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The One Where Fans Pretty Much Get Their Judai VS Kaiba Duel. And The Steam Puns Waft Away From My Head

With the last string of serious duels causing Judai to be in a funk, Winged Kuriboh guides him to set foot into the Spirit World lying beyond the Hot Springs.  There, he meets the spirit of Kaibaman, who says that his Blue-Eyes card would like to battle him.  Judai and Kaibaman begin their duel, and against his Blue-Eyes and Knight of White Dragon, Judai soon finds himself dueling seriously.  And when his Ultimate is finally summoned…

It’s episode 34! Kind of a neat one, given that this is one of the first episodes that helps Judai reconcile the idea of dueling for keeps with his idea of dueling being all for fun.  Kind of curious to know where this development went in hindsight looking at Season 3… But that scene just before Kaibaman’s last turn with Impossible Victory playing, and then his beating Judai with his three BURRRRST STREAAAAMs, were great.

Also, it’s Judai VS basically Kaiba, which is neat.  And the animation gets surprisingly good, too.  

This one didn’t take too long to handle since I’d already revised the script a few months back, so I just had to set up my timing video and retime the lines, but I did pick up on a few things I wanted to fix, as well as one thing I wanted to translate for the hardsub, which I’ll mention.  List below the cut, as usual~

Enjoy, all, and happy Friday! Stay tuned for the NAC post, which’ll also have 33 since lol, I totally forgot to post it before working on 34.  I’ll be working on 35 soon; we seem to be hitting the part of GX where they’re really good about not goofing with cards, so we’ll see if that helps trim down any delays.  Looking at about a 1-2-week window to finish it, hopefully.

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The One With the Bats, ft. The Shining Flare Wingman (Part 3)  [OP/EN 1 Version]

Receiving a Dark Item from Fubuki, a rejuvenated Judai challenges Camula to a duel.  Judai summons Tempester (ATK/ 2800), and Camula uses her Phantasm Gate to try and sacrifice Asuka and the others, but Judai’s Dark Item prevents it.  Offering herself, she steals Tempester and gets Judai’s Life to 1200 all at once.  With Camula having stolen glances at his deck, Judai’s strategies won’t work…

And here’s 33! Closing out the Camula battle, we have Judai stepping up to save Chronos and Ryou from their doll prisons, debuting a new badass Fusion Monster in the process, while we also get Camula’s backstory and how she met our Big Bad (who looks surprisingly buff there…); not a bad episode.  This is also the last we’ll hear of Kanako Irie until she returns in Season 3 to voice another favorite of mine.  Also, I always wondered why they never printed her Vampire/Undead support cards… Also also, honorable mention to Camula’s VA in the dub, Bella Hudson, for actually doing a good job voicing her, imo; the accent and voice were fitting.  Just wish she had better dialogue to work with, as I do with almost all their VAs…

A few fixes here, one of which was done while working on 32′s preview for 33, below the cut as usual.

Enjoy! As mentioned in 32′s post, I revised 34′s script sometime last year for GoldenUmi’s Duel Selection release of the remastered episode, so I should have it out quicker.

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The One With the Bats, ft. Sibling Feels (Part 2)  [OP/EN 1 Version]

Having defeated Chronos, Camula chooses to make her next opponent one whose looks tickle her fancy: the Kaiser.  And so, it’s Kaiser Ryou VS Camula.  The Kaiser is merciless from the outset, attacking with a Power-Bond-fortified Cyber End Dragon, but with her full knowledge of his deck, Camula avoids it.  Mixing up his attacks with Cyber Barrier Dragon and Cyber Laser Dragon, he corners Camula, but when she uses the Phantasm Gate Magic Card, she employs an unfair strategy through her power of darkness…

Did I say I’d have this and 33 ready by the holidays for everyone? …well, we’re still doing Three Kings’ Day, right? ^^; Here’s 32 for the time being while 33 gets processed on Videa, which is probably my favorite VS Camula episode because of the Ryou/Shou development.  Poor Shou thinking so little of himself makes you really appreciate how he comes into his own in the later arcs, and that dynamic is one of the things GX did best, imo.  The animation and art this episode is also nice, and this is the first episode to use one of my favorite GX music tracks, which I’ve called “The Rival’s Onslaught.” That use of Camula’s Theme right as she goes for the finisher, though… Huh, it just got a bit chilly here. where’s my sound duel 3 marvelous

Not much in the way of fixes this time (most of the time went to 33 on that front), but they’re down below the cut, as usual, for the curious.

Enjoy; I’ll post 33 once Videa has it converted, and I should have them both up on NAC in the next day or two! I’ve already revised 34′s script when I tidied it up for GoldenUmi’s release of the Duel Selection remastered episode last year, so that should be a quicker release in the next week or two.

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The One With the Bats (Part 1) [OP/EN 1 Version]

A beautiful yet eerie vampire woman named Camula has landed as the second assassin.  Judai won his last bout, but is resting after exhausting his strength in his Duel of Darkness.  Instructor Chronos hoped to escape her but fails to do so, causing a duel between him and Camula.  Chronos challenges her with his “Antique Gear”-focused Dark Ages Deck, while Camula counters with a Vampire Deck.  A Duel of Darkness begins–where the loser will become a doll.

Apologies for the delay on this one! Had a few more bits of life than usual sprinkled into my editing process, but we’re here, kicking off the second of our Seven Stars’ entries with Camula, one of my favorites.  Her duel with Chronos is interesting to watch, as Chronos finds his worldview gradually shattered by a thing he didn’t believe existed, but his reasoning for it is another reason why Chronos is an interesting character.  And that scene with “Impossible Victory” playing at the end… This is also Kanako Irie’s first role in GX as Camula, before she eventually returns in Season 3 as another gem of a character that most of us love.

There were a few card fixes to apply here, along with some simple quality-of-watching fixes that slipped by the staff, but nothing too major; list below the cut, as usual. (EDIT, 2021: Touched up one fix I previously made, listed in bold under the cut!)

Enjoy, folks; I’ll be seeing about doubling up with 32 and 33 to get them done as a little holiday gift for everyone who’s still following these finalizings to make up for the recent delays a bit.  Expect 31 on NAC sometime tomorrow!

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Some sad news to report here for fellow GX fans, since I haven’t seen it posted: Hiromi Tsuru, best known for her role as Bulma throughout Dragon Ball but known to us Yu-Gi-Oh! fans for her work voicing Yubel’s female side, has passed away.  The article above goes into some of her other notable work, as well; I’m interested to see what Toei does with Bulma now.

For the GX side, Yubel–a bigender card spirit in GX Seasons 3 and 4–is a spirit that Judai had Kaiba Corp send into space; Principal Samejima later tells us it was in the hopes that the Waves of Darkness would help correct Yubel’s corruption, only to have it made worse by the Light of Destruction taking hold of them.  They return, and proceed to essentially (and with minimal spoilers) make Judai’s life hell out of a twisted sense of love towards him.  And then we find out some interesting stuff related to the two of them that you’ll have to see to believe.  Tsuru also reprises her role in the Super Fusion! Bonds Beyond Time movie, as well as the Tag Force 3 PSP game.

Tsuru plays the role well, and it’s a performance that’s pretty unmatched by their voice actress in the 4Kids English dub (but that’s also because they rewrote them to sound more childish for no reason); that and the way their lines make them come across made Yubel one of my favorite characters in the franchise.  And with Duel Links being a thing, I hoped to hear Tsuru come back when Yubel was eventually added, like we did Kanako Irie when she reprised her role as Johan.

RIP, Hiromi Tsuru.

The One Where Things Get Heated (Part 2) [OP/EN 1 Version]

Judai faces a hurdle at 700LP against 3000.  As he takes damage, Shou and Hayato inch closer to being scorched as they take the resulting mental toll.  Darkness finally summons Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, while Judai cleverly uses Wildman and the Wild Half Magic Card to reduce the Red-Eyes’s power, but…

And here’s Part 2, which I tried to get done quickly after finishing 29 last week for a double-release! Judai gets back into this with the looming threat of Shou and Hayato meeting hot lava, only to have Darkness bring out his real ace in Red-Eyes Darkness.  This was a really good intro episode for it, and overall, the duel played out pretty entertainingly through the episode.  Judai brings out a new Fusion Hero that’s pretty badass, and it leads us to a big reveal at the end that’s been episodes in the making.  Which makes for a touching little scene that the dub happens to ruin.

I heard you were also interested in fixes? Well, some of you, I’m sure, haha.  Luckily, I covered a few fixes when I prepped the preview for 29, so I just added seven more to the list, a few of which were easy-peasy to implement. List below the cut, as usual! (EDIT, 2021: One new fix applied, listed in bold under the cut below!)

Also, quick Translation Note: when Judai attacks with Wild Jaggyman, he declares his attack on the two REDDs, but we see WJ also attack Spear Dragon; this is because of his effect making him attack all opposing Monsters once each.  But he only needed to attack the two REDDs to win, making Spear Dragon more just for show.  That said, kudos to the dub for addressing this by having Jaden say he’ll attack all three.

Enjoy; hopefully I’ll get to start 31 soon, as the Camula episodes are some of my favorites in GX.  It’ll be nice to revisit them.

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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!

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