You know what they say, if it happened off screen, it never happened!

Poor dudes were hyped up so much only to written off as gags

Huh huh you said region

The buildup to Kaiba’s outrage is even better, he looked like he was about to cry.

kaiba: i thought we have something special yugi. i comited my life to defeat you, and you would continue to be undefeated , but i guess i was wrong!! if i had parents, they said that you would not be good enough to me. yugi: kaiba: it´s not what you thinkig. kaiba: i bet you said that to all the duelists, and let me tell you, all the time i said that i was going to defeat you, i was facking it!!!!!!!!!!!1111

@@rafaelbrites3607 Needs the sound effects of Kaiba slamming his hand on the table repeatedly 😅😂🤣

Kaiba: "YUGI LOOOOOSSSSSSSST".

Atem activating The Seal was my original Cap saying Hail Hydra moment

And after the awesome showing he had against Yuya and Reiji, too.

@@heavydonkeykong5190 True he managed to fight both Yuga and Reiji ad the same time, that whas quit impressive.

Akaba Leo is idiot so that was funny seeing him get smacked like that

How long would Z-Arc have lasted if his gates got destroyed in the first duel?

Also kinda funny to watch the guy who is basically the main villain of the series get bodied by the bigger villain he was supposedly trying to keep sealed away when, if he had just learned to accept his daughter's sacrifice, grieve, and move on, none of the events of the series would have even happened. Leo Akaba wasn't just defeated by Z-ARC, he was defeated by Leo Akaba.

And sadly no rematch either

Also reminds me of how Joey acted towards Rishid / Odion about his Trap strategy - Joey acting like he had some right to judge Rishid on how he Duels and who he is as a Duelist because of it, like he himself is somehow "superior". Joey also had a similar attitude towards Reiko in the (non-canon) Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga, who used a chess-based milling Deck (Puppet King, Queen, and so on) - Joey getting all pissy over her strategy (which was also beating him) and talking like she was "wrong" for Dueling that way.

@@HalfDemonInuyasha joey is a stand in for the audience. This is a complaint all new duelists have. It's normal for people to pass the buck when they're frustrated. Joey is the usoppe of the yugioh anime.

It sucks that from the halfway-point onward, Season 4 of DM falls apart more and more until Dartz completely ruins it. It has a real ArcV-effect.

The manga did have that development with the Yugi vs Mai duel. Atem realized Yugi covered his weaknesses, learned from it, and grew stronger

@@thefonzpart That moment exists in the anime too, just that it doesn't equate "I understand that I don't win by default" to "I have no flaws here anymore and am totally fine with the actual loss". It's just a diffrent take on it and it's not like the anime overwrites the source material. The real issue is the productionteam brainfarting(Which happens way too often with the Yugioh anime in general)

Hell yeah man! Heatleo’s fire shoryuken was pretty sick

Lightning looked like a classic heel from a wrestling program with that dirty ass win. XD

Revolver did not lose to Lightning. It was technically a draw cuz Lightning did not have a skill or card effect to change his lp to 1.

Lightning didn't lose that duel

Oh yeah That's true especially when Shun did beat his brain washed sister and Yugo was going beating whoever stands in his way she was his first lose in the show

It was a great twist, but I feel it would have meant more if she dueled again after that. With the way things played out I kind of wonder why they didn't just have Yuri be the first to best him.

I can agree pinky

@@heavydonkeykong5190 Because he will be the last

Of course he lost because he dueled whilst standing perfectly still. ON. THE. GROUND. Come to think of it, his only losses were ground duels.

May I know the effects of the most important monsters in Yuga Ohdo and Rook?

Yeah, she's supposed to be one of the strongest duelists in Link Vrains and yet, her only "noteworthy" wins are against Vyra and Haru - and Haru was never meant to win the duel but buy some time for Lightning who also never believed in him being able to defeat Aoi. Sure she maybe had to face more antags than any other main girl but still sad to see her never having a big W.

I actually really related to Aoi’s character, so it actually did hurt me quite a bit to see how she was treated. After she went through all of her character development she was still treated pretty badly in the end. What a waste

She was done dirty even by Yugioh female lead character standards.

You know, for me, that loss is only horrible because after that NOTHING happened to Aoi/Blue Angel/Girl/Maiden that redeemed her. If that were her only brutal humiliation it would have been a nice narrative springboard to her reinventing herself and making her grow feel earned. She could have had a W against Soulburner, Ghost Girl or a rematch against Specter but as it is, is just another wasted female character. We should have expected that after 5 other shows that did the same.

@@monkey_blu Honestly, I still don't understand why the writers couldn't let Blue Girl defeat Soulburner. Soulburner already had beaten Go so why Aoi too? They let him defeat two of his heroes and they probably would've let him defeat Playmaker too if 1. there had been a reason for a duel and 2. PM didn't have plot armor. So they went for Revolver instead later. Soulburner already got a couple of big wins, so Aoi really should've gotten at least one aswell.

I know right? You can tell they wanted to build Edo as a massive threat since he just came off of a sweep win over Kaiser. It's funny that only two of Judai's main rivals managed to beat him but except his true main one Jun (who REALLY should've won their second duel when he came back with a new deck)

@@zeospark9715 At least the manga gave Manjoume some justice by making him finally beat Judai.

@@mikai4738 hence why i prefer the GX manga over the anime in some aspects. it deserves more attention.

you and me both

@@johnnyd1988 GX anime never a fan of, but the manga however is S tier masterpiece.

I'm still laughing to LittleKuriboh's "any minute now" 🤣

thank you for pointing this out as well because I LITERALLY was like "WHY ISNT ANYONE TALKING ABOUT Yuma vs Nasch!??"

Wasn't that surprising if you kept an eye on the score board. It was to expect that the winning team would end up with 777 points for the 7 theme. That wouldn't have been possible if Neil had beaten Gakuto unless they would have given us a draw for Yuga vs Luke r2 instead but most were sure it would end in a Yuga or Luke loss. And yeah, the Gakuto vs Neil duel was good even though I wished they had found a different way to show Gakuto's fear of facing a Maximum monster than making him act like a clown to hide his insecurities. (and gakuting stayed a dumb joke sadly)

@@mikai4738 gakuting is honestly how a 11 year old would react to that situation tbh, and they made it of all things pretty heartwarming in the final arc

@@uninspiredname2974 The final arc made gakuting actually even dumber. During Neil vs Gakuto, it felt okay because it was *Gakuto's* way of handling pressure and fear but he eventually understood that his gakuting was stupid and embarrassing the Sogetsu style and his ancestor Gakugen so he changed back to his usual kimono and dueled seriously again. But in the last arc, suddenly gakuting was first done by Gakugen to end a war and not just a silly idea of Gakuto? Then why the hell make such a big deal of it being a disgrace to the Sogetsu family if a Sogetsu ancestor made himself look like a clown before anyway? And it's a dang shame how Gakuto's memories were just about gakuting. Nothing of his friends or what he learned through the show. Even freaking Neil had scenes of Yuga and Roa in his returning memories.

@@mikai4738 That's... honestly I consider that a rather poor read of that episode. Gakuto's entire conflict and arc in sevens is in what it means to be the successor to the Sougetsu style and how he should evolve it further. Gakuting is here a way he- eleven, let's remember- tries to do so, in his panic, and fails. The reason this is the key to his memories in the final arc is because it represents what he *gained* from his friendship with yuuga and the others: the resolve and will to push on his own road and better himself, even if it should be in that way. Setting no limits for himself, "it wouldn’t do not to fly towards a challenge", as his summoning chant for Icezark claims. Yet, the fact he was still affected by Monster Reborn means he still had doubt and insecurity in his heart. The scene in the battle royale then is not meant as gakugen telling him "gakuting is dumb"- that's all Rinnosuke- but that "trying to improve and renew yourself and therefore the sougetsu style is not wrong". He never really abandons gakuting, hell it's even in the second opening, and is referenced a number of times; rather, the distinction is that when facing neil he is *ashamed* of it and has doubts about it the entire way through. That is not how the successor of the Sougetsu style should fight. That is not a distinguished duel, that is just a jester flailing about. He should not be ashamed of having attempted to do so, it takes a lot of bravery to do something like that, however ridiculous it may appear. The reveal then that Gakugen also used Gakuting to solve a conflict is then to be read in the same way. This *is* the way the style has been born and evolved. Not as a strict road whose deviations are walled away (Gakuto's personality post monster reborn echoes this sentiment), but as a style free to evolve and connect to the future. That is why the evolution of the Sougetsu style is- or passes through- Gakuting. Freedom from social norms and what is expected of him. One of the core themes of Sevens is that children should be allowed, free and encouraged to express themselves as they wish, not held down by traditions or other such things- but rather free to embrace them if they so wish, but also to allow these traditions to grow with them. We see this in Asana, as well, if you want another example. Sorry for the long message, by the way...! I just have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this season and I feel it is very good and has some surprisingly subtle writing at times especially in how it handles its themes and characters.

@@uninspiredname2974 As I said before: Gakuting used to be okay. It was fine during ep 50 when Gakuto had to face Neil. I could see why he came up with it (finding a way to develop the Sogetsu style but also to hide his fear of losing) as cringy as it may was. But that flashback of Gakugen made Gakuto realize that he doesn't need to turn into a clown to develop the Sogetsu Style. He realized it wasn't just an embarrassing thing for Rinnosuke and Ranze but also for his ancestor and for himself. Gakuting maybe was still featured in the second OP but it was barely a thing after season 1. I only remember it happen during two recap episodes (the one with the student council meeting of Goha 6 and 7 and the one about Yuo's birthday). It wasn't really a main thing until the last arc. If Gakuting had been just Gakuto's thing, I wouldn't really complain but Gakugen suddenly having fooled around to make his enemies laugh and stopping a war like that felt really out of nowhere. Btw: Gakuto being affected by Monster Reborn had absolutely nothing to do with him having insecurities since EVERYONE except Luke and Roa were affected - and those two only still had their memories because of their "deep bond with Yuga prior the existence of Rush Duel". And yes, that reason was actuall said in the anime.

What gets me the most is that by the rules of the card, that Kaiba vs Noah-duel was a draw and not a loss and that means Noah directly cheated. But the writers straight up didn't realize because they made Yami call out something completely else.

Judai didn't lose to Hell Kaiser tho unless you're referring to that S3 duel

@@nicolasrey8773 No, I'm talking about their first duel in season 1 episode 8

@@seth9655 I think he was confused when you called him by Hell Kaiser in their first duel. He didn't go by that name until after the underground duel much later.

@@zeospark9715 That maybe true. Although, Ryo already had his "Hell Kaiser" nickname in season 1. Even in the episode where they had their first duel, Judai referred him as Kaiser. He started to actually embrace his "Hell Kaiser" personality during season 2. So I see why he was confused by that.

But it never happened. Spectre die for real after the Lightning duel. Then Ai just beat the living shit out of him in S3

@@user-vw4ps8bm3t Which is weird because after their duel, Lightning did hint that he might use Spectre for something and I expected him to put Spectre against Revolver (or maybe Playmaker) later but we never got that. But yeah, we should've gotten an Aoi vs Spectre rematch. Sad, it never happened.

@@mikai4738 Aoi just get her ass wipe by Ai in S3. Also Akria was dead. So the duel never will happened.

@@mikai4738 Maybe because Spectre VA doesn't want to voice him anymore after EP87. Without a VA that's no need to use the character anymore

@@user-vw4ps8bm3t I know it will never happen. There was no time for that in season 2 for some reason and season 3 was so short and just focused on Ai. (even though we still got Revolver vs Soulburner so Blue Maiden vs Spectre should've been possible but the writers said "screw them" and let them all lose their lives to Ai) Also: How would it be possible for Spectre's VA not wanting to voice him after the Lightning duel when he got a few lines in the last episode? It seems more likely the VA was very busy at that time or was sick. I remember how Reiji had barely any screentime/lines during Synchro Arc because his VA had apparently some heath issues.

Agreed! To this day I still don't count that as a real win for Lightning. What kind of playground ruling was that 😡

Yeah, but some people can't admit that Revolver vs Lightning was technically a draw like how some people can't admit that Yusei technically lost to Kailn in round 1 and Declan with Yuya in their first duel.

@@salebadalo1957 The Lightning one, I can definitely understand being salty over since the little fucker hacked his way out of dying alongside Revolver, only to give himself to Bohman after the fact. Yusei vs Kiryu R1 was a definite loss for the former since he had no answer for Ccapac Apu's attack (the D-Wheel crashing was a cop out for plot reasons). Reiji's loss to Yuya is also definite, since the former even said "I'll give you the win" before walking off. I don't get why some people can't understand such simple concepts either...

@@cameraredeye3115 When watching, I honestly was just kinda disappointed that we didn't see what he was going to do. Dude literally just said "I just found the true potential of Pendulums by accident" and then walked away without elaborating, lol.

That's absolutely no chance they'll let a non Rival or protagonist character to beat the Boss. Come on

@@user-vw4ps8bm3t But it would have been such a good subversion for what had become a very standard Shonen trope.

At least it’s better in the manga. Marik’s almost-defeat caused him to throw up, and Kaiba even recognized Joey as an actual duelist after he got knocked out.

@@Pikapuff30 That is what happened in the DM anime tho.

Did it? If it did then it was Sub only for sure.

Iconic, but not unexpected.

Yeah me too. I can't wait to say their hallmarks as they summon their monsters.

What about Hell Kaiser? He never lost to Judai.

Also he won every duel before and after that except the Blood Shepherd duel

Agreed. Of the ten characters billed in the second ending, she plummeted at that point. She could have recovered, but just never did.

@@christopherb501 Which is disappointing since Tiger had potential getting some good development later. But even in the first season, she had some trust and respect for Yuga at least. In the last two arcs, it seemed like she forgot all of that and was mean to him for no reason.

I'm prepared for people to dismiss this critisism because "Romin doesn't suck".

@@lpfan4491 How so?

@@christopherb501 People often state it in a way where it basically seems like any negative to the show is meaningless compared to her character being decent. It comes up in comparison to older shows, but also in isolation.

Still one of the most shocking defeats probably ever !

And to Guardians, of all things.

Yeah I was shocked when he lost to

@@YugiohEverything Nice Videos man!

@@benouzgane1929 yeah it was very good filler arc I liked it

Where can we see this rewrite I asked because I'm super interested in this thank you:)

I think it was fair to believe that Bohman was a lot stronger than in the past duels. I think Soulburner had a chance, but Bohman was the stronger duelist. Also, Blue Maiden/Aqua just lost to Bohman right before this duel.

We all know Bohman def gonna beat Soulbuner. This comment is dog ass

It wasn't a technical loss lol even Yusei said that he would have lost had his D-Wheel not malfunctioned

@@nicolasrey8773 I think D-Wheel crash should be a winning condition in riding duels. In this situation, that was the only thing they come up with in order not for the antagonist to lose and therefore die !

@@lucentnether9154 in the manga it's like that

@@nicolasrey8773 That makes more sense. Imagine you crash your D-Wheel. Either you die or your D-Wheel is broken, so how do you plan to resume you riding duel? It would be a miracle if none of these happen like the plot armor yusei got when his lp were reduced to 1 against Goodwin (unlike Jack and Crow)

Comment section would go ballistic when that ever happens.

The issue is that Season 4 feels strangely disconnected from Season 3, unless those events have to be mentioned for the plot to make sense. The trueman depression-thing is also very strange atmospherically because it presents the villain-goal in the arc a lot less morally ambiguous in a bad way. The idea that is being presented and eventually challenged by Judai and then reverse-challenged by Z-one's tragedy in 5DS is that it would be better for humanity to end like that instead of meeting a more painful end. This completely works with the way Fubuki goes down in the duel against Darkness, with him believing that he went out on his own terms(aka. being content and somewhat happy with the result). It does not work when you break everyone's spirit in such a way. What Yubel did to Cobra is ironically more in-line with Darkness' intended endresult than what his own underling does.

@@lpfan4491 I agree that plot wise Season 3 and Season 4 of GX were not very cohesive, outside of 1 factor, but they very much complimented each other in tone. And that tone was tailored to fit the main thing that carriered over from Season 3 to Season 4, the new Judai. Judai was no longer the happy go lucky kid we were introduced to and what happened in Season 3 was actually really heavy. That's why there were so many episodes in Season 4 were people were worried about him or frustrated how he changed or why he very much pushed his most of his friends away from the actual plot this time instead of handling it together as they did before. But to match this darker/more gritty tone, they also focused on the aspect of school life that was naturally next: graduation and thinking about the future. The fear and doubt of what comes once you leave school I felt played well with the main antagonist of Season 4. Granted, I will admit the whole Nightshroud and Fujiwara stuff did feel out of nowhere the first time I watched week to week since it was only brought in Atticus/Fubuki's Season 1 introduction and again in Season 2 to try and show Zane/Ryo/Hell Kaiser he had fallen from the path. But binge watching episodes back to back, it didn't seem like as big of a leap. The Dark World stuff with Trueman and Nightshroud/Darkness could've be executed better, but I feel the big disconnect with it was how isolated it felt from the rest of the cast until the very end while thematically I can see what they were going for. Would've also helped if they could've linked Nightshroud back to the Light of Destruction or Sacred Beast/Kagemaru or the Gentle Darkness that was the power in Judai the whole time or just the existence of Judai/Yubel on this plane. Could've been better but hindsight always makes it that way and this was the ending of the 1st Yugioh spinoff so inexperience plays a factor too. I will give them props though as no other Yugioh series has made a major permanent change in personality to their main protagonists by their own choice. Closest we get in my opinion is Season 3 A.I. in Vrains; tempted to say Zexal with Shark to Nasch but that's more of regaining lost memories kinda deal and is a Rival, not the main hero.

Absolutely, one of the biggest shock wins probably in all of YGO

Def the best moment of that duel

@Syn Cloud Memes are the strongest force in the multiverse.

Soulbuner already said he technically lost the duel. But Roboppy short circuit

Bc Alistair wasn't using his true deck

Well Joey will die in that arc no matter what. It's a matter of time

I stand with you, bu it would have been even bigger chaos in the comments, I mean look at everyone arguing about him including Lightning vs Revolver