I’ve been trying to find parallels between Judai and Yuya (since they’re both supreme kings) and I finally found this one.
I just really like how “accepting your past self to move forward” is part of Judai and Yuya’s character growth because whether they like it or not, their identities are linked to the person they did not want to be. After all, they duel to have fun, not to bring chaos, which their past selves tried to do.
Also, maybe I just haven’t watched or read stuff that have protagonists deal with their past selves, but I really appreciate how GX and ARC-V handled this part for both Judai and Yuya. I love how they were both able to come in terms that yes are reincarnations of the big baddies and they brought pain and suffering, but they can use the powers that they inherited from the Supreme Kings to save everyone and move forward. Both Judai and Yuya inherited the ability of hear the voices of their cards, so it’s pretty awesome when they both used this ability in a good way in these two scenes and in the latter episodes.
It’s just an interesting concept and parallel and I just love that it brought more character development to these fun-loving protagonists.