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The One With All the Rackets

Well, this one was an adventure… But not because of the episode itself, lol–all things considered, this episode’s not a bad one, save for Ayanokouji’s grand exit.  And it’s also a fitting one for Valentine’s Day!

Judai ends up in a duel against Mitsuru Ayanokouji, a Third-Year Obelisk Blue student who’s enamored with Asuka and mistakes Judai and her for a couple.

This one also saw me working the most fixes into an episode since starting to look into it.  If you’ve been following my subs for a while, you know I love consistency.  Unfortunately, the animators didn’t seem to share that same love, at least so far. D: So, with help from @saveyuzu and @akameniseis, as well as @silivagalaxy teaching me how to card-edit in AfterEffects, I got to work.  All together, there were 14 different fixes done, 4 being Burstlady fixes–because the poor girl can’t catch a break.  On top of those, I also translated the hit counters that show up once Ayanokouji uses Deuce to screw the rules–a full list of all the fixes done lies below the cut.  It was fun, though, aside from all the keyframing; “It was quite educational!”, as Halil in ARC-V would say!

I’ll just be going back to 14 for a quick bit to update the Mega Thunderball fix I added to the preview, and updating the script for the “Captain Cheery” line (inspired by “President Peppy” in the CR subs).  I also dug up some things worth fixing in 1-2 earlier episodes that I’ll use my new skills on at some point.  Then, it’s off to episode 16! I’d put the ETA at maybe early next week; I already partly did one fix there for 15’s preview, so hopefully that’s the only one.  Enjoy, guys! And hopefully, you had a nice Valentine’s Day, if you celebrated it. :)

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