Kageyama, Naoyuki

Jaden finds his skills and his friendships at the Duel Academy tested by the arrival of a mysterious duelist with the power to take over Jaden's title as champion.

Reggie Mackenzie's father, possessed by an evil spirit, is wreaking havoc at Duel Academy, manipulating duelists visiting from America in an attempt to resurrect itself..

American James "Crocodile" Cook challenges Atticus Rhodes to a Duel. Meanwhile, Jaden and Chazz unlock new secrets of their spirit cards, Winged Kurboh and Light and Darkness Dragon, but their confrontation may lead to a Shadow Game that only one Duelist can survive.

The ultimate grudge match between Duel Academy's most outstanding students takes place as Jaden pits his Elemental Heroes against the power of Chazz's dragon deck with the entire student body watching. Meanwhile, at the other end of the island, a Shadow Game with life and death stakes is taking place.