Yu-gi-oh! GX was a Mistake

[@1slayer959]

I mean to be fair. Wars are literally settled with dueling in this universe. So it's not such a bad investment

[@raikonzero]

Children already save the world and slay gods with magical swords in rpgs, so what's wrong with them saving it with a childrens card game?

[@ge789]

Zexal takes it one step further by having security systems that disable if you defeat it in a card game. So basically, if you’re a good enough duelist in that world, you could basically take anything you want.

[@khiclark31]

good point as big deal as a lot of sports are, I mean, there are teens who pretty much just live and breathe practice and live with their coaches, and if they're not practicing there basically, in some kind of like private tutoring school situation, so doing school in the universe, not as crazy to think

[@maxanderson3733]

@@ge789 Please tell me you’re joking about that

[@nifdradson9853]

Well if your referring to zexal, that wasn't much of a war as it was a conflict, non were going back to back to make the other surrender, they wanted the other to be gone, which is why they raced to gain the numeron code

[@chaosbug7]

GX was such fun because of how goofy the premise is, and how they just ran with it. The Dub is also one of those, it’s “bad”, but they go above & beyond that it’s just a riot & brings a smile to my face.

[@lowhp_comic]

They even show awareness how goofy it is, like that Italian Society of Light duelist who's like "FORGEET ABOOOUT IIIT" and they comment on how bad his accent is lol

[@lucasyang7410]

Like it or not 4kids is one of the reasons why anime is so popular

[@mavalagma29]

@@lucasyang7410 Sub fans can't deny that.

[@parttimeloverandafulltimef1096]

agree..this show is still the best for me

[@maxanderson3733]

@@lowhp_comic I think that’s what saved this show from being bad all around. It was self-aware af

[@connormccarthy6741]

I kinda liked how Season 3 acknowledged the fact that throughout S1 and 2, his friends just kept relying on him to take out the big bad by himself, they expected him to just be able to win no matter what, that he’d always be the one to save them, and how much that ended up weighing on Judai. One of the reasons why Judai became so attached to Johan was because, 1) Johan was a lot like him, personality wise and background wise with his connection to the spirits and 2), Johan wasn’t just a part of the cheer squad, he actually fought alongside Judai as an equal instead of following him around until he expectedly beat the bad guy.

[@lpfan4491]

Pretty much. The only one in the same boat as Judai prior to Season3 was Manjoume and he is not exactly the person one can talk one's soul out about all the whacky shenanagans going on. Johan meanwhile embraces his life completely and thus symbolises a better version of Judai and that is what he needs after being seen as "ol' reliable" for roughly 1.5 years. To lose that because of a conflict that he is the source of is just horrific for Judai and that starts a really bad downwards spiral.

[@alexthegs2624]

I believe the whole point of season 4 was to show that all the other characters eventually had to figure out how to not rely on jaden but rather do stuff themselves, I mean admittedly it was Jaden still who beat darkness but there are still moments in s4 specifically where characters learn to mature and I loved that personally

[@Underboy-jh6nr]

I wondered who you were on about but remembered that's jesse in sub

[@alexthegs2624]

@@mrbubbles6468 what? That's literally not the case at all, season 3 was the first season in which the "side character loses, jaden saves the day" rule got abandoned, with many duels being won by axel/jim/Jesse

[@nanofate8662]

>Johan wasn’t just a part of the cheer squad, he actually fought alongside Judai as an equal instead of following him around until he expectedly beat the bad guy That sounds more like bad writing than anything else.

[@SuraimuWasTaken]

I greatly dislike the fact that the "Children's card game" idea is still so prolific when it comes to talking about the Yu-Gi-Oh anime because it's not a children's card game in the continuity of the show. It's their economy, their national sport and legitimate career path in the context of the Yu-Gi-Oh universe. While I do agree that the idea of a academy for the sole purpose of the game is a bit farfetched and I really wish they fleshed out the setting a bit more to see if their is a focus on standard education, I like to think it's a lot like U.A where the main focus is the Duel Monsters and their is still supplementary courses they can take as well. But the idea that the game that fuels almost every aspect of the verse is meant for children is a bit dated and really fucking tired at this point when you consider Duel Energy is literally what fuels Neo Domino City, is used for galactic warfare and genocide AND SPLIT THE FUCKING REALITIES OF 4 DIMMENSIONS AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. But hey, maybe that's just me?

[@nathanvertil7355]

I 100% agree with your comment.

[@isapu1948]

Did you watch Mother's Basement's video on that particular topic?

[@SuraimuWasTaken]

@@isapu1948 I have but that more confirmed my frustration, didn't instigate it.

[@eugenideddis]

In Yugioh the magic system is card games, which as ridiculous as it is, means that Duel Academy is a Magic High School. It’s honestly my favorite thing about the franchise.

[@nellewoodruff6337]

I'll bring it up every now and then because it's funny but I completely agree and am gonna screenshot this argument for future reference because a lot of people need to hear this

[@VelvetIcematoro]

To be fair, when they turned into a Dinosaur and a Talking car they were prisoners in a Virtual World and those were just Avatars they were given... Now, for later when Hassleberry actually unleashed a Dinoform, I have no defense.

[@Ramsey276one]

Dino leg bone gave him extra DNA XD

[@amirgarcia547]

@@Ramsey276one Which’s just hilarious to me, since some surgeon randomly decided “yeah, let’s replace this human bone with a dinosaur bone even if they have entirely different anatomy.”

[@Mike_Dubo]

@@amirgarcia547 wasn't it an emergency situation?

[@danielramsey6141]

@@Mike_Dubo I still doesn't make any goddamn sense!

[@Mike_Dubo]

@@danielramsey6141 I'm still trying to figure out how Kaiba originally made duel disks with the capacity to give monsters unique "smells".

[@lyncario5515]

Something funny about GX is that according to interviews, not only was there suposed to get a full 52 episodes season 4, but also a season 5. We only got a 26 episode season 4 instead because... Judai's va contract ended and he couldn't renew it. No really. This is quite possibly the dumbest yet most fitting way for GX to end.

[@nellewoodruff6337]

That is so tragic it hurts

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

It's stupid, but also kind of makes sense when you consider that Japanese culture really doesn't seem to like replacing VAs unless the VA did something horrible. Like, from my understanding, the Bleach anime ended because the VA for one of the major characters died, and I'm willing to bet a large part of the reason why Dragonball Super hasn't had the last manga arc or current one animated was because Bulma's VA passed away too. The only instances I can think of where a VA fron a Japanese company got replaced are in the Yakuza series, where on two occasions, different VAs got in trouble with the law. One had the character he played modeled after him, but was busted for drugs or something like that after that game came out, and the character's model was altered in future releases of the game so that it didn't resemble him as much, and the one from Judgment got arrested and the game was actually delayed because they wanted to cleanse the project of him and had his voice replaced with someone else. At least, that was how I heard all this went down.

[@ssjgotenks2009]

@@MoostachedSaiyanPrince bi tieu dud bit anime moro arc cos then they wighbt for the enxt toei si wgithing for the new arc to end then they anime btoh arc it get ntoin to do with bulma va

[@wcthesecret]

HE COULDNTVE EXTENDED IT LONG ENOUGH FOR HIM TO LET JADEN LAY PIPE INTO ALEXIS!!!???

[@DarknesstheHedgehog6]

@@MoostachedSaiyanPrince Kingdom Hearts also replaced the VA for Xehanort in JP as he died before KH3 was made.

[@xavierjohnson2321]

Considering the asspulls of the original Yu-Gi-Oh series. Duel academy was as inevitable as Thanos before we knew he was going to be in the movies.

[@legofan4409]

I really enjoyed GX, despite its flaws. They explored interesting things, like how Jaden/Judai being the "wins all matchers" protagonist would affect him and the people around him. As his teacher says, he is lazy af in class, but because he keeps winning they see him as a role model and skip out on his classes. Jaden essentially has a negative effect on some people, even his close friends that start to over-rely on him and expect him to solve all their problems. Jaden is also affected by his success, as he believes he is the one who needs to solve everyones problems since he is the best duelist - hence why he wants to go to the other dimension alone. I think that is why he bonds so well with Johan, the two of them are equals and can relate to each other, and Johan doesn't demand anything of Jaden, just like Chazz (did feel a bit weird that the two of them, Jaden and Chazz, never bonded more since they both could see duel spirits but oh well). Heck, even his end goal changes, at the start he simply wants to be the king of games, but by the end he has grown up and decides to use his mystical powers for good. Despite season 1 being mostly goofy episodes it really shows how far Jaden has gotten from where he started. The original Yugioh show was (IMO) about standing up for yourself and finding the courage - Yugi is a bullied kid who through the series manages to make friends and do what is right. GX is about growing up and the tough things that happen and how they can change a person. I really like that Jaden has been really "jaded" by the end of the show, and the final lesson he gets is that it is okay to enjoy dueling, not everything is about life and death, despite what has happened to him. I am sad that Jaden is essentially the only character that has a really good development, I mean Zane was close but was brought back for some reason, and the other characters mainly serve as cheerleaders after a while. I was also a bit annoyed in S1 when they had so many references to the first show but not really doing anything with it, like having a fake millenium item just because. All in all I really enjoyed it and was sad when I found out that they hadn't dubbed s4, but at least I managed to find the subbed version so I could see the end of the show. Oh, and regarding the school subjects - pretty sure they have all subjects + dueling, we see them in science class, history class and so on in a few episodes, but since the show is about cardgames we're naturally not gonna have an entire episode where they go to literally every other subject. Also, about the rule book thing... (feel like you were joking but oh well) They are there to become professionals, I mean you have rule books for literally every sport but if you want to go pro you need more than that, hence the school.

[@lpfan4491]

The joke is that I think that the way 4kids wrote the serious aspect of the plot actually ends up working out better in the context of Season3. Zane stays dead and has a better endingtalk, Syrus is less insufferable because his characterarc is at least comprehensible compared to Sho,(I mean, the issue of him being way too passive still exists, but at least his thoughts and words have proper context. F*ckin Sho just wasn't a good friend, he wasn't even there for Judai in spirit during the depression-phase, instead saying "he needs to find the answer himself", which basically means "Screw him, not our responsibility" to me.) Jaden completes his characterarc early and literally just doesn't come home because he intends to take care of his responsibilities, etc.

[@legofan4409]

@@lpfan4491 I agree with this mostly, season 4 was too short for my liking and a bit weird -which seems to be due to the fact that it was going to be longer originally. The worst part of s.4 IMO was Zane coming back and the plot with "darkness" being meh, except for the episodes that explored the characters fears for their own future (Alexi and Chazz). Cyrus is... Odd in a way, I mean the guy climbs to Obelisk blue yet still acts like a child and is a bad friend, or over-dependent on Jaden. I did like that Jaden was basically done with everyones bs and just said "fix your own damn problems (looking at you Cyrus), I'm keeping to myself since danger is attracted to me." It was a more mature and depressed Jaden than we had seen before, yet he still popped in to help when he was needed. I'm not sure how I would have changed the plot and if it would have been better. As I said I like things in season 4 and I think the ending is bittersweet and fitting as the show starts and ends with Jaden meeting Yugi.

[@lpfan4491]

@@legofan4409 I agree. Season4 has some pretty great stuff still. That last duel is also the only really exciting non-plot duel we see Yugi play, even if Yami still later takes over.

[@Mxllow0]

h

[@edgystuffretarkidnormcring330]

Canadian jaden constantly put him on a pedestal tf you mean.

[@ray0064]

Jaden’s winning theme in duel links is godly

[@GatorRay]

Agreed. Also love the ear candy piano piece the theme for dueling Alexis is.

[@hakunoraku]

If you liked that try listening to the GX Tag Force music, absolutely amazing!

[@GatorRay]

@@hakunoraku Okay. I will make sure to do that sometime.

[@naonuk1743]

With the way the game is now, most returning and new players actually could use a duel academy to learn all that shit.

[@Starcraftgamer97]

Damn straight. I lost track of how shit works after 5Ds. Loved me some synchro summoning! XYZ Summon (I can grasp fair enough but Pendulum summoning is freaking breaking my brain.

[@streetgamer3452]

@@Starcraftgamer97 fuck pendulum summoning like fr. I was still playing when they came out (and currently still am) and even to this day I don’t get it fully. If someone told me they quite purely because of that mechanic I wouldn’t fault them at all.

[@saklee1777]

Duel monsters just keeps changing rules and everybody cheats. Definitely a confusing game. Even yugi cheats tons of times

[@ColdEmperor]

GX is certainly flawed but I still love it to death. It’s my absolute favorite of all the yugiohs. I love over 90% of the characters, Asuka is my favorite female lead and I agree her potential was squandered, Chazz is the best bar none, the dun has its quirks which I enjoy…… Crystal beef Arnold mammoth ftw! My shit grammar aside, I love this show with all my heart. I was in high school at the time and we all know how trash high school is. GX actually got me through that hell. I do get the issues people have with it too. Especially the unaired final season and censorship but I enjoy it all the same. CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP!

[@Sun.Rice185]

1 10 100 1000 Manjoume Thunder !

[@xsoultillerx]

chazz is unironically the only good thing about GX. dude was basically kaiba if he had an ounce of self awareness.

[@DestroAzureDx]

Its a shame season 4 didn't get dubbed you get some great chazz/majoume moments in there lol

[@StayFr0sty]

@@xsoultillerx nahhh jaden was a sick mc, i actually really liked bastion and a few others too

[@nenmaster5218]

@@InfinitePublics Building a School for the Thing that decides the Fate of youre world aint far-fetched at all. But whatever, that side-tangent aside: It makes me legit crin-e that female Duelists always have female baby decks like Mermaids. Or Ballette. Or Amazons.

[@billymcnichols2342]

Kaiba is a madman. He spends his money on the dumbest things, and he has the best one-liners. Favorite character by far

[@bob74h67]

He also cosplayed as a kaibaman for a bit

[@Goblin_Hands]

@@bob74h67 That wasn't actually him, but a spirit monster representing the card, which was based off of him. It would be interesting if they had Kaiba actually in a Kaiba man costume at some event in GX passing out Kaibaman cards ...though that would mean Blue-Eyes got reprinted. Which begs the question, why didn't anyone else use Summoned Skull in the show, or Red-Eyes or Dark Magician (more frequently), like I can imagine Bakura just summoning Summoned Skull or an upgraded version against Yugi. It's crazy, I guess the cards were actually as rare as Exodia (the rarest cards Joey knows...obviously Blue-Eyes is the rarest card in the world).

[@Goblin_Hands]

It's not realistic, everyone would definitely use Summoned Skull in Battle City if possible. Even Red-Eyes is laughable after Season 1, you're better off with Basically everything, like Joey pulled a Sword Hunter from the boosters Duke Devlin had and some kid had a Tri-Horned Dragon later on, one has to wonder what trash cards people actually used to make Rex and Weevil win Regionals, and how many other Duelists even existed. Trap cards and generic spells existed in Season 1, like was Trap Hole or Change of Heart really THAT rare? Of course, only the characters we saw existed to sell cards, but yeah, the show trying to play off that Yugi and Joey were just good or smart is a joke, the cards can't be overpriced because Joey obtained them (legally?), so there must only be like 50 other duelists in the world using cards like Man-Eating Plant (Mokuba).

[@bob74h67]

​@@Goblin_Hands ''That wasn't actually him, but a spirit monster representing the card'' If it was a duel spirit of the card kaibaman and not kaiba himself then do explain two things one how would kaibaman have the pendant that mokuba gave seto and two why did kaibaman refer to the card version as himself as characters like yuibel did ''why didn't anyone else use Summoned Skull in the show, or Red-Eyes or Dark Magician'' Titan used summon skull,Fubuki used red-eyes and dimitri used dark magicians. Alot of duel monsters decks were used in yugioh gx with those just being some examples ''It's crazy, I guess the cards were actually as rare as Exodia'' Exodia is not that rare, Everyone and their mom has used exodia at this point be it kaiba's adopted dad,amon or even some rando rare hunter

[@javaughndouglas3641]

@@Goblin_Hands The answer to your question is, yes. In fact if you watched Season 1 you'd realize that only Yugi, Seto and Bakura really used spells and traps, with Joey gaining more later. Also, in Season 1, as the rules weren't fully made yet, tributes weren't a thing. You had it, you played it. So obviously only the guys that had cards that were 2000+ were at the top with only elite duelists using more than specialized spells and traps. They got more common later on but even in Season 2+ of the OG, GX and Zexal, they make huge deals out of these cards. So you'd have to assume that most people can't get their hands on cards of that tier.

[@JetblackJay]

Fun fact the Brock's jelly filled donut meme is canon you can make jelly filled donut onigiri

[@Ramsey276one]

Good for you if you like jelly... XD

[@chrisrockett5897]

Lit.

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

eyy, i remember that Mangakamen video you made. funny seeing you here again!

[@Lucario1121]

Let me guess, Binging with Babish?

[@commonsense5199]

Pick One: Brock's Jelly Filled Donut or Apollo's (from Zatch Bell) Clam and Cheese Roll

[@benjaminarnold51]

The dub of GX is literally on par with the dub of Ghost Stories. It has shitpost energy.

[@AmiMizuno2]

But at least the Ghost Stories was more well loved

[@thundergaming155]

And at least ghost stories was not owned by a company that dubbed a show for teen and young adult audiences *cough* one piece 4kids dub *cough*

[@bastiondon]

i'd say its shitpost energy is significantly weaker than Ghost Stories but i can see the comparison

[@jadenkudo3008]

GX dub was worse but at least it's reach a larger audience that time, and for so many people GX was their first series they watch from the franchise. But in the case of Ghost stories they made an amazing anime to an unwatchable shit. All 2 series was my favorite when I was a child. As an adult I rewatched GX dub and it's bad but you literally watch it, but Ghost Stories english dub made me rage quit after few minutes, I never seen more worse that it. So very glad the hungarian dub of ghost stories was an amazing dub, not a bad parodie of it. And I'm happy to grow up with this not the english dub shit.

[@dragonandavatarfan8865]

@UCYbaZOVbLqNjndaa0MiFKkA Pretty sure it's just you and your shitty taste. The original Ghost stories anime is a downgraded scooby-do with every character being a single walking talking archetype. It flooped massively and deservingly so. The english dub took this bland pile of shit and revived it into a masterpiece.

[@dadenelson7570]

Gotta love that in the dub Jaden is basically fucking dead, for all intents and purposes

[@Ramsey276one]

Excuse meWUT

[@Ginko_Sakata]

They literally just had to dub the last episode of season 3 cuz he only was gone for a week

[@yedffgd]

@@Ramsey276one They never dubbed the last season, so the final episode of the 4kids dub ends with Jaden dead

[@Ramsey276one]

@@yedffgd BRILLIANT

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

jaden the only character with the power to make his waifu real and able to sleep with his duel spirit. plus scene jaden and yubel together season 5 would be jaden summon his wife and children to fight evil

[@MisterA744]

Kaiba's naming scheme for the academy's class system and calling the monkey "Wheeler" are very in-character for him.

[@MegaMan679]

If there one thing that MangaKaren has over other KZbinrs and commenters, he always has his own opinion on what he thinks and isn't afraid to speak what on his mind, I wish there were more people like him cause this is some genuine stuff you don't see very often

[@GatorRay]

Yeah I really like that he pulls no punches when it comes to his videos. It's why I've stayed to watch his content even after he stopped doing the commentaries which first drew me to his channel.

[@J0kerHecz]

My favorite type of comments that I love seeing is the typical, "This KZbinr has something others dont. I wish more were like this KZbinr". Oh sweet child, you have no idea how many there are. Be more open minded and explore some more :)

[@MegaMan679]

@@J0kerHecz I wasn't trying to be typical, I've seen more than my fair share of bad KZbinrs, sorry if my comment came off like that it wasn't my intention

[@MegaMan679]

The one thing that shocked me the most (because I actually didn't know before this video, mainly because I dropped this series after season 2) was the fact that 4kids were holding on to the rights for the final season and aren't doing anything with it for an English dub, why are companies such assholes sometimes I'll never know

[@UncannyEXP]

Too bad some of the joke clips he uses overstay their welcome and are often louder than his video audio. Still good content at least.

[@leoultimaupgraded9914]

Alexis’s crush with Jaden should’ve been more thought out, maybe an epilogue would make that more fleshed out or something, idk im not a writer

[@strugglesnuggledslime7040]

I mean,its like the original in that regard. The whole thing of Yugi crushing on Anzu was also thrown out of the window once the cards took over,pandered to every now and then but mostly just ignored without any kind of satisfying resolution.

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

come on yubel is the only girl for jaden

[@streetgamer3452]

honestly, I've found that it's kind've a trend in these kinds of anime where love is unresolved

[@MegaPokefan97]

The dub is hilarious and I'll die on that hill

[@richardmorgan3665]

I'll die with you because I agree 100%.

[@juuchanIRL]

the dub is the only reason i can stand to watch it

[@whateverkat8122]

@@juuchanIRL Same lmao

[@MoodKapProductions]

Mhmm

[@nellewoodruff6337]

@@juuchanIRL Me too

[@KG7Plaz]

Chazz is the best dub character change my mine. He actually acted 15 and had a realistic win loss ration

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

Realistic win/loss ratio? He had more wins than any other character in that show. He beat everyone in North Academy and in season two he beat just about everyone at Duel Academy. TWICE.

[@KG7Plaz]

@@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets lol. He did, didn't he😂 well thats all their fault for not being named characters

[@bcal8118]

​@@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets yea but lost to the same guy 4 different times with 4 different decks lol its a show dude relax

[@Indy-the-soup]

Chazz it up!!!!

[@dragonmastertheedgeking1595]

No matter how you feel about the GX series, can we all agree that Jaden is Absolutely Flawless?

[@Shinyprofjareth]

Yep

[@kinggeehorah7462]

Jaden is the greatest yugi oh protagonist and gx best series and the dub rules

[@nightmaretrooper5064]

No

[@NotReinaHamazaki]

F U C K I N G F L A W L E S S

[@J0kerHecz]

Lol no.

[@StrayPitboss]

Kamen, we need a 5Ds vid. You can't edge the audience like this man. Good work on GX - it was an unexpected surprise.

[@therebelliousaxel8535]

@@Mangakamen I hope so. 5ds is my favorite in the franchise. Loved the fact you roasted Crow Hogan. Who is in my opinion, my most hated Yugioh character. Not to mention it would be a interesting video on 5ds considering what went down with production when the whole cult thing went down.

[@Zawulfy395]

@@Mangakamen Can’t wait~😙

[@dragonofblackfirex4858]

@@therebelliousaxel8535 wait what this about a cult?

[@therebelliousaxel8535]

@@dragonofblackfirex4858 so what is that there was a cult that involves domestic violence as it’s theme which was the news when the show was airing. Carly’s voice actress was kinda a part of the cult until she left. However due to her involvement with the cult, she had to leave the cast. Not just that but whatever story plots that involves cults within 5ds (which is a lot) had to be drop and then went from supernatural stuff to Sci fi time traveling bs. All because of a cult.

[@CaptCool88]

@@therebelliousaxel8535 Ironic because she was kinda killed by a cult inshow

[@ZeroBankaiKing]

That fact that Zane is still alive in season 4 blows my mind I actually thought he died!

[@filipvadas7602]

He was supposed to be dead, but the writers retconned the shit out of it cause they realised how popular he was. Which , ironically, felt like it cheapened his character even more

[@lpfan4491]

This is actually why I think the dubstory of Season3 is superior....in its raw form, not how it is acted out in english, lol.(The german dub has some better wording and halfway decent voiceacting, so I am all over that) The characters just are more strong on their own in my eyes(I mean, Zane saying he is proud of Syrus is just great) and the lack of Season4 means that the events have proper consequences, nothing outside of a few potential deaths are undone.

[@nightshroud9671]

@@filipvadas7602 Especially with how he ends up being unable to duel anymore and how the Cyberdarks were handled with Syrus made it feel iffy.

[@angelarce9747]

@@nightshroud9671 either die or live but in sucha humiliating way

[@shadowkhiz7455]

It's still hilarious to me that Judai of all the protags has one of the darkest character changes. Man came out of a Hell dimension as a straight up war criminal and depressed.

[@Zetact_]

The problem with GX is that it did so much right that it raised the bar too high for any of the following series to compare. Duel Academy becomes increasingly plausible as the game proceeds. Like Small World literally had a guy create a computer program to analyze what you could use it for in your deck. Also if you assume that the Duel Academy in 5D's is similar with the one in GX then they do teach normal classes since Aki was able to become a doctor and her high school was a Duel Academy. I imagine that they're sort of like IRL Catholic schools, just with religious curriculum replaced with card games. And in-universe, while it's mostly done in subsequent series, there seems to be some sort of advanced techniques that you need to go through to learn different summoning mechanics (like in Arc-V how Yuzu needed to go through many episodes of training to learn how to Fusion Summon and Gongenzaka needed training to learn how to Synchro Summon). I think that the issue with Judai topdecking is actually something that gets addressed fairly early on when they established that topdecking is, in-universe, a skill that you CAN train. In the eggwich episode. Is it silly? Yes. But it also is a neat piece of worldbuilding. And it's not like Judai is the only duelist who topdecks, most of the main cast use decks that, at the time, would be extremely bricky and impossible to make as consistent as they played but I can excuse it because the series addressed that it's something they can attain with practice. And it's not even like that's out of left field, it might be based directly on the Pharaoh being able to do it (and it's done in 5D's, Zexal, and Arc-V), just that in GX it's not done with magic as it is in the other series. All the weird, silly, kinda dumb pieces of worldbuilding in GX are done in a way that I actually find them super fun and it manages to blend the goofy stuff with the serious stuff in a unique and interesting way. Like Kaiba sending cards to space? That's silly. The cards being bombarded with cosmic radiation of an eldritch monster turning the spirits inside the cards twisted and destructive? That's actually real neat. I agree that the side cast being hard to balance was an issue, but I only really think it started becoming an issue in season 2 and 3, in 2 mostly because so many were forced into the Society of Light (which did serve a purpose in making the Society more threatening) and in 3 it's just because so much focus was on the new characters. I'd have liked to see more of the Genex tournament, and more stuff with Dis-Duels even as one-off fillers because the filler in GX is super fun but I can get that it'd bloat the series with stuff that isn't as important. Rei you need to look into extended materials to see she's a good duelist. That is to say, Tag Force, where she runs Lightsworn, which is way more awesome to see than the weird anime-exclusive egg deck. Tag Force was the best Yugioh game series, for real. S4 being rushed, if you weren't aware, was an unfortunate effect of KENN (Judai's VA) having scheduling issues since he isn't just a VA but also a singer.

[@legendarylancers7446]

I don't agree with it setting the bar too high because I personally like 5D's more than Gx. I love GX. But the problems out-way the goods like I love Jadai but he overshadowed a lot of characters. The main problem with GX and all the shows tbh is that they didn't follow a manga and the manga are two different verses. Second is Komai is literally always getting in the way of yugioh like the whole crow problem or the whole arc-v ending and the worse one was what they did to vrains which is my third favorite ygo series. Third is Gx had way too many characters that didn't finish their arc sho, bastion,etc

[@kinggeehorah7462]

Jaden is my favorite mc

[@FireFury190]

@@legendarylancers7446 I don't think Konami caused most of the issues Vrains had. The only thing I can think of that they likely caused was wanting to push the Salamangreats by introducing Soul Burner. Which wouldn't have been bad had the writers of the show handled his character better. Really most of Vrains problems came from likely behind-the-scenes management problems with the Studio Gallop. Which seemed to have all started during the middle to end of Arc-V. Vrains ending early was likely also a decision between Gallop and Konami. As it seemed like the studio couldn't handle doing these long shows anymore.

[@legendarylancers7446]

@@FireFury190 That's what I mean their always been behide the scenes problem with yugioh expect yugioh zexal. Which is mostly Konami fault for not letting the manga come out first and following that story instead of making a complete new anime from nothing. Ehh In I think soulburner was not handled bad just underuse. Unlike yugioh arc v which then most of the characters are terribly underuse.

[@FireFury190]

@@legendarylancers7446 There is nothing wrong with having a separate manga story and anime story. After all, mangas can take a long time to finish. Most anime studios aren't going to wait for the manga to finish just to start working on the anime adaptation. This is especially true with Yugioh when they also have products to sell. Konami wasn't gonna wait for the 5D's manga to finish in 3 years just so they could then adapt it into an anime. It's better for them to have the two of them be separate. They already knew they couldn't do this given the large amounts of filler DM had just so they could keep up with the manga. Plus not having to follow an existing story allows the writers to have a lot more creative freedom with the show since they aren't being restricted to an existing story. The only fault Konami really has is if they want to push certain archetypes and cards in their latest booster packs. The showrunners have to incorporate said cards into the show to coincide with their release. The same is true for a lot of shows that are made to sell products. Like Transformers for instance. And even then it's always up to the people behind the show to incorporate said product in the show well. Plenty have done it well before. The reason I mentioned Soulburner being poorly handled was more the fact that when he was introduced he pretty much curve-stopped on Gou and Aoi who were said to be very strong duelists. Though maybe that's more of an issue with how the writers handled Gou and Aoi than they did Soulburner. But either way, it definitely felt like Soulburner was like the next version of Crow. A character introduced to sell an archetype of cards who ended up sidelining other fan-favorite characters.

[@Wolfheartgal]

Personally, GX was fun for me growing up. Admittingly, I had a fictional Crush on Jaden (only saw the dub) and thought parts of his journey was fascinating to watch as he grew up from being a naive duelest to growing up and realizing to become his own duelist is important than to be the best or next king of games. Best episode was ultimately for me was the ending duel with him and Yugi even if was never dubbed, because it showed how much Jaden grew from his childhood aspirations to be a fully fledged duelest on his own. But yeah, i think the show needed some more structure and flow regarding how all of these points could have been utilized better narratively. Still, a fun guilty pleasure of my past i will always have a good time with.

[@exaltedfinalist9488]

16:16 Fun fact: the reason crow was given more screen time was literally because people liked black wing.

[@MarxMayhem]

Leo/Rua was slated to be the 5th Signer too, but since Crow is associated with Blackwings...

[@therebelliousaxel8535]

And he was bland as hell. Seriously what was his arc?

[@darkstorm2579]

That's both funny and annoying since there was buildup to Leo/Rua becoming a Signer in the first season, but that didn't happen until the final season.

[@therebelliousaxel8535]

@@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec that………would’ve been better.

[@raikonzero]

@@darkstorm2579 And just like with GX, the final season in which he literally died before it happened was never dubbed.

[@Ramsey276one]

13:30 funny... in the manga, Chazz was a young tournament winner, so he went straight to Blue. Others badmouth this as MONEY TALKS, so he proves them wrong by SEALING AWAY HIS SPIRIT CARD AND WINNING ANYWAY. Because LOGIC! XD His dynamic with Yudai involved him seeing Winged Kuriboh and freaking out about his own spirit card until later volumes when he MANS UP and gets it back.

[@starbound100]

I still love the duel against his brothers, where they gave him the condition "all your monsters must be of 500 or less attack". And Manjoume (sorry, used to subs), in an absolute CHAD DOMINANCE move, uses only 0 attack monsters and wins anyway.

[@albertonishiyama1980]

To be fair in the manga there's only two spirit cards (three counting Goetia himself), and HaneKuriboh was both the spirit that Manjoume's favorite duelist had AND the reason his LaDD become alive in the first place. So he was fully aware some shit was going with Judai when the dude just show ups using the deck of the his favorite pro-duelist. Not a deck with the same cards, the same deck with the HaneKuriboh Spirit and the Earth Planete Series (both one of a kind cards).

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Sean Schemmel doing an Impression of Arnold schwarzenegger as a Mammoth will never be unfunny

[@BluntmanEXE]

"I WOULD LOVE TO PUMMEL THAT LITTLE TOOTHPICK OF A MAN!"

[@bcal8118]

Didn't laugh then not laughing now

[@slumbertrap6506]

hot take: the "Hot Sauce" archetype should be printed. I unironically love the idea of just a bunch of drunk off of Hot sauce monsters because of how absurd and yugioh it is. Its like Suships its just stupid and wonderful. and before anyone says "Its the censored verison dude" toon Barrel Dragon is meant to reference the censored version of the card.

[@MewGirlZ]

Lol, "Bastion" was also my favorite character in this show.

[@Ginko_Sakata]

Im still mad they don't even mention him in season 4

[@mikai4738]

@L Lawliet Bastion really had like one of the worst character treatments of all ygo. Even worse than some of the girls.

[@lynxfresh5214]

Yeah, say what you will about Zexal but at least it treated it's tritagonist with respect (Shark/Nash), the previous seasons all kinda fell flat in that regard... *Joey got shafted after the Seal of Orichalcus arc (which isn't even canon iirc) and became full on comedic relief afterwards moreover he didn't even get to duel in the recent YGO movie. *Bastion pretty much got shafted during the Sacred Beast arc and that's all she wrote (we never got to see Fire dragon in a duel iirc, so that's some nice false advertising from the GX intro). *Akiza, pretty much succumbed to the "YGO girl syndrome" despite showing she's a force to be reckoned with, in her intial introduction into the story (also she got replaced by birds lol!). It kinda helps Zexal had all it's seasons dubbed and the censorship wasn't as bad as it's predecessors.

[@alexmelling5261]

@@mikai4738 Man was done dirty af, I loved how they had him build a mathematically perfect deck just in time to throw the one match he used it and get shelved for the rest of the series

[@lpfan4491]

The joke is that he is actually the man in Season3 due to his smarts, he always knows what is up and can predict anything(Which is even expanded in the dub). SOOOOOO.... what do they do to prevent him from dismantling the entire conflict early with great strategy? Well, they literally remove him from 90% of the second half.

[@NeroAngeloTH]

Small correction on one of the dub changes you mentioned. The "to the stars" thing was actually in the original japanese version, too. There were a couple instances added that were originally actual deaths, but for the most part, "sent to the stars" was actually a faithful translation.

[@lpfan4491]

I mean, there were no deaths to begin with due to some dumb plottwist at the end. The dub just said "how about we don't actually lie to the audience? Cool, rite?"

[@soukenmarufwt5224]

For those who care. If you to experience season 4 without watching the anime. There always Tag Force series. While not a direct adaptation of the anime it does follow as closly to the anime as it can with limitations.

[@Ramsey276one]

I forgot Because I lack the console DS games were fun SPEED WORLD!! XD

[@Viseak]

Trust me you’ll need much more than an instruction manual to understand how to play Yugioh competitively these days, so a whole academy surrounding it ain’t that farfetched. It’s so difficult to physically explain in person let alone in an instruction manual why a card can ‘miss timing’ or the significance of ‘when’ vs ‘if’ or countless other wording nuances to the game. Yugioh certainly ain’t Blue Eyes White Dragon and you’ve activated my trap card anymore. With all that being said you should definitely check it out if you haven’t already, easily the best TCG imo

[@explorejupiter4159]

+1 for wanting to see Kamen play Yugioh, always appreciate seeing more love brought to the game

[@shawnjavery]

Missing timing isn't really much if a problem now. From my experience it's the sheer amount of cards and mechanics that's been introduced over the years. Even the active players can't really keep up with it, unless a strategy sees a significant amount of play most people won't know what their cards will do.

[@Viseak]

@@shawnjavery yeah it’s true, outside of what’s in the current or past maybe year? of meta most people gotta take a hot minute to read cards or just get a judge to check rulings. Missing timing definitely isn’t as prevalent nowadays but it still can come up, and I still could barely explain it to someone. I think it’s more so the wording nuances that get people, like how if something specifically has to be ‘sent’ to the graveyard for an effect to go off, or how synchros need to be summoned ‘properly’ first before they can be reborned from the GY. There’s so many little things like that in Yugioh that can catch new players of guard, I know I definitely got thrown for a loop when I first started playing during Zoo/True Draco format

[@shawnjavery]

@@Viseak those don't tend to be the things that keep people from getting into the game from my experience. That stuff tends to come up a few weeks to like a month into starting a game, or even longer for some of the stuff you listed.

[@Viseak]

@@shawnjavery oh 100% I wouldn’t consider rulings like that stuff ya need to learn up front or even deterrents for getting into the game, but there are so many little rulings like that you gotta learn if you want to play competitively that aren’t taught in a rulebook

[@darkstorm2579]

Sad to hear that even after all these years, 4Kids still holds the rights to the GX dubbing.

[@Lucario1121]

You know that explains why they keep bringing Jaden/Yubel up in Bonds Beyond Times and Duel Links recently but never really bother to tell where those two came from Konami: HEY LOOK GUYS, JADEN/YUBEL IS IN DUEL LINKS NOW Player: Neat, wait wasn't Yubel the one trying to kill Jaden? Why are they together again Konami: Because shut up

[@darkstorm2579]

@@Lucario1121 Lol. True.

[@darkstorm2579]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo Yep, namely with things like the Shadow Realm, which didn't exist in the sub version.

[@shadowofthenorthstar989]

They have the rights but never dubbed season 4 for some reasons and skipped to 5ds

[@Phoenix_Blader_93]

@@shadowofthenorthstar989 and they didn't even fully dub 5Ds

[@xtalongraspx9004]

At least we can agree on 1 thing: We both like Yugioh GX...despite it's flaws.

[@kecleonic]

Fun fact: There is a jelly filled donut joke in GX.

[@Ramsey276one]

Koala Dad getting monster “Dizzy” with “HOT SAUCE” XD

[@Mike_Dubo]

Cyrus once talks about carrying a thing of water around an entire episode.

[@9Godslayer]

If you think Blair was bad then you've clearly forgotten about Serenity. I didn't know that she was *12* until it was pointed out in the abridged series!

[@pillbobaggins2766]

i thought she was slightly younger than Jou, like in the manga they're year 10 students around 15-16 yrs old so i put her about 14. i guess it makes sense now why Jou was so protective of her, she's a little girl who looks like a teenager (i guess the stress of divorce/loss and her illness could make her speed run puberty).

[@kulazu]

*she's what*

[@aozorahaou2643]

Ok.....That just made Trstain and Duke creepy as all sin....

[@saklee1777]

She’s not 12, she’s 14

[@chrisrockett5897]

I dunno, GX is fucking hilarious.

[@bath1191]

Until season 3

[@psychospeech6189]

@@bath1191 then it gets really depressing

[@satyamachari2104]

@@psychospeech6189 but characters sucks in season 3 and 4

[@Succatag67789]

@@satyamachari2104 take that back right now Johan Jim Obrien Amon They are all kings Yubel is best villain And judai is 2nd best protagonist

[@satyamachari2104]

@@Succatag67789 that's the big problem, they focused too much on new characters that the writers made older characters like alexis, chazz, bastion etc irrelevant. And I hated yubel redemption, she turned so quick.

[@Shiny_Plume]

Honestly, I don’t watch anime, but my friend hosted biweekly watchings of Yugioh GX and it was my introduction into it. I joined when they were watching Season 2 and Season 3, and while I couldn’t make the ending of Season 3 because life, I genuinely liked the show. It was silly and ridiculous at times, but I was laughing at it, laughing with it, and finding genuine interest in the characters and story all at the same time. And of course it was just a fun thing to watch with friends.

[@solidskullz5736]

I don’t know bro I thought GX was pretty enjoyable

[@PhazonEnder]

Did you watch the video?

[@solidskullz5736]

Later probably, gotta get off work first

[@wathanyuapipattarakul5713]

GX is a guilty pleasure for me, thanks to a combination of nostalgia and the tag-force games. I’m fully aware that it’s really, really stupid but I love it anyways

[@-king-1230]

Dub has chazz it up Original has 1,10,100,1000...MANJOUME SANDA! It's clear that the dub is the Superior one

[@ignite5329]

CHAZZ IT UP, the sub Version is ok, but the dubs Version is much more recognizable

[@kindlingking]

Sub makes more sense, since "Manjoume sanda! (Manjoume thunder!)" sounds similarly to "Manjoume-san da! (It's Manjoume-san!)". The joke is lost in adaptation.

[@Nekosage]

Character dies and comes back. Me: How are you still alive? Ryo: I have no idea!

[@delix787]

I have to admit the 4kids guitar soundtracks! Were amazing. 😈😈😈 duels like Zane vs Jaden. And I freaking LOVE Zane’s voice in the dub. 🗣

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Hmm. No mention of how in the Manga, Judai's deck goes from American-inspired heroes to Kamen Rider-inspired heroes. From a guy named MangaKamen.

[@MetalGildarts]

Oh really

[@flexican5399]

How is neo spacians a Karen rider? A drill mole??? I think you’re thinking of Masked HEROs

[@GabrielMoura-qe1xr]

@@flexican5399 Manga Judai used Masked HERO's, Neo Spacians weren't a thing there.

[@flexican5399]

@@GabrielMoura-qe1xr and this video is about the anime 🤨

[@GabrielMoura-qe1xr]

@@flexican5399 yeah? Was explaining why Masked HERO's were mentioned above

[@fuckingking6796]

I can't believe kaibaman was kaiba from start-- My sister's daughter reaction

[@fuckingking6796]

Yeah idea to make kaibaman was dumb because try ruin kaiba his entire character arc Because this make kaibe looks like a biggest loser

[@ssjgotenks2009]

@@fuckingking6796 it dont ruin shit if you knwo any thing abotu kaiba you wood knwo it be jsut like him to make card if himslef

[@fuckingking6796]

@@ssjgotenks2009 kaiba is kaibaman isn't not?

[@bob74h67]

@@fuckingking6796 ''kaiba is kaibaman isn't not'' Yea he has the same pendant of his neck that contains a picture of mokuba

[@fuckingking6796]

@@bob74h67kaibaman is not kaiba

[@Beef_Ravioli]

I completely understand why people would think GX is extremely silly, especially after the incredible finale of Duel Monsters, but I think that the reason why it's still so loved by a lot of people, is because (for me, at least) GX is a series about *growing up, becoming an adult, and the responsibilities and fears that arise from that* . Season 1 is a lot of slice of life, meeting new characters that either become important or we never see again, it's about the first steps of adolescence, just kids enjoying life, doing what they like, meeting people, some of them will become important, some others won't, and that's fine. Then when the Seven Stars/Shadow Riders arc starts, it's the characters realizing that not everything is fun and games, there's some serious things that you must do as well, and that even though you might be scared to face them, or afraid of failing (Kaibaman duel), there's people you can depend on, there's those who will stand with you (Daitokuji duel and alchemy). Season 2 is about identity and belonging. Here the Society of Light is introduced, and it becomes the "cool kids' club", it's "exclusive" and the ones that are in are "better". Characters start betraying previous friendships for a chance to enter it just based on that information. I think it's a very common ocurrence for this to happen during highschool, where people will change who they are, and even lie to others and themselves, to look cooler to others, they start saying things like they are boring just for appearances' sake. Then again, people love being part of a group, just how much as these people willing to sacrifice to be part of one? Are you even properly part of a group if you aren't being yourself? It is also about destiny, and about people who tell you you "can't" do something, that it's impossible, and try to bring you down, and how you can overcome that. Kaiser Ryo also struggles with his own identity after not doing as well as expected, not knowing who he is, or who he should be, and what he is willing to do to be better, to be stronger. Season 3 is about consequences and responsibility. Judai has the best of intentions when trying to save Johan, however his recklessness and growing desperation ends up "killing" his friends one by one. You must know that your actions can have many degrees of consequences both for you, and for those around you. You aren't a kid anymore, and you can't expect to do whatever you want, whenever you want, and not having to own up to it. You have to be responsible. Judai, in his grief, becomes the Supreme King, and causes even more destruction, and then tries to run away from his responsibilities by not using Polymerization when he goes back to being himself, the card that got all his friends killed. But thanks to the Kaiser he realizes that he can't run, and that he must press onward owning up to his mistakes, and the sadness and anger he and his friends must've felt, he'll use them to move on and fight, finally taking responsibility for his actions and activating Polymerization again. Yubel was also Judai's responsibility, and he decides to accept them instead of reject them. Judai is starting to become a proper adult. And Season 4 is about adulthood. Here we see the cast graduating from the academy, and what their aspirations in life are. They have all grown up during these last years, and have become adults. Here we see their fears of what their lives might become now that they must fend for themselves and don't have the comfort of the academy anymore. Manjoume wants to go pro, but fears being a failure. He takes on the Ojamanjoume role, selling out his integrity for quick recognition, but realizes that these kinds of shortcuts aren't worth it. We see how all these characters have grown up. Judai has become broodier, because these last years/seasons have taught him that being an adult is actually pretty serious stuff. He started as a happy-go-lucky guy in season 1, but he has learned a lot about the world, and has realized just how tough, unfair, and painful it all can be. He must also say goodbye to the people from the academy, since everyone will be going their separate ways, but knows that even if they aren't together, they will still be friends (Chronos duel the series' GOAT). Then the graduation duel with Yugi happens, where Judai learns his final lesson: That despite being an adult, and knowing the great amount of responsibilities that conveys, and how serious it may be, never forget to enjoy life. I think a lot of people were going through highschool to college while they watched GX, and while I'm 100% sure I'm reading WAY too much into it, I wouldn't be surprised if this element of the characters growing up made them connect with this series in a special way. Everyone is at least a bit scared to get out of their comfort zone, and having to face the world by themselves. And hey, this makes me enjoy GX way more than just see it as kids playing card games in school. TL;DR I read way too much into silly show about card games but it makes me enjoy it way more and understand why so many people have a special place in their hearts for it.

[@shadowkhiz7455]

Preach dude, preach.

[@forgottenmma3694]

Your on point

[@jaretco6423]

That's probably the best way to describe it and because of that, it's my favorite out of the entire Yu-Gi-Oh series.

[@misterzygarde6431]

At the very least, clips of this show will still be funny without context. Thank you ruggington.

[@Ramsey276one]

SPUNK YES XD

[@brunoga1360]

GX made Heros and Cyber dragons two of my favorite decks ever

[@Ramsey276one]

I enjoy each HERO Series And combining them too! XD

[@runningoncylinders3829]

In my world even a Generation Next can have its own generation next. Some of my favs from Duel Academy: Frightfur, Lunalight, Predaplant, Performage, & Ancient Gear.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Lucky you, many other decks were not fully realized in the real world. I've always wanted to play a Gate Guardian deck; at least Blue-Eyes got support in 2013 and 2016 and soon will get more. Red-Eyes got the short end of the stick outside of Dragoon.

[@TheUltimateCancerCell]

I’m probably in the minority here, considering I’ve read some of the comments, but yeah I never liked GX. I was hyped at the beginning since I liked the whole ‘school adventure vibe’ back then so when I heard about GX at first, I was really excited to watch it. But as time goes by, I got really bored of it. It’s all too focused on Jaden than some of the characters are just there for additional content. Take a look at Bastion. He showed so much potential at the first episode, being the intellect kind of guy, having the confident aura and skills, and even a potential rival for the protagonist at the start. And then we got some guy who who has a terrible overall dueling record. We have Atticus who some students claim to be a ‘good duelist’ only to not even have a single win (maybe he had one but I may or may not have forgotten), and don’t even get me started with how Aster’s development went (srsly the guy beat both Zane and Jaden but lost to Chazz). And of course I didn’t like Jaden that much, probably my least favorite main protagonist if I’m being honest. He’s just overconfident and he’s already an exceptional duelist right from the start. He barely even listens in class and yet he wins a lot of duel. It’s like why does he even go to Duel Academy if he’s just gonna sleep and that he’s already a very good duelist? Of course I got bored eventually and decided to stop watching it during the Darkness Arc, not to mention that I don’t remember most of the plot anymore as I used to so my argument isn’t really structured. I really can’t see myself relate to the guy. I want to say more but I can’t fully express them into comprehensible words (I suck at that). But hey, this is just my opinion. I know a lot of people would disagree with me but that’s fine. We all have different tastes, but I do hope my comment doesn’t lead to heated arguments. Oh well, too late for that.

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

One thing I never understood, even as a kid, was why is there so much censorship? I can understand censoring the blood, violence, and sexual content but why censor death or change the names? There were plenty of other kid shows before GX that had worse things like abuse, eating disorders, and even Sesame Street did an episode on the death of loved ones. So it's not like kids don't know what death is. As for the names, again, there were plenty of other shows that had characters with non-American names. Especially other animes dubbed by other companies. Not to mention that almost every American kid has seen Disney's Mulan. So, who is this supposed to appeal to? Censoring is supposed to appeal to a certain audience, right? But who? The only thing I can think of is parents who don't want to answer any complicated questions their kids might ask and just have shows like this answer those questions for them.

[@yharnamiyhill787]

It was a projection by those with perverted minds in the licensing department. These censorship is because they themselves are bias. I quit Yu Gi Oh right when I turn 11 years old, because I found out Dark Magician Girl and Ultimate Offering was actually censored - and people were paying a fortune for these packs.

[@Xahnel]

Parents. 4kids was terrified of them. They were terrified of upsetting parents in any way whatsoever, so they censored and localized everything they could even to the detriment of sense, structure, character, the entire story.

[@pillbobaggins2766]

90s and 2000s "mothers against" karens were completely unhinged

[@StarlightMagician]

Jesus, that rant on Kaiser's "death" being undermined sounded like a Drunk rant (almost on par with Somecallmejohnny's rant with 100% Mario Sunshine).

[@TheMysticwhite]

Funnily enough, now a days the structure decks don't even include the rule book. Also the rules are so complex that there are individual documents and don't even get me started on the damage step.

[@FrancistheBrave]

Wait all structure decks don't come with a rule book?

[@TheMysticwhite]

@@FrancistheBrave not any more

[@FrancistheBrave]

@@TheMysticwhite damn 😭. So how can someone know the advance ruling if it ain't got no rulebook I remember when you bought a Yugi structure deck you would get a rulebook damn Konami.

[@TheMysticwhite]

@@FrancistheBrave there is multi page documents explaining every intricate rule out there

[@FrancistheBrave]

@@TheMysticwhite oh okay thanks 👍🏿.

[@FlamasNegras]

I actually defend the "send to the stars" idea, since it was only on season 3 and it was in a new dimension. Honestly, it kind of made sense. And actually allowed the tone to get darker a little more slowly but also since the first duel we already felt it was something like death. It was a decent way to imply "death" in one of the darkest sagas of GX, while also still mantaining some mistery about the world and not going completely dark after the lighter version of GX of the dub.

[@jordanread5829]

Plus I would rather know the characters are safe in some regard then treating them as actually dead only to be told they weren't at the last minute. Like what happened in the Japanese version......

[@forgottenmma3694]

I think people don’t understand that Yugioh is a children’s cartoon show in the West! Obviously Censors would never allow it to air of they didn’t tone it down

[@boxtupos7718]

My biggest gripes with the show was the inclusion of Johan, I understand what his purpose in the series was; But that slot could've been used better for a rival like Chazz, as Chazz not only sees spirits but is also one of the people that isn't a Judai's cheerleader. Johan and Jaiden just felt so similar, their chemistry is very stale. The best way for Judai's conflict to be resolved, would've been Chazz blowing up infront of him and just telling how much he's been trying to catch up to Judai (After all loses he has) and maybe even beating Judai in a duel or drawing just to show that they're equals. Everyone else is, I don't even know; The other characters just seems to be there to hype Judai up or being the "Brock" of the series just explaining what's happening.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Lol, yes Bastion is voiced by Brock. Eric Stuart is pretty chill unless he is drunk with an over-inflated ego waving around white mythical creatures.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Syrus should have grew into Zane 2.0. he was the exact same toddler at the end of the series, how the hell did he not grow in 4 years??? Chumley is...come on he's a meme. That's when they thought it would be ok to give a random character a swollen face and body and look like someone stuck a beehive on his face. He uses Koala as a deck ffs. Bastion was ok at first, but became one too, he likes formulas...that's it. He should have had...never existed? Tyranno, he has a dino deck and hat, personally Rex Raptor has way more personality, it was hard for me to distinguish the difference between him and Crocodile. Blaire grew up more than Syrus, that is just sad. She had an egg deck for like an Episode, she was basically a Rebecca 2.0. Chazz was just a joke of a rival, like was he ever even a threat to anyone? He apparently won against a rival school, but damn, combining the slow power of Armed Dragons with the inconsistency of VWXYZ, and the headaches of Ojamas gave even more reason to not care about him. Yeah, aside from Zane, Alexis (I guess), what other characters are interesting? Jaden from Season 4 or maybe the guy riding Exodia? Who else is considered a protagonist? Alexis's brother? The fire shot guy? Almost forgot Aster Phoenix, he's ok I guess. The worst character is the clown that unfortunately survived his golem falling on him in Episode 1 or 2, and they thought it was a good idea to give him a mini-me clown for some reason.

[@lpfan4491]

Honestly, Chazz should have just beaten Jaden in their rematch to begin with. Because he actually worked for his success instead of just hoping for the best.

[@DrKnockOut1115]

Johan honestly came off as a bit of a Gary Stu to me. Here’s this new character who quickly supersedes all of Jaden’s longer-lasting friends, uses a bunch of special monsters with highly interactive Spirits, is considered the 5th best duelist Pegasus has ever seen, and later gets this super-special Rainbow Dragon that saves everyone.

[@bath1191]

it was totally called for, Jaden's friends were morons

[@forgottenmma3694]

I didn’t really like how Jessie superseded all of Jaden’s other friends like Cyrus, Bastion or Alexis as a priority.

[@thattimestampguy]

4:28 People don’t like English version 6:47 Aster’s Father 7:51 Chazz’s Voice Change 8:47 Music 10:49 The Plot; frisked for unrealisticness ( fiction not too non-fictional for his taste) 14:33 Shadow Riders establish Roles 16:55 Camula, Aliens, Cyberspace 18:00 A lot in the pot • So many main stay casts who get left behind • Jaden made to beat all most Shadow Riders 22:14 Hassleberry Bastion’s departure 24:20 Jessie/Johan 25:08 Adrian breaking the 4th wall 25:30 Blair; she’s only 11 26:56 Season 4 No Dub • Kizer Sent To The Stars, Kizer’s Revival 35:07 Concluding Statement • Endearing. Despite its flaws

[@shadowofthenorthstar989]

As much as I enjoyed Gx for how fun its duels were and its characters my Favorites were (Chazz and Zane ) I know it wasn't great plot wise I do agree with the criticism of this vid what I hate the most is how they treated my man Bastion after the first season the dude became a complete joke and was replaced by other characters

[@jadbayram496]

Well he was technically also a joke in season one considering the Tania situation

[@shadowofthenorthstar989]

@@jadbayram496 yea that one was the start of his downfall

[@trueblueryu5713]

So in a season 1 episode, Jaden tried to sketch Sparkman in class, and his art was so bad that everyone laughed at him, but when he was a kid, his artwork was apparently good enough that he won Kaiba’s contest to send his card sketches into space. Explain that! Also, GX > post Dark Signer’s parts of 5DS and I will die on that hill

[@shiromatsunoki]

He got so obsessed with dueling that he lost artistic talent. That can happen, right?

[@Ramsey276one]

POTENTIAL Remember Morpthronic Vacuum Cleaner?! XD

[@lyncario5515]

He gave them the worst effects possible and made the archetype unplayable as hell, which is just what Kaiba was actualy looking for to give to aliens. If he were to duel invaders from another world in a children's card game one day, he might as well give himself a massive advantage.

[@kingme1313]

@@lyncario5515 Yeah I mean, Kaiba has faced Ancient Gods, vengeful spirits, and Virtual monsters. If Aliens do exist, he at least wants them to be lessers to him

[@consumer338]

5DS is overrated tbh

[@chazzitup8976]

That Alexis thumbnail 🖤 WAIT THIS MAN SAID MISAWA IS HIS FAVOURITE GX CHARACTER?? .. RESPECT!!

[@thomasraines1396]

I remember I had a dvd of GX a long time ago, it was just a random bunch of episodes, there was where they follow some schmuck who was living out on the woods because he felt it would make him a better card drawer.

[@DjPrimeVideos]

Kaiba: if there is intelligent life out there, why not teach it how to duel? The Barian/Astral world: uh....I can explain

[@darkglass3011]

SpongeBob meme. Nice.

[@Aibadenshi]

Overtime I guess why the only reason why I like it is because the game still isn't in that "I summon my entire deck in one turn".

[@Waltsu1d]

16:50 "We got vampires! ALIENS!...." So? The previous series all ready established that gods are real and they are inserted inside of children playing cards, which hold some godly power and can be used to smite others during childrens card game and sent people to coma. Have you seen oriwackomalos chapter? Yu-Gi-Oh! is one hell of a drug.

[@therebelliousaxel8535]

Whoever wrote or created GX must been high on some of the most potent drugs mankind has ever created. Sweet. Mother. Of. God.

[@Ginko_Sakata]

Its made by the same guy who made The Original Series

[@danielramsey6141]

@@Ginko_Sakata It was rushed out there after the Success of Yugioh. I prefer the GX manga plot instead.

[@Ginko_Sakata]

@ Daniel Ramsey same

[@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan]

@@Ginko_Sakata Do basic research before typing nonsense. Kazuki Takahashi (the author of the original Yugioh) only helped the making of Yugioh GX manga. He has no hand on Yugioh GX anime.

[@amirgarcia547]

Yugioh GX may have its issues and be borderline incomprehensible at times, but man, does it still have a special place in my heart. As someone who watched it not too long ago (with the first two seasons dubbed while the last two subbed, for obvious reasons), I adored it a ton and am glad to have finally watched it in full. The first two seasons are fine and quite entertaining, but it's the last two I enjoyed the most due to how huge the stakes were, the story being the darkest it's been yet, Yubel being an amazing villain and Judai getting some fantastic development. And then season 4, while a bit rushed, served as a great epilogue for the series by giving each major character their own mini-arc. I have tons more nostalgia for Duel Monsters, but GX is probably the series I'll look back on the most fondly, warts and all. Also, while I enjoyed both the sub and dub, despite the latter butchering the story, sub OST>>>>>>dub OST any day of the week.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Weird, people would choose to watch ANY part of the Dub over the Sub especially knowing the last part is Sub only. As bad as Yu-Gi-Oh dub was at translating, it is still iconic and really good and entertaining; I saw GX as dubbed as possible thinking it would be the same, but it is not enjoyable in my mind, and feels like 4kids versions of shows like One Piece and Naruto, extremely obnoxious. The whole time I was hoping for more stuff from the original like more about the Gods reappearing and more scenes with Kaiba, even Zane was really cool but they really showed very little after he graduated, those are about the only parts I'd want to see Dubbed, even though I greatly prefer dubbed if it is tolerable (Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, DBZ, Bleach, One Piece-not 4Kids dub, Death Note, Cowboy, Shamploo, Berserk, Claymore, etc etc), GX is one I cannot recommend dubbed to anyone. It's strange, because it's like the series is aimed at even younger audiences that the previous series; like Yu-Gi-Oh is good for everyone including adults, GX is good for 12 and under. Zexal and Arc V are aimed at 10 and under, that's how it feels when the cast gets younger, sounds younger, and the plots go nowhere, which is Season 1 GX, it just went nowhere until the Sacred Beasts, and then Season 2 kinda had something with the Society of Light, but it was really hard for me to care by then. 5D's however was a lot better in my opinion, despite not really explaining how we got there, it had some focus. I do like Season 4 GX, for me it wasn't rushed because I just wanted it to end, and the characters actually didn't sound obnoxious (because it was serious in the Sub). If I had seen the Sub from the get go, there is a small chance I might have enjoyed GX.

[@Goblin_Hands]

And as a 12 year-old, I probably still would have disliked GX dub, maybe if I was 5 years old, but I mean other 12-year olds might have enjoyed it more than the original.

[@fuckingking6796]

"One of shadow rider reveals to be her brother " Gundam fans : Yup definitely not char aznable clone If anyone doesn't know what is char clone Are basically based in main villain of gundam There 15 char clone l think ? What make char clone 1 : Related to one of main cast 2:Challenge protagonist multiple times :He wear a mask to cover his secret identity 3:He revealed himself/ her in end And vergil count as char clone in first dmc because nelo angelo

[@Ramsey276one]

O M G Even the mask!

[@fuckingking6796]

@@Ramsey276one why didn't you use your brain ?

[@shadowofthenorthstar989]

Yea I know what Char clones are Gundam wing had one forgot his name

[@fuckingking6796]

@@shadowofthenorthstar989 zachs

[@fuckingking6796]

@@shadowofthenorthstar989 Nice pfp

[@kingbash6466]

GX’s dub is the best thing to happen the the entire Yugioh franchise.

[@dadenelson7570]

Ok Kamen, to be fair, the episode where they were turned into a car and a Dino was inside a datascape, something that had been established in the lore of yugioh

[@dadenelson7570]

@@Mangakamen I can only defend the transformations, that satellite scene was peak WTF

[@jayd.doubledubs]

I think Gx has so much potential, but in execution, almost nothing was used to its fullest extent. But of course, I still love it

[@ShineDark]

This show came out when I was like 7 or 8, and I always wanted to go to Duel Academy when I was growing up.

[@alan62036]

I don't get how a school for this is perplexing to people. There's schools for chess and esports in the real world. :/

[@alan62036]

@M488 Thunderbird If one was solely in the Quiddich or Wizard's Chess program then yes. :)

[@lpfan4491]

@@alan62036 Huh? Duel Academia also has other courses.

[@alan62036]

@@lpfan4491 Probably minors though and not majors. :)

[@mannkidama8007]

No your wrong Yugioh gx is peak fiction

[@PhazonEnder]

Did you even watch the video?

[@mannkidama8007]

@@PhazonEnder Nope Im just like 65% of every youtube commenter Reading the interesting out of context thumbnail and formulating my 5 year old counter argument in a condensed brain dead sentence because that's all the energy I could muster.....

[@themarshian5124]

n't.

[@themarshian5124]

@@mannkidama8007 and im just like the video's ratings. Ez

[@kyburn6195]

Some of the worst parts of any series on 4Kids was ending on a cliffhanger and then restarting the series from the beginning. GX ended with them all in some alternate dimension and they had to find their way home. AND THEY NEVER SHOWED WHAT HAPPENED AND JUST STARTED SHOWING 5DS!

[@FireFury190]

They did at least finish Zexal, Arc-V, and soon Vrains to their conclusions.

[@forgottenmma3694]

Yeah, I was watching all 3 seasons english dubs on the Yugioh KZbin Channel. And that ending was such a let down to an otherwise amazing series in the franchise.

[@clintbeastwood5116]

My love for Alexis was not a mistake. You monster.

[@Goblin_Hands]

Kaibacorp designed the female outfits, so her appeal is higher than any other female in the franchise (aside from Akiza probably), due to Kaiba's over-inflated ego. I know she's not just skin, but I'm just saiyan. Hail Kaiba!

[@Zoten001]

Yeah, it's amazing that Kaiba's particular brand of crazy actually seems to work out.... Edit: The whole Dino and Car transformation suffered by those two characters was VIRTUAL. As in, it happened inside of Virtual Reality....

[@Zoten001]

@@Mangakamen Yeah, THAT bit was weird. I always thought of that bit as a sort of Astral Projection that got it's physical qualities from whatever magic Neos seems to run off of.

[@TheRuck86]

Ok first off, I just discovered your channel and already a huge fan. Secondly, yes GX is crazy flawed, but it is interesting and fun to watch. I wish they did do season 4 so we can finish it but please dig into it more

[@danfelder8062]

"Going to school for the world's most popular esport is unrealistic." There are multiple schools in the real world, are world, solely dedicated to teaching kids and teenagers how to play the boardgame Go. They drop out and attend these schools full-time. Go is hardly as popular in our world as Duel Monsters is in Yugioh's world. There are similar schools for many other games and sports. Duel Academy has just a few hundred students. There are only a few other academies like it in the world. This is the most realistic premise in any yugioh series. If anything, given the fact these cards somehow have *actual magic* and the game has taken a cultural role similar to a replacement for literal Dueling (with guns or swords) where you can demand satisfaction by challenging someone to a duel... It's shocking there aren't more schools for it.

[@mint437]

Yugioh GX gave us a whole world of memes and dub moments so I am glad that it exists

[@OlugbemigaFalegan]

I don’t think you get the point of Judai’s character and how that relates to his growth with his friends and later character development. I would watch Melon Teee’s video on the subject. It’s called “I think GX is pretty good actually”

[@icypika]

Honestly Blair had potential but Season 3 just made her into a damsel in distress which sucks. We see she is actually bery motheryl with her interactions with Marcel. I would have loved to see where that cam from. I wish her and Aleixs got more development. I also really wish they expanded on Duel Spirits

[@megametexe5129]

23:37 this scene is made so much better when you realize that this is James from Pokemon

[@jamesbond3w]

Okay I wanna be honest. I thought Misawa was Hassleberry but he went on an archeology expedition or something and that's why he's so tan and dino-fanatic

[@LinkcarioX]

I was wondering why was this in my recommended because I haven't touched Yugioh in years, then 0:26 happened and I said: "Oh, now everythings makes sense".

[@dspace4514]

Imagine my surprise when I found out the Shadow Realm and the "sending to the stars" wasn't real.

[@ssjgotenks2009]

shadow relam is real it the dub name for hell

[@raina1848]

Hell Kaiser Ryo and Edo Phoenix were treated horribly in season 4. They're literally just crammed in a couple episodes to further other characters' plots, but don't have true ones of their own.

[@sunbeames]

0:40 there's a third group too, those that watch your stuff regardless of what you're analyzing.

[@Ramsey276one]

Me right here! XD

[@TempestDacine]

Wow can't believe u didn't mention the part where Misawa's actual final scene he ends up in an alternate dimension and hooks up with the amazon from before with no mention of him ever again. Truly the perfect end to a perfect character.

[@christopherb501]

Kinda sorta cameo of him in the shadowy limbo that Darkness plunged everyone into to drown them in sorrow. Don't know why he'd appear there when he stayed behind, but there you go.

[@dspace4514]

The only mistake was not dubbing Season 4,in my opinion. Really wanted too see how they would handle that.

[@admiralandy1983]

Still can’t believe there are eight series’s of Yu-Gi-Oh! now we’ll nine if you count Capsule Monsters.

[@SuraimuWasTaken]

DM, GX, 5D's, ZeXal, Arc-V, Vrains and Sevens. What's the 8th?

[@ImfernusRizen]

@@SuraimuWasTaken Season 0

[@SuraimuWasTaken]

@@ImfernusRizen Shit, you right

[@OmegaTheEmperor]

Your video has really opened my eyes to the GX dub even more.

[@thepackingpacjack7767]

Whatever you want to say about GX, We can all agree: Chad is A CHAD! (Except-for-that-one-time-where-he-was-simping-for-Aksa-but shhhh ..... we don’t talk about that)

[@YarnLalms711]

Collab with MelonTeee, she’s a huge GX fan and it’d be cool to see you guys discuss the show

[@TheProskater666]

Okay complaint to editor: STOP SCALING THE VOLUME BETWEEN 10 AND 600 PERCENT! It fucking hurts to watch the video and try to listen and then suddenly Kaiba's last "ha" just shatters my eardrums!

[@rexdavis12]

I adore GX!! From its goofy season 1 to its depressing season 4. Like Jaden, I’ve grown hella distant from my friends and I hate that. Or in season 2 when Zane, after being set up as set for success in season 1, falters and spirals out of control and is at his lowest. In conclusion, GX is the most relatable plus I love Heros, Cyber Dragons, and Dinosaurs

[@vampirefrompluto9788]

I think that the reason (or at least part of the reason) GX has so much weird stuff (vampires, demons, Amazons, magic, cults, etc.) is that the producers knew that the franchise was going to be milked for all it was worth so they decided to throw everything in to give future series the ability to do whatever. Like, there could one day be a Yu-Gi-Oh! series with vampires as the main characters who need to fight an evil cult of magic Amazons & they could point to GX as to why that is a valid idea & didn't "break cannon".

[@DonniedrakoE]

Eh for me personally I just wished that gx had less filler and uses it's main cast a lot better. For a school of dueltists jaden takes the spotlight so much it kind of hurts.

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

“Hey Alexis, wanna go to the mall? They have a sale on boots and miniskirts!!”