Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Sevens (Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens)

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Synonyms: Yuu Gi Ou!

Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王 SEVENS

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Type: TV

Episodes: 92

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 4, 2020 to Mar 27, 2022

Premiered: Spring 2020

Broadcast: Saturdays at 07:30 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Konami Cross Media NY

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Bridge

Source: Card game

Genres: Action, Fantasy

Theme: Strategy Game

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.17¹ (scored by 4,357 users)

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Ranked: #8717²

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Popularity: #5098

Members: 17,677

Favorites: 83

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In the ever-growing world of Duel Monsters, as duelists improve their skills and rise up the ranks, duels become increasingly complex. By adhering to strict rules, in addition to using and learning proven strategies, one can develop into a strong duelist. However, as a boy who loves inventions and discovering new possibilities, elementary school student Yuuga Oudou finds the current way of dueling predictable and rigid—in other words, boring.

Thus, he aims to craft a new path in dueling with his exhilarating new invention: Rush Duels. His ambition soon catches the attention of Tatsuhisa Kamijou, a fellow elementary school student, who brings him to a mysterious place in an attempt to discover the potential of the new system.

While Yuuga aims to implement Rush Duels as the new dueling standard and overthrow the conventions of the game, he opens the door to his ultimate goal—to make dueling exciting again.

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Adaptation:	Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Rush Duel: Yarouze! Rush Duel!!, Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Sevens: Luke! Bakuretsu Hadouden!!
Other:	Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters, Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters GX, Yu☆Gi☆Oh! 5D's, Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Zexal, Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Arc-V, Yu☆Gi☆Oh! VRAINS, Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Go Rush!!

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Characters & Voice Actors

Oudou, Yuuga

Main

Ishibashi, Hiiro
Japanese

Kamijou, Tatsuhisa

Main

Yashiro, Taku
Japanese

Kirishima, Romin

Main

Kusunoki, Tomori
Japanese

Sougetsu, Gakuto

Main

Hanae, Natsuki
Japanese

Mana

Supporting

Mahado

Supporting

Atachi, Mimi

Supporting

Suzuki, Rio
Japanese

Kirishima, Roa

Supporting

Furuta, Kazuki
Japanese

Saionji, Nail

Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Mutsuba, Asana

Supporting

Takahashi, Minami
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Kondou, Nobuhiro

Director

Yamamoto, Kouji

Sound Director

Imazaki, Itsuki

Episode Director

Suzuki, Yuuji

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Opening Theme

	"Nanananananana (ナナナナナナナ)" by YouthK Saeki
	2: "Harevutai (ハレヴタイ)" by The Brow Beat

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Ending Theme

	1: "Gouha Dai-7 Shougakkou Kouka (ゴーハ第７小学校校歌)" by Yuuga Oudou (Hiiro Ishibashi), Luke (Taku Yashiro), Gakuto (Natsuki Hanae) (eps 1-12, 14-26)
	2: "Miniscape (ミニスケープ)" by Roa Kirishima (Kazuki Furuta) (eps 13)
	3: "Gouha Dai-7 Shougakkou Kouka (School ver.) (ゴーハ第7小学校校歌(ルークver.))" by Luke (Taku Yashiro) (eps 27)
	4: "Gouha Dai-7 Shougakkou Kouka (ゴーハ第７小学校校歌)" by Yuuga Oudou (Hiiro Ishibashi), Luke (Taku Yashiro), Gakuto (Natsuki Hanae), Romin (Kusunoki, Tomori) (eps 28-29)
	5: "Gouha Dai-7 Shougakkou Kouka (Yuuga ver.) (ゴーハ第7小学校校歌(遊我ver.))" by Yuuga Oudou (Hiiro Ishibashi) (eps 30)

Reviews

Mar 26, 2022

Ammokkx

Recommended

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!: Sevens is, as the name implies, the seventh instalment in the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" franchise. Quite frankly, if you want my opinion summed up in a flash, it's a breath of fresh air from the otherwise stagnant state previous anime found themselves in.

As such a statement implies, Sevens is radically different from its predecessors. To give you a list, it's: Slice of life focused, got tight knight 12 to 15 episode arcs, good about not forgetting plot points and, most importantly of all, it's light-hearted. It takes a more comedic angle of attack compared to the more traditionally heroic predecessors. This means that Sevens has a ... lot of jokes, puns and catchphrases in it; this may be off-putting to some. In my opinion, the show was hitting all the right spots with its comedy. Mileage may vary, however, as I recognize it's not something everyone is going to appreciate or enjoy. Naturally, even for those who do enjoy the comedy, not all of it is going to land for every person. To me, though, the quality of gags is consistently high enough to be an entertaining ride start-to-finish.

That being said, while Sevens likes to goof around a lot, that doesn't mean there's no story to be found. We follow our main character, Ohdo Yuuga, as he tries to change the rigid world of dueling by installing his new "Rush Duel" format of rules. He has all sorts of misadventures trying to protect his new format, together with the help of some friends he picks up along the way of course. There's always a new antagonist out to destroy rush duels once and for all. As you may have guessed, Rush Duels play a very important part in the story. If you're not familiar with them, though, you may ask this: what *are* they? I'll give you a rundown, but I'll be assuming you know how the original game works. To be short about it, it's a completely separate format with its own card pool made up of largely new cards, separate from the main game of "Yu-Gi-Oh!". You can normal summon any number of times in the turn. The player for their turn draws until their hand is up to 5 cards. There are only 3 monster and spell/trap zones and, finally main phase 2 is entirely gone. It goes straight from the battle phase to end phase.

With the quick explanation of *what* rush duels are out of the way, one thing you're going to have to live with in this show is that EVERY duel is a rush duel. Master duels are not the focus here, and won't be for the forseeable future of the franchise... and unfortunately for Sevens, if it falls short in any department, then its duel writing would be that. Most duels in Sevens are only one episode and during that time last only four turns. With the format being entirely new, this doesn't help its early duels to stand out. While the latter half of the show can keep things exciting due to building on mechanics established earlier, the first half of Sevens will feel painfully slow (which is ironic, given the nature of the duels) as plays are overly simplified for the sake of easing new players into a new game. Duels can also feel incredibly... rushed. As stated, however, this problem is mostly resolved in the back end of the show. There are also other aspects that stand out as much, much stronger.

For one, the character writing in Sevens is positively charming. While it's true that most characters have a gimmick to them that they refuse to drop at any point in the show, they still manage to be more than -just- their gimmick. Almost everyone you'll meet, even the one-shot characters, is endearing in their own unique way. The cast bounces off each-other well and the core cast of characters, especially our protagonist Yuuga, are all incredibly likeable. You genuinely want to root for these kids as they try to fight and work towards their dreams, especially as their goals are often innocent and very admirable. Sevens' character writing is incredibly optimistic, with very little cynicism to be found. It makes for a refreshing breather from how miserable some of the other shows could get at their most dramatic.

The story is also a positive, as while not always the most complex, it does keep building on itself. Not a single plot point is forgotten and even a character who's only shown up once in the first 10 episodes can suddenly make a quick reappearance to help out in the final arc. There are some signs of rushing the plot near the end, but overall you get the sense that the writers knew what story they wanted to tell and kept building to their intended climax. Sevens takes a slight mystery aspect to it, where it leaves the audience guessing as to what the bigger picture is. It helps draw an interconnected thread throughout the various mini-arcs and, overall, these elements work incredibly well to tell a coherent and consistent tale across its 92 episodes. While Sevens doesn't pretend to get dark for even a moment, there's still an incredibly fun ride to be had.

As you may have guessed, I personally really like the show. It's charming in so many ways and so very, very different from everything else in its franchise. If you go in with an open mind and don't expect the traditional "Yu-Gi-Oh!" experience, you might find a lot to like here. Even if you don't, there is no world in which sevens could be considered a bad show. There are certainly more issues you could raise with the characters and story writing than I presently have, this is true. That doesn't mean that its lows are awful by any means, though. Its quality is consistent, for better or worse, and if you like the first few episodes even a little, there is no doubt you'll enjoy the rest of the show as it only gets better over time.

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Mar 27, 2022

Ellenwitch

Mixed Feelings

I can already bet before writing this, that there are going to be so many uninterested views on this Yugioh, as it's not the Yugioh we grew up with, that we loved and cherished. Because it's really not. Going from Vrains to this, is just like going from 5ds to the start of Zexal. It'll really take you out of it. But I can give it the benefit of the doubt, as maybe in the long run this set up may work out for them, or if they look back, and see if it did well or not. I can least say they tried in ... that regard. Along with the fact that the idea of Rush duels, brought new life into a pretty much stacked and overloaded game. As a player who can't really get back into it for those reasons, and seeing ow Rush duels brought that feeling back, it deserves praise in that regard.

As for the show however? It's pretty standard.

Story and characters: 6
The story while it's not complete and utter boring and bad. It's fitting for a kids kind of show, though again, it doesn't feel like a usual Yugioh show, but maybe that's the point? To be more low down, and free. To bring back the enjoyment factor, rather than be super heavy on it. Sevens brings the idea that Duels are controlled. That you have to go by tis system, or you risk your dueling being taken away. But that's where our MC Yuga comes in, and invents his own dueling in the form of Rush duels, and the story follows him and his friends path through Rush duels, and to be the best duelist. Pretty standard, and pretty alright for a kids show, but in a Yugioh context, might be that engaging.

The characters can sometimes be a highlight, but then sometimes they can not be. Sometimes having a core can really hit ome in a Yugioh show, and while certain characters stood out more, it was quite clear that some felt like one trick ponies, or just weren't all that fun. Besides those though, there are some good characters in there, that do deserve the spotlight. Romin is fun, Nail is a great character, and show much more, as if they have their own charms to them, and it really shows. Which perfect fits for the audience it's trying to meet. It doesn't need to be overly detailed, it just has to fit within it's universe, and it does it's job fairly well. It can be given props for that. No matter if the humor will be hit and miss depending who you are and your tastes, but you can see the fun they had with this, and it really shows.

Art and sound: 6
While Rush has a more it's own style compared to previous shows. It still really stands out and really does sit well with me. The animation of the monsters, and how they're animated with their backgrounds and such, it's really well done stuff. If one thing that they really got right when it comes to this show, is not only the style of the art in general, but the sound part too. All from the reactions of the characters, the OP and ED themes are a decent listen. It makes for a nice style, and a good listen overall.

Sevens feels like the people behind Yugioh wanted to try something different, and go a bit kid friendly, in order to bring a bit more fun to the franchise, which it honestly needed. On paper, yeah, it might not standout on top of the Yugoh pyramid. But it's certainly not a terrible show at all.

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Mar 26, 2022

Wosee

Not Recommended

Story is just 13 episode “arcs” which tend to replaced actual plot progression for gag plot twists to pull out the rug under you, also every arc repeats the same plot defending Rush Duels.

Characters have no depth apart from exxagerating silly anime tropes the show finds funny, no substantial development it and joke villains and there is a lot of them for both cases.

If you are expecting good animation due to the simplified below average designs then you would dissapointed as its a slideshow as per usual for Bridge, music is meh and the VAs are average at best expect 1.

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