The Duel Masters National Tournament is one of the major events in the Duel Masters Versus anime series.
Tournament Structure[]
The Nationals was divided into 3 stages.
- 1) Card Shop Tournament — Participants have to compete in shop tournaments. The participant who is the winner of the shop tournament will proceed to the next tournament. Participants may participate in many shop tournaments in different card shops to get a spot in the nationals. Katta Kirifuda took part in three different shop tournaments to earn a spot in the nationals.
- 2) Regional Tournament — The winners of each shop tournament have to participate in the regionals in their respective regions to be the finalist of the nationals. Katta was supposed to compete in the regionals, however due to his older brother Shobu Kirifuda's interference, he have to do three different challenges to get a spot in the nationals.
- 3) National Tournament Finals — The top 8 duelists will compete in the finals of the National Tournament.
Known Eliminated Participants[]
Finalists[]
Results[]
First Stage of Finals[]
Katta Kirifuda vs Komei - Katta wins
Lucifer vs Benchan - Lucifer wins
Kojiro vs Sasori - Kojiro wins
Second Stage of Finals[]
Lucifer vs Kojiro - Kojiro wins
Katta vs Gyou - Katta wins
Third Stage of Finals[]
Katta vs Kojio - Katta wins
Outcomes and Aftermaths[]
In episode 35, during Katta and Komei's duel,Komei cheated to gain an upper hand. Katta defeats Komei and Komei got disqualified for breaking the rules of the tournament.
In episode 36, Lucifer turns the tables despite Benchan having the advantage.
In episode 38, Sasori changed her appearance to a knight and got the audience's attention, changing the duel atmosphere. Kojiro defeated Sasori with his new and improved 'Beast Mode'.
In episode 39, Gyou revealed his true form in the duel and brutalized Hokaben,leaving Hokaben injured and Katta enraged.
Before the official match between Lucifer and Kojiro,Gyou dueled Lucifer and poisoned him,causing Lucifer to be in critical condition after Kojiro's victory.
In episode 42, Gyou and Benny Haha had devised plans to disable Katta from the competition. However, due to Shobu being aware of the situation and Katta's victory, their plans failed.
Trivia[]
- The event is known as デュエマ甲子園 (Duema Kōshien) or as the "Duel Masters Baseball Tournament".
- This National Tournament resembles the national Duel Masters tournament held in 2014 in terms of structure. In fact it also features the same name.
- It is shown that Benny Haha sent Gyou to undermine Katta and the other finalists as part of his revenge against Shobu.