Yu-Gi-Oh! Theory: Where are the Previous Protagonists in Arc V?

[@whichDude]

Kaiba got tired of their BS, and he had them all kidnapped into a dungeon. He duels each of them every day. He has yet to win.

[@jaysonlincoln]

That's a good one

[@makototv1035]

@Reno Thomas stopp he gets betterrrr

[@garygao6072]

Well if Kaibaman beat Jaden then technically Jaden would lose as well

[@alexconnor3368]

@@garygao6072 To be fair Kaibaman beat a Jaden that wasn't at his full potential

[@boltmix7294]

@@garygao6072 Kaibaman beat a weaker, less experianced Jaden and Jaden had a worse deck then he did at the end of the series. Jaden at the end of GX would *DECIMATE* Kaiba and Kaiba man

[@Chamasaurus]

me: I wonder what's going on with Yu-Gi-Oh these days *watches video* me: I wonder what's going on with Yu-Gi-Oh these days

[@oresti9271]

Now Yugioh this days it's nothing like this Yugioh now it's an 11 year old kid who can screw the rules because he created his own rules 😂

[@alexyuto6629]

Ur not alone. Just got into duel links and was curious about yugioh. Came across this video but I've only watched the original yugioh and a bit of gx. Have no idea about these other series. Im confused

[@SamThe_1st]

Alex Yuto it’s ok man the best one is 5D’S

[@melanielowe5690]

I've watched the entire duel monster series, some of the first season of gx, little clips of zexal, season 1 and 2 of arc V and none of 5ds, vrains and sevens.

[@hasnaat3026]

@@SamThe_1st love 5ds

[@ASavageEye]

This is probably the most horrifyingly realistic theory I have seen to explain the Yugi world timeline.

[@carlosroo5460]

But, is still fan theory and without Konami giving any clear answers that's all it is. That been said, this guys with such a confident rhetoric that I'm never seeing Yu-Gi-Oh! the same again... Until I forget all of this in a couple of weeks.

[@C-64]

Nah.. you find similarities in everything if you look really hard for them.

[@androanthony5853]

@@C-64 they don't have that much similarities . Lol

[@kevinmorad9200]

Yeah i liked arc V and their cards and anime even with the characters i liked replaced it had a tiny bit of heart in it but the series went on for so many episodes making it boring in the later half of the plot with zarc The only anime I don't want to comprehend is Vrains because of how people abuse them in real life spamming 3 link monsters plus a Fused Dragoon as if konami hasn't done much about this So until they do I've lost their trust and the anime was not really my absolute favorite yet it was better than the cards

[@fish7306]

@@kevinmorad9200 The Main Character Literally Uses Normal Monsters

[@cheshirekilo176]

Yugi started pro dueling to save his Grandfather. Yusei started pro dueling the save himself and his friends from the satellite. Yuma started pro dueling for his dad and Aster. Yuya started pro dueling for his career. Jaden started pro dueling purely because he loved dueling. That's it. No world domination, no saving trapped souls, no visions of the future. Zip. Zilch. Nada. FUN. That's all she wrote. Everyone else had some semblance in their mind that they were going to face trials- Jaden just suddenly had his world turned upside down with no warning and was thrust headfirst into things no kid should have to experience.

[@47shadows76]

And which one became a Demon King Ruler of a foreign land?? You gotta watch out for the "fun ones"

[@neojay7522]

Astral*

[@SkyGodKazuha]

Jaden does have bad experiences, like Yubel putting his opponents in a coma when he was a kid but Jaden's parents being neglectful as they were just sent Jaden to a doctor to give him brain operation to forget about Yubel's existence and sent Yubel to space where they met the gentle darkness.

[@UhOhDovah]

Probably why jaden ended up so dark

[@siyuren7723]

@@UhOhDovah Not just that, everyone’s problems was weighting themselves on Judai’s shoulders since season 1, pushing him into a leadership position that he’s not suited for

[@darkmaster539]

I do love that the fun loving Jaden is by far the darkest of Yu-Gi-OH's heros.

[@cadenanderson4178]

I know right

[@IsaacGravity]

Absolutely!

[@SSJasonX]

Somebody hasn't seen Season 0 of OG Yu-gi-oh and the early Manga where Atem broke people's minds and killed in some cases.

[@beebo12]

@@SSJasonX i mean Jaden is also kind of a war criminal lol so its debatable ig?

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

@@SSJasonX Don't forget tricking a man into pouring booze all over himself and lighting him on fire, in a public restaurant, while held at gunpoint. With the smuggest expression imaginable. Manga Yami was a brutal sadist before he got addicted to a children's card game. His victims generally deserved it but he enjoyed it way too much.

[@itwasidio1736]

Other anime: *fuses two people* Yu-Gi-Oh: Pathetic.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Jaden: Avian, Burstinatrix, Clayman, and Bubbleman into Electrum Syrus: Expressroid, Drillroid, Truckroid, and Stealthroid into Stealth Union. Zane: Activates "Overload Fusion" with SIX materials for Chimeratech Overdragon!

[@CharlesMcIntosh1964]

Lol

[@huntermackie534]

Dbz sees other anime using fusion Veget' what the hell Kakkarott they can do futiin without that stupid dance Goku watching Yu-Gi-Oh arc v I don't know Vegeta there doing weired dances in this one

[@Megasaphire]

Steven Universe: *a fusion cluster in the center of Earth made out of a million of gem shards*

[@runningoncylinders3829]

@@Megasaphire Steven I've-Fused-With-My-Dad Universe.

[@AsianSensatiion]

Splitting dimensions with the power of a children's card game.

[@xxxmetalslugga5349]

Ok but in the Yugioh universe its more than that it's a sport that has elements of black magic

[@AsianSensatiion]

@@xxxmetalslugga5349 It's a joke.

[@LamunesADV]

Yeah, ancient Egyptians love it!!

[@OccisorVT]

hey i think you should take this children's card card a little bit more seriously (me being sarcastic)

[@ElijahPerryMedia]

It stop making sense at card games on motorcycles

[@JohnCena-we2wb]

Honestly, I feel really old now that the whole yugioh franchise has advanced so much. Anyone else agree?

[@kailee-xp4mo]

I'm still stuck in yugioh arc v and refuse to watch more

[@thefamilymealgaming]

bro i remember when the 3 god cards were the big thing XD

[@cubewilliams7915]

After 5ds that was it for me.

[@aquarius-ninomontoya3580]

Didn’t watch anything beyond yugioh zexal

[@kailee-xp4mo]

@@aquarius-ninomontoya3580 you should watch arc v its fire i tell you

[@ynabi4363]

Yugi stuck in grandpa card shop Jaden asleep af in dorm room Yusei going at it with Akiza Yuma straight up got lost

[@slevinchannel7589]

I just thought: Maybe not only Jaden was a problem, but also (but to less extend) Yugi. I mean, he was famous for and used to being a VESSEL, let alone the one with the most morality problems (like when Kaiba threatenes suicide and such). So maybe, just maybe, he was the most unstable and THATS WHY it was none other than Yuya who combined all the others in the end - and became a Vessel for all the others. He was the one who was 'complete' in the end.

[@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962]

DSOD 1 Actually Yugi will be like the Miyamoto of games in his world 2 Dude, just watch GX 3 Hell yeah 4 Nah, finish ZeXal

[@jordannelson7934]

Honestly....I believe that last one XD

[@Emily12471]

@@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962 no yusei is dating his bike and yuma took a wrong turn at Barian world

[@rosecardona4988]

@@Emily12471 well if you say so but if you the last episode of yugioh 5ds series subs it shows that Yusei and Akiza kinda admits their feelings and plus they look each other while Yuma on the other hand he was blushing while holding to Tori’s hand when she admits she has feelings towards him

[@mimikyuliker946]

Spellcommander91: makes an arc V theory Everyone: your about 5 years too late Still a good theory though

[@derpypug5688]

The Lonely Mimikyu wait it was explained?

[@blackwingboy-yu-gi-oh9811]

Still informative since I didn't watched Arc-V but thinking about watching it cause Crow Hogan appears there lol (I know it's not the Crow from 5ds which makes me sad :(. )

[@ShadyCleric]

@@derpypug5688 same when was this explanation?

[@dylanf3108]

Derpy Pug No it’s just the fact that he did it so far after the show was already finished.

[@MegaHuntress]

jokes on you i'm still on GX because i'm years behind on the episodes.

[@kabelosithole1188]

Jaden is my favourite out of all the protagonists but I guess I forget how scary he can be too

[@dragonsuper6195]

If you've not watched the unedited japanese anime Jaden's real name is Yuki Judai

[@umergulmuhammad9756]

Why you think Jaden is scary?

[@maxenceaubin8404]

@@umergulmuhammad9756 haou or supreme king in the dub

[@wesleytoulouse7186]

Umer Gul Muhammad he is willing to murder people in season 3/4 like he is a trauma ridden mess

[@kabelosithole1188]

@@dragonsuper6195 exactly my point... I love the character development whetit's from being happy and good to dark or the other way around. He drastically changed and its great in my eyes

[@Powerman293]

So basically Rey knew of these Legendary Duelists and knew their public persona and thought it would be a good idea to fuse them into the fragments of the guy she sealed away without doing any background checks? I'm surprised it only back fired with ONE of them.

[@DioStandProud]

To be fair Yuya was going to be a good kid because he'd get Yugi and not Atem's soul Yusei is an incorruptible force so that explains Yugo Yuto is sketchy as even in the sun before the war he was described as fun loving but stoic Yuri is pretty much dead on as maybe fusing the quartered soul of the devil with the very essence of darkness might not have been the best plan Then again only Jaden had knowledge of what he was so there's no way Rey would know

[@soundrogue4472]

Well, to be fair it wasn't like she had time to do background checks and just chose the best duelist she could think of. If she had time to pick and choose like this then I would be face-palming right now.

[@aozorahaou2643]

@@DioStandProud Tbf the Gentle Darkness was more of a benevolent force given the Neo-Spacians and Elemental HERO Neos were literally bathed in its power since their designs were launched into space when Jaden was a kid and were still benevolent beings wanting to save the universe hell the Supreme King was meant to save the world from the Light of Destruction which shows not all Light is good and not all Darkness is evil. The huge question and mystery is how did the Supreme King ever get corrupted in the first place!? For Yuto one would argue Ray took peak ZeXaL III thus Yuma and Astral as Astral is a pretty stoic character and in ZeXaL Yuma looks pretty stoic, but still be emotional

[@GamingMasterAnthony]

@@DioStandProud but yuya doesn’t need Atem’s soul for it to have backfired. Why? Oh yes, shadow magic would still be around considering without Yugi completing the puzzle and reuniting the mellenium items and resealing the shadows, it would still be around. Reason? Pegasus and Marik (I think, it could have been Bakura) had their items long before yugi first completed the puzzle. And even without Zorc, the shadow games almost destroyed the world the first time... and second time.

[@Deathmare235]

@@aozorahaou2643 I’m pretty sure the supreme king was corrupted by Yubel who was corrupted by the light

[@maspatri7960]

damn this girl played trading cards so good, that she split the universe

[@juvenileygo]

True, 3 of the girls deck were meta. Windwitch (Invoked), Lunalight (with/without Orcust), and Lyrilusc (Tribrigade). While there are only 2 good Arc-V protagonist deck, PePe and PK. Speedroid and Predaplant are bad.

[@Radule2000]

Ha got 'em

[@juvenileygo]

@@ZeraThroughZero same logic applies to predap scorpio/cobra and starving venom. But they're still bad in general

[@threevelayt5302]

@@ZeraThroughZero terrortop was never banned but other than that you are right

[@threevelayt5302]

@@ZeraThroughZero no problem bro, if you're a speedroid enjoyer then it's all good

[@sabbagecabbage3807]

Imagine if Konami makes a statement saying they were all just dead

[@claireaquos6532]

Or that they just never appear but there here

[@lbtwpk9944]

I wish but Konami never discusses the anime :/

[@ironmaster6496]

I assumed at leat Yugi and pals already were by The Time of 5d's how that seemed to be set on a very distant future

[@samuelwithers2221]

@@ironmaster6496 But apparently Kaiba was somehow still alive during 5D, so the rest of the gang probably was too

[@HistoryandReviews]

@@samuelwithers2221 Kaiba made a suit that allows him to age 2 times slower

[@xFlowerpot]

Season 1: some ancient card game kids play Season 5: people becoming god, splitting dimensons and wiping out humanity

[@Wiseman108]

Well to be fair the ancient version of the game was pretty intense too.

[@MrMutou]

Went off the rails over the years😂

[@blanktrigger8863]

The first season was about the same thing. Atem is a pharaoh who failed to become god because his name was scratched out of history and he was forgotten. The duel monsters system is based on the ba and ka magic system of Egypt so the whole game was literally magic. The strongest magic came from the millennium items which had the power of a dark but unknown god-like being behind them that was capable of possessing people. Etc etc.

[@MrMutou]

@@blanktrigger8863 I thought it was cool how some items have an alter ego like the puzzle and the millennium ring and others don't like the key scale and necklace...the ring the eye and the puzzle got the most screentime though i don't remember seeing the other items too often nor were their powers shown

[@blanktrigger8863]

@@MrMutou They were actually all the same being if I'm remembering right. I think his name was Zorc. He was sealed up in the millennium tablet or something like that and his power sealed into the millennium items.

[@manoA98A]

Another similarity between Yusei and Yugo: in a match, yugo draws an important tuner card and he sees a connected arc path exactly like yusei. That was really interesting since no one (If I recall correctly) in 5ds and arc V had that "vision path"

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

Yes! I remember that! I remember Yusei did it during the Kalin duel and Yugo during the duel with the Police force guy.

[@lost.oracle]

I think Jack Atlas did it during Ep:94 of Arc-V

[@SpecsTube]

Yuya did it against shinji I believe so in the same way but he sees cards in his eventual combo

[@TheDeadGunslinger]

Jaden was the reincarnation of the supreme king. And Zarc's card is called "Supreme King Dragon Zarc"

[@ultimate9046]

I mean yeah we could just assume that in jadens case he just never got reincarnated, yugi's a bit weird since his not a reincarnation and more of a descendent of atems yusei's pretty easy and yuma in the same boat as yusei.

[@maadtee6281]

@@ultimate9046 technically yugi and yuki are sort of similar being reincarnation yet not reincarnation but maybe that's how reincarnation works

[@ultimate9046]

@@maadtee6281 Yuki not so much since his just a part of the original and wasnt just born, yugi impossible because he and the atem where both around and due to were atem is at this point the two wouldnt be able two coexistence for yugioh to happen, jaden just awakened as the supreme king

[@maadtee6281]

@@ultimate9046 atem was more of a spirit then being alive he used yugi as a way to appear and after yuhi beat him he finally was able to go in his own timeline and die so yeah yugi is his reincarnation

[@BoyKnowsBall]

@@maadtee6281 I understand where you're coming from, but yugi was in episode one of gx and typically people need to be dead in order to be reincarnated

[@RenTran1]

*DM* Ray: Hey Yugi, you want to transform into another person who is part of an evil being? Yugi: I transform regulary, but no. Unless I get to keep the God Cards. Ray: No. But you know you don't have a choice. Yugi: Wait. Can I at least be the protagonist again? Ray: Sure, I can also be your new love interest. Yugi: Wait pleas... Ray: Cool, this is taking too long. *5D* Ray: Hey Yusei, do you want to become a new person? Yusei: Can I ride a motorcycle? Ray: Wha- Okay, sure. Yusei: Can I keep the Signer Dragons? Ray: Nope. Yusei: Why would I wan... Ray: Right, you don't have a choice. *Zexal* Ray: Hey Yuma, you want to become a darker duelist? Yuma: Why would I want that? Ray: Because you get some cool friends. Yuma: But I like my... Ray: Right, you don't have a... Yuma: Woah, wait. Can I at least keep the Numbers. Ray: Nope. *GX* Ray: Hey Jaden, do you want to become another being. Jaden: What? No, I have demons living inside of me, that could make me crazy. Ray: Come on. Jaden: Why the heck would I want that? Ray: You get to keep Super-Poly. Jaden: Okay sure, but I don't want... Ray: Yeah, I don't care. *all previous series* All protagonists except for Jaden: Wait, so Jaden gets to keep his overpowered card? Ray: Yes.

[@animemix3659]

well dang lol

[@PokeGar]

I mean Jaden only is ed d super polymerization like twice right? (Besides the Sumpreme King stuff)

[@SpellCommander91]

Alright, let's see if I can BS a reply to that astute observation: *takes a puff of inhaler and takes a pull of Red Bull* You see, OBVIOUSLY, it's cuz Super Polymerization is a card bonded with Jaden's soul, which is how it ended up in Yuri's deck. But the God cards were sealed away with Atem (who separated from Yugi) and the Numbers were bound to Astal, not Yuma (who likewise separated). So OBVIOUSLY Yuya and Yuto couldn't have things like god cards and Numbers! Now as for Yusei and the Crimson Dragon.................................. um........... *SMOKE BOMB*

[@PokeGar]

SpellCommander91 I realized that my comment was absolute shit in the grammar category. I’m surprised you deciphered it. And good reasoning

[@oresti9271]

As long as Yusei has his wife the motorcycle he doesn't need his ace monsters 😂

[@Kyddious]

Spellcommander91: Sorry, this makes him the new king of games. Atem in the spirit world: Somebody pass me my Dark Magician and God Cards!!!

[@Alexdestiny21]

I read this with the voice of Little Kuriboh as Atem from the abridged series

[@Kyddious]

@@Alexdestiny21 What do you want, come on throw me a bone, but your not gonna take my Pharaoh's Throne You can flip all the cards in your trap card zone but your not gonna take my Pharaoh's Throne

[@AndreasKaraolis]

Alexdestiny21 Me too! 😂

[@marinhrabric6162]

And that's how it should stay forever. Cause atem is the real king of games

[@Kyddious]

@@marinhrabric6162 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnzFooWGqraYqrs

[@mrshadowcristal]

You know, the second you suggested the idea that Jaden was integrated into Yuri, the pieces all kinda fell into place. Cause Jaden definitely has an interesting relationship with his darkness.

[@BenedictPH]

*Yuki's(Judai) is literally the reincarnation of The SupremeKing*

[@BenedictPH]

To be fair though, The SupremeKing is "Evil" like a dictator(I think)(That's why he is called "The SupremeKing") until he got reincarnated to Yuki(Jaden)

[@caboosegaming9992]

Saw an ad for this and was pleasantly surprised at the quality

[@prometheusplays3789]

You know what ad it was?

[@animeraven2992]

She should've used Joey Wheeler to seal Zarc instead of Jaden. Even if there was malicious intent, what would he do? He's Joey!

[@MVangelmx]

Hit you with a yoyo

[@anangunggulbimantara742]

You want to give Yuri a good gambling skill with Red-eyes fusion dragon? it'd be nightmare.

[@DannyBoy0619]

I mean a red eyes fusion deck is pretty deadly honestly. Especially in an anime where things can be written and not rely on RNG like in real life.

[@oresti9271]

Of Joey could have seal Zarc I am imagine zarc acting like this Nyeh nyeh Brooklyn rage nyeh 😂😂

[@ethanlam9072]

He could time wizard the whole universe.

[@bidoofenshmirtz]

One thing that supports the Jaiden and Yuri theory is that Yuri actually has the most fun when actually dueling people, even though it's in a sick, demented way. Jaiden always had the time of his life when dueling, and clearly loved it more than any other protagonist, as time and again, he was having fun even when his or even his friends lives were on the line

[@violettracey]

Remember when Jaden interrogated his ghost teacher by trapping him in a bag and threatening to flush him down the toilet if he didn't talk? It was in season 4 after the whole Yubel fusion thing and probably meant for comic relief, but still a pretty hardcore thing to do considering how if the ghost was trapped in a bag he probably cannot go through solid walls. So the teacher really could have gotten stuck in the dark sewer for a long time at least till he made his way to the surface somewhere.

[@narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256]

Yeah. Even though I love Judai, his season 4 personality was just really cold. Also, you noticed the way he started dueling too. So violent and aggressive, and shows no mercy for his opponents whatsoever. That was proved during the couples duel (where his partner was Asuka). Yeah! Man’s completely ignored EVERYTHING about her and dueled his own way, etc. but yeah

[@danieljuries9473]

​@@narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256 To be fair,he was winning every duel for both of them cause it was a tag duel. So if he wins then what's actually the problem?

[@narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256]

@@danieljuries9473 it’s not him winning that’s the problem. It’s what kind of person he became

[@danieljuries9473]

@@narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256 True but in the context of the tag duel,it was a good thing. But yeah,he was starting to act rude and stuff so overall it was a bad thing.

[@narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256]

@@danieljuries9473 I mean. Our guy’s been through hell and back. Not to mention that was the cause of his evil 😈 half awakening, and so much shi happened during that time. No wonder it changed him drastically. But of course! I don’t blame Judai. It’s not like he wanted THAT to happen

[@Raganui]

I remember hearing a theory that ZARC, because he was still a god-tier being, exerted some influence over this. He couldn't stop the split, but he could tweak it a little. So, the first thing he did was remove the four big threats to him trying to resurrect. He then poured as much influence as he could into Yuri with the goal being to have one that would find a way to reunite with it's component parts.

[@KSMKDJASJKL]

Probably this.

[@rdraken]

Maybe both. Maybe ZARK saw the influence that he could have over Yuri due to Jayden's multiple host disorder and figured he was the best option.

[@Deathmare235]

@@rdraken oh shit I forgot Jaden has 3 souls in him and that’s not counting Jesse

[@kitelanford]

@@rdraken it explains partly to why there is an Alter world Alexis but no Alter World Akiza… nor Alter World Rebecca… Then again due to the Invasion, I suppose Kotori’s existence (and Agent related antics) didn’t matter, considering how troublesome Ancient Gears can get Edit: Worse implication being the other leading ladies have a seperate job involving gluing together that mess that Ray did. The Price to seperate Zarc by the powers of Nature itself is more then we thought

[@xeroø_glitch-x]

It wouldn't matter if Leo Akiba didn't try to fuse all the dimensions together, because Yuri would've been the one to started it instead.

[@PennyMcNickles]

Here's a quick thing you missed, Yuri wasn't always sadistic cause he turned evil and sadistic when he was being treated badly for his talent for fusion

[@helmutotzoy3719]

true, but it is like the supreme king, he was probably a great king until he got corrupted by the gentle darkness

[@xbot02]

Also, even though jaden was a great duelist people constantly kept treating him like he was trash for a good while.

[@gameboygarchomp2165]

@@helmutotzoy3719 And Yubel got corrupted by the light of destruction. Also Jayden starts going mad and sadistic once Aster beats him and that sends him off into a state of mind of woe and self doubt before the neo spacians. I'm sorry if I messed up a bit of it. I haven't watched GX in a couple of years.

[@randomgaming-br8nj]

Well remember that jaiden got corrupted by the supreme king through his own unhealthy mental state so Yuri being treated bad probably awakened the supreme king

[@ericx6969]

@@xbot02 he lost kaibaman lol he got better through power up hacks and heart of the card

[@achronos178]

I was expecting him to say "but that's just a theory"

[@claireaquos6532]

A yu gi oh theory 😉

[@SpellCommander91]

I think the same thing literally every time I finish editing one of these things.

[@weedleisopcute3626]

SpellCommander91 Yes

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@SpellCommander91 I just thought: Maybe not only Jaden was a problem, but also (but to less extend) Yugi. I mean, he was famous for and used to being a VESSEL, let alone the one with the most morality problems (like when Kaiba threatenes suicide and such). So maybe, just maybe, he was the most unstable and THATS WHY it was none other than Yuya who combined all the others in the end - and became a Vessel for all the others. He was the one who was 'complete' in the end.

[@animysticamv4417]

@@slevinchannel7589 actually yeah seems you hit the nail right on the head with that one, it makes sense, Yuya is Yugi, so in turn, just like Yugi was a vassal to Yami, Yuya is the vassal for the others, and stuff

[@draico4265]

So one thing that needs clarification. The Supreme king and his power of the gentle darkness were originally there to counter the light of destruction and yubel was supposed to be his guardian. But each were corrupted and turned into something twisted. Yubel was effected by the light of destruction and the Supreme King was corrupted because he was forcefully awakened while Jaiden was in a very stressful situation thinking his friends had died. Since Jaiden and the Supreme King are one in the same it warped the Supreme King into the cruel being we meet

[@SOM-v4o]

Wait, so is the light of destruction. Satorious? It explains very well how he could alter Satorious predictions.

[@draico4265]

@@SOM-v4o nah the light of destruction was it's own entity's and it sent a fragment of itself into a card that was given to him. Which lead to him being taken over.

[@SOM-v4o]

@draico4265 Oh, right, I see now.

[@wavewingman5993]

The piece of evidence that decided it for me was pointing out that Yuri uses Super Polymerization when nobody but Jaden should have that card. Initially, I wrote that off as the writers not caring about how they use legacy cards, but what if they were actually paying closer attention than we realized?

[@J-Stuy]

I highly doubt it lol

[@wavewingman5993]

@@J-Stuy but what. if?

[@xiphos8219]

If it helps, in Japan his name is Judai Yuki. One letter off from Yuri.

[@phoenixgirl1012]

@@xiphos8219 it's a good consideration but I just finished watch the subbed version and apparently according to the 6th op, Yuri's actual name is spelt Joeri even though it's still pronounced the same 😅

[@xiphos8219]

@@phoenixgirl1012 That would have to be a translation issue, because if Yuri is supposed to be the fusion summon guy, and the two fusion summon dimension protagonists are Yuki, and Yugi while he's Yuri that's too much of a coincidence. Plus that wouldn't even make the same sounds in Japanese to sound like Yuri Joey's name in Japanese was Jounouchi and the J made the same sound a J wouldn't make a Y sound in Japanese

[@spokenanime2991]

I really like this theory, if Arc v was rewritten this would be a great backstory for the Yu boys in their past lives

[@AgonStranger]

Arc-V must be rewritten. We must get our Yuya vs Z-ARC duel.

[@noamto]

Whoever is the most powerful of all of them, they still get the door of darkness opened on them by season 0 Yami Yugi.

[@goku_jerome1732]

I wish we got more of that yami. Definitely lives up to the name YAMI yugi

[@Utopia_2489]

Me, a simple person who has only watched the original Yu-Gi-Oh: *uhhhhhhhh*

[@edcellwarrior]

I feel like you’re missing out if you haven’t seen Yugioh 5Ds. All the other spinoffs are pretty awful though.

[@aloneprayer779]

@@edcellwarrior I think you're wrong about that, but to each of their own

[@josepeejoestar]

@@aloneprayer779 you're correct, he should have said most of them

[@wolfbloodalite]

Welcome to the should-be-a-simple-child's-card-game-but-is-a-WAY-heckuva-lot-underrated-and-in-reality-extremely-complecated-but-lovable-and-adorable World of YuGiOh. Hope you enjoy your stay! ;D

[@curtailedbike4123]

Remember when this was just about an Egyptian pharaoh playing a card game

[@kintsuki99]

Conclusion: Fusion users are 100% evil. I can accept that.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

They're not, Leo Akaba ran a corrupt school. Also Heartland City totally had it coming. All of my fav duelists in Arc-V used a Fusion at some point.

[@iamhere9142]

Same, duel links is a lot less fun playing with my favorite deck now that everyone runs first turn fusion decks

[@megamanbrandon]

Cough shaddolls

[@dariohieras9186]

Mahtan Amandil nah, otherwise yusho couldn‘t have formed a resistance

[@lordumbreon1723]

I mean...just look at Red-Eyes Dragun

[@Hamsterlong]

I do like the theory, though I still can't imagine Yuma becoming Yuto the edgelord

[@dylanf3108]

Matt Long Yuto isn’t edgy though except for like a lot of the beginning episodes.

[@promisnwekenta9703]

War changes you, and generally, you are defined by your surroundings.

[@Dean123123100]

Dark Yuma/Zexal was a thing

[@heroeus8173]

Damm when i watch arc V when yuto appear I saw yuzu more interest in yuto than yuya

[@DevilsAdvocateGaming]

He's more Astral than Yuma...

[@adambraun1990]

Remember when this shit was about ancient Egyptians and that was where the magic came from? Pepperidge Farm remembers

[@JKaiser994]

Unfortunately the show (and game) moved away from occult and magic when one of the VA in the 5ds anime was discovered to be in a cult.

[@datguy5272]

@@JKaiser994 wait what? Who?

[@JKaiser994]

@@datguy5272 the girl that voiced Carly in the sub was part of a cult

[@datguy5272]

@@JKaiser994 looking into it she was in a cult but it looks like the move away from occult stuff was just a coincidence

[@JKaiser994]

@@datguy5272 im not so sure, because yliaster was pretty culty. And am fairly certain it completely deroaded it, also carly dropped in screen time too afterwards

[@meyxiong9990]

Pendulum,xyz,fusion,synchron. Long ago the 4 dimensions live to get her in harmony then everything change when the fusion dimension attack. Only Yuya master of all 4 styles could stop them but when the 4 dimensions needed him most he didn't go. A few months pass and he finally goes to help the 4 dimensions. Although is pendulum skills were great he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But his friends believe he can save the world

[@justapokegal]

Unexpected ATLAS

[@scar-eyejolteon7041]

Nice avatar reference

[@carlosroo5460]

Tomato Head: The legend of Yuya. Don't miss it sequel, What-the-hell Head: The legend of Hotdog boy.

[@scar-eyejolteon7041]

Ha it true his hair looks like a tomato and it makes me happy

[@shadowx2652]

Yes synchro, xzy, and pendulum. I was just thinking the same thing

[@KarpoCottage]

I've only seen the first version with Yugi, so watching this was a roller coaster.

[@yusheitslv100]

Same for me cause I only watched the pilot of gx, the first to seasons of arc-v and jus started season 3 of zexal other than all 5 seasons of the OG

[@jaysonlincoln]

Pathetic, I've watched them all

[@MegaNerdX]

Jayson Lincoln that free time though

[@2mellow35]

@@MegaNerdX That doesn't really take too much free time though. I've seen the yugioh marathon on twitch 3 times now. Literally only a few days of content.

[@saltspreader9814]

I only watched duel monsters

[@MudkipWithATopHat]

Now I imagine all the different duelists just vibing in reincarnated yuya

[@lermoo1930]

Yuya: *trying to sleep* The other protagonist: *partying like hell*

[@theheroicone6222]

@@lermoo1930 Yuma: where is astral and why am i hear i just got my family back

[@artizan11]

Actually I think there are more similarities between Yuma's & Yuto's personalities. Remember that during Zexal, Yuma was forced to duel for survival for both himself and his friends. You see that by the end of the Baryon arc, Yuma forgot how to enjoy dueling and became much more serious. He was even about to quit dueling as he stated himself. I think Yuto is very similar to Baryon arc Yuma because he also maintains that drive for survival and protecting his friends. He also goes about it in a very similar manner to Yuma, being reckless and irrational and wanting to go it alone to not endanger anyone else.

[@babysinclairfan]

Here's a cool similarity between yuto and Yuma that you missed. In the time before the fusion invasion, yuto's goal was to become the heartland city champion, a title that kite was favored to win. Yuma's goal in early Zexal was becoming the world duel carnival champion, a title that kite was favored to win. They were both rivals to kite in a sense.

[@weedleisopcute3626]

GG

[@facebooklinked6610]

babysinclairfan obviously the characters in each dimension were meant to reflect the past series protagonist in each respective city. Why else would they make the worlds unique to past shows? Nothing but pandering, and fusion/ritual came in the original do this dimension plot is complete nonsense.

[@Manoto17]

When Kaiba’s done losing to the Pharaoh, I’m sure he’ll make sure none of that shit happens.

[@jiroweiler5883]

Amen brother... getting sick of these 3rd rate duelist with 4th rate decks.

[@LoliMaster69227]

I'm sorry. WHAT. This is still about a card game right? Wtf happened while I was away??

[@fangshacva]

29 wars happened

[@kendricklatimore52]

@@fangshacva lol

[@Nina-kx9jm]

@ULGROTHA Tbh I never knew the origin of the millennium items and it's actually horrifying. I remember that all the series had their dark moments, but I've never looked that deep into them. Maybe I was mostly too young to actually understand the implications. Wow, your comment is eye-opening.

[@toocoldtobother7271]

I didn't watch one series and now I'm confused

[@jepaai20]

@ULGROTHA Even in the Japanese version, people were pointing guns at kids, the Shadow Realm was literally just hell, and Carly fell to her death before becoming a Dark Signer.

[@RedFeralWolf]

To quote Jaden, “you can never beat Yugi” He is and always will be the strongest duelist and the king of games.

[@format9802]

Rafael: cough cough...

[@RedFeralWolf]

@@format9802 see that doesn’t count because… yea… >.>

[@maadtee6281]

@@format9802 Rafael beat Atem he didn't beat Yugi

[@yasaamoin4882]

If Yugi played the game with the current rules and his same old deck, he'd lose pretty fast.

[@Jermester]

@@yasaamoin4882 his plot armor is too strong to lose

[@westenev]

I mean, Jaden was always a bit of a sociopath. Has he ever demonstrated an interest in anything other than Card Games or Sandwiches?

[@catbryms8680]

Dude, his childhood wasn't great either. Like, have all your friends be scared of you because of one card and having to straight out go to theory for because of it. That kinda bad.

[@aozorahaou2643]

@@catbryms8680 It fits the therapy thing but also had to be given an ICU scan

[@R0230R]

Considering his messed up childhood it's not surprising that he exhibits abit of Sociopathy/anti-social behaviour.

[@revolvingworld2676]

@@R0230R Yeah I genuinely think his only freinds before duel academy were his cards. That sounds way more sad when you think about it.

[@haveagoodday7021]

Tbf he probably had some sort of brain damage from all the shock therapy.

[@Billion_1]

Man this channel is underrated, a KZbin video ad took me here.

[@standugmore767]

Same

[@sageofsixpaths544]

Digimon Frontier: *fused 4 people and 10 spirits* Yu-gi-oh arc-V: *fuses 1 person and 4 dragons*

[@KingOfSciliy]

Correction: Five people and 20 spirits.

[@antispiral4362]

Correction: 4 dragons, 8 protagonists and 2 spirits in 1 person

[@Karlz1212]

Out of all the theories I’ve seen about where the others YUGIOH protagonists are in Arc - V, yours is the one who makes the most sense

[@kazineverwind5267]

Yuya Sakaki : So powerful, that Konami had to nerf him into the dirt with master rule 4.

[@kimmoreels7950]

lol

[@sunstar8782]

So true!

[@pulsefel9210]

and now hes back

[@emredeniz1016]

@@pulsefel9210 what how?

[@pulsefel9210]

@@emredeniz1016non link extra deck aren't limited to the extra zone or where a link points to

[@butters-709]

what ever happen to duel monsters being Egyptian

[@farhatk6054]

According to Orichalcos season, monsters existed since Atlantis civilization 5k years befoee the Egyptians discovered rhem and exploited them with their magic

[@animelovers000]

@@farhatk6054 Season 4 waking the dragons wasn't canon anyway

[@butters-709]

Farhat Kaboudi thx for the info mon 😊

[@flashsaberf4622]

Retconned in GX

[@akumaking1]

It petered out in GX

[@seqka711]

"Yuto doesn't have Yuma's innate stupidity" Yuto isn't thirteen, so maybe Yuma just grows out of it?

[@ufukcangencoglu2279]

I am pretty sure all the Zarc pieces have the same age

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

To be fair, it's their personalities that get influenced, not their intelligence levels. Maybe this is just how a smarter Yuma would act.

[@themarshian5124]

By the end of zexal Yuma did not show any stupidity

[@mynamelost3281]

@@themarshian5124 ya

[@thatguyshaq7053]

Being from a dimension where Fusion, XYZ, Synchro and now Links exist, I can agree that separating them was the greatest choice to limit how strong people can get. Dudes be tripping in my dimension. Luckily, YGO is just a card game here and we ca't kill each other.

[@qa3156]

This is funny

[@Shad_216]

I’ve witnessed someone’s passion of dueling break in real time. Poor guy looked like his soul left his body after the duel and he wouldn’t move when the next round was announced. I think he was just tuckered out

[@dafawe]

this makes me even angrier about the wasted potential of arc-v . imagine the protagonists teaming up against zarc instead of that bs we actually got.

[@SatoshiMaiko]

I know right, I really wanted an arc where the Yuya's had to go into the dimensions to find the yuzu's

[@emeraldmorgan6644]

Yeah a better ending would be, Yuya able to escape out of zarc body battling him. And then some how was able to get Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri out, also freeing the dragons. All 4 of them having a last show down, Zarc and his evil version of the dragon VS yuya/yuto/yugo/yuri and their dragons. Defeat Zarc and turning him back into his good self, because don't forget he was just a talented duelist who became what he is because of the crowds malicious and thirst for violence.

[@spiderman-kenobi2401]

@@emeraldmorgan6644 Just DAM

[@gabrielcruz3997]

At the end of dsod kaiba time travels. So...

[@damanom8568]

Heck I would’ve been happy just having Kaiba and Joey show up and fight against Zarc. Wasted potential not putting those two in the series

[@deltaprincess6295]

Gotta take into consideration of how they were brought up, Yuri especially. While 3 of them lived relatively normal lives before the war. Yuri was trained as a duel soldier, which Zarc could easily take advantage of. If it wasn't the Professor, Yuri could of ended up as a kinder boy. Though if your theory was right. It would of been cool if, instead of facing of against the Lancers. Yuya had to duel the previous protagonists. Still would be kinda cheap but, it would still be pretty cool. Having Yuya stick to his style and have face duellists he doesn't know with powerful decks.

[@kitelanford]

Due to the Alter World nature, they might have party members who are considered close enough with more recent tactics and Cards to make this trial more fun, or painful

[@colboy123]

"But hey: That's just a theory, a yu-gi-oh theory! Thanks for watching"

[@weedleisopcute3626]

#MatPat

[@wolfbloodalite]

**double over laughing**

[@Joshua-bn2pn]

Lol

[@alex-kq6it]

Matpat is the best I swear

[@slevinchannel7589]

I just thought: Maybe not only Jaden was a problem, but also (but to less extend) Yugi. I mean, he was famous for and used to being a VESSEL, let alone the one with the most morality problems (like when Kaiba threatenes suicide and such). So maybe, just maybe, he was the most unstable and THATS WHY it was none other than Yuya who combined all the others in the end - and became a Vessel for all the others. He was the one who was 'complete' in the end.

[@chancylvania]

I love how you play the main themes behind talking about the different protagonists. Nice touch

[@m_1778]

bruh i just finished the first yu-gi-oh and im hearing maths equations

[@Chisei1899]

So Arc V is basically part 6 of JoJo's?

[@vasilgeorgiev5859]

Yu-Gi-Oh franchise : Yes, I Am!

[@NenEmitter]

More like part 7 lmao

[@wrigthtalekenavi2066]

spinjutsu master is rigth; part 6 still follows jonathan's decendants. like pre ARC-5 following same timeline with og, GX, 5D'S, and ZEXAL. but ARC-5's timeline is broken into 4, like Pucci fucked over the universe

[@sanji29]

Nani?! Is that a Jojo's reference?!

[@alexconnor3368]

@@sanji29 It's funny cuz Yuya and Giorno have the same voice actor

[@Koolers20]

Yugo is a reincarnated Yusei? With Yugo’s losses, I don’t buy it

[@runningoncylinders3829]

There's still the bit of Zarc in them, so I think the Yu-Boys are like an exaggeration of the former leads going awry: Yuto is a colder battle-hardened Yuma, Yugo slips up sometimes by having less smarts or maturity than Yusei, keeping the societal rebel and speed-freak daredevil side, and Yuya plays off friendship into showiness, a cheaper way to get people to like you. Yuri doesn't seem to be a slacker like Jaden either, in fact a worthy student.

[@Wynaughtt]

I think zarcs overwhelming personalities went into previous heroes with opposite personalities to balance them out. The showiness of zarc into the humble and shy yugi. The malice/ competitiveness of zarc into the seemingly carefree jaden. (Then yubel and the supreme king happened) The impulsivity and manic of zarc into the clear minded yusei. The intellect of zarc into the monkey boy who was dropped on the head as a kid

[@JayceCH.]

Yea, the Yu-boys being the opposite of the previous protagonists personality seems likely.

[@killerado2148]

Remember that Yuma was also corrupted by Barrian energy making him evil. Yugo did not have the skills but he had the dragon. Now I don't what happened with the Crimson Dragon but you also have to remember that without the Mark of the Crimson Dragon, i am gonna say that Yusei victory streak wouldn't be so big.

[@DuckiBoiHasPizza]

wHoS yUrI

[@xeroø_glitch-x]

I don't think its just Jaden's influence that made Yuri who he is, unlike the other fragments of Z-Arc Yuri was never raised to become like the other fragments where he was raised to be the opposite of them, not to mention he never grew a bond with Celina unlike the others too, Leo Akeba basically made the dark influence in Yuri grew over the years.

[@Silverstar_GG]

Just something funny i noticed. If you look at Yuto's hair in the past. It's basically Astral's hair style. That also fits with the fact that he becomes Yuya's "spirit" and is the only person who can see him until later on where he becomes Yuya, similar to the Pharoah's possession of Yugi.

[@patrickramsey6217]

So we just going to act like ritual summoning doesn't exist

[@darionbegaminminecraftrobl1209]

patrick ramsey HONESTLY, it's so over-looked but I love them ;-;

[@emiliocantu7741]

What the heck, yeah, we just not gonna talk about the iconic black luster soldier and relinquished

[@DennisOfDragons]

Yep. Konami even went ahead and made NEW blue-bordered monsters in their place. Tells you a lot doesn't it

[@droidproductions7713]

I was like wait why is the standard dimension not the ritual dimension?

[@connergoldberg]

Ritual cards are played in the main deck, not the extra deck like xyz, fusion and synchro cards. That is the distinguishing factor.

[@realzachfluke1]

Damn, this was awesome!!! I’m 100% convinced of this theory already. I’ve only gotten through a bit of 5Ds so far after rewatching duel monsters and GX, but when I get to arc-v, this’ll be my head canon for sure.

[@A-Link]

For me the deal breaker is this is a different timeline to Duel monsters, GX, 5ds, and ZeXal

[@rome8726]

Well, I didn't see an Accel synchro.

[@jakecarty8517]

What an incredibly thought out and explained theory. I haven’t paid much attention to the anime since 5ds ended, but this video makes want to continue onto the later series

[@mysteryman0216]

They may never confirm something like this, but this is one hell of a good theory that has a great hypothesis and examples to back it up. Well worth the watch, I applaud this video 👏🏼

[@azcatec.]

Yuya and yugi have more similarities: 1. They both have necklaces that players a part to the story. 2. They both have the letters y and u at the beggining of their name making the sound yu 3. Both are protagonists of their own series

[@martinchristianaguilar5135]

Azeem Uddin Yuya: Giorno Giovanna Yugi: Jonathan Joestar

[@azcatec.]

@@martinchristianaguilar5135 nice

[@A-Link]

I hate to break it to you, but all protagonists have yu in their first name, except Judai who is the best

[@rdogg114]

@@A-Link his yu is in his last name instead

[@rizalmaulana8]

Oh shii- when you talked about yuri I started questioning why does he became corrupted, but then I remembered Jaden literally fuse himself with yubel so that's actually makes sense

[@topino1262]

Yeah me too I was like "ok but jf every zarc piece fused with a protagonist how did Yuri fused with Jaiden beco... OH THAT'S RIGHT YUBEL, NEVERMIND IT ALL MAKES SENSE"

[@supervegito2277]

@@topino1262 So its the "Light of Destructions" fault then?

[@tyrokertaylor1723]

@@supervegito2277 ummmmmmm basically yea

[@jamesklaus2260]

I actually think this is a REALLY GOOD hypothesis on the whole ARC-V storyline and really does make totally sense. In fact that’s how I’m viewing the show now because it really does fit so perfectly especially since ARC-V is an alternate reality. However I don’t believe their spirits or souls exist in the ARC-V protagonists, but rather Ray took the qualities of each of the hero’s when she made the new personalities. A “piece” of them exists in the sense that they were the template for which they were built but their actual souls, no. I always felt like after GX there’s a spilt, half goes of the timeline goes into the 5Ds timeline aka the main timeline and ZEXAL & ARC-V the other timeline aka alternate reality after the ARC-V split. But the souls of the past heroes definitely do NOT reside in Yuya. They were the template that is all. I don’t believe someone can “write” someone out of existence especially those of such importance. When Paradox tried to, the Crimson Dragon protected Yusei, and that was all about time jumping. So I believe their original souls belong to themselves just like everyone, however she may have used their likeness and personalities as a BASIS for what they would become. That’s all. Yuya became complete when all the pieces of his (Zarc’s) soul were put back together. And as a last side note, no one beats Yugi just saying except Atem and they kinda are the same so that’s moot lol.

[@CJK2175]

Nah 5ds is cannon because neo domino city is just a rebuilt version of the OG and officer trudge was in Duel monsters and it was confirmed in a data book it’s the same character and yusei knows of Yugi and his king of games title Zexal is very tough To piece together due to the time being way too far apart and barely any reference to the past shows but That Dojo episode if it’s not complete filler Shows Yuma’s shock and delight at the legendary monsters and knows of Dark magician red eyes blue eyes and neos

[@Xephos]

So not sure why this showed up on my suggested, but I've watched through 5ds and as soon as you got to the explanation about Zarc being sealed within the protagonists my brain went: "Oh...she fucked uuuuuuuuuuup with Jayden"

[@pulsefel9210]

same response i had. only protagonist with a darkside that is built in.

[@lisaruhm6681]

maybe she fused corrupted Yubel insted of Jayden?

[@pulsefel9210]

@@lisaruhm6681 then where is Jaden?

[@lisaruhm6681]

@@pulsefel9210 gone, but only Yubel was fused, or more Yubal, than Jayden, since they too were fused together.

[@IGeorge94]

11:20 Man I love how you used the ost of GX through out this segment, so nostalgic and ominous and really fits.

[@SpellCommander91]

Thank you! Seriously, it means a lot that someone appreciates the work that goes into the music mixing on these videos!

[@IGeorge94]

@@SpellCommander91 You did well on the other ones when you where giving your points for the other characters as well. Just the GX explanation & music choice seemed to really fit as of how the Jaden & Zarc merging went wrong because of the darkness of Yubel & the Surpreme King, as feeling very ominous & tragic at the same time. Like it's sad to think that Jaden's soul succumbed to Zarc's influence because of his ties to darkness, despite making mends with his darkness to be good, only to add the darkness of Zarc to erase it all.

[@Our_Remedy]

Steel Ball Run and Arc-V has basically the same plot: Thanks to an immensely powerful villain, the universe is reset and all pre-established characters are remade and fused with other characters. Cept' steel ball run is a horse race to find Jesus, and Arc-V is extra deck racism against the CEO of extra deck racism who's every extra deck monster combined.

[@jiroweiler5883]

What a time to be alive with series like these...

[@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962]

Your last part doesn't make much sense though

[@jiroweiler5883]

@@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962 thats why ARC V is so weird...

[@KiwiHavok777]

I think you mean Part 6 because Steel Ball Run has nothing to do with the ending of Part 6, being its own universe and all that.

[@Zetaforce-uv8el]

Giorno Giovanna is in both Golden Wind and Arc V

[@Markbro101]

Honestly, this is an amazing idea. And you built up to this perfectly. Got me hooked. Hell, it’s probably true. You’re telling a very impressive story and can back it up without failure. This is insane.

[@Nc2t]

Thats why i like GX, Jaiden is just special

[@umergulmuhammad9756]

A) Are you ok with the idea of Jaden fusing with Yubel? B) Is Yubel Female or Male?

[@Nc2t]

@@umergulmuhammad9756 A) im totally cool with it since Yubel is his fav card when he was young B) probably a girl

[@Lazar-TS]

@@Nc2t C) Yusei is the only Protagonist to never turn evil, so how's that for being special

[@marvensjx3389]

Lazar The Shinobi yessir

[@Alb410]

@@umergulmuhammad9756 B) both.

[@Fut_re]

I just always assumed Arc-V was a parallel dimension story hence why none of the other protagonists appeared.

[@yumatsukumo4895]

i agree

[@andresmarrero8666]

I just thought Zark sealed their them in the afterlife so that they couldn't interfere and kick his butt. They can't be a problem if they are not allowed back on this side.

[@alexcarranza3847]

I’m now realizing that yu-gi-oh have a lot of characters that start with “y”

[@wolfbloodalite]

Specifically, "Yu-" which, I THINK, means "game" in Japanese. Correct me if I'm wrong somebody who's more of a weeb than I am?

[@deadelaus2611]

YuYus Bizarre Adventure

[@Lucifer_Is_Not_Amused]

@@deadelaus2611 Phantom Duel Dueling Tendencies Stardust Card Players Duelist is Unbreakable Golden Duel Stone Duel Steel Card Run YuYuLion

[@yxxinn]

Its time for yasin now yasin is my name lol

[@ArchyMageFoxy]

Seriously XD Only now?

[@jagnestormskull3178]

Solid theory. The twist with Super Polymerization is a great one. When I first saw that as a kid (mind you, this was before 5D's even came out), I seriously thought it was the ultimate card, so, lot of nostalgia there.

[@owenobrien1351]

I would love a big old crossover over movie with all six of the series's protagonists coming together to fight so big baddie threatening to destroy the multiverse and somehow yugi and atem are still separate people but it's like the last episode were they got separate bodys

[@alexzanderroberts995]

Hmmm perhaps there could be one. Have the malnific boi go get all of the baddies. Then have a protagonist duel against a baddie that they would not be used to.

[@bman977]

It was already done with yugi,yuse and jaden

[@kenjincapers]

I'm gonna be that guy and say I want yugi to not have atem for that one if it happens. I want to see a grown up little yugi come into his own a bit more to show how much he learned from atem but that even separated he's able to move forward. So I other words I want to see confident possibly adult yugi for something like that.

[@copenhagenn6136]

The quality of this video for a yugioh content is next level, make more yugioh content please!

[@janbrumec8760]

After rewatching whole Yugioh, I can really agree with that, they are all very similar, especially Yuri and Judai are fucking true, Yuri is basically crazy Judai, still has fun during the duel but psyopatic and sadistic like Yubel...cards are just the bonus proof in that case

[@Venomzilla1]

I’d also like to briefly add that influence from Akaba in the fusion dimension tampered with Yuri and Serena’s relationship/ life. Yuri was kinda bred to be a ruthless soldier. But I still very much like this theory and agree with it.

[@MVangelmx]

It all made sense the moment you said that the spirit of Yuri hosted the spirit of Jaden. I knew, oh that's why he's a psychopath.

[@janbrumec8760]

Yeah same, reqatchineverything from DM on (just finished Vrains) confirmed this even more because really all of the are very similar

[@janbrumec8760]

Especially Yuri and Jaden

[@eustaquiogabrielc.6569]

Imagine jyudai banging asuka with psychopath mode while yubel and the supreme king joined

[@a.a.6203]

Make sense since I love both Jaden and Yuri 😂, and don't forget that Duel academy was a place full of evil, from the sacred beasts, lunatic teachers to occult worshipping students 😅, it was Jaden who clean that place up

[@Vinicius-Bigode]

I was skeptical until I remembered Super Poly, you got me there.

[@matthew_theonlyone]

I must definitely agree with everything you said except for your analysis of yuto being unlike yuma, his personality is reminiscent of zexal but everything else was so spot on! You did a phenomenal job breaking everything down... Man I love Yugioh, you made my morning.

[@violettracey]

You are right that when Yuma zexal morphs (gets serious and maybe has some astral influence over their now shared body) just the look in his eyes looks a lot like Yutos. Yutos is still maybe a bit darker with past pain and innocence lost but the intensity is there!

[@henryalfaro4156]

Yugioh Arc V: what the hell are we doing!?!?

[@ultimateshadeofwar]

One more thing people tend to forget about Yuri, people fear his deck and that's what attracted Akaba and what made Akaba push those negative traits to the light... It's very possible, that if Yuri had found friends, or was never found by Akaba, he could have avoid bring out all of these negative traits completely to the light, but being more of small personality defects instead of full on what make his personality, and allow for the more positive traits of Judai/Jaden, Yubel and the supreme king(Because these last 2 had/have positive traits) to come out to light in him.

[@blurryperson2685]

That's pretty similar to the fear Jayden had when he had yubel as his ace. Maybe this is what would have happened if he didn't send yubel away

[@heroicchampion1857]

People don't fear Yuri's deck, that was never implied in the show. People fear Yuri himself. Just as people feared Jaden when he was the Supreme King, it was never about fearing the Supreme Kings deck or even his super polymerization card. It was fearing the king himself. Its also the same with Zarc, people don't fear his deck, they fear him.

[@malicekingofshadows]

I've always wondered if zark was the zark. You know the God of evil that the Pharo atem defeated. You know resurrection and all that.

[@saif0316]

*Zork

[@kailee-xp4mo]

Zarc

[@bob74h67]

Zorc and no it's not the same character as zarc like these are different canons/universes

[@aozorahaou2643]

Besides Zorcs dead

[@Addywastaken621]

Imo, love the theory, it’s my headcanon now. Though, when Zarc was reformed, I think the four protagonists should have been free and the only ones who remember what life was supposed to be like. Then you proceed to get the four of them meeting and taking on Zarc like they did Paradox. Because that would have been awesome.

[@Paragon13]

And Yusaku was reincarnated from the future. His spirit lives on in Yuya’s duel runner. A.I is the duel disc.

[@Dra9ondemon]

Okay, I was with you until until the last minute when you said that buffoon is the new King of Games.

[@roccotarli762]

Dra9ondemon ikr 😂😂

[@R4inM4ker]

I mean there was no one else that he was inferior to.

[@Kasoha4]

If history is rewritten and the og protagonists don't exist anymore then Yuya is definitely the King of games.

[@Viewahh]

Did everyone suddenly forget that Yugi and Atem are different? And Jaden had to duel Atem in some time warp dimension instead of just fighting present day adult Yugi(who grew up to be similar to Atem due to influences) becuase Yugi doesn't see himself as the king of games?

[@matheusaragao7640]

You're talking as if Yugi/Atem would beat even half of the other protagonists

[@lucasmoreiraribeiro]

All makes sense now!!!! I will take that as canon! Is so well explained! The show just got 100% better! Good job gathering all this information! I will give a thumbs up! Arc V is my second favorite generation, I love sora and his frightfur deck!

[@Unclaimed_Username]

The moment I heard that Zark was getting a chunk of himself merged with Jaden, I thought "Huh...that's, like, three whole Hitlers in one body at this point. There's no way that's a good idea." And, yeah. Totally not a good idea. Now he's Hitler^3 and an inter-dimensional threat...again. Anyways I guess I need to watch Arc V now. Also that one with Xyz summoning. Basically I need to catch up on everything past 5Ds.

[@Dratspider]

If you haven’t started yet I’d recommend giving Yuma time to improve. His whole dueling arc is that he starts out playing like total garbage but gradually improves after meeting astral til he’s actually pretty capable.

[@tristan8971]

Zexal gets better as time goes on. Around episode 48 onwards in my opinion. Arc V kind of falls a part after around the half way mark. But that is more because of the dark side of dimensions movie affecting the production. Which resulted in the following series Vrains having a lot of clip shows in the first 60 episode cause they didn't recover from it. Which is why Studio Gallop no longer animates yugioh anymore sadly.

[@michaelgillespie9112]

I don't know Yuri all that well, but could Jaden's love of dueling be twisted in Yuri, so instead of just living to play, he loves the hurt others via dueling.

[@MexicanMeijin]

"Sorry Yugi, but it looks like there is a new king of games" Playmaker with a zero loss streak " hold my duel disk "

[@mrrandomunknown958]

Yuya :I have the sadist backstory Yuma :you tweak my backstory Playmaker: a.l. fly my deal disk I got some kid to explain my backstory to.

[@Dawg477]

He still lost in flash back duels -_-

[@xboxemoji4773]

Kaiba: "As president of the world I declare this invalid! I also summon Neo Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon in one turn by the power of top decking. Make your move."

[@dgc1532]

@@xboxemoji4773 lost the chance to end the line with "throw your last pathetic card so I can end this"

[@erikredhair1111]

Most hilarious comment I ever read .then why game still keep hold his name yugi arc V and not yuuya arc v?

[@yumachinasake2789]

Arc v villain: I split the world into 4 Dartz, Yugioh season 4 villain: Hold my orichalcos

[@sageofsixpaths544]

This time it was the good guys that split the dimension in 4

[@jordannelson7934]

You mean the oricalcamalos 😂

[@unknownmj1699]

@@jordannelson7934 nah abridged is curesd

[@jordannelson7934]

@@unknownmj1699 wail den my doolis fwen, I gayuss imma hafta san yuuu tu da shadow welm mayn. For de abwidge seeyowees is nothingless then gwayteness made gwayta

[@devianweveill3332]

Another similarity between the yuma and yuto is that they're both willing to lose a duel in order to help people. In zexal, yuma duels and almost loses to shark in order to get shark to lose the hate in his heart. Yugo did something similar with sora in arc-v.

[@Ratsos12]

... I thought I’d finished GX as a kid... I remember seeing Yubel once or twice, but everything else you said about Jaden was news to me... it’s been so many years that I’d probably have to start from the beginning of GX to understand the story at all, I thought it was just a light hearted story about working your way up through the somewhat unfair system of a gambling school.

[@Hawkcam1996]

Yeah, it got pretty dark at times. Also, there was an entire season that wasn’t dubbed because they wanted to move on to 5D’s(which also didn’t have its final season dubbed either).

[@Ratsos12]

@@Hawkcam1996 good to know, I kinda just skipped to Arc-V couldn’t get into Zexal, Vrains, or 5Ds, I’ve also had too much of GX spoilers to watch it anytime soon

[@matthewevans5486]

As much as I dislike the Japanese versions of Yu-Gi-Oh I kinda want to watch the final season just to see how dark it gets

[@Ratsos12]

@@matthewevans5486 apparently there is a new one called 7 or Sevens or something, no clue if it is dark or not, just saw a TGS Anime or whatever that blokes’ name is with an episode review of it in my recommended videos a while ago, haven’t clicked it.

[@matthewevans5486]

@@Ratsos12 I was mainly talking about GX but I do kinda want to watch the most recent incarnation of the show too. Also I just reread my comment and wasn't entirely sure what era I was talking about 😂

[@theflaminglitten-fo6jd]

me: *watching this while only ever watching the original series _WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?_ edit: thanks for all the recommendations! I'll check em out since quarantine :3

[@jaysonlincoln]

I've watched them all, I recommend zexal to you

[@raymond7767]

Same

[@cirrocumulus1948]

Jayson Lincoln yeah I would too I liked when vector would always piss everyone off.

[@BlaiseArath]

I'd recommend 5D's but only in Japanese... not because of the VA but because 4-kids just straight murdered that show.

[@anangunggulbimantara742]

I'd recommend Zexal and Arc-V

[@bismuthrine2619]

i like Yusei he is serious and cares about his friends

[@akim1909]

And Who dont care

[@bismuthrine2619]

@@akim1909 i forgot about that

[@akim1909]

@@bismuthrine2619 yea especially Jaden he become evil beucaze he saw his friends dying but who wouldn't ld'nt

[@bismuthrine2619]

@@akim1909 to me i would try to keep following the goal of why are you here to find him

[@dandisimo]

@@bismuthrine2619 well said

[@jackhero1454]

I totally agree especially how each of the heroes in Yu-Gi-Oh is similar to each other zarc counterparts but I must say yuri venom deck is based on Professor Viper from Yu-Gi-Oh GX since you yubel did work with him

[@Alex-ts6nb]

It’s also based off how the supreme king has a dark attribute deck, also the predaplant archetype effects are based around super poly and how it effects their opponent

[@midshipman8654]

Jack Hero idk, I felt like a lot of the comparisons feel like way to big of a stretch with a conspiracy theory level logical leaps.

[@MrLeon928]

Jackson Almodobar the yuma one did feel like a stretch but the Jaden being Yuri one was just way too accurate to be pure coincidence especially both of them having Super Polymerization since only Jaden should have it.

[@PyroNick01]

I feel like this actually explains a lot. I remember watching some of ARC-V, and I was always wondering where Yusei was since I saw his childhood friend, Crow, show up. Now I have a good explanation as to where he was

[@narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256]

Same with all the other protagonists

[@Sivan3d]

I really miss the old anime drawing style. It was less "colorful" if you know what I mean. Also the cards art before was more sinister and mean . It gave you the impression that "this card is powerful". Recently all I see is small children-like monsters with powerful effects... where is that old art that conveyed how powerful the card was?

[@Christopher._M]

Exactly, this has been my main problem with anime today. Sure it looks clean but it looks childish and toyish. That gritty old schoole style has some personality to it. They can still make it gritty amd clean but that would probably cost them to much

[@Christopher._M]

Also i think the problem is that people draw anime on electronics now rather than paper.

[@mako8091]

Glad I'm not the only one.

[@mrevilducky]

I don't really see it as a problem but let me enlighten you somewhat; the children-like, cuteness of modern designs and modern anime in general is sort of based on market research. Cool designs are cool but cutesy designs sell infinitely better. People buy more cute/waifu merchandise than anything else and thus anime has been heading in that direction for several years now. Tldr; look up Gigguk and other anime content creators on the changes in the medium over the last decade.

[@Sivan3d]

@@mrevilducky It may be as you said. Be it market research, or something else. May be the artists who worked in the past just left. Whatever the reason, for me, a fan of the old style, is a problem. Cause I like the card to have a connection between its art and effect(s). Nothing stays the same. That's life I guess.