Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode 094

"Keeping a Promise, Part 1"

Names
English	Keeping a Promise, Part 1
Japanese name Japanese 追憶 朋友が託した遺志 Rōmaji Tsuioku Hōyū ga Takushita Ishi Translated Recollections, Entrusted with a Friend's Dying Wish
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Number	94
Season	2
Music
Japanese OP	"FREEDOM"
Japanese ED	"-OZONE-"
English OP & ED	"Hyper Drive"
Staff
Screenplay	Yoshifumi Fukushima
Animation director	Ichizou Kobayashi
Air dates
Japanese	January 27, 2010
English	February 26, 2011
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episodes (season 2)
Previous	"The Question of the Card"
Next	"Keeping a Promise, Part 2"
Cards
Featured card	"White Warrior - Hail the Iron Hammer"

"Keeping a Promise, Part 1", known as "Recollections, Entrusted with a Friend's Dying Wish" in Japan, is the ninety-fourth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.

The man who died (disappeared into the Netherworld in the English dub) was Robert Pearson, a man whom Crow was indebted to, leading Mina and Trudge, who are in charge of the investigation, to question Crow. Trudge and Mina say they heard the criminal used a card called "Crimson Mefist", and hand Crow a photograph of the card, but Crow says he had never heard of the card. The search for the criminal starts, leading him to visit Bolton, an old friend of Crow who had worked with Pearson. At first, Bolton tries to avoid the subject of Pearson's death (disappearance in the dub) but when he realizes that Crow won't give up until he finds the criminal, Bolton agrees to tell him who it is if Crow beats him in a duel. However, if Bolton wins, Crow will have to give Bolton "Black-Winged Dragon".

Featured Duels

Bolton vs. Crow Hogan

Turn 1: Bolton
Bolton draws "White Warrior - Fog the Treasure Shield" and subsequently Normal Summons it (4/300/2000) in Defense Position. He then sets two cards.

Turn 2: Crow
Crow draws. During the Standby Phase, the effect of "Speed World 2" activates (Bolton's SPC: 0 → 1; Crow's SPC: 0 → 1). Since Bolton controls monsters and Crow doesn't, he Normal Summons "Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn" (5/2000/900) in Attack Position without Tributing. Since Crow controls a Blackwing monster, he Special Summons "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" (4/1700/800) in Attack Position. Crow's hand contains "Speed Spell - Angel Baton", "Blackwing - Mistral the Silver Shield", "Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame", and "Blackwing - Kochi the Daybreak".

Crow activates the effect of "Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn" to increase the ATK of "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" by the ATK of every "Blackwing" monster on the field except itself ("Blackwing - Bora the Spear": 1700 → 3700/800) until the End Phase, but Bolton activates his face-down "Whiteout" to negate the effects of any monster Crow controls if it targets a card in Crow's hand, Graveyard, or field ("Blackwing - Bora the Spear": 3700 → 1700/800).

Turn 3: Bolton
Bolton draws. During the Standby Phase, the effect of "Speed World 2" activates (Bolton's SPC: 1 → 2; Crow's SPC: 1 → 2). Bolton then Normal Summons "White Warrior - Hail the Iron Hammer" (4/1800/1600) in Attack Position. Bolton then activates his face-down "Sacred Arrow". Now during each End Phase, both players will take 400 damage for every monster that was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard that turn.

"White Warrior - Hail the Iron Hammer" attacks and destroys "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" (Crow 4000 → 3900). Since "Hail the Iron Hammer" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, allowing Bolton to destroy "Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn". On Bolton's End Phase, the effect of "Sacred Arrow" activates (Crow 3900 → 3100).

Duel continues in the next episode.

Robert Pearson and Bolton vs. two unknown opponents

Duel already in progress. Bolton controls "White Warrior - Hail the Iron Hammer" (4/1800/1600) in Attack Position while Pearson controls "Blackwing - Bora the Spear" (4/1700/800), "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind" (3/1300/400), "Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain" (2/500/800), "Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame" (4/1800/1200), and "Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn" (5/2000/900) in Attack Position as well as a set card.

Bolton's turn
"Hail the Iron Hammer" attacks the opponent directly. Pearson then activates "Shadow Dance" to inflict 1000 more damage to the opponent.

An unknown amount of time passes. All monsters controlled by Bolton and Pearson have been removed from the field through unknown means. Both opponents now have 2050 and 1350 Life Points respectively.

Pearson's turn
Pearson Synchro Summons "Black-Winged Dragon" (2800/1600) in Attack Position. "Black-Winged Dragon" attacks both opponents directly through an unknown effect (Opponent 1 2050 → 0; Opponent 2 1350 → 0).

Differences in adaptations

• In the English dub, the story is changed to say Pearson disappeared in a purple glow rather than dying in a fire, thus anything shown during the fire is cut.
• At the beginning of the episode, the gravestones in the cemetery Crow was standing at were removed in the English dub.
• In both versions, "Crimson Mefist" could deal real damage to players. In the original, the card's damage sent Pearson flying into a lantern, which started a fire. In the dub, it was instead stated that the card could send people to the Netherworld.
• In the dub, when Crow is thrown out of Bolton's building and then tells the security guards that he has business with Bolton, one of the guards sarcastically remarks "Sure ya do, and I got dinner plans with Seto Kaiba!"
• The woman dancing at the club where Bolton was conducting business is cut
• The bottle of alcohol Bolton has is changed to water.
• The scene of Crow getting hit by the thug is cut.
• A close-up of Crow's face after getting hit by the effect of Bolton's "Sacred Arrow" is cut.
• The cry of "Black-Winged Dragon" is toned down a bit.

Featured cards

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

Other
Extra Deck Synchro Monsters Crimson Mefist

Bolton's mind
Extra Deck Synchro Monsters Black-Winged Dragon

Flashback
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Blackwing - Bora the Spear Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn White Warrior - Hail the Iron Hammer Tuner monsters Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind Trap Cards Shadow Dance Extra Deck Synchro Monsters Black-Winged Dragon Crimson Mefist

Bolton's collection
Monster Cards Effect Monsters Witch of the Black Forest