While the manga one is much better and a suited rival, the anime one has more of a slice of life into it and some more memorable feel to it. He should have shined more in the anime, the manga did him justice at least.
He beat Edo which I was fine with, but I think Kaiba never won against Yugi officially with his own skill. I think it's fine. Same with Jack unless you count that flashback.
Yes, Chazz/Jun's character was given justice in the manga and I do hope that the story of the manga is much longer because it is definitely better than the anime... (Realized that after reading the Gx manga)
Time to Chazz! IT!! UP!!! ONE! TEN!! HUNDRED!!! THOUSAND!!!! MANJOUME THUNDERRRRRRRR!!!!!!! Forreal tho, awesome to see this series return, and Mangajoume is an actual threat unlike the comic-ish relief anime version.
The manga did a better job to give Manjoume a purpose than in the anime, a lot of opportunities wasted. I can say that I love his manga counterpart a lot.
Anime Chazz's achievements: 1. Defeating Aster Phoenix. 2. Giving Jaden good competition only in the 2nd episode which was their first duel, chazz was using Chtonian monsters. 3. Defeating 50 duelists in north academy including their top duelist. 4. Defeating Slade who had rare cards with strong monsters despite Chazz using a deck filled with monsters who have 0 ATK points. 5. Getting Sartorius down to 100 Life Points.
dunno, i prefer anime Chazz. Reading up on manga Chazz playing a bigger role in the manga before going into the series really hyped me up, but once i picked it up, I just got disappointed with the character. Manga Chazz: generic stoic rival who's really good at card games, has a character arc, that's a half-functional inversion of anime chazz and plays a vanilla dragon deck, whose coolest aspect is that two of his ace monsters got turned into synchro cards later on Anime Chazz: narcissistic bully rival with functional character arc of hitting rock bottom and picking himself up confronting his short-comings. plays several decks, all with a more interesting play style than manga chazz
Hanumana Khan Hslf of those examples aren’t worth much. For example Slade has NEVER played duel monsters in his life which is exactly why Chazz was able to beat him. You say he gave Jaden good competition but he fueled Jaden 7 times and LOST all 7 times. Chazz was only really good against fodder and has a couple good feats against good characters but just as many bad feats against good characters
I have to admit, I have never read the manga but from what I've seen here, I think I prefer the anime version. Chazz is one of my favorite characters all through Yugioh and the main reason for that was because he was a dork, but a dork that got some good character growth. I especially loved when he started picking up weak monster cards because he didn't want their spirits to be abandoned. He may bluster and yell about how annoying they are but he's probably going to keep all of them forever. I can even imagine him as an adult running some sort of weak card adoption service along while being a pro duelist (all while still yelling that he finds them irritating, as he takes another 50 abandoned cards). Was that part of his personality in the manga?
On the "Chazz it up" vs "Manjoume Thunder" debate: "Chazz it up" is a catchy phrase, however, it lacks any actual meaning. "Manjoume Thunder" caries meaning and a pun with it. I will explain how it goes. Judai always refered to Manjoume without honorifics, to which Manjoume would tell him to use "san," meaning the Japanese honorific "san." Manjoume wanted Judai to call him "Manjoume-san" instead of just "Manjoume," as not using the honorific is seen as a lack of respect, something anime-Manjoume feels entitled to, at least at first. Now, in Japanese, what Manjoume says when he wants Judai to use the "san" honorific is "san da," which can be translated to "it's san" (as in "it's Manjoume-san to you) or "use san." "San da" sounds a lot like how the Japanese pronounce the English word "Thunder." As he climbed to the top in North Academy, the running gag of Manjoume exclaiming "san da" whenever Judai said his name without honorifics was used to give him his nickname. As he says "I am Manjoume," the other students, who look up to him, call him "san da/thunder," giving rise to this nickname. There is also the fact that he uses the "man" part of his name to great effect during his self-introduction. "Man" in Japanese is the word for "ten thousand." So when Manjoume says "I am one... ten... hundred... thousand... Manjoume Thunder!" his own name becomes the next step on the numeric sequence. In short, his entire fancy title in Japanese is a big pun, based on the Japanese numbers and weird English pronounciations. Essentially, what he is saying is "I am one... ten... hundred... thousand... ten-thousandjoume-san to you!" It doesn't carry over great in translation, sadly, but once you know it, I promise you will enjoy it more than the by comparison really boring "Chass it up" catchphrase.
hey! thanks for explanation. I grew up watching it in English, so that's all I know, but when I see online him being called that I was so confused. When you explain it, it's very fun and makes so much sense! And yeah there's no way they could have translated it LOL. I'm just imagining 4kids suits gathering at a meeting, racking their brains on what his catch phrase should be in english
@@ktt7027 I am glad my explanation makes sense and helped you understand it. Things like these are some of the reasons I watch in Japanese over English. There is more than just the 4Kids travesty in the dubbing, but also the sheer amount of untranslatable jokes that just won't work in English in any way. I'd always recommend watching a good sub of the Yu-Gi-Oh shows over the dub. It's basically a completely different show. Also, music in the original Japanese versions are better. Just search "yu-gi-oh gx ost" here on TH-cam, and you will find a great many soundtracks that 4Kids must have thought were too good for their version.
I mean all the power to you but I don't care about the undertones of a catchphrase. Call me shallow, but I base catchphrases on how cool they are vocally.
this was verry intresting. 1st time seeing this. i like both catchphrases "Chazz it UP" & "Majoume Thunder" case both of them sound cool. with so many card have been made for Chazz all these years i'd love to see the GX again or something simmilar in the future
I love anime!Chazz/Jun. To this day, he is my all time favorite character of any series ever. That being said, I LOVED his manga counterpart as well. I always pictured Chazz/Jun as equal combination of both his anime and manga selves.
I'll be honest, although I don't like that Chaz lost a lot in the anime I prefer it over the manga. That's mainly because the anime version is much different from the "rivals" of the other series, while the manga version is not.
I don't even see him as a rival in the anime. I think a key part of a rivalry is that both sides care about each other's opinions. Jaden did not care whatsoever what Chazz thought of him. Also after season 1 the entire idea of rivalry was abandoned and he became part of Jaden's group of friends.
I like Chazz in the manga to the point where I really enjoyed reading the manga adaptation of Yu-Gi-Oh GX over watching the anime version. Originally I didn't read the GX manga until some friends of mine recommended that I should read the Manga and so I did and I ended up enjoying it a hell of a lot especially with how they did Chazz's character development.
him winning that tournament made no sense he lost to jaden and was about to lose to bastion, he never defeated top tiers in season 2 society of light no win against kaiser, judai, saiou
@@SwagokuLion He beat Edo who beat both Judai and Kaiser and could've beaten Judai if he wasn't scripted to lose by his manager. He's not Kaiba but he doesn't get the love he deserves in the anime.
funny enough I was just watching a few episodes from GX (many of which includes Manjoume). One of my favourite YGO characters of all time. His development over several seasons was one of the best. Literally reaching the bottom, his determination and willingness to go through the struggles until reaching new heights is just admirable. I quite love the anime version more because he literally represent the "never give up no matter what" mentality which imo is more relatable and inspiring in life.
I don't think I can ever call him Chazz again after watching the subbed, and when you get later in the story the classmates when they do the Manjome thunder chant is like the best thing ever!! I do like his character in manga more cuz yeah they really do his character justice as they should, but they both have their cool antagonist archetypes. Can't wait for more of your episode reviews!! Also I was wondering if you'd be interested in doing a breakdown/review of all the different dubbed Openings and Endings to the different series?!?!?! Would love to hear which ones you think are HYPE!!!
No way, so what if his manga persona is a better duelist?? It's just a copy of the stone cold rival stereotype in YGO. Manjoume from the anime is really funny and charming, it's so different. He's really fun to watch even if he might lose often it's fun to watch him duel with his ojamas. I'm so tired of strong but cold rivals in YGO. Manjoume was such a good change from Kaiba. I don't want the same rivals again and again lmao.
Jun/Chazz is more serious and actually reliable Shou/Cyrus is still soft and cries a lot. but for a completely different reason, which deserves respect, if not sympathy. Ryou/Zane/Kaiser is still a certified badass, but unlike in anime. in the manga he did not give into evil Osiris Teacher actually does her job, she loses a duel but it's the thought that count. It is dark, just like how Yugioh should always be. Overall, the manga is better. The only regret I have about the manga is Misawa was changed into a simp.
I kinda like both the Manga, and the anime versions of Chazz. Though, I think you were a bit harsh with the anime Chazz's personality differences from Manga Chazz, the reason why he's like that in the anime is because of the way his brothers treated him. We don't see much of his brothers, but from what I saw Chazz's childhood didn't look like it was cupcakes and rainbows growing up with them pressuring him to bring honor to the family name. He kinda broke free when he went to North Academy, but when he got back his brothers were waiting. After the school duel was when he was truly free from them, his arrogance and jerkish attitude came from being raised with people that didn't exactly love him in any sense of the word. From just before Jaden and Chazz's school duel we saw Chazz break down with the responsibility that his brothers placed on him, implying that they practically ingrained a sense of "Have to win, Need to win, No Other Options, Make His Family Proud" in him from his childhood days. That's why he's like that, in the manga, we never really see his brothers. So we don't know if he broke loose of their influence early or something, Manga Chazz still has a bit of attitude though, especially in his first duel against Jaden. Anyway, just wanted to say that. Great video Dilan. Can't wait to see what the next one is going to be about :)
Consideing how much Support the Ojamas had gotten in real life plus ABC-Dragon Buster. Is funnier that Anime Chazz/Manjoume would actually be the strongest of the 2 Chazz/Manjoume
Why do i get the feeling that anime Chazz would defeat Manga Chazz Have you ever considered checking sometimes the Latin American dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! Atem's voice in latin american dub is just so iconic. Also considering that dub got scrwed A LOT (never finished GX, 5D's ZEXAL was just dubbed for 1 season, and aparently just now in 2018 are taking about dubbing ARC-V.............1 year after ending in japan, months after ended inUSA and probably will debut only in 2019)
I got the manga version of Manjoume sounds amazing and super cool i wish this was the version they used in the anime. You really got me to check out the GX manga and read it all in a week. Awesome video i can't wait for more from this series of video's !
Chazz was my favorite in the anime because his duel strategies were the most unique and least one-note of the cast. But man was it a breath of fresh air to have him actually win duels in the manga instead of expecting him to lose to every single villain.
Chazz was maybe not very successful during the main Anime story. He was about to duel Kagemaru together with Jaden and then all were like "nope we don`t need you here". (Hate the writers for this) But he dominated many filler episodes only made for him (Maybe the writers did have a soft spot for him). Also he was a beast during the society of light arc and acted more like a typical rival. All the character development made him very human and one of my most favourite Yugioh characters. He did lost eleven duels but he won several hundred duels. Something characters like Kaiba can`t say from themselfs. Of screen or not, still counts.
I really like Manjoume more in the manga , because he is not arrogant, is not a real joke / comic relief and also I am "scared" of the ojamas , I found them gross as kid and this time never disappeared ( silly reason ).
i love both versions of Chazz for different reasons. The anime version is funny and he goes through a few good character arcs, such as when he goes to North academy and returns to duel Jaden and we learn about his situation with his family. Then when he duels against his brother he shows that his style of dueling and views on cards change. Then when he interns for Aster and learns what it means to be a professional duelist. He also has some of my favorite duels in the anime. As for the manga version, hes very honorable and i love that he beat Jaden. He had good development and even went on to help defeat the final villain.
I know many people will disagree but Jun Manjoume is my most favorite rival among all rivals in Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. He had the best chatacter development and he used many types of deck and combined 3 of it later (VWXYZ/Armed Dragons/Ojamas) I think that's awesome enough. He also defeated 50 North Academia students, defeated Society of Light students, freeing them (also winning GX tournament) and he defeated his brother, Chosaku using 0 ATK point deck when the requirement were monsters under 500 ATK points Many people say Manjoume doesn't fit to be Judai's rival, Edo/Ryou would be better but... I don't think so. They didn't interacted much with Judai except dueling unlike Manjoume did He also defeated Edo in Season 4, and there was one duel where Manjoume supposed to win against Judai but he lost on purpose due of the order of his manager as Ojamanjoume, I always count that as a win anyway Overall, he's an awesome rival and an awesome character despite of his arrogant, stand-offish attitude. He may be a simp but I like that comic-relief part of his, it always bring smiles to me I didn't liked Manga Manjoume that much. It lacks so many things from his anime counterpart, which is why I like the Anime Manjoume more. Many people say Manga Manjoume is better due of the fact he defeated Judai two times. Though, Kid Manjoume is so cute to see
Maybe it's just because I much preferred the Anime, but I prefer Anime Chazz, the Manga Manjoume was just kind of boring to me, and in the Anime I felt like he simply did more, changed more. And Chazz it up every day.
I prefer Anime Chazz over the Manga Edgelord Chazz. I mean to me when I was reading the manga Chazz was the most annoying/worst part of the manga. I mean every time he showed up after the first duel with Jadenhe was basically a edgelord who showed up and gave nothing to conversation except 'AH LINE LINE LINE NO EMOTION'. I mean I get the cool headed part but damn show some emotions once in the while instead of trying to paint him as the never wavering person. I mean at the beginning his entire motivations was about his brothers, Jaden's master, and claims but we never revisit it ever. Most of his arcs are just 'Aw I lost, ok'. Anime Chazz felt more whole character as he had more to him as a person instead of just making him 'the rival character'. But that's my thoughts.
Have to agree. Manga Chazz is a better duelist then his anime counterpart but as a character he's kinda boring (a common problem I find with the manga versions of the characters from the Yugioh spin off's). As mishandled as Anime Chazz is IMO he's one of the characters that got the most character development (barring season 3 cos no one got any character development in season 3 cos fuck you Jessie). SO yeah, Manga Chazz is a better duelist but Anime Chazz is a better character.
Absolutely agree. Except the other rivals like Kaiba he needed to grow as a character and learned from every one of his losses. But like other characters he got more and more in the background because of new characters they needed to include to advertise some new theme decks.
Yeeeees! I've missed this! Manjoume is such a... Special character when it comes to his two versions. I really don't consider him a rival in the anime because as you said, he was kind of a comic relief guy. Hell Kaiser will always be Judai's rival for me. Even Edo kind of was more of a rival. In the manga tho, Manjoume is DA MAN. More serious and mature, they treat character so much better. Glad you brought this back, Dylan! This is my personal opinion, but a few of the reasons I consider Ryo the rival: Defeats MC at least once (like Seto, the only rival we had then) Has a little brother and (I think but I'm not sure) it's older than MC His ace monster has a triple fusion Uses dragons. I know they're Machine type monsters, buy they're called Cyber DRAGONS, come on xD
CHAZZ. IT. UP! In all seriousness tho I do like the thunder motif and I will never forget how he freaking FRIED HIS COMPUTER when got upset over Adrian in season 3. I tots headcanon that he was a mage in a former life. Anyway really interesting to learn about manga Chazz! I really gotta get my hands on the rest of manga. This video was a good motivator!
Man you upload all the time, I always enjoy your videos though. Maybe someday when Disney takes over the world, you can do a collaboration with my other favorite TH-camr the Disney brain.
Finely you back to these videos thanks Dylan However this is what I wanted to say First : judai have a lot of rivals in the anime ( manjomi , ryo , bastion , Edo ) but manjomi is the most of them that appear as a rival Second : in the manga judai lose for everyone ( expect his first 5 duels I think ) even after he use masked heros ( thought they are stronger than the normal ) Three : manjomi in the manga used two monster ( light end dragon and dark end dragon ) as an effect monsters and these monsters actually are synchros . . . One ten hundred thousand manjomi thunder
Great video! I always thought GX had like 4 rivals. Chazz, Zane, Aster and Jesse. I feel like only DM and 5Ds had like one solid rival (which is something I like more 2bh). Zexal had 2 in Kite and Shark while ARC-V had 2 in Akaba Reiji and Shingo. I will say, I like Chazz more in the anime. He had more of a character and went through a lot changes. I felt like in the manga, his deck wasn't unique (A dragon deck wasn't original *cough* Seto Kaiba *cough*) and he just didn't really seem to have a personality. Just IMO and I can respect him being a better rival in the manga, though personally season 4 chazz is when he's at his best.
I also prefer manga version of chazz I like him in the anime too cuz he has shown great skill and had some really badass moments also that arrogance of his in the anime kind of made me like him even more but what I hated was that throughout the gx he became pretty much a joker that cant beat anyone (still shows awesome skill but somehow just cant win) and that is why manga chazz is better
So glad this is back, yay! I think the problem with Thunder in the anime (and most of its cast, especially the the characters introduced early on) is that the staff maybe didn't know where the series was going at the time and if they did, I believe they only had a very rough draft. As the show kept going and more characters started to be introduced, who would contribute much more to the overall narrative they were going for, Manjoume kinda became the "jobber" of the show, someone they could throw at and get credibility right away. It is kinda of a shame and is character was defenitely wasted in the anime, so I'd go with Manga Thunder on this one too. Also CNBT as the ending theme assdfgghjjh
The whole video is a Jojo reference ;) Seriously though you make a lot of good points as always Junior! A lot of the main cast was thrown away throughout the show (Asuka, Sho, BASTION) so it's a shame Manjoume went that route as well. Had he been a bit more serious and not have that tendency to be a jobber to help others get over, as you said, then I think he would have been a really strong rival to Judai!
yea, they basically made ed the rival character, but then largely threw him away for johan, so to your point, manjoume became the jobber. based on how they built up ed and johan (pegasus' comments) i guess it's impossible to expect them to turn them into the jobbers and let manjoume remain the strong rival, but yea
Anime: A relatable person which I enjoyed watching him grow as a person. Manga: Done justice but sometimes he can be boring 😑especially when he lacked emotions in other words the original Yusaku Fujiki before he became the leading man of his own show😑.
I think the reason for why Manjoume was written that way in the anime was because he was meant to be a parody of the whole rival character archetype. I heard from somewhere that the Ojamas he used were created as an opposite to Seto Kaibas Blue-Eyes monster. I mean they're both normi monsters that have the same Attribute and are iconic to that character (btw they also have Fusion monster). Blue-Eyes are Level 8 and have high ATK and DEF, while the Ojamas are Level 2 and are frail like tissue paper. After the original series ended I think they wanted to create Zane to be something similar to that of Kaiba, while having Manjoume act as the parody of rival characters to have some variety in its massive cast of characters. Its also a shame that this same kind of rival was tried again in a series that frankly I want to have break from bashing and was done BAAAAAAAAAAADDDDD...Manjoume in the manga does feel like a stronger rival sure, but I think I prefer the anime version simply because making a parody of rivals isn't easy and Manjoume imo deserves to be remembered/praised because of that. 1,100, 1000 Manjoume Thunder/Chazz it up!
Hmm , thats really interesting! If that was there true intention then they succeeded! Manjoume by far is the most unique rival that Yugioh has. Whether that's a good thing or not is up to the person who's viewing , and what they want to see in a rival character!
I love the anime version because he goes through better character development. He's finding himself, like a lot of high schoolers. Also, he's the only the only rival pre-Vrains to be the younger brother and have a negative relationship with his brothers. I always found that to be a big difference between him and the other rivals and something that I wish you mentioned. He's a lot deeper in the anime than his Duel record, your main focus, suggest.
I've never had the chance to check out the GX manga but after hearing about how different Manjoume is I think I'll finally check it out once I'm finished reading through 5Ds' manga! He sounds like such an awesome character in the manga!
Apparently Aoi is getting a major makeover in the manga, with her being the main rival rather than a comic relief/side rival like she is in the anime. Similar to Chazz, who was the main rival in the manga but was mostly tossed aside in favor of Zane in the anime. Just as Aoi was mostly tossed aside in favor of Revolver. I hope we see a similar dynamic with anime/manga Aoi that we saw with anime/manga Chazz. With Revolver playing a different role in the manga. That would be interesting. Also: calling it now: Aoi plays Sky Strikers in the manga.
Chazz it's my favorite Yugioh anime gx character but yeah his manga counterpart it's wayyy better also I wish he had light and darkness dragon in the anime as well just imagine his manga dragon deck with the xyz cars and the armed dragon cards
I also never understood how people saying you get ahead with your money and family name = lets put my duel spirit away and in the ground. It doesn't even last that long. In the anime Chazz goes from arrogant and only wanting power, to a guy who actually does the right thing, takes action for the benefit of others, and whose ace monster is Ojama Yellow. And while he didn't pick up a win against Jaden in the anime (although you could very much argue that he was going to win their last duel) he did pick up big wins against his brothers with a 0 attack deck and the fate of duel academy on the line, against Don Zaloog a shadow rider (something even Zane couldn't do), he dueled Amnael, he dueled Sartorious, won the GX tournament, and he beat Aster Phoenix. To me, he was always a mix of Joey and Seto Kaiba, and I related to him and liked his deck a lot.
My modern retelling of yugioh gx chazz is mix of both his anime and manga counterparts his duel spirit is Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts and it's evolved form Tempest. His main deck is armed dragon thunder with ace monster armed dragon thunder lv10
Personally I liked Chazz’s character in the anime more. Sure he was a better duelist in the manga, but he was much more relatable on a spiritual level, dealing with insecurities placed onto him by his brothers, finding his own passion and drive to fight for himself, and making true friends. (The ojamas.) Chazz is definitely my favorite character in the entire franchise.
I have been thinking about reading through the original YGO manga and GX. I want to read GX more now that I realize how much better a character Manjoume was. I always felt like the anime was too silly. Entertaining, but just too silly. Especially the Ojama brothers. *Hated* them. >_
Magnimazing .... not really hating on ojama brothers but yes, the manga Manjoume was better becuase his character has been given justice and also even it has around 50+ chapters.... His background story was striking enough, he is the best in junior's cup and also he worked his ass to be who is he and also a lot of things in case
In the manga he does have a bitter taste to Misawa tho, mainly because people keep comparing the two of them, and doubt Manjoume's true skill as a duelist due to Misawa was the best scored student yet was put in Ra Yellow, while Majoume was put in Obelisk Blue. But hell, even Misawa admitted himself that Manjoume was a much better duelist, and personally dismiss those accusation. And Light and Darkness Dragon in the manga is dope. It's story is epic, it's appearance is menacing, it's influence is serious, and a mere attack from it early in the manga even weakened the main antagonist. Defenitely a thousand time better than Ojama Trio.
Every thing I hear about the GX manga makes it sound so much better than the anime. I got burned out with the Society of Light arc, so I've been watching Arc-V instead and have been thoroughly enjoying it.
I feel like the two spirits that Chazz/Manjoume show bigger effects on his character more than anything. Having Light and Darkness dragon who's really strong boosted his power and his pride brought him to who he was in the manga, but in the anime he doesn't run into any spirits until much later and rather than having any Pride he had arrogance. I still prefer the anime form because he had really lightened up there as opposed to his manga counterpart who really was more quieter
Chazz it up! Chazz it up! Manjome Thunder... yeah I only watch the last season in japanese for a reason. not manjome specifically but most VA's I like way more in the dub. I request a Bastion one if you have not already.
I like both versions of Chazz a lot but I think im partial to anime Chazz since you can't really beat the line "Chazz it up"(or 1,10,100,1000 Manjoume thunder if you prefer)
7:45 There is also a big difference. The Ojama's are really comedic while Light and Darkness dragon is serious. I think that does represent Chazz as a whole. In the anime he is more comedic. Everyone always focuses on his personality in the first part of season 1 but he had his more humble persona during the vast majority of GX.
Manjoume was a boss in season 2. He loses to Saiou, but after that, he basically starts beating everyone else in Duel Academy aside from Judai. He beats several obelisk blue and ra yellow students including the two guys he always hangs out with which might not sound impressive on paper since none of them were that important, but if you think about how the average duelist would go against them. Then he beats Asuka and Bastion which were good revenge wins for him since they both beat him in season 1, and it's not until the main character duels him when he loses again. Another thing I liked is that usually when a character is brainwashed in Yugioh, they don't regain control until they lose, but Manjoume actually kind of regained his senses even before Judai beat him (I don't know if that happened in the sub, but in the dub, he returned to normal shortly before the end of the duel). It's too bad Manjoume's potential didn't carry over in future seasons. :/
I like the anime chazz more; simply due to character growth and personality. On top of that, while he was played as comic relief, the dude had some of the biggest wins of all in the anime, won the GX tourney, beat Alster, his brother, and so much more. Sadly they just never made him a main ringer or a real rival to Jaden. This can be seen as a good and bad thing, but the dude was winning and got pro with the freaking Ojamas, if that's not a legend idk what is.
Chaos in the manga might able to defeat Jaden, but he will never be as savage as the anime Chazz. Like seriously especially in the Dub anime Chazz is savage.
Anime Chazz is my favorite character in YGO, because of all the reasons you mentioned. He is more relatable than Manga Chazz and has way more development than most YGO characters period. Unique Deck(s) and he is funny as hell along with his Ojamas. I do wish that he would’ve had a final duel against Jaden in the end of the anime were he would finally win, but whatevs! Manga Chazz just felt like a less arrogant version of Seto Kaiba which is why he wasn’t as fun to watch in comparison.
On Anime Manjoume, your analysis on his defeat number is exaggerated. As you said, probably "because" he was planned to be the main rival, he had more on-screen duels against Judai/Jaden, but if Alexis or Bastion had to duel Jaden 7 times, you think they would have won, only characters to have ever had the power to beat Jaden are Zane(who took the spotlight as Main Rival to Manjoume very early for me; In fact, when I read the manga, I was surprised to see Manjoume was set up as the main rival, because for me in Anime, it had always been Zane. In fact, before I read manga, I had always consider the "Kaiba" of Jaden was Zane, while Chazz was a failed attempt to be a gx version of Yama Bakura), Aster Phoenix and Austin O'Brien. No, for his last duel against Jaden, a "defeat is not a defeat" and Chazz hadn't a "chance" to beat Jaden, he would have "defeated" Jaden, if he hadn't chosen to let Jaden won because he was advised to do that for his career.
While I understand why you think of Chazz as a comic relief character in the anime, I would like to defend him a bit. Sure, he had a lot of losses, but a few of those came very early on in the series before he left duel academy and went through a growing phase. He also picked up a pretty good win against Don Zaloog, one of the seven shadow riders. Plus, to be fair, everyone loses to Sartorius except Jaden... finally, I really liked his growth in season 4 as he learned that the life of a professional duelist is not easy and it takes a lot of work to get to the top as well as to maintain your status (as he saw working for Edo). He definitely would have beaten Jaden in their last duel if he was not told to throw it though, so I think that as well as defeating Edo were really good for his character. Altogether I can understand why you’d like the manga version better, I did still enjoy him in the anime (especially season 4)
Marik/Yami Marik next. Both versions of him are pretty similar true, but their deliveries are VERY different. And plus, he’s just such a twisted evil villain, how can he not be fun to talk about?
I always love the mangas more then the animes when it comes to Yugioh. GX manga is by far much better then the anime with a coherant story from beginning to end and better utilizaing characters
I love the anime Chazz, he's a loser and maybe thats because I like him. He loses a lot but he keep to stand up. Same with his deck and his dueling, he evolves the strategy over and over untill he find out he can beat(?) Jaden and beat a pro like Edo. And the fact he is an unconventional rival make him a lot enjoyable cause he is goofy the most of the time, not like the other serious and boring rival we have in the other series. btw sorry for my horrible english lol I love you channel man ;)
One of those duels in the anime, in episode 60, the ends with no result because Jaden still couldn't see his cards... also I agree his manga counterpart is much better. His deck as well, being able to summon multiple high level dragons consistently and he's less arrogant.
I recently read the GX Manga and loved it the artwork is pretty good and it actually feels like a sequel and continues the plot duel monsters started unlike the anime which does its own thing
While the manga one is much better and a suited rival, the anime one has more of a slice of life into it and some more memorable feel to it. He should have shined more in the anime, the manga did him justice at least.
Had he beaten Judai just once in GX I think that would have went a long way to solidify him as a really good duelist and a rival especially!
He beat Edo which I was fine with, but I think Kaiba never won against Yugi officially with his own skill. I think it's fine. Same with Jack unless you count that flashback.
Ute is probably what I relate, but Edo or Hell Kaiser is my strong 2nd. Kiryu as well. I love a lot of characters.
Yugioh Everything he almost did in season 4 but he threw the match cause of that corrupted politician
Yes, Chazz/Jun's character was given justice in the manga and I do hope that the story of the manga is much longer because it is definitely better than the anime... (Realized that after reading the Gx manga)
Manjoume Jun a.k.a. Chazz Princeton a.k.a. Manjoume Thunder a.k.a. CHAZZ IT UP!!!!!!!
This man goes by many a name.
Two iconic chants xD
Yugioh Everything It's those two chants that makes me like anime Jun/Chazz more actually 😂
Manga: Chad
Anime: Virgin
Time to Chazz! IT!! UP!!!
ONE! TEN!! HUNDRED!!! THOUSAND!!!! MANJOUME THUNDERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
Forreal tho, awesome to see this series return, and Mangajoume is an actual threat unlike the comic-ish relief anime version.
If you prefer a more relaxed character, anime Manjoume is better!
If you prefer a more serious/skilled rival, manga Manjoume is better!
But i gotta admit the anime one is a great comicish relief
Hey I have to admit, Chazz did beat that Slifer Slacker in the manga. Chazz is one of my favorite characters in the series.
Yeah he was done a lot of justice in the manga!
Yeah I agree Chaz was one of the characters that had so much potential in the anime
The manga did a better job to give Manjoume a purpose than in the anime, a lot of opportunities wasted. I can say that I love his manga counterpart a lot.
Patrick Taylor Chazz is my favourite GX character
kinda in season 4 too
One of my favorite GX characters, especially when he chazzed it up.
He definitely grew on me as the show went on!
Chazz's second voice sounded as if he spent his entire life smoking cigarettes and developed lung cancer as a result.
Basically, I guess it was grown up.
Yeah it was really weird.
Well I'm here on the year later bus hows your day going boys
yeah, when I heard it, I found it jarring
It sounded like he had a bad cold from then on
Being short
Manga Chazz: Badass Rival
Anime Chazz: Comic Relief
Anime Chazz's achievements:
1. Defeating Aster Phoenix.
2. Giving Jaden good competition only in the 2nd episode which was their first duel, chazz was using Chtonian monsters.
3. Defeating 50 duelists in north academy including their top duelist.
4. Defeating Slade who had rare cards with strong monsters despite Chazz using a deck filled with monsters who have 0 ATK points.
5. Getting Sartorius down to 100 Life Points.
dunno, i prefer anime Chazz. Reading up on manga Chazz playing a bigger role in the manga before going into the series really hyped me up, but once i picked it up, I just got disappointed with the character.
Manga Chazz: generic stoic rival who's really good at card games, has a character arc, that's a half-functional inversion of anime chazz and plays a vanilla dragon deck, whose coolest aspect is that two of his ace monsters got turned into synchro cards later on
Anime Chazz: narcissistic bully rival with functional character arc of hitting rock bottom and picking himself up confronting his short-comings. plays several decks, all with a more interesting play style than manga chazz
anime chazz now that i think about it was a pussy and the gx anime is mostly garbage
chazz got physically beaten up by SYRUS in season 4 SHAMEFUL
@@robiu013 GX manga sucks due to its length (being short) a mere 9 volumes
Hanumana Khan Hslf of those examples aren’t worth much. For example Slade has NEVER played duel monsters in his life which is exactly why Chazz was able to beat him. You say he gave Jaden good competition but he fueled Jaden 7 times and LOST all 7 times. Chazz was only really good against fodder and has a couple good feats against good characters but just as many bad feats against good characters
I have to admit, I have never read the manga but from what I've seen here, I think I prefer the anime version. Chazz is one of my favorite characters all through Yugioh and the main reason for that was because he was a dork, but a dork that got some good character growth. I especially loved when he started picking up weak monster cards because he didn't want their spirits to be abandoned. He may bluster and yell about how annoying they are but he's probably going to keep all of them forever. I can even imagine him as an adult running some sort of weak card adoption service along while being a pro duelist (all while still yelling that he finds them irritating, as he takes another 50 abandoned cards). Was that part of his personality in the manga?
Well he did fish light and darkness dragon out of the dirt and ask to be by its side so he clearly cares about the cards
I never viewed Chazz as the rival to Jaden. I've always felt like Jaden's main rival was Dr. Vellian Crowler.
Also, Chazz it up.
On the "Chazz it up" vs "Manjoume Thunder" debate:
"Chazz it up" is a catchy phrase, however, it lacks any actual meaning. "Manjoume Thunder" caries meaning and a pun with it. I will explain how it goes.
Judai always refered to Manjoume without honorifics, to which Manjoume would tell him to use "san," meaning the Japanese honorific "san." Manjoume wanted Judai to call him "Manjoume-san" instead of just "Manjoume," as not using the honorific is seen as a lack of respect, something anime-Manjoume feels entitled to, at least at first. Now, in Japanese, what Manjoume says when he wants Judai to use the "san" honorific is "san da," which can be translated to "it's san" (as in "it's Manjoume-san to you) or "use san." "San da" sounds a lot like how the Japanese pronounce the English word "Thunder." As he climbed to the top in North Academy, the running gag of Manjoume exclaiming "san da" whenever Judai said his name without honorifics was used to give him his nickname. As he says "I am Manjoume," the other students, who look up to him, call him "san da/thunder," giving rise to this nickname.
There is also the fact that he uses the "man" part of his name to great effect during his self-introduction. "Man" in Japanese is the word for "ten thousand." So when Manjoume says "I am one... ten... hundred... thousand... Manjoume Thunder!" his own name becomes the next step on the numeric sequence.
In short, his entire fancy title in Japanese is a big pun, based on the Japanese numbers and weird English pronounciations. Essentially, what he is saying is "I am one... ten... hundred... thousand... ten-thousandjoume-san to you!" It doesn't carry over great in translation, sadly, but once you know it, I promise you will enjoy it more than the by comparison really boring "Chass it up" catchphrase.
hey! thanks for explanation. I grew up watching it in English, so that's all I know, but when I see online him being called that I was so confused. When you explain it, it's very fun and makes so much sense! And yeah there's no way they could have translated it LOL. I'm just imagining 4kids suits gathering at a meeting, racking their brains on what his catch phrase should be in english
@@ktt7027 I am glad my explanation makes sense and helped you understand it. Things like these are some of the reasons I watch in Japanese over English. There is more than just the 4Kids travesty in the dubbing, but also the sheer amount of untranslatable jokes that just won't work in English in any way. I'd always recommend watching a good sub of the Yu-Gi-Oh shows over the dub. It's basically a completely different show. Also, music in the original Japanese versions are better. Just search "yu-gi-oh gx ost" here on TH-cam, and you will find a great many soundtracks that 4Kids must have thought were too good for their version.
I mean all the power to you but I don't care about the undertones of a catchphrase. Call me shallow, but I base catchphrases on how cool they are vocally.
this was verry intresting. 1st time seeing this. i like both catchphrases "Chazz it UP" & "Majoume Thunder" case both of them sound cool. with so many card have been made for Chazz all these years i'd love to see the GX again or something simmilar in the future
If they made like a GX anime reboot series based off the manga that would be amazing!
I remember the GBA game went with an in-betweeen of both with the phrase Chazz Thunder! I'm a fan of that one myself.
@@YugiohEverything tbh anime chazz was a ok rival for me
I love anime!Chazz/Jun. To this day, he is my all time favorite character of any series ever. That being said, I LOVED his manga counterpart as well. I always pictured Chazz/Jun as equal combination of both his anime and manga selves.
I'll be honest, although I don't like that Chaz lost a lot in the anime I prefer it over the manga. That's mainly because the anime version is much different from the "rivals" of the other series, while the manga version is not.
True, he does have that level of uniqueness in the anime
I don't even see him as a rival in the anime. I think a key part of a rivalry is that both sides care about each other's opinions. Jaden did not care whatsoever what Chazz thought of him. Also after season 1 the entire idea of rivalry was abandoned and he became part of Jaden's group of friends.
I like Chazz in the manga to the point where I really enjoyed reading the manga adaptation of Yu-Gi-Oh GX over watching the anime version. Originally I didn't read the GX manga until some friends of mine recommended that I should read the Manga and so I did and I ended up enjoying it a hell of a lot especially with how they did Chazz's character development.
Yeah but i hated what they did to characters like johan
the Gen X tournament... Gen X... Genex... Oh my goodness
xD xD
So THATS why its called "GX"
him winning that tournament made no sense he lost to jaden and was about to lose to bastion, he never defeated top tiers in season 2 society of light
no win against kaiser, judai, saiou
@@SwagokuLion He beat Edo who beat both Judai and Kaiser and could've beaten Judai if he wasn't scripted to lose by his manager. He's not Kaiba but he doesn't get the love he deserves in the anime.
@@sackson2025 kaiba sucks
funny enough I was just watching a few episodes from GX (many of which includes Manjoume).
One of my favourite YGO characters of all time. His development over several seasons was one of the best. Literally reaching the bottom, his determination and willingness to go through the struggles until reaching new heights is just admirable.
I quite love the anime version more because he literally represent the "never give up no matter what" mentality which imo is more relatable and inspiring in life.
I don't think I can ever call him Chazz again after watching the subbed, and when you get later in the story the classmates when they do the Manjome thunder chant is like the best thing ever!! I do like his character in manga more cuz yeah they really do his character justice as they should, but they both have their cool antagonist archetypes. Can't wait for more of your episode reviews!! Also I was wondering if you'd be interested in doing a breakdown/review of all the different dubbed Openings and Endings to the different series?!?!?! Would love to hear which ones you think are HYPE!!!
I personally like what the manga did with Chazz. It felt like he was actually helping Jaden grow as a duelist.
No way, so what if his manga persona is a better duelist?? It's just a copy of the stone cold rival stereotype in YGO. Manjoume from the anime is really funny and charming, it's so different. He's really fun to watch even if he might lose often it's fun to watch him duel with his ojamas. I'm so tired of strong but cold rivals in YGO. Manjoume was such a good change from Kaiba. I don't want the same rivals again and again lmao.
I just wished his anime counterpart was treated better. What he was made up to be in season 1 had so much potential going for him
True Though
Jun/Chazz is more serious and actually reliable
Shou/Cyrus is still soft and cries a lot. but for a completely different reason, which deserves respect, if not sympathy.
Ryou/Zane/Kaiser is still a certified badass, but unlike in anime. in the manga he did not give into evil
Osiris Teacher actually does her job, she loses a duel but it's the thought that count.
It is dark, just like how Yugioh should always be.
Overall, the manga is better. The only regret I have about the manga is Misawa was changed into a simp.
Chazz. It. UP!
ICONIC
one ten hundred thousand manjoume thunder !!!!!!!!!!!!
I kinda like both the Manga, and the anime versions of Chazz. Though, I think you were a bit harsh with the anime Chazz's personality differences from Manga Chazz, the reason why he's like that in the anime is because of the way his brothers treated him. We don't see much of his brothers, but from what I saw Chazz's childhood didn't look like it was cupcakes and rainbows growing up with them pressuring him to bring honor to the family name. He kinda broke free when he went to North Academy, but when he got back his brothers were waiting. After the school duel was when he was truly free from them, his arrogance and jerkish attitude came from being raised with people that didn't exactly love him in any sense of the word. From just before Jaden and Chazz's school duel we saw Chazz break down with the responsibility that his brothers placed on him, implying that they practically ingrained a sense of "Have to win, Need to win, No Other Options, Make His Family Proud" in him from his childhood days. That's why he's like that, in the manga, we never really see his brothers. So we don't know if he broke loose of their influence early or something, Manga Chazz still has a bit of attitude though, especially in his first duel against Jaden. Anyway, just wanted to say that. Great video Dilan. Can't wait to see what the next one is going to be about :)
Consideing how much Support the Ojamas had gotten in real life plus ABC-Dragon Buster.
Is funnier that Anime Chazz/Manjoume would actually be the strongest of the 2 Chazz/Manjoume
Yeah definitely, his deck is a lot more versatile, and it grows a lot more than his manga deck !
Why do i get the feeling that anime Chazz would defeat Manga Chazz
Have you ever considered checking sometimes the Latin American dub of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Atem's voice in latin american dub is just so iconic.
Also considering that dub got scrwed A LOT (never finished GX, 5D's ZEXAL was just dubbed for 1 season, and aparently just now in 2018 are taking about dubbing ARC-V.............1 year after ending in japan, months after ended inUSA and probably will debut only in 2019)
Actually, Zexal got a complete dub. You can find it all on Crunchyroll. Arc-V's dub isn't there, but it is complete also.
IT DID??!?!...
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Then somebody slacked abut the dubbing page
If only i had a crunchyroll.....
@@YugiohEverything kinda like yusei
Yes!!!!! I have been waiting for this analysis!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Super excited to see this back! Looking forward to more! Also as always thanks for the description shoutouts! xD
Thanks Sam! And thank you for the thumbnails !!
I got the manga version of Manjoume sounds amazing and super cool i wish this was the version they used in the anime. You really got me to check out the GX manga and read it all in a week. Awesome video i can't wait for more from this series of video's !
Thanks dragoncross! And really glad you decided to check out the GX manga! It's a good read! :D
THUNDER THUNDER MANJOUME THUNDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Megh Patel 1 10 100 1000 MANJOUME THUNDER!!!
xD xD I love it
THUNDA THUNDA MANJOUME THUNDA It's better that the bullsh@t of chazz it up.
Chazz was my favorite in the anime because his duel strategies were the most unique and least one-note of the cast. But man was it a breath of fresh air to have him actually win duels in the manga instead of expecting him to lose to every single villain.
Chazz was maybe not very successful during the main Anime story. He was about to duel Kagemaru together with Jaden and then all were like "nope we don`t need you here". (Hate the writers for this) But he dominated many filler episodes only made for him (Maybe the writers did have a soft spot for him). Also he was a beast during the society of light arc and acted more like a typical rival. All the character development made him very human and one of my most favourite Yugioh characters. He did lost eleven duels but he won several hundred duels. Something characters like Kaiba can`t say from themselfs. Of screen or not, still counts.
listen here gx anime has no filler
Nice video, as always. Can't wait to see the next character analysis.
On a side note: I would love to have a dragon as my Duel Spirit!
ICHI! JUN! HYAKU! SEN! MAN-JOUME SANDA!!
I really like Manjoume more in the manga , because he is not arrogant, is not a real joke / comic relief and also I am "scared" of the ojamas , I found them gross as kid and this time never disappeared ( silly reason ).
Definitely agree there Akaryu!
Akaryu Best Same
would have been awesome for chazz to come back in arc-v instead of alexis
CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP!
It's an iconic chant
i love both versions of Chazz for different reasons. The anime version is funny and he goes through a few good character arcs, such as when he goes to North academy and returns to duel Jaden and we learn about his situation with his family. Then when he duels against his brother he shows that his style of dueling and views on cards change. Then when he interns for Aster and learns what it means to be a professional duelist. He also has some of my favorite duels in the anime. As for the manga version, hes very honorable and i love that he beat Jaden. He had good development and even went on to help defeat the final villain.
I know many people will disagree but
Jun Manjoume is my most favorite rival among all rivals in Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. He had the best chatacter development and he used many types of deck and combined 3 of it later (VWXYZ/Armed Dragons/Ojamas) I think that's awesome enough. He also defeated 50 North Academia students, defeated Society of Light students, freeing them (also winning GX tournament) and he defeated his brother, Chosaku using 0 ATK point deck when the requirement were monsters under 500 ATK points
Many people say Manjoume doesn't fit to be Judai's rival, Edo/Ryou would be better but... I don't think so. They didn't interacted much with Judai except dueling unlike Manjoume did
He also defeated Edo in Season 4, and there was one duel where Manjoume supposed to win against Judai but he lost on purpose due of the order of his manager as Ojamanjoume, I always count that as a win anyway
Overall, he's an awesome rival and an awesome character despite of his arrogant, stand-offish attitude. He may be a simp but I like that comic-relief part of his, it always bring smiles to me
I didn't liked Manga Manjoume that much. It lacks so many things from his anime counterpart, which is why I like the Anime Manjoume more. Many people say Manga Manjoume is better due of the fact he defeated Judai two times. Though, Kid Manjoume is so cute to see
My favorite is the manga but I do appreciate his comedy in the anime.
If I remember correctly in the GX manga it was Bastian that was in love with Alexis
Time to Chazz it up! Great video! For not really knowing the character, I definitely prefer the manga version of him based on your descriptions
Maybe it's just because I much preferred the Anime, but I prefer Anime Chazz, the Manga Manjoume was just kind of boring to me, and in the Anime I felt like he simply did more, changed more.
And Chazz it up every day.
I have agree. Manga Chazz is a better duelist but Anime Chazz is a better character.
One! Ten! Hundred! Thousand! Thunder!
Manjome Thunder!
i don't know what to say i just love every video Dylan uploads!
He was great in the manga, had terrific cards.
I prefer Anime Chazz over the Manga Edgelord Chazz. I mean to me when I was reading the manga Chazz was the most annoying/worst part of the manga. I mean every time he showed up after the first duel with Jadenhe was basically a edgelord who showed up and gave nothing to conversation except 'AH LINE LINE LINE NO EMOTION'. I mean I get the cool headed part but damn show some emotions once in the while instead of trying to paint him as the never wavering person. I mean at the beginning his entire motivations was about his brothers, Jaden's master, and claims but we never revisit it ever. Most of his arcs are just 'Aw I lost, ok'. Anime Chazz felt more whole character as he had more to him as a person instead of just making him 'the rival character'. But that's my thoughts.
Have to agree. Manga Chazz is a better duelist then his anime counterpart but as a character he's kinda boring (a common problem I find with the manga versions of the characters from the Yugioh spin off's).
As mishandled as Anime Chazz is IMO he's one of the characters that got the most character development (barring season 3 cos no one got any character development in season 3 cos fuck you Jessie).
SO yeah, Manga Chazz is a better duelist but Anime Chazz is a better character.
Absolutely agree. Except the other rivals like Kaiba he needed to grow as a character and learned from every one of his losses. But like other characters he got more and more in the background because of new characters they needed to include to advertise some new theme decks.
Yeeeees! I've missed this! Manjoume is such a... Special character when it comes to his two versions. I really don't consider him a rival in the anime because as you said, he was kind of a comic relief guy. Hell Kaiser will always be Judai's rival for me. Even Edo kind of was more of a rival. In the manga tho, Manjoume is DA MAN. More serious and mature, they treat character so much better. Glad you brought this back, Dylan!
This is my personal opinion, but a few of the reasons I consider Ryo the rival: Defeats MC at least once (like Seto, the only rival we had then)
Has a little brother and (I think but I'm not sure) it's older than MC
His ace monster has a triple fusion
Uses dragons. I know they're Machine type monsters, buy they're called Cyber DRAGONS, come on xD
Enjoyed reading that Lup! I definitely think you could make the argument that Ryo was a much better rival than Manjoume in the GX anime !
CHAZZ. IT. UP!
In all seriousness tho I do like the thunder motif and I will never forget how he freaking FRIED HIS COMPUTER when got upset over Adrian in season 3. I tots headcanon that he was a mage in a former life.
Anyway really interesting to learn about manga Chazz! I really gotta get my hands on the rest of manga. This video was a good motivator!
Man you upload all the time, I always enjoy your videos though. Maybe someday when Disney takes over the world, you can do a collaboration with my other favorite TH-camr the Disney brain.
Thanks Jessie! Since I graduated college, I decided to go full time so expect a video pretty much every day now! :)
Finely you back to these videos thanks Dylan
However this is what I wanted to say
First : judai have a lot of rivals in the anime ( manjomi , ryo , bastion , Edo ) but manjomi is the most of them that appear as a rival
Second : in the manga judai lose for everyone ( expect his first 5 duels I think ) even after he use masked heros ( thought they are stronger than the normal )
Three : manjomi in the manga used two monster ( light end dragon and dark end dragon ) as an effect monsters and these monsters actually are synchros
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One ten hundred thousand manjomi thunder
Great video! I always thought GX had like 4 rivals. Chazz, Zane, Aster and Jesse. I feel like only DM and 5Ds had like one solid rival (which is something I like more 2bh). Zexal had 2 in Kite and Shark while ARC-V had 2 in Akaba Reiji and Shingo. I will say, I like Chazz more in the anime. He had more of a character and went through a lot changes. I felt like in the manga, his deck wasn't unique (A dragon deck wasn't original *cough* Seto Kaiba *cough*) and he just didn't really seem to have a personality. Just IMO and I can respect him being a better rival in the manga, though personally season 4 chazz is when he's at his best.
I also prefer manga version of chazz
I like him in the anime too cuz he has shown great skill and had some really badass moments
also that arrogance of his in the anime kind of made me like him even more but what I hated was that throughout the gx he became pretty much a joker that cant beat anyone (still shows awesome skill but somehow just cant win)
and that is why manga chazz is better
So glad this is back, yay!
I think the problem with Thunder in the anime (and most of its cast, especially the the characters introduced early on) is that the staff maybe didn't know where the series was going at the time and if they did, I believe they only had a very rough draft.
As the show kept going and more characters started to be introduced, who would contribute much more to the overall narrative they were going for, Manjoume kinda became the "jobber" of the show, someone they could throw at and get credibility right away. It is kinda of a shame and is character was defenitely wasted in the anime, so I'd go with Manga Thunder on this one too.
Also CNBT as the ending theme assdfgghjjh
The whole video is a Jojo reference ;)
Seriously though you make a lot of good points as always Junior! A lot of the main cast was thrown away throughout the show (Asuka, Sho, BASTION) so it's a shame Manjoume went that route as well. Had he been a bit more serious and not have that tendency to be a jobber to help others get over, as you said, then I think he would have been a really strong rival to Judai!
yea, they basically made ed the rival character, but then largely threw him away for johan, so to your point, manjoume became the jobber. based on how they built up ed and johan (pegasus' comments) i guess it's impossible to expect them to turn them into the jobbers and let manjoume remain the strong rival, but yea
I forgot you did this glad you brought it back
Thanks Roku! Glad to be bringing it back too!
Anime: A relatable person which I enjoyed watching him grow as a person.
Manga: Done justice but sometimes he can be boring 😑especially when he lacked emotions in other words the original Yusaku Fujiki before he became the leading man of his own show😑.
I think the reason for why Manjoume was written that way in the anime was because he was meant to be a parody of the whole rival character archetype. I heard from somewhere that the Ojamas he used were created as an opposite to Seto Kaibas Blue-Eyes monster. I mean they're both normi monsters that have the same Attribute and are iconic to that character (btw they also have Fusion monster). Blue-Eyes are Level 8 and have high ATK and DEF, while the Ojamas are Level 2 and are frail like tissue paper. After the original series ended I think they wanted to create Zane to be something similar to that of Kaiba, while having Manjoume act as the parody of rival characters to have some variety in its massive cast of characters. Its also a shame that this same kind of rival was tried again in a series that frankly I want to have break from bashing and was done BAAAAAAAAAAADDDDD...Manjoume in the manga does feel like a stronger rival sure, but I think I prefer the anime version simply because making a parody of rivals isn't easy and Manjoume imo deserves to be remembered/praised because of that. 1,100, 1000 Manjoume Thunder/Chazz it up!
Hmm , thats really interesting! If that was there true intention then they succeeded! Manjoume by far is the most unique rival that Yugioh has. Whether that's a good thing or not is up to the person who's viewing , and what they want to see in a rival character!
This is a great vid Dylan
Thank you Senpeezy! :D
So glad your doing these again.
Also I like Chazz in the manga version because of how serious he is and how much of a great duelist in the manga.
I love the anime version because he goes through better character development. He's finding himself, like a lot of high schoolers. Also, he's the only the only rival pre-Vrains to be the younger brother and have a negative relationship with his brothers. I always found that to be a big difference between him and the other rivals and something that I wish you mentioned. He's a lot deeper in the anime than his Duel record, your main focus, suggest.
I've never had the chance to check out the GX manga but after hearing about how different Manjoume is I think I'll finally check it out once I'm finished reading through 5Ds' manga! He sounds like such an awesome character in the manga!
ONE
TEN
A HUNDRED
A THOUSAND
MANJOUME THUNDER
Apparently Aoi is getting a major makeover in the manga, with her being the main rival rather than a comic relief/side rival like she is in the anime. Similar to Chazz, who was the main rival in the manga but was mostly tossed aside in favor of Zane in the anime. Just as Aoi was mostly tossed aside in favor of Revolver.
I hope we see a similar dynamic with anime/manga Aoi that we saw with anime/manga Chazz. With Revolver playing a different role in the manga. That would be interesting.
Also: calling it now: Aoi plays Sky Strikers in the manga.
Zane is a better duelist than chazz but he wasnt the main rival and neither did he feature in as many episodes as chazz.
I like the past that Jaden and Chazz has in the manga. They both looked up to the same person.
Chazz it's my favorite Yugioh anime gx character but yeah his manga counterpart it's wayyy better also I wish he had light and darkness dragon in the anime as well just imagine his manga dragon deck with the xyz cars and the armed dragon cards
You should bring this back with the Katsuya Jonouchi (Joey Wheeler) of gx, Sho Marufuji (Syrus Truesdale)
I also never understood how people saying you get ahead with your money and family name = lets put my duel spirit away and in the ground. It doesn't even last that long. In the anime Chazz goes from arrogant and only wanting power, to a guy who actually does the right thing, takes action for the benefit of others, and whose ace monster is Ojama Yellow. And while he didn't pick up a win against Jaden in the anime (although you could very much argue that he was going to win their last duel) he did pick up big wins against his brothers with a 0 attack deck and the fate of duel academy on the line, against Don Zaloog a shadow rider (something even Zane couldn't do), he dueled Amnael, he dueled Sartorious, won the GX tournament, and he beat Aster Phoenix. To me, he was always a mix of Joey and Seto Kaiba, and I related to him and liked his deck a lot.
My modern retelling of yugioh gx chazz is mix of both his anime and manga counterparts his duel spirit is Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts and it's evolved form Tempest. His main deck is armed dragon thunder with ace monster armed dragon thunder lv10
I was JUST hoping for this one yesterday!
Jack is another one I wanna see, because manga Jack was pretty brutal at first.
I agree with you. Chazz deserves better and a rival should help the protagonist against a villian like in Dual Monsters, 5Ds, Zexal, and Arc V.
happy to see that you get some older stuff back to life x3
Personally I liked Chazz’s character in the anime more. Sure he was a better duelist in the manga, but he was much more relatable on a spiritual level, dealing with insecurities placed onto him by his brothers, finding his own passion and drive to fight for himself, and making true friends. (The ojamas.) Chazz is definitely my favorite character in the entire franchise.
BUT YOOOO CHAZZ WON THE FIRST ANIME DUEL BECAUSE FLAME WINGMAN CANT BE SUMMONED BY MONSTER REBORN REEEEEEE
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That wasnt even a win
Amr Ahlawiste I noticed
litspood Manjoume could have Magic Cylinder
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Too bad real life effects and anime effects are damn different so Judai would still win in that duel
I have been thinking about reading through the original YGO manga and GX. I want to read GX more now that I realize how much better a character Manjoume was. I always felt like the anime was too silly. Entertaining, but just too silly. Especially the Ojama brothers. *Hated* them. >_
Magnimazing .... not really hating on ojama brothers but yes, the manga Manjoume was better becuase his character has been given justice and also even it has around 50+ chapters.... His background story was striking enough, he is the best in junior's cup and also he worked his ass to be who is he and also a lot of things in case
In the manga he does have a bitter taste to Misawa tho, mainly because people keep comparing the two of them, and doubt Manjoume's true skill as a duelist due to Misawa was the best scored student yet was put in Ra Yellow, while Majoume was put in Obelisk Blue. But hell, even Misawa admitted himself that Manjoume was a much better duelist, and personally dismiss those accusation.
And Light and Darkness Dragon in the manga is dope. It's story is epic, it's appearance is menacing, it's influence is serious, and a mere attack from it early in the manga even weakened the main antagonist. Defenitely a thousand time better than Ojama Trio.
Every thing I hear about the GX manga makes it sound so much better than the anime. I got burned out with the Society of Light arc, so I've been watching Arc-V instead and have been thoroughly enjoying it.
I feel like the two spirits that Chazz/Manjoume show bigger effects on his character more than anything. Having Light and Darkness dragon who's really strong boosted his power and his pride brought him to who he was in the manga, but in the anime he doesn't run into any spirits until much later and rather than having any Pride he had arrogance.
I still prefer the anime form because he had really lightened up there as opposed to his manga counterpart who really was more quieter
Chazz it up! Chazz it up!
Manjome Thunder... yeah I only watch the last season in japanese for a reason. not manjome specifically but most VA's I like way more in the dub.
I request a Bastion one if you have not already.
I like both versions of Chazz a lot but I think im partial to anime Chazz since you can't really beat the line "Chazz it up"(or 1,10,100,1000 Manjoume thunder if you prefer)
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There is also a big difference. The Ojama's are really comedic while Light and Darkness dragon is serious. I think that does represent Chazz as a whole. In the anime he is more comedic.
Everyone always focuses on his personality in the first part of season 1 but he had his more humble persona during the vast majority of GX.
Manjoume was a boss in season 2. He loses to Saiou, but after that, he basically starts beating everyone else in Duel Academy aside from Judai. He beats several obelisk blue and ra yellow students including the two guys he always hangs out with which might not sound impressive on paper since none of them were that important, but if you think about how the average duelist would go against them. Then he beats Asuka and Bastion which were good revenge wins for him since they both beat him in season 1, and it's not until the main character duels him when he loses again. Another thing I liked is that usually when a character is brainwashed in Yugioh, they don't regain control until they lose, but Manjoume actually kind of regained his senses even before Judai beat him (I don't know if that happened in the sub, but in the dub, he returned to normal shortly before the end of the duel). It's too bad Manjoume's potential didn't carry over in future seasons. :/
I like the anime chazz more; simply due to character growth and personality.
On top of that, while he was played as comic relief, the dude had some of the biggest wins of all in the anime, won the GX tourney, beat Alster, his brother, and so much more. Sadly they just never made him a main ringer or a real rival to Jaden. This can be seen as a good and bad thing, but the dude was winning and got pro with the freaking Ojamas, if that's not a legend idk what is.
Chazz it up will always be the pinical of yugioh catchphrases
Chaos in the manga might able to defeat Jaden, but he will never be as savage as the anime Chazz. Like seriously especially in the Dub anime Chazz is savage.
Could never get in the GX anime but the GX Manga is amazing!
GX Anime main cast in a nutshell:
Judai - Bugs Bunny
Sho - Piolin
Hayato - Porky
Manjoume - Daffy Duck
Asuka - Lola Bunny
Phoenix - Silvester
Prof. Chronos - Elmer
Anime Chazz is my favorite character in YGO, because of all the reasons you mentioned. He is more relatable than Manga Chazz and has way more development than most YGO characters period.
Unique Deck(s) and he is funny as hell along with his Ojamas. I do wish that he would’ve had a final duel against Jaden in the end of the anime were he would finally win, but whatevs!
Manga Chazz just felt like a less arrogant version of Seto Kaiba which is why he wasn’t as fun to watch in comparison.
kaibas inferior to naoh
4:27 for a weird reason I like this picture lol 😂
5:18 no bastion was also jadens rival in the manga but only for the begging lol
True. I always felt Zane was more the rival than Chazz. Manga Chazz truly embodied the spirit of a yugioh rival.
On Anime Manjoume, your analysis on his defeat number is exaggerated.
As you said, probably "because" he was planned to be the main rival, he had more on-screen duels against Judai/Jaden, but if Alexis or Bastion had to duel Jaden 7 times, you think they would have won, only characters to have ever had the power to beat Jaden are Zane(who took the spotlight as Main Rival to Manjoume very early for me; In fact, when I read the manga, I was surprised to see Manjoume was set up as the main rival, because for me in Anime, it had always been Zane. In fact, before I read manga, I had always consider the "Kaiba" of Jaden was Zane, while Chazz was a failed attempt to be a gx version of Yama Bakura), Aster Phoenix and Austin O'Brien.
No, for his last duel against Jaden, a "defeat is not a defeat" and Chazz hadn't a "chance" to beat Jaden, he would have "defeated" Jaden, if he hadn't chosen to let Jaden won because he was advised to do that for his career.
While I understand why you think of Chazz as a comic relief character in the anime, I would like to defend him a bit. Sure, he had a lot of losses, but a few of those came very early on in the series before he left duel academy and went through a growing phase. He also picked up a pretty good win against Don Zaloog, one of the seven shadow riders. Plus, to be fair, everyone loses to Sartorius except Jaden... finally, I really liked his growth in season 4 as he learned that the life of a professional duelist is not easy and it takes a lot of work to get to the top as well as to maintain your status (as he saw working for Edo). He definitely would have beaten Jaden in their last duel if he was not told to throw it though, so I think that as well as defeating Edo were really good for his character.
Altogether I can understand why you’d like the manga version better, I did still enjoy him in the anime (especially season 4)
Marik/Yami Marik next. Both versions of him are pretty similar true, but their deliveries are VERY different. And plus, he’s just such a twisted evil villain, how can he not be fun to talk about?
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You did skip over his trails to become a pro which is one of my favorites.
It's about time we got this back!!
Chaz it up!
I always love the mangas more then the animes when it comes to Yugioh. GX manga is by far much better then the anime with a coherant story from beginning to end and better utilizaing characters
I love the anime Chazz, he's a loser and maybe thats because I like him. He loses a lot but he keep to stand up. Same with his deck and his dueling, he evolves the strategy over and over untill he find out he can beat(?) Jaden and beat a pro like Edo.
And the fact he is an unconventional rival make him a lot enjoyable cause he is goofy the most of the time, not like the other serious and boring rival we have in the other series.
btw sorry for my horrible english lol I love you channel man ;)
I love using his Ojama deck in games. It's easy to use
Yes I was waiting for this
One of those duels in the anime, in episode 60, the ends with no result because Jaden still couldn't see his cards... also I agree his manga counterpart is much better. His deck as well, being able to summon multiple high level dragons consistently and he's less arrogant.
I think there were 2 no results and 5 losses in the 7 duels iirc! Loved manga Chazz!
I recently read the GX Manga and loved it the artwork is pretty good and it actually feels like a sequel and continues the plot duel monsters started unlike the anime which does its own thing
Yeah I love the GX manga! One of my fav Yugioh spinoff mangas!
Manga version by a landslide, but I still like both of his catchphrases
I also read the comics but the manga one is 100 times cool.
Both of chazzs caugh phrases are great
* sees Dylan uploaded something on a ygo manga *
* instant click *