Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL - Episode 079 " Doom in Bloom " , known as " Freezing , Rampaging Dance ! ! Queen of Ice , Rio Kamishiro " in the Japanese version , is the seventy - ninth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime . It first aired in Japan on November 11 , 2012 and in the United State on September 21 , 2013 . Summary . Outside Heartland Academy , Shark is running through crowds of students . He finally stops , thinking he ' s safe . His shoulder is grasped by Yuma , who frightens him . Yuma asks him what ' s wrong and Shark tells Yuma he ' s talking too loud . Tori comments that he seems different from usual and Bronk asks if someone followed him . Astral adds he does seem rather alarmed and Yuma wonders if there are more Barian issues . The crowd stops and stares as a blue - haired girl descends the nearby stairs , one male student saying she ' s really cute . Folding her arms , she chides Shark for leaving for school without her . Yuma realizes she ' s Shark ' s sister , with Tori adding her name is Rio . Bowing slightly , she says she ' ll be going to school here now and is pleased to meet everyone . Bronk blushes , infatuated with Rio . As Rio walks through the halls later on , many male students are very impressed with her looks . At the Floral Design Club , Girag stands talking with the club ' s leader Lotus Hanazoe . Lotus asks if all she has to do is take Yuma ' s " Number s " . Girag , who has a rose in his mouth , responds that that ' s right , but that there is a second target in Shark . Lotus comments that Shark ' s sister Rio is also at school here and Girag says that his sister is his weak point . If they get their hands on his sister , he ' ll be easier to defeat . Lotus confirms that she understands and adds that it will all be the for the sake of the Barian World . The other club members repeat her sentiment . Later , Yuma and his friends eat lunch on the roof with Shark and his sister , though Shark sits a bit further from the group . Tori asks if Rio is really okay to come back to school right after getting out of the hospital . Rio says she ' ll be fine and adds that Shark is useless without her . She says he overslept this morning and almost went to school in his pajamas . Yuma is surprised , but Shark tells her to be quiet - she shouldn ' t talk about such things . Rio simply stares at him and Shark trails off before shutting up himself . ( In the dub , Shark threatens Rio to be quiet because he read her diary , with Rio countering with the fact that Shark sleeps with the night light on . ) Turning to Yuma , Rio asks if he ' s the one that beat Shark in that Duel . Yuma says he is and Rio says he must be Kite Tenjo then . He corrects her and introduces himself . Rio seems to remember that he is the one whose fighting spirit lets him win - on occasion , with dumb luck . Yuma asks her what that ' s supposed to mean and she responds that she remembers his catchphrase - " kattobase " ( meaning long - shot ) . Yuma angrily corrects her , yelling that it ' s " kattobingu " . ( In the dub , she mistakes his " I ' m feeling the flow " catchphrase as " I ' m healing my toe " . ) Behind them , a large group of students has gathered . One says he apologizes for interrupting their lunch , but adds that they are looking for Rio . Walking over the them , she asks what they want . The boy introduces himself as Yata - Garasu , the captain of the school ' s soccer team . He asks if she would be willing to join their team as a manager . Other students begin to push him out of the way , asking for her to join their clubs instead . Smiling , Rio says she ' s be honored and agrees to check out all the clubs after school . Bronk says Rio is like the sun . Shark says that ' s a bad comparison - she ' s more like a " woman of ice " . ( This exchange is cut from the dub . ) After school , Rio stands on the soccer field , the team positioned around her . Bronk is incredulous that she ' d take on all the regulars by herself . Tori says Rio agreed to become manager if they could steal the ball from her . ( In the dub , Tori says that Rio agreed to challenge all the clubs in her school and join the one that beat her . ) Flip says that ' s too risky . Garasu , who is acting as the goalie , tells her she must keep her promise if she loses ( in the dub , Garasu says that Rio thinks she ' s good , but not as good ) . Rio agrees , and begins her run towards the goal . She weaves through the entire team before kicking the ball straight past Garasu and into the goal , who falls over in shock . Rio then proceeds to defeat the school ' s ping - pong , baseball , boxing , basketball and other clubs by herself . She chides them for asking her to be their manager if that ' s all they do and to make sure they ' re strong enough before asking again . Yuma tells her that was amazing . She thanks him , but many other students are now concluding she ' s not cute at all - she ' s like a female version of Shark . Tori says that was a mean comment , but Rio tells her not to worry about it - they are just people who think of females as decorations . Bronk blushes , muttering that Rio is like his dream girl . Yuma asks why she ' s doing all of this . Rio responds that it ' s because she ' s Shark ' s sister . She ' s heard many people don ' t think well of her brother and if she is weak , someone could use her a shield to get to Shark . That ' s why she must be strong . ( Yuma ' s and Rio ' s second exchange is cut from the dub . ) She is then approached by three female students , who say that the president of the school ' s flower arrangement club wants to see her . She agrees to go , with Yuma ' s group accompanying her , but her brother isn ' t present . Lotus thanks them for coming and introduces herself . As she cuts from flowers from the branches , Lotus comments that Rio appears to have many great talents . Tori asks why she ' s cutting the flowers and Lotus responds that blossoms only show their true beauty when the unwanted parts are removed . ( In the dub , Lotus says her club takes pride in how far they take their flowers so that each bud may fully blossom . ) Lotus ' eyes glow and Astral emerges from the Emperor ' s Key , telling Yuma to look around . Everyone else is asleep . Astral says she cast some sort of hypnosis by cutting the flowers ( in the dub , Astral says that Lotus put Yuma ' s friends to sleep using the lull of her voice ) . Yuma says that ' s impossible and Astral responds that she must be an assassin of Barian . Everyone else finally slouches on the floor . Seeing Yuma still conscious , Lotus says she expected him to still be awake . Lotus says she planned to defeat Rio first , but it would be fine to defeat Yuma first instead . Meanwhile , Ray pretends to be asleep while silently watching . Lotus says that if Yuma Duels her and wins , she ' ll let Rio go . ( In the dub , Lotus states that she has a new plan : Duel Yuma for his " Number s " . ) Yuma agrees and begins to get up , but falls over as his leg falls asleep . Lotus calls him immature , ( " sad , but funny " in the dub ) while Rio rises up , saying she ' ll be her opponent . Lotus and Yuma are both curious how she was unaffected . Rio says she was suspicious and pretended to be hypnotized . Lotus calls her a sly one , while Yuma requests she back off , addressing her as " Shark ' s sister " instead of her name ( this does not occur in the dub ) . He insists that Rio can ' t deal with Lotus due to the Barian powers Lotus possesses . Nevertheless , Rio rises to her feet and declares she ' ll protect herself , accepting the Duel . They proceed outside and the two Duelists arm their D - Pad s , with Rio donning a Duel Gazer . Lotus goes first and Normal Summon s " Fire Lily " . She then activate s the " Zen Garden " Field Spell Card . As the field is covered in greenery , she explains that as long as it is face - up , WATER monster s cannot attack . Astral comments that her Deck looks designed to counter Shark ' s . Lotus continues that when she control s one Plant - Type monster , " Zen Garden " lets her Special Summon another one . She Special Summons " Ferocious Flora " and as she now controls two Plant - Type monsters , Special Summons " Cosmos " from her hand via its own effect . Yuma says there are now three Level 3 monsters . Lotus overlays them to Xyz Summon " Battlecruiser Dianthus " in Attack Position . Lotus then reveals that " Zen Garden " also increases the ATK of all face - up Xyz Monster s by their Rank s times 100 , so " Dianthus " gains 300 ATK . She activates the effect of " Dianthus " , detach ing an Overlay Unit to inflict 300 damage to Rio for each card in Rio ' s hand . Lotus ' palm glows with energy as she declares " Big Cannon " and " Dianthus " fires five green lasers at Rio , which pitch her the ground and drop her Life Points to 2500 . Finally , Lotus Set s a card and ends her turn , laughing . Rio quickly rises to her feet and begins her turn , Normal Summoning " Blizzard Falcon " and activating " Blizzard Jet " . She explains that it will be increase the ATK of a WATER Winged - Beast - Type monster by 1500 until the End Phase . Yuma tells her she did a good job getting a 3000 ATK monster , calling her " Shark ' s sister " again ( again , Yuma does not call Rio this in the dub ) . Lotus laughs and reminds Rio that WATER monsters can ' t attack while " Zen Garden " is face - up . Rio insists she didn ' t forget and reveals the effect of " Blizzard Falcon " . When its ATK becomes higher than its original ATK , she can inflict damage to her opponent equal to the difference between . " Blizzard Falcon " freezes entirely and flies into Lotus , dropping her Life Points to 2500 . Yuma , and even Astral are impressed , while Rio Sets three cards to end her turn . Girag pops out from behind one of the trees from " Zen Garden " , commenting that Rio is better than he expected ( in the dub , Girag comments that Rio won ' t go down without a fight ) . Lotus comments that Rio must be very concerned about the effect of " Dianthus " to Set three cards . Yuma wonders if she Set them just to reduce her hand and thus reduce the damage , but Astral believes the cards will have other uses too ( this exchange is cut from the dub ) . Lotus calls Rio foolish for trying to put up a shield and a Barian Emblem appears on her forehead . ( In the dub , Lotus tells Rio that Dueling her was a foolish move and now Rio must reap what she has sown . ) Lotus begins her turn and activates " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " , Ranking Up " Dianthus " and performing a Chaos Xyz Evolution to Special Summon " CXyz Battleship Cherry Blossom " in Attack Position . Its ATK is increased by 400 , to 2800 due to the effect of " Zen Garden " . Lotus activates the effect of " Cherry Blossom " , detaching an Overlay Unit to inflict 400 damage to Rio for each card on the field - and there are four on Rio ' s and three on Lotus ' s . Yuma attempts to add up the damage , but Astral tells him it will be 2800 . " Cherry Blossom " launches a huge laser which hits Rio and causes a massive explosion . Lotus laughs , saying Rio Set too many cards due to her fear of " Dianthus " . ( In the dub , Lotus comments that " Cherry Blossom " made Rio " feel the burn " that time . ) Rio begins her turn and activates her face - down " Monster Reborn " to Special Summon " Blizzard Falcon " from her Graveyard in Attack Position . Lotus activates her face - down " Rose Marker " , which will inflict 300 damage each time Rio activates a Spell Card . " Rose Marker " fires a burst of fire and rose petals , dropping Rio to 200 Life Points . Yuma is concerned as this means Rio can ' t activate any more Spell Cards ( in the dub , Yuma mentions that he is concerned because Lotus has many " bad seeds in her garden " . ) Lotus chides Rio , saying she thought she might scatter beautifully , but in the end she is merely the sister of Shark , a person who is rude , low and has no character . ( In the dub , Lotus agrees with Yuma ' s concern , saying that she will watch Rio wilt , just like a flower that has been neglected out in the cold . ) Rio gets to her feet and angrily asks if Lotus would like to say that again . She says she won ' t tolerate her speaking low of Shark and vows to " freeze her " ( in the dub , Rio says she has changed her strategy and that she will win the Duel sooner than she imagined ) . Snow whips through the air as Rio overlays her two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon " Ice Beast Zerofyne " in Attack Position . Lotus calls it a beautiful monster , but tells Rio she won ' t be defeated by it . Rio reminds her that it will gain 400 ATK from " Zen Garden " . Rio activates the effect of " Zerofyne " , detaching an Overlay Unit to negate the effects of all face - up cards on the field besides this one until the next Standby Phase . Plus , for every card negated , the ATK of one monster her opponent controls will decrease by 300 . Rio yells " Perfect Freeze " and " Zerofyne " flies up in the air , releasing four icy beams from its wings that freeze Lotus ' cards . The ATK of " Cherry Blossom " decreases by 900 as Lotus controls three face - up cards . Astral adds that with " Zen Garden " negated , the ATK of both monsters will reduce by another 400 . Yuma cheers , calling her " Shark ' s sister " again . Rio asks him to stop calling her that and Yuma suggests he shorten it to " Shark ' s sis " instead . Rio tells him she ' ll punish him later . ( As Yuma did not call Rio " Shark ' s sister " in the dub , this exchange is cut there . ) Rio orders " Zerofyne " to attack , but Lotus calls her naive , activating her face - down " Flower Judgment " , reminding Rio that " Zerofyne " only negated the cards that were face - up when its effect was used . Lotus ' s Quick - Play Spell Card detaches all Overlay Units from a Plant - Type Xyz Monster and increases its ATK by 800 for each Unit detached . Thus , the ATK of " Cherry Blossom " increases to 3100 . Lotus laughs and insists Rio ' s ice world will only serve as a backdrop for her flowers . ( In the dub , Lotus tells Rio that her ice attacks are no match for her flower monster . ) Rio tells her she ' ll show her the true world of ice and activates " Freezing Point " , which will reduce the ATK of an Xyz Monster that has no Overlay Units to 0 . The entire field freezes and Yuma shivers . Rio says that " Freezing Point " is " the darkness within pure silver " and that it will shatter the frozen petals of " Cherry Blossom " . ( In the dub , Rio says that " Freezing Point " turned " Cherry Blossom " from powerful to powerless . ) " Cherry Blossom ' s " ATK becomes 0 and Rio orders " Zerofyne " to attack with " Icicle Storm " . Hundreds of jagged icicles pierce the hull of " Cherry Blossom " and it explodes , dropping Lotus ' Life Points to 0 and causing the Barian Emblem to vanish . Yuma cheers and rushes over to Rio , but calls her " Shark ' s sis " again . Rio just stares at him , her hands on her hips . Yuma suggests he uses " Shark ' s younger brother " instead and Astral points out he meant to say " Shark ' s younger sister " as he had mixed up his words . Yuma says he thought those words were interchangeable . Finally , Rio laughs . She says she heard her brother had changed a lot when she was in the hospital and people have become fearful of him . Though she was worried , she says it turned out that he hadn ' t changed much at all , and believes it ' s because of Yuma and proceeds to thank him . ( In the dub , Yuma calls Rio an " ice queen " , which appears to upset her . She quickly forgives him by saying she was just kidding , and unlike Shark , she has a sense of humor . ) On a nearby balcony , Girag thinks he shouldn ' t have let his guard down with Rio ( in the dub , Girag is shocked that Rio won and wonders when his losing streak will end ; he also hopes that the Barian World will not hear about this ) . Back in the Floral Design Club ' s room , Ray is staring out the window , while everyone else is just regaining consciousness . Tori asks when she fell asleep and Bronk wonders where Rio went ( in the dub , Bronk asks if he and the others had a slumber party ) . Back outside , Shark approaches Rio and Yuma , saying it wasn ' t a bad Duel . Yuma asks where he came from and Shark says he was watching the Duel from the beginning . Shark asks if Rio needs any advice , which seems to anger her . The group walks home and Ray asks why they had a Duel when they were asleep , while Tori asks if Rio would teach her how to Duel sometime ( in the dub , Ray and Tori don ' t say anything ) . Rio agrees , while Yuma speaks with Shark , saying his sister is awesome . Shark says she is still naive sometimes though ( in the dub , Yuma says that Rio is a tough cookie , but Shark replies that she crumbles easily deep down ) . Astral is pensive , wondering just who Shark and Rio are - Shark can wield a " Number " , while Rio predicted the invasion from the Barian World ( these thoughts are cut from the dub ) . A cat approaches them , meowing . Rio yelps in shock and runs behind Shark . Ray asks if she doesn ' t get along with cats . Rio says she doesn ' t and Tori says it looks really cute . Rio asks Shark to make it go away and Shark comments that she said earlier she didn ' t need his help . Rio screams that Shark is a " meanie " ( in the dub , Rio screams " no ! " ) as the episode ends . Featured Duel : Rio Kastle vs . Lotus Hanazoe . Turn 1 : Lotus Lotus draws . She Normal Summon s " Fire Lily " ( 3 / 800 / 800 ) in Attack Position . She then activate s " Zen Garden " . " Zen Garden " has three effects : WATER monster s cannot declare an attack , Lotus may Special Summon a Plant - Type monster from her hand when she control s exactly 1 Plant - Type monster , and all Xyz Monster s will gain ATK equal to their Rank times 100 . She activates the second effect of " Zen Garden " to Special Summon " Ferocious Flora " ( 3 / 1000 / 500 ) in Attack Position . As she controls two face - up Plant - Type monsters , Lotus Special Summons " Cosmos " ( 3 / 600 / 900 ) in Attack Position via its own effect . Lotus then overlays " Fire Lily " , " Ferocious Flora " , and " Cosmos " in order to Xyz Summon " Battlecruiser Dianthus " ( 3 / 2100 → 2400 / 1800 , ORU : 3 ) in Attack Position . Lotus activates the effect of " Battlecruiser Dianthus " to detach an Overlay Unit ( " Battlecruiser Dianthus " : 3 → 2 ORU ) and inflict 300 damage to Rio for each card in Rio ' s hand ( Rio : 4000 → 2500 LP ) . Lotus Set s a card . Turn 2 : Rio Rio draws . She Normal Summons " Blizzard Falcon " ( 4 / 1500 / 1500 ) in Attack Position . Rio then activates " Blizzard Jet " to increase the ATK of " Blizzard Falcon " ( a WATER Winged - Beast Type monster ) by 1500 ( " Blizzard Falcon " : 1500 → 3000 ATK ) . As the ATK of " Blizzard Falcon " changed , Rio activates its effect to inflict damage to Lotus equal to the difference between its original and current ATK ( Lotus : 4000 → 2500 LP ) . Rio Sets three cards . On Rio ' s End Phase , the effect of " Blizzard Jet " expires ( " Blizzard Falcon " : 3000 → 1500 ATK ) . Turn 3 : Lotus Lotus draws " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " and subsequently activates it to Rank - Up " Battlecruiser Dianthus " via Chaos Xyz Evolution in order to Xyz Summon " Chaos Xyz Battleship Cherry Blossom " ( 4 / 2400 → 2800 / 2000 , ORU : 3 ) in Attack Position . Lotus then activates the effect of " Battleship Cherry Blossom " to detach a Chaos Overlay Unit ( " Battleship Cherry Blossom " : 3 → 2 ORU ) and inflict 400 damage to Rio for every card on the field . There are seven cards , but Rio activates her face - down " Diamond Dust " to destroy all face - up WATER monsters and inflict 500 damage to Lotus for each one destroyed ( Lotus : 2500 → 2000 LP ) . The effect of " Battleship Cherry Blossom " is then applied ( Rio : 2500 → 500 LP ) . " Battleship Cherry Blossom " attacks directly , but Rio activates her face - down Continuous Trap Card , " Ice Chain " to Special Summon " Aurora Wing " ( 4 / 1200 / 1600 ) in Defense Position ( as " Aurora Wing " is a Level 4 or lower WATER monster ) from her hand . A replay occurs and Lotus uses " Battleship Cherry Blossom " to attack and destroy " Aurora Wing " . As it was destroyed by battle , Rio activates the effect of " Aurora Wing " to revive it ( 4 / 1200 / 1600 ) in Defense Position . Lotus Sets a card . Turn 4 : Rio Rio draws " Freezing Point " . She activates her face - down " Monster Reborn " to revive " Blizzard Falcon " ( 4 / 1500 / 1500 ) in Attack Position . Lotus activates her face - down " Rose Marker " , which will inflict 300 damage to Rio whenever she activates a Spell or Trap Card ( Rio : 500 → 200 LP ) . Rio overlays " Blizzard Falcon " and " Aurora Wing " in order to Xyz Summon " Ice Beast Zerofyne " ( 4 / 2000 → 2400 / 2200 , ORU : 2 ) in Attack Position . Rio activates the effect of " Ice Beast Zerofyne " , detaching an Overlay Unit ( " Ice Beast Zerofyne " : 2 → 1 ORU ) to negate the effects of all other face - up cards until the next Standby Phase and reduce the ATK of " Battleship Cherry Blossom " by 300 for each negated card . Three cards are negated ( " Battleship Cherry Blossom " : 2800 → 1500 ATK , " Ice Beast Zerofyne " : 2400 → 2000 ATK ) . Lotus activates her face - down " Flower Judgment " to detach all Overlay Units of " Battleship Cherry Blossom " ( a Plant - Type Xyz Monster ) ( " Battleship Cherry Blossom " : 2 → 0 ORU ) and increase its ATK by 800 for each one detached ( " Battleship Cherry Blossom " : 1500 → 3100 ATK ) . Rio activates " Freezing Point " to reduce the ATK of " Battleship Cherry Blossom " to 0 as it has no Overlay Units ( " Battleship Cherry Blossom " : 3100 → 0 ATK ) . " Ice Beast Zerofyne " attacks and destroys " Battleship Cherry Blossom " ( Lotus : 2000 → 0 LP ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .