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Monday, April 17, 2017

Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Side of Dimensions (Movie)


Now this is actually a Yu-Gi-Oh movie that can hold onto my attention for more than two hours long. This movie commemorates that Yu-Gi-Oh is on to their 20th anniversary and is still around to bring entertainment to our generation. How old I’m getting as I acknowledge this fact and it’s been close to 10 years that I’ve been blogging YGO. It’s really amazing how fans and first-timers of Yu-Gi-Oh have the love for this world of duels. 
 




I’d like to start with saying it’s an awesome movie that has brought back a lot more nostalgia and excitement of seeing duel monsters come “alive” in battle than I’d expected. The fun is really from these memorable characters showing us that their lives of dueling has not affected what’s important and their dynamic relationships are captured once more on screen. The importance of dreams, friendship, belief to make ambitions come true, and to keep on moving forward is what relates to us.

 

The two leading main characters are Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba definitely. The villains are Aigami or Diva and the evil spirit of the millennium ring. The support characters are Joey Wheeler, Tea Gardner, Bakura Ryou, and Tristin Taylor, grandpa Muto, Mokuba Kaiba, and Duke Devlin. Did I miss anyone? Much of the story tries to make us empathize with the antagonists: how unfortunate Aigami’s life with his sister was and how tragedy befell onto Bakura/his father. The surprising new development was actually focused on how Bakura’s possession of the millennium ring ties in with Aigami’s apprenticeship with Shadi to bring forth this so-called purge to utopia in a different dimension mayhem. As always what we want to know is how Yugi (and his friends) are doing since the last we’ve seen of the pharoh’s departure. We know they are in school, and we hear about their plans for after graduation. Kaiba’s world is constantly revolving around making the best duel experience for everyone and himself but beyond that he’s holding his grudge/loss to Atem to drive himself of obtaining a victory that should satisfy his prideful obsession of the title King of Duelist.





I had watched this movie (more than once) to really take my time with this post because I must think about what it is I want to take from it to remember. Is it the duels that I should talk about? Yami Yugi vs. Kaiba; Kaiba vs. Aigami; Aigami vs. Yugi; Yugi vs. Kaiba; Double team Kaiba/Yugi vs. Dark Aigami. It truly is the final duel that leaves the best impression. Would that be Yugi saving the world again or the more anticipated duel would be seeing Atem duel (with Kaiba in the epilogue for an imaginative sequel, or either with Yugi again would have been nice like the finale of the series)?






Is it just seeing the characters or favorite monster cards on the big screen enough to make us jump for joy? Either way I find no major faults (except for the duel interruptions) with the end result having me wanting more. Nevertheless, it is another enjoyable success for fans to take part in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh!




Well, let’s go over the featured duel monsters for the remaining post.
Yugi Muto 






 

 

 










Seto Kaiba
 

 

 












 Aigami (Diva)




 





 









Virtual Dark Yugi



 






 

The following link is extensive in the minute details of the movie plot, characters, cards, and etc.
http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_The_Dark_Side_of_Dimensions


Yu-Gi-Oh has been something of a childhood pastime that I can’t let go of since it feels special to always go back to rekindle those memories or those feelings of stirring the heart of my youth. What’s to say that it isn’t the same for you, whether it was the anime, cards, gaming, or this movie that has you to experience it again. It provides a sense of happiness to strive for in the most minuscule way which you might say I could be doing something else instead but I want to see it to feel closure.  Moreover, it’s worth my time and I’d think it’s worth yours if you’re a fan of the franchise.

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