Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL - Episode 088 " Dual Duel : Part 2 " , known as " The Pulse of V - A Super - Rebirth , Hope Ray V ! ! " in the Japanese version , is the eighty - eighth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime . It first aired in Japan on January 27 , 2013 and in the United States on November 23 , 2013 . Featured Duel : Yuma Tsukumo and Ray Shadows vs . Girag . " Duel continues from the previous episode . " Turn 5 : Ray Ray Normal Summon s " Shining Sly " ( 1200 / 800 ) . As long as there is an Xyz Monster on the field , its effect will prevent it from being target ed for attack s . Ray Set s a card . Turn 6 : Yuma Yuma Normal Summons " Gogogo Golem " ( 1800 / 1500 ) . " " attack s " " , but the effect of " Giant Hand " activate s , destroy ing the attacking monster and inflicting damage to Yuma equal to the destroyed monster ' s ATK as it was a monster whose effects had previously been negate d by the effect of " Giant Hand " . As effect damage would be inflicted , Ray activates the effect of " Shining Sly " , letting him Tribute a monster controlled by the player who would take damage to reduce the damage to 0 . He Tributes " Gogogo Golem " , but Girag activates the effect of " Giant Hand " , detaching an Overlay Unit ( " Giant Hand " ORU 1 → 0 ) as the effect of his opponent ' s Effect Monster was activated to negate the effects of an Effect Monster as long as " Giant Hand " is face - up . He negates the effects of " Shining Sly " , so Yuma takes the effect damage from " Giant Hand " ( Yuma 3400 → 900 ) . Yuma ' s hand contains " Swords of Burning Light " , " Gagagadraw " and " Amarylease " . Yuma activates " Swords of Burning Light " , preventing his opponent from attacking as long he controls no monsters . Should Yuma Summon a monster , the card will destroy itself . Turn 7 : Girag Girag draws and activates " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " , Ranking Up " Giant Hand " and performing a Chaos Xyz Evolution to Special Summon " " ( 2600 / 2000 ) in Attack Position . Girag activates its effect , detaching the overlaid " Giant Hand " ( " Giant Red Hand " ORU 1 → 0 ) to negate the effects of all other cards on the field . " Giant Red Hand " attacks Yuma directly , but Ray activates his face - down " Shining Stunt " , negating the attack , ending the Battle Phase and inflicting damage to himself equal to half of the ATK of " Giant Red Hand " ( Ray 1400 → 100 ) . Girag then Sets two cards and activates the " Erosion Hand Forest " Field Spell Card , which will inflict 1000 damage to all players during his Standby Phase . Turn 8 : Ray Ray Normal Summons " Shining Rabbit " ( 800 / 400 ) . He then activates " Shining Bridge " , allowing a " Shining " monster with 1000 or less ATK to attack directly . If it does so successfully , one Spell or Trap Card the opponent controls will be destroyed . " Shining Rabbit " attacks directly , but Girag activates his face - down " Hand Vice " , which negates the attack and inflicts damage to Ray equal to the ATK of " Shining Rabbit " . Yuma activates his face - down " Desperate Guard " , reducing the damage to 0 in exchange for halving his Life Points ( Yuma 900 → 450 ) . Turn 9 : Yuma After Yuma draws , Girag activates his face - down " Damaging Hand " , which inflicts 300 damage to Yuma for every card in Yuma ' s hand since he doesn ' t control a monster . Ray activates his face - down " Shining Reborn " , which lets him Tribute two monsters and send cards in Yuma ' s hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon a monster from Yuma ' s Graveyard and Set 1 card from his own hand to Yuma ' s field . He Tributes " Shining Sly " and " Shining Rabbit " and sends Yuma ' s hand to the Graveyard in order to Special Summon " Utopia " ( 2500 / 2000 ) from Yuma ' s Graveyard and Set " Rank - Up - Magic Limited Barian ' s Force " to Yuma ' s field . Yuma activates " Limited Barian ' s Force " , Ranking Up " Utopia " and performing a Chaos Xyz Evolution to Special Summon " " ( 2600 / 2000 ) in Attack Position . He then activates its effect , detaching the overlaid " Utopia " ( " Utopia Ray V " ORU 1 → 0 ) to destroy an opponent ' s monster and inflict damage equal to its ATK . He destroys " Giant Red Hand " ( Girag 4000 → 1400 ) . " Utopia Ray V " attacks Girag directly ( Girag 1400 → 0 ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .