Chapter Summaries

Kira used an overt strategy to force the Arbiter into attacking with Divine Serpent Geh, setting up a combo that could bring back The Winged Dragon of Ra as Immortal Phoenix. After recovering 2,000 Life Points, Kira left the Arbiter with a choice, and the Arbiter accepted the challenge and declared a direct attack.

• Kira recovered Monster Reborn, but the Arbiter banished The Winged Dragon of Ra with his Trap, Lost.
• Kira returned Ra to the top of his Deck and set cards to bait the Arbiter into attacking an empty field and triggering Clear Kuriboh.
• Kira activated Battle Mania to force an attack, then chained Emergency Provisions and gained 2,000 Life Points.
• The Arbiter drew with Graceful Charity, discarded two cards, and chose to attack with Divine Serpent Geh by sending ten cards from his Deck to the Graveyard.

Kira’s attempt to defeat Divine Serpent Geh with The Winged Dragon of Ra was disrupted by the Arbiter, who forced him to draw Winged Kuriboh instead. Kira later revived Ra with Premature Burial, but the Arbiter used D.D. Crow to banish it again.

• The Arbiter activated Mutual Loss, sending Ra from the top of Kira’s Deck to the Graveyard before Clear Kuriboh could draw it.
• Kira drew and summoned Winged Kuriboh, whose effect prevented battle damage when Divine Serpent Geh destroyed it.
• The Arbiter ended his turn after setting a card, while Judai and the others trusted that Kira would find a way to win.
• Kira used Card of Sanctity and Weapon Hole to find Premature Burial, then paid 800 Life Points to revive The Winged Dragon of Ra.
• The Arbiter discarded D.D. Crow to banish The Winged Dragon of Ra from Kira’s Graveyard.

Kira overcame The Arbiter’s defenses by using Lava Golem to Tribute both an Ojama Token and the Serpent Deity, ending the duel. The Arbiter’s LP fell to zero as he regretted that the battle had not ended with The Winged Dragon of Ra.

• The Arbiter used D.D. Crow to banish The Winged Dragon of Ra and stop Kira’s Premature Burial.
• Kira summoned Relinquished, but The Arbiter sealed it with Crystal Seal before it could absorb the Serpent Deity.
• Kira used Demonic Dog - Eight Ghost Dogs as a Ritual Tribute, then activated its effect to add Lava Golem to his hand.
• Kira activated Ojama Trio to summon three Ojama Tokens to The Arbiter’s Field.
• Kira Special Summoned Lava Golem by Tributing an Ojama Token and the Serpent Deity, which left the Field and caused The Arbiter to lose.
• The Arbiter’s LP reached zero as he watched Lava Golem rise from the lava.

Kira won the duel by having Lava Golem devour the Serpent Deity, but the defeated god broke free of The Seal of Orichalcos and revealed its true form. As Kaiba and the duelists' monsters fought the weakened Serpent Deity, Kira summoned the Winged Dragon of Ra again.

• Kira's Lava Golem ate the Serpent Deity, winning the duel and leaving Mokuba and Kaiba stunned and Judai celebrating.
• The Serpent Deity shattered The Seal of Orichalcos and emerged from The Arbiter's humanoid shell in its true form.
• Kaiba summoned Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, but the Serpent Deity blocked its attack and countered Black Luster Soldier's strike.
• Kira pulled the Winged Dragon of Ra from the Graveyard and placed it on his Duel Disk as golden light burst from the clouds.

The Winged Dragon of Ra and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon helped Kira and Seto Kaiba defeat The Arbiter and destroy the Divine Serpent. As The Arbiter vanished, he warned Kira that he would bring forth even greater darkness, while Kira collected the defeated foe’s Duel Disk and spare Decks.

• The Winged Dragon of Ra joined the fight against the Divine Serpent, and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon and Black Luster Soldier followed to support it.
• The Winged Dragon of Ra and Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon overwhelmed the weakened Divine Serpent and struck it down with their attacks.
• The Arbiter collapsed as the Divine Serpent’s last black mist returned to him, and he accused Kira of being destined to create greater darkness before disappearing.
• Seto Kaiba reflected on losing to Kira, then noticed Kira had started collecting The Arbiter’s Duel Disk.
• Kira found several spare Decks alongside the Duel Disk and was pleased with his loot.

After Fujiki Kira won Battle City and became the new Duel King, Principal Samejima and the Silent Dojo learned of his victory and celebrated. Kira accepted that the title would bring many challengers and welcomed them.

• Chronos told Principal Samejima that Fujiki Kira had won Battle City and defeated Seto Kaiba to become Duel King.
• Takeuchi Master and the disciples at the former Silent Dojo celebrated Kira’s achievement, while Koji Sato proudly recalled that Kira had beaten him before.
• Mokuba congratulated Kira and warned him that claiming the Duel King title would attract challengers.
• Kira acknowledged the challenges ahead and said he was ready for them.

Kira received the Duel King title and prize money after Battle City, then reflected on the limits of his strength and the divine power that had left his cards. When Seto Kaiba vowed to eliminate Doma’s remaining members, Kira volunteered to help, hoping to seize their card-printing technology and rare cards.

• Kira was officially named the new generation’s Duel King and received a generous cash prize.
• Kira considered the research opportunities provided by his winnings and the rare cards he had acquired from The Arbiter.
• The Winged Dragon of Ra vanished from Kira’s hand after its mission ended, while the Sealing Device returned to dormancy.
• Kira recognized that he needed to keep growing stronger as dueling formats and powerful rivals continued to evolve.
• Seto Kaiba vowed to destroy Doma’s remaining influence, and Kira offered to join him.

With New Doma's leadership destroyed and its last followers cornered by KaibaCorp, the remaining members considered seeking help from the Seven Stars Organization or abandoning their cause. Seto Kaiba found their hideout and challenged them to duel.

• New Doma's remaining leaders gathered in a hidden room and discussed how KaibaCorp had captured their headquarters and was searching the city.
• The leaders considered seeking aid from the Seven Stars Organization, whose growing ranks reportedly included powerful Dark Duelists and Duel Spirits.
• One follower argued that loyalty to New Doma no longer made sense because their True God had been devoured by Lava Golem.
• Seto Kaiba kicked open the hideout's door and challenged the gathered followers to pick up their Duel Disks and fight.

Kira and Kaiba’s assault crippled New Doma, and Kira questioned a surviving Black-Robed Figure about the Seven Stars and their hunt for the Three Phantasm Beasts. Learning that the Seven Stars were recruiting for a major operation, Kira planned to make a name for himself in the underground dueling scene so their leaders would seek him out.

• Kira and Kaiba defeated New Doma’s duelists and helped destroy most of the organization’s regional base.
• Kira spared a Black-Robed Figure and questioned him about the Seven Stars, an emerging Dark Duelist organization.
• The Black-Robed Figure explained that the Seven Stars sought the Three Phantasm Beasts for their sponsor, Duel Academy founder Chancellor Kagemaru, who hoped to escape death.
• The Black-Robed Figure revealed that the Seven Stars were recruiting allies and searching underground markets for skilled killers as they traveled between cities.
• Kira decided to build his reputation in the underground dueling world so the Seven Stars’ leaders would approach him.

Disguised as Revolver, Kira challenged the Dark Duel Club in K Area to secure its boss’s cooperation. He began a Duel with Heiqi using an Amazoness Deck, and Heiqi summoned Flame Tiger and prepared a powerful play.

• Kira arrived at the Dark Duel Club disguised in white robes and a visor, then demanded a Challenge Match.
• After the club’s guards attacked and Kira defeated one, boss Heiqi confronted him and agreed to a Duel where the loser would obey the winner’s demands.
• Kira started the Duel by activating Hand Destruction, then Normal Summoned Amazoness Swords Woman and set a card.
• Heiqi Special Summoned Flame Tiger from his Graveyard instead of drawing, then activated Graceful Charity and discarded two cards.

Kira used Amazoness Onslaught to banish Heiqi’s Mao Beast King after Amazoness Swords Woman redirected its battle damage to him. With Flame Tiger’s attack interrupted by the trap’s ability to summon Amazoness Scout, Heiqi had to decide whether to continue attacking into the banishing effect.

• Heiqi Normal Summoned Maoza, revived Mao Beast King from the Graveyard by tributing it, and boosted his Beast monsters with United We Stand.
• Heiqi attacked Kira’s Amazoness Swords Woman with Mao Beast King, but her effect redirected the battle damage to Heiqi, reducing his Life Points from 4000 to 2200.
• Kira’s Amazoness Onslaught banished Mao Beast King after the battle, disrupting Heiqi’s strategy of repeatedly reviving it.
• Heiqi ordered Flame Tiger to attack Kira directly, but Kira used Amazoness Onslaught to Special Summon Amazoness Scout and trigger a Battle Replay.
• Kira warned Heiqi that continuing Flame Tiger’s attack would risk its being banished, leaving Heiqi to choose whether to proceed.

Kira's Amazoness monsters repeatedly thwarted Heiqi's attacks and protected his field while Heiqi drew cards and summoned monsters to revive his Mao Beast King. The chapter ended with Heiqi bringing Mao Beast King back from the Graveyard.

• Heiqi attacked Kira's Amazoness Scout, but Amazoness Onslaught banished Flame Tiger, and the Scout returned Amazoness Swords Woman to Kira's hand.
• Kira summoned Amazoness Swords Woman and Amazoness Scouts; together they destroyed Heiqi's Black Flame Tokens while Amazoness Onslaught supplied the Scouts.
• Heiqi used Card of Adversity, Graceful Charity, and Graceful Charity of the Fallen Angel to replenish his hand, then tried to destroy Amazoness Swords Woman with Fissure.
• Kira used the Scouts' effect to protect his Amazoness monsters from Fissure and other effects for the turn.
• Heiqi summoned Mausoleum Attacker, discarded a card to summon Maoza from his Deck, and Tributed Maoza to revive Mao Beast King from the Graveyard.

Kira used Amazoness Swords Woman and a revived Trap effect to defeat Heiqi in their duel. Heiqi’s Life Points fell to zero, leaving the strongest man in K Area’s Underground defeated.

• Heiqi ordered Mao Beast Attacker to attack Amazoness Swords Woman, but Kira activated Overgrowth and doubled the attacker’s ATK.
• Heiqi activated Alchemy Cycle to reduce his monsters’ ATK to zero, allowing Amazoness Swords Woman to destroy Mao Beast Attacker; Amazoness Onslaught banished it and prevented Heiqi from drawing a card.
• Heiqi set a card and ended his turn, then used Raigeki Break to destroy Amazoness Swords Woman before she could attack Mao Beast King.
• Kira activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy his own Amazoness Onslaught, whose effect Special Summoned Amazoness Swords Woman from the Graveyard.
• Kira ordered Amazoness Swords Woman to attack Mao Beast King, and the reflected battle damage reduced Heiqi’s Life Points to zero.

After defeating Heiqi in a Dark Duel, Kira recruited his gang into the Hanoi Knights and set out to unite the city's underground forces. He defeated Yasha at the Nightclub and began bringing him into the organization as well.

• Kira spared Heiqi after winning their Dark Duel and persuaded him to join the Hanoi Knights with his gang.
• Kira ordered the gang to unite the city's underground forces, and Heiqi warned him that Doma kept the rival factions in check.
• Kira said Doma had no objections and had Heiqi lead him to Yasha's Nightclub.
• Yasha challenged Kira to a duel and lost after Kira used Amazoness Swords Woman to reflect the battle damage onto him.
• Kira approached Yasha after the duel, and Yasha nervously offered to be called Little Ye.

Kira consolidated the Hanoi Knights, advised Industrial Illusions researcher Franz on Egyptian God Card designs, and investigated Hibiki Koyo’s continued unconsciousness. With three days remaining until school began, Seven Stars member Darkness arrived seeking the Hanoi Knights’ leader.

• Kira established the Hanoi Knights by defeating three major clubs and making their leaders join.
• Franz questioned Kira about The Winged Dragon of Ra, then took Kira’s advice on developing Ra and Slime support cards.
• Kira visited the unconscious Hibiki Koyo with Judai and sensed a lingering power he suspected came from Tragœdia.
• A man calling himself Darkness arrived and demanded to meet the leader of the Hanoi Knights.

Kira drew Dark Fubuki into a duel by trapping them in a sphere of darkness, hoping to force him to lead Kira to the Seven Stars’ hidden leader. Dark Fubuki summoned Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but its attack failed to overcome Kira’s Guardian Sphinx.

• Kira questioned Dark Fubuki about the Seven Stars’ leader, but Dark Fubuki refused to reveal the man’s identity or arrange a meeting.
• Kira enclosed himself and Dark Fubuki in darkness and challenged him to a duel, intending to make him reveal the hidden leader if he lost.
• Kira used Cost Down, discarded a card, and Set a monster and a card in his Back Row.
• Dark Fubuki summoned Black Dragon’s Chick and sent it to the Graveyard to Special Summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
• Dark Fubuki attacked Kira’s face-down Guardian Sphinx with Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but its 2400 ATK could not break through the monster’s 2400 DEF.

Kira used a series of monster effects to return Dark Fubuki’s Red-Eyes Black Dragon to his hand and dealt damage with Gravekeeper’s Sentry. Dark Fubuki replenished his resources and ended the chapter summoning Armageddon Knight.

• Kira challenged Dark Fubuki’s ability to wield Red-Eyes and tried to bounce the dragon with Guardian Sphinx, but Dark Fubuki negated the Flip Summon with King’s Consort.
• Kira drew two cards with Card of Adversity, then used AD Changer and Gravekeeper’s Sentry to return Red-Eyes Black Dragon to Dark Fubuki’s hand.
• Gravekeeper’s Sentry attacked directly, reducing Dark Fubuki’s Life Points from 4000 to 3000, and Kira set three cards before ending his turn.
• Dark Fubuki activated Card of Demise, discarded the returned Red-Eyes Black Dragon, drew two cards, and sent another Red-Eyes Black Dragon from his Deck to the Graveyard.
• Dark Fubuki set three cards and Normal Summoned Armageddon Knight.

Kira used traps to suppress Dark Fubuki’s DARK monsters, recover Life Points, and establish a recurring defense with Guardian Sphinx. Dark Fubuki revived Red-Eyes Black Dragon and activated a spell to damage Kira, leaving the attack’s outcome unresolved.

• Dark Fubuki Summoned Armageddon Knight, but Kira activated Mirror of the Flashing Abyss to negate its DARK monster effects.
• Dark Fubuki attacked Gravekeeper's Sentry with Armageddon Knight, lowering Kira's Life Points to 3600.
• Kira sent two Goblin's Operating Skill traps to the Graveyard with Emergency Provisions, gained 2000 Life Points, and drew six cards before returning two to his Deck.
• Kira revived Guardian Sphinx with Call of the Haunted, destroyed Armageddon Knight, then Set the Sphinx again and Set another monster.
• Dark Fubuki activated Magical Stone Excavation and Sixth Sense, then used Red-Eyes Soul to revive Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
• Dark Fubuki activated Black Flame Bullet to inflict damage to Kira equal to Red-Eyes Black Dragon's original ATK.

Dark Fubuki summoned Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon and brought Kira close to defeat, but Kira turned the duel around with Dragon Buster Blader. Dark Fubuki recognized Kira as King just before losing the duel.

• Dark Fubuki used Red-Eyes Black Dragon’s Black Flame Bullet on Kira, then Tributed it to summon Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon and raised its ATK to 4200.
• Dark Fubuki used Dragon’s Rage to inflict piercing damage with Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, reducing Kira’s Life Points to 1400.
• Kira Flip Summoned Dragon Rider, but Dark Fubuki negated its effect with Illusion’s Curse.
• Kira revived Red-Eyes Black Dragon with Monster Reborn, searched for Buster Blader, and Fusion Summoned Dragon Buster Blader.
• Dragon Buster Blader changed Dark Fubuki’s Dragon-Type monsters to Defense Position and gained 7000 ATK from the Dragons on his Field and in his Graveyard.
• Kira attacked Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon for 7800 piercing damage, reducing Dark Fubuki’s Life Points to zero as Dark Fubuki recognized him as King.

Fujiki Kira defeated Dark Fubuki, whose mask’s Dark Personality self-destructed and left Fubuki unconscious. Kira kept the dangerous mask and had his men take Fubuki to the hospital, though his plan to infiltrate the Seven Stars failed.

• Dark Fubuki recognized Fujiki Kira as the Duel King just before Kira defeated him.
• Fubuki’s Black Dragon Mask fell away, and he collapsed as the Dark Personality was expelled.
• Kira examined the mask, realized its consciousness had self-destructed, and kept the still-dangerous item.
• Kira concluded that Fubuki would need time to recover and that he could no longer use him to infiltrate the Seven Stars.
• Heiqi asked whether to dispose of Fubuki’s body, but Kira called him a valued guest and ordered his men to take him to the hospital.