Dueling Bonds Episode 17

"Love VS Hope" is the 17th episode of the series and 17th overall.

The last duel of the first round begins and T.K. duels against Sora. Who will win?

Featured Duel: T.K. Takaishi vs. Sora Takenouchi
 Turn 1: T.K. 

T.K. draws. He then Normal Summons "Star Pegasus" (1400/1100) in Attack Position. He then Sets a card.

 Turn 2: Sora 

Sora draws. T.K. activates his face-down "Lightforce Sword" to remove one random card in Sora's hand for three turns. He removes "Garudamon". She then Normal Summons "Flame Harpy" (1600/1000) in Attack Position. "Flame Harpy" attacks and destroys "Star Pegasus" (T.K. 4000 > 3800). Since "Flame Harpy" destroyed a monster by battle, its effect activates, inflicting 500 damage to T.K. (T.K. 3800 > 3300).

 Turn 3: T.K. 

T.K. draws. He then activates "Hope Full Shine" to revive "Star Pegasus" (1400/1100) in Attack Position. He then activates "Polymerization" to fuse "Star Pegasus" with "Pegasusmon" in order to Fusion Summon "Golden Pegasus" (2300/1300) in Attack Position. "Golden Pegasus" attacks and destroys "Flame Harpy" (Sora 4000 > 3300).

 Turn 4: Sora 

Sora draws. She then Normal Summons "Wise Owl" (600/600) in Defense Position. She then Sets two cards.

 Turn 5: T.K. 

T.K draws. The effect of "Golden Pegasus" activates, increasing his Life Points by 500 (T.K. 3300 > 3800). "Golden Pegasus" attacks and destroys "Wise Owl". Since "Wise Owl" was destroyed by battle, its effect activates, switching "Golden Pegasus" to Defense Position and preventing it from changing its battle position until his next Standby Phase.

 Turn 6: Sora 

Sora draws. She then activates her face-down "Dust Tornado" to destroy "Lightforce Sword". Since  "Lightforce Sword" was removed from the field, "Garudamon" is returned to Sora's hand. She then activates "Wind Power" to Special Summon "Eagle Archer" (1500/800) from her hand in Attack Position. She then activates "Change the Wind" to Tribute "Eagle Archer" and Special Summon "Garudamon" (2000/2500) from her hand in Attack Position. She then activates its effect to pay 800 Life Points (Sora 3300 > 2500), destroy "Golden Pegasus" and inflict damage to T.K. equal to its ATK (T.K. 3800 > 1500). Due to the second effect of "Change the Wind", "Garudamon" can't attack this turn, so Sora ends her turn.

 Turn 7: T.K. 

T.K. draws. He then activates "Time Reverse" to revive "Golden Pegasus" (2300/1300) in Attack Position (as it was destroyed last turn). He then activates "De-Fusion" to return "Golden Pegasus" to his Extra Deck and revive "Star Pegasus" (1400/1100) and "Pegasusmon" (1700/1400) in Attack Position. He then Tributes "Star Pegasus" and "Pegasusmon" in order to Tribute Summon "Seraphimon" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. "Seraphimon" attacks and destroys "Garudamon" (Sora 2500 > 1500). Since "Seraphimon" destroyed the last of Sora's monsters by battle, its effect activates, inflicting 1500 damage to Sora (Sora 1500 > 0).