Professor? Hello? It's me--lazar!
I know you're in here. We need your help
With the next duel.
You ever think about redecorating,
Maybe some track lighting?
The darkness helps with my preparation.
And as a faithful servant of iliaster,
I know the darkness can only be illuminated
By the dragon star.
How may I be of service?
I'm so glad that you asked.
Director goodwin needs your hypnotic powers
To tap into the mind of a possible signer.
He thanks you for throwing your first duel
To end up in the loser's bracket,
But now he needs you to perform.
Whom shall I duel?
♪ Going fast makes me feel alive ♪
♪ My heart beats in hyper drive ♪
♪ Do you think you can win only if I lose? ♪
♪ Just let destiny choose
♪ I can hear you breathing
♪ I can see you coming
♪ I can feel the wind
♪ It's blowing me around
♪ Take a shot at me runnin' side by side ♪
♪ It's a blur as I go by
♪ I can hear you breathing
♪ I can see you coming
♪ I can feel the wind
♪ It's blowing me around
♪ See the sun a-risin'
♪ Fire in the sky
♪ Greatness thrusts itself into our lives ♪
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[Crowd cheers]
Yusei beat hunter!
Yeah! Looks like he's moving on
To the semi-finals.
Oh, man! I wish I could be down there
And duel him.
He's good. But yusei learned his best moves
From yours truly.
Oh? And where were those moves
When you lost in the first round?
Huh? Heh heh.
Wait! I was playing as you, which means that you lost!
As far as the millions of people watching,
I didn't lose a thing.
That's the last time you duel as me!
Announcerwe have a special announcement!
Yes. The rumors you heard are true!
Listen up, first-round losers!
Don't head for the exits just yet!
Rex goodwin, our master of ceremonies,
Has set up a loser's bracket for the first round.
That means if you lost, grab your deck,
Because you might get a second chance to duel again.
[Crowd cheers]
All right! My fortune cup's not over yet!
Um, technically--
Save your "technically" for the blogs, dex!
Uh, what dex means is my name is up there.
Yusei, thinkingwhat are you up to, goodwin?
You're not the type who gives second chances
Unless you're going to get something out of it.
[Humming]
Now, just you watch!
I'm gonna win for certain this time, luna! Heh heh.
I need your hair braids though, ok?
Get your own!
Come on, luna!
Oh!
Now take your seats.
We're about to give two of these duelists another opportunity.
First, we drew two very lucky players.
And I assure you it was random, ok?
And first up is...
Everyone's favorite green-haired girl.
She's fast, she's feisty,
And she has to be home before her bedtime.
Give it up for the next generation of dueling superstars.
Ladies and gentleman, I present to you miss luna!
Huh?
Yuseiluna's dueling?
I'm guessing they finally got the right kid
For the match, huh?
You know, by the end of the duel we had,
I didn't think the boy was half bad.
I can't wait to see what his sister's got.
I can't duel!
Can't duel? But, luna,
It was your name on that invitation.
You belong here.
But I'm her. She can't go out there and duel!
Leo, I'm afraid that the jig is up, young man.
The crowd wants your sister.
[Crowd chanting "luna!"]
I can't! You guys don't understand.
Something strange happens to me whenever I duel.
Oh, not again!
Are you gonna start that stuff
About duel spirits?
You're getting a little too old to play make believe.
It's not make believe.
And if the only way to prove it is by going out there,
Well, then I guess I'll have to go out there and duel.
Ok, but if you win, I get to be you
For the next round!
Wow. Thanks for your support, leo.
[Crowd cheers]
Good luck, luna!
Now, leo, what's this about your sister hearing
Duel spirits?
Oh, it's nothing.
You sure?
Mm-hmm. She always does this!
We'll be dueling, and then she's all, like, this:
[Imitating luna] "I feel funny. Hear that?
It's duel spirits!"
[Regular voice] she's just afraid I'll beat her.
I've seen some weird stuff and--
Oh, come on!
If that were true then, well, I don't know,
But luna would be a whole lot more important
Than she is!
So tell me why you think she's a signer, goodwin.
Well, for starters,
The d-tector picked her out of the crowd.
Trust me.
She's a lot more important than anyone knows,
Even her own brother.
Once she duels the professor,
Then we'll know without a doubt.
Let's see if zigzix is ready to monitor her.
♪ Goin' fast makes me feel alive ♪
♪ My heartbeat's--
Huh? Oh, director!
Zigzix reporting for duty, sir!
Just look at this!
If the needle exceeds this yellow section,
There's no doubt our little luna is a signer!
And more signers mean more energy.
More energy means more ener-d.
And then we'll have enough to--
He really needs to get out more.
Now, there's another reason that we've been studying
This little girl.
Eight years ago, she was admitted
To a special hospital, saying
That she could hear duel spirit voices.
So she has quite the imagination.
It's a little more complicated than that.
Jack, she was a dueling prodigy,
And beating our greatest professionals
At the age of .
Then one day, she suddenly collapsed during a duel
And fell into a coma.
No one knows why, not even the best doctors.
In fact, there was only one person who believed
That she'd wake up again,
And that was her twin brother leo.
And then for no apparent reason,
She woke up healthy a month later.
That's a great movie of the week, goodwin,
But who cares?
You should care, mr. Atlas.
What got our attention
Was what she said when she woke up.
She said that she wasn't asleep.
She said she spent that entire month
In the duel monsters spirit world.
And I'm a blue-eyes white dragon.
Come on, now.
Funny. But we have reason to believe
She told the truth.
For instance, she knew of the ancient dragon star legend.
In fact, she knew some things that even we did not--
Vital clues to unlocking the mystery
Of the people of the stars
And more,
Like the incredible power
Of the ancient crimson dragon.
But a few days after waking,
Her memory began to fade, like it was a dream.
And now she remembers nothing of the spirit world,
Leaving us one choice:
To make her duel and go back to that world.
Only then will we learn if she is a signer.
And with her help...
We can unleash the crimson dragon
So that we can save our troubled world.
Announcernow entering the arena--
The little duelist who could, the pint-sized prodigy, luna!
Luna, thinkingok, luna, nothing to worry about.
Just the biggest duel of your life
On national television.
Huh. I wonder if yusei's watching.
Announcerand now, her opponent--
The dean of the deck, the brain of the game--
The professor!
He's got a ph.d. In psychology,
Hypno-logy and duel-ology,
So luna better look out!
Pleased to meet you, dear luna.
Um...hi.
I've heard many things about you.
I'm sure this duel will be quite illuminating
For the both of us, don't you think?
Luna, thinkingdoubt it.
[Kuribon calls]
Huh? Kuribon!
Why don't you ever talk when leo's around?
Now let's get dueling!
Announcerremember, only the winner advances.
The loser is out for good.
Let's duel! Let's duel.
Like the blooming lotus, you may go first.
Sure. Fine.
I draw...
And I summon sunny pixie in defense mode.
[Sunny pixie chuckles]
Aw. A fairy? That's adorable!
Keep it up, luna!
Your turn, professor.
And I look forward to it. Thank you.
I summon a unique monster known as symmetry rorschach.
Luna, thinkingthat card won't let me focus.
Luna, think of my rorschach as if it were
A puddle of rain or a drop of ink in a lake.
Look at it, and tell me what you see.
Tell me if it reminds you of anything.
Look into your fears, your dreams,
Even memories lost long ago.
What do you see when you gaze into the abyss?
A friend, perhaps? Your family?
Or maybe a far-off place,
Dimming like the candle of time.
I...i see...
Yes, tell me, luna.
What do you see?
I don't know.
Look close...
Close...
Close...
What do you see?
It's a crystal skull, I think!
A moth.
Leo, thinkingthis professor's
A few cards short of a duel deck.
What's he doing to luna?
Professorlook close, luna.
Close...
Look closely...
What do you see, luna?
Um, I see...
A fairy?
[Screams]
Professorwhat do you see?
[Luna screaming]
Like the caterpillar who secludes itself in darkness
Before becoming a butterfly,
You must face your fears.
You must face your memories and live through them again.
Do not be scared.
But I'm afraid.
You must be brave enough to relive
What happened many years ago.
I know you have great power, dear luna.
I know that you hear the duel spirits.
The others may not believe you, but I do.
I'll help you return to that place--
The duel monsters spirit world.
Yes, it was all real
And not some figment of your imagination, luna.
I'm...
I'm starting to remember, professor.
I know you are.
But for our next step, you need to trust me, luna.
Can you do that?
I need...
I need you to want to return to the duel spirit world.
I need your promise, luna.
I promise, professor.
Take me back.
Very good. Now follow my instructions.
When symmetry rorschach dispatched of your fairy,
Its special ability continued.
Would you kindly turn over the top card of your deck
And reveal it?
[Kuribon calls]
Kuribon!
Thank you for identifying your monster.
He will be most helpful
For the next stage of our little experiment.
Now I need you to think back to that scary time
When you were in your coma.
Try to remember.
Luna, thinkingi've tried before, but I can't.
There's nothing I remember from it.
Luna!
Luna, wake up!
Ohh. I'm remembering.
Leo, you look sick.
I'm worried about luna, dex.
What's he doing?
I place two cards facedown.
It's your turn.
Don't be scared, luna.
I draw...
And I summon out kuribon.
Computerkuribon is
A level one light attribute fairy-type monster
With attack points
And defense points.
That's perfect.
I play my facedown.
It is known as light to the depths.
Like the northern star,
This light illuminates the path inside of you.
Now, send the top five cards on your deck
To the graveyard,
Then reveal the sixth card, adding it your hand.
And you must play that card
As certain as the path of light itself,
Or suffer , points of damage.
Now, then, why don't we begin?
Listen to my voice as I count them off.
And....
Perfect.
...
...
...
...
And .
Wonderful.
Now show me.
What's the card you're holding in your hand?
Ah. As I had hoped,
The field spell-- ancient forest.
You will use it.
This forest is quite a special place.
All monsters are switched to attack mode,
And neither of us can summon or switch a monster to defense.
Even if you were to attack,
Your monster would be destroyed
Once the battle was over.
Ha ha ha.
Some say this forest resembles
Someplace else.
Fighting forbidden, secrets revealed,
Why, it's just like the spirit world.
Take us there now.
We have work to do.
Where am i?
[Fairies laughing]
[Luna chuckles]
Luna, thinkingkuribon! Where is this place?
It looks so familiar, but I can't remember.
[Kuribon calls]
I sense that this is a safe place,
But something feels wrong.
Professorexcellent.
Luna has finally traveled to the spirit world.
Now I will truly test her signer powers.
[Chuckles]
My turn.
And I'll be activating
My facedown gestalt trap.
And this particular trap card
Will equip on your little kuribon.
Let's see how luna deals with this.
Not only are kuribon's abilities canceled,
But all his points, both attack and defense,
Go to zero, dear luna.
[Kuribon calls]
Kuribon, what just happened?!
The trees aren't deaf, but they are mute
To your crying pleas.
I equip immortal homeostasis on kuribon.
Now he cannot be destroyed in battle.
But sadly his fate is worse,
For now he serves as the architect of your loss.
His original attack points have been altered.
And until they can finally be restored, you suffer.
Points a round,
Much like the ill-tempered dog who bites your hand,
Whether you bring food or foul.
Next I sacrifice symmetry rorschach.
And with that removed,
I can summon ido the supreme magical force.
[Growling]
Computerwhenever the monster card,
Ido the supreme magical force,
Is destroyed,
It is resummoned to your field
At the end of the turn.
[Calls]
Don't worry. Huh?
[Growling]
[Screaming]
Professoreven though ido will be destroyed
If I attack with him,
He still returns to my field at the end of every turn.
Of course, with him summoned, though,
No other monsters will be allowed on my field.
A small price to pay.
Wake up, luna!
She's just standing there!
Could this be it?
Is she too scared to duel?
What's wrong?
Ido the supreme magical force,
Attack kuribon!
And bring out luna's mark of the dragon.
[Kuribon calling]
No!
Of course, with kuribon still equipped
With my little spell,
He isn't destroyed but survives.
And next round, he'll be destroyed and survive again
And again until you give me what I need.
Think, luna.
Think.
Think about the spirit world.
Think about what was revealed to you.
Think about the crimson dragon.
Think.
Think.
Think.
Think.
Tell me about the crimson dragon!
No! This world's supposed to be a safe place.
You can't harm me here!
But--but how did that happen?
Did you forget already?
Ido returns to my field whenever it's destroyed.
Ha ha ha.
It's your turn, luna.
And don't neglect all the progress we've made.
I draw.
Remember, you lose points
Due to the effect of immortal homeostasis.
Perhaps this will jog your memory.
[Luna screaming]
I summon my monster, sunlight unicorn.
[Sunlight unicorn neighing]
And now I equip horn of the unicorn
On my sunlight unicorn.
Professor, thinkinghow's she fighting back?
Who's giving her strength?
[Moans]
Ohh.
[Neighing]
Sunlight unicorn?
[Female voice] luna. Luna.
Who is it? Who's out there?
Luna, you have finally returned
To fulfill your promise.
What promise?
To protect the realm of the duel spirits
From the forces of evil.
But I'm just a little kid! What can I do?
[Female voice] you can come with me.