Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 001

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 001

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Number	1
Season	1
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episodes (season 1)
Next	"Go With the Flow, Part 2"
Cards
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"Bring It To 'Em!!" is the first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.

Set in the near future, Yuma Tsukumo aims to become a future Duel Champion. He's a boy with an energetic and vigorous spirit that takes on whatever comes his way. With "Kattobingu!" as his catchphrase, he keeps challenging everything, believing in himself. However, despite loving Duels, he has the skills of a Grade A Amateur. To say nothing of becoming the Duel Champion, he'll have to obtain the title with a laundry list of defeats behind him.

Summary

One day, the Deck of Yuma's friend, Tetsuo Takeda, is taken away from him. The one who did this horrible deed is the #1 delinquent, "Shark". To get Tetsuo's Deck back, Yuma challenges Shark to a Duel. But Shark is so talented at Dueling that he's able to make good use of Exceed Summon, a method of summoning strong monsters, to the point that he's at the level of those who compete in Nation-wide Tournaments! Even though Yuma seems like he should be intimidated by all means, something stirs inside him to fight back, to keep moving towards what's coming.

"Kattobingu daze, Ore!!"

However, against Shark's brutal assault, Yuma repeatedly keeps making amateur mistakes. When he's pushed into a corner, the creepy door that always appears in Yuma's dreams appears before him. He opens this locked door, causing countless points of light to burst out from it. Then when he looks up, a mysterious entity is looking down at him with its arms folded, making him ask "Who are you!?". From that moment on, the newest Legend in Dueling, the one of Yuma Tsukumo, begins.

Featured Duels

Tetsuo Takeda vs. Ryoga Kamishiro

Duel begins from an unspecified turn. Tetsuo has an empty field and 800 Life Points, while Ryoga has "Big Jaws" (1800/300) and "Skull Kraken" (600/1600) in Attack Position and 4000 Life Points.

Ryoga's turn
Ryoga uses "Big Jaws" and "Skull Kraken" to Exceed Summon "Aero Shark" (1900/1000) in Attack Position. "Aero Shark" attacks directly (Tetsuo 800 → 0)

Yuma Tsukumo vs. Ryoga Kamishiro

Yuma's turn
Yuma's opening hand contains "Ganbara Knight", "Bye Bye Damage", "Wonder Wand", "Gagaga Magician", "Goblin Out of the Frying Pan" and "Zubaba Knight". He Normal Summons "Zubaba Knight" (1600/900) in Attack Position and ends his turn.

Ryoga's turn
Ryoga's opening hand contains "Salvage", "Skull Kraken", "Jawsman", "Aqua Jet", "Big Jaws" and "Poseidon Waves". Ryoga Normal Summons "Big Jaws" (1800/300) in Attack Position and then activates "Aqua Jet", increasing the ATK of "Big Jaws" by 1000 until the End Phase. "Big Jaws" attacks and destroys "Zubaba Knight" (Yuma 4000 → 2800). Ryoga Sets a card. The ATK of "Big Jaws" returns to its original values at the End Phase.

Yuma's turn
Yuma Normal Summons "Gagaga Magician" (1500/1000) in Attack Position and equips it with "Wonder Wand", increasing its ATK by 500. "Gagaga Magician" attacks "Big Jaws", but Ryoga activates his face-down "Poseidon Waves", negating the attack and inflicting 800 damage to Yuma since Ryoga controls a face-up Fish-Type monster (Yuma 2800 - 2000). Yuma Sets a card.

Ryoga's turn
Ryoga Normal Summons "Skull Kraken" (600/1600) in Attack Position and activates its effect, destroying "Wonder Wand". Ryoga uses "Big Jaws" and "Skull Kraken" to Exceed Summon "No. 17 Revise Dragon" (2000/0) in Attack Position. Ryoga uses the effect of "Revise Dragon" to send the underlaid "Skull Kraken" to the Graveyard and increase the ATK of "Revise Dragon" by 500. Revise Dragon attacks and destroysGagaga Magician (Yuma 2000 - 1000).

Duel continues in the next episode.

Featured cards

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

Ryoga Kamishiro
Monster Cards Effect Monsters Big Jaws Jawsman Skull Kraken Exceed Monsters Aero Shark No. 17 Revise Dragon Spell Cards Aqua Jet Salvage Trap Cards Poseidon Waves