"Any card—so long as it exists—has a power that is needed."
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX Episode 29 Subbed (Finalized) The One Where Things Get Heated (Part 1) [OP/EN 1 Version]
To protect three cards hidden within the Academia from the hands of seven assassins known as the “Seven Stars,” Judai and co are given seven keys by the Principal. The first of the assassins, “Darkness,” shows himself to Judai, and the two duel in a Duel of Darkness in which the loser’s soul is sealed within a card, and Shou and Hayato are also taken as hostages. Darkness summons Red-Eyes Black Dragon and overwhelms Judai…
So I didn’t expect to end up so delayed on this one… But here we are! We kick off the Seven Stars arc with exposition on our new Phantasm Cards and Judai starting his duel against the first of the Seven, as GX starts to take a less lighthearted route compared to our road thus far. I personally enjoy the arc; there are some good duels and character moments here (Judai especially, as it’s his first taste of duels being played with stakes).
As we’re starting the arc here, I thought I’d do something unique with my finalized releases for the next few episodes. See, 99% and Wake Up Your Heart, the next OP/EN duo, officially start in episode 34, which is the Kaibaman episode. Given the imagery in 99% and how the general tone shifts starting in this episode (and also, 4Kids officially gave the show a subtitle in dub!29), I always had the feeling that, like with Burn! in ARC-V, it was meant to start earlier but didn’t. So, I wanted to start 99% and WUYH a bit earlier with this episode for my hardsubs; I’ll still be releasing the scripts with the DVDRips as originally presented. Though, since I’m aware that not everyone will be up for this tweak, I’ll also be releasing a hardsub with OP/EN 1 still in and plugging them both into my GX Masterpost. You’ll find said releases on NAC.
And I’d be remiss if I didn’t have some fixes done for this episode, which were partly what led to the unintended delay, lol. Though, luckily, it wasn’t that many to work with. List below the cut, as usual!
Enjoy!