Also the duel judai vs darkness is a representation of how there was no right or wrong. Darkness saw the evil in humanity while Jaden was a being who lost all hope.
@@YugiohEverything you said the zone timeline never happens do yusei safien the future however you forget one thing yugioh is mulvulse and by mtiuvrses rules say any thing and ever thing can and dos happen meiang there is timeline where it steel happens
This show definitely needed at least 1 extra season to give all the characters a bit more. They had such an awesome storyline that actually brought me back to YuGiOh
Minor fun facts: The backgrounds of the Yuya silhouettes is the same colour as each bracelet girls gem, if you bend it slightly with Yuzu. In I believe the first ending Yuya's holding four popsicles that has the same colours as the gems as well(and lead to alot of theorising that Ruri could be blonde). Also i always liked how each Yuboy was almost opposite in personality to the protagonist of the dimension/world they're from
Arc V should have lasted 200 episodes 50 episodes per dimension. For Season 3, split it between Yuya and Yuzu having their own adventure. Yuya contends with Edo Phonix while Yuzu leads a rebellion in the Fusion arc. Yuzu Hiiragi must contend with an nemesis named Hell Kaiser Ryo. Yuzu must overcome this adversary to grow as a fighter and warrior and savior and proving that she has learned something sine losing to Sergey. That is how season 3 should've been. Reply to this and I can expand on this further
I would have no idea how to write a tv series with a 150 episode limit so I cannot say much about how to divy up stuff. All I can say is have a clear beginning, middle and end and stick to that formula. Otherwise you have Synchro lasting too long and not enough time to flesh out the Fusion and Xyz settings. Growing after losing to Sergey. Lets do some roleplay. You are Yuzu Hiiragi. You know what happened in episode 77. So you go against a foe like Yuri or Hell Kaiser Ryo, fighting for what is right, trying to save people, the four dimensions from Leo Akaba's tyrannical rule. What goes through your mind? What is your mentality to winning the day against these SS tier duelists?
thetiger39 Skyler Phoenix yeah, I don't see Yuzu dueling Kasier or Yuri for smiles, it's too unrealistical. I honestly would've liked it if Kaiser was commander of chief, and Edo was second in command. I would've had Yuya vs Edo round two be like the one from the fanfic Bonds Beyond Pendulum, where Yuya speaks to Edo and the Academia soldiers about how they never learned what was truely right and wrong due to growing up in Academia and showing the Xyz residents that they are not the only victims of the dimensional war.
thetiger39 I just saw the new chapter. The new Melodious cards you made were great! Amazing job(and also good job to the authors for the amazing chapter)!
I forgot they put Yuya on the left side at the beginning. Never noticed that at all. And it's sad to hear all the VAs for Yugo, Yuto, Rin and Ruri all retired. Even more weird they were the counterparts' respective dimensions. And a lot of the foreshadowing they did at the beginning was left unnoticed.
There's another thing about the Mieru duel and forshadowing. After Yuya Summons 5 Monsters, Mieru looks at each of them and tells them what each means. 4 of her readings are just referencing the fact that later on in that episode he will fall down and die, but for her last reading, which is Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, she just says there's an aura of mystery around it. Also, the coin toss in that duel to determine who goes first is not heads or tails, but rather Dragon and Demon. Yuya picks Dragon but Mieru reveals it to be a Demon and says this shows that Yuya is hungry for power.
I'm Brazilian writing on Google Translate, so you can answer me in English and I'll translate later. Wow, I hadn't noticed the coin detail in Mieru's duel.
Another amazing fact about Allen from Yugioh Arc-V. Both Allen and Anna (ZEXAL) shares the same deck. There is more, my theory is that Allen is related to Anna Kozuki (Anna Kaboom) if you look at their surname. Anna Kozuki from ZEXAL Allen Kozuki from Arc-V. Same surnames, Same decks.
Things I miss about Arc-V are people being positve about it. Yes, the ending was awful, worst ending to a Yugioh series...but that doesn't mean the entire show is bad,. I've said it before in Arc-V videos and I don't mind saying it again, Arc-V is still easily my favorite of the spin-offs, because of all the good things it had going for it.
Yeah I'm very aware that me saying Arc-V is my favorite is a controversial opinion, but it's one I will defend to no end. It's just really tiring to see the same jokes 'Last time I was this earyl, Arc-V was still good' and generally the ending complains over and over again with no mention of other stuff. That would be like only focusing on post-Dark Signers filler for 5D's or early episode for Zexal.
As a rather big Arc V fan by myself, I cannot agree more with you. I even saw this shift from loving Arc V to hating it among my very friends- before the show ended we all loved it and appreciated it despite it flaws, and in some regard we loved it thanks to it's flaws. But after ep. 148, many of my friends got really disappointed by Arc V, and started to trash it hard. Not to a point to say that it was awful, but to a point that they all agreed in one voice that it was flawed beyond repair, and those flaws destroyed for them the good stuff that Arc V had (or at least after the end of the Standard arc). It was a very sad shift to witness, especially because we gave Arc V so much love and positive attention. Well, at least this show helped to bring all of us together in the very first place, and this is the most important thing.
y'know, on the topic of foreshadowing: in Japanese, did you notice that Zarc was in control during the first episode? if you listen to (and read if you're using subtitles) Yuya's Pendulum Summon chant, he says something completely different when he was in an Awakened state than he does as himself. the only reason it gets glossed over is specifically the fact that the next episode immediately follows that point, and it hints at him being at a haze afterward. he doesn't quite remember what happened, and specifically doesn't know how to properly use Pendulum Summoning himself despite defeating the champion with it, and had to spend the night with Gongenzaka studying it.
I guess that explains why he just knew the mechanic at that time. I actually always assumed the sudden plotamnesia was supposed to signal it having been a rush of the moment-type of deal.
It's still, for all real purposes, a loss by forfeit. He beat Rebecca like Joey beat Marik: could have, but didn't/couldn't use the last move that would have actually ended it.
I know it's pointless to complain about it now, but watching this video reminded me how much I wanted to see Yuya vs Yuzu in Academia when she had the parasite. I still can't believe Yuzu didn't duel and Rin only dueled once. As far as why no original Yugioh characters made it into Arc-V, I can think of a number of reasons. One might be maybe they didn't want legendary duelist like Kaiba or Joey losing to new characters. If any DM characters were in Arc-V they'd eventually lose to Yuri or Zarc. Another reason might be because they already had a movie going on. From that standpoint it does make more sense to use GX, 5Ds, and Xezal characters over them for Arc-V.
Yeah, but with the GX characters, they did not used LEGENDARY duelist too, just Alexis and Aster. Because I really doubt if they would make Zane and Jaden lose to some new characters tho... With 5Ds and Zexal on the other hand, used legendary duelist from their series... Lol
Yea both sides of the wall, not every Legacy Character could make it to the final plot anyways... Darkside of Dimensions being ongoing was just a major problem on top of scheduel problems... On the other hand, in-universe, not everyone made the split clean, someone has to glue the dimensions together... or at least mix with Zarc depending on your interpritation.
THE PLOT. Okay sorry I knew that would be the top comment xD In all seriousness I liked arc v, just wish the ending was better, heck wish the ending was even halfway decent :/
Perry Gharty I wish the events of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Ending 6 actually happened (I'm sure you remember it). That ending was SUCH An obnoxious tease and it was what we WANTED. XD All the Yu-Boys and Bracelet Girls spending one last arc with each other, bonding, and then saying their final goodbyes.
YuseiTheSynchroHero yeah I rlly wanted that too. Maybe with the girls shopping for clothes together for their upcoming dates with their representative yu boy, and the boys just hanging around, with Yugo and Yuri throwing jokes to each other.
Perry Gharty tho I was very disappointed by the ending, I was more disappointed by the overall show, and how much potential it had but didn't live up to.
He was mentioning Yugo, Rin, Yuto and Ruri's VAs retiring after their roles here, but maybe they had plans to retire earlier than after the show ended. I'm guessing that's why the ending was as bad as it was.
Arc V EXCELLENT foreshadowing, planning, build up and interesting world HORRIBLE payoff, execution, (post season 1) pacing and balance Also Ruri voice actor in ending 1 suprised me. So cool!
I was devastated by ARC-V's ending. The series was so close to becoming my favourite Yu-Gi-Oh! series, but the final episodes were so incredibly lacklustre. I was kind of expecting a battle in the fifth dimension where Zarc's persona splits off or something due to the pendulum pendant or Ray dragging him out with her last bit of strength and then Yuuya gets Ray's cards through bullshit main character powers and the deus ex machina that is anime friendship and begins duelling, where he gradually severs each of his counterparts away by bringing their dragons to his side of the field and then they either all tag-team Zarc together or just give Yuuya emotional support or something. I kinda wish they'd given Yuuri the evil cleansing treatment to make him change his outlook, too.
I think they wanted an unhappy ending...given that Final Fantasy VII and Evangelion neither had truly happy endings...and those two things, along with many other things, got Easter egg'd in this anime. But those two are the most in-your-face influences on the story. Sephiroth's "Reunion" and the projections in Advent Children, man obsessed with only one thing(Gendo). Same man neglects his other son(Declan/Reiji is Shinji Ikari). And well, Ray is Aerith and Rei Ayanami. (Star Wars with Palpatine, alien parasite movies, Jean-Luc Picard, Beethoven, Spaceballs--Lulu gives me Daphne Zuniga vibes, Pokemon-not just Sora's toy card but the concept of "carding" people, Digimon with the googles and Selena possibly having some basis on Rika from Tamers)
Arc-V Jack was awsome. he played a sort of sub rival/teacher role for Yuya and he did it amazingly. he OTKed Yuya if my memory is not failing me. Together with Gongenzaka he was the only one who even got a second turn against Zarc, even getting some attacks of. He made Yuya shit bricks once or twice...
Have you heard anything about Arc V's ending originally being different? Like referencing to a Japanese idiom or phrase or something like that? The only thing I could think is that the yu boys and yu girls were each split into 4 and 4 is an unlucky number in Japan? It was a comment I read under another vid, but I haven't heard anything, was curious if you ever heard about that?
Bro, you forgot to mention the brief cameo appearance of the Crimson Dragon, and Jack also using Double Tuning lol Not that big of a deal, but would've been cool to mention! Great vid bro!!
If is by what I heard in Akibaranger, they do that in Super Sentai too where the good guys are always at the right side of the screen whenever they are about to beat the monsters or bad guys. Same happens when the bad guy is about to beat the sentai teams, they put him on the right. Something about kabuki theater. I should probably rewatch that episode entirely to remember exactly what he said.
I went in thinking I wouldn't learn anything new and yet I did! 5Ds had even more cameo characters than I realized! One thing I am really surprised by is that you did not mention Allen Kozuki having the last name as Anna and similar deck. It seems like more of a half cameo than the nobody background characters.
Not to comment on a years-old video but Rin's VA, Sarah Emi Bridcutt, didn't retire, she's still active today. Though the other three did retire, the twins still do voices for Duel Links. Unsure if Rin Aizawa will return if/when Ruri appears.
arc 5 is the biggest missed opportunity series with so much wasted potential. Just seeing the end of the video with all the foreshadowing and what not means they had the series planned to an extent but..... bad writing prevailed. it trully kills me to think what arc v couldve been
BTW an earlier comments reminded me, full OCG names of Odd-Eyes and -insertname- combination: Odd-Eyes Rebellion - Supreme King Black Dragon (debut in episode 40 something!) Odd-Eyes Raging - Supreme King Violent Dragon Odd-Eyes Venom - Supreme King Violet Dragon Odd-Eyes Wing - Supreme King White Dragon So even more foreshadowing.
I really enjoyed Arc-V for the most part, it was just near the ending when we got to Academia that I was a bit iffy on it, but I actually really liked this part
Actually, Fudou Style Solitaire Theory might also be a reference to "Solitaire" decks in the Yugioh Card Game. Or a deck/style of play that most of the current competitive yugioh format falls under, you basically play a game of solitaire trying to build your "Board" to be unbreakable and on the next turn your opponent has to try and break it.
Continuing on this train of thought; Stardust Dragon decks can be really effective at this style of play, *especially* when restricted to Synchro summoning as the only means of, well I would say "extra deck summoning", however I'm fairly certain the Synchro event didn't allow neither Pendulum or Ritual summoning. Anyways that archetype belonging to Yusei Fudo and being capable of the solitaire playstyle is either a fascinating coincidental reference, or really clever.
There was a cameo of a certain location that while yuya and friends were trapped in the XYZ dimension. It was the resistance base of operation. It was exactly like the home of Yuma's teacher Master Roku. And found it quite humorous how both Yuma and Yuya had pretty much the exact same reaction to the excessive amount of stairs they had to climb to reach the top.
the idea behind zarc and the story was soooooo good D: all those little hints that something isnt right and everything...its still a real shame they dropped the good writing way too early :/
It was good because previous works made an impact first. Especially Final Fantasy 7. Yuya's journey might have been planned to be a Cloud Strife clone. Where his "successes" and journey ultimately leads to a surprising crash. The whole show is more than a Yu-gi-oh dimension mashup. It's a pop culture mashup. Digimon and Pokemon get a shoutout. And you could even interpret the Fusion dimension as aggressive Pokemon trainers catching humans instead of Pokemon. Roget got some Palpatine vibes, and "brainwashed microchips" is like Jango Fett's clones.
I really liked all all the Duel Academy grunts used Ancient Gear cards like GX’s Crowler who was a teacher and all the Sector Security grunts used Goio cards like Trudge in 5D’s who was of course Sector Security. Also, kind of a neat choice having Sergei use Earthbound Immortals against Jack since those were the cards of the Dark Signers.
Okay, immediately after watching this video, I had to go check Wikipedia (in both English and Japanese), and, from what I've read, Rin's VA, Sarah Emi Bridcutt, has not retired yet; she's still in the business.
There was also an easteregg about the Wii Game Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Wheelie Breakers. I don't know exactly the episode, but it was during the prison mini arc in the Synchro Dimension. A security guy was playing a very similiar game on a mobil console.
What about the fourth opening where at the end its says something on the lines of "Write a new chapter. Will you be the hero?" Where it shows Yuya. I feel that was foreshadowing for Zarc too.
Jose Almedia Nah. It's not confirmed that he was in Venice specifically, just Europe. They made that up for the YGO abridged parody of Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. And given that the entire city isn't completely flooded with water, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say its not Venice.
ARC-V couldn't been maybe the best arc but ironically i think its the worst. It had all the right elements in there and even a really good plot, but it ended up being a rushed ball of throw up all jumbled together.
It very well could have been him, if it was that probably confirms they weren't brother/sister since she had no special reaction towards him xD But who knows !
The tourists from 5D's were in ARC-V! The ones who are interviewed about the Nazca lines disappearing and show up every once in awhile. They were in a still shot in ARC-V.
Even though they weren't there during the Friendship Cup Duel I Really did wish they would've shown the twins w/ Dexter watching from the stands that would've looked cool
I don't know why I keep saying this, but I think that main thing about ARC-V that I see many people overlook is the fact that the plot line of how Yuya exists in, travels through, destroys and reconnects a world split into different dimensions based on the previous series is very similar to that of Kamen Rider Decade. Google it if you don't know. Also, while there were no Duel Monsters cameos in ARC-V, the Standard Dimension was meant to be the ARC-V version of Duel Monsters. When you look back and see characteristics of the Standard Dimension and its people, there are a lot elements that mirror those of the first series.
It wasn't a good draw for him, Yuya had him beat until he played a card that forced a draw and saved him. I think it would have been more impressive had he forced Yuya to force a draw and Edo was about to win
No impressive is Revolver forcing a tie in VRAINS. That was a protagonist getting backed into a corner and pulling a tie as a safety net. Aster or Edo just got his butt kicked. A lot.
Another idea that fanfic writers should jump on. Yuzu Hiiragi being the Hero that saves everyone by putting Leo Akaba and Zarc in their place. Get on it fanfic writers.
It looked like Bastion and Atticus in the picture. Features of the face and shade of the hair make me think it’s Atticus Rhodes implied at least. Placement of judai vs darkness makes sense when the theory of night shroud knowing what would occur in the future being zero reverse.
Oh damn, the writers focused more on Easter eggs and foreshadowing than the actual plot. I'm just kidding. I'm just bitter on how Arc-V went given how good the series could've been.
in the YU-GI-OH Arc-V the Movie shows that Declan's sister Ray and Z-Arc in their original forms after Yuya vs Yusho's father and son duel, it shows the gang moves on in life, Gong, Sylvio, Yuya, and Zuzu from High School to College, future jobs coming in 25 years in the ending
I believe that odd-eyes wing dragon and odd-eyes venom dragon where meant to be used throughout the synchro and fusion arcs The paladin cards seem out of place given what everyone's expectations where at the time
Indeed... I have the very same idea about those cards and some more... *Performapal Odd-Eyes Synchro* too was probably supposed to have appeared in the Synchro Arc, back when ARC-V was still introducing elements of the previous shows into it's episodes, instead of appearing so late into the show. Additionally, *Odd-Eyes Lancer Dragon* was most probably meant for the Yuya to use from the start in order to gain absolute advantage over his enemies during Action Duels when they were crossing dimensions. Given that it's effects of preventing Spell Card activation when it attacks, it makes less sense to appear so late into the show . I can see Reiji giving him Lancer Dragon specially when you recall that the Lancer's main advantage were Action Duels and Pendulum Cards. Also, *Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon*... consistency-wise it makes no sense for it to be an Xyz-Pendulum since Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon already fills that role. Given how the other dragons were Supereme King Odd-Eyes Pendulum variants of the original Dimension Dragons, Raging Dragon I think was supposed just be an Effect Monster instead of an Xyz one. Then Zarc not even having possession of any of the Supreme King Odd-Eyes Dragons while Yuya had all of it. If Zarc created Pendulum, it makes more sense that he would summon the Supreme King Odd-Eyes Dragons. The Supreme King Dragons were nice, but they really look underwhelming compared to the Supreme King Odd-Eyes ones.. And finally as of late, the newly revealed *Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon* which is a Normal Monster, pretty much references the effect of the cards Ray used against Zarc by turning his Effect Monsters into Normal Monsters. Personally how I see it though, I think Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon would have been Yuya's dragon after being freed from Zarc's influence and after Ray losing to the Revived Zarc. Given how attached Yuya is with his pendant, the dragon fusing with the pendant as a final wish also just seems to make more sense.
That's my point. I wonder why people didn't take that into account. The hair color is already pretty similar, along with the less detailed hairstyle, to Atticus. It would make sense putting both Rhodes siblings into Arc-V.
It would have been perfect if DM characters like SETO KAIBA being in the series, no less the idea that he was a villain. I wish Yuzu was the heroine, or at least DUELED MORE. SIGH.... I hope this is not a copyright showing clips of the show.
I know it's been a while but I think I know why we never saw any DM characters in ARC V, the reason I think is because the dimension Yuya starts out in would have been the world the DM characters inhabit but we didn't get legacy characters till season 2 and they already left that dimension meaning there would be no way to integrate them naturally after that point and doing it earlier wouldn't fit well before the multiple dimension concept was introduced e.g. 'here are duel monster character but we live in a point of time that has synchro and XYZ monsters' it would have been too much at that point so that's why I think we didn't get any cameos from DM characters in the series
So firstly. I'd like to commend this video, clicked it as soon as my notifications showed up. Been a while Dylan. Dunno if you remember that one random Shun Kurosaki that ised to religiously comment on your videos. XD Been rather busy with life and now, I'm on a break and can finally catch up with what I'm missing. Can't wait to catch up with VRains. Heard its pretty lit. Keep ip the good work! Thirdly. I feel like the GX lookslikes resembled Bastion and Atticis Rhodes. Those 5Ds cameos are cool though. Would have never caught that. I caught the Zexal cameos in a heartbeat to be honest. Favourite series afterall.
I hope you've been good Shun! I remember your name xD Looking forward to your thoughts on vrains whenever you manage to catch up! Really glad you enjoyed the vid, and good eye on those zexal cameos since they were quickly shown!
Great review. However, you forgot the part in which Sergei fuses with his bike. That part is almost identical to the moment in which Placido fuses with his bike before losing to Yusei in a duel for the first time.
O....kay. the foreshadowing was done really well even I didn't know who would be the main antagonist until Zarc's major appearance after Yuri's loss in Arc-v.
But... The whole point of Duel Monsters was that Yami or Atem lost to Yugi. I call that a protagonist losing. Seeing as how Atem and Hugo were functioning as separate protagonists for almost the entire last season. More legit than Yugis " loss" to Rebecca where he forfeited instead of playing his winning card so as to prove a point about his Gramps. Which was the real victory of that duel. Your Millionaire question was bull.
You seem very triggered lol, it was just a fun question. To me, the main character of DM was Yugi, not Atem. Although, I also consider them to be one spirit so there was no real loser in that final duel. And Yugi technically lost to Rebecca, if a baseball team is winning 60 - 0 and then surrender in the 8th inning, they lost, simple as that. At the end of the day, it's all just for fun, no need to get upset about it lol
Yugioh Everything Okay it is your question but you completely missed the point of both his duel with Rebecca and the entire show. The show was about Yami finding his past and Yugi getting the strength to stand on his own. And as you pointed out Yami did lose that duel so even if you wrongly assume they are the same person he would have both lost and won. And like you said, losing is still losing. Although I wouldn't call letting the angry kid beat you to avoid a tantrum losing, and everyone on the show admonishes Rebecca and pretty much unanimously declares Yugi the de facto winner. Also, I'm not triggered so much as sleep deprived, driving folks to the airport at three in the morning sucks, but your video DID help me stay awake, so thanks for that. :)
I thought your B) was actually just an emoticon in sunglasses for a sec. Remember emoticons? Good times. They were like the Emoji of yesteryear. Also, yeah, the answer is still B. (And the question is still bull which had nothing to do with the rest of the vid.)
10:20 He also helped Declan beat Leo Akaba, so I mean that has to count for something, right? 12:40 Let me add more to this theory: Yuya is unable to Pendulum Summon during the first duel between him and Yuzu/Zuzu, because he hadn't figured out the schematics of it yet. But I think this could also reference to the fact that Z-ARC didn't have access to pendulum summoning either, in the duel between him and Rei.
Theres one where I noticed during the duel between Yuya and Reiji vs Akaba Leo and its that Reiji has Diamond Earrings Reira has a Club on his Hoodie Akaba has a Spade metal plate on his head Henrietta has a Heart shape head
I remember a theory about arc 5. So the theory goes is that before the world was split into 5 we go through all of the history of yugioh. Zarc bring a duelist hears about all of the legendary duelists. Yugi, kiba, etc. so when he is being split apart he uses the last of his powers to create a universe with each existing dueling mechanic, but he makes the history of those universes different. He makes it so that the legendary duelists don’t exist so that he isn’t prematurely defeated when he slowly pulls himself together😊
I am really mind blowned by the good and bad guy split screen foreshadow as I always thought that there was something werid about the Yuya vs Yuzu screen when I first saw it, but I couldn't get my hands on it.
I started watching Yugioh almost 12 years ago and I've never noticed that they always but the good guys on the right side of the screen... oh my word how could I have missed that?! Hahaha
Arc-V always reminded me of GX. They both had protagonist that are more fun loving and goofy than thier counterparts. They both have the protagonist be the main villain with Judai being Haou and Yuya being Z-arc. They both have a period of time where the main character falls into a depression because if his actions when he was a villain. They both have a larger focus on past series with GX featuring Pegasis, Seto, Solomon Muto, etc and arc-V featuring well everyone mentioned in the video, compared to the original which couldn't and 5ds which makes no real reference to GX or the original series. They both also are divisive amongst fans. Gx got a lot of flak for Judai/ Jaden being too goofy and feeling more like a slice of life anime than the more drama/ mystery feeling in Yugioh!. Arc-V got a lot of flak for its ending and the plot being mishandled. Personally I felt both were good examples of good ideas with poor execution. Having main characters that end up being the villain is an interesting twist that works well with the contrast in character between Judai/ Haou and Yuya/Zarc. I also wish they focused more on Jaden's PTSD following the Dark Dimension arc. I also think Jaden x Alexis should've been more of a focus consider the tag competition arc in season 4. It would've given more weight to that conflict if they both had feelings for each other. Jaden being goofy made sense considering the Haou revelation but I think it could've been foreshadowed more. Same with Yubel. Something like Jaden being more aggressive in his duel with Titan and against the Dark Seekers could've been a good way to hint at there being more to his character and would've made sense given his backstory of having no friends thus being more protective of them than normal. Arc-V should've used characters from the original Yugioh and gave it it's own dimension. Versions of Seto and Joey would've been felt at home in Arc-V with Seto being somewhat like Jack and Joey acting like Alexis. I also think there should've been a mention of the original protagonists. Something like Z-arc killing them off when the multiverse was created to lessen the amount of people trying to beat him. I also would've had it end with the protagonists all bending together to defeat Z-arc because if you're gonna put that much focus onto the past series you might as well follow through with it. Although I will admit this does run the risk of the past season overshadowing the current seasons but I think by having them be defeated by Zarc and brought back at the last duel by something like Yuya splitting from Zarc because of him becoming his own person and gaining sentience outside of Zarc and having Yuri take over as Zarc's main personality giving he seems to already be the only version of Yuya with any of Zarc's character traits would've made more sense and given the series a less anticlimactic finish.
Jaden...I think they needed a change because his cards were fun but not competitive...So they pulled out all the stops to make him Anakin Skywalker turning into Darth Vader. Arc-V though...Yuya, despite the constant "smile" emphasis, comes off as someone much more lonely and insecure from the start. Arc-V's story...is rather overt in where its part of its source story is, and one source story is Final Fantasy VII. Cloud starts off like a bigshot SOLDIER only to find out he himself is a broken guy who has a screwed up identity, and that initial personality is literally him copying his more successful best friend. The game is basically that, as your "progress", Cloud deteriorates more and more and the whole journey is a "trap" and the real savior is Aerith and her spell Holy. The other anime is Evangelion. Ray's name doesn't look like an accident....Rei Ayanami being a pretty significant character.....and Leo Akaba being basically a Gendo. There's also Pokemon and Digimon. Fusion dimension could be an "unbrainwashed" perspective on what people actually do in Pokemon games. And the googles...Digimon lead....Serena might have had some Rika influence in her hair.
Grayfox gr Jack didnt win the first, it was unfinished, and Yusei would have won. They dueled on Fortune cup where Yusei won. Then they dueled when Yusei wanted to duel without Synchroes and I think they didnt finish but Jack would surely win. They duel for the 4th time at the end when Yusei wins. No coincidences
+ Yugioh Everything if Dexter, Leo and Luna were to be seen in yugioh ARK V then how would they be? Plus it's been awhile since I last commented on your videos
Yeah jesus, I saw your name and was like WOW blast from the past xD Hope all has been well I hope they would have been in the plot, maybe they could have taken the role of Sam, not a major role but it would have been interesting
"so the correct answer is B, Yuya lost to Sergey in episode 92, which is the latest any main protagonist has lost a duel, in respect to how many episodes were left in the show." Objection! Yugi and Atem, who both had the main character role, dueled each at the very end of the series, and Atem lost in the very final episode.
Thanks now I know that the reason aster and alexis were in arc V was to represent gx Crow and jack were to represent 5ds And kite was to represent zexal Thanks my questions were just answered
Also the duel judai vs darkness is a representation of how there was no right or wrong. Darkness saw the evil in humanity while Jaden was a being who lost all hope.
Honestly a really good way to look at it
andrei deang he’s talking about season 4. Where everything is taken by darkness and Jayden is depressed.
It shows that Nightshroud is wrong there is hope
@@YugiohEverything you said the zone timeline never happens do yusei safien the future however you forget one thing yugioh is mulvulse and by mtiuvrses rules say any thing and ever thing can and dos happen meiang there is timeline where it steel happens
@@YugiohEverything you forg tht two girlz in zexal backgorund tha tlook liek akiza and alexa
Yuya used a spell card called "Supreme King Wings" during its first duel vs Crow before Z-ARC wasn't even a thing
Oh wow, didnt even realize that, thats another example of awesome foreshadowing!
To be fair, the whole Supreme thing was already started before with Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon (whose name in Japanese starts with Supreme King).
@@_Vengeance_ well, actually, it all started with the first pendulum summoning cuz he said "Come, my servant monsters"
@@shiny1053 wow, never realized that after watching the entirety of Arc-V
Actually i realise this theory when i saw zarc names which is Surpreme King dragon Zarc. And Judai is the Surpreme King hehe
This show definitely needed at least 1 extra season to give all the characters a bit more. They had such an awesome storyline that actually brought me back to YuGiOh
That, or just scrap the legacy characters idea to give the new ones a chance to shine. :/
Minor fun facts: The backgrounds of the Yuya silhouettes is the same colour as each bracelet girls gem, if you bend it slightly with Yuzu. In I believe the first ending Yuya's holding four popsicles that has the same colours as the gems as well(and lead to alot of theorising that Ruri could be blonde). Also i always liked how each Yuboy was almost opposite in personality to the protagonist of the dimension/world they're from
Bastion and Zane in Slifer red clothes
Weird
I mean Zane graduated already and Bastion missed a whole year.
Or maybe that kid is Bastion’s kid, not the man himself!
Lol now they are the Slifer Slackers
zane is dead right????
Shelby Bayer bastion is the best and Slifer is the best
Arc V should have lasted 200 episodes 50 episodes per dimension. For Season 3, split it between Yuya and Yuzu having their own adventure. Yuya contends with Edo Phonix while Yuzu leads a rebellion in the Fusion arc. Yuzu Hiiragi must contend with an nemesis named Hell Kaiser Ryo. Yuzu must overcome this adversary to grow as a fighter and warrior and savior and proving that she has learned something sine losing to Sergey. That is how season 3 should've been. Reply to this and I can expand on this further
thetiger39 plz expend, I like ur idea.
I would have no idea how to write a tv series with a 150 episode limit so I cannot say much about how to divy up stuff. All I can say is have a clear beginning, middle and end and stick to that formula. Otherwise you have Synchro lasting too long and not enough time to flesh out the Fusion and Xyz settings.
Growing after losing to Sergey. Lets do some roleplay. You are Yuzu Hiiragi. You know what happened in episode 77. So you go against a foe like Yuri or Hell Kaiser Ryo, fighting for what is right, trying to save people, the four dimensions from Leo Akaba's tyrannical rule. What goes through your mind? What is your mentality to winning the day against these SS tier duelists?
thetiger39 Skyler Phoenix yeah, I don't see Yuzu dueling Kasier or Yuri for smiles, it's too unrealistical. I honestly would've liked it if Kaiser was commander of chief, and Edo was second in command. I would've had Yuya vs Edo round two be like the one from the fanfic Bonds Beyond Pendulum, where Yuya speaks to Edo and the Academia soldiers about how they never learned what was truely right and wrong due to growing up in Academia and showing the Xyz residents that they are not the only victims of the dimensional war.
You should see the Melodious cards I made you Yuzu in the next chapter of Bonds of Pendulum
thetiger39 I just saw the new chapter. The new Melodious cards you made were great! Amazing job(and also good job to the authors for the amazing chapter)!
I forgot they put Yuya on the left side at the beginning. Never noticed that at all. And it's sad to hear all the VAs for Yugo, Yuto, Rin and Ruri all retired. Even more weird they were the counterparts' respective dimensions. And a lot of the foreshadowing they did at the beginning was left unnoticed.
they did not retie or there vocie wonted be steel used in new games
@@ssjgotenks2009 what?
There's another thing about the Mieru duel and forshadowing.
After Yuya Summons 5 Monsters, Mieru looks at each of them and tells them what each means. 4 of her readings are just referencing the fact that later on in that episode he will fall down and die, but for her last reading, which is Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, she just says there's an aura of mystery around it.
Also, the coin toss in that duel to determine who goes first is not heads or tails, but rather Dragon and Demon. Yuya picks Dragon but Mieru reveals it to be a Demon and says this shows that Yuya is hungry for power.
I'm Brazilian writing on Google Translate, so you can answer me in English and I'll translate later. Wow, I hadn't noticed the coin detail in Mieru's duel.
Another amazing fact about Allen from Yugioh Arc-V.
Both Allen and Anna (ZEXAL) shares the same deck.
There is more, my theory is that Allen is related to Anna Kozuki (Anna Kaboom) if you look at their surname.
Anna Kozuki from ZEXAL
Allen Kozuki from Arc-V.
Same surnames, Same decks.
Things I miss about Arc-V are people being positve about it. Yes, the ending was awful, worst ending to a Yugioh series...but that doesn't mean the entire show is bad,. I've said it before in Arc-V videos and I don't mind saying it again, Arc-V is still easily my favorite of the spin-offs, because of all the good things it had going for it.
I agree, the hate it gets is a little too over the top, not my favorite show but I still enjoyed it !
Yeah I'm very aware that me saying Arc-V is my favorite is a controversial opinion, but it's one I will defend to no end.
It's just really tiring to see the same jokes 'Last time I was this earyl, Arc-V was still good' and generally the ending complains over and over again with no mention of other stuff. That would be like only focusing on post-Dark Signers filler for 5D's or early episode for Zexal.
5ds was my personal favorite. But my favorite part of ARC-V was the first Odd Eyes Raging Dragon summon
Zexal's my favorite and that's an unpopular opinion
As a rather big Arc V fan by myself, I cannot agree more with you. I even saw this shift from loving Arc V to hating it among my very friends- before the show ended we all loved it and appreciated it despite it flaws, and in some regard we loved it thanks to it's flaws. But after ep. 148, many of my friends got really disappointed by Arc V, and started to trash it hard. Not to a point to say that it was awful, but to a point that they all agreed in one voice that it was flawed beyond repair, and those flaws destroyed for them the good stuff that Arc V had (or at least after the end of the Standard arc). It was a very sad shift to witness, especially because we gave Arc V so much love and positive attention. Well, at least this show helped to bring all of us together in the very first place, and this is the most important thing.
10:33 yami yugi lost in the last episode, and in all honestly he was more the protagonist than regular yugi was
Oh yea
Another loss by Yami Yugi was against Bakura in Episode 35 of Season 5
Well Still They were Both Protagonists
y'know, on the topic of foreshadowing: in Japanese, did you notice that Zarc was in control during the first episode?
if you listen to (and read if you're using subtitles) Yuya's Pendulum Summon chant, he says something completely different when he was in an Awakened state than he does as himself. the only reason it gets glossed over is specifically the fact that the next episode immediately follows that point, and it hints at him being at a haze afterward.
he doesn't quite remember what happened, and specifically doesn't know how to properly use Pendulum Summoning himself despite defeating the champion with it, and had to spend the night with Gongenzaka studying it.
Oh my god.
I guess that explains why he just knew the mechanic at that time. I actually always assumed the sudden plotamnesia was supposed to signal it having been a rush of the moment-type of deal.
Remember Yugi would have won but surrendered
Danny Tran I know, right? I consider that duel a win for Yugi and not Rebecca for that same reason!
Yuri012 also he didn't use the effect of time gear correctly
It's still, for all real purposes, a loss by forfeit. He beat Rebecca like Joey beat Marik: could have, but didn't/couldn't use the last move that would have actually ended it.
yugi never lost to rebacca since they necver dueled eeach other, that fact is wrong sorry bro
It's like you've either not seen the show, or are in denial.
I know it's pointless to complain about it now, but watching this video reminded me how much I wanted to see Yuya vs Yuzu in Academia when she had the parasite. I still can't believe Yuzu didn't duel and Rin only dueled once.
As far as why no original Yugioh characters made it into Arc-V, I can think of a number of reasons. One might be maybe they didn't want legendary duelist like Kaiba or Joey losing to new characters. If any DM characters were in Arc-V they'd eventually lose to Yuri or Zarc. Another reason might be because they already had a movie going on. From that standpoint it does make more sense to use GX, 5Ds, and Xezal characters over them for Arc-V.
Yeah, but with the GX characters, they did not used LEGENDARY duelist too, just Alexis and Aster. Because I really doubt if they would make Zane and Jaden lose to some new characters tho... With 5Ds and Zexal on the other hand, used legendary duelist from their series... Lol
Yea both sides of the wall, not every Legacy Character could make it to the final plot anyways... Darkside of Dimensions being ongoing was just a major problem on top of scheduel problems...
On the other hand, in-universe, not everyone made the split clean, someone has to glue the dimensions together... or at least mix with Zarc depending on your interpritation.
Xyz Summon Course "Special Card Metamorphosizing Theory" a.k.a "SHINING DRAW!!!"
Yes!!!!
Imma say i really did enjoy arc v regardless of how the ending happened, it brought together stuff I grew up on and put it all in a nice package
At least to me, the two laughing kids at academia look like misawa and fubuki
Mark Granicke Its either Bastion and Alexis brother, or Bastion and that guy who had Honest
Fubuki(sub)=Atticus(dub)
A-fucking-gree!i thought i was da only who noticed
i think its bastion and zane
Sorry i will say, they are just like Joey's cousin. That other Wheiler.
THE PLOT. Okay sorry I knew that would be the top comment xD In all seriousness I liked arc v, just wish the ending was better, heck wish the ending was even halfway decent :/
Perry Gharty I wish the events of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Ending 6 actually happened (I'm sure you remember it). That ending was SUCH An obnoxious tease and it was what we WANTED. XD All the Yu-Boys and Bracelet Girls spending one last arc with each other, bonding, and then saying their final goodbyes.
YuseiTheSynchroHero yeah I rlly wanted that too. Maybe with the girls shopping for clothes together for their upcoming dates with their representative yu boy, and the boys just hanging around, with Yugo and Yuri throwing jokes to each other.
Perry Gharty tho I was very disappointed by the ending, I was more disappointed by the overall show, and how much potential it had but didn't live up to.
YuseiTheSynchroHero I didin't wanted a generic and tasteless villain
He was mentioning Yugo, Rin, Yuto and Ruri's VAs retiring after their roles here, but maybe they had plans to retire earlier than after the show ended. I'm guessing that's why the ending was as bad as it was.
Arc V
EXCELLENT foreshadowing, planning, build up and interesting world
HORRIBLE payoff, execution, (post season 1) pacing and balance
Also Ruri voice actor in ending 1 suprised me. So cool!
Glad you enjoyed ASW! :D
ASW = your name abbreviated cause im lazy lol
Yugioh Everything lol trust me I do the same
I was devastated by ARC-V's ending. The series was so close to becoming my favourite Yu-Gi-Oh! series, but the final episodes were so incredibly lacklustre. I was kind of expecting a battle in the fifth dimension where Zarc's persona splits off or something due to the pendulum pendant or Ray dragging him out with her last bit of strength and then Yuuya gets Ray's cards through bullshit main character powers and the deus ex machina that is anime friendship and begins duelling, where he gradually severs each of his counterparts away by bringing their dragons to his side of the field and then they either all tag-team Zarc together or just give Yuuya emotional support or something.
I kinda wish they'd given Yuuri the evil cleansing treatment to make him change his outlook, too.
I think they wanted an unhappy ending...given that Final Fantasy VII and Evangelion neither had truly happy endings...and those two things, along with many other things, got Easter egg'd in this anime. But those two are the most in-your-face influences on the story. Sephiroth's "Reunion" and the projections in Advent Children, man obsessed with only one thing(Gendo). Same man neglects his other son(Declan/Reiji is Shinji Ikari). And well, Ray is Aerith and Rei Ayanami. (Star Wars with Palpatine, alien parasite movies, Jean-Luc Picard, Beethoven, Spaceballs--Lulu gives me Daphne Zuniga vibes, Pokemon-not just Sora's toy card but the concept of "carding" people, Digimon with the googles and Selena possibly having some basis on Rika from Tamers)
Arc-V Jack was awsome. he played a sort of sub rival/teacher role for Yuya and he did it amazingly. he OTKed Yuya if my memory is not failing me. Together with Gongenzaka he was the only one who even got a second turn against Zarc, even getting some attacks of. He made Yuya shit bricks once or twice...
The Grand Unified Duel Theory was also a reference, to GX's Dr. Zweinstein to be exact (in the sub at least).
Have you heard anything about Arc V's ending originally being different? Like referencing to a Japanese idiom or phrase or something like that? The only thing I could think is that the yu boys and yu girls were each split into 4 and 4 is an unlucky number in Japan? It was a comment I read under another vid, but I haven't heard anything, was curious if you ever heard about that?
Bro, you forgot to mention the brief cameo appearance of the Crimson Dragon, and Jack also using Double Tuning lol Not that big of a deal, but would've been cool to mention!
Great vid bro!!
13:37 This picture shows how Arc-V should have ended
Lol imagine reiji swallowing all zarc powers and cards and became zarc and became the real antagonist and was planning this whole time
Yuya and Yuzu must have sex after Arc v anime ended
The good guy is always RIGHT so that's why the good guy is always on the RIGHT and the bad guy is on the LEFT.
AHHH I like that analogy xD
Also sinister was a word meant for left-handed people because they were thought to be evil.
Makes sense to me. :)
LOL I'm left handed and I really the love the 'Sin' XYZ monsters (Greedy Sarameya, The Seven Sins and Malevolent Sin)
If is by what I heard in Akibaranger, they do that in Super Sentai too where the good guys are always at the right side of the screen whenever they are about to beat the monsters or bad guys. Same happens when the bad guy is about to beat the sentai teams, they put him on the right. Something about kabuki theater. I should probably rewatch that episode entirely to remember exactly what he said.
I went in thinking I wouldn't learn anything new and yet I did! 5Ds had even more cameo characters than I realized!
One thing I am really surprised by is that you did not mention Allen Kozuki having the last name as Anna and similar deck. It seems like more of a half cameo than the nobody background characters.
Not to comment on a years-old video but Rin's VA, Sarah Emi Bridcutt, didn't retire, she's still active today. Though the other three did retire, the twins still do voices for Duel Links. Unsure if Rin Aizawa will return if/when Ruri appears.
arc 5 is the biggest missed opportunity series with so much wasted potential. Just seeing the end of the video with all the foreshadowing and what not means they had the series planned to an extent but..... bad writing prevailed. it trully kills me to think what arc v couldve been
Agreed.
I still remember kurosaki smiling meme that says my sister and best friend killed and I'm smiling
BTW an earlier comments reminded me, full OCG names of Odd-Eyes and -insertname- combination:
Odd-Eyes Rebellion - Supreme King Black Dragon (debut in episode 40 something!)
Odd-Eyes Raging - Supreme King Violent Dragon
Odd-Eyes Venom - Supreme King Violet Dragon
Odd-Eyes Wing - Supreme King White Dragon
So even more foreshadowing.
Todos os dragões resultantes da combinação de dois dos dragões Celestiais ou mais recebem o nome de rei supremo tirando um
I really enjoyed Arc-V for the most part, it was just near the ending when we got to Academia that I was a bit iffy on it, but I actually really liked this part
Nekroz Other then pacing I really enjoyed Synchro arc my problems started with XYZ arc tbh.
Actually, Fudou Style Solitaire Theory might also be a reference to "Solitaire" decks in the Yugioh Card Game. Or a deck/style of play that most of the current competitive yugioh format falls under, you basically play a game of solitaire trying to build your "Board" to be unbreakable and on the next turn your opponent has to try and break it.
Continuing on this train of thought; Stardust Dragon decks can be really effective at this style of play, *especially* when restricted to Synchro summoning as the only means of, well I would say "extra deck summoning", however I'm fairly certain the Synchro event didn't allow neither Pendulum or Ritual summoning. Anyways that archetype belonging to Yusei Fudo and being capable of the solitaire playstyle is either a fascinating coincidental reference, or really clever.
There was a cameo of a certain location that while yuya and friends were trapped in the XYZ dimension. It was the resistance base of operation. It was exactly like the home of Yuma's teacher Master Roku. And found it quite humorous how both Yuma and Yuya had pretty much the exact same reaction to the excessive amount of stairs they had to climb to reach the top.
the idea behind zarc and the story was soooooo good D: all those little hints that something isnt right and everything...its still a real shame they dropped the good writing way too early :/
It was good because previous works made an impact first. Especially Final Fantasy 7. Yuya's journey might have been planned to be a Cloud Strife clone. Where his "successes" and journey ultimately leads to a surprising crash. The whole show is more than a Yu-gi-oh dimension mashup. It's a pop culture mashup. Digimon and Pokemon get a shoutout. And you could even interpret the Fusion dimension as aggressive Pokemon trainers catching humans instead of Pokemon. Roget got some Palpatine vibes, and "brainwashed microchips" is like Jango Fett's clones.
I really liked all all the Duel Academy grunts used Ancient Gear cards like GX’s Crowler who was a teacher and all the Sector Security grunts used Goio cards like Trudge in 5D’s who was of course Sector Security. Also, kind of a neat choice having Sergei use Earthbound Immortals against Jack since those were the cards of the Dark Signers.
You didn't even mention the duelists that defended Yusho against Yuri, using Chumleys deck, Chazzs deck, and Syrus deck?
I was sad when the Ojama Brother didn’t talk
@@bicillenium4019 tru
Okay, immediately after watching this video, I had to go check Wikipedia (in both English and Japanese), and, from what I've read, Rin's VA, Sarah Emi Bridcutt, has not retired yet; she's still in the business.
Well for a start I miss all the other yu boys and bracelet girls, as they're essentially dead :(
There was also an easteregg about the Wii Game Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Wheelie Breakers. I don't know exactly the episode, but it was during the prison mini arc in the Synchro Dimension. A security guy was playing a very similiar game on a mobil console.
What about the fourth opening where at the end its says something on the lines of "Write a new chapter. Will you be the hero?" Where it shows Yuya. I feel that was foreshadowing for Zarc too.
Surprised you didn't mention the fusion dimension's city being similar to the city Judai is in at the beginning of bonds beyond time.
Honestly I didnt even notice that, havent watched BBT in a few years now!
Venice?
Jose Almedia Nah. It's not confirmed that he was in Venice specifically, just Europe. They made that up for the YGO abridged parody of Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. And given that the entire city isn't completely flooded with water, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say its not Venice.
Yeah, I know xD
Hunter Stiles Judai's in St. Mark's Square in the beginning of the movie, a landmark of Venice.
Bastion, a filthy Slifer Red 🤣🤣🤣🤣
ARC-V couldn't been maybe the best arc but ironically i think its the worst. It had all the right elements in there and even a really good plot, but it ended up being a rushed ball of throw up all jumbled together.
Actually when reji's mother mentions the other dimensions to the civilians during the battle royale you can see the shadows of yugi's monsters
I always thought the guy next to "Bastion" was Fubuki, especially since they were seen in a scene that focused on Asuka.
It very well could have been him, if it was that probably confirms they weren't brother/sister since she had no special reaction towards him xD But who knows !
I somewhat have a theory about why they weren't brother/sister but ehhh not enough proof to back it up xD
Give it a shot! Would be an interesting discussion! : D
The tourists from 5D's were in ARC-V! The ones who are interviewed about the Nazca lines disappearing and show up every once in awhile. They were in a still shot in ARC-V.
Even though they weren't there during the Friendship Cup Duel I Really did wish they would've shown the twins w/ Dexter watching from the stands that would've looked cool
I'd love to see Dr Crowler and Jean-Louis Boneparte make a Cameo, they are my favourite YuGiOh GX characters! ♡
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@@akim1909 Yeah. 😁👍🏻
@@shannonxpennywise 👌👍
Poor Rin's V.A took 500 points of DAMEGI to the face :'(
I don't know why I keep saying this, but I think that main thing about ARC-V that I see many people overlook is the fact that the plot line of how Yuya exists in, travels through, destroys and reconnects a world split into different dimensions based on the previous series is very similar to that of Kamen Rider Decade. Google it if you don't know.
Also, while there were no Duel Monsters cameos in ARC-V, the Standard Dimension was meant to be the ARC-V version of Duel Monsters. When you look back and see characteristics of the Standard Dimension and its people, there are a lot elements that mirror those of the first series.
Aster maybe didn't win a single duel, but he made a draw with Yuya (who beat Jack at that point). Why nobody mentions it?
It wasn't a good draw for him, Yuya had him beat until he played a card that forced a draw and saved him. I think it would have been more impressive had he forced Yuya to force a draw and Edo was about to win
Yugioh Everything He managed to get Yuya's LP to zero in 100+ episode. He should be given credit for that at least.
That's true, but a lot of duels the protags LP goes down to 500-100 before they pull out. Just wish he won at least once lol
Yugioh Everything It's still impressive. Way more impressive than beating some scrubs.
No impressive is Revolver forcing a tie in VRAINS. That was a protagonist getting backed into a corner and pulling a tie as a safety net. Aster or Edo just got his butt kicked. A lot.
I always get kind of pissed when someone says that Yugi lost to Rebecca lol. Yes, technically she won, but Yugi let her.
Silver Prince yeah I get a bit ticked off when someone mentions that duel.
@@SSJ_EWGF they straight up show the card he could have used to win, too. How don't people get Yugi _chose_ to lose
Victory by forfeit is still victory. You clearly didn't understand the message of that duel.
Another idea that fanfic writers should jump on. Yuzu Hiiragi being the Hero that saves everyone by putting Leo Akaba and Zarc in their place. Get on it fanfic writers.
thetiger39 haha, I see u all the time on fanfiction.net and on Bonds of Pendulum. More people need to know bout ur idea and his story.
*salutes* on it!
It looked like Bastion and Atticus in the picture. Features of the face and shade of the hair make me think it’s Atticus Rhodes implied at least. Placement of judai vs darkness makes sense when the theory of night shroud knowing what would occur in the future being zero reverse.
Oh damn, the writers focused more on Easter eggs and foreshadowing than the actual plot. I'm just kidding. I'm just bitter on how Arc-V went given how good the series could've been.
in the YU-GI-OH Arc-V the Movie shows that Declan's sister Ray and Z-Arc in their original forms after Yuya vs Yusho's father and son duel, it shows the gang moves on in life, Gong, Sylvio, Yuya, and Zuzu from High School to College, future jobs coming in 25 years in the ending
I believe that odd-eyes wing dragon and odd-eyes venom dragon where meant to be used throughout the synchro and fusion arcs
The paladin cards seem out of place given what everyone's expectations where at the time
Indeed... I have the very same idea about those cards and some more...
*Performapal Odd-Eyes Synchro* too was probably supposed to have appeared in the Synchro Arc, back when ARC-V was still introducing elements of the previous shows into it's episodes, instead of appearing so late into the show.
Additionally, *Odd-Eyes Lancer Dragon* was most probably meant for the Yuya to use from the start in order to gain absolute advantage over his enemies during Action Duels when they were crossing dimensions. Given that it's effects of preventing Spell Card activation when it attacks, it makes less sense to appear so late into the show . I can see Reiji giving him Lancer Dragon specially when you recall that the Lancer's main advantage were Action Duels and Pendulum Cards.
Also, *Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon*... consistency-wise it makes no sense for it to be an Xyz-Pendulum since Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon already fills that role. Given how the other dragons were Supereme King Odd-Eyes Pendulum variants of the original Dimension Dragons, Raging Dragon I think was supposed just be an Effect Monster instead of an Xyz one.
Then Zarc not even having possession of any of the Supreme King Odd-Eyes Dragons while Yuya had all of it. If Zarc created Pendulum, it makes more sense that he would summon the Supreme King Odd-Eyes Dragons. The Supreme King Dragons were nice, but they really look underwhelming compared to the Supreme King Odd-Eyes ones..
And finally as of late, the newly revealed *Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon* which is a Normal Monster, pretty much references the effect of the cards Ray used against Zarc by turning his Effect Monsters into Normal Monsters. Personally how I see it though, I think Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon would have been Yuya's dragon after being freed from Zarc's influence and after Ray losing to the Revived Zarc. Given how attached Yuya is with his pendant, the dragon fusing with the pendant as a final wish also just seems to make more sense.
2:50 The guy on the left definitely looks like Bastion. As for the one on the right, my money's on Atticus Rhodes, or Fubuki Tenjoin.
I could definitely see it being Atticus/Fubuki with just different hair color!
That's my point. I wonder why people didn't take that into account. The hair color is already pretty similar, along with the less detailed hairstyle, to Atticus. It would make sense putting both Rhodes siblings into Arc-V.
Yes I needed a video like this today. Distraction time. Thank you
Another fun fact(you may have mentioned it before) the voice actor of yuto was also gekiblue in juken Sentai Gekiranger.
Scarlight Duelist I wish he pointed that out! Like his bro is in akibaranger and Aki's VA being from both dekaranger and kyoruger.
It would have been perfect if DM characters like SETO KAIBA being in the series, no less the idea that he was a villain. I wish Yuzu was the heroine, or at least DUELED MORE. SIGH....
I hope this is not a copyright showing clips of the show.
They can copyright me for images, just hoping they dont xD But yeah if he was the villain it would have been incredible
DragonKnight15 - Jason Cruz Nope. Kaiba as the villain is waaaay too unoriginal.
I know it's been a while but I think I know why we never saw any DM characters in ARC V, the reason I think is because the dimension Yuya starts out in would have been the world the DM characters inhabit but we didn't get legacy characters till season 2 and they already left that dimension meaning there would be no way to integrate them naturally after that point and doing it earlier wouldn't fit well before the multiple dimension concept was introduced e.g. 'here are duel monster character but we live in a point of time that has synchro and XYZ monsters' it would have been too much at that point so that's why I think we didn't get any cameos from DM characters in the series
So firstly. I'd like to commend this video, clicked it as soon as my notifications showed up.
Been a while Dylan. Dunno if you remember that one random Shun Kurosaki that ised to religiously comment on your videos. XD Been rather busy with life and now, I'm on a break and can finally catch up with what I'm missing. Can't wait to catch up with VRains. Heard its pretty lit. Keep ip the good work!
Thirdly. I feel like the GX lookslikes resembled Bastion and Atticis Rhodes. Those 5Ds cameos are cool though. Would have never caught that.
I caught the Zexal cameos in a heartbeat to be honest. Favourite series afterall.
I hope you've been good Shun! I remember your name xD Looking forward to your thoughts on vrains whenever you manage to catch up! Really glad you enjoyed the vid, and good eye on those zexal cameos since they were quickly shown!
Great review. However, you forgot the part in which Sergei fuses with his bike. That part is almost identical to the moment in which Placido fuses with his bike before losing to Yusei in a duel for the first time.
So much cool stuff, very well done. I really enjoyed watching this.
5:28 His first duel with Crow was hilarious
4:35 Holy are those Morphtronics o.o
Yup
O....kay. the foreshadowing was done really well even I didn't know who would be the main antagonist until Zarc's major appearance after Yuri's loss in Arc-v.
Correct me if I'm wrong but.... during episode 2 of Vrains, Yusaku is placed on the left and the KOH is on the right.... WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?!
One piece of trivia I learned. The main vocalists in the second ending song were the voice actors for Yuya Sakaki and Reiji Akaba :)
i love these easter eggs in the yugioh anime, thats why i like the yugioh anime more!
Yeah I love easter eggs, and I'm glad every Yugioh has had a lot of cool easter eggs
THANK GOD FOR THIS MANS!!! I love these types of videos (Especially with how you included trivia and a jeopardy question)
I miss watching these vids
:D I hope you enjoy!
Yugioh Everything the last part about the voice actors was creepy omg
Yuto and Yugo's voiceactors are twins? OMG I always thought they sounded nearly the same XD
But... The whole point of Duel Monsters was that Yami or Atem lost to Yugi. I call that a protagonist losing. Seeing as how Atem and Hugo were functioning as separate protagonists for almost the entire last season. More legit than Yugis " loss" to Rebecca where he forfeited instead of playing his winning card so as to prove a point about his Gramps. Which was the real victory of that duel. Your Millionaire question was bull.
And UA-cam autocorrect Yugi to Hugo. Who is a character from Arc V, thanks autocorrect. I can always count on you to mess me up.
You seem very triggered lol, it was just a fun question.
To me, the main character of DM was Yugi, not Atem. Although, I also consider them to be one spirit so there was no real loser in that final duel. And Yugi technically lost to Rebecca, if a baseball team is winning 60 - 0 and then surrender in the 8th inning, they lost, simple as that. At the end of the day, it's all just for fun, no need to get upset about it lol
Yugioh Everything Okay it is your question but you completely missed the point of both his duel with Rebecca and the entire show. The show was about Yami finding his past and Yugi getting the strength to stand on his own. And as you pointed out Yami did lose that duel so even if you wrongly assume they are the same person he would have both lost and won. And like you said, losing is still losing. Although I wouldn't call letting the angry kid beat you to avoid a tantrum losing, and everyone on the show admonishes Rebecca and pretty much unanimously declares Yugi the de facto winner. Also, I'm not triggered so much as sleep deprived, driving folks to the airport at three in the morning sucks, but your video DID help me stay awake, so thanks for that. :)
@John Comtois, this doesn't change the answer from being B).
I thought your B) was actually just an emoticon in sunglasses for a sec. Remember emoticons? Good times. They were like the Emoji of yesteryear. Also, yeah, the answer is still B. (And the question is still bull which had nothing to do with the rest of the vid.)
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He also helped Declan beat Leo Akaba, so I mean that has to count for something, right?
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Let me add more to this theory: Yuya is unable to Pendulum Summon during the first duel between him and Yuzu/Zuzu, because he hadn't figured out the schematics of it yet. But I think this could also reference to the fact that Z-ARC didn't have access to pendulum summoning either, in the duel between him and Rei.
Theres one where I noticed during the duel between Yuya and Reiji vs Akaba Leo and its that
Reiji has Diamond Earrings
Reira has a Club on his Hoodie
Akaba has a Spade metal plate on his head
Henrietta has a Heart shape head
oh my god your right.
I remember a theory about arc 5.
So the theory goes is that before the world was split into 5 we go through all of the history of yugioh. Zarc bring a duelist hears about all of the legendary duelists. Yugi, kiba, etc. so when he is being split apart he uses the last of his powers to create a universe with each existing dueling mechanic, but he makes the history of those universes different. He makes it so that the legendary duelists don’t exist so that he isn’t prematurely defeated when he slowly pulls himself together😊
In the beginning of BelieveXBelieve song before the song starts it's one from the audience that looks like Shark from Yugioh zexal.
Usagi Mutou Oh yeah. the intro one. I think it resembles Shark
I am really mind blowned by the good and bad guy split screen foreshadow as I always thought that there was something werid about the Yuya vs Yuzu screen when I first saw it, but I couldn't get my hands on it.
Yep! Thats what it most likely was hinting at!
With every UA-camr releasing a Diss Track, I just got to wonder when yours is? Hahaha! And one thing I missed from Arc V was a good ending... Hahaha
HAHA I could rant on a lot of people, but I like to stay positive xD
I started watching Yugioh almost 12 years ago and I've never noticed that they always but the good guys on the right side of the screen... oh my word how could I have missed that?! Hahaha
I mean, the ending of Arc-V and the start of Zexal are both still better than Twilight
Duckerz love your profile pic
Arc-V always reminded me of GX. They both had protagonist that are more fun loving and goofy than thier counterparts. They both have the protagonist be the main villain with Judai being Haou and Yuya being Z-arc. They both have a period of time where the main character falls into a depression because if his actions when he was a villain. They both have a larger focus on past series with GX featuring Pegasis, Seto, Solomon Muto, etc and arc-V featuring well everyone mentioned in the video, compared to the original which couldn't and 5ds which makes no real reference to GX or the original series. They both also are divisive amongst fans. Gx got a lot of flak for Judai/ Jaden being too goofy and feeling more like a slice of life anime than the more drama/ mystery feeling in Yugioh!. Arc-V got a lot of flak for its ending and the plot being mishandled.
Personally I felt both were good examples of good ideas with poor execution. Having main characters that end up being the villain is an interesting twist that works well with the contrast in character between Judai/ Haou and Yuya/Zarc. I also wish they focused more on Jaden's PTSD following the Dark Dimension arc. I also think Jaden x Alexis should've been more of a focus consider the tag competition arc in season 4. It would've given more weight to that conflict if they both had feelings for each other. Jaden being goofy made sense considering the Haou revelation but I think it could've been foreshadowed more. Same with Yubel. Something like Jaden being more aggressive in his duel with Titan and against the Dark Seekers could've been a good way to hint at there being more to his character and would've made sense given his backstory of having no friends thus being more protective of them than normal. Arc-V should've used characters from the original Yugioh and gave it it's own dimension. Versions of Seto and Joey would've been felt at home in Arc-V with Seto being somewhat like Jack and Joey acting like Alexis. I also think there should've been a mention of the original protagonists. Something like Z-arc killing them off when the multiverse was created to lessen the amount of people trying to beat him. I also would've had it end with the protagonists all bending together to defeat Z-arc because if you're gonna put that much focus onto the past series you might as well follow through with it. Although I will admit this does run the risk of the past season overshadowing the current seasons but I think by having them be defeated by Zarc and brought back at the last duel by something like Yuya splitting from Zarc because of him becoming his own person and gaining sentience outside of Zarc and having Yuri take over as Zarc's main personality giving he seems to already be the only version of Yuya with any of Zarc's character traits would've made more sense and given the series a less anticlimactic finish.
Jaden...I think they needed a change because his cards were fun but not competitive...So they pulled out all the stops to make him Anakin Skywalker turning into Darth Vader.
Arc-V though...Yuya, despite the constant "smile" emphasis, comes off as someone much more lonely and insecure from the start. Arc-V's story...is rather overt in where its part of its source story is, and one source story is Final Fantasy VII. Cloud starts off like a bigshot SOLDIER only to find out he himself is a broken guy who has a screwed up identity, and that initial personality is literally him copying his more successful best friend. The game is basically that, as your "progress", Cloud deteriorates more and more and the whole journey is a "trap" and the real savior is Aerith and her spell Holy.
The other anime is Evangelion. Ray's name doesn't look like an accident....Rei Ayanami being a pretty significant character.....and Leo Akaba being basically a Gendo.
There's also Pokemon and Digimon. Fusion dimension could be an "unbrainwashed" perspective on what people actually do in Pokemon games. And the googles...Digimon lead....Serena might have had some Rika influence in her hair.
Did not jack duel the protagonist in 5ds 3 times too ?
And again he won the first but lost the 2 next , randrom ?
I think not
Grayfox gr Jack didnt win the first, it was unfinished, and Yusei would have won. They dueled on Fortune cup where Yusei won. Then they dueled when Yusei wanted to duel without Synchroes and I think they didnt finish but Jack would surely win. They duel for the 4th time at the end when Yusei wins. No coincidences
Jack won the 1st duel which was a standing duel
Jack is undefeated on a standing duel
And for the other duels you are right
2:52 they are Bastion and Alexis's brother i think
Bring back the summon chants in Vrains!
Make a video about a black and white Astral and his plans on king Yuma, Shark, and 2 Kites (Zexal and Arc V)
Shame Arc-V fell so bad the plot was awesome but it failed in execution
Agreed :/
The Crimson Dragon Made a cameo when Jack summon Red Dragon Archfiend Tyrant
+ Yugioh Everything if Dexter, Leo and Luna were to be seen in yugioh ARK V then how would they be? Plus it's been awhile since I last commented on your videos
Yeah jesus, I saw your name and was like WOW blast from the past xD Hope all has been well
I hope they would have been in the plot, maybe they could have taken the role of Sam, not a major role but it would have been interesting
"so the correct answer is B, Yuya lost to Sergey in episode 92, which is the latest any main protagonist has lost a duel, in respect to how many episodes were left in the show."
Objection! Yugi and Atem, who both had the main character role, dueled each at the very end of the series, and Atem lost in the very final episode.
The question has no correct answer since Yami yugi lost in the last episode of duel monsters
exactly
I already knew all of this except for the Fudo and Sayer. Of course, it makes for Sayer because I haven't found him once in Arc V.
got the notification and started eating really fast xd
HAHA enjoy your meal and enjoy the vid
You forgot to mention a yugioh zexal Easter egg in ep 57 Dennis was doing a card trick and the cards were the wands in Yuma's deck
Go Onizuka has more charisma than all of the Yu-boys...come @ me fanboys!
HAHAHA not the best video to comment your VRains propaganda on xD xD xD
Especially during the last part of arc v lol
Thanks now I know that the reason aster and alexis were in arc V was to represent gx
Crow and jack were to represent 5ds
And kite was to represent zexal
Thanks my questions were just answered
That's a shame about Yugo and Yuto's voice actors retiring, I really liked their voices in particular.
7:40 I think it’s one of Jun’s grandsons
Seto Kaiba is too good for the mess that is ARC-V
Yeah you're honestly right lol
Cameo: Arc-V!
Glad to see you got your account back! :D
Fantastic video!