Oh shit i havent talked about card game anime in forever uhhh -spins roulette wheel and it lands on gx- the reason why season 3 works so well isnt JUST the fact that the Protagonist fighting so hard is also what leads to things getting worse but also that it really forces judai to acknowledge that he really doesnt treat his friends like, well, his friends. All this time judai has been running around without a care for the consequences bc the duel academy was basically a sandbox for him to have fun without having to think about unfortunate things like “crippling depression” and “chronic lonely bitch-itis”. We even see early on how this carelessness affects other characters, with manjoumes issues coming to light and sho’s (temporarily) worsening relationship with his brother. so when it all slaps him in the face he isnt ready for it and it backfires into a dangerous downward spiral for him. its even made worse by the fact that johan (who he looks up to, so desperately almost) is there and adds even more pressure onto his decisions, made even WORSE when yubel possess’ him. for all his talk about playing duel monsters for fun it was a way to for him to basically cope, and its why the duel with kaiba man early on and the final duel with yugi is so important, its basically telling him that its ok, its ok to have fun, its ok to mess up and lose, its ok to be vulnerable, your friends will be there for you, so you should be there for them too.
please take some time out of your day to watch the single most incredible display if voice acting of any yugioh series ever.
I like how it shows the hammer hitting the chisel as he draws, connecting it back to his flashback with Judai a few minutes ago. It’s time to excavate that card that wants to be summoned!
Versus Red Nova! Past and Present!
And not only does Yubel go right for the throat on that one (’you may have loved her but you loved the power even more’ basically) we finally get to find out why Yubel has been doing all this and just how badly the LoD fucked them up.
Being exposed to and tortured/possessed by the LoD (cause w/o it they were just rlly possessive/protective) has caused their idea and definition of love to become so horribly, horribly warped.
>Judai loves me
>Judai sent me into space cause he loves me
>The place Judai sent me out of love hurt me
>Judai hurt me b/c he loves me
>I have to hurt Judai to show how much I love him!
Yubel’s fucked up reasoning (as best as I can tell)
This is the perfect equip spell for Red Dragon Archfiend Scarlight and soooo many references to the second season of 5D’s. This just screams BURNING SOUL!
(via blueeyeswhitegarden)
Battle of the ladies - Episode 29
Broken Dreams
“Clustering crystal dreams, open the door to a new evolution! Become the path its light shines upon! Accel Synchro! Be born, Shooting Star Dragon!”
Starve Venom Fusion Dragon (Arc-V Episode 140)
Brave-Eyes Pendulum Dragon :: Episode 110
Fiery Mega Flame Burst!