Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 077

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 077

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Number	77
Season	2
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episodes (season 2)
Previous	"Hard Knox"
Next	"The Adventures of Artimus Stanleyus"
Cards
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"Rule Duel", known as "Disorderly Duels Are Against School Rules!? Sally Forth! Special Disciplinary Commander" in the Japanese version, is the seventy-seventh episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It first aired in Japan on October 28, 2012 and in the United States on September 7, 2013.

Yuma's been appointed Class Representative! While Yuma is quite eager and willing to do the job, Caswell Francis, known by all as "Class Representative", has mixed feelings about this. The Student Council President appears before Caswell, appointing him as the "Chief Disciplinarian". The Chief Disciplinarian's job is to crack down on violations of school rules, which ends up angering a lot of students at the academy. In order to stop this ridiculous system, Yuma challenges the Student Council President, who turns out to be under Barian control, to a Duel!

Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo vs. Carlyle Chesterton

For this duel, Caswell Francis may returns card to player's hand.

Turn 1: Yuma
Yuma Normal Summons "Gagaga Magician" (1500/1000). Caswell returns the card to Yuma's hand as its attire is a violation of the school's dress code. Yuma Sets a card.

Turn 2: Carlyle
Carlyle activates "Mirror Stage of Discipline", which will cause the ATK and DEF of all face-up monsters to remain at their original values. He Normal Summons "Tamagushi the Righteous" via its own effect without Tribute by reducing its ATK to 0. Due to "Mirror Stage", its ATK remains at its original value (1000/2200). As he controls a "Priestess" monster, he Special Summons "Sakaki the Honor Student" (1600/1200) from his hand in Attack Position, though it may not attack this turn. He overlays his two Level 6 monsters to Xyz Summon "Norito the Moral Leader" (2700/2000) in Attack Position. "Norito" attacks directly, but Yuma activates his face-down "Impenetrable Attack", which would reduce the Battle Damage to 0. Carlyle activates the effect of "Norito", detaching an Overlay Unit ("Norito" ORU 2 → 1) to negate the effect of a Spell/Trap Card and destroy it. The attack continues (Yuma 4000 → 1300). Carlyle Sets a card.

Turn 3: Yuma
Yuma Sets a monster. Carlyle activates his face-down "Surprise Inspection", flipping the monster face-up. It is "Gagaga Girl" (1000/800). This would be a violation of the dress code, so Caswell moves to return it to Yuma's hand. Yuma activates the Quick-Play Spell Card "Clear Robe", reducing the ATK and DEF of "Gagaga Girl" to 0 and negating its effect to prevent it from leaving the field. Carlyle activates the effect of "Norito", detaching an Overlay Unit ("Norito" ORU 1 → 0) to negate and destroy "Clear Robe". Therefore, Caswell's ruling stands and "Gagaga Girl" returns to Yuma's hand. As Yuma controls no monsters and the effect of his Spell/Trap Card was negated, Yuma sends the "Tatakawa Knight" in his hand to the Graveyard via its own effect to inflict 1500 damage (Carlyle 4000 → 2500). Yuma activates "Monster Reborn", Special Summoning "Tamagushi" (1000/2200) from Carlyle's Graveyard in Defense Position. Yuma Sets a card.

Turn 4: Carlyle
At this point, Caswell stops the ruling. The duel will be conducted as a Normal Duel from this point.

Carlyle draws and activates "Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force", letting him Rank-Up the Rank 6 "Norito" in order to Special Summon a "CXyz" monster of one Rank higher. He performs a Chaos Xyz Evolution, overlaying "Norito" to Special Summon "CXyz Simon the Great Moral Leader" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. He activates its effect, detaching the overlaid "Norito" ("Simon" ORU 1 → 0) to change "Tamagushi" to Attack Position. "Simon" attacks "Tamagushi" with Yuma activating his face-down "Half Unbreak", preventing the destruction of "Tamaguchi" by battle and halving the Battle Damage (Yuma 1300 → 300). As his monster battled and its target was not destroyed, Carlyle activates "Double Check", destroying the monster.

Turn 5: Yuma
Yuma Normal Summons "Gagaga Magician" (1500/1000) and activates "Gagagawind", letting him Special Summon a "Gagaga" monster from his hand with its Level increased by 1. He Special Summons "Gagaga Girl" (1000/800) in Attack Position, with its Level increasing by 1, to 4. Yuma overlays his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon "Number 39: Utopia" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. As "Gagaga Girl" was used as an Overlay Unit with another "Gagaga" monster, its effect activates, reducing the ATK of "Simon" to 0 (3000 → 0). "Utopia" attacks and destroys "Simon" (Carlyle 2500 → 0).

Featured cards

The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

Yuma Tsukumo
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Gagaga Girl Gagaga Magician Tatakawa Knight Spell Cards Clear Robe Gagagawind Monster Reborn Trap Cards Half Unbreak Impenetrable Attack Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Number 39: Utopia

Carlyle Chesterton
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Sakaki the Honor Student Tamagushi the Righteous Spell Cards Double Check Mirror Stage of Discipline Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force Trap Cards Surprise Inspection Extra Deck Xyz Monsters CXyz Simon the Great Moral Leader Norito the Moral Leader

Girag
Spell Cards Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force

Flashbacks
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Tamagushi the Righteous Trap Cards Half Unbreak Extra Deck Xyz Monsters CXyz Simon the Great Moral Leader

Mistakes

Incorrect card backings.

In the original, when "Gagaga Girl" returns to Yuma's hand, his hand contain

• when Carlyle activates Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force His Duel Gazer Disappears.

Differences in adaptations

• The skirt length differences of "Tamagushi the Righteous" are removed from the dub. However, "Tamagushi" still blushes.
• "Gagaga Girl" running toward "Gagaga Magician" is cut from the dub.
• Caswell helping Spencer in a flashback is cut from the dub.
• Caswell's ruling of Tori's, Summer's, and Jen's skirts being too short is changed to "No gossiping!". However, they are still seen blushing.