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This is my first time righting a review for an anime, but I will explain this as thoroughly as possible. I watched this in Sub because 4 Kids did a terrible job.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows a time period after that of the original Yugioh and we follow Yuki Judai, who is on his way to an elite school for duelists "Duel Academia" , as he progresses his success often grabs the attention others negatively, much like the original series with Yugi and Kaiba. If you watch the beginning your going to ... feel like this show is one of those normal high-school settings just with the addition of dueling, however as you progress things become much more intense. The first two seasons in a way are created for Judai to develop himself and for that reason they are the worst seasons of the series.

Once you get to season 3 that's when the true enjoyment starts to kick in. This is the period of time where Judai has to use everything he learned from his time to solve situations that are extremely difficult for him. Not only does the intensity grow but he starts to make decisions that can cause grief and sadness to those around him. If you are looking at this series and thinking should I watch it or not, here is my recommendation to you, if you want to go through the complete character development and all the experiences he has watch it from the beginning.

If you want to get right into the juicy part of this start watching at the start of the 3rd season which I believe starts at episode 105. The reason I believe this is fine is because major characters of the story come into play right into this episode and the plot starts to pick up from the slow pacing that was occuring before that.

The soundtracks for GX were good but nothing too special, the best opening imo being the third one. However the sound matches in the setting always in a good way to give the viewer the idea of what is about to occur.

Overall, GX was the deepest and most enjoying of the Yugioh series, the reason being the hardships that Judai had to go through, and how he overcame his situation. Also his emotions and the way he reacted when things did not go his way becomes a very enjoyable thing to watch. I would highly recommend this anime to anyone who is a fan of duel monsters and rate it the highest out of any of the series over the original as well.