Would you like some ice for that burn?
I don’t even care that Selena lost the duel! She had so much fun and decided to send a middle finger to whoever (Jean) tampering with the duel, it was absolutely glorious. While Selena did not attain victory on the field, she most certainly did for herself. For the first time in God knows how long, Selena was able to experience having fun and letting loose. She could not contain her excitement in her heart by the crowd chanting her name. She even beat Yuugo to the punch with the slogan, “The fun has just begun!” And before I forget, let me just say this: The key to make Yuuya can end the war his way is his contagious energy and enthusiasm of looking for ways to entertain and have fun, no matter how dire the situation may be. Take Sora for example. He absolutely enjoys Yuuya’s and Yuzu’s entertainment style, he digs it and incorporated it into his own dueling style (when he isn’t going mad). Now Selena is the next one to show us this development, she has come to understand Yuuya’s dream a bit more, and she likes it.
Selena doesn’t regret providing the action card she decided to skip out on because of Jean’s tampering, to Yuugo. In fact it is what allowed them to drag out the duel further, creating a far more exciting and intense match-up as they fire back and forth over and over it, counter and counter-strike. And that’s what I enjoy, watching the two of them stubbornly negate each other’s attack, until one finally lands the hit. Both Selena’s Moon-Light Lion Dancer and Yuugo’s Crystal Wing Dragon were absolutely stellar, and not to mention badass, making it even more fun to watch.
But I can’t tell you how freaking happy I was to see her ignore the action card. One because I didn’t like the tampering in the first place, and two, Jean-Rogers was seriously creeping me out. Like oh my god, stop it, I can’t stand it- he makes my skin crawl. So HALLELUJAH once he realized he lost his “star”.
Well, he isn’t done with her just yet. The preview indicates he is out to capture her, just like he had with Yuuya. But we see that Reira will be swooping in like a badass to and will have his moment to shine. YOU GO KID! It’s your turn in the spotlight! (Long over-due at that).
But Jean-Rogers is now the least of our worries. Yuuri appeared, standing over the stadium watching Selena like a hawk. But much to my surprise, Yuugo sensed his presence and turned around only to see he is in fact there. Frankly speaking, the minute we saw Yuuri, I started swearing because the first thing that dawned to me was, “If Selena loses, what happens if she is sent down to where the others are, what happens if he follows?” and it was seriously distracting me. Thankfully it doesn’t look like to be the case as Jean-Rogers wants to capture Selena, but they still need to be wary of Yuuri tailing them to their hideout. It also helps a bit that Reiji is finally taking action to break the hell out and figure out their next move. I wonder at this point what Reiji is thinking and if he is making the consideration to get them all the hell out due to the lack of alliance.
In the mean time, Yuuya returns from his out of body experience (residing with Yuugo), and when he finally realized what the hell just happens, he finally gets spooked. I was surprised he wasn’t spooked sooner to be honest. But this is a concerning situation. He for one has no idea how or why it is happening, beside the fact every time Odd-Eyes Dragon glows, something happens. The other thing that raises the concern is, if Yuuya can experience this too now (though there was no sign of him actually controlling Yuugo, he was just there with him getting some extra free Synchro Summoning Lessons), what are the chances of Yuuri taking advantage of this kind of opportunity. What if Yuuri knows more than any of them, and knows how to control it. What if he decides to “possess” Yuugo? Frankly it is a legitimate concern of mine since Yuugo was actually able to sense his presence- enough so it put him on the edge.
But with this important knowledge of Yuuri’s presence in the Synchro Realm, if Yuugo really did see Yuuri up top, it makes you wonder how he will react now. He is the only one who has witnessed Yuuri in the middle of the kidnapping, he knows who he is, what he looks like and (might remember) how he is a threat to both Yuzu and Selena. As he is quite forgetful, I wouldn’t be surprised if he forgot about the part Yuzu told him how all her counter parts have been kidnapped. We will find out soon enough though.
That’s it for this week, I can’t wait for the next episode because holy shit, NOW it’s getting serious again and I am super anxious to find out what is going to happen next.
One more time for Selena~
My Goddess won the biggest prize of the match in this duel! A smile! It was seriously hard at one point to tell who would win, because although we knew it was likely to be Yugo cos of plot armour *looks at opening 3* Selena was seriously putting up a good fight and made me actually think for a while that she may win. In many ways. she did win! She won a new understanding of herself, the crowd, a smile, enjoyment, even a new rival now. So her wins outweigh her loss.
that Rin gag at the end did make me laugh especially when she punched him in the face!!
this was great dual and i cant wait to see the next episode becouse based on the extend preview [spoiler]yugo and yuri have a chance to face each outher[/spoiler]
I did loved the duel in the end but what surprised was not only Moonlight pendulum but YURI actually appeared which was unexpected(probably based on his dragon which was the samething that had Yugo going to Srandard and XYZ). Speaking of which now that Serena have pendulum I think it’s best if the show finally try having Yuzu work more with Synchro or Pendulums. Lastly, according to the preview apparently Jeans tries getting Security to capture Serena by using nerve gas which explains why she’s in that condition, thankfully Reira’s there for help.
Yuri finally makes his move… and honestly, I’m more nervous of him syncing with Yuya. Imagine, during Yuya’s match with Crow, if Yuri can draw out the power of Berserker, Yuto and Yuya. That’d be horrifying to say the least, and I don’t doubt Yuri would do it.
Selena was so amazing!! I’m so glad she finally got to genuinely smile and let loose! It was also nice to see her use pendulums, too, and she mixed up her straightforward “fuse and attack” strategy that she’d used up until now, suggesting she’s letting loose now. Maybe she’ll finally start to learn how to be happy on her own and forget about the Professor and Academia and all that! Sora, too, for that matter- maybe they can all ditch Leo, if Yuri doesn’t drag them all back- which I fear might happen if he targets Selena and Sora steps in to stop him. We already know from Jean that Academia has mind-control… they have Rin and Ruri already, and if Yuri gets any of the Lancers…
In the meantime though, while Crystal Wing only appeared for 40 seconds of screentime, it was cool to see Yugo evolve his ace, just like Yuya and Yuto did.
Reira’s going to get some time to shine next week, and I’m excited for that!
This was such a great episode I’ve read some of the previews for the next few and we’ve got some good stuff in store this is what I look forward to most next week well after noragami
Yugo summoning Crystal Wing was a bit underwhelming because it appeared that he already had Crystal Wing just like Yuya appeared to possess Odd-Eyes Saber Dragon from the start, but Crystal Wing’s effect was REALLY powerful, not only it can negate ANY monster effect, it can literally butcher almost every high-Level monster, hope it will not be banned once it is released! And Serena, wow did she really say “Ladies and Gentlemen” ?!?! In this duel she appeared to be influenced by Yuya more than Yugo, and of course it’s the very first time she actually smiled genuinely! And Yugo please keep up your Rin-comedy efforts XD
OMG IS THAT YURI STARING AT YUGO ?!?! Next episode REIRA finally steps up to defend the now reformed Serena from the Security bastards (good for Roger to have his plan ruined!), will he finally showcase his true duelling skills?!