravity Net to prevent their higher-level monsters from attacking.
• Kira revived Ballista Wielder, and Oohara surrendered to stop Kohara from breaking down.

After Kira defeated the Rare Card thieves, he reported their identities and returned their stolen cards to the Student Council. President Seika rewarded him with access to the card warehouse, and Kira left with a large haul while Seika evaded his offer to test her new Deck.

• Asuka and Misawa reflected on Kira’s unusual use of Cyber Blader’s LOCK after he defeated Kohara, while Kohara wondered if he should give up dueling and go home to farm.
• Kira told Seika Kohinata that he had caught the Mysterious Duelists, who were Ra Yellow students, and recovered the stolen Rare Cards.
• Kira asked Seika to let the card owners duel him before reclaiming their cards, and she agreed; she then sent Satou to take Kira to the Student Council warehouse as a reward.
• Kira selected more than forty cards from the warehouse, including several Worm Series cards, while Satou envied his haul.
• Kira offered to help Seika test her new Deck, but she claimed it was unfinished and redirected him to duel Satou.

Judai, Sho Marufuji, Hayato, and Kira went to the School Store’s Draw Bread event, where Kira recognized that Oyama Hei had been secretly taking every Golden Egg Bread. After Aunt Tomei confirmed the thefts, Judai vowed to catch the thief that night.

• Judai complained about Professor Chronos’s Duel Theory report and praised Kaiser after recounting his loss to him.
• Kira said he expected to duel Judai on a more fitting stage soon.
• Judai and Kira joined the crowded Draw Bread event, where Judai drew Chestnut Bread and Kira drew Pizza Bread.
• Kira suspected Oyama Hei had returned from mountain training and was secretly taking the Golden Egg Bread before the event.
• Aunt Tomei told the students that Golden Egg Breads had been stolen every day for the past week.
• Judai announced that he and the others would stay overnight to catch the Golden Egg Thief.

Kira and the others caught the School Store’s bread thief, who turned out to be former Obelisk Blue student Ooyama Hei, a duelist who had trained in the wilderness to master drawing cards. Kira challenged Ooyama to test his training in a real duel, leaving Judai frustrated that he had missed the chance to challenge him first.

• Judai beat Sho Marufuji at drawing cards, then joined the others for rice balls at the School Store.
• The group caught a muscular thief breaking into the store and pursued him through the woods with Winged Kuriboh’s help.
• Aunt Tomei recognized the thief as Ooyama Hei, a former Obelisk Blue student who had vanished a year earlier.
• Ooyama explained that bad draws had plagued him in duels, so he had trained in nature to improve his drawing ability.
• Kira questioned whether Ooyama’s training had been tested properly and challenged him to a duel, which Ooyama accepted.
• Judai realized Kira had taken the chance to duel Ooyama that he had wanted for himself.

Kira used hand disruption and a set Trap to challenge Oyama Hei’s confidence in his drawing power, but Oyama summoned Despair from the Dark and took control of the duel. Kira ended the chapter by activating Creature Swap to exchange his Mystic Tomato for Oyama’s powerful monster.

• Kira discarded Oyama Hei’s hand with Card Destruction and Mischievous Twins, then set a monster and a Trap.
• Oyama drew Despair from the Dark during Kira’s Drop Off effect, Special Summoned it, and brought out Infernal Dragon.
• Oyama destroyed Kira’s Giant Rat and Pyramid Turtle in battle, but their effects let Kira summon Pyramid Turtle and then Skull Archfiend.
• Oyama set two cards and ended his turn after Infernal Dragon destroyed itself.
• Kira summoned Mystic Tomato and activated Creature Swap to exchange control of their monsters.

Kira and Ooyama continued their Duel as Ooyama revealed uncanny control over his draws and correctly predicted Kira’s card. Ooyama activated Draw Thief’s effect to return every card on Kira’s Field and in his hand to the Deck, leaving the Duel poised for its resolution.

• Kira used Creature Swap and Mystic Tomato to bring Head Zaluug to his Field, but Ooyama blocked Despair from the Dark’s attack with Absorption Shield and gained Life Points.
• Head Zaluug damaged Ooyama and forced him to discard Card of Compensation, whose effect let Ooyama draw two cards.
• Ooyama activated Miracle Draw, declared Draw Thief, and drew the declared card, but Kira turned the resulting 1000 damage into Life Point recovery with Energy Absorbing Plate.
• Ooyama activated Draw Thief, made Kira draw a card, and correctly identified it as a Spell Card.
• Ooyama used Draw Thief’s effect to return all cards on Kira’s Field and in his hand to the Deck and shuffle them.

Kira survived Ooyama’s attempt to strip his hand and field, then used a powerful draw to rebuild and break up Ooyama’s drawing combo. He ended his turn with two Set Cards and the strongest combo in his Deck ready to unleash.

• Kira used Destruction Potion to destroy Skull Archfiend and raise his LP to 4800 before Ooyama shuffled away his hand and field.
• Ooyama summoned Raging Ape, but Kira banished Dead Spirit Guardian from his Graveyard to negate its attack; Ooyama then set up a drawing combo with Will of the Commoner and Miracle Draw.
• Kira drew Elemental HERO Bubbleman with an empty hand and field, then used its effect and Pot of Greed to draw more cards.
• Kira banished Mezuki to revive Skull Archfiend, destroyed Raging Ape, and attacked Ooyama directly with Bubbleman.
• Kira discarded a card to activate Evil Blast, destroying Miracle Draw, then used Card of Compensation to draw two more cards and Set two cards.

Kira stopped Ooyama’s Draw Machine combo by using Morphing Jar and Temple Guardian to empty Ooyama’s hand and prevent him from drawing replacement cards. With Ooyama unable to make a move, Kira attacked directly and won the duel.

• Ooyama used Will of the Commoner to draw seven Normal Monsters before drawing his ace, Draw Machine.
• Kira activated Desert Light, revealed Morphing Jar, and chained Call of the Haunted to revive Temple Guardian.
• Morphing Jar forced both players to discard their hands, but Temple Guardian prevented Ooyama from drawing outside the Draw Phase, leaving him with no cards.
• Kira changed Skull Archfiend, Elemental HERO Bubbleman, and Temple Guardian to Attack Position and attacked Ooyama directly, reducing his Life Points to zero.

Kira used Temple Guardian and Card Destruction to wipe out Oyama Hei’s hand, leaving him shaken and doubting the draw philosophy he had trained for a year. Judai offered his own view of dueling as creating the future with each draw, while Kira wondered how Judai’s approach compared with Atem’s.

• Kira used Temple Guardian with Card Destruction to empty Oyama Hei’s hand and prevent him from drawing replacements.
• Oyama Hei collapsed after the duel and questioned what his year of training had accomplished.
• Judai told Oyama Hei that dueling was about enjoying each draw and creating the future rather than becoming one with nature.
• Kira speculated that Judai left draws to fate, unlike Atem’s precise Ritual of the Duel, but admitted he was unsure.
• Judai claimed Kira agreed with him, and Kira let him have the last word.

Alpha, Beta, and Gamma prepared to attack Duel Academy in two days, with Fujiki Kira among their targets. At the Cultural Festival, Kira overheard Misawa advising Kagurazaka about building a distinct Deck, and Kagurazaka left inspired to study deckbuilding.

• Alpha told Beta and Gamma that their mission would target Duel Academy in two days and warned them to be cautious around Fujiki Kira.
• Gamma insisted that Kira’s mind-disrupting tactics could not affect him because he had no brain.
• Kira encountered Misawa advising Kagurazaka that his talent for imitation was holding him back in duels.
• Misawa praised Kira’s strength and unconventional Deck-building, leaving Kira privately embarrassed about the praise.
• Kagurazaka misunderstood Misawa’s advice, thanked him, and hurried off to study and build a Deck.

The Cultural Festival’s Surprise Duel began, and Kira exploited the rush to duel students one by one while they tried to avoid him. As Kira trapped another opponent with a lock, he wondered why Judai was missing from the event.

• Big Senior announced a thirty-second scramble to find opponents, with points awarded for wins and a prize for the highest score.
• Yamamoto Yuichi tried to challenge a Blue Dorm girl but ended up facing Kira, who used Card Destruction and Temple Guardian to keep him from drawing cards before defeating him.
• Kira waited beside a duel in progress, and the glasses-wearing Yellow Dorm boy lost before he could escape by challenging You Yi.
• You Yi refused to duel the glasses boy and instead challenged the Blue Dorm girl, leaving the glasses boy to face Kira.
• Kira used Ojama Trio and Rivalry of Warlords to prevent the glasses boy from summoning, then wondered why Judai had not appeared.

Judai, Sho Marufuji, and Hayato encountered an armed intruder named Beta in the woods and began a duel. Beta used Crush Card Virus to destroy Judai’s high-ATK monsters, but the effect revealed that Judai had only three such monsters in his Deck.

• Judai led Sho Marufuji and Hayato through the woods in search of a duel-capable koala.
• Beta climbed up the cliff, attacked them with an air cannon, and challenged Judai to a duel.
• Beta summoned Demon Dragon and set two cards, then claimed Judai had less than a one percent chance of winning.
• Judai summoned Elemental HERO Sparkman and attacked Demon Dragon.
• Beta used Shrink on his own Demon Dragon to trigger Crush Card Virus, destroying Judai’s monsters with 1500 or more ATK.
• Judai sent Elemental HERO Bladedge, Elemental HERO Wildheart, and Elemental HERO Necroshade from his Deck to the Graveyard, leaving Beta stunned by how few high-ATK monsters he had.

Judai survived Beta’s Death Virus strategy and countered with Winged Kuriboh LV10, while Beta revealed an upgraded virus trap to stop Judai’s Fusion play. The chapter ended as Beta activated Deck Devastation Virus in response to Polymerization.

• Beta summoned Axe Raider and attacked Judai directly, but Judai used Kuriboh Flute to summon Winged Kuriboh.
• Judai evolved Winged Kuriboh into LV10, whose effect destroyed Axe Raider and reduced Beta’s Life Points to 1150.
• Judai drew three cards with Legacy of a HERO and prepared to fuse Avian and Burstinatrix.
• Beta revived Axe Raider with Call of the Haunted, then activated Deck Devastation Virus in response to Judai’s Polymerization.

Judai faced Beta’s virus strategy, which destroyed the monsters he drew and left him unable to summon. He relied on a series of precise draws to summon Elemental HERO Shining Flame Wingman and defeat Beta, who fell from the cliff with 0 Life Points.

• Beta used Deck Devastation Virus to destroy Judai’s low-ATK monsters, then revived Dark Storm Dragon and cleared Judai’s Set Mirror Force before dealing damage with a direct attack.
• Judai used Graceful Charity and Fifth Hope to return five Elemental HERO cards to his Deck and draw three cards, then summoned Elemental HERO Blade Edge using Elemental HERO Necroshade’s effect.
• Beta destroyed Blade Edge with Trap Hole, but Judai activated Miracle Fusion and fused the Graveyard’s Elemental HERO Sparkman with King of the Swamp - Light as a substitute for Elemental HERO Flame Wingman.
• Judai’s Elemental HERO Shining Flame Wingman gained ATK from the Elemental HERO cards in his Graveyard and destroyed Dark Storm Dragon in battle, reducing Beta’s Life Points to zero.

Judai discovered that the mysterious duelist Beta was a robot and took its Deck before reporting the wreckage. Later, Kira, Asuka, and Misawa shared secrets beneath the moon, and Asuka asked Kira about his connection to President Kaiba.

• Judai, Sho, and Hayato found Beta's broken mechanical body at the bottom of the cliff and realized he had been a robot.
• Judai worried Beta's accomplices might recover the machine, so he took the Deck from its smashed Duel Disk before rejoining Sho and Hayato.
• Kira joked with Misawa and Asuka about the Cultural Festival prizes and revealed that Misawa secretly researched White Magician Pikeru because he liked her.
• Asuka told Kira and Misawa that she had come to Duel Academy to find her missing brother, Fubuki, and said she valued their friendship.
• Misawa admitted that he considered Asuka a friend, and Asuka asked Kira to explain how he knew President Kaiba.

Kira explained to Asuka and Misawa why Seto Kaiba acted ruthless, and the three returned to the dormitories after Duel Academy announced an intrusion. Principal Samejima and Professor Chronos discussed the unknown intruders and ordered the Sealed Land inspected to protect the three sealed cards.

• Kira told Asuka and Misawa that Seto Kaiba's intimidating public persona had helped him take control of KaibaCorp and transform it.
• An intrusion alarm sounded, and the academy instructed students to return to their dormitories while the Academic Affairs Office investigated.
• Misawa suggested that he, Asuka, and Kira return to their dormitories for safety.
• Professor Chronos hurried to Principal Samejima's office and offered to join the investigation, but Samejima told him to wait.
• Samejima said he had arranged an inspection of the Sealed Land and insisted that the seal on the three cards must not be compromised.

Gamma got lost while searching for the Illusion Beast Sealing Array and challenged Asuka to a duel. Meanwhile, Alpha followed Kira into the woods and tried to recruit him into a group seeking to overthrow Seto Kaiba, then challenged him when Kira refused.

• Gamma encountered Asuka in a clearing and deployed a Duel Field, demanding that she guide him if he won their duel.
• Kira parted from Misawa and returned to the woods after Silent Magician and Jinzo confirmed that intruders were watching him.
• Alpha secretly followed Kira deeper into the forest, but Kira vanished and reappeared behind him.
• Alpha offered Kira resources and power if he joined a group aiming to overthrow Seto Kaiba and seize control of the world.
• Kira rejected Alpha’s offer, so Alpha activated his Duel Disk and challenged him to force him to come along.

Kira dueled Code Alpha, a Kaiba-inspired AI wielding an unreleased dragon Deck, and discovered that Alpha intended to replace Seto Kaiba and take control of KaibaCorp. The duel continued with Kira facing Alpha’s powerful Arcflame Dragon and several Set Cards.

• Kira began the duel by activating Peaceful Messenger, using Card Destruction, and Setting a monster and a card.
• Code Alpha summoned Dragon Knight of Creation, equipped it with Arcflame Dragon, and used Shrine of the Dragon Lord to revive Arcflame Dragon from the Graveyard.
• Arcflame Dragon banished Peaceful Messenger and attacked Kira’s Set Master Kyonshee, letting Kira add Butterfly Dagger - Echo to his hand.
• Code Alpha Set three cards, activated Mirage of Nightmare, and explained that Shrine of the Dragon Lord negated effects of monsters summoned from anywhere other than the Graveyard.
• Kira remarked that Alpha acted like Seto Kaiba, and Alpha revealed that he was Code Alpha, an AI designed after Kaiba to replace him and redirect KaibaCorp.