Recaps

Yūki appeared to be on the verge of defeat against Chazz Princeton, whose Armed Dragons had overwhelming attack power and a monster-destroying effect. As the crowd and Chazz’s supporters celebrated, Yūki stayed calm, making Chazz suspect the last face-down card might turn the duel around.

• Chazz’s Armed Dragon LV3 and Armed Dragon LV5 stood ready, with the latter boosted to 4,000 attack points, while Yūki had no monsters and only one face-down card.
• Spectators, Professor Crowler, and Principal Samejima feared Yūki had lost, while Chosaku and Shoji Manjome celebrated and ordered the cameras to focus on Chazz.
• Principal Ichise gloated to Samejima about the North Campus’s apparent victory and his hopes of winning Tami-chan’s kiss.
• Yūki calmly brushed dust from his sleeve without showing fear, and Chazz noticed his faint smile.
• Chazz questioned how Yūki could remain so composed and focused on the last face-down card, while Ojama Yellow feared it might destroy the dragons.

Yūki drew [Lava Golem] and used it to Tribute Chazz Princeton’s two Armed Dragons, overturning Chazz’s seemingly overwhelming advantage. The summon began transforming the Open-Air Dueling Field into a sea of lava and fire.

• Chazz Princeton dismissed Yūki’s face-down card and taunted him while his two Armed Dragons stood on the field.
• Yūki praised Chazz for using [Premature Burial] to bring back [Armed Dragon LV3], leaving Chazz with exactly two monsters.
• Yūki drew without looking at the card and revealed [Lava Golem].
• Yūki Special Summoned [Lava Golem] to Chazz Princeton’s field by Tributing [Armed Dragon LV3] and [Armed Dragon LV5].
• The Dueling Field cracked open as lava and black smoke erupted around the summon.

Yūki summoned Lava Golem, which Tributed Chazz Princeton’s Armed Dragons and trapped Chazz in an iron cage. Seto Kaiba watched the broadcast and recognized Yūki as the boy Mokuba had said commanded Marik’s monsters.

• Lava Golem erupted from the ground, caged Chazz Princeton, and seized his Armed Dragon LV3 and Armed Dragon LV5.
• Lava Golem crushed and consumed both dragons, along with their equipped cards, then landed on Chazz’s field.
• The duel spectators and Manjome family reacted in shock, while Principal Samejima celebrated Yūki’s move.
• Seto Kaiba watched the duel broadcast from Kaiba Corporation headquarters and wondered if Yūki was the boy Mokuba had mentioned.

Yūki used Monster Reborn to revive Witch of the Black Forest, then Tributed her to Special Summon a second Silent Magician. Chazz remained trapped inside Lava Golem’s cage, expecting to survive until his next turn and use the monster against Yūki.

• Lava Golem trapped Chazz and Ojama Yellow in its iron cage after devouring Chazz’s Armed Dragon monsters.
• Chazz reassured himself that Lava Golem’s 3,000 ATK would threaten Yūki’s low Life Points next turn.
• Yūki activated Pot of Greed and drew two cards.
• Yūki activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon Witch of the Black Forest from the Graveyard.
• Yūki Tributed Witch of the Black Forest to Special Summon his second Silent Magician from his hand.

Yūki boosted Silent Magician’s ATK to 3,000, then activated Silent Magic Blast to fill both players’ hands to six cards. Silent Magician rose to 4,000 ATK, but Chazz drew five cards and believed he could survive her attack and turn the duel around on his next turn.

• Witch of the Black Forest was Tributed to Special Summon Silent Magician, and her effect let Yūki add Breaker the Magical Warrior to his hand.
• Yūki’s four-card hand raised Silent Magician’s ATK to 3,000, matching Chazz’s Lava Golem.
• Yūki activated Silent Magic Blast, which made both players draw until they had six cards.
• Yūki drew three cards, raising Silent Magician’s ATK to 4,000.
• Chazz drew five cards and concluded that Lava Golem could survive one attack while leaving him cards to fight back with on his next turn.

Yūki used Change of Heart to take back the Lava Golem he had forced onto Chazz’s field, then defeated Chazz with a direct attack from Silent Magician. Chazz’s Life Points fell to zero, leaving him sprawled at the edge of the arena.

• Yūki activated Change of Heart and took control of Chazz’s Lava Golem.
• Yūki banished Silent Magic Blast from his Graveyard to add Silent Magician to his hand, restoring her ATK to 4000.
• Yūki entered the Battle Phase and ordered Silent Magician to attack Chazz directly.
• Silent Magician’s attack reduced Chazz Princeton’s Life Points from 3200 to zero and knocked him down at the edge of the field.

Yūki defeated Chazz Princeton in a single devastating turn, ruining the Manjome brothers’ expensive live-broadcast publicity campaign. Chazz was left in shock while Yūki credited his victory to a stronger bond with his Deck.

• Yūki returned [Lava Golem] to his own side and dealt enough damage to reduce Chazz Princeton’s Life Points to zero.
• Chosaku Manjome and Shoji Manjome ordered the director to cut the live feed, but the decisive moments had already aired nationwide.
• The broadcast switched to a weather forecast as Shoji lamented the ruined publicity campaign and Chosaku blamed Chazz for the family’s humiliation.
• Chazz Princeton sat dazed among his scattered cards while Ojama Yellow anxiously tried to get him to respond.
• Yūki dismissed his monsters, praised Chazz’s improved dueling skills, and said his bond with his Deck had been stronger.

Yūki won the match against Chazz Princeton, prompting the arena to celebrate while Principal Ichise mourned his lost wager. When Chazz’s brothers berated him for losing, Yūki intervened and praised Chazz’s strength, leaving him stunned.

• Professor Crowler declared Yūki the winner, and Duel Academy’s students and Principal Samejima celebrated while Principal Ichise wept over his lost chance with Tami-chan.
• Chosaku Manjome and Shoji Manjome dragged Chazz Princeton up and scolded him for losing the match and ruining the family’s plans.
• Chazz accepted his brothers’ criticism and sank into self-doubt as he recalled his defeat by Yūki.
• Yūki stopped the brothers and defended Chazz, praising his dueling skills and accomplishments at both campuses.
• Chazz blushed faintly as he realized Yūki genuinely thought highly of him.

After Chazz lost his duel to Yūki, Jaden, Asuka, Bastion, and Zane defended his performance against his brothers’ scorn. When his brothers ordered him to leave Duel Academy and return to the family, Chazz refused.

• Jaden praised Chazz’s tactics and said he might have lost to him, while Yūki privately doubted Jaden’s claim.
• Asuka and Bastion agreed that Chazz had shown major improvement, but Chosaku and Shoji dismissed their praise as cheap sympathy.
• Zane arrived and said Chazz had lost only because Yūki was exceptionally strong, which made the brothers reconsider their judgment.
• Shoji and Chosaku ordered Chazz to pack and return to the family, saying Duel Academy would only bring him humiliation.
• Chazz knocked Chosaku’s hand aside and declared that he would not go back.

Chazz Princeton refused to leave Duel Academy after losing to Fujiwara Yūki, and Yūki stopped his older brothers from forcing him away by challenging them to a duel. Chosaku Manjome and Shoji Manjome fled rather than face Yūki, leaving Chazz determined to stay and defeat him someday.

• Chazz Princeton declared that he would remain at Duel Academy and train until he could beat Fujiwara Yūki.
• Chosaku Manjome ordered his bodyguards to take Chazz away, but Yūki stepped in and challenged the brothers to a duel.
• Chosaku Manjome and Shoji Manjome backed down, threatened to cut Chazz off from family money and cards, and hurried away.
• Chazz gathered his [Armed Dragon] cards and told Yūki he would repay his defeat someday.
• Yūki told Chazz he did not need thanks and invited him to duel more often.

After defeating Chazz Princeton, Yūki celebrated his rewards and considered how to use his Spellcaster Deck. At the Friendly Match closing ceremony, Jaden and Bastion learned that the special grand prize would be a kiss from Duel Academy’s “Miss Duel Academy.”

• Chazz Princeton left the arena after losing to Yūki, threatening to challenge him again.
• Yūki received 15,000 Duel Coins, 6% Soul Power, and access to the [Armed Dragon] pack.
• Silent Magician appeared beside Yūki, and he praised her decisive attack before she returned to her card.
• Yūki reflected on his Deck’s Spellcaster combinations and considered summoning [Snowstorm Princess] in a future duel.
• Professor Crowler announced the closing ceremony’s Special Goodwill Grand Prize, and Bastion told Jaden and Yūki that it was a kiss from the school’s “Miss Duel Academy.”

Principal Ichise fled Duel Academy to avoid the special grand prize, leaving Principal Samejima to accept it alone. The prize turned out to be a kiss from Auntie Tami, which Samejima welcomed while Yūki watched in disbelief.

• Principal Ichise accused Samejima of plotting to humiliate him and ordered the North Campus students to leave for the Arctic Ocean.
• Ichise and the North Campus students boarded their mechanical whale submarine and departed without attending the banquet.
• Principal Samejima took Ichise’s place as the recipient of the special grand prize.
• Auntie Tami appeared as Miss Duel Academy, horrifying Jaden, Syrus, Chazz, Bastion, and the other students.
• Samejima praised Tami’s beauty and received a large lipstick kiss on his bald head.
• Yūki admired Samejima’s mental fortitude as Samejima celebrated the kiss.

After the Friendly Match, Yūki anticipated the Seven Stars’ arrival as a chance to obtain powerful cards, but Principal Samejima summoned him with news from Kaiba Corporation. The chapter ended with Yūki realizing the invitation to test a new Virtual Duelist System fulfilled Mokuba Kaiba’s earlier promise.

• Yūki reflected that the Seven Stars would soon target Duel Academy and looked forward to collecting their exclusive cards and rewards.
• Principal Samejima summoned Yūki to his office, where Yūki found him in high spirits after the Friendly Match drove Ichise away and brought him closer to Auntie Tami.
• Samejima told Yūki that Kaiba Corporation had invited him to Domino City to test its newly developed Virtual Duelist System.
• Yūki remembered Mokuba Kaiba promising to invite him to test a new system and realized Kaiba Corporation had developed it sooner than expected.

Yūki realized the Kaiba Corporation’s Virtual Duelist System might let him unlock Archetype Packs by beating AI versions of famous duelists, so he eagerly accepted an invitation to test it. A futuristic antigravity jet picked him up at Duel Academy and carried him toward Kaiba Corporation Headquarters, where Mokuba was waiting.

• Samejima told Yūki that the Kaiba Corporation wanted him to travel to Domino City and test a secret new system, and Yūki accepted enthusiastically.
• Yūki asked Samejima to confirm his participation, and Samejima issued him a special leave permit and said a private jet would pick him up that afternoon.
• An antigravity aircraft bearing the Kaiba Corporation’s logo descended over Duel Academy, astonishing the students watching from the plaza.
• Kaiba Corporation staff welcomed Yūki aboard, and he waved goodbye to Jaden before boarding.
• The aircraft departed Duel Academy and headed for Kaiba Corporation Headquarters in Domino City.

Yūki arrived at Kaiba Corporation, where Mokuba teased him about his brutal televised duel against Chazz before escorting him to the company’s new system testing facility. The chapter left Yūki inspecting the enormous, futuristic facility.

• Yūki arrived at Kaiba Corporation aboard its antigravity private jet and greeted Mokuba Kaiba on the helipad.
• Mokuba teased Yūki about defeating Chazz Princeton on a nationally broadcast Friendly Match, and Yūki insisted he had acted out of kindness.
• Mokuba led Yūki through security to Kaiba Corporation’s confidential Central Research and Development Level.
• Yūki entered the vast new system testing facility and marveled at its futuristic equipment.

Mokuba Kaiba gave Yūki a prototype glove that transformed into a Duel Disk, then prepared him for a test at Kaiba Corporation’s Venue Zero. Seto Kaiba chose Marik’s data as Yūki’s first opponent because Yūki specialized in Lava Golem.

• Mokuba showed Yūki the Superpower Particles glove and explained how it transformed into a Duel Disk.
• Yūki tried the glove, admired its transformation, and eagerly accepted Mokuba’s offer to test the system.
• Mokuba went to the observation room and told Seto Kaiba that Venue Zero was ready for testing.
• Seto Kaiba ordered Mokuba to use Marik’s data as Yūki’s opponent.

Seto Kaiba ordered the virtual dueling system to recreate Marik Ishtar, insisting it had to withstand Marik’s Deck before it could reproduce Yugi’s power. During the first live test, Yūki watched the system materialize a sinister opponent and realized it was Dark Marik.

• Mokuba warned Seto that testing the system against Marik could overload Venue Zero, but Seto told him the system had to handle Marik before it could recreate Yugi.
• Mokuba activated the underground tablets at maximum Psychic Energy output and retrieved Marik’s core files.
• Technicians fitted Yūki with a High-Energy Impact Defense Device and warned him about the physical and psychic backlash from the test.
• The system passed its checks and used the ancient tablet array to reconstruct its opponent through Psychic Energy.
• Yūki sensed overwhelming malice, and Silent Magician and Summoned Skull warned him of danger.
• A sinister virtual figure appeared across the arena, and Yūki recognized him as Dark Marik.

Yūki faced a Dark Marik AI in the Kaiba Corporation’s first live-person Dueling Field test, while Seto Kaiba refused Mokuba’s concerns about the dangerous Psychic Energy levels. After realizing victory might unlock a God Card Archetype Pack, Yūki lost his apprehension and prepared to duel.

• Mokuba Kaiba warned Seto Kaiba that the system’s Psychic Energy output had exceeded ninety-five percent and that Dark Marik’s reconstructed personality had activated The Winged Dragon of Ra’s divine code.
• Seto Kaiba dismissed Mokuba’s concerns and insisted Yūki had to prove himself against the Dark Marik AI before Kaiba would trust the system with Yugi’s Deck.
• Yūki worried that Dark Marik might summon The Winged Dragon of Ra using the ancient invocation, though he questioned whether the virtual AI could truly awaken the God Card.
• Yūki realized defeating the Dark Marik AI might unlock an exclusive God Card Archetype Pack, including powerful cards associated with The Winged Dragon of Ra.
• Yūki’s fear vanished as he focused on the potential reward and prepared to take on Dark Marik.

Yūki’s Spirit Partners warned him that Dark Marik’s AI carried a chaotic, unnatural aura, and Yūki realized it had been assembled from psychic energy and code. He chose his Evil HERO Deck over his risky Exchange of the Spirit Deck, while Dark Marik activated his Duel Disk and declared the Shadow Game begun.

• Summoned Skull, Snowstorm Princess, and Silent Magician warned Yūki about Dark Marik’s unnatural presence and the danger in his Deck.
• Yūki recognized that Dark Marik was a dueling AI built from psychic energy, historical Deck data, and personality algorithms.
• Yūki abandoned his plan to use the Exchange of the Spirit Deck because Dark Marik could exploit its vulnerabilities with The Winged Dragon of Ra.
• Yūki inserted his Evil HERO Deck into his Duel Disk and called on Jaden to lend him the Supreme King’s power.
• Dark Marik unfolded his Duel Disk, mocked Yūki, and announced that the Shadow Game had begun.

Dark Marik began the duel against Yūki by using Graceful Charity to stock his Graveyard and building a heavily defended field with Card of Safe Return. Yūki prepared to face the strategy with his Evil HERO Deck while Seto and Mokuba Kaiba watched from above.

• Dark Marik won the first turn and activated Graceful Charity, drawing three cards and discarding two monsters to the Graveyard.
• Yūki reflected that he had wisely switched to his Evil HERO Deck rather than bring his Exchange of the Spirit Deck against Dark Marik’s Graveyard strategy.
• Dark Marik set a face-down monster and two back-row cards, then activated Card of Safe Return and ended his turn.
• Mokuba Kaiba recognized Dark Marik’s familiar Graveyard-focused defensive strategy, while Seto Kaiba wondered how Yūki would break through it.