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@EnigmaAnime Жыл бұрын
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@kagamiuchihathebeast5862 Жыл бұрын
Sigfreed could have attacked Kaiba directly without using pegasus wings, so plot armor saved kaiba by decreasing the atk of sigfreeds monster. Plot induced stupidity where a smart, calm, cool and collected villain makes a playing error is the reason why kaiba did not lose to Sigfreed. Dartz, Kaiba, Atem and Joey are all inferior to Sigfreed.
@ndbringer96 Жыл бұрын
Me too man. Joey Wheeler represents everyone who’s new to Duel Monsters(:
@Arashi9x Жыл бұрын
Hey.. Yugi didn't actually cheat in any of those Duelist kingdom has a rule where if anything makes sense well it works out aslong as it makes sense
@bshsbshs5674 Жыл бұрын
Atem my husband
@valencia5572 Жыл бұрын
Worst part is, they could have had Joey win the tournament, then have Marak Millennium BS his way into a final, dramatic confrontation with Yugi in the shadow realm anyways, if the MC vs Main Antagonist battle was really THAT important
@joshualowe959 Жыл бұрын
Battle City had: 1. Multiple evil threats 2. God Cards 3. Darker tone 4. Scary imagery 5. Epic duels 6. Long duels
@kagamiuchihathebeast5862 Жыл бұрын
honestly battle city was a big joke, virtual world was better, it would have been the best arc if yami marik participated in it fighting the big five in a tag duel with the nameless pharaoh, but unfortunately we got joey involved again SMH
@joshualowe959 Жыл бұрын
@@kagamiuchihathebeast5862 Joey was involved in helping Yami Yugi defeat the Big 5. What are you talking about? Plus, what would Marik even want from the Big 5? They all lost their bodies.
@kagamiuchihathebeast5862 Жыл бұрын
@@joshualowe959 I am saying if it was re written then the virtual world arc would be better if yami marik helped yami yugi against the big five instead.
@kagamiuchihathebeast5862 Жыл бұрын
@@joshualowe959 L
@joshualowe959 Жыл бұрын
There was a time Kaiba teamed up with Yugi to defeat The Big Five using Dragon Master Knight to take down Five Headed Dragon
@Joe_SharkSkin Жыл бұрын
In the manga Joey despises his father for being a drunk and a gambler who lost it all. I find it ironic that Joey relies heavily on “lucky cards” to win his duels, for example, time wizard, them dice cards, and a few more I can’t think of off the top my head.
@Ahloveyafuhso Жыл бұрын
Maximum six, roll of fate, dangerous machine type six, confiscation mediation which is just a worst negate attack.. fairy box.. roulette spider.. that's about the ones I remember.
@ynothaniruz277 Жыл бұрын
Would Question be considered luck?
@kagamiuchihathebeast5862 Жыл бұрын
@@ynothaniruz277 Sigfreed could have attacked Kaiba directly without using pegasus wings, so plot armor saved kaiba by decreasing the atk of sigfreeds monster. Plot induced stupidity where a smart, calm, cool and collected villain makes a playing error is the reason why kaiba did not lose to Sigfreed. Dartz, Kaiba, Atem and Joey are all inferior to Sigfreed.
@kissthespirits1392 Жыл бұрын
“Gambles in belief for his Friendship?”
@TheOnlyDibbs Жыл бұрын
The sins of the father, eh?
@vanguardduelist Жыл бұрын
Joey vs Marik remains one of my favorite duels because it’s probably the first time I ever saw a “side character” win against the main villain. It was so cool as a kid seeing him withstand Marik’s attack and seeing everyone’s shocked faces that Joey was still standing. He’ll always be the winner of that duel to me.
@MrGanjie Жыл бұрын
It was the ole Winning in defeat He was the winner in spirit but marik couldn't lose a duel yet
@mischawoolf3686 Жыл бұрын
I almost cried as a kid seeing joey fall down in his last turn😪😪
@SShaBazzz Жыл бұрын
I hated that they made Kaiba lose as a kid. Everyone wanted Kaiba to win it all.
@royalty843 Жыл бұрын
I was real life pissed lol Joey won we all saw it. Imagine if Marik lost and was swallowed by the shadows. Kaiba would have a mental breakdown that Joey would be second to atem and third to Joey
@jonathanhunter7670 Жыл бұрын
Especially because Joey won fair and square, while playing really well and smart! Tapping into everything he learned in the past episodes and from his friends. It was the pinnacle of his arc to be honest!
@Regiwulf Жыл бұрын
Joey had my respect in duelist kingdom even if he was the comic relief. Jumping overboard to retrieve the pieces of exodia is something only a true friend who really cares would do.
@adrianawilliams4810 Жыл бұрын
Yeah , he also respects his friends like also during duelist kingdom when he says/thinks “Yugi I won’t insult you but doing anything less then my best”
@brettt141 Жыл бұрын
Holds his own vs Yugi and beats Keith despite him cheating.
@lolosh995 ай бұрын
He’s kinda cute ngl
@thelegacyofgaming29282 ай бұрын
Joey is chad
@TheRibottoStudiosАй бұрын
Joey is the type of friend to stay loyal to YUGI vs the Pharaoh. I really love how that was portrayed in the final ceremonial duel; Joey was one of the few of the group who outright knew this was something YUGI had to do and would be able to rise to the challenge. The very definition of ride or die.
@kirilhristov9024 Жыл бұрын
Battle City was it. Evil Egyptian Cult, God Cards that come alive, the antagonist having a personality change that makes him even more insane, what more could we ask?
@Alejandro333777 Жыл бұрын
Bakura as well
@bryandavidlee8374 Жыл бұрын
The Waking the Dragons arc had Yami Yugi crying. Battle City lacked that
@gregwain5474 Жыл бұрын
1.Battle city 2. Duelist Kingdom 3.Waking the dragons
@TheKaosKilla16 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the virtual world filler smack dab in the middle of battle city
@ssjgotenks2009 Жыл бұрын
@@TheKaosKilla16 ddue vitural wotld is cnaon not filler get with the times yugioh is mtuvlusle years ago the maekr siad yugioh anime and yugioh manga arw two dienfitn uvnrisnes but both are cnaon evne seaosn4 si cnaon peage ahd the damn ar in gx profing it cnaon
@sean1oo1 Жыл бұрын
Joey was Takahashi’s favorite character too. He even admitted Joey had the potential to be the strongest character because of his ability to grow. And he did actually canonically beat yugi albeit off screen. In the manga you see he got red eyes back when he uses it against zorc in millennium world. But in the anime we get to see him using it much earlier in the doma and KCGP arcs as well.
@elimDBZ Жыл бұрын
Yup! Even LittleKuriboh showed Joey beating Yugi in a duel and used Swordsman of Landstar to beat Yugi too.
@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 Жыл бұрын
I would be the best character in yugioh, running a stall burn deck, no one can beat me
@obsessivefanboy7 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. If you removed Yugi's plot armor/millenium magic and Kaiba's wealth/money to buy the most powerful cards, without those two Joey could've been the best duelist on the show.
@st8ofmind325 Жыл бұрын
When did he canonically beat yugi? The duel they had offscreen never reached a canonical conclusion and you can’t used the fact that Joey has the red-eyes again afterwards because it’s in yugis character to return it to Joey even if Joey lost, just like how he gave Joey the prize money card in duelist kingdom that was suppose to go to the winner of their duel even though Joey lost them as well. No cannon material has ever deemed a victor to yugi and joeys offscreen duel, saying Joey must have won because he has the red eyes again is just head cannon.
@danielramsey6141 Жыл бұрын
This fact isn’t made any better during the KC Grand Prix Arc! If you think about it, Kaiba should’ve passed the Baton back to Joey since he outed Siegfried as a Cheater. Don’t you think that he should’ve fought the Last Opponent he fought or (and This is a better idea) Shut down the Duel Between Seigfried and Joey just as he was about to Defeat him! I mean, giving Joey a second chance to prove that he could beat a Self-entitled Prissy-boy would’ve been so cool!
@Spellmeister2027 Жыл бұрын
The only problem is that Ishizu dueled ONCE and faded to obscurity.
@GlitchanBlack Жыл бұрын
She only dueled once ON-SCREEN you mean?
@thatman666 Жыл бұрын
Her problem was being an expedition character.
@mrbubbles6468 Жыл бұрын
Well yes, like Odion and Marik once the Arc was over she went away. Otherwise she was real important in BC.
@thatman666 Жыл бұрын
@orlin hernandez Oh, my bad.
@sburbtube6766 Жыл бұрын
@@thatman666 Her problem was being a female character in a shounen series..... Fuck shounen for that...
@filipvadas7602 Жыл бұрын
As disappointing as Joey losing against Marik on a technicality was, I think its what ended up turning him into a fan favorite I mean, working really hard and getting an inch away from your goal, only for it to just barely slip out of your grasp because of something out of your control is insanely relatable. It added to the idea of Joey being the underdog and why he's still loved as arguibly one if the best characters in the entire franchise
@GlitchanBlack Жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@Thepokedek Жыл бұрын
Fk even mai should've beaten Marik she outplayed him completely, he won bc plot armor Ancient chant my azz
@BKK871 Жыл бұрын
Well said
@benzelwasington4059 Жыл бұрын
Yea but could you imagine a fusion with red eyes And ra
@filipvadas7602 Жыл бұрын
@@Thepokedek yeah, that was some Duelist Kingdom level BS
@Aircraftsystemst Жыл бұрын
Battle city was the peak, absolutely!! I’m 30+ years old now I remember the popularity of Yu-Gi-Oh in the early 2000’s. Nothing has came close to surpassing the original series!!
@wingedhussar1453 Жыл бұрын
battle city arc had no real surpises tho .it felt kind of tame also knowing it was just a precursor to more intresting marik plot
@brettt141 Жыл бұрын
worst arc. Duelist Kingdom is why Yugi was popular. Battle city just sold shitty duel disks.
@angel_in-black9 ай бұрын
Ikr!
@duderino61714 ай бұрын
@@wingedhussar1453I feel like I that could've been different if they made Joey win the tournament though. They did this little bit where he sort of separated himself from Yugi and built himself up by winning duels on his own. It would've been cool if he rebuilt his deck and ended up winning the tournament. I feel like it was a missed opportunity, especially after a rewatch.
@animeknight8958 Жыл бұрын
what i remember in the battle city arc is that Yugi was the only one to duel the rare hunters while Joey duel regular duelists
@gregwain5474 Жыл бұрын
I thought Joey lost to the rare hunter that had the fake exodia
@TheKaosKilla16 Жыл бұрын
@@gregwain5474 yeah. Joey lost offscreen to the exodia rare hunter. He did duel Odion on the blimp too
@animeknight8958 Жыл бұрын
@@gregwain5474 that was before the battle city tournament
@ssjgotenks2009 Жыл бұрын
@@TheKaosKilla16 off sreeen what you tlaking we some him lsoe on screen
@shiningarmour6805 Жыл бұрын
The tale of Battle City is the culmination of "What it is to be a Duelist" in *Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist.* Manga is like an entirely different show. Yugi derailed from this, because he had to find the Pharaoh's memories Meanwhile, Joey actually kept the promise to be a True Duelist, dueling all present day duelists like Yugi did in Duelist Kingdom and understanding their souls. Souls plays a heavy role in Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelists, again like an entirely different show, because the "duel towers" are actually the card decks all the duelists have (how they stack up), and with the antee of BC? Each Tower holds many souls, for good or ill. This is why Yugi was able to save Joey, he strengthened his soul by having his Red-Eyes defeat Blue-Eyes, this is a throwback to how Yugi strengthened his Grandpa's soul to live by having Exodia destroy Blue-Eyes. By the end of Battle City, it is _implied_ that the strongest Duelist is Joey, able to take down even Marik without God Cards, this was meant to be the build up for the Yugi vs Joey battle at the end. However, like many things Kazuki Takahashi makes, he writes about a huge pay-off later, and it ends up being _the journey_ that's more fulfilling than his promises for the end, hence why he didn't write that ending. However, in the sequel *Yu-Gi-Oh: Millennium World,* it is heavily implied that Joey beat Yugi in that duel.
@rexcraptor2761 Жыл бұрын
The reason duelist kingdom doesn’t follow the rule book is because there wasn’t a rule book yet. The manga came out quite a bit before the card game and the rules weren’t set in stone yet. Kazuki takahashi was just trying to make an entertaining story
@GhostGuy99 Жыл бұрын
And I like it for that. Duelist Kingdom made the card game feel more realistic and strategic. Yugi won a Duel by destroying the floatation ring around Castle of Dark Illusions, and won another by combining a Monster with a Spell to weaken his opponent's monster
@Miikkkaelmon Жыл бұрын
What i have seen in yugioh season 0, this card game was inspireited by that card game, that they play few times. Was it called wizards and monster? Somethin like that. It had field bonuses etc. Dont know if you have watched it
@snowboundwhale6860 Жыл бұрын
@@Miikkkaelmon The early manga/ season 0 card game is what would later become Duel Monsters in Yugioh Duellist/ Yugioh Duel Monsters. It was originally inspired by Magic the Gathering, with a famous example being the manga art of Yugi's first boss monster, Summoned Skull, being strikingly similar to mtg's Lord of the Pit. I don't remember early manga duel monsters having a field bonus (could be wrong), but the manga did add something new literally every time it came back: First appearance it was just normal monsters & magic cards, second appearance we got monster effects & Exodia, third time we got trap cards, which lead into DK with field bonuses & transforming monsters (Fusion, Ritual, Moth, Time Wizard aging things, Metalmorph, zombie-counterparts etc.), then in BC we got a proper ruleset for tribute summoning along with the God cards and the first proto-archetypes in Magnet Warriors, Face Card Knights, XYZ etc. Prior to BC the game works much closer to TTRPG logic for most of it's rules/ effects which is why there's so many wild moments that seem like cheating. The Duelist Kingdom arc of the manga first started in May 1998, wherein it is explicitly the same card game, while the Season 0 anime began airing in April 1998. The episode that introduces Kaiba & duel monsters was first aired mid April, but the next episode the game shows up was mid May. It's very possible that the season 0 production crew used the advancements in the game from later in the manga when presenting it in the anime. Takahashi could've said "Hey I have these ideas for field bonuses you could add in" as well.
@Miikkkaelmon Жыл бұрын
@@snowboundwhale6860 Thanks dude, you knew mutch better than me😇. Cool to know the origins
@EmpireRamzes Жыл бұрын
@@GhostGuy99 agreed
@thugsfunny7594 Жыл бұрын
In all honesty the Battle City season defined the entire era. Dude this is literally the best Yu-Gi-Oh! documentary I've seen yet!!
@pikablu_25 Жыл бұрын
Joey vs Marik was so impactful because je earned Kaiba's respect, made Marik vomit in fear and had the resolve to withstand Ra's full power. I personally think it was still an amazing moment, even if it didnt end in his favor
@mariowarion Жыл бұрын
kaiba lost that respect for jounochi right after jounochi collapsed. yami malik wasn't even dueling seriously jounochi summoned jinzo and even then he was held back by his desire for torture which lead him to make it longer than it should have been. even mai nearly won for those exact reasons.
@sonicplays8740 Жыл бұрын
@@mariowarion He played for torture and almost lost, he had fought against a guy outside of the conditions a normal match while being magically struck by Ra's lightning, Joey has beaten his tactic without being backed by extra conditions.
@MrLakerfan24908 ай бұрын
Honestly I doubt Marik used the same 40 card deck vs. Joey that he did vs. Yugi. His deck vs. Yugi was filled with cards that would help him summon Ra, while he probably didn't think he would even need to do so vs. Joey. He lost to Joey obviously, but only because he underestimated him
@YugiMotobattlecity2 ай бұрын
@@mariowarionHe never did lose his respect after in the Japanese version he says to marik that Joey’s efforts didn’t go to waist after he passed out and in the English he I think he says he can finally accept him as a duelist but after Joey wakes up ofc he goes back to insulting him but that’s just how kaiba is and even after that he does show that he still respected him ever since when he could sense Joey was in trouble in season four with the seal of the Orichalcos kaiba just enjoys getting a good chuckle out of making Joey a bit mad and doesn’t want to give his mean act up.
@TheHManShow Жыл бұрын
Joey and Yugi’s duel while he’s possessed by Marik is the most heart wrenching duel in the whole series
@kingbball66 Жыл бұрын
one of my favorite duels
@JayRod607 Жыл бұрын
@@kingbball66 mine too!
@kate-he6xt Жыл бұрын
ong holy i’m just rewatching the whole series since my childhood n that episode was the one that gave me thee most chills as i rmr every little detail so vividly like i rly went back in time
@philipdawson7800 Жыл бұрын
Those 4 episodes, man. Especially episode 78, where everything is resolved. Jonouchi breaking free from Marik's possession & the moment Shizuka dives to save her brother from drowning are 2 of my favorite YuGiOh moments ever.
@thelegacyofgaming29282 ай бұрын
That's the one thing I remember from this series. Truly sad
@RaptorRed Жыл бұрын
4kids really messed up a lot of things. The worst was removing yubel’s love of Jaden yuki and replacing it with “wanting a play mate” it pissed me off but I still love that series.
@ssjgotenks2009 Жыл бұрын
dude you mso t not no the rules of tv in us you cnat show cayz shit wya do thinkd bz as editn big time back when it was on v do to trules us tv unels you show it latr at night you have eidt shit it the rules
@angelalex7827 Жыл бұрын
@@ssjgotenks2009 What language is this ?
@RaptorRed Жыл бұрын
@@angelalex7827 pardon?
@angelalex7827 Жыл бұрын
@@RaptorRed Are you signerleo snyder ?
@RaptorRed Жыл бұрын
@@angelalex7827 the hell is that? You got a problem with my opinion?
@romainguegan5280 Жыл бұрын
Joey only lost to Marik because of his cheating, not because of his lack of skills as a duelist. As such, he gained fans' respect.
@LonelyStardefender3 ай бұрын
hold on buddy as much as i love joey,no homo i cant deny one fact and that is that marik goal wasnt to "beat" joey by depleting his llife points marik based his entire deck on making him suffer torture him,if you will,till eventually kill him thats a huge reason why joey made it that far on the duel because if marik changed his deck considering how strategic the tournament was and how he played with others minds he couldve won eeasily
@Darkblade18100 Жыл бұрын
Joey had a lot of untapped potential. Kinda seems like there was still something's to explore in his character growth.
@theinherit116 Жыл бұрын
Kazuki Takahashi as a author tends to hold joey back.
@XenoxGOWGODOFWINTER Жыл бұрын
I believed 100 percent that Kaiba was at his Breaking point in this season. He was Using Obelisk that most duelist were scared of using his Power. Kaiba was killing those Rare Hunters!
@Leefamily146 Жыл бұрын
Yugioh will always be my favorite anime. The characters, duals, and yes the voice acting is what made my childhood. As for joey plot I like it for him able to dual on his own and with the cards that he gains(even if 3 out the 4 cards he won was unless).
@adrianbarros6799 Жыл бұрын
The rules were messy, sometimes outright contradictory and there were many plotholes but by god it was a masterpiece, one of the best animes ever made.
@Elico-du1oi Жыл бұрын
Bakugan was a good anime as well
@kichiroumitsurugi4363 Жыл бұрын
@@Elico-du1oi God I still love New Vestroia
@Elico-du1oi Жыл бұрын
@@kichiroumitsurugi4363 Same its so underrated
@Ozzmosisf35 Жыл бұрын
It's the most innovative and interactive anime. People will tell you that the Pokémon anime was, but the show didn't happen before the games.
@ICantRecognizeCelebrities Жыл бұрын
I actually never realized that Joey subtly matured in the face of feeling coddled until you showed the clip of him rejecting Red Eyes Black Dragon. Right before he duels Mai in the first arc, he gets so frustrated with Tristan talking about how he's on a much lower level than her that he punches him to the ground. Here, he assesses that Yugi is genuinely trying to help him by giving him his card back, and calmly decides to break away so he can improve.
@KojaVukovic Жыл бұрын
It's golden age of this whole franchise. Most popular the game ever was, every kid knew yugioh and this season is one of the reasons early battle city (part 1) is golden era of Yugioh as a whole. Show steadily dropped after that but not by much, however after 5D's ended it dropped a lot.
@obsessivefanboy7 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I consider 5Ds/synchros the last closest thing to "old school" Yugioh. I mean it's part of the original trilogy.
@mrbubbles6468 Жыл бұрын
It was only the most popular it ever was in the West.Most popular the game ever was, in the west, you mean. And not even then probably. As for going down hill after 5Ds…depends on where you are. ZeXal put the series through a boom in Japan.
@kindlingking Жыл бұрын
Friendly reminder Zexal is the most popular yugioh series in Japan by a lot.
@lpfan4491 Жыл бұрын
Aside from Yuma's dubvoice, Zexal is pretty great. When it really went downhill was when the second half of Arcv started, that major low that happened after that point actually ended up contributing to killing the anime/manga as we knew it.
@bergerloos5014 Жыл бұрын
Everyone always states it was the best because of the Gods. But to me the best part about battle city was joey playing the tournament as intend, while also building a deck as intended. You know, collecting good cards, randomly building a deck with the best you can find and then creating new strategies with these cards, that originally weren't designed to be used together. It had the whole creativity and own personality thing going. But when GX aired that changed when all of a sudden all strategies and combos where predetermined by the theme you were playing
@henrylaz8964 Жыл бұрын
I love Joey for his insane character development during both the trading card arcs. However, I think having Joey win over Marik would be too far-fetched. The manga hinted many times that millennium artifacts all have their own will, their dark side that will always try to overwhelm opponents, unless it's another millennium artifact user. Usually, non-artifact users don't have sufficient mental will to battle artifact users in a shadow game.
@snowboundwhale6860 Жыл бұрын
@@rob19ny There's also various points throughout the Jonouchi vs Marik duel where Marik intentionally makes choices that from a plain "my objective is to win the duel" standpoint are outright misplays. There's also a few where Jonouchi could've put himself in better positions by being more aggressive, iirc had he not hesitated on summoning Jinzo that actually would've won him the duel, but Marik's literally not trying to win too fast so he can torture Jonouchi more by hurting his monsters for most of the duel. That Jonouchi arguably didn't even deserve the win against Marik because Rishido had their game won & he shouldn't have even been in the semi-finals is a very good point though. We can say Jonouchi losing was bs but by the same can be said for Rishido, and where Marik had multiple chances to win/ set up a win on the next turn that he deliberately foregoes (meaning he could've won without the shadow magic), Jonouchi never had such opportunities against Rishido.
@snowboundwhale6860 Жыл бұрын
@@rob19ny I thought Jinzo only took 1 tribute, so Rocket Warrior alone would be enough, right?
@snowboundwhale6860 Жыл бұрын
@@rob19ny I see. You're right I was referring to the anime, I wasn't aware Jinzo was Level 7 in the manga. Fair enough then
@freezasama5802 Жыл бұрын
me and my family grew with Yugi-oh and the best arc we watched was the battle city arc being the most consistent and most badass like seeing Kaiba obtain Oblesik and obliterate max CPU difficulty, seeing Joey play against all his different opponents and winning using his skills and almost beating Marik, Yugi battling all the egyptian god cards throughout the arc, we got established rules so we understood how the game worked unlike duelist kingdom, Marik is a legendery villain and the way he twists his friends against him is the most challenging and toughest challenges Yugi ever faced and finally Kaiba aknowledging that he must help Yugi in order to defeat Marik and save everyone it's honestly the best arc and most compelling
@abhiV001 Жыл бұрын
I think Original Yugioh need reboot. All of want Kaiba, Joey, Yugi summoning their's ace monster and all of previous faults in the anime get fixed with new storyline. If this is gonna happen it would be the greatest gift of all time that we get from Konami and rest Yugioh Creators 😌
@EnigmaAnime Жыл бұрын
A remake that adapts the "season 0" part would be nice.
@kingk.d.m4620 Жыл бұрын
A remake would be amazing of the first series including season 0
@pn2294 Жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t fixing the storyline mean less dueling?
@Alejandro333777 Жыл бұрын
Reboots ruin originals
@matthewavalos9409 Жыл бұрын
I agree, It's time for a reboot, with manga getting proper anime adaptation these it's the for them to adapt the original 7 volumes of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga, if it's well received then they can go on to remake duelist kingdom and the other arcs
@Chaosic Жыл бұрын
Battle City was Yugioh at its peak and it is in my top arcs,Battle City,Noah's arc,Duelist Kingdom and good video dude.
@EnigmaAnime Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Chaosic Жыл бұрын
@@EnigmaAnime your welcome
@GhostGuy99 Жыл бұрын
Noah's arc wasn't too bad looking back on it. My only complaint is that the anime made an entire arc dedicated to Kaiba's backstory...and expects us to feel sympathy for him despite all the awful shit he does in the anime and even the manga.
@Chaosic Жыл бұрын
@@GhostGuy99 true Kaiba is such an asshole but that arc wanted us to feel sorry for him,I felt sorry for Noah but not for Kaiba.
@Chaosic Жыл бұрын
@@GhostGuy99 true Kaiba is such an asshole but that arc wanted us to feel sorry for him,I felt sorry for Noah but not for Kaiba.
@crystalgeode2336 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the duel between possessed Joey and Yugi, and running into my mom's room every other episode to rant about how heart-wrenching it was and how worried I was. I adored Joey as a character, he was in my top 3 favorite characters at the time, and it was so crazy. I think Joey becoming KoG would be so awesome, actually.
@AdamHatmaker9 ай бұрын
Joey's emotion, and passion and sacrifice brought me to tears, every week. The true Kings of games.
@kutsmacksolucas Жыл бұрын
Battle City is lowkey one of the greatest arcs in anime history for me. It's right up there with stuff like the Freeza Saga. It's impossible to not remember Yugioh and how important this arc was, probably the most important in all of the franchise.
@ChiefBarnesArt Жыл бұрын
Joey becoming the unofficial king of games, I really would of been okay with that. Joey should of beaten Marik but after the duel was unable to compete in the finals so So the final duel is Yugi/atem vs kiba. Yugi/atem wins then later Yugi & Joey have their off screen duel and boom Joey the unofficial king of games.
@WaltonGFilm Жыл бұрын
This, YES!!
@desertfox738 Жыл бұрын
I was completely enthralled by the battle city arc as a kid, I was waking up to watch it at 8 AM on a Saturday so I wouldn’t miss an episode. Marik was my favorite Yu Gi Oh villain and the duels were so good. I even bought Ra because Marik used him 😅
@ARainyDayArcher11 ай бұрын
Similar lore to mine
@StonedHunter Жыл бұрын
Looking back at Duelist Kingdom it's clear it was playing by it's own set of rules even in universe and I feel like the dub especially did a very poor job of explaining that to the audience. There were hints about it, especially with no one calling Yugi/Yami out on some of the stunts pulled. I watched a video on another channel where he explained Duelist Kingdom as basically YGO meets DnD which looking at it with that mindset makes the whole thing make a lot more sense. XD
@mrbubbles6468 Жыл бұрын
Yugioh meets DnD was exactly what Duelist Kingdom was. The Japanese Anime explains this clearly. The dub while not as clear did explain it enough, I just don’t think the kids were really paying attention to the rules and probably did not know or play DnD and the anime cuts out the first 7 volumes wherein Yugi and Bakura play a game not unlike DnD. So dub watchers were left very in the dark. Jt’s why people got really confused as to why the Final Arc was a board game as well.
@boyishdude1234 Жыл бұрын
It's not consistent with some of its own rules, though.
@ssjgotenks2009 Жыл бұрын
dude yugi and atm enver pueld any sutngt cut the bull carp
@boyishdude1234 Жыл бұрын
@@ssjgotenks2009 Would you like to try this again, but this time in proper English?
I find it sad how much fans praise battle city over everything else, considering its the one arc Takahashi was forced to write.
@literallygrass1328 Жыл бұрын
Ok so? Its better? I'm not gonna praise something worse just because of passion and stuffs
@kindlingking Жыл бұрын
Blind nostalgia probably. Nobody remembere yugioh for jojo style battles in Ancient Egypt or various games, each with complete rulesheet, Takahashi created for each chapter. It's always god cards, battle city and Yugi vs Kaiba.
@lpfan4491 Жыл бұрын
The anime differs greatly from the manga, so Takahashi is not even a factor for people liking parts of the anime over others. But even if we talk about him, it's a lot sadder that he didn't get to write parts of the story that he wanted to write. His version of R(Which ended up being written by someone else later) and a better version of Millenium world were going to be made, but just weren't because he was told to finish up the manga early and because he was sick in late production.
@literallygrass1328 Жыл бұрын
@@lpfan4491 he worked on the anime too dumb dumb
@lpfan4491 Жыл бұрын
@@literallygrass1328 Yeah, but how much? More than half of the show has barely anything to do with his source material and even the parts that are mostly just moved over don't have him write the adapted version.
@jbart4183 Жыл бұрын
We would have had a Battle City Finals between Yugi VS Joey(with Winged Ra) had the writers went through the plan that Gearfield's direct attack would be succesful and a pissed off Kaiba in the audience flabbergasted how Joey was able to pull it off lol
@ExAstris Жыл бұрын
The part about Joey becoming the King of Games and getting his Red Eyes back by defeating Yugi gave me goosebumps. How cool, love the idea :')
@gingercholo Жыл бұрын
“Kaiba cooperating with other people” 😂 that made me chuckle
@JimnyThePython Жыл бұрын
I never knew a Jump editor got the Chunin Exams to end in that weird way, it always felt so unexpected to me, and I don’t mean in a good way. It’s actually quite upsetting when you think about the times a Jump editor basically wrote off a great idea because they didn’t like it.
@ivanaleksandartsanev1693 Жыл бұрын
Nah, what we got in the end was perfect as it is. It's good when authors have people around them to be critical and observant, instead of everyone being a yes-man. The arc with the attack of the Sound and Sand village against the Leaf was amazingly done especially due to the occurring Chunin exams.
@bookmew1081 Жыл бұрын
I thought Konoha Crush was planned well in advance, with it being foreshadowed quite early during the Chunin Exams. Orochimaru's conversation with Anko for example suggests that he may be there to assassinate the 3rd Hokage in addition to his interest in Sasuke. The rivalry between Sasuke & Gaara was established the moment they met at the start of the arc. The attack was well set up long before it actually happened if you were paying attention to things like Baki meeting with Kabuto.
@Architectofawesome Жыл бұрын
The cards themselves were also better for anime format since they weren't an incoherent chapter-length mess of text for the most part they were much simpler and shorter texts. And even when the texts were longer on a card it was usualy very singular in what it was doing, for example, relinquished had a long text but it was singular in what it did, it made the opponent monster its own body.
@shiningarmour6805 Жыл бұрын
The tale of Battle City is the culmination of "What it is to be a Duelist" in *Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist.* Manga is like an entirely different show. Yugi derailed from this, because he had to find the Pharaoh's memories Meanwhile, Joey actually kept the promise to be a True Duelist, dueling all present day duelists like Yugi did in Duelist Kingdom and understanding their souls. Souls plays a heavy role in Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist, again like an entirely different show, because the "duel towers" are actually the card decks all the duelists have (how they stack up), and with the antee of BC? Each Tower holds many souls, for good or ill. This is why Yugi was able to save Joey, he strengthened his soul by having his Red-Eyes defeat Blue-Eyes, this is a throwback to how Yugi strengthened his Grandpa's soul to live by having Exodia destroy Blue-Eyes. By the end of Battle City, it is _implied_ that the strongest Duelist is Joey, able to take down even Marik without God Cards, this was meant to be the build up for the Yugi vs Joey battle at the end. However, like many things Kazuki Takahashi makes, he writes about a huge pay-off later, and it ends up being _the journey_ that's more fulfilling than his promises for the end, hence why he didn't write that ending. However, in the sequel *Yu-Gi-Oh: Millennium World,* it is heavily implied that Joey beat Yugi in that duel.
@jtyler9130 Жыл бұрын
Never disagreed with a video so much. I thought this would be an analysis on Battle City but it just talks about Joey and Season 0. Battle City was amazing because the ante card rule was so much fun and a great way for us to see Joeys deck improve. The theme around modern day duels and Egyptian shadow games fit so well with the Egyptian Gods and seeing Yugi use Slifer for the first time was awe inspiring. It also had the most memorable characters and battles as we had the existing Season 1 duellists with upgraded decks and a sub plot with Bakura and Marik that became fan favourites as a villain. Joey losing to Marik was fitting as Yugi is the protagonist and Joey had no Egyptian background so could not have weilded a god card. It was such a powerful moment because we as an audience and the likes of Kaiba all had to recognise that Joey would have been the winner if the duel was played normally.
@itachig4535 Жыл бұрын
8000% agree The protagonist and antagonist must be the climax and finale of the beautifully written tragic hero backstory of a tomb keeper and his pharaoh for this redemption arc is the story of Marik not Joey, which he too played a significant B plot in defeating yugis season one foes and proved the theme of an everyman so maybe Joey defeating Kaiba would’ve been a route to take.
@tonystone10K Жыл бұрын
I agree. The video should've been titled "Joey's growth".
@skeeter1858 Жыл бұрын
Shut up dude. It's just opinions
@kindlingking Жыл бұрын
Even still calling Battle City the peak yugioh is just ignorant. Peak of DM? Probably. But the whole franchise? Hell no.
@gamefan56 Жыл бұрын
@@kindlingking Agreed.
@DragoRaRaRa Жыл бұрын
I think my favorite part of the Joey vs marik duel is that the ending could be summed up by the statement "the only thing stopping me from winning is God himself"
@DeepestDankest Жыл бұрын
I like how he refers to Jonouchi and Honda with their english names but calls Anzu as she is.
@Aka-Spade Жыл бұрын
As someone who's currently reading the manga, I discovered that the reason why the game in Duelist Kingdom is the way it is, is due to the new rules Pegasus made specifically for that tournament, which essentially turned the card game of Duel Monsters into a glorified PVP Tabletop RPG. Even the way the Duel Disk duel between Yugi and Kaiba worked wasn't considered "standard Duel Monsters" (each player could actually attack cards in their opponents' hand because of the format of the Duel Disk prototype). When you look at the manga the way it was at the time, Duelist Kingdom started shortly after the first encounter against Yami Bakura who had forced Yugi into a shadow game in the form of a Tabletop RPG. (Definitely my favorite story arc from that part of the manga), and with how much Takahashi loved Tabletop RPGs, it makes a whole lot of sense why he would want to write and draw more of those types of battles since ot clearly played to his strengths. I personally love Duelist Kingdom a whole lot from a writing perspective, but the anime and English Dub didn't do the best job of adapting the games in that arc.
@edwardlara4271 Жыл бұрын
Joey has always been my favorite character since the series began, made me want to collect all items with him on it including pre-Konami character cards/stickers and every print of REBD
@JrClips27 Жыл бұрын
Battle City was definitely the peak. I literally built my duel disk as a kid for my brother and me. Great times.
@melaniebelen6211 Жыл бұрын
Tbh one of my favorite parts in Battle City is how Yami and Yugi relationship develops (talking about the Japanese version and the manga) Not only they became more close to each other but they also realize that someday they should separate, and that's truly difficult for both. Not bc they want to but bc it's the right thing to do. Both have to grow in order to do this, despite how much it would still hurts.
@1Dshot Жыл бұрын
We also see Joey vs Kaiba for the 2nd place finish of Battle City, and despite that fact he lost, he had fun dueling. His attitude was exactly the embodiment of playing for the love of game, regardless of whether he won/lost
@Funkytowwn101 Жыл бұрын
remember that scene where marik shuffles the deck and laughs like a crazy person? i think about that a lot
@KaoruMzk Жыл бұрын
There's a few issues with your idea of making Jonouchi King of Games: 1. Atem still needed the 3 God cards to unlock his past, so even if Jonouchi had defeated Malik and gotten Ra, he would still need to lose to Yugi in the finals for him to get it. And far as I understood, you *have* to win a God card, else it won't obey you, so the idea they would duel to get back Red-Eyes in the finals is out of the question, that was always meant to be an off screen duel. 2. Yugi and Jonouchi were the finalist of Duelist Kingdom and in the manga, he immediately gave up because he didn't want to be an obstacle to his friend's goal. I'd assume that the same would hold true if they were the finalist of Battle City and Jonouchi would end up holding back for most of the duel. Edit: Also, another thing worth noting is that, while everyones likes to point out Jonouchi technically defeated Malik no one seems to remember that Mai also did the same, she only lost that duel because she couldn’t read Ra’s Egyptian text. For all intents and purposes, she won that duel fair and square too. There even is an official rule in the TCG that says if you’re using a card in a foreign language, you must provide a translation to your opponent.
@Jay-sm1sp10 ай бұрын
You typed all that pretentiousness for 7 likes.
@bigfudge2031 Жыл бұрын
Having Joey vs Yugi as the final battle would have fallen a bit flat as a season finale, the stakes were joey winning his card back, whereas Yugi vs Marik the stakes were the fate of the world, I think they made the right choice in the end.
@bingevintage8124 Жыл бұрын
Well that would’ve been a perfect send off to the series to end as a master vs student duel
@nathanraber Жыл бұрын
Idk man Yugioh GX’s final duel was literally just Jaden vs Yugi There were no stakes in that match, it was just a duel for the sake of having fun
@ivanaleksandartsanev1693 Жыл бұрын
@@nathanraber yugioh gx is pure hot trash though
@darknessknows1235 Жыл бұрын
@@ivanaleksandartsanev1693 It's okay to be wrong LMAO
@Anzallos Жыл бұрын
Move the possessed Joey vs. Yugi duel to the finale because "evil spirit in Marik is now in Joey" and boom still have a finale
@awsomerykster1097 Жыл бұрын
From beating off high school bullies to the very real threat of CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES
@zachhall5031 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, when we played the card game we had to say if we were playing kaiba rules or pegasus rules.
@CoffeeSuccubus Жыл бұрын
Battle city rose the stakes, made characters that were from a different manga and series completely unique and different, and took risks. I also liked the ancient Egyptian thing going more indepth. Oh, and ishizu is hot af. Marik got a good looking sister. Oh, and can I say that Marik was BADASS? He literally was super intimidating. I literally thought his darker self was gonna completely win And I agree. Joey/Jounouchi is my favorite. He literally was my favorite. Had a shirt with him on it, and all of that
@amguinn20 Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree with the title more. The series continues the chase of that high that was the battle city tournament.
@mustang6speedd569 Жыл бұрын
When I was in elementary school, the battle city saga made yugioh blow up even more.
@gingerkatherina Жыл бұрын
"We can turn our eyes to the real highlight of Battle City" "SETO KAI-" "The narrative." "Oh."
@Yomi2012 Жыл бұрын
Battle city was my favorite arc when I was a kid. Back then I use to loose a lot until I saw Yami Bakura’s deck and copied it, then I started to see wins. Good times
@Rahhelthethird Жыл бұрын
It would've been hilarious seeing Joey win all the god cards from Yugi and Yami getting flustered from being beaten, because he can't out-strategize Joey's insane luck cards.
@clizzofficial Жыл бұрын
Flashbacks to my job at a wireless company where me and my coworker would yell, in our best Boston accent, “JOHWEEEEEE WHEEEELAHHHHH” throughout the day
@Garren183 Жыл бұрын
Extremely well composed video and editing. I was baffled to see that you only had less than 3000 subscribers! I hope your channel blows up in popularity soon!
@Blueazul09 Жыл бұрын
I like the way Joey's arc ended, because his last duel wasn't with Marik, it was with Kaiba for third place and he lost. But more importantly he was happy after the duel because he had fun; as mentioned a true duelist plays not for the outcome but for the love of the game. And nothing shows that better than being happy after a loss because it was fun. That's why he was able to get his Red-Eyes back, because in the end he was able to face Yugi as a true duelist.
@GhostGuy99 Жыл бұрын
I hated that Duel, and there's a good reason for it. Yes, Joey was able to hold his own for a while despite being handicapped by Kaiba's cucky Shrink and Crush combo and even managed to steal one of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragons (which is definitely the highlight of the whole Duel) but...it was just unsatisfying to watch Joey helplessly try to Duel without his strongest monsters, some of which would've dismantled Kaiba's strategies. Jinzo literally disables all Traps on the field, and I don't know about you, but Traps make up 1/3 of Yu-Gi-Oh. And the kicker? The thing that makes everything so much worse? Kaiba wins the Duel, doesn't even acknowledge Joey in the slightest, and almost proceeded to turn tail and blow up the island before Yugi and Marik Dueled...like a sore loser because he was barely beaten by Yugi. My biggest issues with Kaiba and Joey's Duel are that Joey was handicapped in the very first turn, Kaiba spends the entire time talking mad shit even when Joey pulls the rug out from under him, Joey hardly got to use Blue-Eyes White Dragon against Kaiba, and Kaiba just pretends like the entire Duel didn't happen.
@ZidaneTribal93 Жыл бұрын
The duel against Kaiba was filler.
@lpfan4491 Жыл бұрын
@@GhostGuy99 Well yeah, the writers pretty much ducked the aftermath up. Things like these is why I will never stop saying the animes need a remake, especially this one.
@theinherit116 Жыл бұрын
@@ZidaneTribal93 Filler but unfair. That combo nerfed Joey's deck.
@nickkuhlmam1336 Жыл бұрын
another good example of jump editors interfering was when toriyama was going to kill goku off at the cell saga but jump told him to write him back in for the buu arc
@matthewkuscienko4616 Жыл бұрын
Technically, Goku WAS killed during the Cell saga, he sacrificed himself to prevent Cell blowing up the planet. He was ultimately resurrected during the Buu saga, but from what I heard, a big part of why this was is because Toriyama eventually realized that making Gohan into the main protagonist instead of Goku wouldn't work because of their differing personalities, as well as because Goku was the more popular character. I don't know how much the editors influenced this decision at the end of the day, but this is what I heard why it was decided to bring Goku back
@ssjgotenks2009 Жыл бұрын
wrong airka canormed your a lier he said he alone deside gohan was not fit to take goku aplce and that goku wood come back no one forec him or itnfnerred so your worng airka said so look it up so dont lie and gus what witj oue eidort 16 17 18 and cell wood never eist airk onyl wan 19 20 with wodo kiled dbz dude
@Sleepy01732 ай бұрын
I posted this in another comments reply but I want to share this idea here too. I find Joey's relationship with luck in the card game interesting. During Duelist Kingdom he went from pure mindless brawl to honing his skills, learning to combo Spells and Traps into his style. Nothing luck-based of his own volition, and Yugi's Time Wizard being a last minute gift he put in because of his trust in Yugi. Time Wizard ends up pulling Joey though during his first duel in DK. It didn't always pull through but it turned the tables on scenarios where he probably had no other way to do so. I recall Joey dueling mostly this way until his duel against the rare hunter that took his Red-Eyes. His skills had grown but the world is big and you are bound to bump into people with better technical skills, or people that might even play dirty, so keeping the door open for a "leap of faith" of sorts was probably the way he decided to evolve from that point on. After all some say "luck is part of one's skill". Though Joey is still growing at the stage in his life we see him at. His father has issues with drinking and gambling, and Joey has used luck in unwise ways as well.... Before Duelist Kingdom, Joey's shoes are the product of him gambling with a store-owner that told him to get one feet in. Either he'd be fine and the expensive shoes would be his, or he'd find the scorpion and possibly die to the venom (needless to say this was extremely reckless and ill adviced). Also in the anime's fillers, Joeys worst performances and most unimportant duels are the ones where he over uses his die roll and coin flip effects (against the Judgman's hacking the dice results or against Grandpa's Ancient Dragon or Ziegfried's Valkyries). On the other hand, Joey's best performances are where he displays mostly non-luck based plays dressed with a tiny bit of a luck-based card to pull things through. It is not the gambling element itself that'd be painted badly but the excessive reliance on it. The "addiction" part of "gambling addiction" that his father has. No total rejection or getting totally lost into it.
@segastars98029 ай бұрын
Yeah, it would have been so cool to see Joey vs Yugi in the final round. It would be a very interesting match. I can see Kaiba finally acknowledging Joey as an exceptional duelist (After Kaiba loses to Yugi) and then minutes before Joey's duel with Yugi begins, Kaiba has Joey accompany him to his super computer that deciphered Ra's text to let Joey read the powers of Ra for his duel against Yugi. Joey takes that information, thanks Kaiba and before Joey leaves, Kaiba says some slick comment about not losing to Yugi. The duel starts off small but as it progress, we move into the Egyptain God cards. Joey creates a plan to tribute summon Ra to fight against Slifer and then eventually, Ra does get destroyed, but Joey remembers how Marik dueled against Mai, he uses his Monster Reborn to bring back Ra from the grave to fight against Obelisk. As the duel wines down, Yugi summons Red Eyes against Joey, and then they have a heart to heart about their journey through the tournament with Joey telling Yugi that he has learned so much and now it's time to put it to work to end the duel, he then summons Jinzo, combine it with some other cards then through a gamble, he summons Time Wizard for a final spin. Luck goes in Joey's favor and he wins the duel by attacking directly with Jinzo.
@nickmann1628 Жыл бұрын
These are actually pretty good points. But for me, peak yugioh was the dark signers arc in 5d‘s. The duels used nice combos but none of those „use your whole deck in turn 1“ combos you see today. And the Storytelling is pretty good because you can see how people with negative emotions are easily manipulated by Roman etc. (For example Kalin wanting revenge on Yusei or Carly being heartbroken because of Jack).And the plot twist at the end with the final villain as well as the very good ending makes this the peak of yugioh atleast for me. I know there is the whole cardgames on motorcycles meme and yes the random traps sometimes can be a bit annoying to some people but all in all this was IT. Maybe nostalgia is speaking out of me rn but this is my opinion lol.
@ganymedehedgehog371 Жыл бұрын
I saw 5ds recently and I think 5ds stands up as the best yugioh anime and even a good anime in its own right. OG yugioh is fun but you have to be a yugioh fan to enjoy it, 5ds holds up for anyone.
@MultiPerson345 Жыл бұрын
very interesting take on this! I was a big fan of the show as a kid and also loved the battle city arc it always stayed in my mind as one of the best in the series
@marvelprince4 ай бұрын
Battle City is probably the arc I rewatch the most of any show. Watching Joey stand on his own and win against guys that gave Yugi trouble was so cool to see. Watching him lose against Marik was heartbreaking. His growth was really handled so well.
@eduardotrejo6331 Жыл бұрын
I agree. During 2003-2005 where the DM anime was on tv, every kid at school and I mean EVERY kid was playing the game, and indeed while the Battle city tournament arc was airing, the yugimania was everywhere. I lived that and honestly if I could go back in time for 1 day, I'll go back to those years 100% Ive been playing the game since 2002, and the peak popularity of the anime and the game was on those years
@kry-kryl.a.8165 Жыл бұрын
Los mejores años de mi vida...
@hbkrvd3166 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Those were my best years of 4ys of High School. It was definitely everywhere and many schools including mines attempted to banned them as school officials usually associated them with gambling. So me and my friends would usually be playing them in secret usually in locker rooms, stairwells, libraries with our books covering them pretending we were studying. If I could go back in time, I would definitely chose those years in a heart beat.
@randomedgygamer2191 Жыл бұрын
Battle City is amazing but for me Dark signers from 5ds will always be the peak.
@ReeceHoward06 Жыл бұрын
That's where I dropped off.lol It was hard taking in some of GX's bs, but the Dark Signers arc just cheapened the lore of the original series with the Earthbound Immortals... Where in the fuck did they come from?lol
@purplesky4157 Жыл бұрын
Gotta disagree battle city is peak yugioh. Dark signers was up there though but it’s just not as iconic.
@lpfan4491 Жыл бұрын
I'd personally stay with the unpopular opinion of GX Season 3 and Zexal being the peak.
@IamJerf3 ай бұрын
@ReeceHoward06 I mean with the lore of Yu-Gi-Oh, the monsters and spirit within the cards were everywhere not just in Egypt, there was just more lore to talk about the specific ones like Blue-Eyes and Dark Magician because it ties to the Egypt story where as the dark signers and the Earthbound Immortals existed in a different country, same goes for the Crimson Dragon because it symbolizes the god Quetzalcoatl. 5Ds takes a lot of inspiration from Aztec gods and culture.
@davidsalsedo6176 Жыл бұрын
Really good deep thought on yugioh. I like how you tied it together with Joey at the end, battle city really was the greatest part of it. Everyone had their cards as kids and the the best ones were coming out love those times
@RenaissanceM2 ай бұрын
Honestly, your version of events with Joey becoming the Duel Monsters champion and the next King of Games sounds amazing, and a part of me now really wishes we’d gotten it that way, but with that said, I’m probably one of the few fans of the anime that’s honestly okay with how things went down. I won’t pretend I’m not at least a little salty about Joey losing to Yami Marik on a technicality for BS plot reasons, but I also have to say I will NEVER forget the moment where Joey was still standing after Ra’s attack. Nor will I forget the way Marik was SWEATING when he saw Joey still on his feet. Our golden boy literally took on the full concentrated power of the Sun, and was still on his feet. I don’t think Yami Marik was that scared again until his life was literally ending. Joey may not have brought him down, but DAMN did he humble him, and prove that even a God can bleed. A similar character moment I think is at the end of Dragon Ball when Krillin fights Piccolo. Krillin fought the demon king, and pushed him further than anyone, including the audience, thought was possible, even earning Piccolo’s respect as a warrior. Joey, like Krillin, knows he’s not “The One” but he also doesn’t care, cause he’ll stand up to just about anyone if it means fighting for what he believes in, or for his friends. Joey is the OG.
@Galavantworks Жыл бұрын
Honestly it would’ve been sick to see Joey wield the Wing Dragon of Ra. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if Jaden’s/Judai character took inspiration from Joey as a means to make up for not elevating Joey to the deuteragonist position he earned in DM.
@GhostGuy99 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but only those with a connection to the ancient past can use the Egyptian God Cards, it's never mentioned if Joey could.
@FirebirdPrince Жыл бұрын
@@GhostGuy99 i mean they could've easily added a subplot where Joey faced this barrier and overcome it to get Ra to accept him.
@Sorran87 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, Joey's best character development happens in the Orichalcos arc
@purplesky4157 Жыл бұрын
His deck was very good in that arc 2. Honestly the best out of the three main protagonists funny enough lol
@GlitchanBlack Жыл бұрын
@@purplesky4157 Also, Joey actually convinced one of the villains in that arc to turn good (I'll give you a hint - he has a Cockney accent and he references Saint Seiya).
@andrewhunt7328 Жыл бұрын
@@GlitchanBlack valon?
@mrbubbles6468 Жыл бұрын
No, it didn’t. No character went through any development during the arc as fun as it was.
@mrbubbles6468 Жыл бұрын
@@purplesky4157 Yes. Which amounted to nothing unlike BC where he is the sole reason the good guys don’t all die and Marik gives up. Because without goading Odion and Marik the events the led to Marik realising he cared for Odion above his revenge and doing everything he could to fix his mistakes would not have happened. Joey also directly showef Marik what friends are like earlier in the arc and then later on went onto directly show him the lengths you have to be willing to go to fight for what you care about and that can win. What Joey did in the Oricalcos Arc wad just everything he did in BC only handled much worse.
@Priinsu Жыл бұрын
My absolute favorite part of battle city (and possibly all of the original Yu-Gi-Oh series) was Yugi vs Kaiba (Clash in the Colliseum) in the semi-finals. I love it because Yugi and Kaiba were fiercely going at it pushing eachother to the limit. Both were kept mentally on their toes ready to react to the other and trying to stay one step ahead. And neither could let up for even a second. I still find myself going back to those episodes from time to time. That was just a great duel overall.👍👌
@BiggestSniff8 ай бұрын
that transition was clean 5:21 👌
@MitternachtssternXIII Жыл бұрын
yes it was the best arc
@robertsmart2995 Жыл бұрын
I completely agree about the original plan seemingly being for Joey to duel Yugi. At that point in the story Marik already knows the pharaoh didn’t kill his father so the personal stakes in that conflict have diminished and it no longer feels like yugi MUST duel Marik for narrative reasons. Also the whole arc is clearly building up to a duel between yugi and Joey and the fact that it happens off screen will forever be one of my biggest yugioh disappointments.
@KingChiggy Жыл бұрын
I will say that the whole story of Yugi needing to have all 3 egyptian god cards to access his memories would have been made more difficult if Joey had beaten Marik and took Ra. At that point because of how Ra worked Joey wouldnt be able to use it unless someone like Kaiba gave him a translation of the text to activate the card (which was never needed again just so Mai couldnt use it) and then we would be in the position where Yugi would have to beat Joey for Ra but Joey has to beat Yugi for Red Eyes. Either one winning would get in the way of the other and story wise it was more important for Yugi to actually beat Ra and obtain the card. Its a lot more important to the story that Yugi receive Ra on screen rather than Joey getting Red Eyes on screen and Yugi just showing up with Ra next season with no explanation.
@plainbagel9192 Жыл бұрын
crazy idea, but a Joey spinoff instead of GX would of been way more interesting, from a manga standpoint there is still a lot of depth to this character I feel Takahashi did not exploit . That series could of been his King of games moment.
@paulorodriguez6288 Жыл бұрын
i disagree on the argument that joey should be the the new king of games his hair is not crazy enough
@cohenmarioman Жыл бұрын
If Joey ended up as the KOG he would have needed to face off against Kaiba to cement it too because he never got a W against him
@vlover15OO Жыл бұрын
Joey being kimg of games would be good but hearing "in death, i accept you as a true duelist" from seto is damn good
@el10leo3 ай бұрын
Holy shit I also loved Joey and the alternative timeline you suggest at the end would've been so crazy I dig it. Awesome video man, I went in expecting a video about Malik and the 3 god cards and stayed for the argument Joey is GOAT.
@nebbynetwork2089 Жыл бұрын
Il never understand why joey got insect queen from weevil surely perfectly ultimate great moth is more rare But then again you need 2 other cards to help you get it out But then again it's the animie they could have done some BS with time wizard or somthing
@pn2294 Жыл бұрын
That’s literally the reason why he didn’t take it.
@nebbynetwork2089 Жыл бұрын
@@pn2294 yes but this I the animie they could have done some crazy things with a different monster and time wizard
@lpfan4491 Жыл бұрын
Insect Queen is pretty much garbage too, so may as well have done that. It's not like he was able to play Mako's ante-card either.
@IamJerf3 ай бұрын
Weevil confirmed that Insect Queen was his more rarer card. Joey wouldn't even be able to summon Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth anyways for the conditions it needs.
@resrer Жыл бұрын
Joey has always been my fav character from the show. As a kid, even I could see I related a lot more to him than the other characters. Thanks for the video!
@BrotherHood-xh9sg Жыл бұрын
No lie, I didn't read card effects when I was a kid. I specifically remember not reading the virus trap card, because I know what it did in the show. Then my friend actually read it, cause hadn't see that episode, and we found out it didn't do what happened in the show. That was a wake up call.
@xlegacyzero8878 Жыл бұрын
Joey couldn't be the one to beat marik cause marik would have still been possessed. It had to be someone who could send yami marik to the shadow realm.
@smd1876 Жыл бұрын
What you said is actually quite brilliant. Bravo.
@kindlingking Жыл бұрын
Someone strong enough to first create it
@bingevintage8124 Жыл бұрын
Joey was the representation for never giving up he should’ve been given more shine it’s too bad he peaked after battle city
@thatverseguy Жыл бұрын
Just want to first start off by saying that this was a great video. Please keep up with content like this, you've earnt my sub. Yu-Gi-Oh's Battle City will be my favourite arc in Yu-Gi-Oh, and I can go as far as to say that this may have been the best tournament arc I've seen in my time of watching anime. Everything about it made sense and was so enjoyable to me when I watched it that it has forever earned a place for itself in my heart as something to be respected and admired in the long run. To me, Battle City wasn't just some tournament for an anime to use for plot reasons, it is the starting ground of Duel Monsters' importance in the YGO universe. I mean, we get jokes about people caring so much about card games, but it would really make sense for said card game to have a city-wide tournament because that's what it is all about here, the joy of playing this game. To see a large magnitude of people participating in the tournament is like the ultimate nerd dream (as YGO Abridged put it iirc), all to try to win their opponents' best cards too, back when the game was in its simple times when people didn't spend 10 mins searching through their decks for that one card (idk how it works these days lol). There was a lot at stake with every duel and seeing wild strategies and techniques come in left and right was nothing short of a joy to see. Of course, all the better with some characters having their own motives whilst playing in the event to keep the story alive. There wasn't much here to frown upon, it was a great addition to the series and truly the hype for sure. I watched the arc when I was about 13-14, but it didn't once occur to me that Joey would have actually been the king of games had jump editors not said anything. To me, that's kinda crazy to process but I think it would have been an interesting turn of events to see Joey outmatch Yugi during Battle City. Then again, it probably would have been very controversial due to his deck being based on luck. Regardless, I probably may have found more happiness than not because one of the things that really annoyed me about YGO was how many of the characters didn't have a particularly strong presence in the game of Duel Monsters, characters like Tea and Tristan were just, as you put it, cheering Yugi on. In a world literally based on one game, it feels kinda wild to know that the main characters weren't exactly even at the very least decent at the game. If Joey became king, at least that would have been a breakthrough to know one of the characters is as good, hell, even better than Yami was. Joey is still very much a respectable guy though with what he has given. And yeah, Joey losing to Marik is still annoying to this day. I want to go on about your words on Joey as a character though. I feel as if, if anything works as being relatable to YGO characters, they would stem from GX. GX was a series about people taking duelling seriously, for the lovers of the game who would literally go to a boarding school for the game. Someone like Jaden who has been shown to be super into the game when he was younger, making drawings and whatnot of monster cards would be more relatable than Joey, or so, I'd imagine. Anyway, that's all I have to say. I liked the reference to the metaphor of Exodia that Yugi's friends are. I've never looked at it that way but it fits so well. Hopefully what I have said makes some sense lol.
@YTDan Жыл бұрын
Very surprised to see myself at 2:33 thanks for the feature in this excellent video!
@HistoryandReviews Жыл бұрын
It got corny during battle city. “Im going to take over the world with pieces of cardboard!”
@ZidaneTribal93 Жыл бұрын
Whoah, this video ended abruptly. At the end of the battle city arc, Joey battles Yugi. In the next season, we see him use Red-Eyes again, meaning he won against Yugi and got his Red-Eyes back!
@iBenjamin1000 Жыл бұрын
I think people who can make video essays on yugioh anime are on another level
@dwainsimmons3447 Жыл бұрын
4kids dub of this arc didn’t seem bad until the motivation of Joey is changed in the dub.
@leecollins9185 Жыл бұрын
Loved Battle City, but Orichalcos arc was probably my favorite. Joey, Yugi, Kaiba each had their own antagonist and all three rivalries felt very personal so the duels had a lot of weight behind them. Tourney arcs are fun and early battle city had some entertaining duels like yugi vs strings, arkana, lumis & umbra, etc but its hard to get THAT emotionally invested in the duels with a villain-of-the-week format. Battle City didnt get great until the semifinals imo
@GlitchanBlack Жыл бұрын
Dab me up.
@randomguy6230 Жыл бұрын
I hate 4kids so much😡. Ive also seen a lot of episodes from pokemon. Also 4kids had to nerf a lot of stuff from pokemon.
@evanbarth7173 Жыл бұрын
If you think that’s bad, you should see what they did to One Piece, as a fan of that myself. Or actually don’t. No one should be put through that hell.
@randomguy6230 Жыл бұрын
@@evanbarth7173 havent seen one piece but hey i feel sorry for you that you had to watch a nerfed version of one piece. i dont understand why it wasnt decided that the one piece and the yugioh dub is for 13 years and older. That would be so much better imo than giving us nerfed versions.
@ssjgotenks2009 Жыл бұрын
sotp hate 4 kdis rian how dubing works us tv litms what you o sya you hav to cut shti may rmeidn you who was that dub dbz it was not 4 ids yet dzb was msinf shit ton carp ont v back int he day us tv ruesl you cna onyl shwo thign uncut if you do it at ngith so yugioh wood have ben at night
@IamJerf3 ай бұрын
It was fun to see it as a kid with the 4kids dub, but growing up now looking back I see a lot of things 4Kids did to dumb down the shows and it kinda does ruin the moment of not fully experiencing the series for what it's suppose to be and gets replaced with wacky voices, terrible dialogues, goofy one-liners, less violence and emotional moments. I've watched the yugioh dub all the way to 5Ds, right when Zexal came out I said I was done with the dub and immediately switched to the sub and I fully loved every moment of them. I'm currently finishing up 5Ds and I'm amazed at how great the story and the soundtracks are.
@randomguy62303 ай бұрын
@@IamJerf yeah the yugioh sub is so much better
@hawkticus_duel_shack Жыл бұрын
A buddy and I discussed Battle City awhile back, and we came up with swapping when Joey gets possessed. instead of it happening earlier, as it did, it happens after Joey beats Marik. The evil in Marik, desperate not to get destroyed, jumps into the heavily weakened Joey's body and pilots him against Yugi. Hell, we can even have Joey throw off the spirit with the help of Yugi part way through the Duel and then they can both finish it properly.
@mra4521 Жыл бұрын
Ah Jump Editors, sometimes they get you Perfect Cell (and more importantly the resolution to the storyline of Goku & Gohan), other times it’s the Yami Malik vs Yami Yugi duel.