Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 043
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| Series | Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL |
| Number | 43 |
| Season | 1 |
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| Previous | "A Dubious Duo" |
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"The Dragon Awakens", known as "Miraculous Overlay! Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" in the Japanese version, is the forty-third episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It first aired in Japan on February 13, 2012, and in the United States on December 22, 2012.
Due to the terror of Trey and Quattro's strategy, Kite and Yuma are pushed into a corner. However at the edge of defeat, Hart's feelings awaken a new power inside Kite. With it, he Summons the monster created by the powerful bonds between them, "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon".
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Summary
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Kite is about to receive 3000 points of damage from Trey's "Number", but Yuma uses his "Courageous Heart" Trap Card to save Kite at the cost of a big part of his own Life Points. Both Yuma and Astral are blown back. Quattro and Trey each have their own thoughts about Yuma's move, with Trey being impressed. Since the damage came from a Number, Astral's presence begins to flicker, but tells Yuma he's used to the way Yuma Duels and that it can't be helped, making Yuma grin, getting up. Kite asks him why did it, and doesn't show much sign of appreciation when Yuma tells him he wants to help bring Hart back. Kite ends his turn. Tori angrily says Kite should at least thank Yuma, but Orbital 7 asks her to forgive Kite, since he's quite desperate.
Vetrix enters Hart's memories during his ritual, arriving at a time where Kite and Hart weren't involved with the "Numbers" yet. Kite caught a butterfly, and shows it to Hart. He watches at it as it's in a little cage, asking Kite is he can release it, since it would be sad if it had to be imprisoned. Kite says he's a very kind child, and Orbital, revealed to be with them, watches as the butterfly takes off. Vetrix then opens his eye in reality, stating he will take all of Hart's memories.
Kite urges draw quickly, watching Hart squirm on the screen. Yuma calls Quattro names, also showing a dislike for Quattro's stalling. Trey asks his brother if he's not overdoing it, but the latter reminds Trey of their own pain. Trey starts his turn. He uses his Numbers' powers again, this time damaging Yuma's Life Points, with Quattro commenting that the 'trash' Life Points will gone in no time now. "Machu Mech" attacks "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon", whose ATK was depleted, but Kite saves himself with his Trap. Yuma runs over to Kite to see if he's okay, but Kite gets up, shouting he still has Life Points left. However, Quattro, not impressed, tells Kite off.
Kite gets angry at Quattro, and Yuma tells him to calm down, which only angers Kite further, telling Yuma he doesn't know anything about how he feels. Yuma agrees but tells he won't accept those feelings and will help save Hart no matter what. He tells his philosophy on Dueling again; it's no tool for anger or revenge, and will show them his "kattobingu" spirit. Astral tells him to do his best, and Yuma draws "Monster Reborn", which lets him revive the earlier destroyed "Number 39: Utopia". Telling the brothers Utopia's power doesn't end with this, Yuma and Astral perform a Chaos Xyz Evolution to Xyz Summon "Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray", stunning both Trey and Quattro, and making the watching Quinton think of something, when he says Yuma's last name, "Tsukumo." Kite remains unimpressed, having already seen Utopia Ray, and Tori gets excited about it. Trey remarks he has never heard of "Chaos Numbers" before, implying even the Vetrix Family doesn't know about them.
Yuma uses the effect of "Utopia Ray", "Overlay Charge" effect which boosts its ATK to 3000, and lowers that of "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder" to 500. Yuma then commands "Utopia Ray" to to attack "Giant Grinder" with "Rising Sun Chaos Slash", destroying "Giant Grinder". Quattro activates "Gimmick Box", preventing himself from taking damage. As a bonus, the "Gimmick Box" trap becomes a Level 8 monster on his field. Yuma ends his turn.
Quattro comments to Yuma and Kite to think they can really beat him. As Quattro begins his turn and his crest glows, he draws and activates "Junk Puppet", targeting 1 "Gimmick Puppet" with 1000 ATK or less in his Graveyard and Special Summoning in Defense Position. Chains appear from the "Junk Puppet" card and dig into the ground, reviving "Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll". Quattro overlays his 2 DARK monsters to Xyz Summon "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings". Quattro then attack Galaxy-eyes and Kite shows true fear in that he failed to save Hart.
Yuma springs into action once again, activating Trap Reborn and giving up his dwindling life points to remove from play "Battle Simulation" and activate it subsequently, dropping Kite's life points to a mere 100. A frustrated Quattro declares that their interference with his Fan Service is completely unacceptable and activates the effect of "Gimmick Puppet of Strings" to ensure Kite and Yuma will lose at the end of the next turn, laughing as "Galaxy-Eyes" and "Utopia Ray" are ensnared by red strings, while they bounce harmlessly off a shield when they try to attach to "Machu Mech". As Kite lies on the ground, not responding, Yuma urges him to get up for Hart's sake, desperately asking who would protect Hart from then on if he didn't.
At this point, Kite begins to remember the day a tearful Hart was taken away from him, while Mr. Heartland tells him to work for Dr. Faker if he wants to see his brother again. An infuriated Kite, separated from Hart by many barred walls, tries to punch Mr. Heartland, only to realize it was a hologram talking to him. Mr. Heartland gives him a sinister smile before disappearing.
Vetrix, meanwhile, is shocked when Hart appears before him, declaring the masked boy will no longer hurt the Tenjo brothers again. The chains restraining Hart and Vetrix disappear, alerting Quinton that something has happened to disrupt the ritual.
Back at the duel, a burst of red energy strikes Kite, imbuing his Extra Deck with a new power. He calls out to Astral for his help in defeating the Vetrix brothers and draws his next card. Quattro tries to drive home the hopelessness of their situation, but Kaito ignores him and tributes Yuma's monsters to summon "Photon Caesar", which possesses an effect allowing him to Xyz Summon a Rank 8 with 3 Xyz materials, including "Galaxy-Eyes". Forming a red and black spear in his hand, Kite declares "Overflowing galaxy, become the striking light, and show yourself. Descend, my very Soul! Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!!" All the combatants and observes are amazed by the evolved "Galaxy-Eyes", as Kite proceeds to negate the effects of both "Machu Mech" and "Puppet of Strings", taking all their Overlay Units for "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" to wipe out Trey's life points. Quattro cries out to his brother in concern, but as the effect of "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" lets it attack multiple times, Kite declares he hopes Quattro has said his prayers and unleashes the finishing blow.
Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo and Kite Tenjo vs. Trey and Quattro
Duel continues from the previous episode.
Turn 6: Kite
Trey has just activated the effect of "Number 33: Chronomaly Machu Mech", which would inflict 3000 damage to Kite, but Yuma activates his face-down "Courageous Heart", halving his Life Points (Yuma 2400 → 1200) to negate the activation and effect. Kite Sets a card.
Turn 7: Trey
Trey activates "Chronomaly Pyramid Eye Tablet", increasing the ATK of all "Chronomaly" monsters he controls by 800 ("Machu Mech" 2400 → 3200). As a monster's ATK was changed, Trey activates the effect of "Machu Mech", detaching an Overlay Unit to inflict 800 damage to Yuma (Yuma 1200 → 400). "Machu Mech" attacks "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon", but Kite activates his face-down "Battle Simulation", halving the ATK of both monsters until the end of the Battle Phase ("Machu Mech" 3200 → 1600, "Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon" 0 → 0) and preventing both monsters from being destroyed by battle this turn. (Kite 3200 → 1600).
Turn 8: Yuma
Yuma activates "Monster Reborn", Special Summoning "Number 39: Utopia" (2500/2000) from his Graveyard in Attack Position. He performs a Chaos Xyz Evolution, overlaying "Utopia" to Xyz Summon "Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray" (2500/2000). As Yuma has less than 1000 Life Points, he activates the effect of "Utopia Ray", detaching 1 Overlay Unit to decrease the ATK of "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder" by 1000 ("Giant Grinder" 1500 → 500) and increase the ATK of "Utopia Ray" by 500 ("Utopia Ray" 2500 → 3000) until the End Phase. "Utopia Ray" attacks and destroys "Giant Grinder". Quattro activates his face-down "Gimmick Box", reducing the damage to zero and Special Summoning it as a monster with an ATK equivalent to the damage he would have taken (2500/0). Yuma Sets a card.
Turn 9: Quattro
Quattro activates "Junk Puppet" Special Summoning 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster with 1000 or less ATK from his Graveyard. He Special Summons "Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll" (0/0). Quattro overlays his two Level 8 DARK monsters to Xyz Summon "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings" (3000/2000) in Attack Position. "Gimmick Puppet of Strings" attacks "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon", but Yuma activates his face-down "Trap Reborn", paying half his Life Points(Yuma 400 → 200) to copy the effect of "Battle Simulation", halving the ATK of the battling monsters ("Gimmick Puppet of Strings" 3000 → 1500, "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" 0 → 0) until the end of the Battle Phase and preventing them from being destroyed by battle this turn (Kite 1600 → 100). Quattro activates the effect of "Gimmick Puppet of Strings'", detaching an Overlay Unit to place a String Counter on all other face-up monsters. During the End Phase of the next turn, all monsters with String Counters will be destroyed and all players will take damage equal the ATK of the monsters they controlled that were destroyed.
Turn 10: Kite
Kite activates "Overlay Regen", attaching the top card of each player's Graveyard to a face-up Xyz Monster they control. He Tributes "Utopia Ray" and "Damage Mage" to Tribute Summon "Photon Caesar" (2000/2800) in Attack Position.[Notes 1] He activates the effect of "Photon Caesar", treating it as 2 monsters for an Xyz Summon. He overlays the 3 Level 8 monsters to Xyz Summon "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" (4500/3000) in Attack Position. Since "Galaxy-Eyes" was used as an Overlay Unit, the effect of all other face-up cards are negated. He activates its second effect, detaching the Xyz Materials from "Machu Mech" and "Gimmick Puppet of Strings" to increase the ATK of "Neo Galaxy-Eyes by 500 for each (4500 → 6000) and giving it an additional attack for each card detached. "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" attacks and destroys "Machu Mech" (Trey 2400 → 0) and "Gimmick Puppet of Strings" (Quattro 2400 → 0).
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
Differences in adaption
- "Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll"'s artwork and appearance has been redesigned, as this monster's coffin has been changed to a large present box, and its bandages, dress and face are no longer stained with blood.
- "Junk Puppet"'s artwork has the coffins changed to a present boxes.
- The entire Summoning animation of "Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll" is cut from the dub. In fact, the monster itself isn't seen at all during the episode in the dub, with Quattro simply stating that he revived it.
- The scene showing Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray slicing Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder in half is cut from the dub.
- Most of Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings's Summoning animation is cut.
- When "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings" uses its effect, anonymous laughter is removed and replaced with Quattro laughing instead.
- A close-up of Kite shouting "My Soul!" during the Summoning animation of Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon is cut.
Notes
- ↑ The written Japanese anime lore of "Photon World" indicates that it is a mandatory effect and thus should have activated here, which would have caused Yuma to lose.
