Difference between revisions of "Virtual World (arc)"

Japanese
Japanese	バーチャル世（せ）界（かい）
Base	バーチャル世界;
Furigana	バーチャルせかい
Romaji	Bācharu Sekai;

"Virtual World"
Names
English	Virtual World
Japanese
Japanese
Japanese	バーチャル世（せ）界（かい）
Base	バーチャル世界;
Furigana	バーチャルせかい
Romaji	Bācharu Sekai;
Arc
Medium	Anime
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh!
Original run	March 12, 2002–August 27, 2002
First episode	98: "A Virtual Nightmare"
Last episode	121: "Burying the Past - Part 2"
Chronology
Previous	"Battle City (part 1)"
Next	"Battle City (part 2)"

Latest revision as of 15:31, 2 April 2024

Story 4: Virtual World (Ｓｔｏｒｙ（ストーリー）４バーチャル世（せ）界（かい） Sutōrī Shi: Bācharu Sekai) is a story arc in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime that starts the third season of the second anime series. It is sometimes referred to as The Noah Arc or Noah's Arc, by fans and by 4kids Entertainment. In the English dub, this arc and Battle City part 2 are referred to as Enter the Shadow Realm.

The arc does not appear in the manga. Originally created in order to allow for more distance between the anime and the manga, the arc bisects the Battle City story arc and serves as a side adventure for the protagonists. Many of the characters introduced in the Battle City arc still appear but play a minimal role.

Appearances[edit]

Characters[edit]

Cards[edit]

Monster[edit]

Normal

Effect

Ritual

Fusion

Token

Magic[edit]

Trap[edit]

Non-Physical[edit]

Dark Magician Knight

Games[edit]

Winners are in bold.

Game	Players
Duel	Yami Yugi	Gansley
Chess	Seto Kaiba	Mokuba Kaiba
Duel	Téa Gardner	Crump
Duel	Joey Wheeler	Johnson
Duel	Serenity Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, Duke Devlin	Nezbitt
Duel	Seto Kaiba	Leitcher
Duel	Yami Yugi & Joey Wheeler	The Big Five
Duel	Seto Kaiba	Noah Kaiba
Duel	Yami Yugi	Noah Kaiba
Duel	Seto Kaiba	Gozaburo Kaiba

Gameplay Mechanics[edit]

The large majority of the story arc revolves around a new gameplay element, which is created specifically for this story arc, known as the "Deck Master". In these Duels, each player would select a Deck Master, which begins the game outside of the playing field. Each Deck Master has a unique special ability, which can be used at any point in the Duel as many times as desired. It is to be noted that even Deck Masters which otherwise have no special abilities (such as Normal Monsters) have a special Deck Master ability. As well, it appears that some Deck Masters retain their normal special abilities to be used as their Deck Master abilities, such as "Jinzo's" ability to negate all Trap cards and Nightmare Penguin's ATK increase of all WATER-Attribute monsters.

The Deck Master can also be specially Summoned to the field, without any prerequisite such as Tributes, Fusions (for Fusion Monsters) or rituals (for Ritual Monsters). However if the Deck Master is destroyed, its controller automatically loses the Duel. If the Deck Master is itself Tributed or otherwise replaced, the new monster would become the new Deck Master, and the old Deck Master's abilities were lost (in theory, the old Deck Master could be returned by normal means - but without the Deck Master abilities, although this point is not elaborated upon in the story arc). It is not explained how a monster that cannot be specially Summoned, or a monster that can only be Summoned in a special manner (such as "Fusion only") can be designated as a Deck Master, as no such monster was used as a Deck Master in the story arc.

It is also not known whether a Deck Master card counts as against a Duelist's main (or Fusion, if the Deck Master is a Fusion monster) Decks, as this concept is not elaborated upon in the anime.

When a member of Yugi's group Duels in this Virtual World, he/she is given a Duel Disk by their opponent, and they must build a new Deck.

Plot[edit]

Image	English Anime	Japanese Anime	Deck Master
	Gansley	Konosuke Oshita	Deepsea Warrior
	Crump	Shuzo Otaki	Nightmare Penguin
	Johnson	Chikuzen Oka	Judge Man
	Nezbitt	Soichiro Ota	Robotic Knight
	Leichter	Kogoro Daimon	Jinzo

The Virtual World arc can be seen as a sequel to the Legendary Heroes arc (episodes 43-45) as it features The Big Five looking for revenge within a virtual reality system similar to the one they were defeated in.

Entering the virtual realm[edit]

Aboard Seto Kaiba's airship, the eight Battle City finals Duelists prepare to head for Alcatraz (KaibaCorp Island in the English dub), the site of the semifinal and final rounds of the Battle City tournament. However, the trip takes a mysterious wrong turn, and finds itself landing in an undersea fortress - apparently, a mysterious force is set on revenge against Kaiba. Forcing many of its passengers off the ship, the mysterious force leads them into another room, where they reveal themselves to be the Big 5, who are the five former board members of KaibaCorp, who were fired by Kaiba before the Battle City tournament for attempting to take over his company from underneath him.

The Big 5 seek revenge against Kaiba, as well as Yugi Muto for foiling their plans to take over the company on two different occasions (by defeating Maximillion Pegasus and the Big 5's Mythic Dragon in Legendary Heroes). To do so, they force their participation in their own virtual Duel Monsters tournament, in a similar vein to Kaiba's Legendary Heroes games. There was also an added stipulation: if one of the protagonists were to lose, the Big 5 also threatened to take their bodies for themselves and escape into the real world.

It is also noted by the Big 5 that the virtual tournament would require virtual cards, and thus neither "Slifer the Sky Dragon" nor "Obelisk the Tormentor" could be used by Yugi or Seto Kaiba, although players could freely choose their Decks before every Duel.

As the group enter the virtual world, however, they find themselves separated: Yugi in a forest near a lake, Téa Gardner in a canyon, Tristan Taylor, Serenity Wheeler, and Duke Devlin in and around a castle, Joey Wheeler in a mansion, and Seto and Mokuba Kaiba in another forest. Each of the separated groups, as it turns out, faced a different member of the Big 5.

As it turns out, the Big 5 are controlled by Noah Kaiba, the biological son of Gozaburo Kaiba, and stepbrother to Seto and Mokuba. Noah had died (or, in the English dub, had his body "rendered useless") in a traffic accident when he was young, but his mind was preserved in the virtual world. He believes that, as Gozaburo's biological son, he is the true legitimate heir to KaibaCorp, and that he, not Seto, should be the one running the family business.

How Noah enlists the help of the Big 5 is unclear, but it was implied that, as a result of the earlier encounter between them and the main characters, the minds of the Big 5 were similarly preserved in the virtual world (in the English dub, the Big 5 reveal that when Mythic Dragon — the monster at the end of the Legendary Heroes arc — was destroyed, so were their bodies, but not their minds). In the virtual world, each member of the Big 5 would use a different monster as their Deck Master and their personal avatar.

"Kuriboh" using the effect of "Rainbow Blessing"

Gansley, a businessman with a penchant of quoting famous philosophers (in the original) or business acumen (in the English dub) would be the first to Duel, against arguably the strongest of any of the main characters - Yugi. Despite wanting to choose his trusted "Dark Magician", "Kuriboh" chooses itself as Yugi's Deck Master. Forced with this choice, Yugi proceeds to Duel. Gansley's strategy to defeat Yugi was simple - by using a supposedly invincible sacrifice-and-revive combination, he could force Yugi's monsters to attack Yugi directly, without fear of being harmed. Yet, Yugi is persistent, and eventually has the last laugh - by combining "Kuriboh" (who Gansley dismissed as "weak") and "Rainbow Blessing", Yugi could set up a play which could allow a monster to bypass Gansley's defenses, and attack Gansley directly, which he does to win the Duel, using "Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight".

Crump as "Nightmare Penguin"

As Yugi proceeds to find a way to reunite with his friends, Crump manages to trap Téa Gardner into a Duel. Being a competent amateur player in her own right, she chooses a Deck of all-female monsters, including "Dark Magician Girl" as her Deck Master, to which Crump scoffs at, citing it as an unwise decision, thinking that "Dark Magician Girl" would not be effective without her male counterpart (in the English dub, this is replaced by remarks suggesting a perversion towards young girls). As an additional catch, whenever either Duelist lost Life Points, part of their body would be frozen, and encased in ice. Despite being at a disadvantage for most of the match, "Dark Magician Girl" eventually helped Téa by Summoning herself to the field and using her own Deck Master ability, allowing Téa to draw the "Sage's Stone" card. With that card, Téa Summoned "Dark Magician" from nearby Yugi's Deck (thus helping Yugi to find Téa) and win the Duel.

Joey is "on trial"

With Yugi and Téa reunited, the focus shifts to Johnson, who is slated to face Joey Wheeler. Believing he finally escaped the virtual world, and eager to get his hands on Yami Marik for what he did to Mai Valentine, Joey discovers that this was an elaborate trap set by Johnson, who proceeds to Duel him. Johnson manages to get the upper hand in the Duel through a combination of his Deck Master ability, "Clear the Courtroom" (which, at the cost of 1000 Life Points, cleared the field of all cards), as well as the illicit ability of manipulating the outcome of Joey's luck-based moves. Yet, just as it seems that Joey's luck was about to run out, Noah appears and insists that Johnson forfeit the Duel for cheating. Joey, in the spirit of a True Duelist, convinces Noah to let the match continue, knowing well that Johnson would not be able to cheat again, and eventually wins by outwitting Johnson at one of the mind games he claimed to be an expert at.

Tristan falls to Nezbitt.

Tristan Taylor, Duke Devlin, and Serenity Wheeler manage to find each other, yet they find themselves faced off against Nezbitt, who wants to take Serenity's body for his own. With Tristan and Duke willing to protect Serenity from harm, they try to convince Nezbitt that they should take her place, but he settles on a three-on-one Duel. Serenity, despite having never played in a Duel herself, and knowing little about the rules, is relieved that Tristan and Duke would help her along, but miscommunication between Tristan and Duke would ultimately cost Tristan his Deck Master. Crestfallen over Tristan's sacrifice, Duke manages to use his dice tricks and his signature monster, "Orgoth the Relentless", to buy some time. Convinced by her older brother (who had managed to find her) that she, too, must fight in the spirit of a True Duelist, Serenity vows to continue playing. Serenity would ultimately deal the final blow in the match, thanks to her Deck Master, "Goddess with the Third Eye", whose ability allowed her to Fusion Summon monsters without "Polymerization", using the remnants of Tristan's playing field.

Leichter as "Jinzo" squares off with Seto.

With Nezbitt having technically won Tristan's body, Nezbitt uses it to kidnap Mokuba, while Yugi and friends seek to restore Tristan, who now resides in the body of a robot monkey (which is actually a brown version of "Acrobat Monkey"). Kaiba, in pursuit of Nezbitt, encounters Leichter, the last member of the Big 5. Eager to put Leichter aside, Kaiba tries to use his "Crush Card Virus" strategy against him, only to fail as he realizes that Leichter's Deck Master was "Jinzo", which renders the opponent's Trap Cards useless. Combined with "Imperial Order", a card that rendered Magic Cards useless, this left Kaiba with only Monster Cards. Furthermore, Leichter would use "Satellite Cannon", a monster that could only be destroyed by Level 8 monsters or above, and whose power increased the longer it is in play (but only while attacking), in an attempt to ensure his victory. However, Kaiba manages to Summon "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", a Level 8 monster, in time, and uses it to destroy "Satellite Cannon" and win the Duel.

Throughout the Duel, the viewers learn of how Seto took over KaibaCorp: In the Japanese version, on Seto's birthday, he and Mokuba were given 2% shares in KaibaCorp. In the English dub, Seto was given ten million dollars; quite how Mokuba acquired 2% of KaibaCorp is never explained. In the Japanese version, Seto had to return one hundred times the investment within one year, while in the English dub, he merely had to return ten times the investment. Seto had shown his cruel business tactics when he accomplished his feat in just one day, and with that task completed, he managed to get the Big 5 into transferring their shares of KaibaCorp to Seto, so that both Seto and Gozaburo had 49% of the company each. However, Seto had blamed Mokuba for leaking the information out to Gozaburo (when in fact it was Seto himself), making Seto's attempt fruitless. When it seemed that Gozaburo had won, Mokuba then threw a bombshell of his own: he'd never turn his back on his brother, and combined with Seto's 49%, his 2% would be enough to oust Gozaburo from power. It is not completely clear what happened to Gozaburo after this; in both the Japanese and English versions he 'disappears'.

Noah manages to capitalize on Seto blaming Mokuba, and convinces Mokuba through brainwashing that Noah is his true big brother, and that Seto was a nobody. This is part of his plan to slowly take everything Seto has of value from him, and the Big 5 was simply a tool for his means - by making a false promise of bodies, he could manipulate the Big 5 as he wished.

Fall of the Big 5[edit]

"Five-Headed Dragon" arises

Unaware of this, the Big 5 continued to try and take more bodies so that they would not have to share Tristan's, and manage to convince Yugi and Joey into a Duel with everyone's bodies on the line, in a winner-take-all duel. During this Duel, the Big 5 (who started with 8000 Life Points) manage to Summon their signature monster, "Mythic Dragon", by Tributing their five respective Deck Masters. However, it is destroyed by "Mirage Knight", a monster that was Summoned after Yugi and Joey were able to fuse "Dark Magician" and "Flame Swordsman" together (which were, respectively, Yugi and Joey's Deck Masters) to create "Dark Flare Knight", who destroyed itself by attacking "Five God Dragon" and taking no battle damage due to its effect, allowing "Mirage Knight" to be Summoned. The Duel, however, did not end, thanks to the Trap Card "A Deal with Dark Ruler", allowing the Big 5 to Summon a new Deck Master, "Berserk Dragon" - a monster that gradually weakened the longer it stayed on the field. After surviving a round of attacks, Joey, who the Big 5 thought was the weaker link of the two, and was allowed to survive on 300 Life Points, would set up "Dark Magician" by transforming him into "Dark Magician Knight" by using the Magic Card, "Knight's Title", allowing him to use his Deck Master's special ability (which, he explains, would only work on Warrior-Type monsters) and was able to transfer most of the ATK of "Flame Swordsman" directly to "Dark Magician Knight", which was enough to destroy "Berserk Dragon" and win the Duel.

Seven Turns of Heaven's Creation[edit]

With the Big 5 defeated, Noah banishes the five and takes matters into his own hands. He challenges Seto directly, fully intending to take his body in order to escape the virtual world, and claim the position that he believes he deserves. Noah tells Seto that he would win in seven turns, with each turn representing each of the seven days of creation (this detail, like all other religious references, was removed from the English dub). Despite Noah's choice of "Shinato's Ark" as his Deck Master, Seto manages to get into a position in which one of his monsters could attack either of Noah's two monsters and win the Duel. However, Mokuba suddenly appears to support Noah, effectively stopping Seto from attacking Noah's monsters for fear that Mokuba would be hurt.

Noah faces off against Kaiba

Because of this, Seto had effectively played into Noah's hands: Noah was never in any danger of losing the Duel, thanks to another of his Deck Master's abilities that gave him Life Points based on the number of discarded monsters. Now with the upper hand, Noah begins to take control of the Duel. Meanwhile, Seto attempts to get through to his brainwashed brother, to no avail. With one last hope, Seto Summons his "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", which manages to break Mokuba free of Noah's control. Yet, thanks to his Deck Master, Noah's Life Points continue to rise. Desperate, Seto uses "Last Turn" to force the Duel into one final winner-take-all Battle Phase. Seto chooses "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to attack while Noah chooses his Deck Master to defend. Although "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" wins the battle, the destruction of "Shinato's Ark" allowed Noah to summon "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane", a more powerful monster that destroys "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", allowing Noah to win the Duel. As a token of his victory and his apparent worthiness of the title of head of KaibaCorp, Noah turns Seto and Mokuba to stone.

Yugi, however, is enraged over Noah's actions: had Seto not Tributed "Different Dimension Dragon", the Duel would have been a DRAW, since this dragon cannot be destroyed in battle (this was an error; "Different Dimension Dragon" can only be destroyed by monsters with less than 1900 ATK). Instead, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" was Summoned so that Seto would save Mokuba (in the English dub, this detail was omitted - Yugi is enraged over how Seto had effectively been blackmailed by Noah earlier when he had used Mokuba as a human shield). He challenges Noah to continue the Duel, with Yugi taking Seto's place. With Life Points being 7400-400 in favour of Noah, and no monsters on Seto Kaiba's side of the field (and no cards in his hand), Noah gladly accepts, intending to quickly win, and turn both Yugi and his friends to stone. Should Yugi win, however, he demands that everyone be set free from the virtual world.

Yugi inherits Kaiba's spirit and vows to defeat Noah

Having to Duel against a different kind of Duelist in Yugi, Noah uses Spirit Monsters, a type of monster that returns to the hand at the end of the turn, and the "Spring of Rebirth" Magic Card to attack Yugi and increase his own Life Points in the process. Although Yugi manages to use "Cyber Jar" to destroy all of Noah's monsters, including "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane" (which Seto forced Noah to Summon to the field as a result of Noah needing a target to declare as a defender for the effect of "Last Turn"), Noah uses another Deck Master ability to pull "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane" back to the sidelines, but with the caveat that Noah now cannot Summon "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane" back to the field for the remainder of the Duel. Because of his Spirit Monsters, "Spring of Rebirth", and another Deck Master ability, Noah's Life Points continue to accumulate to the point that Noah simply allows Yugi to directly attack him every turn - an effort that turned largely fruitless as Noah would manage to gain even more Life Points.

Being confident of himself, Noah offers Yugi a chance to forfeit the Duel, but for every turn that Yugi continues to play in which Noah is not defeated, one of Yugi's friends would be turned into stone. With time running out, Yugi ends up in a situation where he has 100 Life Points to Noah's 10,000, facing off against Noah's most powerful Spirit Monster (which stayed on the field due to a Spell Card), with nothing on the field and no cards in his hand. Worse, all of his friends are eventually turned turned to stone. It seemed all but lost for Yugi, when he is reminded that even though all of his friends (Seto and Mokuba included) are turned to stone, they are still there in spirit to cheer him on. With a new-found confidence, Yugi draws "Card of Sanctity", allowing Yugi to draw six cards. With these six cards, he revives Seto Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and fuses it with the two "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" he has drawn to form "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", and he uses his fifth card, "Quick Attack", to allow "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" to attack Noah's monster immediately. He then uses his final card, "De-Fusion", to split "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" back into three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons", and attacks directly with all three, winning the Duel.

Escape from the Virtual World[edit]

Gozaburo Kaiba reveals himself

With the Duel won, Yugi demands that Noah free everyone from the virtual world. However, Noah reveals to everyone that, in the process of entering the virtual world, they were all knocked out and placed in virtual reality pods. Everyone is later shocked to find that it was Gozaburo, or at least, a digitized copy thereof, who had attempted to trap everyone in a complicated plan to take over the world by trapping everyone in the virtual world (in the Japanese version, Gozaburo was going to use missiles positioned in space to manipulate the world to his will). Desperate to tell the world of Gozaburo's impending atrocity, they are determined more than ever to escape the virtual world. With Noah willing to help Yugi and company despite his duplicity, they follow him to a large door that was said to be a secret backdoor that Gozaburo had not discovered and closed. However, Noah's true colors are revealed as they trap Yugi and friends within their own recent memories, although all would eventually free themselves from the trap.

Meanwhile, Noah and Mokuba discover a virtual replica of Domino, in which Noah tricks Mokuba in order to escape the virtual world in Mokuba's body. Noah (as Mokuba) then aims a missile-armed satellite in order to destroy the undersea fortress (and thus the virtual world), and proceeds to leave on a helicopter alone. However, once there, he experiences a change of heart due to Mokuba's willingness to forgive Noah (and even helps convince Seto to find a way to create a new, if somewhat artificial, body for Noah), and proceeds back into the fortress, only to find the satellite controls having been destroyed by Yami Marik. With only 60 minutes until the fortress is destroyed, Noah begins working on a way to save everyone.

Meanwhile, Seto, being too smart to fall for their trap, proceeds to the virtual KaibaCorp headquarters, where Gozaburo waited. Gozaburo challenges Seto to a Duel to see who was worthier of running KaibaCorp (similar to how Seto had played chess with him as a child). Gozaburo quickly finds a way to discard the five pieces of "Exodia the Forbidden One" (using "Painful Choice") in order to Summon "Exodia Necross", a monster which, as long as the five pieces of "Exodia the Forbidden One" were in the Graveyard, it is immune to virtually every card (The Left Leg, Right Leg, and Left Arm granted Necross immunities to Magic Cards, Trap Cards, and Monster Effects respectively) and grew more powerful with every battle it was involved in (Exodia's Head prevented it from being destroyed from a monster attack while the Right Arm ensured that its ATK increased by 1000 points whenever it engaged in battle).

Although Exodia Necross seemed unstoppable, Seto realized that, like himself with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" so long ago - ironically before his defeat at the hands of Exodia, Gozaburo is using the power of only one monster, believing that it alone would win the battle for him. By using the "Soul Demolition" Trap Card, Seto manages to remove the five parts of Exodia from play from Gozaburo's Graveyard, weakening it so that "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" could destroy it and win the Duel.

As the countdown to impact reaches eight minutes, Joey, Tristan, Téa, Duke, and Serenity manage to escape the virtual world thanks to Noah's help, but Noah asks Yugi to stay behind to help save Seto. With everyone safely out, Noah then proceeds to put himself back in the Virtual Reality pod in order to save Mokuba and trap Gozaburo in the virtual world. Yugi and company make it back to the airship, which escapes just in time to avoid being destroyed by the missile.

The airship proceeds towards the Battle City finals, completing the originally-planned trip. Meanwhile, Mokuba mourns for the stepbrother that he only briefly knew.

Episodes[edit]

Number	Japanese air date	English air date
Episode 98	12 March 2002	1 November 2003
Episode 99	19 March 2002	8 November 2003
Episode 100	26 March 2002	8 November 2003
Episode 101	2 April 2002	15 November 2003
Episode 102	16 April 2002	15 November 2003
Episode 103	23 April 2002	22 November 2003
Episode 104	30 April 2002	22 November 2003
Episode 105	7 May 2002	29 November 2003
Episode 106	14 May 2002	29 November 2003
Episode 107	21 May 2002	6 December 2003
Episode 108	28 May 2002	13 December 2003
Episode 109	4 June 2002	20 December 2003
Episode 110	11 June 2002	10 January 2004
Episode 111	18 June 2002	17 January 2004
Episode 112	25 June 2002	24 January 2004
Episode 113	2 July 2002	31 January 2004
Episode 114	16 July 2002	7 February 2004
Episode 115	23 July 2002	14 February 2004
Episode 116	30 July 2002	21 February 2004
Episode 117	6 August 2002	28 February 2004
Episode 118	18 August 2002	6 March 2004
Episode 119	20 August 2002	20 March 2004
Episode 120	27 August 2002	3 April 2004
Episode 121	27 August 2002	17 April 2004

Featured Duels[edit]

Duel #	Episode(s)	Duelist #1	vs	Duelist #2	Winner	LP #1	LP #2	Turns
1	098	Simulated Seto Kaiba	vs.	Total Defense Shogun	Total Defense Shogun	4000 (Deck Master Destroyed)	3000	1
2	099-101	Gansley	vs.	Yami Yugi	Yami Yugi	0	400	10
3	102-103	Téa Gardner	vs.	Crump	Téa Gardner	750	0	15
4	104-105	Johnson	vs.	Joey Wheeler	Joey Wheeler	0	600	13
5	106-107	Serenity Wheeler + Tristan Taylor + Duke Devlin	vs.	Nezbitt	Serenity Wheeler + Duke Devlin	2100-850 (Deck Master Destroyed)-150	1100 (Deck Master Destroyed)	16
6	108-109	Leichter	vs.	Seto Kaiba	Seto Kaiba	0	300	16
7	111-113	The Big Five	vs.	Joey Wheeler + Yami Yugi	Joey Wheeler + Yami Yugi	600 (Deck Master Destroyed)	300-1000	24
8	114-116	Seto Kaiba	vs.	Noah Kaiba	Noah Kaiba (Last Turn)	400	7400	18
9	117-119 (continued)	Yami Yugi	vs.	Noah Kaiba	Yami Yugi	100	0	41
10	120-121	Gozaburo Kaiba	vs.	Seto Kaiba	Seto Kaiba	0	100	10

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Monster[edit]

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Plot[edit]

Entering the virtual realm[edit]

Fall of the Big 5[edit]

Seven Turns of Heaven's Creation[edit]

Escape from the Virtual World[edit]

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-The Virtual World arc is a story arc in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime series. The arc does not appear in the original manga. It is often times referred to as The Noah Arc or Noah's Arc by fans.
+'''Story 4: Virtual World''' ({{Ruby|Ｓｔｏｒｙ|ストーリー}}４ バーチャル{{Ruby|世|せ}}{{Ruby|界|かい}} ''Sutōrī Shi: Bācharu Sekai'') is a story arc in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime]] that starts the third season of the second anime series. It is sometimes referred to as '''The Noah Arc''' or '''Noah's Arc''', by fans and by 4kids Entertainment. In the English dub, this arc and [[Battle City (part 2)|Battle City part 2]] are referred to as '''Enter the Shadow Realm'''.
+The arc does not appear in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|manga]]. Originally created in order to allow for more distance between the anime and the manga, the arc bisects the Battle City story arc and serves as a side adventure for the protagonists. Many of the characters introduced in the Battle City arc still appear but play a minimal role.
+== Appearances ==
+{{Incomplete}}
+=== Characters ===
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+* [[Yugi Muto]]
+* [[Yami Yugi]]
+* [[Joey Wheeler]]
+* [[Tristan Taylor]]
+* [[Tea Gardner]]
+* [[Duke Devlin]]
+* [[Serenity Wheeler]]
+* [[Noah Kaiba]]
+* [[Seto Kaiba]]
+* [[Mokuba Kaiba]]
+* [[Gozaburo Kaiba]]
+* [[Gansley]]
+* [[Leichter]]
+* [[Nezbitt]]
+* [[Crump]]
+* [[Johnson]]
+* [[Yami Marik]]
+* [[Ishizu Ishtar]]
+* [[Hobson]]
+* [[Mai Valentine]]
+</div>
+=== Cards ===
+==== Monster ====
+'''Normal'''
+* [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
+* [[Alligator's Sword Dragon (anime)|Alligator's Sword]]
+* [[Celtic Guardian (anime)|Celtic Guardian]]
+* [[Curse of Dragon (anime)|Curse of Dragon]]
+* [[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]
+* [[Dark Rabbit (anime)|Dark Rabbit]]
+* [[Gaia The Fierce Knight (anime)|Gaia The Fierce Knight]]
+* [[Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (anime)|Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts]]
+* [[Giant Soldier of Stone (anime)|Giant Soldier of Stone]]
+* [[Harpie Lady (anime)|Harpie Lady]]
+* [[Left Arm of the Forbidden One (anime)|Left Arm of the Forbidden One]]
+* [[Left Leg of the Forbidden One (anime)|Left Leg of the Forbidden One]]
+* [[Millennium Shield (anime)|Millennium Shield]]
+* [[Mystical Elf (anime)|Mystical Elf]]
+* [[Niwatori (anime)|Niwatori]]
+* [[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (anime)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]
+* [[Right Arm of the Forbidden One (anime)|Right Arm of the Forbidden One]]
+* [[Right Leg of the Forbidden One (anime)|Right Leg of the Forbidden One]]
+* [[Seiyaryu (anime)|Seiyaryu]]
+* [[Summoned Skull (anime)|Summoned Skull]]
+* [[Melchid the Four-Face Beast (anime)|Melchid the Four-Face Beast]]
+* [[Ancient Elf (anime)|Ancient Elf]]
+* [[Lady of Faith (anime)|Lady of Faith]]
+* [[Petit Angel (anime)|Petit Angel]]
+* [[Spirit of the Harp (anime)|Spirit of the Harp]]
+* [[Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress (anime)|Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress]]
+* [[Giant Red Seasnake (anime)|Giant Red Seasnake]]
+* [[Flying Penguin (anime)|Flying Penguin]]
+* [[Gemini Elf (anime)|Gemini Elf]]
+* [[Bolt Penguin (anime)|Bolt Penguin]]
+* [[Gatekeeper (anime)|Gatekeeper]]
+* [[Firegrass (anime)|Firegrass]]
+* [[Dark King of the Abyss (anime)|Dark King of the Abyss]]
+* [[Basic Insect (anime)|Basic Insect]]
+* [[Key Mace (anime)|Key Mace]]
+* [[Muse-A (anime)|Muse-A]]
+* [[Niwatori (anime)|Niwatori]]
+* [[The Furious Sea King (anime)|The Furious Sea King]]
+* [[Torike (anime)|Torike]]
+* [[Dancing Elf (anime)|Dancing Elf]]
+* [[Doll of Demise (anime)|Doll of Demise]]
+* [[Headless Knight (anime)|Headless Knight]]
+* [[Tiny Guardian]]
+* [[Red Archery Girl (anime)|Red Archery Girl]]
+* [[Swordsman of Landstar (anime)|Swordsman of Landstar]]
+* [[Water Omotics (anime)|Water Omotics]]
+* [[Judge Man (anime)|Judge Man]]
+* [[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]
+* [[Curtain of the Dark Ones (anime)|Curtain of the Dark Ones]]
+* [[Armaill (anime)|Armaill]]
+* [[One-Eyed Shield Dragon (anime)|One-Eyed Shield Dragon]]
+* [[Robotic Knight (anime)|Robotic Knight]]
+* [[Ancient Tool (anime)|Ancient Tool]]
+* [[Armored Lizard (anime)|Armored Lizard]]
+* [[Axe Raider (anime)|Axe Raider]]
+* [[Cyber Commander (anime)|Cyber Commander]]
+* [[Mystic Horseman (anime)|Mystic Horseman]]
+* [[The 13th Grave (anime)|The 13th Grave]]
+* [[Wingweaver (anime)|Wingweaver]]
+* [[Launcher Spider (anime)|Launcher Spider]]
+* [[Sengenjin (anime)|Sengenjin]]
+* [[Giga-Tech Wolf (anime)|Giga-Tech Wolf]]
+* [[Ground Attacker Bugroth (anime)|Ground Attacker Bugroth]]
+* [[Cyber Falcon (anime)|Cyber Falcon]]
+* [[Oni Tank T-34 (anime)|Oni Tank T-34]]
+* [[Yaranzo (anime)|Yaranzo]]
+* [[Dark Assailant (anime)|Dark Assailant]]
+* [[Amphibian Beast (anime)|Amphibian Beast]]
+* [[Battle Ox (anime)|Battle Ox]]
+* [[Flying Elephant (anime)|Flying Elephant]]
+* [[Giltia the D. Knight (anime)|Giltia the D. Knight]]
+* [[Horn Imp (anime)|Horn Imp]]
+* [[Hyozanryu (anime)|Hyozanryu]]
+* [[Koumori Dragon (anime)|Koumori Dragon]]
+* [[Masaki the Legendary Swordsman (anime)|Masaki the Legendary Swordsman]]
+* [[Ryu-Ran (anime)|Ryu-Ran]]
+* [[Serpent Night Dragon (anime)|Serpent Night Dragon]]
+* [[Stone Statue of the Aztecs (anime)|Stone Statue of the Aztecs]]
+* [[Vorse Raider (anime)|Vorse Raider]]
+* [[Blackland Fire Dragon (anime)|Blackland Fire Dragon]]
+* [[Gyakutenno Megami (anime)|Gyakutenno Megami]]
+* [[Rogue Doll (anime)|Rogue Doll]]
+* [[Rude Kaiser (anime)|Rude Kaiser]]
+* [[Saggi the Dark Clown (anime)|Saggi the Dark Clown]]
+* [[Silver Fang (anime)|Silver Fang]]
+* [[Worm Drake (anime)|Worm Drake]]
+* [[Baby Dragon (anime)|Baby Dragon]]
+* [[Alpha The Magnet Warrior (anime)|Alpha The Magnet Warrior]]
+* [[Aeris (anime)|Aeris]]
+* [[Gradius (anime)|Gradius]]
+* [[Gamma The Magnet Warrior (anime)|Gamma The Magnet Warrior]]
+* [[Luster Dragon 2 (anime)|Luster Dragon #2]]
+* [[La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (anime)|La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp]]
+'''Effect'''
+'''Ritual'''
+* [[Mythic Dragon (anime)|Mythic Dragon]]
+* [[Black Luster Soldier (anime)|Black Luster Soldier]]
+* [[Relinquished (anime)|Relinquished]]
+* [[Mystical Beast Serket (anime)|Mystical Beast Serket]]
+* [[Shinato, King of a Higher Plane (anime)|Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]
+* [[Magician of Black Chaos (anime)|Magician of Black Chaos]]
+* [[Exodia Necross (anime)|Exodia Necross]]
+'''Fusion'''
+* [[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (anime)|Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]
+* [[Dragon Master Knight (anime)|Dragon Master Knight]]
+* [[Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast (anime)|Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast]]
+* [[Kamionwizard (anime)|Kamionwizard]]
+* [[Dragoness the Wicked Knight (anime)|Dragoness the Wicked Knight]]
+* [[St. Joan (anime)|St. Joan]]
+* [[Super Roboyarou (anime)|Super Roboyarou]]
+* [[Perfect Machine King (anime)|Perfect Machine King]]
+* [[Alligator's Sword Dragon (anime)|Alligator's Sword Dragon]]
+* [[Humanoid Worm Drake (anime)|Humanoid Worm Drake]]
+* [[Dark Flare Knight (anime)|Dark Flare Knight]]
+* [[Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon (anime)|Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon]]
+'''Token'''
+* [[Sheep Token (anime)|Sheep Token]]
+* [[Spirit Token]]
+==== Magic ====
+==== Trap ====
-As the series relies heavily on the knowledge of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, a basic knowledge of the game and its rules will be needed to understand the contents of this article.
+==== Non-Physical ====
+* [[Dark Magician Knight (anime)|Dark Magician Knight]]
-(Note: Because this story arc never occurred in the manga, this guide is written with the dub names as opposed to the original Japanese names)
+===Games===
+Winners are in bold.
-==Background==
+{| class="wikitable list-noicon"
-Originally created in order to allow for more distance between the anime and the manga, the arc bisects the Battle City story arc and serves as a side adventure for the protagonists. Many of the characters introduced in the Battle City arc, however, appear only in a minimal role.
+|-
+! scope="col" | Game
+! scope="col" colspan="2" | Players
+|-
+| [[Yami Yugi and Gansley's Duel|Duel]]
+| '''Yami Yugi'''
+| Gansley
+|-
+| [[Chess]]
+| '''Seto Kaiba'''
+| Mokuba Kaiba
+|-
+| [[Téa Gardner and Crump's Duel|Duel]]
+| '''Téa Gardner'''
+| Crump
+|-
+| [[Joey Wheeler and Johnson's Duel|Duel]]
+| '''Joey Wheeler'''
+| Johnson
+|-
+| [[Serenity Wheeler, Duke Devlin, Tristan Taylor, and Nezbitt's Duel|Duel]]
+| '''Serenity Wheeler''', Tristan Taylor, '''Duke Devlin'''
+| Nezbitt
+|-
+| [[Leitcher and Seto Kaiba's Duel|Duel]]
+| '''Seto Kaiba'''
+| Leitcher
+|-
+| [[Yami Yugi, Joey Wheeler, and the Big Five's Duel|Duel]]
+| '''Yami Yugi''' & '''Joey Wheeler'''
+| The Big Five
+|-
+| [[Seto Kaiba and Noah Kaiba's Duel|Duel]]
+| Seto Kaiba
+| '''Noah Kaiba'''
+|-
+| [[Seto Kaiba and Noah Kaiba's Duel|Duel]]
+| '''Yami Yugi'''
+| Noah Kaiba
+|-
+| [[Seto Kaiba and Gozaburo Kaiba's Duel|Duel]]
+| '''Seto Kaiba'''
+| Gozaburo Kaiba
+|}
 ==Gameplay Mechanics==
-The large majority of the story arc revolves around a new gameplay element, which is created specifically for this story arc, known as the Deckmaster. In these duels, each player would select a Deckmaster, which begins the game outside of the playing field. Each Deckmaster, has a unique special ability, which can be used at any point in the duel as many times as desired. It is to be noted that even Deckmasters which otherwise have no special abilities (such as normal monsters) have a special Deckmaster ability. As well, it appears that some Deckmasters retain their normal special abilties in addition to their Deckmaster abilities.
+The large majority of the story arc revolves around a new gameplay element, which is created specifically for this story arc, known as the "[[Deck Master]]". In these Duels, each player would select a Deck Master, which begins the game outside of the playing field. Each Deck Master has a [[Deck Master Abilities|unique special ability]], which can be used at any point in the Duel as many times as desired. It is to be noted that even Deck Masters which otherwise have no special abilities (such as [[Normal Monsters]]) have a special Deck Master ability. As well, it appears that some Deck Masters retain their normal special abilities to be used as their Deck Master abilities, such as "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo']]s" ability to negate all Trap cards and [[Nightmare Penguin]]'s ATK increase of all WATER-Attribute monsters.
-The Deckmaster can also be specially summoned to the field, without any prerequisite such as tributes, fusions (for Fusion Monsters), or rituals (for Ritual Monsters). However, if the Deckmaster is lost, so is the duel. If the Deckmaster is itself tributed or otherwise replaced, the new monster would become the new Deckmaster, and the old Deckmaster's abilities were lost (in theory, the old Deckmaster could be returned by normal means - but without the Deckmaster abilities, although this point is not elaborated upon in the story arc). It is not explained how a monster that cannot be specially summoned or a monster that can only be summoned in a special manner (such as "Fusion only") can be designated as a Deckmaster, as no such monster was used as a Deckmaster in the story arc.
+The Deck Master can also be specially Summoned to the field, without any prerequisite such as Tributes, Fusions (for [[Fusion Monsters]]) or rituals (for [[Ritual Monsters]]). However if the Deck Master is destroyed, its controller automatically loses the Duel. If the Deck Master is itself Tributed or otherwise replaced, the new monster would become the new Deck Master, and the old Deck Master's abilities were lost (in theory, the old Deck Master could be returned by normal means - but without the Deck Master abilities, although this point is not elaborated upon in the story arc). It is not explained how a monster that cannot be specially Summoned, or a monster that can only be Summoned in a special manner (such as "Fusion only") can be designated as a Deck Master, as no such monster was used as a Deck Master in the story arc.
-It is not known whether a Deckmaster card counts as against a duelist's main (or Fusion, if the Deckmaster is a Fusion monster) decks, as this concept is not elaborated upon in the anime.
+It is also not known whether a Deck Master card counts as against a Duelist's main (or Fusion, if the Deck Master is a Fusion monster) Decks, as this concept is not elaborated upon in the anime.
+When a member of Yugi's group Duels in this Virtual World, he/she is given a [[Duel Disk]] by their opponent, and they must build a new Deck.
 ==Plot==
+{{Main|The Big Five}}
+{| border="1"
+|- style="background:green; color:#FFFFFF; clear:all"
+| align="center" | '''Image'''
+| align="center" | '''English Anime'''
+| align="center" | '''Japanese Anime'''
+| align="center" | '''Deck&nbsp;Master'''
+|-
+| [[File:gansley.png|150px]]
+| align="center" | [[Gansley]]
+| align="center" | '''Konosuke Oshita'''
+| align="center" | [[Deepsea Warrior]]
+|-
+| [[File:crump.png|149px]]
+| align="center" | [[Crump]]
+| align="center" | '''Shuzo Otaki'''
+| align="center" | [[Nightmare Penguin]]
+|-
+| [[File:Johnson2.png|149px]]
+| align="center" | [[Johnson]]
+| align="center" | '''Chikuzen Oka'''
+| align="center" | [[Judge Man]]
+|-
+| [[File:nezbit.png|149px]]
+| align="center" | [[Nezbitt]]
+| align="center" | '''Soichiro Ota'''
+| align="center" | [[Robotic Knight]]
+|-
+| [[File:lector.png|150px]]
+| align="center" | [[Leichter]]
+| align="center" | '''Kogoro Daimon'''
+| align="center" | [[Jinzo]]
+|}
-The Big 5 Name (Original anime), Name (English anime), Deckmaster
+The Virtual World arc can be seen as a sequel to the [[Domino City Battles|Legendary Heroes]] arc (episodes 43-45) as it features The Big Five looking for revenge within a virtual reality system similar to the one they were defeated in.
-* Konosuke Oshita, [[Gansley]], Deck Master: [[Deepsea Warrior]]
-* Shuzo Otaki, [[Crump]], Deck Master: [[Nightmare Penguin]]
-* Chikuzen Oka, [[Johnson]], Deck Master: [[Judge Man]]
-* Soichiro Ota, [[Nesbitt]], Deck Master: [[Robotic Knight]]
-* Kogoro Daimon, [[Lector]], Deck Master: [[Jinzo]]
-'''Note''': The Big 5 members do not have names in the original manga
+===Entering the virtual realm===
+Aboard [[Seto Kaiba|Seto Kaiba's]] airship, the eight [[Battle City]] finals Duelists prepare to head for Alcatraz (''KaibaCorp Island'' in the English dub), the site of the semifinal and final rounds of the Battle City tournament. However, the trip takes a mysterious wrong turn, and finds itself landing in an undersea fortress - apparently, a mysterious force is set on revenge against Kaiba. Forcing many of its passengers off the ship, the mysterious force leads them into another room, where they reveal themselves to be the Big 5, who are the five former board members of KaibaCorp, who were fired by Kaiba before the Battle City tournament for attempting to take over his company from underneath him.
-Aboard Seto Kaiba's airship, the eight [[Battle City]] Finals duelists prepare to head for Alcatraz (KaibaCorp Island in the English version), the site of the semifinal and final rounds of the Battle City (Yu-Gi-Oh!) tournament. However, the trip takes a mysterious wrong turn, and finds itself landing in an undersea fortress - apparently, a mysterious force is set on revenge against Kaiba. Forcing many of its passengers off the ship, the mysterious force leads them into another room, where they reveal themselves to be the Big 5, five former board members of KaibaCorp, who were assumed to be fired by Kaiba sometime before Battle City tournament for attempting to take his company from underneath him.
+The Big 5 seek revenge against Kaiba, as well as [[Yugi Muto]] for foiling their plans to take over the company on two different occasions (by defeating Maximillion Pegasus and the Big 5's Mythic Dragon in ''[[Legendary Heroes]]''). To do so, they force their participation in their own virtual Duel Monsters tournament, in a similar vein to Kaiba's ''Legendary Heroes'' games. There was also an added stipulation: if one of the protagonists were to lose, the Big 5 also threatened to take their bodies for themselves and escape into the real world.
-The Big 5 seek revenge against Kaiba for firing them, as well as Yugi Muto ("Yugi Mutou" in the English manga) for foiling their plans to take over the company on two different occasions (by defeating Maximillion Pegasus-Pegasus J. Crawford in the Japanese versions) in Duelist Kingdom and the Big 5's Five God Dragon in Legendary Heroes). To do so, they force their participation in their own virtual Duel Monsters tournament, in a similar vein to Kaiba's Legendary Heroes games. There was also an added stipulation: if one of our protagonists were to lose, the Big 5 also threatened to take their bodies for themselves and escape into the real world.
+It is also noted by the Big 5 that the virtual tournament would require virtual cards, and thus neither "[[Slifer the Sky Dragon (anime)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]" nor "[[Obelisk the Tormentor (anime)|Obelisk the Tormentor]]" could be used by Yugi or Seto Kaiba, although players could freely choose their Decks before every Duel.
-It is also noted by the Big 5 that the virtual tournament would require virtual cards, and thus neither Slifer the Sky Dragon nor Obelisk the Tormentor could be used by Yugi or Kaiba, although players could freely choose their decks before every duel.
+As the group enter the virtual world, however, they find themselves separated: Yugi in a forest near a lake, [[Téa Gardner]] in a canyon, [[Tristan Taylor]], [[Serenity Wheeler]], and [[Duke Devlin]] in and around a castle, [[Joey Wheeler]] in a mansion, and Seto and [[Mokuba Kaiba]] in another forest. Each of the separated groups, as it turns out, faced a different member of the Big 5.
-As the group enter the virtual world, however, they find themselves separated: Yugi in a forest, Téa Gardner (Anzu Mazaki in the manga and the Japanese versions) in a canyon, Tristan Taylor (Hiroto Honda), Serenity Wheeler (Shizuka Kawai), and Duke Devlin (Ryuji Otogi) in and around a castle, Joey Wheeler (Katsuya Jonouchi) in a mansion, and Seto and younger brother Mokuba elsewhere. Each of the separated groups, as it would turn out, will face a different member of the Big 5.
+As it turns out, the Big 5 are controlled by [[Noah Kaiba]], the biological son of [[Gozaburo Kaiba]], and stepbrother to Seto and Mokuba. Noah had died (or, in the English dub, had his body "rendered useless") in a traffic accident when he was young, but his mind was preserved in the virtual world. He believes that, as Gozaburo's biological son, he is the true legitimate heir to KaibaCorp, and that he, not Seto, should be the one running the family business.
-==Fall of the Big 5==
+How Noah enlists the help of the Big 5 is unclear, but it was implied that, as a result of the earlier encounter between them and the main characters, the minds of the Big 5 were similarly preserved in the virtual world (in the English dub, the Big 5 reveal that when [[Mythic Dragon (anime)|Mythic Dragon]] — the monster at the end of the Legendary Heroes arc — was destroyed, so were their bodies, but not their minds). In the virtual world, each member of the Big 5 would use a different monster as their Deck Master and their personal avatar.
-Name: Opponent (s), Opposing Deckmaster, (s) Defeated By
-* Gansley: [[Yugi Muto]], Deck Master: [[Kuriboh]], [[Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight]]
+[[File: Yugioh101.png|thumb|left|"Kuriboh" using the effect of "Rainbow Blessing"]]
-* Crump: [[Téa Gardner]] (Anzu Mazaki), Deck Master:  [[Dark Magician]] and [[Dark Magician Girl]]
+[[Gansley]], a businessman with a penchant of quoting famous philosophers (in the original) or business acumen (in the English dub) would be the first to Duel, against arguably the strongest of any of the main characters - Yugi. Despite wanting to choose his trusted "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]", "[[Kuriboh (anime)|Kuriboh]]" chooses itself as Yugi's Deck Master. Forced with this choice, Yugi proceeds to Duel. Gansley's strategy to defeat Yugi was simple - by using a supposedly invincible sacrifice-and-revive combination, he could force Yugi's monsters to attack Yugi directly, without fear of being harmed. Yet, Yugi is persistent, and eventually has the last laugh - by combining "[[Kuriboh (anime)|Kuriboh]]" (who Gansley dismissed as "weak") and "[[Rainbow Blessing]]", Yugi could set up a play which could allow a monster to bypass Gansley's defenses, and attack Gansley directly, which he does to win the Duel, using "[[Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight (anime)|Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight]]".
-* Johnson: [[Joey Wheeler]] (Katsuya Jonouchi), Deck Master: [[Flame Swordsman]], [[Flame Swordsman]]
-* Nesbitt: [[Serenity Wheeler]] (''Shizuka Kawai''), Deck Master: [[Goddess with the Third Eye]], [[St. Joan]]; [[Tristan Taylor]] (''Hiroto Honda''), Deck Master: [[Super Roboyarou]]; [[Duke Devlin]] (''Ryuji Otogi''), Deck Master: [[Strike Ninja]]
-* Leichter: [[Seto Kaiba]], [[Lord of D.]] (''Lord of Dragons''), [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
-* Big Five: [[Yugi Muto]] and [[Joey Wheeler]], Deck Masters: [[Dark Magician]] and [[Flame Swordsman]], [[Dark Magician Knight]]
-As it turns out, the Big 5 are controlled by [[Noah Kaiba]], the legitimate son of Gozaburo Kaiba, and stepbrother to Seto and Mokuba. Noah had died (or, in the English version, had his body "rendered useless") in a traffic accident when he was young, but his mind was preserved in the virtual world. He believes that, as Gozaburo's legitimiate son, he is the true legitimate heir to KaibaCorp, and that he, and not Seto, should be the one running the family business.
+[[File:Yugioh102.png|thumb|right|Crump as "Nightmare Penguin"]]
+As Yugi proceeds to find a way to reunite with his friends, Crump manages to trap Téa Gardner into a Duel. Being a competent amateur player in her own right, she chooses a Deck of all-female monsters, including "[[Dark Magician Girl (anime)|Dark Magician Girl]]" as her Deck Master, to which Crump scoffs at, citing it as an unwise decision, thinking that "Dark Magician Girl" would not be effective without her male counterpart (in the English dub, this is replaced by remarks suggesting a perversion towards young girls). As an additional catch, whenever either Duelist lost [[Life Points]], part of their body would be frozen, and encased in ice. Despite being at a disadvantage for most of the match, "[[Dark Magician Girl (anime)|Dark Magician Girl]]" eventually helped Téa by Summoning herself to the field and using her own Deck Master ability, allowing Téa to draw the "[[Sage's Stone (anime)|Sage's Stone]]" card. With that card, Téa Summoned "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]" from nearby Yugi's Deck (thus helping Yugi to find Téa) and win the Duel.
-How Noah enlists the help of the Big 5 is unclear, but it was implied that, as a result of the earlier encounter between them and the main characters, the minds of the Big 5 were similarly preserved in the virtual world (In the English dub, the Big 5 reveal that when the [[Five-Headed Dragon|Mythic Dragon]]—the monster at the end of the "Legendary Heroes" arc—was destroyed, so were their bodies, but not their minds). In the virtual world, each member of the Big 5 would use a different monster as their Deckmaster and their avatar.
+[[File: Yugioh104.png|thumb|left|Joey is "on trial"]]
+With Yugi and Téa reunited, the focus shifts to [[Johnson]], who is slated to face Joey Wheeler. Believing he finally escaped the virtual world, and eager to get his hands on [[Yami Marik]] for what he did to [[Mai Valentine]], Joey discovers that this was an elaborate trap set by Johnson, who proceeds to Duel him. Johnson manages to get the upper hand in the Duel through a combination of his Deck Master ability, "Clear the Courtroom" (which, at the cost of 1000 Life Points, cleared the field of all cards), as well as the illicit ability of manipulating the outcome of Joey's luck-based moves. Yet, just as it seems that Joey's luck was about to run out, Noah appears and insists that Johnson forfeit the Duel for cheating. Joey, in the spirit of a True Duelist, convinces Noah to let the match continue, knowing well that Johnson would not be able to cheat again, and eventually wins by outwitting Johnson at one of the mind games he claimed to be an expert at.
-Gansley, a businessman with a penchant of quoting famous philosophers (in the original) or business knowhow (in the English version) would be the first to duel, against arguably the strongest of any of the main characters - Yugi. Despite wanting to choose his trusted [[Dark Magician]], [[Kuriboh]] chooses itself as Yugi's Deckmaster. Forced with this choice, Yugi proceeds to duel. Gansley's strategy to defeat Yugi was simple - by using a supposedly invincible sacrifice and revival combination, he could force Yugi's monsters to attack Yugi directly, without fear of being harmed. Yet, Yugi is persistent, and eventually has the last laugh - by combining [[Kuriboh]] (who Gansley thought was weak) and [[Rainbow Blessing]], Yugi could set up a play which could allow a monster to bypass Gansley's monsters and attack Gansley directly, which he does to win the duel.
+[[File: Yugioh106.png|thumb|right|Tristan falls to Nezbitt.]]
+Tristan Taylor, Duke Devlin, and Serenity Wheeler manage to find each other, yet they find themselves faced off against [[Nezbitt]], who wants to take Serenity's body for his own. With Tristan and Duke willing to protect Serenity from harm, they try to convince Nezbitt that they should take her place, but he settles on a three-on-one Duel. Serenity, despite having never played in a Duel herself, and knowing little about the rules, is relieved that Tristan and Duke would help her along, but miscommunication between Tristan and Duke would ultimately cost Tristan his Deck Master. Crestfallen over Tristan's sacrifice, Duke manages to use his dice tricks and his signature monster, "[[Orgoth the Relentless (anime)|Orgoth the Relentless]]", to buy some time. Convinced by her older brother (who had managed to find her) that she, too, must fight in the spirit of a True Duelist, Serenity vows to continue playing. Serenity would ultimately deal the final blow in the match, thanks to her Deck Master, "[[Goddess with the Third Eye (anime)|Goddess with the Third Eye]]", whose ability allowed her to [[Fusion Summon]] monsters without "[[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]]", using the remnants of Tristan's playing field.
-As Yugi proceeds to find a way to reunite with his friends, Crump manages to trap Téa Gardner into a duel. Being a competent amateur player in her own right, she chooses a deck of all-female monsters, including Dark Magician Girl as her Deck Master, to which Crump scoffs off as an unwise decision, thinking that [[Dark Magician Girl]] would not be effective without her male counterpart (in the English version, this is replaced by remarks suggesting a perversion towards young girls). As an additional catch, whenever either duelist lost [[Life Points]], part of their body would be frozen. Despite being at a disadvantage for most of the match, [[Dark Magician Girl]] would eventually help Téa by summoning herself to the field and using her own Deckmaster ability, allowing Téa to draw the Sage's Stone card. With the card, Téa would summon Yugi's [[Dark Magician]] (thus helping Yugi find Téa) and win the duel.
+[[File: Yugioh108.png|thumb|left|Leichter as "Jinzo" squares off with Seto.]]
+With Nezbitt having technically won Tristan's body, Nezbitt uses it to kidnap Mokuba, while Yugi and friends seek to restore Tristan, who now resides in the body of a robot monkey (which is actually a brown version of "[[Acrobat Monkey]]"). Kaiba, in pursuit of Nezbitt, encounters [[Leichter]], the last member of the Big 5. Eager to put Leichter aside, Kaiba tries to use his "[[Crush Card Virus (anime)|Crush Card Virus]]" strategy against him, only to fail as he realizes that Leichter's Deck Master was "[[Jinzo (anime)|Jinzo]]", which renders the opponent's [[Trap Card]]s useless. Combined with "[[Imperial Order (anime)|Imperial Order]]", a card that rendered [[Spell Card|Magic Cards]] useless, this left Kaiba with only [[Monster Card]]s. Furthermore, Leichter would use "[[Satellite Cannon (anime)|Satellite Cannon]]", a monster that could only be destroyed by Level 8 monsters or above, and whose power increased the longer it is in play (but only while attacking), in an attempt to ensure his victory. However, Kaiba manages to Summon "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]", a Level 8 monster, in time, and uses it to destroy "Satellite Cannon" and win the Duel.
-With Yugi and Téa reunited, the focus shifts to Johnson, who is slated to face Joey Wheeler. Believing he finally escaped the virtual world, and eager to get his hands on Marik Ishtar for what he did to Mai Valentine (Mai Kujaku), Joey discovers that this was an elaborate trap set by Johnson, who proceeds to duel him. Johnson manages to get the upper hand in the duel through a combination of his Deckmaster ability (which could, at the cost of life points, clear the field of all cards) and the ability of controlling the outcome of Joey's luck-based moves. Yet, just as it seems that Joey's luck is about to run out, Noah appears and insists that Johnson forfeit for cheating. Joey, in the spirit of a True Duelist, convinces Noah to let the match continue (knowing Johnson could not cheat again), and eventually wins by outwitting Johnson at one of the mind games he claimed to be an expert at.
+Throughout the Duel, the viewers learn of how Seto took over KaibaCorp: In the Japanese version, on Seto's birthday, he and Mokuba were given 2% shares in KaibaCorp. In the English dub, Seto was given ten million dollars; quite how Mokuba acquired 2% of KaibaCorp is never explained. In the Japanese version, Seto had to return one hundred times the investment within one year, while in the English dub, he merely had to return ten times the investment. Seto had shown his cruel business tactics when he accomplished his feat in just one day, and with that task completed, he managed to get the Big 5 into transferring their shares of KaibaCorp to Seto, so that both Seto and Gozaburo had 49% of the company each. However, Seto had blamed Mokuba for leaking the information out to Gozaburo (when in fact it was Seto himself), making Seto's attempt fruitless. When it seemed that Gozaburo had won, Mokuba then threw a bombshell of his own: he'd never turn his back on his brother, and combined with Seto's 49%, his 2% would be enough to oust Gozaburo from power. It is not completely clear what happened to Gozaburo after this; in both the Japanese and English versions he 'disappears'.
-Tristan Taylor, Duke Devlin, and Serenity Wheeler manage to find each other, yet they find themselves faced off against Nesbitt, who wants to take Serenity's body for his own. With Tristan and Duke willing to protect Serenity from harm, they try to convince Nesbitt that they should take her place, but he settles on a three-on-one duel. Serenity, despite having never played the game herself, and knowing little about the rules, is relieved that Tristan and Duke would help her along, but miscommunication between Tristan and Duke would ultimately cost Tristan his Deckmaster. Crestfallen over Tristan's sacrifice, Duke manages to use his dice tricks and his signature monster, [[Orgoth the Relentless]], to buy some time. Convinced by her older brother (who had managed to find her) that she, too, must fight in the spirit of a True Duelist, Serenity vows to continue playing. Serenity would ultimately deal the final blow in the match, thanks to her Deckmaster, [[Goddess with the Third Eye]], whose ability allows her to [[Fusion Summon]] monsters, along with the remnants of Tristan's playing field.
+Noah manages to capitalize on Seto blaming Mokuba, and convinces Mokuba through brainwashing that Noah is his true big brother, and that Seto was a nobody. This is part of his plan to slowly take everything Seto has of value from him, and the Big 5 was simply a tool for his means - by making a false promise of bodies, he could manipulate the Big 5 as he wished.
-With Nesbitt having won Tristan's body, Nesbitt uses it to kidnap Mokuba, while Yugi and friends seek to restore Tristan, who now resides in the body of a robot monkey (which is actually a brown version of the acrobatic monkey card). Kaiba, in pursuit of Nesbitt, encounters Leichter (''Daimon''), the last member of the Big 5. Eager to put Leichter aside, Kaiba tries to use his [[Crush Card Virus]] (''Deck Destruction Virus of Death'' in the Japanese version) strategy against him, only to fail as he realizes that Leichter's Deck Master was Jinzo (''Android Psychic Shocker''), which destroys [[Trap Card]]s. Combined with [[Imperial Order]], a card that rendered magic cards useless, this left Kaiba with only monster cards. Furthermore, Leichter would use Satellite Cannon, a monster that could only be destroyed by eight-star monsters or above, and whose power increased the longer it is in play (but only while attacking), in an attempt to ensure his victory. However, Kaiba manages to summon Blue Eyes White Dragon, an eight-star monster, in time, and uses it to destroy [[Satellite Cannon]] and win the duel.
+===Fall of the Big 5===
+[[File:Yugioh113.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"Five-Headed Dragon" arises]]
+Unaware of this, the Big 5 continued to try and take more bodies so that they would not have to share Tristan's, and manage to convince Yugi and Joey into a Duel with everyone's bodies on the line, in a winner-take-all duel. During this Duel, the Big 5 (who started with 8000 Life Points) manage to Summon their signature monster, "[[Mythic Dragon (anime)|Mythic Dragon]]", by Tributing their five respective Deck Masters. However, it is destroyed by "[[Mirage Knight (anime)|Mirage Knight]]", a monster that was Summoned after Yugi and Joey were able to fuse "[[Dark Magician (anime)|Dark Magician]]" and "[[Flame Swordsman (anime)|Flame Swordsman]]" together (which were, respectively, Yugi and Joey's Deck Masters) to create "[[Dark Flare Knight (anime)|Dark Flare Knight]]", who destroyed itself by attacking "Five God Dragon" and taking no battle damage due to its effect, allowing "Mirage Knight" to be Summoned. The Duel, however, did not end, thanks to the [[Trap Card]] "[[A Deal with Dark Ruler (anime)|A Deal with Dark Ruler]]", allowing the Big 5 to Summon a new Deck Master, "[[Berserk Dragon (anime)|Berserk Dragon]]" - a monster that gradually weakened the longer it stayed on the field. After surviving a round of attacks, Joey, who the Big 5 thought was the weaker link of the two, and was allowed to survive on 300 Life Points, would set up "[[Dark Magician]]" by transforming him into "[[Dark Magician Knight]]" by using the Magic Card, "[[Knight's Title]]", allowing him to use his Deck Master's special ability (which, he explains, would only work on [[Warrior]]-[[Type]] monsters) and was able to transfer most of the [[ATK]] of "[[Flame Swordsman]]" directly to "Dark Magician Knight", which was enough to destroy "Berserk Dragon" and win the Duel.
-Through the duel, the viewers learn of how Seto took over KaibaCorp: In the Japanese version, on Seto's birthday, he and Mokuba were given 2% shares in KaibaCorp. In the English anime, Seto was given ten million dollars, while how Mokuba acquired 2% of KaibaCorp is unclear. In the Japanese version, Seto had to return one hundred times the investment within one year, while in the English anime, he merely had to return ten times the investment. Seto had shown his cruel business tactics when he accomplished his feat in just one day, and with that task completed, he managed to get the Big 5 into transferring their shares of KaibaCorp to Seto, so that both Seto and Gozaburo had 49% of the company. However, Seto had blamed Mokuba for leaking the information out to Gozaburo (when in fact it was Seto himself), making Seto's attempt fruitless. When it seemd that Gozaburo had won, Mokuba then threw a bombshell of his own: he'd never turn his back on his brother, and combined with Seto's 49%, his 2% would be enough to oust Gozaburo from power. It is not completely clear what happened to Gozaburo after this; in both the Japanese and English versions he 'disappears,' while in the manga he commits suicide.
+===Seven Turns of Heaven's Creation===
+With the Big 5 defeated, Noah banishes the five and takes matters into his own hands. He challenges Seto directly, fully intending to take his body in order to escape the virtual world, and claim the position that he believes he deserves. Noah tells Seto that he would win in seven turns, with each turn representing each of the seven days of creation (this detail, like all other religious references, was removed from the English dub). Despite Noah's choice of "[[Shinato's Ark (anime)|Shinato's Ark]]" as his Deck Master, Seto manages to get into a position in which one of his monsters could attack either of Noah's two monsters and win the Duel. However, Mokuba suddenly appears to support Noah, effectively stopping Seto from attacking Noah's monsters for fear that Mokuba would be hurt.
-Noah manages to capitalize on Seto blaming Mokuba, and convinces Mokuba through brainwashing that Noah is his true big brother, and that Seto was a nobody. This is part of his plan to slowly take everything Seto has of value from him, and the Big 5 was simply a tool for his means - by making a false promise of bodies, he could manipulate the Big 5 as he wished.
+[[File: Yugioh114.png|thumb|left|Noah faces off against Kaiba]]
+Because of this, Seto had effectively played into Noah's hands: Noah was never in any danger of losing the Duel, thanks to another of his Deck Master's abilities that gave him Life Points based on the number of discarded monsters. Now with the upper hand, Noah begins to take control of the Duel. Meanwhile, Seto attempts to get through to his brainwashed brother, to no avail. With one last hope, Seto Summons his "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", which manages to break Mokuba free of Noah's control. Yet, thanks to his Deck Master, Noah's Life Points continue to rise. Desperate, Seto uses "[[Last Turn (anime)|Last Turn]]" to force the Duel into one final winner-take-all [[Battle Phase]]. Seto chooses "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to attack while Noah chooses his Deck Master to defend. Although "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" wins the battle, the destruction of "Shinato's Ark" allowed Noah to summon "[[Shinato, King of a Higher Plane (anime)|Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]", a more powerful monster that destroys "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", allowing Noah to win the Duel. As a token of his victory and his apparent worthiness of the title of head of KaibaCorp, Noah turns Seto and Mokuba to stone.
-Unaware of this, the Big 5 continue to try and take more bodies so that they would not have to share Tristan's, and manage to convince Yugi and Joey into a duel with everyone's bodies on the line, winner-take-all. In the duel, the Big 5 (which started with a 4000-point advantage) manage to summon their signature Five God Dragon by tributing their five Deckmasters, yet it is destroyed by Mirage Knight, a fusion combination of Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman (which, in turn, were Yugi's and Joey's Deckmasters). The duel, however, did not end, thanks to a trap, allowing the Big 5 to summon a new Deckmaster, Berserk Dragon - a monster that gradually weakened the longer it stays on the field. After surviving a round of attacks, Joey, who the Big 5 thought was the weaker link and was allowed to survive on 300 life points, would setup Dark Magician by transforming him to Dark Magician Knight, allowing him to use his Deckmaster special ability (which he explains as only working on Warrior-type monsters) and transfer Flame Swordsman's attack strength, which was enough to destroy Berserk Dragon and win the duel.
+Yugi, however, is enraged over Noah's actions: had Seto not Tributed "[[Different Dimension Dragon]]", the Duel would have been a DRAW, since this dragon cannot be destroyed in battle (this was an error; "Different Dimension Dragon" can only be destroyed by monsters with ''less'' than 1900 ATK). Instead, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" was Summoned so that Seto would save Mokuba (in the English dub, this detail was omitted - Yugi is enraged over how Seto had effectively been blackmailed by Noah earlier when he had used Mokuba as a human shield). He challenges Noah to continue the Duel, with Yugi taking Seto's place. With Life Points being 7400-400 in favour of Noah, and no monsters on Seto Kaiba's side of the field (and no cards in his hand), Noah gladly accepts, intending to quickly win, and turn both Yugi and his friends to stone. Should Yugi win, however, he demands that everyone be set free from the virtual world.
-==Seven Turns of Heaven's Creation==
+[[File: Yugioh117.png|thumb|right|Yugi inherits Kaiba's spirit and vows to defeat Noah]]
-With the Big 5 defeated, Noah banishes the five and takes matters into his own hands. He challenges Seto, fulling intending to take his body in order escape the virtual world and claim the position that he believed he deserved. Noah tells Seto that he would win in seven turns, with each turn representing each of the seven days of creation (this detail, like all other religious references, was removed from the English version). Despite Noah's choice of Shinato's Ark (Miracle Ark) as his Deckmaster (from which "Noah's arc", the affectionate nickname for this story arc, is derived), Seto manages to get into a position in which one of his monsters could attack either of Noah's two monsters and win the duel. However, Mokuba suddenly appears to support Noah, effectively stopping Seto from attacking Noah's monsters for fear that Mokuba would be hurt.
+Having to Duel against a different kind of Duelist in Yugi, Noah uses Spirit Monsters, a type of monster that returns to the hand at the end of the turn, and the "[[Spring of Rebirth (anime)|Spring of Rebirth]]" Magic Card to attack Yugi and increase his own Life Points in the process. Although Yugi manages to use "[[Cyber Jar (anime)|Cyber Jar]]" to destroy all of Noah's monsters, including "[[Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]" (which Seto forced Noah to Summon to the field as a result of Noah needing a target to declare as a defender for the effect of "[[Last Turn (anime)|Last Turn]]"), Noah uses another Deck Master ability to pull "[[Shinato, King of a Higher Plane]]" back to the sidelines, but with the caveat that Noah now cannot Summon "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane" back to the field for the remainder of the Duel. Because of his Spirit Monsters, "Spring of Rebirth", and another Deck Master ability, Noah's Life Points continue to accumulate to the point that Noah simply allows Yugi to directly attack him every turn - an effort that turned largely fruitless as Noah would manage to gain even more Life Points.
-Because of this, Seto had effectively played into Noah's hands: Noah was never in any danger of losing the duel, thanks to another of his Deckmaster's abilities that gave him life points based on the number of discarded monsters. Now with the upper hand, Noah begins to take control of the duel. Meanwhile, Seto attempts to get through to his brainwashed brother to no avail. With one last hope, Seto summons his Blue Eyes White Dragon, which manages to break Mokuba free of Noah's control. Yet, thanks to his Deckmaster, Noah's life points continue to rise. Desperate, Seto uses the Last Turn trap in order to force the duel into one final battle phase, winner-take-all. Seto chooses Blue Eyes to attack while Noah uses his Deckmaster. Although Blue Eyes wins, the destruction of the Miracle Ark allowed Noah to summon Shinato, a more powerful monster that destroys Blue Eyes, thus giving Noah the victory. As a token of his victory and his apparent worthiness of the title of head of KaibaCorp, Noah turns Seto and Mokuba to stone.
+Being confident of himself, Noah offers Yugi a chance to forfeit the Duel, but for every turn that Yugi continues to play in which Noah is not defeated, one of Yugi's friends would be turned into stone. With time running out, Yugi ends up in a situation where he has 100 Life Points to Noah's 10,000, facing off against Noah's most powerful Spirit Monster (which stayed on the field due to a [[Spell Card]]), with nothing on the field and no cards in his hand. Worse, all of his friends are eventually turned turned to stone. It seemed all but lost for Yugi, when he is reminded that even though all of his friends (Seto and Mokuba included) are turned to stone, they are still there in spirit to cheer him on. With a new-found confidence, Yugi draws "[[Card of Sanctity]]", allowing Yugi to draw six cards. With these six cards, he revives Seto Kaiba's "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" and fuses it with the two "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]" he has drawn to form "[[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]]", and he uses his fifth card, "[[Quick Attack]]", to allow "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" to attack Noah's monster immediately. He then uses his final card, "[[De-Fusion]]", to split "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" back into three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons", and attacks directly with all three, winning the Duel.
-Yugi, however, is enraged over Noah's actions: had Seto not tributed Twilight Zone Dragon (Different Dimension Dragon), the duel would have been a draw since this dragon cannot be destroyed in battle (in the real game, it cannot be destroyed by monsters with 1900 ATK or less). Instead, Blue Eyes was summoned so that Seto would save Mokuba (in the English version, this detail was omitted - Yugi is enraged over how Seto had effectively blackmailed by Noah earlier when he had effectively used Mokuba as a human shield). He challenges Noah to continue the duel, with Yugi taking Seto's place. With the life points being 7400-400 in favor of Noah and no monsters on Seto's side of the field (and no cards in hand), Noah quickly accepts, intending to quickly win and turn Yugi and friends to stone. Should Yugi win, however, he demands that everyone be set free from the virtual world.
+===Escape from the Virtual World===
+[[File: Yugioh119.png|thumb|250px|left|Gozaburo Kaiba reveals himself]]
+With the Duel won, Yugi demands that Noah free everyone from the virtual world. However, Noah reveals to everyone that, in the process of entering the virtual world, they were all knocked out and placed in virtual reality pods. Everyone is later shocked to find that it was Gozaburo, or at least, a digitized copy thereof, who had attempted to trap everyone in a complicated plan to take over the world by trapping everyone in the virtual world (in the Japanese version, Gozaburo was going to use missiles positioned in space to manipulate the world to his will). Desperate to tell the world of Gozaburo's impending atrocity, they are determined more than ever to escape the virtual world. With Noah willing to help Yugi and company despite his duplicity, they follow him to a large door that was said to be a secret backdoor that Gozaburo had not discovered and closed. However, Noah's true colors are revealed as they trap Yugi and friends within their own recent memories, although all would eventually free themselves from the trap.
-Having to duel against a different kind of duelist in Yugi, Noah uses his spirit monsters, a type of monster that is returned to the hand at the end of a turn (and cannot be Special Summoned), and the Spring of Rebirth magic card to attack Yugi and increase his own lifepoints in the process. Although Yugi manages to use Cyber Jar to destroy all of Noah's monsters, including Shinato (which was forced onto the field as a result of choosing it in Last Turn), Noah uses another Deckmaster ability to pull Shinato back to the sidelines (but now Noah forfeits the ability to put Shinato back onto the field), and the duel continues. Because of his spirit monsters, Spring of Rebirth, and another Deckmaster effect, Noah's lifepoints continue to accumulate to the point that Noah simply allowed Yugi to directly attack him every turn - an effort that turned largely fruitless as Noah would manage to gain even more life points.
+Meanwhile, Noah and Mokuba discover a virtual replica of Domino, in which Noah tricks Mokuba in order to escape the virtual world in Mokuba's body. Noah (as Mokuba) then aims a missile-armed satellite in order to destroy the undersea fortress (and thus the virtual world), and proceeds to leave on a helicopter alone. However, once there, he experiences a change of heart due to Mokuba's willingness to forgive Noah (and even helps convince Seto to find a way to create a new, if somewhat artificial, body for Noah), and proceeds back into the fortress, only to find the satellite controls having been destroyed by [[Yami Marik]]. With only 60 minutes until the fortress is destroyed, Noah begins working on a way to save everyone.
-Being confident of himself, Noah offers Yugi a chance to forfeit the duel, but for every turn that Yugi continues to play in which Noah is not defeated, one of Yugi's friends would turn into stone. With time running out, Yugi would wind up in a situation where he has 100 life points to Noah's 10,000, facing againt Noah's most powerful spirit monster (which stayed on the field due to a trap), with nothing on the field and no cards in hand. Worse is that all of his friends have been turned to stone. It seemed all but lost for Yugi, when he is reminded that even though all of his friends (Seto and Mokuba included) are turned to stone, they are still there in spirit to cheer him on. With a newfound confidence, Yugi draws the Card of Sanctity, allowing Yugi to draw six cards. With these six cards, he revives Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon and fuses them with the two Blue Eyes he has drawn to form Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and uses his fifth card, Quick Attack, to allow Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon to attack Noah's monster immediately. He then uses his final card, De-Fusion, to split Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon back to three Blue Eyes White Dragons, and attacks directly, winning the duel.
+Meanwhile, Seto, being too smart to fall for their trap, proceeds to the virtual KaibaCorp headquarters, where Gozaburo waited. Gozaburo challenges Seto to a Duel to see who was worthier of running KaibaCorp (similar to how Seto had played chess with him as a child). Gozaburo quickly finds a way to discard the five pieces of "Exodia the Forbidden One" (using "[[Painful Choice (anime)|Painful Choice]]") in order to Summon "[[Exodia Necross (anime)|Exodia Necross]]", a monster which, as long as the five pieces of "Exodia the Forbidden One" were in the [[Graveyard]], it is immune to virtually every card (The [[Left Leg of the Forbidden One (anime)|Left Leg]], [[Right Leg of the Forbidden One (anime)|Right Leg]], and [[Left Arm of the Forbidden One (anime)|Left Arm]] granted [[Exodia Necross|Necross]] immunities to Magic Cards, Trap Cards, and Monster Effects respectively) and grew more powerful with every battle it was involved in ([[Exodia the Forbidden One (anime)|Exodia's Head]] prevented it from being destroyed from a monster attack while the [[Right Arm of the Forbidden One (anime)|Right Arm]] ensured that its ATK increased by 1000 points whenever it engaged in battle).
-==Escape From the Virtual World==
+Although Exodia Necross seemed unstoppable, Seto realized that, like himself with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" so long ago - ironically before his defeat at the hands of Exodia, Gozaburo is using the power of only one monster, believing that it alone would win the battle for him. By using the "[[Soul Demolition (anime)|Soul Demolition]]" Trap Card, Seto manages to remove the five parts of Exodia from play from Gozaburo's Graveyard, weakening it so that "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" could destroy it and win the Duel.
-With the duel won, Yugi demands that Noah free everyone from the virtual world. However, Noah reveals to everyone that, in the process of entering the virtual world, they were all knocked out and placed in virtual reality pods (not unlike those used by Seto in the Legendary Heroes arc). Everyone would later be shocked to find that it was Gozaburo, or a digitized copy thereof, who had attempted to trap everyone in a complicated plan to take over the world by trapping everyone in the virtual world (In the original version, Gozaburo was going to use missiles positioned in space to manipulate the world to his will, like so many James Bond villains before him). Desperate to tell the world of Gozaburo's impending atrocity, they are determined more than ever to escape the virtual world. With Noah willing to help Yugi and company despite his untrustworthiness, they follow him to a large door that was said to be a secret backdoor that Gozaburo had not discovered and closed. However, Noah's true colors would be revealed as they trap Yugi and friends within their own recent memories, although all would eventually free themselves from the trap.
-Meanwhile, Noah and Mokuba discover a virtual replica of Domino, in which Noah tricks Mokuba in order to escape the virtual world in Mokuba's body. Noah (as Mokuba) then aims a missile-armed satellite in order to destroy the undersea fortress (and thus the virtual world), and proceeds to leave on a helicopter alone. However, once there, he experiences a change of heart due to Mokuba's willingness to forgive Noah (and even help convince Seto to find a way to create a new, if somewhat artificial, body for Noah), and proceeds back into the fortress, only to find the satellite controls having been destroyed by Marik. With only 60 minutes until the fortress is destroyed, Noah begins working on a way to save everyone.
+As the countdown to impact reaches eight minutes, Joey, Tristan, Téa, Duke, and Serenity manage to escape the virtual world thanks to Noah's help, but Noah asks Yugi to stay behind to help save Seto. With everyone safely out, Noah then proceeds to put himself back in the Virtual Reality pod in order to save Mokuba and trap Gozaburo in the virtual world. Yugi and company make it back to the airship, which escapes just in time to avoid being destroyed by the missile.
-Meanwhile, Seto, being way too smart to fall for their trap, proceeds to the virtual KaibaCorp headquarters, where Gozaburo awaited. Gozaburo challenges Seto to a duel to see who is more worthy of running KaibaCorp (akin to how Seto had played chess with him as a child). Gozaburo would quickly find a way to discard the five pieces of Exodia in order to summon Exodia Necross, a monster which, as long as its five parts were kept in the graveyard, it would be immune to virtually every card (The [[Left Leg of the Forbidden One|Left Leg]], [[Right Leg of the Forbidden One|Right Leg]], and [[Left Arm of the Forbidden One|Left Arm]] granted [[Exodia Necross|Necross]] immunities to magic cards, trap cards, and monster effects, respectively) and grow more powerful with every battle it was involved in ([[Exodia the Forbidden One|Exodia's Head]] prevented it from being destroyed from a monster attack while the [[Right Arm of the Forbidden One|Right Arm]] ensured that its ATK increased by 1000 points whenever it engaged in battle).
+The airship proceeds towards the Battle City finals, completing the originally-planned trip. Meanwhile, Mokuba mourns for the stepbrother that he only briefly knew.
-Although Exodia Necross seemed unstoppable, Seto realizes that, like himself with Blue Eyes White Dragon so long ago - ironically before his defeat at the hands of Exodia, Gozaburo is using the power of only one monster, believing that it alone would win the battle for him. By using the Soul Demolition trap card, Seto manages to remove the five parts of Exodia from play, weakening it so that Blue Eyes White Dragon could destroy it and win the duel.
+==Episodes==
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-As the countdown to impact reaches eight minutes, Joey, Tristan, Téa, Duke, and Serenity manage to escape the virtual world thanks to Noah's help, but Noah asks Yugi to stay behind to help save Seto. With everyone safely out, Noah then proceeds to put himself back in the VR pod in order to save Mokuba and trap Gozaburo in the virtual world. Yugi and company make it back to the airship, which escapes just in time to avoid being destroyed by the missile.
+==Featured Duels==
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
+|- style="background: #ccf;"
+! Duel #
+! Episode(s)
+! Duelist #1
+! class="unsortable" | vs
+! Duelist #2
+! Winner
+! LP #1
+! LP #2
+! Turns
+|-
+| 1
+| [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 098|098]]
+| '''Simulated [[Seto Kaiba]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''Total Defense Shogun'''
+| Total Defense Shogun
+| 4000 (Deck Master Destroyed)
+| 3000
+| 1
+|-
+|2
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 099|099]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 101|101]]
+| '''[[Gansley]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Yami Yugi]]'''
+|[[Yami Yugi]]
+|0
+|400
+|10
+|-
+|3
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 102|102]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 103|103]]
+| '''[[Téa Gardner]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Crump]]'''
+|[[Téa Gardner]]
+|750
+|0
+|15
+|-
+|4
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 104|104]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 105|105]]
+| '''[[Johnson]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Joey Wheeler]]'''
+|[[Joey Wheeler]]
+|0
+|600
+|13
+|-
+|5
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 106|106]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 107|107]]
+| '''[[Serenity Wheeler]]<br>+ [[Tristan Taylor]]<br>+ [[Duke Devlin]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Nezbitt]]'''
+|[[Serenity Wheeler]]<br>+ [[Duke Devlin]]
+|2100-850 (Deck Master Destroyed)-150
+|1100 (Deck Master Destroyed)
+|16
+|-
+|6
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 108|108]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 109|109]]
+| '''[[Leichter]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Seto Kaiba]]'''
+|[[Seto Kaiba]]
+|0
+|300
+|16
+|-
+|7
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 111|111]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 113|113]]
+| '''[[The Big Five]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Joey Wheeler]]<br>+ [[Yami Yugi]]'''
+|[[Joey Wheeler]]<br>+ [[Yami Yugi]]
+|600 (Deck Master Destroyed)
+|300-1000
+|24
+|-
+|8
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 114|114]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 116|116]]
+| '''[[Seto Kaiba]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Noah Kaiba]]'''
+|[[Noah Kaiba]] ([[Last Turn (anime)|Last Turn]])
+|400
+|7400
+|18
+|-
+|9
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 117|117]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 119|119]] (continued)
+| '''[[Yami Yugi]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Noah Kaiba]]'''
+|[[Yami Yugi]]
+|100
+|0
+|41
+|-
+|10
+|[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 120|120]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 121|121]]
+| '''[[Gozaburo Kaiba]]'''
+| '''vs.'''
+| '''[[Seto Kaiba]]'''
+|[[Seto Kaiba]]
+|0
+|100
+|10
+|}
-The airship proceeds towards the Battle City Finals, completing the originally-planned trip. Meanwhile, Mokuba mourns for the stepbrother that he only briefly knew.
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