RANKING EVERY Akaba Reiji DUEL! (Arc-V)
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- I had my Patrons vote on the rivals, and Akaba Reiji was the winner! We sit down and rank every single on-screen/full duel Reiji took part in! I hope you guys enjoy and PLEASE leave your ranks down below!! Hope you all enjoy!
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0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Number 8
2:23 - Number 7
3:44 - Number 6
5:16 - Number 5
7:15 - Number 4
8:53 - Number 3
10:47 - Number 2
12:22 - Number 1
14:34 - Outro
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"After Leo Akaba is defeated in 20 seconds"
That never stops being pathetic.
I wonder. What is the Top 5 of the shortest duels in all of Yu-Gi-Oh?
@@brunosanto3488 Lawton/Lotten vs Ramon and Don Thousand vs Mizar would make Top 3, in my opinion
@@nicolasrey8773 Lawton vs. Ramon is an easy #1 pick. Lol
@@cameraredeye3115 yeh that FTK never gets old
I just loved how he forced Roger in a infinite loop even with him cheating and his Second Duel with Yuya as the best of his Duels
Arc-V was the saga that really made me realize how talented the script-writers are, with regards to how intricate and long the combos are. IMO this was the series where the anime started reflecting the meta.
Might be my favorite lineup of duels out of all of the shows. Might be recency bias since I just finished binge watching it last night, but making a top ten list hurts for me with all of the honorable mentions I want to include.
Arc V made watching 5Ds hard for me because really nothing compares to the consistency of the duels choreography.
When I watched vrains it was awesome seeing the amazing choreography especially because its the series that can boast having the most archetypes in it becoming meta irl. As an actual salad player watching Soulburner play (despite him playing cards you wouldn’t actually obv) was so fun.
Yes
His duels may be few, but each one is a treat to witness.
Let's give applause to the man with the most diabolical sounding theme but is a good guy.
I would love to see a list of best Zane Truesdale/ Hell Kaiser duels.
I'd love to see that as well!!
That would be cool!
Spoiler: Zane vs Jesse/Yubel is the best of all.
Reiji's been one of my favorite rivals in the series. He's calm and collected, and doesn't let his emotions get in the way of his duels. He also kind of reminds me of Kaiba, if Kaiba actually had chill and wasn't obsessed with victory.
He is basically the Non Petty version of Kaiba, who has his shit together.
@@darryljack6612 I'm curious if he were duel against Atem/Yugi if he would come out on top. Kaiba was a great duelist, but often his jealousy would cause him to mess up and lose against Yugi. Reiji though seems like he would duel him with a straight head and honorably.
@@AshXXMayftw Thats another thing that is interesting, If Reiji is the reverse Kaiba, i believe Yuya is the reverse Yugi.
Yuya is always all over the place, emotions everywhere and never on sync with the plan. If Reiji and Atem/Yugi went up against each other, i dont know who would win, but it would be an interesting calculated game.
@@AshXXMayftw we obviously gotta give yugi/atem the modern day dark magicians to even make it a fight
Besides Kaiba GX 5ds Zexal Arc v Vrains rival all A Plus
It’s amazing that the only person who ever gave Reiji legitimate struggle is Leo. LEO of all people.
Well he is Reiji’s father after all. Makes sense
@@sxwriter8569 very true
Leo's the headmaster of a military academy and the main antagonist of the show. He BETTER be a good duelist.
@@heavydonkeykong5190 i'm sorry to disappoint you. He literally lasts like 20 secs in his duel against Zarc
@@nicolasrey8773 I know he does. I'm mainly talking about when he dueled Reiji and Yuya.
My favorite rival, who never really got enough duel spotlight. I know we see a lot of his leadership/philosophy but he only duels Yuya and poorly designed characters (Barrett who simply disappeared after 2 duels;Reira who dueled once; Roget and Leo dont need a introduction). I just wished he got more memorable enemies and wins. Its just sad because before Revolver appeared he was my Solo number 1 Rival (now they share the spot)
Reiji's whole situation reminds me of Roa's treatment in Sevens.
@@brunosanto3488 At least with Reiji, we knew that something was with his VA which caused him having not many duels. And Reiji still had more screentime than Roa so far.
Reira duelled twice, he had a sick 3v1
I thought Reiji’s portion of the Zarc duel was the impressive part. Not only did he caused the most hit and damage, but also counter a few of Zarc’s defensives. He just couldn’t successfully defend himself against Zarc’s counter-attack.
He wouldn't have been able to defend even if he had 4000 LP. The last two attacks from Zarc dealt 1800 and 2400 damage respectively (both were piercing damage due to SK Starving Venom's effect).
Sawatari definitely had the most impressive part of the Duel, and I do think he got robbed. Of course the other three Dimension Dragons are unbeatable; they've been evolving linearly, to be the best of their mechanic (at least, by Arc-V's own logic). But Pendulum evolved faster than Zarc was expecting, and Odd-Eyes was outpaced; even in Yuya's Deck, Nirvana High Paladin was out of its league, but Abyss Actors and D/D did things that Zarc was never planning on. He created Pendulum monsters in an attempt to ensure his immortality; it only makes sense that Pendulum monsters would finish him off, especially when used by someone who everyone disregarded as pathetic for most of the series.
Of course, in an ideal world, that Duel would be shorter, and accompanied by a secondary, inner Duel, a different 4v1 where the Yu boys worked together to beat Zarc, prove that he's less than the sum of his parts.
@@elijahpadilla5083 yeah but would it make sense for Yuri to help Yuya?
@@veeeeeeeeee453 Could be an Enemy Mine situation, where Yuri's not fighting for Yuya's sake, but realizes that he can't enjoy himself if he's trapped inside Zarc.
@@elijahpadilla5083 Reiji invented those pendulum cards.
Despite his lack of duels, Reiji is still the best rival IMO.
I think he's one of those characters whose handling in the writing isn't hurt too much by not dueling often, because like Rex Godwin, he does so much outside of dueling to drive the plot anyway.
Revolver and Kaito easily better than him
Kaiba
@@playmaker4700 nah
Akaba Reiji/Declan Akaba is my favorite character in Arc V, Shun being second. One of my favorite Rivals in Yugioh. His cool, calm and collected yet gravitating presence really demonstrates his command in a scene. His duels between Akaba Leo, Yuya R2/R3 and Jean Michael Roget were some of the best duels that were action packed yet filled with so much emotion. An amazing character all around. Awesome Job Dylan. Keep up the great work.
"...right after Leo Akaba is defeated in 20 seconds..."
Oh, the shade! lmmfao!
Renji is easily the strongest rival!
He's also one of my favorite anime characters! DDD is also my favorite deck!
The "Jaden / Juudai is banned from his duels being covered" reminded me of how RANK10YGO has a pseudo ban from doing the HERO Archetype Archive episode, that "if he does it, it will be series finale"
When this guy comes to Duel Links i won't play any other character until i have him max level
Lol i did that with Crash Town Kalin 😂
Honestly, the only reason I would put the final duel in the trash can, bottom of the barrel, is because of 2 reasons.
1) Not counting his forfeit, this would be his only L in the series and it was a horrible way for him to go as number 2 will explain further.
2) Unlike every other duel, where Reiji depends on his Dark Contract cards and vast array of unique monsters to counter his opponent, he opts in the final duel to throw all of that away for 3 giant monsters that (arguably) counter Yuya entirely.
Reiji wastes his entire hand for 3 boss monsters and didn't opt to use any of his Dark Contract or D/D cards that would help solidify his victory. This is a testament to how they nerfed him hard just to give Yuya a win against him. Even after forcing Reiji to do literally nothing except use his 3 most powerful cards, Yuya still almost lost if it wasn't for the most bullshit card(s) by a mile. Not only was Yuya allowed to summon a powerful monster for free, but if and only if that monster died, he could just try again with the next card it let him add to his hand (no side effects either, since the Odd-Eyes never disappeared and was used to summon all of his new monsters in sequence.
Funny enough, D/D/D Purple Armageddon received an effect in the TCG that counters this strategy in lieu of the ability to resist destruction by battle. Had any of them been destroyed, Reiji would also be put in a stronger position since they return to his Pendulum Zone on destruction to summon back his 3 Armaggedons.
So much wasted potential... just to close the rivalry. At least when Yuma tried to get a rematch with Kite, Kite creamed Yuma and that was the end of that.
I’m looking forward to Chazz/Manjyoume’s video. His duels always entertain me.
Nothing of that. Where is Sawatari? Where is the boy who was fooled by the writers in 90% of their duels?
Yeah
Manjoume*
@@brunosanto3488 I would love a Shingo video but since he never won a solo duel and Dylan not being a huge fan of him, I kinda doubt we will ever get this.
I was expecting you to have 1-4 and 5-8 switched except for #1. Really goes to show when even shows you like have it’s fumbles, you’re able to appreciate the stuff you love about it more
Wow. I didn't remember Akaba Reiji having so few on-screen duels (Roa seems to be Reiji's natural successor to being the rival who disappears out of nowhere and has a handful of duels. Did I mention that they both have Fiend-centric decks?)
As we are, I demand: RANKING EVERY Sylvio/Sawatari DUELS!
Reji is damn strong like Zane and his duel with Yuya round 2 is the best.
Arc-V characters are far stronger than previous yugioh series characters due to extra deck summoning methods + pendulum. But Reiji and Yuya are masters and great duelist
@@nicknemiroff1417 can u really say that when yuya lost to jack in 3 turns……I understand it was in tbe beginning of the series but if that was 5d’s jack atlas it would’ve been way worse
@@mroperationgaming3268 any version of jack wouldn't stand a chance against the end of the series yuya with pendulum,suncro,xyz and fusion monsters + Zarc dragon
Thank you Dylan for a Good Video!
I agree with you on your picks in this video.
Reiji is a good duelist and it is always fun to watch him duel.
This list really shows how sparingly Reji was used in this show. Thanks for the video, Dylan! And this series is great, so please keep it up!
(Also, why Leo never just carded Yuri I’d beyond me. Knowing that there need to be all 4 in order for Zarc to resurrect )
At least I think that Reiji, in the plot, was used better (Despite not having many duels). Sadly, I can't say the same as Aki.
@@brunosanto3488 very true, that’s a great point
He was more proactive outside of dueling. His power lied beyond just the card game and was like a true tactical military leader.
I definitely agree with the number one ranking! Best duel and really shows how Reji plans so far ahead in everything he does.
I’d loved to see a ranked list for Hell Kaisers duels
Great video. I would definitely like to watch more of these videos.
Akaba Reiji: All according to my keikaku.
*adjusting glasses*
this was a prety great list for Reiji duels
i'd love to see a list rank duels either for Joey Wheeler or Shark/Nasch
Yuya VS Reiji round 2 is my favorite arc V duel and one of my top three favorite duels of all time. I love the atmosphere and tone of the duel (some of my favorite in the whole franchise), the back and forth, the music (especially towards the end of it), and the finale was incredible.
Yuya VS Reiji round 3 is another favorite of mine as well. I think the ending of the show had a lot of problems, but I loved the Ceremonial Duel.
Excellent video man!
I agree with you about the Yuya/Reiji vs Leo duel. The duel does get overlooked by a lot and is actually very good. I really like the dialogue between Reiji and Leo and the duelling action and Leo’s Spirit Tech Force deck is really cool and would like to see printed. Leo may have turned out to be a bit of a disappointment but he had great build up and awesome action and character moment in the flashback about Ray.
Im so happy you are bacj to posting videos. I like them. Not that i dont like the podcast but i like the videos aswell
Some ideas:
DM - Jounouchi duels
GX - Hell Kaiser duels
VRAINS - Aoi Zaizen
Aoi's Duels Ranking would be depressing as hell (At least for me).
It would be better to replace Aoi with Soulburner or Revolver.
@@brunosanto3488 It would be like handing out a participation prize.
Revolver is my daddy
Akaba Reiji is my fav rival who is often not all that rival-like, meaning he's allied with the good guys.
It immediately cans all of the pettyness that could be attributed to other rivals and establishes him as a strong leader on a mission.
I really wish we could get the C/C/C cards. I love the concept of them.
Also, great vid!
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!
Edit: I would want to see SoulBurner
Best Reiji duel, against Yuya with the Heartland Action Field.
A close second would be his infinite loop thing against Jean Michel Roger.
Zettai Mugen loop
Every Revolver duel would be an awesome ranking
Revolver best character ever
@@Sleamo I just wish he had more duels
@@slenderbear2234 yeah me to
My personal favorite Duel from Revolver isn't even from the Anime but from a Yugioh TH-cam channel (YGOshow) that made him fight Bohman. I LOVED the Duel as hell, it definitely felt like smth coming from the Anime.
@@revolverkyosuke7049 Revolver and kalin are the best characters!
My favourite Reiji/Declan duel was his second duel against Yuya
I think it was you who said that Yuya’s entertainment was forced (I agree by the way) and I loved the serious duel where Yuya was pissed at him for everything that happened with the tournament and forming The Lancers 😃😃😃
I’d love a Shun ranking or Soulburner if you don’t want to repeat ARC V
I have a question for you:
If you do this kind of video for Edo/Asuka, Jack/Crow or Kaito, would you include the duels they had whilst being in Arc-V as cameos? Cause this could actually influence people's opinion on their suggestions.
At least I hope there's clarity on that.
honestly, i would love to see a list of the best and worst of Crow hogan's duels since he's one of my favorite characters in 5ds
I'm gonna be that guy and proudly ask for Ranking every Edo Phoenix (GX) duel!
The guy who literally came out of nowhere, and clapped both the strongest duelists in the duel academia like they were nothing.
Please do more videos like this it’s really entertaining
Imagine how long one of these videos would be on the main protagonists
Yugi and Jaden would be quite long in his opinion since they have had the most duels of all the protagonists.
It would be really cool if you did this to with Revolver and Kalins duels. This is such good content 🔥🔥🔥
Here's an idea for a video: Protagonist and Best Friend or Rival relationship rankings!
Idea for a video,who has the best rivalry in Yu-Gi-Oh. By that I mean who is the best rival to there protagonist who brings out the best and worse of each other.
I as a example Shark and Yuma have a long standing grudge that is payed off by the end in spectacular fashion.
Other end of the spectrum Yaya and Regi never really feel like they strive to improve each other to me outside of the last dule.
Great video man keep on being a badass content creator
Yuma and Shark's final duel is incredible. I think their character arcs converged perfectly.
Do Jim crocodile cook next. his cool fossil deck duels deserve to be talked about
Soulburner or revolver is a definite must do for this series
i would want to see kite tenjo
Would be great to see another rival video with someone like Kaito or Revolver.
I would love to see a SHun ranking because he ahs some really good duels besides him vs sora that I won't to see where there ranked for you like SHun vs Kite and SHun vs Crow, and also SHun vs Dennis as well we're all such good duels that I won't to see get ranked
I want to see Playmaker ranking duel next
Would love to see Kaito in one of these. Zexal and Arc-V
For me the reira vs reiji duel was actually one of my more higher placements. I put it in the spot where the Leo duel is because it felt underwhelming the duel and to make it worse it ends with no result thus we never get to see Leo be an actual opponent in battle. I very much enjoyed how reira was giving reiji a push coming off after he was losing his confidence with his duel with his father countering him just before this one! Forcing him to use action cards which for reiji was kinda rare to see him use! Everything else i have the same!
Rank every Kaito duel pleaseeeeee !!!!
I really love Arc V, but I only have a problem with this anime, Yuya use a lot of Action Cards
Akaba Reiji is one of the best strategic duelist in the Yu-Gi-Oh series
Most likely one of them, personally I preferred the round 3 duel even though I do agree with the issues around it, Round 2 between Reiji and Yuya is not my “personal” favorite but I definitely respect those who ranked it pretty high considering that it is one of Reiji’s best duels in terms of quality.
This list was fun and can’t wait for the next one. 👍🏻🥳
Personally I'm hoping to see you do a character like Chazz/Monjoume in the future despite his whole 18 duels you would have to wade through.
Easily one of the best things about arc v with my favorite archetype.
Revolver needs something like this too!
Yuya vs Reiji R2 Is my second favorite duel in ARC V as well as Shun vs Sora is my number 1 duel.
My third is favorite is Shun vs Dennis
I agree with your list as well
I would love to see Joey wheeler, Zane trusdale, and shark they all have suck amazing duels in the series
Nice Job 👍 good Video next kaito or Manjome would love to see Manjome in this series since some think that GX is the worst yu gi oh show but it is one of the best
8 onscreen duels?? For such a great duelist and important character, that seems real low. Great list nevertheless, and easy number 1. I hope to one day see a list on the Hell Kaiser. One question I do have tho, what would take longer? Ranking every Judai duel or a video on every single HERO card??
It can be said that Reiji is one of the few rivals that hardly appears on screen and hardly has duels (Sawatari has more screen time and more duels than Reiji). All that theme reminds me of Roa in Sevens (Rival who is missing and who rarely has duels on screen)
@@brunosanto3488 Unfortunately Sevens has fallen into the same trap as Arc-V with having an expansive cast. However, Sevens can get away with this because of its formula allowing a duel every single week, giving Roa plenty of time to have more duels before the show ends. Heck, as of episode 61, he's already had 5 duels, which is 3 of Reiji's total in 148 episodes.
Honestly I agree with your list it matches mine I'd trade barret and Zarc but I feel I have to correct you on something
1: Yuya was shaken up not because Reiji performed the summon it was because he had the cards as Sawatari also pendulum summoned not long before.
2: the card that Yuya referred to as what Yuto left behind for him was Dark Rebellion not shuffle reborn
My top 3 are:
Reiji Vs Reira
Reiji and Yuya Vs Leo
Reiji Vs Roget
I would like to see Rio Kastle and Aster Phoenix’s duels ranked next please
Would like to see a ranking every Syrus/Sho duel video.
I would like to see the duels ranked in order of Shark.
I completely forgot the Barrett duel.
Given this man’s opinions in the past I think I know what number 1 will be.
List of Seto Kaiba's duels in DM, Pyramid of Light and DSOD
Reiji is most likely my favourite Arc-V decks.
-He gives zero fucks. I think I only saw the guy sweat once.
- The voice is awesome and I'm sad the voice actor is no longer appearing.
- His deck uses Pendulums.
- His deck is based in history or mythology, which is a big thumbs up for me.
It's both history and mythology.
I love how the King D/D/Ds are historical figures, and then the D/D are creatures.
There's also the Contracts which make the Archetype feel very complete.
Kinda like the unification of Fluffal/Edge Imp/Frightfur in a way.
I would love to see Sora or Revolver duels!
You should do every duel Kite has been in
Bruh the way he knew judai would be the most requested character lol
For Me The Best Duel In Yu Gi Oh Series Is The Duel Of
Shun Kurosaki VS. Sora Shiunin
Yuya Sakaki VS. Joeri/Yuri
And who knows maybe akaba raiji dimension D/D/D cards will become the ultimate DDD pendulum fiend monster just like yuya zarc Ultimate Dragon card and we do need a ritual yuboy and a ritual dragon I hopefully they do that in the future but I doubt it because Konami don't have ideas anymore
Yuya vs Reiji R3 was so good but the ending was stupid enough for me to put it at the bottom of my list
Reiji/Declan Akaba my absolute favorite Yu-Gi-Oh Rival til I catch up on Vrains and Sevens. Most of his duel screen times are a niche but some are really great, I put Yuya vs Reiji Round 2 as my favorite duel from him I mean all 3 Yuya vs Reiji Duels are on my top 4 of the 8 but I’d switch my number 2 and 3 favorites Yuya & Reiji vs Leo Akaba being my number 2 favorite and Yuya vs Reiji round 3 on my number 3 favorite
Now we need one for shay
All shun/shay duels pls
This character has crept up to my top 5 favourite characters in all of Yu Gi Oh
He’s my number 1
His duel with Yuya in round 2 is my favorite even though the reason Yuya lost is because of his over-realiance of Odd eyes and his own anger getting the better of him.
I am certainly not disappointed with Reiji/Declan's duel cause I love the D/D/D's!
Few, but great duells.
I know main characters will be difficult but I really would love to see one for Yusei. Maybe if you just focused on a top X or something.
Here would be my opinion on Yusei's best duels:
#5: vs. Z-one - This really doesn't need much of an introduction. Yusei was getting completely cucked by Timelords and Z-one's traps the whole game until he whipped out Shooting Quasar Dragon, and even that wasn't enough. Since Shooting Star Dragon's effects were negated, it couldn't defend itself against Z-one's counterattack, but Yusei's Converging Wishes trap flipped the script in an epic Gurren Lagann style, literally.
#4: vs. Kiryu R1 - Yusei got caught completely off guard by the arrival of Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu after his last hurrah failed to wipe out Kiryu's LP on the previous turn, and that single summon made for one of the biggest WTF moments in Yu-Gi-Oh anime history. If not for his D-Wheel giving out, he would have died right then and there.
#3: vs. Rudger R2 - While doggedly defending against Earthbound Immortal Uru's relentless attacks, Yusei managed to bluff Rudger into playing a mass backrow removal which allowed him to flip the script with Stardust Dragon. It also got personal for Yusei because of Rudger's involvement in the Zero Reverse incident 17 years prior to this duel.
#2: vs. Harald - Yusei had to employ every trick in the book just to try and hold off THREE Nordic Gods at once, even after whipping out Shooting Star Dragon. I loved this duel because even one misplay would prove to be lethal for either player, just like how it should be in a high-stakes final match.
#1: vs. Antinomy (Arc Cradle) - This is such an important duel for Yusei because he and his Shooting Star Dragon were completely outclassed here, and if he lost it would be the end of him. Ultimately it came down to sheer luck with Yusei's topdecks, and the fact that a black hole was about to swallow him up made it a race against time on top of that.
Let's have best kaito tenjo zexal duels
akaba reiji really didn't do much in the show, always working behind the scenes and such. I wanted more reiji duels. although he did give us some great summoning chants for us and always having his scarf defy gravity.
Yo, when you said "Number six" it sounded more like "Number sex", I know it isn't smth worth mentioning. But it made me smirk.
Soulburner? He was an awensome character in vrains would love to see your opinion on his duels
You could always split up Judai based on the seasons and tackle it one at a time. Though if you’re gonna continue this series: I think Yuzu, Aoi, Revolver, Pegasus, Bastion, Leo and Luna, Vector, and IV would be easier for you since they only have 3 through 10 duels for you to work with.
Ranking Yuzu or Aoi's duels would be depressing as hell, especially Aoi.
At least Yuzu will defend herself with Arc-V Season 1
The few rival protagonist that actually beat the main protagonist skillfully.
I like Reiji vs Jean Migel Roget because he is defeated by an infinite Lup.
....
I'll see myself out, thank you.
Yugi's still better at making infinite loops that kill. His 3-trap combo vs. Diva in the movie was nuts and LITERALLY came out of nowhere which made it so goddamn good.
That said, Roget deserved to get checkmated by Reiji's infinite loop.
I want to see Yugo next him or Serena or Yuri
Seto kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh duel monsters next.
The Yugioh goat!
Revolver pls!
Just wanted to say it made my day when you followed me back on Twitter :] love ur content
Rank Shark's duels next plz
I saw this whole show, but I didn't realize he dueled this much. Seemed more like 3 or 4 times.