Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX - Episode 176 " Rainbow Neos , Protector of Bonds VS Clear Vicious Knight " , is the one hundred and seventy - sixth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " anime . It first aired Japan on February 27 , 2008 . Summary . Jaden and Jesse continue their Duel with Nightshroud in an attempt to save Yusuke Fujiwara at the behest of Honest . Having Summoned " Clear Vice Dragon " , Nightshroud attack s , but Jaden saves his " Elemental Hero Flame Wingman " with " Hero Shield " . Since " Clear Vice Dragon " switches to Defense Position after attacking , and its DEF is 0 , Jesse believe he has an opportunity to destroy it . However , Nightshroud counters with " Attribute Gravity " , forcing " Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle " and " Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus " to both attack Jaden ' s " Flame Wingman " , as they are all of the WIND - attribute . Nightshroud notes he remembers that Jaden and Jesse stated they both liked to fight each other , so he decides to use this card to grant their wish . With " Clear World " still active , and Jesse controlling the WATER - attribute " Crystal Beast Emerald Turtle " , he is forced to discard the last card in his hand at the end of his turn . Jaden also attempts to destroy " Clear Vice Dragon " while it is in Defense Position , but Nightshroud has " Attribute Chameleon " ready , which changes " Flame Wingman " from WIND to WATER , meaning that " Attribute Gravity " forces it to attack " Emerald Tortoise " instead . Nightshroud then claims to Jaden and Jesse that since people have bonds and thoughts , they will have to suffer and struggle to achieve something great . Nightshroud then claims it is better to forget all that . Honest appears , and reveals that Fujiwara could not deal with the death of his parents , and that is what ultimately led down the path to darkness . He claims that they are the ones who forgot about him . After enrolling in Duel Academy , Fujiwara made many friends , including Atticus and Zane . Eventually , his sorrow drove him to tear down his photographs of them and his parents , and begin his research into the occult , after sealing " Honest " away to protect him . Honest states that he never forgot about Fujiwara . Nightshroud attacks Jaden with " Clear Vice Dragon " , but Jesse saves him using " Cut Jewel " . Jaden Summons " Elemental Hero Sparkman " using " Hero Signal " , but " Clear World " forces him to play with his hand revealed , as " Sparkman " is a LIGHT - attribute monster . Jesse then activates " Rainbow Gravity " , Special Summon ing " Rainbow Dragon " since he has all seven Crystal Beast s either on the field or in his Graveyard . Jesse activates its effect , removing the " Crystal Beasts " in his Graveyard from play to return all cards on the field to the owner ' s Decks , thus thwarting Nightshroud ' s combo of " Attribute Gravity " and " Attribute Chameleon " . This also stops the effects of " Clear World " , so the darkness dissolves and the Trueman clones reappear on the sidelines . Jaden Summons " Honest " , hoping to clear Fujiwara ' s head , but it fails . Nightshroud Summons " Clear Vicious Knight " , whose ATK increases by the ATK of his opponent ' s strongest monster . He attacks Jaden , but Jesse sacrifices the remainder of his Life Points to discard " Rainbow Dragon " with " The One to be Protected " to negate all damage to Jaden . Jesse collapses , unconscious . Nightshroud reiterates that friendship and bonds are worthless and then he claims that Jesse lost due to friendship . Jaden first uses " O - Oversoul " to bring back his " Elemental Hero Neos " . Next Jaden activates " The Rival ' s Name " , which functions as a Spell Monster , allowing Jaden to treat it is a monster with the same name as one in an opponent ' s Graveyard . Jaden then asks Nightshroud if hopes and bonds are actually worthless and that Jesse lost due to friendship . Jaden then states that whatever Nightshroud claims is wrong and declares that Jesse ' s friendship will bring him victory . Nightshroud asks what is he talking about . Jaden chooses " Rainbow Dragon " for the effect of " The Rival ' s Name " . Nightshroud is shocked that " Rainbow Dragon " has reappeared and Jaden states to Yusuke he has not really forgotten " Honest " . Yusuke denies this , claiming he had forgotten everything . Jaden states he is wrong there as he can never forget the people important to him . Jaden then uses " Polymerization " to fuse it with " Elemental Hero Neos " and Fusion Summon " " Rainbow Neos " . Yusuke is amazed by the appearance of " Rainbow Neos " , but he claims that Jaden can ' t create a miracle because by the effect of " Clear Vicious Knight " , it gains ATK equal to the original ATK of " Rainbow Neos " . Suddenly another voice starts to overlap Yusuke ' s voice and it states to Jaden to disappear into the World of Darkness . Jaden states that Nightshroud has now shown his weakness . Yusuke doesn ' t know what he is talking about , but Jaden states to Nightshroud that he has been controlling Yusuke as a shadow attached to Yusuke ' s mind . Yusuke looks at his hand and realizes that Jaden is right . Jaden explains to Yusuke that this is because he already wants to come back to Honest at this point . Nightshroud ' s hold on Fujiwara begins to weaken as a result . Jaden uses the effect of " Honest " to return it to his hand . This allows the spirit of " Honest " to go rescue his master . Jaden then discards " Honest " , increasing the ATK of " Rainbow Neos " by the ATK of " Clear Vicious Knight " . " Honest " then disspells Nightshroud ' s control over Yusuke . Nightshroud reappears and is angry that Jaden was able to expel him out . Jaden then has " Rainbow Neos " attack " Clear Vicious Knight " , destroying it . The attack also vaporizes Nightshroud and all of the Trueman clones . Jesse regains consciousness , but the eclipse has not ended , perplexing them . Featured Duel : Jaden Yuki vs . Jesse Anderson vs . Nightshroud . " Duel continues from the previous episode " . Turn 7 : Yusuke " Clear Vice Dragon " has just attacked " Elemental Hero Flame Wingman " . Due to the second effect of " Clear Vice Dragon " , its ATK becomes equal to twice the ATK of " Flame Wingman " until the end of the Damage Step . Jaden activate s his face - down " Hero Shield " and equip s it to " Flame Wingman " . Jaden then sends " Hero Shield " to the Graveyard to prevent " Flame Wingman " from being destroyed ( Jaden 3400 → 1300 ) . At the end of the Damage Step , the second effect of " Clear Vice Dragon " expires ( " Clear Vice Dragon " : 4200 → 0 / 0 ) . The third effect of " Hero Shield " then activates , letting Jaden draw two cards ( " Fake Hero " and " Reverse of Neos " ) due to him taking at least 2000 Battle Damage . Since " Clear Vice Dragon " attacked , it is switched to Defense Position ( 0 / 0 ) at the end of the Battle Phase . Yusuke Set s a card . Turn 8 : Jesse Jesse draws . " Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle " attacks " Clear Vice Dragon " , but Yusuke activates his face - down " Attribute Gravity " in response . Now all Attack Position monsters must battle monsters that have the same Attribute as themselves when possible . " Cobalt Eagle " and " Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus " then attack " Flame Wingman " due to " Attribute Gravity " . " Flame Wingman " then destroys both " Cobalt Eagle " and " Sapphire Pegasus " ( Jesse 2800 → 2100 → 1800 ) . Jesse then activates the last effects of both " Cobalt Eagle " and Sapphire Pegasus " to place them in his Spell & Trap Card Zone as Continuous Spell Card s . Jesse activates his face - down " Rare Value " to send " Sapphire Pegasus " to the Graveyard and draw two cards . Jesse sets two cards . The WATER effect of " Clear World " then activates , forcing Jesse to discard " Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle " . Turn 9 : Jaden Jaden draws . " Flame Wingman " then attacks " Clear Vice Dragon " , but Yusuke activates his face - down " Attribute Chameleon " to target " Flame Wingman " and declare WATER for its effect , causing " Flame Wingman " to become a WATER monster until the End Phase . Due to the effect of " Attribute Gravity " , " Flame Wingman " attacks and destroys " Crystal Beast Emerald Turtle " . The effect of " Flame Wingman " then activates ( Jesse 1800 → 1200 ) . Jaden sets a card . Turn 10 : Yusuke Yusuke draws . He then switches " Clear Vice Dragon " to Attack Position . " Clear Vice Dragon " attacks " Flame Wingman " . The second effect of " Clear Vice Dragon " activates ( " Clear Vice Dragon " : 0 → 4200 / 0 ) , but Jesse activates his face - down " Cut Jewel " to send " Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger " from his Deck to the Graveyard and halve the original ATK of " Flame Wingman " ( " Elemental Hero Flame Wingman " : 2100 → 1050 / 1200 ) ( " Clear Vice Dragon " : 4200 → 2100 / 0 ) . " Clear Vice Dragon " then destroys " Flame Wingman " ( Jaden 1300 → 250 ) . At the end of the Damage Step , the second effect of " Clear Vice Dragon " expires ( " Clear Vice Dragon " : 2100 → 0 / 0 ) . Jaden activates his face - down " Hero Signal " to Special Summon " Elemental Hero Sparkman " ( 1600 / 1400 ) in Attack Position . Due to the LIGHT effect of " Clear World " , Jaden must play with his hand revealed . At the end of the Battle Phase , " Clear Vice Dragon " switches to Defense Position due to its third effect . Jesse activates his face - down " Rainbow Gravity " to Special Summon " Rainbow Dragon " ( 4000 / 0 ) in Attack Position , ignoring the Summoning conditions as he has all seven Crystal Beasts on his field and / or in his Graveyard . Yusuke Normal Summon s " Clear Cube " ( 0 / 0 ) in Attack Position . During the End Phase , Jaden draws a card ( " Honest " ) due to the second effect of " Cut Jewel " and reveals to Yusuke that his hand contains " Reverse of Neos " and " Fake Hero " in addition to " Honest " . Turn 11 : Jesse Jesse draws . He then activates the second effect of " Rainbow Dragon " to return all cards on the field to their owners ' Decks by removing from play " Ruby Carbuncle " , " Emerald Turtle " , " Sapphire Pegasus " , and " Topaz Tiger " from his Graveyard . Since " Clear Cube " is removed from the field , Yusuke Special Summons another " Clear Cube " ( 0 / 0 ) in Defense Position . Jesse sets a card . Turn 12 : Jaden Jaden draws " Polymerization " . He then Normal Summons " Honest " ( 1100 / 1900 ) in Attack Position . " Honest " attacks and destroys " Clear Cube " . Yusuke activates the effect of " Clear Cube " to Special Summon another " Clear Cube " ( 0 / 0 ) in Defense Position . Turn 13 : Yusuke Yusuke draws " Clear Vicious Knight " . He then Tribute s " Clear Cube " in order to Tribute Summon " Clear Vicious Knight " ( 2300 / 1100 ) in Attack Position via its own effect ( as Jaden has a monster on his field ) . Yusuke then activates the second effect of " Clear Vicious Knight " to increase its ATK by the original ATK of the one monster on his opponent ' s side of the field with the highest ATK ( " Clear Vicious Knight " : 2300 → 3400 / 1100 ) . " Clear Vicious Knight " attacks " Honest " , but Jesse activates his face - down " The One to be Protected " to prevent " Honest " from being destroyed and reduce all Battle Damage that Jaden would take to 0 by sending " Rainbow Dragon " from his Deck to the Graveyard . After damage calculation , Jesse takes damage equal to the ATK of the sent monster ( Jesse 1200 → 0 ) . At the End Phase , the second effect of " Clear Vicious Knight " expires ( " Clear Vicious Knight " : 3400 → 2300 / 1100 ) . Turn 14 : Jaden Jaden draws " Fifth Hope " and subsequently activates it to return " Elemental Hero Wildheart " , " Elemental Hero Avian " , " Elemental Hero Burstinatrix " , " Elemental Hero Clayman " and " Elemental Hero Bubbleman " from his Graveyard to his Deck and draw two cards . Jaden then activates " O - Oversoul " to Special Summon " Elemental Hero Neos " ( 2500 / 2000 ) from his Graveyard in Attack Position . Jaden then activates " The Rival ' s Name " to target " Rainbow Dragon " from Jesse ' s Graveyard and Special Summon " The Rival ' s Name " ( 0 / 0 ) in Defense Position as well as treat " The Rival ' s Name " as " Rainbow Dragon " . Jaden then activates " Polymerization " to fuse " The Rival ' s Name " with " Neos " in order to Fusion Summon " Rainbow Neos " ( 4500 / 3000 ) in Attack Position . Yusuke then activates the second effect of " Clear Vicious Knight " ( " Clear Vicious Knight " : 2300 → 6800 / 1100 ) . At this point , Nighthshroud tells Jaden to disappear into the World of Darkness , but he unintentionally exposes himself , which Jaden points out . Jaden notes to Yusuke that Nightshroud is possessing him as a shadow attached to his mind and that Yusuke was never controlling Nightshroud ' s power in the first place . As a result of Yusuke finding out that he was not controlling Nightshroud ' s power , Nightshroud tries to take over Yusuke ' s body by force . Jaden then activates the first effect of " Honest " to return it to his hand . " Rainbow Neos " then attacks " Clear Vicious Knight " . Jaden then sends " Honest " from his hand to the Graveyard in order to increase the ATK of " Rainbow Neos " by the ATK of " Clear Vicious Knight " until the End Phase ( " Rainbow Neos " : 4500 → 11300 / 3000 ) . The spirit of " Honest " then frees Yusuke from Nightshroud ' s influence , removing Nightshroud from Yusuke ' s body and forcing Nightshroud to take over in Yusuke ' s place . " Rainbow Neos " then destroys " Clear Vicious Knight " ( Nightshroud 800 → 0 ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .