Cards from Episode 129 [GO RUSH!!]

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フェローシップ・ブレイヴァー Fellowship Braver
Level 4 LIGHT Galaxy Effect Monster
ATK 1400
DEF 1200
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【CONTINUOUS EFFECT】 All face-up Galaxy Normal Monsters on your fieeld gain 500 ATK. If there is a Normal Monster in Attack Position on your field, your opponent cannot declare an attack on this card.

オールアバウト・ユニヴァース All About Universe
Normal Spell Card
【REQUIREMENT】 If you control 1 monster shuffle 4 Galaxy monsters from your GY back into the Deck.
【EFFECT】 Choose 1 face-up Normal Monster you control and have it gain 1200 ATK x [The number of face-up monsters on the field with the same Type as the monster chosen by this effect] until the end of the turn.

Name Explanations:

Tenten uses 昆遁忍虫 Konton Ninchuu. The name is one of those ‘multiple jokes going on at once’ things.

昆遁 sounds like 混沌 (Konton) i.e. Chaos
遁 (Ton) is used to refer to Ninjutsu that are used to escape from enemies
昆虫 (Konchuu) means Insect.

So basically they’re chaotic escape-artist ninja insects.

However, Eva has pointed out to me that 遁 is usually untranslated, so I’m going with Konton Ninsect for the theme name.

I avoided translating the insect names as this is a group of Ninja, and thus treating them as Japanese.

昆遁忍虫 迷網のクモ Konton Ninchuu Meimou no Kumo (Konton Ninsect – Kumo the Web of Illusions)
Level 2 DARK Insect Effect Monster
ATK 600
DEF 400
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【CONTINUOUS EFFECT】 If this card in face-up Attack Position, the opponent must declare an attack on the Insect monster in Attack Position with the highest ATK.

Note: Kumo means Spider. Meimou means usually “Illusion” or “Delusion”, Mou here is Web.

昆遁忍虫 刺又のカブト Konton Ninchuu Susmata no Kabuto (Konton Ninsect – Kabuto the Sasumata)
Level 4 DARK Insect Effect Monster
ATK 1300
DEF 400
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【CONTINUOUS EFFECT】 If there is another face-up Insect monster on your field, this card cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster with 2000 or more ATK.

Note: Kabuto is a Rhinoceros Beetle

昆遁忍虫 念珠のウツセミ Konton Ninchuu Nenju no Utsusemi (Konton Ninsect – Utsusemi the Prayer Beads)
Level 1 DARK Insect Effect Monster
ATK 0
DEF 400
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【CONTINUNOUS EFFECT】 You take no battle damage from battles involving your Insect monster in Attack Position.

Note: Utsusemi is Cicada

昆遁忍虫 紅蓮天刀のナナホシ Konton Ninchuu Gurententou no Nanahoshi (Konton Ninsect – Nanahoshi the Crimson Celestial Sword)
Level 7 DARK Insect Effect Monster
ATK 2400
DEF 400
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【CONTINUOUS EFFECT】 This card gains 500 ATK x [The number of face-up Insect monsters on the field].

Note: Tentou sounds like is part of Tentoumushi (Ladybug), but here is literally Heavenly Katana. Nanahoshi is also, you know, a reference to Ladybugs.

And you know. The Nanahoshi clan which Ranran and Tenten both belong to, and late Nanaho and the twins from SEVENS.

昆遁忍虫 変妖魔笛のアゲハ Konton Ninchuu Henyoumateki no Ageha (Konton Ninsect – Ageha the Phantasmagoria Flute)
Level 7 DARK Insect Effect Monster
ATK 2200
DEF 400
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【CONTINUOUS EFFECT】 Face-up monsters on your opponent’s field become Insect.

Note: 変妖 is a play on 変容 (Shape Changing), 妖魔 is a Ghost or Apparition, 魔笛 is Magic Flute. Ageha is a Swallowtail Butterfly.

完全変態 Kanzenhentai (Complete Metamorphosis)
Normal Spell Card
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【EFFECT】 Choose up to 3 face-up Insect monsters on your field and send them to the GY, then, you can Special Summon Insect monsters from your hand up to [The number of monsters sent to the GY with this effect].

昆遁忍法-虫々烈射 Konton Ninpou – Chuuchuu Ressha (Konton Ninjutsu Art of Buzz Barrage)
Normal Spell Card
【REQUIREMENT】 If there is an Insect monster(s) in your GY.
【EFFECT】 Choose 1 face-up Insect monster on your field, it gains 100 ATK x [The number of face-up Insect monsters with Continuous Effect on your field x The number of Insect monsters in your GY until the end of the turn].

Note: Chuuchuu Ressha sounds uh, like “Screeching Train”

昆遁忍法-虫倍化 Konton Ninpou – Chuubaika (Konton Ninjutsu Art of Insect Multiplication)
Normal Trap Card
【REQUIREMENT】 When an attack is declared on your face-up Insect monster on your field by an opponent’s monster with 2000 or less ATK.
【EFFECT】 Draw 6 cards, then, choose 4 cards in your hand and sent them to the GY, then, all face-up monsters with 2000 or less ATK on your opponent’s field gain ATK equal to [their original ATK] until the end of this turn.

Note: Chuubaika is a play on 虫媒花 (entomophilous flower).

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