Sky Striker Ace (arc)

"Sky Striker Ace"

Names
English	Sky Striker Ace
Japanese Japanese 閃（せん）刀（とう）姫（き） Base 閃刀姫 Furigana せんとうき Romaji Sentōki Translated Flash Sword Princess
Arc
Medium	Manga
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Stories
First chapter	1: "Sky Striker"
Last chapter	19: "Future"
Chronology
Next	"Magistus"

Sky Striker Ace Arc, known in Japan as the Flash Sword Princess Arc (閃（せん）刀（とう）姫（き）編（へん） Sentōki-hen), is the first story of the Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Stories manga.

It is centered around the card storyline of the "Sky Striker" cards.

Chapters

Image	Number	English title	Japanese title
	#1	"Sky Striker"	閃（せん）刀（とう）
			Sentō
			"Flash Sword"
	Raye, the last of the human race, is celebrating her 13th birthday with the androids that act as her family. However, the town they live in is about to be destroyed by the enemy that drove her kind to extinction.
	#2	"Fierce Battle"	激（げき）闘（とう）
			Gekitō
			"Fierce Battle"
	The Three Pillars of the Spectra Union appear and challenge the defenders of Karma.
	#3	"Loss"	喪（そう）失（しつ）
			Sōshitsu
			"Loss"
	Raye, the Sky Striker Ace, continues her battle with the forces of the Spectra Union.
	#4	"Malfunction"	誤（ご）作（さ）動（どう）
			Gosadō
			"Malfunction"
	#5	"Two Sky Striker Aces"	二人（ふたり）の閃（せん）刀（とう）姫（き）
			Futari no Sentōki
			"Two Flash Sword Princesses"
	Raye unexpectedly comes face-to-face with another human, who reveals herself as an enemy bent on killing her. In order to survive, Raye won't just have to master new abilities, but also ponder the morality of stopping this new threat permanently.
	#6	"Answer"	答（こた）え
			Kotae
			"Answer"
	Raye heads to her rematch against Roze, but is troubled by the prospect of having to hurt her only fellow human to triumph. Akash tells her to come up with her own answer to the dilemma, one that heart-less machines cannot give her.
	#7	"Encounter"	出（で）会（あ）い
			Deai
			"Encounter"
	Troubled by Roze's sudden behavior shift after talking with Raye and Ciela, Zard revives Solferina through a back-up and brings her up to speed as to what has happened in the two years since her destruction. And just as he tells her about his plan to replace Roze, something strange happens...
	#8	"Clone"	クローン
			Kurōn
			"Clone"
	After talking with Roze's clone Camellia, Raye becomes convinced Ciela is still alive, so when her signal is detected in a Spectra plant, she immediately rushes to it. However, she finds the rebuilt and upgraded Solferina waiting for her there...
	#9	"Camellia"	カメリア
			Kameria
			"Camellia"
	After Raye is wounded by Solferina's hidden gun, Camellia comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, Roze comes to a decision regarding how to deal with her own clones.
	#10	"One's Place"	居（い）場（ば）所（しょ）
			Ibasho
			"One's Place"
	Roze's and Azalea's duel is cut short by Zard, who reveals he filled the latter's body with nanomachines that can hurt her on command to ensure her loyalty. Disgruntled by that and the fact that Azalea was overpowering her, Roze demands to be made stronger and allowed another 1-on-1 match against Raye.
	#11	"Humans and Machines"	人（にん）間（げん）と機（き）械（かい）
			Ningen to Kikai
			"Humans and Machines"
	While Raye and Roze finally have their rematch, Azalea puts her plan into motion.
	#12	"Hope"	希（き）望（ぼう）
			Kibō
			"Hope"
	As Raye and Roze are trapped underground, Azalea and Camellia begin sistematically killing the androids of both Karma and Spectra.
	#13	"Resolve"	決（けつ）意（い）
			Ketsui
			"Resolve"
	Raye and Roze get a chance to talk things out and bond while they explore the bunker they found looking for a way back to the surface.
	#14	"Departure"	出（しゅっ）発（ぱつ）
			Shuppatsu
			"Departure"
	Having learned from Aileron and Pylon that Himmel and Akash are gone, Raye decides to go straight to Spectra's HQ to rescue Ciela before its too late, joined by Roze, who wants to settle the score with Azalea. At the same time, Camellia finds out that her fellow clone's intentions aren't the most favorable to her.
	#15	"Imitation"	偽（にせ）物（もの）
			Nisemono
			"Imitation"
	Raye and Roze find Ciela, but Azalea stops them. Raye tries to talk things out, but the clone doesn't seem inclined to peaceful solutions...
	#16	"Counterattack"	反（はん）撃（げき）
			Hangeki
			"Counterattack"
	Raye and Roze begin their battle against Azalea, but struggle landing hits due to latter using Ciela as a literal shield. They try a two-pronged attack, but are foiled by Camellia joining the fight.
	#17	"Strength of Heart"	心（こころ）の強（つよ）さ
			Kokoro no Tsuyosa
			"Strength of Heart"
	As Raye and Roze begin to overwhelm the latter's clones, Azalea takes even more drastic measures to fight them, to her own and Camellia's peril.
	#18	"Surpassing"	超（こ）える
			Koeru
			"Surpassing"
	Raye and Roze continue their battle against the mecha piloted by the rampaging Azalea.
	#19	"Future"	未（み）来（らい）
			Mirai
			"Future"
	After a hard-fought battle, Azalea is finally defeated... but she still has one last, unexpected trick up her sleeve.