Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 008

{{Infobox episode
| image              = zexal 8.jpg
| caption            = "The Sparrow" with "[[Esper Star Sparrow (anime)|Esper Star Sparrow]]"
| en_name            = The Sparrow, Part 2
| ja_name            = スター・ロビンよ永遠に
| romaji_name        = Sutā Robin yo Towa ni
| ja_trans_name      = Star Robin Forever
| series             = Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
| number             = 8
| season             = 1
| ja_air_date        = May 30, 2011 
| en_air_date        = December 3, 2011
| ja_opening         = Masterpiece
| ja_ending          = My Quest
| en_theme           = Take a Chance
| screenwriter        = Shin Yoshida
| director            = Takuo Suzuki
| storyboard_artist   = Satoshi Kuwabara
| animation_director  = Keita Saito
}}

'''"The Sparrow, Part 2"''', known as '''"Star Robin Forever"''' in the Japanese version, is the eighth episode of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'' anime. It first aired in Japan on May 30, 2011 and in the United States on December 3, 2011.

{{Episode summary|[[Yuma]]'s Duel against the Sparrow continues. The Sparrow continues to overpower Yuma with more characters from his TV show. However, [[Astral]], who is aware of the characters' ultimate combination, plans a reversal to win the Duel.}}

==Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo vs Nelson Andrews/The Sparrow==
''Duel continues from [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 007|the previous episode]].''

Yuma Tsukumo has 2400 [[LP]] and controls 1 [[Set]] card in his [[Spell & Trap Zone]].
Nelson Andrews has 4000 LP and controls "[[Beast-Warrior Puma (anime)|Beast-Warrior Puma]]" (1600/1000), "[[Esper Star Sparrow (anime)|Esper Star Sparrow]]" (3000/1500), and "[[Number 83: Galaxy Queen (anime)|Number 83: Galaxy Queen]]" (500/500, ORU: 2) ("Puma" and "Star Sparrow" are in [[Attack Position]], "Galaxy Queen" is in [[Defense Position]]), as well as "[[Furious Max's Curse]]" ([[equip]]ped to "Galaxy Queen") and 1 Set card in his Spell & Trap Zones.

<u>'''Turn 4: Yuma'''</u><br/>
[[Yuma Tsukumo|Yuma's]] [[hand]] contains "[[Reserve Cyclone]]", "[[Heartfelt Appeal (anime)|Heartfelt Appeal]]", "[[Attraffic Control (anime)|Attraffic Control]]" and "[[Gagaga Magician (anime)|Gagaga Magician]]". Yuma [[Draw a card|draws]] "[[Kagetokage (anime)|Kagetokage]]". Yuma [[Normal Summon]]s "Gagaga Magician" ([[File:CG Star.svg|16px]]4/1500/1000) in Attack Position. As he Normal Summoned a [[Monster Card|monster]], Yuma Special Summons "Kagetokage" ([[File:CG Star.svg|16px]]4/1100/1500) from his hand in [[Attack Position]] via its own effect. Yuma [[Xyz Material|overlays]] "Gagaga Magician" and "Kagetokage" in order to [[Xyz Summon]] "[[Number 39: Utopia (anime)|Number 39: Utopia]]" ([[File:Rank Star.svg|16px]]4/2500/2000, ORU: 2) in Attack Position. 

"Utopia" attacks "[[Beast-Warrior Puma (anime)|Beast-Warrior Puma]]", but [[Nelson Andrews|Nelson]] activates his [[face-down]] "[[Wings of Unity]]" to [[negate]] the attack and Special Summon "[[Phoenix Beast Gairuda (anime)|Phoenix Beast Gairuda]]" ([[File:CG Star.svg|16px]]6/2500/1200) from his [[Main Deck|Deck]] in Attack Position as he [[control]]s "[[Esper Star Sparrow (anime)|Esper Star Sparrow]]". As "Gairuda" was Normal Summoned, Nelson activates its first effect to draw a card. Yuma [[Set]]s a card.

<u>'''Turn 5: Nelson'''</u><br/>
Nelson draws. He then Special Summons "[[Ironhammer the Giant (anime)|Ironhammer the Giant]]" ([[File:CG Star.svg|16px]]8/900/3500) in [[Defense Position]] via its own effect as he controls "D.D. Esper Star Sparrow", "Beast-Warrior Puma", and "Phoenix Beast Gairuda". Nelson activates the effect of "[[Number 83: Galaxy Queen (anime)|Number 83: Galaxy Queen]]" to [[detach]]ing one "Triple Star Trion" ("Galaxy Queen": 2 → 1 ORU) and allow his monsters to inflict [[piercing]] damage this turn and become immune to being [[destroyed by battle]] until Yuma's next [[End Phase]].

"Gairuda" attacks "Utopia". The second effect of "Gairuda" then increases its ATK by 300 during the [[Damage Step]] only ("Gairuda": 2500 → 2800 ATK), but Yuma activates the effect of "Utopia" to detach an Overlay Unit ("Utopia": 2 → 1 ORU) and [[negate]] the attack. "Esper Star Sparrow" attacks "Utopia", but Yuma activates the effect of "Utopia" ("Utopia": 1 → 0 ORU) to negate the attack. 

Nelson activates the effect of "Ironhammer" to target "Beast-Warrior Puma" (as its Level is at most 4) and let it attack directly this turn. "Beast-Warrior Puma" then attacks directly (Yuma: 2400 → 800 LP). As Yuma took battle damage from a direct attack, he activates "Heartfelt Appeal" to take control of "Ironhammer" (as its DEF was the highest of all the monsters Nelson controls). Nelson Sets a card.

<u>'''Turn 6: Yuma'''</u><br/>
Yuma draws "Vector Change". He then activates "Attraffic Control", which prevents Nelson from attacking whenever he controls three or more monsters. Yuma Sets two cards.

<u>'''Turn 7: Nelson'''</u><br/>
[[File:Number83GalaxyQueen-JP-Anime-ZX-NC-2.jpg|thumb|left|"[[Number 83: Galaxy Queen (anime)|Galaxy Queen]]" changed to [[Attack Position]].]]
Nelson draws. On Nelson's Standby Phase, control of "Ironhammer" returns to him. He then activates his face-down "[[Change to Jet Iron]]" to [[Tribute]] "Sparrow", "Puma", "Gairuda" and "Ironhammer" and Special Summon "[[Dimensional Jet Iron (anime)|Dimensional Jet Iron]]" ([[File:CG Star.svg|16px]]10/0/0) from his Deck in Attack Position. Due to the first effect of "Dimensional Jet Iron", its ATK becomes equal the combined total ATK of the Tributed monsters ("Jet Iron": 0 → 8000 ATK). As an opponent's monster gained ATK, Yuma activates his face-down "[[Fiery Fervor (anime)|Fiery Fervor]]", [[equip]]ping it to "Utopia" and doubling its ATK ("Utopia": 2500 → 5000 ATK). "Jet Iron" attacks "Utopia", but Yuma activates his face-down "Reserve Cyclone" to destroy "[[Furious Max's Curse]]" as a monster he controlled switched control and was Tributed. Yuma then activates face-down "[[Vector Change]]" to switch "Jet Iron" to Defense Position and "Galaxy Queen" to Attack Position due to "Dimensional Jet Iron" declaring an attack. Nelson Sets a card.

<u>'''Turn 8: Yuma'''</u><br/>
Yuma draws. "Utopia" attacks "Galaxy Queen", but Nelson activates his face-down "[[Star Sparrow Forever]]" to revive "Esper Star Sparrow" in Attack Position with 0 ATK ([[File:CG Star.svg|16px]]10/3000 → 0/1500) and change the [[attack target]] to it. "Utopia" then destroys "Esper Star Sparrow" (Nelson: 4000 → 0 LP).

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

{{Decklist|Yuma Tsukumo
|effect monsters = 
* [[Gagaga Magician (anime)|Gagaga Magician]]
* ''[[Kagetokage (anime)|Kagetokage]]''
|xyz monsters = 
* [[Number 39: Utopia (anime)|Number 39: Utopia]]
|spells =
* [[Attraffic Control (anime)|Attraffic Control]]
|traps =
* ''[[Fiery Fervor (anime)|Fiery Fervor]]''
* [[Heartfelt Appeal (anime)|Heartfelt Appeal]]
* [[Reserve Cyclone]]
* ''[[Vector Change]]''
}}

{{Decklist|Nelson Andrews/The Sparrow
|effect monsters = 
* [[Beast-Warrior Puma (anime)|Beast-Warrior Puma]]
* ''[[Dimensional Jet Iron (anime)|Dimensional Jet Iron]]''
* [[Esper Star Sparrow (anime)|Esper Star Sparrow]]
* ''[[Ironhammer the Giant (anime)|Ironhammer the Giant]]''
* ''[[Phoenix Beast Gairuda (anime)|Phoenix Beast Gairuda]]''
* [[Triple Star Trion (anime)|Triple Star Trion]] x2
|xyz monsters = 
* [[Number 83: Galaxy Queen (anime)|Number 83: Galaxy Queen]]
|spells =
* [[Furious Max's Curse]]
|traps =
* ''[[Change to Jet Iron]]''
* ''[[Star Sparrow Forever]]''
* ''[[Wings of Unity]]''
}}

{{Decklist|Flashback
|spells =
* [[Attraffic Control (anime)|Attraffic Control]]
|traps =
* [[Reserve Cyclone]]
* ''[[Vector Change]]''
}}

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Japanese character name
! Japanese voice actor
! English character name
! English voice actor
|-
| [[Yuma Tsukumo]]
| [[Tasuku Hatanaka]]
| [[Yuma Tsukumo]]
| Eli Jay
|-
| [[Astral]]
| [[Miyu Irino]]
| [[Astral]]
| [[wikipedia: Marc Thompson|Marc Thompson]]
|-
| [[Kotori Mizuki]]
| [[Mikako Komatsu]]
| [[Tori Meadows]]
| [[wikipedia: Eileen Stevens|Eileen Stevens]]
|-
| [[Tetsuo Takeda]]
| [[Makoto Shimada]]
| [[Bronk Stone]]
| [[wikipedia: Sean Schemmel|Sean Schemmel]]
|-
| [[Fuya Okudaira]]
| [[Yuichi Iguchi]]
| [[Nelson Andrews]]
| [[wikipedia: Wayne Grayson|Wayne Grayson]]
|-
| [[Mrs. Okudaira|Fuya's Mother]]
| [[Kaori Yamagata]]
|-
| [[Yuma Tsukumo|Young Yuma]]
| [[Mika Ito]]
|-
| [[Voice]]
| [[Yuriko Yamaguchi]]
|-
| Other
| [[Daichi Endo]], [[Manabu Sakamaki]], [[Yasuaki Takumi]]
|}

{{Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episodes/season 1}}