Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

[Pchi]

Why would the dub need its own thread unless foolish people aren't watching the subs. Foolish people don't deserve a thread.

Yeah, because you're required by law to watch fansubs - oh wait, no, it's actually the opposite! :P Yeah, such foolishness.

I'm freaking tired of certain users' smug attitude ¬¬

[~British Soul~]

Finally got around to watching the episode. Bear in mind, I have not read the script (I don't read it anyway) so my thoughts will be based on what I saw.

 

[spoiler=Thoughts on 66 RAW]

- I'm not too surprised that Crow won tbh, I know he had plot armour n' junk as well as janky cards, but yeah I thought that Crow would've won even when he got distracted somewhat by the kids entering the stadium, running away from the officials and still kept focused.

 - Having said that, I'm not annoyed that Kyu-B was forced to attack the strongest guy your opponent has at all

- Gongenzaka getting Pendulums is cool though, meaning that almost pretty much everyone got them

- The Council seemed surprised when Gongenzaka refused to take that Action Card, ofc his style forbids the usage of them anyway.

- Even though Gongenzaka lost, it was nice to see there was no bad blood. I suppose it won't be long before we learn what happens to Gongenzaka.

- The preview cleared up how Tsukikage ends up facing Shinji, seeing as Reira doesn't want to. (Shame too, I would've liked to see more C/C/Cs, but it can't be helped I suppose)

 

 

[ENMaker]

Yeah, because you're required by law to watch fansubs - oh wait, no, it's actually the opposite! :P Yeah, such foolishness.

I'm freaking tired of certain users' smug attitude ¬¬

 

I'm so smug, thinking that if you really want to watch the show you'd watch it subbed rather than wait over a year for a dub that will likely edit out half of what happens and change dialogue entirely.

[evilfusion]

I'm so smug, thinking that if you really want to watch the show you'd watch it subbed rather than wait over a year for a dub that will likely edit out half of what happens and change dialogue entirely.

 

You can have a point without being condescending about it, though. Referring to dub watchers as foolish people who don't deserve a thread is just arrogant-sounding, even if you were joking.

[VCR_CAT]

That would be a really crappy joke if it was one. I mean all it accomplished is coming across as a super pompous dick regarding frickin' how someone enjoys their TV. Like just let people enjoy the show how they want and you enjoy it how you want and let it be; nobody cares how much you invest your ego into watching a show in its original language. Don't be elitist about it because nobody appreciates that and nothing good comes about it.

 

Anyways, onto relevance:

 

[spoilers=Relevance]

 

That was... a really dumb duel. So Crow plays, dicks around with his crappy level 3's that kind of just poke for damage and don't do anything, then Gongenzaka fails at his battle lock again, and then Crow makes a beastick and beats with it, then Gong does a really convoluted play that was pretty cool, and then Crow sacks out of it and wins by summoning a 3rd level 3 synchro that can suddenly be a tuner and then another crappy beatstick.

 

Gongenzaka's new synchro looked cool, and it should be cool to use. The pendulums I'm more excited about, though. It just sucks that now he has to go to a concentration camp now.

 

My prediction is that the tournament will go up until Yuya and Yugo duel, and then Yuya wins and gets Clear Wing. Then either Yuya goes against Jack (honestly, the tournament will end because they're hyping up that duel quite a bit, and we still don't know who that big guy is yet); but that concentration camp stuff will defs come into play and Yuyas gon' do some' 'bout 'dat. Also, Yuzu better not get kidnapped AGAIN. Like come on people.

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler=Thoughts on 66]

OK, so the Level 3 Blackwing Synchros in here are kinda bad for the Deck as a whole. 

Also lack of creativity on the image and names to an extent, but probably filler.

 

Kusanagi was a bit of a letdown to be honest; piercing is nice but that's all it's got running for it except for beatdown status on its summon turn. 

 

Then we have Gongenzaka getting Superheavy Pendulums.

Not Scale 9, so bye Big Benkei.

 

It was interesting to watch him trying to Turbo Duel without getting an Action Card, although yeah, lack of backrow hurts and his duel style certainly forbids usage of them.

Council seems to have been surprised about that, however.

 

Everyone gets Pendulums now apparently.

 

Crow won though, so what happens to Gongenzaka is unknown (although yeah, he's out of the tournament).

Both of them didn't have any bad blood, so things are fine. (It was a heated match though)

 

Overall, episode wasn't too bad, aside from Crow using crap BWs.

Kyu-B is decent, but has that clause on it.

 

 

[Hexanort]

[spoiler=Episode 66]

 

i cant believe how disappointing the crow vs gongenzaka battle....i mean they're characters that duel with most interesting plays in their own series, crow (at least 5ds crow) have great number of blackwings and unique effect, along with trickster-like s/t, but now he's just playing 3 nearly identical weak synchros and poking some damage each turn with no protection?

i mean, 5ds crow wont just leave weaker monster without protection at all, while this crow believe he can hold out with moderate atk and leave the protection to action cards?

 

gongenzaka relies on attack lock again.......he has better defense with hand/grave trap earlier in the series......it seems he doesnt have any protection/revival card lately, which make his monster mash extremely fragile....its like the writer decide to demote the lancers which should be strong duelist to the level of normal duelist....i mean they have problem against security while earlier in the standard they can easily wipe out the obelisk force....

 

this duel could be and should be epic duel seeing its trickster vs steadfast duel.....but its only half an episode duel that both duelist isnt even dueling seriously (crow is distracted by the kids while gongenzaka is focused to show lancers strength isntead of his own steadfast duel...)

 

 

[ENMaker]

Well I didn't think it had been phrased in such a way that came across as serious but obviously I was wrong. Hadn't intended to sound like a jabroni.

[~British Soul~]

Subs are out: http://www.animetv.us/watch/yu-gi-oh-arc-v-episode-66.html

[Jord200]

Sorry this is so out of the blue, and kind of random, but http://kitameguire.tumblr.com/post/125191111418You need to see this.

 

 

 

OT - So who do you expect to win the next match? Also, if the Fusion Dimension still thinks Serena is in Standard, isn't everyone there a sitting duck right now? 

 

Other than Mieru, X-Saber guy, Masumi, and Yuya's mom, I don't think there is anyone who stands a snowball's chance against the Obelisk Force..... 

 

Though I can easily see Sora losing to Yuya's mom if they dueled, as he clearly has a thing for older women.

[evilfusion]

 

OT - So who do you expect to win the next match? Also, if the Fusion Dimension still thinks Serena is in Standard, isn't everyone there a sitting duck right now? 

 

Other than Mieru, X-Saber guy, Masumi, and Yuya's mom, I don't think there is anyone who stands a snowball's chance against the Obelisk Force..... 

 

Though I can easily see Sora losing to Yuya's mom if they dueled, as he clearly has a thing for older women.

 

The interesting thing is that Leo Akaba is an extremely intelligent mastermind, but also very focused on furthering his goals. He has already stated at one point that Standard is not one of their enemies. He is unlikely to send a huge force to Standard, because either this does not further his ambitions, and/or because he can't spare that many men when the Fusion Dimension is probably approaching the time to invade the Synchro Dimension next. He did send Sora and the Obelisk Force to Standard, but his only desire with that was to retrieve Serena. Yuri was sent to Standard specifically to acquire Yuzu, and did so completely separately to Sora and the Obelisk Force.

 

Both groups failed.

 

He will probably review the information that Sora and Yuri would have gained, including that Serena has probably joined with Reiji or at least Shun/Yuya/etc. And that Yuri got teleported by Yuzu's bracelet, which could be an unforeseen development. Sora's memories might even indicate that the bracelet has responded to Yuya's dimensional counterparts, which would put Serena and Yuzu out of reach of Yuri until they work out a way to circumvent this issue, but Yuri seems to be the only one trusted with acquiring the Yuzu counterparts.

 

With that in mind, he will probably put the Yuzu counterpart hunt on the back burner for now and focus on invading the Synchro Dimension. Of course, the Obelisk Force might even have info about Yugo's interference in one Duel. And since Dennis does seem to be a mole that at least has connections with Yuri, odds are, it's just a matter of time before all the pieces come together and Leo finds out that Yuzu and Serena are both in the Synchro Dimension. Even if they don't figure that out, invading the Synchro Dimension will help them DISCOVER this.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler=66 subs]

Nothing much to really say, other than the stuff from preview saying that losers get forced labor in the City.

 

But yeah, as much as I like Crow, this one pales in comparison to the 5Ds one. No backrow hurts.

Ironically, I watched the RAW before going back to 5Ds episode 30 + seeing original.

 

3 Level 3 Synchros that no one will ever use seriously in BWs, and a Level 9 that does the same thing as Armed Wing except on a 3K body + pumps if you use multiple BW Synchro monsters. 

If it weren't for that restriction on the boost, Crow could have used both Level 3 Synchros, Blizzard and Jet to make Kusanagi, and it'd be 6400.

 

(Though if he had made Kusanagi from his field, Crow would've still had 5000 ATK to take out Kyu-B's 3400 DEF, which is enough to win.)

 

Executive Council was indeed surprised that Gongenzaka didn't use the Action Card, but now they know; Steadfast Dueling = no Spell Cards and no backrow.

 

 

 

[spoiler=About Reira in the tournament]

He didn't want to duel so they make Tsukikage play for him.

Sheesh, Reira; what good is you being a Lancer if you're afraid to even duel?

 

You have Reiji right there watching you, so it's not like back in 56.

 

Although I can excuse this to some extent, given Reira is too young to be riding a Duel Runner (and I am going to assume that D-Boards don't exist in this reality).

Then again, we can argue that Yugo is a bit young for a D-Wheel himself (he and Yuya are 14); Aki didn't get one until 17.

 

But yeah lack of dueling on his end is rather disappointing.

 

 

[Yellow Jacket]

[spoiler=Reira]

Sonnavajabroni! I REALLY wanted to see Reira duel for more C/C's! The deck intrigues as you make monsters based on working against your opponents monsters. Now we virtually have two unknown unknowns dueling each other.

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler=Reira]

Sonnavajabroni! I REALLY wanted to see Reira duel for more C/C's! The deck intrigues as you make monsters based on working against your opponents monsters. Now we virtually have two unknown unknowns dueling each other.

 

 

[spoiler=Response]

I want to see Reira too, but it doesn't help that he's a depressed little kid who's afraid of things when Reiji isn't here.

Hell, he only had one duel against Ayu on-screen; others were off-screen.

 

He was supposed to fight Shinji, but Tsukikage will do that instead.

 

At least Tsukikage had some of his cards revealed, so he's not a total unknown.

Shinji, on the other hand, is.

 

 

[Yellow Jacket]

[spoiler=Response]

I want to see Reira too, but it doesn't help that he's a depressed little kid who's afraid of things when Reiji isn't here.

Hell, he only had one duel against Ayu on-screen; others were off-screen.

 

He was supposed to fight Shinji, but Tsukikage will do that instead.

 

At least Tsukikage had some of his cards revealed, so he's not a total unknown.

Shinji, on the other hand, is.

 

 

[spoiler=Tsukikage and Shinji]

I wonder if Tsukikage will use the current Ninjas or new ones. I'd laugh though if Shinji used Junks.

 

I just really wanted Reira to duel. For all we know he has his own equivalent of Hell Armageddon.

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler=Stuff]

He had his own class of Ninjas, so likely exclusive stuff; although wouldn't surprise me if he used the current support.

They'll be released eventually, and probably might be welcome support for them (if they don't already have enough).

 

For Shinji, we'll have to see.

 

Reira probably does have a C/C/C expy of Hell Armageddon (mind you, the card sucks in D/D's + only good for making Kali Yuga), but until he stops being reliant on Reiji, he isn't going anywhere (and we're no closer to seeing his monsters).

 

 

[Fusion X. Denver]

[spoiler=66]

Figured Gongenzaka would lose to Crow, Yuya will probably beat him in the semifinals or something.

I'm not fussed about Reira, I don't care about him nearly as much as everyone else does. If anything, I want to know more about Tsukikage, since I'm almost positive he's Dennis' Standard counterpart.

 

 

[Pchi]

[spoiler=About Reira in the tournament]

He didn't want to duel so they make Tsukikage play for him.

Sheesh, Reira; what good is you being a Lancer if you're afraid to even duel?

 

You have Reiji right there watching you, so it's not like back in 56.

 

Although I can excuse this to some extent, given Reira is too young to be riding a Duel Runner (and I am going to assume that D-Boards don't exist in this reality).

Then again, we can argue that Yugo is a bit young for a D-Wheel himself (he and Yuya are 14); Aki didn't get one until 17.

 

But yeah lack of dueling on his end is rather disappointing.

 

 

[spoiler=Response to Reira]Yuugo is 14; Reira is 10, at most. At this age group, 4 years amount to an enormous difference in terms of maturity. Not to mention they had completely different backgrounds: Yuugo had to fend for himself since a young age, for the most part, while Reira was sheltered from all potential danger his whole life by his parents' money and prestige. And we also have the size problem and the fact that he's being threatened to be sent to a freaking labour camp should he lose - imagine a traumatized child like him having to work like a dog for the rest of his young life? Why are always so hard on the boy? Geez.

 

[ENMaker]

For whatever reason the site I use uploaded episode 1 of the dub where 66 of the subs should be so I watched it. They did just remove a few things but most importantly they got rid of the thing with the 2 duelists describing what an action duel is. And Yuuya calls himself a dueltainer rather than an entertainment duelist which was a poorly conceived idea.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Well, the dub companies tend to screw up a lot of things the Japanese versions have; why they do it, I really have no idea.

Although I stopped caring about the dubs after what 4Kids did to 5Ds and other stuff, so not really bothered.

 

[spoiler=66]

Figured Gongenzaka would lose to Crow, Yuya will probably beat him in the semifinals or something.

I'm not fussed about Reira, I don't care about him nearly as much as everyone else does. If anything, I want to know more about Tsukikage, since I'm almost positive he's Dennis' Standard counterpart.

 

 

You'll probably find out more about Tsukikage next week.

Whether or not they elaborate on any backstory he might have is unknown; probably will.

[Dramatic Crossroad]

[spoiler=About Reira]I think we're all greedy in our curiosity to see more C/C & C/C/C cards and ignore some facts:

• Aside some of his duels and trying to find his brother once they were "teleported", i've rarely seen him act on his own without being pushed or intimidated by someone.
• Reiji is trying to make his brother a duel soldier and is robbing him of a proper childhood, well he is obviously treats him better than Henrietta though, but the pressure is still on.
• Being shy and timid is OK, some of us love to see character diversity so we can relate to different aspects of their persona. People being scared, it's perfectly normal for kids. 

[spoiler=4 Dimensions Mini-Rant]

I'm questioning the plot device, we barely see more than 5-6 different locations per series (Yugi traveled a lot during DM, most of GX was in the academy, and 5Ds had like 3 towns and 1 Jack episode he had to travel to hunt ancient devil god entities in Latin America) and now we have 4 different dimensions for... the sake of 4 main character variants. This really expired the future protagonist naming possibilities also makes it harder to come up with wacky main character hair (the russian dimension Yurii looks like a purple bug with antennae). Actually the things that annoys me the most is they haven't added Rin's mugshot in the ending, even though they totally revealed how she looks like a while ago...

 

 

[evilfusion]

We're greedy to see C/Cs and C/C/Cs because they keep emphasizing that Reira is supposedly awesome, but never letting us SEE it. He had one full on-screen Duel, which showed he had an...interesting theme. His next Duel was so off-screen we didn't even see what C/C/C won the Duel, we just know it was a Synchro. His third Duel showed another C/C/C as an Xyz and further hinted at how his Deck functions.

 

I don't expect Reira to be confidently initiating Duels because it's clear he's pretty traumatized. But he's starting to come off as almost literal dead weight because he doesn't do ANYTHING. It's not even him trying to do things and failing, like Sawatari or even Yuya at times.

 

He's not a very engaging character right now, which does seem to be deliberate, but it's frustrating at the same time because they've been building him up for so long with no payoff in sight. That said, the preview does make it seem like Reira runs to Yuya so...maybe some payoff is in sight?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Yeah, Reira has been literal dead weight since episode 56 when they even got into the Synchro Dimension.

I can understand he's scared due to no brother around, and the Synchro Dimension is an alien place to him, but at one point or another, he'll have to get tougher.

 

There'll be times where Reiji (or his parents) isn't going to be around to protect him, so he'll eventually have to learn to fight on his own or just be confident that Yuya and whoever else will be there to help.

 

Reiji is nicer to his brother though; Himika gives her own kid the dirty look to fight (way to be a positive role model) and Reo doesn't give a crap about his sons while he's plotting to take over all the dimensions.

 

I suppose him running to Yuya in the preview suggests that he somehow found out the fate of what happens to those who lose in this tournament, and is traumatized by that thought. (Wouldn't blame him though).

 

About Rin in the ending, I assume it's due to not have made an actual appearance besides flashbacks.

However yes, we do have an idea of what she looks like (idk, perhaps the flashbacks of her aren't what she appears to be right now).

[~British Soul~]

*sigh*... Been so busy all week and only just finished watching the subs

 

[spoiler=Thoughts on 66 Subbed]

-  "I should be the one in charge of spicing things up for the opening! Me!" Gee Sawatari, you in a hurry to lose or something? (Then again Crow was in a hurry to win, but that's irrelevant) I know it's harsh, but Sawatari hasn't been all that great since he ditched the Yosenjus.

- The Council was surprised that Gongenzaka didn't go for an action card, but ofc Reiji cleared things up for them.

- Crow entered the Friendship Cup to set an example for the three kids he took in? That's a decent enough reason for me.

- So in the preview, Tokomatsu mentions that anyone who loses in the Friendship Cup is forced to do forced labour in the city underground. That doesn't sound pleasant at all.

 - On that note, I suppose Tsukikage taking Reira's place doesn't so bad after all. I mean given Reira's character, I couldn't imagine him having to do forced labour in the city's underground should he lose.

 

 

[mshends]

[spoiler=67 Holy Crap]

So this episode just confirmed that Reira was from some war torn country.(Meaning he is not related to Reiji) In that country, you couldn't rely on anyone, basically. In order to survive, Reira threw away his "self", so that he can copy others. Reiji's mum took him in and brainwashed him into a weapon.... That's pretty dark and funk up!! 0_o