Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 029
Kanji	絶体絶命！ 誘惑のシャドウ
Rōmaji	Zettai Zetsumei! Yūwaku no Shadō
Japanese translation	Desperate Situation! Shadow of Seduction
English	Duel Identity, Part 1
Episode number	29
Japanese air date	November 7, 2000
English air date	August 24, 2002
Music
Japanese opening	V O I C E
English opening	Season one theme
Japanese ending	Energizing Shower 元気のシャワー
Chronology
Episode listing	Yu-Gi-Oh! episode listing (season 1)
Previous	The Night Before
Next	Duel Identity, Part 2

Duel Identity, Part 1, known as Absolute end! Shadow of seduction in the Japanese version, is the twenty-ninth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh!. It aired in Japan on November 7, 2000, and in the US on August 24, 2002.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Featured Duel: Yami Yugi vs. Mai Valentine 3 Differences in adaptations 4 Errors 5 Featured cards 6 Notes

SummaryEdit

The first duel of the Duelist Kingdom finals between Mai Valentine and Yugi Muto begins. This time, Mai is playing without cheating. The Duel does not start off very well for Yugi, as Mai's "Mirror Wall" cuts all of Yugi's attacking monsters' ATK in half, making them easy pickings for Mai's powered-up "Harpie Lady". Mai's "Shadow of Eyes" prevents him from playing any of his monsters in Defense Position, and her "Harpie's Feather Duster" destroys two of Yugi's strongest Trap Cards, "Spellbinding Circle" and "Mirror Force". To make things worse, Yugi and Yami continue to internally clash for control of the Duel, as Yugi will not let Yami Duel, for fear that he might recklessly hurt someone as he almost did when Seto threatened to kill himself if Yugi won. With only 300 Life Points left, can Yugi get over his fear and make a come-from-behind victory, or will he be eliminated and lose his chance to save his grandfather and the Kaiba brothers?

Featured Duel: Yami Yugi vs. Mai ValentineEdit

Turn 1: Mai

• Mai draws. She then Normal Summons "Harpie Lady" in Attack Position (1300 ATK / 1400 DEF)
• Sets 1 card.

Turn 2: Yami Yugi

• Yugi draws "Gaia the Fierce Knight" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position (2300 ATK / 2100 DEF).
• "Gaia the Fierce Knight" attacks "Harpie Lady", but Mai activates "Mirror Wall". Now when a monster Yami controls attacks, Mai can negate the attack and halve the ATK of the attacking monster. Since "Gaia" has just attacked, the effect of "Mirror Wall" activates, negating the attack and halving the ATK of "Gaia the Fierce Knight" in half ("Gaia the Fierce Knight": 2300 → 1150 ATK / 2100 DEF).

(NOTE: As long as 'Mirror Wall' is on your field you can pay 2000LP on each of your 'Standby Phases' , if you cannot pay then 'Mirror Wall' is destroyed).

Turn 3: Mai

• Mai draws "Cyber Shield" and subsequently activates it, equipping it onto "Harpie Lady" and increasing the "Harpie Lady's" ATK and DEF by 500 points ("Harpie Lady": 1300 → 1800 ATK / 1400 → 1900 DEF).
• "Harpie Lady" attacks and destroys "Gaia the Fierce Knight" (Yugi 2000 → 1350 Life Points).

Turn 4: Yami Yugi

• Yugi draws "Summoned Skull" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position (2500 ATK / 1200 DEF).
• Yugi attacks "Harpie Lady" with "Summoned Skull", not knowing "Mirror Wall" is a Continuous Trap Card.
• "Mirror Wall's" effect activates, negating "Summoned Skull's" attack and halving its ATK ("Summoned Skull": 2500 → 1250 ATK / 1200 DEF).
• Yugi Sets 1 card.

Turn 5: Mai

• Mai draws. She then activates "Harpie's Feather Duster" to destroy Yugi's Set card: "Spellbinding Circle".

Turn 6: Yami Yugi

• Yugi switches Summoned Skull to Defense Position. He then Normal Summons "Feral Imp" in Defense Position (1300 ATK / 1400 DEF).

Turn 7: Mai

• Mai draws "Rose Whip" and subsequently activates it, equipping it onto "Harpie Lady" and increasing "Harpie Lady's" ATK and DEF by 300 points ("Harpie Lady": 1800 → 2100 ATK / 1900 → 2200 DEF).
• "Harpie Lady" attacks and destroys "Feral Imp".

Turn 8: Yami Yugi

• Yugi draws. He then passes his turn.

Turn 9: Mai

• Mai draws "Harpie's Pet Dragon" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position (2000 ATK / 2500 DEF). Due to its effect, "Harpie's Pet Dragon" gains 300 ATK and DEF for each "Harpie Lady" on the field. There is one, so "Harpie's Pet Dragon" gains 300 ATK and DEF ("Harpie's Pet Dragon": 2000 → 2300 ATK / 2500 → 2800 DEF).
• "Harpie's Pet Dragon" attacks and destroys "Summoned Skull".

Turn 10: Yami Yugi

• Yugi Muto draws "Dark Magician" and subsequently Normal Summons it in Defense Position (2500 ATK / 2100 DEF).
• Sets 1 card.

Turn 11: Mai

• Mai draws "Shadow of Eyes" and subsequently activates it. Now all male monsters that Yami controls that are in Defense Position are switched to Attack Position. Any monsters that have been affected by this effect must attack the turn they have been switched into Attack Position, if able. Mai uses the effect of "Shadow of Eyes" to switch Dark Magician to Attack Position and force it to attack "Harpie Lady".

(NOTE: In the real game when a monster is placed in face-down Defense Position it flips that monster to Attack Position and any effects that the monster has are negated. It doesn't force a monster to attack another monster.).

• "Mirror Wall's" effect activates, negating the attack and halving "Dark Magician's" ATK ("Dark Magician": 2500 → 1250 ATK / 2100 DEF).
• Mai activates another "Harpie's Feather Duster" to destroy Yugi's Set card: "Mirror Force".
• "Harpie's Pet Dragon" attacks and destroys "Dark Magician" (Yugi 1350 → 300 Life Points).

Duel concludes next episode.

Differences in adaptationsEdit

• The English version shows "Yugi" dueling poorly because he is distracted by keeping the spirit of the puzzle in check. The Japanese version does not say this because it has never shown Yugi's and Atem's minds to be fused. Instead, Atem's spirit is the only one dueling, but he is thinking about defeating Pegasus and not paying proper attention to Mai.
• Similarly, the English version includes Atem asking multiple times for Yugi to accept his help, with Yugi refusing. The Japanese version does not have this exchange.
• "Harpie Lady"'s artwork and appearance was edited so it was less revealing.
• The spikes on "Cyber Shield"'s breastplate are removed.

ErrorsEdit

• When Yugi summons his "Summoned Skull", in both Japanese and US adaptations, "Summoned Skull"'s defense points are 2300 and not 1200, as in the other episodes.
• In both versions, when Yugi draws "Summoned Skull", on the display of Mai's cards on the field you can see "Rose Whip" on it next to "Cyber Shield" when she hasn't played it yet.
• When "Rose Whip" is equipped, "Harpie Lady"'s ATK gains the 300 points starting from 2100 instead of ending at it. The correct number is displayed afterwards.

Featured cardsEdit

The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.

Mai Valentine

Monsters Harpie Lady Harpie's Pet Dragon

Magic Cyber Shield Harpie's Feather Duster x2 Rose Whip Shadow of Eyes[Notes 1]

Traps Mirror Wall

Other cards The Glory of the King's Hand

Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi

Monsters Dark Magician Feral Imp Gaia the Fierce Knight Summoned Skull

Traps Mirror Force Spellbinding Circle

Other cards The Glory of the King's Opposite Hand

Flashbacks

Monsters Harpie Lady

Magic Cyber Shield

NotesEdit

1. ↑ This card was played as a Magic Card. It is an Trap Card in the TCG/OCG.

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