Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 073

"Illusive, Great Clash!! Double Hope vs. Double Galaxy-Eyes!!" is the seventy-third and final episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime, which was succeeded by the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL II anime. It first aired in Japan on September 24, 2012.

Summary
Staring down "Number 39: Utopia", Kite tells Yuma he'll regret waking the sleeping lion. Yuma says that's just what he wanted to do and Kite draws. He activates "Treasure Cards of Adversity", letting him draw two cards since he controls no monsters and his opponent controls Special Summoned monsters. He then activates "Accellight", revealing that instead of Normal Summoning or Setting a monster this turn, he can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower LIGHT Warrior-Type monster from his Deck. He Special Summons "Daybreaker" in Attack Position. Astral urges Yuma to be careful and Kite tells them that when "Daybreaker" is Special Summoned, he can Special Summon another copy from his hand.

He does so and proceeds to overlay his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon "Starliege Paladynamo" in Attack Position. Astral and Yuma agree that Kite's counterattack is coming now. Kite activates the effect of "Paladynamo", detaching an Overlay Unit to decrease the ATK of "Utopia" to 0 until the End Phase and negate the effects of all face-up cards besides "Paladynamo". Yuma says that means the effects of "Utopia" and "Zerozerock" are negated. Kite says that's right and due to that, "Utopia" can be destroyed even though its a "Number". "Paladynamo" attacks and destroys "Utopia" with "Photon Dividing", launching a red energy ball from its sword. Yuma is blown backwards, his Life Points falling to 500. Kite smirks and ends his turn.Yuma rises to his feet and Astral says that was expected of Kite, with Yuma responding that it wouldn't be interesting if that wasn't the case. He calls it a good "wall" for "kattobingu". Kite tells him that unfortunately for him, its not a brittle wall, so Yuma won't be able to bear down on it. Yuma insists he will. He draws and activates "Treasure Cards of Magic Sealing"; in exchange for being unable to activate or Set Spell and Trap Cards this turn, he can draw two cards. Excited, he draws "Gagaga Clerk" and "Gagaga Caesar". He Normal Summons "Kaiser" and reveals that if he controls another "Gagaga" monster, he can Special Summon "Clerk" from his hand via its own effect. He activates the effect of "Kaiser". By banishing a monster from his Graveyard, he can change the Levels of all monsters he controls to that Level until the End Phase. He banishes the Level 4 "Ganbara Knight", so the Levels of "Kaiser" and "Clerk" become 4.

Bronk says there are two Level 4 monsters now, with Flip adding that he has a chance now. Cathy tells him "cattobingu" and Tori yells "Go, Yuma!". He overlays his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon "Heroic Champion - Excalibur" in Attack Position. Nistro is excited that Yuma is using the card he gave him and tells Yuma to use it to pack a punch. Dextra asks him whose side he's on. Yuma attacks "Paladynamo" with "Excalibur". Both Flip and Caswell are puzzled, as the two monsters have the same ATK. Yuma activates the effect of "Excalibur", detaching all of its Overlay Units to double its ATK, to 4000. Kite is surprised and Yuma yells "Cut through the Impossible! The True Sword of Instant Victory!" "Paladynamo" is cleaved in half and explodes, knocking Kite back. Dextra and Orbital 7 both yell Kite's name as his Life Points fall to 200. He rises to his feet and reveals that when "Paladynamo" is destroyed, he can draw a card. Yuma ends his turn, the ATK of "Excalibur" returning to 2000.

Astral mutters Kite's name, while Flip and Caswell agree that was an amazing play. Cathy says her throat is burning, but Tori says they are having fun - even Kite is enjoying himself. Hart says his brother is smiling - he's happy, from the bottom of his heart. Dr. Faker wonders if Kazuma's son will end up helping his own. Kite draws and activates "Galaxy Zero", letting him Special Summon a "Galaxy-Eyes" monster from his Graveyard. Its effects will negated and it will be equipped with "Galaxy Zero". He Special Summons "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon". Yuma is excited to see "Galaxy-Eyes" and Kite adds that a monster equipped with "Galaxy Zero" will lose 800 ATK when is battles. Nistro mutters that it still has more ATK than "Exaclibur" then and Dextra yells "Go, Kite!". "Galaxy-Eyes" attacks and destroys "Excalibur" with "Photon Stream of Destruction", reducing Yuma to 300 Life Points. As he hits the ground, Tori yells his name. With the battle over, the ATK of "Galaxy-Eyes" returns to normal. Kite Sets a card. Yuma backflips to his feet and says its not over - he can still fight. Kite tells him to do as he wishes and Yuma draws. He activates "Gagagadraw", letting him banish three "Gagaga" monsters from his Graveyard to draw two cards. He banishes "Gagaga Caesar", "Gagaga Clerk" and "Gagaga Magician", which shoot from the Graveyard as energy beams into Yuma's D-Pad. He activates "Xyz Revival", letting him Special Summon an Xyz Monster from his Graveyard and equip it with that card. Kite tells Yuma to show him all he has - he will crush it regardless. Yuma says that's what he was going to say.

Yuma Special Summons "Utopia" with "Xyz Revival". Kite says it will fall short to "Galaxy-Eyes", but Yuma says they'll see about that. Yuma performs a Chaos Xyz Evolution, overlaying "Utopia" to Xyz Summon "Number C39: Utopia Ray" in Attack Position. Kite mutters "hope" (the OCG name of "Utopia" is "Hope") and tells Astral that he once told him he no longer has to be tied to his past. Astral says that's right and Kite says that his Duel was always a Duel of a vow. Yuma asks what he means and Kite says he Dueled to save Hart. Hart mutters "brother..." and Kite continues that from now on, he'll Duel for himself. Looking at "Utopia Ray", he says "wishes, hope". Yuma says that's right - the future belongs to them and they will decide it. Faker mutters Kite's name and Hart says he'll live the same way. Kite tells Yuma to come at him and Yuma activates the effect of "Utopia Ray", detaching an Overlay Unit to increase its ATK by 500 and decrease the ATK of "Galaxy-Eyes" by 1000 with "Overlay Charge". The 3000 ATK "Utopia Ray" attacks the 2000 ATK "Galaxy-Eyes" with "Hope Sword Chaos Slash". Kite activates the effect of "Galaxy Zero", preventing the destruction of "Galaxy-Eyes" by battle since it was sent to the Graveyard. Yuma says he'll still receive the Battle Damage, but as the smoke clears Kite stands with 200 Life Points. Yuma is confused and Kite reveals that "Galaxy Zero" has another effect. When it leaves the field, the ATK of the monster it was equipped to falls to zero. Astral says it was the effect of Yuma's own "Zerozerock".

Yuma curses and Kite says that "Galaxy-Eyes" can't be an attack target since it has zero ATK. He adds that since the attack did not technically take place, the effect of "Battle Gravity" will do Yuma in now. Yuma activates his face-down "Dimension Gate", banishing "Utopia Ray". Since he had no monsters, he could not attack with them, so "Battle Gravity" does not activate. Nistro says both players are in a good "mood" and Dextra mutters Kite's name. Orbital tells Kite not to lose to "this dork". Bronk thinks this is an awesome Duel and Tori says they both keep moving forward, towards the hope that lies ahead. Yuma Sets a card and ends his turn. Astral compliments Yuma, saying he's really improved and that his spirit of "kattobingu" is really great. He says he can be on his own. Yuma says he can't - "kattobingu" is made up of Yuma and Astral. Yuma suggests they advance together, forever. Astral tells him they can start by winning. Kite addresses them both, insisting that he'll be the victor. Kite draws and Normal Summons "Galaxy Wizard", whose own effect doubles its Level, to 8 and it can be treated as two Overlay Units. Kite overlays his two (treated as three) Level 8 monsters to Xyz Summon "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" in Attack Position. Kite reveals that because it used "Galaxy Wizard" as an Overlay Unit, its ATK decreases by 2000, to 2500. He specifies that it should still be enough - Yuma's Life Points are 300.

He declares a direct attack with "Ultimate Photon Stream". Hart says that means his brother wins and Tori yells Yuma's name. Yuma activates another effect of "Dimension Gate", sending it to the Graveyard to Special Summon the banished monster, with its effect negated. Yuma tells "Utopia Ray" to revive. It bursts from the ground and Yuma says that its ATK is the same as that of "Neo Galaxy-Eyes - both monsters will be destroyed. Astral tells Yuma that now is the time. Yelling "kattobingu!", he activates his face-down "Xyz Double Back". When an Xyz Monster is destroyed and he controls no other monsters, he can Special Summon the destroyed Xyz Monster and another monster with equal to or less ATK. "Utopia" and "Utopia Ray" both descend to the field as lightning strikes, appearing in Attack Position. Yuma's friends are all excited and Nistro wonders if its been decided now. Dextra says Kite's name again. Tori says its amazing to see "Utopia" and "Utopia Ray" side-by-side. Astral says that in the next turn, victory will be theirs. Lightning strikes Kite's field and both "Galaxy-Eyes" and "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" appear. Astral and Yuma can't believe it - a copy of "Xyz Double Back" is face-up on Kite's field. Yuma asks if he really had the same card as him and Orbital says Kite has done it now. He calls Yuma "Tonma" and says that "kattobingu" is no match for "kaitobingu". Kite orders "Galaxy-Eyes" and "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" to attack "Utopia" and "Utopia Ray" respectively, yelling "Photon Stream of Destruction" and "Ultimate Photon Stream". Yuma's Life Points fall to zero.

Yuma mutters that it hurts to lose. Kite walks over to him and extends his hand, helping him to his feet. Yuma promises he'll beat Kite next time and Kite says he'll be Yuma's opponent as often as Yuma likes. Yuma says that if he keeps working and doesn't give up, he can surpass Kite someday. Kite smiles as he walks away and departs on Orbital. Yuma's friends run to him and Yuma falls over into Tori's arms. She kneels down and everyone seems concerned until they hear him snoring. Hart thanks both his brother and Yuma and Faker smiles. Nistro and Dextra leave, with Nistro saying it was a good Duel, muttering "bye, Yuma." On a walkway nearby, Shark smiles, his chest heavily bandaged from his injuries. He mutters the names of both Yuma and Astral and leaves on his motorcycle. Tori can't believe Yuma is asleep. Caswell says that's typical of Yuma and Cathy says they should let him sleep on her lap instead of Tori's. Tori turns to Astral, asking him to do something, but Astral says not even he can wake Yuma up once he's asleep. Yuma continues to snore, muttering "kattobingu" between snores. Tori says if it can't be helped, they'll just let him be. Astral declares his twenty-first observation: "It appears one can feel good about a loss as well". In the Barian World, four cloaked figures gather in room full of Baria Crystals. One of the figures says they didn't expect this of Yuma Tsukumo and Astral. His eyes glowing pink, he turns to the other three figures and says they may have to get out themselves next time.

Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo vs. Kite Tenjo
Duel continues from the previous episode.

Turn 4: Kite

As his opponent controls a Special Summoned monster and he controls no monster, Kite activates "Treasure Cards of Adversity", drawing two cards. As he controls no monsters, Kite activates "Accellight", letting him Special Summon a Level 4 or lower LIGHT Warrior-Type monster from his Deck, though he may not Normal Summon or Set this turn. He Special Summons "Daybreaker" (1700/0) in Attack Position, whose effect activates as it was Special Summoned, letting him Special Summon the other copy of "Daybreaker" from his hand (1700/0) in Attack Position. Kite overlays his two Level 4 LIGHT monsters to Xyz Summon "Starliege Paladynamo" (2000/1000) in Attack Position. Kite activates the effect of "Paladynamo", detaching an Overlay Unit to let him decrease the ATK of one monster his opponent controls to 0 until the end of his Battle Phase and negate the effects of all other cards on the field. The ATK of "Number 39: Utopia" becomes 0 and the effects of it and Yuma's "Zerozerock" are negated. "Paladynamo" attacks and destroys "Utopia" (Yuma 2500 → 500).

Turn 5: Yuma

Yuma activates "Treasure Cards of Magic Sealing", drawing two cards at the expense of being unable to activate or Set Spell and Trap Cards for the remainder of the turn. He draws "Gagaga Clerk" and "Gagaga Caesar". He Normal Summons "Gagaga Caesar" (1800/1600) and Special Summons "Gagaga Clerk" from his hand via its own effect as he controls another "Gagaga" monster. Yuma activates the effect of "Gagaga Caesar", banishing a Level 4 or lower monster from his Graveyard to change the Level of all face-up "Gagaga" monsters he controls to that of the banished monster. He banishes "Ganbara Knight", so the Levels of "Gagaga Caesar" and "Gagaga Clerk" become 4. Yuma overlays his two Level 4 Warrior-Type monsters to Xyz Summon "Heroic Champion - Excalibur" (2000/2000) in Attack Position. "Excalibur" attacks "Paladynamo" with Yuma activating the effect of "Excalibur", detaching all of its Overlay Units to double its ATK (2000 → 4000) until the End Phase. "Paladynamo" is destroyed (Kite 2200 → 200). As "Paladynamo" was destroyed by Kite's opponent, its effect activates, letting Kite draw a card.

Turn 6: Kite

Kite activates "Galaxy Zero", letting him Special Summon a "Galaxy-Eyes" monster from his Graveyard and equip it with "Galaxy Zero". He Special Summons "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. Its effects are negated via "Galaxy Zero" and if it battles, it will lose 800 ATK during the Battle Phase only. "Galaxy-Eyes" attacks (3000 → 2200) and destroys "Excalibur" (Yuma 500 → 300). Kite Sets a card.

Turn 7: Yuma

Yuma activates "Gagagadraw", letting him banish three "Gagaga" monsters in his Graveyard to draw two cards. He banishes "Gagaga Caesar", "Gagaga Clerk" and "Gagaga Magician". He activates "Xyz Revival", letting him Special Summon an Xyz Monster from his Graveyard and equip it with "Xyz Revival". If the latter card leaves the field, the equipped monster is destroyed. He Special Summons "Utopia" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. Yuma performs a Chaos Xyz Evolution, overlaying "Utopia" to Xyz Summon "Number C39: Utopia Ray" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. Yuma activates the effect of "Utopia Ray", detaching an Overlay Unit to increase the ATK of "Utopia Ray" by 500 (2500 → 3000) and decreasing the ATK of "Galaxy-Eyes" by 1000 (3000 → 2000), both until the End Phase. "Utopia Ray" attacks "Galaxy-Eyes", but Kite activates the effect of the equipped "Galaxy Zero", sending it to the Graveyard to prevent the destruction of "Galaxy-Eyes" by battle. As "Galaxy Zero" is no longer equipped, its effect reduces the ATK of "Galaxy-Eyes" to 0 (2000 → 0) and the effect of Yuma's "Zerozerock" prevents it from being targeted by an attack. Therefore, the attack is canceled. Since the effect of Kite's "Battle Gravity" would inflict 1000 damage to Yuma during the End Phase as he technically didn't attack, Yuma activates his face-down Continuous Trap Card "Dimension Gate", banishing "Utopia Ray". Yuma Sets a card.

Turn 8: Kite

Kite Normal Summons "Galaxy Wizard" (0/1800). He uses the effect of "Galaxy Wizard" to increase its Level by 4, to 8 and let it to be treated as two Overlay Units for an Xyz Summon, though the Summoned monster will lose 2000 ATK. Kite overlays his two, treated as three Level 8 monsters to Xyz Summon "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" (4500 → 2500/3000) in Attack Position. "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" attacks directly and as it did so, Yuma activates the effect of "Dimension Gate", sending it to the Graveyard to Special Summon the monster banished by its effect. "Utopia Ray" (2500/2000) is Summoned in Attack Position. "Utopia Ray" and "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" destroy each other. As he controls no monsters and his Xyz Monster was just destroyed, Yuma activates his face-down "Xyz Double Back", letting him target the Xyz Monster that was destroyed and another monster with equal or less ATK and Special Summon them both. He Special Summons "Utopia Ray" (2500/2000) and "Utopia" (2500/2000), both in Attack Position. Kite activates his own "Xyz Double Back", Special Summoning "Galaxy-Eyes" (3000/2500) and "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" (4500/3000), both in Attack Position. "Galaxy-Eyes" and "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" attack and destroy "Utopia" and "Utopia Ray", respectively (Yuma 300 → 0).

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