Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 202

Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 202

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh!
Number	202
Season	5
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes (season 5)
Previous	"Memoirs of a Pharaoh"
Next	"The Intruder - Part 2"

Summary

Thief King Bakura on the Offensive

• Shadi is guiding Yugi & his friends inside the Millennium Puzzle to find the Pharaoh. They all hold hands and Shadi recites these words: "And now, in the name of the Great Pharaoh, I shall invoke the sacred energies of the Millennium Key. Please guide us through the mystic labyrinth of the Millennium Puzzle".
• Meanwhile, Thief King Bakura storms the imperial palace and enters the Pharaoh's Royal chamber. He brings an ancient sarcophagus with him. It is that of Aknamkanon, the father of Pharaoh Atem (NOTE: at this point in the story, Atem's real name is still not known to him or the viewers).
• Priest Seto calls for a Stone Tablet to be brought, and Thief King Bakura to face a Millennium Trial.
  • However, Karim's Millennium Scale is unable to find balance: that means the evil within Bakura is immeasurable. Aknadin confirms it with his Millennium Eye: "[he] sees a darkness that knows no bounds. His soul is a bottomless pit in which thrives a terrifying creature".
  • Shada activates his Millennium Key to reveal the beast within Bakura's soul. He sees the most powerful being he ever witnessed. He tells the other Sacred Guardians that the Sealing Tablet they brought is far too small.
    • Priest Seto and Aknadin reply: "Ridiculous! We've never had any difficulty before!"

Let the Ultimate Shadow Game begin!

• Bakura's ka is revealed: it is Diabound.
  • Priest Seto activates his Millennium Rod and seals the monster's creature inside the tablet. Not for long however, because Diabound immediately frees itself.
• Meanwhile Yugi & his friends are finally transported inside the Millennium Puzzle, and the scene shifts to KaibaCorp. Seto is asking himself questions about the Millennium Eye Bakura gave him before departing for Egypt.
• The Sacred Guardians unite and activate their DiaDhanks (ancient devices similar to Duel Disks used to Summon monsters). The Pharaoh realizes he is witnessing the beginning of Duel Monsters and one of the first Shadow Games.
  • Priest Seto Summons "Garess Gola" (spelling? it is called Gales Glass in Japanese). Bakura Summons another monster, "Winged Sage Facos": it attacks & destroys Priest Seto's monster.
    • Bakura reveals the DiaDhank he is holding originally belonged to Aknamkanon, and that "Winged Sage Facos" was one of Aknamkanon's protective monsters. Bakura stole the DiaDhank from Aknamkanon's tomb, and is now able to Summon all other monsters that were guarding the Pharaoh's eternal rest.
      • Bakura also reveals Aknamkanon was a tyrant, and ravaged Bakura's village when he tried to fashion the 7 Millennium Items in an attempt to increase his own power.
        • Aknadin accuses Bakura of lying, and that in reality Aknamkanon put an end to the great wars which ravaged his great nation, bringing peace & prosperity, he then created the 7 Millennium Items to ensure that harmony would reign forever in Egypt.
          • Bakura replies the Millennium Items were made to react with the inner darkness of the person that holds them. Which makes the Sacred Guardians evil-doers themselves! He also reveals the secret of King Aknamkanon's quest for power lies in the village of Kul Elna (the mention of the village strikes a chord with Aknadin), where a "Millennium Stone" is buried. By placing the 7 Items inside this stone ultimate power would be bestowed upon their bearer.
  • The Shadow Game continues:
    • Priest Seto Summons "Battle Ox".
    • Karim Summons "Bastet".
    • Isis Summons "Spiria".
    • Shada Summons "Zalur".
    • Aknadin Summons "Gardius".
    • Mahad Summons "Illusion Magician". It attacks & destroys Bakura's "Winged Sage Facos".
      • Bakura's Diabound counter-attacks: "Bastet", "Zalur", and "Gardius" are destroyed; "Battle Ox", "Spiria", and "Illusion Magician" are knocked back.
    • Priest Seto Summons "Mystic Horseman". Karim calls on the power of his Millennium Scale to fuse "Mystic Horseman" & "Battle Ox" and form "Rabid Horseman" (the Pharaoh exclaims this must be the origin of monster Fusion!). It attacks Bakura's Diabound but is incapacitated.
      • Mahad's "Illusion Magician" casts his power of Binding Illusion (which strikes a very close resemblance to "Spellbinding Circle"). Diabound is temporarily immobilized, but frees itself thanks to his Shockwave attack: "Rabid Horseman" and "Illusion Magician" are destroyed, "Spiria" and the Sacred Guardians are knocked back.
  • Diabound attacks the Guardians again. Isis's "Spiria" activates its shield: the attack is slowed down, but "Spiria" is destroyed and Isis is knocked back.

"Justice lies with the Egyptian Gods..."

• The Pharaoh enters the battle. As he leans over the sarcophagus of his father, he hears a voice telling him "justice lies with the Egyptian Gods".
  • The Pharaoh activates his own DiaDhank, and Summons "Obelisk the Tormentor".
    • Bakura activates his Diabound's "Burst Stream of Destruction" attack (obtained during Episode 200, when Yami Bakura's "Diabound Kernel" destroyed Seto's "Blue-Eyes White Dragon") and counters Obelisk's "Fist of Fury" (NOTE: in the English dub, Diabound's attack is wrongly translated to "White Lightning Attack" i.e. Blue-Eyes's ordinary attack; in the original Japanese, "Burst Stream" is correctly referred to).

(Battle concludes next episode)