Episode 26

"A New Boundary - Superheavy Koujin Susano-O" is the twenty-sixth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime.

Synopsis
Yūya is torn between his good friend and becoming a Pro. Gongenzaka shows his "Brand New Steadfast Dueling" to Yūya. Yūya, counting on the glimmer of hope for "exceeding beyond Pendulum Summon" that he has seen, moves forward with all his power.

Yūya Sakaki vs. Noboru Gongenzaka
Duel continues from the previous episode.

Yūya has 4000 LP remaining, 4 cards in his hand, and controls "Entermate Silver Claw" (CG Star 4/1800/700) in Attack Position and 1 Set card. Gongenzaka has 4000 LP remaining, 2 cards in his hand, and controls "Superheavy Koujin Susano-O" (CG Star 10/2400/3800) in Defense Position and no Set cards. It is currently Gongenzaka's turn.

Turn 3: Gongenzaka

"Superheavy Koujin Susano-O" attacks "Entermate Silver Claw", as its effect allows it to attack while in Defense Position, with its DEF being applied for damage calculation instead of its ATK. Yūya finds and activates the Action Card "Evasion", but Gongenzaka activates the other effect of "Susano-O". Once per turn, when it is in Defense Position and there are no Magic Cards in his Graveyard, he can pay 500 Life Points to target and activate a Magic Card from his opponent's Graveyard. He targets "Over Sword" (Gongenzaka 4000 → 3500), which increases the ATK of a monster on the field by 500 during the Battle Phase ("Susano-O" 2400 → 2900), and prevents its attacks from being negated. Thus, the effect of "Evasion" is not applied and "Silver Claw" is destroyed (Yūya 4000 → 2000) and sent to the Extra Deck.

Turn 4: Yūya

Yūya draws "Magician of Astromancy", while his hand contains "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon", "Empty Fishing", "Entermate Lizardraw" and "Entermate Rakudown". He places "Lizardraw" (Left Pendulum Scale 6) in the left Pendulum Zone and "Camelump" (Right Pendulum Scale 2) in the right Pendulum Zone. Yūya Pendulum Summons "Magician of Astromancy" (CG Star 5/1200/2400) from his hand and "Entermate Silver Claw" (CG Star 4/1800/700) from his Extra Deck, both in Defense Position.

Turn 5: Gongenzaka

Gongenzaka Normal Summons "Superheavy Samurai Soul Iwatooshi" (CG Star 4/1200/0). He activates its effect, letting him equip it to a "Superheavy Samurai" monster he controls in order to allow it to inflict piercing battle damage. The effect of "Susano-O" treats it as a "Superheavy Samurai" monster, so Gongenzaka equips "Soul Iwatooshi" to it. "Susano-O" attacks "Silver Claw", but Yūya finds and activates the Action Card "Miracle", halving the battle damage and preventing "Silver Claw" from being destroyed by battle (Yūya 2000 → 450).

Turn 6: Yūya

Yūya draws "Entermate Discover Hippo" (CG Star 3/800/800) and subsequently Pendulum Summons it. He Releases "Hippo", which treats itself as two Releases via its effect, to Advance Summon "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (CG Star 7/2500/2000) in Attack Position. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Lizardraw", which allows him to draw a card, then shuffle "Lizardraw" back into the Deck. Yūya draws "Entermate Trump Witch" and places it in the left Pendulum Zone (Left Pendulum Scale 4). He activates its Pendulum Effect, letting him Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster from his Extra Deck once per turn, using monsters he controls as the Fusion Material Monsters. Yūya fuses "Odd-Eyes" and "Magician of Astromancy" to Fusion Summon "Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (CG Star 8/3000/2000) in Attack Position. As a Level 5 Spellcaster-Type monster was used as its Fusion Material, the effect of "Rune-Eyes" lets it attack three times during each Battle Phase. "Rune-Eyes" attacks "Susano-O", with Yūya activating the Pendulum Effect of "Rakudown", letting him target a monster he controls once per turn during his Battle Phase and allow that monster to inflict piercing battle damage and decrease the attacked monster's DEF by 800 for each attack. "Susano-O" loses 800 DEF ("Susano-O" 3800 → 3000), and since the ATK of "Rune-Eyes" is equal to the DEF of "Susano-O" neither monster is destroyed. "Rune-Eyes" attacks again, but Gongenzaka activates the effect of "Susano-O", activating "Evasion" from Yūya's Graveyard (Gongenzaka 3500 → 3000), negating the attack. "Rune-Eyes" attacks once more while activating the effect of "Rakudown" ("Susano-O" 3000 → 2200) and destroys "Susano-O" (Gongenzaka 3000 → 2200). As exactly 1 Defense Position he controls and no other cards were destroyed, Gongenzaka activates the effect of the "Superheavy Samurai Soul Makarugaeshi" in his hand, letting him send it to the Graveyard to Special Summon the destroyed "Susano-O" in Attack Position. Yūya finds the Action Card "Over Sword", then activates his face-down "Dangerous Draw", letting him send a Magic Card in his hand to the Graveyard to draw a card. However, if the drawn card is a monster, he will take damage equal to its ATK. Yūya sends "Over Sword" and draws and activates "Big Return", which allows him to activate a card's effect that can usually only be activated once per turn a second time during the same turn. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Trump Witch", fusing "Rune-Eyes" with "Silver Claw" to Fusion Summon "Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (CG Star 8/3000/2000) in Attack Position. "Beast-Eyes" attacks and destroys "Susano-O" (Gongenzaka 2200 → 1600), with its effect activating, inflicting damage equal to the original ATK of the Beast-Type Fusion Material Monster used to Special Summon it, meaning 1800 (Gongenzaka 1600 → 0).