The most shocking thing about Weevil and Rex losing in a two-on-one duel against Siegfried was that those two joke-characters actually thought they had a chance against the antagonist of that filler arc. They're both stated to be among the best in the region, but neither of them has ever actually won a duel outside their introductory duel against each other
Yugi losing against Raphael was so shocking that Kaiba freaked out. But yes, a lot of these duels are pretty shocking, especially when whoever loses is the local Yutagonist or certified badass guy of the show.
kaiba: i thought we have something special yugi. i comited my life to defeat you, and you would continue to be undefeated , but i guess i was wrong!! if i had parents, they said that you would not be good enough to me. yugi: kaiba: it´s not what you thinkig. kaiba: i bet you said that to all the duelists, and let me tell you, all the time i said that i was going to defeat you, i was facking it!!!!!!!!!!!1111
O’Brien vs Trueman was honestly one of my favourite duels in all of GX. Sure the action wasn’t anything to write home about but watching Trueman psychologically torture this character we knew to be strong and level headed was a strong indicator of how dangerous Darkness was as a villain. And then after the Duel we find out the accident didn’t play out the way Trueman depicted it (or maybe never happened at all)
Loss against Raphael took Atem's character in a direction that should've been feature in the manga as well. Manga never fully focused on negative traits of his pride and self-rightousness, but anime put much more emphasis on it and made him go through great development.
Also reminds me of how Joey acted towards Rishid / Odion about his Trap strategy - Joey acting like he had some right to judge Rishid on how he Duels and who he is as a Duelist because of it, like he himself is somehow "superior". Joey also had a similar attitude towards Reiko in the (non-canon) Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga, who used a chess-based milling Deck (Puppet King, Queen, and so on) - Joey getting all pissy over her strategy (which was also beating him) and talking like she was "wrong" for Dueling that way.
@@HalfDemonInuyasha joey is a stand in for the audience. This is a complaint all new duelists have. It's normal for people to pass the buck when they're frustrated. Joey is the usoppe of the yugioh anime.
@@thefonzpart That moment exists in the anime too, just that it doesn't equate "I understand that I don't win by default" to "I have no flaws here anymore and am totally fine with the actual loss". It's just a diffrent take on it and it's not like the anime overwrites the source material. The real issue is the productionteam brainfarting(Which happens way too often with the Yugioh anime in general)
One lost that always gets to me is when Cyrus lost to Zane later in the series. When Cyrus was talking the moves out in his head, I honestly thought he had Zane. Damn defusion...
I'm still shocked of the Duel against Revolver and Lightning. We haven't seen shenanigans happen like that since Duel Monsters, and to see it in Vrains of all installments left me baffled, frustrated (that Revolver lost), but impressed nonetheless.
Also kinda funny to watch the guy who is basically the main villain of the series get bodied by the bigger villain he was supposedly trying to keep sealed away when, if he had just learned to accept his daughter's sacrifice, grieve, and move on, none of the events of the series would have even happened. Leo Akaba wasn't just defeated by Z-ARC, he was defeated by Leo Akaba.
My absolute all time favorite end to a duel is where Nasch loses to Yuma. Before Yuma can destroy the Barian's Hope, Nasch activates a card that negates the attack and forces both of them to draw another card and activate the effect of the card, or lose the duel. You'd think that after all this time, Zexal would defeat Nasch through the power of Double or Nothing he decided to Shining Draw, but instead, Yuma realizes what he lost to the Door of Destiny after he obtained the power of Zexal: Himself. Instead of sacrificing his friend for the power of the Numeron Code and the future, he instead un-overlays the Zexal morph and decides to negate Utopia's attack AGAIN; continuing to find a future where neither of them have to die. Nasch on the other hand, decided to use his Chaos Draw on a card that would have let him win if Yuma decided to attack again, however, his life points would become the difference in the damage dealt. Since there was no battle, his life points become 0. After all these years, this is still my absolute favorite ending to any duel in Yugioh ever.
My favorite thing about Neil beating Yuga is that Yuga's LP decreases slower than usual, triggering an unconscious sign in your mind that Yuga wasn't gonna lose, making it that more unexpected.
Oh yeah That's true especially when Shun did beat his brain washed sister and Yugo was going beating whoever stands in his way she was his first lose in the show
It was a great twist, but I feel it would have meant more if she dueled again after that. With the way things played out I kind of wonder why they didn't just have Yuri be the first to best him.
Yeah, she's supposed to be one of the strongest duelists in Link Vrains and yet, her only "noteworthy" wins are against Vyra and Haru - and Haru was never meant to win the duel but buy some time for Lightning who also never believed in him being able to defeat Aoi. Sure she maybe had to face more antags than any other main girl but still sad to see her never having a big W.
I actually really related to Aoi’s character, so it actually did hurt me quite a bit to see how she was treated. After she went through all of her character development she was still treated pretty badly in the end. What a waste
You know, for me, that loss is only horrible because after that NOTHING happened to Aoi/Blue Angel/Girl/Maiden that redeemed her. If that were her only brutal humiliation it would have been a nice narrative springboard to her reinventing herself and making her grow feel earned. She could have had a W against Soulburner, Ghost Girl or a rematch against Specter but as it is, is just another wasted female character. We should have expected that after 5 other shows that did the same.
@@monkey_blu Honestly, I still don't understand why the writers couldn't let Blue Girl defeat Soulburner. Soulburner already had beaten Go so why Aoi too? They let him defeat two of his heroes and they probably would've let him defeat Playmaker too if 1. there had been a reason for a duel and 2. PM didn't have plot armor. So they went for Revolver instead later. Soulburner already got a couple of big wins, so Aoi really should've gotten at least one aswell.
Even though those that read the manga wouldn't be surprised by it I think Joey's loss to Marik should get a mention. No one really expected Joey to win and the fact that the duel ended with him in a winning position and the only reason he lost is because he couldn't finish the attack was amazing. I didn't read the manga before watching the show and I was shocked to see Joey start to announce his final attack only to collapse. And then I felt cheated that we didn't get a Yugi vs Joey duel!
Everyone is talking about yuga vs luke r2, but actually even the duel before that- Gakuto vs Neil- was quite a shock. I mean, Neil is forced to draw (when do you ever see that happen at all?) and to Gakuto after the whole Gakuting stint even. It was definitely shocking and also one of my favorite sevens duels
Wasn't that surprising if you kept an eye on the score board. It was to expect that the winning team would end up with 777 points for the 7 theme. That wouldn't have been possible if Neil had beaten Gakuto unless they would have given us a draw for Yuga vs Luke r2 instead but most were sure it would end in a Yuga or Luke loss. And yeah, the Gakuto vs Neil duel was good even though I wished they had found a different way to show Gakuto's fear of facing a Maximum monster than making him act like a clown to hide his insecurities. (and gakuting stayed a dumb joke sadly)
@@mikai4738 gakuting is honestly how a 11 year old would react to that situation tbh, and they made it of all things pretty heartwarming in the final arc
@@uninspiredname2974 The final arc made gakuting actually even dumber. During Neil vs Gakuto, it felt okay because it was *Gakuto's* way of handling pressure and fear but he eventually understood that his gakuting was stupid and embarrassing the Sogetsu style and his ancestor Gakugen so he changed back to his usual kimono and dueled seriously again. But in the last arc, suddenly gakuting was first done by Gakugen to end a war and not just a silly idea of Gakuto? Then why the hell make such a big deal of it being a disgrace to the Sogetsu family if a Sogetsu ancestor made himself look like a clown before anyway? And it's a dang shame how Gakuto's memories were just about gakuting. Nothing of his friends or what he learned through the show. Even freaking Neil had scenes of Yuga and Roa in his returning memories.
@@mikai4738 That's... honestly I consider that a rather poor read of that episode. Gakuto's entire conflict and arc in sevens is in what it means to be the successor to the Sougetsu style and how he should evolve it further. Gakuting is here a way he- eleven, let's remember- tries to do so, in his panic, and fails. The reason this is the key to his memories in the final arc is because it represents what he *gained* from his friendship with yuuga and the others: the resolve and will to push on his own road and better himself, even if it should be in that way. Setting no limits for himself, "it wouldn’t do not to fly towards a challenge", as his summoning chant for Icezark claims. Yet, the fact he was still affected by Monster Reborn means he still had doubt and insecurity in his heart. The scene in the battle royale then is not meant as gakugen telling him "gakuting is dumb"- that's all Rinnosuke- but that "trying to improve and renew yourself and therefore the sougetsu style is not wrong". He never really abandons gakuting, hell it's even in the second opening, and is referenced a number of times; rather, the distinction is that when facing neil he is *ashamed* of it and has doubts about it the entire way through. That is not how the successor of the Sougetsu style should fight. That is not a distinguished duel, that is just a jester flailing about. He should not be ashamed of having attempted to do so, it takes a lot of bravery to do something like that, however ridiculous it may appear. The reveal then that Gakugen also used Gakuting to solve a conflict is then to be read in the same way. This *is* the way the style has been born and evolved. Not as a strict road whose deviations are walled away (Gakuto's personality post monster reborn echoes this sentiment), but as a style free to evolve and connect to the future. That is why the evolution of the Sougetsu style is- or passes through- Gakuting. Freedom from social norms and what is expected of him. One of the core themes of Sevens is that children should be allowed, free and encouraged to express themselves as they wish, not held down by traditions or other such things- but rather free to embrace them if they so wish, but also to allow these traditions to grow with them. We see this in Asana, as well, if you want another example. Sorry for the long message, by the way...! I just have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this season and I feel it is very good and has some surprisingly subtle writing at times especially in how it handles its themes and characters.
@@uninspiredname2974 As I said before: Gakuting used to be okay. It was fine during ep 50 when Gakuto had to face Neil. I could see why he came up with it (finding a way to develop the Sogetsu style but also to hide his fear of losing) as cringy as it may was. But that flashback of Gakugen made Gakuto realize that he doesn't need to turn into a clown to develop the Sogetsu Style. He realized it wasn't just an embarrassing thing for Rinnosuke and Ranze but also for his ancestor and for himself. Gakuting maybe was still featured in the second OP but it was barely a thing after season 1. I only remember it happen during two recap episodes (the one with the student council meeting of Goha 6 and 7 and the one about Yuo's birthday). It wasn't really a main thing until the last arc. If Gakuting had been just Gakuto's thing, I wouldn't really complain but Gakugen suddenly having fooled around to make his enemies laugh and stopping a war like that felt really out of nowhere. Btw: Gakuto being affected by Monster Reborn had absolutely nothing to do with him having insecurities since EVERYONE except Luke and Roa were affected - and those two only still had their memories because of their "deep bond with Yuga prior the existence of Rush Duel". And yes, that reason was actuall said in the anime.
I’m a little shocked that Edo Vs Judai in their true duel in season 2 didn’t make the list. Edo decimated him so badly Judai lost the ability to see his cards. To me, that was amazingly shocking.
I know right? You can tell they wanted to build Edo as a massive threat since he just came off of a sweep win over Kaiser. It's funny that only two of Judai's main rivals managed to beat him but except his true main one Jun (who REALLY should've won their second duel when he came back with a new deck)
Idk about the lighting vs revolver one tbh, it was a tie no matter how you look at it in my opinion, the 1 hp shenanigans were just done by lighting to avoid him vanishing along with revolver
Yeah, but some people can't admit that Revolver vs Lightning was technically a draw like how some people can't admit that Yusei technically lost to Kailn in round 1 and Declan with Yuya in their first duel.
@@salebadalo1957 The Lightning one, I can definitely understand being salty over since the little fucker hacked his way out of dying alongside Revolver, only to give himself to Bohman after the fact. Yusei vs Kiryu R1 was a definite loss for the former since he had no answer for Ccapac Apu's attack (the D-Wheel crashing was a cop out for plot reasons). Reiji's loss to Yuya is also definite, since the former even said "I'll give you the win" before walking off. I don't get why some people can't understand such simple concepts either...
@@cameraredeye3115 When watching, I honestly was just kinda disappointed that we didn't see what he was going to do. Dude literally just said "I just found the true potential of Pendulums by accident" and then walked away without elaborating, lol.
I think a good video to do is a top 25 summoning chants in Yu-Gi-Oh. One of my favorite things in Yu-Gi-Oh are the chants that describe the monster as it's being summon. An example is when Kaito summons Neo Galaxy eyes, the way he describes it and how he puts so much effort into it is amazing
I won't lie, one of the most shocking back then when it first aired was the result of Joey Vs. Real Marik. I was so sure he would win. The guy was still standing after Ra blasted him and even got a monster out that had more than enough power to beat him. All he had to do was call and attack and he wouldn't have just won the duel but would have also gotten Ra and his duel with Yugi. And I know the rule about only certain people being able to control Ra, but I have a workaround. What if, after witnessing him survive its attack, Ra deemed Joey strong enough to wield it. I mean, the dude survived an attack from a GOD, that has to mean something. How good of a finale would that have been if the finals consisted of Joey and Yugi having their foreshadowed match? But no, instead he failed to call an attack and lost because he fell unconscious/died.
At least it’s better in the manga. Marik’s almost-defeat caused him to throw up, and Kaiba even recognized Joey as an actual duelist after he got knocked out.
Kaiba "lost" to Noah (I mean, if Yugi didn't take over the duel against Noah, Kaiba would have lost due to the effect of his "Last Turn" trap card) Joey lost to Marik (Okay, the shocking part of the duel was the end, that how close Joey was to win) Judai lost to Hell Kaiser (first duel) Judai lost to Edo (first duel) Aporia lost to Z-ONE (It was obvious that Z-ONE would win, but still) Merag and Dubre lost to Vector (Obvious win, but still shocking and sad. It was a motivation for Nasch)
What gets me the most is that by the rules of the card, that Kaiba vs Noah-duel was a draw and not a loss and that means Noah directly cheated. But the writers straight up didn't realize because they made Yami call out something completely else.
@@seth9655 I think he was confused when you called him by Hell Kaiser in their first duel. He didn't go by that name until after the underground duel much later.
@@zeospark9715 That maybe true. Although, Ryo already had his "Hell Kaiser" nickname in season 1. Even in the episode where they had their first duel, Judai referred him as Kaiser. He started to actually embrace his "Hell Kaiser" personality during season 2. So I see why he was confused by that.
I honestly thought that Atem losing to Rafael would be at the top of this list because no one saw his defeat coming. Not only did Rafael push the Pharoah into playing the seal of orichalcos by having the advantage for a good portion of the duel, but Rafael legitimately defeated Atem in spite of the seal. I was also surprised that Seto Kaiba and Yugi's duel at duelist kingdom wasn't on the list. It was still shocking to see Yugi throw the duel, even if it was to save Kaiba. Rin defeating Yugo was also worth the list because it was unexpected, and solidified Rin as possibly the best duelist among the bracelet girls, not counting Ray Akaba. I was surprised that Yuzu's victory over Yuya wasn't on the list since she was the first main female protagonist to defeat the main male protagonist, even if it was because Yuya didn't understand how pendulum summoning worked. Still a shocking victory. Seigfried's victory against Joey wasn't really shocking, as his rivalry was with Seto Kaiba, so it was expected for Joey to lose. Kaibaman defeating Jaden was also a nice edition to the list, and a devastating loss to Jaden. This was a mostly solid list of shocking results of yugioh duels. Maybe you can have a list of the best female duelist duels or rank the best female duelist in Yugioh.
in terms of Impact and consequences, Aster/Edo beating Jaden/Judai wtih Dreadmaster and the subsequent "Whitening" of Jadens deck deserves a mention at least. Sure the duel result was easy to see coming, but the music and weight of Aster beating Jaden with that last attack alongside his backstory (in the OG Sub at least). Combined with the reaction of Jaden losing hope as his faithful deck is wiped clean literally. I think thats enough to "Qualify" it for this category. That and said aftermath led to Jaden getting Neos, this was definetly a game changer.
Yuma losing to Kite/Kaito was a huge one for me because I thought we were at the end of the series (I didn't know about Zexal 2 until after this episode aired lol) and it would've made sense for Yuma to pick up the win over one of his main rivals, but nope he ended up losing. Fun fact I think Yuma is the only protagonist to have never defeated one of his main rivals (yeah I know he beat Shark a good amount of times but Yuma and Kaito only dueled each other twice and Kaito won both times. I know their first duel ended when Kaito left to tend to his brother, but he would've 100% won against Yuma had he finished his turn.)
Came here from the Duel Links meme where many assumed Konami would use the 'Blue Angel Faceplanting on the Concrete' as the losing animation for blue angel but it turns out, they use the same losing animation where she was brainwashed by Hanoi while dueling vs Playmaker
I think one you shouldve added was the duel between Astral and Number 96 from Season 2 in the Number Ruins. I personally didnt expect a draw to happen but the whole last turn was very hype with 96 ranking up himself
When i watched this clip, i thought you mentioned duels that the protagonist lost only. But then i realized that kaito was here, so i want to say that the duel between soulburner and bohman should be on this list. It's not that of a surprise because of the story but it's so crazy to think that soulburner loses in a situation that everyone wants to see him win the game. It was so emotional to me
@@末日-h5m Which is weird because after their duel, Lightning did hint that he might use Spectre for something and I expected him to put Spectre against Revolver (or maybe Playmaker) later but we never got that. But yeah, we should've gotten an Aoi vs Spectre rematch. Sad, it never happened.
@@末日-h5m I know it will never happen. There was no time for that in season 2 for some reason and season 3 was so short and just focused on Ai. (even though we still got Revolver vs Soulburner so Blue Maiden vs Spectre should've been possible but the writers said "screw them" and let them all lose their lives to Ai) Also: How would it be possible for Spectre's VA not wanting to voice him after the Lightning duel when he got a few lines in the last episode? It seems more likely the VA was very busy at that time or was sick. I remember how Reiji had barely any screentime/lines during Synchro Arc because his VA had apparently some heath issues.
Ziegfried's win got me excited as hell to see what that card was. They did something similar in GX with The D. That made that look like a horror movie lol
Just you guys wait for the team eclipse ARC-V re-write and we already have a vrains rewrite on the back-burner as well. Just a hint these results may involve Marik and Jin
Honorable mention to Spectre vs Lightning. I think we all saw Lightning getting a win, but an extra link, into a reversed extra link, breaking through that and finally winning? I was not expecting that duel to go THAT hard
I feel like Ed/Aster beating Kaiser/Zane was really shocking. Kaiser was realistically undefeated up to this point, since his loss to Camula wasn't realy fair.
Other duels with unexpected results, at least for me, are the following: Yugo vs Rin (Arc-V): Despite being Rin's only duel, she managed to get the victory over Yugo (who had not lost on screen until that moment) The Lukeman vs Yuo (SEVENS): An unknown entity would end Yuo's idea of being the only one with Fusion in that world (not to mention the importance of knowing the types of Monsters) Yuga vs Luke R2 (SEVENS): The final of a tournament. That means the MC must always win for whatever reason... except not here. Luke demonstrates why he is the strongest duelist in SEVENS and that he doesn't say it just to be a joke or just to show off. Soulburner vs Bohman (VRAINS): Taking into account that Bohman was already defeated several times by Playmaker and Soulburner beat everyone left and right, one would think that Soulburner had it easy, but he lost (of all the characters, the only character that gave Soulburner a loss was Bohman)
I think it was fair to believe that Bohman was a lot stronger than in the past duels. I think Soulburner had a chance, but Bohman was the stronger duelist. Also, Blue Maiden/Aqua just lost to Bohman right before this duel.
While Tiger defeating Yuga in their rematch was surprising, I still hate how this duel and the outcome had no real meaning in hindsight. Tiger dueled Yuga to stop him from helping Swirly but why did she never bother to straight up tell him what's the problem with Swirly? From that one flashback, it seemed like she already knew or had at least an idea who Swirly really was so why not reveal that? Luke was angry at Tiger for how she hurt Yuga in that duel for a while (even saying he can't forgive her yet to Asana and apologizing to Yuga for his big sister's behaviour) but when he gets the chance to duel her again in the last arc, he kinda "forgot" these negative feelings and Tiger had to be mean towards Yuga again to trigger Luke to fight her. So in the end, Tiger vs Yuga r2 was really unnecessary and just gave Yuga another L he didn't need imo.
@@christopherb501 Which is disappointing since Tiger had potential getting some good development later. But even in the first season, she had some trust and respect for Yuga at least. In the last two arcs, it seemed like she forgot all of that and was mean to him for no reason.
@@christopherb501 People often state it in a way where it basically seems like any negative to the show is meaningless compared to her character being decent. It comes up in comparison to older shows, but also in isolation.
I love how we went from "those two girls won, but one was a surrender and in the other case the deck didn't work" to Sevens and Go Rush having victories for Asana, Tiger, Romin (TWICE), Yuna, even Yuamu beating fellow protagonists... Oh, and Asana actually beating Neil too (which was surprising too, and it was nice how Asana didn't just put the aces of her companion in the deck but adapted it to having two cards outside her archetype, when usually in these situations it isn't needed and the external monsters just work as extremely specific saves). Representation could still be better (I'd love for a girl to be a straight-up protagonist by herself), but the leaps. I would have added the second and third match between Yuga and Luke two, in the second I really thought Yuga would have won but not only he didn't, the final exchange was spectacular to booth, and in the third we knew Yuga would have taken the crown but they simplicity of the duel and the way both characters managed to sneak in ulterior copies of their aces in the deck was pretty surprising.
i'm actually surprised that Jonouchi vs Yami Marik wasn't on this list... I knew that Jonouchi was gonna lose, but, I honestly didn't expect the duel to end in the way it did, actually I would also include Jonouchi vs Odion, cuz of Ra and how he won
I’m still kinda salty over Revolver’s loss to Soulburner. Not about the fact that he lost, but HOW he lost. He had a field with Borreload(3000), Savage(4500), and Zeroboros(3800). He then nukes the field losing Borreload’s attack drop and Savage’s negate…..major misplay if you ask me. I would have loved to see Soulburner overcome that massive board, especially if he was able to whip out a Synchro, but alas that’s not what we got
I’m surprised that the finals duel yuga vs Luke wasn’t on here. I went into it thinking yuga would definitely win but the. Comeback Luke made was amazing
You should do a 25 awesome Ace monster summons. Not just for the protagonist but for the side characters too. Like joey and red eyes, kaiba with blue eyes, etc
Yuga burning in the flames is so similar to Joey burning in Ra Phoenix Mode's flames, and we know how well that was done. I'm still salty that Marik's loss wasn't the real shocking duel result there.
0:31 Over 1000 episodes and as usual, you will leave out the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime titled "Yu-Gi-Oh!" from 1998 that loosely adapts the 1st 59 chapters of the manga. 1:58 Shin Yoshida had to have read the manga because he was part of the later Duelist Kingdom episodes as a writer. You literally have to read the manga in order to adapt the content into anime form. He must have known Yami Yugi stopped using the powers of the puzzle because it would prove he's an evil intelligence, which Pegasus explained the Items have an evil intelligence in them. Of course, the anime staff left that important info out. Yet Yoshida makes Yami Yugi use the evil Doma card, which goes against his development and proves he's actually evil. 3:52 This was like if Jonouchi, the friend, beating Kaiba, the rival character. It made no sense, especially when Revolver gave up his negate (Varrelload Savage had 3 negates) for a monster that can banish if Soulburner summons in its Link marker. The staff made Revolver lose on purpose.
I did not expect yusei to win against antinomy in their first duel. Like you said on a previous video, they should have gave yusei a loss here. Also, in 5d's the first time I watched the first Duel of yusei against kiryu, I was surprised by yusei's (technically) loss.
@@nicolasrey8773 I think D-Wheel crash should be a winning condition in riding duels. In this situation, that was the only thing they come up with in order not for the antagonist to lose and therefore die !
@@nicolasrey8773 That makes more sense. Imagine you crash your D-Wheel. Either you die or your D-Wheel is broken, so how do you plan to resume you riding duel? It would be a miracle if none of these happen like the plot armor yusei got when his lp were reduced to 1 against Goodwin (unlike Jack and Crow)
not gonna lie, when vrains was still airing I was (still am) a fan of revolver and I got a little salty that he lost to soulburner, tho I quickly understood that it didn't matter who won the duel lol
Very great the video was not so many shocking moments but, as a second part I feel they were missing especially a super important one that surprised me that it was not u is when reiji beats yuya in chapter 51 of ARC-V
yugo must have been misplaying HARD becuase how do you lose with crystal wing i know crystal wing isnt an insta win basically monster but it can literally beat over probably over half of all the monsters in of arc-v INCLUDING Z-ARC
I still loves that YUGI BOY!!!! Surrender against Rebecca... maybe it was an alusion to those who doesnt play the game for fun in that era.... which I want to believe... so it is amazing!
To this day, I will continue to point out how sad, messed up, and out right disrespectful the Austin O'Brien/Axel Brodie vs Trueman duel was and how slept on it is for one of the darkest moments in Yugioh. The later half of GX is wild and really not noticed for the levels of tension and stakes it has
The issue is that Season 4 feels strangely disconnected from Season 3, unless those events have to be mentioned for the plot to make sense. The trueman depression-thing is also very strange atmospherically because it presents the villain-goal in the arc a lot less morally ambiguous in a bad way. The idea that is being presented and eventually challenged by Judai and then reverse-challenged by Z-one's tragedy in 5DS is that it would be better for humanity to end like that instead of meeting a more painful end. This completely works with the way Fubuki goes down in the duel against Darkness, with him believing that he went out on his own terms(aka. being content and somewhat happy with the result). It does not work when you break everyone's spirit in such a way. What Yubel did to Cobra is ironically more in-line with Darkness' intended endresult than what his own underling does.
@@lpfan4491 I agree that plot wise Season 3 and Season 4 of GX were not very cohesive, outside of 1 factor, but they very much complimented each other in tone. And that tone was tailored to fit the main thing that carriered over from Season 3 to Season 4, the new Judai. Judai was no longer the happy go lucky kid we were introduced to and what happened in Season 3 was actually really heavy. That's why there were so many episodes in Season 4 were people were worried about him or frustrated how he changed or why he very much pushed his most of his friends away from the actual plot this time instead of handling it together as they did before. But to match this darker/more gritty tone, they also focused on the aspect of school life that was naturally next: graduation and thinking about the future. The fear and doubt of what comes once you leave school I felt played well with the main antagonist of Season 4. Granted, I will admit the whole Nightshroud and Fujiwara stuff did feel out of nowhere the first time I watched week to week since it was only brought in Atticus/Fubuki's Season 1 introduction and again in Season 2 to try and show Zane/Ryo/Hell Kaiser he had fallen from the path. But binge watching episodes back to back, it didn't seem like as big of a leap. The Dark World stuff with Trueman and Nightshroud/Darkness could've be executed better, but I feel the big disconnect with it was how isolated it felt from the rest of the cast until the very end while thematically I can see what they were going for. Would've also helped if they could've linked Nightshroud back to the Light of Destruction or Sacred Beast/Kagemaru or the Gentle Darkness that was the power in Judai the whole time or just the existence of Judai/Yubel on this plane. Could've been better but hindsight always makes it that way and this was the ending of the 1st Yugioh spinoff so inexperience plays a factor too. I will give them props though as no other Yugioh series has made a major permanent change in personality to their main protagonists by their own choice. Closest we get in my opinion is Season 3 A.I. in Vrains; tempted to say Zexal with Shark to Nasch but that's more of regaining lost memories kinda deal and is a Rival, not the main hero.
Going through Vrains for the first time. Specter in S1 is definitely the Steely Dan of the show. I hate that Blue Angel lost and Yusaku had to take over. Not looking forward to when he comes back.
For me amon defeating edo and manjoume both for number 1 it was just surprising to see both of them lose to the same guy who we barely knew and wasn’t the main villan
Lightning completely destroying Spectre's field on that turn... leaving him vulnerable with a 0 ATK Link Monster and taking an overkill amount of Damage while he could only look in frustration and shock at how Lightning pulverized his setup...
The duel Yuya and Declan had after Declan revealed why he made the Miami championship, that also made Yuya say he'll make Declan grovel, just to lose that duel was (i think) the only one in arc-v that almost made me yell "WTF" after it ended
Revolver losing to Soulburner & Kaito losing to Tron were not a surprise to me. Zane losing to Camula was definitely shocking considering how strong how was shown to be during that time, he lost a lot later on but was undefeated at that point I think. Luke defeating Yuga in the tournament final would have been on my list.
Atem/The Pharaoh lost to Raphael was a WTF Moment. I mean sure he did play the Oricalcmols Card but it was Repheal’s plan all along, and Yugi had to save the Pharaoh and the conciquenses of the duel hit Atem pretty hard because he feels guilty and regretful.
My personal top would have to be Yugi vs Raphael followed by Revolver vs Soulburner. The 1st one is a no brainer and I don't think anything has come close to it, except for the 2nd one, both of which were legit surprises as no one at the time expected Yugi or Revolver to lose at all. And as a top 3 I would pick Akaba Leo vs Zarc purely because of how easily he gets curvestomped. It was pretty much a given that Zarc was gonna win, but man it sure was a big shocker that Leo ends up defeated in an instant.
I think a good choice for a wild result is Judai vs. X. Sure, X is just a filler villain of the week but having a guy whose goal is to win by deck out lose by Judai decking him out? Leo proves again that he is braindead by losing because he self-burnt for "hurr I need to make up for my actions." Which also included LITERALLY GIVING ONE FOURTH OF ZARC TRAINING AND POWER.
It is still amazing how much of a mess the second half of ArcV actually is, in that it's not even possible to properly seperate the good from the bad. The sudden plottwist that Zarc actually managed to fully take over Yuya during the duel against Yuri is really well done, but it is tainted by the narrative arc just being completely botched already. It could have never happened if Leo didn't pull that whole interdimensional carding-bs and just made sure Yuri was raised to be a decent person instead.
@@lpfan4491 I would have really liked it if Sawatori had been able to at least reach Yuya, especially considering how he had become a dueltainer like Yuya and actually basically did the best against Zarc out of everyone.
@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor The way they treated him really sucks in general. They specifically wrote his duels in a way where we know he's a good duelist(His most major misplay is attacking Yuto after getting told not to.), but they still never gave him any relevant solowin.
@@lpfan4491 Yeah. He's also the one who figured out how pendulum summoning worked. Not to mention how he literally changed his deck multiple times and still never had any major wins. He even lost to a generic guard during the synchro arc. Not to mention how his character development was actually really good going from that spoiled rich kid to an entertainer who wants to make others happy.
Can't agree, that Kaiser vs Yubel or Revolver vs Soulburner were shocking. Kaiser didn't give a damn about result. He just wanted to die in the most epic duel ever. At the moment possessed Johan was only one who could have provided it to him. It was pretty obvious, that Judai will be the one to beat Yubel for good, Kaiser just had his epic as f farewell duel. Speaking of Revolver, when I watched this duel first time I had the same feeling as later watching AI vs Playmaker. Imo Revolver wanted to lose. He still felt guilty because of the Lost Incident, even though he was a child back then and his father was already dead. Lose to Soulburner was his redeption. We can see that, when he takes the final blow with a smile. With this duel all beef from the past has ended. Soulburner got his revenge, Revolver restored peace of his soul.
Probably the most shocking duel result (from Zexal) is the final match between Misael and Kaito. Sure, it was the Barian arc, and characters were dropping like flies, but going into the very hyped duel, you don't expect for one of the major characters to die (if you weren't spoiled to it) - especially not "suffocated in the vacuum of space while his loved ones watch on helplessly" - before the final fight with the main antagonist. I mean, Kaito even won the duel - most duels during that arc resulted in the loser's "death". And then, the next time we see the loser, Misael, he's finally 'seen the light' and is willing to work with the good guys (thanks in part to the whole "my good-guy opponent encouraged me to not hate humans anymore" thing)… and then he immediately challenges Don Thousand, is beaten in a single turn, and promptly "dies". It's not the first character death, nor is it technically the most emotional (that honor would probably go to Shark, who was introduced in episode 1, was one of the (if not the) last to die, and probably got the best character arc in the entire series), but it is one that really stands out.
Shark is legit the star of the series. Consistently whenever he showed up, I enjoyed the runtime more than when he didn't show up.(Though I still only really watched Season 1 because the plot's momentum really slowed down when the barians properly got involved and the sudden shift in pace threw me out of my seat. And I know basically all the spoilers anyways by this point.)
With Mizael, it's less that he quit hating humans, and more that he was finally able to accept that Tachyon Dragon wasn't his partner but a tool to control him. A large part of the duel was getting him to accept that since even after his memories got returned thanks to Draglubion he refused to believe them due to the trust he had in his bond with Tachyon.
Holy shit... Never seen Vrains but Aoi getting scorpion'd?! I don't think I've ever seen that in any anime before. Certainly wouldn't expect it to happen to the female lead of a series like Yugioh.
The most shocking thing about Weevil and Rex losing in a two-on-one duel against Siegfried was that those two joke-characters actually thought they had a chance against the antagonist of that filler arc. They're both stated to be among the best in the region, but neither of them has ever actually won a duel outside their introductory duel against each other
You know what they say, if it happened off screen, it never happened!
Poor dudes were hyped up so much only to written off as gags
Huh huh you said region
@@thomasshaxon6844heh heh... Oh yeah... Heh heh heh
Yugi losing against Raphael was so shocking that Kaiba freaked out. But yes, a lot of these duels are pretty shocking, especially when whoever loses is the local Yutagonist or certified badass guy of the show.
The buildup to Kaiba’s outrage is even better, he looked like he was about to cry.
kaiba: i thought we have something special yugi. i comited my life to defeat you, and you would continue to be undefeated , but i guess i was wrong!! if i had parents, they said that you would not be good enough to me.
yugi: kaiba: it´s not what you thinkig.
kaiba: i bet you said that to all the duelists, and let me tell you, all the time i said that i was going to defeat you, i was facking it!!!!!!!!!!!1111
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Needs the sound effects of Kaiba slamming his hand on the table repeatedly 😅😂🤣
Kaiba: "YUGI LOOOOOSSSSSSSST".
Atem activating The Seal was my original Cap saying Hail Hydra moment
To this day everytime I watch Vrains 116 when Soulburner calls that final Heatsoul and Revolver says”well done”you can’t help but smile
Hell yeah man! Heatleo’s fire shoryuken was pretty sick
O’Brien vs Trueman was honestly one of my favourite duels in all of GX. Sure the action wasn’t anything to write home about but watching Trueman psychologically torture this character we knew to be strong and level headed was a strong indicator of how dangerous Darkness was as a villain. And then after the Duel we find out the accident didn’t play out the way Trueman depicted it (or maybe never happened at all)
Loss against Raphael took Atem's character in a direction that should've been feature in the manga as well. Manga never fully focused on negative traits of his pride and self-rightousness, but anime put much more emphasis on it and made him go through great development.
Also reminds me of how Joey acted towards Rishid / Odion about his Trap strategy - Joey acting like he had some right to judge Rishid on how he Duels and who he is as a Duelist because of it, like he himself is somehow "superior".
Joey also had a similar attitude towards Reiko in the (non-canon) Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga, who used a chess-based milling Deck (Puppet King, Queen, and so on) - Joey getting all pissy over her strategy (which was also beating him) and talking like she was "wrong" for Dueling that way.
@@HalfDemonInuyasha joey is a stand in for the audience. This is a complaint all new duelists have. It's normal for people to pass the buck when they're frustrated. Joey is the usoppe of the yugioh anime.
It sucks that from the halfway-point onward, Season 4 of DM falls apart more and more until Dartz completely ruins it. It has a real ArcV-effect.
The manga did have that development with the Yugi vs Mai duel. Atem realized Yugi covered his weaknesses, learned from it, and grew stronger
@@thefonzpart That moment exists in the anime too, just that it doesn't equate "I understand that I don't win by default" to "I have no flaws here anymore and am totally fine with the actual loss".
It's just a diffrent take on it and it's not like the anime overwrites the source material. The real issue is the productionteam brainfarting(Which happens way too often with the Yugioh anime in general)
One lost that always gets to me is when Cyrus lost to Zane later in the series.
When Cyrus was talking the moves out in his head, I honestly thought he had Zane.
Damn defusion...
And sadly no rematch either
I'm still shocked of the Duel against Revolver and Lightning. We haven't seen shenanigans happen like that since Duel Monsters, and to see it in Vrains of all installments left me baffled, frustrated (that Revolver lost), but impressed nonetheless.
Lightning looked like a classic heel from a wrestling program with that dirty ass win. XD
Revolver did not lose to Lightning. It was technically a draw cuz Lightning did not have a skill or card effect to change his lp to 1.
Lightning didn't lose that duel
Seeing Akaba Leo getting decimated in less than a minute never stops to be amusing for me 😄
And after the awesome showing he had against Yuya and Reiji, too.
@@heavydonkeykong5190 True he managed to fight both Yuga and Reiji ad the same time, that whas quit impressive.
Akaba Leo is idiot so that was funny seeing him get smacked like that
How long would Z-Arc have lasted if his gates got destroyed in the first duel?
Also kinda funny to watch the guy who is basically the main villain of the series get bodied by the bigger villain he was supposedly trying to keep sealed away when, if he had just learned to accept his daughter's sacrifice, grieve, and move on, none of the events of the series would have even happened. Leo Akaba wasn't just defeated by Z-ARC, he was defeated by Leo Akaba.
My absolute all time favorite end to a duel is where Nasch loses to Yuma.
Before Yuma can destroy the Barian's Hope, Nasch activates a card that negates the attack and forces both of them to draw another card and activate the effect of the card, or lose the duel.
You'd think that after all this time, Zexal would defeat Nasch through the power of Double or Nothing he decided to Shining Draw, but instead, Yuma realizes what he lost to the Door of Destiny after he obtained the power of Zexal: Himself.
Instead of sacrificing his friend for the power of the Numeron Code and the future, he instead un-overlays the Zexal morph and decides to negate Utopia's attack AGAIN; continuing to find a future where neither of them have to die.
Nasch on the other hand, decided to use his Chaos Draw on a card that would have let him win if Yuma decided to attack again, however, his life points would become the difference in the damage dealt. Since there was no battle, his life points become 0.
After all these years, this is still my absolute favorite ending to any duel in Yugioh ever.
May I know the effects of the most important monsters in Yuga Ohdo and Rook?
My favorite thing about Neil beating Yuga is that Yuga's LP decreases slower than usual, triggering an unconscious sign in your mind that Yuga wasn't gonna lose, making it that more unexpected.
Lightning with 1 LP never fails to give me chills. Badass.
Rin vs Yugo is still one of the most shocking results ever in my opinion 💚
Oh yeah
That's true especially when Shun did beat his brain washed sister and Yugo was going beating whoever stands in his way she was his first lose in the show
It was a great twist, but I feel it would have meant more if she dueled again after that. With the way things played out I kind of wonder why they didn't just have Yuri be the first to best him.
I can agree pinky
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Because he will be the last
Of course he lost because he dueled whilst standing perfectly still. ON. THE. GROUND.
Come to think of it, his only losses were ground duels.
I'm kinda surprised that neither Joey's loss to Marik or Yuya's victory over Serena and Ruri (due to its brutality) made the list.
I think Aoi's results in most duels were indeed the most of a massacre. It really do be sad seeing how they did that to her.
Yeah, she's supposed to be one of the strongest duelists in Link Vrains and yet, her only "noteworthy" wins are against Vyra and Haru - and Haru was never meant to win the duel but buy some time for Lightning who also never believed in him being able to defeat Aoi. Sure she maybe had to face more antags than any other main girl but still sad to see her never having a big W.
I actually really related to Aoi’s character, so it actually did hurt me quite a bit to see how she was treated. After she went through all of her character development she was still treated pretty badly in the end. What a waste
She was done dirty even by Yugioh female lead character standards.
You know, for me, that loss is only horrible because after that NOTHING happened to Aoi/Blue Angel/Girl/Maiden that redeemed her. If that were her only brutal humiliation it would have been a nice narrative springboard to her reinventing herself and making her grow feel earned.
She could have had a W against Soulburner, Ghost Girl or a rematch against Specter but as it is, is just another wasted female character. We should have expected that after 5 other shows that did the same.
@@monkey_blu Honestly, I still don't understand why the writers couldn't let Blue Girl defeat Soulburner. Soulburner already had beaten Go so why Aoi too? They let him defeat two of his heroes and they probably would've let him defeat Playmaker too if 1. there had been a reason for a duel and 2. PM didn't have plot armor. So they went for Revolver instead later. Soulburner already got a couple of big wins, so Aoi really should've gotten at least one aswell.
Even though those that read the manga wouldn't be surprised by it I think Joey's loss to Marik should get a mention. No one really expected Joey to win and the fact that the duel ended with him in a winning position and the only reason he lost is because he couldn't finish the attack was amazing. I didn't read the manga before watching the show and I was shocked to see Joey start to announce his final attack only to collapse. And then I felt cheated that we didn't get a Yugi vs Joey duel!
I still believe the Atem defeat is one of the most shocking losses ever I didn’t think he would lose
I'm still laughing to LittleKuriboh's "any minute now" 🤣
Yuma vs Nash because with the way Yuma won was not something we expected.
thank you for pointing this out as well because I LITERALLY was like "WHY ISNT ANYONE TALKING ABOUT Yuma vs Nasch!??"
Everyone is talking about yuga vs luke r2, but actually even the duel before that- Gakuto vs Neil- was quite a shock. I mean, Neil is forced to draw (when do you ever see that happen at all?) and to Gakuto after the whole Gakuting stint even. It was definitely shocking and also one of my favorite sevens duels
Wasn't that surprising if you kept an eye on the score board. It was to expect that the winning team would end up with 777 points for the 7 theme. That wouldn't have been possible if Neil had beaten Gakuto unless they would have given us a draw for Yuga vs Luke r2 instead but most were sure it would end in a Yuga or Luke loss.
And yeah, the Gakuto vs Neil duel was good even though I wished they had found a different way to show Gakuto's fear of facing a Maximum monster than making him act like a clown to hide his insecurities. (and gakuting stayed a dumb joke sadly)
@@mikai4738 gakuting is honestly how a 11 year old would react to that situation tbh, and they made it of all things pretty heartwarming in the final arc
@@uninspiredname2974 The final arc made gakuting actually even dumber. During Neil vs Gakuto, it felt okay because it was *Gakuto's* way of handling pressure and fear but he eventually understood that his gakuting was stupid and embarrassing the Sogetsu style and his ancestor Gakugen so he changed back to his usual kimono and dueled seriously again. But in the last arc, suddenly gakuting was first done by Gakugen to end a war and not just a silly idea of Gakuto? Then why the hell make such a big deal of it being a disgrace to the Sogetsu family if a Sogetsu ancestor made himself look like a clown before anyway? And it's a dang shame how Gakuto's memories were just about gakuting. Nothing of his friends or what he learned through the show. Even freaking Neil had scenes of Yuga and Roa in his returning memories.
@@mikai4738 That's... honestly I consider that a rather poor read of that episode.
Gakuto's entire conflict and arc in sevens is in what it means to be the successor to the Sougetsu style and how he should evolve it further. Gakuting is here a way he- eleven, let's remember- tries to do so, in his panic, and fails. The reason this is the key to his memories in the final arc is because it represents what he *gained* from his friendship with yuuga and the others: the resolve and will to push on his own road and better himself, even if it should be in that way. Setting no limits for himself, "it wouldn’t do not to fly towards a challenge", as his summoning chant for Icezark claims.
Yet, the fact he was still affected by Monster Reborn means he still had doubt and insecurity in his heart. The scene in the battle royale then is not meant as gakugen telling him "gakuting is dumb"- that's all Rinnosuke- but that "trying to improve and renew yourself and therefore the sougetsu style is not wrong".
He never really abandons gakuting, hell it's even in the second opening, and is referenced a number of times; rather, the distinction is that when facing neil he is *ashamed* of it and has doubts about it the entire way through.
That is not how the successor of the Sougetsu style should fight. That is not a distinguished duel, that is just a jester flailing about.
He should not be ashamed of having attempted to do so, it takes a lot of bravery to do something like that, however ridiculous it may appear.
The reveal then that Gakugen also used Gakuting to solve a conflict is then to be read in the same way. This *is* the way the style has been born and evolved. Not as a strict road whose deviations are walled away (Gakuto's personality post monster reborn echoes this sentiment), but as a style free to evolve and connect to the future. That is why the evolution of the Sougetsu style is- or passes through- Gakuting.
Freedom from social norms and what is expected of him. One of the core themes of Sevens is that children should be allowed, free and encouraged to express themselves as they wish, not held down by traditions or other such things- but rather free to embrace them if they so wish, but also to allow these traditions to grow with them. We see this in Asana, as well, if you want another example.
Sorry for the long message, by the way...! I just have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this season and I feel it is very good and has some surprisingly subtle writing at times especially in how it handles its themes and characters.
@@uninspiredname2974 As I said before: Gakuting used to be okay. It was fine during ep 50 when Gakuto had to face Neil. I could see why he came up with it (finding a way to develop the Sogetsu style but also to hide his fear of losing) as cringy as it may was. But that flashback of Gakugen made Gakuto realize that he doesn't need to turn into a clown to develop the Sogetsu Style. He realized it wasn't just an embarrassing thing for Rinnosuke and Ranze but also for his ancestor and for himself. Gakuting maybe was still featured in the second OP but it was barely a thing after season 1. I only remember it happen during two recap episodes (the one with the student council meeting of Goha 6 and 7 and the one about Yuo's birthday). It wasn't really a main thing until the last arc. If Gakuting had been just Gakuto's thing, I wouldn't really complain but Gakugen suddenly having fooled around to make his enemies laugh and stopping a war like that felt really out of nowhere.
Btw: Gakuto being affected by Monster Reborn had absolutely nothing to do with him having insecurities since EVERYONE except Luke and Roa were affected - and those two only still had their memories because of their "deep bond with Yuga prior the existence of Rush Duel". And yes, that reason was actuall said in the anime.
I was having a crappy day, but seeing this lifted my spirits. Love them or hate them, Yu-Gi-Oh has had some crazy duels. Thank You, Dylan
Thanks for this, Dylan!!! Unfortunately Edo had kind of a harsh drop off after this awesome start.
I’m a little shocked that Edo Vs Judai in their true duel in season 2 didn’t make the list. Edo decimated him so badly Judai lost the ability to see his cards. To me, that was amazingly shocking.
I know right? You can tell they wanted to build Edo as a massive threat since he just came off of a sweep win over Kaiser. It's funny that only two of Judai's main rivals managed to beat him but except his true main one Jun (who REALLY should've won their second duel when he came back with a new deck)
@@zeospark9715 At least the manga gave Manjoume some justice by making him finally beat Judai.
@@mikai4738 hence why i prefer the GX manga over the anime in some aspects. it deserves more attention.
you and me both
@@johnnyd1988 GX anime never a fan of, but the manga however is S tier masterpiece.
Idk about the lighting vs revolver one tbh, it was a tie no matter how you look at it in my opinion, the 1 hp shenanigans were just done by lighting to avoid him vanishing along with revolver
Yeah, but some people can't admit that Revolver vs Lightning was technically a draw like how some people can't admit that Yusei technically lost to Kailn in round 1 and Declan with Yuya in their first duel.
@@salebadalo1957 The Lightning one, I can definitely understand being salty over since the little fucker hacked his way out of dying alongside Revolver, only to give himself to Bohman after the fact.
Yusei vs Kiryu R1 was a definite loss for the former since he had no answer for Ccapac Apu's attack (the D-Wheel crashing was a cop out for plot reasons). Reiji's loss to Yuya is also definite, since the former even said "I'll give you the win" before walking off. I don't get why some people can't understand such simple concepts either...
@@cameraredeye3115 When watching, I honestly was just kinda disappointed that we didn't see what he was going to do. Dude literally just said "I just found the true potential of Pendulums by accident" and then walked away without elaborating, lol.
I think a good video to do is a top 25 summoning chants in Yu-Gi-Oh. One of my favorite things in Yu-Gi-Oh are the chants that describe the monster as it's being summon. An example is when Kaito summons Neo Galaxy eyes, the way he describes it and how he puts so much effort into it is amazing
Yeah me too.
I can't wait to say their hallmarks as they summon their monsters.
I won't lie, one of the most shocking back then when it first aired was the result of Joey Vs. Real Marik. I was so sure he would win. The guy was still standing after Ra blasted him and even got a monster out that had more than enough power to beat him. All he had to do was call and attack and he wouldn't have just won the duel but would have also gotten Ra and his duel with Yugi. And I know the rule about only certain people being able to control Ra, but I have a workaround. What if, after witnessing him survive its attack, Ra deemed Joey strong enough to wield it. I mean, the dude survived an attack from a GOD, that has to mean something. How good of a finale would that have been if the finals consisted of Joey and Yugi having their foreshadowed match? But no, instead he failed to call an attack and lost because he fell unconscious/died.
That's absolutely no chance they'll let a non Rival or protagonist character to beat the Boss. Come on
@@末日-h5m But it would have been such a good subversion for what had become a very standard Shonen trope.
At least it’s better in the manga. Marik’s almost-defeat caused him to throw up, and Kaiba even recognized Joey as an actual duelist after he got knocked out.
@@Pikapuff30 That is what happened in the DM anime tho.
Did it? If it did then it was Sub only for sure.
Kaiba "lost" to Noah (I mean, if Yugi didn't take over the duel against Noah, Kaiba would have lost due to the effect of his "Last Turn" trap card)
Joey lost to Marik (Okay, the shocking part of the duel was the end, that how close Joey was to win)
Judai lost to Hell Kaiser (first duel)
Judai lost to Edo (first duel)
Aporia lost to Z-ONE (It was obvious that Z-ONE would win, but still)
Merag and Dubre lost to Vector (Obvious win, but still shocking and sad. It was a motivation for Nasch)
What gets me the most is that by the rules of the card, that Kaiba vs Noah-duel was a draw and not a loss and that means Noah directly cheated. But the writers straight up didn't realize because they made Yami call out something completely else.
Judai didn't lose to Hell Kaiser tho unless you're referring to that S3 duel
@@nicolasrey8773 No, I'm talking about their first duel in season 1 episode 8
@@seth9655 I think he was confused when you called him by Hell Kaiser in their first duel. He didn't go by that name until after the underground duel much later.
@@zeospark9715 That maybe true. Although, Ryo already had his "Hell Kaiser" nickname in season 1. Even in the episode where they had their first duel, Judai referred him as Kaiser.
He started to actually embrace his "Hell Kaiser" personality during season 2. So I see why he was confused by that.
I honestly thought that Atem losing to Rafael would be at the top of this list because no one saw his defeat coming. Not only did Rafael push the Pharoah into playing the seal of orichalcos by having the advantage for a good portion of the duel, but Rafael legitimately defeated Atem in spite of the seal.
I was also surprised that Seto Kaiba and Yugi's duel at duelist kingdom wasn't on the list. It was still shocking to see Yugi throw the duel, even if it was to save Kaiba.
Rin defeating Yugo was also worth the list because it was unexpected, and solidified Rin as possibly the best duelist among the bracelet girls, not counting Ray Akaba.
I was surprised that Yuzu's victory over Yuya wasn't on the list since she was the first main female protagonist to defeat the main male protagonist, even if it was because Yuya didn't understand how pendulum summoning worked. Still a shocking victory.
Seigfried's victory against Joey wasn't really shocking, as his rivalry was with Seto Kaiba, so it was expected for Joey to lose.
Kaibaman defeating Jaden was also a nice edition to the list, and a devastating loss to Jaden.
This was a mostly solid list of shocking results of yugioh duels. Maybe you can have a list of the best female duelist duels or rank the best female duelist in Yugioh.
in terms of Impact and consequences, Aster/Edo beating Jaden/Judai wtih Dreadmaster and the subsequent "Whitening" of Jadens deck deserves a mention at least. Sure the duel result was easy to see coming, but the music and weight of Aster beating Jaden with that last attack alongside his backstory (in the OG Sub at least). Combined with the reaction of Jaden losing hope as his faithful deck is wiped clean literally. I think thats enough to "Qualify" it for this category. That and said aftermath led to Jaden getting Neos, this was definetly a game changer.
Judai vs Edo is missing, that was a plot twist completely. Also Jonouchi vs Marik, one of the most iconic losses in the whole series imo
Iconic, but not unexpected.
I still remember audibly screaming WTF when the smoke cleared and lightning kept a single LP 😂
Agreed! To this day I still don't count that as a real win for Lightning. What kind of playground ruling was that 😡
American bullshit always does this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yuma losing to Kite/Kaito was a huge one for me because I thought we were at the end of the series (I didn't know about Zexal 2 until after this episode aired lol) and it would've made sense for Yuma to pick up the win over one of his main rivals, but nope he ended up losing.
Fun fact I think Yuma is the only protagonist to have never defeated one of his main rivals (yeah I know he beat Shark a good amount of times but Yuma and Kaito only dueled each other twice and Kaito won both times. I know their first duel ended when Kaito left to tend to his brother, but he would've 100% won against Yuma had he finished his turn.)
What about Hell Kaiser? He never lost to Judai.
What i find most interesting is when they give the main character a surprise loss
keep up man!
you don't know how much joy your videos bring to me ❤️
Came here from the Duel Links meme where many assumed Konami would use the 'Blue Angel Faceplanting on the Concrete' as the losing animation for blue angel but it turns out, they use the same losing animation where she was brainwashed by Hanoi while dueling vs Playmaker
I think one you shouldve added was the duel between Astral and Number 96 from Season 2 in the Number Ruins. I personally didnt expect a draw to happen but the whole last turn was very hype with 96 ranking up himself
11:53. Camula wining against zane was forced. They make him lose only to judai win her lately.
When i watched this clip, i thought you mentioned duels that the protagonist lost only. But then i realized that kaito was here, so i want to say that the duel between soulburner and bohman should be on this list. It's not that of a surprise because of the story but it's so crazy to think that soulburner loses in a situation that everyone wants to see him win the game. It was so emotional to me
Also he won every duel before and after that except the Blood Shepherd duel
That Aoi vs Spectre duel was brutal. I really wish She got a rematch with him as Blue Maiden 💙
But it never happened. Spectre die for real after the Lightning duel. Then Ai just beat the living shit out of him in S3
@@末日-h5m Which is weird because after their duel, Lightning did hint that he might use Spectre for something and I expected him to put Spectre against Revolver (or maybe Playmaker) later but we never got that.
But yeah, we should've gotten an Aoi vs Spectre rematch. Sad, it never happened.
@@mikai4738 Aoi just get her ass wipe by Ai in S3. Also Akria was dead. So the duel never will happened.
@@mikai4738 Maybe because Spectre VA doesn't want to voice him anymore after EP87. Without a VA that's no need to use the character anymore
@@末日-h5m I know it will never happen. There was no time for that in season 2 for some reason and season 3 was so short and just focused on Ai. (even though we still got Revolver vs Soulburner so Blue Maiden vs Spectre should've been possible but the writers said "screw them" and let them all lose their lives to Ai)
Also: How would it be possible for Spectre's VA not wanting to voice him after the Lightning duel when he got a few lines in the last episode? It seems more likely the VA was very busy at that time or was sick. I remember how Reiji had barely any screentime/lines during Synchro Arc because his VA had apparently some heath issues.
Ziegfried's win got me excited as hell to see what that card was. They did something similar in GX with The D. That made that look like a horror movie lol
Just you guys wait for the team eclipse ARC-V re-write and we already have a vrains rewrite on the back-burner as well. Just a hint these results may involve Marik and Jin
Where can we see this rewrite I asked because I'm super interested in this thank you:)
Honorable mention to Spectre vs Lightning. I think we all saw Lightning getting a win, but an extra link, into a reversed extra link, breaking through that and finally winning? I was not expecting that duel to go THAT hard
I feel like Ed/Aster beating Kaiser/Zane was really shocking. Kaiser was realistically undefeated up to this point, since his loss to Camula wasn't realy fair.
I'm surprised yuga vs luke round 2 is not in here
Other duels with unexpected results, at least for me, are the following:
Yugo vs Rin (Arc-V): Despite being Rin's only duel, she managed to get the victory over Yugo (who had not lost on screen until that moment)
The Lukeman vs Yuo (SEVENS): An unknown entity would end Yuo's idea of being the only one with Fusion in that world (not to mention the importance of knowing the types of Monsters)
Yuga vs Luke R2 (SEVENS): The final of a tournament. That means the MC must always win for whatever reason... except not here. Luke demonstrates why he is the strongest duelist in SEVENS and that he doesn't say it just to be a joke or just to show off.
Soulburner vs Bohman (VRAINS): Taking into account that Bohman was already defeated several times by Playmaker and Soulburner beat everyone left and right, one would think that Soulburner had it easy, but he lost (of all the characters, the only character that gave Soulburner a loss was Bohman)
I think it was fair to believe that Bohman was a lot stronger than in the past duels. I think Soulburner had a chance, but Bohman was the stronger duelist. Also, Blue Maiden/Aqua just lost to Bohman right before this duel.
We all know Bohman def gonna beat Soulbuner. This comment is dog ass
While Tiger defeating Yuga in their rematch was surprising, I still hate how this duel and the outcome had no real meaning in hindsight. Tiger dueled Yuga to stop him from helping Swirly but why did she never bother to straight up tell him what's the problem with Swirly? From that one flashback, it seemed like she already knew or had at least an idea who Swirly really was so why not reveal that? Luke was angry at Tiger for how she hurt Yuga in that duel for a while (even saying he can't forgive her yet to Asana and apologizing to Yuga for his big sister's behaviour) but when he gets the chance to duel her again in the last arc, he kinda "forgot" these negative feelings and Tiger had to be mean towards Yuga again to trigger Luke to fight her. So in the end, Tiger vs Yuga r2 was really unnecessary and just gave Yuga another L he didn't need imo.
Agreed. Of the ten characters billed in the second ending, she plummeted at that point. She could have recovered, but just never did.
@@christopherb501 Which is disappointing since Tiger had potential getting some good development later. But even in the first season, she had some trust and respect for Yuga at least. In the last two arcs, it seemed like she forgot all of that and was mean to him for no reason.
I'm prepared for people to dismiss this critisism because "Romin doesn't suck".
@@lpfan4491 How so?
@@christopherb501 People often state it in a way where it basically seems like any negative to the show is meaningless compared to her character being decent. It comes up in comparison to older shows, but also in isolation.
Great video!
I love how we went from "those two girls won, but one was a surrender and in the other case the deck didn't work" to Sevens and Go Rush having victories for Asana, Tiger, Romin (TWICE), Yuna, even Yuamu beating fellow protagonists... Oh, and Asana actually beating Neil too (which was surprising too, and it was nice how Asana didn't just put the aces of her companion in the deck but adapted it to having two cards outside her archetype, when usually in these situations it isn't needed and the external monsters just work as extremely specific saves).
Representation could still be better (I'd love for a girl to be a straight-up protagonist by herself), but the leaps.
I would have added the second and third match between Yuga and Luke two, in the second I really thought Yuga would have won but not only he didn't, the final exchange was spectacular to booth, and in the third we knew Yuga would have taken the crown but they simplicity of the duel and the way both characters managed to sneak in ulterior copies of their aces in the deck was pretty surprising.
i'm actually surprised that Jonouchi vs Yami Marik wasn't on this list... I knew that Jonouchi was gonna lose, but, I honestly didn't expect the duel to end in the way it did, actually I would also include Jonouchi vs Odion, cuz of Ra and how he won
I’m still kinda salty over Revolver’s loss to Soulburner. Not about the fact that he lost, but HOW he lost. He had a field with Borreload(3000), Savage(4500), and Zeroboros(3800). He then nukes the field losing Borreload’s attack drop and Savage’s negate…..major misplay if you ask me. I would have loved to see Soulburner overcome that massive board, especially if he was able to whip out a Synchro, but alas that’s not what we got
I'm surprised you didn't put Kaiba vs Zigfried or Yugi vs Noah, those are two of my favorite comebacks of all time
I’m surprised that the finals duel yuga vs Luke wasn’t on here. I went into it thinking yuga would definitely win but the. Comeback Luke made was amazing
1:16 spoilers..... 16:13 don't you love duels where the stakes are very low or non-existent? it leads to more surprising results
You should do a 25 awesome Ace monster summons. Not just for the protagonist but for the side characters too. Like joey and red eyes, kaiba with blue eyes, etc
Yuga burning in the flames is so similar to Joey burning in Ra Phoenix Mode's flames, and we know how well that was done. I'm still salty that Marik's loss wasn't the real shocking duel result there.
Its really crazy how Darkness gaslighted O Brien into thinking his parents were dead, even rewriting his memories.
Gx was something else, man
Jaden and Aster “ A new breed of Heroes”
0:31 Over 1000 episodes and as usual, you will leave out the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime titled "Yu-Gi-Oh!" from 1998 that loosely adapts the 1st 59 chapters of the manga.
1:58 Shin Yoshida had to have read the manga because he was part of the later Duelist Kingdom episodes as a writer. You literally have to read the manga in order to adapt the content into anime form. He must have known Yami Yugi stopped using the powers of the puzzle because it would prove he's an evil intelligence, which Pegasus explained the Items have an evil intelligence in them. Of course, the anime staff left that important info out. Yet Yoshida makes Yami Yugi use the evil Doma card, which goes against his development and proves he's actually evil.
3:52 This was like if Jonouchi, the friend, beating Kaiba, the rival character. It made no sense, especially when Revolver gave up his negate (Varrelload Savage had 3 negates) for a monster that can banish if Soulburner summons in its Link marker. The staff made Revolver lose on purpose.
I did not expect yusei to win against antinomy in their first duel. Like you said on a previous video, they should have gave yusei a loss here.
Also, in 5d's the first time I watched the first Duel of yusei against kiryu, I was surprised by yusei's (technically) loss.
It wasn't a technical loss lol even Yusei said that he would have lost had his D-Wheel not malfunctioned
@@nicolasrey8773 I think D-Wheel crash should be a winning condition in riding duels. In this situation, that was the only thing they come up with in order not for the antagonist to lose and therefore die !
@@lucentnether9154 in the manga it's like that
@@nicolasrey8773 That makes more sense. Imagine you crash your D-Wheel. Either you die or your D-Wheel is broken, so how do you plan to resume you riding duel? It would be a miracle if none of these happen like the plot armor yusei got when his lp were reduced to 1 against Goodwin (unlike Jack and Crow)
not gonna lie, when vrains was still airing I was (still am) a fan of revolver and I got a little salty that he lost to soulburner, tho I quickly understood that it didn't matter who won the duel lol
Yuya's loss to Sergey was refreshing
Awesome Yugioh video Yugioheverything 😎
When kaito said haruto at 4:54 it sounded like he said naruto
Very great the video was not so many shocking moments but, as a second part I feel they were missing especially a super important one that surprised me that it was not u is when reiji beats yuya in chapter 51 of ARC-V
yugo must have been misplaying HARD becuase how do you lose with crystal wing
i know crystal wing isnt an insta win basically monster but it can literally beat over probably over half of all the monsters in of arc-v
INCLUDING Z-ARC
I still loves that YUGI BOY!!!! Surrender against Rebecca... maybe it was an alusion to those who doesnt play the game for fun in that era.... which I want to believe... so it is amazing!
Yeee that soulburner vs revolver duel was awsome
my most shocking is Roboppi lost to soul burner
Man can aleady smack Soulburner but some plot armor made Roboppi got broken
Soulbuner already said he technically lost the duel. But Roboppy short circuit
To this day, I will continue to point out how sad, messed up, and out right disrespectful the Austin O'Brien/Axel Brodie vs Trueman duel was and how slept on it is for one of the darkest moments in Yugioh. The later half of GX is wild and really not noticed for the levels of tension and stakes it has
The issue is that Season 4 feels strangely disconnected from Season 3, unless those events have to be mentioned for the plot to make sense. The trueman depression-thing is also very strange atmospherically because it presents the villain-goal in the arc a lot less morally ambiguous in a bad way.
The idea that is being presented and eventually challenged by Judai and then reverse-challenged by Z-one's tragedy in 5DS is that it would be better for humanity to end like that instead of meeting a more painful end. This completely works with the way Fubuki goes down in the duel against Darkness, with him believing that he went out on his own terms(aka. being content and somewhat happy with the result). It does not work when you break everyone's spirit in such a way. What Yubel did to Cobra is ironically more in-line with Darkness' intended endresult than what his own underling does.
@@lpfan4491 I agree that plot wise Season 3 and Season 4 of GX were not very cohesive, outside of 1 factor, but they very much complimented each other in tone. And that tone was tailored to fit the main thing that carriered over from Season 3 to Season 4, the new Judai.
Judai was no longer the happy go lucky kid we were introduced to and what happened in Season 3 was actually really heavy. That's why there were so many episodes in Season 4 were people were worried about him or frustrated how he changed or why he very much pushed his most of his friends away from the actual plot this time instead of handling it together as they did before. But to match this darker/more gritty tone, they also focused on the aspect of school life that was naturally next: graduation and thinking about the future. The fear and doubt of what comes once you leave school I felt played well with the main antagonist of Season 4.
Granted, I will admit the whole Nightshroud and Fujiwara stuff did feel out of nowhere the first time I watched week to week since it was only brought in Atticus/Fubuki's Season 1 introduction and again in Season 2 to try and show Zane/Ryo/Hell Kaiser he had fallen from the path. But binge watching episodes back to back, it didn't seem like as big of a leap. The Dark World stuff with Trueman and Nightshroud/Darkness could've be executed better, but I feel the big disconnect with it was how isolated it felt from the rest of the cast until the very end while thematically I can see what they were going for. Would've also helped if they could've linked Nightshroud back to the Light of Destruction or Sacred Beast/Kagemaru or the Gentle Darkness that was the power in Judai the whole time or just the existence of Judai/Yubel on this plane.
Could've been better but hindsight always makes it that way and this was the ending of the 1st Yugioh spinoff so inexperience plays a factor too. I will give them props though as no other Yugioh series has made a major permanent change in personality to their main protagonists by their own choice. Closest we get in my opinion is Season 3 A.I. in Vrains; tempted to say Zexal with Shark to Nasch but that's more of regaining lost memories kinda deal and is a Rival, not the main hero.
Shocking yuga was on here the most
Man, i like that time when Soulburner beat Playmaker and Playmaker acknowledge his weakness in tears.
Okay...that never happens, BUT IT COULD HAVE!!
I wish I could forget that moment... but internet will never allow me to
Going through Vrains for the first time. Specter in S1 is definitely the Steely Dan of the show. I hate that Blue Angel lost and Yusaku had to take over. Not looking forward to when he comes back.
For me amon defeating edo and manjoume both for number 1 it was just surprising to see both of them lose to the same guy who we barely knew and wasn’t the main villan
Lightning completely destroying Spectre's field on that turn... leaving him vulnerable with a 0 ATK Link Monster and taking an overkill amount of Damage while he could only look in frustration and shock at how Lightning pulverized his setup...
I wish they brought back maximum summon to go rush
The duel Yuya and Declan had after Declan revealed why he made the Miami championship, that also made Yuya say he'll make Declan grovel, just to lose that duel was (i think) the only one in arc-v that almost made me yell "WTF" after it ended
Revolver losing to Soulburner & Kaito losing to Tron were not a surprise to me.
Zane losing to Camula was definitely shocking considering how strong how was shown to be during that time, he lost a lot later on but was undefeated at that point I think.
Luke defeating Yuga in the tournament final would have been on my list.
The thought of Atem actually losing. Hoo boy.
Still one of the most shocking defeats probably ever !
And to Guardians, of all things.
Yeah I was shocked when he lost to
@@YugiohEverything Nice Videos man!
@@benouzgane1929 yeah it was very good filler arc I liked it
Can you do a list of your least favorite duels?
Comment section would go ballistic when that ever happens.
Honerable mention for a duel that we didn't get to see, Joey beat Yami Yugi at the end of Battle City arc :)
The match Kaiba vs Alistair that ended by a DRAW (DM150). it was the most shocking for me, I'm surprise to not see this one here.
Bc Alistair wasn't using his true deck
I feel like I need to rewatch from the start cause I barely remember half of these
Nasch defeating vector probably shocked me the most out of all duels in ygo, it's a shame it didn't make the list
Raphael beating yugi the first time is difently surprise me as a kid
Absolutely, one of the biggest shock wins probably in all of YGO
Atem/The Pharaoh lost to Raphael was a WTF
Moment.
I mean sure he did play the Oricalcmols Card but it was Repheal’s plan all along, and Yugi had to save the Pharaoh and the conciquenses of the duel hit Atem pretty hard because he feels guilty and regretful.
The moment where Lazar (Jaeger) purposely loses to crow. Was kinda shocking and toucky at the same time there. Was kinda suprised.
My personal top would have to be Yugi vs Raphael followed by Revolver vs Soulburner. The 1st one is a no brainer and I don't think anything has come close to it, except for the 2nd one, both of which were legit surprises as no one at the time expected Yugi or Revolver to lose at all. And as a top 3 I would pick Akaba Leo vs Zarc purely because of how easily he gets curvestomped. It was pretty much a given that Zarc was gonna win, but man it sure was a big shocker that Leo ends up defeated in an instant.
I think a good choice for a wild result is Judai vs. X. Sure, X is just a filler villain of the week but having a guy whose goal is to win by deck out lose by Judai decking him out?
Leo proves again that he is braindead by losing because he self-burnt for "hurr I need to make up for my actions." Which also included LITERALLY GIVING ONE FOURTH OF ZARC TRAINING AND POWER.
It is still amazing how much of a mess the second half of ArcV actually is, in that it's not even possible to properly seperate the good from the bad. The sudden plottwist that Zarc actually managed to fully take over Yuya during the duel against Yuri is really well done, but it is tainted by the narrative arc just being completely botched already. It could have never happened if Leo didn't pull that whole interdimensional carding-bs and just made sure Yuri was raised to be a decent person instead.
@@lpfan4491 I would have really liked it if Sawatori had been able to at least reach Yuya, especially considering how he had become a dueltainer like Yuya and actually basically did the best against Zarc out of everyone.
@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor The way they treated him really sucks in general. They specifically wrote his duels in a way where we know he's a good duelist(His most major misplay is attacking Yuto after getting told not to.), but they still never gave him any relevant solowin.
@@lpfan4491 Yeah. He's also the one who figured out how pendulum summoning worked. Not to mention how he literally changed his deck multiple times and still never had any major wins. He even lost to a generic guard during the synchro arc. Not to mention how his character development was actually really good going from that spoiled rich kid to an entertainer who wants to make others happy.
Honestly, Even though we all know the outcome, The last duel between Yuma and Shark/Nash was a shock to me by how it ended.
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Can't agree, that Kaiser vs Yubel or Revolver vs Soulburner were shocking. Kaiser didn't give a damn about result. He just wanted to die in the most epic duel ever. At the moment possessed Johan was only one who could have provided it to him. It was pretty obvious, that Judai will be the one to beat Yubel for good, Kaiser just had his epic as f farewell duel. Speaking of Revolver, when I watched this duel first time I had the same feeling as later watching AI vs Playmaker. Imo Revolver wanted to lose. He still felt guilty because of the Lost Incident, even though he was a child back then and his father was already dead. Lose to Soulburner was his redeption. We can see that, when he takes the final blow with a smile. With this duel all beef from the past has ended. Soulburner got his revenge, Revolver restored peace of his soul.
Great picks, I personally would've included Judai losing to Edo
Probably the most shocking duel result (from Zexal) is the final match between Misael and Kaito. Sure, it was the Barian arc, and characters were dropping like flies, but going into the very hyped duel, you don't expect for one of the major characters to die (if you weren't spoiled to it) - especially not "suffocated in the vacuum of space while his loved ones watch on helplessly" - before the final fight with the main antagonist. I mean, Kaito even won the duel - most duels during that arc resulted in the loser's "death".
And then, the next time we see the loser, Misael, he's finally 'seen the light' and is willing to work with the good guys (thanks in part to the whole "my good-guy opponent encouraged me to not hate humans anymore" thing)… and then he immediately challenges Don Thousand, is beaten in a single turn, and promptly "dies".
It's not the first character death, nor is it technically the most emotional (that honor would probably go to Shark, who was introduced in episode 1, was one of the (if not the) last to die, and probably got the best character arc in the entire series), but it is one that really stands out.
Shark is legit the star of the series. Consistently whenever he showed up, I enjoyed the runtime more than when he didn't show up.(Though I still only really watched Season 1 because the plot's momentum really slowed down when the barians properly got involved and the sudden shift in pace threw me out of my seat. And I know basically all the spoilers anyways by this point.)
With Mizael, it's less that he quit hating humans, and more that he was finally able to accept that Tachyon Dragon wasn't his partner but a tool to control him. A large part of the duel was getting him to accept that since even after his memories got returned thanks to Draglubion he refused to believe them due to the trust he had in his bond with Tachyon.
listening to this video while playing duel links pvp 💪💪
That Akaba Leo vs Zarc "duel" gets me laughing every time. 😂
Def the best moment of that duel
14:58 so its the same type of stand as Star Platinum.
Joey VS Mai in Waking The Dragons is the go to shock for me.
Well Joey will die in that arc no matter what. It's a matter of time
What better way to humiliate someone than to take them out in one turn.
The key take away of this video is that not all duels have the most desirable results.
And AS A RESULT, they sometimes have unsatisfying outcomes.
Holy shit... Never seen Vrains but Aoi getting scorpion'd?! I don't think I've ever seen that in any anime before. Certainly wouldn't expect it to happen to the female lead of a series like Yugioh.
Kaiba losing to Noah was kind of a stunner