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Freshman Year

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Freshman Year

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

126

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