"An Imperfect Couple: Part 1", known as "A Fierce-Battle Couple Duel - "That Anna Chick" and I Are a Tag!?" in the Japanese version, is the ninety-second episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It first aired in Japan on February 24, 2013 and in the United States on January 11, 2014.
Today is Heartland Academy's Cultural Festival. Yuma's class are busy with the "Monster Cafe". A gloomy look crosses the faces of Tori and Cathy, who were enjoying dressing up as monsters until that wild, trouble-making girl, Anna ran into Yuma. As if at almost perfect timing, Ray shows up, mentioning a "Couples Duel tournament". When Anna hears that the opponent is a Pro Duelist Dueling Couple, she forces Yuma to form a team with her.
Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo and Anna Kaboom vs. Brook and Mayday Walker
Turn 1: Mayday
Mayday draws and activates "Iceberg Ocean", a Field Spell Card which reduces the DEF of all face-up Defense Position monsters to 0. He then activates "Balloon Party", which Special Summons two "Balloon Tokens" (0/0). He Tributes them to Summon "Indestructible Airship Hindenkraft" (2900/2000) in Attack Position. Mayday Sets a card.
Turn 2: Yuma
Yuma Normal Summons "Gogogo Golem" (1800/1500) and Sets two cards.
Turn 3: Brook
Brook activates "Raft Party", which Special Summons two "Raft Tokens" (0/0). She Tributes them to Summon "Unsinkable Titanica" (2800/3000) . Mayday activates the effect of "Hindenkraft", which switches all Level 9 or lower monster the opponent controls to Defense Position, since a Level 5 or higher monster was Summoned. "Gogogo Golem" is switched to Defense Position. "Iceberg Ocean" reduces the DEF of "Gogogo Golem" to 0 (1500 → 0). Brook activates the effect of "Titanica", which allows her to destroy a face-up monster with 0 DEF on the field and inflict damage to her opponent equal to half its ATK. She destroys "Gogogo Golem" (Yuma 4000 → 3100). Yuma activates his face-down "Puzzle Reborn" to Special Summon "Gogogo Golem", since it was the only monster destroyed by a card effect. Brook Sets a card.
Turn 4: Anna
Anna Normal Summons "Night Express Knight" without Tributing, at the cost of reducing its ATK to 0 via its own effect. She activates "Southern Stars" to change the Level of "Gogogo Golem" to 10. She overlays "Gogogo Golem" and "Express Knight" to Xyz Summon "Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max" (3000/3000) in Attack Position. She activates the effect of "Gustav Max", detaching an Overlay Unit to inflict 2000 damage to her opponent. She chooses to inflict the damage to Brook, but Mayday activates his face-down "Engagement Destiny" which halves the effect damage to Brook, but he takes the other half (Brook & Mayday 4000 → 3000). Anna Sets a card.
Turn 5: Mayday
Mayday overlays "Hindenkraft" and "Titanica" to Xyz Summon "Skypalace Gangaridai" (3400/3000) in Attack Position. He activates its effect; by detaching an Overlay Unit, he can destroy an opponent's monster and halve their Life Points. He destroys "Gustav Max" (Anna 4000 → 2000). He declares an attack at Yuma.
Duel continues in the next episode.
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
Differences in adaptations
- All Japanese and English characters on the fair sign and poster are removed, with the exception of the Monster Cafe.
- When Ray presents the poster, the English characters are removed and the background is altered.
- The scene that show the Floral Design Club's sign is cut.
- The poster on the bathroom wall is removed.
- The scene where Anna placed the note on Tori's locker is cut.
- The song that Scarlett sing is replaced by Take a Chance.
- The girl that was jumping during the song is placed in a fixed position.
- The scene where that show was written in the note is cut.
- When Tori is holding the note, the Japanese character is altered to English characters.
- The scene where Anna appears with Tori's uniform, the skirt scene is cut.
- The scene where Tori and Cathy flatter the love between Brook and Mayday Walker is cut.
- The scene where Tori, Cathy and Anna argue over who should be Yuma's partner for the tournament is cut.
Mistakes
The following scenes have the cards with the old card backings. These were corrected in the English dub.
- Brook's hand before she Sets a card.
- Anna's hand while activating "Southern Stars".
- Yuma's hand when arguing about "Gogogo Golem" used for the Xyz Summon of "Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max".
