evilfusion Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I like how they're building it up slowly, because it sets the pacing better. There's one main plotline (Yuya's situations) with this background plotline that isn't just happening all at once, then disappearing for 20 episodes, then reappearing. This was especially a good thing when Yuya was doing his qualification matches. Between each match, there was usually a focus episode on the secondary plotline, revealing more of what's going on that doesn't involve the main character. If it had been just 6-8 episodes of Yuya's qualification matches, it'd be dull. Also, it's constantly ambiguous so you don't really know where every character stands morally. Shun at first seems like a primary antagonist, but because of the other episodes involving him, he's more of an anti-hero, or anti-villain. Same with Yuto. And Reiji's shown many shades of being a rival, but he also gives off different vibes that we can't perfectly peg him as a good guy, bad guy, or anything else. Mystery is NOT a bad thing. It makes things more intriguing. Sora we knew had suspicious elements, but because much of his appearances has always been a good guy with slightly grating and unnerving qualities, we're still not sure how to consider him once we've seen his darker elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Faytl~ Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Watch Yugo's deck only have 3 Phantom King Hydride :V I still am kind of tolerant of Shun, but if he doesn't summon a new main deck RR next duel, I'm officially on board the Shun hate train. Yuto vs Sora should be good though, especially now that psycho Sora has been revealed... Though he looks relatively sane in the preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 One reason Sora turned psychotic last episode was because he was really excited, but he also was getting pissed off. So on one side, he was enjoying himself, but he also was pissed and wanted to crush Shun. He showed a slasher smile first when he was excited, but his truly insane facial expressions was when he was losing, but about to get the upper hand again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaMuddy Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Thing I love is that there is no absolute antagonist yet. Mystery right now is pretty good, but they won't be able to keep everything a mystery or it will just be droning on until PLOT TWIST WE TOTALLY DIDN'T SEE COMING! But I'm really liking the anime for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Faytl~ Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I dunno, it seems they're building Reiji's dad up to be the antagonist, but who knows, I might be wrong. But yes, the mystery is real. Reminds me a bit of 5ds first season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord200 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Well true, but how many times has there http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheManBehindTheMan Remember the Goodwin brothers in 5Ds? As well as the Three Tenors and Z-ONE? Or Dr. Faker and Vector? Tron and Durbe? The guy in GX who used that Reptile deck with Venom monsters or something and Yubel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Well true, but how many times has there http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheManBehindTheMan Remember the Goodwin brothers in 5Ds? As well as the Three Tenors and Z-ONE? Or Dr. Faker and Vector? Tron and Durbe? The guy in GX who used that Reptile deck with Venom monsters or something and Yubel? You mean Professor Thelonious Viper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier Alexander Romanov Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 -_- [spoiler=Episode 35] With the revelation of what Frightfur Mad Chimaera does (Ancient Gear Golem effect), the Shun-Sora duel just got stupid. All Sora had to do was declare that effect, and he would've won. Also, Yuto now has more Main Deck monsters than Shun. WTF, ARC-V writers?!? [/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greiga Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 -_- [spoiler=Episode 35] With the revelation of what Frightfur Mad Chimaera does (Ancient Gear Golem effect), the Shun-Sora duel just got stupid. All Sora had to do was declare that effect, and he would've won. Also, Yuto now has more Main Deck monsters than Shun. WTF, ARC-V writers?!? [/spoiler] Where did you watch 35? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Where did you watch 35? There isn't a link for it yet, but since we have effects of Mad Chimera and the new cards on the wikia that's how he came to that conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallohallo Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 http://www.animeskull.com/yu-gi-oh-arc-v-episode-35/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinny Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 There isn't a link for it yet, but since we have effects of Mad Chimera and the new cards on the wikia that's how he came to that conclusion. Wat? This was on here b4 you said that, http://www.gogoanime.com/yu-gi-oh-arc-v-episode-35, but there isnt a sub yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Wat? This was on here b4 you said that, http://www.gogoanime.com/yu-gi-oh-arc-v-episode-35, but there isnt a sub yet. If that was the case then I wouldn't have needed to have posted the content that you quoted. Although the episode length is the same as the length in the link Rewas514 posted 3 hours prior to your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 [spoiler=35] Sora continues to be psycho against an Xyz user. Yuya and Yuto are actually in the same space together (probably because Yuzu isn't around with her bracelet) Yuto got ACTUAL Main Deck monsters this episode, as opposed to Shun who got bland after round 2. Sora punches out two guys in the infirmary; yeah he really wants to defeat every Xyz user in his way. Yuya intervenes after watching the match, despite witnessing Sora's behavior. [/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 WAY too much dialogue to really understand everything this time around, but a very interesting episode. I'm not sure Mad Chimera actually stops S/Ts for the Battle Phase, despite what Wiki says. That'd open up a ridiculous plot hole that'd imply Sora's a complete moron. I'd expect it to have the same effect of Sheep, in that it stops S/Ts for the battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Βyakuya Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Only logical reason I can think of for Sora not using the effect is that he was so caught up in arrogance that he blew over caution and original strategy. Like a lot of DN players. But other than that, that is a huge plothole that the writers didn't even have to consider when they wrote in the clause on the text. You had one job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord200 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Given its Sora, and how he was in his previous duel, I'm guessing her just was too distracted by his rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 There really can't be any justification along the lines of "Sora was too cocky", because just the previous turn, he had Summoned Chain Sheep specifically to prevent Shun from countering his plays. If Mad Chimera had a BETTER version of that effect, plus an effect that'd literally win the Duel right there, failing to do so is so ridiculously stupid that I'm insisting it's a text error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Finally got around to watching the episode. Didn't have the time to watch it yesterday, and I didn't want to watch the episode via the links provided earlier on this page if I was able to find a full version elsewhere. [spoiler=Thoughts on 35 RAW] - From the preview of this episode, I initially thought the Rank 3 was Yuto's spell monster for some reason. - When the duel started, Yuto was referred to as Ute, hmm... - I'm glad Yuto actually has more than one main deck monster unlike the blandness that is Shun. - Sora effortlessly knocking out those two blokes upon exiting the infirmary; Yeah he wasn't gonna let anyone get in his way from chasing Yuto. - Sora and Yuya were surprised when Yuto declared an attack after using DRXD's effect. - There's quite a bit of dialogue that most if not all of us can't wait for the subs to materialise so that we can understand it. [/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 They were obviously surprised that he didn't use both of Dark Rebellion's Overlay Units, because that would win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Βyakuya Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 They were obviously surprised that he didn't use both of Dark Rebellion's Overlay Units, because that would win. I never really had though that Dark Rebellion could kill during that turn even if he detached both materials, but doing the Math, if Yuto actually detached both, he'd deal -4600 and win. But Yuya and Sora don't know that Dark Rebellion does not work once per turn so...unless there's a good reason why Yuto wouldn't finish off Sora immediately, that's just another big plot hole writing error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinny Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I never really had though that Dark Rebellion could kill during that turn even if he detached both materials, but doing the Math, if Yuto actually detached both, he'd deal -4600 and win. But Yuya and Sora don't know that Dark Rebellion does not work once per turn so...unless there's a good reason why Yuto wouldn't finish off Sora immediately, that's just another big plot hole writing error. Plot Twist: Yuto knows Sora's entire deck and the freaky looking card he sent to the grave for tomahawk actually destroys the attacking monster that would deal the finishing blow and deal its attack as damage to yuto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I don't quite consider it a plot hole, because it's a logical move in-character. Sora had a card Set at the time, so Yuto might not have wanted to risk having his move countered. Against Sawatari, Yuto already had a card in the Graveyard to counter a possible Trap. It's like in Kaito's last Duel with Mizael, if he had used Overlay Booster on Prime Photon, he'd have dealt 4300 damage. But he probably chose not to because it'd be a major risk to use up all your trump cards in a single push. A plot hole is when there is no excuse for this. Mad Chimera will be a plot hole if it actually works the way it's translated to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier Alexander Romanov Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Then again, the anime has been known to do some pretty stupid things, like the Team Unicorn duel, where Yusei's opponent could've won if he had just passed his turn, instead of attacking, or when Axel dueled The Supreme King, where the damage was miscalculated so The Supreme King could've won with 50 LP left, but would've lost long beforehand if the LP had been calculated correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinny Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Then again, the anime has been known to do some pretty stupid things, like the Team Unicorn duel, where Yusei's opponent could've won if he had just passed his turn, instead of attacking, or when Axel dueled The Supreme King, where the damage was miscalculated so The Supreme King could've won with 50 LP left, but would've lost long beforehand if the LP had been calculated correctly. That situation was kinda different since they were befriending each other in a weird way... I dont know..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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