When Jaden arrives late to his entrance exam for Duel Academy he has to go above and beyond expectations to prove that he deserves to make the cut!

The incoming class is welcomed to Duel Academy, but Jaden finds a less than warm reception from freshman hot shot Chazz when he's challenged to a high-stakes duel!

When Syrus stumbles into the girls' dorm he puts himself and Jaden in danger of being expelled forcing Jaden to win a duel to win their freedom.

On test day at Duel Academy, Dr. Crowler steals a new card shipment so that he can stack the deck against Jaden and embarrass him in front of the entire school!

When Jaden and the crew wander into an abandoned dorm they encounter a mysterious duelist who claims he's taken Alexis to the Shadow Realm, and unless Jaden duels him, he's going to keep her there.

Jaden continues his duel with the mysterious Shadow Duelist, fighting now not just for Alexis' soul, but for his own, as well!

Having been caught for trespassing into the abandoned dorm Jaden and Syrus are sentenced to a tag team duel where if they lose, they get expelled, so to prepare for the big match they decide to duel each other!

To help Syrus overcome some serious confidence issues he has, Jaden looks to duel Zane, Syrus' older brother and the best duelist at Duel Academy!

When Chumley's father comes to remove him from Duel Academy, Jaden and Syrus stand by their friend and root him on when he tries to out-duel his father in order to stay.

he tag-match to determine Jaden and Syrus' fate at Duel Academy begins, but not just against any tag-team, against the legendary Paradox Brothers!

In the expulsion match against the Paradox Brothers, Syrus must overcome his issues with older brother Zane in order win the match.

Dr. Crowler taps dueling whiz kid Bastion Misawa to be his new protege, but first he must beat Obelisk Blue's Chazz Princeton to prove he's got what it takes.

When Chazz suddenly goes missing, Jaden and the crew go looking for him, but instead of finding Chazz, they find a dueling monkey who takes one of Alexis' friend hostage!

After some students accidentally summon a Duel Monster for real, it's up to Jaden to duel him and win their souls back.

Jaden finds himself in an outrageously competitive duel against a sports nut who's bent winning Alexis' heart and making Jaden look bad.

After a menacing Duel Giant is seen around campus, Dr. Crowler convinces Jaden to track him down, but when Jaden catches up with the titan, he must beat him in a duel or become his next victim!

When someone is stealing from the Card Shack, Jaden and the crew go on a stakeout to catch the culprit, but when the thief turns out to be a former student who's been living in the jungle, a truly wild duel ensues.

A copycat duelist steals Yugi Muto's deck and mannerisms and Jaden must duel him to win it back.

Jaden continues his duel against the copycat duelist, trying his best to defeat the legendary and powerful deck that was one used by the King of Games.

When a love struck girl sneaks into the boys dorm, Jaden challenges her to a duel to find out exactly why she's there and what she wants.

To decide who will be Duel Academy'•s representative at the high stakes School Duel with North Academy, Jaden and Bastion must battle it out.

Jaden and Bastion continue their duel to see who will win the honor of representing Duel Academy at the School Duel.

Not being able to stomach the thought of Jaden representing Duel Academy at the School Duel, Doctor Crowler arranges a duel where if Jaden loses he'll end up in a lazy daze forever!

When Chazz ends up shipwrecked at sea he suddenly finds himself at the doors of North Academy and in a fifty man duel gauntlet to prove his worth!

It's Jaden versus Chazz at the School Duel and with Chazz's brothers in attendance and ordering Chazz to win or else, the stakes have never been higher.

Jaden and Chazz duel it out to the very end when finally Jaden emerges as the victor. But by dueling with pride, Chazz wins independence from his brother and permission to enroll back at Duel Academy.

When Jaden and the gang get trapped in an ancient world it's up to Jaden to win a duel or be buried alive with the rest of his friends!

Jaden continues to battle in the duel of his life, finally winning his and his friend's freedom and just barely making it back to his world.

When the Shadow Riders descend upon Duel Academy to unleash the three Sacred Beast Cards Jaden's up first to defend the school.

Jaden continues his duel against the Shadow Rider known as Nightshroud but when he finally wins Nightshroud is exposed for who he really is--Alexis' long lost brother!

A vampiress named Camula is the second Shadow Rider to arrive at Duel Academy but she's not there to suck blood, she's there to suck up souls!

Camula continues to wreak havoc at Duel Academy, this time setting her sights on Zane and when she forces him to choose between winning the duel and saving his little brother, she wins again!

Finally, Jaden steps up to confront Camula.

Jaden and the gang get sucked into a strange vortex where a duelist who bears a striking resemblance to Kaiba forces Jaden to face his worst fears or be overcome by them!

Chazz's brothers have come back to Duel Academy for revenge, forcing Chazz to face them in a duel where, if he loses, the deed to Duel Academy will be passed to them!

The third Shadow Rider arrives and uses all her feminine wiles and charms to distract Bastion and win the duel.

Jaden must duel Tania to snap Bastion out of a lovestruck stupor and keep the Shadow Riders from winning another Spirit Key!

A pirate challenges Jaden to a duel where, if he loses, he'll be forced to become the first mate of a new Duel Academy at the bottom of the ocean!

In a desperate bid for the remaining Spirit Keys, a unit of the Shadow Riders called the Dark Scorpions steal them all but end up having to face Chazz in a duel to unlock their magical powers.

The fifth Shadow Rider is unleashed upon Duel Academy and with an undefeated dueling record and a legendary reputation, he's the most powerful one yet--or is he?

Titan, the Shadow Duelist persuades Alexis to duel him to by promising to return her brother's memory is she wins--but if she loses, she'll be the one in need of rescue gaga.

It's Duel Monsters Spirit Day at the Academy but when someone who looks remarkably like the Dark Magician Girl shows up for the annual Costume Duel Syrus goes gaga.

A mysterious Gambler shows up at Duel Academy and he's bent on dueling Alexis to prove his skills and his--love?

When Jaden and the gang go searching for Professor Banner, they find the seventh Shadow Rider instead, and he's even more dangerous than they ever feared.

Judai must face Amnael, the seventh Shadow Rider, in a match that will decide not only his fate but the fate of all his friends! Source: crunchyroll

Upon learning that the seventh Shadow Rider is really Professor Banner, Jaden must rise to a whole new level of dueling expertise to win the high stakes match.

Chazz arranges a duel with Alexis that he can prove his love to her, but Alexis has other ideas.

Kagemaru, the leader of the Shadow Riders, descends on Duel Academy and demands a duel with Jaden so that he can raise the Sacred Beasts and win the power to rule the world!

Kagemaru and Jaden duel each other with all their might as the fate of the world and Duel Monsters spirits everywhere hang in the balance!

When Chumley is accepted into Industrial Illusions card design program, he must beat Dr. Crowler in a duel to win his consent!

Zane picks Jaden as his opponent at the prestigious Graduation Match, giving Jaden the chance to avenge his earlier loss.

Zane and Jaden battle it out in the last duel of the school year, settling once and for all who truly is the Academy's best duelist.

Jaden is promoted to the second year. A gentle new student approaches into a duel with Jaden. The deck of the new student isn't powerful because it is created suddenly without preparation by the immediate purchase of 8 packs-40 cards-at a stand. By Large Angel Zaret, Jaden's life points are lowered to 1200. Syrus and the others have realized that the new student is actually a prominent duelist, Aster Phoenix.

Chancellor Crowler approaches Chazz nad tells him that Chazz can enter back into Obelisk Blue if he can defeat a new student called Reginald van Howell, or Reggie. Chazz accepts these conditions and the next day he and Reggie duel. Once, he was on the top class, but now he is in the Red dorm. Reggie can break through Chazz playing Ojama monsters. Although Chazz can do the first attack well by XYZ combo, it is striked by Gilford the Lightning and other monsters in soldier family deck. However, he isn't perturbed, looking through the competition during the past year. Then he uses Mega Ojama King.

Tyranno Hassleberry, the top first grade of yellow challenges Jaden for a duel. Tyranno was the original school gang leader, beating Jaden to prove the fact that the academy has charisma. He loves Dinosaurs, so he uses Dinosaur deck. By the field magic Jurassic World, Dinosaur and Beast families can be powered up, and even the trap is repulsed. Furthermore, by Ultra Evolution Pill Jyooshin Kayaku, Jaden is threatened by the evolution of Archaeopteryx to Black Tyranno with 2900 attack points.

The news about the promotion to yellow dorm has come to Syrus. Crowler has prepared the condition that he has to duel and defeat the girl called Missy of Blue dorm. Thus, Syrus becomes so frightened that Jaden and his friends have to encourage him. Syrus is playing Bigroid deck while Missy is fighting by an insect deck. Missy multiplies the number of ants on Syrus's field in oder to increase the attack points of Insect Princess up to 2900. On the other side, Sho is fighting without Power Bond, fusing three Bigroid to summon Drillroid

Jaden and Bastion are still Duel Academy students, so they have to practice a lot. Bastion uses his WaterDragon again, but Water Dragon can not defeat Jaden's ShiningFlareWingman. Before dueling against Zane, Aster talks to his manager about the future and his victory. Jaden is extremely surprised, when he sees Avian's appearance on Aster's field. During next turn, Aster fuses Avian with Burstnatrix, but instead of FlameWingman, Aster creates PhoenixEnforcer which impresses Jaden and Syrus. But the best thing in PhoenixGuy is that he can not be destroyed in battle. And thanks to that special ability, Aster defeats Zane, by fusing PhoenixEnforcer with Sparkman to summon ShiningPhoenixEnforcer and using DestructionOfDestiny to send 4 more ElementalHeroes to the graveyard and raise ShiningPhoenixGuy's attack to 4900.

Which side is using the true Hero? The conclusion is needed. Thus, the duel between Jaden and Aster has finally started. Jaden initiates the attack by Flame Wingman. Suddenly, Aster summons Phoenix Enforcer by the same fusion. Both of them are hitting each other at the same time. Also, the fight becomes the high-class Elemental Hero fusion battle between Shining Flare Wingman and Shining Phoenix Enforcer. Anyway, Aster hasn't approved Jaden having the talent as a Hero.

The duel between Jaden and Aster is continued. Using the field magic card The clock Tower of the Secluded Prison, the passage time of destiny is cut off strangely. Furthermore, D-Hero Destiny Hero? series monsters are summoned one after another. This leads Destiny. compared to the Elemental Hero monsters, to control the time freely. Many monsters of Jaden are destroyed while his several turns are thrown away. When he is going to revive, he suffers from the damage of the enemy's combo. Finally, The D-Hero confined in the Clock Tower appears.

After Jaden is defeated by Aster, his cards become invisible in white paper. On the other side, because of Dr. Crowler, Atticus approaches into a duel against his younger sister, Alexis. Atticus invites Alexis to join him in the sibling debut in the entertainment world. Atticus activates the field magic Ultimate Stage Clothes that can increase the attack points of a monster by 3000. However, the cloths are too large. That makes the movement become awkward. Thus, when he strikes, the attack of his monster isn't as powerful as it has the original attack points. Alexis is opposing him by the ritual monster, Cyber Angel series.

A mysterious guy, Sartorious, appears in front of Chazz and duels with him. Sartorious places his cards on the table face down, shuffles Chazz's deck, and says that the destiny of Chazz will be forseen through a card pulled out. That's how he duels like a Tarot. The Hangman's effect is shown according to its normal or reversed position. This becomes the confrontation between Saiou who can absolutely make the destiny and Chazz who opens his own destiny personally.

A disappointed Jaden wanders around outer space. It's weird, but with a friendly dolphin-shaped space alien's guidance, Jaden is reunited with an illustrated card he drew in his childhood, which Kaiba Corp. launched into space. But, that card became perfect by evolving through the power of space's intention. Jaden duels a hostile alien life form. At the end of the universe, the energy form obtains the power of Neo Space, and Jaden starts to understand a new deck concept that gives his monsters a power up.

The Ra Yellow Head, Professor Sartyr, tries to bring Sargent Hassleberry, who usually enters Slifer Red dorm, back to Ra Yellow dorm by using curry. Thus, the duel between Hassleberry and Sartyr begins. Will Hassleberry's platoon of dinosaurs win this war? Or will Sartyr have the sweet taste of victory with his curry-themed deck?

While Jaden is still away, Syrus and Tyranno have a quarrel over who should get the tile of Jaden's sworn brother. Thus the duel begins.

After Zane is defeated by Aster in Pro League, his glory seems to be gone. He is then invited by an untrustworthy sponsor to join the underground duel. It is the duel to show the elements with desparate effort in front of savage audiences. Then the duel between Zane and Inukai begins.

In this recap episode Jaden, who is getting lost in the forest, becomes hungry and fades, reminding himself of his duels in the past.

Jaden has finally returned after leaving for a long time. He battles against Aster, betting by the abolition of Slifer Red dorm.

The duel between Jaden and Aster is continued.

Vice Principle Bonaparte has an argument against Temp. Principle Crowler about the abolishment of Slifer Red. Thus, the teachers duel begins.

Chazz beats one Obelisk Blue Student one after another, and preforms the unknown action of dying the entire Blue Dorm White. It is said that it is the "Association with the Light" which Sartorious commands that should be what a school dedicates themselves to. He Duels Alexis.

The Society of Light sends Chazz and Alexis to call Lorenzo to duel Jaden. Alexis tells Jaden that he should meet her in a duel dome/museum. Everyone thinks it is a date, but instead of a date, the member of the Society of Light, Lorenzo challenges Jaden to a duel.

The top rank pro duelist X is sent by the white association, approaching into the duel against Jaden.

In oder to verify Nabukabu Power, Sartorious predicts by his Tarot, comes to Duel Academy, and approaches into the duel against Tyranno Hassleberry.

In order to decide the destination of the study trip, Jaden approaches into the duel against Sartorious' representative Rose.

Duel Academy has the school trip to Domino City. It's the sanctuary duel place of Yugi Muto, Seto Kaiba, and others. Jaden and his friends visit Yugi's house and meet Grandpa. While walking into the town, Grandpa is kidnapped. Two assassins of The Society of Light, Thunder and Frost, chase after them and approach them into a tag duel.

The tag duel between Syrus/Tyranno and Thunder/Frost is continued.

Seeing Sartorious's sister Saleena, T-Bone becomes frantic to beat Jaden. Without knowing Jaden's face before, he joins a camp Slifer Red. Jaden and T-Bone don't know each other, but they finally become good friends. When they are going to duel, they realized their actual hatred against each other.

Serena, Sartorious' sister, guides Jaden, Aster, Grandpa, and Bastion to Kaiba Land. Aster and Jaden go inside the Virtual World to see Syrus and Tyranno as a Vehicroid and a dinosaur. Then Serena tells them that the only way that they can get out and save Syrus and Hasslebery is if they defeat her in a duel. The duel is also being held to see who is the chosen one to stand by Sartorious' side.

The double duel continues as Edo and Judai battle Saio in a duel to determine who “the chosen duelist” is! Source: crunchyroll

Dorothy is struggling to clean up Duel Academy before the rest of the school comes back and she notices that a doll has gone missing. The doll appears in a human form as a girl named Alice. Hassleberry falls in love with Alice and she carries him off to the forest. Jaden goes to the forest at night to investigate and then Alice challenges Jaden to a duel.

Bob, the quiz king who becomes attracted to Alexis, comes across Jaden having a quarrel against Alexis is forced into a duel with Jaden.

When all of the Ra Yellow students are entering the Society of Light, Bastion is upset that he isn't already part of the group. He says that since the Society of Light is for the best he should already be a member. Bastion is so upset about the fact that he isn't a member that he goes to the White Dorm to challenge Sartorious. Instead of Bastion dueling Sartorious, Chazz is told to take his place and duel Bastion.

Zane, who is seeking for the sealed powerful deck, visits the former Chancellor Sheppard, and old master of Cyber Style Duel. Then, the student-teacher duel between Zane and Sheppard begins.

Chancellor Shepphard declares the opening of the GX Tournament. It's an important tournament that world Pro duelists and the students will participate in on Duel Academy Island. Sartorious then approaches to duel against a European champion, Prince Ojin.

Francis has appeared in front of Jaden. Pegasus and Chumley come from I2 Corporation urgently because the guy is an employee of I2 and a dangerous guy who uses a copy card of the greatest card "Winged Dragon of Ra".

Jaden is bored, having no opponent for this day of the Genex Tournament. Suddenly, a pro duelist, Orlando, appears in front of Jaden and challenges him to a duel.

Chazz confronts a pro duelist. He, who has become a member of Association of Light, applies "White Knights Swordsman" and obtains the victory with by such preponderant strength. Chazz confronts against Jaden, who was watching the duel, and demands the duel with him. Jaden is aware of the fact that there is no "Ojama Trio" in Chazz's deck. Thus, he decides to search from Chazz's important card- "Ojama Trio", and thinks of using it by himself to bring back Chazz.

Chazz continues his assault on Jaden using his "White Knight's Lord".

Zane returns to Duel Academy for the Genex Tournament and is asked for a duel by his old friend Atticus. Trying to use the shadows to save Zane, Atticus loses control over the shadows and Nightshroud returns for the duel.

Crowler and Vice-Principal Bonaparte are concerned about the reputation of the Academy due to lots students being beaten by pro duelists, so they decide to unleash their secret weapons to hopefully earn back the Academy's reputation.

The rumor about a duelist who participates in Genex and beats an opponent by one turn kill is spread out. The true identity of that person who makes a deal with The Grim Reaper's card is Lucien Grimly obtaining draw power. Jaden has to duel against Lucien whose soul has already been sold to The Grim Reaper.

While Dr. Crowler and Vice Principal Bonaparte get yelled at by Chancellor Sheppard, they take it the wrong way and believe that they got fired. This happens just as Pegasus, the president of the I2 Corporation shows up for a meeting with Chancellor Sheppard. Dr. Crowler and Vice Principal Bonaparte beg Pegasus to hire them and a duel is suggested to determine whether or not they will get the job.

Sartorious has two personalities against each other. One wants to conquer the world and make everybody "see the light". The other is the good side and is trying to stop the other side from achieving his goals. The good personality hands an important key to both Jaden and Aster but the evil side wants it back, so he sends Alexis to duel Jaden. Alexis' deck has become powerful with the influence of the light. Will Jaden be able to save Alexis?

Alexis' Deck, which was powered up by Sartorious, gradually drives Jaden into a corner. Jaden is fighting to return Alexis to her original self. However, Alexis, who isn't listening to Jaden, finally summons her strongest monster: White Knight Dragon. Jaden is pushed into a difficult situation, until he draws the card Chazz and Atticus entrusted him to return Alexis to her former self.

Syrus challenges his brother to a duel, hopefully to bring him back to normal. Zane accepts the challenge and the duel between the brothers begins. Syrus remembers what his brother had taught him about respecting the opponent. However, Zane forgets all he once knew,and taught to his brother, and attacks Syrus using his unique Cyber Tail Deck.

Sartorious, who has to recapture an important key, sends Dr. Eisenstein to confront Jaden. He is a genius medical doctor who creates a deck to counter Jaden's perfectly. The duel begins with the doctor activating Relativity Field and summoning a monster that can negate Jaden's skillful fusions, enabling him to quickly gain the advantage in the duel.

The real purpose of the GX tournament is revealed: Chancellor Sheppard and Pegasus searching for the person who posseses the Ultimate Destiny Hero card. As it turns out, Aster is also searching for this card. Meanwhile, Aster's legal gaurdian "The D" is about to avenge his title as world champion. However, "The D" has a secret important to Aster.

Aster learns that D is the one who stole the Ultimate Destiny Card from his father. He challenges D to a duel attached by a key entrusted from Sartorious. Aster begins the match with his D-Hero's, but the world champion proves a tough opponent even for Aster. D then activates the Ultimate D Card, pushing Aster into a tough spot. will Aster be able to beat D and finally find out what happened to his dad?

Jaden learns of the secret key from Linda, Prince Ojin's secretary. The key can activate the Laser Satellite. In order to retrieve it from Jaden, Sartorious orders Prince Ojin to duel Jaden. The prince is able to attack Jaden using three seperate Satellite Cannons. Jaden is able to call forth the Flame Wingman but is pushed into a tight situation.

Aster faces Sartorious to verify the words of his father that the Wave of Light clings to and enslaves Sartorious. Aster goes to the Society of Light's Private Duel Field, and demands answers from Sartorious. Sartorious, who took in the Wave of Light to the point it created another personality, has demanded Aster to return the key of the Laser Satellite to him. Aster's mind is made up, and begins his duel with Sartorious. Sartorious, who believes he's completely seen what Destiny has to offer, brings out the cards of the "Arcana".