Feb 1, 2017
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
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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!
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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