Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

[~British Soul~]

[spoiler=Thoughts on 121 RAW]

- So Sanders is also a GB user, that's cool

- That double effect trap is REALLY interesting

- Battle Beast attacking Sanders sounds weirdly satisfying for some reason.

 

 

[evilfusion]

[spoiler=Thoughts]

Holy sheet. Another episode that developed in a way I did not even consider. I knew that Jack's play would completely wreck BB, though I expected BB to survive because of either grabbing an Action Card, or Sanders grabbing an Action Card. Instead...Red Warg in the anime just really sucks. Not only does it only SS when a Red monster is Summoned (RL is Resonator), it halves its ATK (same as RL) and you can't battle that turn, period. The hell? Why?

 

Sanders' GB is extremely interesting, although it's a fusion of Test Tiger and Test Ape. Uh...does it also need to be Contact Fused, if not using Test Fusion? Also, Test Ape sucks, so while Editor is GODLY good for GBs, I don't think anyone is likely to run Test Ape and a Fusion Card (assuming no Contact Fusion necessary) for it.

 

Plot thickens a bit as Yuya realizes he's specifically being targeted by the Professor for some reason.

 

BB turning on Sanders was both incredibly satisfying and incredibly shocking. The best part was, it was already stated that BB doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, and cards everyone they beat. Sanders joining the Duel, in that sense, was a dumb thing to do. Also, there's an old adage about abusive trainers and masters eventually being turned upon by their charges. BB was reacting quite poorly to the abusive yelling that Sanders was doing, and Editor rules even wild beasts with its whip, according to Sanders. How fitting that this same treatment (the whip) is the master's undoing.

 

Next episode indicates that Sanders either demands that BB beat Yuya, or he sicks literally all his students on Jack and Yuya (specifically Yuya). It also looks like Scarright uses its effect and kills everything, including Yuya's monsters. Either Jack's remaining Trap is to neutralize Effect Damage to Yuya, or he's wiping out every other player except himself. Possibly including Yuya.

 

Seriously, I have no idea what to expect at this point.

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler=121 thoughts]

• The King has returned! Oh right, and he's pissed about Crow getting carded (I wouldn't blame him)
• Battle Beast cracks and attacks Sanders himself. (Well, Sanders kept being an jabroni about BB having feelings so of course he'd crack)
  • Oh wait, and he actually smiled after Jack burn damaged him. (TBF, he was lucky that Jack couldn't OTK him; Red Warg's attack lock is stupid in the anime)
  • Assume Sanders's LP is 0 right now.
• Sanders plays GBs as well (I guess Tamer makes sense since he technically has to keep tabs on BB). Slave/Test Fusion is pretty dumb, even if it is limited to GBs only [well, in the context of this episode; suppose it would give them some ease to access the Extra if they can't set up the field]
• Yuya only contributed 1 attack in this episode, which doesn't say a lot. Heck, Jack's the one who did all of the power plays this time. 
• We find out Yuya is specifically targeted to be eliminated; well, you at least remembered what Reiji told you. But yeah, this is a battlefield Yuya; pay attention to what's going on. If you get carded / killed (by however Leo and co. decides to deal with the matter), it's your own fault. 

 

 

 

Episode was good though, but the amount of errors in the subtitles is still bad. (Does PotOfSubs even proofread his work before uploading?)

[~British Soul~]

(Does PotOfSubs even proofread his work before uploading?)

I'm gonna say no judging from the amount of errors that were made (especially in the last two weeks). Bring back the previous subber(s) I say.

 

[spoiler=Thoughts on 121 Subbed: Twenty billion errors 2 - Electric Bugaloo edition]

[spoiler=Speedsubber errors: Quite a few]

penalth

recieved

unsighly

Gladiator Beat x2

expierenced

elimiated

unnecessary plural: Adabatae's can't be destroyed

 

 

- Jack says that even though he isn't a Lancer, he cannot deny being their comrade and that the kids told him that everyone needs his power to defeat Academia

- When BB took 1500 damage after Scarlight's eff, Sawatari wondered why he didn't take just 500, though to be fair I would as well if I forgot about Pollice Verso's effect.

- When BB smiled after surviving Jack's turn, Sanders explained that it's for that reason why he needs to give him guidance.

- Sanders explains that other than Reiji, all the other Lancers should be eliminated, and even singles out Yuya's elimination. (Which in turn, causes Yuya to remember about the Revival Zero thing)

- After BB refused to stop Yuya from getting the Action Card, Sanders reminds him that as his superior officer, his orders are absolute, and eventually BB turned on Sanders and attacked him. (Though to be fair Sanders did say; "annihilate them until not a single one remains" and since this is a battle royale, it means even him as well, so Sanders brought it upon himself with his choice of words)

 

 

[Astro Dude]

Remember, Yuya's the hero.

 

[spoiler be spoiler]

Of course he's the key to unraveling the villain's main plan.

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

We know Yuya's the main hero of this series, but what'll happen to him in the coming episodes is something we don't know yet. Can assume he and Jack will win, but is Yuya going to play a bigger role in this match, or be relegated to backstage stuff. (Though at this time, he has two low Levels out and Scales are broken, so can't really say).

 

I'm gonna say no judging from the amount of errors that were made (especially in the last two weeks). Bring back the previous subber(s) I say.

 

[spoiler=Thoughts on 121 Subbed: Twenty billion errors 2 - Electric Bugaloo edition]

[spoiler=Speedsubber errors: Quite a few]

penalth

recieved

unsighly

Gladiator Beat x2

expierenced

elimiated

unnecessary plural: Adabatae's can't be destroyed

 

 

- Jack says that even though he isn't a Lancer, he cannot deny being their comrade and that the kids told him that everyone needs his power to defeat Academia

- When BB took 1500 damage after Scarlight's eff, Sawatari wondered why he didn't take just 500, though to be fair I would as well if I forgot about Pollice Verso's effect.

- When BB smiled after surviving Jack's turn, Sanders explained that it's for that reason why he needs to give him guidance.

- Sanders explains that other than Reiji, all the other Lancers should be eliminated, and even singles out Yuya's elimination. (Which in turn, causes Yuya to remember about the Revival Zero thing)

- After BB refused to stop Yuya from getting the Action Card, Sanders reminds him that as his superior officer, his orders are absolute, and eventually BB turned on Sanders and attacked him. (Though to be fair Sanders did say; "annihilate them until not a single one remains" and since this is a battle royale, it means even him as well, so Sanders brought it upon himself with his choice of words)

 

 

 

I think a lot of us would like the old subber back, if he's still available. Takes longer, but at least looks cleaner and they actually check. I don't mind the subs being out quickly, but would be nice if PoS spell-checked. 

[~British Soul~]

I think a lot of us would like the old subber back, if he's still available. Takes longer, but at least looks cleaner and they actually check. I don't mind the subs being out quickly, but would be nice if PoS spell-checked. 

I agree, if he spell-checked, it wouldn't be bad. Though I would rather have properly checked subs that come out after a couple of days than subs that come out a few hours later with errors.

[King K. Azo]

[spoiler=Thoughts]

Holy s***. Another episode that developed in a way I did not even consider. I knew that Jack's play would completely wreck BB, though I expected BB to survive because of either grabbing an Action Card, or Sanders grabbing an Action Card. Instead...Red Warg in the anime just really sucks. Not only does it only SS when a Red monster is Summoned (RL is Resonator), it halves its ATK (same as RL) and you can't battle that turn, period. The hell? Why?

 

Sanders' GB is extremely interesting, although it's a fusion of Test Tiger and Test Ape. Uh...does it also need to be Contact Fused, if not using Test Fusion? Also, Test Ape sucks, so while Editor is GODLY good for GBs, I don't think anyone is likely to run Test Ape and a Fusion Card (assuming no Contact Fusion necessary) for it.

 

Plot thickens a bit as Yuya realizes he's specifically being targeted by the Professor for some reason.

 

BB turning on Sanders was both incredibly satisfying and incredibly shocking. The best part was, it was already stated that BB doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, and cards everyone they beat. Sanders joining the Duel, in that sense, was a dumb thing to do. Also, there's an old adage about abusive trainers and masters eventually being turned upon by their charges. BB was reacting quite poorly to the abusive yelling that Sanders was doing, and Editor rules even wild beasts with its whip, according to Sanders. How fitting that this same treatment (the whip) is the master's undoing.

 

Next episode indicates that Sanders either demands that BB beat Yuya, or he sicks literally all his students on Jack and Yuya (specifically Yuya). It also looks like Scarright uses its effect and kills everything, including Yuya's monsters. Either Jack's remaining Trap is to neutralize Effect Damage to Yuya, or he's wiping out every other player except himself. Possibly including Yuya.

 

Seriously, I have no idea what to expect at this point.

 

 

[spoiler=Actually...]

If you look, it doesn't look like Jack is using Scarright. He's using Tyrant. So it wipes everything, and there is no effect damage from it.

 

[~British Soul~]

[spoiler=Thoughts]

BB turning on Sanders was both incredibly satisfying and incredibly shocking. The best part was, it was already stated that BB doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, and cards everyone they beat. Sanders joining the Duel, in that sense, was a dumb thing to do.

 

 

[spoiler=Response]

I agree, if Sanders gets cardified, he essentially brought it upon himself by joining the duel.

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler=Stuff]

If Sanders gets carded by Battle Beast, then it's his fault for meddling in the duel and yeah, being an jabroni towards him. I won't miss Sanders, and don't think any of us will either. Some "help" he turned out to be in giving BB guidance; all he ended up doing is pissing BB off, getting a failed attack on Yuya and yeah, getting himself killed.

 

Shame we never got to see the other effects of Tamer Editor though (negate attacks and shuffle other Gladiator Beasts into the Deck for their own stuff).

 

 

[LK96]

[spoiler=123-126 Previews]

Episode 123: 栄光の機械竜 – Eikō no Kikairyū
(The Glorious Machine Dragon)

Yusho and Reiji run into each other in Academia. It is then that Yuri attacks them. In order for Yusho to be able to reach Akaba Leo, Asuka stands against Yuri. Using an “Honor Student Deck” given to selected students, Asuka faces off against the boy with the ominous smile, Yuri. She tries to convey Yusho’s “bring smiles through Dueling” ideal, but…?

 

Note from DMC3444 from NAC:

Due to the ambiguous wording of the original Japanese, it's not clear whether the user of the "Honor Student Deck" is Yuri or Asuka. I'm leaning toward Asuka for the moment, but we'll see.

 

Episode 124: 蘇る幻影騎士団 - Yomigaeru Fantomu Naitsu
(The Revived Phantom Knights)
While searching for Yuzu, who was captured by Serena, Yuya runs into Ruri. While Yuto is rejoiced that Ruri is safe, Ruri suddenly initiates a Duel!

 

Episode 125: 烈火の竜 - Rekka no Ryū
(The Blazing Dragon)
As Yuya and Yuto try to save Ruri, Serena appears before them. As according to the Doctor’s plan, the Parasite Monsters drive Yuya and Yuto into a corner. Then, something abnormal happens to Yuya!

 

Episode 126: 悪魔が生まれた日 – Akuma ga Umareta Hi
(The Day the Devil was Born)
As Yuri attempts to turn Sora into a card, Yugo appears before him and challenges Yuri to a Duel. While a fierce battle between Yuri and Yugo unfolds, Yusho, as well as Reiji and others, manage to reach Akaba Leo. Leo begins speaking about the Demon Duelist who leads the world to destruction, as well as the four dragons. What is the reason that the world is divided into four dimensions?

 

 

 

[Jord200]

[spoiler=123-126 Previews]

 

:( Well.....I guess this is goodbye to Asuka....

 

And Ruri isn't back to normal. 

 

 

 

[~British Soul~]

[spoiler=Reaction to previews]

123: RIP Alexis, though I would like to know what this "Honour Student deck" entails.

124: Revived Phantom Knights? So we'll probs see more PK stuff here.

125: So I'm guessing this is when we'll see the RATE cover card.

126: So we're finally getting the Yuri/Banana duel that the current opening was implying about. I am interested in what this Demon Duelist is though.

 

 

[Astro Dude]

[spoiler theory]

I think I figured it out. Yuya IS THE DEMON DUELIST!

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler=Preview thoughts]

123: Well, Asuka gets a proper match, but yeah it'll be one that she'll lose to Yuri. Oh well.

 

124: Nope, Ruri isn't back to normal and still crazy as hell. I suppose this means Yuto might be dueling (well, inside Yuya), but not counting on it too much.

 

125: Unlike the other two, Serena using a Fusion Monster won't be out of place because she was already a Fusion user. But yeah, expect another monster that has difficult conditions to fulfill, but requirements are moot because of Parasite. 

 

Either Yuya's Berserk Mode returns or something else; probably the former since the next episode does give a hint. 

 

126: Guess we're getting caught in the middle of a Sora vs Yuri thing, and yeah Fluffals lose. Also the proper rematch between Yugo and Yuri, since Yuzu ruined it last time. 

 

Going to assume that Yuya is the one being referred to as the devil, and the four dragons that belong to him and his counterparts. To be fair, makes sense given that thing they had in the Synchro Dimension.

 

-----

Oh right, Yuzu hasn't gotten a duel since getting OTK'd by Sergey, but at this point, I'm not really concerned about that. Watching the other three is more interesting.

 

 

[evilfusion]

[spoiler=Preview Thoughts]

123- Reiji reunites with Yusho. That could be interesting to some degree. But then Yuri shows up, which is...kind of odd, actually. Why is he attacking them at this time? We've already seen that the Professor is completely aware of Yusho and Reiji being at Academia, yet he so far really hasn't sent out a massive number of soldiers to eliminate them. Instead, he's been letting the Doctor play around with his Parasites, and Sanders do his little test simulation, and in one scene, the Professor made a comment about how Yusho was going to learn the truth soon, which suggests that the Professor WANTS Yusho to reach him. The injured entertainer is being escorted by an ex-student, but has met absolutely no resistance yet. So...is Yuri attacking on the Professor's orders or just for his own belief of what he's supposed to do?

 

For that matter, exactly how has Yuri been explaining his ridiculous lack of success lately? He was sent to Standard to capture Yuzu. He failed, but this was the first time it happened. Then he was sent to Synchro to capture Yuzu and Serena. Barrett managed to retrieve Serena, but Yuri came back empty-handed again, probably with absolutely no idea what happened, since he was Bracelet-ported in Berserk Mode.

 

And then Yuri was randomly preying on Academia traitors, and beat 6 of them, discovered Yuzu was in Fusion, but got Bracelet-ported again. I guess that's a step up from before? Meh, whatever.

 

But Asuka's going to face Yuri? With one of them using an Honor Student's Deck? I legitimately have no idea who might use it, because the whole situation seems dumb. Why with Asuka use a different Deck against Yuri, when her Ritual Deck is designed to be anti-Fusion? And why would Yuri use a different Deck when Predator Plants need more support? So I assume Asuka's going to use it. She's a goner.

 

124- Oh. Asuka vs Yuri is one episode? She's so gone it's not even funny. So...Yuya runs into Ruri? That's...interesting. Makes sense, since Yuto would recognize her. Uh...so what happened to Shun? Last I knew, Ruri and Shun were together.

 

125- And then Serena shows up. My bet is that Ruri was losing, so Serena joins the Duel. As for what happens to Yuya...no idea.

 

126- "As Yuri attempts to turn Sora into a card"...what the hell? No, seriously, when did Sora and Yuri run into each other? Last I saw, Sora was escorting Reiji and Reira, so yeah, when Yuri showed up to attack Reiji and Yusho, they would have encountered, but presumably, Sora continued with the main group while Asuka tried to hold Yuri off. So...did Yuri just catch up to them that quickly, and immediately go after Sora? Which...would make sense, but this implies either Sora and Yuri are Dueling RIGHT NOW as the rest of the episode unfolds, or Yuri isn't trying to Duel Sora at all, OR they had Yuri beat Sora off-screen, only for Yugo to interrupt.

 

My hunch is that Yuri targeted Sora specifically, since he already eliminated one "Academia traitor" (Asuka) and had had his sights on Sora since Synchro, but before they could Duel, Yugo shows up. I also suspect that Yuri vs Yugo and Yuto/Yuya vs Ruri/Serena is happening at the same time, and the abnormal happening might be related to the 4 Dragons being out simultaneously, but more distant than the previous incident. Which could segue into Akaba Leo's reveals.

 

 

[Bringerofcake]

[spoiler=preview]So is Yuto going to be exiting Yuya's body yet?

 

[Dokutah]

the one who gonna use this "Honor Student Deck" is Yuri, which apparently based on the new Ancient Gear Structure Deck.

 

https://ygorganization.com/lookmahancientgears/

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

I guess that's one way to push cards that actually exist, as opposed to throwing a bunch of new stuff at us that won't be released for a couple months. At least Asuka has a new monster, but yeah.

[~British Soul~]

Huh, so the "Honour Student Deck" is basically the new Structure Deck R coming out and Yuri is using it. Well that answers my queries then.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

I guess it makes sense, given that nearly everyone in the Academia is using Ancient Gears (despite it being copy/paste; spam Hound Dog and Fusion Summon its evolved forms). To be fair, I expected something else, but meh.

 

Think we got all of the new cards in SR03 though, so we more/less know what we can expect out of Yuri.

[Astro Dude]

[spoiler Theory]

Yuri must be the equivalent of Mephiles from Sonic '06, or a good example, Fawful. He's the manipulator and Yuya is the vessel.

 

 

[Dokutah]

[spoiler Theory]

Yuri must be the equivalent of Mephiles from Sonic '06, or a good example, Fawful. He's the manipulator and Yuya is the vessel.

 

 

the Arc V manga kinda say other ways . despite being equal, Yuya its the more important piece here since the manga tell us that the other Yu's are actually trying to protect Yuya from harm and as far as prevent Yuya remembering anything about their past (via memory wipe by Yugo). anime also shown that Yuya Berserk mode is kinda unique from the rest of the Yu's Berserk Mode, hinting the Yuya being a bit more special counterpart

[Astro Dude]

[spoiler well]

I see, well, so much for that theory. Still, was the point of the Carding to protect people from the Dueling Demon?

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

[spoiler well]

I see, well, so much for that theory. Still, was the point of the Carding to protect people from the Dueling Demon?

 

 

We don't know why the Academia is carding people (outside of it being part of the Arc Area Project). Do the Academia students do it because they really think it's a noble deed to do (as far as they are concerned) or the hunting games like some students have shown to be doing?

 

Right now, we can only say that it's for their own deeds, but if there's a hidden motive behind it, that much, we cannot say now. Maybe that episode will reveal that, if there really is something.