Episode 48

"The Wounded Falcon" (いの Teoi no Hayabusa) is the forty-eighth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.

Synopsis
Serena escapes, holding a wounded Shun in her arms. However, they are being pursued by Sora and the Duelists from the Fusion Dimension. A 3-on-3 Duel involving Serena, Shun and the others begins, pushing the Battle Royale to an even higher climax. Meanwhile, Yūya, who has been searching for Yuzu together with Gongenzaka, meets Sora again. As he witnesses his once friend sealing people away into cards, he turns angrier and angrier.

Sora Shiun'in vs. Hikage
At the start of the Duel, the Field Magic Card "Wonder Quartet" 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.

Sora's turn

Sora Normal Summons "Edge Imp Saw" (CG Star 3/500/1000).

An unknown amount of time is skipped.

Hikage's turn

Hikage activates "Ninjitsu of Hazy Duplication", which allows him to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "Ninja" monster from his hand. He Special Summons "Twilight Ninja - Shingetsu" (CG Star 4/1500/100). Hikage then Releases "Shingetsu" to Advance Summon "Twilight Stealth Commander - Nichirin" (CG Star 6/2300/???).

An unknown amount of time is skipped.

Sora's turn

Sora fuses "Edge Imp Saw" and "Furnimal Lio" to Fusion Summon "Death-Toy Wheel Saw Lio" (CG Star 7/2400/2000) in Attack Position. He activates the effect of "Lio", which lets him destroy an opponent's monster and inflict damage to his opponent equal to the destroyed monster's ATK. "Nichirin" is destroyed (Hikage: 2300 → 0 LP).

Tsukikage, Serena, Shun Kurosaki, Michio Mokota and Teppei Tairyōbata vs. Obelisk Force: Red, Green and Yellow
At the start of the Duel, the Field Magic Card "Wonder Quartet" 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.

The members of Obelisk Force are not named, but are differentiated from one another here by the color of the gemstone on their masks.

Turn 1: Tsukikage

Tsukikage Normal Summons "Twilight Ninja - Shingetsu" (CG Star 4/1500/100) and Sets three cards.

Turn 2: Red

Red Normal Summons "Antique Gear Hound Dog" (CG Star 3/1000/1000). As his opponent controls a monster, he activates the effect of "Hound Dog", inflicting 600 damage to the opponent. Tsukikage activates his face-down "Barrier Ninjitsu of Hazy Extinguishing", allowing him to reduce any effect damage lower than or equal to 800 to 0, since he controls a "Ninja" monster. Red activates "Fusion", fusing the "Hound Dog" on his field with two more copies from his hand to Fusion Summon "Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog" (CG Star 7/1800/1000) in Attack Position. Tsukikage activates his face-down "Barrier Ninjitsu of Gathering Shadows", since he controls a "Ninja" monster. It allows him to end his opponent's Battle Phase, by paying half of his Life Points (Tsukikage: 4000 → 2000 LP). Red Sets two cards.

An unknown amount of time is skipped.

Turn 3: Green

Green Fusion Summons "Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog" (CG Star 7/1800/1000) in Attack Position. Tsukikage activates the effect of "Barrier Ninjitsu of Gathering Shadows" to end his opponent's Battle Phase by paying half his Life Points (Tsukikage: 2000 → 1000 LP).

An unknown amount of time is skipped.

Turn 4: Yellow

Yellow Fusion Summons "Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog" (CG Star 7/1800/1000) in Attack Position. Tsukikage activates the effect of "Barrier Ninjitsu of Gathering Shadows" to end his opponent's Battle Phase by paying half of his Life Points (Tsukikage: 1000 → 500 LP). Yellow Sets three cards.

Turn 5: Serena

Serena draws and subsequently activates "Fusion", fusing "Moonlight Blue Cat" and "Moonlight Purple Butterfly" from her hand to Fusion Summon "Moonlight Cat Dancer" (CG Star 7/2400/2000) in Attack Position. She then activates "Moonlight Perfume", allowing her to Special Summon a "Moonlight" monster from her Graveyard. She Special Summons "Moonlight Blue Cat" (CG Star 4/1600/1200). Since "Blue Cat" was Special Summoned, its effect activates, allowing her to double the ATK of a "Moonlight" monster she controls until the end of this turn. Serena targets "Cat Dancer" ("Cat Dancer": 2400 → 4800/2000). She then activates the effect of "Cat Dancer", letting her Release a "Moonlight" monster to allow it to attack each monster her opponent controls twice each this turn, but the attacked monsters cannot be destroyed by battle during the first attack on each of them. She Releases "Blue Cat". "Cat Dancer" attacks Red's "Triple Bite Hound Dog". Red activates his face-down card "Fusion Dispersal", since his opponent's Fusion Monster declared an attack. He can return that attacking monster to the Extra Deck, end the Battle Phase, Special Summon all the Fusion Materials that were used for its Fusion Summon from the Graveyard to his opponent's side of the field then inflict damage to his opponent equal to the ATK of the Fusion Material monster with the highest ATK. "Cat Dancer" is returned to the Extra Deck and "Moonlight Blue Cat" (CG Star 4/1600/1200) and "Moonlight Purple Butterfly" (CG Star 3/1000/1000) are Special Summoned on Serena's field (Serena: 4000 → 2400 LP).

At this moment, Michio and Teppei interfere with the Duel by joining it, thus they receive a penalty of 2000 LP (Michio: 4000 → 2000 LP; Teppei: 4000 → 2000 LP).

Turn 6: Michio

Michio activates "Instant Cooking", allowing him to Special Summon as many "Royal Cookmate" monsters as possible from his hand whose Levels are less than or equal to the total Levels of all monsters his opponent controls. He Special Summons "Royal Cookmate Knight Napolitan" (CG Star 8/300/1100), "Royal Cookmate Queen Omelet" (CG Star 9/300/???) and "Royal Cookmate King Hamburg" (CG Star 10/300/1300) from his hand. He Sets a card.

Turn 7: Teppei

Teppei activates "Inland Sea", since there is a face-up card in the Field Zone. The current Field Magic Card is now treated as "Umi". This allows him to reduce the Level of all WATER monsters in his hand and on his side of the field by 1. Teppei Normal Summons "The Legendary Fisherman" (CG Star 5/1850/1600) as a Level 4 (CG Star 5 → 4) monster. He then Releases it to Special Summon "The Legendary Fisherman III" (CG Star 7/2500/2000) from his hand. Since it was Special Summoned using its effect, he can banish any number of monsters his opponent controls. He banishes all of the Obelisk Force's monsters. Michio activates his face-down "Monster Pie", since his opponent's monster(s) left the field and he controls a "Cookmate" monster. He can Special Summon a "Monster Pie Token" (CG Star 3/1000/???) to each of his opponent's side of the field for each of those monsters. Michio activates the effects of his three "Royal Cookmate" monsters, returning them to his hand to destroy the three "Monster Pie Token"'s. Since a "Monster Pie Token" was destroyed, the other effect of "Monster Pie" inflicts 1000 damage to the Obelisk Force. Teppei activates the other effect of "The Legendary Fisherman III", since his opponents are taking effect damage, by returning all cards banished by its effect to the Graveyard, he can double that effect damage (Red: 4000 → 2000 LP, Green: 4000 → 2000 LP, Yellow: 4000 → 2000 LP). Green activates three face-down cards - "Antique Gear Reborn", "Antique Gear Spark Shot" and "Antique Gear Booster". As he controls no monsters, "Reborn" lets him Special Summon an "Antique Gear" monster from his Graveyard that was sent there this turn and increase its original ATK by 200. He Summons "Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog" with it original ATK increased by 200 (CG Star 7/1800 → 2000/1000). Since an "Antique Gear" monster was Special Summoned from the Graveyard while he controlled no monsters, the effect of "Spark Shot" lets him inflict damage to his opponent equal to half the ATK of the Special Summoned monster. Since an "Antique Gear" card is inflicting damage, the effect of "Booster" then doubles that damage. Green inflicts the damage to Michio (Michio: 2000 → 0 LP). Yellow activates his own face-down "Antique Gear Reborn" and "Antique Gear Booster", while using the effect of Green's "Spark Shot", Special Summoning his "Triple Bite Hound Dog" and inflicting 2000 damage to Teppei (Teppei: 2000 → 0 LP). Red activates his own face-down "Antique Gear Reborn", while using the effect of Green's "Spark Shot", Special Summoning his "Triple Bite Hound Dog" and inflicting 1000 damage to Tsukikage, but Shingo activates the Action Card "Flame Guard", reducing the effect damage to 0. Since he wasn't part of the Duel and interfered, Shingo receives a penalty of 2000 LP (Shingo: 4000 → 2000 LP).

Duel continues in the next episode.

List of Featured Characters

 * Nico Smiley
 * Reira Akaba
 * Tatsuya Yamashiro
 * Ayu Ayukawa
 * Futoshi Harada
 * Shūzō Hīragi
 * Yōko Sakaki
 * Himika Akaba
 * Sora Shiun'in
 * Serena
 * Shun Kurosaki
 * Tsukikage
 * Hikage
 * Nakajima
 * Reiji Akaba
 * Yūya Sakaki
 * Noboru Gongenzaka
 * Michio Mokota
 * Mieru Hōchun
 * Teppei Tairyōbata
 * Dennis Macfield
 * Obelisk Force
 * Shingo Sawatari