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Shou VS Kenzan! A Passionate Duel for Big Bro

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While Judai is away from home, Shou and Tyranno Kenzan argue about which of them is Judai’s “little bro,” prompting a duel between the two in which their passion towards their Big Bro is at stake.  First, Dark Tyranno–Kenzan’s boss Monster–lands a direct attack on Shou.  Then, Shou uses his Cyber Summon Blaster Permanent Trap to chip away at Kenzan’s Life in 300-point chunks.  He also completes a defensive combo with Ambulance Rescueroid and Decoyroid…

Here’s a newly-finalized episode 64! This episode’s interesting because of the whole Shou/Kenzan dynamic getting fleshed out a bit, with the two coming to some level of understanding with each other as Kenzan maturely opts to throw the duel after realizing how dedicated and close Shou is to Judai.  We’ll get a bit more from them later, but it is nice that we close that out here.  Also, Fubuki’s being Fubuki much to Asuka’s chagrin, making us wonder how this season would pan out if he was still possessed, and we see a shirtless Judai in… Pharaoh-branded boxers that I’m surprised aren’t a real thing yet.

Now, in terms of footage fixes… I guess after two episodes of not having much to fix, 64 had quite a few to work with; I worked on 10 edits altogether, all card-related, and I’d originally picked out five I thought would be it before I backtracked for the others I’d noticed.  The animators didn’t play all their cards right here, lol.  List below the cut, as usual.  (For the ending Today’s Best Card segment, I also added a line in the card details for Ambulance Rescueroid’s Fusion Materials that the original didn’t include just to keep consistency; this line is used for future Fusion Monster showcases, so it looks like they might’ve just forgotten it in this one.)

Enjoy, folks! With this done, next time we’re revisiting a classic: Hell Kaiser Ryou’s debut episode~ I’ve been looking forward to this, and it should be fun to revisit.  Should have episode 65 done in 2-3 weeks, maybe sooner if ‘rona jab #2 doesn’t hit me too rough this Friday 4/30–fingers crossed!

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GX 64 - What the Disk? 🤨

Oh hey, it’s Shou! After fasting and looking for Judai, he’s running back to face Kenzan in their duel!

So determined!

And Asuka’s in disbelief that Shou strained himself like that just for Judai!

Shou brushes off the dirt and leaves that were on him and–

wh… where’d his Disk come from

These are all in sequential order; Shou doesn’t have his Disk and then suddenly he does, lol.  No backpack to carry it in either…

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I could go on about the meaning of powerbond forever for the Marufujis but in this essay i will talk about the use of Judai’s theme for Shou’s comeback vs the psycho style master

I just watched that episode but I’m stupid so i forgot half of it in my excitement but when dragonroid is pulled Shou says the deck finally came through for him and activates a few magic cards in a row each building a foundation for a combo Ryou never even knew existed as a possibility for the cyber dark deck

Shou says Judai told him to ask what the deck wanted and that this is how he will fight to surpass Ryou

Ryou hearing this looks to Judai like what and Judai has never looked prouder. This is the Shou Judai was always encouraging to succeed and shine through the gaps of potential, its always been so amazing that they showed Judai previously telling Shou to move up into Ra Yellow and move forward because he knows he can and to not worry about him staying in Osiris

This is the Shou that Judai saw that Shou himself couldnt see when he still struggled with the meaning of powerbond and its responsibility - the power that Ryou taught him to handle with care and its interesting that the cyberdark deck has such a strong presence that it can even send shockwaves through the user because this is the deck that powerbond was foreshadowing for shou

So when Shou uses kiteroid and dragonroid which are still nods to his vehicroid deck you can tell this is a deck that he thought about because he asked the deck what it wanted and it wasnt just battles it was evolution

And thats when Judai’s theme kicks in for Shou as he summons all three cyberdarks from his graveyard

Because this is Shou’s evolution this is his comeback this is his self assurance and determination spilling out from every pore on his body this is his legacy and Judai’s theme has always been about defeating impossible odds or coming about a miracle

The impossible odds here is Shou overcoming himself and thats why he can use powerbond and he uses it well

The Marufujis are fantastic cast members and their relationship with each other is complex and driving and its awesome to see it come full circle because their arc wasnt just a season thing only it spans more or less the entire ass show and thats what they deserve because theyre the best

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