Freshman Year

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Freshman Year
Japanese translated	Duel Academia
English	Freshman Year
Anime storyline
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Original run	October 6, 2004 – March 30, 2005
Episodes	1 – 26
Followed by	Rise of the Sacred Beasts

Freshman Year is the first story arc from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime.

This storyline starts with Jaden Yuki arriving at Duel Academy as a freshman.

[edit] Summary

The story begins with Jaden Yuki obtaining the card, "Winged Kuriboh", from Yugi Muto, on his way to take his entrance exam to Duel Academy. Jaden arrives late, but is permitted take the exam. He defeats Vellian Crowler in the Dueling Exam, but due to his poor Written Exam score, he is placed in the Slifer Red dormitory.

Jaden quickly becomes close friends with Syrus Truesdale, Bastion Misawa and Chumley Huffington, and becomes well-known throughout Duel Academy for defeating Dr. Crowler. Upset by his defeat, Dr. Crowler makes it his business to either find someone to defeat Jaden in a Duel, or put Jaden at the risk of expulsion. Through Crowler's antics and strange happening at Duel Academy, Jaden ends up Dueling many powerful Duelists, te vast majority of them ending in his victory.

After hearing rumours about the Abandoned Dorm, Jaden and his friends do to investigate, where they meet Alexis Rhodes, who is in search of her brother, Atticus Rhodes, who disappeared in the Abandoned Dorm. Alexis is captured by Titan, whom Jaden duels, and defeats in order to rescue her.

For leaving his dormitory at night, and going to the Abandoned Dorm, Jaden and Syrus are faced with almost certain expulsion; They must Duel and defeat opponents hand-picked by Dr. Crowler in a Tag-Team Duel, in order to stay. Dr. Crowler selects the famous Paradox Brothers, Para and Dox, as their opponents. Syrus is too timid, and lacks the confidence to defeat the Paradox Brothers. Fearing they'll both be expelled because of him, he attempts to withdraw himself from the Duel to save Jaden, but Jaden encourages Syrus, and together they defeat the Paradox Brothers.

Subsequent filler episodes pitted Jaden against many Duelists for either personal reasons, or for their own wrong doings.

Chazz Princeton, who lost to both Jaden and Bastion, loses his name as a powerful Duelist, and loses his rank in Obelisk Blue, and he was threatened with demotion to Ra Yellow. He was saved from demotion by Bastion, who refused to be promoted to Obelisk Blue. Irritated by his losses and pressure from his brothers Slade and Jagger, he arrives at North Academy. Here, he effortlessly Duels and defeats fifty students, and then the school's Champion, in order to prove himself worthy, and make it into North Academy as their Champion. He thus becomes North Academy's Dueling Representative in the inter-school duel (termed "The School Duel") with Duel Academy.

Chazz faces Jaden in the School Duel. His brothers Slade and Jagger Princeton give him rare and powerful cards to use, but Chazz sticks with his own Deck, which now contains North Academy's prized "Armed Dragon" cards. Jaden understands the pressure Chazz is under to win, but encourages Chazz to duel for fun, and to stand up to his brothers. Although Chazz loses, he takes Jaden's advice and tells his brothers off. Seeing Duel Academy as his home, he stays there rather than return to North Academy. However, since he was re-admitted, he starts as a Slifer Red student, and occupies the Slifer Red dormitory.

[edit] Episodes

	English episode name	Japanese episode name	Translated Japanese episode name	English air date	Japanese air date
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 001	The Next King of Games	遊戯を継ぐ者	The One Who Succeeds Yugi	245365410 October 2005	24532856 October 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 002	Welcome to Duel Academy	フレイム・ウィングマン	Flame Wingman	245365511 October 2005	245329213 October 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 003	A Duel In Love	エトワール・サイバー	Etoile Cyber	245365612 October 2005	245329920 October 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 004	Making the Grade	５重合体！ ＶＷＸＹＺ	5 Polymers! VWXYZ	245365713 October 2005	245330627 October 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 005	The Shadow Duelist - Part 1	闇のデーモンデッキ	A Dark Demon Deck	245366117 October 2005	24533133 November 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 006	The Shadow Duelist - Part 2	ハネクリボーの奇跡	Miracle of Hane Kuribo	245366218 October 2005	245332010 November 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 007	Duel and Unusual Punishment	翔の乗り物デッキ	Sho's Vehicroid Deck	245366319 October 2005	245332717 November 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 008	For the Sake of Syrus	最強！ サイバーエンド・ドラゴン	The Strongest! Cyber End Dragon	245366420 October 2005	245333424 November 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 009	Family Bussiness	撃必殺！ ちゃぶ台返し	Single Attack of Shooting! Return a low dining table	245366521 October 2005	24533411 December 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 010	Tag Team Trial - Part 1	十代＆翔！ タッグデュエル (前編)	Judai & Sho! Tag Duel, Part 1	245366925 October 2005	245335515 December 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 011	Tag Team Trial - Part 2	十代＆翔！ タッグデュエル (後編)	Judai & Sho! Tag Duel, Part 2	245366925 October 2005	245335515 December 2004
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 025	The School Duel - Part 1	ＶＳ万丈目サンダー（前編） アームドドラゴンの脅威	VS Manjoume Thunder Part 1, Threat of Armed Dragon	245371712 December 2005	245345323 March 2005
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 026	The School Duel - Part 2	ＶＳ万丈目サンダー（後編） アームドドラゴンＬＶ７	VS Manjoume Thunder Part 2 - Armed Dragon LV 7	245371813 December 2005	245346030 March 2005