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- Arc V has convinced me that my favorite thing about yugioh is edgy characters ... and my least favorite is baffling writing decisions.
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Vrains>ARC V
I did like alot in arc-v but some was trash. Yuya was with jaden as worst yugioh protagonists imp
Will you also do Vrains? That one is my favourite.
@@Veryfreshveryflourish24 yes, but i haven't started on it yet and don't have anything resembling an eta. got a few other things i want to work on first
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Ah i see. I will be looking forward to it then. Vrains actually got me back to yugioh and made me upgrade my old and weary Fire Kings to Salamangreats so ill be looking forward to any videos youll be doing in the future.
Xyz, Synchro, Fusion, Standard. Long ago, the 4 dimensions lived separately in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fusion Dimension attacked. Only Yu-Gi-Oh the King of Games could stop them, but when the worlds needed him most, he vanished. Seasons passed and my friend discovered a new summoning method, the Pendulum Summon, and all those he's an excellent duelist, he still has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But I believe, Yuya can save us all!
Avatar feelings
*This*
Yugioh Arc v the legend of Yuya
Not to mention if the theory is true, Yuya is a reincarnation of Yugi
IIRC the tcg lived in harmony until the pendulum nation attacked 😭😂
Cheap shot, I know, but the meme sums up so many of this show's problems _so_ well:
"I'm smiling because my sister and best friend are dead!"
That's basically Shun's story
@@_Koyomi_ That Yuya v Shun duel at the end should've concluded in a Draw if ya ask me.
@@DestinyHeroDarkside Agreed, or it even could've been a loss for Yuya to ground the ending in some reality, and show Yuya that "Smiles aren't for everyone. You cant make everyone happy, and your dueltainment can't solve everything. Actions have consequences." This would've been really good for the ending, especially since it was starting to become too saturated with egao and good vibes.
the thing i LOVE about arc-v is how it brought back all summon mechanics into the anime, 5ds and espacially ZEXAL became really boring when everybody was using the same monster monster type in every duel...but now with arc-v, we have characters who focus on fusion, xyz or synchro, and then theres people who use more than 2 and theres those who use all 3, plus theres the new pendulum summon mechanic added to the mix, that made most duels always super fun to watch by how diverse the archetypes used by the characters were.
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but my biggest problem with the show will always be action cards........wheres the fun in watching duels when you know yuya will always save his ass using action magic - evasion....
Screw Odd-Eyes, Stargazer, Timegazer, Enlightenment, ANY Performapals; Action Spells are the TRUE ace!
I am sorry but I don't think that way but I liked Zexal more than ArcV because after ArcV we got so many type of summons and is so eAsy to lose and win i nreal life.
He'll still die to an Ultimate Falcon.
Unaffected by all card effects.
@@meisterschwert theres also the second most used action card, "action magic - miracle" that one is used to keep the "protect the castle" playstyle that is soo common in the anime
@@bocodamondo Facts. But hey, at least Zexal treated its characters well.
Yuto got turned into Casper the Friendly Ghost and never got his body back or even the chance to rematch Yugo after choosing to spare him in their Duel.
Kurosaki lost both his sister and his best friend forever.
Kaito's, Yuto's, Ruri's, and Shun's hometown is still in shambles (unless the combination of the dimensions miraculously fixed that)
Edo dueled 3 of the Yu Boys, won none of his duels with them and for that matter won none of his on-screen duels despite being an extremely excellent duelist on par with Yuri.
Asuka's one win that I can remember was off-screen and only the aftermath was shown. She didn't even get to show up for the battle with Zarc. She could have teamed up with Leo or something.
Leo spouted exposition and was made to look like a chessmaster overlord only to get bitched out by Zarc and not even get to declare any attack.
Gongenzaka was just underutilized.
Sawatari was underutilized.
Tsukikage was underutilized.
Ruri never gets her body back and has to live inside of a girl she doesn't even know, and also gets brainwashed and has to fight a boy who has her crush's soul inside of him.
Serena gets sidelined halfway through the Synchro Arc, is later seen brainwashed and after that becomes Yuzu's ghost pal.
Rin gets brainwashed and, iirc, is never seen in the present as her regular self. Becomes Yuzu's ghost friend.
Yugo's duel with Yuri is hyped ever since the beginning of the series only for Yuri to lock him into a loop and decimate him effortlessly even after Yugo is brought to his senses by Edo and Kaito. And then he becomes Yuri's bitch. Yuri also somehow gains Tuners?
Yuri somehow is immediately redeemed when he becomes Yuya's ghost pal. I get that he is the fragment of Zarc's evil, but anything would have been better than him just being all chummy with Yuya and them for no reason.
Yuzu starts off as being incredibly important but then gets to fight a few randos in the Synchro arc, remains separated from Yuya for over 30 episodes, essentially just becomes Princess Peach, and is among the most disrespected female characters in the series at that point. Even Anzu and Kotori were treated better.
Honestly, the complete and utter lack of Duel Monsters references in Arc V in favor of representing the other series was kinda refreshing, which is a nice change of pace to how the card game treats DM compared to the other series (lookin’ at you Red Eyes Dragun and Duelist Pack 28: Duelists of Gloom).
I completely agree.
@kuriiiboy That wasn't his point. Duelist of Gloom was yet another fanservice-y pack that was essentially just nostalgia bait and catered to DM fans
Arc-V was good until Xyz arc. After that everything went to shit. Jack destroyed Yuya in second season and told him to use his own dueling, his own style, not copy his father. Yuya took that to heart and used Pendulum Summoning to further evolve himself. Then Xyz arc comes around and Yuya's character development gets reset; he still copies his dad's entertainment duel and all lessons from previous arc are forgoten. Edo was a bitch that didn't win a duel, Kaito did 180 offscreen, Yuto was dead for majority of the series and actually died at the end. Bracelet girls were useless even if earlier seasons put emphasis on their importance. And as series further progressed *EgAo* seemed too forced.
pretty much, just trying to inform people that sometime during the XYZ arc, people were leaving the studio and along with the movie coming out, the studio was being super swamped. which caused more people to leave, and the cycle kept going, until Konami contracted the studio that does Bakugan to do the next series.
@@changhyon92 That's not the reason, the more likely explanation is that Konomi came up with Links, and as per usual they wanted the studio to wrap under the current show in order to make Vrains. So what should've been a 5 season show, and definitely had the pacing of a 5 season show during Seasons 1 and 2, had to cram about 150-ish episodes worth of 3 full seasonal arcs into just shy of 50 episodes.
Which is almost certainly why things like Zexal only getting 1 (major) cameo, Yuri suddenly getting a huge amount of back to back duels, Aster Pheonix and the twin doing a complete 180 in a single duel, mind controlled Zuzu never getting to duel (in fact Zuzu never getting to duel at all in Season 3 IIRC), and no Yuya/Yuto/Yugo/Yuri vs Zuzu/Lulu/Rin/Celina duel all happened. The Fusion Parasite creator was probably going to be a proper sub-boss to Leo (and eventually Z-Arc), but they didn't have time so Leo just killed him for outliving his usefulness. The bracelet girls were probably going to have some mini-arc about resisting the Parasite. Alexis probably was gonna do something useful, and they were probably going to give us a second Zexal legacy character. They just didn't have the time they thought they did, so instead of just doing the XYZ arc in full and leave the show unfinished, they decided to get to the end of the story while attempting to hit as many of the story beats as they could along the way.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 Studio Gallop were doing DSOD at the same time they were supposed to be doing ARC-V... Gallop didn't have the right amount of resources to make both and assure quality, so they sacrificed ARC-V in favor of a nostalgia cash grab.
Chang Musty The original Bakugan or that new shitty series?
Chang Musty The original Bakugan wasn’t heavy on story by any means but they knew how to make a battle!
So a couple theories for the reasons the previous protagonists didn’t exist are,
1. They just dont and the timeline is that the protagonists just were never a thing.
2. When Z-ARC split the dimensions, he didn’t resurrect the former protagonists, because they would be the only ones who could challenge him and win
There's a theory on youtube that says Ray took the spirits of Yugi, Jaden, Yusei, and Yuma across time and space merging them with Zarcs respective fragments hoping the personalities of the protags can keep Zarcs soul at pay eith her fragments being near them.
Yugi merged with Standard to become Yuya.
Jaden merged with Fusion to become Yuri.
Yusei merged with Synchro to become Yugo.
Yuma and I wanna say Astral merged with Xyz to become Yuto.
The Yuri part of the theory is more interesting since Jaden's soul is a mixture of himself, the Supreme King and Yubel. So mixing all 3 of those aspects with Zarcs fusion fragment and Yuri's personality plus with him using a Plant based Deck like Yubel and possessing the Super Polymerization Card makes sense if you want this theory to be canon
I thought 1 was what was generally accepted
They do exist in the dimensions, there's a course on Synchro summoning all about the "Fudo method" iirc shown briefly on the class board of the Leo Institute early on. The question isn't whether or not Yugi Moto, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, and Yuma Tsukomo exist in their respective dimensions. the question actually is: Did the plot in those shows happen?
Did Yuma free Astral from his father's necklace and defeat Don Thousand in *this* timeline before Duel Academy torched the city he lived in?
Did Yusei escape the Satelite, unlock his signer mark, and eventually defeat Z-ONE before the Lancers leave for Synchro?
Did Jaden send Yubel to space, went to Duel Academy, defeat an intergalactic mind controlling evil, defeat the sacred beasts, and eventually merged with Yubel and defeat a literal god of death and depression before Duel Academy was taken over by Leo Akiba?
Did Yugi ever even solve the Millenium Puzzle in this Dimension?
Outside of Synchro, all of the dimensions' timelines were heavily altered by cross-dimensional travelers, and since prior to the events of Arc-V DM -> GX -> 5Ds -> Zexal was on a consistent timeline, but from Arc-V onward they are not, all happening in isolation with each other seemingly at the exact same time, we can't go by the original shows' standard cause and effect that we would normally use. We can't say "Oh, well Ushio was Yugi's age during DM and was either in or just finished his mid-life crisis years in 5Ds so x character in Synchro should be here or this age or something", for all we know, Ushio never existed in the new DM (which is presumably Standard Dimension), which caused Yugi to never bond with Tristain and Joey, thus causing Tea's friendship alone to not be enough for Yugi/Atem to survive Pegasus's shadow game due to the power of friendship.
Maybe Ushio only exists in 5Ds (Synchro) now, or maybe he only exists in DM (Standard) but doesn't exist in this new 5Ds timeline, remember - the only two people (that we know of anyways) that have doppelgangers are Yuya and Yuzu/Zuzu. For all we know all cross-series characters were basically chosen at random in what show's Dimension they were in. So maybe the reason the Akiba Corp can legally print entire archetypes on a whim is because Pegasus no longer exists in this timeline's DM - the card game effectively just sort of always existing since the timeline was created - and instead Pegasus only ever existed in GX. Maybe Kaiba doesn't exist in DM either, or maybe the Paradox Brothers only ever existed in DM this time around. I also didn't notice any of the legendary duelist statues in the XYZ dojo where the refugees were staying at - which only supports my theory that in this Zexal timeline; The characters that the Rainbow Dragon, Neos, Dark Magician, Blue-Eyes, Red-Eyes, etc) statues were in there for no longer exist within that version of Zexal's history.
You could make the argument that the Leo Corp knows about Yusei, but keep in mind Leo Akiba, the guy who founded it, remembers the original timeline, and therefore would've probably heard about Yugi, Jaden, Yusei, and Yuma considering him and his daughter were duelists and the entire universe revolves around children's card games.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 That's an interesting subject to talk about and if we could say the original timeline went from DM -> GX -> 5DS -> or /Zexal(?) Question is if the theory holds did Ray ever revive Joey, Mai, Aki, Leo, Luna, Johan, Manjoume, Axel, Jim, Kalin, Shark, Rio, the barian emperors etc. do they even exist in the respective dimension hell are they even Duelists period hell what about Syrus/Sho, Zane/Ryo is shown to exist as one of Academias top Duelists so what did Sho get carded when Ryo became Hell Kaiser
@@aozorahaou2643 Support that theory completely just cause i like it! :)
th-cam.com/video/1I0tpsuyt14/w-d-xo.html here is the link to the theory btw
I'm so glad someone made this video. Seeing someone dive into the characters, Yuya's motivation, the way the decks represent them, and how the plot is structured in different ways from the other series is such a satisfying (and somehow hard to find) time. If you make another one of these for wasted potential, I'd happily check it out and share it.
PS. Kurosaki vs Sora was the best way to start cracking open the main plot of the story.
This show just had so much potential, it's really disappointing that it fell off the rails once they entered the synchro dimension. It's come out that there was confusion/controversy in the studio which greatly attributes to it's downfall. Shame, I enjoyed the beginning of ArcV as much as most of 5Ds; it had potential to be the best series. The 2nd half is very bad and the ending is just sooooooo damn insulting.
Dark Side of Dimensions was to blame. Considering that both the ARC-V and DSOD were being animated by the same company at the same time, they had to allocate resources from ARC-V to DSOD. This made the Synchro arc essentially a very long filler of another tournament arc which they really didn't need. ARC-V could've been potentially the best series out there if DSOD just wasn't made at all....
in my opinion it went down hill in the xyz arc, because it was so short and seemed to just exist to have a few episodes before the fusion arc. They needed another Zexal representative (which could have been so many characters like IV or a Barian like Shark or Vector) The whole 'xyz got attacked' should have been shown actively in a different dimension aswel. Which is what should have happened in the Synchro dimension in more detail. This would be then why they go to XYZ to get help by those who survived. The GX characters were useless since Edo was just there for the xyz arc and turned good out of no where and Alexis just being wasted and get carded. Jack and Crow were probably the best, with Kaito being close since Kaito is amazing. And of course the bracelet girls are wasted.
hmm I am sad about Yuri not being used properly, like he should have had that long duel with Yugo! and PredaPlants are Anti- other summoning mechanics, it would have been so fun, to see others try to summon and he just negates it..eh wasted...
GenesicShinZyraelKai y’all are crazy. The first half of Arc V was so damn childish unless Yuto, Reijji, or Obsidian were on screen.
@@californiacrook7828 And all three of those plotlines looked INCREDIBLY promising.
I loved the series but the ending ruined it. It was such a cliche EVERYONE LETS DUEL type of ending. No good closure or anything.
That, and the whole series - for multiple characters - revolved around loved ones being reunited, and the end result was the most flaccid afterthought possible. Yuya and Yuzu don't even hug or even share the screen with each other after all that, discarded at the last second because "I'm going to prove how great I am to Dad!" Totally disrespectful to the entire rest of the plot and characters, esp. the women.
the show deserved a better ending tbh
@@christopherb501 agree 100 percent. Tbh i was shipping yuya and yuzu day 1 and they were hinting at it so much but nothing happened lol.
@@akhilmichael7604 I could even go with them _not_ hooking up if they only showed the same kind of affection towards each other over being reunited in the end as they had in each _previous_ reunion. Acknowledge their deep friendship, and acknowledge the culmination of this long, basic arc. But _nope._
Arc v was enjoying for the most part but my biggest problems with would be that the synchro arc was way too long and that ending... that stupid infuriating ending, I understand that there were alot of problems behind the scènes at that point (problems that carried over into vrains) but that ending could have been handled SO much better, also action cards were just the worst, with the others you knew they would find a way to survive but that did not include running like a madmen looking for a card on the ground that was 99 percent of the time evade or miracle
You seem like someone who doesn't play yugioh but talks about the anime. That's really cool to see a different perspective when people in the yugioh community even discredit the anime
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Personally, I think Arc-V was just the victim of time constraints, it was clear arcs were rushed after Synchro dragged on for so long. They had to shove in too many characters with not enough time to resolve lingering plot points. Obviously, this doesn't excuse them resetting Yuya after his win against Jack, or using the Bracelet girls so sparingly, but I do see some semblance of story in the wreckage and frankly, it's a shame the series ended the way it did with the potential it started with. Still though, I rewatch from time to time and enjoy it for what it is, so I guess that's all you can really ask for. Won't be the same for everyone, which is understandable.
My ranking:
1. 5Ds
2. GX
3. Arc-V
4. Original
5. Zexal
Haven't seen Vrains, so idk how to judge it.
I know almost everyone disagreea with me but my rankings would be
1. Zexal- the first half is ok, but the second half is absolutely amazing.
2. Arc-5- I love how they brought back and summoning mechanics. I ignore the existence of the last 8 episodes.
3. 5Ds- good characters good plot. That's about it.
4. DM- this show is bad, I didn't like it then and don't like it now.
5. GX- the absolute worst yugioh series ever thought of.
I haven't watched Vrains yet.
@@Matthew-ib2xt I disagree(like you said), switch DM and 5Ds and you have the opposite of my list. I think 5Ds definitely have the best arcs, but GX has an approach to not focus on the arcs and more on the characters. So many duels are completely irrelevant to the Sacred Beasts while you look at DM everyone in Season 2 wants the Egyptian God Cards or to win the tournement, where in GX characters have different motives to duel, and sometimes they have none. A good example is Chazz and his first duel was to put Jayden in his place. Further in the series his duels were moreso someone wanting to stop him from doing something they didn't like, maybe joining the society of light or dressing up as an Ojama and obsessing about them. The only other series I think that has some of this is Arc V, but most of their motives don't progress the character either. Also if you get bored of an arc you have to skip 3-20 episodes to get to an episode it's not the main focus of in any other season. GX usually has only 1-2 episodes, and it still can progress the plot. I think Zexal is the worst offender of this complaint with only few duels that aren't tied to a tournement, or getting the Number Cards.
ShockWave Yubel = top tier Yugioh antagonist and season = the ultimate hero’s journey in a Yugioh series.
The ending completely negates everything that happens throughout the series though
Never seen another series shoot itself in the foot so hard that 140 episodes are rendered into mere backstory for what amounts to an 8-episode OVA. It's a _phenomenal_ disaster of an ending.
Zexal's ending completely invalidates the entire season 2, everyone's alive again the Barians are good there were zero consequences for the war... it made the entire thing completely pointless.
@@elin111 At least it wasn't Vrains, with half the cast dying thrice over, and if you're not an Ignis, coming back each time.
@@christopherb501 dont forget they also shot themselves in the foot with the vrains ending by showing ai still being alive
@@haydennarumi Which _might_ have been all right if there was going to be a follow-up...but considering there's no way they made the episode without knowledge that they wouldn't be the ones to make the next series by that point or without knowledge that there wouldn't be a manga of the series, as well as the fact that they NEVER have directly followed a completed series's story up outside of the OG manga, Ai still being alive has zero purpose, and will NEVER be explored in ANYTHING EVER.
Also: "don't"
The way I saw it, the reasons there are no protags and the worlds are different is because the YuBoys ARE the protagonists. Essentially it's all the former protagonists never existed and are replaced by the YuBoys, so the plot is different, and the characters are different, etc. Jaden never existed to protect Duel Academy so it was easily taken over by Leo. Yusei and his father never existed so Zero Reverse never happened, Sattelite never exists, the signers have never been awakened, there is no apocalypse, and Jack has no one to reign him in, merely the Oligopolistic Dystopia that exists whether Yusei is there or not. And for Yuma, as he never existed, the numbers were never created, so most of that plot is gone, and Kite is normal until the revolution happened. THAT'S why there are differences.
As someone who views this show as my favourite Yu-Gi-Oh series, I'm glad to see a positive review of Arc-V, and especially a fellow Shun fan. Also your short delve into Raidraptors was great and made me want to go on YGOPRO and use them again.
There's one thing Arc V has that none of the series before it gets at least, it's an excellent learning aid for all the extra deck summons up to pendulum if you're struggling to understand them right, since pendulum is introduced to the in show world itself in episode 1, so everyone there is learning how it works as we do, and the usage of the 3 prior summoning methods is even a key plot point, so they all get at least moderate coverage and explanation.
I liked the show, but it definitely couldve executed stuff way better. Storywise this one and 5ds are very enjoyable.
The only thing that outright left me INFURIATED was that it had potential but it was wasted in favor of the stupid "egao" bullshit and the downfall of Yuyas character. Seriously the entire 3rd season alone made me bump him down from third best to dead last on my protagonist list.
Arc-Vee sounds waaaaaaaay worse than Arc-Five imo
Edit: The reason the characters don't notice the difference in hair colour is because they all have the same hair colour. It's only different for us because having 4 characters with nearly the exact same design in different clothes would get confusing
Example: It's been 24 years and a lot of people still think Atem and Yugi are the same person
Edit#2: Have you actually seen 7s or are you just doing a bit?
Edit#3: What was the real world drama you mentioned with Aki? I haven't heard of this.
Edit#4: The reason the last dozen or so episodes feel so weird and out of place is because the series wasn't planned out and most of the writing staff deleted the script and walked out in protest of poor working conditions just after the Yuya VS Yuri duel, and the animators were told to "just draw whatever". They had to essentially write the last arc on the fly.
1: Yeah that's the implication I was getting, that in universe they look more the same, personally I think they could've at least kept the same hair color but I'm sure it was done to make them more interesting.
2: She says at the beginning of the video that this video was in the works so she might not have seen it.
4: Really!?! Do you have a source for that because that's insane. I do remembering hearing things like the reason Z-Arc looks so different was do to poor communication but if it was really that bad. Wow!
@@MrTendo0 I know I'm like a year late but the channel Yugioh Everything has a couple videos discussing the botched production if you have to time to go find it.
Overall I would recommend arc v for new fans as it had a lot of the dual styles and overall very nice colors and story was good. My kid nieces and nephews loved it as it was colorful and very action focused.
But I would want people to start with gx and 5ds if they want to get into the card game first and overall better story especially yusie as he is always a hero and would let younger fans see a hero stay a hero
Also glad cast did what 5ds did and remove the fodder cast early on and work well.
Well, I say this was a rather welcoming and well done video you made here.
I do enjoy your analysis you brought up in regards to the show's take on the how it establishes its plot early on and what made the duels entertaining.
Kinda reminds me of why I'm still a big fan of the show.
One issue with action duels is they end up as a crutch for Yuya's dueling, as he mainly benefited from them the most and it gave him access to more cards than needed.
Spoilers about the past protags
There's a theory on youtube that states Ray took the spirits of Yugi, Jaden, Yusei, and Yuma across time and space merging them with Zarcs respective fragments hoping the personalities of the protags can keep Zarcs soul at pay eith her fragments being near them.
Yugi merged with Standard to become Yuya.
Jaden merged with Fusion to become Yuri.
Yusei merged with Synchro to become Yugo.
Yuma and I wanna say Astral merged with Xyz to become Yuto.
The Yuri part of the theory is more interesting since Jaden's soul is a mixture of himself, the Supreme King and Yubel. So mixing all 3 of those aspects with Zarcs fusion fragment and Yuri's personality plus with him using a Plant based Deck like Yubel and possessing the Super Polymerization Card makes sense if you want this theory to be canon.
It also can be argued due to Darkside of Dimensions coming out at the time of the series run they couldn't reference other than some monsters and promo opening and credits.
Here's a theory. They aren't present because otherwise they'd make Yuya look like shit.
@@bannerturtoise1219 Well they sure screwed _that_ up with how much he regressed in season 3...
This was my first ever series that got me into yu-gi-oh, so I think naturally it would make it one of my favorites, but this review was a refreshing break from “too happy, too edgy, bad show” review
46:17 That was a 4-Dimensional joke. I totally agree that his character was executed really well! His whole demeanour just feels like he deserves his position, and that he never wastes potential gains. Definitely one of my favourite characters as well!
The ending of this show was not my favorite but I still loved Arc V and even despite its ending, I wouldn't hesitate in recommending it to others. To me it's full of wonderful characters, excellent art, a great soundtrack, and the plot was interesting. Around the XYZ arc, I did feel character redemptions were rushed, and I was not a fan of how the Bracelet Girls were being utilized at all during that arc. Anyway, I really enjoyed the analysis put forth in this video.
I watch the dub so I will use the dub names but Shay is my favorite character in the show as well and when he battled Sora the first time it was just like a really great duel and reveals who Sora truly is and that was just really cool to me
The dubs trash
@@Thestar17x Shay/Shun's dub actor was actually pretty good. The rest... yikes it varies.
Congratulations! This video is perfect for my "people ranting about yugioh"-playlist. It helps me sleep every night, it's really relaxing. Please don't take this as a insult! It means I'll watch the video probably 2-4 times a week and your voice is really nice to listen to.
Mmmh well I'm going to express my thoughts on this series, it's your right to agree with me or not.
(So obviously there is going to be some spoilers here but because it's a comment, I can allow myself to do it... I guess)
To me this serie started really really well. Yes, there was that tournament stuff and all, but my God I loved it. I loved how they written Sora, I loved shun as well, the duels were epic, the characters well used and... Yeah! Everything made sense. Though I really REALLY liked yuto. Knowing he was an important character, I thought he was going to be at least a bit relevant to the following plot. And... Actually no. He died around episode 30. And that's all. He stayed dead for the last 110 episodes of this show and... Was pretty useless overall. Yeah ultimately he did became a partner for the main character but even then, he wasn't anything memorable, making only a few apparences and.. well never getting revived.
Anyway I still liked the first part. However, I really didn't like the synchro dimension. It lasted.. waay too long, while it wasn't even related to the main plot. It was like if the writers made it intentionally long because... Well 5D's is a beloved series, so they made it long like "hey see! It's the serie you all love". Anyway I really didn't like Jack here, and the major antagonist, Jean-Michel roget ( I think that's his name... I don't remember anything about him actually ), well he was astonishingly bad! Plus they reintroduced riding duels but it wasn't even "riding duels" properly speaking. The only reason why I watched this arc was because the duels were good, honestly, the openings were good as well, and because they forshadowed yuya and yugo dueling since the beginning... But no. Actually, they never interacted. So now let me get this straight... The show turns around four boys and four girls, but now one of these boys was killed and is now useless, one of them didn't interact with any of the two remaining while being the most important ( talking about yuya ) and we don't know anything about the last one except... He is evil. Taking about the girls, we only know two of them. SO! this arc might have great duels and... Character development, I agree on that, it was more than useless, and they should have used that on the xyz which was super short, but had the potential to be good. As the show goes on we meet Alexis, who appears like twice and gets killed by yuri, and Edo Phoenix, whoo didn't win once... And looks like a kid here. We also meet kaito and.. yeah he is cool here. But still we are near the end and we have no clue what the two remaining girls even look like, why is Leo akaba doing evil things, why is Yuri evil or even why yuya and yugo didn't even met.. I mean are they even going to meet each other ? (no). Now in the last 20 episodes we see the two remaining girls... As possessed antagonists, so we don't know more about them, except that they are possessed and that they are girls. There. Now another disappointment; the fight between Yugo and Yuri. We have been warned about this fight for ages, probably before the beginning of the synchro arc, don't really remember. And then... The fight happens and well ... It was interrupted by kaito and Edo, reasoning yugo for too long, then being unnecessarily beaten, then Yuri beats yugo. One of the worse fight in yugioh honestly, while being the one with the most potential. Now at this rate I really feel like the show really doesn't know what to do with its tone. We first move from a really dark despair scene to a happy toned colourful scene where yuya teaches a guy like BB, who is almost a monster who killed hundred of people, that dueling is fun and that you should... Always smile and all. This was absolutely unnecessary and in the end, I feel like his dueling style is getting old and forced. Same for the action cards; it would have been a lot better if they left the action trap in game, cause it's just a reason for the characters not to lose and it doesn't look like your capacities at all.
At final, Leo is a terrible antagonist who kills thousand of people to revive his daughter but can't stand the fact Yuri turns Alexis into a card ? What ? And he was bad, the duel against him was even worse and yeah, terrible. Ultimately Yuri doesn't have a reason to be evil, except ... Like he had no friends and was taken in charge by the professor and all, and in the end he felt like a worse version of vector. Oh and also, it's been 50 episodes Yuzu didn't fight. What a waste. After that zarc is revived and he has a op deck and kills Everyone, while crow is being reborned for no reason, just for people to fanboy on him ( just kidding he was a good character ) and everything, though Zarc is a bad antagonist as well. I mean, he was a duelist who liked to fun, but the spectators asked violence so he wanted to destroy the universe. That's all ( yep, there wasn't a single good antagonist in this show ). And then comes the worst conclusion ever where every yu-girls are dead, where every yu-boys are dead, where a tons of duel happen just for the show, and where the professor and Yuri are now nice... I guess.
In the end there was a lot of forgotten characters as well, like Sora who was almost absent for half of the second part of this show, Yuzu, the yu-girls in general, Alexis, that smart boy who wanted to join the lancer ( can't remember his name ), Masumi, Yaiba and Hokugo, who I really loved at first, even goenzaka didn't do much for the second half, and a lot more.
In the end, this show had potential, ok,but was really bad in my final opinion, I didn't hate it but...yeah it wasn't great. It leads it to be my last yugioh series if I were to make a top:
1: 5D's
2:Zexal ( more like Zexal II )
3:GX
4:Vrains
5:DM ( if I counted the manga, it would probably be 1st )
6: Arc V
I don't know where I will put Sevens, but I have expectations in this series
( Also, I found Zexal to have a lot of great tunes, like tragic decisions, once more Hope, freed heart, duel of souls or bound... Are eternal )
With the summary, pretty much my thoughts, only a good deal less rabid. I am locked into obsession with this show as I just can't justify virtually any decision made from once they enter Synchro onward, and I am fascinated as to what they were thinking.
@@christopherb501 well being rabid wasn't what i was trying to acomplish here. I still think this show was enjoyable at some points but i just wanted to explain why i don't like it overall and yeah.. what did the writers thought
There is such a weird thing where I think instead of having 8 episodes of yuya forcing smiles down everyones throat, why werent three of those dedicated to showing the past. 1 or 3 episodes showing Zarcs descent into madness, hell the whole Zarc duel was the one time they had an excuse to do the whole "Yu boys in Zarcs mind face off against Zarc". Why couldnt they let God tier neo new SAWATARI get the win on Zarc.
Things good about it:
the characters that used xyz monsters mostly
Soundtrack
gay stuff
Things bad about it:
villains
plot lines that go nowhere
repetitive writing
wasted potential
bad lead
3d animation
forgotten characters
bringing back old characters and doing sod all with most of them
_What was the point of all those 5D's cameos? and you really couldn't work in any of the ones people actually wanted, if you weren't going to give 'em real focus? and you really couldn't do that for Zexal or GX???_
F***ing 5D's fanboys...
@@christopherb501 No time. Season 3 was Season 3, 4, and 5 squished together so that they could start working on Vrains.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 _...pretty_ sure it was never intended for FIVE seasons...
Blank Blanckersen wait what gay stuff 👁👄👁
@@Luneroz I imagine something like this, with the bald guy as Yuri:
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Getting back into yugioh after leaving off after Duel Monsters years ago, this was the series I got into. I loved Arc-V as it basically got me up to speed with all the new summoning mechanics and new ways to play. Yes the ending sucked. Yes the anime had its flaws. But tbh this is my favorite yugioh anime besides DM, most of the duels are super fun to watch and the plot actually had me somewhat interested to watch all the way through. Anyways great video!
Thank you for this. personally, I loved the ride Arc-V gave me, warts and all. it seems like....the creators ran out of time and had to scramble a bit. where they were only saved by how much of the end scenario they had already planned out ahead of time. but I love the characters and worldbuilding and general themes
still watching through past YGO series, so of what I've watched, I'd say I enjoyed Arc-V as much as 5D's. would love to go back and compare with ZeXal if anybody can help me find it subbed, I tried to watch the dub but I just can't do it, it pulls me out of the story
3:48 Everybody gangsta until a descendant of Seto Kaiba flies in on a Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon.
35:33 Everybody is gangsta until a descendant of Joey Wheeler is popping wheelies and summoning Red-Eyes Retro Dragon, which pulls a Red-Eyes Wyvern from the GY.
This review made me want to rewatch Arc-V. Despite the problems I've had toward the end, this series holds a special place in my heart because these characters were here for me in a dark time of my life.
great review :) personally the z-arc duels are some of my favorites as well as the epilogue (but i get it) also I hated the protagonist were just forgotten
You ever notice there is no ritual dimension.
Pay attention to Spellcommander91's channel; he'll presumably have a theory video on that at some point in the near future. And when _he_ makes a theory...oh my, the elaborate convolutions...
What was that opening or ending with the poker table deal and the smoothies, celena is actually really adorable in that.
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Arc v was fun ealry on reverse of zexal where it's bad beggining using the duel monsters template to begin the story.
My favorite series in order.
5ds gx vrain arc v duel monsters zexal
5ds just had the best ending and overall the best cast who all had good moments and jack is the best rival brother to yusie(who got to bat up people) and was great seeing yusie like Batman and Superman being our hero and only good boy currently not turned evil and no zone doesn't count. Gx judai is great himself but cast is mixed. Vrain while fun ended off badly. Arc v good concepts but comeos ruined it aside jack and Yuri was amazing as a villain always winning battles while action cards is messy done as pendulum was mainly just good guys as it would have been better to see mixing of older styles. Duel monsters while I loved battle city and the last duel it feels milked by the creators. Zexal couldn't like as much but did love kite
@KayfabeCandyass vrain being 5ds mirror made it good on start but the ending was super rushed and didn't even show us who all the pieces were. Overall ai and yusakus story was the best part with soulburner and revolver but the cast wasn't that good as some of them were unneeded or got in the way for the most part. A movie would have been nice to see but I doubt they will do anything now that seven started(then ended for a hiatus)
Arc v didn't have the best ending but overall it could have better too. Yuto was killed too soon and Yuri could have dueled more sooner instead of off screen duels as he was a better as guy than leo and zarc being basically judai and Aki. Season 1 of both arc v and vrains was amazing and it fell off from there for the most part in arc v while vrains the main duels were good but yusaku was badly done yusie as I knew the moment he got ai he wouldn't lose(aside backstory) and wanted more as the ai and human relationships were not fully fleshed out enough seeing 3 of them were useless for story aside showing how cruel ai were and also funny rewatching 5ds they are basically the red Nova's minion in style.
But yeah I enjoyed both but felt they needed more
@KayfabeCandyass arc v didn't need the duel Royal for yuya to beat a lot of people. He could have just fought reiji then his dad to end it off or set off on a journey to find himself like judai did. Arc v Manga was amazing overall aside that plot twist but everything else was great especially with Yuri yuto and yugo.
Vrains if the queen died then the main royal fighters could have came out to battle revolvers and yusakus groups could have been cool. Blue angel could have been better that way fighting the people who out her brother in the hardest positions as well. That and the ai with thier humans should have been better. 3 were lifeless overall so it wasn't so built up as well for the group aside the mains and specre seeing how the experience affected them.
Ghost girl was ok a duelist while her story was great as a better Mai. Go didn't like much as a worst crow as he basically abandoned his kids for selfish reasons. Overall great backstory to vrain cast but not deep connections as yusaku kept his secret for so long to aoi so it wasn't good for his school life. Even the duel club vanished so yeah many dropped plot points.
The thing about Yugioh animes, is that you need to understand how they're viewed by Konami. Konami doesn't see the Yugioh animes as pieces of art that are cherished by people the world over. They're just commercials meant to sell product. So allot of narrative decisions, ESPECIALLY when it comes to Arc V. Are made based on what Konami thinks will make them the most money. Why aren't the DM characters in Arc V? Because Konami was already producing a 20th anniversary movie for DM. That's main Hook, was being the first time we'd seen most of these characters since DM ended. If they showed up in Arc V, that impact would be lessened. Plus it's not hard to image that Shonen Jump & Shueisha have a larger stake in the DM characters than Konami. Since DM started out as a Shonen Jump series. Which means Konami would have to play ball with them if they wanted to do anything major with those characters.
Why aren't Judei, Yusei & Yuma in Arc V? Because Konami doesn't want to give away a big Protag team up for free. Especially when they know, how much money they could potentially make from a crossover movie/mini-series in the future. Plus it's not hard to imagine that Studio Gallop was more interested in celebrating the series & characters that THEY created. Especially since DM was already getting a big movie, on top of being the only Yugioh that pop culture bothers to remember.
I also wouldn't be shocked to learn that their chose of Legacy Character was influenced by what Konami felt like selling at the time. Especially with how gung-ho Konami has become with printing legacy support for old archetypes in the last few years. You know they were chomping at the bit to release new Blackwing stuff. Because they know how popular Blackwings are and they know new Blackwing stuff will sell well.
You can't view the Anime and the actual Yugioh TCG as two separate entities. They're twins conjoined at the hip. One influences the other constantly and vice versa. They're both nothing but tools to make Konami richer and any decision made regarding either is made with the sole goal of making Konami more money. It's why a good portion of the WDC Preliminaries were dedicated to Yuma promoting the upcoming XYZ starter deck. It's why Konami has hedged the success of several sets on anime fans buying them simply because it has cards from a character they like. It's just business, nothing more or less.
I think the Arc V manga had the right idea chucking the Dimension shit & Legacy Characters. BUT. If you HAVE to have them. I would have also chucked the Dimension shit. Have one singular Dimension and just have the Legacy Characters be regular people who just exist there. Timeline Theorists be damned. Have them rotate in and out as single episode guest characters who are considered Famous/Legendary duelists. They teach Yuya, Yuzu, Shingo...whoever. An important life lesson, promote some cards releasing in the next set, then leave. As my Grandmother would say "Thank Ya, Fuck Ya, Goodbye". Are they the same characters from the old shows? Or new versions native to Arc V's universe? Who gives a shit.
So in short. Konami is the Japanese equivalent of Ubisoft. The Yugioh animes only exist to sell products and will always be handicapped because of it. Konami has our figurative nuts in a vice and we have no escape. Sorry for the book report.
Nothing but tools to make Konami richer... nothing? So all the great experiences the people I know and myself have gone through for many years? My my you are the bona fide pessimist.
That only would dictate who actually shows up in the programme, not affect what actually is done with them. Gallop were still the ones who made the popular Destiny Heroes lose at everything. Gallop were still the ones who saved the best animation only for the birdbrain. Gallop were still the ones that let popular archetypes with meta potential completely fall by the wayside for no apparent reason other than they were used by girls.
I loved arc v, from the monsters, characters and story.
It flows together with a great reminder of how fair yugioh has come
Tbh i liked jack atlas in arc v also his red dragon archfiend is far more useful then the og’s one lol.
@Zach Westbay jack’s arc-v red dragon archetype is not the same as the mangas.
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I wasn't that fond because Sector Security was so evil. In 5Ds while they were usually antagonists they rarely were actually bad people. The only one who really was just an asshole was Armstrong. But Ushio did have pride as a duelist, kept his promises and was open minded when seeing the other side of satalite. The mustache chief who arrested Kiryu had plenty of reason to do so. He had bombed a federal building and killed a police officer. A lot of times when the characters were attacked by security it was for just reasons.
Also a lot of the satalite people themselves were scum so security was even welcome at times. Also within security there was ranks such as when Usio get's rejected and told off when he wants to investigate the top since he's a lowly officer from Satalite. Or when Godwin is disgusted with Armstrong's random acts of cruelty and pathetic abilities. Godwin was obviously untrustworthy but not obviously evil. I would describe him more as lawful neutral. He wants to gather the signers to fight the dark signers and he doesn't care if he has to use kindness or threats to do this. His motivation isn't really evil and while he enjoys the power he has he doesn't revel in it and truly has the best interests of the people at heart.
I have a neat idea, D/D/Ds get rituals, but they can be normal, pendulum, or special summoned but their effects are negated except if they are ritual summoned
Arc V was good, but the Last arc was just a slap, they tried to rush everything and it became a mess, and i will never forgive them to not make Yuri having a Rehab to live in society and making all the Yu Boys and Girls become only one, they could have made the person who defeated Yuri offer itself to become friends with Yuri, or something like that, i would 100% accept Serena or Sawatari defeating him, the boy became a sociopath because of loneliness and the super egocentric personality, defeat would break the ego and an offer of friendship would break the loneliness, period, also, in the end of Zarc's duel, not make Yuya, Yuto, Yugo and Yuri become just Yuya with 4 souls, shit we saw completely different characters with their own resolves and stories just become one, god damn it, Yuri just became good out of sudden inside Yuya's body! And Yugo just got OK with not being able to do shit himself! THIS PISSES ME OFF! but the series was really cool, at least until Synchro arc, because Xyz/Fusion arcs sucked ass, They destroyed Asuka and Edo
Leaks a few years later revealed that the behind the scenes production was an ongoing shitshow because of the movie and it clearly shows with the rushed ending.
almost all are treated well
cries in Aster Phoenix
At least he actually got to participate in the final battle. Unlike _some_ people from Fusion...
@@christopherb501 if you mean alexis
I think at least she wins a duel?XD
@@andrelima4125 Doesn't get to participate in the final battle like everyone else, and gets Worfed just to prove how powerful Yuri is, which we already knew and would see with Yusho anyway, and in the end her death was just to sell that stupid Ancient Gear Structure Deck. If anything, she had far WORSE treatment then her past counterpart.
Action Cards removed all tension and I HATE how dirty they did Aster, Alexis, Sawatari, Yugo, and Yuto
I mean, you can play an Action Duel for yourself and see how different it is from the show. I guarantee that it won't be that different.
@@CaptainRed1000 yes. Yes it will
Tbf this just gives a real world explanation to ass pull win then the other yugioh season’s where the characters top decked or created cards from thin air to fit the plot.
wait, what's the drama with Aki? You didn't mention it in the 5D's review, and the only controversy I can find online was with Carly's actress.
It's rumored the fact that the real-world drama concerned a cult led to the cult of psychics that _Aki's_ storyline was more principally wrapped up in got sidelined as much as humanly possible, and any follow-up post-Dark Signer arc was scrapped. With how close-lipped everything involving Yugioh's production has been, we'll never know _for certain,_ but that's the best guess at present.
I just marathoned through this series under quarantine. In a lot of ways it feels like the best Yugioh I’ve ever seen (haven’t seen Vrains yet, that’s next) - especially plot structure and character progression. But I do agree there’s a bunch of wasted potential here. The same-but-different crossover stuff didn’t bother me at all, but it did feel like at some point halfway through the Xyz dimension arc they just had to start rushing through plot beats. The ending felt rushed and very uneven in sharp contrast to how deliberate and well paced most of the first half (3/4ths?) is. And then the politics are frustrating because they raise a lot of powerful questions but settle for shallow answers. The fact that they play “your princess is in another castle” with Yuzu is also.. sigh. But overall it gave me a lot more to chew on than most of these dumb card game shows that I love. Also, yes, Syun rocks and gets two of the best duels ever - vs Sora when the plot kicks into high gear and vs Denis with the most spetacular finish ever.
Arc v is my personal favorite yugioh spinoff and I really enjoyed this video. You had a good balance of going over positives and negatives and the negatives are all fair and real problems the show had. Great job.
Arc-V is one of my favourite yugiohs in terms of visuals, designs, ideas and duels, like it just looks so good and on paper it sounds the best... but bad writing ruins everything, season 3 is one of the biggest letdowns in the franchise not counting anything vrains related, and what could've been one of the greatest yugioh shows ended up ranking almost last for practically everyone I know, and that sucks, and I doubt I'd be wrong saying that the downfall of Arc-V was what started the ball rolling of studio Gallop no longer making yugioh
Would've been nice if Konami or the network had given them more of a budget so they could handle both the show _and_ the movie. Oh well...
What you on about? I thought the dialogue in this show was great. It was the rushed episodes planning that turned the ending sour. Even then I still am in awe from moments of this show.
I think this video was written before Sevens actually started, but I’m pleasantly surprised by Sevens myself, it’s been pretty fun.
18:03: OH MY GOD, I FORGOT HOW BAD THE PRELIMINARY DUELS WERE. For reals, those duels were so infuriatingly awful (except for Ritual Girl Aura's) that I actively and purposefully forgot about them when recalling the series. I love this series so far (Finished Season 1 a year ago and haven't touched it since), but that was a fucking drag.
Arc-V is an unfortunate case, the show had a very promising start and did some smart things like showcase all the Monster classes, but shit hit the fan behind the scenes and the show suffered a lot of production issues and it shows towards the end.
ARC-V was a decent anime for me overall. But the show itself could have improved on certain things.
Yuya is over reliant on action cards, which seems like he is cheating throughout the duel while his opponent rarely uses them. His philosophy based on happiness is justifiable since he wants to entertain everyone with his action duels. He should be more serious at times without saying his catchphrase, "Ladies and Gentlemen". Although I'll have to admit that when he goes into berserk mode, this is the kind of Yuya I often like to see, but should be shown on occasions when his anger is reasonable enough to activate his inner soul, along with Yuto's infused soul.
Yuzu should master all the summoning methods to not only be as strong as the protagonist, but to also boost her character development. Hell, had she took on a bit of Serena's persona, Yuzu would've been a strong female duelist throughout ARC-V. It's a shame that her personality regressed later on during the show.
Yu-boys and Bracelet Girls could have interacted more, especially since Yuya and Yuzu don't know much about Rin, personally. After the second battle between Zarc and Ray, they split into 4 counterparts once again, but this time they remain unchanged and regain memories of their adventures. Instead of having the three counterparts in Yuya's and Yuzu's bodies, they should have their own because I can't imagine them being stuck inside for eternity. Yuri reconciles with his other counterparts and decides to change his ways of thinking. He should at least apologize to Ruri, Rin, and Yuzu after what he has done, based on Leo's orders.
I wish there was an arc that is about the restoration of the dimensions after the Academia invasion and Zarc's downfall. For example, Yuya and Yuzu visit the synchro dimension to check up on how society has changed for the better: citizens from ex-Tops and ex-Commons live in harmony. How the administrative council is effectively running. Yugo's and Rin's D-Wheel being rebuilt with the help of their pendulum counterparts, with Yuya in particular who brought the whole of City to a bright future after his duel against Jack. Then comes the xyz dimension, the most damaged out of all dimensions. Buildings and structures are being rebuilt. We see Ruri being with her brother at long last. Shun vows to never let her be harmed again, and embraces her. Yuto meets up with his friends and hopes that the old days will come back once his home has been fully restored.
Some characters were sort of a nuisance like the shivers kid and the fortunetelling girl, but they gave some comedic vibes, at the very least...
How Yuzu hung around with Yugo in Synchro for over forty episodes, yet NEVER got around to studying Synchro Summoning, I will never know...
@@christopherb501 It doesn't make any sense why Yuzu wasn't able to learn to synchro summon. I mean, Yugo could've been her mentor right on the spot as they both prepare for the Friendship Cup.
@@tayirnull1567 Did the new director just really _hate_ Yuzu? Was the rushed production isn't actually at fault for her and the other B.G.s' treatment, and this story turn was always the plan?
Gods I hope something comes out about Arc-V's development at some point. The sheer number of questions around this most puzzling of downturns is more astronomical than if each and every Barian Number was a Galaxy card.
Arc V was the series that reignited my love back then after the shitfest that was Zexal. Everything up to the synchro arc was perfect i was so hyped and intriqued by the yu-boys girls drama. After the xyz arc i was kinda dissapointed and after THE duel and Zarc i was majorly dissapointed. The series lost its focus sadly but still, i love Arc v hope more people see whats amazing about it too
Zexal wasn’t even bad
I've always figured Standard Dimension was the Duel Monsters Dimension, since there's 4 shows and 4 dimensions at the time it aired. The in-universe explanation for no DM references would simply be because they take place in different parts of Japan.
As for the last Season, the biggest problem with it - and really the biggest problem of the entire show imo - is that it was very obviously meant to be 5 seasons long, that's what the plan (almost definitely) was. 1 season for each dimension, final season to wrap up any and all loose ends (think GX season 4). The reason the XYZ arc, Fusion arc, and post-big bad wrap up arc felt so cramped and unsatisfying is because they were meant to take place over the course of 50-ish episodes each, not 50-ish episodes total. Which is why you get things like only 1 (major) legacy character from Zexal and 2 from GX and 5ds, or how instead of just actually showing Ana Kaboom and Tori Meadows (Idr their J. names), they have the brother and sister have similar personalities and decks (Trains and Fairy Cheer Girl) as a nod to those 2 characters that would otherwise go unacknowledged at all.
The XYZ arc suffers the most from the story thinning, followed by the last round (still bummed that SPOILERS: We never got a fully merged Yuya/Yuto/Yugo/Yuri vs fully merged Zuzu/Lulu/Rin/Celina duel, even if it would've only been just 1 episode, just the idea of a duel where the duelists are essentially going back and forth between 4 separate decks each half of which don't work together and somehow stitching them into a workable anime deck through epic card game shenanigans keeps me up at night). Honestly, I think that the Fusion arc suffers the least from the show's ending being rushed, with exception of certain parts of Rei's explanations (they do a good job of making everything work, but they weren't indepth enough to do anything more than that imo) and the facts that we never were able to get a possessed Zuzu fight, and that the Fusion Yusho school ended up basically just being fodder for Joeri/Yuri's kill count and ended as quickly as it was introduced. Still though, Fusion arc worked narratively, if briefly, whereas the XYZ arc's narrative itself was undercut by them having to rush through everything.
It's that it is an homage adaptation of other entertainment and even pulls in history and politics(the high council is a fusion of Jedi Council and the powers of the West, and the presider is "Washington").
The brain power to blend:
Final Fantasy VII
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Digimon Tamers(and Digimon in general; this anime is an unofficial Digimon story, with the digital monsters being real and ZARC being able to hear them)
Inuyasha(maybe)
Star Wars(Roger/Roget is Palpatine)
Tokusatsu(Maybe Super Sentai)
required more time and money than the writers had.
Rin, to me, looks like an "American" on the Ray-girls body.
The Celina and Ruri/Lulu duel is a homage to alien movies, with me believing it is based on "The Faculty".
*BUT YOU STILL TAKE THE DAMAGE*
This lass has a criminally low number of subscribers! Keep up yhe amazing work Kalice! Always looking forward to your videos in my subscriptions :D
This is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos and OMFG YOU ARE HILARIOUS. I love this video essay so much, and you have some great insights into this series. Thank you for making this!
My ranking for all series except Vrains and Sevens
1. GX
2. ZeXaL
3. 5Ds
4. DM
5. Arc-V
For me it's
1 5Ds
2 Zexal
3 ARC-V
4 GX
5 DM
I don't think Sawatari is supposed to be a bad guy. In s1 he was just a...you know, this type of character, but beyond that, he is friendly with prog, doesnt despite him at all (or any more than everyone else). He is just a friendly character willing to fight, and also sadly portrayed as weak, but still thinking he is strong. that bothers me, since he is actually strong, he just gets opponents he isnt allowed to win against....
I also hate the confusion about Reiji being a rival or some kind of that. He really isnt a rival AT ALL. Just a very smart manipulator who is also strong, that fights for good. Just because he fights a lot doesnt really make him a rival. Also im confused about you saying most characters being treated well (besides woman of course). Eh, not really?
@Jamal Robertson now compare it to how many times chazz changed his deck.
He was a mix of Weevil and some other characters....also a manifestation of the writers' contempt for politicians; that what I believe he never got a straight up win.
Ummm, the audio of the original video is too loud, it makes me distract form what you are saying
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I did also like how they showed more. While that was his character in 5DS it wasn't really shown off all that much since it was overshadowed by the larger story of the Dark signers.
I think that is also why he was better implemented than Jack since there was more room to work with. Jack already had gone through his entire arc and had a lot of screen time. During the early portions of 5ds there wasn't that much of a plot so all the characters got to shine to their maximum. When Crow was introduced they couldn't really take their time with him since there was the dark signers looming over.
With Jack it would mostly just be seeing things we've already seen before. With Crow it's seeing things that were implied but never really shown.
So you telling me that in the Arc V universe I can make the Silent magician level 8 real?
I'm personally far more worried about what's going to happen to the Dark Magician Girl and her derivatives...
During the quiz show duel I actually thought that melted ice would overflow, and I set up a test
I think the explanation you want for why the protagonist and actual settings don’t appear would never work. If it’s gonna be different why would anyone in world know what’s missing and new. They can’t really approach it, and it’s just a function of the plot so that no magic protagonist or other powerful groups could reasonably stop academia.
Also the lack of DM pandering is explained when the ending was rushed because a lot of the staff were moved out to work on dark side of dimensions, a sequel to DM.
These videos are some of the best reviews for TV shows I’ve seen on TH-cam. Cant wait till you do yugioh vrains
Awesome review! I would really love to see you redo your review for Duel Monsters in as much detail as you have for your more recent Yu-Gi-Oh! reviews. Thanks again!
I am actually planning to do that at some point. Not in the immediate future, but it'll probably happen sometime.
@@KaliceBrunel Nice! I look forward to watching! :D
17:06 funny enough that wasn't a glitch, that's there actual pendulum effect in the anime
*Spoilers?:*
I saw this theory where when the dimension was split that the souls of Zark was merged with the protags of the previous show.
Edit: Perhaps even history was sort of reset.
You make points but your forgetting that the dimensions are just fractions of the first dimension.Which is the actual timeline of Yu-Gi-Oh!.These characters are completely new people in a completely new setting it just happens to take influence from past shows.
And in the dub they do mention Kaiba Corp as being part of the standard dimensions history.
These dimensions arent the once from the other series. They are completely different realitys and that also explains why some characters are different now or don't show at all. I think you had things gotten bit wrong.
Pretty much agree with you, although I guess I’m the only person who enjoyed Z-arc, but I definitely see the problems with him.
I'm actually glad you liked Yuya a lot!
*Spoilers*
Whenever I've talked to the few people I know who have watched Arc-V they tell they that didn't like Yuya and would have rathered a different protagonist like Yuto or Yugo.
I think Yuya IS what makes the dark narrative so good. Yuya is a good friendly boy who would absolutely rather having fun entertaining over anything else. So when Beserk mode happens it feels so f#cking wrong. I don't think the people in the show can see the glowing eyes or the dark aura most of the time because anime rules and it's more for the audience's sake though.
But imagine we couldn't see that stuff. I can see Yuto being brutal due to the traumatic war he's been fighting. I can see Yuri going beserk because he's a crazy child soldier. I can even see Yugo losing it due to being a common who's quick to temper desperately trying to find Rin (insert Judai going crazy trying to find Johan and losing himself to the darkness within).
But you can't see Yuya ever getting that angry. It's not like Yuya doesn't have reason too either. For three years he has bullied for being Yusho's kid and basically has been the shame of the city. Also his dad did actually go missing too.
But Yuya stayed as this kind person would just wants you to smile and hates the idea of a war much less to fight in one.
So seeing Yuya snap as a character of the show and us watching it... it's incredibly disturbing. It also hypes up Zarc too everytime he's able to complete override the four Yu-boy's free will.
If it was any of the others then beserk mode and Zarc's foreshadowing wouldn't have made such an impact.
(I still love the fact Yuya was technically beserk in ep 1 but it just didn't show us the glowing eyes and dark aura. If you don't believe me then rematch the scene where he first pendulum summons. He uses Zarc's chant and not the one he uses for the rest of the show. Also like most times he beserks, Yuya has memory problems and gaps.)
So Arc V cast of heros boils down to: would be villains, but they are good
Would be comedic reliff, but they are traitors
Would be Heros, but they are evil
And would be important characters,but they are women
The protagonist don’t exist because if they did who’s better who’s the protagonist. Sure you can have yuya face jack atlas or Kite but if yuya fought yuesei or Yuma even yugi there’s a huge issue especially concerning fans.
The only time where the original 4 protagonists coming into the plot during the events of Arc-V would IMO be the Z-Arc battle royale. Imagine when Rei comes out to face Z-ARC and after her turn is done, Yuma steps in and joins, then Yusei, then Jaden, then Yugi. Between those 5, they not only manage to break through Z-ARCs defenses, but also manage to all survive the turn, then the other protagonists are essentially like "finish him off for us, would you?" to Rei, and that would be how the gauntlet ends. After the likes of Jack, Crow, Aster, Sylvio, Alexis (she really should've been part of that, if Crow can be then Alexis can be as well IMO. Plus she uses the one summoning method Z-ARC wasn't prepared to completely counter and negate), etc etc.
That's the only time the other protagonists could reasonably come into the fray without making the Yu-boys and the bracelet girls feel unnecessary (especially if we're talking "end of their series/full power" protagonists.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 "Ray"; "Rei" was the similarly forgettable girl from GX.
I see we agree about Shun.
the one thing i'm looking back on now and like, wait why is that a thing is the whole "universes based off the previous yugiohs" concept kinda makes little sense if you think that AT MINIMUM, DM-5Ds is a continous timeline, meaning in the 5Ds verse duel academy existed, so there would be no split going off the fact those three anime arecanon a direct timeline. arc v is still one of the ones i had the most fun watching, but that's just some food for thought
I saw this one video that explained the timelines of the Yu-Gi-Oh series and it suggested that the synchro dimension where yusei was part of isn't part of the main universe, because in yusei's universe the meltdown happened but in the synchro dimension (arc5) it's apparantly not so
I kinda Recommend this Anime too! Cause the OST is a Sure fire Banger! It has some Solid Tracks! The music is So Damn Good!
*cracks knuckles* I'm gonna ramble, 'scuse me.
BOY am I glad to see more people who not only likes Yuya and thinks he's a fun type of protagonist for this series, but also likes the action duels. I find them immensely fun, it adds some motion to the duels. And the decks for each character fits them so well it's mindblowing, even adding some characterisation if you think about it(like I do, cause I love this show goddamn). Summoning chants are hype as hell.
Is it sad that despite the shit this show puts it's female characters through, I still think it's among the best among the ygo series' for the treatment of it's girls? Serena is such a rare breed of female character in shounen, allowed to be angry, prideful, stubborn, and arrogant, all without being told by the narrative she has to change. Her two big turning points as a character are seeing that what she's been told is wrong and that war is not just, and the second is to just enjoy dueling. That duel is among the best in the whole series, srsly. I could say more but this is long enough already, geez. In the end I still love them so much. Rin's my favourite by far.
(SPOILER TALK) I feel like your problem with the show not explaining why the other dimensions are different are pretty well explained by the fact that the world was literally shattered into four before the start of the show? And the original world was the one where the past shows took place. The Fusion dimension is pretty drastically different to the one in GX already, the island not even having the same look anymore.
Adding the past protagonists would just take the focus away from the new characters and make it feel bloated, something Arc V already has a problem with in regards to some legacy characters taking focus that should have gone to the new ones(looking at you Crow).
Also, uh, if you're ever gonna do another video on Arc V or Yugioh in general... please, either get ahold of raw footage or don't play the video audio in the background when you're talking. I hear two different voices ALONG with my eyes being drawn to the text. It makes it really hard to take in anything you're saying so I have to look away, but since I understand a fair bit of japanese even that is difficult.
Ah finaly
19:26, oh my God look on the top left it’s Shima’s father
hmm maybe to late to ask, but what did u think of Yuri? I disliked his conclusion, But i did like his insane twistedness, and Predator Plants are Anti : Fusion , Sychhro, Xyz in real life
Yeah that ending could have been handled .... better, to say the least. But Yuri was an absolute blast to see causing trouble. He was a simple character, but it was fun whenever he got involved with stuff.
@@KaliceBrunel one thing that would have been awesome, would be Yuri vs Shun! I mean cmon! Heavenly Falcons vs Hellish Plants! Plants that want to drag the flying birds down to purgatory! maan! it even makes sense, he kidnapped your sis, Shun!
still waiting for the vrains video
My least liked show after Zexal. First few episodes are a chore to get through. Things pick a bit when Yuto shows up, but not long after that the synchro arc begins and it's almost all downhill from there.
Yea man as someone who grew up during OG era 5ds was my favorite Duel monsters got me into the game and I was obsessed with buying cards Gx I got into a little later but had way too many references to the OG and kinda got stuck in its shadow 5ds was like the peak In Plot summoning Personifying the characters with nice tension and build up and it saved a dying game after a decade of the same cards and strategies And still gave the OGs love Zexal kinda separated it’s self but was cool and it should’ve ended there
I'm still really pissed off the final boss wasn't fought by Yuuya or Yuuzu vs Yuuya. I would have loved Yuuya fighting the dark part of him and having to destroy the supreme dragons (basically the extra deck fusions like Rebellion dragon being xyz and pendulum at once) with the vanilla dimension dragons and those evil dragons having imprisons of the respective dimension girls. Likewise, it should have been Yuuzu vs Yuuya just as the show alluded to from episode 2, I HATE that so much. My god...
None of the boys were ever going to battle and defeat Z-ARC by themselves. They're all mentally damaged and this anime is partially a PSA on the state of mental health in Japan. Furthermore, it's pretty clear the anime was pulling from Cloud Strife's story(and the Advent Children of Sephiroth) from the beginning, and Cloud's love Aerith stays dead.
One thing that I absolutely loved about Yugioh Arc V was the Osts/soundtracks
5ds did this too. Jack and yusie did fusion a lot and trude was shocked seeing yusie was able to synchro. Zexal vrain made them disappear for the most part.
Arc v did it nice seeing all the styles and making fusion seem special.
Also 5ds was the celebration as yusie met judai and Yugi in both manga movie and anime.
What did you mean by aki wasn't in Arc V cause of real world problems? Genuinely curious
Fun fact, Kurosaki might be the only guy ever that has a 0% winrate when he ranks up into Ultimate Falcon (2 duels, 0 wins) lmao
they did him dirty later on after he was a freaking beast the whole time, it's sad
Uriziel he was injured, and do you easily expect him to beat Kaito?
28:55 when you were talking about references to other protags theres stardust dragon and red dragon archfeind fighting
I feel compelled to talk about this ongoing fanfic I'm reading where it's basically Arc-V but the previous protagonists are actually involved and it's frickin' amazing. Long story short, they're essentially trying to Stop Arc-V (the series) from happening before it even begins and it's frickin' amazing.
@ULGROTHA Check it out here, it's called Power of Four.
m.fanfiction.net/s/13257576/1/
The first two seasons of Arc V are fine, the duels are fun to watch and it explains the rules of the game clearly for a new audience. Third season (synchro arc) isn't great, isn't terrible, but it goes downhill from there. The ending is the biggest trainwreck I've ever seen in an anime.
sevens: screw the RULES!!! I AM THE RULES!!!
I am personally biased towards Arc-V only because it was the first Yugioh show I watched
Also, if you watch Kamen Rider....
The "Returning Characters" in Arc V is kinda like Legend Riders in Zi-O and Decade
Just the AR version of the original one.....
I've been going through kamen rider from the start, I'm currently on Amazon, got multiple vids for kamen rider incoming at some point.
i've always considered yuya to be basically clown judai
Hes way better than judai
@@Thestar17x th-cam.com/video/_n5E7feJHw0/w-d-xo.html
Yuya is Judai without proper development. Objectively speaking Yuya really is the worst protagonist.
@@crimsonhero3583 How about manga-Yuya?
My favorite yugioh serie