Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Scale 001
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| English | The Name Is Phantom!! | ||||||||||
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| Series | Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V | ||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||
| Japanese magazine | V Jump 2015 #10 | ||||||||||
| English magazine | Weekly Shonen Jump | ||||||||||
| Volume | 1: "The Name is Phantom!" | ||||||||||
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| Japanese | August 21, 2015 | ||||||||||
| English | August 24, 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Next | "Yuto vs. Sawatari!" | ||||||||||
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"The Name Is Phantom!!" (その
This chapter was first printed in Japanese in the October 2015 issue of V Jump, released on August 21, 2015, and in English in the August 24, 2015 issue of Weekly Shonen Jump.
Reiji Akaba and the Leo Corporation pursue a mysterious Entertainment Duelist nicknamed "Phantom", who has hacked into their Solid Vision system.
Summary[edit]
In Maiami City, the development of the Solid Vision system, holograms with real mass applied to them, has transformed the world, bringing society into a new era. This new technology gave rise also to Action Dueling, which uses Solid Vision to bring Duelists into all-too-real environments. In Maiami City, it is a peaceful time, but what most don't know is that a future of destruction is already fast approaching. The Pendulum of destiny has already begun to swing.
In the city, Syuzo Hiiragi, owner and manager of the Syu Zo Duel School addresses his students. He gives them a grand speech on belief: that they should believe in themselves, and in the future. He is about to lead them in saying the school's motto, when he is interuppted by a paper fan applied directly to the back of the head. Yuzu Hiiragi, Syuzo's daughter and co-manager of the school, angrily tells him to stop the act and face reality: paying the rent and utilities for the school that month have put their funds in the red again. Syuzo looks around at his students, who as it turns out don't exist, as the school has no students. Yuzu continues that unless they start getting enrollments soon, the entire school will go under. Syuzo meekly agrees.
Out in the city again, a cloaked stranger wearing a mask wanders along the port. He happens across a sniffling child, who explains that there was a Duel tournament hosted by Leo Corporation that day, but he had overslept and missed it. The young boy begins crying in earnest, as he had very much wanted to see a dragon come to life with Leo Corporation's Solid Vision system. On seeing the child so unhappy, a voice in the stranger's head tells him that he can't just leave the child like this, to which the stranger reminds the voice that they're supposed to be on the run and can't afford the risk. But the voice knows it will work out somehow, and in a flash of light, the stranger takes control of the Solid Vision system to bring out "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon", delighting the child.
In the Leo Corporation tower, the central mainframe for the entire Solid Vision system, a technician confirms the prescence of "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon" in the city, and that its owner is on the move traveling north. Upon hearing this, Reiji Akaba, the president of Leo Corporation concludes that "The Phantom" has finally revealed himself, and orders his special task force to move out and apprehend him. On the rooftops, the stranger admonishes the voice in his head for taking such a dangerous risk, but the voice has no regrets: he's an Entertainment Duelist - making people smile is what he does.
Back at the school, Yuzu dejectedly stares at all the red notes in their bank notes. At that moment, they hear the sound of helicopters overhead, and they rush outside to see a full squadron of Leo Corporation helicopters in pursuit of something. That reminds Yuzu of the rumor of "The Phantom", an Entertainment Duelist who has been hacking into and taking control of the Solid Vision system for unknown purposes. If Leo Corporation is out in such full force, then they must have found Phantom. She muses to herself that if they could convince a Duelist with such a reputation to teach at their school, for four-and-a-half dollars an hour (shocking her father with how cheap an offer that is), then hordes of prospective Duelists would flock to the school, and she'd finally have all the money she's ever dreamt of having. Yuzu sets off to find her future employee.
In the squad of three helicopters, Shingo Sawatari, inside the first helicopter, orders the other two to pull forward and trap Phantom in a pincer. Shun Kurosaki in the second helicopter balks at the idea of Sawatari giving out the orders on this mission. Sora Shiunin in the third helicopter thinks to himself that this all seems a bit excessive for one hacker. From his viewpoint in the tower, Reiji Akaba ponders the true identity of Phantom - Yuya Sakaki, who holds the future of the world in his hands.
At the chase, the helicopters quickly close in on Phantom. The voice in his head sounds excited by the fact as the lead helicopter descends. A figure leaps from the vehicle, telling Phantom - or if he prefers, "Yuya Sakaki" - that he is cornered, and that he, Shingo Sawatari shall be his opponent in an Action Duel. Phantom stoically accepts the challenge and removes his mask. And though he looks similar to their description of Yuya Sakaki, the young man declares that he is not who they're looking for, shocking everyone present. He declares that he will still be Sawatari's opponent.
Featured cards[edit]
The following cards appeared in this chapter. Cards in italics debuted here.
Yuya Sakaki
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