Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Episode 143

"The Aloof Duelist "Nasch" - The Destined Last Duel!!" is the one hundred and forty-third episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It first aired in Japan on March 2, 2014.

Yuma and Reginald's bodies are riddled with wounds. On their fields are "Black Ray Lancer" and "Utopia", who faced off against each other in one of their earliest Duels. The sight evokes sweet memories in both Duelists. Even though the Reginald standing before him now is a Barian, Yuma believes they can still understand one another, but Reginald, as the leader of the Seven Barian Emperors, and the inheritor of their will, launches a merciless attack on Yuma in order to get the Numeron Code! Even though they look different now, can Yuma reforge the bonds of friendship with Reginald, when he can't bring himself to deal the winning blow against Reginald...?!

Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo vs. Nash

Duel continues from the previous episode.

Turn 7: Nash
As an Xyz Monster that had "Chaos Over-Hundred Number" monsters attached to it was destroyed by battle, Nash activates his face-down "Seventh Around", banishing it and all its Chaos Overlay Units to reduce the battle damage to 0. Then, he can Special Summon a Rank 3 or lower Xyz Monster from Extra Deck and inflict damage to Yuma equal to the Summoned monster's ATK at the end of the Battle Phase. Nash Special Summons "Black Ray Lancer" (2100/600) in Attack Position. Yuma activates the effect of "Number 39: Beyond the Hope", detaching an Overlay Unit and banishing an Xyz Monster he controls to Special Summon "Number 39: Utopia" from his Graveyard and gain Life Points equal to half its ATK. He banishes "Beyond the Hope" to Special Summon "Utopia" (2500/2000) in Attack Position (Yuma 1200 → 2450 → 350). Yuma and Astral cancel the ZEXAL Morph and Nash Sets a card.

Turn 8: Yuma
"Utopia" attacks "Black Ray Lancer", but Nash activates the effect of the "Friller Rabca" in his Graveyard, banishing it to negate the attack and decrease the ATK of Utopia by 500 (2500 → 2000). Yuma Sets a card.

Turn 9: Nash
Nash draws and activates "Xyz Treasure", drawing a card for each Xyz Monster on the field; he draws two cards as there are two Xyz Monsters. As he activated a Normal Spell Card in this turn, he Special Summons "Big Jaws" (1800/300) from his hand in Attack Position via own effect. He then Normal Summons "Skull Kraken" (600/1600). Nash overlays his two Level 3 monsters to Xyz Summon "Submersible Carrier Aero Shark" (1900/1000) in Attack Position. Nash activates its effect, detaching an Overlay Unit to inflict Yuma 400 damage for each card in its hand; since Nash has one card, Yuma would take 400 damage, but Yuma activates his face-down "Take-Over Damage", reducing the damage to 0 and subtracting that value from the ATK of "Utopia" instead (2000 → 1600). "Take-Over Damage" is then attached to "Utopia" as an Overlay Unit by its own effect. "Black Ray Lancer" attacks "Utopia", but Yuma activates the effect of the latter, detaching an Overlay Unit to negate the attack. "Aero Shark" attacks "Utopia", but the latter is not destroyed since the former is not a "Number" monster (Yuma 350 → 50). Nash Sets a card.

Turn 10: Yuma
Yuma and Astral perform a ZEXAL Morph, becoming ZEXAL III. Yuma performs a Shining Draw, drawing "ZW - Sylphid Wing", which he Normal Summons (800/1600). Yuma activates the effect of "Slyphid Wing", letting him equip it to a "Utopia" monster he controls and increase its ATK by 800. He equips it to "Utopia" (1600 → 2400). "Utopia" attacks "Aero Shark", but Nash activates his face-down "Seventh Arrival", Tributing all his Xyz Monsters to Special Summon the monster banished by "Seventh Around". He Tributes "Black Ray Lancer" and "Aero Shark" and Special Summons "CXyz Barian, the King of Wishes" (0/0) in Attack Position. Then, the effect of "Seventh Arrival" attaches to it a number of banished "Chaos Over-Hundred Numbers" equal to the number of Tributed Xyz Monsters +1. Nash attaches "Number C101: Silent Honor DARK", "Number C102: Starfallen Seraph Noble Archfiend" and "Number C103: Ragna Infinity". By its own effect, "Barian" gains 1000 ATK for each Chaos Overlay Unit it has (0 → 3000). As an Xyz Monster was Special Summoned by the opponent, Yuma activates the effect of "Sylphid Wing", increasing the ATK of "Utopia" by 1600 (2400 → 4000). The attack continues and Nash activates his face-down "Draw Reset Battle" negating the attack and making both players draw a card. If a player does not use the drawn card by the end of this turn, they will automatically lose. Nash performs a Barian's Chaos Draw, while ZEXAL Yuma performs a Shining Draw. Yuma draws "Double or Nothing!" and subsequently activates it as the attack of "Utopia" was negated. Its ATK is doubled (4000 → 8000) and it can attack a second time. "Utopia" attacks "Barian" and Yuma activates the effect of "Sylphid Wing", attaching it to "Utopia" as an Overlay Unit ("Utopia" 8000 → 5600). Yuma activates the effect of "Utopia", detaching an Overlay Unit to negate his own attack. Nash activates "Glorious Seven" from his hand as he controls a "C" monster. This lets him attach all banished "Chaos Over-Hundred Number" monsters to an Xyz Monster he controls. He attaches "Number C104: Umbral Horror Masquerade", "Number C105: Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus", "Number C106: Giant Red Hand", and "Number C107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon" to "Barian", who gains 4000 ATK via its own effect (3000 → 7000). "Glorious Seven" will also make Yuma take the battle damage in a battle involving "Barian" instead of Nash this turn. At the End Phase, the other effect of "Glorious Seven" activates, causing Nash's Life Points to become equal to the difference in Yuma's Life Points between when "Glorious Seven" was activated and now. As that difference is 0, Nash's Life Points become 0 (Nash 1200 → 0).