Bleach: A New Era Episode 9

"Reasons to Fight" is the 9th episode of the series.

Featured Duel: Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Kenpachi Zaraki
The duel is continued from the last episode.

 Turn 5: Ichigo 

Ichigo draws. He then activates "Trade Made" to destroy "Trick Weak" and increase his LP by 100 for every turn "Trick Weak" was on the field. "Trick Weak" was on the field for three turns (Ichigo 300 → 600). He then Normal Summons "Twin Sword Slayer" (1600/???) in Attack Position. He then activates "Twice the Element" to target "Twin Sword Slayer" and Special Summon a monster from his Deck of the same Attribute as "Twin Sword Slayer". He Special Summons "Swordsman of the Black Blade" (1900/???) in Attack Position. He then unites "Twin Sword Slayer" and "Swordsman of the Black Blade" in order to Unite Summon "Zangetsu" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to target the "Twin Sword Slayer" attached to it, reduce the ATK of "Battle Savage Warrior" by half the ATK of "Twin Sword Slayer" ("Battle Savage Warrior": 2800 → 2000/0) and increase the ATK of "Zangetsu" by the same amount ("Zangetsu": 2500 → 3300/2000). "Zangetsu" attacks "Battle Savage Warrior". Due to the effect of "Battle Savage Warrior", it cannot be destroyed in battle (Kenpachi 4000 → 2700). He then Sets a card.

 Turn 6: Kenpachi 

Kenpachi draws. During Kenpachi's Standby Phase, the second effect of "Battle Savage Warrior" activates, increasing its ATK by 300 ("Battle Savage Warrior": 2800 → 3100/0). "Battle Savage Warrior" attacks "Zangetsu", but Ichigo activates his face-down "Protective Guardian" to halve the Battle Damage. Due to the effect of "Zangetsu", it cannot be destroyed in battle, except with Unite monsters (Ichigo 600 → 300).

 Turn 7: Ichigo 

Ichigo draws. He then unites "Zangetsu" with its Unite Units via Unite Evolution to Unite Summon "Zangetsu Moon" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. He then activates its effect to detach a Unite Unit and negate the effects of "Battle Savage Warrior" ("Battle Savage Warrior": 3100 → 2800/0). He then equips "Zangetsu Moon" with "Black Spirit Energy", increasing its ATK by 600 ("Zangetsu Moon": 2500 → 3100/2000). "Zangetsu Moon" attacks and destroys "Battle Savage Warrior" (Kenpachi 2700 → 2400). He then activates "Spiritual Assistance" to allow "Zangetsu Moon" to attack again. "Zangetsu Moon" attacks directly (Kenpachi 2400 → 0).