@@timothyskidmore1554I think it’s rather interesting to make the Number Hunter treat the Numbers he has won as a means to an end. It showed that he wasn’t going to be like prior duelists Yuma won against, who relied on their Numbers to get them through. Top this off with Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon being the perfect antithesis of most Xyz monsters, and you have a good opening duel to a new character. And this is further cemented by Astral and Yuma being shook by that duel for a good few episodes afterwards.
I think Zexal's issue is it has an INVERSE problem of the other series. Where as other series start strong, and become mid. Zexal starts Mid and becomes better. that and Zexal (along with Sevens now) has no way to offically watch the subbed versions.
Honestly Shun still holds the spot for my top 3 fav Arc-V duels, 3rd is the Sora duel, 2nd is his debut, & 1st will always be his 2nd duel w/ Dennis. Dude's just a badass, especially when he wins in the most destructive ways
Even though it was a forfeited duel, just the surprise of Declan using Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum summon in his duel against Yuya is so fun to watch
Delcan/ Reiji's first duel was perfect. Well I already thought pendulums were interesting in their own right seeing him bust out all the summoning methods back-to-back and then finish it off with a pendulum summon was so damn cool. Yuya made pendulums and he made him look like a chump using his own method.
First impressions can mean a lot in this series. Sometimes a strong start is as impactful with a viewer as a strong finish. Kaito whistle and stop time, man, woah dude.
IV debut Duel was great imo, his opponents aren't worth mentioning but the way he ruthlessly defeated showed how tough and scary he is as a duelist, specifically since Yuma's group had no idea of his real character and then they got shocked once he stopped his act.
My favorite part of that duel was Vetrix saying “Yuma! Come and see how my life stinks! I am trapped in a horrible combo from which there is no escape!” 😆
Not sure if I would put it in the top 10 but Mizael's first duel was pretty good. After all those duels against the guys possessed by the Barian's we finally got to see one of the Barian emperor's in action. It was our first time seeing an over hundred number, Yuma got rekt sorta like the first Kaito duel, Kaito stepped in to face him and we had an awesome clash with galaxy eyes vs galaxy eyes, then the duel ended because his chaos number was so strong it broke the damn game.
In terms of debut duels, none of them hype me up as much as Reiji’s duel against Yuya. To see him use all of the summoning methods at the time, including Pendulum, was such an amazing moment.
Kaito’s debut duel against Yuma was one of the best badass duels and he almost could’ve won if he didn’t need to leave but still it was a great duel. Also his whistle was very epic
Shun is the hero equivalent of the unhinged villain. Guy is merciless, efficient and fueled by nothing but cold rage. He's like the Punisher of the Yugioh series. The way he exposed Sora live on stream and cared so little about Action Duels being fun and entertaining that he was willing to murder his opponent by carpet bombing the city and dropping a whole building on him made the Standard Dimension arc of Arc-V one of the best arcs in all the series. It went from happy-go-lucky to deadly serious incredibly quickly. And then he did it AGAIN against Dennis! "I don't care about this Friendship Cup nor the whole social dynamic of the Synchro Dimension. Eat this satellite laser!"
Rafael, Ryo, Kiryu, Kaito, Reiji, Revolver, Nail and Zwijo - all character’s whose debut duel was against the main protag and they completely destroyed them, and regardless of the results, each of them had established how dominant of a force they would be going forward
Dark Signer Carly vs Divine is one of my favorite duels in 5ds, but yeah it's really her second, third if you count the duel with jack. Even if she's kinda a diffrent character there
Also, I'd consider Kiryu's first duel in Boom Town or whatever the fuck technically a debut duel since it's the first time we see him as him, not controlled by the dark signer powers. This duel is so badass to me because of that fucking harmonica.
I love that you put Yuto and especially Shay, they are in my top 5 characters and Raidraptor/Phantom Knights is my favorite theme of all time. Love Kite as well
It's a shame Jack would be considered the same character between 5Ds and Arc-V. Him just coming along and obliterating Yuya when he had an information disadvantage while insulting Yuya's pride is just so cool. Jack even dispresepcted Yuya by asking the audience when he should beat him. He lived up to the hype of the setting and the anticipation of seeing him from dominate from a different series.
I know it technically shouldn't count but Shark, or in this case, Nasch's debut against IV was absolutely incredible. Now as the Barian King, he absolutely battered our boy. It was a jaw dropping duel imo.
If pegasus vs Kaiba counts as his first duel id put that. Also Aster vs Zain was also insane especially considering Zains status and how it affected him afterwards.
Sorry about my other reply I didn't realize you were talking about Pegasus but I'd consider Pegasus first duel would be yugi through the vhs tape when he takes grampas soul
People really needs to give Rush Duel anime a chance, you can speed skipping the silly duel or "filler" episode if you want, but please check their serious duel or pay attention to the main plot of the story Like when Zuwijo vs Yudias vs Damamu, and then suddenly The Luge/Lugh arrives in finale of S1 of Go Rush, that gives me a chill dude, Avengers Endgame level of entrance right there
There are definitely a lot of great moments in rush anime. I think the accessibility is a huge turnoff for a lot of people, VRAINS was so easy to watch cause of Crunchyroll. Alot of people just refuse to use third party sites to watch anime. The style change and comedy focus certainly are a factor as well
Oh wow, Kite’s whistle is different between the sub and dub?? I wasn’t expecting that (I’ve only watched the dub). His whistle was already pretty chilling in the dub, but that original whistle legit sends shivers down my spine. That duel is easily my personal favorite on this list, Kite was just an amazing character and rival!
As always, great list Dylan Here's my Top 10 Most Badass Debut Duels: 10. Z-arc vs Aster (Arc-V) and Sora 9. Yami Marik vs Mai 8. Yuga vs Otes 7. Dark Signer Kalin vs Yusei 6. Zane vs Jaden 5. Phaser vs Yuga 4. Kite vs Yuma 3. Rafael vs Yugi 2. Neil vs Yuga 1. Yugi vs Kaiba
Some others a think deserve an honourable mention and ones that might’ve made a top 20 list. Yuga vs Yuo (first fusion of rush duels) Tron vs Dextra (Tron just mind f-ing Dextra similar to Marik vs Mai) Playmaker vs Akira (although Akira only duels twice and loses both, the character development he’s given in that first duel and most of what follows for him is awesome. What a Chad Akira is) Blood Shepherd vs Lightning (cool back and forth action with Blood Shepherd countering Judgement Arrows only for Lightning to turn the tables and establish him as formidable duelist and villain he would go on to be) Yuri vs Yusho duel school students (his first proper duel against 5 fusion users and destroying them savagely with Starving Venom is really cool. I love how he’s just disinterested in the Ojama user) Yuya and Reiji vs Leo Akaba (Although we joke about Leo a lot but we can’t deny that the build up to him was really good and when we finally see him duel, he completely dominates most of the duel and actually makes Reiji, one of the most powerful Duelists of the series struggle and if was just a father vs son duel, Leo likely would’ve won if that had happened)
Technically Kaito’s first duel in Zexal is vs that thug who’s possessed by a number and while the duel wasn’t completely shown, the end of the duel was there and Kaito literally took his soul
I’d have to say Yuga’s first duel in Go Rush was quite badass as well In Go Rush , up until that tag duel , we’d seen blurry images or outlines of Yuga , but we saw him in the flesh when he teamed with Yudias against The Lugh A protagonist from one show teaming with a protagonist from the current show 😃😃
Very true!! But IDK if it would count for this list cause Yuga *technically* dueled before in Sevens! Either way though, it was an awesome moment to see!
@@YugiohEverything My apologies . I thought debuts in another show when they’d already been in one still counted By your criteria , I’d have to say Ai had the most badass debut duel Queen had a powerful field and Ai obliterated it by spamming the summoning methods . Really got Declan Akaba vibes from that 😃😃
Tbh I say from arc v the legacy characters Jack, Kite, and Asuka had 1 of the most bad ass debut duels. Reason: Jack won vs Yuya, THE FRICKING MAIN CHARACTER!!!! And Yuya haded 2 of his fusion monsters. Kite won against Sawatori, and Gong, he did that last OTK turn, and so has asuka winning against 3 juvenile officers. Plus part of the reason I love these duels, is because I love their ace monster that debut with them.
While we knew Jack from Yu-Gi-Oh 5d's, he's another character in Arc-V. His duel against Yuya was so badass! "I'm gonna defeat him in 3 turns, first-I'll set the stage for my victory, then I'll let my opponent do some bad moves and then I'll show him why I am the one and only King!” then he called Yuya's performance abysmal! Definitely should be in honourable mentions since we've seen a Jack duel, but it wasn't this one.
Jack: "Listen up, Yuya. You call yourself a dueltainer? Well, here's my review: your performance was abysmal, mediocre at best. And I'm gonna bring the curtain down on you!" Also, I almost fainted when the dub brought back his duel and RDA theme.
I'm glad Ai's duel was on the list. It showed off brilliantly how batshit funking insane his carda are because they didn't say "once per turn" on any of his Ignisters.
I feel like Saiou VS Prince Sora was very badass. The way he says the duel will end before his turn starts, and he beats Sora without getting a single turn is amazing. Saiou is underrated.
@@YugiohEverything After watching everything, I agree with your top pick. Watching Shay (I watched dub) have a PTSD monologue and pull a win was one of the coolest moments in all of yugioh. Watching go the trio go from smug to panicking was super satisfying and cemented how dangerous he was. It set up the Shay vs Sora duel later in the season very well.
You know would Yuga Goha vs Yuo count technically? I would have had it here- the way Yuga Goha emerges from Swirly mid-duel is really chilling even now and then he proceeds to destroy Yuo in one turn. Pretty good stuff.
Rin vs Yugo would be one I would mention as a badass duel. Yugo was undefeated up until that point and Rin comes in and destroys his D-wheel and his hopes and dreams in a almost completely one-sided duel and she actually got the win. Very badass. The only downside with this impressive debut duel is Rin do nothing else for the remainder of Arc-V and so this storyline was over before it began.
Couldn't be happier with the list! For me, I think my top spot for most badass debut duel changes depending on the context of how its ranked. In terms of pure power, its Shun for sure, that 3 duellist knockout was crazy. In terms of game skill, I think Kite takes the top spot preventing any hope of a comeback by disabling Yumas trap card at the end of the duel (though it is kinda funny Yuma talks LOUDLY about his plan to astral and then astral says "He knew, how did he know?!") In terms of ambiance I would put Neil's maximum summon at the top its such an incredible scene!
damn was kinda hoping for Dark Maliks to be mentioned lol Mai takes his Ra and seems in the lead, then he just fuckin chants and steals it and we see Ra for the first proper time and just *chefs kiss*
My favourite part about Ai vs Queen was Ai's nonchalance towards everything. Queen sets up this nearly 'unbreakable formation', and when questions Ai asking if he seriously thinks he can break it, his response is just "sure, it'll be easy." Then she cheats & activates one of the most busted skills in Vrains, and Ai's response to that, after calling her out for cheating, is basically just 'oh no, anyway...' - he dominates her so badly that he effortlessly plays around her skill _during the Battle Phase_ and just proceeds to clap her as if she didn't just go back to 4000 & set any Trap Card in existence (which can also be activated that turn).
Ed VS Manjoume. But in a very bad way. Ed didn't get a single important win after Season 2. And I honestly completely forgot that Aoi hit her face in the floor but Ed's loss to Manjoume of all people was already humiliating, but losing to ojama yellow showed how the writers didn't care about Ed at all after Season 2. After that season, arguably one of the strongest duelists who beat Judai, Kaiser and DD became a bigger jobber than Aoi Zaizen.
The Shun pick makes me really want a top 10 Yugioh finishers/last turns. Even if a Duel itself is lackluster if the Finisher is hype it can change one's who opinion on the duel itself. Case and point; Yuya vs Ruri and Serena. Yuya summoning Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon on the final turn makes that duel as hype as it is.
So, several things. First, I guess once I'm done with Sailor Moon, I'll go back and watch the Sub of Zexal since I finished that before I swore off the dubs and I don't remember that whistle moment at all. Second, I guess I'll get around to watching Sevens after that and go from there, even though I kinda gave up on the anime when Vrains was cut short. It's also a shame that Pegasus technically dueled Yugi so early on because I feel that the Pegasus/Kaiba duel was his real introduction as a duelist. Finally, justice for Shun. He didn't deserve to lose to Crow, Kaito or Yuya.
Shun/Shay at #1 makes me shed tears. That scene alone did a lot for me: 1. Introduced me to Matt Shipman's work (His "IT'S MY *TUURRRRRRRN!!!"* gives me chills and lives rent free in my mind to this day). 2. Made me really wanna try the Raid Raptor deck so badly!
10:31 Ok i didn't know about katio doing a whistle when he was about to duel yuma there. Like that was simmiler to death in puss in boots, same vibes honestly.
Yeah Yugi losing should have been up there at the number 1 for a debut duel because nobody could expect the king of games to lose at all like there's nothing that can match that these brand new ones that come up before that one notch they need to be behind and for themselves but Raphael vs. Yugi should definitely been number one
What makes yutos duel so badass to me is how calm yuto is(and how he was just like "get one with the duel") that despite him drawing no monsters he was still able to use his opponents moves to set up his own, even going so far to say that they were so predictable that he thought it was a joke... Quick fun fact, some people think that shingo is a terrible duelist especially because of this duel despite him making the best moves he could with the hand he was given, he burned through his hand but still the best with what he had, it's the logic of you lost once so you're bad that is mostly seen in anime...
For me my number one is the very first duel of the entire series Yugi vs kaiba just for the ending of the duel alone, kaiba going from smug to cowering when Yugi showed him Exodia was just perfect.
One I think you left off was crows first duel against the sector security guy in 5ds now I know the opponent takes alot away from it but in one turn he destroyed all his face downs and halved his monsters points in order to win with piercing damage from bora the spear with gale the whirlwind and sorraco the dawns abilities but compared to the rest of the duels it seems more like an honorable mention
Kaito‘s first appearance is legendary, the way he enters the scene is unmatched. I would absolutely add the pharaoh from season 0, although his first appearance was not in a duel but a game…the music and „it’s game time“ always gives me goosebumps. Absolute badass
Hard agree on number one. The minute I saw this video, I knew that had to be the top of the list. Every part of that intro is just perfect. Also agree on his dub performance. Yugioh dubbed gets a lot of shit (some of it 100% deserved), but that particular casting was perfectly done, and I will die on that hill.
Before I watch the video I feel like kites duel with Yuma will be on this list or at least as an honorable mention because kite destroyed Yuma in that duel like ever time Yuma tried to make a comeback kite would counter it
0:13 "All of Yugioh" Yami Yugi vs Yami Bakura playing Monster World should be in this... at least the source manga version. Also, I am so proud of you for not including Yugioh DM's episode 1 battle between Yami Yugi and Kaiba because that was not the start of the story since it used their 2nd battle during Death-T for that battle.
I don’t know if the Supreme King would have counted or not, but his first duel was showing of just how powerful he was. Even when he took damage he never flinched or anything. And technically never lost.
Zigfried vs Weevil and Rex is the 1 that I was expecting on the list. Definitely agree with the #1 pick. I would also include Dartz vs Yugi & Kaiba. He basically toyed with them for the better part of the duel. I would also include Aster vs Zane. Watching Aster basically toy with this character who we grew to see as one of the best all of season 1 was also pretty shocking to watch. And then when he did it with an Elemental Hero deck too was pretty insane.
Technically Ed/Aster's first duel was against Judai/Jaden, which he threw it just to test Judai's power, so it doesn't really count. But yeah. Seeing Ed beat Kaiser and then seeing the latter become the Hell Kaiser was amazing. Kaiser was kind of a mary sue in season 1 and I think him developing was amazing. And if it wasn't for that duel, that would never have happened.
@@x-mighty7602 Oh yeah, you're right. I forgot about that duel, since Aster really wasn't using his deck (just a deck he made with cards from the shop). So it literally was Aster's first duel in the series, but I consider his metaphorical first duel to be when he toyed with Zane. Such a memorable and impactful duel
I am honestly surprised that the first duel in the entire series isn't here since it was the debut duel of Yami/Atem and how didn't look like a badass pulling Exodia on his last turn against three Blue-Eyes.
Love to see Yuto made this list. I still dislike he was killed off so early. I feel he could’ve been handled better - I have my own ideas including the other Yu-Boys. (Reply if you want to know.) Nail’s maximum summon always catches me off guard - that dragon just look so badass and fits his character perfectly. Shun’s earlier duels was his better duels. He always got underestimated and his opponents got what they deserved every time. Kaito’s 1st duel vs Yuma always impresses me - to this day still my favourite charcter not just rival.
My number 1 disappoint for arc-v was Yuto being klled off so early. I fuking wanted to see more of him, but no he died bc "dueling is for fun" and shit.
Kaito is also my favorite Yugioh Character of all time and also what kind of ideas for Yuto and the other Yu-boys did you have in mind? I always wanted things to be like this instead: Yuya: The Protagonist Yuto: The Deuteragonist/Main Rival Yugo: The Tritagonist Yuri: The Antagonist
@@BlizzardLuinor In case, you still wanted to know my ideas for the Yu-boys in ARC-V, here they are: The first thing is I would've changed how the Yu-boys interacted/merged. How Yuya and Yuto were managed up to episode 37 was fine. After Yugo defeats Yuto, instead of physically merging, Yuya and Yuto should've just mentally/telepathically merged. I'd still have Yuto lose his duel disk but Yuto would still have his deck and be holding his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Yuya and Yuto would have their moment but although we see Yuto give Dark Rebellion to Yuya, I’d still have them faint beside each other with their dragons touching. Yuzu would still show up and her bracelet would still teleport Yugo away but no one else. Now, Yuya and Yuto have telepathically merged so Yuto can't be teleported away now. The next episode would play out similarly with Yuya and Yuto asleep in Yuya's room. Maybe even have Yuto in Yuya's pyjamas and Yuzu would be attempting to explain who Yuto is to Yuya's mother. The same shenanigans with Aura would happen except Yuto remains asleep and after waking up and his mother leaves the room, Yuya explains the events of last night to Yuzu including the appearance of Yugo. While discussing, Yuto would wake up and the 3 of them would grow closer together. Yuya and Yuto's decks would be on Yuya's decks but Reiji still has Yuto's duel disk so Yuto is currently unable to communicate with Shun. Between Yuya, Yuzu and Yuto, I reckon the 3 of them could come to the theoretical idea that each dimension has doppelganger of each other (like in the CW Arrowverse) in order to explain why Yuya, Yuto and Yugo look alike. From this, they’d assume the same for Ruri and Yuzu and deduce that Yugo was referring to Rin in the duel from the previous night. I’d also reckon, they figure out/assume that their Fusion doppelganger is the one responsible for Ruri’s capture not Yugo which would give Yuzu more incentive to actually duel Yuri when he shows up during the battle royale. Yuya and Yuzu would head off for the Miami tournament but Yuto chooses to stay behind because he feels exhausted. During Yuya’s duel, I’d still have Yuya go berserk except the difference being he never actually took Dark Rebellion. Yuto would also go berserk except no-one would know as he’s home alone and Yuto would shrug it off as a dream. Yuya would still summon Dark Rebellion as it has now materialised in Yuya’s deck due to him going berserk and since Yuto is now a part of him, they both can use each other’s cards when/if they go berserk or when they’re in a pinch. However, after that moment, both would check their decks and Yuto seeing Dark Rebellion in his deck would be more convinced he was dreaming and Yuya would be confused as to how he did what he did. This would also leave Shun angry and suspicious of Yuya during the battle royale expect Yuya would confirm that Yuto is ok, unharmed, and even mention the duel against Yugo.
During the battle royale, as Yuya witnesses the Obelisk Force carding duellists, Yuya and Yuto would both simultaneously awaken and because Yuya can feel Yuto’s hatred for the Fusion dimension, he’d be more berserk, so much so that when Yuto awakens, he can see through Yuya’s eyes and moves and talks as if he’s duelling much like Yuya did when Yugo duelled during the Friendship Cup in the Synchro Dimension. This time after calming back down, Yuto would now be concerned for Yuya and get changed and head for the battle royale to check on hiem but would only reach Yuya moments before Yuya duelled Reiji. Whilst on the way, Yuto would see Yuya duelling Sora and telepathically reassure Yuya he’s doing the right thing. Shun would be glad to see Yuya and his trust in Yuya would grow. Looking back at Yuri, when he finally appears to Yuzu, I’d make sure to have him actually beat Yuzu rather than chase her because it really was pathetic. I can see the writers didn’t want to spoil Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, but Yuri could just duel Yuzu with his regular Predaplants to further prove his skills early on in the series. Back to Yuto, after Reiji defeats Yuya, Shun who vouches for Yuto’s skills, Yuto is also formally brought into the Lancers and Reiji returns Yuto’s duel disk meaning he can duel again. When the Lancers go to the Synchro Dimension, Yuto would be their with Shun and Dennis and Yuto would also be similarly suspicious of Dennis in their first Turbo Duel. Of course, Yuto would still end up in the facility like everyone else but when seeing Yuya dueltain, his respect for Yuya and even his outlook could slightly change to show some growth that started with Yuzu. The story would stay the same till the Friendship Cup. Yuto would also duel in the Cup but I’d have him duel Serena in the Round of 16 and would have her defeat, Yuto. One reason is because, I’d think Yuto would take the loss well and actually have fun but it would also be another good showcase of his skills and also so that we’d still get Yugo vs Serena later. Also, we could get more backstory for Yuto even with flashbacks to his assumed relationship with Ruri given he is duelling her Fusion counterpart.
When it comes to Yuya vs Crow, I’d have only Yuya and Yuto going berserk because it was overkill for all 4 counterpart to be going berserk simultaneously and also because we could’ve had more build up to the eventual Yugo vs Yuri duel. While Yuya is duelling Crow, you could have Yugo simultaneously duelling Yuri but they don’t use their dragons that they use their usual Speedroids and Predaplants, respectively. It always bothered me that the only Fusion monsters we saw Yuri use were Starving Venom and Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon which were so overpowered. Only until Yuya is duelling Sergey should Yugo and Yuri summon their dragons and that’s when they all start to awaken. I’d also have Yuto present for the duel and even make it a 2 v 2 (Yuya and Yuto vs Barret and Sergey). Of course, that’d mean both Yuya and Yuto would lose as Yuzu and Serena would be kidnapped. Yuya would still duel Jack and Yuto would be present when Yuya and Yuzu momentarily reunited. I’d also have Yuto join Yuya, Shun, Gongenzaka and Sawatari when they got sucked into the wormhole and sent to the Xyz dimension. The events involving Kite would remain the same but I’d have only Yuya start to duel against Edo but as Yuya is either getting pushed back or about to be defeated, that’s when Yuto’s hatred reaches his limit and he joins the duel and summons Dark Requiem - but the duel still ends in an overall draw. I’d only have Yuto and Shun duel the Tyler sisters later on and Yuya can still duel Edo in the rematch but I’d dial down on Yuya’s dueltaining but still have him defeat Edo. I don’t have much else to change from Yuto’s POV from this point till the duel against the Professor as I’d have to be a bit more creative given the mess with Battle Beast. However, when it comes to the duel with Ruri and Serena, this is when it gets more interesting. I’d have Yuto start the duel against Ruri with some more flashback etc and when Serena enters the duel, Yuya joins in immediately after and Yuya and Yuto both go berserk for Odd Eyes Raging Dragon. Yuya and Yuto would chase after either girl and get momentarily separated in separate cages but through a screen they both can still communicate with each other and see the main room with the Professor. After bursting out of their cages, they reunite and we have a 3 way duel against the Professor. Yuya and Yuto would once again go berserk but Yusho would pin both boys to the wall. I’d still have Yuri defeat Yugo but without the interruption Kaito and Edo but unlike with Yuya and Yuto, Yuri still physically merges with Yugo, Yuri would duel Yusho like normal but Yuya would forcibly absorb Yuto in his rage and would start to duel Yuri. Whilst duelling, I’d have Yuri and Yuya absorb Yuto/Yugo from each other when taking control of each other’s dragons. Not only could it look cool, but when Yuya goes fully Z-ARC after winning, it makes more sense since he was already 75% Z-ARC rather than just 50% Z-ARC. When it comes to Yuto here, my thoughts apply to more or less all 4 of the Yu-boys. Before Z-ARC summons Supreme King Z-ARC, his appearance should appear a bit blurry but once he does, he should expel the Yu-boys from his body as he no longer needs them and he has his demonic form from the Original Dimension. All 4 of the Yu-boys will have a brief moment with each other - Yuya apologise to Yuto for forcibly absorbing him and Yugo also apologising for jumping to the conclusion that Yuto was responsible for Rin’s capture. We could even have some form of redemption for Yuri where Yuri was never really in control of his actions and Z-ARC was using him to reach the rest of the counterparts in order to recombine. Regardless, all 4 agree they have the responsibility of stopping what they indirectly created so they make a run for the ARC-V reactor to retrieve Ray’s 4 Nature cards. While doing so, as Z-ARC summons the corrupted forms of each of their Dimension Dragons, the respective Yu-boy could feel the pain of their respective dragon which ends up slowing them down. Yuri could be the one to help the others as Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom wasn’t summoned until towards the end of the massive duel and it could further prove his redemption. Each Yu-boys collects the Nature card that correlates to their respective Bracelet Girl, join the duel and defeat/kill Z-ARC. (No Z-ARC turning Reira into a baby that needs to smile - that plot doesn’t exist here.)
I love all Shun’s duels. His debut was awesome, he had no magic/trap cards he had no cards in his hand and still destroyed 3 of the most powerful Duelist at that point of the series in only 2 turns What a badass man he will always be my favourite yugioh character
The Pharaoh gotta be at the top of this list, nothing beats suddenly changing your entire personality out of nowhere and growing a few centimetres before obliterating your opponent and crushing their mind xD
That moment where your debut duel is destroying the protagonist. That’s when you know that this duelist is no joke.
Absolutely... And that's happened quite a few times for sure
Yusei Kiryu Round 1 is absolutely incredible
*your debut
@@christopherb501 thanks
Thought you meant debit card at first
I think what makes Kite’s duel so good is that he took no damage
And a pretty elaborate combo to bring out two number monsters at his first turn
And the main characters were shitting bricks just thinking about him for the next 20 eps
@@timothyskidmore1554I think it’s rather interesting to make the Number Hunter treat the Numbers he has won as a means to an end. It showed that he wasn’t going to be like prior duelists Yuma won against, who relied on their Numbers to get them through. Top this off with Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon being the perfect antithesis of most Xyz monsters, and you have a good opening duel to a new character. And this is further cemented by Astral and Yuma being shook by that duel for a good few episodes afterwards.
I remember being quiet excited to see galaxy eyes. Wish the same could be said about Yuma and astral
And then he still never lost the rest of the time only drew in his series
Zexal is so underrated for a lot of badass moments. Kaito's debut was when the series took a dramatic shift.
I want to get into it but I can rarely take Yuma’s hairstyle seriously which says a lot for Yugioh
I would say that the moment that the series became more serious was when IV almost killed tetsuo and class represent.
@@basik4439 Yuma's hairstyle isn't any worse than the rest. Especially when compared to Yuya and Yusaku
@@tsunax1400 The was it looked in the rain after losing to Kaito was nasty Yuya’s bair was a lot better than Yuma’s
I think Zexal's issue is it has an INVERSE problem of the other series. Where as other series start strong, and become mid.
Zexal starts Mid and becomes better.
that and Zexal (along with Sevens now) has no way to offically watch the subbed versions.
Mizael's 1st duel was legendary.
The intro to the over hundreds was PERFECTION.
Honestly Shun still holds the spot for my top 3 fav Arc-V duels, 3rd is the Sora duel, 2nd is his debut, & 1st will always be his 2nd duel w/ Dennis. Dude's just a badass, especially when he wins in the most destructive ways
Shun is the second best character in Arc v besides Reiji
Even though it was a forfeited duel, just the surprise of Declan using Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum summon in his duel against Yuya is so fun to watch
yeah very true, that duel debut should be rated very high aswell!
Delcan/ Reiji's first duel was perfect. Well I already thought pendulums were interesting in their own right seeing him bust out all the summoning methods back-to-back and then finish it off with a pendulum summon was so damn cool. Yuya made pendulums and he made him look like a chump using his own method.
And be likely had the pendulum XYZ monster he used in their second duel because he talked about going beyond pendulum in that duel.
Imagine if Yuya had Maxx c in his hand
First impressions can mean a lot in this series.
Sometimes a strong start is as impactful with a viewer as a strong finish.
Kaito whistle and stop time, man, woah dude.
IDK if anything can beat out the whole presentation of Kaito. It was so freaking good
Kaito best rival and best character in zexal
@@AbsoluteZero-lv8js crying from Kaito’s death
@fxzzy Ai death is the only thing made me heartbreaking
@@AbsoluteZero-lv8js yeah that death was tragic
what i Love about your channel is that you don't emphasis on the OG series that much and give the other spinoffs their deserved love!
IV debut Duel was great imo, his opponents aren't worth mentioning but the way he ruthlessly defeated showed how tough and scary he is as a duelist, specifically since Yuma's group had no idea of his real character and then they got shocked once he stopped his act.
His final duel with Shark was awesome
Yeah. Also, he defeated Todoroki who has defeated Yuma in the past.
I was looking for this one. IV's was great.
I think vetrix vs dextra is pretty good. The way he was able to turn her own strategy against her was incredible.
My favorite part of that duel was Vetrix saying “Yuma! Come and see how my life stinks! I am trapped in a horrible combo from which there is no escape!” 😆
Not sure if I would put it in the top 10 but Mizael's first duel was pretty good. After all those duels against the guys possessed by the Barian's we finally got to see one of the Barian emperor's in action. It was our first time seeing an over hundred number, Yuma got rekt sorta like the first Kaito duel, Kaito stepped in to face him and we had an awesome clash with galaxy eyes vs galaxy eyes, then the duel ended because his chaos number was so strong it broke the damn game.
Well, we can say Yuma has one thing in common with Puss. Both get PTSD from a rival whistling
In terms of debut duels, none of them hype me up as much as Reiji’s duel against Yuya. To see him use all of the summoning methods at the time, including Pendulum, was such an amazing moment.
Kaito’s debut duel against Yuma was one of the best badass duels and he almost could’ve won if he didn’t need to leave but still it was a great duel. Also his whistle was very epic
Kaito had that win in the bag, no questions asked. Leaving early because of familial reasons added a LOT of depth to his character.
His whistle is Hart's theme actually and I love it
@@cameraredeye3115 Yeah but it would’ve been better if we saw him finish off Yuma in the duel though it was a awesome duel nonetheless
@@deckardshaw6696 Is it? How do you know?
@@rainbowdragon168 You can just listen to them
Shun is the hero equivalent of the unhinged villain. Guy is merciless, efficient and fueled by nothing but cold rage. He's like the Punisher of the Yugioh series. The way he exposed Sora live on stream and cared so little about Action Duels being fun and entertaining that he was willing to murder his opponent by carpet bombing the city and dropping a whole building on him made the Standard Dimension arc of Arc-V one of the best arcs in all the series. It went from happy-go-lucky to deadly serious incredibly quickly.
And then he did it AGAIN against Dennis! "I don't care about this Friendship Cup nor the whole social dynamic of the Synchro Dimension. Eat this satellite laser!"
"A coma we still don't know if she ever came out of" -I believe that's code for "She's dead"
Yuto's first duel was definitely a badass especially when he walks aways when he ended the duel
Unfortunately he died just a few episodes later
The cheating level in Zexal was off the charts, being Yuma or Don Thousand. lol
Rafael, Ryo, Kiryu, Kaito, Reiji, Revolver, Nail and Zwijo - all character’s whose debut duel was against the main protag and they completely destroyed them, and regardless of the results, each of them had established how dominant of a force they would be going forward
Yami Bakura vs Bonez (Zombie Kid)
"Would you like to have a shadow duel?😈"
That line haunted me ever since
Dark Signer Carly vs Divine is one of my favorite duels in 5ds, but yeah it's really her second, third if you count the duel with jack.
Even if she's kinda a diffrent character there
When you hear a whistle like Kaito's, dont even bother running.
You're done.
Also, I'd consider Kiryu's first duel in Boom Town or whatever the fuck technically a debut duel since it's the first time we see him as him, not controlled by the dark signer powers. This duel is so badass to me because of that fucking harmonica.
I love that you put Yuto and especially Shay, they are in my top 5 characters and Raidraptor/Phantom Knights is my favorite theme of all time. Love Kite as well
It's a shame Jack would be considered the same character between 5Ds and Arc-V. Him just coming along and obliterating Yuya when he had an information disadvantage while insulting Yuya's pride is just so cool. Jack even dispresepcted Yuya by asking the audience when he should beat him. He lived up to the hype of the setting and the anticipation of seeing him from dominate from a different series.
I know it technically shouldn't count but Shark, or in this case, Nasch's debut against IV was absolutely incredible. Now as the Barian King, he absolutely battered our boy. It was a jaw dropping duel imo.
If pegasus vs Kaiba counts as his first duel id put that. Also Aster vs Zain was also insane especially considering Zains status and how it affected him afterwards.
Well Edo dueled once before his duel against Kaiser, which is a shame because this duel was absolutely shocking
Sorry about my other reply I didn't realize you were talking about Pegasus but I'd consider Pegasus first duel would be yugi through the vhs tape when he takes grampas soul
@@bigfish5544 what duel was that if you don’t mind?
@@madham4198 he dueled Judai in episode 53, where he only used random cards he had just bought out of a structure deck moments prior
@@bigfish5544 oh right, thought that was after zains duel
People really needs to give Rush Duel anime a chance, you can speed skipping the silly duel or "filler" episode if you want, but please check their serious duel or pay attention to the main plot of the story
Like when Zuwijo vs Yudias vs Damamu, and then suddenly The Luge/Lugh arrives in finale of S1 of Go Rush, that gives me a chill dude, Avengers Endgame level of entrance right there
There are definitely a lot of great moments in rush anime. I think the accessibility is a huge turnoff for a lot of people, VRAINS was so easy to watch cause of Crunchyroll. Alot of people just refuse to use third party sites to watch anime. The style change and comedy focus certainly are a factor as well
@@YugiohEverything and on crunchyroll only Zexal dub exists sadly
Never ever. Those crap is hurting my IQ and ego. No matter how money you give me the result won't change.
I would only watched DM→Vrains
@@YugiohEverything I can watch without any caption help. I didn't use crunchyroll to Vrains
Kaito made everything in Zexal amazing and his debut destroyed Zexal's bad reputation
Oh wow, Kite’s whistle is different between the sub and dub?? I wasn’t expecting that (I’ve only watched the dub). His whistle was already pretty chilling in the dub, but that original whistle legit sends shivers down my spine. That duel is easily my personal favorite on this list, Kite was just an amazing character and rival!
Reasons why sub is better smh
A true yugioh anime fans would never ever watched the dog shit dub
@@AbsoluteZero-lv8js i watch both
@@AbsoluteZero-lv8js true fan wouldn't be so presumptuous as to assume they know what the definition of one even is.
@@AbsoluteZero-lv8js facts
You know you have a badass duelist when he/she makes a great entrance
The Kaito whistle entrance...
@@YugiohEverything Kaito is that badass
Kaito is the best rival ever
As always, great list Dylan
Here's my Top 10 Most Badass Debut Duels:
10. Z-arc vs Aster (Arc-V) and Sora
9. Yami Marik vs Mai
8. Yuga vs Otes
7. Dark Signer Kalin vs Yusei
6. Zane vs Jaden
5. Phaser vs Yuga
4. Kite vs Yuma
3. Rafael vs Yugi
2. Neil vs Yuga
1. Yugi vs Kaiba
I'm glad you included Sevens and Go Rush
@@heatsflamesman5353 Thanks
1:Shun
2:Zexal Kaito
3:Ai
4:Kiryu
5:Yuto
Yuesi vs Kiryu Round 1 the best duel in 5ds.
@@AbsoluteZero-lv8js Agreed
Some others a think deserve an honourable mention and ones that might’ve made a top 20 list.
Yuga vs Yuo (first fusion of rush duels)
Tron vs Dextra (Tron just mind f-ing Dextra similar to Marik vs Mai)
Playmaker vs Akira (although Akira only duels twice and loses both, the character development he’s given in that first duel and most of what follows for him is awesome. What a Chad Akira is)
Blood Shepherd vs Lightning (cool back and forth action with Blood Shepherd countering Judgement Arrows only for Lightning to turn the tables and establish him as formidable duelist and villain he would go on to be)
Yuri vs Yusho duel school students (his first proper duel against 5 fusion users and destroying them savagely with Starving Venom is really cool. I love how he’s just disinterested in the Ojama user)
Yuya and Reiji vs Leo Akaba (Although we joke about Leo a lot but we can’t deny that the build up to him was really good and when we finally see him duel, he completely dominates most of the duel and actually makes Reiji, one of the most powerful Duelists of the series struggle and if was just a father vs son duel, Leo likely would’ve won if that had happened)
Dextra is called Dolowa/Droite in the Japanese version.
Suprised Spectre vs Blue Angel isn't on the list, but turns out he dueled Kitamura right before that.
Foiled by that useless oaf again
Technically Kaito’s first duel in Zexal is vs that thug who’s possessed by a number and while the duel wasn’t completely shown, the end of the duel was there and Kaito literally took his soul
Don thousand changing mizar's card be like:are you sure about that?
I’d have to say Yuga’s first duel in Go Rush was quite badass as well
In Go Rush , up until that tag duel , we’d seen blurry images or outlines of Yuga , but we saw him in the flesh when he teamed with Yudias against The Lugh
A protagonist from one show teaming with a protagonist from the current show 😃😃
Very true!! But IDK if it would count for this list cause Yuga *technically* dueled before in Sevens! Either way though, it was an awesome moment to see!
@@YugiohEverything
My apologies . I thought debuts in another show when they’d already been in one still counted
By your criteria , I’d have to say Ai had the most badass debut duel
Queen had a powerful field and Ai obliterated it by spamming the summoning methods . Really got Declan Akaba vibes from that 😃😃
You missed Specter obliterating and psychoanalyzing Aoi in his debut
Tbh I say from arc v the legacy characters Jack, Kite, and Asuka had 1 of the most bad ass debut duels. Reason: Jack won vs Yuya, THE FRICKING MAIN CHARACTER!!!! And Yuya haded 2 of his fusion monsters. Kite won against Sawatori, and Gong, he did that last OTK turn, and so has asuka winning against 3 juvenile officers. Plus part of the reason I love these duels, is because I love their ace monster that debut with them.
While we knew Jack from Yu-Gi-Oh 5d's, he's another character in Arc-V. His duel against Yuya was so badass! "I'm gonna defeat him in 3 turns, first-I'll set the stage for my victory, then I'll let my opponent do some bad moves and then I'll show him why I am the one and only King!” then he called Yuya's performance abysmal! Definitely should be in honourable mentions since we've seen a Jack duel, but it wasn't this one.
Even crazier is that Jack did EXACTLY what he said he was gonna do. I'm surprised this one isn't Top 5 tbh.
Jack: "Listen up, Yuya. You call yourself a dueltainer? Well, here's my review: your performance was abysmal, mediocre at best. And I'm gonna bring the curtain down on you!" Also, I almost fainted when the dub brought back his duel and RDA theme.
@@thedragonknightvolga4194 I paraphrase it all the time, when I'm winning in Master duel with a synchro deck.
@@viktorzahariev2485 Yep. Such an awesome moment
that fate to black and white on judais face when ryo attacks was masterfull
I'm glad Ai's duel was on the list. It showed off brilliantly how batshit funking insane his carda are because they didn't say "once per turn" on any of his Ignisters.
Also he's the only one who able to push Playmaker to the absolute limit. Also almost beat him clean. He did defeat him in the original ending
His power in season 3 already surpassed all the characters in the show including Playmaker
I feel like Saiou VS Prince Sora was very badass. The way he says the duel will end before his turn starts, and he beats Sora without getting a single turn is amazing. Saiou is underrated.
I haven’t watched in awhile but your intro is still very friendly and warming. Feels like Saturday morning cartoons.
I appreciate that very much. I'm trying to get back to uploading Top 10s every weekend! :)
@@YugiohEverything
After watching everything, I agree with your top pick. Watching Shay (I watched dub) have a PTSD monologue and pull a win was one of the coolest moments in all of yugioh. Watching go the trio go from smug to panicking was super satisfying and cemented how dangerous he was. It set up the Shay vs Sora duel later in the season very well.
@@YugiohEverything Your vids are awesome, keep it up
I recently was binge watching Arc V and when I saw Shun destroy the LDS trio on his next turn, my jaw had hit the floor. Shun had no mercy
I love them all!
But Kite's remained my favourite's
Thank you, and have a great rest of your weekend!!
@@YugiohEverything Same!
What about Aster Phoenix?? He literally came outta nowhere and beat the most OP duelists in GX (zane and jaden) and it seemed like he was going easy.
Zexal is my fav ygo series and this is literally one of the reasons why. From quattro, kite, misael and so on.
The Japanese version is such a great watch. Shame people's first impression was the awful English dub
Vrains is my favorite
@@ak47dragunov English dub is for those garbage American crap to watch. Not us
@Asher A true yugioh anime fans would never ever watched the dog shit dub
@@ak47dragunov I watched dub and I still liked it but man sub was something else. Quattro's introduction when he summoned number 15 was just so hype.
You know would Yuga Goha vs Yuo count technically? I would have had it here- the way Yuga Goha emerges from Swirly mid-duel is really chilling even now and then he proceeds to destroy Yuo in one turn. Pretty good stuff.
I love seeing Kite and A.I. together in a thumbnail.
Crow vs sector security sets up crow so well the writers changed the plot. Back then otking through a 2k wall was no easy feat.
Wasn’t that an FTK? Either way, winning a duel in one attack like that was a pretty big deal, especially with a Lv 4 monster.
10:59 Yuma's screem aftar that daul ( japanese ver) is... 🕷️
Oh god!
Man I really love Kiryu’s theme
His anime theme was incredible
Rin vs Yugo would be one I would mention as a badass duel. Yugo was undefeated up until that point and Rin comes in and destroys his D-wheel and his hopes and dreams in a almost completely one-sided duel and she actually got the win. Very badass. The only downside with this impressive debut duel is Rin do nothing else for the remainder of Arc-V and so this storyline was over before it began.
As always my boa Dylan activating his continuous trap “hello everyone “
Couldn't be happier with the list!
For me, I think my top spot for most badass debut duel changes depending on the context of how its ranked.
In terms of pure power, its Shun for sure, that 3 duellist knockout was crazy.
In terms of game skill, I think Kite takes the top spot preventing any hope of a comeback by disabling Yumas trap card at the end of the duel (though it is kinda funny Yuma talks LOUDLY about his plan to astral and then astral says "He knew, how did he know?!")
In terms of ambiance I would put Neil's maximum summon at the top its such an incredible scene!
Kaito Vs Yuma is by far the best. Yuma literally got PTSD after and had to go train at a temple to get over it
damn was kinda hoping for Dark Maliks to be mentioned lol Mai takes his Ra and seems in the lead, then he just fuckin chants and steals it and we see Ra for the first proper time and just *chefs kiss*
My favourite part about Ai vs Queen was Ai's nonchalance towards everything.
Queen sets up this nearly 'unbreakable formation', and when questions Ai asking if he seriously thinks he can break it, his response is just "sure, it'll be easy." Then she cheats & activates one of the most busted skills in Vrains, and Ai's response to that, after calling her out for cheating, is basically just 'oh no, anyway...' - he dominates her so badly that he effortlessly plays around her skill _during the Battle Phase_ and just proceeds to clap her as if she didn't just go back to 4000 & set any Trap Card in existence (which can also be activated that turn).
To this day Kiryu's first duel against Yusei was awesome.
That duel is perfect
Now I need the following video: Top 10 Most UNEXPECTED Duels's Results in Yu-Gi-Oh.
Kiryu vs Yusei
Ed VS Manjoume. But in a very bad way. Ed didn't get a single important win after Season 2. And I honestly completely forgot that Aoi hit her face in the floor but Ed's loss to Manjoume of all people was already humiliating, but losing to ojama yellow showed how the writers didn't care about Ed at all after Season 2. After that season, arguably one of the strongest duelists who beat Judai, Kaiser and DD became a bigger jobber than Aoi Zaizen.
In response to your no. 2 spot, I only have 1 thing to say:
慚愧の用意は出来ているか？？
A little late but how isn’t stem vs Kaiba not here!!?!?
The Shun pick makes me really want a top 10 Yugioh finishers/last turns. Even if a Duel itself is lackluster if the Finisher is hype it can change one's who opinion on the duel itself. Case and point; Yuya vs Ruri and Serena. Yuya summoning Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon on the final turn makes that duel as hype as it is.
it doesnt stand up to the others, but seeing Bastion properly summon water dragon to hard counter Chazz was super dope
Sadly does not qualify
So, several things. First, I guess once I'm done with Sailor Moon, I'll go back and watch the Sub of Zexal since I finished that before I swore off the dubs and I don't remember that whistle moment at all. Second, I guess I'll get around to watching Sevens after that and go from there, even though I kinda gave up on the anime when Vrains was cut short. It's also a shame that Pegasus technically dueled Yugi so early on because I feel that the Pegasus/Kaiba duel was his real introduction as a duelist. Finally, justice for Shun. He didn't deserve to lose to Crow, Kaito or Yuya.
This is one of those rare times I agree with all the picks on your top 10 lists especially the top 3
Specter vs Blue Angel is missing
Shun/Shay at #1 makes me shed tears. That scene alone did a lot for me:
1. Introduced me to Matt Shipman's work (His "IT'S MY *TUURRRRRRRN!!!"* gives me chills and lives rent free in my mind to this day).
2. Made me really wanna try the Raid Raptor deck so badly!
10:31 Ok i didn't know about katio doing a whistle when he was about to duel yuma there. Like that was simmiler to death in puss in boots, same vibes honestly.
PTSD from the whistle? No. Remembering that as the moment I found one of my new characters? Absolutely.
Yeah Yugi losing should have been up there at the number 1 for a debut duel because nobody could expect the king of games to lose at all like there's nothing that can match that these brand new ones that come up before that one notch they need to be behind and for themselves but Raphael vs. Yugi should definitely been number one
i belive that vetrix vs kite is one of best duels ever
Yeah. I agree, but that was Tron's second duel (He dueled Droite before) so it doesn't really count.
What makes yutos duel so badass to me is how calm yuto is(and how he was just like "get one with the duel") that despite him drawing no monsters he was still able to use his opponents moves to set up his own, even going so far to say that they were so predictable that he thought it was a joke...
Quick fun fact, some people think that shingo is a terrible duelist especially because of this duel despite him making the best moves he could with the hand he was given, he burned through his hand but still the best with what he had, it's the logic of you lost once so you're bad that is mostly seen in anime...
Love the top 10! I’m surprised the zero turn duel in GX didn’t make it
For me my number one is the very first duel of the entire series Yugi vs kaiba just for the ending of the duel alone, kaiba going from smug to cowering when Yugi showed him Exodia was just perfect.
One I think you left off was crows first duel against the sector security guy in 5ds now I know the opponent takes alot away from it but in one turn he destroyed all his face downs and halved his monsters points in order to win with piercing damage from bora the spear with gale the whirlwind and sorraco the dawns abilities but compared to the rest of the duels it seems more like an honorable mention
Kaito‘s first appearance is legendary, the way he enters the scene is unmatched.
I would absolutely add the pharaoh from season 0, although his first appearance was not in a duel but a game…the music and „it’s game time“ always gives me goosebumps. Absolute badass
Garbage
Hard agree on number one. The minute I saw this video, I knew that had to be the top of the list. Every part of that intro is just perfect.
Also agree on his dub performance. Yugioh dubbed gets a lot of shit (some of it 100% deserved), but that particular casting was perfectly done, and I will die on that hill.
Before I watch the video I feel like kites duel with Yuma will be on this list or at least as an honorable mention because kite destroyed Yuma in that duel like ever time Yuma tried to make a comeback kite would counter it
Pretty good prediction... :)
@@YugiohEverything I have a feeling quattro's gonna be here. He gave be goosebumps first time I saw his entrance in subbed.
I’m so happy that first place is exactly what I had as the most badass debut
0:13 "All of Yugioh"
Yami Yugi vs Yami Bakura playing Monster World should be in this... at least the source manga version. Also, I am so proud of you for not including Yugioh DM's episode 1 battle between Yami Yugi and Kaiba because that was not the start of the story since it used their 2nd battle during Death-T for that battle.
Rafael made Atem turn heel, that makes him easy top 3
You could argue that Yuri's first onscreen duel against 5 yu show students was also bad ass as well but a great list nonetheless
It's not on the list???
Seeing his discust at seeing ojama king was priceless
Yuri only lost one single time in Arc v
I don’t know if the Supreme King would have counted or not, but his first duel was showing of just how powerful he was. Even when he took damage he never flinched or anything. And technically never lost.
Zigfried vs Weevil and Rex is the 1 that I was expecting on the list. Definitely agree with the #1 pick.
I would also include Dartz vs Yugi & Kaiba. He basically toyed with them for the better part of the duel.
I would also include Aster vs Zane. Watching Aster basically toy with this character who we grew to see as one of the best all of season 1 was also pretty shocking to watch. And then when he did it with an Elemental Hero deck too was pretty insane.
They played ride of the Valkyries when Zigfried was trouncing rex and weevil in the Japanese version
Technically Ed/Aster's first duel was against Judai/Jaden, which he threw it just to test Judai's power, so it doesn't really count. But yeah. Seeing Ed beat Kaiser and then seeing the latter become the Hell Kaiser was amazing. Kaiser was kind of a mary sue in season 1 and I think him developing was amazing. And if it wasn't for that duel, that would never have happened.
@@x-mighty7602 Oh yeah, you're right. I forgot about that duel, since Aster really wasn't using his deck (just a deck he made with cards from the shop). So it literally was Aster's first duel in the series, but I consider his metaphorical first duel to be when he toyed with Zane. Such a memorable and impactful duel
I am honestly surprised that the first duel in the entire series isn't here since it was the debut duel of Yami/Atem and how didn't look like a badass pulling Exodia on his last turn against three Blue-Eyes.
Love to see Yuto made this list. I still dislike he was killed off so early. I feel he could’ve been handled better - I have my own ideas including the other Yu-Boys. (Reply if you want to know.)
Nail’s maximum summon always catches me off guard - that dragon just look so badass and fits his character perfectly.
Shun’s earlier duels was his better duels. He always got underestimated and his opponents got what they deserved every time.
Kaito’s 1st duel vs Yuma always impresses me - to this day still my favourite charcter not just rival.
My number 1 disappoint for arc-v was Yuto being klled off so early. I fuking wanted to see more of him, but no he died bc "dueling is for fun" and shit.
Kaito is also my favorite Yugioh Character of all time and also what kind of ideas for Yuto and the other Yu-boys did you have in mind?
I always wanted things to be like this instead:
Yuya: The Protagonist
Yuto: The Deuteragonist/Main Rival
Yugo: The Tritagonist
Yuri: The Antagonist
@@BlizzardLuinor In case, you still wanted to know my ideas for the Yu-boys in ARC-V, here they are:
The first thing is I would've changed how the Yu-boys interacted/merged. How Yuya and Yuto were managed up to episode 37 was fine. After Yugo defeats Yuto, instead of physically merging, Yuya and Yuto should've just mentally/telepathically merged. I'd still have Yuto lose his duel disk but Yuto would still have his deck and be holding his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Yuya and Yuto would have their moment but although we see Yuto give Dark Rebellion to Yuya, I’d still have them faint beside each other with their dragons touching. Yuzu would still show up and her bracelet would still teleport Yugo away but no one else. Now, Yuya and Yuto have telepathically merged so Yuto can't be teleported away now.
The next episode would play out similarly with Yuya and Yuto asleep in Yuya's room. Maybe even have Yuto in Yuya's pyjamas and Yuzu would be attempting to explain who Yuto is to Yuya's mother. The same shenanigans with Aura would happen except Yuto remains asleep and after waking up and his mother leaves the room, Yuya explains the events of last night to Yuzu including the appearance of Yugo. While discussing, Yuto would wake up and the 3 of them would grow closer together. Yuya and Yuto's decks would be on Yuya's decks but Reiji still has Yuto's duel disk so Yuto is currently unable to communicate with Shun. Between Yuya, Yuzu and Yuto, I reckon the 3 of them could come to the theoretical idea that each dimension has doppelganger of each other (like in the CW Arrowverse) in order to explain why Yuya, Yuto and Yugo look alike. From this, they’d assume the same for Ruri and Yuzu and deduce that Yugo was referring to Rin in the duel from the previous night. I’d also reckon, they figure out/assume that their Fusion doppelganger is the one responsible for Ruri’s capture not Yugo which would give Yuzu more incentive to actually duel Yuri when he shows up during the battle royale.
Yuya and Yuzu would head off for the Miami tournament but Yuto chooses to stay behind because he feels exhausted. During Yuya’s duel, I’d still have Yuya go berserk except the difference being he never actually took Dark Rebellion. Yuto would also go berserk except no-one would know as he’s home alone and Yuto would shrug it off as a dream. Yuya would still summon Dark Rebellion as it has now materialised in Yuya’s deck due to him going berserk and since Yuto is now a part of him, they both can use each other’s cards when/if they go berserk or when they’re in a pinch. However, after that moment, both would check their decks and Yuto seeing Dark Rebellion in his deck would be more convinced he was dreaming and Yuya would be confused as to how he did what he did. This would also leave Shun angry and suspicious of Yuya during the battle royale expect Yuya would confirm that Yuto is ok, unharmed, and even mention the duel against Yugo.
During the battle royale, as Yuya witnesses the Obelisk Force carding duellists, Yuya and Yuto would both simultaneously awaken and because Yuya can feel Yuto’s hatred for the Fusion dimension, he’d be more berserk, so much so that when Yuto awakens, he can see through Yuya’s eyes and moves and talks as if he’s duelling much like Yuya did when Yugo duelled during the Friendship Cup in the Synchro Dimension. This time after calming back down, Yuto would now be concerned for Yuya and get changed and head for the battle royale to check on hiem but would only reach Yuya moments before Yuya duelled Reiji. Whilst on the way, Yuto would see Yuya duelling Sora and telepathically reassure Yuya he’s doing the right thing. Shun would be glad to see Yuya and his trust in Yuya would grow.
Looking back at Yuri, when he finally appears to Yuzu, I’d make sure to have him actually beat Yuzu rather than chase her because it really was pathetic. I can see the writers didn’t want to spoil Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, but Yuri could just duel Yuzu with his regular Predaplants to further prove his skills early on in the series. Back to Yuto, after Reiji defeats Yuya, Shun who vouches for Yuto’s skills, Yuto is also formally brought into the Lancers and Reiji returns Yuto’s duel disk meaning he can duel again.
When the Lancers go to the Synchro Dimension, Yuto would be their with Shun and Dennis and Yuto would also be similarly suspicious of Dennis in their first Turbo Duel. Of course, Yuto would still end up in the facility like everyone else but when seeing Yuya dueltain, his respect for Yuya and even his outlook could slightly change to show some growth that started with Yuzu. The story would stay the same till the Friendship Cup. Yuto would also duel in the Cup but I’d have him duel Serena in the Round of 16 and would have her defeat, Yuto. One reason is because, I’d think Yuto would take the loss well and actually have fun but it would also be another good showcase of his skills and also so that we’d still get Yugo vs Serena later. Also, we could get more backstory for Yuto even with flashbacks to his assumed relationship with Ruri given he is duelling her Fusion counterpart.
When it comes to Yuya vs Crow, I’d have only Yuya and Yuto going berserk because it was overkill for all 4 counterpart to be going berserk simultaneously and also because we could’ve had more build up to the eventual Yugo vs Yuri duel. While Yuya is duelling Crow, you could have Yugo simultaneously duelling Yuri but they don’t use their dragons that they use their usual Speedroids and Predaplants, respectively. It always bothered me that the only Fusion monsters we saw Yuri use were Starving Venom and Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon which were so overpowered. Only until Yuya is duelling Sergey should Yugo and Yuri summon their dragons and that’s when they all start to awaken. I’d also have Yuto present for the duel and even make it a 2 v 2 (Yuya and Yuto vs Barret and Sergey). Of course, that’d mean both Yuya and Yuto would lose as Yuzu and Serena would be kidnapped. Yuya would still duel Jack and Yuto would be present when Yuya and Yuzu momentarily reunited. I’d also have Yuto join Yuya, Shun, Gongenzaka and Sawatari when they got sucked into the wormhole and sent to the Xyz dimension. The events involving Kite would remain the same but I’d have only Yuya start to duel against Edo but as Yuya is either getting pushed back or about to be defeated, that’s when Yuto’s hatred reaches his limit and he joins the duel and summons Dark Requiem - but the duel still ends in an overall draw.
I’d only have Yuto and Shun duel the Tyler sisters later on and Yuya can still duel Edo in the rematch but I’d dial down on Yuya’s dueltaining but still have him defeat Edo. I don’t have much else to change from Yuto’s POV from this point till the duel against the Professor as I’d have to be a bit more creative given the mess with Battle Beast. However, when it comes to the duel with Ruri and Serena, this is when it gets more interesting. I’d have Yuto start the duel against Ruri with some more flashback etc and when Serena enters the duel, Yuya joins in immediately after and Yuya and Yuto both go berserk for Odd Eyes Raging Dragon. Yuya and Yuto would chase after either girl and get momentarily separated in separate cages but through a screen they both can still communicate with each other and see the main room with the Professor. After bursting out of their cages, they reunite and we have a 3 way duel against the Professor. Yuya and Yuto would once again go berserk but Yusho would pin both boys to the wall. I’d still have Yuri defeat Yugo but without the interruption Kaito and Edo but unlike with Yuya and Yuto, Yuri still physically merges with Yugo, Yuri would duel Yusho like normal but Yuya would forcibly absorb Yuto in his rage and would start to duel Yuri. Whilst duelling, I’d have Yuri and Yuya absorb Yuto/Yugo from each other when taking control of each other’s dragons. Not only could it look cool, but when Yuya goes fully Z-ARC after winning, it makes more sense since he was already 75% Z-ARC rather than just 50% Z-ARC.
When it comes to Yuto here, my thoughts apply to more or less all 4 of the Yu-boys. Before Z-ARC summons Supreme King Z-ARC, his appearance should appear a bit blurry but once he does, he should expel the Yu-boys from his body as he no longer needs them and he has his demonic form from the Original Dimension. All 4 of the Yu-boys will have a brief moment with each other - Yuya apologise to Yuto for forcibly absorbing him and Yugo also apologising for jumping to the conclusion that Yuto was responsible for Rin’s capture. We could even have some form of redemption for Yuri where Yuri was never really in control of his actions and Z-ARC was using him to reach the rest of the counterparts in order to recombine. Regardless, all 4 agree they have the responsibility of stopping what they indirectly created so they make a run for the ARC-V reactor to retrieve Ray’s 4 Nature cards. While doing so, as Z-ARC summons the corrupted forms of each of their Dimension Dragons, the respective Yu-boy could feel the pain of their respective dragon which ends up slowing them down. Yuri could be the one to help the others as Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom wasn’t summoned until towards the end of the massive duel and it could further prove his redemption. Each Yu-boys collects the Nature card that correlates to their respective Bracelet Girl, join the duel and defeat/kill Z-ARC. (No Z-ARC turning Reira into a baby that needs to smile - that plot doesn’t exist here.)
I love all Shun’s duels. His debut was awesome, he had no magic/trap cards he had no cards in his hand and still destroyed 3 of the most powerful Duelist at that point of the series in only 2 turns
What a badass man he will always be my favourite yugioh character
Kinda surprised Spectre vs Blue Angel is not on the list
I know it isn't a debut duel but I just need to remind everyone of that duel where Yuri took out like 4 duelists at the same time with a single attack
Dylan, you should do a rankings with all the antagonists, both arc and filler as well as movie ones, for each series excluding Go Rush.
The Pharaoh gotta be at the top of this list, nothing beats suddenly changing your entire personality out of nowhere and growing a few centimetres before obliterating your opponent and crushing their mind xD
garbage
My personal mentions: Jack (arc-v), Zone, Yuri, zarc, IV, Reiji, Mizael, nash, Yubel, both versions of crow
Love the list dyl I completely agree having seen all the yugiohs waiting on the latest go rush episode hyped for that too
Thanks so much man! And yes same!!
This list feels so damn good. I really like yugioh alot.
Zexal was one of my favorite yugioh anime and I think Kite was one of the most intimidating characters in that series before we meet the other antags
Technically the duel against Z-arc at the end of Arc-V was his first proper duel on his own... and it took like 10 people just to beat him 💀
7:12 It wasn't shocking for me because you spoiled it.