[Kiryu]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I finally finished the Noah arc and honestly, it is a mixed bag. Obviously, it is a giant pile of filler set right in the middle of Battle City, and that is one of the worst things about it. It completely breaks the pace the series had going due to it causing a massive break of 8 hours before the show goes back on track with its main objective. The duels drag on for way too long, especially the one with Noah and the Deck Master rules are some of the worst aspects of the show. There might be problems with Duelist Kingdom's lack of actual rulings, but their issues pale in comparison to those of the Deck Master rules. There is no establishment of what the Deck Masters can do until a mcguffin is needed to win the duel or halt the protagonist from winning. It does nothing to the show but force the viewer to sit there bored out of their mind. This is filler material, so it is inexcusable to see duels dragged out for 3-5 episodes.

The only redeeming factor of this arc is the amount of back story given for Kaiba and Mokuba. Unfortunately, the pay off comes off as awkward as the virtual world stuff just does not make a lick of sense and once again, it kills the pacing.

Overall, this is an arc that should have been no more than 13 episodes as it just drags on in the middle and rules are just pulled out of the ass crack that it is not even funny. Plus, the whole explosion having the soul of Gozubara at the end is quite laughable, but not in a good way. It is a shame the animators couldn't figure out something better to do while they waited for the rest of Battle City to end in the manga because this arc could have been great with a shorter length.

Y'lnow, I find it funny that they hype up the five headed dragon so much and yet in the end it's always brought down by using the same method.

Either they summoned Dragon Master Knight, or they have a monster that can add his attack power to their own. Even in GX, it was brought down using this exact same tactic.