INTERNALLY SCREAMING RIGHT NOW.
FIRST THING FIRST: THAT SON OF A BITCH DENNIS KNOWS YUURI AND WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO SHOW UP. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, HE WAS SPYING ON YUZU AND SELENA, KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING/DISCUSSING. WELL FUCK. WE ALL KNEW HE WAS SHADY!!!! I was wondering who the three other Academia folks were after Reiji had asked the Ninja Bros to take care of. By the look of it, it may have been Dennis. Whether or not he’s a defect, we will only find out next week- but it could be there are two missions going on as potentially foreshadowed a while back. While Sora has the assignment of bringing Selena back, we have seen Yuuri and the Professor looking over Yuzu’s information- making her a possible target to bring back with them as well.
Next was Selena’s and Yuzu’s interaction. Bless Yuzu for having none of the Academia’s “noble objective” of uniting the world bullshit. She looked at Selena square in the eye and told her straight up, the duelists aren’t the only victims, but their families and friends are too. It was difficult for me to tell whether or not that truly shook Selena and whether or not she will stay true to her word of trying to hear Shun’s side of the story, but that might prove to be difficult as indicated briefly that Shun may be in a pinch right now. Aside from that I was absolutely ECSTATIC when Yuzu suggested to switch clothes because it has always been a headcanon of mine for these two for while now heehee, and I was so happy to see the writers made it happen! Also Yuzu looks amazing in the Academia clothes. Finally out of her school uniform! Selena looks adorable as well ahahaha!
Then we had precious Yuugo who FINALLY returned into the picture with his glorious charm. Fortunately he didn’t crash into anything for an exchange (bravo Clear Wing Synchro Dragon), I lost it when Yuugo thought his dragon made him travel through time and ended up in the Ice Age! (STAY PRECIOUS YUUGO! <3) Then he spots the two Ryouzanpaku douche-bags and they attack him thinking he’s Yuuya and he easily takes them down. I am absolutely looking forward to seeing him meet Yuzu next week! I am more or less certain we will hear a bit about Synchro!Yuzu, gimme a name!!!! But poor Yuugo, Shun had passed the word about him to Reiji and he too thinks that Yuugo is the Pawn of Fusion- poor guy. Hopefully Yuzu can help clear up the misunderstandings, it is something she excels at after all!
The crowd in the arena patience is wearing thin and there are a few such as Yuzu’s father Shuzo and the kiddies attempting to leave in order to watch the duels in person. However Reiji had prepared the security to prevent the people from leaving the facility, claiming that it is for the sake of safety since it is their first time using Sold Vision outside of the arena. However both Youko and Shuzo parent instincts are tingling and are growing suspicious and concerned of what is occurring outside. Youko may be a passionate fangirl that would cheer for idols over her son, but when she senses something is up after hearing her son’s name being brought up but Mieru whom she had recognized meeting before, her motherly instincts take the wheel. I am curious to see though whether or not she and Shuzo will attempt to sneak out of the arena as Reiji had put instructions that not one is permitted to go home while the Battle Royale is on-going. But with the day being over and night now upon them, it certain begs the question of what Reiji plans to do in such situation.
Lastly but not least, Possessed!Yuuya going Beserk. Just has I had hoped, both Gongenzaka and Mieru provided us their insight on Yuuya’s condition. Gongenzaka never once doubted Yuuya as an individual and immediately jumped to the rightful conclusion that Yuuya was being possessed. Mieru completed her role by, confirming that Yuuto’s soul is residing Yuuya’s body at the moment, but there is a third, a terrifying entity of darkness threatening to overwhelm both of them. However, the interesting part is that once Yuuya is conscious and back to his normal self against, both Yuuto’s and the darkness’ presence disappears. This revelation renews the possibilities the ‘darkness’ Mieru sensed could very well be Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon’s soul. I am not quick to give up on this theory, especially with the way Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon was overlaid to evolve Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon into Odd Eyes-Rebellion Dragon AKA: The Rebellion Supreme King Dragon. On that note, let me just say, HOLY SMOKES. They went all out with this evolution design. The design truly lives up to its name. Odd Eyes-Rebellion Dragon has an intimidating appearance that resonate darkness. I was surprised however how little screen-time it had, but it didn’t bother me much. True it sucks to see such a badass dragon only have 2 minutes of screentime, but there will be a time when Yuuya goes bonkers again and it will be up against a stronger opponent rather than the grunts from Academia.
Another point I wanted to bring to attention was the unique characteristics of Possessed!Yuuya behavior we saw this week.. With Gongenzaka, Mieru, Mitchie and the fisherman dude trying to hold him down and bring him back to his senses, we were able to see how his possessed state behaves when he isn’t dueling. Gongenzaka took the hit to cover Yuuya when he was about to be hit by a crumbling pillar, but Possessed!Yuuya was squirming and screaming. He literally had no sense of his surroundings. While they were trying to bring him back to his senses, he bit the fisherman dude. This was full blown barbaric behavior, he could not be communicated with whatsoever in when he was in this condition.
The underrated moment of the episode for me was, after Gongenzaka and Mieru explained to Yuuya of the situation, he didn’t doubt or blame Yuuto for the possession. He doesn’t doubt Yuuto’s request of making people smile when he had entrusted him his Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon. In fact, he is pretty calm. Yes he is concerned about the situation, but he still has enough faith in him not to blame him for it it. He assumed that was Yuuto’s anger that fueled him, hence the memories he had experience, honestly that was the case to begin with- until that darkness took the wheel and the two of them were overpowered by the growing darkness within them.
Now that Yuuya had shared witnessing the Obelisk Forces trapping people into cards, I am expect the five of them to stick together for the time being. I more or less expect the fisherman to wander off on his own, but Mitchie really grew on me this episode just by his kindness and I do hope that he will be part of the team to counter Academia’s invasion.
VERDICT: NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE INSANE, IS IT NEXT SUNDAY YET, OH MY GOD THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCH A LONG WEEK. I CAN’T I HAVE THE MIGHTY NEED FOR THE NEXT EPISODE.
Also Yuuri looks frightening. Ice-cold smile indeed.
OBLIGATORY ADORABLE YUZU~
It’s amazing how quickly Dennis went from well liked character for saving Yuya to the new character to hate, or at least, love-to-hate, when his true allegiance was revealed.
LMAO! TRUE ENOUGH! The minute he started acting shady and people started questioning which side he was on and WHO he was, that was it. xD
Is it wrong that I actually like the whole exorcist thing with possessed!Yuya? Also I love that Arc-v makes minor/supportive characters a lot likeable rather than just scrub them off the next episode their introduced, something that Zexal did. I find it pretty cool on there actually being an Xyz/Pendulum card, which hints on Fusion/Pendulum and Synchro/Pendulum in the near future. Lastly based on the recent summaries for the future episodes, I’ll just say it’s not gonna end well for some people.
I enjoy Possessed!Yuuya too, it’s fun to watch ahahahahaha! Yeah I more or less expect things to get uglier now that Yuuri is in the picture. Hell is breaking loose and little does Reiji know, it is all beyond his control now. I have no idea how he plans to keep the audience IMPRISONED in the arena overnight. There’s going to be a huge uproar about that. But another thing that I find relatively amusing is the plothole of the LACK of citizens doing their own things in the city, unless of course- everyone in the city is in the stadium- implying that Miami a REALLY SMALL TOWN. XDDD
Well, some might just be watching from their homes…
There is also the possibility that LDS security forces are probably bigger than we thought.
You might be right about everyone, including businesses asked to be closed during this event. That’s a logical way to put it. XD
Pretty much still in the stadium where the security won’t let them leave with the whole city being an Action Field. It’s pretty funny how all of this is happening in a single day with all the monitors feed cut leaving all the audience to stay the whole day doing nothing. XDD
Riot of GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK!!!! coming soon~ /JK
Man, that one LDS student that was next to Yuu must be a pro if he managed to summon Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, lol. Give him a cookie! But anyways….I can understand confusion over the Yuzu’s, but I really don’t see how people can keep on getting all of the Yuya’s confused. I guess its for continuity…but I’m seriously going to face-palm if Yuzu thinks Yuri is Yuya for even a brief second (because yes, Yuya had the time in all of this to dye his hair and shave off 75% of his ebrows)
SPOILER: YUUYA HAS A HIDDEN STASH OF WIGS AND EYEBROW PENCILS!
I don’t think that darkness is Dark Rebellion. Remember when normal Yuya pendulum summons, he only calls them “my monsters”, but when Possessed!Yuuya does it, he calls them “monster servants”. And when was the first time Yuya called them that ? Episode 1 when he Pendulum Summon for the 1st time. So my guess is that whatever possessed Yuya has been there since the beginning, and fusing with Yuto/Dark Rebellion only makes it worst.
Hmm, considering Yuto did not go berserk when he duelled Sawatari or Sora and Yuya, you’re probably right.
But this we know for certain, it’s tied to the whole dimensional counterpart and general different dimensions business.
The whole dimensional unification crap may have something to do with it. There are bound to be side-effects when someone is trying to merge multiple worlds into one.
On a random note: I’m still partially waiting to see if there’s going to be a Ritual Dimension reveal. LMAO, it was brought back and yet I’ll laugh if there’s no such thing.
You have a point there. It is definitely something to keep in mind. But I also wonder if it depends on who the opponent is and whether or not a there is a trigger (ie: such as witnessing people turning into cards) that exploits that weakness.
Plot Twist: It’s Odd-Eyes Dragon. /RUNS AWAY
Where do you put a xyzpendulum? The deck or extra deck?
From what I have read around the internet, the extra deck.
According to what’s on wikia, it starts in the extra deck and when destroyed, it can go to the pendulum zone. This revelation also paves the way for Fusion/Pendulum and Synchro/Pendulum monsters. I’m not quite sure how it would work with a Ritual/Pendulum monster though.