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YGO ARC-V to YGO VRAINS

With the 6th Yu-Gi-Oh! series now ongoing to who-knows when, we say good-bye to Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. If you've seen my previous post "Make Way Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal for Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V!" of 4/19/14 I've only seen like 3 episodes at least so I can't really review the anime. But it came to my surprise that Yūya Sakaki (spoiler alert?) has 3 other dimensional counterparts: Yuri from Fusion Dimension, Yugo from Synchro Dimension, and Yuto from Xyz Dimension.

 Not only that but his "love interest" or heroine of Arc-V match him too, as shown below:

Interestingly enough, Yuya gets 3 other main monsters to play with. (Also, see the following.)

[More on the small details in a future post to dedicate to YGO Arc-V.]
So it's no wonder that YGO decided to showcase our newest protagonist in a similar fashion.

Introducing Yūsaku Fujiki, high school student "cyber hacker in a good way" by day, a.k.a. Playmaker, vigilante duelist by "virtual-reality night" in LINK VRAINS. That is to say, this cyberspace network system named Den City consisting the "World of AI: Cyverse" as it would be called, is where all the duels takes place I assume. Duels between our hero against SOL Technology Company and the Hanoi Knights or "bad hackers" will result in eventual VR destruction that must be stopped at all costs. And in order to do that, Yusaku will have to "link summon" on advanced hover(storm)-boarding technology making his way to gradually reveal his unbeknownst past and true objectives. As if I didn't have you at the edge of your seat by now, to top that off he will obviously be bringing his future friends-to-be along and prove himself worthy to take the reigns of main character.

That's basically what I got from the hour premiere of the anime and I'm afraid I am not going to pick up this show myself. The premise is more appealed towards the newer generation of YGO fans or first-time viewers at least in my opinion. And speaking for myself, I don't find it that much difference in transition from the last installment. Yet I do have better hopes for the latest cards of Yu-Gi-Oh and what link summoning would be like. Honestly, I'm still trying to figure out synchro and XYZ summoning (both nearly getting the hang of it for the most part) with the added pendulum summoning and now link summoning. Anyways, for those who plan on or are already watching YGO VRAINS, I wish for you all to enjoy it and I'll be back here blogging from time to time.

>>> Into the VRAINS >>>

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 20^th 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.