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5D’s Dub-Uncut Episode #27 WIP #1: What Will Today’s Card Be?

Just about getting started with dub-uncut episode 27! Though I’m doing it in bits and pieces while I finish up finalizing GX episode 54’s subs, but I have been looking forward to this one.  And part of it involved figuring out what to do with this clip, since of course 4Kids left these segments undubbed. 

Luckily, Duel Links has these Duel Carnival events with the twins where they use their lines here, so it makes it easier to work with! The only trouble is that it’s Eileen Stevens playing the twins in Duel Links, as opposed to their earlier VA pre-65, so there’ll be an inconsistency there with the episode proper, but not much I can do, lol.   I also made use of more of their Duel Links lines to fill out the clip; since Rua and Ruka question the card before encouraging viewers to stay tuned, I combined an “Oh!” and “No way!” for Leo, followed by a “what’s” and “this?” from two different lines for Luna, then “You’re lucky!”/“You get to”/“see!” (though it sounds like a question since he’s saying “See?” in the original DL line), and finishing up is a “Here goes!” from Luna.  I kept the beginning SFX before the twins pop up, then redid the SFX for the cards flipping and the showcased card moving forward.

Think it came out well, given the limits! Just have to see if the Duel Links audio is enough to tweak for 28 and 29’s clips… Also, I had the subbed video with the English over the sign’s Japanese there handy since I’d edited this episode for myself a while back for a personal DVD; I’ll likely try to actually translate the sign at some point while I work on this. Stay tuned for some more WIPs!