Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V Episode 86

Oh my god this episode felt way too short! It was about 17 minutes in when I looked at the time to see how far I into the episode, because it only felt like five minutes had passed!

It was so great to see how far both Reira and Yuuya have come since the very beginning. Both have grown exponentially. Reira was absolutely amazing today (and his character track was SO EPIC~! Can’t wait for the soundtrack!). His unwavering resolve to win and to rescue Selena at all cost was so much fun to watch. The Nightmarish Past Loop Effect truly lives up to its name. It made it even more exciting, just because we never got to see Reira like this in a battle before. It was so worth the wait. And when we look back to the beginning, Reira was constantly being struck down by the eyes of his mother. Here in the Synchro Realm, he has grown immensely, free from her eyes fixed on him, watching every move he makes. Even Selena recognized how much Reira has grown. She only known him for a little while, but she knows enough that Reira was a timid and shy child, who would hide behind the back of his brother until he was called upon. Now Reira can think for himself, inspired by Jack’s story of his past, he found his resolve to become strong and fight back against Academia. For Reira, coming to the Synchro Realm is the best thing that probably has ever happened to him.

While the Rescue Selena Mission was in action, Yuuya been bidding his imprisoned time by connecting the dots of the mystery that revolves around him and his counterparts. But then when Yuuya recalled back to how the dragons were responding to each other, precisely from his perspective, it suddenly something dawned to me. The way the dragons are responding and the way each counterpart responds to one another implies perhaps there is a more consistent pattern involved. There are a couple of variations for this theory, but I am going to stick with this one for one precise reason: Starve Venom was the one who brought Yuuri to the Synchro Realm, and Yuuri considered it to be a nuisance to have to deal with Yuugo (but it is hard to determine whether or not he is deliberately baiting him out). The following refers to the soul of the individual being merged with and the dragon being passed onto.

Yuuto & Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon  > Yuuya & Odd-Eyes Dragon  > Yuugo & Clear Wing Dragon > Yuuri & Starve Venom > Yuuto & Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon

Now I will be honest and admit I am not entirely buying this theory myself. We don’t know if there is a consistent pattern or not. It is merely a speculation based on the events we have seen so far. And it is more likely that by creating a fixed pattern, it would it more complicated and put restrictions on what the writers can do and how they want the characters to affect one another.

But there is one thing that is absolutely clear, and that is chaos is about to ensue now that all three dragons and their counterparts are all in the same realm. This is my note I was writing for the preview: “Next week Yuuya VS Crow, fortunately- nOPE SPOKE TOO SOON FFFF—–“

What I was going to say was ‘fortunately Yuuya never had the mind-control implant surgery’, since Jean-Rogers decided to rush the semi-finals in order to use it as a decoy while he overthrows the Council and defeat Reiji with Sergey instead, but I digress…

Regardless of where Yuuya is, be it close or be it far, during his duel he will be affected by the same or similar ordeal Yuugo and Yuuri will be facing. The question is whether or not he too is going to go Dragon Berserk Mode (the whole glowing eyes/dragon possession implication thing we have seen with Yuugo and Yuuto, and now with Yuuri). And while all of this is happening, it looks like Yuzu’s mysterious bracelet will be blinking again, so now the question is, will we get to see whether or not Selena’s will do so as well? This will be the first time we have Yuzu’s counterpart in the same world when this happens, so I am dying of curiosity! I really shouldn’t get my hopes up though, just for precautionary sake!

Lastly, lets not forget Reiji. After 85 episodes, we finally received an implication that Reiji is in fact aware that both Selena AND Yuzu are being pursued by Academia (well I always expected him to be, but he never outright confirmed it). He knows that Jean wanted to use Selena and Yuzu as pawns, in order to gain the upper-hand against Academia. He was able to confirm Yuzu’s safety based on how livid and frustrated Jean-Rogers was.

Oh yeah! There is one more thing that I just remembered. There was a brief scene that Sora had located the security bureau. He was on his way to save Yuuya, but the problem now is that Yuuya is no longer there, he has been sent to the tracks to compete in the semi-finals against Crow. My only worry is that he didn’t hear the announcement and he might be walking into a trap, where instead Jean-Rogers will attempt to capture him and have him undergo surgery instead- but maybe that’s way too complicated given the events that are presently unfolding. Either way, I hope he will be safe- and he probably will be since he has major ninja skills.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Note of the Week: OH SHIT, JESUS- TSUKIKAGE YOU GAVE ME A HEART-ATTACK!