To be honest I still feel like there is an appeal to the direction that they went in. It really shows the impact that Yusei had on the future timeline and it kind of feels like a very different take on the Chosen One trope that Yu-Gi-Oh seems to love so much. It's still kind of weird for them to tease it so much and then completely change it at the end tho. I would have loved for him to be the Future Yusei.
I'm with you. By defeating himself, Yusei would prove that the future is/can be what you make it, with limitless possibilities. It would also make Quasar's summon more epic, since Z-one wouldn't remember it instead of having no historical records, which seems less emotive.
@@noahduffin5492 It would also be a unique take on the protagonist falling into darkness. This never happens to Yusei, but having Z One be Yusei would kind of show how things would go if it did happen.
The best part of the Zexal duel, not only does it involve the series trio all having a constructive role and input but it also represents all 3 factions of the story uniting to take down the big bad of series after having spent the whole season showing them at war with each other.
Yeah, that’s a part of it. The scene where Utopia copies the effects of Numeron Dragon and Abyss Splash is one of my favorite scenes among card game anime
@@_Koyomi_ wonder what you find appealing about it as Bohman last duel is pretty infamous for Bohman summoning a link 5 and sit his ass on it while yusaku summon all of his ace monsters.
No, it was explained he was more or less trying to copy Yusei as a person... and I will DEBATE to the end to say that Z-one NOT being Yusei works better altogether in the end...
@@redtigergaming1467 not really. have you seen Agents of SHIELD ? they used at least 4 different types of time travel (most prominent closed time loop in season 5) and that could have been a cool moment. Z-ONE claiming they are in a closed loop. just like it happened to Yusei, Z-ONE appeared in the Z-ONE we know's timeline. Z-ONE (back then as Yusei) defeated him, but everything Z-ONE predicted happening. A broken Yusei became Z-ONE and traveled back in time willing to break the time loop this time. But this playing out constantly across timeloops. that the current Z-ONE we are watching is Z-ONE number 27 or 52 or x number. Especially if at one point "Z-ONE" (future Yusei) describes perfectly the card Yusei drew, the hand he currenlty has, the remaining cards he has in his deck, and the strategy he is planning to use almost like if he had read his mind. especially if Z-ONE says that was what happened to him in the version of the timeloop where he was Yusei. Which would make it more of a shocker if the summoning of Shooting Quasar Dragon had made Z-ONE realize "Yusei broke the timeloop and is changing fate" (as he as Yusei never summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon).
@@ianr.navahuber2195 THEY HAD THE SET UP FOR THAT WITH COSMIC BLAZAR DRAGON. Z-ONE legit mentions Yusei having Cosmic Blazar as the "ultimate Synchro" or whatever, and the current Yusei summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon instead. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO COOL
I actually like that they didn't go with the final villain being a currupt future version of the hero trope. I always liked the idea of Z-ONE dawning the guise of Yusei who was an iconic hero and trying to use his image, charisma, and dueling talents to lift the people up, only to fail and be pushed to even further extremes. Though I do get your perspective, good list too.
Duel Monters is kinda weird with last arc having almost no duels. Kinda love that about it, but I don't consider it having a final boss in terms of dueling xD
The original Yugioh series is about multiple games. Yugioh means Game King. The king of all games. Duel Monsters isn't weird. the spinoffs are weird because they only focus on 1 game, which is not what Takahashi envisioned when he created the series and started the manga. Duels do not = card games. A duel is between opposing sides. The duel can be about any game.
@@rob19ny I know that, man. Bur after almost two decades of the anime and manga turning into card games only stuff, you look back and it is a little weird xD
I mean the whole "I'm future you but evil" trope is pretty tired if you ask me, so I was actually fine with Z-ONE not technically being Yusei. If anything I found it even more disturbing seeing him transform is body to appear like Yusei. Also, I like how not even the "the legend" of Yusei Fudo was enough to save the world in Z-ONE's future, which hits our Yusei's confidence that much harder in that final duel.
I fully agree. With how they set up the timeline in that show, it's just impossible for Yusei to be Z-ONE. Too much time will have passed by the point in time that they get everything set up, even if he's surviving off of super future technology, you can't keep the human body alive much longer past the point it was to expire. So having someone who decided to sacrifice himself to become a hero to guide the people only to fail and realize that the only way to stop this tragedy was to go backwards in time was a lot better than "hey, I know the future, the things that happen and I'm evil now, because reasons! Yusei, I am what you will become! So I have come back in time to let you see that!" kind of plot.
Indeed, and with Yusei winning thanks to the cards of his friends it showed what mistake Z-one did when he tried to save the world with ”power of Yusei Fudo”. He didn’t have the power of team 5ds.
Plus, his philosophy being an almost anti-Yusei gave away that this wasn't Yusei in any meaningful way; his speeches, even before battling Aporia, suggesting an absence of the hope and trust in bonds that was literally Yusei's entire motivation . . . just doesn't fit. At all.
What got me with Zone was at the end he reflected on what he did to his friends chose to sacrifice himself because of his sins and saved Yusei. I didn’t see that coming. Not any other villain did the right thing at the end he was a unique villain who ultimately saved Domino city, because he realized he was wrong.
Interesting pick and list. For me it goes: 6. Judai Vs Darkness. I honestly wasn't a fan of the duel, and Darkness himself. He looked menacing and dangerous but just never really meet my expectations. 5. Zarc Vs Lancers. I actually liked Zarc, well what we know of him. I thought he was cool, but he was handled poorly just like everything else in that arc. The duel itself was handled poorly too. I enjoyed watching the beatdown he was giving but it was not really as good as it could be. 4. Yusei Vs Zone: I am not a fan of 5Ds like most so I'm not crazy about this final duel either. Quasar was pretty cool, but that's all that really hit me. 3. Yugi Vs Bakura. It was a great moment for Yugi, and it didn't bother me how they kind of sidelined it because it wasn't the main attraction of the arc. Plus, it kind of added tension. 2. Playmaker Vs Ai. Basically everything you said. Except, I kind of figured Yusaku would win. It's usually how these animes go. XD 1. Yuma/Shark Vs Don Thousand This was duel that truly had me in the edge of my seat. It was honestly amazing and I loved Don Thousand as a villain. He played EVERYONE, both his ally's which turned to be his pawns and his enemies. Don Thousand to me is the coolest YGO Villain, along with Dartz.
1. Ai: really meaningful, 2. Don: absolutely crazy, 3. Zone: entertaining but kinda long, 4. Darkness: kinda boring after a while, 5. Zarc: predictable but had Reiji, 6. Bakura: least threatening/scary but very built up
6. Zarc VS Lancers : Smiles saves the day 5. Darkness VS Judai : Agree with you on this duel 4. Don Thousand VS Yuma and Shark : Really cool and unique interactions in the duel itself 3. Yami Bakura VS Yugi : Great for Yugi's development, although I could see this and number 4 being swapped 2. Z-One VS Yusei : Great thematic during the duel, the duel itself is long but keeps my interest 1. AI VS Playmaker : This is an emotional and fitting end to AI and his witty banter. Can't wait to watch this duel again once it gets dubbed. Nice video :) Top ten non-duel moments attempt 2
Honestly, I never cared much about Yusei vs Z-One. Him summoning everyone's dragons was the highlight for me. And yeah, I would have cared more if he was Yusei, because it would have showed that Yusei wasn't flawless.
6.Yuya vs Declan 5.Judai vs Atem 4.Yusei vs Jack 3.Yugi vs Atem 2.Yusaku vs AI 1.Yuma vs Astral (Yuma is only one who litterally sucked in fueling,so final duel is pretty much to show how much experience Yuma got and how he turned out as final product,it was a duel of student vs master or more precisely zero-to-hero vs Legend
@@bigguccimilli6186 yea to me its like this Yugi(got more confident) Jaiden(Picked up depression and trauma but he got out of it) Yusei(Not much devolpment but he learned about his past abd future and didnt let it get to him) Yuya(Almost none at all thats why Arc V sucks) Yusaku(Got from a cold revenge seeking almost heartless person to sweet loving caring and understanding person by beating his trauma and opening himself to others) Yuma(Litterraly went from child to a man,he got grom annoying childish,stubborn,stupid,head rushing idiot,to a guy who cares for his friends,watches and thinks about his actions,duels with both mind and heart,and can forgive even the worse persons)
@@igorurban6080 yeah I agree yusei really doesn't have alot of development I feel like he has it early on them most of the protags he's more quiet and badass in the beginning (pre satelite mark) and then he opens up and is more friendly and cherishes his bonds and then learned about his past and pretty much his development stops there but he's still one of my favorite protags my top 3 would be yusei Jaden and Yuma Yugi was cool and I like Yuya his deck is one of cooler ones of the protags he just has no development 😂he just shouts smiles and have fun in duels for the rest of the show 😂🤦🏽♂️
@@bigguccimilli6186 What about Yusaku,alsi yea Yuya's message is kinda stupid to me i mean i get the enjoy and have fun dueling thats the same message Jaiden send but when you are fighting demons,devils,evil that wants to destroy the world just saying to them hey lets smile and forget this is kinda stupid
Z-ARC's big battle being #6 is perfectly understandable. This whole duel was executed poorly, the last few turns of the duel were HORRIBLY rushed, and in the end, like you said, Dylan, he lost to the SAME EXACT CARDS he was supposed to beat this time. You want to talk anti-climatic? That ending is literally the apex of anti-climatic. The fact that 9 of the 11 people Zarc faced started at just 2000 LP (because of the stupid Intrusion Penalty) while he had 6000+ for most of the duel was really unfair, and worse, none of them did anything significant until Reiji started laying into him -- but even HE went down in 1 turn! Like, Sawatari actually had it right from the get-go, but even he didn't get to shine, which made this duel still worse. I think many people can sympathize with this. Judai vs. Darkness at #5? Okay, sure. I can see why that would be the case. Like, aside from all the stuff Dylan mentioned, all you really needed to do was give Judai a Jinzo and the bulk of Darkness's control strategy would be gone forever. He'd have to bring out Darkness Neosphere to deal with it since his traps would be null and void... Yugi vs. Bakura is actually a great test for the innocent little Yugi we've all come to know and love, and the fact that it literally came down to a Heart of the Cards moment with the final topdeck just made Gandora's appearance all the more awesome. (Side note: Kenichi Hara, the star animator for Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, also animated the episode in which Gandora appeared, and he did quite the good job of it.) It was kinda tough seeing Yusei vs. Z-one at #3, especially since it didn't seem like any of Yusei's efforts in Synchro spamming were of use until he whipped out Shooting Quasar Dragon. Z-one literally nullified EVERYTHING Yusei did in the duel up until that point, but seeing Yusei strike back with his friends' dragons as one entity was quite satisfying, and well worth the wait. It also had a bit of a reference to Gurren Lagann (Anti-Spiral vs. a multiversal scale Giga Drill Breaker) behind it, which was cool. Don Thousand at #2 is well justified. The fact that Mizael faced him first and didn't see him do shit, yet still got YEETed by his own cards, was a bit hilarious and also makes for one of the biggest WTF moments in Yu-Gi-Oh anime duel history. It wasn't until Yuma tried to summon Utopia on turn 2 of the big duel with D.T. that he and Nasch finally got some info as to how D.T. was able to just rewrite Mizael's card that would have forced a tie into something that made him commit suicide, and even then they STILL were not guaranteed to win. Why? Because from the moment Don Thousand started actually making use of his turns, he was breathing down the heroes' necks with the threat of lethal damage on EVERY TURN! That whole duel was a mighty fine way to solidify Don Thousand's power as an actual god. Now, Ai vs. Playmaker as the Grand Battle (yes, I said GRAND BATTLE, because it's that damn good) of Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS was just amazing to see. Poor Ai did not deserve to go through any of the heartache and misery he experienced over losing his entire Ignis family at Bohman's final defeat. Every time he dueled up to that point, he let bits and pieces of that misery slip out here and there, but when it finally came time to face his former partner (who would never have survived up to that point if not for Ai's own help), he was finally free to let it all out. The fact that both Bohman _and_ Lightning got into his head didn't help things at all, and the moment he whipped out The Arrival Cyberse @Ignister was one of the most emotional summons ever. And the last turn... HOLY SHIT that brought me to tears, as did the ending. Being forced to kill a beloved partner just to save the world and bring an end to the story is a choice no one should ever have to make, and is also a straight-up reference to Elfen Lied (which had an inherently sad ending as well). Great pick for the #1 spot, Dylan.
The intrusion penalty wasn't necessary on ZARC fight. Like, why? And why the hell is reiji's brother all of a sudden becomes I-dont-remeber-what and just wins?
Also i'm kinda annoyed that the one character who actually got to damage Zarc was Crow of all people. He already stole Akiza screentime in 5Ds and of other legacy and new characters in ArcV, i think that'd be enough!
Honestly, if they let the lancers deal damage to Zarc and then had him increasingly lose control of his body until the Yu-boys wrestle it back would've been better. Because the actual final duel should've been Yuya vs Zarc at the very least, if not the four Yu-boys vs Zarc. Come on, are you telling me that the MC doesn't get the actual final duel? Seriously??
Seeing Yusaku use all of the different non-effect Cyberse monsters that he got throughout the series was dope and it was always my favorite duel because of it
Big difference between them, though, is that Yami Marik nearly lost to Joey despite that shit, while Z-ARC was never in any danger until Ray showed up with the four "En-" cards at the end, and even then it still took Yuya fighting off Z-ARC from within and playing Smile Universe just so Z-ARC would lose...
6-Darkess vs Judaai; no payoff poorly constructed leadup to it 5-Zarc vs Lancers; not 6th just because the battleroyale mechanic 4-AI vs Playmaker; emotional payoff but, as you said in a previous video, there was no love for Vrains, so the aftereffects of it fall flaat to me. 3-Don Thoousand vs Yuma and Shark; honestly just because the sheer numpers (badabum tss) trown in this duel 2-Yami Bakura vs Yugi: Before DSOD this was one of the best character moments for little Yugi. 1-Z-One vs Yusei, although I do agree that Z-One is not tthe best boss (that title goes to AI), the duel is just broke from the beggining. Each time I seee it I find myself saying the chants and the attaks. Is perfectly executed IMHO
One thing about the zone fight that disappoints me, the final ed, future colors (one of my favorite yugioh endings ever) had a scene where Yusei and Aki were together looking up at a monster shrouded in light, and the silhouette looked like a card called Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon, which is the manga equivalent of Quasar, so that kinda made me hopeful zone would pull that out
imagine if that ending had actually been canon.... but in Z-ONE's timeline (in the case he had really been future Yusei). that that (Stardust Sifr Dvine Dragon) is the monster HE used to beat the Z-ONE in his version of the time loop. And that accroding to that other Z-ONE, that is how the duel played out over and over across many continous time loops. while also having a flashback to his version of AKi and the rest of 5D's team. So when Yusei summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon, it was at that moment where Z-ONE realized this Yusei finally broke the time loop and was truly changing fate
It’s more about the main heroes journey and development then the big boss. Hopefully in sevens we can see two duel disk mechs fighting. That would blow my mind.
@Ute_Yuto and @Yugioh Everything *4me it's... and my reason(s) R* 1) Ai. Decode -- Talker vs Dark Knight, both Link 3 and 2300 ATK 2) Bakura -- Yugi's 1 Lucky Draw that turns the outcome of duel 2 his favor... 3) Don Thousand -- Rule Breaker on card(s), that Number 1000 and its Ci form also 4) Darkness -- 2 Defensive, bearly does anything. though I like that field card "Darkness" 5) Z-ONE -- Loses 2 cards like Skill Drain (Default) since 0AD monsters except Sandaion 6) Z-ARC -- Wasn't the real Z-ARC, Poor Leo Akaba loses B4 Z-ARC gets his turn...
With yusei vs zone, you have to remember the entire city was watching him save the world. The pressure of thousands of citizens watching him save their life from afar and watching everyone evacuate is what made it spectacular, still AI vs Playmaker #1
Imo Zone was probably the best villan just because we see a lot of build up on him and his reason to why he wanted to change the past leading to the future. With Aliasters 3 emperors all being the same person from different parallel times and become Aporia, Zone was a Master planer using Aporia as a scapegoat so he can get on with his plans to change the future he dreams.
@@cameraredeye3115 from that Duel I just love how much fun the makers had with the ATK points and the fact Yuma and Shark had to team up to beat Don Thousand
1. Ai: Most emotional battle. solid build up throughout the whole series. 2. Darkness: I freaking loved the darkness archetype and eventhough the character was rushed, the whole duel had by far the best atmosphere. Darkness is a god in that world and felt like THE ultimate threat. 3. Bakura: This duel is one of the few times, where yu-gi is kind of a badass (when he summons gandora). Bakuras deck was really interesting and I love Yami-Bakuras cruel character. Second best atmosphere 4. Zone: A nice duel, but I'm not that big of a fan of timelords and Illiaster always felt like a minor problem compared to the dark signers. 5. Don: Completely over the top. This duel is like bad fan fiction. 6. Zarc: Same problems the video already mentioned. And there is nothing worse for a final duel, when you can predict almost every move.
In my view: 0. Yuma vs Nash. (I understand why Don Thousand is seen as the final boss, being the mastermind behind the scenes, but Nash's parallel to Yuma was impressive and this is just one of the best duels of Zexal) 1. Yusei vs Z-ONE (This duel is just epic, with many twists and turns and a lot of meaning to it.) 2. Playmaker vs Ai (Another great duel between parallels, like Yuma and Nash. The monsters and effects are really cool, but some of the scripting annoys me) 3. Yuma and Nash vs Don Thousand (great 'invincible final boss' feel, extremely cool deck combinations, but Don 1000 doesn't feel like much of a character) 4. Zarc vs Lancers (Epic duel, bad ending, enough said) 5. Yugi vs Yami Bakura (Great character development, not really 'boss'-like. Mill is a bit annoying as a strategy) 6. Judai vs Darkness (Boooring, Darkness' deck is not very interesting.)
That’s the only thing that was meh in my opinion but everything was ok at best and honestly there are other final boss duels(villains) that better in terms of execution.
My rankings on Final Bosses based on their cards: *6. Nightshoroud/Darkness:* Not a fan of using gimmicky Traps that are vulnerable to destruction. *5. Z-ONE:* Does rely on Traps to summon Timelords but the monsters make up by being versatile in effects. *4. Yami Bakura:* He never plays the same strategy twice making him unpredictable. *3. Ai:* Pretty balanced in terms of Final Bosses. How trivial @Ignisters are in having Onomatopoeia names much like Yuma's cards. *2. Z-Arc:* The Destroyer of Worlds, Master of all Summons. He's Kamen Rider Decade of Yugioh. *1. Don Thousand:* Does your Duel Disk accept cheat cartridges?
1. VS Ai. Really emotional, Ai had a great reason to do what he needed to do, and even though we didn't get our boi original Firewall Dragon, the duel was exciting. I want to re-watch Vrains just to be invested on the series overall. 2. VS Z-One. Yes, I was one of the people who would have preferred Yusei being Z-One, but watching this again, changed my perspective. I also like this idea of someone else becoming one of the heroic known symbols of the world and still failed to do so. This failure did trigger Z-One to desperately do as much as he can, along with 3 others, to save the world one way or another. I've grown to accept this idea, as I see both ideas valid of what 5D's wanted to conclude on. This was my first, until I saw Vrains's ending. 3. VS Bakura. The back and forth scenes between Yugi's duel and the pharaoh's battle against Zorc didn't distract me, as they're both combating against the same enemy. It's also satisfying to see Yugi complete this duel since being mostly at the side. 4. VS Don Thousand. Sure, it is ridiculous to see this foe in a ridiculous series with ridiculous rules, that I'm not even sure if there are any more ways to make it ridiculous. Activating Traps from Deck? Zexal? Completely restructuring your Main Deck? 5. VS Darkness. Pretty much a final villain that could have been built up better. At least the reason what would have happened if all 12 levels of different monsters were fused. 6. VS Zarc. I would have liked to see original Zarc, and then slowly mutate into this demon guy. I also, as you suggested, would have liked if all opposers of Zarc use each other's cards to strengthen their comradery. I wish Arc-V didn't trip so much in the 2nd half. Well, there's this thoughts of mine.
@@Inn1 Yeah, it would have been really cool to see the direction they would've taken. At least the SEVENS manga looks interesting with Rook as protagonist
My ranks 6 zarc vs Lancers (if we exclude the akabas sawatari was the best part of that duel he almost beated zarc) 5 jaden vs darkness 4 Yusei vs zone 3 bakura vs yugi (this is higher than Yusei vs zone because of nostalgia reasons and because I like Yami bakura more as a villan) 2 Don thousand vs yuma and shark ( I am actually surprised that this is my second favorite final villan duel I really liked Don thousand more than I thought I will the duel was great to and the best part is when the ghost of Kaito returns to help shark and Yuma) And number 1 is playmaker vs the legend himself AI
I understand what they were doing with Zarc but it felt like things got rushed and just fell through. Like when you think about it, Zarc himself has a lot of neat references to GX that really could have been expanded more. He was someone people really liked who went bad, his main archtype is "Supreme King" and he turns into a human dragon monster. He is basically an amalgamation of Judai and Yubel, but they never went anywhere with it. So what would have been neat for his battle is if after fusing his parts he basically turns into the Supreme King but with Yuya wearing the armor with yellow eyes. He would start calm and dark and one by one OTK each person with his individual dragons. Finally when Reiji comes in, he actually is able to fight back which angers Zarc so he then using Super Polymerization to fuse his dragons and himself which corrupts him and turns him into the dragon form. Finally once Ray joins, she begins playing a bunch of cards that have seeming no purpose and just stalling. After a couple turns, her cards suddenly start going off and she adds En Flowers from the graveyard and plays it. Zarc negates and destroys it again but Ray does the combo again and adds it again. Zarc finally realized she has him trapped because she created an infinite loop of effects that lets her bring them back as many times as she wants. Zarc burns away all his cards and all his life points trying to negate them over and over again but in the end En Flowers goes off and ends the duel. In the end, she would make a comment about how if he had simply accepted defeat for once he might have survived the En cards but in trying to fight back, he destroyed himself and lost everything.
My only complaint is that I don't even consider Bakura v Yugi to be a final boss duel. Maybe it was just me, but Atem and Yugi seemed destined to duel each other once Atem was established as a separate character and not a split personality. Thematically, Atem being Yugi's final boss is perfect. Yugi has to overcome his dependency on Atem, who is the King of Games, has all three Egyptian Gods, and can draw whatever card he needs from his deck at will.
Yeah what I liked about Zexal is how they like their numbers very high (literally), especially in the Barian Arc. I’ve never seen any duel more intense (ofc this is just my opinion)
I'm one of those who genuinely likes the Z-ARC duel. It wasn't perfect like most, Z-ARC's characterisation could be better developed, the bracelet girls could've had some action, a bit predictable, Leo could've done so much more but it had great moments; Shingo nearly beating Z-ARC, Noh Gil Boh's animation of EP 138, Reiji naturally, music, summoning of Supreme King Dragon Z-ARC, showed lots of action between users of each summon methods, Ray got some decent action at the end with the En cards and the final moments with Yuya and Z-ARC was good etc. Moments like that is what makes it fun to watch. Anyone agree with me to a degree?
bladersmosh I hated the en card thing. zarc created pendulum to counter the en cards, to counter ray but in the end he lost to the same four cards while reira didn‘t even play a special combo to outwit zarc.
Shingo trying to oust Z-ARC was actually the best part of the duel IMO. The rest, aside from Reiji laying into Z-ARC a few turns later, was really a convoluted mess of bullshit that ended up being rushed at the end. Plus, literally EVERYONE aside from Edo and Sora got nerfed heavily by the goddamn Intrusion Penalty while Z-ARC had 6000+ LP for most of the duel, that in addition to Z-ARC's arsenal of bullshit summons and effects. That and Z-ARC even said he created Pendulum to get revenge on Ray and her "En-" cards that kicked his ass once. Well guess what? He lost to those exact same cards, AGAIN. And as for Ray "getting some action", well guess what? She didn't even get her original body back, which was stupid. That and it took SMILES, RUSHED WRITING, and PLOT ARMOR OUT THE ASS to beat Zarc. Sorry bud, but to say this duel was "not perfect" is the understatement to end all understatements.
Okay, I understand your frustration and I respect your opinions like any person and maybe I was being to generous but I'm saying it's not as bad as lots say. As I said, it had lots of fun if not amazing moments and tried to do something different compared to previous boss battles. So sorry if my opinions of this duel and why I try to defend it annoyed you but that's just the way it is. I'm not a negative person, I'm just optimistic. It could've been better admittedly but it's not the worst thing the series did. Just try not to get angry at one comment trying to highlight the standout moments of a duel that at best received mixed reactions from fans. Also, sry if I might've accidentally offended you in the process.
If I could change one of these, it would be Zarc. I would extend each duel by another episode or two, and as each individual enters, they start remembering their alternate self, and later, when they're about to lose, they find cards they didn't have in their decks before. Those cards being ones from their other self like Kite drawing Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and the spirit of Mizael giving him Tachyon Dragon, then the duelist evolve even further, combining their power into something even larger, like Kite summoning a Rank 12 or higher monster using all three Neo Galaxy-Eyes Dragons, or Jack summoning Red Super Nova Dragon or another powerful dragon monster. I would still have Zarc defeat each one to show just how powerful he is, but he would have to work harder to do it, rather than OTKing everyone. To defeat him, those four cards wouldn't beat him, they would summon doors. Through those doors would be the previous protagonists, and they would put everything they had into defeating Zarc. As they fought, other characters from each Era that weren't in Arc-V would appear for a turn, assist however they could, and die to Zarc. The four protagonists would duel Zarc until they were on the edge of defeat, but as Zarc laughed at their efforts having gone to waist, he would reach for a card only to discover none left in his deck. Zarc gets angry, but before he destroys anything, he freezes. In his soul, the four that he split into have challenged him. As the duel goes on, the four use each other's dragons to summon more powerful versions of their own, and in the end, Yuya defeats Zarc and regains control of his body. This would probably have to be another season entirely, but I think it would have been awesome.
Oh my god, I've read this kind of things too many times ever since arc-v ended Why do people thing that bringing four characters that have NOT been stablished in the story (the previous protagonists) to beat the villain is a good ending? It would be a cheap nostalgia rush and nothing more!
Nostalgia rushes are cool and all, but no thanks; I would like to instead not change anything about the Duel itself, but rather look inside. Remember how in the arc after ZARC, its shown there is good in him yet? (Or in the dubbed version, that he didnt want Ray to perform the first Dimension Split?) I want there to be an inner Duel; Z-ARC VS Yuya, or the Yu-Boys VS Z-ARC, or it could even be Z-ARC and the Yu-boys VS Yuya. Regardless of which, one thing remains consistent: Z-Arc would have his Original Dimension appearance, Deck and temperament, whatever it may have been; Same goes for Yuya, he'd have his Performapals, his Magician duo as well. Though not his Odd-Eyes; Z-Arc possesses that card now. No Pendulum cards. At the end, of course Yuya actually wins, giving Ray the chance to use her Natural Energy cards. Z-Arc talks on his own, although his actions are no longer his to make; His body gained a mind of its own, yearning for brutal Duels. The Yu-boys, if they appear, are still Awakened. And im starting to run out of ideas- Thoughts and opinions, if i may ask?
AI was just very understandable I think for why he would be a villain. We saw all the loss he had to endure, and we were with him the whole series to bond with him. And of course, the way he went was so sad 😭
The thing I love about Zarc is his dub voice. It is so stupid but I love specifically for one interaction Professor: Zarc! Zarc: WHAT? It made me laugh so much harder than it rightfully should have
Zarc was such a fun villian to watch beat all the duelists we have seen to a pulp one after another i just wish the ending wasnt just Dues ex machina immagine if during the Zarc duel after the professor got taken out Kaiba just shown up while decklan takes him down
I wish Atem VS Zorc counted. I don't like how KA duels and card duels are separated into their own boxes as if the KA duels didn't inspire Pegasus to create Duel Monsters.
I feel what makes vrains fuel work but not arc-v was the connection between the characters are almost polar opposites. The lancers outside of one mention of yuto are about yuya and no one else which really sucks for the weight we’re supposed to have seeing the other dragons but with playmaker and Ai we’ve seen their relationship throughout the whole series which is what makes the link six and access code talker so meaningful. You feel how close their bond has come while in arc-v it’s bogged down by being all about yuya(kind of symbolic of the second half of the show as a whole of you think about it). Still got nostalgia vibes for Yugi vs bakura, gives me chills every time.
So glad you gave the final VRAINS duel the #1 spot. Playmaker and Ai were by far the best duelists in the entire series-so much so that a 2v2 between Yugi/Kaiba and Playmaker/Ai would result in the latter two winning. Shout out to Roboppi. He was an absolute menace. I’d rank him at #3. Revolver and Lightning were really strong duelists, but I legit think Roboppi would’ve mopped the floor with them considering how he almost won against Soulburner.
Idea for next list: Top Final Duel of each series. Yugi vs Atem Judai vs Yugi Yusei vs Jack Yuma vs Astral Yuya vs Everyone Yusaku vs...oh wow we never even got a final duel with Revolver after Yusaku's duel with A.I Personal list 1.Yusei vs Z-One 2.Yuma vs Don Thousand 3.Judai vs Darkness 4.Yugi vs Bakura 5.Z-arc vs everyone 6.Yusaku vs A.I
Here's one do top 10 duels that weren't in the anime but could exist if every series did 1 massive crossover eg Revolver Vs Zane Spectre Vs Akiza Yusei Vs Playmaker Soulburner Vs Jesse
If I were to rank them, I would rank them as final bosses. 6. Vs Nightmare- By far the must underwhelming final boss fight in all yugioh, even God Neos summon was generic. 5. Vs Yami Bakura - Similar to nightmare, although this duel we got little Yugi in the spotlight. Because of Yugi lack of duel screen, Bakura duel actually felt like final boss and tough opponent to Yugi considering Bakura true identity and how it was always Yami Yugi who dealt with each season bosses. 4. Vs AI - AI never felt like a threat specially how in episodes before he seems to be teasing Yusaku. Being an AI and known the best the strongest one, is easier to think that AI already knew the duel outcome and he also knew Playmakers card and combo very well. Felt almost impossible for Yusaku to win. 3. Vs Don Thousand - Broken duel with broken effect which both abuses with their shiny draw. Compared to other duel you didn’t felt that level of threat as our Protagonist can also pull these deux machina as well. What makes me a better final bosses was the constant back and forth with their broken effect. 2. Vs Zarc - Truly The Final Boss. Almost felt like a tag team raid battle to take down an big foe. This imo was one of the best final bosses and Zarc was truly undefeated, even Ray failed to OHK him which who know what Zarc would have in store thanks to Pendulum. If it wasn’t for Yuya, Zarc wouldn’t be defeated. 1. Z-One - 1v1 duel with broken effect. Similar to Don Thousand, however here Yusei cannot take advantage of such mechanic from Zexal. Almost felt as Z-one always had Yusei, even Yusei final boss monster Quasar Dragon wasn’t his key card to finish off Z-one it was his big play to turn the duel around his favor and the duel still continue which unlike other Series such monster would be the one to end it.
Z-one has received a fair bit of appreciation as a Final Boss due to the next two following ones (the much-disliked Don Thousand and the controversial Zarc) being seen as a step down (and the previous one, Nightshroud/Darkness being regarded as a heavy case of an Anti-Climax final Boss). His Timelord deck also plays significantly into this, as the deck is playable in real life both physically and competitively
For me it's 1st Place Ai 2nd Place Zone 3rd Place Bakura 4th Don Thousand Tied for 5th place Zarc and Nightmare(I feel bad putting gx here because I actually liked the emotional side of things and how Darkness was effecting everyone unfortunately I didn't really think his dueling skills were anything to really worry about. Also seeing what Z-arc was actually capable of was a fun even though the opponents he faced was also kinda a boring playstyle to watch or at least in those duels against Z-arc which I felt the same towards Darkness unfortunately maybe if Darkness actually won and had to be rematched or something or make it seem and feel like he was actually I would change my opinion about)
I'm pretty happy with the points you made. I'm a huge Yugioh anime fan but I'll admit I have never watched Vrains so I'll leave it out of my ranking. My list would be: 5. ZARC v Everyone - Yes it was cool in concept but like you said the execution was poor with all these knwn characters getting wiped. (ZARC should have gotten his own form and it should have been Yuya teaming with Yugi, Jaden, Yusei, and Yuma lol) 4. Yugi v Yami Bakura - I was never a big fan of Bakura being the final villain of the show. Even though we see him throughout I never saw him as a big deal until they just made him one. I feel Dartz was the best villain duel. 3. Yusei v Z-ONE - Again not a huge fan of the villain, I was dissapointed he wasn't future Yusei. His concept was cool but honestly I thought the best duel fo that last arc was Aporia v Leo, Luna & Jack. But the best villain duel would go to Yusei v Roman. I think Roman was cool with his Destiny talk. 2. Jaden v Darkness - I do believe it was too short but regardless I felt Darkness as an actual scary villain. He does wipe out the entire school and it's down to Jaden alone to face him. Yubel and the Supreme King had better build ups but I enjoy the spooky duel. 1. Don Thousand v Yuma and Shark (with Kite) - Call me crazy but this might actually be my all-time favorite duel form any Yu-Gi-Oh show. Don thousand is a villain throughout, he's personality and look is designed well and his deck is awesome. Numeronia has 10,000 ATK and DEF points, after an attack it destroys all other monsters, and for an overlay unit it pulls those monsters on the user's side. It may be a little over the top but it had the greatest stakes not one but 3 worlds at risk plus you had the 3 main characters combining their monsters rather than just yuma getting the win. It was epic.
And to top it off, Ai was created based on Yusaku himself. So, it's not just Yusaku having to kill his best friend, his companion, but also, a "part of himself"
Honestly if instead of the gauntlet duel you have ray free yuya and then she loses and have yuya duel zarc I feel that would make it more amazing Dillon I say watch yuya vs zarc swing eternal pedulum and give us a reaction of that to see what should of happened
WHO BOY... this was interesting and a lot of fun. In my opinion I loved these duels. All of them was fun, however if you start to ranking these duels, you find out really fast that there are a big canyon between them. A big gap that can show how different these duels are. 6: Zarc vs. The Lancers: Everything you said about this duel is the same that I can say about it. In my opinion it would be much better if they would did this: In the outside world there is the duel we all know and in the inside of Zarc we can see a duel between Zarc and Yuya to who control the body. 5: Bakura vs Yugi: Nothing to say here... The same you said. 4: Yuma & Shark vs Thousand: It was intense. As you said the numbers were hit the ceiling and even beyond It was THE BOSS DUEL. The only thing that I had to place this at number four is because... well... Im not the fan of Zexal and the final Shark vs Yuma was Better (Anyway why do I hear Zexal opening blasting outside of my door?) 3: Judai vs Darkness: Incredeble scenes like the Divine Neos and Neos Wiseman summonings, The manifestations of the agony of Judai's friends also Darkness's deck is one, if not the most interesting deck I have ever seen I don't know why but I really like this duel. But I have to agree with you that the build up of the character was really rushed. 2: Zone vs Yusei: It was incredeble. The whole symbol with the bonds was incredeble. The summoning of Quasar is still gives me shivers. However im also not the fan of Zone. In my opinion it would be better if Zone were the real Yusei from the future. 5ds is my childhood along side with Soul Eater but the Duel between Yusei and Jack is much better. 1: Ai vs Yusaku: I can totally agree with everything you said about it. I just want to say another thing. The main reason why is this duel is so heart breaking is because this was the first Boss duel were the two duelist know each other for a long-long time. It's wasn't like a Judai vs Darkness where they dueled because "You are a bad guy and I must win" It was a friend vs friend duel which is much more emotionful than a duel between a school kid and the God of Death. Also Ai wasn't like his old self. If you see someone die, who was really close to you, can change your whole persona. The fully comedy based character, who supported everything is nearly gone and he become a faded vessel of his former self. And that is why I LOVE this duel. Great video as always, but sorry I have some milk in the fridge to drink. Keep up the good work from Hungary! Oh yes and Zexal world is coming to duel links :)
I can't rank them because honestly I can't remember all the boss duels that well but I'll give my thoughts based on what I can remember. Yami vs Bakura: I remember liking this one a lot because we finally got to see Yugi partake in a serious duel without Atem. I also really remember liking silent magician and silent swordsman although I do feel like the actual boss duel for this series is Yami vs Zorc in the Egyptian World. (I guess that wouldn't really be considered a duel) Jaden vs Darkness: This one was really forgettable. I seriously don't remember this duel at all. Yusei vs Z-One: I just remember thinking about how overpowered Z-One's cards were. Then I just spent some time thinking about how Lotten could OTK Z-One instantly. I actually like how Z-One was just some random guy from the future though. It's just really funny and interesting that the final villain of 5Ds was just some guy in the future. We don't know his name or anything else about his identity. Yuma and Shark vs Don Thousand: I remember liking this one a lot cause the show made me hate Don Thousan because of what he did to the Barian Emperors. Seeing him getting beat was very satisfying. Zarc vs 10 people: Again I just kept thinking about how overpowered Zarc was. I thought villains in the past were OP but this guy was insane. (But then again Lotten may have been able to OTK this guy so...) I didn't really like the duel though because of what you said (missed opportunities with setting cards for others and predictability) Most duels are predicatble but I feel like they couldve done a lot more with this setup of 10 duelists vs Zarc. Yusaku vs AI: This one was pretty good. The dueling action wasn't outstanding or anything but the end was very emotional. AI initially started out as a character many people hated and then by the end everyone was crying over him
Finally see Yugi partake in a serious duel with Atem? Yugi dueled Imori in Dragon Cards and lost his soul. It was a serious duel. Yugi dueled Otogi in DDD to get the puzzle back, but it was changed in the anime to Yami Yugi vs Otogi and Keith was brought back to take the puzzle.
I always enjoyed the Don Thousand duel as The way they throw of the attack to 204000 attack and someone coming back from the dead And yes I do like Kaito (Kite in the dub)
Ai was cool but super rushed in seeing the king and jack not do much. Would have been cool to get more. Bakura and his whole thing was great to see an enemy grow as the main does throughout but lots of plot device to keep him going. Zarc was cool if we got him a better ending. Him blasting all the heroes over and over again was amazing but ending ruined it. I don't know much for zexal on t 1000 bur design is nice. Zone I actually liked more getting older being a fan who wanted to bring happiness to the world like yusie did but fail as he is a fake and even losing his friends was so heartbreaking. If put in any other story him and his group would be viable good guys trying to save thier world by changing the issues that happened. Ending was fine saving yusie and seeing his friends again as his life faded.
My favourite : Z-One vs Yusei most epic with D-Wheel and winds. My least favourite : Zarc or the Cheatest thing than Don Thousand. And the worst is CROW IS BACK ! The only. And yes I kinda prefer Don Thousand vs Nash and Yuma.
Z-arc was a shot that could've worked, but everyone in the duel pushed to get this "Yuya come back" without acknowledging the other Yu-Boys besides Shay and Yuto. I'd of loved to hear Jack try to reach Yugo, and Aster/Sora try speaking to Yuri in their own ways to give Zarc a further meaning besides "haha gargoyle Yuya me angy"
Ok, show of hands for those who expected Zarc duel to be at the bottom of the barrel for this list. 1,2,3,4,5- All of you. Good. Srsly, was anyone expecting it to be anything other than this disappointing cluster f@$&?
Here are my thoughts on this topic: Zarc vs the Lancers: The most FAILED Boss duel out there, in my opinion. There was barely any build-up to it, as it wasn't til the Fusion dimension that we learned his name and why he's so important. Plus they just used Yuya's looks with some dragon features, instead of the real Zarc for it. Then his deck was just a few cards that were made OP for the sake of the plot, just retooling the main four dragons and calling it a day. I agree with how the duelists should have used the graveyard more and that some of the duels were just one turn finishers. But yeah, this duel just sucks and belongs at the bottom. Judai vs Darkness & Don Thousand vs Yuma/Shark: I can't really say much about these duels as I haven't watch them respectfully. Yugi vs Bakura: I full on agree with you on this one. Z-One vs Yusei: I don't have as much as to say about this duel as I really liked it. Playmaker vs Ai: While it had a somewhat predictable outcome, this was one of the few duels from Vrains that I can say that I really liked.
Zarc is probably my most "Pls Skip" bosses. Like jeez, they spent like 10 episodes with this boss and each time its like "You can't do this" or "Reverse card oh and I heal 1k life points" like you get bored after the 5th battle
@@jamesbond3w not to mention once reira joined in you get to see that had she joined the duel much earlyer heck if she was his first opponent he would have lost like nothing
Man, the Zarc duel is definitely one of the worst if not the worst villains duels in the Yugioh history. I hate how everyone was losing so easily and then Reira/Rey comes and defeats Zarc with the same technique as the last time.
Hey Dylan, do u think Nightshroud (GX Season 4), Aporia, Paradox, Antinomy, and Zone will be unlockable characters in Duel Links one day? If u ask me they deserve to be unlockable characters!
Zarc will always be the biggest missed opportunity for me. I genuinely loved the concept behind what they were trying to do with Zarc (driven insane by the ever-demanding crowd as a metaphor for the cycle of bullying), but the execution is just... ugh, its just painful. The writing for Arc-V plummeted off a cliff after the Synchro Dimension (and even there was struggling in a few spots there). That said, that show over-scoped hard, and not only would Synchro and Xyz dimensions need to be re-paced (Synchro being faster and shorter, Xyz being a bit longer and having Yuya lose to Aster once is needed), but the post Zarc arc needed a tiny bit more time to flesh out Zarc's regret and the Dragons' fear. I could do a whole write-up on what I would change while keeping the basic plot points the same, and this duel is certainly one of them. Zarc needed to take several major hits from the protagonists, compounding from each duel previously, even if he found a way to get back up and get the obnoxious defense he has in the end. Sigh... is it obvious how much I wanted to love Arc-V and Zarc as a character?
This was a surprising list for me because, aside from #1 and #2, I would have ranked them in the same order. I think the fact that Yuma had Shark as a partner for that final duel made the choreography much more exciting, but I do agree having such a lovable opponent as Ai nade it more personal and heartbreaking. I am partial to Zexal's final duel, but Vrains' does make me want to place it in first place. Thank you for another video, Dylan. Greetings from Mexico.
in yugioh DM series. the decks each opponent uses in Duelist Kingdom Arc are like dungeons while the main characters decks are like a RPG party. and when the party manage to get the upper hand, then they fight the boss that is used by the opponent. its a little imagination i have thought of
Great duel. My list is 6. Little Yugi vs Yami Bakura. The duel was meh compared to these other ones, this was the duel that gave little Yugi development, and it happened way too late for me, this duel was fine, I don't hate it, but it's far from my favourite 5. Zone vs Yusei. Did not care for this one either, I think the duel was cool, but I felt no emotion behind it. I knew Yusei was going to win from the start, and while I liked the final couple of plays, this duel is too overrated for me to enjoy it. 4. Don thousand vs Yuma and Nash. I liked this duel a lot, the action was pretty good and the numbers made my draw job, but take away the coolness from it, for me, just like the last 2, this duel was just good. 3. Zarc vs the Lancers. I loved this duel for it's OPness aspect than the last 3, Zarc is one of my favourite villains because of his concept, his deck and his opness. Heck the dub version made me laugh at his voice, but I of course watched the sub first. I think Zarc is the strongest character in the franchise and also the duel's concept is awesome as well 2. The next 2 are the only ones that affected my emotionally and this one is Jaden vs Darkness. I'm not gonna deny I'm gx bias but this duel was amazing. There was no stupidly overpowered cards from Darkness, Jaden received barely any help. There was no cards given to him, no one working alongside him, he was alone besides for Yubel, and even during the duel Yubel said he was on his own when he left. Jaden was the only one left and he stood up, took down Darkness and left his mark as one of the greatest duelists and heroes in yugioh history. 1. Ai vs Yusaku, literally all the reasons you listed. Ai is my favourite villain and I love his deck. This duel really tugged at my heart strings
1. A.I. 2. Don Thousand 3. ZONE 4. Bakura 5. ZARC 6. Darkness I agree A.I. VS. Playmaker was totally the best Final Boss/Ceremonial Duel. We've gotten thus far. I still remember watching it in the library at my college LOL.
So I never saw the Don Thousand Duel, cause I'm still only like 30 episodes into Zexal (Kinda stopped because Crunchyroll only has the dub, and the first Gimmick Puppet Duel just looked so cut up that I wasn't interested in watching anymore) 5) Nightshroud/Darkness. I never cared much for Nightshroud as a character, and while he didn't come from nowhere, he never felt important. I honestly think if it were just Trueman, I might have liked it more. The Duel itself is fine, has some cool moments like Wiseman, but then Divine Neos just wasn't as interesting as a concept. Also, because Neos Wiseman wasn't the final payoff, it then makes it feel really weird that they didn't have Yubel actually communicating with Jaden, or have him use the card. 4)Z-arc. I don't feel like he comes too far out of nowhere to not be an enjoyable character, since his presence has been felt throughout with the First Pendulum to any Awakening, to even just Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri's character. I like seeing so many characters coming in to help save the day, but I wish they had better benefits to give to new characters instead of just their monsters being in the Graveyard for the En cards to work in the end. But I thought the progression was better for how the duel was structured, with how Sora and Phoenix lose just as Z-arc is summoned, Kite and Kurosaki lose because they didn't realize that Action Cards couldn't help them, Gongenzaka and Jack are able to cause actual LP damage to Z-arc, then Crow and Sawatari have an actual win moment stopped just short, and then Reiji is able to fight him consistently. Leo being beaten immediately is great, but I do think they could have done more with Layra and Ray's connection beforehand and had them do more than just Leo's plan but it works. 3) Yami Bakura. So the manga gave me more of an appreciation for this duel if only because it characterizes Bakura better than the original anime, especially his intro. I really liked sing Yugi with his own deck, and the Silent Cards are a great Archetype for him and what the series has been doing with him throughout. Bakura's lock combo was really interesting, even if very not possible in the actual card game. And then Yugi's use of Gandora as such a huge detachment to his and Atem's decks that it made his growth really nice to see. The points out of its favor is that Yami Bakura and Yugi don't really have much of an actual rivalry or dynamic, so while satisfying, not as invested in them together. Even in the Manga, they have like 2 real interactions. 2) Honestly, these two have flipped probably like 3 times while writing the rest of this comment. But Ai. It has a great setup, a lot of classic cards coming in from throughout Vrains between the two's setup. Sadly no OG Firewall Dragon, which is upsetting, but I digress. I did like Playmaker coming in with Borreload Furious Dragon to play with Ai's expectations and then using it to remove Judgement Arrows was a nice tie into to Revolver vs Lightning. And the final move being just Decode Talker vs Dark Templar makes it a very sobering final turn among all the high link monsters, and over 10000 attack point Arrival. And it being Ai's own "overconfidence" to end it that turn with Tai Strike that lets Playmaker win, and him saying "I thought this might happen, but had to check. Even this result is nice." 1) Z-one. I honestly never cared for the "Z-one is future Yusei" idea and honestly, I think "Z-one removing his individuality for the sake of the future and that still failing" just makes his character way more tragic. Yusei is a good enough character that seeing his future self pessimistic just doesn't make it interesting to me. Also, I think it's a bit splitting hairs with people's perspective of how Yusei was in the future a couple hundred years after his original timeline. The three options were, timetravel to pluck him out of the past, necromancy, or what they did with someone having their personality overwritten as Yusei's. And it's not like Z-one not being the physical Yusei really detracted that much from his role in the future, cause he was still able to achieve Clear Mine, and presumably Top Clear Mind. And I just really liked how the Timelords played, with resetting the battlefield constantly, but Yusei still holding on because of the bonds with his friends. Still think the misplay at the beginning where he didn't use Black-winged Dragon to stop Lazion's effect was weird, since it felt like that would have made Aporia's duel mean more, like Yusei is learning the actual counters to the Timelords, but eh, it didn't matter much. The introduction of Shooting Quasar Dragon was great, and then, as a polar opposite to Z-one's summoning of even stronger cards, Yusei went backwards to Shooting Star Dragon, then the original Stardust Dragon to finish the duel. Also, this one's environment for the Turbo Duel in the Sky with ArK Cradle and Neo Domino City as the backdrop was so well done. I know the 3D effects maybe weren't the best, but I loved them. I also just really like the announcer, so having him commentating this final duel was nice.
Yusei vs Z-One é incrível...!!! Z-One ao contrário dos outros vilões, era um cara aleatório do futuro, que buscou em Yusei à esperança de mudar esse futuro, não apenas copiando seu poder, mas sua aparência, para aqueles que o olhassem, veria o mesmo herói anos atrás trazendo esperança para todos, Clear Mind podia controlar a energia do momentum e foi isso que ele fez em umas das cenas, o erro do Z-one foi achar que um herói sozinho poderia mudar o futuro e ele falhou, no momento que ele sobrevive a explosão seu capacete é danificado, ou seja, a personalidade do Yusei e a sua própria se uniram e por isso ele surtou, perdendo a esperança. Mas é no duelo contra Yusei que ele entende que o futuro só pode melhorar graças a todos e não um herói apenas. O vilão que é o próprio herói no futuro é legal, mas já existe bastante, agora um que sacrificou seu próprio corpo para ser um, é original 🤔
Haven't seen Yugi vs Bakura because I don't think it's been subbed, it might be now. Haven't seen the Don Thousand duel because same kinda reason, but it looks like the kinda dumb shit I love. Judai vs Darkness was alright, I liked Darkness's design, and I enjoyed seeing Neos Wiseman and Divine Neos, but it was also kinda lacking. Zarc vs the Lancers was super dumb but I also like Zarc, the ending thoughwas just... well you know my feelings on Arc-V, my personal wish is that it was the 4 bracelet girls vs Zarc and they beat him for like obvious reasons l. I really like the Zone duel, it looked super dumb happening in the sky I loved that, it was one of the aesthetics I like with the night time city back drop, it had some tension, I HECKIN LOVED SHOOTING QUASAR DRAGON AND THE FINAL ATTACK SEQUENCE, and they used the music used when Lua became a signer I loved that, also a tome traveller using a time lord deck? That's just one big Doctor who reference. Ah Yusaku vs Ai... remembering it made me cry
Wish there were more chances to give Arc V positive lite. Why not try lists for top 10 disappointments/missed opportunities/unanswered questions of DM, GX, 5DS and Zexal. Even the best YGO shows have their disappointments. Arc V and Vrains aren't the black sheep of the franchise. I love all of them despite their flaws. Hopefully I'm not alone on this.
the duelists in the zarc duels being able to use previous players' existing cards and grave effects would've been so amazing ngl. we could've had d heroes being used to sync and dead synchros being revived for huge dick xyz summons, and grave effects galore
Z-One vs Yusei is one of the best (if not the best) duel in the entire Yugioh franchise. Bcs it made you constantly be on the edge of the seats where Yusei was struggling during each turn just to stay alive and barely defeated Z-one and his Time Emperors and it def felt like THE FINAL duel and it had soo much on the line. The whole world and the future basically. And then Yusei unites all of the synchro dragons and the bonds of his friends into Shooting Quasar dragon which represented the hope and bonds of all of his friends.
Judai: Needed Yubel to defeat the villain Yusei: Needed delta accel to defeat the villain Yuma: Needed numeron code to defeat the villain Yuya: Didn't even defeat the villain Yusaku: Needed the villain to activate the card to defeat him. Yugi: Beats the villain with pure freaking skill
"Getting his friends back from Purgatory was cool"
Why this sounds so normal about a card anime?
It call anime any bizarre became normal .
Because it's pretty much routine at this point in yugioh
7 Deadly Sins Vibes...
floricel_112 Why did you comment that twice?
@@whateverkat8122 sometimes youtube does that
Zone was a good villan but I am still dissapointed that he wasn't a future version of Yusei but It was just a Yusei fanboy
I hate it when teasers gives you false hope. In Dead by Daylight, I thought The Blight was Vigo but instead was some chemist.
Future Yusei is interesting because of alternative timelines.Like fate Unlimited Blade works :Shiro and Archer.
To be honest I still feel like there is an appeal to the direction that they went in. It really shows the impact that Yusei had on the future timeline and it kind of feels like a very different take on the Chosen One trope that Yu-Gi-Oh seems to love so much.
It's still kind of weird for them to tease it so much and then completely change it at the end tho. I would have loved for him to be the Future Yusei.
I'm with you. By defeating himself, Yusei would prove that the future is/can be what you make it, with limitless possibilities. It would also make Quasar's summon more epic, since Z-one wouldn't remember it instead of having no historical records, which seems less emotive.
@@noahduffin5492 It would also be a unique take on the protagonist falling into darkness. This never happens to Yusei, but having Z One be Yusei would kind of show how things would go if it did happen.
The best part of the Zexal duel, not only does it involve the series trio all having a constructive role and input but it also represents all 3 factions of the story uniting to take down the big bad of series after having spent the whole season showing them at war with each other.
Yeah, that’s a part of it. The scene where Utopia copies the effects of Numeron Dragon and Abyss Splash is one of my favorite scenes among card game anime
Yeah, the final boss duels weren't the best ones in their respective series.
Well, actually, Ai vs. Yusaku might be for Vrains.
I say Yusaku vs Bohman was the best one
@@_Koyomi_ No.
@@phantomslay5612 Opinions exist
@@_Koyomi_ wonder what you find appealing about it as Bohman last duel is pretty infamous for Bohman summoning a link 5 and sit his ass on it while yusaku summon all of his ace monsters.
Zexal's final boss was the best duel of the series because I do consider Yuma vs Nasch to be the final boss duel
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@@nexo8580 i mean hes not wrong. arc v just... its concidered the blacksheep of the series
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Leo losing before he do anything is really the highlight of that duel, unironically.
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I think Z-one would've actually been a fantastic villain if he actually was future Yusei instead of the writers backing out
but if it was future yusei like the grandpa paradox it would be your (yusei) paradox witch it wouldn't make sense in the timeline.
@@redtigergaming1467 Thats what time travel is all about. If anyone goes back in time you either get multiverse theorie or erase the future
No, it was explained he was more or less trying to copy Yusei as a person... and I will DEBATE to the end to say that Z-one NOT being Yusei works better altogether in the end...
@@redtigergaming1467 not really. have you seen Agents of SHIELD ? they used at least 4 different types of time travel (most prominent closed time loop in season 5) and that could have been a cool moment.
Z-ONE claiming they are in a closed loop. just like it happened to Yusei, Z-ONE appeared in the Z-ONE we know's timeline. Z-ONE (back then as Yusei) defeated him, but everything Z-ONE predicted happening.
A broken Yusei became Z-ONE and traveled back in time willing to break the time loop this time. But this playing out constantly across timeloops. that the current Z-ONE we are watching is Z-ONE number 27 or 52 or x number.
Especially if at one point "Z-ONE" (future Yusei) describes perfectly the card Yusei drew, the hand he currenlty has, the remaining cards he has in his deck, and the strategy he is planning to use almost like if he had read his mind.
especially if Z-ONE says that was what happened to him in the version of the timeloop where he was Yusei.
Which would make it more of a shocker if the summoning of Shooting Quasar Dragon had made Z-ONE realize "Yusei broke the timeloop and is changing fate" (as he as Yusei never summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon).
@@ianr.navahuber2195 THEY HAD THE SET UP FOR THAT WITH COSMIC BLAZAR DRAGON. Z-ONE legit mentions Yusei having Cosmic Blazar as the "ultimate Synchro" or whatever, and the current Yusei summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon instead. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO COOL
I actually like that they didn't go with the final villain being a currupt future version of the hero trope. I always liked the idea of Z-ONE dawning the guise of Yusei who was an iconic hero and trying to use his image, charisma, and dueling talents to lift the people up, only to fail and be pushed to even further extremes. Though I do get your perspective, good list too.
Duel Monters is kinda weird with last arc having almost no duels.
Kinda love that about it, but I don't consider it having a final boss in terms of dueling xD
The original Yugioh series is about multiple games. Yugioh means Game King. The king of all games. Duel Monsters isn't weird. the spinoffs are weird because they only focus on 1 game, which is not what Takahashi envisioned when he created the series and started the manga. Duels do not = card games. A duel is between opposing sides. The duel can be about any game.
@@rob19ny I know that, man. Bur after almost two decades of the anime and manga turning into card games only stuff, you look back and it is a little weird xD
@@rob19ny it was kinda boring tha last arc of the first Yu-Gi-Oh tho
@@Za_Lup hi lup its me chaos of madness i had to create a new account because something went wrong with my other account
@@silverkronos2397 Hey man! So that's why I haven't seen you around! Hope everything's good! What do you think about next episode?
I mean the whole "I'm future you but evil" trope is pretty tired if you ask me, so I was actually fine with Z-ONE not technically being Yusei. If anything I found it even more disturbing seeing him transform is body to appear like Yusei. Also, I like how not even the "the legend" of Yusei Fudo was enough to save the world in Z-ONE's future, which hits our Yusei's confidence that much harder in that final duel.
I fully agree. With how they set up the timeline in that show, it's just impossible for Yusei to be Z-ONE. Too much time will have passed by the point in time that they get everything set up, even if he's surviving off of super future technology, you can't keep the human body alive much longer past the point it was to expire. So having someone who decided to sacrifice himself to become a hero to guide the people only to fail and realize that the only way to stop this tragedy was to go backwards in time was a lot better than "hey, I know the future, the things that happen and I'm evil now, because reasons! Yusei, I am what you will become! So I have come back in time to let you see that!" kind of plot.
Indeed, and with Yusei winning thanks to the cards of his friends it showed what mistake Z-one did when he tried to save the world with ”power of Yusei Fudo”. He didn’t have the power of team 5ds.
Zone wasn't future Yuesi just kill his character completely
This duel last too long
Plus, his philosophy being an almost anti-Yusei gave away that this wasn't Yusei in any meaningful way; his speeches, even before battling Aporia, suggesting an absence of the hope and trust in bonds that was literally Yusei's entire motivation . . . just doesn't fit. At all.
The Zarc duel best moment was best boi Sawatari's turn!
Preach!
I really wish sawatari won that duel.
@@Danyrodriguez115 It would have been the most shocking win in the history of YGO! xD
@@Za_Lup the beat
Sawatari should have beaten yuya in the tournament
zone is like reverse flash in my i see similarties at least would def be cooler if he was future yusei tho
Yusei is Superman Same exact backstory. Did you notice that?
What got me with Zone was at the end he reflected on what he did to his friends chose to sacrifice himself because of his sins and saved Yusei. I didn’t see that coming. Not any other villain did the right thing at the end he was a unique villain who ultimately saved Domino city, because he realized he was wrong.
"Z-ARC vs. Lancers" Don't you mean "Z-ARC vs. Pretty Much Every Single Relevant Character"?
Z-arc vs everyone but Ray dies in turn one
Z-ARC vs. no one because everyone just gets bodied.
@@racerlord2329Jack actually survived Zarc's first turn against him thanks to Gongenzaka playing the tank role so well.
@@cameraredeye3115 too bad it couldn't last longer tho as they needed to make Z-ARC look threatening
But Dylan, Sawatari beating Zarc was the highlight. He bypassed Zarc’s strategy completly.
Zarc had to actually play the bullshit factor to survive sawatari’s legitimately earned direct attack
@@mohwe1007 Yes, it would be such a delight to see him beat Zarc.
Interesting pick and list.
For me it goes:
6. Judai Vs Darkness. I honestly wasn't a fan of the duel, and Darkness himself. He looked menacing and dangerous but just never really meet my expectations.
5. Zarc Vs Lancers. I actually liked Zarc, well what we know of him. I thought he was cool, but he was handled poorly just like everything else in that arc. The duel itself was handled poorly too. I enjoyed watching the beatdown he was giving but it was not really as good as it could be.
4. Yusei Vs Zone: I am not a fan of 5Ds like most so I'm not crazy about this final duel either. Quasar was pretty cool, but that's all that really hit me.
3. Yugi Vs Bakura. It was a great moment for Yugi, and it didn't bother me how they kind of sidelined it because it wasn't the main attraction of the arc. Plus, it kind of added tension.
2. Playmaker Vs Ai. Basically everything you said. Except, I kind of figured Yusaku would win. It's usually how these animes go. XD
1. Yuma/Shark Vs Don Thousand
This was duel that truly had me in the edge of my seat. It was honestly amazing and I loved Don Thousand as a villain. He played EVERYONE, both his ally's which turned to be his pawns and his enemies. Don Thousand to me is the coolest YGO Villain, along with Dartz.
I agree because Don Thousand is basically a God and possesses the capabilities to make the infinite possibilities of Yugioh as we know it.
1. Ai: really meaningful, 2. Don: absolutely crazy, 3. Zone: entertaining but kinda long, 4. Darkness: kinda boring after a while, 5. Zarc: predictable but had Reiji, 6. Bakura: least threatening/scary but very built up
"but had reiji"
you take my like
6. Zarc VS Lancers : Smiles saves the day
5. Darkness VS Judai : Agree with you on this duel
4. Don Thousand VS Yuma and Shark : Really cool and unique interactions in the duel itself
3. Yami Bakura VS Yugi : Great for Yugi's development, although I could see this and number 4 being swapped
2. Z-One VS Yusei : Great thematic during the duel, the duel itself is long but keeps my interest
1. AI VS Playmaker : This is an emotional and fitting end to AI and his witty banter. Can't wait to watch this duel again once it gets dubbed.
Nice video :)
Top ten non-duel moments attempt 2
If dyl does top 10 none duel moments and if akira pressing the button isn't one the list I'm going to crap my self
Honestly, I never cared much about Yusei vs Z-One. Him summoning everyone's dragons was the highlight for me. And yeah, I would have cared more if he was Yusei, because it would have showed that Yusei wasn't flawless.
Imo, sephiroth was the highlight
But yusei is flawless and the GOAT
no cap
Ranking every *"CEREMONIAL BATTLES"* in Yu-Gi-Oh!
6.Yuya vs Declan
5.Judai vs Atem
4.Yusei vs Jack
3.Yugi vs Atem
2.Yusaku vs AI
1.Yuma vs Astral
(Yuma is only one who litterally sucked in fueling,so final duel is pretty much to show how much experience Yuma got and how he turned out as final product,it was a duel of student vs master or more precisely zero-to-hero vs Legend
@@igorurban6080 Yuma arguably has the best character development in the entire franchise
@@bigguccimilli6186 yea to me its like this
Yugi(got more confident)
Jaiden(Picked up depression and trauma but he got out of it)
Yusei(Not much devolpment but he learned about his past abd future and didnt let it get to him)
Yuya(Almost none at all thats why Arc V sucks)
Yusaku(Got from a cold revenge seeking almost heartless person to sweet loving caring and understanding person by beating his trauma and opening himself to others)
Yuma(Litterraly went from child to a man,he got grom annoying childish,stubborn,stupid,head rushing idiot,to a guy who cares for his friends,watches and thinks about his actions,duels with both mind and heart,and can forgive even the worse persons)
@@igorurban6080 yeah I agree yusei really doesn't have alot of development I feel like he has it early on them most of the protags he's more quiet and badass in the beginning (pre satelite mark) and then he opens up and is more friendly and cherishes his bonds and then learned about his past and pretty much his development stops there but he's still one of my favorite protags my top 3 would be yusei Jaden and Yuma Yugi was cool and I like Yuya his deck is one of cooler ones of the protags he just has no development 😂he just shouts smiles and have fun in duels for the rest of the show 😂🤦🏽♂️
@@bigguccimilli6186 What about Yusaku,alsi yea Yuya's message is kinda stupid to me i mean i get the enjoy and have fun dueling thats the same message Jaiden send but when you are fighting demons,devils,evil that wants to destroy the world just saying to them hey lets smile and forget this is kinda stupid
Z-ARC's big battle being #6 is perfectly understandable. This whole duel was executed poorly, the last few turns of the duel were HORRIBLY rushed, and in the end, like you said, Dylan, he lost to the SAME EXACT CARDS he was supposed to beat this time. You want to talk anti-climatic? That ending is literally the apex of anti-climatic. The fact that 9 of the 11 people Zarc faced started at just 2000 LP (because of the stupid Intrusion Penalty) while he had 6000+ for most of the duel was really unfair, and worse, none of them did anything significant until Reiji started laying into him -- but even HE went down in 1 turn! Like, Sawatari actually had it right from the get-go, but even he didn't get to shine, which made this duel still worse. I think many people can sympathize with this.
Judai vs. Darkness at #5? Okay, sure. I can see why that would be the case. Like, aside from all the stuff Dylan mentioned, all you really needed to do was give Judai a Jinzo and the bulk of Darkness's control strategy would be gone forever. He'd have to bring out Darkness Neosphere to deal with it since his traps would be null and void...
Yugi vs. Bakura is actually a great test for the innocent little Yugi we've all come to know and love, and the fact that it literally came down to a Heart of the Cards moment with the final topdeck just made Gandora's appearance all the more awesome. (Side note: Kenichi Hara, the star animator for Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, also animated the episode in which Gandora appeared, and he did quite the good job of it.)
It was kinda tough seeing Yusei vs. Z-one at #3, especially since it didn't seem like any of Yusei's efforts in Synchro spamming were of use until he whipped out Shooting Quasar Dragon. Z-one literally nullified EVERYTHING Yusei did in the duel up until that point, but seeing Yusei strike back with his friends' dragons as one entity was quite satisfying, and well worth the wait. It also had a bit of a reference to Gurren Lagann (Anti-Spiral vs. a multiversal scale Giga Drill Breaker) behind it, which was cool.
Don Thousand at #2 is well justified. The fact that Mizael faced him first and didn't see him do shit, yet still got YEETed by his own cards, was a bit hilarious and also makes for one of the biggest WTF moments in Yu-Gi-Oh anime duel history. It wasn't until Yuma tried to summon Utopia on turn 2 of the big duel with D.T. that he and Nasch finally got some info as to how D.T. was able to just rewrite Mizael's card that would have forced a tie into something that made him commit suicide, and even then they STILL were not guaranteed to win. Why? Because from the moment Don Thousand started actually making use of his turns, he was breathing down the heroes' necks with the threat of lethal damage on EVERY TURN! That whole duel was a mighty fine way to solidify Don Thousand's power as an actual god.
Now, Ai vs. Playmaker as the Grand Battle (yes, I said GRAND BATTLE, because it's that damn good) of Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS was just amazing to see. Poor Ai did not deserve to go through any of the heartache and misery he experienced over losing his entire Ignis family at Bohman's final defeat. Every time he dueled up to that point, he let bits and pieces of that misery slip out here and there, but when it finally came time to face his former partner (who would never have survived up to that point if not for Ai's own help), he was finally free to let it all out. The fact that both Bohman _and_ Lightning got into his head didn't help things at all, and the moment he whipped out The Arrival Cyberse @Ignister was one of the most emotional summons ever. And the last turn... HOLY SHIT that brought me to tears, as did the ending. Being forced to kill a beloved partner just to save the world and bring an end to the story is a choice no one should ever have to make, and is also a straight-up reference to Elfen Lied (which had an inherently sad ending as well). Great pick for the #1 spot, Dylan.
The intrusion penalty wasn't necessary on ZARC fight. Like, why?
And why the hell is reiji's brother all of a sudden becomes I-dont-remeber-what and just wins?
Technically Zarc survived the Deus Ex Machina cards, but Yuya finished him off.
Of course Playmaker Ai No.1
Also i'm kinda annoyed that the one character who actually got to damage Zarc was Crow of all people. He already stole Akiza screentime in 5Ds and of other legacy and new characters in ArcV, i think that'd be enough!
Honestly, if they let the lancers deal damage to Zarc and then had him increasingly lose control of his body until the Yu-boys wrestle it back would've been better.
Because the actual final duel should've been Yuya vs Zarc at the very least, if not the four Yu-boys vs Zarc.
Come on, are you telling me that the MC doesn't get the actual final duel? Seriously??
Seeing Yusaku use all of the different non-effect Cyberse monsters that he got throughout the series was dope and it was always my favorite duel because of it
The Z ARC duel was just a yami marik 2.0 duel where the villain pulls a new effect out of thin air for plot convenience.
Big difference between them, though, is that Yami Marik nearly lost to Joey despite that shit, while Z-ARC was never in any danger until Ray showed up with the four "En-" cards at the end, and even then it still took Yuya fighting off Z-ARC from within and playing Smile Universe just so Z-ARC would lose...
6-Darkess vs Judaai; no payoff poorly constructed leadup to it
5-Zarc vs Lancers; not 6th just because the battleroyale mechanic
4-AI vs Playmaker; emotional payoff but, as you said in a previous video, there was no love for Vrains, so the aftereffects of it fall flaat to me.
3-Don Thoousand vs Yuma and Shark; honestly just because the sheer numpers (badabum tss) trown in this duel
2-Yami Bakura vs Yugi: Before DSOD this was one of the best character moments for little Yugi.
1-Z-One vs Yusei, although I do agree that Z-One is not tthe best boss (that title goes to AI), the duel is just broke from the beggining. Each time I seee it I find myself saying the chants and the attaks. Is perfectly executed IMHO
One thing about the zone fight that disappoints me, the final ed, future colors (one of my favorite yugioh endings ever) had a scene where Yusei and Aki were together looking up at a monster shrouded in light, and the silhouette looked like a card called Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon, which is the manga equivalent of Quasar, so that kinda made me hopeful zone would pull that out
imagine if that ending had actually been canon.... but in Z-ONE's timeline (in the case he had really been future Yusei). that that (Stardust Sifr Dvine Dragon) is the monster HE used to beat the Z-ONE in his version of the time loop. And that accroding to that other Z-ONE, that is how the duel played out over and over across many continous time loops.
while also having a flashback to his version of AKi and the rest of 5D's team.
So when Yusei summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon, it was at that moment where Z-ONE realized this Yusei finally broke the time loop and was truly changing fate
Problem is that Sifr Divine doesn't have the right kind of effects that would be required to take out Timelords given their destruction immunity...
ik the other protags arent in the arc v universe or whatever but i think z arc vs old protags would been goated ngl
All I wanted was for the timelords to have a lore..like how did Z-One obtain them. I wanted to see a backstory on the angels
1. A.i.
2. Z-ONE
3. Darkness
4. Don Thousand
5. Bakura.
6. Z-ARC
overall Yugioh's strength almost never relies on the final "boss" or "villian" imo.
It’s more about the main heroes journey and development then the big boss. Hopefully in sevens we can see two duel disk mechs fighting. That would blow my mind.
@Ute_Yuto and @Yugioh Everything *4me it's... and my reason(s) R*
1) Ai. Decode -- Talker vs Dark Knight, both Link 3 and 2300 ATK
2) Bakura -- Yugi's 1 Lucky Draw that turns the outcome of duel 2 his favor...
3) Don Thousand -- Rule Breaker on card(s), that Number 1000 and its Ci form also
4) Darkness -- 2 Defensive, bearly does anything. though I like that field card "Darkness"
5) Z-ONE -- Loses 2 cards like Skill Drain (Default) since 0AD monsters except Sandaion
6) Z-ARC -- Wasn't the real Z-ARC, Poor Leo Akaba loses B4 Z-ARC gets his turn...
With yusei vs zone, you have to remember the entire city was watching him save the world. The pressure of thousands of citizens watching him save their life from afar and watching everyone evacuate is what made it spectacular, still AI vs Playmaker #1
Yusei didn’t save the world at the time he saved only neo domino city, he saved the world though when he duel Godwin
Yuesi vs Zone was way too long and extremely boring. Also annoying
Imo Zone was probably the best villan just because we see a lot of build up on him and his reason to why he wanted to change the past leading to the future. With Aliasters 3 emperors all being the same person from different parallel times and become Aporia, Zone was a Master planer using Aporia as a scapegoat so he can get on with his plans to change the future he dreams.
Ai Vs Yusaku whas my favourite out of the boss Duels
Same here, although Don Thousand's boss duel was quite entertaining too 😉
@@cameraredeye3115 from that Duel I just love how much fun the makers had with the ATK points and the fact Yuma and Shark had to team up to beat Don Thousand
The summoning of Quasar was badass. Haven’t seen a greater summon of your ultimate boss monster than that in my opinion 👍
1. Ai: Most emotional battle. solid build up throughout the whole series.
2. Darkness: I freaking loved the darkness archetype and eventhough the character was rushed, the whole duel had by far the best atmosphere. Darkness is a god in that world and felt like THE ultimate threat.
3. Bakura: This duel is one of the few times, where yu-gi is kind of a badass (when he summons gandora). Bakuras deck was really interesting and I love Yami-Bakuras cruel character. Second best atmosphere
4. Zone: A nice duel, but I'm not that big of a fan of timelords and Illiaster always felt like a minor problem compared to the dark signers.
5. Don: Completely over the top. This duel is like bad fan fiction.
6. Zarc: Same problems the video already mentioned. And there is nothing worse for a final duel, when you can predict almost every move.
In my view:
0. Yuma vs Nash. (I understand why Don Thousand is seen as the final boss, being the mastermind behind the scenes, but Nash's parallel to Yuma was impressive and this is just one of the best duels of Zexal)
1. Yusei vs Z-ONE (This duel is just epic, with many twists and turns and a lot of meaning to it.)
2. Playmaker vs Ai (Another great duel between parallels, like Yuma and Nash. The monsters and effects are really cool, but some of the scripting annoys me)
3. Yuma and Nash vs Don Thousand (great 'invincible final boss' feel, extremely cool deck combinations, but Don 1000 doesn't feel like much of a character)
4. Zarc vs Lancers (Epic duel, bad ending, enough said)
5. Yugi vs Yami Bakura (Great character development, not really 'boss'-like. Mill is a bit annoying as a strategy)
6. Judai vs Darkness (Boooring, Darkness' deck is not very interesting.)
Yeah, Zarc versus Lancers was epic. It's the ending where it falls apart on.
That’s the only thing that was meh in my opinion but everything was ok at best and honestly there are other final boss duels(villains) that better in terms of execution.
Yuesi Zone really boring
My rankings on Final Bosses based on their cards:
*6. Nightshoroud/Darkness:* Not a fan of using gimmicky Traps that are vulnerable to destruction.
*5. Z-ONE:* Does rely on Traps to summon Timelords but the monsters make up by being versatile in effects.
*4. Yami Bakura:* He never plays the same strategy twice making him unpredictable.
*3. Ai:* Pretty balanced in terms of Final Bosses. How trivial @Ignisters are in having Onomatopoeia names much like Yuma's cards.
*2. Z-Arc:* The Destroyer of Worlds, Master of all Summons. He's Kamen Rider Decade of Yugioh.
*1. Don Thousand:* Does your Duel Disk accept cheat cartridges?
I like how unique your rankings are compared to most others I'm seeing xD
Z-arc : i master fusion, synchro, xyz and pendulum summons! nothing can stop me!
Me : Ritual summon
Z-arc : *surprised pikachu face*
A.I. used all summoning method in the anime except Pendulum.
1. VS Ai. Really emotional, Ai had a great reason to do what he needed to do, and even though we didn't get our boi original Firewall Dragon, the duel was exciting. I want to re-watch Vrains just to be invested on the series overall.
2. VS Z-One. Yes, I was one of the people who would have preferred Yusei being Z-One, but watching this again, changed my perspective. I also like this idea of someone else becoming one of the heroic known symbols of the world and still failed to do so. This failure did trigger Z-One to desperately do as much as he can, along with 3 others, to save the world one way or another. I've grown to accept this idea, as I see both ideas valid of what 5D's wanted to conclude on. This was my first, until I saw Vrains's ending.
3. VS Bakura. The back and forth scenes between Yugi's duel and the pharaoh's battle against Zorc didn't distract me, as they're both combating against the same enemy. It's also satisfying to see Yugi complete this duel since being mostly at the side.
4. VS Don Thousand. Sure, it is ridiculous to see this foe in a ridiculous series with ridiculous rules, that I'm not even sure if there are any more ways to make it ridiculous. Activating Traps from Deck? Zexal? Completely restructuring your Main Deck?
5. VS Darkness. Pretty much a final villain that could have been built up better. At least the reason what would have happened if all 12 levels of different monsters were fused.
6. VS Zarc. I would have liked to see original Zarc, and then slowly mutate into this demon guy. I also, as you suggested, would have liked if all opposers of Zarc use each other's cards to strengthen their comradery. I wish Arc-V didn't trip so much in the 2nd half.
Well, there's this thoughts of mine.
Last duel from Studio Gallop was a great way to say goodbye
@Lup sucks 2 hear V-RAINS not getting it's own manga aside from the spin-off version...
@@Inn1 Yeah, it would have been really cool to see the direction they would've taken.
At least the SEVENS manga looks interesting with Rook as protagonist
@@Za_Lup yep.
My ranks
6 zarc vs Lancers (if we exclude the akabas sawatari was the best part of that duel he almost beated zarc)
5 jaden vs darkness
4 Yusei vs zone
3 bakura vs yugi (this is higher than Yusei vs zone because of nostalgia reasons and because I like Yami bakura more as a villan)
2 Don thousand vs yuma and shark ( I am actually surprised that this is my second favorite final villan duel I really liked Don thousand more than I thought I will the duel was great to and the best part is when the ghost of Kaito returns to help shark and Yuma)
And number 1 is playmaker vs the legend himself AI
I understand what they were doing with Zarc but it felt like things got rushed and just fell through. Like when you think about it, Zarc himself has a lot of neat references to GX that really could have been expanded more. He was someone people really liked who went bad, his main archtype is "Supreme King" and he turns into a human dragon monster. He is basically an amalgamation of Judai and Yubel, but they never went anywhere with it. So what would have been neat for his battle is if after fusing his parts he basically turns into the Supreme King but with Yuya wearing the armor with yellow eyes. He would start calm and dark and one by one OTK each person with his individual dragons. Finally when Reiji comes in, he actually is able to fight back which angers Zarc so he then using Super Polymerization to fuse his dragons and himself which corrupts him and turns him into the dragon form. Finally once Ray joins, she begins playing a bunch of cards that have seeming no purpose and just stalling. After a couple turns, her cards suddenly start going off and she adds En Flowers from the graveyard and plays it. Zarc negates and destroys it again but Ray does the combo again and adds it again. Zarc finally realized she has him trapped because she created an infinite loop of effects that lets her bring them back as many times as she wants. Zarc burns away all his cards and all his life points trying to negate them over and over again but in the end En Flowers goes off and ends the duel. In the end, she would make a comment about how if he had simply accepted defeat for once he might have survived the En cards but in trying to fight back, he destroyed himself and lost everything.
Well darkness at least says that he will comeback..any other villain dies or give up but darkness says that was just 1 duel
1. Judai vs Darkness
2. Yuma vs Don Thousand
3. Yusaku vs Ai
4. Yusei vs Z-One
5. Yugi vs Yami Bakura
6. Zarc vs Lancers
@@milesstorzillo1039 o wow, huge brainfart
My only complaint is that I don't even consider Bakura v Yugi to be a final boss duel. Maybe it was just me, but Atem and Yugi seemed destined to duel each other once Atem was established as a separate character and not a split personality. Thematically, Atem being Yugi's final boss is perfect. Yugi has to overcome his dependency on Atem, who is the King of Games, has all three Egyptian Gods, and can draw whatever card he needs from his deck at will.
Can you do "How Yugioh arc v Should've ended"
idc about the other duels , i'm just here to see ai vs playermaker nail the first place and i wasn't disappointed.
Yeah what I liked about Zexal is how they like their numbers very high (literally), especially in the Barian Arc. I’ve never seen any duel more intense (ofc this is just my opinion)
I'm one of those who genuinely likes the Z-ARC duel. It wasn't perfect like most, Z-ARC's characterisation could be better developed, the bracelet girls could've had some action, a bit predictable, Leo could've done so much more but it had great moments; Shingo nearly beating Z-ARC, Noh Gil Boh's animation of EP 138, Reiji naturally, music, summoning of Supreme King Dragon Z-ARC, showed lots of action between users of each summon methods, Ray got some decent action at the end with the En cards and the final moments with Yuya and Z-ARC was good etc. Moments like that is what makes it fun to watch.
Anyone agree with me to a degree?
bladersmosh I hated the en card thing. zarc created pendulum to counter the en cards, to counter ray but in the end he lost to the same four cards while reira didn‘t even play a special combo to outwit zarc.
To a degree but I felt mostly disappointed and let down given how it all began.
me
Shingo trying to oust Z-ARC was actually the best part of the duel IMO. The rest, aside from Reiji laying into Z-ARC a few turns later, was really a convoluted mess of bullshit that ended up being rushed at the end.
Plus, literally EVERYONE aside from Edo and Sora got nerfed heavily by the goddamn Intrusion Penalty while Z-ARC had 6000+ LP for most of the duel, that in addition to Z-ARC's arsenal of bullshit summons and effects.
That and Z-ARC even said he created Pendulum to get revenge on Ray and her "En-" cards that kicked his ass once. Well guess what? He lost to those exact same cards, AGAIN. And as for Ray "getting some action", well guess what? She didn't even get her original body back, which was stupid. That and it took SMILES, RUSHED WRITING, and PLOT ARMOR OUT THE ASS to beat Zarc.
Sorry bud, but to say this duel was "not perfect" is the understatement to end all understatements.
Okay, I understand your frustration and I respect your opinions like any person and maybe I was being to generous but I'm saying it's not as bad as lots say. As I said, it had lots of fun if not amazing moments and tried to do something different compared to previous boss battles.
So sorry if my opinions of this duel and why I try to defend it annoyed you but that's just the way it is. I'm not a negative person, I'm just optimistic. It could've been better admittedly but it's not the worst thing the series did. Just try not to get angry at one comment trying to highlight the standout moments of a duel that at best received mixed reactions from fans. Also, sry if I might've accidentally offended you in the process.
I agree with you playmaker vs ai being the best one i freaking love that duel
If I could change one of these, it would be Zarc. I would extend each duel by another episode or two, and as each individual enters, they start remembering their alternate self, and later, when they're about to lose, they find cards they didn't have in their decks before. Those cards being ones from their other self like Kite drawing Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and the spirit of Mizael giving him Tachyon Dragon, then the duelist evolve even further, combining their power into something even larger, like Kite summoning a Rank 12 or higher monster using all three Neo Galaxy-Eyes Dragons, or Jack summoning Red Super Nova Dragon or another powerful dragon monster. I would still have Zarc defeat each one to show just how powerful he is, but he would have to work harder to do it, rather than OTKing everyone. To defeat him, those four cards wouldn't beat him, they would summon doors. Through those doors would be the previous protagonists, and they would put everything they had into defeating Zarc. As they fought, other characters from each Era that weren't in Arc-V would appear for a turn, assist however they could, and die to Zarc. The four protagonists would duel Zarc until they were on the edge of defeat, but as Zarc laughed at their efforts having gone to waist, he would reach for a card only to discover none left in his deck.
Zarc gets angry, but before he destroys anything, he freezes. In his soul, the four that he split into have challenged him. As the duel goes on, the four use each other's dragons to summon more powerful versions of their own, and in the end, Yuya defeats Zarc and regains control of his body.
This would probably have to be another season entirely, but I think it would have been awesome.
Oh my god, I've read this kind of things too many times ever since arc-v ended
Why do people thing that bringing four characters that have NOT been stablished in the story (the previous protagonists) to beat the villain is a good ending?
It would be a cheap nostalgia rush and nothing more!
Nostalgia rushes are cool and all, but no thanks; I would like to instead not change anything about the Duel itself, but rather look inside. Remember how in the arc after ZARC, its shown there is good in him yet? (Or in the dubbed version, that he didnt want Ray to perform the first Dimension Split?) I want there to be an inner Duel; Z-ARC VS Yuya, or the Yu-Boys VS Z-ARC, or it could even be Z-ARC and the Yu-boys VS Yuya. Regardless of which, one thing remains consistent: Z-Arc would have his Original Dimension appearance, Deck and temperament, whatever it may have been; Same goes for Yuya, he'd have his Performapals, his Magician duo as well. Though not his Odd-Eyes; Z-Arc possesses that card now. No Pendulum cards. At the end, of course Yuya actually wins, giving Ray the chance to use her Natural Energy cards.
Z-Arc talks on his own, although his actions are no longer his to make; His body gained a mind of its own, yearning for brutal Duels.
The Yu-boys, if they appear, are still Awakened.
And im starting to run out of ideas-
Thoughts and opinions, if i may ask?
AI was just very understandable I think for why he would be a villain. We saw all the loss he had to endure, and we were with him the whole series to bond with him. And of course, the way he went was so sad 😭
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1. Ai
The thing I love about Zarc is his dub voice. It is so stupid but I love specifically for one interaction
Professor: Zarc!
Zarc: WHAT?
It made me laugh so much harder than it rightfully should have
Zarc was such a fun villian to watch beat all the duelists we have seen to a pulp one after another i just wish the ending wasnt just Dues ex machina
immagine if during the Zarc duel after the professor got taken out Kaiba just shown up while decklan takes him down
3:39 In English is called Jaden Yuki vs Night-Shroud
I wish Atem VS Zorc counted. I don't like how KA duels and card duels are separated into their own boxes as if the KA duels didn't inspire Pegasus to create Duel Monsters.
Yusei VS Z-One is my favorite by far.
It's was very boring
based
I literally can’t stop watching the final season of 5ds and the Zone fight is epic
Same
I feel what makes vrains fuel work but not arc-v was the connection between the characters are almost polar opposites. The lancers outside of one mention of yuto are about yuya and no one else which really sucks for the weight we’re supposed to have seeing the other dragons but with playmaker and Ai we’ve seen their relationship throughout the whole series which is what makes the link six and access code talker so meaningful. You feel how close their bond has come while in arc-v it’s bogged down by being all about yuya(kind of symbolic of the second half of the show as a whole of you think about it). Still got nostalgia vibes for Yugi vs bakura, gives me chills every time.
Yuya just dragged the rest of the cast down and it shows just how much it hurt the rest of the show
So glad you gave the final VRAINS duel the #1 spot. Playmaker and Ai were by far the best duelists in the entire series-so much so that a 2v2 between Yugi/Kaiba and Playmaker/Ai would result in the latter two winning.
Shout out to Roboppi. He was an absolute menace. I’d rank him at #3. Revolver and Lightning were really strong duelists, but I legit think Roboppi would’ve mopped the floor with them considering how he almost won against Soulburner.
My favorite boss duel is Don thousand because Yuma is friends shark and Kite is side defeat strong monster.
Idea for next list:
Top Final Duel of each series.
Yugi vs Atem
Judai vs Yugi
Yusei vs Jack
Yuma vs Astral
Yuya vs Everyone
Yusaku vs...oh wow we never even got a final duel with Revolver after Yusaku's duel with A.I
Personal list
1.Yusei vs Z-One
2.Yuma vs Don Thousand
3.Judai vs Darkness
4.Yugi vs Bakura
5.Z-arc vs everyone
6.Yusaku vs A.I
Here's one do top 10 duels that weren't in the anime but could exist if every series did 1 massive crossover eg Revolver Vs Zane
Spectre Vs Akiza
Yusei Vs Playmaker
Soulburner Vs Jesse
Bruh specter vs aki would be fire
Crow vs Soulburner feels more suitable
@@thatman666 no dont you dare say crow and soulburners name in the same sentence
@@ooofthedegenerate Soulburner is Crow done right as a character. (There, I said it.)
@@thatman666 thank you your sin has been corrected
If I were to rank them, I would rank them as final bosses.
6. Vs Nightmare- By far the must underwhelming final boss fight in all yugioh, even God Neos summon was generic.
5. Vs Yami Bakura - Similar to nightmare, although this duel we got little Yugi in the spotlight. Because of Yugi lack of duel screen, Bakura duel actually felt like final boss and tough opponent to Yugi considering Bakura true identity and how it was always Yami Yugi who dealt with each season bosses.
4. Vs AI - AI never felt like a threat specially how in episodes before he seems to be teasing Yusaku. Being an AI and known the best the strongest one, is easier to think that AI already knew the duel outcome and he also knew Playmakers card and combo very well. Felt almost impossible for Yusaku to win.
3. Vs Don Thousand - Broken duel with broken effect which both abuses with their shiny draw. Compared to other duel you didn’t felt that level of threat as our Protagonist can also pull these deux machina as well. What makes me a better final bosses was the constant back and forth with their broken effect.
2. Vs Zarc - Truly The Final Boss. Almost felt like a tag team raid battle to take down an big foe. This imo was one of the best final bosses and Zarc was truly undefeated, even Ray failed to OHK him which who know what Zarc would have in store thanks to Pendulum. If it wasn’t for Yuya, Zarc wouldn’t be defeated.
1. Z-One - 1v1 duel with broken effect. Similar to Don Thousand, however here Yusei cannot take advantage of such mechanic from Zexal. Almost felt as Z-one always had Yusei, even Yusei final boss monster Quasar Dragon wasn’t his key card to finish off Z-one it was his big play to turn the duel around his favor and the duel still continue which unlike other Series such monster would be the one to end it.
Playmaker vs Ai really is the best final boss duel.
Z-one has received a fair bit of appreciation as a Final Boss due to the next two following ones (the much-disliked Don Thousand and the controversial Zarc) being seen as a step down (and the previous one, Nightshroud/Darkness being regarded as a heavy case of an Anti-Climax final Boss). His Timelord deck also plays significantly into this, as the deck is playable in real life both physically and competitively
That Zarc duel should have ended with Zarc vs the Yu boys
For me it's
1st Place Ai
2nd Place Zone
3rd Place Bakura
4th Don Thousand
Tied for 5th place
Zarc and Nightmare(I feel bad putting gx here because I actually liked the emotional side of things and how Darkness was effecting everyone unfortunately I didn't really think his dueling skills were anything to really worry about. Also seeing what Z-arc was actually capable of was a fun even though the opponents he faced was also kinda a boring playstyle to watch or at least in those duels against Z-arc which I felt the same towards Darkness unfortunately maybe if Darkness actually won and had to be rematched or something or make it seem and feel like he was actually I would change my opinion about)
I'm pretty happy with the points you made. I'm a huge Yugioh anime fan but I'll admit I have never watched Vrains so I'll leave it out of my ranking. My list would be:
5. ZARC v Everyone - Yes it was cool in concept but like you said the execution was poor with all these knwn characters getting wiped. (ZARC should have gotten his own form and it should have been Yuya teaming with Yugi, Jaden, Yusei, and Yuma lol)
4. Yugi v Yami Bakura - I was never a big fan of Bakura being the final villain of the show. Even though we see him throughout I never saw him as a big deal until they just made him one. I feel Dartz was the best villain duel.
3. Yusei v Z-ONE - Again not a huge fan of the villain, I was dissapointed he wasn't future Yusei. His concept was cool but honestly I thought the best duel fo that last arc was Aporia v Leo, Luna & Jack. But the best villain duel would go to Yusei v Roman. I think Roman was cool with his Destiny talk.
2. Jaden v Darkness - I do believe it was too short but regardless I felt Darkness as an actual scary villain. He does wipe out the entire school and it's down to Jaden alone to face him. Yubel and the Supreme King had better build ups but I enjoy the spooky duel.
1. Don Thousand v Yuma and Shark (with Kite) - Call me crazy but this might actually be my all-time favorite duel form any Yu-Gi-Oh show. Don thousand is a villain throughout, he's personality and look is designed well and his deck is awesome. Numeronia has 10,000 ATK and DEF points, after an attack it destroys all other monsters, and for an overlay unit it pulls those monsters on the user's side. It may be a little over the top but it had the greatest stakes not one but 3 worlds at risk plus you had the 3 main characters combining their monsters rather than just yuma getting the win. It was epic.
And to top it off, Ai was created based on Yusaku himself. So, it's not just Yusaku having to kill his best friend, his companion, but also, a "part of himself"
Honestly if instead of the gauntlet duel you have ray free yuya and then she loses and have yuya duel zarc I feel that would make it more amazing Dillon I say watch yuya vs zarc swing eternal pedulum and give us a reaction of that to see what should of happened
Or All the yu boys vs Zarc, it would’ve been similar to the gauntlet duel and it could’ve given Yuri a redemption scene which he needed
@@blazerunnereo8647 that would have been amazing Yu boys vs Zarc
WHO BOY... this was interesting and a lot of fun.
In my opinion I loved these duels. All of them was fun, however if you start to ranking these duels, you find out really fast that there are a big canyon between them. A big gap that can show how different these duels are.
6: Zarc vs. The Lancers: Everything you said about this duel is the same that I can say about it. In my opinion it would be much better if they would did this: In the outside world there is the duel we all know and in the inside of Zarc we can see a duel between Zarc and Yuya to who control the body.
5: Bakura vs Yugi: Nothing to say here... The same you said.
4: Yuma & Shark vs Thousand: It was intense. As you said the numbers were hit the ceiling and even beyond It was THE BOSS DUEL. The only thing that I had to place this at number four is because... well... Im not the fan of Zexal and the final Shark vs Yuma was Better (Anyway why do I hear Zexal opening blasting outside of my door?)
3: Judai vs Darkness: Incredeble scenes like the Divine Neos and Neos Wiseman summonings, The manifestations of the agony of Judai's friends also Darkness's deck is one, if not the most interesting deck I have ever seen I don't know why but I really like this duel. But I have to agree with you that the build up of the character was really rushed.
2: Zone vs Yusei: It was incredeble. The whole symbol with the bonds was incredeble. The summoning of Quasar is still gives me shivers. However im also not the fan of Zone. In my opinion it would be better if Zone were the real Yusei from the future. 5ds is my childhood along side with Soul Eater but the Duel between Yusei and Jack is much better.
1: Ai vs Yusaku: I can totally agree with everything you said about it. I just want to say another thing. The main reason why is this duel is so heart breaking is because this was the first Boss duel were the two duelist know each other for a long-long time. It's wasn't like a Judai vs Darkness where they dueled because "You are a bad guy and I must win" It was a friend vs friend duel which is much more emotionful than a duel between a school kid and the God of Death. Also Ai wasn't like his old self. If you see someone die, who was really close to you, can change your whole persona. The fully comedy based character, who supported everything is nearly gone and he become a faded vessel of his former self. And that is why I LOVE this duel.
Great video as always, but sorry I have some milk in the fridge to drink. Keep up the good work from Hungary!
Oh yes and Zexal world is coming to duel links :)
I can't rank them because honestly I can't remember all the boss duels that well but I'll give my thoughts based on what I can remember.
Yami vs Bakura: I remember liking this one a lot because we finally got to see Yugi partake in a serious duel without Atem. I also really remember liking silent magician and silent swordsman although I do feel like the actual boss duel for this series is Yami vs Zorc in the Egyptian World. (I guess that wouldn't really be considered a duel)
Jaden vs Darkness: This one was really forgettable. I seriously don't remember this duel at all.
Yusei vs Z-One: I just remember thinking about how overpowered Z-One's cards were. Then I just spent some time thinking about how Lotten could OTK Z-One instantly. I actually like how Z-One was just some random guy from the future though. It's just really funny and interesting that the final villain of 5Ds was just some guy in the future. We don't know his name or anything else about his identity.
Yuma and Shark vs Don Thousand: I remember liking this one a lot cause the show made me hate Don Thousan because of what he did to the Barian Emperors. Seeing him getting beat was very satisfying.
Zarc vs 10 people: Again I just kept thinking about how overpowered Zarc was. I thought villains in the past were OP but this guy was insane. (But then again Lotten may have been able to OTK this guy so...) I didn't really like the duel though because of what you said (missed opportunities with setting cards for others and predictability) Most duels are predicatble but I feel like they couldve done a lot more with this setup of 10 duelists vs Zarc.
Yusaku vs AI: This one was pretty good. The dueling action wasn't outstanding or anything but the end was very emotional. AI initially started out as a character many people hated and then by the end everyone was crying over him
Finally see Yugi partake in a serious duel with Atem? Yugi dueled Imori in Dragon Cards and lost his soul. It was a serious duel. Yugi dueled Otogi in DDD to get the puzzle back, but it was changed in the anime to Yami Yugi vs Otogi and Keith was brought back to take the puzzle.
@@rob19ny I only watched the anime
@@DerpyHiro Now I've given you a reason to read the true story of Yugioh. Enjoy.
I always enjoyed the Don Thousand duel as The way they throw of the attack to 204000 attack and someone coming back from the dead
And yes I do like Kaito (Kite in the dub)
Ai is so handsome
Ai was cool but super rushed in seeing the king and jack not do much. Would have been cool to get more.
Bakura and his whole thing was great to see an enemy grow as the main does throughout but lots of plot device to keep him going.
Zarc was cool if we got him a better ending. Him blasting all the heroes over and over again was amazing but ending ruined it.
I don't know much for zexal on t 1000 bur design is nice.
Zone I actually liked more getting older being a fan who wanted to bring happiness to the world like yusie did but fail as he is a fake and even losing his friends was so heartbreaking. If put in any other story him and his group would be viable good guys trying to save thier world by changing the issues that happened. Ending was fine saving yusie and seeing his friends again as his life faded.
My favourite : Z-One vs Yusei most epic with D-Wheel and winds.
My least favourite : Zarc or the Cheatest thing than Don Thousand. And the worst is CROW IS BACK ! The only.
And yes I kinda prefer Don Thousand vs Nash and Yuma.
Z-arc was a shot that could've worked, but everyone in the duel pushed to get this "Yuya come back" without acknowledging the other Yu-Boys besides Shay and Yuto. I'd of loved to hear Jack try to reach Yugo, and Aster/Sora try speaking to Yuri in their own ways to give Zarc a further meaning besides "haha gargoyle Yuya me angy"
Ok, show of hands for those who expected Zarc duel to be at the bottom of the barrel for this list.
1,2,3,4,5- All of you. Good. Srsly, was anyone expecting it to be anything other than this disappointing cluster f@$&?
Here are my thoughts on this topic:
Zarc vs the Lancers: The most FAILED Boss duel out there, in my opinion. There was barely any build-up to it, as it wasn't til the Fusion dimension that we learned his name and why he's so important. Plus they just used Yuya's looks with some dragon features, instead of the real Zarc for it. Then his deck was just a few cards that were made OP for the sake of the plot, just retooling the main four dragons and calling it a day. I agree with how the duelists should have used the graveyard more and that some of the duels were just one turn finishers. But yeah, this duel just sucks and belongs at the bottom.
Judai vs Darkness & Don Thousand vs Yuma/Shark: I can't really say much about these duels as I haven't watch them respectfully.
Yugi vs Bakura: I full on agree with you on this one.
Z-One vs Yusei: I don't have as much as to say about this duel as I really liked it.
Playmaker vs Ai: While it had a somewhat predictable outcome, this was one of the few duels from Vrains that I can say that I really liked.
Zarc is probably my most "Pls Skip" bosses.
Like jeez, they spent like 10 episodes with this boss and each time its like "You can't do this" or "Reverse card oh and I heal 1k life points" like you get bored after the 5th battle
@@jamesbond3w not to mention once reira joined in you get to see that had she joined the duel much earlyer heck if she was his first opponent he would have lost like nothing
@TheTrainDude48 + He wasn't even the actual Z-ARC; it was more like Yami Marric.
If zone actualy was future yusei he would be the best vilain of all time, the copout was cheap AF
Man, the Zarc duel is definitely one of the worst if not the worst villains duels in the Yugioh history. I hate how everyone was losing so easily and then Reira/Rey comes and defeats Zarc with the same technique as the last time.
I see Z-Arc as a Raid boss wiping out low leveled players over and over.
Hey Dylan, do u think Nightshroud (GX Season 4), Aporia, Paradox, Antinomy, and Zone will be unlockable characters in Duel Links one day? If u ask me they deserve to be unlockable characters!
Antinomy is already in
@@fudouakio4759 as a NPC not a playable character.
Zarc will always be the biggest missed opportunity for me. I genuinely loved the concept behind what they were trying to do with Zarc (driven insane by the ever-demanding crowd as a metaphor for the cycle of bullying), but the execution is just... ugh, its just painful. The writing for Arc-V plummeted off a cliff after the Synchro Dimension (and even there was struggling in a few spots there). That said, that show over-scoped hard, and not only would Synchro and Xyz dimensions need to be re-paced (Synchro being faster and shorter, Xyz being a bit longer and having Yuya lose to Aster once is needed), but the post Zarc arc needed a tiny bit more time to flesh out Zarc's regret and the Dragons' fear. I could do a whole write-up on what I would change while keeping the basic plot points the same, and this duel is certainly one of them. Zarc needed to take several major hits from the protagonists, compounding from each duel previously, even if he found a way to get back up and get the obnoxious defense he has in the end.
Sigh... is it obvious how much I wanted to love Arc-V and Zarc as a character?
Great video 👍 I haven't seen Vrains Yet, that's why I may preffer Don Thousand
This was a surprising list for me because, aside from #1 and #2, I would have ranked them in the same order. I think the fact that Yuma had Shark as a partner for that final duel made the choreography much more exciting, but I do agree having such a lovable opponent as Ai nade it more personal and heartbreaking.
I am partial to Zexal's final duel, but Vrains' does make me want to place it in first place.
Thank you for another video, Dylan.
Greetings from Mexico.
in yugioh DM series. the decks each opponent uses in Duelist Kingdom Arc are like dungeons while the main characters decks are like a RPG party. and when the party manage to get the upper hand, then they fight the boss that is used by the opponent. its a little imagination i have thought of
Man VRAINS was sooo good.. they cut it short for yugioh sevens🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Great duel. My list is
6. Little Yugi vs Yami Bakura. The duel was meh compared to these other ones, this was the duel that gave little Yugi development, and it happened way too late for me, this duel was fine, I don't hate it, but it's far from my favourite
5. Zone vs Yusei. Did not care for this one either, I think the duel was cool, but I felt no emotion behind it. I knew Yusei was going to win from the start, and while I liked the final couple of plays, this duel is too overrated for me to enjoy it.
4. Don thousand vs Yuma and Nash. I liked this duel a lot, the action was pretty good and the numbers made my draw job, but take away the coolness from it, for me, just like the last 2, this duel was just good.
3. Zarc vs the Lancers. I loved this duel for it's OPness aspect than the last 3, Zarc is one of my favourite villains because of his concept, his deck and his opness. Heck the dub version made me laugh at his voice, but I of course watched the sub first. I think Zarc is the strongest character in the franchise and also the duel's concept is awesome as well
2. The next 2 are the only ones that affected my emotionally and this one is Jaden vs Darkness. I'm not gonna deny I'm gx bias but this duel was amazing. There was no stupidly overpowered cards from Darkness, Jaden received barely any help. There was no cards given to him, no one working alongside him, he was alone besides for Yubel, and even during the duel Yubel said he was on his own when he left. Jaden was the only one left and he stood up, took down Darkness and left his mark as one of the greatest duelists and heroes in yugioh history.
1. Ai vs Yusaku, literally all the reasons you listed. Ai is my favourite villain and I love his deck. This duel really tugged at my heart strings
1. A.I.
2. Don Thousand
3. ZONE
4. Bakura
5. ZARC
6. Darkness
I agree A.I. VS. Playmaker was totally the best Final Boss/Ceremonial Duel. We've gotten thus far. I still remember watching it in the library at my college LOL.
We in the US haven't seen most of these dules
Zarc has the best final battle
Second is Yusei vs Zone
Zone is an amazing character and a perfect final boss, but I didn’t like how he duel very much. The duel is all about the MC.
So I never saw the Don Thousand Duel, cause I'm still only like 30 episodes into Zexal (Kinda stopped because Crunchyroll only has the dub, and the first Gimmick Puppet Duel just looked so cut up that I wasn't interested in watching anymore)
5) Nightshroud/Darkness. I never cared much for Nightshroud as a character, and while he didn't come from nowhere, he never felt important. I honestly think if it were just Trueman, I might have liked it more. The Duel itself is fine, has some cool moments like Wiseman, but then Divine Neos just wasn't as interesting as a concept. Also, because Neos Wiseman wasn't the final payoff, it then makes it feel really weird that they didn't have Yubel actually communicating with Jaden, or have him use the card.
4)Z-arc. I don't feel like he comes too far out of nowhere to not be an enjoyable character, since his presence has been felt throughout with the First Pendulum to any Awakening, to even just Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri's character. I like seeing so many characters coming in to help save the day, but I wish they had better benefits to give to new characters instead of just their monsters being in the Graveyard for the En cards to work in the end. But I thought the progression was better for how the duel was structured, with how Sora and Phoenix lose just as Z-arc is summoned, Kite and Kurosaki lose because they didn't realize that Action Cards couldn't help them, Gongenzaka and Jack are able to cause actual LP damage to Z-arc, then Crow and Sawatari have an actual win moment stopped just short, and then Reiji is able to fight him consistently. Leo being beaten immediately is great, but I do think they could have done more with Layra and Ray's connection beforehand and had them do more than just Leo's plan but it works.
3) Yami Bakura. So the manga gave me more of an appreciation for this duel if only because it characterizes Bakura better than the original anime, especially his intro. I really liked sing Yugi with his own deck, and the Silent Cards are a great Archetype for him and what the series has been doing with him throughout. Bakura's lock combo was really interesting, even if very not possible in the actual card game. And then Yugi's use of Gandora as such a huge detachment to his and Atem's decks that it made his growth really nice to see. The points out of its favor is that Yami Bakura and Yugi don't really have much of an actual rivalry or dynamic, so while satisfying, not as invested in them together. Even in the Manga, they have like 2 real interactions.
2) Honestly, these two have flipped probably like 3 times while writing the rest of this comment. But Ai. It has a great setup, a lot of classic cards coming in from throughout Vrains between the two's setup. Sadly no OG Firewall Dragon, which is upsetting, but I digress. I did like Playmaker coming in with Borreload Furious Dragon to play with Ai's expectations and then using it to remove Judgement Arrows was a nice tie into to Revolver vs Lightning. And the final move being just Decode Talker vs Dark Templar makes it a very sobering final turn among all the high link monsters, and over 10000 attack point Arrival. And it being Ai's own "overconfidence" to end it that turn with Tai Strike that lets Playmaker win, and him saying "I thought this might happen, but had to check. Even this result is nice."
1) Z-one. I honestly never cared for the "Z-one is future Yusei" idea and honestly, I think "Z-one removing his individuality for the sake of the future and that still failing" just makes his character way more tragic. Yusei is a good enough character that seeing his future self pessimistic just doesn't make it interesting to me. Also, I think it's a bit splitting hairs with people's perspective of how Yusei was in the future a couple hundred years after his original timeline. The three options were, timetravel to pluck him out of the past, necromancy, or what they did with someone having their personality overwritten as Yusei's. And it's not like Z-one not being the physical Yusei really detracted that much from his role in the future, cause he was still able to achieve Clear Mine, and presumably Top Clear Mind. And I just really liked how the Timelords played, with resetting the battlefield constantly, but Yusei still holding on because of the bonds with his friends. Still think the misplay at the beginning where he didn't use Black-winged Dragon to stop Lazion's effect was weird, since it felt like that would have made Aporia's duel mean more, like Yusei is learning the actual counters to the Timelords, but eh, it didn't matter much. The introduction of Shooting Quasar Dragon was great, and then, as a polar opposite to Z-one's summoning of even stronger cards, Yusei went backwards to Shooting Star Dragon, then the original Stardust Dragon to finish the duel. Also, this one's environment for the Turbo Duel in the Sky with ArK Cradle and Neo Domino City as the backdrop was so well done. I know the 3D effects maybe weren't the best, but I loved them. I also just really like the announcer, so having him commentating this final duel was nice.
Yusei vs Z-One é incrível...!!!
Z-One ao contrário dos outros vilões, era um cara aleatório do futuro, que buscou em Yusei à esperança de mudar esse futuro, não apenas copiando seu poder, mas sua aparência, para aqueles que o olhassem, veria o mesmo herói anos atrás trazendo esperança para todos, Clear Mind podia controlar a energia do momentum e foi isso que ele fez em umas das cenas, o erro do Z-one foi achar que um herói sozinho poderia mudar o futuro e ele falhou, no momento que ele sobrevive a explosão seu capacete é danificado, ou seja, a personalidade do Yusei e a sua própria se uniram e por isso ele surtou, perdendo a esperança. Mas é no duelo contra Yusei que ele entende que o futuro só pode melhorar graças a todos e não um herói apenas.
O vilão que é o próprio herói no futuro é legal, mas já existe bastante, agora um que sacrificou seu próprio corpo para ser um, é original 🤔
Haven't seen Yugi vs Bakura because I don't think it's been subbed, it might be now.
Haven't seen the Don Thousand duel because same kinda reason, but it looks like the kinda dumb shit I love.
Judai vs Darkness was alright, I liked Darkness's design, and I enjoyed seeing Neos Wiseman and Divine Neos, but it was also kinda lacking.
Zarc vs the Lancers was super dumb but I also like Zarc, the ending thoughwas just... well you know my feelings on Arc-V, my personal wish is that it was the 4 bracelet girls vs Zarc and they beat him for like obvious reasons l.
I really like the Zone duel, it looked super dumb happening in the sky I loved that, it was one of the aesthetics I like with the night time city back drop, it had some tension, I HECKIN LOVED SHOOTING QUASAR DRAGON AND THE FINAL ATTACK SEQUENCE, and they used the music used when Lua became a signer I loved that, also a tome traveller using a time lord deck? That's just one big Doctor who reference.
Ah Yusaku vs Ai... remembering it made me cry
That giant rat at the start lol but great video!
Wish there were more chances to give Arc V positive lite. Why not try lists for top 10 disappointments/missed opportunities/unanswered questions of DM, GX, 5DS and Zexal. Even the best YGO shows have their disappointments. Arc V and Vrains aren't the black sheep of the franchise. I love all of them despite their flaws. Hopefully I'm not alone on this.
the duelists in the zarc duels being able to use previous players' existing cards and grave effects would've been so amazing ngl. we could've had d heroes being used to sync and dead synchros being revived for huge dick xyz summons, and grave effects galore
AI vs playmaker.
card games on motorcycles
Noti gang
Z-One vs Yusei is one of the best (if not the best) duel in the entire Yugioh franchise. Bcs it made you constantly be on the edge of the seats where Yusei was struggling during each turn just to stay alive and barely defeated Z-one and his Time Emperors and it def felt like THE FINAL duel and it had soo much on the line. The whole world and the future basically. And then Yusei unites all of the synchro dragons and the bonds of his friends into Shooting Quasar dragon which represented the hope and bonds of all of his friends.
It was predictable.
@@arrownoir
No shit.
As if Any other duel wasn't predictable
Judai: Needed Yubel to defeat the villain
Yusei: Needed delta accel to defeat the villain
Yuma: Needed numeron code to defeat the villain
Yuya: Didn't even defeat the villain
Yusaku: Needed the villain to activate the card to defeat him.
Yugi: Beats the villain with pure freaking skill
Yuya: was the villian
Yuma didn’t need to the numeron code to defeat Don