Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 008

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 008

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Number	8
Season	1
Staff
Screenplay	Shin Yoshida
Director	Takuo Suzuki
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episodes (season 1)
Previous	"The Sparrow, Part 1"
Next	"Feline Frenzy"
Cards
Japanese gallery

"The Sparrow, Part 2", known as "Star Robin is Forever" in the Japanese version, is the eighth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It first aired in Japan on May 30, 2011.

Yuma's Duel against the Sparrow continues. The Sparrow continues to overpower Yuma with more characters from his TV show. However, Astral, who is aware of the characters' ultimate combination, plans a reversal to win the Duel.

Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo vs Nelson Andrews/The Sparrow

Duel continues from the previous episode.

Turn 4: Yuma
Yuma's hand contains "Secret Cyclone", "Heartfelt Appeal", "Attraffic Control" and "Gagaga Magician", while he draws "Kagetokage". Yuma Normal Summons "Gagaga Magician" (1500/1000). As he has Normal Summoned a monster, Yuma activates the effect "Kagetokage", Special Summoning it (1100/1500). Yuma overlays his two monsters to Xyz Summon "Number 39: Utopia" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. Yuma attacks "Beast Warrior Puma" with "Utopia", but Nelson activates his face-down, "Wings of Unity", negating the attack as he controls a "ESPer Star Sparrow" and Special Summoning "Phoenix Beast Galeruda" (2500/1200) from his Deck in Attack Position. Its effect activates, letting Nelson draw a card. Yuma Sets a card to end his turn.

Turn 5: Nelson
Nelson Special Summons "Ironhammer the Iron Giant" (900/3500) in Defense Position as he controls a "ESPer Star Sparrow", "Beast Warrior Puma", and "Phoenix Beast Galeruda". Nelson detaches one of the "Triple-Star Trions" overlaid with "Number 83: Galaxy Queen" to activate its effect, allowing all of his monsters to inflict piercing damage and become immune to being destroyed by battle until Yuma's next End Phase. Nelson attacks "Utopia" with "Galeruda", with the effect of the latter card activating, increasing its ATK by 300 during the Damage Step. Yuma activates the effect of "Utopia", detaching an Overlay Unit to negate the attack. Nelson attacks "Utopia" with "ESPer Star Sparrow", but Yuma detaches a second Overlay Unit to negate the attack. Nelson activates the effect of "Ironhammer", letting the Level 4 "Puman" attack directly (Yuma 2400 → 800). Yuma activates his face-down "Heartfelt Appeal", taking control of "Ironhammer" since he took a direct attack. Fuya Sets a card.

Turn 6: Yuma
Yuma activates "Attraffic Control", preventing Nelson from attacking when he controls three or more monsters. Yuma Sets two cards. During the End Phase, "Ironhammer" returns to Nelson's control.

Turn 7: Nelson
Nelson activates his face-down "Change! Jet Iron", Tributing "Sparrow", "Puman", "Galeruda", and "Ironhammer" to Special Summon "D.D. Jet Iron" (0/0) from his Deck to Attack Position. Its ATK becomes equal the combined total ATK of the Tributed monsters, which is 8000. Yuma activates his face-down "Fiery Fervor", equipping it to "Utopia" and doubling its ATK to 5000. Nelson attacks "Utopia" with "Jet Iron", but Yuma activates his face-down "Secret Cyclone", destroying "Furious Max's Curse" as a monster Yuma controlled had switched control and was Tributed. Yuma then activates his face-down "D.D. Murder Method - Vector Change", switching "Jet Iron" to Defense Position and "Galaxy Queen" to Attack Position. Nelson Sets a card.

Turn 8: Yuma
Yuma attacks "Galaxy Queen" with "Utopia", but Nelson activates his face-down "Star Robin is Forever!", Special Summoning "ESPer Star Sparrow" from his Graveyard in Attack Position with 0 ATK and redirecting Yuma's ATK towards it (Nelson 4000 → 0).

Featured cards

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

Yuma Tsukumo
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Gagaga Magician Kagetokage Spell Cards Attraffic Control Trap Cards D.D. Murder Method - Vector Change Fiery Fervor Heartfelt Appeal Secret Cyclone Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Number 39: Utopia

Nelson Andrews/The Sparrow
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Beast Warrior Puma D.D. Jet Iron ESPer Star Sparrow Ironhammer the Iron Giant Phoenix Beast Galeruda Triple-Star Trion x2 Spell Cards Furious Max's Curse Trap Cards Change! Jet Iron Star Robin is Forever! Wings of Unity Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Number 83: Galaxy Queen

Cast

Japanese character name	Japanese voice actor	English character name	English voice actor
Yuma Tsukumo	Tasuku Hatanaka	Yuma Tsukumo	Eli Jay
Astral	Miyu Irino	Astral	Marc Thompson
Kotori Mizuki	Mikako Komatsu	Tori Meadows	Eileen Stevens
Tetsuo Takeda	Makoto Shimada	Bronk Stone	Sean Schemmel
Fuya Okudaira	Yuichi Iguchi
Fuya's Mother	Kaori Yamagata
Young Yuma	Mika Ito
Voice	Yuriko Yamaguchi
Other	Daichi Endo, Manabu Sakamaki, Yasuaki Takumi