Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Arc-V

My last review of the anime was a fairly impressed 8/10, back when 47 episodes had been released. After 40 more episodes have been released though, I have to sadly admit that I was wrong and I had misjudged it.
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10/10

To say that Arc V skyrocketed the game's sales after the failure of Zexal would be an understatement. While every yugioh series until now focused on its own mechanic (rituals for original, fusions for gx, synchros for 5ds and exceeds for zexal), Arc V adds its own mechanic, Pendulums, but pays equal attention to ALL the others as well. Quite honestly I never imagined a day ... would come when I could play a deck that rituals/synchros/fuses/xyzes and possibly pendulums at the same time and NOT have balance issues with it. If you had told me something like that back when Zexal came out I would have called you a fool, since most decks back then couldn't even pull of a combination of TWO of these at the same time, let alone all of them together. But now here we are, in a golden, grand age for the game that rewards skilled players with incredible show-offing, that has successfully made me cut down on my food expenses to "barely surviving" so I could afford more cards. Kudos Konami.

But enough about the actual game. The anime takes place at first in Miami City (yes, the ACTUAL Miami, there are even black people in it) and later goes all over the place (literally). Our protagonist, Sakaki Yuya, is the son of the famous missing enternetainer Sakaki Yusho, and tries to become a professional entertainer duelist himself. As an entertainer duelist, he sees it his job and personal philosophy to bring smiles to everyone through his dueling, including the audience and his opponents. He is by all means a pacifist, and therefore a tragic figure in a world where dimensions collide, misusing the duel monsters game that Yuya loves as a weapon. Oh yeah, spoilers.

SPOILERS

And really, that's where the great writing of Arc V truly shines. The same game that Yuya wants to use as a means to bring happiness, is instead continuously used to bring pain and misery and loss of human life, which continuously sends the "clownish" Yuya to depression (he has gone through a lot of those already and we're not nearly halfway through the anime). To bring an end to conflict, Yuya is constantly forced to take part in the conflict himself, LITERALLY becoming consumed by his inner demons as the mayhem continues to intensify.

Apart from Yuya there are plenty of other characters, including the alternate versions of himself and his potential girlfriend Suzu, one pair from each dimension, the rest of the Lancers the "good mastermind" Akaba Reiji has gathered (imagine Kaiba from season one with Urahara leadership and manipulation qualities, simply epic), and then there are the various individuals from the other dimensions, my favourite of which is Sora. In general the character roster in ARC V is pretty impressive, with fairly diverse characters whose loyalties aren't always where they're supposed to be, and who can all get consumed by their own personal conflicts, burdening their individual missions. All in all, great writing for EVERYONE. Yes, I mean EVERYONE. Not just the protagonist and his nymphomaniac girlfriend. EVERYONE.

Now there are some minor issues I have with Arc V, and I mean other than spending too much money on the game. First, wanting to place equal power and interest in the girls to attract female audience, the writers have Yuzu dash off at the start of the series, away from the rest of the cast, essentially playing in her own anime as she goofs off/flirts with Yuya's alter egos from various worlds. It can even be said that she has a reverse harem: The pacifist emo one, the angry driven vengeful one, the goofy cool funny one and even the freaking YANDERE one. Now, I have no problem with the female claiming her own harem, but there does need to be someone for the protagonist to save like a princess... And that someone ended up being Sora, a 10 year old BOY. In fact, in light of Yuzu never being near him, the depressed clown of a protagonist does have a habit of gathering around him and "protecting" waaaaaay underage boys, with Sora obviously being the favourite, which at times raises a few eyebrows.

But that's all water under the bridge. As usual, Yugioh has perfected the art of doing character development through the duels themselves and the cards played in them, and by God, have they succeeded in Arc V. Even ignoring Yuya (whose main deck basically consists of a circus and fun and games when he's trying to be a pacifist and rampaging dragons when he goes all berserk), the vast majority of the characters' decks reflect their personalities, with my favourite, again, being Sora. His deck consists of the cutesy Fluffals that are basically stuffed animals, which reflect the cute kid he was pretending to be at the start of the series. He then combines these cute stuffed animals with saws, scissors, chains etc etc through fusion, creating terrifying 5 Nights at Freddie's monstrosities that reflect the true, twisted-self he was hiding beneath the cute bravado. And again of course, that's just an example. The vast majority of the characters work like that, and it's doing the series WONDERS.

Last but certainly not least, Arc V is doing a FANTASTIC job technically, with very good art, well chosen camera angles, perfectly expressioned faces, and of course, epic sound. In fact the sound department is another of Arc V's highlights, with Yuya's beautifully painful screams, Reiji's wonderfully arrogant voice, Serena's cute tomboyish military-talk (among many, many others) being accompanied by a soundtrack that easily rivals 5ds', which will always get your blood bumping and ready for a duel.

All in all: A fantastic job. First time in a while you get the feeling Konami hired actual script writers instead of marketing advisers and it really shows. Excellent at everything, my only regret is that between arc V and Steam Sales, I will have to survive on campus food for a while (ew).

PROS:
-Everything.

Cons:
-...I guess the slightly yaoish feel when Yuya is near boys, if you're annoyed by that sort of thing.
-HOW?! HOW DID I SPEND SO MUCH MONEY...?!

(This will be my first so bear with me. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))

Story: 8
The series start really slow at first, it made me wan't to drop the anime for the first 6 episodes, but as the series goes deeper, the pacing gets better. The story is pretty unique for the Yu-Gi-Oh! shows as Yuya wants to entertain people by dueling, just like how was his father. It also showed all of the real life summons (Fusion, XYZ, and Synchro) which was really cool, because the other shows just focused on one (because then, every deck in the show would be focused to do the featured ... summon). It also introduced a new type of summon, the Pendulum Summon.

Art: 7
It is great, but there are inconsistencies with the animations sometimes.

Sound: 9
The sound duels are getting better and better, which is great. Wonderful OP/EDs too that goes with the theme of the anime.

Character: 8
Well, there are interesting ones and there aren't, Yuya is a pretty decent character too, a pacifist who deeply cares for his friends.

Enjoyment: 10
The duels are well-scripted, which is the most enjoyable thing in the show. The art and sounds goes well with each other too, for more epicness.

Overall: 9
This show is the best among the Yu-Gi-Oh! shows that ever aired in my opinion.

I was about to drop the Yu-Gi-Oh anime series with Zexal. Seriously.
But Arc-V brought me back.
As a real life YGO player and an anime fan, I can say that this series satisfied me.

Story 7/10: The story is about a young boy named Yuya Sakaki trying to become as great as his father once was. It's pretty standard for a plot, but the way they developed it while including the three main card mechanic (Fusion/Synchro/XYZ) along with the new Pendulum Summon was good. It starts a bit slow and might not avoid confusion sometimes (even though it might just be intended).

Art 8/10: The animation ... is as good as Zexal's, maybe better. It is very fluid when some boss monsters are summoned.

Character 8/10: Yuya's dream is to become a professional entertainment duelist. This time around, we actually have a character with a set goal in mind, and somewhat better dueling skills (compared to Yuma). He had a few good development episodes as well. Other characters such as Yuzu and Shun were pretty nice as well, Yuzu also being a reminiscent of Akiza from 5D's as we actually got to see her duel a few times. In general, the characters seem less forced.

Enjoyment 9/10: While other series focused on their own main summoning ways (Fusion/Synchro/XYZ), this one brings all of them together, which somewhat makes me nostalgic (I'm a synchro player in real life, so I feel pumped every time I see a synchro summon in the anime).

Overall 8/10: This is Zexal done right. Nuff said.

Yugioh Arc V is the 5th installment of the Yugioh franchise, it is not the best anime within the franchise. (This is my second review, it is just updated)

The storyline starts a bit slow and repetitive sometimes near the beginning because it was meant to introduce to Pendulum Summoning as its main concept in dueling. The story does get interesting after episode 20 by how it introduced the darkness within Yuya and his counterparts. In addition, the story does become unpredictable and interesting as its strong points. Yet, it is not prefect on how the plot does feel rushed near the last couple episodes. It ... raise questions without having answers on how it is important to the plot as one of flaws of this franchise. For instance, a duel occurs in one episode when it should be in two or three episodes. I mean some duels feel significant to the plot in character development or other aspects; yet, it does not happen which makes the plot feel rushed and flawed sometimes.

For the characters, there is a variety of side characters that has a role in the plot, however, does not utilize their role at its fullest since some of them appear as the audience after fulfilling their role in Yuya's development.

Even though, there are flaws in the side characters' roles, the development of the main characters was fleshed to its full potential which makes the story strong at some points. In the beginning, Yuya was seen as a cheerful and goofy boy, who focuses on entertainment dueling like his father. As the story progress, he experiences drastic changes within himself, learns about his counterparts and how it connects to his identity. I won't mention the details of his identity because I may spoil it for new viewers who are starting to watch this franchise.

Similar to having a female lead in the franchise as the main character, Yuzu portrays her role in helping Yuya fulfill his by being his mentor throughout the story. On contrast, she has not given enough spotlight as the story progresses which makes her seen as a side character than as the main character.

Akaba Reiji, the main rival of Yuya, was developed strongly in his character and role for Yuya's development. His role influence Yuya to face his inner struggles and his role of being an entertainment duelist which is one of the strong points of this franchise.

The music was used greatly on how it utilized the duels and moments within emotional or comedic scenes. It is similar to the VA, who portray the characters well.

The animation have its pros and cons because some episodes have good animation and opposite on other episodes. It was probably the quality of the animation was transferred to the movie, Dark Side of Dimension which cause the animation in Yugioh Arc V to drop.

Overall, Yugioh Arc V have its strong and weak points, in terms of the plot of the story and characters' role and development. It is sad that Arc V have ended; but, I enjoyed watching it as a whole.

Extremely minor spoilers ahead that really only increase the intrigue one might have in the series----->
This is my first review: Initially, I was just writing a comment on my anime list for Arc-V but it ended up being so long that I decided I might as well post it here as well. Be gentle :)
This was the Yu-Gi-Oh Arc thus far with the most story and depth of characters. The first 50 episodes or so are reminiscent of previous Yu-Gi-Oh seasons, introducing mechanics such as the new Pendulum summoning method, and contains classic scenarios like duel tournaments. Even then, the inter-dimensional aspects of the story ... still shine through the first 50 episodes, providing cryptic twists, betrayals and mysteries to be continued through the following Synchro, Xyz and Fusion dimensions. Unfortunately, the characters from previous seasons that do make reappearances in their respective dimension do not retain their memories from the events in the previous seasons, they still have the same personalities and the same decks, save the added pendulum cards or slight alterations. On top of the exciting story and likable characters, the show, unlike its predecessors focuses on more aspects of a duel than just introducing more and more examples of the season's highlighted summoning method. (I'm looking at you Zexal, where every battle was just a competition to see who could summon the biggest Xyz monster, from regular Xyz to rank up Xyz to chaos Xyz it gets tiring you know.) Another likable feature in Arc-V is that the main character (Yuya), is not tied down by one or two rivals. In shows like Zexal, the MC's rivals were well known and set and you could obviously tell which future battles would occur. In 5Ds, Yusei's rival was obviously and predictably Jack Atlas for the first 50 episodes and then shifted towards the leader of the evil duelers in that show, which provided very obvious storytelling and guiding. In Arc-V, Yuya ends up fighting the largest variety of opponents to date, some friends, some foes, some even friend turned foe. The end result of Arc-V is not even remotely possible to accurately guess until dozens of episodes have been watched and allows for suspenseful watching, unsure of the future of the series. Most of all, Arc-V focuses on the relationship between Yuya and his monsters, his amazing cast of friends and supporters, and his ideal to duel like his father does, with a smile.

At first with Zexal letdown I'm a little skeptical about this series. How boy it manage to surpass my expectation in every possible way.

Story - 9/10

As per YGO tradition the story start slow with first few episode focusing on character introduction and explaining new game mechanic Pendulum Summon. But over time the series took interesting turn of event and thing become more interesting. Lot of thing that seems to be insignificant at first turned into important foreshadowing for future episode.

Character - 10/10

This is the best part of Arc-V. Character are very dynamic and get great development. Usually female character is useless but not here. Yuzu ... is great duelist and she advance the plot further that many joking she is the real protagonist of the series. Many character that look like going to be one shot duelist give impact for plot later on.

Duel Choreography - 8.5/10

Unlike previous series Konami give a curve ball here. Instead of focusing only on new summoning mechanic Konami bring back many Extra Deck summon and not just that but it is also important plot point. Too bad that Ritual Summon didn't get focused here (so far). Duel here is also very meta like how real life duel will be. There is still downside though in form of Action Card that scattered on the field when Action Duel start.

Enjoyment - 10/10

Of course as long time YGO fan I'm enjoying this very much. There are many improvement here and there from previous series. Not only anime but TCG & OCG also get positive impact from the series.

Overall - 9.5/10

This is great series for YGO fans. Complex character and plot along with likable duel. Truly the best from franchise.

So far 18 episode in and I am thoroughly enjoying this series of Yugioh, Arc-V has a very interesting story created through a variety of mysterious characters. I hope we will get to see more of the currently mysterious characters such as the user of the Rank 4 XYZ dark rebellion Dragon, and another rank 4 XYZ monster has been confirmed but little is known about it and that's very interesting.

This series starts slow, but now we are getting to see more interesting duels and duellists so there should be plenty to look forward too in this series. For anyone who hasn't seen this ... series but is a fan of the Yugioh series I would say at least give this series a chance, I know Pendulum summoning is not liked by everyone but the supporting characters make up for the Yuya's repeated summoning method. (Gongenzaka my favourite for his passionate reluctance to use any spells or traps, Love that guy= Episodes 10-12 I think was a fantastic duel from him)

I also enjoy the main female character, she actually Duels which is a Nice change from Tori in Zexal but she isn't bad ass like Akiza and Alexis, Yuzuki tries, she isn't great but I still love her style.

I don't know if anyone would enjoy this series if they are not already familiar with the Yugioh series, I guess you could try it but it starts slow so it is difficult to get into. over time the plot becomes more interesting you can give it a go if you want.

Personally I found Zexal 2 to be my favourite series and 5Ds was a close second.

This Reivew will contain no SPOILERS.
English isn't my main language, but i will do my best to avoid any mistakes.
note that this is my first review.
so let's Start:
When we Talk About Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V we will be talking about the fifth Season of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Series.
Story: 9
The story talks about Yuya Sakaki who wants to be an entertainment duelist just like his father after "Action Duels" Spreaded in the City.
the story might be boring at the start of the anime but it will get updated and summoning methods from the previous series will be used and that's exactly what will make it fun to watch with ... some mysteries. i'm Sure that alot of people dropped this anime because of its boring and aimless/childish story.
i recomment everyone, Specially the people who liked Zexal and the previous seasons to watch this show to THE END. it really will shock you how the story will develop.
Art: 9
yup, it's great.
Sound: 8
The Soundtracks are really great! and they're making the duels more fun!
the OP/ED's are good too.
Characters: 7
here, you will see alot of different characters. and of course you will like some and hate some. for me i didn't like the protagonist "Yuya Sakaki" and some guys from LDS like Sawatari Shingo but there are alot of other characters to like.
Enjoyment: 10
i Really Enjoy watching this show. as a real life duelist i really enjoy those duels!
Overall: 9
it's just great. at the start of the show i didn't really like it but i gave it a chance and kept watching instead of thinking that it's bad and childish. and i hope that everyone gives this a show a TRY.
because it's not bad as it looks.
and Finally, This is my personal opinion about this show.
and in the end "GIVE THIS SHOW A CHANCE"

Story 10
Art 8
Sound 8
Character 10
Enjoyment 10
Overall 9.5 out of 10.

My first review here, so I apologize if the set up is not to your liking. However, I thought that a lot more people needed to give this anime a try, especially since many people have given up on the series. If you want to know, there is a brief comparison of this and the other yugioh series down near the bottom. It explains each of their weaknesses, and how Arc V has overcome them.

Going to start with the overall rating, which you can use as a quick review. So, overall, despite the lower art and ... sound values, this series gets a 10 out of 10. The story subtly introduces important plot points from very early on, and brings everything together in a timely and well thought out manner. The art was amazing for yugioh, good for anime. Sound: it had some catchy tunes, and was a bit better than a lot of anime, but other than the super catchy ones, was pretty average. Enjoyment: it kept me hooked and on the edge of my seat. Actually still is, and I can't wait to see more!

Next: You probably want to know about the new dueling gimmicks, and if they are stupid or not. Well I can tell you that they aren't, although you will probably think so at first. With the invention of "real solid vision", the fields and the monsters become real when playing the game(think of duels of darkness). Spread across these fields are weapons called "action cards" which are basically quick play spell cards that you don't have to draw to get. However, you have to find the action cards first(which can be hard at times), and even then you can only have one in your hand at a time. Action cards make the duels a lot more interesting, because characters will move around on the field(sometimes with the aid of their monsters), looking for these cards, and characters other than the main character can and will use them. Because the monsters and the field are real, Dueling has evolved more into the show business side of entertainment, unlike the rest of the series. So characters will often legitimately be in the spotlight, and they always do their best to put on a good show. Which is why it seems a little stupid at first (kinda like "omg why are you saying cheesy stuff like that") but once you realize that they are in show business, you stop feeling that it's stupid, realize it makes more sense than the rest of the series, and then might(like me) find the old style duels a little more boring(although I still love them)

Alright, so first off, the story. Now, at the time of writing this, they have released 64 episodes, 63 of which I have seen(the 64th episode wasn't subbed when I had the chance to watch it). I really, really don't want to give the plot away, since that is half the fun, but a quick one sentence summary is: it starts off happy and kinda silly, with deeper plot points introduced early on, and as those plot points are revealed, the story progressively gets darker and edgier. Not too dark though-this series does a wonderful job of balancing the happy and darker episodes. It never really goes too far for you in either direction, and they never have either the dark or the happy/funny scenes come completely out of nowhere. Oh and when I said plot points are introduced early on-they hint at some things as early as episode 2, and most of the major plot points are hinted at by episode 20, although they aren't really elaborated on until about the 30's.

If there were any flaws it might have to be that the story starts out a little slow. However, the story gains speed quickly, and when everything starts going down, it goes down fast. At some point you are like "all this happened in 10 episodes??" or "wow things are a lot different now". But not different in a bad way.

Anyway, I am a sucker for the stories which have a lot of plot introduced seemingly randomly, or introduce plot without you realizing it, and then piece it together for you and make you go "oh! Wow! So that's why....". And this series does that well. You can tell that they had planned everything out from the beginning, and that really makes the story shine.

Next we have the art. It's really good for Yugioh standards (especially the pendulum summons), but the currently running anime it's about average. So it gets a 7. Although the art and animation have places where they really since, you can sometimes pinpoint episodes where the art is of lesser quality(although it usually means they saved their budget for the next episode), and they have a few stock clips, like all yugioh series. Although they try their best to change up the stock clips(sometimes changing what characters are saying when they use an extra deck related summon).

Sound. It got an 8 ‘cause even though it has a few tracks that are really catchy and I notice(especially the first opening and the 3rd ending theme), most of the time I don't notice the sound. Which is perfectly fine, since you don't and the sound to detract from the series, and I didn't notice any unfitting out background music I didn't like, it's just not too outstanding from most of the other anime I have watched. Still, that first opening is really, really catchy. So is some of the background music...

Character gets a perfect 10 out of 10. Although there is one character hated by the fandom(Futoshi, the "shivers" kid), he ends up growing on you a little, gets pretty good character development, and has a great deck. Besides him, I have found all of the other characters to be really likeable, and most characters(even characters introduced for only an episode) get some kind of background and/or character development. What really made me happy though is that there are few one-time characters/enemies, and many of them come back to be important characters later, getting character development in the process. Of course, there are still a few one-time only characters, but they choose well. And I have got to admit, while I didn't necessarily like all of the one-time characters, they are all memorable. Which is good. And the main group gets so much character development, it's almost like season 3 of gx-but longer.

Enjoyment is a perfect 10 out of 10. It drew me in from the start and keeps me wanting more. There were 2 nights I could hardly sleep I was so excited to watch the next episode. It has great rewatch value too- after you catch up, you can go back to watch from the beginning, and notice a lot of the subtle hints towards the overall direction of the plot.


So if you want to know how this compares to the other Yugioh anime(from what I have seen and heard about them), for me it goes:

Arc V > Gx/5ds > Original > Zexal

GX was bad to start with, but got wayy better. It also kept characters and locations from the original series. The duel school thing was kinda stupid, but totally something Kaiba would do so...
5ds started off really good(and the motorcycle thing was actually really cool and not overused), but ended up with the weaker seasons last. Also brought in Syncro summoning, and only mentioned fusion summoning once. And acted like the other characters never existed, except in the movie. Although all the characters would still be alive....Seemingly has no normal schools.
Original was good, although the duels could get really long. Some of the characters were pretty unlikeable too.
Zexal is okay, although the main character is pretty unlikeable. Same issues as far as 5ds goes with not bringing back characters or other summoning methods. Instead focuses only on XYZ summoning. Seemingly has no normal schools.

Arc V: made duels a lot more interesting and entertaining( I thought it was stupid at first, but it entertainment duels are really entertaining. And not as stupid as they seem. Especially when you consider that dueling is entertainment anyway, so it actually makes more sense). They actually go to real school for the first time since the original series, and the "duel school" is really just a cram school/after school thing. Much more believable. They also bring back all the summoning methods, and a few characters from other series, and make them important. In fact, the characters brought back are more important in arc v than the brought back characters in GX(although that wasn't hard). Actually, arc v makes everything more believable....and they act more realistically too. For example, since they have "real solid vision" they can move around the field, so at one point they use the solid monsters to run away, and don't bother slowing themselves down with a duel. Also even when they do duel, when they get into a really dangerous situation, sometimes they try and run away. Which is what real people would do. And also what no one ever seemed to do in the other series.

I came into this series with low expectations. It was a down time for the Yugioh franchise. Coming off an excellent series from 5Ds to Zexal, it was terrible. Zexal almost completely ruined this franchise for me. I decided to give Arc-V a chance and I almost dropped it. It comes off as extremely kiddy and happiness and friendship everywhere, but you can't judge a series based on its looks. After starting off extremely slow, the series takes a 180 turn and becomes a suspenseful, action packed series. If you are willing to struggle through the first 10-20 episodes, you won't regret it.

Story: 9

Arc-V has ... one of the most compelling stories of any Yugioh franchise. It is almost better than the original and the first half of 5Ds. It brings back the sort of dark and emotional vibes that Duel Monsters and 5Ds gave, while also keeping a light heart feeling. Without spoiling much, if you watch this series, prepare for completely unexpected plot twist and a good, well written story.

Sound: 6

The OST is decent. The second and third opening are very good and the second ending is probably the best of any Yugioh series.

Character: 8

There are many loveable characters in this series. The protagonist Yuya, is different than all the protagonist of previous series. He is not an amazing duelist like Yusei, but he is not complete garbage like Zexal and he does not have to rely on some sort of spirit to be a better duelist. Yuzu, the main female protagonist is in my opinion, the only bad characters on the show. I do believe that she will become more important later in the series. Sora is a complete savage. He is the most ambiguous character in any of the Yugioh series, rivaling Bakura. You don't know what you're supposed to feel with him. Then finally there is the badass Kaiba-like character of Shun Kurosaki. He actually has good motives for why he duels. There are almost many other great characters such as Regi, Reira, Dennis, and not to mention two characters from a previous series make a return.

Enjoyment: 9

This is a very enjoyable series to watch. There are amazing duels that take multiple episodes to do which helps give a Duel Monsters feelings. All the characters are almost equal in strength and Yuya doesn't have the 'Plot Armour' that a lot of MCs have.

Overall: 8

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V is the fifth installment in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, following Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal, and notably stands out to me as being the first time since GX Konami have actually done it right. This isn't a review of 5Ds or ZeXal, so I'll keep it brief, but I feel that unlike 5Ds, the characters are actually interesting and human, and unlike ZeXal, more than five of them actually stand out. Also, Arc-V has finally stopped with the hyper-promoting of new game mechanics. Yes, Pendulum summoning, which is very cool, is emphasised, but Synchros, Xyz and Fusion all make a return to the stage. Yes, it is ... a tool to sell more cards, but they're really catering to the anime fans this time around.

Story: 7 - Now, the plot is in its infancy, but from what I've seen of it, it's very interesting. There have already been a few twists at this early point, and I'm enjoying the build-up to what I'm guessing will be the final battle. There isn't much to comment on here, but the mystery of Yusho Sakaki's disappearance is definitely a nice hook for the series, and brings us in to view a cast who seem to be gettong embroiled in a battle without them even realising it. One gripe, however, is that it seems to be unravelling into a standard shonen battle plot, as opposed to the rollercoaster it looked like it would be earlier on.

Art: 8 - The art in this series definitely upholds the standards set by ZeXal, as is to be expected for a show with the budget of Arc-V. The animation is almost seamless, transitioning between frames smoothly. The characters are well designed, I think, especially in the case of Yuya and Yuzu, with the characters emotions portrayed perfectly through their facial expressions and body language. This brings me onto another point, which is in the body language of characters. It's always drawn on point. Now, the art and animation aren't outstanding, but they are very good. They're exactly what I would expect from a Yu-Gi-Oh! series.

Sound: 9 - I adore the duel sounds and the action music, they are absolutely perfect for building suspense and showing off a flashy move or something similar. Next up is the voice acting. Personally, I think Yuya's seiyuu is absolutely perfect for the role, the way his cry of "ladies and gentlemen!" rings out is entirely unforgettable, as well as the words "tamashi no pendulum!", shouted every time he pendulum summons. Sora is another character whose seiyuu stood out to me: the way he talks is just indifferent enough to portray him, but he's certainly capable of the moments of excitement. The first OP and ED weren't really my thing, I'd skip the OP more often than not, but the second OP is definitely worth sitting through every time, it's a wonderful piece of composition that fits well with the premise of the show.

Character: 9 - This is where the show really stands out to me. Obviously, content is a lot more important than style, I mean, you can have the best art in the world but if you're content sucks you've got a crappy anime. Compare and contrast with something like Kill la Kill, which has a sketchy art style and clunky animation, but a fantastic plot and wonderful characters. The characters in Arc-V are probably the best set of main and supporting characters I've seen in a Yu-Gi-Oh! series. Let's start with Yuya, who is inherently flawed, obviously not the best duelist in the world, and hiding his sadness behind a mask. This is the kind of character archetype that appeals to me, and a lot of the tropes used are hard to pull off, and unlike with Yuma, it's done flawlessly. He's interesting, and has already gone through blue screens of death several times as a matter of course; his early character development is refreshing and entertaining. Then we have Yuzu, who is the supportive best friend, but her archetype goes much deeper than that. She starts off as kind of a mothering type, a Kotori 2.0, but she actually has more interesting flaws. Her character development, however, is top-notch, and has made her probably my favourite main character in the series bar Reiji. Now, in her character development this series loses having a strong female lead, but that can be forgiven because of the narrative necessity of Yuzu's development, and the fact that it led to her being such an interesting character. Then we have a character like Reiji, who looks like a hipster Kaiba, but is written so extraordinarily well it takes a hell of a long time before we know whether or not he's a good guy or a bad guy. Hell, right now I still have my doubts. Finally, Kurosaki Shun and Yuuto. They are both mysterious, and interesting, but Shun is definitely the one I prefer of the two. I won't say much to avoid spoiler, but he's finally the well-written pragmatic hero that Yu-Gi-Oh! series have been sorely lacking. All previous characters falling into this archetype haven't been written right, in my opinion, and I write a lot of pragmatic heroes. I get a lot more of an anti-hero vibe from several characters than I ever expected, and that's a damn good thing in my book. As far as rivalries go, Sawatari starts off as a jerk-ass and continues fulfilling that trope until character development hits him hard and fast.

Enjoyment: 9 - So far, I haven't disliked an episode, and that's saying something, especially with the annoying Yuya cheer squad comprised of the one-dimensional children, the only character mistake made in this show. Every episode and every duel has served a narrative purpose, for once there have been no pointless filler duels, and for that I am glad and I give a 9 for enjoyment.

Overall: 8 - Critically and objectively, I thing the fact that the plot is beginning to stagnate into something altogether predictable brings the series down somewhat, as well as the annoying cheer squad that just take up character space for no reason. However, this show is worth watching just for the characters, and even a cliched plot would be interesting with this character set. Hopefully, like ZeXal, we get a rip-roaring second season with a fantastic plot, but only time will tell. I still recommend a watch.

AWESOME AGAIN, YUGIOH ANIME! *Mild basic unavoidable spoilers from ep1 below~
We've finally come out of the dark ages of Pokemon BestWishes and Yugioh Zexal (the latter of which they claim is pronounced "Zearu" but that's just BS)
and here we are with great stuff like Pokemon XY&Z and YUGIOH ARC V !!!(pronounced arc-five for some reason,but whatever, it's great!)
But we're talking about Yugioh Arc-V's amazing comeback, so let's go into depth!~~ I'm only putting overall rating details for now-other stuff will come with the later show progression
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Overall 9/10:
I was one of the many fans that was about to drop the Yugioh anime series for ... good (and thus the new cards) thanks to the several-steps-down-from-epic-series that Zexal anime was, but Arc-V came out and I saw Yuya's design and thought "hey look we got a yugioh protagonist who has good looking hair and a gravity-defying jacket again!"
and then I also thought
"Ok, I'll give ya one more chance Konami, but if this sucks too I'm shaving myself bald and going to train as a Himalayan monk and forget about the material world" so then I endured about 20+ initial episodes on and off but Arc-V didn't strike me as anything special, in fact it only felt like a slightly better Zexal (being the same Studio Gallop). But then it started to show promise. Akaba Reiji (the 'Kaiba' rival counterposition of Yuya) showed me that there were unusual things about the world of Arc-V, and other mysterious people who looked like Yuya started to appear and then it was LIke WHAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT REALITIES. Stuff like that. Point is, it started to get good, we cast off several characters that weren't gonna be important early on in the show and made for a new season (you know it's good when the third opening theme is just that awesome)
and by season 3 of Arc-V, it was guranteed Arc-V was on the path to glory in both its merch sales and anime tv ratings!
This is in a way Zexal done right. But it's injustice to compare to Zexal. Arc-V is up there in the high leagues with 5D's in performance and loveable characters (and SOME FAMILIAR CHARACTERS FOR OLDER FANS Yes but you have to watch past season 3 for that great fanservice explosion)

Looking back, and reflecting on Yuya's 'smile' which he uses to hide his weakness of being depressed all the time from his Father's disappearance, it's a pretty big step up in reality for Yugioh! series with characters! Or rather just a step back up to the high level playing field that I thought ended
for good with 5D's series as the peak (not the dub crap, no one watches that)

Very real ptsd if I say so myself; tho admittedly I can only appreciate it now that I've gotten hooked back onto Yugioh series again.
And there goes my wallet and all the money in it as I buy all those cards again....
I'll update review again when the series airing is over (plz don't end)

It's really hard on where to start for this review for the anime specifically.
I've had so many mixed feelings over the course of watching this anime. I literally started watching this series around episode 40 and have been following it ever since, and not gonna lie, it's become disappointing.

What I will try to focus on in this review is more as a whole work rather than the current mess/chaos Arc-V is in. Because honestly, the 3rd and final arc is very upsetting to watch to say the least...

Let's start off with one of my favorite aspects of the anime. CHARACTERS. (Let's pretend the last 30 ... episodes never happened to certain characters). From the beginning, Yuya Sakaki has been amazing and I've loved his character development so much. he's come so far! I love all his counterparts as well. They all have such distinct personalities and the interactions between some of them are the BEST. It's one of the reasons I still hold onto this anime.

Annnd don't get me started on Yuzu! When I first started watching this series, I was so excited at the pivotal role Yuzu played in this anime, she had her own character development aside from Yuya and she had even her own storyline. She also had counterparts that were pretty amazing! Unfortunately, two of them are barely utilized as actual characters; they are literally just known as plot devices for a majority of the anime.

Unfortunately.... her character has greatly diminished since the Synchro Arc which is just very disappointing honestly. This anime sort of baits you into thinking that it breaks all the Yugioh tropes it's guilty of, but after 100 episodes (or even earlier for some), it starts turning into this clusterfuck that looks like the writers had no idea what to do and shoved random ideas around.

It really upsets me how downhill this series has gotten. Its premise was very impressive with the four dimensions. I've grown to love almost all the characters like Shun Kurosaki, Serena, so many others.

But the past 5 episodes have been a HUUUGGEE letdown. and my patience for Arc-V is slowly diminishing but my love for Yuya is still going strong! Haha.

The story was so good for the first 100 episodes!! But the pacing got really bad. I will admit the Synchro Arc could have been like 10 episodes less. The mini XYZ arc was atrocious in pacing and worldbuilding. It was so rushed and I barely connected with any Arc-V exclusive XYZ characters. A huge issue I think this anime is worldbuilding. It creates FOUR dimensions, but we only focus on mainly Standard and Synchro.

I hate to sound like a huge criticizer of this anime, but I don't want to mislead you all. It's a wonderful show with wonderful characters that started off very strong but as you continue, the pacing becomes h o r r i b l e. I had such high hopes for this anime but it disappointed me the moment the XYZ arc had begun. There were so many plot holes I could not forgive.

But I honestly do wish you give this anime a try! You come up with so many headcanons and the character interactions are my favorite part. Beware of the legacy characters though. I feel like they took up waaay too much screentime to characters who were actually part of Arc-V. But please give this anime a try. I really do love the breakthrough of tropes in the first 60ish episodes.

Animation can be a little wonky. You can tell some episodes had more effort just because of a plot point or a flashier duel.

The music is also a beautiful touch! And I hope you enjoy how the dueling has evolved in this anime too. Yes there's a hippo but I think this is such a creative evolution of dueling! It's no longer just standing around and placing cards, it's being interactive with your environment and some of the stunts the characters pull in the duels is pretty awesome!

Coming back with the all-new Pendulum monsters and a plot line, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V is the newest anime series featuring the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game. Much like ZEXAL, this follows a kid named Yuya who strives to be the best duelist in a SoL/Comedy/Adventure setting. Though difficulties and obstacles persist, let's see what makes Arc-V an anime that resonates in Yu-Gi-Oh! fans new and old. [Warning: Minor Spoilers]

Story: 8/10

It's quite a clichéd story as Yuya and his friends strive to be the best at a tournament by proving themselves as the best through duels. Then we have the villains who are basically soon-to-be-friends as well as the ... ZEXAL elements in the story. But the plot soons turn into an inter-dimensional war as all the summoning types engage in battle. Honestly, this is just amazing as it somehow sums up the prior 4 into one series.

Art: 8/10

The character and scenery designs are alright, but Arc-V really shows their true arts during the duels. The Action Field that always changes brings a new scenery into play every time as well as the monsters, spells, traps, etc. Their designs are much more child-like, but do not lose the element of action and thrill. The art here in Arc-V is most superior during the suspenseful duels between duelists.

Sound: 8/10

The openings and endings are pretty cool. I especially like the 2nd one. Other than that, background music during duels does set the atmosphere and vibe and it makes it explicit enough for us to know what's happening.

Character: 9/10

This time around, we have a pretty big cast of people that each have their own story as well as their own archetype that correponds to their character. This makes them have their own unique flair and makes them shine whenever they duel. Their monsters reflects themselves. Of course, though some shine more than others, I feel that the spotlight on people like Yuya, Sora, Kurosaki, and others makes the story all the more interesting. Still, I'd like for them to focus on others too.

Enjoyment: 8/10

Whenever Arc-V comes on, I always get excited for an intense duel of emotions, feelings, and even better, new monsters! As an avid duelist myself, seeing my cards come alive makes me excited! (since we do not have the technology to make the cards come alive.) It's always nice to reminiscence about the old series as before this, there was only 1 summoning method. But Arc-V has them all from Fusion to Xyz so the excitement never dies down.

Arc-V is truly an enjoyable anime for me. Despite being a kid's show, the exciting duels and dynamic plot makes it all the more interesting for me to watch. I recommend this people who want to get into the Yu-Gi=Oh! fandom as it teaches you A LOT about the game, as well as those who want to see a card game in action, because in Arc-V it's always time to d-d-d-d-d-d-duel!

Story:
Normally, we would have a specific summoning method for each series. Arc-V, however, uses all the ones introduced so far. Besides summoning, it uses elements from all of the series to create an interesting story. Although it is childish, it is not as childish when compared to ZeXal, but not at serious as 5d's. The show introduced characters using decks that actually would be somewhat competitive in the real game where in the other series unlike the other series. They added a time limit and other things to make it closer to the real rules. They introduced a dueling method called "Action Duels", but ... it just feels silly.

Art:
The style of art makes the characters appear childish and silly which was the aim of the series, but I don't like that. I was hoping they would make the art more like GX and 5d's. The art is pretty average and, even though it's similar to ZeXal, I feel that the art is still inferior to ZeXal when, for example, they summon their ace.

Sound:
The sound effects in Yu-Gi-Oh! were always good. It fits the anime perfectly. The voice actors fit their voices. The soundtrack is pretty good and it almost lives up to 5d's. The opening song is not that great, but the ending song is pretty good.

Character:
Theproducers of Arc-V mentioned in an interview that the main protagonist, Yuuya, was meant to be childish to make the audience say,"Wow, he's a kid just like me!" However, I don't think this was a very good idea because I don't think kids actually feel that way when watching and their audience consists of more than children. I would prefer if it was more like 5d's where the characters talk with daze (だぜ). This makes the characters less likable to me. It has only been 18 episodes, so there is not a lot of character development.

Enjoyment:
Even with the bad characters, the very fact that it uses things from the previous series makes it very enjoyable. I think that fans of the series will enjoy it a lot. However, I don't think people that have not watched the other series would appreciate it as much.

I'm impressed by the improvement to the series, but it still has a long way to go to reach the heights of 5D's or the original series.

Story: 8
Kid wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and entertain people. He sets off on his task, gaining friends and rivals on the way. Started off very slowly, but roughly 40 episodes in and the plot thickens. There is enough tension and mystery surrounding the different "factions" to keep interest.

Art/Animation: 7
Poor “frame rate” at times, but otherwise all right. Art is quite good, and succeeds to differentiate between characters but it is a little inconsistent throughout each episode.

Sound: ... 8
Decent, but sometimes OST is played out of place. The OST itself is varied and a nice mix of modern and more classical themes. A few standout pieces like Yuto's Passionate Soul, and a few duds. Actual sound effects are effective and generally well-engineered. The seiyuu are quite fitting.

Characters: 7
Yuya Sakaki is a stereotypical pacifist hero archetype, the very antithesis of an interesting main character. He has had little real character development thus far. With the help of Yuto and the AU characters, he has at least gained some alternative personality.
Sora is a solid character. Confident and eager, yet hiding a dark and somewhat sadistic side. A lot like Bakura, and that's a good thing.
Reiji has a nice concept, but poor application, in my opinion. Stoic genius with red hipster glasses and a gravity and wind defying scarf. Seems like a stock character
Yuto and Yugo are excellent additions, who feel similar yet distinctive enough from Yuya to make great foils.
Selena is both a headstrong character, and a plot device, which makes her a strong improvement for the cast.
Reira is my favourite character of the series. A war orphan, his story is progressively improved upon. He begins as a drone, and earns his autonomy, out of the desire to be respected by his brother, and to be with his friends.

Enjoyment: 6
Duels: 4
Action duelling: Easily my biggest complaint. Turbo duels can be replicated by adding speed counters every turn. Action duels? How is that even practical from a duelling standpoint? The point of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime is to accommodate the release of new cards. Completely derails if you can’t simulate a mode of duelling.
On an anime standpoint, it literally just offers characters a way to play random cards they didn’t have in their hand, lending itself to infuriatingly specific "themed" Action cards: see episode 16. This allows characters to consistently break the rules of dueling.
Pendulum summoning is quite overpowered, offering Yuya and other main duelists with an easy plotcard to defeat unimportant characters and summon large numbers of important cards with little sacrifice.
The addition of other summons is only redeeming factor of the duels. This is what every series should have done, rather than just ignore the previously introduced methods.
However, making special summons out to be some kind of learned skill is very confusing. Why are people shocked that others can perform Pendulum summons, given the correct cards? Why can't you perform it if you haven't got the credentials?

Cards: 6
I have serious misgivings about the carnival deck. It’s immature and more than a little off-putting. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon is clearly an attempt at giving the main character a random dragon main card. It doesn’t fit with the rest of Yuya’s deck.
The other decks also seem similarly uninspired. New cards with conveniently appropriate effects are spewed out left, right and centre. Although, I can’t really blame Arc-V here. This is a problem pertaining to all Yu-Gi-Oh! series.

Overall: 7
There has been a vast improvement in the progression of the series since the beginning of the Syncro arc. Great characters such as Selena, Yuuto, Yuugo and Reira have been introduced, and the cardplay has been solid. The growing darkness of the story has certainly helped with grounding the series, though there are still times you look at a play and think: how cheap...

*MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*

Story - 6

It had a lot of potential, perhaps it wasn't too original or something,but had enough potential to make a really good plot. At the very begining it was pretty awful, but later along with reveal of some characters it got interesting and well-written. Sadly with arrival at Synchro it got worse. (I am not ... even going to mention Xyz arc which is just terrible, only episodes including Academia even keeping some class.)

Art - 6

Character design is really strange (still can't compare to JJBA, tho). Characters are really..... colorful ? Well, anyway some episodes animation is just gr8, some are looking disgusting, totally off model... just in case you are wondering why did animation quality dropped so drastically down it's probably due to Zexal's beautiful animation and DSoD's movie. Obviously it would be a sin not to mention some of the amazing boss monster's CGI animation ('yuu's dragons etc.), although it is not as fluid as Zexal's (thanks for having incredibly high animation budget Zexal) it still is pretty impressive.

Sound - 9

Nothing less expected from Kotaro Nakagama! Creator of Code Geass's ost did great job. Some of the most memorable tracks are "DDD", "Swing! Pendulum of Souls", "Wavering Feelings", "Looming Monster".

Characters - 7

The main protagonist is cliche and sometimes irritating. His development is season 1 was okey but later in Synchro it totally collapsed. The main female is just a joke, I used to respect her for her dueling skills and passionate soul, but later in the series she became another cry.


Fortunately we have some other great characters in exchange (sadly they all got either dropped or creators went totally wrong with their development). Sora, Serena (probably the only good female character in the show), Shun, Reira (whose "development" is like, stepping back to Battle Royal arc time) and probably the best character - Reiji.

Enjoyment - 7

Some duels are fun (Yuya vs Jack, Reiji vs Yuya, Sora vs Shun, etc...), others are pure savage, overall show is quite fun to watch, tho.

Overall - 7

I think I already said everything I think about this anime. I have pretty mixed feelings about it. It had potential, plot was well-written, but along with time it totally collapsed.

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I won't take long writing this. I don't know if you can call this a review either so I don't know if I', helpful or not. It's my fist time doing this, but Oh well. Here I go:

Arc-V is the fifth installment of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. It takes place in Miami City. Dueling has evolved in to Action Dueling allowing the duelists to touch their monsters and ride on them. The story follows Sakaki Yuya, a yong boy aiming to become a great Entertainment Duelist like his father Yushou, who disappeared 3 years ago.

The art hasn't really improved since Zexal (in ... my opinion), but they still managed to pull it off. The music is great. It fits the different situations.

Character development is great. You can see the change within Sawatari, Reiji, Reira and Kurosaki along the way. I think it's the best character development in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh!, but hey, that's just my own opinion.

Pros: Great music, lovable characters (Serena for the win! <3), return of old characters and so much more.

Cons: Animation, the whole Yuzu thing (I really wanted her gone, but oh well.), too little appearances of Reira (in my opinion.) and more stuff (I don't bother mention at this moment.)

Overall thoughts: It was a great show and very entertaining. Every episode kept me nervous, made me laugh and so much more! I really don't care about those coots who doesn't like Arc-V. I LOVE IT! It's on my top Yu-Gi-Oh! list as number 1 beside GX! So my overall rating is 10/10

5th Part of Yu-gi-oh based on the famous children's card game (CCG).

Each part is completely separate from the others, with minor references or crossovers in some cases, though nothing important that you need to know before watching.

They don't make up the rules either like Part 1, which is likely the most familiar series to people here.

It's 83 episodes long so far, I remember it picking up around episode ~15 for me and again somewhere in the 30s. I mean a general improvement in quality, it doesn't drop down between them.

Like the other arcs, Duel Monsters is akin to a major sport, and ... also a major way of battle.

Action Duels are just cards appearing across the Solid Vision Field, mostly quick-play spells but it depends on the arena chosen. Solid Vision Fields are a false environment, though they hold their own structures akin to real world structures, I would assume they have safety features installed due to the lack of major injury.

Story - 7

Set in Miami City, on the coast of Nippon, Duel Monsters is the biggest thing in town. Thanks to the Leo Corporation, run by its president Reiji Akaba and it's introduction of "Solid Mass Vision", Action duels have reached worldwide popularity. Sakaki Yuya, the son of the former highest ranked duelist, Sakaki Yusho is our protagonist.

Yuya aims to become the worlds best entertainment duelist, just like his father :) though three years prior to the series Yusho mysteriously disappeared and he has yet to reappear. Ishijima Strong, the man who Yusho was to face before his disappearance sends Yuya an invite to duel on behalf of his Father in an exhibition match. It's kind of odd how slow the series starts, when he is meant to be a world champion.

During the exhibition match, Yuya discovers a new dueling technique, Pendulum Summoning which leads onto his path to become the best entertainment duelist there ever was. Smiles, not victories are his goal.

Inspired by the summoning method, a number of new duelists attend You Show Duel School, and a mysterious doppelganger of Yuya is rumored to have appeared which sets the wheels in motion for our adventure. There's a lot more to the story but that's too far in the series for me to non-spoiler it, but the world isn't just peaceful dueling.

It starts slow, gets running, then takes another while to really introduce the plot to viewers.

Art - 8

It's good, I don't really know what else to say. I like it.

Sound - 9

I think most tracks really capture the moment, they done well on this. OP/ED aren't extra special but the music used within the anime itself is really neat.

Character - 8

I already covered Yuya, the only other non-spoiler characters I can introduce is Yuzu, Yuya's childhood friend and the best duelist at You Show Duel School, with Yuya being an average duelist bordering a 50% winrate at whichever level 14 year olds play at, at the start of the series.

Generally most of the characters are memorable and likable, most the side characters are interesting and there are relatively few "I found 3 action cards in 5 seconds" moments in the series, especially the more it goes on. They spend a while to introduce new summoning methods, though for someone barely familiar with XYZ and Synchro that helped me to understand what was going on easier.

Pause and rewind if you don't understand how something works.

Enjoyment - 8

I like it. Check out Dueling Network if you want to play online, it's kind of fun to use decks from the series, the series and real life rules are slightly different.

I guess that's all, if I wrote anything dumb or repeated myself let me know and I'll edit it.

Its 2021 and I'm finally getting to this series after being out for 7 years. Took me about a week to finish and I can give a honest review. Though I'll try doing a no spoiler version, but if I do have a spoiler I'll label it

Story: It has such a great story, and I loved almost every minute of it. Of course it has alot of flaws, but even with those flaws I still find the overall story enjoyable. The flaws are mainly with the characters which I'll talk about in character tab. As far as the dueling mechanic for in real life ... dueling. For it's time it was almost accurate to a T. It just forgot the aspect that alot of people usually beat their opponent by turn 2-3.

In the show my favorite thing had to be the 10 second skip button as I do enjoy duels sometimes, but most of the duels is just taking 10 seconds to summon this and that, and this has this ability, etc. Etc. Like I get it. That's what yugioh is, but I was more interested in the overall story. So I did skip some duels at times. And that let me speed through the entire series. I did watch the important duels because I'm like alright how does Yuya beat this person?

(Spoilers) First Arc was about Yuya and friends just introducing them, and what they can do.
Second Arc Hey there's a championship going on, but it's also where you learn the biggest secret that their are 3 other dimensions compared to your own. And yours is the Standard dimension while the others are Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz. The fusion dimension is trying to take over the other dimensions other the guise that they're trying to unite the dimensions into one.
3rd arc going to the synchro dimension to find allies to fight the fusion dimension. But learn that they have their own problems of Rich vs. poor people, and they despise each other
4th arc resolving that issue
5th arc accidentally going to the xyz dimension, but resolving their problems anyway. As the Fusion dimension took over the Xyz, and now you're trying to show them a different way of life.
6th arc. The second main villain reveal the main protag was the main villain all along, and main girl is a reincarnation that beat you long ago and also the second main villain's daughter. And he was just trying to revive his daughter, but in doing so did not realize that he was accidentally reviving the main villain. And now the main protag's main villain reemerge and everyone do their best to beat the main protag back into his regular self until main girl's descendant beats him back into his usual self. And now the main protag had to prove that he can control the keys to make sure main villain doesn't reemerge again, while also finding away to revive main girl. Though lets just say everything ends the way you wanted it to, and it's a happy ending to finish this long explanation.


Art: Simply put, it's great. I like the style of alot of the characters.

Sound: I like alot of the openings and endings.

Characters: You watch Yuya grow as a character, and he really carried the show. I mean he is the main protag after all. Though at times he gives in to a dark side, but learns better to control it

Yuzu-Beginning of the series she had great character development until she became a mary-sue mid way and all she ever said was Yuya in different ways. She honestly would've been a possible favorite if not for that.

As for the other characters they were all fine, and each have their individual quirks and things you could love about them.

Overall: Even with all the flaws I enjoy this series alot, and would probably show it to kids who want to enter into anime. I love the different aspect and emotional swings in the show, but the overall message was to make everyone smile and enjoy the show or duel. Because the it's made for everyone to have fun