The PUZZLING World of Yu-Gi-Oh! (Part 2)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Yu-Gi-Oh has turned into a massive franchise that all started with small and very different beginnings. Today we start continue our journey of looking back at the original series of Yu-Gi-Oh, from the weird origins in the Manga and Season 0 to the main anime and movies featuring the original cast of characters.
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Written By: Jordan Fringe
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Thanks so much for watching! Let me know some of your favorite memories from the Battle City Arc in Season 2!
For me, it was with Yami Marik emerging! I loved how he was an overwhelming threat with no remorse! Unlike Pegasus, who had tragedy driving his ambition, Marik had none! 😆 lol! Also, his resurrection and usage of RA was legendary!!!❤
Does anyone remeber those weird Yu-gi-oh drinks that showed up as commercials on VHS copies of the show? The ones that had Character heads(busts) on top of bottles.
my favorite part of Yu-Gi-Oh was always the matches and their strategies for winning against new opponents with strange monsters. The best duel for me will always be the shadow real duel.
My favorite part was you uploading this second part! I just watched the first part the other day and as a kid who barely understood what was going on story wise, I APPRECIATE YOU! Cause holy cow part one cleared up everything I barely remember watching(amazing detail btw) but super excited for part 2!
Joey’s Growth honestly
Sadly he lost Red Eyes but got my #2 favorite monster JINZO and the Dices.
This is the point in the show where Duel Monsters was becoming part of the world. It wasn't just on an island or restricted to its dueling arenas, it was an entire city where hundreds, maybe thousands of people were participating, with mobile devices to take dueling wherever and whenever. This was the point where the world revolved around duel monsters. Where life revolved around it.
my first watch of the series started in season 2 and it got me hooked
That’s a good observation. I’ll remind people that it became such an ingrained part of the world that only a few years later, a full time high school diploma in dueling would be a worthwhile investment over languages, math and science
That isnt really until 5ds. There were around a 100 people max in the Battle City tournament the anime added a lot of fodder characters in the background to make the event feel bigger. The whole of Battle City took place in two days and there were a couple of moments of other characters showing that a large part of the city had no idea what was even going on. Even in Gx the duel academy students are basically the equivalent of irl student professionals in Go. It isnt until 5ds that duel monsters has become integral to everyone's life
@@juwangiddens8186 nah bro started in gx
If you count the number of duelists on the blimp and multiply by the locator cards required, you'll get that overall number (not counting the rare hunters and Bakura cheating their way in).
When I was a kid, Marik vs Bakura was the coolest thing ever, evil vs evil to show whos stronger, it is one of my core memories of my childhood.
Battle City was where classic Yu-Gi-Oh BECAME Yu-Gi-Oh in terms of mainstream appeal and rules. And it made every 2000s kid want a duel disk.
Fr. I still want a duel disk
My brother and I both wanted duel disks, and we did eventually get a pair...of Orichalchos Disks...We didn't know those were made until we got them. They were fun to use for a while, but heavy on your arm, could cut off circulation, couldn't handle sleeves, and had no fusion/extra deck storage.
There are still DIY buildings of the dueldisk, i even made one myself a few years ago
I had one as a kid, no clue where it went as I grew up but it was cool
@@Gaarafan007my experience exactly, I think we got our Oricalcos disks at a yard sale or something but they hurt if you had it on longer than a couple turns lmao we ended up just laying them on the ground which defeated the whole purpose of
I just realized that Yami Bakura sent Bonz and friends to the Shadow Realm unbeknownst to anyone and they were NEVER rescued 😅
I found battle city hilarious because Duke and Tristan are like 16 and constantly fight over Joey's like 12 year old sister
Same goes with mai who's in her 20s and Joey is like 16
God damn it, Japan
@@rickyrosay33977yeah at least duke and tristan still minors too 😂
isn't Serenity 14?
@Stefan_Gerards never really stated in the anime but still, Tristan's old enough to have a M1 license and is hitting on Joey's sister
This is the season where Kaiba really starts to screw the rules.
Because he has MONEY.
Ironic, considering he literally made all the rules in this arc.
irl i feel like kaiba wouldn't be a dueling but rather a politican
@@RIME387I mean… it’s his tournament? Lmao
@@RIME387 And GREEN HAI- Oh wait, we're past that already.
A toy Kaiba Corp blimp is the best YuGiOh merch Ive heard.
Battle City is like the Arkaham City of Yu-Gi-Oh. You didn't think it was possible, and when it happened, it became the greatest thing you saw.
The thug-o-war for the villain spotlight between Bakura and Marik really steals the show in this arc imo. I was rooting so hard for Bakura to win against Yami Marik and take Ra with the soul of the good side of Marik alongside him to go into the finals.
@@swallow_skyla3602 and Crumps too if you count the Abridged Series plot lol
This arc is the solely reason why i really enjoyed Duel Monster rather than other yugioh series cause Takahashi sensei is the GOAT of creating stories about card games. He didn't shy away to use dark , mature elements in his shounen manga weekly running and brought out many emotional , intense situations which were ahead of its time. Coolest god cards design with divine attributes , solid card games rules, awesome duel disk and augmented vision technology, villains and protag teaming up but have their own ideologies, interesting match up , battle , clashing but he knew when to slow down the run to expand the lore and stories further, and also planting foreshadow hint for final arc. As someone who once patiently wait for weekly release and also bought multiples volumes of this manga till the end of series, in term of card games story, i still can't find other series who can beat this story and excite me to read like duel monster did
On the Joey and Yugi duel ending point, funny enough, in old Yugioh a duel could not end in the middle of a resolving effect and Joey even says that Meteor of Destruction has another effect in that he can force an opponent's monster to declare an attack against him. This suggests Meteor of Destruction, in the anime, was intended to cause draws.
27:20 Fun fact: Kaiba is the one to save Joey in the manga
The Battle Cities Arc was such an amazing, probably my favorite season, out of all of them. I loved that it kept you on the edge of your seat type episodes
Malik blishtar was such a nice guy. It's a shame about Marik and his army of Steves
Fun fact about Arkana: in the original Japanese anime he’s voiced by the same guy who voiced Sartorius in GX and Dio in JJBA.
Coincidentally all of these characters share the theme of Tarot cards. Arkana’s name comes from the Tarot card groups (Major Arcana/Minor Arcana). Sartorius’ deck consisted of monsters named after the Major Arcana (Arcana Force) and his boss monster was Arcana Force XXI: The World. Dio’s Stand gets its name from the 21st Major Arcana Tarot card, The World [insert obligatory Za Warudo here].
Man, this is why I love voice actor trivia
Wow serenity had a wild trip away from the hospital. Shes just thinking shes going to see joey in a tournament. Then while still blindfolded is attacked by rare hunters, meeting duke and mai in urgent fashion and then seeing joey and yugi getting sunk by an anchor. Wild!
Was thinking the same thing. Poor girl probably thinking to herself “why is my brother involved in this messed up shit and why was I invited?” 😂
What I find most amusing is that Yugi, throughout the Battle City Qualifiers, *did not play a single normal duel,* he only played people who wanted his puzzle and such. Even Kaiba and Joey got to duel some rando's. I don't know if it makes him a character with little to no agency, I just felt like pointing it out. No wonder Yugi later breaks down over having constantly fate of the world in his hands. (which in my opinion is a scene that is much better than anything in NGE)
You should do a retrospective on the original Beyblade anime trilogy, at some point those spinning tops had a chokehold on a whole generations childhood
I hope you continue on to covering at least GX. It’s a really interesting series in both how it connects with the original and stands apart as its own thing. Also would be great to cover the last season, which was deemed too dark to be dubbed in English.
Even the "Shadow Realm" couldn't patch up how depressing that last season was😂. Plus by the time 4kids heard about 5D's plotline, their censoring team was probably freaking the heck out and went 100% on censoring that, so they had no time to finish GX.
I absolutely love battle city! Whether it be Marik and the Rare hunters, the Egyptian god cards being introduced, or even how steadily dark but brilliant the animation was getting; I was truly in love with this arc! Lets also not forget how legendary Yami and Kaiba's epic duel was for the Battle city tournament finals! It was a perfect game of suspense!! Many often cite this as the equivalent of L versus Light Yagami, Jotaro versus Dio, and Goku versus Frieza as far as epic Shonen Jump battles can get!
Yes, and it was the original.
they fight in semis btw
It's always funny to hear about the "Shadow realm" as a manga reader. Also the Guy that lost to obelisk offscreen had a simlar design of a bully killed/driven insane by Yami Yugi in the manga.
This season had the most memorable moments for me and certainly for many Yu-Gi-Oh fans. Marik and his rare hunters were incredible villains and the duels upped the stakes in unbelievable ways.
There names are
Obelisk the Tormentor
Slifer the Executive Producer
AND MEGA ULTRA CHICKEN
Cmon Jordan where you learn these names from 😂😭
Yugioh abridged.
Summoned this one like summoned skull, just commented yesterday that I couldn't wait for part 2
dude what timing, i just finished the first part last night and man.... it brought back so many memories when I was younger. Thank you for making these
The TCG anime that you couldn’t escape as a kid whether it was on Kids WB, Cartoon Network or seeing the cards/merch in Toys R US and other stores
Ironic because I've never seen a single episode, but even I have always known about its existence.
I remember my mother bringing me to Toys R Us to get the tins. I was always excited to get one
36:26 Im dead jordan made me spit out my coffee 😂😂😂
Was JUST thinking "hey when might part 2 of that yugioh overview be?" And it materialized!
Love this series
I have so many memories of watching this season on DVD with my step sister. and she would have her mom buy so many of the cards from the episodes. one Christmas we both got sets of the Egyptian god cards and I still have some of my cards today including them
I had nearly every piece of Exodia, and even doubles of the right leg (just needed the left lol). I'm still mad my sister ruined them.
I can't wait for you to get to the Virtual World arc. It's a doozy, and surprisingly dark.
I absolutely love the Virtual World arc
Yugioh Series 1 is one of the best Anime’s ever made. Battle City & the introduction of the God Cards is awesome.
Battle city was my favorite. They actually decided the game rules (mostly), and we get more into the millennium items.
Battle city brings me back to the days when trading cards and dueling was a regular thing to do with friends. Those were the good days 👏
Didn’t think pt. 2 would come out so fast! Just watched pt. 1 last week and have been waiting for this to drop. Thanks Jordan!
Why we haven’t gotten a yugioh mmo is beyond me, duelist kingdom, battle city, GX academy, sooo much opportunity there.
It’s because Konami owns Yugioh and they’re more concerned with making gambling machines and a Metal Gear remake that won’t be as good without Kojima
I'd also like to see a modern remake of dice & capsule monsters
@@youngrootvKonami doesn’t own Yu-Gi-Oh.
Thanks for adding the old commercial breaks, very cool.
I love Battle City so much! There’s so much creativity with the new monsters. I loved Yugi and Joey’s duels leading up to the finals
Quick note about the Red-Eyes attack at 26:41
In the manga, Yugi’s card had no other effect, the duel had effectively ended, but Joey begged the Red-Eyes to attack him in order to end with his LP too in order to help Yugi.
As an older person, you can point out every pothole in a legal action in every duel.
As a kid, this is bad ass as all get out!
Also, buster blader is one of my absolute favorite cards to this day, and even though he wasn’t any good until he got a very contentious game plan in 2015, he still one of my favorites
16:18 The Arkana duel is my favorite in Battle City and the red Dark Magician is my favorite iteration of the card. I actually own three copies of the card.
The Battle City arc is my all time favorite in YGO, and this video you put together was such a nice walk down memory lane, thank you and great work!
Season 2's intro music was a banger. It sounded more ominous compared to the other seasons.
The next arc is my favorite in all of Yugioh. I'm looking forward to the Virtual World!
This on top of Double Fringemas??? We are EATING!!
Literally got so hyped for this part 2 notification cant wait for more man this is the best fringemas
Every kid wanted the god cards when they were first revealed. I remember every kid, including me, paying ten dollars for knock offs at the swapmeat.
This is one of my favourite arcs in DM. While there some elements that are dated or I wish that were done differently, even in the manga, it's still a fun ride and feels like the point the series came into its own a bit. Malik is still one of my favourite villains in the franchise. His hatred of the pharaoh makes sense in the manga, so he's sympathetic without letting him off the hook. Jou's character arc was fun to watch unfold. There were a lot of dark and intense duels, especially in the manga. This series, especially the characters in this arc, still inspired my own writing to this day. I have it to thank for that.
Thanks so much for this walk through one of my top fac series. The duel Joey and Yugi have isi still my favorite of thsi season and I nearly got choked up again over it. I rewatched this series a few years ago, but now I want to again lol. This first iteration of it is so well written. Looking forward to more videos on it.
DBZ had me in a chokehold as a kid I was watching Marik go Yami like “I know a Super Saiyan Transformation when I see one”
As a massive yugioh kid, this fills my heart with joy. Many thanks
This is one of my favorite arcs of the series! I watched it every Saturday morning on Kids WB! This arc also made me start participating in some of the local tournaments at some local card shops
Imagine having your blindness cured and the first thing you do with your vision is dive into the ocean to save your family member from being dragged to the sea floor
Battle City! Where Kazuki Takahashi rehashes his first arc to a T and made it into a Cardgame battle royal before Battle Royals became a huge trend and created what was the original series at its peak. With 50% of the roster being Gouls (Rare Hunters) and 49% being the losers from Duelist Kingdom.
Yay! I love this series! Thanks for all of your hard work and the great nostalgia!! 🎉
I been waiting for part 2!
always fun to look back on battle city and the wild ride that it was.
What I do want to point out is that there is no debate on season 3/ digital world arc being filler or not. it's an anime exclusive arc whose purpose it was to extend the anime so the manga could keep ahead, like filler does. Something being filler doesn't mean it's bad or doesn't have much worth (although usually filler content is disregarded as soon as the main story picks back up). Yu-gi-oh has some of the best filler material out there with both the digital world and waking the dragons being honestly on par, and at point maybe even surpassing the original work. Still, they are undoubtedly filler
More Yu-Gi-Oh, let's gooooooo!!
I agree that this is one of the best seasons between lore, cards, and duels. The God Cards are so OP!
Party idea for you and your yugioh friends:
1. Put some abilities/roles (e.g. the ones of the millenium items) on cards and make your friends draw randomly (a little like the game "Werewolf")
2. Give them locator cards
3. Have a dramatic little tournament of your own
I can't wait to see part three. I loved this show so much, but I find it hard to watch now because it's kinda preachy and slow sometimes. I feel like I had more patience when I was a kid. but I love your videos. keep it up!
Battle city is the best arc of Yu Gi Oh.
Yugi facing the Rare Hunters and Joey showing how much he had improved, great worldbuilding with Merrick and Ishizu.
This arc has it all.
I've always been partial to Obelisk myself, it helps that a friend of mine gave me an obelisk waaaay back when. He had two and one of them was in rather shitty condition so he figured it was useless and said i could have it, I still have it somewhere but I have a newer copy I put in my deck.
Battle City was really freaking awesome!
Battle City in the manga is really good, but in general the manga version of Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist is much better than the anime. The anike included a lot of little things that could either bring up certain moments or take away great importance of what the original source material was trying to tell.
I think if you enjoy Yu-Gi-Oh anime you should do yourself a service and read the manga. It's just a lot of fun with really raw art.
Battle city was my absolute favorite season!!
The Battle City Tournament Arc was so big it was split into two seasons.
(With plenty of filler to boot!)
35:40 Advanced levels of anime shenanigans. Battle City had a lot of these, but this is peak shenanigans.
Battle City is my favorite Yugioh arc and hot take has the best rule sets. Like the rules are more clearer and it’s not too complex unlike what we have now or even recent years. Although there’s the meme that can argue against what’s I where Kaiba says screw the rules 😂
Very well made Jordan! Cant wait for part 3!
Same
It’s out already 😊
I hope we eventually get the other series, especially 5ds
this season was peak yugioh
also, Joeys development is the greatest in the whole series
I've been looking forward to this!!! You and totallynotmark should do an anime video together!
Should watch cvit's yugioh review
@@chaseperkins6949 will do!!
Oh come on Jordan, you casually said "the rod told kaiba to tribute obelisk for blue eyes" as if it wasnt the best scene in the show
Yes ssiirr your Fringemis has been goin crazy this year!🙏🏽
I just wanted to let you know that this video would have had to do something very interesting for me to hit the like button, the 4kids commercial break timed with the ads was that thing, well done. that was perfect
Godam! Finally you drop it 😅 . Thanks bro. Good shit
Awesome as always this and Pokémon had such an impact on my childhood. Can you cover The dc animated universe please? I still love it to this day! Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and all who celebrate!
Your finest work.
This video made me realize that most of the duelists Joey faces are cheaters. The only exception being Mako.
"I have ESP." "Too much information, lady!" "Let me try again...I have PMS." "What?! You're a psychic?!"
I feel sorry for Mai Kujaku for being sidelined in order to let the main players duel each other for obtaining the 3 Egyptian god cards..... Oof.....
Shadi's like a melody in my head
13:13 Now at 8000 it's still OHKOs...
The battle city ark was by far my favorite thing to watch growing up
This was the hype for the tcg. Our locals were full of players (kids, teens and "adult nerds")
Been waiting for this one! 🔥
This was when yugioh became a legit game instead of just watching people play as many blue eyes, dark magician, and Wingweaver (I think thats what its called its been 15 years ish) it had 2750atk which was kinda weird, but before summoning rules kicked in thats all there was. This is also when summoned skull became a better card than most of the main monsters associated with the characters.
Téa: *exists*
Marik: It’s free real estate
I loved season 2 so much. I remember wanting to be in Battle City so bad when I was little.
It’s so wholesome they should ki- hahaha nah. But honestly this is a great friendship and since the manga is. An on this is a major growth for Joey. He was always a favorite of mine.
I love how Yugi pretty much won his first Egyptian God card by taking the Maxx C Challenge.
Things you can count on happening death, taxes, Jordan not missing 🔥🔥🔥 video
I actually got a box recently with supposingly upto meta decks for Yugi, Kaiba and Joey.
The box came with the egyptian gods and exodia^^.
I am not using the gods but it's still awesome to actually have them, never thought I ever would
I SUMMON SYLTHER THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER!
I understood that reference
About 1835 reminded me about someone stealing my Jinzo and Injection Fairy Lilly.
Been wating for this part
Same
@@claymathewselevator8121 I loved this series back then and I can't wait for part 3 😁. I'm excited 😆 😄
So that is why the Swedish dub just ended in the middle of the finals...
What a cliffhanger. Don't even know if the 3rd season ever got dubed here, I think we just jumped to GX season 1.
I appreciate you for letting me relive my childhood memories without having to cringe through the dialogue.
12:00 Esper is term used in some older Science Fiction books for people with psychic abilities. For example in the works of Andre Norton. I found this naming quirk quite amusing.