GX 39: Put On Your Pants and [Corrected] Jacket
Went back to fix an error I missed in GX 39 that @se-to-oh‘s #gx-errors tag reminded me of, lol. Within a frame of Shou walking up to everyone and turning to Chick here, the white in his jacket’s chest area vanishes; it’s there as he’s turning, then suddenly red the rest of the shot. Just recolored it and mixed it into the video; a simple fix. Unsurprisingly, the dub didn’t catch this.
Re-encoding the episode now and will post it later on NAC, in case you’d like an updated hardsub and/or DVDRip! While there, I also revised Armed Dragon LV7′s attack name back to Armed Banisher thanks to Duel Links sorta confirming that spelling; I’ll be revising episode 26 as well for this.

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The One Where Fubuki’s That Kind of Character
A Cosplay Duel Tournament is happening at the Academy Festival. Asuka dresses up as the Harpie Lady, while Manjoume goes as XYZ-Dragon, but stepping up to duel Judai is a mysterious girl dressed up as Black Magician Girl. Judai duels this BlaMagi Girl, and he’s cornered as she summons Magician’s Valkyria and BlaMagi Girl herself from her cutesy and surprisingly powerful deck. The Academia supposedly lacks girls with her abilities, but…
Finally finished! Apologies for the delay, but here’s finalized!42! A fun little episode before we get to the heart of the Seven Stars arc, and one of my favorites. Also features the first [and only? D:] use of Elemental Hero Steam Healer, as well as Magician’s Valkyria post-Pyramid of Light; it was a neat combo by BMG to use Fire Sorcerer and lead into Dimension Fusion.
The main delay with the episode was the translations/fixes worked on this go-around; being used to 37-41 having at most 10 fixes between them kinda spoiled me, haha. The bulk of them are hardsub-only translations, with a few ranging from restoring a missing mouth to fixing Judai’s hair in a Quality shot. List below the cut, as usual, but I did whip up this little video rundown if you’d like to see it that way!
Enjoy, folks! With this done, I think I’ll run in and get 43 done next to make up for the delay, with 5D’s dub-uncut!21 happening after. I know there’s one shot of Judai I’ll have to fix his hair in, but there probably won’t be too much there.
GX Episode 42 (WIP) - Final Fix/Translation Compilation
So, since it’s taken me longer than expected to finish finalizing my GX 42 subs–almost a month just on working to squeeze these edits into my life after I finished revising the script lol–I thought I should try something unique! I usually post about the edits I work on for these on my blog, under the #subbing-rambling tag and in the episode posts, but since it’s been so long, I thought I’d just make a video for those who haven’t been in the loop. Quite a few here, considering I think I just had a handful between 38-41 lol.
Let me know what you think; I should have the full episode ready this weekend!




I’d expect that from the dub leaving a dubified card a frame too long, not the Japanese version 😂
An animation gaffe I just noticed…

This shot happens just after BlaMagi Girl hits Judai with her Valkyria’s Double Magic Illusion attacks, and note Chronos in this shot with the BMG headband.

This shot happens a few minutes later, once Judai realizes the pinch he’s in with the Valkyria Lock, and poof, the headband’s gone! But wait…

When Judai sets two cards and ends his turn and BMG’s cheered on, it’s back! And stays on when he’s shown for the rest of the episode lol.
I’m probably overthinking a simple gag, but lol consistency tho


“Fine, don’t listen to me… 🤷♂️”
So I hear there’s a new DECK to GET ON here? 💁♂️
The One With the Bullfighters
Asuka continues to nurse her brother, whose memories haven’t returned. With his memories on the line, Asuka duels Titan. Titan isn’t the cheating duelist he was before–he’s become a true Dark Duelist. Titan uses a series of “Daemon Matador” Monsters and Dark Arena, a bullring of darkness, to lead Asuka into the dark and gain the upper hand. Unable to choose her attack targets, Asuka’s Cyber Blader is destroyed by his Matadors…
Here’s episode 41, folks! This is a great Asuka-focused episode, and one of the few wins for our protagonist team that weren’t earned by Judai. Asuka’s motivation to regain Fubuki’s memories for him is a good driving force for her, and that reunion at the end hits the feels~ Well, until one fateful callout… We do also get to see Cyber Blader’s other two effects in action here, which is neat.
Just one card-related fix involved with this episode, but the main time-grabber was translating the Cosplay Duel poster that shows up in episode 42 but is included in its preview during episode 41. Details below the cut. #KeyframingIsFunKids
Enjoy! If you haven’t checked it out yet, I’m also working on some “dub-uncut” episodes of 5D’s where I tweak dialogue and add back the Japanese OST for some fun; I’ll be getting started on episode 26 soon, which I’m excited for thanks to all the new 5D’s Duel Links audio I get to work with–we finally have legit translations of the summoning chants! Well, mostly. Sorry, Crow. Once 26 is done, I’ll get started on GX 42 and the fun poster-translating antics that will ensue. 😅

Why did 4Kids think Cyber Blader was a Trap Card, exactly? 😂🤦♂️
GX 41 - QUALITY 4KIDS WORK
Friendly reminder that 4Kids let this one slip for an entire scene


Welp, Konami/4K are still trying to censor Yubel, after all. In image 1, Japanese!Yubel’s lines are mirroring hir lines to Judai when declaring their duel in ep. 153: “[Let us duel…] The anguish and sorrow it forms is what will allow us to understand our love”; image 2 has JP!Yubel saying, “You shall experience what true love is…”
“Show how I care” at least conveys that when you’re talking to Yubel in the OW, but here, they just omit Yubel’s concept of love entirely, just like 4Kids did. I thought we’d be past this…

I very much like what Konami did with the background here.
The One With the Proposal
The Seven Stars’ next assassin is Abidos III, a boy king known as the “God of Dueling” who boasted a no-loss record in Ancient Egypt. Judai duels with Abidos III, and Judai keeps up well in their match, asking Abidos, “You’re really bad at this, right?” Abidos experiences his first sense of resistance in a duel, as he gathers three sarcophagi on his field to summon Spirit of the Pharaoh, with four servants to fortify his defense. But Judai also lays out the groundwork for his counterattack…
It’s episode 40! This episode’s not too bad, and we have another nod to Ancient Egypt with Abidos. His deck is a bit underwhelming, though, as Judai and co. note, but it does help to set the stage for Judai’s first use of the HERO cards, and while they do go on to get some spread-out use through the rest of the show, I believe this is one of only two times HERO Flash!! gets used with them. Also, where’s my post-series one-shot with Judai and Abidos guys
Not too much in the way of card fixes, though I did go and fix two card-related animation errors in some quick shots. Details are in this little preview post I did a few days ago~
Enjoy, folks! Off to work on the next episode for my 5D’s dub-uncut project with episode 25, and then I’ll come back to work on GX 41, which gives us some much-needed Asuka/Fubuki time!