Sawatari felt like one of the few entertainment duelists who were actually entertaining. I loved how he wove a story for his plays when he dueled Yugo. And his interactions with Serena were great. But yes no developments happened for him so he remained a joke. But that isn't Sawatari's fault that the writers couldn't give him something like Manjoume got.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS |OT| A Link Between Worlds.
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Characters have 2-3 tone hair color now. It works for the most part. Arc-V had a lot of strong character designs.
I've always hated what they did to Manjoume, he was a man pressured by his family to be the best then he rejects it all and becomes Ojama Comic Relief.
But his development died so Syrus' could rise.It was soooo satisfying looking at him in that sexy Blue Coat.
He got to beat Edo in the end and ended up on the pro circuit so that is something.
I threw the Aki stuff in with the Carly thing because that caused them to cut her story, though they could have just came up with some else other than screwing over Rua and Aki to push Crow.
The problems I personally had with the end of Arc-V were:
-Leo turned into an incompetent villain when it came time for him to actually do stuff
-We had to sit through episodes the mind control subplot only for it to end with a wet fart where the doctor just gets carded without a duel or any resolution
-Zarc just being a demon Yuya when he already had a design made no sense and was disappointing
- After a series worth of buildup Zarc's entire character is that he become obsessed with becoming the strongest duelist and somehow became a literal demon trying to destroy the work. I was also a bit mixed on his connection to Ray
-The Z-Arc duel was too long and watching people job to a terrible character for 5 episodes is hard
-The post Z-Arc stuff was terrible and felt like it was just there to pad out the show
-Yuzu got shafted with her last duel being in episode 83 and then there's the whole part of removing her until the last minute of the series with no payoff for Yuya's 80-90 episode journey to rescue her finally coming to an end
-The 5Ds characters getting more focus than people from the main cast. "Why let Gongenzaka or Sawatari win a duel when we can have Jack and Crow handle business"
-We had to sit through episodes the mind control subplot only for it to end with a wet fart where the doctor just gets carded without a duel or any resolution
-Zarc just being a demon Yuya when he already had a design made no sense and was disappointing
- After a series worth of buildup Zarc's entire character is that he become obsessed with becoming the strongest duelist and somehow became a literal demon trying to destroy the work. I was also a bit mixed on his connection to Ray
-The Z-Arc duel was too long and watching people job to a terrible character for 5 episodes is hard
-The post Z-Arc stuff was terrible and felt like it was just there to pad out the show
-Yuzu got shafted with her last duel being in episode 83 and then there's the whole part of removing her until the last minute of the series with no payoff for Yuya's 80-90 episode journey to rescue her finally coming to an end
-The 5Ds characters getting more focus than people from the main cast. "Why let Gongenzaka or Sawatari win a duel when we can have Jack and Crow handle business"
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
This show's confusing....like the duel was good enough and I like Yusaku and Ignis' rapport well enough, but I feel they rushed quickly into the plot here instead of letting things build up a bit first.
This, I have trouble giving a crap about any of this.
The Sum of Zero
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Well, it wasn't as offensive as ZEXAL so it has that going for it.
I actually didn't mind anything about this episode.
I actually didn't mind anything about this episode.
LMAO
No. People might tell you they do, don't listen to them, they're bad.
They're fast as fuck and super easy to summon. The only reason people say this is because they added a minor inconvenience to summon the other types of monsters.
Most of players have already found ways around that inconvenience for our decks.
Also for the record, Pendulum decks can be easily beaten by good decks without them
It just looked like the intention of introducing the mechanic, I wasn't told it by anybody.
Not surprised people have already adapted, though.
To be honest the intention is "The other stuff sucks now because we say so, if you want to play fast you're gonna have to buy the new stuff"
Funny enough, the current meta in Japan is dominated by decks without Links.
Links are just faster Synchros, they don't need tuners, or adding levels for an exact value, or matching the same levels like Xyz or having your level in between two values like Pendulum.
You have 2 random monsters, you have 1 or 2 links already and said links will likely give you more monsters
That will change as more content is released.
Oh yeah that's for sure, it'll be sad going back to only seeing one color at the tables in my stores.
Say what you will about the anime but the Pendulum era was great for variety, I can't believe they regressed for the follow up
Isn't that par for the course for yugioh main characters?
It branched out for other characters now too.
Gotcha.
Kinda, they still have 5 zone duels in the series. This is likely just the new Turbo Duel/Action Duel Gimmick
Also, they really underestimate how many people play Duel Links just for the nostalgia, adding a ton of new mechanics to that game might not sit well with the players.
I would leave Duel Links as the short and sweet nostalgia rush game it is.
The big thing is that it allows them to mulligan their card pool. But they have to keep adding cards so that people keep buying packs.
Aaronrules380
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lol they even included Duel Link style skills
That was really dumb and will likely become the BS excuse to constantly Save MC, like Action Cards or to a much lesser extent, Speed Counters
Also, I'm totally trying that one at an official tournament
"You see Judge, my skill allows me to ignore the Ban List, I Summon Chaos Emperor Dragon, GG"
To be fair if that were in say a video game, that skill would be shit. RNG monster grab dependent on if you go into a certain area during the duel.
SolarKnight
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So VRAINS is basically just VR Duel Links isn't it
Yes and no? The Speed Duels don't happen all the time.
SolarKnight
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Oh, I know, hopefully they keep the ratio of the two balanced and don't make the series mostly about Speed Duels.
It'll likely go the way of 5D's.
Master Duels will be irrelevant by the last season.
Censorhsip, yes but not as much as before
The Dark Magician Girl is still the Magician Girl of Yu-Gi-Oh,she even has a new look
But she also has quite popular friends now
(This one is never coming out for TCG apparently)
And my personal favorite, Broken Back Magician Girl
It's never too late to jump back my friend.
Waifu decks have been a thing for a while.
VRAINS is introducing even more with the Trickstars
OT: VRAINS has a marketing campaign going guest starring...Yuma and Astral.
https://youtu.be/zg4RwBtD--8
Because if there's something that will make people like your show is putting it side by side with the franchise's lowest point. That way it looks better.
Its actually because Zexal is on reruns...but still
Aaronrules380
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So in the newest episode the AI thing just straight up eats a person. Granted it was in the virtual world, but they made a point that damage in the virtual world affects the real body as well soooo....
Wow episode 3 was such a chore to watch for me
They're throwing so much shit out and we haven't had a single character interact in any way, let alone be likeable.
Every episode is just tons of boring exposition and Link monsters haven't even been explained!!...Why so little YuGiOh in my YuGiOh?
At this point in Arc-V the characters were learning about how Pendulums work by...playing YuGiOh in a YuGiOh anime.
In 5D's at this point we had both Ridding Duels and Normal Duels presented to us.
Characters themselves are going all Evangelion 3.0 on us, they just drop cryptic lines and then go away.And now we even have Not-SEELE
Ignis is the only likeable character at the moment, I want him to get more followers and go full Ultron
They're throwing so much shit out and we haven't had a single character interact in any way, let alone be likeable.
Every episode is just tons of boring exposition and Link monsters haven't even been explained!!...Why so little YuGiOh in my YuGiOh?
At this point in Arc-V the characters were learning about how Pendulums work by...playing YuGiOh in a YuGiOh anime.
In 5D's at this point we had both Ridding Duels and Normal Duels presented to us.
Characters themselves are going all Evangelion 3.0 on us, they just drop cryptic lines and then go away.And now we even have Not-SEELE
Ignis is the only likeable character at the moment, I want him to get more followers and go full Ultron
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
So...the frog was supposed to be the avatar of Yusaku's classmate, right? And then the pigeon was...?
Well, next episode has Toku-style wrestlers so it can't be all bad, right? I'm starting to think this is gonna be a show I love to hate-watch lol.
I found that scene legitimately funny though with the Yusaku impersonators
Well, next episode has Toku-style wrestlers so it can't be all bad, right? I'm starting to think this is gonna be a show I love to hate-watch lol.
I'm already at that point.
The game is we knew it died...For This?
Ah well, Goukis are looking cool so next week might be better.
I remember using that phrase a lot during ZEXAL...
lordfroakie
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I wish Konami made a sequel to original Yugioh or adapt Yugioh R into an anime :/
Aaronrules380
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Thought the latest episode was honestly pretty boring unfortunately
lordfroakie
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The Sum of Zero
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I swear I'm like the only person having no real problems with this.
It's keeping me mostly entertained and isn't a dumpster fire like the beginning of ZEXAL was, imo.
It's keeping me mostly entertained and isn't a dumpster fire like the beginning of ZEXAL was, imo.
Dedication Through Light
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Show has been added to Crunchyroll, episodes coming every wednesday.
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS is now available on Crunchyroll to members worldwide except Asia, France, Canada, Australia, Italy (including Vatican and San Marino). Episodes 1-3 are now available to free users, and episode 4 is available to premium only until next Wednesday. Make sure to catch the newest episodes every Wednesday! http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-991773/yu-gi-oh-vrains-on-crunchyroll-now
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS is now available on Crunchyroll to members worldwide except Asia, France, Canada, Australia, Italy (including Vatican and San Marino). Episodes 1-3 are now available to free users, and episode 4 is available to premium only until next Wednesday. Make sure to catch the newest episodes every Wednesday! http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-991773/yu-gi-oh-vrains-on-crunchyroll-now
Crimsonlink
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Oh cool, now I can watch it in HD lol.
Although new episodes of original YGO is gonna come out and its the end of the Noah arc so that will be fun. Yugi vs Noah was one of my fave filler duels.
Although new episodes of original YGO is gonna come out and its the end of the Noah arc so that will be fun. Yugi vs Noah was one of my fave filler duels.
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