List of Future Card Buddyfight episodes

Gao and Drum have an argument and get mad at each other as Gao goes to school (with Drum secretly following him). There, his class is introduced to a new transfer student: Kiri Hyoryu, who is the boy that Gao saved from the group of bullies and has since then admired Gao. After school, Gao takes Kiri to the Castle Store where the Manager teaches Kiri how to Buddyfight by having him play an actual game. Both Kiri and the Manager use trial decks to fight as Gao stays by Kiri's side. With helpful teaching from both Gao and the Manager and despite being new to the game, Kiri defeats the Manager. After the battle, Kiri is congratulated by a stranger, Rouga Aragami, who goes on to tell him that winning is most important. Gao expresses his disagreement with Rouga, who takes his leave. Then, the bullies appear to challenge Gao, who is reunited with Drum and beats one of the bullies in a Buddyfight. After the bullies retreat, Gao and Drum reconcile. Elsewhere, Rouga is instructed by his superior, Magoroku Shido, to retrieve photon metal. Rouga uses his Dark Core to assume the identity of "Wolf" and calls out his buddy Armorknight Cerberus to start the mission.

Assuming his identity as the top Buddyfighter in 8th grade at Aibo Academy, Rouga challenges Gao to a Buddyfight, but Gao refuses. Rouga slips on a banana peel set up by Tetsuya and Asmodai, which prompts him to challenge Tetsuya, which Asmodai accepts (without Tetsuya's consent). During lunch break, while Rouga and Tetsuya battle, Gao is reminded about a time when he also believed that winning was everything like Rouga. When Gao's hunger for winning led to him injuring someone during a martial arts match, he realized that mentality is wrong. Gao has since then changed in order to make more friends.

When Gao learns about the upcoming team tournament known as the Aibo Buddy Cup (ABC), he wants to participate in it with Baku and Kuguru as his teammates. However, Gao and Baku soon argue over the naming of their team and go their separate ways. Later, Kuguru invites Gao to her home where he finds Baku constructing Tetsuya's deck in the hopes of conciliating things between Gao and Baku. Meanwhile, after winning several Buddyfights against his partners Kakumo Maihama and Raita Niitani, Noboru walks back home and is followed by a mysterious old man. Having seen all of Noboru's fights, the old man criticizes his playstyle and suggests to add the El Quixote card to help his deck, but Noboru ignores him. He then sees Tetsuya on the street and decides to challenge him to a Buddyfight as a warmup to the ABC Cup.

Tasuku tries to convince his fellow Buddy Police members that Rouga is the criminal Wolf, but everyone says there is not enough evidence to prove it. Moreover, Commander I believes Wolf is not working alone and that Aibo Academy may be connected in the grand scheme of things. Meanwhile, at Aibo Academy, Magoroku, the school's student council president, and Sophia Sakharov, the vice-president, review all of the fighters who will be participating in the ABC Cup, including Gao, Tetsuya, Noboru (who recently became buddies with Dragon Knight, El Quixote), and especially Zanya Kisaragi, who was the only elementary student to have defeated the middle school students in the last ABC Cup.

Noboru goes to the Buddy Police headquarters to void his contract with El Quixote and be done with Buddyfighting. Suddenly, the alarm sounds due to the appearance of the criminal Akaoni Kanme, prompting Tasuku and Takihara to apprehend him. Noboru is invited by Commander I into the Buddy Police's main room where he not only watches Tasuku defeat and arrest Akaoni, but he also learns about Tasuku's past. Noboru then runs off, frustrated at himself for not being special like Tasuku or Gao. Nonetheless, he gets encouragement from El Quixote who tells him to do what he wants to do, regardless of what others may say.

Magoroku tries to collude with Jin to defeat all opponents in the ABC Cup and let Magoroku win the entire tournament. However, Jin declines after Magoroku refuses to offer more compensation to him. When Jin leaves, he starts thinking of purposely losing his upcoming fight against Tetsuya. Tasuku, who is on an undercover mission, overhears Jin and chastises him. Then, continuing his mission, Tasuku and Jackknife Dragon find their target, a dark monster named Azi Dahaka (the same monster in charge of Magoroku). Azi Dahaka takes Tasuku and Jackknife to a battle arena in a different dimension where they are confronted by Superarmor Dragon, Galvanic Feather Dragon.

Back on Earth, the ABC Cup continues as Jin plays against Tetsuya. Although still intending to lose the match, Jin is suddenly reminded of Gao, which motivates him to defeat Tetsuya and advance in the Cup.

The next quarterfinal match of the ABC Cup will be Noboru versus Magoroku. Before the match begins, Noboru meets with Magoroku in the student council room, where it is revealed that Noboru had unwittingly been bribed by Magoroku to lose to him during the previous ABC Cup. However, he decides to not take his bribe this time but still intends to throw the match. With helpful advice from El Quixote, Noboru resolves himself to not only have a fair fight against Magoroku but also reconstruct his deck to include a certain card.

Intending to have Genma inherit the Dark Core (which was formerly in Rouga's possession), Sophia uses the Dark Core on Doai. She puts Doai under her control and has him attack Genma to coerce him into using the Core. Meanwhile, Gao, his friends, and family members are having a dinner party when Akatsuki drops in. Zanya arrives to retrieve him while also telling Gao that he does not see him as a rival.

Genma and Magoroku have their Buddyfight with both of them using Ancient World decks. As the fight goes on, Genma expresses his disgust at how Magoroku is acting as student council president. He also shares his ideals of how the president should be like the "sun", which intrigues Gao. Genma eventually uses his powerful buddy monster Martial Arts Dragon Emperor, Duel Sieger to defeat Magoroku.

Just when Gao defeats Duel Sieger "Spartand", Genma evolves it into its ultimate form: Duel Sieger "Tempest Enforcer". After attacking Gao with "Tempest Enforcer" three times, Genma reveals that he was once friends with Gao's brother Yota. They met while in the hospital where a young Genma became interested in Yota's comics about the "Mighty Sun Fighter". Genma was inspired by the message of the Sun Fighter, thinking it meant to be a strong leader for others to follow, which shaped him to the person he currently is and claiming the title of "Mighty Sun Fighter" to himself. However, Gao refutes him by saying the real purpose of the Sun Fighter is to serve as a role model to motivate others to follow their dreams. As Genma realizes his misunderstanding, Gao uses the card that Yota left (which is revealed to have originally belonged to Genma): Sun Fist, Sunshine Impact. Attacking together with Drum Bunker Dragon, Gao destroys "Tempest Enforcer", which, due to its negative effect, causes Genma to instantly lose, thus making Gao and Team Balle du Soleil the winners of the ABC Cup.

Gao, Tasuku, and the other participants of the ABC Cup are invited on a cruise ship party hosted by Kyoya Gaen, who is working with Sophia to look for a candidate Buddyfighter to use the Dark Core and Disaster Force. Later, Kyoya tries to present a special rare card to be given to a Buddyfighter of his choosing, but it goes missing. Although it seemed as if the card was stolen, it turns out that the card was in fact the monster Dragowizard, Qinus Axia who had gone off on his own because he did not want to be given away.

In secret, Kyoya activates Disaster Force to make icebergs appear while Sophia reverts Axia back into a card and threatens to destroy it. When she throws the card away, Gao and Drum catch it but are about to fall into the ocean. They are both then saved by Tasuku and Jackknife Dragon, in spite of Tasuku's recent ban. Furthermore, Tasuku uses Future Force and teams up with Jack to destroy the icebergs and protect the ship from crashing.

Drum returns to Dragon World to seek advice on becoming stronger from his father. He asks Drum if strength is all Drum wants and then kicks him into Dungeon World, where Drum gets equipped with a new weapon and armor. He saves a village by inadvertently slaying a rampaging golem monster. The villagers (who look similar to Gao's human friends from Earth) then believe that Drum is a legendary hero and request him to defeat the king of the monsters in the mountains. After being given a stone tablet that is reminiscent of a Buddyfight deck, Drum uses it to summon other heroes who closely resemble Tasuku, Baku, Kuguru, and Tetsuya to aid in his quest. Although the group was initially disorganized, Drum eventually realizes that working together and not giving up are keys to getting stronger. He finishes the quest and reports back to his father, who then kicks Drum into another world for more training.

Borrowing Suzuha's airship, Gao and his friends travel to Sengoku Academy, a supremacist school in the mountains where everything is resolved through Buddyfights. On the way there, the group is attacked by the monster Sky Ninja, Yamigarasu but saved by the timely appearances of Genma and Duel Sieger. The team lands within Sengoku Academy and are challenged by several Sengoku students. Gao and his friends beat them all in Buddyfights, and they are later given a tour of the school by Shosetsu Kirisame, who is one of the "four demon generals" of Sengoku Academy. After meeting with the other three generals (Raremaro, Kanahebi, and Kemura), Rouga appears and Gao demands to know where Kiri is. Then, Rouga has Gao and his band of friends engage in a 5-vs-5 Waseda style of Buddyfight with Rouga teaming with the four generals.

While Gao and Drum go to the Sengoku Academy dormitory to buy food for their friends, Kazane volunteers to fight against Shosetsu Kirisame, who uses a Legend World deck. Shosetsu quickly defeats her on his second turn, prompting Zanya to fight next.

While battling Zanya, Shosetsu recalls the time when he first saw Rouga and was in awe of his power to bring card effects into reality. When Rouga first arrived in Sengoku Academy, Shosetsu tried to fight him but was utterly defeated. He submitted himself to Rouga and became his servant, but only as a cover to bide his time and learn the secret of Rouga's power.

As the fight between Gao and Shosetsu continues, the latter slowly becomes more corrupted from using the Dark Core. Shosetsu tries to use the item card - Sword of the King, Excalibur - but the sword rejects him. Angry, Shosetsu uses the Dark Core to bring his card effects into reality and starts attacking others. The buddy monsters of Gao's friends try to stop Shosetsu, but they are all struck down. Shosetsu then attacks Rouga, who stops his assault with a card effect brought into reality. This makes Gao realize that Rouga is actually the criminal Wolf.