Episode 1

"The Trail of Light, Pendulum Summon" (の、 ペンデュラム Hikari no Kiseki, Pendyuramu Shōkan), known as "Swing into Action: Part 1" in the Dub version, is the debut episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.

Sypnosis
Thanks to advancements to the Solid Vision system developed by the Leo Corporation, monsters and environments in Duel Monsters are now given physical matter, allowing for exciting Action Duels. At Maiami City's You Show Duel School, a young duelist named Yūya Sakaki is approached with the opportunity to duel against the current Action Duel champion, Strong Ishijima. This brings back memories of three years ago, when Yūya's father, Yūshō, mysteriously disappeares before an important match with Ishijima. After some deliberation, Yūya shows up to face Ishijima in an Action Duel. Ishijima quickly brings out his ace monster, "Barbarian King", with Yūya evading his attacks by using Action Cards found across the environment. Yūya then summons out his monster, "Odd-Eyes Dragon", to attack Ishijima, but he turns things around with his own Action Card and deals damage to Yūya. Just as he is at his wit's end, Yūya remembers some encouraging words from his father, as well as the pendulum he left with him. Yūya's will transforms some of his monsters into Pendulum Monsters, allowing him to perform a new kind of summoning, Pendulum Summon, and summon out several monsters, including an enhanced version of "Odd-Eyes Dragon" known as "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon".

Yūya Sakaki vs. Noboru Gongenzaka
Duel already in progress.

Yūya has 4000 LP remaining, no cards in his hand, and controls "Entermate Discover Hippo" (CG Star 3/800/800) in Attack Position and 1 Set card. Gongenzaka has 2600 LP remaining, 4 cards in his hand, and controls "Superheavy Samurai Waka - "Oni" (CG Star 4/0/2000) and "Superheavy Samurai Sword - "Kyukyukyu"" (CG Star 3/1000/1800) both in Defense Position and no Set cards.

Turn 4: Gongenzaka

Gongenzaka Releases "Samurai Waka - "Oni"" and "Samurai Sword - "Kyukyukyu"" to Advance Summon "Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei" (CG Star 8/1000/3500) in face-up Defense Position by its effect. Yūya activates his face-down "Hippo Carnival", Special Summoning three "Hippo Tokens" (CG Star 1/0/0 each) to his field.

Due to the Solid Vision machine breaking at this point, the Duel ends with no conclusion.

Yūya Sakaki vs. Strong Ishijima
At the start of the Duel, the Field Magic Card "Frontier Fang Castle" is activated, as per the rules of an Action Duel. It will allow the players to use Action Cards, but they may only have one in their hand at a time.

Turn 1: Yūya

Yūya Normal Summons "Entermate Discover Hippo" (CG Star 3/800/800).

Turn 2: Strong Ishijima

Strong Ishijima draws "Barbarian King". He activates "Feast of the Wild LV5", letting him Special Summon two Level 5 Warrior-Type monsters from his hand, but their effects are negated. He Special Summons "Barbarian #2" (CG Star 5/1800/1500) and "Barbarian #1" (CG Star 5/1550/1800), both in Attack Position. Strong Ishijima Releases both of them to Advance Summon "Barbarian King" (CG Star 8/3000/1100). "Barbarian King" attacks "Discover Hippo", but Yūya finds and activates the Action Card "Evasion", which negates the attack. As "Barbarian King" was Advanced Summoned using at least 1 "Barbarian" monster, it may attack again, as long as the attack target is a monster. "Barbarian King" attacks "Discover Hippo", but Yūya finds and activates another Action Card, "Miracle", preventing its destruction by battle and halving the battle damage (Yūya: 4000 → 2900 LP). Strong Ishijima Sets 1 card.

Turn 3: Yūya

Yūya draws "Odd-Eyes Dragon". He Releases "Hippo", which treats itself as two Advances via its effect, to Advance Summon "Odd-Eyes Dragon" (CG Star 7/2500/2000). Yūya activates "Wonder Balloon", which allows him to send cards from his hand to the Graveyard to place a counter on it. Yūya finds and sends three Action Cards (two "Evasion" and a "Miracle") to the Graveyard, placing three counters on it ("Wonder Balloon": 0 → 3 counters). Yūya activates the second effect of "Wonder Balloon", sending it to the Graveyard and targeting "Barbarian King" to decrease the latter's ATK by 1000 for each counter "Wonder Balloon" had until the End Phase ("Barbarian King": 3000 → 0/1100). "Odd-Eyes" attacks "Barbarian King", but Strong Ishijima activates the Action Card "Miracle", preventing the destruction of "Barbarian King" and halving the battle damage (Strong Ishijima: 4000 → 2750 LP). He then activates his face-down "Barbarian Rage" as he took battle damage, targeting "Barbarian King" to increase its ATK by 2000 ("Barbarian King": 0 → 2000/1100). At the End Phase, the effect of "Wonder Balloon" expires ("Barbarian King": 2000 → 5000/1100).

Turn 4: Strong Ishijima

"Barbarian King" attacks "Odd-Eyes Dragon". Yūya finds an Action Card, but the attack of "Barbarian King" destroys "Odd-Eyes" before he can get the card (Yūya: 2900 → 400 LP). Due to the effect of "Barbarian Rage", "Odd-Eyes Dragon" returns to Yūya's hand instead of going to the Graveyard. Strong Ishijima then activates "Barbarian Magic", increasing his LP by an amount equal to half the ATK of a monster returned to the hand (Strong Ishijima: 2750 → 4000 LP). Strong Ishijima Sets 1 card.

Turn 5: Yūya

Yūya's hand contains "Odd-Eyes Dragon", "Magician of Astromancy", "Entermate Sword Fish" and "Entermate Whip Viper". Yūya draws "Magician of Chronomancy". Yūya's pendant transforms "Magician of Astromancy" and "Magician of Chronomancy" into Pendulum Monsters and transforms "Odd-Eyes Dragon" into "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon". Yūya places "Magician of Chronomancy" (Left Pendulum Scale 8) and "Magician of Astromancy" (Right Pendulum Scale 1) in his Pendulum Zones. Yūya Pendulum Summons "Entermate Whip Viper" (CG Star 4/1700/900), "Entermate Sword Fish" (CG Star 2/600/600) and "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (CG Star 7/2500/2000), all from his hand in Attack Position.

Duel continues in the next episode.

List of Featured Characters

 * Yūya Sakaki
 * Yūshō Sakaki
 * Yōko Sakaki
 * Yuzu Hīragi
 * Shūzō Hīragi
 * Noboru Gongenzaka
 * Strong Ishijima
 * Nico Smiley
 * Tatsuya Yamashiro

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