Chapter Summaries

Mai endured Marik’s Shadow Duel and rebuilt her field with several Harpie monsters, freeing Harpie Queen and destroying Marik’s trap advantage. Marik revived Gill Gass during Mai’s attacks, ending her turn before she could strike him directly.

• Jonouchi tried to stop Mai’s duel, but Kaiba and Yugi urged him to trust her.
• Mai used Emergency Provisions to recover Life Points, then drew cards with Pot of Greed and Gifts of the Angel.
• Mai summoned Harpie Harpist, whose effect returned Harpie Queen and Marik’s Demon Soldier to their owners’ hands and destroyed Crush Card Virus.
• Mai summoned Harpie Lady Sisters and Harpie Oracle, then attacked and destroyed Gill Gass with Harpie Lady Sisters.
• Marik activated Reinforcement of the Army, discarded his hand, and revived Gill Gass with 2600 ATK, halting Mai’s remaining attacks and ending her turn.

Marik used Monster Reborn to summon The Winged Dragon of Ra, then paid Life Points to transform it into The Phoenix and destroy Mai’s Harpie monsters. Mai endured the Shadow Duel’s physical impact and stopped Ra’s direct attack by reviving five Harpie Ladies as shields.

• Mai used Harpie Oracle to add a Spell or Trap that mentioned Harpie Lady to her hand, while Seiya warned her that Marik might have a plan.
• Marik drew two cards with Pot of Greed and used Monster Reborn to summon The Winged Dragon of Ra from his Graveyard.
• Marik paid 1000 Life Points to transform Ra into The Phoenix, which destroyed every monster on Mai’s field.
• Mai activated Hysteric Party and discarded a card to Special Summon five Harpie Ladies from her Graveyard.
• The Phoenix halted its attack when it could not defeat the revived Harpie Ladies.

Mai rebuilt her field after Marik’s attack and launched a powerful counteroffensive, but Marik stopped it with Mirror Force. Mai then used Harpie’s Pet Baby Dragon’s effect to protect it from destruction, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Marik attacked Mai’s Harpie Lady with Gill Gass, reducing her Life Points from 2650 to 1350, then ended his turn as The Phoenix returned to the Graveyard.
• Mai revived Harpie Lady Sisters, summoned Harpie Perfumer, and used Copysmith to bring out another Harpie Lady Sisters and Harpie’s Pet Baby Dragon.
• Mai powered up her monsters with United We Stand and Electric Triangle, raising their combined ATK above 10,000.
• Mai attacked Gill Gass with Harpie’s Pet Baby Dragon, but Marik activated Mirror Force.
• Mai claimed Harpie’s Pet Baby Dragon could not be destroyed because another Harpie Lady remained on the field, and Marik accepted her explanation.

Mai's Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon battered Marik, but he refilled his hand, revived Gill Gass, and summoned Archfiend of the Abyss. Mai stopped Marik from destroying the dragon with Royal Decree, but she remained unsteady from the Shadow Duel and had not drawn Seiya's key card.

• Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon destroyed Gill Gass and struck Marik, reducing his Life Points from 2850 to 1650.
• Marik activated Gifts of the Heavenly Treasure to draw six cards, then paid 800 Life Points to revive Gill Gass with Premature Burial.
• Marik Tributed Gill Gass to summon Archfiend of the Abyss, whose effect raised its attack to 2200.
• Marik tried to destroy Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon with Crush Card Virus, but Mai activated Royal Decree and negated the Spell Card.
• Marik ended his turn, hoping to draw the card that would revive The Winged Dragon of Ra, while Mai drew a card and realized it was not the key card Seiya had given her.

Marik used Nightmare's Iron Bars to stall Mai before reviving The Winged Dragon of Ra and destroying her monsters, leaving her unconscious. Seiya took over the duel and stopped Marik's attacks with Mai's traps, but the duel remained unresolved.

• Mai used Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon to attack Archfiend of the Abyss, but Marik activated Nightmare's Iron Bars and prevented all monsters from attacking.
• Marik summoned Regeneration Slime and activated Slime Furnace, while Archfiend of the Abyss's ATK rose to 2900.
• Mai failed to draw Feather Duster, and Nightmare's Iron Bars expired at the end of her turn.
• Marik used Emergency Provisions and Monster Reborn to revive The Winged Dragon of Ra, then paid 1000 LP to activate The Phoenix and destroy Mai's monsters.
• The Phoenix's attack left Mai unconscious, but Seiya took over and used Hysteric Party to summon five Harpie Ladies and stop Ra's direct attack.
• Marik sent his 3600-ATK Archfiend of the Abyss to attack Harpie Perfumer, but Seiya activated Harpie Lady Vermilion Formation to prevent battle damage and repel the monster.

Marik used The Winged Dragon of Ra’s hidden abilities to destroy Seiya’s Harpie’s Pet Baby Dragon and reduce Seiya’s Life Points, but Seiya survived the attack. Seiya began his next turn determined to counter the god card with a card he would print himself.

• Seiya revived Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon and attacked Marik’s Slime Token, but Marik used Defense Slime to sacrifice Regeneration Slime and stop the attack.
• Marik retrieved The Winged Dragon of Ra from his Graveyard and Tributed three monsters to summon it with 5600 ATK.
• Marik paid all but 1 of his Life Points to fuse with Ra and increase its ATK to 6449, then attacked Seiya’s monster.
• Seiya activated Power Boost to raise Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon’s ATK, but Ra still destroyed it and reduced Seiya’s Life Points from 1650 to 801.
• Seiya drew for his turn and resolved to use card printing to summon something capable of defeating Ra.

Seiya used a newly printed Spell to summon Harpie Knight Baby Dragon through the unprecedented Synchro Summon, astonishing the duelists watching. Marik grew wary of Seiya’s strange new power as Seiya prepared to activate the Synchro Monster’s effect.

• Seiya activated the newly printed Harpie's Feather Duster and Special Summoned Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon and Harpie Lady Sisters.
• Seiya tuned the Level 1 Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon with the Level 6 Harpie Lady Sisters and Synchro Summoned Harpie Knight Baby Dragon.
• The Synchro Summon disrupted nearby machinery, but Seiya rewrote the virtual system so the new summoning method could function.
• Yugi, Kaiba, Jonouchi, and the others were stunned by the unfamiliar monster and summoning method, while Mai wondered whether she could use the power herself.
• Marik questioned Seiya’s identity and became wary of the unfamiliar Synchro Monster.
• Seiya announced Harpie Knight Baby Dragon’s effect, which could revive a Harpie Lady monster or retrieve a related Spell or Trap.

Seiya used Harpie Lady - Valkyrie to defeat Marik’s Winged Dragon of Ra and win their Shadow Duel. The arena dissolved after Marik’s defeat, and the Kaiba Corp referee announced Mai as the victor of the quarterfinal match.

• Seiya summoned Harpie Lady - Valkyrie by tributing two Harpie Lady monsters with Harpie Lady's Glorious Baptism.
• Harpie Lady - Valkyrie raised her ATK to 9300 and attacked The Winged Dragon of Ra.
• Marik activated Burst Stream, but Harpie Lady - Valkyrie banished a Harpie Lady to negate and destroy the Trap Card.
• Harpie Lady - Valkyrie struck down The Winged Dragon of Ra, reducing Marik’s LP to 0 and ending the Shadow Duel.
• The arena dispersed, and the Kaiba Corp referee announced Mai as the winner of the quarterfinal match.

Mai defeated Marik with her Harpie deck and an unfamiliar Synchro Summon, winning The Winged Dragon of Ra and becoming a worldwide sensation. After learning that Seiya could not teach her more about Synchro Summoning, she watched him enter the Mind Dream Space, where two new Seiyas appeared.

• Mai defeated Marik, stunning Yugi, Kaiba, Isis, and the duelists watching around the world.
• Mai's victory and Synchro Summon made her a championship favorite and inspired a surge in female duelists.
• Mai asked Seiya about Synchro Summoning, and he explained its requirements and warned that Stardust Particles came from another era.
• Seiya entered the Mind Dream Space while Mai tried to get his attention, and two newcomers appeared: an Attack on Titan Seiya and an Eevee Seiya.
• Eevee Seiya lamented that, despite having a powerful system, he was still a Pokémon while other Seiyas enjoyed very different lives.

Eevee Seiya lamented his life as a Pokémon while Kuriboh Seiya and Seiya the Snowballmon urged him to embrace its possibilities. Titan Seiya learned how powerful he had become through shared memories and considered using Tiga Seiya’s world’s technology to transform into Ultraman and fight the Titans.

• Eevee Seiya envied the Seiyas who lived among beautiful women and complained about being an Eevee pursued by another female Eevee.
• Kuriboh Seiya and Seiya the Snowballmon encouraged Eevee Seiya to see opportunities in being a non-humanoid creature and described the unusual partners available in their worlds.
• Titan Seiya explained that he had joined the Survey Corps to survive the expected fall of Wall Maria, but had gained the ability to share memories and powers before the disaster struck.
• Titan Seiya realized that the shared physical abilities, swordsmanship, and martial arts could make him nearly unmatched against Titans.
• Tiga Seiya suggested that Ultraman could fight the Nine Titans, and Titan Seiya became eager to obtain Keigo Masaki’s transformation technology and become Ultraman.

Seiya agreed to drive Mayumi Shinjyo to the airport, but mistook her sudden approach for a threat and nearly injured her with a chokehold. After apologizing and learning why he had waited at the wrong exit of the TPC Medical Bureau, he chatted with Mayumi as they drove, until a news bulletin made her freeze.

• Shinjyo asked Seiya to pick up his sister Mayumi Shinjyo, and Seiya reluctantly agreed despite being busy researching Keigo Masaki.
• Seiya waited outside the wrong TPC Medical Bureau exit and failed to recognize Mayumi from her photograph.
• When Mayumi tapped him on the shoulder from behind, Seiya instinctively grabbed her neck and lifted her before realizing who she was.
• Seiya apologized, and Mayumi explained that the Bureau had separate exits for its Earthling and alien medical departments.
• Mayumi told Seiya that her brother had described him as a bookworm, then wondered if he was stronger than Shinjyo.
• A news bulletin interrupted their car radio, and Mayumi froze.

After Mayumi’s boyfriend Takuya disappeared aboard a passenger plane, Seiya brought her to Victory Team headquarters despite its rules. Captain Iruma deployed the team to investigate the missing flights and the suspected Kritter activity, while Mayumi secretly remained at the base.

• A radio bulletin reported that a passenger plane carrying Mayumi’s boyfriend, Takuya, had lost contact, and the Victory Team summoned Seiya to investigate an unknown magnetic field in the ionosphere.
• Mayumi pleaded with Seiya to take her to Victory Team headquarters, and Seiya drove her there at high speed.
• Shinjyo comforted his sister and told her to go home, while Deputy Captain Munakata warned Seiya not to bring unauthorized personnel into the base again.
• Captain Iruma ordered Seiya and Shinjyo to pilot Victory Falcon 1, Daigo and Rena to pilot Victory Falcon 2, and Horii and Neri to monitor radio waves.
• After Seiya and Shinjyo prepared to depart, Mayumi secretly stayed at the base and begged Seiya to take her along.

Seiya and Shinjyo found Mayumi aboard the Flying Swallow while investigating the Lightning People's attack, but Gazort disabled their fighter and forced them to eject. Seiya sent Mayumi to safety and remained aboard as the fighter fell.

• Seiya and Daigo found aircraft wreckage and the Lightning People in the ionosphere, where Mayumi emerged from hiding and mourned Takuya.
• Horii warned Seiya and Shinjyo that the Lightning People were closing in as their interference disabled the Flying Swallow's instruments and communications.
• Shinjyo fired the laser cannon to escape, enraging the Lightning People, who merged into Gazort and damaged the fighter with an Electromagnetic Ball.
• Shinjyo was ejected from the fighter before he could give Mayumi his seat, and Mayumi urged Seiya to escape as the Flying Swallow fell.
• Seiya slapped Mayumi, challenged her despair, and ejected her from the fighter using the emergency escape system.

Seiya sacrificed his chance to escape to save Mayumi, while Tiga fought Gazort II and a second, more powerful Gazort appeared after draining the power plant. Takuya’s spirit returned to protect Mayumi and help distract the monsters, but he and Shinjyo were caught in the path of a Current Beam as Tiga remained pinned down.

• Seiya ejected Mayumi from the doomed Flying Swallow, then Tiga arrived and battled Gazort II while Seiya put away his transformation device.
• Shinjyo found Mayumi alive and learned that Seiya had given up his escape chance to save her.
• A second Gazort II formed, drained the power plant, and moved to attack Tiga while Mayumi was in its path.
• Takuya’s spirit rescued Mayumi, explained that the Lightning People’s magnetic field had let him appear, and left to distract the Gazorts.
• Takuya gave Shinjyo a ride, and Shinjyo fired at a Gazort while Takuya dodged its attacks on his motorcycle.
• The Gazort fired a wide Current Beam at Takuya and Shinjyo, while Tiga could not reach them because the other Gazort held him back.

Seiya transformed into Hero Ultraman and protected Shinjyo, Takuya, and Mayumi from Gazort II. After Gazort II struck him with a powerful Current Beam, Hero Ultraman stood up apparently unharmed.

• Herro appeared and blocked Gazort's Current Beam from hitting Shinjyo and Takuya.
• Horii identified Herro as the missing Giant of Light statue from the Pyramid of Light, and Rena insisted he was on humanity's side.
• Herro carried Shinjyo, Takuya, and Mayumi to safety before facing Gazort.
• Seiya struggled to adjust to his first transformation and let Gazort II hit him with a Current Beam.
• The Victory Team worried that Herro was badly injured, but he stood back up and examined the impact as if the attack had barely affected him.

Seiya and Tiga defeated two powerful Gazort IIs, after which Takuya vanished and Seiya concealed his identity from Mayumi. The Victory Team began investigating the incident and repairing the damage.

• Horii and Neri confirmed that Gazort II's attacks were more than three times as powerful, but Seiya's punches overwhelmed the monster.
• Seiya threw one Gazort II into the other, and Tiga and Seiya destroyed them with their beams.
• Takuya said goodbye to Mayumi and asked her to thank Seiya before disappearing.
• Shinjyo welcomed Seiya as his brother, while Seiya claimed he had survived using emergency escape equipment.
• Captain Iruma assigned the Victory Team's reports, cleanup, and fighter repairs, and told Shinjyo to spend time with Mayumi.

The Victory Team discussed the aftermath of the Gazort II incident, Daigo’s unexplained aircraft crash, and the newly named Hero Ultraman. Shinjyo revealed that he had obtained Krismaya concert tickets to help his younger sister Mayumi recover, leaving Horii thrilled and the team surprised by the singer’s fame.

• Seiya complained that the Victory Team was exhausted with repairs and investigations, then questioned Daigo and Rena about why their Victory Falcon had crashed.
• Daigo blamed the Lightning People's magnetic field for the aircraft instruments failing and changed the subject before the others could press him.
• Daigo explained that Hero Ultraman had awakened in the Pyramid of Light alongside Tiga and was skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
• Rena questioned how Daigo knew about Hero Ultraman, while Seiya covered for him by suggesting he had learned the information in the pyramid ruins.
• Shinjyo said Mayumi had become less lively after the Gazort incident and planned to take her to see Krismaya with the two tickets he had obtained.
• Horii excitedly told Shinjyo that Krismaya was a hugely popular national idol, while Seiya said he preferred 2D characters to real-life celebrities.

Shinjyo arranged for Seiya to take Mayumi to Krismaya’s concert after she turned down his invitation, and Seiya reluctantly agreed to ask her. Mayumi accepted and offered to buy Seiya a meal to thank him for saving her.

• Horii tried to get Shinjyo’s concert tickets so he could take Mayumi, but Shinjyo gave them to Seiya instead.
• Shinjyo explained that Seiya was a better choice to accompany Mayumi, while Daigo and Rena joined in teasing Horii.
• The team revealed they had staged the conversation to persuade Seiya to invite Mayumi, since Shinjyo thought Seiya had the best chance of getting her to agree.
• Seiya called Mayumi and returned to report that she was free that day, accepted the invitation, and wanted to treat him to a meal.

Seiya accompanied Mayumi to Krismaya’s concert, believing the outing would help her recover from heartbreak, while gradually realizing Shinjyo and the others had arranged the date. When Krismaya appeared, Seiya discovered she was an alien.

• Shinjyo urged Seiya to take Mayumi to a concert, and Seiya suspected his friends were setting him up.
• Seiya met Mayumi at the station and shielded her from the crowd as they traveled to Tokyo’s concert venue.
• Mayumi thanked Seiya for buying the tickets, but Seiya learned Shinjyo had misled her about who paid for them.
• Mayumi revealed the tickets cost about five hundred thousand yen each, leaving Seiya shocked by Krismaya’s popularity.
• Krismaya appeared before the cheering audience, and Seiya realized she was an alien.

Seiya discovered that the singer Krismaya was an unregistered alien and learned that her family had left her on Earth fifteen years earlier. He and Mayumi promised to help her find them.

• Seiya asked Mayumi about Krismaya and learned she had claimed to be an orphan whose family died in a car accident.
• Seiya recognized Krismaya as an alien when he met her after the concert and asked to speak with her privately.
• Krismaya invited Seiya and Mayumi to a coffee shop, where she revealed that her family’s spaceship had left her on Earth fifteen years ago.
• Seiya and Mayumi learned that Krismaya had possessed a girl who died in a car accident and had lived as the girl ever since.
• Seiya introduced himself as a Victory Team member and promised to help Krismaya search for her family.