Episode 40

"The Warriors of Academia" is the fortieth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.

Synopsis
During Yuzu and Gongenzaka's second-round Duels, Leo Duel School's Hokuto is attacked by someone. Reiji, who chased after the culprit that attacked Hokuto, reaches a girl with an appearance similar to Yuzu's. At that time, the girl's servant begins a Duel with Reiji. In order to confirm who the Yuzu-like girl is, Reiji proceeds with the Duel...

Yuzu Hīragi vs. Mikiyo Naname
Duel already in progress. Yuzu controls "Canon the Melodious Diva" (CG Star 4/1400/2000), while Mikiyo controls "Gellenduo" (CG Star 4/1700/0) and two copies of "Freya, Guide to Victory" (CG Star 1/100/100) and both players have 4000 LP remaining.

Mikiyo

"Gellenduo" attacks and destroys "Canon" (Yuzu: 4000 → 2900 LP).

Several turns are skipped. Yuzu controls "Soprano the Melodious Songstress" (CG Star 4/1400/1400) and has 100 LP remaining, while Mikiyo controls "Wingweaver" (CG Star 7/2750/2400) and has 1000 LP remaining.

Yuzu

Yuzu draws "Crystal Rose" and subsequently Normal Summons it (CG Star 2/500/500). She activates the effect of "Soprano", allowing her to conduct a Fusion Summon using "Soprano" and other monsters from her field and hand. She fuses "Soprano" with "Crystal Rose", treating the latter card as "Prodigy Mozart the Melodious Maestra" to Fusion Summon "Bloom Diva the Floral Melodious Saint" (CG Star 6, 6/1000/2000) in Attack Position. "Bloom Diva" attacks "Wingweaver", with the effect of "Bloom Diva" activating as it is battling a Special Summoned monster, causing the opponent to take the battle damage from that battle and destroying the monster it battles at the end of the Damage Step. "Wingweaver" is destroyed (Mikiyo: 1000 → 0 LP).

Reiji Akaba vs. Barrett
Turn 1: Barrett

Barrett activates thePermanent Magic Card "Beastborg Fusioner", which lets him Fusion Summon a "Beastborg" Fusion Monster once per turn, using monsters from his hand or that he controls, however, he may not Normal Summon/Set. He activates its effect, fusing "Jet-Black Panther Warrior" and "Dark Sentinel" from his hand to Fusion Summon "Beastborg Panther Predator" (CG Star 6/1600/2000) in Attack Position. Barrett activates its effect, inflicting damage to Reiji equal to half of its current ATK (Reiji: 4000 → 3200 LP). He Sets 2 cards.

Turn 2: Reiji

Reiji draws "DD Lilith". He then activates the Permanent Magic Card "Contract of the Devil King", which lets him Fusion Summon a Fiend-Type Fusion Monster once per turn using monsters in his hand or that he controls; however, he will take 1000 damage during each of his Standby Phases. Reiji activates its effect, fusing "DD Cerberus" and "Lilith" from his hand to Fusion Summon "DDD Blaze King Temujin" (CG Star 6, 6/2000/1500) in Attack Position. "Temujin" attacks and destroys "Panther Predator" (Barrett: 4000 → 3600 LP). Barrett activates his face-down Continuous Trap Card "Beast-borg Medal of the Iron Shield". Once per turn, when he takes battle damage, he can place 1 Medal Counter on it for every 100 damage he took ("Iron Shield": 0 → 4 Medal Counters). He also activates the effect of "Panther Predator"; since it was destroyed by battle, he can Special Summon the Fusion Material Monsters from his Graveyard, so he Special Summons "Panther Warrior" (CG Star 4/2000/1600) and "Dark Sentinel" (CG Star 4/1500/???), both in Attack Position.

Turn 3: Barrett

Barrett activates the effect of "Beastborg Fusioner", fusing "Panther Warrior" and "Dark Sentinel" from his field to Fusion Summon another "Beastborg Panther Predator" (CG Star 6/1600/2000) in Attack Position. He activates the effect of "Medal of the Iron Shield", sending it to the Graveyard to have a face-up "Beastborg" monster he controls gain 100 ATK for each "Medal Counter" on it. Barrett chooses "Panther Predator" ("Panther Predator": 1600 → 2000/2000). He also activates his face-down "Beast-borg Medal of the White Sword". Once per turn, when he inflicts damage to Reiji, Barrett can place a Medal Counter on it for every 100 damage. Barrett then activates the effect of "Panther Predator", inflicting damage to Reiji equal to half of its current ATK (Reiji: 3200 → 2200 LP) ("White Sword": 0 → 10 Medal Counters). Barrett activates the effect of "White Sword", sending it to the Graveyard to have a "Beastborg" monster gain 100 ATK for each Medal Counter that was on "White Sword". He chooses "Panther Predator" ("Panther Predator": 2000 → 3000/2000). "Panther Predator" attacks and destroys "Temujin" (Reiji: 2200 → 1200 LP). Barrett Sets 1 card.

Turn 4: Reiji

During his Standby Phase, the effect of "Contract of the Devil King" activates, inflicting 1000 damage to Reiji (Reiji: 1200 → 200 LP). Reiji places "DD Magical Astronomer Kepler" (Left Pendulum Scale 10) and "DD Magical Astronomer Galilei" (Right Pendulum Scale 1) in his Pendulum Zones. He Pendulum Summons "DD Proud Chevalier" (CG Star 5/2000/700) and "DD Pandora" (CG Star 5/1700/2100), both from his hand in Attack Position. Reiji overlays his two Level 5 monsters to Xyz Summon "DDD Marksman King Tell" (Rank Star 5/2300/2000/2 ORU). He activates its effect twice, detaching an Overlay Unit to reduce the ATK of a monster Barrett controls by 1000 and inflict 1000 damage to him ("Panther Predator": 3000 → 2000 → 1000/2000, Barrett: 3600 → 2600 → 1600 LP). Reiji then activates the effect of "Contract of the Devil King", which lets him banish monsters from his Graveyard if he would Fusion Summon a "DD" monster. He banishes "Proud Chevalier" and "Pandora" to Fusion Summon "DDD Oracle King d'Arc" (CG Star 7/2800/2000). He attacks "Panther Predator" with "D'Arc", but Barrett activates his face-down "Beast-borg Medal of Honor". When a "Beastborg" Fusion Monster he controls is targeted for an attack, he can destroy it and Special Summon all Fusion Material Monsters from his Graveyard, and if he does, both players take damage equal to their combined ATK. The sum of the ATK of "Panther Warrior" and "Dark Sentinel" is 3500. However, Reiji activates the effect of "D'Arc", which lets him make the effect damage a player(s) would take 0 and gain LP equal to the same amount. As the damage would be inflicted to both players, Reiji gains twice that amount (Reiji: 200 → 7200 LP). A replay occurs, and "D'Arc" attacks and destroys "Panther Warrior" (Barrett: 1600 → 800 LP). "Tell" attacks and destroys "Dark Sentinel" (Barrett: 800 → 0 LP).