Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 021

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 021

Names
Series
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Number	21
Season	1
Chronology
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episodes (season 1)
Previous	"Roots of the Problem"
Next	"The Shark Hunter"
Cards
Japanese gallery

"Battle with the Bot", known as "Yuma vs. Cleaning Robot Obomi" in the Japanese version, is the twenty-first episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It first aired in Japan on August 29, 2011 and in the United States on April 28, 2012.

As they head home from class, Yuma and his friends meet Lilly whom they form a friendship with. However after the robot is reprogrammed to its former self, Yuma duels Lilly in order to help her regain her memories.

Featured Duels

Yuma Tsukumo vs. Lilly (first)

Duel is shown from an unspecified turn. Yuma controls no cards and has 2500 Life Points, while Lilly controls "Junk Robot Teapot Kangaroo" (800/1200) and "Junk Robot Camelcycle" (800/1600), both in Attack Position and a Set card.

Lilly's turn
Yuma's Life Points are damaged through unknown means (Yuma 2500 → 1900). Lilly activates her face-down "Star Light, Star Bright", changing the Level of "Teapot Kangaroo" to that of "Camelcycle" as they have the same ATK. Lilly overlays her two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon "Wind-Up Zenmaister" (1900/1500) in Attack Position. "Zenmaister" attacks directly (Yuma 1900 → 0).

Yuma Tsukumo and Bronk Stone vs. Lilly

Duel is shown from an unspecified turn. Yuma and Bronk control no cards, while Lilly controls a Set card.

Yuma's and Bronk's Life Points are damaged through unknown means (Yuma 0, Bronk 0).

Yuma Tsukumo vs. Lilly (second)

Turn 1: Yuma
Yuma Normal Summons "Gagaga Magician" (1500/1000) and Sets a card.

Turn 2: Lilly
Lilly activates "Eco Spell - Reduce Waste", letting her banish two "Junk Robot" monsters from her Deck to add a "Junk Robot" monster from her Deck to her hand. She banishes "Junk Robot Cleanaga" and "Junk Robot Computerkong" and adds "Junk Robot Camelcycle". She Normal Summons it (800/1600) in Attack Position and activates "Eco Spell - Recycle", letting her Special Summon two banished "Junk Robot" monsters. She Summons "Cleanaga" (1200/800) and "Computerkong" (1000/1000). Lilly overlays her three Level 4 EARTH Machine-Type monsters to Xyz Summon "Recycle Rhinobot" (2700/2000) in Attack Position. It attacks "Gagaga Magician", but Yuma activates his face-down "Half Unbreak", preventing its destruction by battle and halving the Battle Damage (Yuma 4000 → 3400).

Turn 3: Yuma
Yuma Normal Summons "Gagaga Girl" (1000/800) and equips it with "Wonder Wand", increasing its ATK by 500 (1000 → 1500). He activates the effect of "Gagaga Magician", changing its Level to 8 until the End Phase. He then activates "Gagaga Thunder", inflicting 300 damage to Lilly for every Level of difference between his two "Gagaga" monsters (Lilly 4000 → 2500). Yuma Sets a card.

Turn 4: Lilly
Lilly Normal Summons "Junk Robot Teapot Kangaroo" (800/1200). She activates the effect of "Recycle Rhinobot" three times, detaching the three Overlay Units to increase the ATK of "Teapot Kangaroo" by 500 for each detached monsters (800 → 1300 → 1800 → 2300). "Recycle Rhinobot" attacks "Gagaga Girl", but Yuma activates his face-down "Gagagaguard" as he controls two or more "Gagaga" monsters, preventing the destruction of "Gagaga" monsters by battle this turn (Yuma 3400 → 2200). "Teapot Kangaroo" attacks "Gagaga Magician" (Yuma 2200 → 1400). During the End Phase, the effect of "Recycle Rhinobot" activates as it has no Overlay Units, destroying the monster Lily controls with the lowest ATK and inflicting damage to both players equal to its original ATK. "Teapot Kangaroo" is destroyed (Lilly 2500 → 1700, Yuma 1400 → 600).

Turn 5: Yuma
Yuma activates "Star Light, Star Bright", changing the Level of "Gagaga Girl" to that of "Gagaga Magician" as they respectively have 1000 ATK and 1000 DEF. He overlays his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon "Number 39: Utopia" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. As "Gagaga Girl" was used in an Xyz Summon with another "Gagaga" monster, the ATK of "Recycle Rhinobot" is decreased to via its effect (2700 → 0). "Utopia" attacks and destroys "Recycle Rhinobot" (Lilly 1700 → 0).

Featured cards

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

Duel Puzzle
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Airorca x2 Marauding Captain x3 Spearfish Soldier Trap Cards Call of the Haunted Macro Cosmos x3 Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Leviair the Sea Dragon x3

Yuma Tsukumo
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Gagaga Girl Gagaga Magician Spell Cards Gagaga Thunder Star Light, Star Bright Wonder Wand Trap Cards Gagagaguard Half Unbreak Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Number 39: Utopia

Lilly
Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Junk Robot Camelcycle Junk Robot Cleanaga Junk Robot Computerkong Junk Robot Teapot Kangaroo Spell Cards Eco Spell - Recycle Eco Spell - Reduce Waste Monster Reborn Mystical Space Typhoon Star Light, Star Bright Trap Cards Call of the Haunted Dark Bribe Mirror Force Extra Deck Xyz Monsters Recycle Rhinobot Wind-Up Zenmaister

Differences in adaptations

• Sakiyomi JumBANG! appearing in the World Duel Carnival ad are removed.

• The revealed electrical wires on the cord Yuma tried to connect on Lillybot is removed.

• The close-up of "Gagaga Girl" being summoned and being equipped with Wonder Wand are cut. Also cut from the dub is "Gagaga Girl" referring to "Gagaga Magician" as "Gagaga-senpai".

• "Gagaga Girl" is given more clothing.

Mistakes

• When Lilly won the duel against Yuma for the first time, her WIN screen shows her with her pink ribbon attached, although she had only worn the ribbon moments after. This was corrected in the English dub.
• When Lilly attacked Yuma with "Wind-Up Zenmaister", "Zenmaister" remained with 1900 ATK Points. However, due to its effect, it should have increased to 2500.
• In the Italian dub, "Wind-Up Zenmaister" is called "Wind-Up Zenmaines".