Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler=96]

• Just going to assume that Yuya tried to liven things up with Jack, but he yelled at him for whatever happened during his match with Crow (again, Yuya didn't intend on it, but JMR intervened).
  • Though, he also got royally pissed off when the Duel Chasers intervened (I don't blame him; I'd want my match to be between me and my designated opponent and NOT some random guys joining in)
  • Also doesn't appear that Jack was amused at what Yuya was doing earlier. (Well, he just boosted his monster's ATK and forgot that Wyvern exists; that and he's copying his dad's dueling)
  • For the bulk of this duel, all we saw of him was large amounts of rage (or at least voiced disapproval)
• Well, we get to watch the Securities get trashed on-screen by Reiji, Reira [though we didn't see how that ended; assuming he won], Sawatari, Gongenzaka, Shun and Tokumatsu; that was amusing. (It would've been cool to watch Shun kill all of them on his own, though he got multiple targets so...)
• JMR's going crazy again, but at this point, he's already beyond salvation. 
• Smile World showed up, so....
• Yuya was going to kill Wyvern but then Jack SS'd RDA-Scarlight. Yuya should've still been able to attack + destroy stuff (unless I'm missing something here). 

 

 

 

Note that I have not read the script at the time of writing; I will read them afterwards. 

[asterr259]

[spoiler=Episode]

I'm so glad that Jack called out Yuya about constantly trying to emulate his father and his style, referring to his speeches as "borrowed words". This has actually been one of Yuya's hangups for the entire series. It's a good ideal, but it's not to YUYA's true self. It's not his own ideals, it's trying to be like his father more than himself. It's Yuya using his father's catch phrases and theatrics. While he does want to use such a style, he's trying too much to be someone he's not, rather than being himself.

 

I'm glad because it means Yuya might get another taste of real character growth coming up.

 

And I'm betting the "new Paladin" is going to have something similar to a Chaos Xyz Change Summoning method - something like "You can also Synchro Summon this card using Enlightment Paladin and 1 non-Tuner by treating EP as a Tuner".

 

And it could very well be a Pendulum Synchro, since it'd be using a Pendulum (Cheermole) and a Synchro (Enlightment Paladin) as the Materials, similar to how Odd-Eyes Rebellion used a Pendulum and an Xyz.

 

But...Odd-Eyes Rebellion also was made from 2 Dimension Dragons, so it might not end up like that.

 

Also, considering how the manga seems to have Yuya and Yuto united mentally, and Yugo and Yuri split off from them, but together, it's more likely that Yuri and Yugo are going to merge in the anime rather than Yugo merging with Yuya.

 

 

 

[spoiler=response]Good points here. Especially on Yuya's new Synchro. But it could also be a Pendulum Synchro, if its reqs are say "1 Pendulum Monster treated as a Tuner + 1 Synchro" if Yuya were to get CWSD it would also be a viable target. But we'll see, seems like a 50-50 thing. His ED Pendulums will probably involve odd-eyes in some way.

 

Keep in mind (Ha...) that Yugo and Yuri are also already merged with Yuya mentally and for some reason sealed off and are choosing to stay that way. Coming back probably means Yuya remembering something they don't want him too. But I can see where you're going, and I like that idea. However personally, I think its only Yuya that can merge.

 

 

Not much to say here. Kinda ticks me off a bit when I think how this episode is suppose to be last weeks and this week's is suppose to be next weeks. Especially now that I'm on Spring Break but hey.

 

[spoiler=96]I saw this coming ever since Yuya chose not to play Smile World in his last duel, though I thought it would be more subtle with Jack having to not even tell Yuya, like a self-realization thing, but this works fine. I can understand his want to make everyone smile and get along but that seems out of place in an interdimensional war. I don't know what his answer will be, but I feel good knowing he'll more mature and true to himself for what's to come in the next dimension. Our Tomato is growing up... i cri evrytiem...

[evilfusion]

 

[spoiler=response]Good points here. Especially on Yuya's new Synchro. But it could also be a Pendulum Synchro, if its reqs are say "1 Pendulum Monster treated as a Tuner + 1 Synchro" if Yuya were to get CWSD it would also be a viable target. But we'll see, seems like a 50-50 thing. His ED Pendulums will probably involve odd-eyes in some way.

 

Keep in mind (Ha...) that Yugo and Yuri are also already merged with Yuya mentally and for some reason sealed off and are choosing to stay that way. Coming back probably means Yuya remembering something they don't want him too. But I can see where you're going, and I like that idea. However personally, I think its only Yuya that can merge.

 

 

Not much to say here. Kinda ticks me off a bit when I think how this episode is suppose to be last weeks and this week's is suppose to be next weeks. Especially now that I'm on Spring Break but hey.

 

[spoiler=96]I saw this coming ever since Yuya chose not to play Smile World in his last duel, though I thought it would be more subtle with Jack having to not even tell Yuya, like a self-realization thing, but this works fine. I can understand his want to make everyone smile and get along but that seems out of place in an interdimensional war. I don't know what his answer will be, but I feel good knowing he'll more mature and true to himself for what's to come in the next dimension. Our Tomato is growing up... i cri evrytiem...

 

 

[spoiler=Another thing]

One of the main reasons I think Yuri and Yugo might merge, other than they were Dueling when last seen, and disappeared together, is that during their synchronized berserk moment, and all chanting about becoming one, Yuri started walking TOWARDS Yugo. As if he was going to merge with Yugo, rather than both of them moving towards Yuya, which would be the more likely case if only Yuya can merge with the others.

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Well, if that ping pong tournament didn't go over schedule, we would've had 96 on time and this week would've had this new Synchro (I have a feeling it's going to be that monster on the cover of Dark Illusion). You're not the only one upset at this. 

 

[spoiler=About Yuya]

Yeah, he needs to get his own style of dueling instead of copying his father's "Entertainment Dueling". If he wants to make people smile, then do something unique to him only. In addition, understand that while Academia has retreated for the time being (well, due to Barrett being crushed and Yuri is who the hell where now [because of Yuzu]), there is still a war. Pretty sure that Leo / The Professor still has plans on taking over all dimensions, despite the small setback (and obviously JMR is still going to make last attempts at being a power freak).

 

But let's see how he matures over time. 

 

 

 

 

I'm curious... How do you people think Yuya's character will grow during the XYZ and Fusion Arcs?

 

Well, let's assume that after this match with Jack, Yuya will have realized that he has to carve his own way in Entertainment Dueling instead of piggybacking on his father (whom we still haven't gotten an on-screen appearance from, or idea of how his Deck works). We can assume that his Deck will become more diverse during those arcs, but at this stage, taking a lot of the changes with a grain of salt. 

 

[spoiler=96 Raw]

also the battle royal mode brought up interesting question, who take damage from scarlight mass nuking?

 

 

[spoiler=Response]

Well, we know that all of the other monsters on the field have under 3000 ATK, so everything is getting wiped out. As for who's taking damage, Yuya is definitely losing 1000 LP, but in terms of activation, let's assume that the opponent wording on cards applies to every opponent that Jack is facing. 

 

So yeah, Securities will be wiped out (and Yuya will be in for a lot of pain unless he can negate the resultant damage). 

 

I may be wrong about how this will trigger though, but either way, someone's in for a lot of pain.

 

 

[shadowsapex]

[spoiler=96 Raw]

also the battle royal mode brought up interesting question, who take damage from scarlight mass nuking?

 

 

 

[spoiler= ]Looking at this logically, everyone takes damage for their monsters. That'll probably be what happens, unless the writers decide they'd rather knock everyone out of the duel immediately. If they do decide to make it damage everybody for each, then Scarlight is really op in-universe against battle royales vs security.

 

[VCR_CAT]

[spoiler=Style of Dueling]

I would just like to point out that I was the one who made all the predictions about Yuya's character arc being about self-realization and finding his own style and way about things. It's also fair to note that early on in Season 1 (like first few episodes) Yuya has a flashback to when he was talking with his day, and the convo went like this:

Yuya: And then some day I can duel just like you!

Dad: No, Yuya, I don't want you to duel just like me. I want you to find your own duel!

 

 

[evilfusion]

[spoiler=Scarright Damage]

There's a possibility that either

A - Every opponent takes 500 per monster destroyed. After all, the episode ends with Yuya facing down a HUGE wall of fire, which probably wouldn't be a big deal if he was only getting smacked for 1000.

 

B - Players take damage for their own monsters, BUT the Duel Chasers count as one opponent, and while there were 5 individuals, JMR called them a 5 man Duel Chaser Team, and Jack's Trap which says to end the Battle Phase went to his turn immediately afterwards, implying that while there are 5 Duelists each having their own Decks and such, they make up a single "Player" unit with one Battle Phase, a single LP total, etc, and all their monsters are considered on "one" Field.

 

Or some combination of the two.

 

Then again, Scarright in RL burns for ALL monsters killed, even your own, so yeah...the 15 Emperors is 7500 burn.

 

 

[Timeline15]

[spoiler my 2 cents] I feel like the giant wall of fire was just because Jack nuked 6 players' worth of monsters in one move. As for Yuya, he has reason to be panicked anyway. he'll lose 1000 from the effect, so Jack can literally wipe him out immediately afterwards with his attack, assuming he doesn't focus on security.

I'm also assuming that the security are just going to be blown off the highway by Scarlight's effect, so the actual damage theytake would be immaterial. 

 

[~British Soul~]

For those that care: The subs are out.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Please tell me that they're not going down the path of XY&Z with regards to subbing...

 

[spoiler=96 thoughts]

• Remember when I said that Yuya should've still been able to destroy Scarlight with his 3900 ATK Timesword (and I didn't look at the script)? Well, now we know why. King's Synchro negates the attack, so yeah Yuya was screwed. 
• On that note, I can't blame Jack for yelling at him about his Dueling.
  • Smile World is cringe-worthy and him trying to be a mini version of his father is definitely not helping. ​Yes, he has a lot of respect for his father (despite whatever reason he ditched Yuya three years prior to the series), but he'll have to find his own path eventually (and that should've been now). Or rather, he will find it next episode.
  • Ah yes, and trying to ask Jack if he's going to do the 3-turn declaration again; that pissed him off enough that he told you to get out of his sight.
• Assuming that Yuya and the 5 Duel Chasers are considered as "1" opponent by Scarlight's effect, all of them are effectively screwed over. [7500 for all of the Goyo Emperors and 1000 for Yuya's monsters]; yeah, good luck getting out of that one (but given the next episode, he will).
  • Or even if Yuya doesn't get hit from the other 15 monster burn, Jack still has Scarlight to clock him (and I mean kill him in one shot).
• JMR's already beyond mental salvation; I already called him W2 Ghetsis (you can figure out why). 

 

 

[evilfusion]

I noticed that some of you have mentioned several times that Yuya overlooked Wyvern's effect. But he DIDN'T. Remember, the anime Red Wyvern needs the opponent to control TWO monsters with higher ATK. Yuya's strategy made a point of only letting ONE of them exceed Wyvern's ATK.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Yeah, I think we keep forgetting that anime Wyvern has that additional restraint, as opposed to OUR version that can hit anything that exceeds it without restriction (even if it's only one shot). So supposedly he has learned a little, but not without realizing Jack did have face-downs and one of them put a block in said strategy. 

[~British Soul~]

[spoiler=Thoughts on 96 Subbed]

I also forgot Red Wyvern's anime effect works if your opponent has two things bigger than it.

- Yuya managed to piss Jack off by asing if he wasn't going to do the 3-turn declaration thing to the point that Jack told him to get lost.

- When Yuya summoned Radish, the kids wondered why he didn't PS it until they saw Timesword's effect.

- To be fair, I can't blame Jack for having a go at Yuya this episode, what with the whole "inheriting my dueling from my father thing". Jack's right, Yuya needs to find his own path, speak with his own words, not words he borrowed from someone else.

 

One other thing I wanted to touch upon is that during the preview when Yuya is going for Nirvana High Paladin, Jack said "Enlightenment Paladin is not a tuner", going by the fact that generally speaking the tuner monster is used last in the summon chant, which is somewhat amusing because he's never seen Cheermole so he doesn't know if it's a tuner or not.

 

 

[Pchi]

Kaito and Asuka's re-designs finally unveiled!

 

https://ygorganization.com/kite-asska-redesign/

 

 

Asuka's uniform, as expected was changed to match Arc-V's Academia's design. Also, while Kaito might appear to remain unchanged at first sight, as noted by Org in their article: "[H]e does switch out his glove for the red Resistance scarf around this wrist." I find it a neat detail to include.

[~British Soul~]

So Kaito is part of the resistance? Cool, nice to see his outfit is more-or-less the same, and I'm not surprised Asuka's outfit is slightly different tbph. It looks alright though.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

http://moca-news.net/article/20160319/2016031910000a_/image001.html

(Larger image)

 

But yeah, not too bothered by the slight alterations in their outfits (reminder that these aren't the characters we know from the GX and ZEXAL-verses). I can't see Kaito's scarf on his arm from the pic Pchi posted, but it's a lot clearer in the linked one. 

 

Now to wonder what Asuka will be using in here. 

[The Warden]

We may get an update on the Cyber Dancers. Or, possibly, she's using Ice Counters like she did in the manga.

[JessicaMuddy]

So will the manga counterparts of the AU counterpats (if the manga goes that way) have their own new versions of monsters?

If so, that's too damn many RDAs, but I'd be interested what the manga would to with them, since the manga is slightly more free with the rules.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Right now, it doesn't appear that the manga will incorporate AU versions of Jack, Crow or whoever showed up in previous series; but still early though. But I would probably assume they'd just use the ones they have now. 

 

Then again, I don't remember if anyone posted the translation to the last chapter that got shown [probably did, but I don't remember the page it's on].

[Pchi]

What if the manga re-uses different characters from previous series than the ones in the anime version? Like, instead of Asuka and Edo, we get Manjoume and Ryou, Shou or Johann, the twins and/or Aki instead of Jack and Crow, and Shark and/or Rio (if they don't already appear in Arc-V) instead of Kaito. It's still possible they introduce the concept different dimensions eventually into the storyline or AU versions of those characters inhabiting the main universe.

[evilfusion]

I wonder whether Kaito will be using a different variant of Galaxy-Eyes, then, similar to how Jack uses a variant of RDA. Which admittedly interests me because if it's a Galaxy or a Photon, it could buff the strength of Galaxy Decks.

[Draconus297]

Well, RDA Scarlight has a physical difference from OG RDA in its broken-bone-looking right arm, which someone suggested is a nod to the fact that it tried to match punches with a boosted Junk Warrior in 5D's.

 

I don't exactly remember ZeXal, but did anything happen to GEPD to warrant a new form for it that nods at the ZeXal fanbase?

[Pchi]

I don't exactly remember ZeXal, but did anything happen to GEPD to warrant a new form for it that nods at the ZeXal fanbase?

 

I'm not the biggest ZeXal fan, but even I would find it unfair if Kaito didn't get a new ace monster (one that measures up to today's dueling standards, preferably) like Jack and Crow did.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

It's likely that Kaito will get a retrained version of Galaxy-Eyes (and by extension, alternate retrains of Neo Galaxy and Number 62) that work in this game especially with Pendulums and of course, Synchros existing; which Kaito never had to face.

[asterr259]

So? What? Galaxy Eyes Bradyon Dragon confirmed? (For the 2 people who watched Buddy Complex)

 

Asuka's redesign is sooo.... basic. Kaito's as well, but I guess I just assumed a larger change from a older character, considering Arc-V DA uniforms are a bit different. Something closer to Serena's I guess? Dress Code seems vague.

 

[spoiler=96/97 and Stuff?] 10 points for evilfusion for guessing Yuya gets a Synchro Pendulum. I was wondering when he'd get another. At this point, some clear cut answers about Yuya's Pendant would also be nice. Seems connected to 4 Dragons/Bracelets/Yu Boys, or so I thought before Enlightenment Paladin and Nirvana. Assuming the Pendent produced them. Now I can't tell when it does anymore.