Yo! You guys still on the fence about this show might wanna hop on, because it's getting pretty good.
Okay, so let's talk about the latest episodes.
First off, Reiji vs. Yuuya. Reiji is still a pretty dull dude...his mother and his LDS classmates (who seem to be reoccuring characters which is nice) are far more interesting...but in terms of dueling, he's probably one of the notably strongest rivals we've ever had from the get-go. Mastering Fusion, XYZ, and Synchro was a really neat gimmick they gave him...so glad they didn't forget about all those and focus exclusively on Pendulum like Arc-V and Zexal basically did with their SS methods...and the Pendulum Summoning was nice as well. One thing interesting I've began to notice...Whip Viper has basically replaced Discover Hippo as Yuuya's main monster. I mean we've seen the latter in like every duel, the former hasn't appeared in quite awhile.
Next, Yuzu's Dad is a pretty great character. Loved the ending where he "died". It's also nice to have some adult characters dueling, we really haven't had that much in Yu-Gi-Oh, it's a nice change of pace. One thing this episode made me realize is that Entermates are a great archetype. Not gameplay wise, of course, as their effects seem pretty all over the place, but in terms of suiting the show's style, they all have funny designs and I love how full of personality they are. Makes me wonder if they'll eventually get phased out for Yuuya's "season 2" monsters.
Finally, the recent episode was another non-Duel episode, the second one we've got already, and really did a good job on foreshadowing. One thing people have noticed is how out of the plot Yuuya seems to be...in this episode he's focused on entering the usual tournament, while all the myth-arc stuff is going around with the other characters. Yugi, Judai, Yusei, and Yuma were pretty much always right in the middle of the paranormal stuff, so it's interesting to have a main character who is sort of on the side of all that and just playing card games. Seems the writers really do plan to have Yuzu become a central character---she already can enter the Youth Championship alongside Yuya, she's apparently gonna go with Fusions now, and she's directly involved with Dark Yuuya. Seems Masumi is gonna get a lot of focus too, more female Duelists is always good.
And we got confirmation that Dark Yuya and Sora are apparently from the same "world"...the real world? And now we've got another intruder coming onto the scene. From what I recall, I think scans hint that he's not on Dark Yuya's side.
I hope they continue it this way.
