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As the match begins, Dipper immediately summons his Xyz monster, Constellar Pleiades, using its ability to remove Odd-Eyes from the field whenever Yuya summons it while also keeping him from obtaining any Action Cards. Yuya is pushed further into a corner when Dipper summons another Pleiades and upgrades his first one into Constellar Ptolemy M7. Yuya narrowly survives Dipper's attack thanks to an Action Card. Determined to show duels are more than just fights, Yuya switches up his usual Pendulum Summon routine and brings out Stargazer Magician. Yuya uses its abilities to lead his team of monsters to victory. As Yuya celebrates, Zuzu starts to become more uncertain over whether or not Yuya is the duelist she encountered.

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Features some highlights of Episodes 23, 24, and 25.

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弟子入り志願！？ おかしなおっかけ 『紫雲院素良』
Raise the Banner of Revolution - Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon
As Chojiro makes plans for the Great Entertainment Duel Tournament, Crow starts acting cold towards Yuya, who hears about Zuzu being targeted by Security. Meanwhile, Yugo decides to enter both himself and Zuzu into the Friendship Cup. Chojiro's tournament kicks off with a three-way Action Duel between himself, Silvio, and Yuya, while Crow and his friends use the distraction to form their own escape plan. When Yuya struggles to get into the spirit of things, Gong cheers him up and gets him into the duel, which inevitably exposes Crow's escape attempt. As an all-out prison break takes place, Yuya and the others escape with help from Chojiro's lackeys.

One month since the start of the fun-turned-deadly game, 2,000 players have already died, and the first floor has yet to be cleared. Kirito attends a meeting organized by fellow beta-tester Diabel, who announces to the attendants that his party, a group of characters adventuring together in a role-playing game, has found Illfang the Kobold Lord, the boss of the first floor. Parties are formed, and Kirito teams up with a girl named Asuna. The next day, Diabel's raid group arrives at the boss' room and battles Illfang and his minions. When Illfang's health becomes low, Diabel goes for the finishing attack. Kirito tries to warn him, but Illfang attacks down first. As he dies, Diabel begs Kirito to defeat the boss and save the players. Though they do manage to slay the boss, Kirito is accused of being a "beater"—a combination of a "beta-tester" and "cheater"—for Diabel's death.

Ally begins her duel against the LID's Reira, gaining an early lead with her Aqua Actress monsters. However, Reira causes problems with his Persona Shutter spells. Just as Ally starts to make a comeback, Reira brings out his Fusion Monster, CCC Water Sword the Embodiment of Valiant Fused Arms, and defeats Ally. As Zuzu prepares for her duel against Julia, Sora feels a strange sensation when passing by Shay.

Having lost his duel against Yugo, Silvio is taken to City's underground garbage disposal facility, where Gallager appears to be running things. There, he explains to Gong and Chojiro how he supplied Jean with Sergey, a powerful duelist in the Friendship Cup who is said to have died once, further revealing that Jean is rumored to come from another dimension. After Tsukikage relays this to Declan, who deduces that Jean is from the Fusion Dimension, Reira apologizes for his selfish wishes, stating his determination to fight for Yuya. After Sergey lays waste to Damon in the seventh match, Tsukikage relays Reira's words to Yuya, encouraging him to keep winning in order to face Jack once more. Yuya in turn has Tsukikage deliver a message to Zuzu, assuring her that he will win and bring everyone home safely.

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Arriving at the top of the World Tree, Kirito and Yui finally reunite with Asuna. However, they are suddenly hit by high gravity magic, which forces Yui to retreat, and they are confronted by Oberon. As Oberon reveals that his plans to control the human mind are almost complete, he chains Asuna and attempts to molest her in front of Kirito. Falling into despair, Kirito hears the voice of Akihiko, who encourages him to stand up and fight. Using Akihiko's administrative functions, Kirito removes Oberon's powers and challenges him to a fight with no pain absorption, showing him what true pain is, before destroying Oberon. After logging Asuna out to ensure her safety in the real world, Kirito meets with the remnant of Akihiko's memory, who gives him an item called "The Seed" before leaving.
A beast tamer named Silica quits a party after arguing with their leader, Rosalia. Later, Silica is ambushed by a group of monsters while making her way alone through the forest, and her dragon familiar, Pina, is killed while trying to protect her. Kirito arrives and saves Silica. He tells her of an item at the Hill of Memories on the 47th floor, which can revive her familiar within three days of its death, and offers to accompany her there. As they spend time together, Kirito warns Silica of "orange players", players who commit crimes, and "red players", players who kill other players. When they finally retrieve the item, the Pneuma Flower, they are confronted by Rosalia and her men, who are members of Titan's Hand, an orange-player guild, and are after the flower. Kirito then reveals that his true motivation for escorting Silica was to draw Rosalia out and arrest her. The guild realizes Kirito is the infamous Beater, "The Black Swordsman". Kirito is Level 78 with health point of 14500 plus an auto generation healing skill, and effortlessly outmatches and detains all members of Titan's Hand. After they retrieve the flower, Silica revives Pina.

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Sora is kept in LID's recovery after his duel with Shay. Outside, Zuzu reveals everything she knows about Yuto, Shay and their objective to Yuya and Gong. Meanwhile, Yuto appears before Sora and interrogates him on Ruri's whereabouts. Sora denies knowing anything but the probability of her being trapped in a card and demands to be taken to Shay. However, Yuto refuses and runs off when the guards in the hospital arrive - Sora running after him in tow. Sora suggests that Yuto could save Ruri by destroying all the Fusion duelists leading, the both of them to begin dueling. Yuya shows up during the duel after searching for Sora, and attempts to stop the duel, to no avail. Angered by Yuto's motive, Yuya angrily decides to join the duel.

Kiri and the male students are being manipulated by vice president Ruka Shihōdō's Killing Good "Pet Whip of Submissive Butchery" with President Romio Zaiga as her Instead. Iwai's voice reached Kiri before he is commanded to do the unthinkable. Kiri injuries Zaiga with Crime Edge, then Nakajima appears and revealed he used the two presidents for a chance to make a play for the Hair Queen, leaving Ruka traumatic. Yamane arrives with Kozakura speaking through hers cellphone and microphone to tolerate Nakajima's actions then he takes his leave for now. With Ruka surrendering, Romio eases her depression as Iwai also shares her compassion despite their previous actions. Tonight, Kiri and Iwai dance alone together under the starry night sky.

To clear the Grand Quest, a task which is used to enter the World Tree, the Sylphs and the Cat Siths hold a secret meeting, only to get ambushed by a group of Salamanders. Kirito and Leafa reach the meeting place just as the Salamanders prepare to attack them. Seeing that they have no chance against them in a direct confrontation, Kirito rushes forward and addresses the Salamander General, Eugene. Kirito bluffs that he is an ambassador for the Spriggans-Undines alliance, and cautions him that to attack them would be tantamount to declaring war on all four races. Eugene does not believe him and challenges him to a duel, which Kirito wins. After learning that the now allied Sylphs and Cait Siths are going to plan an expedition to the World Tree in a couple of days, Kirito donates a large sum of money to Alicia, leader of the Cait Siths.

/ Dark Town: The Stolen Pendulum Summon!!
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Yuya summons Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and overlays it with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon to Xyz Summon Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon, using it to wipe out the Obelisk Force. Afterwards, Gong steps in to protect Yuya from a falling pillar, sending Mieru to get Michio and Teppei to hold him down and he starts to freak out. Using her fortune telling ability, Mieru deduces there are two souls residing in Yuya's body, with a third dark presence growing alongside them. After coming to his senses and learning from the others what he did, Yuya suspects that Yuto has somehow become a part of him. Meanwhile, as Yugo shows up somewhere nearby, Zuzu speaks with Selena, questioning if she truly understands what Duel Academy is doing to the Xyz Dimension. Deciding that Selena should speak with Shay to get the full story, Zuzu swaps clothes with her so she can go find him, while Yuri appears before Dennis.

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As Reira defeats Tatsuya to win the Junior class Championship, Gong, who mistakes Selena for Zuzu, joins the duel in order to give Shay some Pendulum Cards, allowing him to summon Revolution Falcon and defeat the Obelisk Force. Meanwhile, Yuya duels against Sora in the hopes of bringing back his true smile, bringing out Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon. Before he can attack, however, the Battle Royale reaches its time limit, putting an end to the duel. After Sora escapes and Selena's identity is revealed, Declan appears on the scene, with Silvio explaining the Battle Royale was his way of recruiting duelists to be Lancers.

Upon hearing from Yui that Asuna is at the top of the World Tree, Kirito rushes up but finds it blocked by a barrier. Desperate, Yui calls out to Asuna, who hears her cry and throws down the administrator's key card, which Kirito catches. Resolving to get to Asuna's location, Kirito bids farewell to Leafa and embarks on the Grand Quest himself. Despite his best efforts, Kirito is overwhelmed and runs out of health. Shortly afterwards, Leafa enters the dome and grabs Kirito's flame, which contains his soul, before successfully escaping to revive him. Leafa attempts to talk Kirito out of re-entering the dome alone, but he remains determined. Upon discovering one another's identities, they log out. In the real world, Kazuto approaches Suguha, who reveals in great anguish that she has fallen in love with both of his identities and she knew they were not true siblings.

Declan's mother and Leo Corporation's president, Henrietta, arrives in Japan. Henrietta learns from Declan about how Yuya created Pendulum Summoning as well as how a Xyz wielder injured Silvio. Silvio believes the culprit to be Yuya. Henrietta and Silvio’s flunkies show up at You Show Duel School to accuse Yuya of being the culprit and names Zuzu as a witness. Although Zuzu herself is uncertain about who she saw, she decides to believe in Yuya. As a result, Henrietta challenges the You Show Duel School to a three-against-three match in which Yuya, Zuzu, and Sora face up against three of LID's top students. Should You Show Duel School lose, LID will absorb it along with Pendulum Summoning. The students of You Show Duel School agree to the challenge. Yuya steps up first to face up against LID's Xyz user named Dipper O'rion. Meanwhile, Declan sneaks into the You Show Duel School to spectate.

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The next match pits Zuzu up against Chojiro, neither of whom Yuya wants to see sent to the underground facility. Chojiro quickly brings out his Cardian - Ameshikou, but Zuzu manages to fight back with her Action Cards. Wanting to give Yuya her support, Zuzu brings out her own entertainment dueling, reminding Yuya of all of those who support him. Chojiro then brings out Cardian - Gokou to negate Zuzu's spells and effects, but Zuzu manages to bring out Bloom Diva and uses her own effects to win the duel.

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Declan learns Dipper has been turned into a card by a girl resembling Zuzu. As Zuzu participates in her second round match against idol Mikiyo Naname, Declan confronts her doppelganger, a member of Duel Academy, and duels against her partner, Barrett. While Barrett deals a lot of damage to Declan with his Beastborg Panther Predator, Declan uses a Pendulum Summon to bring out his DDD monsters and win the duel. With Zuzu victorious in her duel, Declan confronts her dimensional counterpart, Selena.

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The next stage turns out to be a quick-fire quiz cart ride, which leaves Eita with more life points and Yuya with less. However, Yuya remains optimistic, thanks to the interest shown by the crowd, and he brings out his Pendulum Monsters, though he is once again halted by Eita's quiz effects. As Yuya is seemingly pushed into a corner, he manages to use a wrong answer to an Action Trap against Eita, dealing a large amount of damage, before using his Pendulum Monsters and traps to win the duel.

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Shay reveals that his goal was to lure Declan out, in order to use him as a bargaining chip to rescue Ruri, who was allegedly captured by his father, Leo. Declan, who believes his father would not care about him in such an event, gives Shay a condition to fulfill before he can duel against him. The next day, Yuya prepares to face his fourth and final opponent, who turns out to be Gong, in an all-or-nothing duel for championship entry without any of his supporters. As Yuya struggles to go all out against his best friend, Gong uses what he learned from Kit to summon the Synchro monster, Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo.

Features some highlights of Episodes 17, 18, and 19, with Yui once again the special guest. Oberon substitutes for Yui as trivia guide.

Declan, who was aware that Zuzu had teleported away with Yugo, keeps quiet about it as he brings out his Pendulum Fusion Monster, DDD Kaiser Ragnarok. Yuya fights back with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, but Declan responds with his own Pendulum Xyz Monster. Determined to win at all costs, Yuya brings out Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon, but Declan uses his monster effects and traps to win the duel.
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Kirito and Asuna continue to investigate the murder of Kains and Yolko, who were members of a disbanded guild called Golden Apple. Kirito wonders how it is possible to kill someone in a safe zone. Schmit, another former member of Golden Apple, declares that the killer is the ghost of Griselda, their deceased leader. After watching a dropped sandwich vanish, Kirito deduces how Yolko and Kains "died", and who murdered Griselda. He explains to Asuna that Yolko and Kains have faked their deaths by using a teleport crystal when their armor broke from losing durability, which made them appear to have died. Yolko and Kains confront Schmit at Griselda's grave to investigate the identity of Griselda's killer. After Schmit explains that he had only followed instructions given to him and had not expected Griselda's death, the three are surrounded by members of a notorious crime guild, Laughing Coffin, who have come to kill them. Yolko, Kains and Schmit are rescued by the timely arrival of Kirito, who intimidates the Laughing Coffin members into retreating.

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Halil and Olga are confronted by Michio, who is being assisted by Teppei Tairyobata, who plans to take his Pendulum Cards once he tires himself out, while Yuzu comes across Dennis, who uses his Trapeze Magician's effects to win the duel. Meanwhile, Yuya comes across Shay, but before they can answer each other's questions, they come under attack by the Knights of Duel, who use the crossfire between themselves to damage them. Just then, Sora appears once again, having his Obelisk Force take care of the Knights while he confronts Shay for a rematch, while Selena appears before Zuzu and Dennis.
無邪気な融合玩具 デストーイ・シザー・ベアー
While going out to fetch some ice cream with Ally, Zuzu overhears some LID students talk about how Silvio is planning to take revenge against Yuya. Wanting to pay Yuya back for saving her, Zuzu follows them to Silvio's hideout. She challenges Silvio to a duel. Before the duel can begin, a mysterious masked man appears who takes Zuzu's place in the duel. After the masked man sets five spell cards, Silvio summons out Mobius the Mega Monarch to destroy them. The masked man activates the cards from the graveyard and uses them as monsters on his field. After using one of them to defend himself, the masked man uses the remaining two to perform a Xyz Summon. He summons the Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon and uses all its Overlay effects to destroy Mobius. The effects of his attack prove real even outside of an Action Duel. After the masked man presses Silvio about the Duel Academy, Silvio tries to activate a trap against him. Silvio is thwarted and lost the duel. As the man removes his mask that reveals a face that looks identical to Yuya, Zuzu's bracelet mysteriously glows during which time the man disappears. As Yuya arrives on the scene after being informed by Ally, Zuzu wonders just who that duelist was.

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With her hair cut, Iwai finally has a chance to live a normal life. Yamane is really surprised and texts Houko about Iwai's hair, asking what she should do. Iwai enrolls into Kiri's classroom and is indeed nervous since she hasn't gone to school for a long time. The classmates get reactions seeing how Iwai resembles an elementary student; Kiri defends her hair from being touch by others. With class over, Yamane meets them and Iwai asks for her apologize, as Yamane accepted the kindness she talks about her ancestor, a medical personnel that could only kill peoples with her poison injections. Suddenly, she pulls out her Killing Good syringe "The Injection of Eternal Sleep" as her killing emotions begin to emerge and fights Kiri as he protects Iwai. In the morning, Kiri awakens and sees an inappropriate scene of Yamane injecting Houko as her "Instead" of calming her emotions. Then is introduced by Professor Kanae Sumeragi a member of the Gossip organization, Iwai opens the door with her hair grown fast. Kanae tells about the curse of Zewulfa, the original "Hair Queen", and "Killing Goods" owned by Authors. Revealing that whoever kills the Hair Queen with the Killing Goods a wish will be granted. Following the many fears they have to face, Kiri realize that he must protect Iwai with Crime Edge since she is his Instead too.

After a brief encounter with Silvio, who informs him of the other attack by an Xyz user, Yuya realizes that in order to become a pro duelist, he needs to increase his winning percentage in order to qualify for the Junior Youth Championship. However, Yuya struggles to find four other duelists willing to duel against him and refuses to ask Gong for help as he wants to become a pro with his own strength. The Sledgehammer's former manager, Nico Smiley, offers to give Yuya automatic entry into the championship, but Yuya once again refuses, instead asking that he find four opponents to fairly fight against. Meanwhile, as Julia, Kit, and Dipper try to investigate what happened to Marco, Zuzu asks Sora to teach her Fusion Summoning so she can grow stronger against Julia. Just then, the mysterious Xyz user appears before them, but before either Sora or Julia can duel against him, Zuzu's bracelet glows again and the duelist vanishes. As Yuya appeared Julia accused him for siding with the mysterious duelist, as Zuzu attempted to calm her Sora managed to fool her by telling where the mysterious duelist went. The episode ends, as another unknown figure appeared outside the LID building presumably beginning for an attack.

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Kazuto visits Andrew, who explains that the screenshot he sent originated from "Alfheim Online" , a VRMMORPG where players take the role of fairies capable of flight. He explains that the figure resembling Asuna was spotted somewhere on the game's World Tree. Discovering that RECTO created the game, Kazuto is convinced that Asuna is trapped in the game. Wasting no time, Kazuto logs-in to ALO as "Kirito". He discovers that he still has his SAO game data, including skill levels and the SAO in-game item containing Yui's data, which he activates to bring Yui into ALfheim as a Navigation Pixie. Yui deduces that the game is made using a copy of SAO's servers, explaining why Kirito's statistics, a piece of data from SAO had been carried over to Kirito's ALO avatar.

The turbo duelist, Yugo, challenges Yuto to a duel, quickly bringing out his Speed Roid Synchro Monsters. Yugo soon brings out Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, prompting Yuto to bring out Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon to fight against it. Both Yuto and Yugo then get possessed by a desire to destroy, but Yuya stops Yuto from carrying out his attack. He fails to convince Yugo, who raises his Clear Wing's attack power and defeats Yuto. Having taken heavy damage from his duel, Yuto gives Yuya Dark Rebellion, before disappearing. Zuzu finds Yuya, but he had passed out after the duel, and Declan has Nakajima recover Yuto's duel disk and deck. At Duel Academy, the Professor sends Yuri, another person who resembles Yuya, to capture Zuzu.

An Author with a huge hammer "The Sledgehammer of Crushing Disintegration" made it to town wrecking through building, and even though the Professor says there is nothing to worry about, Kiri doesn't agree and fears the worst. Today they are invited to Kashiko Misumi's salon house; Iwai admires Kashiko being attractive since she works to be a model. Kiri and Iwai witness a crime scene caused by the Sledgehammer so Kiri decides to stay overnight with Iwai much to their embarrassment. As Iwai bathe, Kiri reveals to her about his ancestor, Norma Grayland, who was an infamous foreign serial killer to have killed 200 people. Then a blackout happens, Iwai jumps out and hugs Kiri naked. It strikes midnight as her hair processing grows to Kiri’s enthusiasm. The mindless Sledgehammer breaks through the wall and begins chasing Iwai. Kiri fearlessly defeats the Sledgehammer guy who later commits suicide. Kiri vows to help Iwai even if he has to become a murderer himself.

As Michio continues to put pressure on Yuya with his Royal Cookmates, Yoko arrives to give Yuya a late breakfast, turning Michio's recipe into a pancake sandwich. This gives him the energy to grab an Action Card in time to survive Michio's attack. Yuya then brings out his entertainment dueling, using his Pendulum Monsters to perform a game of chance, which works in his favor and wins him the duel.
Dennis, a LID transfer student and Entertainment Duelist from America, joins Yuya as his tag partner, quickly bringing out his Xyz Monster, Entermage Trapeze Magician, to put a stop to Umesugi and Takeda's effects. Meanwhile, Gong gets knocked out by Halil, but Zuzu manages to use her Pendulum Summon to bring out Bloom Diva and defeat both Halil and Olga. As Yuya nearly becomes swayed by the darkness again, Dennis calms him down, allowing him to summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, this time using it for the purpose of Entertainment Dueling, and with help from Dennis, defeats both Umesugi and Takeda.

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Sora has Frightfur Bear destroy Yuya's monsters and add their attack points to his own monster. Sora uses multiple trap cards to overcome Yuya's Pendulum effects. Yuya becomes shocked when Frightfur Bear destroys Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. To Yuya’s surprise, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon returns to his Extra Deck instead of the Graveyard. This allows Yuya to Pendulum Summon it once more. Yuya wins the duel. Despite not being able to become Yuya's apprentice, Sora instead decides to become Yuya's friend. Sora joins the You Show Duel School.

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While searching for Action Cards, Yuya manages to use Silvio's card effects against him, before managing to use an Action Card to escape his attack. As both duelist's efforts hype up the crowd, Yuya brings out Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and wins the duel.
With Yuya still unconscious following his encounter with Yuto and Yugo, Mieru comes around to try and help wake him up, but Zuzu and Yoko convince her to return to the championships. After Yuya wakes up, he and Zuzu learn Mieru was knocked out in a single turn, while Reira defeated Frederick using Synchro Summoning. Yuya then explains to Zuzu what happened between him, Yuto, and Yugo, while Zuzu tells him about Ruri, the girl who resembles her. Determined to find answers, Yuya and Zuzu hope to talk with Shay, but are unable to meet up with him. They instead watch Kit's duel against Ryōzanpaku Duel School's Isao Kachidoki, only to become shocked when Isao uses physical violence to win against Yaiba. With Isao confirmed as his next opponent, Yuya becomes determined to beat him in a duel that brings smiles.

Features some highlights of Episodes 3, 4, and 5, with Klein replacing Kirito as life counsel host, and Silica as the special guest.

Following Yuya's defeat, Zuzu attempts to come to his aid but is stopped when she and Yugo are taken into custody by the council's guards, who prevent Jean's Security from capturing them. The next morning, Yuya awakens in a penthouse where all the participants are locked up, sensing from a reaction from his cards that Yugo and Zuzu are nearby. As Yuya laments how Jack looked down upon his dueltainment, he receives a card from one of the attendants, Sam, who believes Jack turned his back on the Commons after becoming the King and insulted him by likening him to the weak monster card. With the tournament underway, Gong is set to duel against Crow in the opening match.

While en route to the World Tree, the pair first pass through a large cave. Leafa receives a message from Recon cautioning her to take care. She and Kirito realize that they are being followed, only to be cornered by a large group of Salamander players. Kirito asks Leafa to support him with her magic while he fights the group by himself. However, he is unable to break their formation until Yui comes up with a plan to have Leafa cast some protective magic on Kirito, while he conjures a spell that temporarily transforms him into a representation of Gleam Eyes. In his new form, Kirito obliterates his enemies, but spares one whom Kirito bribes in exchange for information. The Salamander player reveals that his party was ordered to attack Kirito and Leafa by the same group which attacked them during their first encounter.

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Reeling from Silvio's ability to Pendulum Summon and hesitant to go for any more Action Cards, Yuya takes a lot of damage from Silvio's attacks. Remembering his father's words and picking himself back up, Yuya summons the Block Spider card. Silvio discarded this card after deeming it worthless. Yuya uses a spell card to create a copy of it. As Block Spider's ability is to draw attacks towards itself, having two of the same monster provides the ultimate defense. This prevents Silvio from attacking. However, Silvio uses a spell card, which negates his own Pendulum monsters' abilities to destroy Yuya's copy. Yuya powers up Block Spider's defense, but Silvio increases the attack of his Ultimate Darts Shooter. Just as Silvio attacks, Yuya activates a trap card. This trap card not only protects himself, but it also lets him regain his Pendulum Monsters. Yuya uses his Pendulum Monsters to rescue Zuzu and the others. With his Pendulum Cards back in his possession, Yuya performs a Pendulum Summon. With the help from his Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Performapal monsters, Yuya wins the duel. As Silvio tries to send his flunkies to attack Yuya in revenge, the flunkies are stopped by a boy named Sora Perse. Sora decides he wants to become Yuya's apprentice.
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The fourth and final match of the day pits Selena against City resident Tony, who she quickly wins against. As each of the duelists reflect on the day's events, Declan is given an audience with Jack, who expresses an interest in seeing Reira duel. Jack further explains about his childhood, stating how his life in the slums changed after receiving a card that was discarded by the Tops, driving him to become stronger. Meanwhile, Duel Chaser 227, the guard Yugo previously defeated, receives a card from Jean to use in his duel against Yuya.

After the incident caused by Kuradeel, Kirito and Asuna's friendship has grown stronger and they marry in-game. Asuna is granted a temporary leave from her guild. They go on a vacation and stay at their new home in a village on the 22nd floor. The couple later find a lost girl in the forest and see her suddenly collapse. As they approach the unconscious girl, they discover that she does not have a cursor above her, suggesting a glitch meaning a software error. They take the girl to their home and she wakes up the following day. However, upon questioning from Asuna and Kirito, the girl is able to remember her name, Yui. Yui calls Asuna and Kirito "Mama" and "Papa", respectively, which Asuna and Kirito happily agree to. They decide to go to the Town of Beginnings to see if they can find anybody that knows Yui. Instead, they find a young woman named Sasha and the children she's taking care of being extorted by the Holy Dragon Army for taxes. Asuna attacks their leader, scaring him and the rest of the Army soldiers away. While the family is thanking Asuna for defending them, Yui started panicking, causing a glitch-like occurrence before rendering unconscious again.

星々の裁き！エクシーズ使い「志島北斗」

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As Yuya becomes concerned about what happens to Gong following his defeat, Chojiro tells him about a rumor that those who lose the Friendship Cup are sent to an underground facility to do forced labor cleaning up the garbage the Tops produce. Meanwhile, Reira, who is chosen to duel against Crow's friend Shinji Weber, becomes afraid and runs off to Yuya. When Declan follows after him, Yuya questions him over why he keeps putting Reira in dangerous situations against his will. Declan claims that he coerced Reira into joining the Lancers as he is neccessary to fight against Duel Academy, but Yuya refuses to accept that. When asked directly about why he does not want to duel, Reira answers that he does not want to duel Shinji after he showed him kindness. Seeing this as a sign of Reira's personal growth, Declan arranges for Tsukikage to duel in his place. As Reira returns to his side, Declan recalls how Henrietta found Reira in a war-torn country, stripped of his own sense of self as a defense mechanism.
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While reminiscing about the previous night, Iwai discovers that her hair has not grown back to its original state. Fearful and unsure of how Kiri would react she breaks off all plans with him, much to his dismay. Meanwhile, a unique and deadly Author has set their eyes on a distracted Iwai. In a shopping mall, Iwai meets the Author, a child named Emily, who addresses her as "big sister". Iwai spends time with Emily until they go into a restroom, Emily reveals that she intends to kill the Hair Queen in act for revenge for her dead father. Luckily, Kiri was in the same building and catches Emily. Putting aside of seeing Iwai's hair not grown he reaches the rooftop and battles Emily against her unique Killing Goods "The Opener of Bloody Dissection" a pair of knives.

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Yuya hurriedly meets up with his third opponent, the fortune teller girl Mieru Hochun, who seems disappointed that he does not resemble her ideal 'fated one'. Mieru gets an early lead on Yuya, who struggles against her flip-effect monsters and traps, and brings out the Ritual Monster, Tarotray the Sibylla. As Tarotray's abilities prove effective against Yuya's Pendulum Monsters, Mieru predicts a future that could very well claim Yuya's life.

After a hard fought battle and many losses, the Knights of Blood Oath and other allies defeat the Skull Reaper, boss of the 75th floor. Kirito deduces that Heathcliff is, in fact, Akihiko Kayaba himself, by exposing him as an "Immortal Object". Akihiko paralyzes everyone except Kirito, and reveals that he would have been the final floor's boss. He offers Kirito the chance to face him in a one-on-one duel. If Kirito wins, Akihiko will consider the game beaten and log-out all the remaining players. After giving his best wishes to the others, Kirito accepts the challenge. Asuna sacrifices herself to save Kirito, despite the fact that she is paralyzed and so should be unable to move. After Asuna dies, Kirito is stricken by grief, and attacks Heathcliff with little will. Heathcliff easily kills Kirito, but Kirito overrides the Death system, recovering at zero health and killing Heathcliff. By doing this, the game is declared cleared. Kirito and Asuna find themselves on a mysterious platform high over Aincrad. Heathcliff, or rather, Kayaba, talks to Kirito and Asuna, explaining he just wanted to create a world that everyone imagined in their hearts. He then bids farewell to the couple, and congratulates them on clearing the game. Kirito and Asuna tell one another their real names, Kazuto Kirigaya and Asuna Yukki, and embrace as the world falls apart. To his surprise, Kazuto awakens in a hospital in the real world. Despite being physically weak, he sets off in search of the real Asuna.

The final match of the first round pits Shay against Dennis with Shay determined to learn of Dennis' true intentions. Dennis summons out his Trapeze Magician and three Shadow Makers, while Shay brings out his Revolution Falcon. After Shay eventually manages to destroy Trapeze Magician, he exposes Dennis as a member of Duel Academy as he summons his Fusion monster, Ancient Gear Chaos Giant.
Yuya uses a Pendulum Summon to bring out Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon and destroy all of Declan's monsters. However, Yuya becomes shocked when Declan manages to perform his own Pendulum Summon, bringing out three DDD Hell Armageddon the Cruel End Overlord, and dealing a lot of damage to Yuya. Yuya attempts a counterattack, but he is thwarted by Hell Armageddon's effect. When Declan's turn arrives, his prototype Pendulum Monsters malfunction and disrupt the Pendulum Scale, limiting the monsters he can summon. Before Declan can take advantage of the situation, however, he suddenly receives some urgent news from one of LID's staff and decides to forfeit the duel.
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Yuya, Jean, and the council all recount from their perspective the events that occurred following the Lancers' arrival in City. Meanwhile, as Dennis evades capture, Jean activates his King's Gambit, using microchips to take control of all the Security officers and take the council captive, announcing his plans to make City his own personal kingdom. Elsewhere, Dennis is recovered by Sora, who sends him back home and takes over his mission, while Leo prepares to send Barrett to recover Zuzu and Selena. Unaware of any of this, Yuya and Zuzu prepare for the second round of the Friendship Cup, where Zuzu is set to face off against Sergey.
Putting aside the mystery as to why Julia considers Shay an ally, Zuzu begins her duel against Julia. After Julia summons her Gem-Knight Master Diamond, Zuzu shows the results of her training and Fusion summons Schuberta the Melodious Maestra, managing to defeat Julia's monster and banish one of her Fusion spell cards from the game. However, Julia then brings out her true ace, Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond, to destroy Melodious Maestra and putting Yuzu on the defensive. Staking her duel on Julia's pride as a Fusion user, Zuzu manages to survive Julia's attack and Fusion summons Bloom Diva the Melodious Muse, managing to stop Julia from obtaining an Action Card that would let her stop the attack and winning the duel. Afterwards, Julia gives Zuzu one of her monsters, encouraging her to win the tournament.
Using the effects of both his newly summoned monsters and the Pendulum Monsters he used to summon them, Yuya manages to defeat the Sledgehammer with his Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and win the duel. Yuya's victory brings many potential new students to the You Show Duel School. The new students want to see the Pendulum Summon in action. Yuya participates in an exhibition Action Duel with his friend named Zuzu Boyle. When Yuya attempts to perform a Pendulum Summon, he finds himself unable to summon the monsters he could before. Believing he needed to be in some kind of crisis, Yuya encourages Zuzu to attack him. Yuya once again fails to perform a Pendulum Summon and loses the duel. This leaves the spectators disappointed. After the duel, the spectators learn that Pendulum Summoning requires "Pendulum Cards" that only Yuya has. The spectators accuse Yuya of cheating in his match against the Sledgehammer and storm off. All of them leave except for one young boy named Tate. Tate stands by to show his support for Yuya and decides to join the school. This encourages Yuya to try to master the Pendulum Summon so he can once again receive the applause from before. Meanwhile, someone at Leo Corporation prepares to make a move on Yuya and his Pendulum Cards.

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The next match pits Yugo against Silvio. As Yugo brings out Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, Yuya senses a reaction from Odd-Eyes, soon finding himself mentally connected to Yugo. Silvio brings out the power of his monsters to push Yugo into a corner, but Yugo, strengthened by his unknown connection to Yuya, manages to win the duel.

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Crow takes Yuya and the others to his home to let them lay low, informing them about how the Tops reign over the Commons. They soon learn that Zuzu and Yugo have been spotted nearby and decide to go in search for them. Meanwhile, Dennis, who arrived with Gong, decides to use entertainment to earn some money from the citizens and attract the attention of the media with a duel. Following the duel, Dennis and Gong are approached by a promoter named Gallager, who sees potential in their dueling ability.
Yuya faces his next opponent, quiz expert Eita Kyuando, in a quiz-based Action Duel. Being bad at quizzes himself, Yuya struggles with the field's Action Cards, which all require questions that need to be answered correctly in order to be used. As Eita keeps gaining life points and Yuya keeps losing them, things worsen when Eita activates an Action Card, bringing the quiz field to a new stage.
On the second day of the championship, Gong is set to face against Gen Ankokuji, a former student of his family's dojo who often bullied Yuya. However, Gen has his lackies lead Yuya into an ambush, hoping to weaken Gong's steadfast spirit. Gong prepares to perform a Synchro Summon, but Gen manages to take control of his Tuner monster, further taunting him with the unknown circumstances Yuya is in. However, Zuzu manages to assure Gong that Yuya can handle himself, allowing him to place his faith in Yuya. Gen brings out his ace monster, Battleguard Mad Shaman, to take control of Gong's monster, but Gong, supported by the safe arrival of Yuya, manages to bring out Susanowo and win the match.

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Arriving at the Gossip party, many of the guests were making suspicious remarks. A play depicting the tale of the Hair Queen is the party entertainment. Kiri and Iwai are unknowingly lead backstage to get into costume for the next act, but this will leave one of them hanging. Nakajima set them up, with Iwai in a cage, and uses his Killing Good to hang Kiri as he struggles from getting choked to death to counteract in front of the Byōinzaka sisters and the audience.

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While fishing near a lake, Kirito encounters Nishida, an avid fisherman. He remarks that, despite honing his fisherman skills, he is unable to cook delicious dishes with what he catches. Kirito invites him to his home for Asuna to cook the fish he caught for them. During their meal, Nishida mentions a huge fish he tried to catch many times before but failed, and he asks Kirito to help him. Later, Nishida manages to hook the fish and passes the rod to Kirito to pull it in. The fish is revealed to be a huge monster, which Asuna slays. Soon after, Kirito receives a message from Heathcliff. Kirito and Asuna leave the fishing place to meet up at the Knights of the Blood Oath headquarters, where they learn that a party had been trapped and killed in the 75th leveled boss' room. A team of players from several guilds, including Kirito and Asuna, is being assembled to fight the boss. Once inside, the group is greeted by a terrifying sight - the massive, skeletal form of The Skull Reaper.

As Yuya is pushed into a corner by Chojiro's combo, Crow reveals that Chojiro was once a beloved duelist who taught people to enjoy dueling until he was humiliated by Tops' duelists and got arrested for cheating. Determined to prove the fun of duelling, Yuya manages to create a combo of his own to protect himself from Ameshikou's effects. Encouraged by Yuya, Chojiro reignites his entertainment spirit and fights in his old way, while Yuya responds by winning the duel with his Pendulum Summoning.

All individual love between one person loving another ... is all small parts or small examples of that one universal love ... Singing to the Lord or an individual is, in a way, the same. I've done that consciously in some songs.

Following their sudden teleportation, Zuzu and Yugo end up in the Synchro Dimension at Yugo's hometown of City. Yugo tells Zuzu about how Yuri kidnapped Rin who is Zuzu's Synchro Dimension counterpart. Clear Wing Synchro Dragon sent him to the Xyz Dimension, where he mistook Yuto for Rin's kidnapper. Zuzu clears up the confusion who explains to Yugo about the various versions of herself and Yuya from different dimensions as well as Duel Academy's ambitions. As the two are soon forced to escape from Security, Yugo explains how 99% of the population, known as Commons, live in slums under fear from the privileged 1%, known as the Tops, with Yugo hopes to one day go up against Jack Atlas, a duelist from Commons who rose to become a champion. Just then, an officer from Security known as a Duel Chaser forces Yugo into a Turbo Duel, a high speed duel taking place on their Duel Runners.
Yuya and the other captured duelists are taken to a detention facility, with Selena taken elsewhere while the others are put in a cell, where they reunited with Gong's group. They soon learn about the harshness of prison life, in which inmates use cards as currency to get preferential treatment. The prison's boss, Chojiro Tokumatsu, starts demanding the other's cards, challenging Yuya to a duel when he objects. Chojiro brings out his Synchro Monster, Cardian Ameshikou, which deals damage to Yuya anytime he draws, while also activating a trap that blocks off his ability to Pendulum Summon.
反旗を揚げろ オッドアイズ・リベリオン・ドラゴン
Hanki o Agero, Oddo-Aizu Riberion Doragon

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Yuya continues to be hounded by Sora. Sora keeps asking to be Yuya's apprentice so that he can learn how to Pendulum Summon. After pressure from the others, Yuya agrees to duel against Sora on the condition of having Sora drop the subject of apprenticeship if Yuya wins. After evading Sora's attacks with some well-timed Action cards, Yuya performs a Pendulum Summon and gains the upper hand in the duel. However, Sora brings out the Fusion monster named Frightfur Bear. Sora prepares to get serious.
On the day of the Maiami Championship, Yuya briefly reminisces about his father before Yoko encourages to join up with the others, including Gong who managed to qualify himself, becoming surprised to see Shay among the LID competitors. During the opening ceremony, Yuya is chosen to give the opening statement, which he uses to express his desire to become a pro duelist and make more people love duels. With their first opponents announced, Yuya is to face against Silvio, Yuzu against Julia, and Sora against Shay. In the Junior Championship, Frederick defeats his first opponent, while Ally is set to fight against a strange child seen accompanying Declan.
Julia, shortly joined by Dipper and Kit, finds Shay and confronts him in a battle royale duel. Zuzu, who had spotted Julia on her way back from Yuya's duel, attempts to follow her but is stopped in her path by Yuto. As Zuzu asks Yuto why he is so obsessed about protecting her, he explains that they are trying to rescue Ruri, revealed to be Shay's little sister, who has been captured by an enemy that uses Fusion Summoning. Meanwhile, Dipper, Kit, and Julia bring out their strongest monsters to clear Shay's field and hand and leave him open to attack. However, Shay manages to survive their attack and summons his Xyz monster, Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon, absorbing the power of everyone's monsters and obliterating his opponents. As Yuto parts ways with Zuzu, Declan appears before Shay.
An Exciting Performance!! A Fulfilling Meal!
/ The Innocent Toy: Death-Toy Scissor Bear
As Zuzu, disguised as Selena, is confronted by the Obelisk Force, they are dispersed by Yuri, who traps Halil and Olga into cards. Learning that he is the one who captured Ruri, as well as another girl named Rin, Zuzu confronts Yuri in a duel. Meanwhile, Yugo comes across the Obelisk Force overwhelming the Youth duelists and decides to fight against them, leading Declan to suspect that the Synchro Dimension isn't their enemy like Shay stated. Just as Zuzu is pinned into a corner, Yuri is suddenly warped away by Zuzu's bracelet when Yugo arrives on the scene, with both Zuzu and Yugo becoming warped away when Yuya comes looking for her. Meanwhile, Shay is defeated by Sora just as Selena arrives on the scene.
As the duel begins, Declan uses a risky series of spell cards, which would deal great damage to himself on his next turn, to bring out the Fusion monster DDD Temujin the Blaze Overlord. Instead of being dealt damage by his card effects on his next turn, however, Declan uses a trap to negate their effects, before bringing out the Synchro monster DDD Alexander the Gale Overlord, and the Xyz monster DDD Caesar the Wave Overlord.

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After having to skip breakfast due to his mother, Yoko, attempted to make a complicated recipe, Yuya meets up with his first opponent, Michio Mokota, while Sora begins his attempt to defeat six opponents in a row and earn a spot in the Junior Youth Championship. As Yuya's duel begins, Yuya is put under pressure by both Michio's Royal Cookmate monsters and his own hunger. Yuya attempts to Pendulum Summon his monsters, but Michio uses his Cookmates' abilities to destroy them.
After Gong wins his second round match, Yuya steps up to face Isao, pitting his entertainment dueling against Isao's more violent methods. As Yuya brings out Beast Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Isao recalls how his teacher Ryōzan instructed him to be serious about victory instead of having fun like Yuya. Isao then brings out his Fusion monster, Idaten, the Star of Supreme Victory, using violence to grab Action Cards to power up his monster, though Yuya manages to grab one himself to stay in the game. Cornered, Yuya sees a vision of Yuto merging together with him and summons Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon to win the duel. When Yuya regains his senses, he is met with concerned glares from the audience and disdain from Isao.

The story starts with information that people don't believe that Grayland exist because there is no way that he can kill 200 people. Kiri found Emily at her father's grave as that day is her father's death anniversary. Emily states she will kill Iwai, Kiri wants to get her to be scared of him so that she might stop trying to kill Iwai. But when they fight Kiri loses and ends up falling of the cliff. Just when Kiri thought he would die, he dreamt about the original, he knew that if this somehow can make him stronger then he would do anything. Kiri followed Grayland into a door underground, once inside he found a room filled with corpses and Grayland starts cutting their flesh apart, forcing Kiri to become one with Grayland. Without realizing Kiri stands up with his two hands and feet in the ground with holding his scissor in his mouth in a state of insanity. Kiri cuts Emily's arm. She notices that Kiri has the ability of pain augmentation, at that time she feels her hand hurting so much. When Iwai comes to the scene, she finds Kiri's bag and immediately searches for Kiri, but instead finds Emily with blood everywhere in agony. Emily then admits that Crime Edge is the most brutal Killing Good.

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As the duel begins to heat up, Sora continues to grow more anxious and malicious. As the Fusion Duelist attempts to Fusion Summon multiple Fusion Monsters such as, Frightfur Leo, and Frightfur Sheep, Shay manages to successfully counteract the incoming attacks. Shay reveals his ability to Rank-Up his Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon to Raid Raptors - Blaze Falcon. As Sora becomes more malicious than before, the two Duelists' past is revealed: Sora's people attacked Heartland, Yuto, Shay, and Ruri's home. Being pushed to the edge by Shay's strategies, Sora Fusion Summons Frightfur Mad Chimera. However, Shay manages to Rank Up Raid Raptors - Blaze Falcon even further to Raid Raptors - Revolution Falcon, ending the duel with its destructive damage.
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ダークタウン 奪われたペンデュラム召喚！！

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Gong starts training with Yaiba, while Sora manages to obtain his sixth victory and earn a spot in the Junior Youth Championship. Meanwhile, Mieru continues to put pressure on Yuya with both her fortune telling and her Flip Monsters, using an Action Card to place a lock on Yuya's deck. Despite a chandelier suddenly collapsing, Yuya manages to overcome Mieru's prediction and grab an Action Card to remove the lock. Drawing Zuzu's Polymerization card, which he had accidentally put in his deck during the morning rush, Yuya manages to fuse Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Stargazer Magician to summon Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, using its power to defeat Mieru. Returning the Polymerization card to Yuzu, Yuya becomes determined to seek out more new ways of evolving Pendulum Summoning, though he is first met with dubious affection from Mieru.

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/ Imperial Wrath of Treason - Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon
Tsukikage and Shinji's duel begins, with Tsukikage using Action Cards and his ninja monsters to deal a lot of damage while Shinji fights back with his Bee Force monsters. Meanwhile, Reira, who fears that Declan is favoring Tsukikage over him, worries about what would happen should Tsukikage win. As Tsukikage further strengthens his defense with ninja monsters, Shinji, who harbors strong hatred for Tops due to their subjugation of Commons, rallies the strength of his fellow Commons and brings out his ace monster, Bee Force - Big Ballista the Final Battle, to win the duel, which Declan reveals is part of his plan.
/ At One With The Sword! Synchro User "Yaiba Todo"
Following his duel with Declan, Yuya is frustrated that Pendulum Summoning is no longer something only he can do. Meanwhile, Declan learns that one of LID's teachers, Marco, was injured by an Xyz user, with the time of the incident proving Yuya's innocence. Noticing Yuya letting his anger get the better of him, the You Show school's principal and Zuzu's father, Skip, challenges Yuya to a duel using his father's favorite stage, Magical Broadway. As the duel begins, Yuya is reluctant to use Pendulum Summoning, leading to him getting bested by Skip's Guts Master monsters. After telling Yuya about how Yusho dueled, Skip takes Yuya's Pendulum Cards to perform his own Pendulum Summon, urging Yuya that if he cannot be the only one to use Pendulum Summoning, then he should aim to become the best Pendulum user instead. As Skip decides to end his turn and return Yuya's cards, Yuya remembers his entertaining spirit and wins the duel with his trademark style.
Zuzu is still having doubts about Yuya's identity. She steps up against LID's Fusion specialist named Julia Krystal. Julia quickly summons her fusion monster known as Gem-Knight Topaz. Zuzu destroys it with her Melodious monsters. Julia performs a graveyard fusion to summon her ace monster known as Gem-Knight Master Diamond. Julia uses Gem-Knight Topaz's effect to deal extra damage to Zuzu. Zuzu attempts to grab an Action Card. Zuzu is led astray by a reflection and ends up losing the match. Not feeling interested in participating in the final match, Sora nominates Yuya's friend, Gong, to go up against LID's Synchro user named Kit Blade. As the match begins, Kit brings out two Synchro Monsters known as X-Saber Souza and XX-Saber Gottoms.

Two months after the end of the original SAO incident, Kazuto's sister, Suguha, continues to worry about him. Kazuto goes to the hospital to visit Asuna who, along with 300 other players, has yet to wake up after the SAO incident. It is there that he meets an associate of Asuna's father, Shouzou; and Nobuyuki Sugou, who works for him. Much to Kazuto's fury, Sugou tells him that he intends to be adopted into Asuna's family, while she is still in a coma, as a precursor to marriage. Later at home, Kazuto breaks down before Suguha, who tells him not to give up, despite knowing Kazuto is actually her cousin and harboring her own feelings for him. The next morning, Kazuto receives an e-mail from Andrew Gilbert Mills, Agil's real-life persona, with a screenshot from another game of an avatar, a graphical representation, which resembles Asuna.
After adventuring on the 74th floor, Kirito finds a rare S-class animal with top grade meat. Since he cannot cook well, Kirito decides to sell it to Agil, but he changes his mind when Asuna arrives and tells them that she has mastered her cooking skills. Kirito asks her to cook the meat in exchange for a share of the meal. Asuna's escort Kuradeel, sent by the Knights of the Blood Oath, is against Asuna inviting Kirito to her home as he is a "Beater", but Asuna ignores him. Over the meal, Asuna and Kirito agree to team up to explore the dungeons in the 74th floor and meet the following day. However, Kuradeel appears and challenges Kirito to a duel, promising to leave them alone if Kirito wins. Kirito defeats Kuradeel by breaking his sword but Kuradeel refuses to give up, until Asuna relieves him of his duties and orders him to return to the Knights of the Blood Oath headquarters.

Nakajima has broken the rules of the party causing the host who wish to remain anonymous, Lady Violet Witchy, to intervene and correct Nakajima's behavior. Kiri breaks free from the rope, and finds Nakajima stabbed to death. With the party ended, the police including Kozakura interrogate Kiri and Iwai upon Nakajima's death. Kiri asks Kozakura what she felt of Nakajima, saying he didn't care of having an Instead, but she did like him as she shed tears. Kiri and Iwai then intimate their feelings for each other.

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While Tatsuya faces against Reira in the Junior Class final, Selena, noticing Shay's injuries, helps him escape from Sora with help from the ninja duelists Hikage and Tsukikage. As Hikage holds off Sora, Selena, Shay, and Tsukikage are confronted by more Obelisk Force soldiers. Michio and Teppei soon step in to join the latter duel, but they are both defeated and trapped in cards. As Hikage is dealt the same fate by Sora, Yuya barely manages to hold back the darkness within him and confronts Sora, while Silvio steps in on the other duel.
After taking a large amount of damage from Kit, Gong brings out his monster, Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei, to destroy Gottoms. However, Kit brings out another Gottoms, with Gong barely managing to survive his attack thanks to his monster's ability, and uses its ability to get rid of the other cards in Gong's hand. As Kit strengthens his forces and summons yet another Gottoms, Gong waits for the right moment to use the effect of monsters from his graveyard to force the game into a tie. With Henrietta refusing to leave the battle as a tie, Declan steps up to challenge Yuya for the tiebreaker.

At the 48th floor, Asuna visits her friend, Lisbeth in her blacksmith shop before going off adventuring. The next day, Kirito arrives at Liz's shop in search of a custom-made sword to buy. Much to Lisbeth's shock, Kirito's sword, Elucidator, irreparably breaks her strongest sword. Angry and with her pride hurt, Lisbeth persuades Kirito to let her accompany him to the Western Mountain on the 55th floor to get a rare mineral from a dragon that eats crystals, so that she can use the mineral to make a stronger sword. When they arrive at the Western Mountain, Kirito tells her to hide when he fights the dragon. However, she ignores his advice and emerges from hiding halfway through the battle. The dragon blasts Lisbeth into a deep pit with Kirito jumping in to save her. The next morning, Kirito discovers that the mineral they are seeking, a Crystallite Ingot, is under the snow as the hole is the dragon's nest. The dragon returns and Kirito grabs Liz with him as he stabs the dragon's back, forcing it to carry them out. Now safe with the mineral, Liz creates a new sword, Dark Repulsor, for Kirito and denies the payment. She instead asks Kirito to make her Kirito's exclusive blacksmith and is about to confess her feelings to him, when a worried Asuna suddenly arrives and demonstrates her and Kirito's attraction to each other.

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As the duel begins, Crow becomes worried when he spots the children he looks after being chased around the stadium, prompting him to try and end the duel as quickly as he can. Crow brings out his Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Sudden Shower, but Gong withstands his attack using his Steadfast dueling and brings out Superheavy Maju Kyu-B. Spotting the kids in the crowd again, Crow regains his determination and summons his ace monster, Assault Blackwing - Kusanagi the Sheep Clouds, and wins the duel.

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Kiri is frightened of Emily. Kiri slowly suffers from blood loss by the wounded scar, that Emily had inflicted upon him. Yamane injected some of her own blood into Kiri, said to him that she met the original of her Killing Good, and Kiri immediately set off to find info about Grayland, the original of his Killing Good, so that he can meet Grayland hoping to make him stronger. At the same time, Iwai does research through her father's studies involving the Killing Goods and his adopted daughter - Emily.

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Kiri and Iwai have made plans to cut her hair during a school orienteering trip up the mountains. Iwai is enjoying the new experiences she is having as Kiri frets over his relationship status with Iwai. Tomorrow night, the school trip is thrown into chaos when a new Author of the higher scholars’ makes an attempt on the Hair Queen's assassination after receiving a message from an unknown Gossip observer yesterday. Iwai finds Kiri's scissors in the high school's lodge while seeing the boys under a state of hypnosis.

As Yuya spends countless hours trying to perfect Pendulum Summoning, a boy named Silvio approaches him and Zuzu. Silvio offers to take them and their friends, Tate, Frederick, and Ally, to Leo Institute of Dueling's center court to demonstrate the Pendulum Summon. Upon arriving at the center court, Silvio steals two of Yuya's Pendulum Cards for himself and takes Zuzu and the kids’ hostage. This forces Yuya to face him in an Action Duel to save them. As Yuya traverses the Dark Town field in search of his friends, who are trapped on top of a large tower, he ends up running up against Action Trap cards. The Action Trap cards not only put Yuya at a disadvantage, but the Action Trap cards also put Zuzu and the others at risk as they destroy the environment. Meanwhile, Silvio manages to get both of Yuya's Pendulum Cards in his hand. With guidance from Leo Corporation's CEO, Silvio performs his own Pendulum Summon to bring out three Darts Shooter monsters.

Features some highlights of Episodes 20, 21, and 22.

/ Wannabe Apprentice!? A Strange Fanboy, "Sora Shiunin"
結けつ合ごう魔ま獣じゅうVS進しん化かする隼はやぶさ
Shinken Ittai! Shinkuro Tsukai "Tōdō Yaiba"

―スタンディング・ベイベーション―

As the Turbo Duel begins, being reported on by news reporter Melissa Claire, the Duel Chaser brings out his Synchro Monster, Goyo Chaser, while Yugo responds with his Chambarider. The Duel Chaser soon brings out his ace monster, Goyo Predator, taking control of Yugo's monster to deal him heavy damage, but Yugo uses his trap to bring out Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and win the duel, escaping Security's grasp. Meanwhile, as Yuya, Selena, Silvio, and Reira arrive in City's slums, they are confronted by Security, who believe Yuya and Selena to be Yugo and Zuzu, with Selena and Silvio stepping in to duel in an Action Duel against them.
Following the closing of the Battle Royale, Henrietta reveals to the audience the truth about what is happening. She announces the Lancers are heroes that will protect Maiami City and encourages others to join them. Later, after Yuya informs Skip and Yoko about what happened to Zuzu, Yoko notices Yuya's wavering behaviour. Yoko challenges Yuya to a duel, and she revealed she was once the leader of a woman's dueling gang. When a rival gang took one of her friends hostage, it was Yusho who showed her the importance of fun dueling. Yoko hopes to teach this lesson to Yuya in her duel.

Kapoor at the trailer launch of Dolly Ki Doli in December 2014

Software developer, founder ofMcAfee, Chairman of Future Tense Secure Systems

Selena, believing Dennis to be a survivor of the Xyz Dimension, challenges him to a duel, while Sora and Shay begin their duel. Meanwhile, Yuya, shocked after seeing the Obelisk Force turn the Knights of Duel into cards, once again becomes possessed by Yuto's dark side and challenges the Obelisk Force. After Selena beats Dennis, who didn't want to use Xyz monsters and cause a misunderstanding, she and Zuzu are approached by Obelisk Force soldiers but are aided by the arrival of Declan's team of Youth duelists. Meanwhile, Yuya brings out Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon against the Obelisk Force, just as Gong and Mieru come across him.

The goddess Cleopatra who is beloved of her father

Dennis brings out his Xyz Monster Performage Shadow Maker, which Shay takes control of it to evolve it to Raid Raptors Revolution Falcon, but Dennis manages to summon another Shadow Maker. Before the duel can conclude, however, Security shuts down power in the ring and arrest everyone, including Dennis, Shay, and Gong. Meanwhile, back at Crow's hideout, Yuya and Crow get into a petty argument with each other over how best to make Reira smile and decide to settle it with a duel. Just as the duel gets started however, everyone is ambushed by Security and captured, with the exception of Reira, who is taken by Tsukikage.
/ Judgment of the Stars! Xyz User "Hokuto Shijima"

*Can extend self-repairing exoskeleton
*Projectile spikes
*Later able to produce flaming spikes
* Enhanced Strength

Hiseki no Kishi! Yūgō Tsukai "Kōtsu Masumi"

A month after the Sledgehammer incident, Iwai has been more on guard about Authors, and the students now move to the third-year in spring. Kiri convinces Yamane to act normally. As a change of pace, Kiri asks her if there was any place she wants to visit with her new found freedom. She mentions her father and his travels...and invites Kiri and friends to a food bar. Meeting the employees: Koizumi Houichi a deaf man, and Karuko Hitomi a blind woman with a white piano. Kiri took a step outside to meet Seigi Nakajima an Author with his Killing Good "The Rulebook of Sentencing and Execution" summoning a hanged rope. Before taking action, a police officer Kozakura Zenigata intervenes as Nakajima briefly hangs her to his escape. Later, after the unconscious Kozakura wakes up, Kiri and the Byōinzaka sisters discuss about Nakajima. In the end, it is revealed Karuko's piano is the Killing Good "Pianissimo of Ecstatic Symphony" and Koizumi is her Instead.

Enactment of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 exceeded congressional power under Sec. 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Kirito and Leafa finally reach Central Arun, the capital of Alfheim, located directly beneath the World Tree. However, a sudden announcement of an emergency shutdown for server maintenance prompts the two to find a nearby inn and log out. The next day, Suguha accompanies Kazuto to visit Asuna at the hospital. Meanwhile, in the World Tree, Asuna escapes and stumbles upon a room where experiments are being conducted with the brains of the 300 SAO players trapped in ALO. She attempts to log out of the game by using the GM console inside the room, but is captured by two of Sugou's assistants. However, she manages to snatch a key card before being thrown back into her cell.

The Universe of Knowledge!! Eita Kyuando
デュエルキング「ジャック·アトラス」

Gary Tomlin, Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent

Kirito, Asuna, and Yui are resting at the church, where Sasha takes care of the younger children, until Yulier, second-in-command from the Army, suddenly arrives. Yulier explains that the Army under their leader, Thinker, had good intentions of helping players but as the Army grew bigger, they began abusing their powers. Thinker was going to expel Kibaou over the Gleam Eyes incident, but the latter trapped him in a secret dungeon on the first floor. Yulier asks Kirito and Asuna for help in the rescue. They arrive at Thinker's location in the dungeon, and are attacked by a boss called the "Fatal Scythe". As the boss is about to strike down Kirito, Yui jumps in between them. The boss attacks, but is unable to damage her because she is an "Immortal Object". This means that the system will not allow a damaging blow to her that will cause her to drop into the yellow zone for health. Yui recovers her memories, and reveals herself as an AI, or artificial intelligence, a simulation of human-like intelligence and behaviors. Despite the revelation, Asuna and Kirito still accept Yui as their "daughter", but Yui bids them farewell when she realizes that she is going to be deleted for her interference in the game. Refusing to accept her deletion, Kirito uses the Gamemaster console Yui left behind to save Yui's data to a game item, "Yui's Heart".

Iwai carries the wounded Emily as a forest fire spreads. She sympathizes with Emily telling her how much their father cared about them. The murderous Kiri appears and walks up to Iwai touching her body and then violently cuts her hair. Kiri then regains consciousness and passes out. Iwai comprehends the fear within her, and her hair suddenly grows long again. Later, Kiri is being hospitalize at a clinic owned by the Gossip after Emily called for a rescue department. Iwai and Emily take a bath together as they recover from their injuries and form a sister-like relationship. Emily intimates Iwai if she and Kiri are dating or ever had sex, Iwai admits she has feelings for Kiri, in spite of how scary he can be. Meanwhile, Kiri wakes up on a hospital bed and receives an unexpected visit from Lady Violet Witchy. She gives Kiri a rough discussion on the Killing Goods and their Authors. Then she impulsively gives him his first kiss before saying that his days as a murderer are far from done. The next day, Kiri is overjoyed to be cutting Iwai's hair once again with his scissors. During the credits, we see flashes of various events that Kiri, Iwai and co. go through following this episode, hinting that there may be another season to come.

Declan and Selena recall that they once met each other three years ago when Declan accidentally stumbled into Duel Academy. Declan came across Selena and helped her to escape from some of Leo's guards, but they were soon caught by Leo, who took Selena away before explaining everything about the different dimensions to Declan before sending him back to Standard. As Declan tries to reason with Selena, who wants to prove her worth to Leo by defeating Xyz Duelists, Barrett activates a device on his Duel Disk, alerting Duel Academy to his position before teleporting back there, while Selena takes her leave. Back at Duel Academy, Leo sends Sora on a mission to capture Selena. The next day, Yuya and the other remaining duelists learn that the championship's third round will be a Battle Royale across the entire city, in which duelists can obtain Pendulum Cards. This is revealed to be a plan by Declan to distract the Junior Youth duelists while the Youth class fight against any invaders.
As Declan continues to work on his own Pendulum Summoning in preparation for the tournament, Yuya tries to figure out how to bring Pendulum Summoning to its next evolution. Meanwhile, Julia approaches Zuzu and Sora about the masked duelist, having come across the incident where the LID students disappeared. Julia prepares to duel against Zuzu, but is suddenly confronted by Shay, who attempts to duel against her. However, the other masked duelist, Yuto, shows up and knocks out Shay, who believed Zuzu to be a girl named Ruri, before warning Zuzu not to use Fusion Summoning. Just as Yuya arrives with Kit and Dipper, Zuzu's bracelet glows again and Yuto disappears once more. As the group disperses, Yuya comes across the Polymerization card that Zuzu dropped.
Yuya duels against Silvio, who brings out a new Yousen deck to cause problems for Yuya. To Yuya's surprise, Silvio brings out his own Pendulum monsters and Pendulum Summons Mayosenju Daibak, and uses its ability to return Yuya's Pendulum Cards and Monsters to his deck. Despite being backed into a corner, Yuya remains excited and pushes onward.
/ Knight of the Secret Stone! Fusion User "Masumi Kotsu"
As Gong shows the power of his Susanowo, Yuya uses his Pendulum Summoning and Action Cards to protect himself from Gong's attacks. Yuya then manages to draw a new monster, Performapal Trump Witch, using its ability to Fusion Summon Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Though Gong manages to defend against Yuya's attack, Yuya uses an Action Card to draw a crucial card, allowing him to perform another Fusion Summon and evolve Rune-Eyes into Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and win the match, earning his place in the championship. Meanwhile, at the LID, Declan, who had arranged for Julia and the others to have their memories of Shay erased, thinks that Yuya might have the power to protect this world.

An invitation to a Gossip party has Kiri and Iwai nervous. While preparing for the party, people in their life remark about the changes they are going through.

"Smile World" - A Duel Filled With Smiles

Manufacturer of Mrs. Capwell Chocolate Cookies

Features some highlights of Episodes 9, 10, and 11, with Yui as the special guest. Heathcliff substitutes for Yui as trivia guide.

A New Boundary - Superheavy Koujin Susano-O
Following his mother's advice, Yuya regains his entertainment spirit and wins against Yoko. She gives him the 'Smile World' spell card that bonds her and Yusho. The next day, Declan gathers together the Lancers, which now include Reira. Declan announces they will be going to recruit allies in the Synchro Dimension, where it is revealed Zuzu has been taken to. Given new trans-dimensional Duel Disks, the Lancers set off for the Synchro Dimension.

The great one, sacred image of her father

Before his duel with Duel Chaser 227, Yuya tries to tell the others what happens to the losers, only to find that no one in the audience cares. As Yuya summons his Odd-Eyes, Duel Chaser 227 summons the Fusion Monster he received from Jean, Goyou Emperor, to take control of Yuya's monsters. However, Yuya brings out a new monster, Odd-Eyes Saber Dragon, to recover his monsters and win the duel, though soon comes to regret his victory.

Features some highlights of Episodes 12, 13, and 14, with Heathcliff as the special guest.

/ The Strongest Evolution Of Dueling!! Its Name is Action Duel

Arthur Baker, Maurice Starr, Michael Jonzun

With the Battle Royale underway, Yuya comes up against a pair of duelists from Ryōzanpaku, Umesugi and Takeda, leaving him worried about losing control again. Meanwhile, Zuzu and Gong each end up facing against LID exchange students, Halil and Olga, which ends up becoming a Tag Duel when Zuzu inadvertently slips into Gong's match. As Yuya struggles against Umesugi and Takeda's rough play and Fusion monsters, he is suddenly aided by another duelist named Dennis MacField.
Yuya, Silvio and Chojiro arrive at the facility's roof, where they are confronted by the Arrest Corps., who force them into a Battle Royale. As Security summons out their ace monster, Goyo King, Gong and Shay arrive on the scene to defeat them. Reuniting with Crow and the others, Yuya and the others fall into a trap laid out by chief of Security, Jean-Michel Roger. Before Jean can take custody of them however, powers from higher up request that they be taken to a trial, where Declan, along with Reira and Tsukikage, explains the situation to Jean and the judges. Asked to prove what they're saying is the truth, Declan requests that everyone be entered into the Friendship Cup, which Yuya learns Zuzu will be participating in. Jean agrees on the condition that Yuya face off against Jack Atlas in an exhibition match.
As Shay barely withstands Chaos Giant's attacks, Dennis reveals how he helped Yuri capture Ruri. Angered by Dennis' treachery, Shay summons Raid Raptors - Satellite Cannon Falcon, using its ability to weaken Chaos Giant before unleashing a powerful attack to defeat Dennis. As the Executive Council prevents Declan from leaving their sight, Yuya, coming to understand Yuto's rage, takes on his feelings, resolving to put a stop to the interdimensional war.

During a meeting between guilds on the 56th floor, Asuna, who has become Vice Commander of Knights of the Blood Oath, the most powerful guild in SAO, proposes a plan to lure a boss they are fighting into a village. However, Kirito opposes the plan, as the non-player character villagers will be killed. A month later, on the 59th floor, Asuna finds Kirito taking a nap, and chastises him for being lazy. Kirito persuades her to relax, and she falls asleep. To repay him for guarding her while she was asleep, Asuna offers to buy dinner for him, but their meal is interrupted by a scream. They rush out of the restaurant to find a player, Kains, hanging outside a church, impaled with a spear. He dies immediately after. Fearing there is an unknown player versus player skill, they began to investigate the murder. Later, Yolko, Kains' girlfriend, mentions someone may have been spotted behind Kains as he was impaled. After informing Yolko of their discovery, she explains to them how she and Kains are related to Grimlock. But during her explanation, Yolko is abruptly killed by a dagger thrown from the window.

決闘最強進化系！！その名はアクションデュエル

Suguha reminisces about how she started virtual reality gaming, and meets up with Recon's real-life persona, Shin'ichi Nagata. She informs him that she will be leaving their party to join Kirito. Later, she logs-in as Leafa and begins to lead Kirito to the World Tree, which stands in the center of Alfheim. However, before their departure, a member of Leafa's party, Sigurd, is disappointed that she "betrayed" her other members. Annoyed about how they treat Kirito, Leafa announces that Kirito is her new partner. Later during their travels, Kirito and Leafa arrive at a landing point, where they take turns logging out to refresh themselves. Meanwhile, Asuna learns from Oberon that Kirito is still alive, and secretly obtains the key code for her cage's lock.

U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV; Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb et seq.

Kirito teams with Asuna as they clear the dungeon and discover the boss' room on the 74th floor. The room contains a formidable beast - a humanoid chimera with ram's horns, a gigantic sword, and a living snake for a tail - the Gleam Eyes. They flee from the room to another part of the dungeon, where they encounter Klein and his guild. The Aincrad Liberation Force appear, visibly exhausted from exploring the floor. As the soldiers rest, their leader Corbatz demands Kirito give them the map he made of the floor. Despite Asuna and Klein's protests, Kirito complies with his request. Corbatz and the soldiers march on into the dugeon, and the others follow them to check that they do not engage the boss; however, they arrive to see the soldiers badly hurt and Corbatz dead. Not wanting to see more people die, they start to charge at the boss to protect the survivors. Kirito is forced to use his unique Dual Blades skill to slay the boss with Starbust Stream combo of 16 hits. Shortly after the battle, Kirito's unique skill becomes the talk of Aincrad, which attracts the attention of Heathcliff, the Commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath. He then challenges Kirito to a duel. If Kirito wins, Asuna is allowed to leave the guild and join his side, but if he loses, Kirito must join the Knights of the Blood Oath. Kirito agrees to the terms and accepts Heathcliff's challenge.

Yuya joins the Battle Royale duel and summons Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, which causes both him and Yuto to feel a strange sensation when it resonates with his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Sora, further angered that Yuto was going easy on him, reveals that he is from another world known as the Fusion Dimension, while Yuto and Shay are from the Xyz Dimension. Sora attempts to summon his next Fusion monster, but is suddenly dragged back to the Fusion Dimension by his Duel Disk. Putting a stop to their duel, Yuya questions Yuto, who explains his that homeworld, the Xyz Dimension, was attacked one day by the Fusion Dimension, who turned its citizens into cards. Yuto further reveals there is also a Synchro Dimension, while Yuya's homeworld, Standard, is the one that connects them all. As Yuya vents that duels are supposed to be used for entertainment instead of war, a portal suddenly opens and a duelist appears, bearing the same face as Yuya and Yuto.
反逆の逆鱗 ダーク・リベリオン・エクシーズ・ドラゴン

* Kevin O'Leary
* Barbara Corcoran
* Daymond John
* Robert Herjavec
* Lori Greiner
* Mark Cuban

Gallager brings Gong and Dennis to an underground Turbo Duel ring, where Shay is already participating in the search for strong duelists to join the Lancers. Meanwhile, as Yuya hears from Crow about how Tops and Security used Turbo Duel to subjugate the Commons who invented it, Serena and Silvio grow tired of waiting and decide to go off in search of information. Back at the underground duel ring, Shay, who needs one more consecutive win to enter the Friendship Cup where he could potentially fight against Jack Atlas, duels against Dennis in a Turbo Duel. As both duelists bring each other's life points down to 100, Dennis' Pendulum Summon attracts attention from Security.
After Silvio is defeated in one turn, Yuya decides to use his entertainment dueling to fight against his opponent while protecting Reira. As Selena defeats her opponent, only to be surrounded by more Security, Yuya brings out his Pendulum Summoning to provide an opportunity for Selena to escape with Reira, but she refuses. Just then, they are rescued by a group of Turbo Duelists, led by Crow Hogan.

The duel, which is a battle of two players between Kirito and Heathcliff is held at an arena where a large crowd is gathered. Asuna warns Kirito to be careful about fighting Heathcliff, as he has also a unique skill called Divine Blade, which grants him maximum strength and defense. Just as Kirito is about to deal the winning strike, Heathcliff mysteriously manages to parry it and defeats Kirito, while. Now a member of the Knights of the Blood Oath, Kirito is questioned by Asuna about the reason for his strong aversion to joining guilds. After he confides in her about what happened to the Midnight Black Cats, Asuna comforts Kirito and says she will protect him. Later, Kirito is asked by a fellow member, Godfree, to follow him and a seemingly remorseful Kuradeel to the 55th floor dungeons for a skill assessment. As they stop for a break, Kirito notices too late that the water he and Godfrey drank causes a paralyzing effect. Kuradeel reveals that he is a member of the Laughing Coffin and he intends to kill both Godfree and Kirito, and kills Godfree. However, the latter is saved by the arrival of Asuna, who has tracked them on her map. Kuradeel surrenders to Asuna, but then attacks her by surprise. Kirito defends Asuna and kills Kuradeel. Asuna apologizes to Kirito, saying that she should now stay away from him, but Kirito kissed her instead. Later in Asuna's home, Kirito proposes marriage to Asuna.

At the opening ceremony of the Friendship Cup, Zuzu, who had come to spectate with Yugo, is surprised to see Yuya participating. Yuya soon begins his Action Turbo Duel against Jack, who declares he will win in three turns. Jack brings out his first Synchro Monster, Red Wyvern, while Yuya brings out Rune Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, with Jack managing to survive Yuya's attack thanks to an Action Card. Jack then brings out his ace monster, Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend, using its power to defeat Yuya.
The Howling Whirlwind - Yōsen Lost Tornado!

Cover of the first DVD volume released by Aniplex of America.

A Difficult Problem!? Attack Duel Quiz!!

Leafa, a Sylph player, thanks Kirito for saving her from the attack of player-hunting Salamanders and teaches him how to fly properly. They travel to the Sylph Territory , where they meet one of Leafa's party members, Recon. Leafa and Kirito go to an inn and have a conversation about how he can get to the top of the World Tree. Seeing Kirito's determination to reach the top of the tree, Leafa decides to help and asks him to meet her at the inn the next day. When Leafa logs-out, it is revealed that she is actually Suguha. Meanwhile, Asuna is seen in a gigantic bird cage at the World Tree, held by the Gamemaster, Oberon the Fairy King.

While Declan is informed of a large amount of Fusion activity in the city, Zuzu, who is continuing her Fusion lessons from Sora, continues to think about the mysterious stranger, with her bracelet mysterious glowing again before Yuya arrives. Meanwhile, the stranger, who was waiting nearby, is suddenly transported to the middle of the city, where he encounters one of his acquaintances, Shay. The next day, Declan and Henrietta discover that Marco, along with another ace LID duelist, have been sealed inside some cards, believing it to be a different culprit from the one who attacked Silvio. Silvio's father, who still believes Yuya to be the culprit, has some LID duelists chase after Yuya. However, they are confronted by Shay, who summons the Xyz Monster which traps the duelists inside cards, knocking Yuya out in the process. By the time Yuya wakes up, everyone is gone, leading him to assume it was just a dream, as he goes with Nico to face his next opponent.
Shay and Sora finally come face-to-face in battle after Yuya's duel with Silvio. As Sora entertains the crowd with his cute monsters, Shay starts talking about the battlefield he faced with his friends - something that confused Sora. Sora Fusion Summons his ace monster, only to have it destroyed on Shay's turn, by his Xyz monster.