"Training Days, Part 1", known as "A Fight to the Death, The Duel Lodge: A Legendary Monster is Reborn!!" in the Japanese version, is the fifteenth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It first aired in Japan on July 18, 2011.
Having clearly seen Kite's power, and how utterly hopeless they are, Yuma and Astral are keenly aware that they cannot easily recover. At that time, Yuma talks to his grandmother. She mentions a mysterious old man named Rokujuro at a Duel Lodge who owns a wooden statue of the Legendary Monster "Dark Magician", who is waiting for Yuma and his crew. Yuma makes a strong wish based on his desire to train and get better!
Featured Duels
Yuma Tsukumo vs. Rokujuro
Set Handicaps
Rokujuro controls "Blue-Eyes Statue Dragon" (3000/2500) and "Red-Eyes Statue Dragon" (2400/2000); Yuma controls "Statue Dark Magician" (2500/2100) and "Statue Dark Magician Girl" (2000/1700). All of those monsters have their ATK and DEF reduced to 0 via their effects.
Turn 1: Yuma
Yuma draws and activates "B2 Zone" which negates the effects of all "Statue" monsters the field, returning their stats to their original values. Yuma attacks and destroys "Red-Eyes Statue Dragon" with "Statue Dark Magician" (Rokujuro 4000 → 3900)
Turn 2: Rokujuro
Rokujuro activates "Polymerization", fusing the "Blue-Eyes Statue Dragon" on his field with the two in his hand to Fusion Summon "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Statue Dragon" (4500/3800) in Attack Position. It attacks and destroys "Statue Dark Magician Girl" (Yuma 4000 → 1500). Then, Rokujuro activates "De-Fusion", returning "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Statue Dragon" to his Extra Deck and Special Summoning 3 "Blue-Eyes Statue Dragons" (3000/2500 each) from his Graveyard, all in Attack Position. Rokujuro attacks Yuma's "Statue Dark Magician" with all three "Blue-Eyes Statue Dragons", with the second attack hitting directly (Yuma 1500 → 0).
Yuma Tsukumo vs. Kozzy
Kozzy chose the Ninja Duel.
Turn 1: Yuma
Yuma Normal Summons "Gagaga Magician" (1500/1000) and Sets a card.
Turn 2: Kozzy
Kozzy Normal Summons "Flame Armor Ninja" (1700/1000). He then activates "Armor Ninjitsu Art: Quick Teleport", Special Summoning a monster from his hand with equal or less ATK than "Flame". He Special Summons "Air Armor Ninja" (1400/1400) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of "Armor Ninjitsu Art: Quick Teleport", the two monsters cannot attack during this turn. He overlays his two monsters to Xyz Summon "Blade Armor Ninja" (2200/1000) in Attack Position. Next, he attacks "Gagaga Magician" with "Blade". Yuma activates his face-down "Gagagashield", preventing his "Gagaga Magician" from being destroyed by battle twice, though Battle Damage is still applied (Yuma 4000 → 3300). Kozzy activates the effect of his "Blade", detaching an Overlay Unit to attack once again (Yuma 3300 → 2600). "Gagagashield" is destroyed as its effect was used twice.
Duel continues in the next episode.
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
Notes
In the English dub, Rokujuro says he is using Polymerization to fuse his Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field with ones in his Graveyard.
