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06-08-2021, 02:52 PM | #61 |
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When it comes to Yu-Gi-Oh I always found the very early chapters of the manga fascinating, when there were new games and challenges each chapter, before the series focused solely on the card game. It was a bit simpler, a smaller scale, yet interesting IMO. Yugi's second personality was rather terrifying back then, almost evil. It was a bit gruesome and gory sometimes too, although even later chapters were like that sometimes.
The mystery behind it all was also rather cool, the Egyptian themes were a bit less obvious so when it came into play it expanded the world nicely. I don’t dislike the direction the franchise went into, even the later stories are sill interesting and even the card game was a bit more fun in the manga as it was almost a proper role-playing game with the amount of rules and stuff. Like how flying monsters can't fall into pits or machines are immune to magic. Won’t make sense in a balanced TCG but for having fun in a fictional world? Pretty cool stuff. Sometimes I re-read the manga, never really got into the anime. |
06-08-2021, 04:01 PM | #62 |
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On the topic of Yu-Gi-Oh, it seems like people have been pretty thorough but I'd like to give my input. It started off as a manga series about a gamer, and they would play a variety of games. One of the games was Duel Monsters, which ended up becoming super popular, and the manga focused more and more on it as it went along. The first anime, which is just called Yu-Gi-Oh but referred to as Season 0 by fans, is an adaptation of the beginning of the manga, and focuses on a variety of games. It's not an exact adaptation of the manga, though. Then, they made a second series, also called Yu-Gi-Oh, which picks up in the story at the same point where Season 0 left off, but they're separate continuities and the second series solely focuses on the card game. This was the first season to come to the US. Since the card game was invented as an in-universe game, they didn't have a strict ruleset to follow, so the matches were determined based on what would be interesting to watch. When the card game came out irl, they had to come up with actual rules for it to follow, which the anime and manga gradually incorporated. I've only season Season 0 and the first two main storylines in the second series (Duelist Kingdom and Battle City). Season 0 is great, I highly recommend it. Season 1 is fun and has held up better than you would expect, but it's still an early 2000s anime about kids playing card games where the rules were made up as they went along.
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06-08-2021, 04:29 PM | #63 |
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“Feet, don’t fail me now. Wait, I don’t have feet.” “(Internal) Maybe I can bluff him. (External) That’s exactly my plan. (Internal) I never was good at bluffing.” “I sold your entire comic collection to buy film.” “But digital cameras don’t use film.” Don’t you think I realise that now?” “Oh look at that, I made an offensive play. That’s why they call this Duel Monsters and not Solitaire Monsters.” “We’re looking for a guy named Bohman.” “Does he have a bow?” “No, but he does have rock hard abs.” “I think I’d remember someone like that, even if he had a bow.” “Ai, you are special…” “I’m listening.” “Unique in every possible way…” “Go on.” “Because you are the laziest, most self-absorbed AI that has ever existed.” “Say what?” “If you’d told me last week we’d be teaming up with the Knights of Hanoi (the arch enemies of the two characters in the conversation), I’d have told you to write more realistic fanfiction.” “So would I.” “I’m sending you to jail. Because you belong in an orange jumpsuit, not a white sweat shirt.” “Sorry, orange isn’t my colour.” And those are just my highlights. |
06-08-2021, 05:50 PM | #64 |
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My favorite out of context line ever comes from the dub of Zexal.
"You just summoned your mom."
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06-08-2021, 06:02 PM | #65 |
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If we're dishing out quotes , here's one of my favorites from GX
"Let's all shout at the same time and hope for the best!" *split screen between six characters*: "Yeah!" |
06-08-2021, 08:03 PM | #66 |
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*Remembers the Zexal dub*
Dear god... Context: That was the breaking point for me when it came to Yu-Gi-Oh! and dubs in general. I could not stand Yuma's (The Protagonist for that series) voice, and I was losing interest in general. But then Arc-V came, which also marked the first Yu-Gi-Oh! series I saw in Japanese and to completion. It was good until about Season 3 for me. Though, apparently there was some issues behind the scenes, which may have affected the finished product. Now I loved the Monsters in Arc-V (Yes, even the Entermates) and the characters and premise were great, it just sort of fell apart later down the line, which is a shame. Now the current series, Sevens, is helmed by a different studio and is actually better than I thought it would be. My only criticism is that it was being advertised as an anniversary series, but so far the only thing remotely anniversary is the appearance of some Legacy Monsters and that's about it, but overall, I'm enjoying it. Yu-Gi-Oh! is certainly an interesting show (There's even a Toku influence as the creator loves Ultraman, and it's apparent in GX with the Elemental Heroes. Also when did this become a Yu-Gi-Oh! Thread? XD) that has some really neat monsters and stuff. But of course, it's not perfect, and not every series is quite for everyone (in taste), but it's something I still find myself coming back to every now and again. (Edit) Here's one of my favorite Dub moments from the Original: Joey and Tristan's Manly Victory Song. Last edited by Daikaijuman54; 06-08-2021 at 08:12 PM.. |
06-08-2021, 11:06 PM | #67 |
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When you are the chosen hero but your antagonist dad is Ark from Kamen Rider Zero-One but with dragon powers, and one of your villain-turned-hero partner is Zenkai Gaon on Sundays. For those interested this is Dai No Daibouken and is a spin-off of the Dragon Quest franchise. The manga was serialized alongside the likes of Dragonball from the late 80s to late 90s in Shonen Jump and was by the same people who did Beet The Vandal Buster, story penned by Riku Sanjo(yes, THAT Riku Sanjo who gave us Kamen Rider W and Kyoryuger) and art by Koji Inada.
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06-09-2021, 01:06 AM | #68 |
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I thought this lead-in was going to be the beginning of an absolute car crash of a fanfic, Sunred! I'm almost disappointed that it's not. |
06-09-2021, 09:30 AM | #69 |
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The dubs do tend to insert some pretty fun lines to help break up some of the more formulaic moments.
I don't remember much of Zexal, since I was bored by it. One big problem I had was that the goal was to collect the 100 Number monsters, special cards with strong effects. Despite doing said task, the main character only really uses like, 10 of them, ever. Instead, his personal number, Number 39: Utopia, gets a billion different forms.
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06-09-2021, 12:34 PM | #70 |
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I don't remember much of Zexal, since I was bored by it. One big problem I had was that the goal was to collect the 100 Number monsters, special cards with strong effects.
Despite doing said task, the main character only really uses like, 10 of them, ever. Instead, his personal number, Number 39: Utopia, gets a billion different forms. Ah, you win some, you lose some, I guess? |
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