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 Duel Highlight: Aki VS
Iron Knight Jill De Lancebow |
PREVIEW:
On the other side of Duel Fortune Cup, by the conduct of Godwin, a dreadful conspiracy is set up. That is to find out a Signer among the participants. On the other hand, a duel keeps on proceeding. The 1st match ends by the defeat of Rua who made vigorously vain effort. Yusei and the others cheer up Rua feeling desperate. There, Izayoi Aki turns to have such a suspicious look like a challenge to Yusei. At that time, Jill De Lancebow meets Godwin and Jaeger in a waiting room. Jaeger provokes Jill to disclose the true form of Aki. Also, Godwin reveals the true identity of Aki, Black Rose Witch, to Jill. Then, the second match, the duel between Jill and Aki has begun. |
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| EPISODE 16 - INFORMATION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| EPISODE SUMMARY - PART 1 | ||||||||||||
The first round of Duel Fortune Cup has already been finished by the defeat of Rua. On the back stage, Tempei and Ruca are trying to comfort Rua by saying that he can't be down forever because he lost this match, and he just tries harder next time. Rua is about to say something before 3 of them see Yusei on their way and stop walking. Yusei says similar things that Rua just better wins his next duels on and utilizes this losing experience. Seeing Yusei, Rua cheers up shortly. He tells Yusei not to lose, and they will all cheer him from the stands. Then, Aki is walking pass and crossing her eyes like a challenge to Yusei. She doesn't look friendly at all as if she has grudge over him. People don't understand Aki's negative attitude at all after she is walking away. Yusei is looking uncertain to her identity.
Currently, a participant, [Jill De Lancebow], is discussing with Rex and Jaeger. He becomes very surprised after knowing that the young lady, Aki, may be a Signer. Jaeger says that it's Jill's job to investigate. He would like Jill to push Aki into a corner to reveal her identity. Jill feels that it's so despising that a well-known Iron-Blooded Knight like him is going to hunt a lady. Rex asks what Jill will think if the back face of Aki is Black Rose Witch. Jill gets surprised shortly by this news. Jaeger hopes that Jill is aware of the mysterious woman in a mask who possess dreadful power and devastates the duel fields at Daimon area. Jill realizes that it's the power to inflict real damage in the duels. Jaeger chuckles before people look at Aki walking along the hallway on screen. He tells Jill that this duel may be a fight bet by a life. If Jill wants to withdraw, he has to do it now. Jill gets very angry and turns back to Jaeger. It's a knight's job to get rid off an evil. Jill draws his sword and tells them to leave him slay that witch. He then walks out for his next match against Aki. Jaeger and Rex successfully provoke him to fight Aki who may be a Signer.
At the duel stadium, the host, MC, is introducing the duelists for the second round. The first is a hero and a virtuous Iron-Blooded Knight, Jill De Lancebow. At the same time, light spots to Jill getting up from a rising platform onto the duel stage. Jill quickly draws his sword and declares that he will win this duel without failure as a blood descendant of the knights. The audiences all cheer him up as Jill has already declared the victory. Himuro, Yanagi, Ruca, Rua, and Tempei are sitting together on a side of the audience stages. Yanagi can see that Jill looks very popular here. Himuro sees that Jill is acting as if he is righteous, but his skill must be something. MC then introduces Jill's opponent, a mysterious lady whose background is unknown. Aki Izayoi is getting up from another rising platform. Looking at Aki's face, Rua feels that he has seen her before somewhere. Tempei notes that they have just seen her in the hallway. Rua notes that it's wrong as it should be somewhere before this duel. Meanwhile, Ruca seems very surprised while looking at Aki's deck. Rua asks what's wrong with Ruca. Ruca replies that she feels that Aki's deck seems to be in pain. On the other side of the stage, a mysterious man is standing and holding his hands together for Aki. Yusei at the same time is watching over Aki's match in the resting room. Jill is looking at Aki by his serious eyes and wondering whether this girl is actually Black Rose Witch. If so, he plans to have no mercy. It doesn't matter whether Aki is a lady or not, Jill will her show the duel of a night. Aki doesn't argue any single word. Then, both of them start a duel.
1st Turn - Jill The first turn is with Jill. Drawing a card, he summons [Masked Knight LV3 - 3/1500/800: During your turn's Standby Phase, Special Summon 1 "Masked Knight LV5" by sending this face-up card to the Cemetery. Once per turn, you can inflict 400 points of damage on the opposing player. During the turn you used this effect, this card cannot attack] onto the field in attack position. Jill activates its special effect immediately. Once per turn, it can inflict 400 damage points to the opponent instead of attacking. Jill can't attack in the first turn anyway, so he activates this special effect, "Persona Blast!", to inflict the direct damage to Aki. Aki's LP decreases to 3600 (4000-400). Next, Jill plays spell card [Level Up! - Normal Spell: Send 1 face-up "LV" monster on your side of the field to the Graveyard. Special Summon a monster from your hand or Deck that is written in the card text of the sent monster, ignoring any and all Summoning conditions], allowing him to send Masked Knight LV3 to the cemetery to special summon [Masked Knight LV5 - 5/2300/1600: During your turn's Standby Phase, Special Summon 1 "Masked Knight LV7" by sending this face-up card to the Cemetery. Once per turn, you can inflict 1000 points of damage on the opposing player. During the turn you used this effect, this card cannot attack] onto the field in attack position.
Like Masked Knight LV3, Masked Knight LV5 has an effect to inflict 1000 damage points to the opponent in exchange of an attack in a turn. Because Jill can't attack in the first turn, he decides to activate this special effect, "Persona Twin Blast!". Aki's LP rapidly goes down to 2600 (3600-1000). Setting up a face-down card, Sakuretsu Armor, Jill ends his turn. MC describes that Jill had persistent multiple attacks to inflict 1400 damage points to Aki before her turn comes. On the observation tower, Jaeger and Rex are watching over their duel. Jaeger notices that Jill has had a vicious fight from the beginning. At this rate, it's just about time when the identity of the witch will be revealed. Rex smiles as Jill is dueling well. Meanwhile, Jack is sitting behind the room and watching over them and the duel. At the duel stage, Jill tells Aki that the terror of his evolving knights will pierce her to the bone. Anyway, Aki still hasn't had any response to his words. Seeing Aki keeping silent, Jill thinks that she is such a dreadful lady. 2nd Turn - Aki
Aki runs her first turn calmly. She draws a card and summons [Ivy Wall - 2/200/1200: When this card is selected as the target of an attack, Special Summon 1 "Ivy Token" (Plant-type, Earth, 1 Star, ATK/DEF 0) to your opponent's side of the field in defense mode. When a "Ivy Token" is destroyed, that Token's controller receives 300 points of damage] onto the field in defense position. Seeing Aki playing a defense monster, Tempei thinks that she may plan to play defense from the beginning. Jill smiles as he thinks about the same thing. Aki next plays spell card [Fake Seed ~ Itsuwari No Tane - Normal Spell: Special Summon 1 Level 2 or lower Plant-Type monster from your hand]. This card allows her to special summon a Plant-Type monster with level 2 or less from her hand. Thus, Aki decides to special summon a tuner monster, [Copy Plant - 1/0/0: Select 1 monster face-up on your opponent's side of the field to activate. Until the End Phase of this turn, this card will have the same level as the selected monster. This effect can only be used once per turn], from her hand onto the field in defense position.
By the special effect of Copy Plant, it can possess the same level of a monster on the opponent's field until the end of the turn. Therefore, Copy Plant copies and obtains level 5 of Masked Knight LV5. Yanagi doesn't understand what is the point to increase the level of the monster. Tempei and Rua say loudly that things are pretty clear. Even Jill can understand that Aki plans to do synchro summon.
As people have expected, Aki tunes Copy Plant with current level 5 with into Ivy Wall with level 2. Chilling flames are surrounding the whole world, and the pitch-dark flower is going to bloom. Aki eventually synchro summons [Black Rose Dragon - 7/2400/1800: When this card is Synchro Summoned successfully, you can destroy all cards on the field. Once per turn, by removing from play 1 Plant-Type monster in your Graveyard, the ATK of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls becomes 0 until the End Phase of this turn] onto the field in attack position. Note: A Synchro Summon is a new combination between a Tuner and non-Tuner monster. In order to perform a Synchro Summon, the levels of the Tuner and non-Tuner monsters must add up to be the exact level of the desired Synchro monster (no more, no less). Once that is satisfied, the two monsters are sent to the Cemetery, and the Synchro monster can be summoned from the Extra Deck. In this case, Copy Plant (Tuner Monster) has 5 stars from copying level 5 of Masked Knight Dragon LV5 while Ivy Wall (Non-Tuner Monster) has 2 stars. Their stars are added up to 7 (5+2), the star level of Black Rose Dragon (Synchro Monster) exactly. Once the dragon is summoned, Yusei feels hurt from his right arm. Strong wind and black rose blow around the duel stadium. People are very amazed as Black Rose Dragon is groaning. Jill understands that Aki has already revealed her true identity as a witch. Hearing Jill say about the witch, the audiences begin to recognize that Black Rose Dragon is the monsters used by the masked witch. Jaeger chuckles as Aki has finally showed her true self. Yusei feels pain coming from his right arm and holds it tightly. He recalls when he earlier met Black Rose Witch activating her dreadful power to devastate Daimon area (episode 14). As Yusei is looking amazed by the appearance of Black Rose Dragon, Bommer is walking into him and saying that it's a dragon of omen bringing devastation. Bommer looks at Yusei's face and thinks that Yusei seems familiar with it. Yusei doesn't say anything to Bommer's words.
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| EPISODE SUMMARY - PART 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Everybody is surprised by the appearance of Black Rose Dragon that reveals Aki's true identity as Black Rose Witch. The audiences look frightened, but Jill is different. He calls Aki the witch and tells her that no matter what trump cards she will play, his steel heart will stand firmly. Jill is confident because he plans to counter Aki's attack of Black Rose Dragon by his set-up Sakuretsu Armor, which can destroy an attacking monster. Aki doesn't say anything but stares until Jill asks what's with her eyes. Instead of attacking, Aki activates the special effect of Black Rose Dragon. When it is summoned onto the field successfully, it can destroy all cards on the field. Aki activates this special effect, "Black Rose Gale", causing strong wind of black rose to blow around the stadium and sending Black Rose Dragon itself along with Masked Knight LV5 and Sakuretsu Armor on Jill's field to their respective graveyards.
Jill doubts whether this is the power of the witch. All fields are wiped out. Still in Aki's turn. She sets up a face-down card and plays field spell card [Black Garden ~ Field Spell: When a monster is Normal or Special Summoned, except by the effect of "Black Garden", halve that monster's ATK and Special Summon 1 "Rose Token (Plant-Type/DARK/2/800 ATK/800 DEF) to that monster controller's opponent's field in Attack Position. A "Rose Token" Special Summoned by this effect cannot be destroyed in battle. (Damage Calculation is applied normally). You can destroy this face-up card and all face-up Plant-Type monster on the field to Select and Special Summon 1 Monster in your Graveyard with equal to the combined total attack power of the destroyed monsters]. The black rose garden emerges and surrounds the duel field. Jill wonders whether this is the garden where the beasts reside. Aki doesn't respond to him but just ends her turn calmly. The audiences seem to be on Jill's side, telling him to be aware of the witch's trap. Jill appreciates the audiences' goodwill, but he thinks that it is unnecessary. 3rd Turn - Jill Turning back to the game, Jill draws a card and gets Martyr's Flag. He next plays spell card [The Warrior Returning Alive ~ Senshi No Seikan - Spell: Select 1 Warrior-Type monster in your Graveyard and add it to your hand] to add Masked Knight LV3 from his cemetery onto his hand. He then summons it onto the field again in attack position, claiming that the proud of the knight has never died. Once Masked Knight LV3 is normal summoned onto the field, the black rose liana from the field spell, Black Rose Garden, binds its entire body. Aki explains the effect of Black Rose Garden that the ATK of all monsters on this field is halved. Also, a Rose Token with 800 ATK can be special summoned onto the opponent's field of that monster's controller. Because Masked Knight LV3 whose ATK is halved belongs to Jill, a Rose Token must be special summoned onto the field of Jill's opponent or Aki. Aki takes a black rose and smells it, saying that this Black Garden is a demon garden whose flowers consumes lives of monsters for their nourishment. MC describes that, at this rate, the ATK of Masked Knight LV3 becomes 750 (1500/2), which can't exceed 800 ATK of Rose Token. Anyway, Jill isn't concerned very much. Although his monster's ATK is halved, the effect of the monster can't be stopped. Aki's trick becomes useless.
Instead of attacking, Jill activates the special effect of Masked Knight LV3, "Persona Blast!", to inflict 400 damage points directly to Aki. This reduces Aki's LP to 2200 (2600-400). Jill chuckles before asking how Aki feels about it. Aki again doesn't respond to him buy opens her face-down trap card [Doppel Gainer - Permanent Trap: Activate this card when you take Battle Damage as a result of a monster your opponent controls. Inflict the original amount of damage to your opponent]. A lot of black rose petal flies out from the card toward Jill. Aki explains its effect that when she receives damage from the effect of the opponent's monster, her opponent must receive the same damage points. Thus, Jill's LP decreases to 3600 (4000-400). MC describes that Jill's LP has just decreased by the first time. Meanwhile, Rua notices that the black rose petal leaves a real scratch on Jill's face. Tempei thinks that Jill should be hurt. Himuro doubts whether this means a duel can really hurt a person while Yanagi feels scared. The audiences are all with Jill and get mad at the witch. Jill is cleaning the scratch on his face. He has already realized and verified that Aki is the witch who can do actual harm by her power. Jill points to Aki and asks directly who she actually is. Aki just replies shortly that she is different from all people. Seeing Aki's eyes, Jill doubts what the witch like her is planning to do. Setting 2 face-down cards, he ends his turn. 4th Turn - Aki The turn moves back to Aki. She draws a card and activates [Carved Seal of the Rose ~ Bara No Kokuin - Equipment Spell: Gain control of the opposing monster equipped with this card. During your End Phase, transfer control of the equipped monster to your opponent. During your Standby Phase, gain control of the equipped monster]. This card can be equipped with the opponent's monster and gain control over it, so she equips it with Masked Knight LV3 and moves it onto her field. Masked Knight LV3 is kneeing in front of Aki, holding her hand, and bowing to show its respect to her. Jill looks very angry to what Aki is doing to his monster. Aki tells him to taste pain from the blade of the betrayal, declaring the direct attack of Masked Knight LV3 toward Jill directly. Masked Knight LV3 draws its blade toward its owner, and Jill blocks it by his shield duel disk. Anyway, Jill is pushed back, and his LP decreases to 2850 (2600-750). Seeing Aki use the power of monster's loyalty, he thinks that it deserves to be an insidious fight of a witch. When Masked Knight LV3 jumps back to Aki's field, she activates another equipment spell [Servant of Hostility ~ Hanmoku No Jyuusha - Equipment Spell: When the controller of the equipped monster changes, inflict damage equal to that monster's original attack power to the opposing player] and equips it with Masked Knight LV3. According to the effect of Servant of Hostility, when the controller of the equipped monster changes, the damage equal to the ATK of the equipped monster is inflicted to the opponent. Jill looks uncertain to this play.
By the effect of Carved Seal of the Rose currently equipped with Masked Knight LV3, Masked Knight LV3 has to return to Jill's field at Aki's end phase. Aki tells Jill to better taste the double-hearted strike. According to the effect of Servant of Hostility equipped with Masked Knight LV3, Jill has to receive the damage equal to the original ATK of Masked Knight LV3 as its controller shifts from Aki back to Jill. Jill becomes very frightened. Masked Knight LV3 lands on Jill's field and looks back to its owner by hostile act. Jill can't defend this attack and gets slashed directly by Masked Knight LV3. His LP decreases to 1350 (2850-1500). MC describes that Aki is so cruel by playing a combo of Carved Seal of the Rose and Servant of Hostility to inflict great damage to the knight, Jill. Jill struggles to stand up, saying that his fight will be from now on.
At this moment, Jill opens his face-down trap card [Level Change - Trap: This card can only be activated during the End Phase on your opponent's turn. Send 1monster with "LV" in its name face-up on your side of the field to the Cemetery to activate. Disregard Summoning Requirements and Special Summon 1 monster written on that card from your Cemetery]. This card can only be activated during the end phase of the opponent. By sending Masked Knight LV3 into the cemetery, Jill is allowed to special summon a monster with LV in its name from the graveyard regardless of summoning requirement. Because Masked Knight LV3 is sent to the cemetery, Carved Seal of the Rose and Servant of Hostility equipped with it are destroyed. Jill utilizes Level Change's effect to special summon Masked Knight LV5 back from the cemetery onto the field in attack position. At this moment, Aki activates the effect of Black Garden. Liana from the black rose garden binds the entire body of Masked Knight LV5 and reduces its ATK to 1150 (2300/2). Also, another Rose Token with 800 ATK blooms onto Aki's field. She ends her turn at this point. Jill tells the witch that it's useless to hide in the garden. The blade of the justice will follow her wherever she goes. 5th Turn - Jill The turn comes to Jill. Drawing a card and getting Glory Shield, he activates the special effect of Masked Knight LV5 in his standby phase. Masked Knight LV5 can evolve into [Masked Knight LV7 - 7/2900: {This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This card can only be Special Summoned by the effects of "Masked Knight LV5." Once per turn, you can inflict 1500 points of damage on the opposing player? During the turn you used this effect, this card cannot attack?}] in the standby phase. Aki still looks calm and activates the effect of Black Garden. Liana from the black rose garden binds the body of Masked Knight LV7 and halves its ATK to 1450 (2900/2). Another Rose Token appears on Aki's field. In the resting room, Bommer is sitting with Yusei. He has just understood Aki's play. Rose Token can't be destroyed in battle, so Aki seems to hide herself inside the grove. Bommer doubts whether Aki will do nothing but defend herself. Anyway, Jill's strike is hard. Bommer wonders how Aki can avoid it. Looking at Aki's eyes, Jill understands that she is waiting for him to activate the special effect of Masked Knight LV7 to inflict direct damage to her as other Masked Knight did earlier. Then, she can activate the effect of Doppel Gainer to counter the damage back to him. Jill has already prepared for this. He says before activating [Glory Shield - Equipment Spell: If the equipped monster attacks, your opponent cannot activate Magic or Trap cards until the end of the Damage Step. When the equipped monster inflicts Battle Damage on your opponent's Life Points, you can destroy 1 Magic or Trap card on the field] and equipping it with Masked Knight LV7.
Himuro thinks that it's such a smart move. When the monster equipped with Glory Shield attacks, the opponent can't activate any spell or trap card. Tempei adds that if the equipped monster can inflict damage to the opponent, it is able to destroy 1 spell or trap card on the field. Jill then declares the attack of Masked Knight LV7, "Persona Big Slash!", toward 1 Rose Token. This strike reduces Aki's LP to 1550 (2200+800-1450). The audiences cheer up to the successful strike of Masked Knight to the witch. Although Rose Token can't be destroyed in battle, damage calculation is normally applied. By the special effect of Masked Knight LV7, when it successfully inflicts damage to the opponent, it can destroy 1 spell or trap card. Jill selects to destroy Doppel Gainer of Aki. By this, Aki can no longer counter the effect of a monster back to him. Jill activates the special effect of Masked Knight LV7, "Persona Big Blast!", to inflict direct 1500 damage points to Aki. There appears big explosion, and Aki's LP decreases to 50 (1550-1500). Everyone cheers up by Jill's successful attack. MC describes that Aki has only 50 LP left, so she is hanging by the skin of teeth. There are only 3 Rose Tokens on her field. By this, MC thinks that she can't fight back. In the resting room, Bommer thinks that the game should be over. However, Yusei argues that the game hasn't been determined yet. Bommer understands that Yusei is on her side. At the duel field, Jill calls for the witch's last turn. There is no way that she can escape. Aki just tells Jill plainly that this turn will end everything.
6th Turn - Aki The last chance comes to Aki, and she draws a card. Jill tells himself not to be afraid as this should be the witch's plan. He obviously prevails. There are 3 Rose Tokens on Aki's field, and she possibly releases them for an advance summon. When Aki can summon a high-class monster, 1 Rose Token will appear on Jill's field according to the effect of Black Garden. Then, she should aim to let her high-class monster attack Rose Token on his field rather than Masked Knight LV7. Note: As a reminder, Rose Token appears onto the field of the opposite owner of the summoned monster according to the effect of Black Garden.
Jill is convinced by that this should be the witch's plan. He thinks that by the time Aki plays this plan, it should be her own destruction. His face-down trap card is [Martyr's Flag ~ Junkyousha No Hata - Trap: This card can only be activated during the Battle Phase on your opponent's turn. Release 1 monster on your side of the field or send 1 card in your hand to the Cemetery to activate. Double the attack power of all Warrior-type monsters on your side of the field until the End Phase of the activated turn]. If Jill activates this trap, the ATK of Masked Knight LV7 will double or turn back to its original 2900 ATK (1450*2). He is ready and challenges Aki to come on. Surprisingly, Aki doesn't follow Jill's expectation. She instead activates the remaining effect of Black Garden. The ground is shaking while all flowers are rotting. According to the effect of Black Garden, Aki can destroy it along with all plant monsters (3 Rose Tokens) on the field. Then, she can special summon 1 monster with ATK equal to the combined ATK of the destroyed monsters from her cemetery. Everyone becomes very surprised. The combined ATK of 3 Rose Tokens are 2400 (800*3), so the monster with 2400 ATK in Aki's graveyard is very clear to be Black Rose Dragon. Aki calls back Black Rose Dragon from the cemetery onto the field in attack position. Anyway, without Black Garden, Masked Knight LV7 is freed, and its ATK turns back to original 2900 attack power. Himuro clearly sees that Black Rose Dragon has 2400 ATK that is still lower than that of Masked Knight LV7. Even Jill doesn't understand why Aki has to get rid of Black Garden. It seems that she intends to destroy her winning chance. Jill isn't sure whether Aki is doing this because she's pushed into the corner. Bommer agrees with Jill that the match has already been over. Yusei agrees to that the game has been over but by Aki's victory. At this moment, Aki activates the special effect of Black Rose Dragon, "Rose Restriction!". By removing 1 Plant-Type monster, Ivy Wall in this case, from the cemetery from play, she can reduce ATK of Masked Knight LV7 to 0. Jill is pretty shocked. If his monster has 0 ATK, there is no point for him to activate face-down Martyr's Flag to double 0 ATK (It's still 0 anyway). As everyone is also in shocking mode, Aki declares the battle calmly. Aki calls Jill a knight who makes up righteousness and suggests him receive such cold flames of sorrow from his own form. Jill becomes very scared as crying and asking Aki to stop this. Without mercy, Aki declares the attack of Black Rose Dragon, "Black Rose Flare!", toward Masked Knight LV7. Because Masked Knight LV7 has 0 ATK, this strike has the same effect as the direct attack. Big flame is burning Jill as the audiences are screaming. Jaeger chuckles as they have already witnessed the power of the psychic duelist. Next is their main problem on the response. Jaeger turns to talk to Akutsu on a visual screen. Akutsu is afraid to report that there is still no response from the censor. Meanwhile, Jack and Yusei are holding their right arms as they can feel some response from them. Yusei thinks about what Black Rose Witch used to say about his dragon's mark that it's a wretched mark. Seeing Yusei talking alone, Bommer asks whether he doesn't feel well. Back to the duel stage, Jill finally collapses, and his LP decreases to 0 (1350+0-2400). The duel ends by the victory of Aki. Duel End The audiences are very shocked, and some begin to scream. They think that this cruel duel isn't a duel and all blame to the witch. On a side of the audience stands, the mysterious guy has observed Aki's duel from the beginning. He thinks that she did a pretty good job and shouldn't put victory into her head. Her battle has just started. The audiences keep yelling and chasing Aki out of the place. Nobody cheers her at all and wants her to get lost and leave the city. Aki just stands still without saying or doing anything as if she has been used to this atmosphere.
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