Vol. 5Worlds and New Bonds

Tetsuhiro crossed worlds, defeated major threats, and helped restore people and realms before returning to Domino City. He became involved in Kyoko and Keiko’s lives as Battle City approached and he helped Kyoko’s company finish its project.

  • Tetsuhiro restored Ai, traveled through several worlds, and challenged Z-ARC after entering the ARC-V world.
  • Tetsuhiro and his allies bound and weakened Odd-Eyes, then began a Link Summon against it.
  • Tetsuhiro and Rei defeated Z-ARC, and Tetsuhiro helped break the Duel rules’ restraints and restore the lost souls.
  • Tetsuhiro defeated Don Thousand, received the promised cards, and sent his clone to challenge Yuma, Nash, Astral, and Eliphas.
  • Tetsuhiro reunited the Astral and Barian worlds, suppressed Darkness, and helped restore the academy and its deceased students.
  • Tetsuhiro and Kyoko admitted their feelings, while Kaiba announced an anti-crime crackdown and Battle City.
  • Tetsuhiro challenged Ayako’s coaching methods, led a team of children to victory, and comforted her over her past.
  • Tetsuhiro helped Kyoko’s company complete its project, kissed Keiko, and then rode with Keiko and Kyoko toward Ayako’s.
Chapters 401–500 Read from ch. 401

Arc 17Across Worlds and Duels

Tetsuhiro crossed several worlds, helped stop threats, and restored Ai before entering the ARC-V world. There, he challenged Z-ARC and built a field of summoned allies to weaken Odd-Eyes.

  • Tetsuhiro organized the academy survivors, gathered medicine, and helped them resist the infected students and Yubel’s forces.
  • Tetsuhiro rescued the academy by bringing in a rocket carrying Rainbow Dragon, healing Caesar, and confronting Yubel.
  • Spatial storms carried Tetsuhiro through the worlds of Yuga Goha and Yudias Velgear, where he fought enemy forces and later emerged injured with lottery draws to spend.
  • Tetsuhiro found Ai’s dormant core in Cyberse, helped restore Ai, and dueled Yusaku Fujiki, winning with Halaakhti.
  • Tetsuhiro and Little Black entered the ARC-V world, where Tetsuhiro challenged Z-ARC after preventing King Jack Atlas from being badly injured.
  • Tetsuhiro used Minato and Kushina to seal Odd-Eyes and restrain the Supreme King Gates, then summoned Jiraiya and other allies to weaken the dragon.
  • Tetsuhiro summoned Hashirama and Tobirama to bind Odd-Eyes and reduce its ATK, then began a Link Summon using Hiruzen, Itachi, and Madara.
Chapters 401–425 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Numeron Showdown

Tetsuhiro broke the rules’ restraints, restored the lost souls, and helped defeat Vector and Don Thousand. Don Thousand’s final attack poured chaos energy into Tetsuhiro as his independent clone challenged Yuma, Nash, Astral, and Eliphas to a duel.

  • Tetsuhiro and Rei defeated Z-ARC, but Z-ARC’s soul possessed Reira as the dimensions merged, leaving Yuya devastated after Tetsuhiro repeatedly beat him.
  • Tetsuhiro exposed the restraints imposed by the world’s Duel rules, rallied people to curse Tsutomu Ueda, and helped break through the defensive barrier.
  • Tetsuhiro and Little Black completed LINK VRAINS, restored the four souls to their original bodies, and rebirthed Yugo, Yuto, Yuri, Rin, Ruri Kurosaki, and Serena as digital data.
  • Tetsuhiro arrived during Nash and Vector’s duel, and Vector recovered his memories before asking Nash to destroy him as atonement.
  • Don Thousand revived, absorbed Vector and Mizar, and began merging the Barian World with the human world while Tetsuhiro entered the Numeron core to absorb its power.
  • Tetsuhiro’s clone challenged Don Thousand and used Naruto-themed monsters and effects to withstand his attacks, weaken Numeron Country, and defeat him with Might Guy’s Night Guy.
  • Don Thousand gave Tetsuhiro the promised cards before attacking him with chaos energy, while Tetsuhiro’s clone challenged Yuma, Nash, Astral, and Eliphas to a duel.
Chapters 426–450 Summaries Read

Arc 19Worlds Reunited, New Entanglements

Tetsuhiro reunited the Astral and Barian worlds, confronted Darkness, and helped restore the people caught in the conflict. Back in Domino City, he became involved with Kyoko Tachibana while Kaiba pursued reforms and Battle City approached.

  • Tetsuhiro gave the Number Dragon to revive Kaito, then accepted Astral’s sacrifice to merge the Astral and Barian worlds and restore Mizar and Vector.
  • Tetsuhiro and Little Black traveled through other worlds before reuniting with Jaden and confronting the Light of Ruin’s interference and the threat of Darkness.
  • Tetsuhiro suppressed Darkness through duels, restored the academy and its deceased students, and watched Jaden leave to train on his own.
  • Tetsuhiro rescued Kyoko Tachibana from a staged road attack, helped her company finish its software, and learned that a rival and a gang were threatening her business.
  • Tetsuhiro and Kyoko dealt with police questioning involving Katsuta Takenori, while Naoko tried to use Tetsuhiro’s influence to help her father and Kyoko grew jealous of their closeness.
  • Tetsuhiro and Kyoko admitted their feelings, but Maya relayed Mito’s warning about his relationships, and Tetsuhiro ordered reforms against corruption and organized crime.
  • Seto Kaiba announced an anti-crime crackdown and a new Battle City Tournament, while Mokuba proposed the Card Revolution to connect their world with the Spirit World.
  • Tetsuhiro supported Kyoko at T.N. Company as she hired Oe Kintaro, then rejected Naoko’s offer to stay by his side and reassured Kyoko.
Chapters 451–475 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Swimming Challenge and Company Project

Tetsuhiro challenged Ayako’s strict coaching with a children’s swimming contest and helped her confront the disappointment that had shaped her methods. Back at T.N. Company, he kept Kintaro on to help finish Kyoko’s project, and Kyoko and Keiko both grew closer to him.

  • Naoko pursued Tetsuhiro and brought him to meet Ayako, where he challenged her teaching methods and beat her in a freestyle race.
  • Tetsuhiro and Ayako each trained five children, and Tetsuhiro’s playful team won the underwater-object contest before he comforted Ayako over her painful past.
  • Tetsuhiro agreed to Ayako’s final contest, then returned to T.N. Company, where Kintaro hid in the changing room and Kyoko eventually found him with Keiko’s bra.
  • After the company computers were unplugged and Kyoko’s software data disappeared, Tetsuhiro healed her injured hand and persuaded her to let Kintaro stay and help with the project.
  • Kintaro helped Tetsuhiro and the employees complete the company’s work, and Kyoko gave the elderly couple another five hundred thousand yen after learning Kintaro had used her money to pay their loan sharks.
  • Kyoko encouraged Keiko to stop hesitating, and Tetsuhiro kissed Keiko when she arrived at the office.
  • Kyoko comforted Keiko after her embarrassment, and the three cleaned up before Tetsuhiro rode with Keiko and Kyoko toward Ayako’s.
Chapters 476–500 Summaries Read
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