Episode 17

"An Exciting Performance!! A Fulfilling Meal!" (豪快披露！！ 満腹全席！ Gōkai Hirō!! Manpuku Zenseki!), known as "Menu Venue: Part 2" in the Dub version, is the seventeenth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.

Yūya faces a ferocious attack against Michio Mokota's Cooking Duel. Fighting against Michio who concocts a perfect strategy with his recipes, Yūya does not have enough stamina to obtain Action Cards as his stomach is empty... However, in the midst of the pinch, Yūya meets with his savior, providing him with the stamina he needs to fight on. And then, with his Entertainment Duel, the counter-attack begins.

Summary
Nico recaps the events that happened in the previous episode: Yūya's opponent is the Cooking Duel Prince, Michio Mokota, to qualify for the Maiami Championship. Despite his aspirations, Yūya bore witness to his Pendulum Monsters being wiped out by Michio's "Royal Cookmate" monsters.

Meanwhile, Gongenzaka is training himself by hauling a boulder over a cliffside. He promises to improve his Heavystrong Dueling more than ever and urges Yūya not to give up and aim for the top.

Back at the Duel, Yūya curses at his own predicament, while Michio smiles calmly. All Yūya can do is Set a card and end his turn. Tatsuya and Ayu recall that Yūya's Pendulum Monsters were destroyed earlier. Futoshi asks if the matchup is even, because Michio returned his "Royal Cookmates" to his hand. Michio says he wonders about that and takes his next turn. He remarks the preparations are ready, as "Food Cemetery" has three monsters in it, and activates the effect of "Wonder Recipe", which lets him Special Summon a "Cookmate" monster for each card in "Food Cemetery". Yūya realizes there are three cards in "Food Cemetery" and that the same "Royal Cookmates" Michio had before would come back. Michio exclaims the order is ready as he Special Summons "Royal Cookmate Knight Napolitan", "Royal Cookmate Prince Curry", and "Royal Cookmate Princess Pudding". Yūya stares the monsters down as he notes they are fearsome, but his stomach growls and he remarks they're delicious. Michio is kind enough to let Yūya's starving belly have its fill as he explains that "Wonder Recipes" will inflict 300 damage for each monster Special Summoned by its effect. Pellets of energy hit Yūya on his face, his stomach, and his bottom. Michio asks if this was too much for Yūya's stomach. Mrs. Mokota continues recording the Duel and congratulates her son for doing well.

At Mr. Mokota's restaurant, said chef is watching the Duel from his tablet as Michio says the taste of his perfect recipe is amazing. Mr. Mokota wonders what Michio means before continuing his work. Michio activates the effect of "Knight Napolitan" to double the ATK of "Prince Curry" and follows up with the effect of "Princess Pudding" to double the ATK further, to 1200 total. The housewives watching the Duel squee after seeing another one of Michio's set menus. Michio continues that "Princess Pudding" and "Knight Napolitan" cannot attack the turn their effects are activated. Yūya manages to get up and Michio points out that Yūya only has 1700 LP left and that "Prince Curry" needs a little more seasoning to finish him off. Michio jumps up a series of saucers before finding and taking an Action Card on the third one. He is satisfied that the Goddess of Cooking is smiling down on him and activates the card he picked up, "Victory Topping", which increases the ATK of a monster he controls by 600 until the End Phase. Tonkatsu materializes on the shield of "Prince Curry", which Ayu and Tatsuya pick up on. Michio declares his Battle Phase and the end of the Duel and attacks Yūya directly with "Prince Curry". Tatsuya exclaims Yūya will lose if the attack goes through, but Yūya activates his face-down "Entermate Call", which negates the attack. Furthermore, it allows Yūya to add two "Entermate" monsters from his Deck to his hand whose combined DEF is equal to the ATK of the monster whose attack was negated. He adds "Entermate Cheermole" and "Entermate Turn Toad", though he cannot Summon monsters from his Extra Deck the turn he Summons the added monsters. Michio takes note of Yūya's earlier tactic and decides to counter with "Law of Food Conservation", since Yūya added cards to his hand outside of the Draw Phase. He can place "Cookmate" monsters from his Deck under "Food Cemetery" for each card Yūya added; he chooses "Cookmate Lionion" and "Cookmate Rabbitomato". Yūya exclaims that Michio added more cards to "Food Cemetery", but Michio isn't done yet, as he activates "Meal Ticket Abuse", which lets him add two "Royal Cookmate" monsters from his Deck to his hand, which are "Royal Cookmate King Hamburg" and "Royal Cookmate Queen Omelette". Yūya repeats Michio's last move as Michio asks him about what he thought about his prep-work and adds that the monsters he retrieved cannot be Summoned this turn. Michio jumps down to his original spot and ends his turn, with the ATK boosts of "Prince Curry" wearing off. Said monster appears disappointed as its tonkatsu disappears.

Yūya realizes that when Michio's turn comes, he'll have all five "Royal Cookmates" on his field and decides to do something to stop that. Yūya draws "Divided Wall" and is dissatisfied with it; he can't do anything with it now. He decides to bet his next move on an Action Card as he leaps from saucer to saucer to try to reach one on a high plate. However, his stomach growls again as he realizes he's too hungry to even reach the card, causing him to fall on his back. The children are concerned, but Yōko comes in and chides Yūya for running off without having breakfast. She tosses Yūya a package, which he catches. Yūya asks why his mother is here; she tells him to hurry up and eat what she made. Yūya opens the package, which contains pancakes, and yells it's time to eat. He takes a bite out of it and looks inside. Yōko reveals that the pancakes are actually a sandwich of the mille-feuille tonkatsu that Yūya didn't eat. He takes another bite as his eyes tear up. Yūya exclaims it's delicious and Yōko says she made the sandwich using Michio's recipe, so it must be perfect, and to add to the pizza, she used pancakes as the bread. Michio is angered that Yōko added something to his already perfect recipe. Yūya says, "Perfect...add to it..." before finishing off the pancake sandwich. Reenergized, Yūya rises and declares that "Stargazer Magician" and "Timegazer Magician" are Scales 1 and 8, respectively, so he can Pendulum Summon monsters between Levels 2 and 7. A distressed Tatsuya urges Yūya not to Pendulum Summon, since Michio can just destroy the monsters, but Yūya ignores him and Pendulum Summons "Cheermole" and "Turn Toad" anyway. Michio welcomes his new customers for leaping through the fire. He activates the effects of "Princess Pudding" and "Knight Napolitan", declaring "Full House of Full Stomachs", with the former force-feeding "Cheermole" and the latter doing the same to "Turn Toad". Michio specifies that he can return "Princess Pudding" and "Knight Napolitan" to his hand to destroy "Cheermole" and "Turn Toad". The bellies of both monsters burst before they're destroyed. Michio asks how Yūya liked his hospitality, but the children point out the hypocrisy because Michio destroyed them. As Michio laughs, Yūya explains that as "Cheermole" and "Turn Toad" are Pendulum Monsters, they are sent to the Extra Deck instead of the Graveyard when they are destroyed. Yūya Sets "Divided Wall" and ends his turn.

Elsewhere, Sora is in another Duel and attacks directly with "Death-Toy Scissors Bear", knocking his opponent into a feudal Japanese castle wall. Sora exclaims he won two Duels in a row before catching Yuzu spacing out again. Yuzu insists she didn't and lies that she saw the whole Duel, causing Sora to groan.

Michio starts his turn and addresses Yōko as the one who made modifications to his recipe. Yōko confirms it and Michio says his perfect recipe has no room for further additions. Next to Yōko, Mrs. Mokota agrees with Michio and calls him perfect. As there are five cards in "Food Cemetery", Michio activates the effect of "Wonder Recipes" to Special Summon "King Hamburg", "Queen Omelette", "Knight Napolitan", and "Princess Pudding". Yūya notes that Michio Summoned four monsters at once. Futoshi looks at the five monsters in awe, saying he couldn't even finish all of them at once, to the annoyance of his other two friends. Michio shows further "hospitality" to Yūya by inflicting 300 damage to him for each monster he Summoned with "Wonder Recipes". The total is 1200, as energy pellets hit Yūya again, reducing him to 500 LP. Yōko yells Yūya's name. Kirigakure comments that Yūya worked hard to get this far, but with all five "Royal Cookmates" out, this is the end. Michio activates the effect of "Knight Napolitan" to double the ATK of "Prince Curry". He does the same, using the effect of "Princess Pudding", then follows up with "Queen Omelette" and "King Hamburg" to quadruple the ATK further. Tatsuya exclaims that "Prince Curry" turned into a 4800 ATK calorie explosion. Michio enters his Battle Phase and attacks Yūya directly with the now-golden "Prince Curry", declaring "Excellent Express Curry Plate". "Prince Curry" releases a vortex of curry, with the children repeating the attack name dumbfoundedly. Yūya activates his Trap Card, "Divided Wall", which decreases the ATK of an opposing monster for each monster the opponent controls. Michio calls the card a pointless struggle, but Yūya further explains that "Prince Curry" will lose 4000 ATK, since Michio controls five monsters. Michio clarifies that Yūya only has 500 LP left, while "Prince Curry" has more than enough ATK to finish him off. "Prince Curry" regains its composure and continues its attack, but Yūya dons his goggles and starts running. But the attack of "Prince Curry" hits its mark, leaving the children and Yōko stunned.

Michio breathes a sigh of relief; it took him plenty of work, but Yūya turned out to be no match for his perfect recipe. His relieved expression changes to confusion as he notices Yūya standing strong after the smoke clears, with 200 LP remaining. Ayu cheers that Yūya pulled through, while Yōko is relieved as well. Michio demands why Yūya survived the attack. Yūya chuckles and reveals he used an Action Card, "Energy Mate", the card he couldn't reach earlier. It let him gain 500 LP when he was attacked. Yūya attributes the action to the power he got from Yōko's sandwich. Enraged that Yūya hung on, Michio ends his turn, with the ATK of "Prince Curry" returning to normal. He points out that Yūya has no cards in his hand, despite enduring the last attack, and asks how he can deal with five "Royal Cookmates".

Yūya starts his turn. Before he draws, he thinks he's done all the prep-work he can; he just needs to draw that one card he needs. He draws, and the card is "Illusion Balloon". Yūya announces the climax of the seesawing battle, with Michio confused about what's happening. Yūya reiterates that "Stargazer" and "Timegazer" are set in his Pendulum Zones, which lets him Pendulum Summon Level 2 to 7 monsters. Michio says Yūya is Pendulum Summoning, but he only has one card in his hand, which makes it no different from a Normal Summon. Yūya directs the audience's attention to his Extra Deck, where the Pendulum Monsters are waiting. He Pendulum Summons "Turn Toad", "Entermate Trampolynx", "Entermate Partnaga", "Cheermole", and "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon". Futoshi gets his shivers, leaving him overwhelmed, while Ayu is happy that Yūya Pendulum Summoned five monsters at once. Tatsuya remembers that destroyed Pendulum Monsters are sent to the Extra Deck; Yūya waited for his chance to Summon all of them at once by stockpiling his Extra Deck. Yōko says Pendulum Summoning was the addition needed for Yūya's strategy. Michio brushes the remark aside and yells that it will end the same way as before; Yūya's Pendulum Summoning is still no match for his perfect recipe. He activates the effects of his "Royal Cookmates" again, with all five force-feeding each of Yūya's monsters: "Trampolynx" by "Prince Curry", "Partnaga" by Queen Omelette", "Turn Toad" by "Knight Napolitan", "Cheermole" by "Princess Pudding", and "Odd-Eyes" by "King Hamburg". Ayu realizes that the monsters will be destroyed like last time. Michio returns all five of his "Royal Cookmates" to his hand to destroy each of Yūya's monsters. Yūya says he was waiting for this, with Michio being confused. Yūya activates "Illusion Balloon". He can excavate cards from his Deck equal to the number of monsters destroyed this turn. Each of the destroyed monsters turns into a pancake sandwich. Tatsuya and Ayu are surprised, but Futoshi is drooling. Yūya announces the moment the audience is waiting for: inside each sandwich is a card excavated from the Deck, and the highest Level "Entermate" monster excavated will be Special Summoned. Nico calls the strategy amazing, because Yūya Summoned five monsters, knowing they'd be destroyed, and tied their destruction to this remaining glimmer of hope. Kirigakure points out that if none of the cards are "Entermate" monsters, "Illusion Balloon" will fail.

Michio exclaims that the card of pure chance won't break through his perfect recipe. Yūya replies that manipulation of chance is a powerful skill in itself. He starts excavating from his Deck. The first sandwich opens and the card is "Hippo Carnival". Yūya shrugs in disappointment, which disappoints the children as well. Nevertheless, he continues with the second, which is "Entermate Discover Hippo". Mrs. Mokota says there's no way Michio can lose to a card like that. Yūya excavates the third card, "Entertainment Flash". As Yōko places her hope in Yūya, he reveals the next card, "Entermate Friendonkey". He comments that while it's a "Entermate", it's only a donkey. Nico becomes discouraged, as "Friendonkey" isn't strong enough to defeat Michio. Mrs. Mokota repeats, "a pity?", causing Nico to reconsider his words. Kirigakure wonders what the last card is. A housewife is excited about what the last card will be, while another says she doesn't know much about Dueling, but it's fun. Michio looks around, dumbfounded. His fans are all enthralled by Yūya's performance.

Yūya announces the revelation of the final pancake and wonders of the Goddess of Victory will smile down on him. He excavates his last card, which is "Entermate Hammer Mammo". Yūya cheers that the last card was a high-Level "Entermate", the best for last. He Special Summons it as he says that "Hammer Mammo", the leader of the "Entermate", comes before everyone now. Michio trembles after seeing that its ATK is 2600, which is enough to defeat him. He bemoans that his perfect recipe will...!

Yūya tells Michio there's no such thing as a perfect recipe, which causes the young chef to recall Mr. Mokota telling him the same thing. Mr. Mokota elaborates that even if there is a perfect recipe, it has to be ready to add more to suit the people who will eat the food. Yūya declares his Battle Phase and attacks directly with "Hammer Mammo". "Hammer Mammo" swings the hammer on its trunk and the hammerhead glows in star-shaped patterns as Yūya tells Michio to enjoy the mammoth of a meal. Michio smiles in satisfaction, knowing his loss is coming up. The hammer swings down and crushes Michio, depleting all his LP.

Ayu and Tatsuya exclaim that Yūya won his first Duel, while Futoshi gets his shivers. As "Action Kitchen" fades, Yūya thanks Michio for the meal. Mrs. Mokota runs to Michio, in denial that his perfect recipe was defeated. Michio calmly tells his mother that he did lose. The children and Michio come to Yūya. Michio congratulates Yūya for the win and promises to add more to his recipe and press onwards. Yūya replies that he'll stay ahead of Michio, then. Michio says he'll look forward to seeing Yūya in the Maiami Championship and offers him a handshake, which Yūya accepts. His stomach growls again and Yōko remarks that the pancake sandwich she gave him wasn't enough. Michio offers to cook Yūya something, to Yōko's surprise, and asks if Yūya will accept his hospitality. A blushing Yūya replies, "of course!" Yōko squees that Michio will make everyone food, to her son's embarrassment.

Yūya Sakaki vs. Michio Mokota
Duel continues from the previous episode.

Yūya has 2600 LP remaining, 1 card in his hand, and controls "Timegazer Magician" (Left Pendulum Scale 8) and "Stargazer Magician" (Right Pendulum Scale 1) in his Pendulum Zones and no other monsters or Set cards. Michio has 2300 LP remaining, 3 cards in his hand, and controls "Wonder Recipe", "Food Cemetery" with 3 cards underneath it and 1 Set card.

Turn 4: Yūya

Yūya Sets 1 card.

Turn 5: Michio

Michio activates the effect of "Wonder Recipe", letting him Special Summon a number of "Royal Cookmate" monsters from his hand less than or equal to the number of "Cookmate" monsters underneath "Food Cemetery", then inflict 300 damage to Yūya for each. There are three, so he Special Summons "Royal Cookmate Knight Napolitan" (CG Star 8/300/1100), "Royal Cookmate Prince Curry" (CG Star 7/300/1000) and "Royal Cookmate Princess Pudding" (CG Star 6/300/100), all in Attack Position (Yūya: 2600 → 1700 LP). Michio activates the effect of "Knight Napolitan", which will double the ATK of another "Royal Cookmate" monster he controls ("Prince Curry": 300 → 600/1000) until the End Phase, but "Knight Napolitan" cannot attack this turn. He then activates the effect of "Princess Pudding", which is the same as that of "Knight Napolitan" ("Prince Curry": 600 → 1200/1000). Michio finds and activates the Action Card, "Victory Topping", increasing the ATK of a monster on the field by 600 ("Prince Curry": 1200 → 1800/1000) until the End Phase. "Prince Curry" attacks directly, but Yūya activates his face-down "Entermate Call", negating the attack and letting him add two "Entermate" monsters from his Deck to his hand whose combined DEF are equal to the ATK of the attacking monster, though he may not Summon monsters from his Extra Deck during the turn he Summons the monsters he adds. Yūya adds "Entermate Cheermole" and "Entermate Turn Toad". As his opponent added cards to his hand outside of his normal draw, Michio activates his face-down "Law of Food Conservation", letting him place the same number of "Cookmate" monsters from his Deck underneath a "Food Cemetery" he controls as the number of cards his opponent added. He places "Cookmate Lionion" and "Cookmate Rabbitomato" underneath "Food Cemetery". Michio then activates "Meal Ticket Abuse", letting him add two "Royal Cookmate" monsters from his Deck to his hand, but he may not Normal or Special Summon them this turn. He adds "Royal Cookmate Queen Omelette" and "Royal Cookmate King Hamburg". At the End Phase, the effects of "Knight Napolitan", "Princess Pudding" and "Victory Topping" expire ("Prince Curry": 1800 → 300/1000).

Turn 6: Yūya

Yūya Pendulum Summons "Cheermole" (CG Star 2/600/1000) and "Turn Toad" (CG Star 2/0/800), both from his hand in Defense Position. As his opponent Normal or Special Summoned monsters, Michio activates the effects of "Princess Pudding" and "Knight Napolitan", returning them to his hand to destroy the Summoned monsters. "Cheermole" and "Turn Toad" are destroyed, but are sent to Yūya's Extra Deck as they are Pendulum Monsters. Yūya Sets 1 card.

Turn 7: Michio

Michio activates the effect of "Wonder Recipe", letting him Special Summon a number of "Royal Cookmate" monsters from his hand less than or equal to the number of "Cookmate" monsters underneath "Food Cemetery", then inflict 300 damage to Yūya for each. There are five, so he Special Summons "Queen Omelette" (CG Star 9/300/???), "King Hamburg" (CG Star 10/300/1300), "Knight Napolitan" (CG Star 8/300/1100) and "Princess Pudding" (CG Star 6/300/100), all in Attack Position (Yūya: 1700 → 500 LP). Michio activates the effects of "Knight Napolitan", "Princess Pudding", "Queen Omelette" and "King Hamburg", each doubling the ATK of another "Royal Cookmate" monster he controls ("Prince Curry" 300 → 600 → 1200 → 2400 → 4800/1000) until the End Phase, but the former four cannot attack this turn. "Prince Curry" attacks directly, but Yūya activates his face-down "Divided Wall", decreasing the ATK of an attacking monster by the number of monsters its controller controls times 800 ("Prince Curry" 4800 → 800/1000). The attack continues, but Yūya finds and activates the Action Card "Energy Mate", increasing his LP by 500 (Yūya: 500 → 1000 → 200 LP).

Turn 8: Yūya

Yūya draws "Illusion Balloon". Yūya Pendulum Summons "Turn Toad" (CG Star 2/0/800), "Entermate Trampolynx" (CG Star 2/300/300), "Entermate Partnaga" (CG Star 5/500/2100), "Cheermole" (CG Star 2/600/1000) and "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (CG Star 7/2500/2000), all from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. Michio activates the effects of all five "Royal Cookmate" monsters, returning them to his hand to destroy all of Yūya's monsters, but they are sent to the Extra Deck as they are Pendulum Monsters. As monsters he controls were destroyed, Yūya activates "Illusion Balloon", letting him excavate an equal number of cards and Special Summon the "Entermate" monster amongst them with the highest Level, if any. The remaining cards will be shuffled back into his Deck. Yūya excavates "Hippo Carnival", "Entermate Discover Hippo", "Entertainment Flash", "Entermate Friendonkey" and "Entermate Hammer Mammo". Yūya Special Summons "Hammer Mammo" (CG Star 6, 6/2600/1800) in Attack Position. "Hammer Mammo" attacks directly (Michio: 2300 → 0 LP).

Sora Shiun'in vs. Unknown Duelist
Duel already in progress. Sora controls "Death-Toy Scissors Bear" in Attack Position, while his opponent controls no cards and has 200 LP remaining.

Sora's turn

"Death-Toy Scissors Bear" attacks directly (Opponent: 200 → 0 LP).

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