Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode 016

{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Episode
	| series              = Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
	| season              = 1
	| image name          = 5Dx016 Masked Knight changes loyalty.jpg
	| image size          = 
	| image caption       = 
	| english             = Battle with the Black Rose
	| kanji               = 魔女再来、破滅の竜 「ブラック・ローズ・ドラゴン」
	| romaji              = Majosairai, Hametsu no Ryū "Burakku Rōzu Doragon"
	| japanese translated = Return of the Witch, Dragon of Destruction - "Black Rose Dragon"
	| episode number      = 16
	| japanese air date   = July 16, 2008
	| english air date    = December 27, 2008
	| japanese opening    = [[Kizuna]]
	| japanese ending     = [[START]]
	| english opening     = [[Hyper Drive]]
	| english ending      = [[Hyper Drive]]
	| featured card       = Black Rose Dragon
	| screenwriter        = Shuichi Koyama
	| director            = Yoshihiro Inoue
	| storyboard artist   = Noriyoshi Nakamura
	| animation director  = Shinichiro Minami
	| prop designer       = Yoshihiro Sato
}}

'''"Battle with the Black Rose"''', known as '''"Return of the Witch, The Dragon of Destruction 'Black Rose Dragon'"''' in the Japanese version, is the sixteenth episode of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' anime. It first aired in Japan on July 16, 2008 and in the US on December 27, 2008.

With the audience on his side, [[Gill Randsborg]] faces [[Akiza Izinski]] and exposes her as the Black Rose.

==Summary==
===In the hallway===
[[Luna]] and [[Dexter]] try to cheer up [[Leo]] after his loss to [[Greiger]]. They approach [[Yusei Fudo|Yusei]], who tells him the experience he got from losing should prove useful later on. Leo encourages Yusei to win, just before [[Akiza Izinski|Akiza]] passes them. She glares intensely at Yusei as she passes. The other three quickly step out of her way. Leo wonders what her problem is.

===Randsborg, Lazar and Goodwin's meeting===
[[File:Lancebeaux's pledge.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Randsborg pledges to defeat the witch.]]
[[Gill Randsborg]] talks with [[Rex Goodwin]] and [[Lazar]]. He is surprised as Lazar informs him that his opponent, Akiza, is a [[Signers|Signer]]. Lazar asks that Randsborg act as their hound to expose her true identity. Randsborg states that he disdains completely from hounding young maidens. His expression changes after they tell him that she is the Black Rose Witch, who terrorizes the [[Daimon Area]]. Lazar offers him the chance to withdraw, as the Duel with be a fight for one's life. Randsborg draws his sword and raises it, pledging to slay the Witch.
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===The Duel===
The [[MC (Master of Ceremonies)|MC]] introduces [[Gill Randsborg]], who raises his sword, promising to win the Duel. The audience cheers loudly in support of Randsborg. The MC next introduces [[Akiza Izinski]], a mysterious girl whose merits are unknown. The audience begin to mutter amongst themselves. [[Leo]] is sure that he has seen her before, even earlier than her passing them in the hall. [[Luna]] reacts to Akiza's appearance, saying that her Deck seems to be in pain. A mysterious cloaked figure smiles as he waits for the duel to begin.

Randsborg starts the Duel, announcing that he will give her no mercy. After Akiza Summons "[[Black Rose Dragon]]", [[Yusei Fudo|Yusei's]] dragon mark begins to react, while a strong breeze flows around the crowd, who stare in surprise. Randsborg and the audience recognize it as the card used by the Black Rose Witch. [[Greiger]], who watches the duel with Yusei, tells him that "[[Black Rose Dragon]]" is a creature of ill omen that brings forth ruin and destruction. He also notes that Yusei seems to be familiar with it.

The audience are uneasy by the presence of the witch. They encourage Randsborg to be careful. Randsborg takes damage, which results in a small scratch. Randsborg gives the scratch a few strokes and dramatically demands that Akiza reveal her true identity. Akiza replies that she is not the same as any of them. Akiza later insults by Randsborg by manipulating his monster to damage him, to the effect that the monster is betraying him.

The audience lighten up and continue to cheer for Randsborg as he seemingly gains the upper hand and drops Akiza's [[Life Points]] to 50. But Akiza swiftly wins the next turn after reviving "[[Black Rose Dragon]]".

[[File:Brave knight falls to the witch.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Randsborg falls to Akiza.]]
Back in [[Rex Goodwin|Rex Goodwin's]] box, [[Zigzix]] reports that were was no [[Ener-D]] response.

Randsborg collapses after losing. This frightens the audience, who yell at the witch to leave. The cloaked figure smiles, saying Akiza's battle has just begun.
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==Featured Duels==
<center>'''<big>Gill Randsborg vs. Akiza Izinski</big>'''</center>

<u>'''Turn 1: Randsborg'''</u><br />
Randsborg draws "[[Masked Knight LV3]]" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position (1500/800). He then activates the effect of "Masked Knight LV3", inflicting 400 damage to Akiza (Akiza 4000 → 3600 Life Points), but forbidding himself from attacking with "Masked Knight LV3" this turn. Randsborg then activates "[[Level Up!]]", sending "[[Masked Knight LV3]]" to the Graveyard and Special Summoning "[[Masked Knight LV5]]" (2300/1300) in Attack Position, while [[ignoring the summoning conditions]]. Randsborg then activates "[[Masked Knight LV5|Masked Knight LV5's]]" effect, inflicting 1000 damage to Akiza (Akiza 3600 → 2600 Life Points), but forbidding himself from attacking with "Masked Knight LV5" this turn. Randsborg then [[Set]]s a card ("[[Sakuretsu Armor]]") and ends his turn.

<u>'''Turn 2: Akiza'''</u><br />
Akiza draws "[[Black Garden]]". Akiza Normal Summons "[[Wall of Ivy]]" (300/1200) in Defense Position. Next she activates the Spell "[[Seed of Deception]]", Special Summoning 1 Level 2 or lower Plant-Type monster from her hand. She Special Summons "[[Copy Plant]]" in Defense Position(0/0). She then [[activate]]s the effect of "Copy Plant" to make its [[Level]] equal to "[[Masked Knight LV5|Masked Knight LV5's]]". Since "Masked Knight LV5" is Level 5, "Copy Plant" becomes Level 5("Copy Plant": Level 1 → 5). Akiza then uses "[[Wall of Ivy]]" and "[[Copy Plant]]" to Synchro Summon "[[Black Rose Dragon]]" (2400/1800) in Attack Postion. She then activates the effect of "Black Rose Dragon" to [[destroy]] all cards on the field. Akiza then [[Set]]s a card. She then activates the [[Field Spell Card]] "[[Black Garden]]". Now any monster summoned through something other than the effect of "Black Garden" will have its ATK halved until "Black Garden" is removed from the field. Also when a monster has its ATK halved through the effect of "Black Garden", a Rose Token will be Special Summoned to the summoned monster's controller's opponent's side of the field in Attack Position. Akiza, during her Main Phase, can destroy "Black Garden" and any monsters on the field to Special Summon a monster whose ATK is equal to or less than the total ATK of the destroyed monsters. Akiza ends her turn.

<u>'''Turn 3: Randsborg'''</u><br />
Randsborg draws "[[Martyr's Flag]]". His hand contains "Martyr's Flag", "[[The Warrior Returning Alive]]", "[[Pot of Avarice]]", and "[[Level Change]]". Randsborg then activates the Spell Card "[[The Warrior Returning Alive]]" to add "[[Masked Knight LV3]]" from his Graveyard to his hand. He then Normal Summons "Masked Knight LV3" in Attack Position(1500/800). The effect of "[[Black Garden]]" then halves the [[ATK]] of "Masked Knight LV3" ("Masked Knight LV3": 1500 → 750/800) and Special Summons a "[[Rose Token]]" (800/800) to Akiza's side of the field in Attack Position. Randsborg then activate "[[Masked Knight LV3|Masked Knight LV3's]]" effect, inflicting 400 damage to Akiza(Akiza 2600 → 2200 Life Points). Akiza then activates her face-down "[[Doppelganger]]". Now whenever Akiza takes effect damage through a monster's effect, Randsborg will take the same amount of damage. Since Akiza just took damage through a monster's effect, Randsborg takes the same amount of damage (Randsborg 4000 → 3600 Life Points). Randsborg [[Set]]s 2 cards and ends his turn.

<u>'''Turn 4: Akiza'''</u><br />
Akiza draws "[[Mark of the Rose]]" and subsequently activates it, equipping it to "Masked Knight LV3" and taking control of "[[Masked Knight LV3]]". Now during each of Akiza's End Phases, control of "Masked Knight LV3" will be switched back to Randsborg, but during each of Akiza's Standby Phases, control of "Masked Knight LV3" will be switched to Akiza. "[[Masked Knight LV3]]" attacks Randsborg directly. (Randsborg 3600 → 2850 Life Points). Akiza activates the Equip Spell "[[Vengeful Servant]]" and equips it to "Masked Knight" LV3". Now each time "Masked Knight LV3" switches control, the controller receives damage equal to its original ATK. Akiza ends her turn. During Akiza's End Phase, "[[Masked Knight LV3]]" returns to Randsborg as per the effect of "Mark of the Rose". The effect of "Vengeful Servant" then activates, inflicting damage to Randsborg equal to the original ATK of "Masked Knight LV3" (Randsborg 2850 → 1350 Life Points). Randsborg then activates his [[face-down]] "[[Level Change]]" to send "[[Masked Knight LV3]]" to the Graveyard and Special Summon "[[Masked Knight LV5]]" (2300/1300) from his Graveyard in Attack Position. "[[Black Garden]]" halves the ATK of "Masked Knight LV5" ("Masked Knight LV5": 2300 → 1150/1300) and Special Summons a "[[Rose Token]]" (800/800) to Akiza's side of the [[Playing Field|field]] in Attack Position.

<u>'''Turn 5: Randsborg'''</u><br />
Randsborg draws "[[Glory Shield]]". "[[Masked Knight LV5|Masked Knight LV5's]]" effect is then activated on Randsborg's Standby Phase, allowing Randsborg to send "Masked Knight LV5" from the field to the Graveyard in order to [[Special Summon]] "[[Masked Knight LV7]]" (2900/1800) from his Deck in Attack Position. "[[Black Garden]]" halves its ATK ("Masked Knight LV7": 2900 → 1450/1800) and Special Summons 1 "[[Rose Token]]" (800/800) to Akiza's side of the field in Attack Position. Randsborg equips "[[Masked Knight LV7]]" with "[[Glory Shield]]". "Masked Knight LV7" then attacks a "[[Rose Token]]", but it is not destroyed by the attack ("[[Rose Token]]s" cannot be [[Destroyed by Battle|destroyed by battle]] in the anime.) (Akiza 2200 → 1550 Life Points). Due to "[[Glory Shield|Glory Shield's]]" effect, Randsborg can destroy a Spell or Trap on the field and he chooses to destroy "[[Doppelganger]]". Randsborg then Activates the effect of "[[Masked Knight LV7]]", inflicting 1500 damage to Akiza (Akiza 1550 → 50 Life Points). Randsborg Sets a card("Martyr's Flag") and ends his turn. He plans to use "Martyr's Flag" to double his monster's ATK on Akiza's Battle Phase when she attacks it with one of her monsters, so he can win the Duel.

<u>'''Turn 6: Akiza'''</u><br />
Akiza draws "[[Lord Poison]]". Akiza activates the effect of "Black Garden" to destroy itself and all Plant-Type monsters on her field to Special Summon a monster from her Graveyard that has ATK equal to the combined ATK of the destroyed monsters (800 + 800 + 800 = 2400). Akiza Special Summons "[[Black Rose Dragon]]" (2400/1800) in Attack Position. She then activates the effect of "Black Rose Dragon", removing from play "Wall of Ivy" from her Graveyard to make the ATK of "Masked Knight LV7" 0 until the End Phase ("Masked Knight LV7": 1450 → 0/1800). "[[Black Rose Dragon]]" attacks and destroys "Masked Knight LV7". (Randsborg 1350 → 0 Life Points)

Akiza wins.

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

{{Decklist|Akiza Izinski
|effect monsters =
* ''[[Copy Plant]]''
* [[Lord Poison]]
* ''[[Wall of Ivy]]''
|synchro monsters =
* [[Black Rose Dragon]]
|spells =
* ''[[Black Garden]]''
* ''[[Mark of the Rose]]''
* ''[[Seed of Deception]]''
* ''[[Vengeful Servant]]''
|traps =
* ''[[Doppelganger]]''
}}
<br />
{{Decklist| Gill Randsborg
|effect monsters =
* ''[[Masked Knight LV3]]''
* ''[[Masked Knight LV5]]''
* ''[[Masked Knight LV7]]''
|spells =
* ''[[Glory Shield]]''
* [[Level Up!]]''
* [[Pot of Avarice]]
* [[The Warrior Returning Alive]]
|traps =
* ''[[Level Change]]''
* ''[[Martyr's Flag]]''
* [[Sakuretsu Armor]]
}}

==Differences in adaptions==
* In the dub, [[Bolt Tanner|Tanner]] says last Halloween he was a knight. This was not mentioned in the Japanese version.

* In the dub, [[Gill Randsborg|Sir Randsborg]] speaks Shakespearean English. He did not do this in the Japanese version.

* In the dub, Randsborg mentioned it took him a year to make his suit. He did not mention that in the Japanese version.

* The dub episode ends with a shadow version of [[Akiza Izinski|Akiza]]. The Japanese version ends with Jil (Randsborg) fallen to the Black Rose Witch.

* At the near end of the episode, a woman screams after she and the rest of the audience found out that Akiza's monsters were real. This was cut from the dub

* After Akiza plays "[[Seed of Deception]]" in one frame her cleavage is uncensored but in the next frame her cleavage is erased.

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