"Any card—so long as it exists—has a power that is needed."

[Sorry I’m just getting to this, Rho!]

Not as ridiculous as that fancy Fusion draw tbh haha

Yeah, of course! It was one I revisited not too long ago: episode 17; it was in his first turn against Taizan! Think the Koreanimators gave it all the budget that episode haha.  I actually made a quick gif of it a while back too; I’m sure yours’ll look much better!

ALL THESE WINDOW SHARDS, RHO! D:

But hey, it’s good to see you around again, haha.  Sure, I’ve been meaning to post up some thoughts about it since I’ve already shared some with skelenator-rainbow, I just haven’t had much time with IRL shenanigans.  I also haven’t seen past episode 1, so I do want to reserve full judgment until I get their 12.

That said, things I’ve noticed, based on just episode 1:

-Awkward wording here and there.  Shining example: “It’s a lucky card. It wants to know where you’re going.” wut

-Calling the examinees “exam”s, like “I’m exam #110!” wut

-Decent subs, for the most part, just literally translated in some spots, liberally translated in others (respective examples: “duel elite”, Professor Chronos’s title at DA as Chief General Director of Practical Application: “I oversee the academy’s practical training”

-Speaking of Chronos, they translate “kyouyuu” as “Instructor” and use “sensei”’s literal translation.  Instructor does work, but I’d have liked to see them use “Professor” for “sensei” given the context.  “Kouchou” gets translated as “Headmaster”, which is also a good one to use.  Maybe I’ll go back and use it for mine… Also, his “-na no ne”, from what I saw, wasn’t really adapted, which could’ve been easy enough to do with some “no?”s or fancier speech here and there.

-The awkward sub timing’s also irked me a bit.  They’ll have an entire line split into 2-3 subtitles, and in cases where it’s 3 or more, the middle part doesn’t last long enough to actually be read.  I’m sure that’s just because of the format it has to be in on their site, but still.

-Manjoume-san became “Manjoume, sir”, which I approve of; I have liked “The Manjoume”/”Use ‘The!’”, but it was a bit more inspired by the dub, and admittedly, “sir” does lend itself to the “Thunder” pun a bit better.  I’ll be using “Sir Manjoume” also, and it does go well with “Miss Asuka” now that I think of it, lol.

-Also, the OP/EN don’t have subs to them atm.  Hopefully, they’ll get back to them and it’s not just laziness.

But yeah, otherwise, the subs are decently translated so far, and I’m looking forward to seeing how they handle a few of the lines I couldn’t figure out when I first went through 13-17.  Like I said, I’ll have a slightly more in-depth post ready after I get further in, lol.

Thanks for the question, I barely get asked anything anyway, so don’t worry. :P

Hmm…this is always a tough one for me, especially if you made it solely GX lol.  And because of my subbing it, characters I like writing for would probably also crop up.  Guess I’ll do both ends of the spectrum…

For GX—and it’s probably the usual answer lol—I’d have to go with Judai.  I just really love his development, especially with the events of Season 3, and how all of it starts to define him in Season 4, like his line to Saiou about using power for a greater mission.  Writing his lines in my subs has been pretty fun too; I liked writing a few of his lines in 154 when he was all sassy with Yubel haha (“How many times are we at now?” or something, it was) I could go into detail about why I love his development, but better-spoken people than me have (rhodanum definitely; I’m sure I forget others XD).  It also helps that he was going through that growing-up and graduating high school stuff at the same time I was lol.  But yeah, Judai, ya lil’ shit…

There’s also Saiou, but mostly ‘cause I liked writing for him lol. I liked a lot of his lines about destiny back in Season 2, and I liked his interactions with Ed and Judai.  Writing his lines in 170/1 was nice too, for just about the same reason, and it was interesting to see how powerless he felt since his loss to Judai with Mizuchi being taken.  Saiou is also nicely developed in Season 2, so that helps too.  And of course, I have to mention MANJOUME THUNDER!!

Elsewhere in YGO? I do like Yusei’s character (before he goes all messiah-like after the Dark Signers arc), and his speech to Rudger still gets me.  I also like Jack and his redemption plotline after he lost to Yusei in the Fortune Cup, and his thing with Carly (that gets completely forgotten for no reason).  In DM, I do like Mai, she’s a good character, and I liked how she helped Yugi and Atem—at the time Dark Yugi—reconcile in Duelist Kingdom.  I’m still at the DK arc in the manga, so I’ve yet to see more of her character unfold there, but I did like her for most of the anime, save a few moments in DOMA.  Also, Dartz is still my favorite villain in DM, with Dark Malik a close second.  Something about the Orichalcos was awesome to me as a kid, and I did like his character after I got to rewatch DOMA subbed.  May have to again soon though, lol.  I’ll give Bakura an honorable mention, and I’m looking forward to seeing how the Dark RPG went in the manga.

Thanks for the ask! That definitely got long haha.  So basically, Judai would probably be my favorite, but he’s not the only one. :P

*rushes back to work on GX 172’s Endless Dream*