"Beyond the Pendulum" is the twenty-first episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. It first aired in Japan on August 31, 2014.

Yuya's got two straight wins in his attempt to officially qualify for the Junior Youth Championship, but he still remains annoyed about Pendulum Summoning. The fact Reiji could also Pendulum Summon still bothers him. And despite Reiji raising the possibility of Pendulum Summoning evolving even further, he still hasn’t figured out how to do that or what Reiji even meant.

Meanwhile, Masumi continues to frantically search for the culprit behind the attacks on members of LDS, and ends up Dueling against Yuzu and Sora who are the middle of Special Fusion Summoning Training. However, Masumi’s aim is to have the mysterious Black Masked Man appear…