Reed Pepper Reed Pepper , known as Michio Mokota ( , " Mokota Michio " ) in the Japanese version , is a character in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . He is a student from Flavor Factory School , who is arranged to Duel Yuya by Nico Smiley . Despite already having qualified for the Junior Arc League Championship , Reed agreed to Duel against Yuya for fun as he defeated The Sledgehammer . He is a famous young chef and Duelist whose recipes are popular with housewives . Design . Appearance . Reed is a young man with orange hair , featuring a pinkish red bang that hangs down at the front . He also has pale skin and freckles . His main feature is that his eyes are shown as being shut or squinting , only opening them when being dramatic or in shock . Reed ' s outfit consists of a white undershirt covered by a light pink shirt with the sleeves rolled up and dark blue waistcoat and red tie . He also wears cream pants with a yellow pattern going round each leg alongside brown shoes . Personality . On the surface , Reed seems to be a kind person , but is actually arrogant . He looks down on his opponents , possibly due to defeating students from LID Top Class . He refers to Yuya as a light meal as a means to belittle him . As the Duel continues , his lack of respect comes from the fact that he sees everything he does as perfection , ranging from his Action Duel performances to his cooking . During the Duel , Yuya ' s mother threw Yuya a pancake sandwich that was made by altering one of Reed ' s " perfect " recipes , which he didn ' t appear to like . His personality seems to come from his mother ' s coddling . After being defeated by Yuya , Reed realized the errors of his ways after remembering that his father disagreed with his outlook on perfection . Voice / Mannerisms . Reed has a habit of relating everything to meals and cooking , often saying that his Dueling strategy is a " perfect recipe " or saying that he ' ll make a " light meal " of Yuya during the Duel . Etymology . It ' s possible that Reed ' s Japanese name ( Michio ) is based on Mokomichi Hayami ( 速水もこみち , " Hayami Mokomichi " ) who hosts a cooking corner named MOCO ' s Kitchen in the morning show ZIP ! that airs on Nippon TV in Japan . His English name is a corruption of red pepper . Biography . Pre - Arc League Championship . He was first mentioned by Yoko Sakaki , who was preparing one of his recipes for Yuya . Reed was set up to Duel against Yuya Sakaki by Nico Smiley . The Duel was set in Reed ' s specialty field , " Chaos Kitchen " , where he not only had the advantage due to his knowledge of the field , but also unintentionally due to Yuya skipping breakfast . He brought out his " Royal Cookpal s " and when Yuya Pendulum Summon ed , used the effects of his monsters to destroy Yuya ' s monsters . Yuya continued to have trouble until his mother arrived with one of Reed ' s recipes that she ' d wrapped in her own pancakes . Reed was angered that his recipe had been improved , saying that his recipes couldn ' t be improved . He then attempted to defeat Yuya there and then , but Yuya ' s replenished energy from the meal allowed him to grab an Action Card to save himself . Reed was still able to destroy Yuya ' s monsters when he Pendulum Summoned again , but this allowed Yuya to use his " Illusion Balloons " to bring out " Performapal Elephammer " and attack the now - wide open Reed . Accepting that his recipe and Dueling weren ' t perfect , Reed congratulated Yuya after his win , saying that he ' d see him in the Junior Arc League Championship . Arc League Championship . Reed made it to the second round of the Junior Arc League Championship , and when Dipper O ' rion , his second - round opponent , didn ' t show up , Reed won the round by default and advanced to the Top - 16 . He joined the other contestants , save Shay , in the LID Center Court , where he learned that the next round would be a Battle Royal with the goal of betting and collecting Pendulum Cards . Reed went to the Jungle Area of the " Quartet of Quandry " Field Spell , where he encountered Trout , who offered an alliance . Although he knew that Teppei was up to no good , Reed agreed in order to test his skills , and he defeated both Halil and Olga . Aura then approached him , seeking help for Yuya , and Reed immediately agreed to help out . He assisted Trout and Gong in holding down Yuya , who was in a berserk state , and Reed asked how it had happened . Gong replied that he had no idea , and Aura used her fortune - telling skills to see that there was another soul inside Yuya , in addition to a darkness that was attempting to overwhelm them both . Yuya later woke up , and Reed made him soup from Trout ' s fish to recover . The next morning , Reed cooked the group breakfast , but the praise heaped upon him caused Aura to run off to look for ingredients . Reed then learned about the invaders from Fusion Dimension Duel Academy , and he and Trout split up from Yuya and Gong to look for the other contestants . They soon found an unconscious Aura in the Iceberg Area , and Reed convinced Trout to take her to a safe place . Unfortunately , they accidentally wandered into the Volcano Area where Shay , Moon Shadow and Celina were Dueling members of the Obelisk Force , the invaders that Yuya had described . Seeing the group in a pinch , Reed and Trout rushed to their aid , despite Trout ' s protests , but they suffered the 2000 - LP intrusion penalty that was still in effect . Recovering quickly , Reed brought out three " Royal Cookpals " and passed the turn to his sidekick , who combined his " The Legendary Fisherman III " with Reed ' s cards to deal 2000 damage to each of their opponents . They congratulated themselves for their strongest combination , but this had inadvertently set the stage for the Obelisk Force to activate a combo of Continuous Trap Card s that dealt 2000 damage to three players . Reed was defeated first , blasted off his feet and into a wall , and he was sealed into a card by one of the Obelisk Force . Yuya received the news that Reed and Trout were sealed into cards and wept for their loss . Duel Academy . After Zarc ' s defeat and the Standard Dimension being reborn into the " Pendulum Dimension " , Reed was freed from his card , but had lost his memories of Zuzu and the events involving people from other dimensions . He was present during the Battle Royal with Aura and Trout . He is later seen watching Yuya ' s Duel against Jack Atlas with Trout and applauded when Yuya won . He then watched Yuya and Declan ' s Action Duel . He was happy when Yuya won the Duel and witnessed Zuzu ' s revival . Deck . Reed uses a " Cookpal " Deck , primarily focused on accumulating cards underneath his " Food Cemetery " which he then uses in combination with " Wonder Recipe " to continuously Special Summon his " Royal Cookpal " monsters while locking his opponent ' s Summoning methods down as well as inflicting large amounts of damage . He also uses cards such as " Food Fraud " and " Canning Cuisine " to support his strategy further . He uses cards like " Metabolic Storm " and " Monster Pie " to inflict large amounts of effect damage to his opponent .