The Resistance The Resistance ( レジスタンス " Rejisutansu " ) is a group of Duelist s originating from the Xyz Dimension fighting against Duel Academy appearing in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime . Their hideout is located in one of the ruined buildings of Heartland , equipped with tents and makeshift wells . They later moved to the Duel Sanctuary . Biography . History . The group came to be formed after their city was maliciously attacked by Duelists from Duel Academy . During that time Shay ' s sister , Lulu , was captured . None of the members of the Resistance knew where she was . The backbone of the Resistance was formed by Duelists from the Clover and Spade branches of Heartland Duel School , who were training to become professional Duelists . After finding out that Leo Akaba had a son , Yuto and Shay concluded that if they captured that son they ' d be able to do a hostage exchange and recover Lulu , so they went to the Standard Dimension to target students of LID in order to lure out Declan . Sometime after Yuto and Shay left , Duel Academy carried out a large assault . Most of the Resistance was wiped out , with what survivors ( and non - combatants ) remaining relocating to the Duel Sanctuary . Kite also chose to cut ties with the rest of the Resistance after his family was sealed into cards and seeked revenge . The Resistance ' s Spade forces were almost destroyed by the Tyler sisters . Pre - Arc League Championship . Yuto Dueled against Sylvio and asked him how LID was connected to Duel Academy . Sylvio responded that he had no idea what Yuto was talking about . Sometime later Shay succeeded in his plan to lure out Declan , only to find out that the plan was futile as Leo Akaba didn ' t care much about his son . Declan instead offered an alliance to Shay if he participated in the Arc League Championship . Arc League Championship . After being defeated by Yugo , Yuto ' s soul was absorbed by Yuya , leaving Shay as the only member of the Resistance in the Standard Dimension . Friendship Cup . During his Duel with Shay , Dennis explained the story of how he met Lulu among the Resistance members . Heartland City . When Yuya , Gong , Shay , and Sylvio were accidentally warped to the Xyz Dimension , Shay split up with them to check on the Resistance ' s base . He found it abandoned and concluded that this comrades had been wiped out in his absence . Yuya , Gong and Sylvio wandered through the dilapidated streets and had found a refugee family who told them that most of the Resistance was wiped out by Duel Academy ' s students . Reaching their hideout , Kite asked his Resistance comrades to go together with him and assist Yuya , arriving just in time as Mamoru Noro ordered the Duel Academy soldiers to attack Yuya along with Aster and Tyler sisters who have decided to defect . He reminded Mamoru that he should be facing him first since he was on Duel Academy ' s wanted list , though the former doubt he could beat him and his Resistance comrades . He challenged Mamoru to Duel him if he has the resolve to put his life on the line , forcing the frightened Vice Commander - in - Chief to surrender . Duel Academy . Due to the dimensions merging members of the Resistance were freed from their cards and were seen on a floating island . They noticed Allen and Sayaka and waved to them .