~Faytl~ Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 [spoiler=Thoughts] I was hoping Reiji would use his Pendulum Monsters for Fusion and stuffz. THough it is nice to note that neither of his monsters are Fusion Pendulum or Pendulum Xyz like Odd-Eyes Rebellion; Yuya still has that all to himself, his evolution of Pendulum is all natural, Reiji's is all scientific. Yuya lost... I am very glad, actually, I support main characters taking a loss every once in a while. Judai's losses in GX were some of the most redeeming episodes for the series when I watched it (I don't care for GX), and Yugi's first duel w/ Rafael is my favorite in that series and maybe the franchise. Yuma lost a lot initially so his losing wasn't such a big deal for the character, and Yusei, much as I love him, could have used a few losses, ESPECIALLY against Team Unicorn. THis is a good character moment for Yuya, and I'm interested to see where it leads. Not much else to comment on till subs, since this episode is pretty dialogue heavy. Duel was great, though. [/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Jacket Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Just throwing my head out here. If ARC V was to be given a rating by you, out of 10 what would you give it now that we have passed the 50 episodes mark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Faytl~ Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Just throwing my head out here. If ARC V was to be given a rating by you, out of 10 what would you give it now that we have passed the 50 episodes mark? 8. It has by far the widest variety of decks and strategies of all the series (barring the Obelisk Force), and manages to integrate all the summoning methods pretty equally (barring Ritual), and even incorporates it as part of the PLOT, leading to varied and exciting duels. Couple it with very good characters and clear motivations and high stakes, and it's shaping up to be a real good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord200 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'm sure since it seems Mieru is kind of sticking around, we'll see more Ritual soon. Heck, maybe Yuuko uses Ritual. I would imagine given what she used to be, she probably would have access to some strong cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Faytl~ Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'm sure since it seems Mieru is kind of sticking around, we'll see more Ritual soon. Heck, maybe Yuuko uses Ritual. I would imagine given what she used to be, she probably would have access to some strong cards. I dunno; Mieru isn't a Lancer, and given her complete lack of presence in the opening I doubt she'll be made one. Kind of makes me wonder again why she's there... There's really no reason for her to be present right now. Also: Reiji knew all along what happened to Yuzu. What a prick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshends Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 [spoiler=script 51] Last time’s Egao Count: 29GONGENZAKA: When Yuuya learned that the Battle Royale was a test to select Lancers, the Duel Soldiers who would fight against Academia, he challenged Akaba Reiji to a Duel, as if to vent his anger.Yuuya: Let’s do it then! On behalf of Yuzu and my friends who were turned into cards, I will make you repent! You’re finished! Get him! Beast-Eyes! Hell Dive Burst!GONGENZAKA: What?Reiji: The Lancers are a combat unit destined to fight against Academia. If you can’t control your emotions in a real battle, It will cost you your life! Remember that!Yuuya: I’m not planning to become a Lancer!Reiji: So you don’t want to save Hiiragi Yuzu?Yuuya: Huh?GONGENZAKA: What?Yuuya: Yuzu is still alive? (Opening Sequence)Yuuya: Yuzu is still alive?Serena: She was captured by the Obelisk Force? You saw what happened, didn’t you?Nakajima: Are those Fuuma Ninjas even doing their jobs? It’s the President’s order! We can’t let the Academia capture Serena!Reiji: No. That’s not Serena.Nakajima: Eh?Reiji: I can tell from her movements. That’s Hiiragi Yuzu. I don’t know why, but it seems like they had exchanged clothes and switched places with one another.Nakajima: What the? That’s… the Duelist from the Synchro Dimension!?Reiji: Hmm?Nakajima: They disappeared?Reiji: Obviously, Hiiragi Yuzu wasn’t turned into a card. She probably wasn’t captured by Academia, either. However, he doesn’t need to know that right now…Reiji: If you want to defeat Academia and save Hiiragi Yuzu, You have to surpass me first!Himika: Reiji-san is still planning to make Sakaki Yuuya a Lancer, Even though he is clearly against it?Nakajima: He’s the creator of Pendulum Summoning. He will be an important asset for our battle against Academia.Himika: Even though he’s no longer the only one who can Pendulum Summon…Reiji: It’s my turn! Draw! Using the Scale-1 D/D Magical Astronomer Galilei and the Scale-10 D/D Magical Astronomer Kepler, I set the Pendulum Scale. With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters from Level-2 to 9!GONGENZAKA: Here it comes! Akaba Reiji’s Pendulum Summon!Reiji: Immense power that shakes my very soul, Reside within me and become the new power that rends the darkness! Pendulum Summon! Come forth! Supreme deity who brings down judgment during the Götterdämmerung! D/D/D Abyss Ragnarok the Complete Oblivion Overlord!' (Götterdämmerung: It’s German for “Twilight of the Gods,” for those of you who don’t know.)Reiji: When this card is successfully Special Summoned, I can Special Summon a D/D/D monster from my graveyard. Be reborn! D/D/D Caesar the Wave Overlord!Yuuya: Abyss Ragnarok’s ATK is 2200. Caesar’s ATK is 2400. Even if he has two D/D/D monsters side by side, He still doesn’t have the strength to beat my dragons.Reiji: I Normal Summon D/D Necro Slime from my hand! Then, I activate Abyss Ragnarok’s effect! By releasing D/D Necro Slime, I can banish a monster on my opponent’s field. I banish Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!Yuuya: What?Yuuya: Damn it!GONGENZAKA: However, Beast-Eyes is still on the field!Reiji: I activate the effect of D/D Necro Slime from the graveyard! By banishing this card, I can Fusion Summon a D/D/D monster!Mieru: Ehh?GONGENZAKA: Akaba Reiji can also…Yuuya: Perform a Pendulum Fusion.Reiji: I fuse Abyss Ragnarok the Complete Oblivion Overlord, And Caesar the Wave Overlord together! Overthrow the old gods, And make way for the new world with the force of the raging waves! Fusion Summon! Show yourself! Most powerful and tyrannical of the gods! D/D/D Caesar Ragnarok the Wave Complete Oblivion Overlord! (Jesus, that’s a mouthful to say)Yuuya: 3200 ATK?Reiji: At this moment, I activate the effect of Caesar the Wave Overlord, which has been sent to the graveyard as a Fusion Material! I can add a Covenant card from my deck to my hand! Battle! I attack Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Caesar Ragnarok the Wave Complete Oblivion Overlord! The End of Judgment!Yuuya: Beast-Eyes!GONGENZAKA: First Rune-Eyes, And now, the other Fusion Dragon, too.Mieru: Darling’s field is empty now!Reiji: Is this the best you can do?Yuuya: What are you talking about?Reiji: Surely, this can’t be the true extent of your abilities! I’m still only just warming up, just so you know. How pitiful. I set two cards facedown and end my turn! Now then, it’s your turn. If you want to make me use everything I’ve got, Then you have to be ruthless, and go all out against me!Yuuya: Is it true that Yuzu was captured by Academia? You know, don’t you? Answer me!Reiji: In that case, you have to defeat me.Yuuya: What?Reiji: Didn’t you say that you were going to make me repent? I’m sure that as long as Hiiragi Yuzu’s safety is guaranteed, you wouldn’t care about all your other friends who were turned into cards… right?Yuuya: AAAAAAAHHHH!Mieru: Darling!GONGENZAKA: Yuuya! Why? Why is Akaba Reiji trying so hard to provoke Yuuya?Yuuya: It’s my turn! Swing once again! Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Be reborn once more from the Extra Deck! Stargazer Magician! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Then, I Normal Summon Entermate Pendulum Magician from my hand! Creation Magician’s Pendulum Effect! Once per turn, I can make the targeted monster’s Level equal to the Level of another monster! I’ll make Star Gazer’s Level equal to Pendulum Magician’s Level 4!Serena: Now he has two Level 4 monsters!Yuuya: I Overlay the Level 4 Stargazer Magician and Entermate Pendulum Magician! Raise your fangs of rebellion formed from the pitch-black darkness and fight against the foolish oppression! Descend now! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!Kurosaki: Yuuto’s Dragon?Reiji: All right.Yuuya: I activate Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon’s effect! By detaching an Overlay Unit, until the end of this turn I can halve the ATK of Caesar Ragnarok, And then add that amount to Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon’s ATK! Treason Discharge! I’ll detach another Overlay Unit!GONGENZAKA: Yuuya…Yuuya: Treason Discharge!GONGENZAKA: The difference between their ATKs is 4100!Mieru: He’ll definitely win this time!Yuuya: Battle! I attack Caesar Ragnarok with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Rebellious Lightning Disobey!Reiji: I activate Caesar Ragnarok’s effect! By returning D/D Magical Astronomer Kepler to my hand, I can equip a monster on my opponent’s field to Caesar Ragnarok, And add its ATK to Caesar’s ATK! I shall equip Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon to Caesar!Yuuya: Odd-Eyes!Yuuya: I set one card facedown and end my turn! Dark Rebellion’s effect also ends, and its ATK returns to normal.Reiji: Well done.Yuuya: What?Reiji: Once again, you have showed me how much you have evolved beyond Pendulum Summoning.Reiji: If your Pendulum Fusion was born from Hiiragi Yuzu’s bond with you, then just from whose bond did your Pendulum Xyz come from?Kurosaki & Yuuya: Huh?Reiji: Well, whatever. I’m sure we’ll find out eventually. It’s my turn next! (Card game commercial. Brb)Reiji: It’s my turn! Due to the Pendulum Effect of the already set D/D Magical Astronomer Galilei, Its Scale will increase from 1 to 3. Using the Scale-10 D/D Magical Astronomer Kepler that was returned to my hand, I set the Pendulum Scale once again! With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters from Level 4 to 9! Immense power that shakes my very soul, Reside within me once again, and become the new power that rends the darkness! Pendulum Summon! Be reborn! D/D/D Abyss Ragnarok the Complete Oblivion Overlord! And then, from my hand, D/D/D Hell Armageddon the Cruel End Overlord!GONGENZAKA: That’s…!Mieru: Huh?GONGENZAKA: He used it in their last battle, too, Because of that monster, Yuuya was pushed to the edge…Yuuya: I activate the Trap Card, Misdirection Wing! Until the end of the turn, It will negate the effects and activations of the Monsters, Spells, and Traps on my opponent’s field, and increases the ATK of one of my monsters by 800!Mieru: Dark Rebellion’s ATK is now higher than Hell Armageddon’s!GONGENZAKA: And he even sealed off his opponent’s facedown cards!Reiji: Let’s push him closer to the edge, shall we? I Overlay the Level 8 Abyss Ragnarok the Complete Oblivion Overlord, And Hell Armageddon the Cruel End Overlord!Kurosaki: What?GONGENZAKA: Reiji can also go from Pendulum…Mieru: to Xyz?Reiji: When two suns rise, The path to the new world shall be opened! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 8! D/D/D Kali Yuga the Twin Dawn Overlord! (Kali Yuga: A term that originated in India. Generally speaking, it refers to a Dark Age, where humans become dickish to one another, and so on.)Yuuya: 3500 ATK?Reiji: When this card is successfully Special Summoned, until the end of the turn, It will negate the effects of every card besides itself!Yuuya: What?Mieru: Dark Rebellion’s ATK is now back to normal!Reiji: Battle! I attack Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon with Kali Yuga the Twin Dawn Overlord! Twin Break Shot!GONGENZAKA: Yuuya!Mieru: Darling!Reiji: I’ll end my turn here. What’s wrong? Is that all you’ve got? How are you planning to make me repent with your pitiful skill?Reiji: Well? You don’t want me to repent my deeds, then?GONGENZAKA: I can’t just stand around and watch anymore!Mieru: I shall assist you, then!Yuuya: Stay out of this!Yuuya: This is my Duel. As well as Yuzu’s, and Yuuto’s!Kurosaki: Yuuto!?Yuuya: I will save Yuzu, no matter what it takes!Mieru: Darling…GONGENZAKA: Yuuya…Yuuya: And…I have to keep my promise with Yuuto!Yuuto: Egao.wav (Translation omitted, due to repetition) (Egao Count: 29+1=30)Yuuya: That’s why I can’t lose against the likes of you! The people who made us fight without asking us for permission… The people who use Dueling to hurt others… I will defeat all of them! It’s my turn! I will beat you! Using the card that Yuuto entrusted to me! When there are no monsters on my field, I can activate the Spell Card, Shuffle Reborn, from my hand! I can Special Summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon with its effect negated!Mieru: It’s back!GONGENZAKA: All right!Yuuya: Then, due to the effect of Shuffle Reborn, I return Entermate Trump Witch to my deck, And then draw a card! Here it is! Using the Scale-3 Destruction Magician, and the already set Scale-8 Creation Magician, I set the Pendulum Scale! With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters from Level 4 to 7! Swing! Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Be reborn once again! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Then, I activate the Pendulum Effect of Destruction Magician! Once per turn, I can grant the targeted Xyz Monster a Level equal to its Rank. I’ll convert Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon from Rank 4 to Level 4!Kurosaki: Granting a Level to an Xyz monster?Yuuya: Creation Magician’s Pendulum Effect! Once per turn, I can make the targeted monster’s Level equal to the Level of another monster! I’ll make Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon’s Level equal to Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon’s Level 7!Serena: With this…!Kurosaki: He has two Level 7 monsters!Reiji: It’s coming, huh?Yuuya: I Overlay the Level 7 Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Dragon with dual-colored eyes! Shake your wrathful black scale… And annihilate the enemies that oppose you! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 7! Dragon with glowing eyes of rage. The Supreme King Black Dragon, Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon!Reiji: Ahahahaha… Here it is. This is what I wanted to see!Yuuya: I activate the effect of the Trap Card, Misdirection Wing, from my graveyard! By banishing this card, Destruction Magician, and Creation Magician, I can increase Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon’s ATK by 800! Furthermore, until the end of the turn, the effects of your monsters are negated, and you can’t activate your facedown cards, either!Reiji: I activate the effect of Kali Yuga the Twin Dawn Overlord! This card’s effect cannot be negated by the effects of other cards!Yuuya: That won’t help you! Even if you do that, Kali Yuga’s ATK is 3500, while Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon’s is 3800! And the activation of your facedown cards will still be negated! Battle! Go! Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon! Revolutionary Wrath! Strike Disobey! (Trivia no one cares about: The full name of OERD’s attack in Japanese is Hanki no Gekirin, Strike Disobey. If it is translated literally, it would be something like this: “Imperial Wrath of the Banner of Revolution! Strike Disobey!” Which is a mouthful to say.)Reiji: I activate the effect of Kali Yuga! By detaching an Overlay Unit, it can destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field! Then, I detach the remaining Overlay Unit, and return the destroyed cards back to their original positions! Misdirection Wing’s effect only affects the cards that were on the field when it was activated. Therefore, I can activate my cards without any problem! Trap, activate! Covenant with the Seal Mistake! It can negate the effect of a currently active Trap Card! I negate the effect of Misdirection Wing! Then, I activate another Trap, Re-contract Covenant! I can now use the effect of the negated Misdirection Wing!Yuuya: Say what?Reiji: Using the effect of Misdirection Wing, I increase the ATK of Kali Yuga the Twin Dawn Overlord by 800! The battle phase is still ongoing! Now then, Kali Yuga! Strike back at Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon!Yuuya: AAAAAAHHHHHHH!Mieru: No way…GONGENZAKA: Yuuya…Reiji: As I thought, you can’t control your emotions. You won’t be able to save Hiiragi Yuzu if you stay that way!Reiji: However, you still have potential. That applies to those of you who survived the Battle Royale, as well. Since you guys have learned Pendulum Summoning, Your power would surpass even that of LDS’ current Top Team. That’s why I decided to choose you guys to be Lancers, Who shall accompany me when we travel across the dimensions!GONGENZAKA: Travel across the dimensions?Reiji: Did you record the data of the Duel?Nakajima: We recorded all of it, Sir. I see. Good job.Yuuya: I can’t stay like this forever, I will become much stronger than I am right now! I will definitely save Yuzu! YUZUUUUUUUUUUUUU! Current Egao Count: 30 (Preview for Episode 52)Yuuya: I will save Yuzu, no matter what it takes! As a member of the Lancers, I’ll have to become stronger than I am now, And take down my enemies! Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The Legendary Grandmaster Returns! The fun has just begun! [/spoiler] (All Thank to DMC3444 In NAC for the script) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshends Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 This is very useful, Subs take at least two days to come out, but this way people like me who don't want to watch the RAW and then the subs can watch the raw and still understand the dialogue, without having to rely on context and hope to understand enough. Glad the script help, will be posting the script in here every week once DMC3444 has finish making them (usually he releases the script around11pm US time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord200 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 She mght be a Lancer, or she might not. Or she could be a morality pet for Yuya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'll probs won't read the scripts for the most part and stick to my routine of watching the subs when they come out, but to each their own I guess. As for Mieru, I reckon after the next episode, that'll be the last we'll see of her for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord200 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'll probs won't read the scripts for the most part and stick to my routine of watching the subs when they come out, but to each their own I guess. As for Mieru, I reckon after the next episode, that'll be the last we'll see of her for a while. Because I can't find a clip of the one where Bender bent his spine, and he says "I'm sad now." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7erl9k01C2M Eh, I knew she wouldn't be going to the Synchro Dimension, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Because I can't find a clip of the one where Bender bent his spine, and he says "I'm sad now." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7erl9k01C2M Eh, I knew she wouldn't be going to the Synchro Dimension, but still. To be fair though, I do agree with Faytality, I don't know why she's still there tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 I still have faith that Rituals could come out to eventually be plot relevant in some way. I think Meiru's presence is something similar to a Chekov's gun. We know she's weak as a duelist compared to the current team, but outside of that she can see things that no other character can like Yuya's "souls" and tons of things ranging from mundane to important that she somehow gets from her fortune readings. She definitely has something going on. Then there's how the one member that can see things like that is the one and only character that does Rituals. I think they are just sealed away from the rest of reality for the mean time, or something like that until they get to play a role. I also think this because I still don't think the name Arc V would come just from it being the 5th Yugioh generation. It'd probably make more sense to have a 4 in there from the way the plot has moved up until now. Besides, Rituals might not have ever been too splashable, conventional, relevant, or abundant, but they still have their own card color, so just for the fact they ever existed, they need more of a homage than just a comic relief filler-ish character using one of them. I believe that if the show maybe could have the plan of ever using Rituals in the plot, they'd be acknowledging their existence in some subtle way before that happened, so that when the time comes they are not just an ass-pull that only long-time followers of Yugioh understand. That would be Meiru's presence IMO. She can for now go away though, since the current focus will clearly be the Synchro dimension, in the same way Sora is also not really gonna be around from the looks of it. "For now" because they'll definitely be back on Standard down the road, possibly a few times over since it'd be their center of operations as a team. What do you people think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 They probably won't use Nekroz in the ARC-V universe. If they did, I would expect them to use more subpar builds than what Black and others use here. Anyway... [spoiler=51] Shun FINALLY sees Odd-Eyes Rebellion and even he's surprised that Yuya was capable of doing something like this. Reiji gets new Extra Deck; one of which I will have serious doubts about Konami's design process if ever released [as-is]. No Action Cards used; but just with the Heartland Field Spell. Reiji's cards were basically cheap this time; negate the opponent's cards and then copy them for his own, Feather Duster the opponent and reset things with negation. Yuya finds out Yuzu is alive; although we technically knew that since 47. Good episode though. [/spoiler] As for Mieru, yeah she's not really relevant to the plot now, but at the most, probably comic relief and stuff. Hopefully we see Reira's cards in more detail; but since he is a Lancer, probably will. Too bad that Sakuragi guy bailed out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord200 Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 I still have faith that Rituals could come out to eventually be plot relevant in some way. I think Meiru's presence is something similar to a Chekov's gun. We know she's weak as a duelist compared to the current team, but outside of that she can see things that no other character can like Yuya's "souls" and tons of things ranging from mundane to important that she somehow gets from her fortune readings. She definitely has something going on. Then there's how the one member that can see things like that is the one and only character that does Rituals. I think they are just sealed away from the rest of reality for the mean time, or something like that until they get to play a role. I also think this because I still don't think the name Arc V would come just from it being the 5th Yugioh generation. It'd probably make more sense to have a 4 in there from the way the plot has moved up until now. Besides, Rituals might not have ever been too splashable, conventional, relevant, or abundant, but they still have their own card color, so just for the fact they ever existed, they need more of a homage than just a comic relief filler-ish character using one of them. I believe that if the show maybe could have the plan of ever using Rituals in the plot, they'd be acknowledging their existence in some subtle way before that happened, so that when the time comes they are not just an ass-pull that only long-time followers of Yugioh understand. That would be Meiru's presence IMO. She can for now go away though, since the current focus will clearly be the Synchro dimension, in the same way Sora is also not really gonna be around from the looks of it. "For now" because they'll definitely be back on Standard down the road, possibly a few times over since it'd be their center of operations as a team. What do you people think? I was going to say that makes her essentially the Rise Kujikawa/Fuuka Yamagishi of Yugioh, but you pretty much put every thought I could have wanted to say about Mieru and Rituals for me, and that is much better than some cheesy Persona reference. It was perfect. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallohallo Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Wow, subs are up already?Oh, it wasn't subbed by Monosubs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Too bad that Sakuragi guy bailed out though. Was he the Xyz guy who survived the Obelisk Force because of Yugo intervening? Because I'm pretty sure that was the point. He got all miffed when Shun was dismissive of the Youth Class, and was confident up to the point when he realized just how deep over their heads they were when it came to Dueling Academia and other powerful other-dimension opponents. Not just in skill/power, but in the stakes of the Duel. I imagine it's akin to a rookie soldier seeing the battlefield. Stories aren't enough. Once you realize the sheer scope of horror and fear that you're not ready for, your morale collapses. He only survived by lucky intervention, and was going to lose as well. He even shouted something as he fled about how he wasn't prepared for that sort of thing. As a Duelist who played for tournaments and glory, realizing you put your very life at risk when playing a card game would be horrifying. Even a professional sports player would probably freak out when he realizes that losing a sports game would cost you your life. So that one preview said that the Championship is going to be officially cancelled, which I think is a good move, both in-universe and writing. There's like 6-8 finalists left, only one surviving Youth Duelist (who's probably traumatized and would be embarrassed as hell to take part in any sort of ceremony if LDS tried to cover up the fact that the other finalists are technically dead, especially since said Duelist didn't WIN the Duel that eliminated the others), and the Junior class tournament's over. There's nothing further to gain to continue the Junior Youth bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 It gets really exciting when I watch a Duel that isn't one side beating the other to near-submission and then having the tables turned on them. This Duel's been a game of Yuya and Reiji repeatedly trying to outplay each other, mostly with previously-seen resources (and a few others). One of the best pair of eps I've seen so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 As an unknowing part of the audience, I'd be pretty pissed by all the issues this event had. "Technical difficulties" that were permanent and unexplained to them. How the change in scenery throughout the city made it enough of a hazard to go out there that they rather distributed blankets instead of allowing people to leave the place before the event, because the improvised battle royale rules make it pointless to stay at the stadium as opposed to watching it from some TV broadcast like Meiru was originally doing, and said rules were in effect immediately so the audience didn't even have time to leave, and freaking 24 hours..... that's too long to just stay put on your seat. Then it all boils down to the event being cancelled and some members gone missing, because we can assume friends and family of many of these participants were in the audience... Of course we as the episode watchers know all the stuff that's going on, but the in-universe audience of the tournament should find this unacceptable. I can't expect that to not have some consequence here unless Reiji decides he's gonna confess about the thread in a way that would make people actually believe it. As for the duel, now I understand why Reiji made that face when he was about to lose last episode. It meant for us to see he was actually having a hard time against Yuya, and solidify to us that his provocations to Yuya were just that, and he isn't actually that high above Yuya's level. That is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkerer Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Reiji! Y u no tell Yuya about Yuzu? No, seriously, why didn't he tell him. Like, after the duel at least? I didn't really get his reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Βyakuya Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Reiji! Y u no tell Yuya about Yuzu? No, seriously, why didn't he tell him. Like, after the duel at least? I didn't really get his reason... Because Reiji purposely omitted that fact to gauge Yuya's emotions into how well he'd duel. Reiji's ultimate goal was to recruit Yuya into the Lancers because he was the first one to wield Pendulums. Reiji also analyzed the immense amount of evolution that has occurred with Yuya when Yuya used Pendulum Fusion and Pendulum Xyz, notably by his bonds with Yuzu and Yuto, who both had major resolve. I believe Reiji wanted to have Yuya demonstrate all his might from what he learned from bonding to carry on those wishes, in order to save potential future victims by joining the Lancers. So pretty much it was a test to see if Yuya can overcome Yuzu's death and take in strength. But we all know that Reiji knew everything that happened. Yuya's loss was in part due to becoming to caught up in his emotions and being unable to win against Reiji. Though Yuya didn't want him and his friends feel like puppets, it's a big turning point for Yuya to realize he can't beat Reiji because Reiji was more prepared with more outs against Yuya while Yuya's demands for repentance were truly shallow. In short, it was all a test by Reiji to see if Yuya was going to be a mature and powerful Lancer, yet Yuya was too traumatized by rage and trauma and EGAO that he misinterpreted Reiji's proposal and fought under blind justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I really like how much they're developing the main character in this series so far. [spoiler=Character Development Summary] We started off with Yuya being purposefully goofy to cope with his father's disappearance and the bullying that followed. He rarely Dueled seriously, so he had an unimpressive win rate, despite his goal to be a pro one day. After discovering Pendulums, he trained to understand a mechanic that no one else had, and finally understood it solidly and relished the fact it was exclusive to him. Not boastfully, but...yeah. Then he fought Reiji, who could use all the Summon methods, and could also create his own Pendulums, although they were inferior to Yuya's originals. This caused Yuya to have a complete breakdown as he simply couldn't comprehend why Pendulums weren't exclusively his. He also was more intent to figure out how Pendulums could evolve, due to Reiji's comments. So he pushed himself to enter the Tournament, ultimately managing to discover Pendulum Fusion in the process. He's starting to become more confident and serious when Dueling, but still emphasizes on audience enjoyment. When Sawatari reveals that he has Pendulums as well, and swiftly backs Yuya into a corner, Yuya accepts this gracefully, a drastic change from when Reiji used Pendulums, and despite being on the edge of loss, he manages to keep the show going, earning Sawatari's respect. This is when things hit a snag, as he discovers after this that there are Duelists who use Dueling as a tool for destruction and hatred, and becomes extremely agitated when seeing people trying to hurt one another via Duels (Sora v Shun). He stubbornly and almost petulantly argues this viewpoint for several episodes, but isn't able to change anything. That's when he receives Dark Rebellion, and following that, witnesses MORE people using Dueling in unnecessarily aggressive ways, but resolves to fight his own way, to show his way is better. Sadly, this results in him doing the exact opposite, his finishing move involving absolutely no emotion and an alarmingly direct finishing play, with no theatrics at all. This event upsets him for some time, and he again resolves not to fight that way any more, and this turmoil continues to be a struggle. And then Berserk Yuya happens. That was terrifyingly awesome. And we discover he has his soul merged with Yuto and something more sinister. While this Berserk power dwells beneath the surface, he has successfully repelled it from taking over before Dueling Sora and during the Duel with Reiji. When he fights Sora, he urges on the mindset of Duels being for fun, but he is more articulate with his point (or better at demonstrating it in his own Duels), but probably didn't really get Sora to agree or change his course. And then he discovers his closest friend might be a card. He gets righteously defiant, but losing to Reiji is probably going to spark the next stage of his character development. While he has Fusion and Xyz Pendulum strategies, he's not yet strong enough to beat Reiji, who has mastered all the forms of Summoning and can do Yuya's variant tactics just as skillfully (although he doesn't have a literal Xyz-Pendulum). [/spoiler] I love the writing in this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Progenitor Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Wow there were a lot of things wrong with this episode. That D/D/D Fusion is ridiculous. You bounce back a face-up spell to snatch steal and promptly armory arm and opponent's monster during their turn. AND IT HAS 3200 ATK. Unban Snatch Steal again cuz it pales in comparison. Pretty sure Yuya's card said "Your opponent cannot activate Cards or Effects until the end phase," so how the fuck did Reji use his Xyz monster's effect? Unless that card said currently on the field, in which case Yuya is a freaking idiot for not waiting til either the damage step or til after Reji made something. That topdeck with Shuffle Reborn was Zexal Levels of stupid. Whatever. I'm used to it by now. Pretty sure Odd-eyes Rebellion can nuke the field and burn for 1000. Reji had nothing to sop that. So you know......that would have been game.....The only out I can think of is if Shuffle Reborn negates all monster effects til you end phase, in which case that card actually isn't that great at all. Lol Reji way to blatantly cheat. Trap cards must wait a turn before they can be activated when set, even during the opponent's turn. I don't care what plot armor you have that was bullshit. I don't care if you tell me that your card says "they can be activated the turn they are set" that is bullshit. The bullshit Xyz effect was chained, and then chained again somehow and resolved itself within it's own chain, allowing the set traps to be activated as chain link 2 by interjecting the chain. What? Are you serious? Those traps were bullshit too. I thought we were done with one-in-a-million situational trap cards. Plus I'm pretty sure that covenant card cant even freaking activate. Wings would resolve in the banished zone. The only way that trap would work is by directly chaining it in response, and it wasn't. The bullshit Xyz effect was chained, and then chained again somehow and resolved itself within it's own chain, as I stated. Did I say that D/D/D Xyz was stupid already? Cuz it is. It's a 3500 beater with the most situational effect on the planet. Why? The rant is now over. You will find exits on your left and right as you make your way out of your carts and to the front of the ride. Have a fun rest of the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCR_CAT Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Well, for 4. I can safely say that OERD's anime effect only destroys level 5 or higher monsters, not just all monsters like the card we have. For the rest, it's been a thing since like the first series where rules are often bent to make the duel more interesting, so I'd let it slide. It's not like they've ever advertised the show as a Sports-Anime equivalent of YuGiOh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallohallo Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Have you guys even read OERD's anime effect? If this card is Xyz Summoned using an Xyz Monster that was treated as a Level 7 monster as any of its Materials: Destroy as many Level 7 or lower monsters your opponent controls as possible, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the total ATK that those destroyed monsters had on the field. Reiji had Rank 8 monster when Yuya Xyz Summoned Rebellion Dragon so the effect didn't activate. But yea, that D/D/D Xyz monster is total BS, but it's a good thing it's anime-only effect. They should've scripted a better duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinny Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Lol that xyz was literally "I PS summon ragnarok and something else! I know summon Death and activate its effec- oh wait your already dead, my bad" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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