Ranking every FINAL BOSS DUEL in Yu-Gi-Oh!
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- Let’s rank all of the end of show boss duels we have seen so far in Yugioh! From DM - VRAINS. I hope you all enjoy!
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"Getting his friends back from Purgatory was cool"
Why this sounds so normal about a card anime?
It call anime any bizarre became normal .
Because it's pretty much routine at this point in yugioh
7 Deadly Sins Vibes...
floricel_112 Why did you comment that twice?
@@whateverkat8122 sometimes youtube does that
Zone was a good villan but I am still dissapointed that he wasn't a future version of Yusei but It was just a Yusei fanboy
I hate it when teasers gives you false hope. In Dead by Daylight, I thought The Blight was Vigo but instead was some chemist.
Future Yusei is interesting because of alternative timelines.Like fate Unlimited Blade works :Shiro and Archer.
To be honest I still feel like there is an appeal to the direction that they went in. It really shows the impact that Yusei had on the future timeline and it kind of feels like a very different take on the Chosen One trope that Yu-Gi-Oh seems to love so much.
It's still kind of weird for them to tease it so much and then completely change it at the end tho. I would have loved for him to be the Future Yusei.
I'm with you. By defeating himself, Yusei would prove that the future is/can be what you make it, with limitless possibilities. It would also make Quasar's summon more epic, since Z-one wouldn't remember it instead of having no historical records, which seems less emotive.
@@noahduffin5492 It would also be a unique take on the protagonist falling into darkness. This never happens to Yusei, but having Z One be Yusei would kind of show how things would go if it did happen.
The best part of the Zexal duel, not only does it involve the series trio all having a constructive role and input but it also represents all 3 factions of the story uniting to take down the big bad of series after having spent the whole season showing them at war with each other.
Yeah, that’s a part of it. The scene where Utopia copies the effects of Numeron Dragon and Abyss Splash is one of my favorite scenes among card game anime
Yeah, the final boss duels weren't the best ones in their respective series.
Well, actually, Ai vs. Yusaku might be for Vrains.
I say Yusaku vs Bohman was the best one
@@_Koyomi_ No.
@@phantomslay5612 Opinions exist
@@_Koyomi_ wonder what you find appealing about it as Bohman last duel is pretty infamous for Bohman summoning a link 5 and sit his ass on it while yusaku summon all of his ace monsters.
Zexal's final boss was the best duel of the series because I do consider Yuma vs Nasch to be the final boss duel
I think Z-one would've actually been a fantastic villain if he actually was future Yusei instead of the writers backing out
but if it was future yusei like the grandpa paradox it would be your (yusei) paradox witch it wouldn't make sense in the timeline.
@@redtigergaming1467 Thats what time travel is all about. If anyone goes back in time you either get multiverse theorie or erase the future
No, it was explained he was more or less trying to copy Yusei as a person... and I will DEBATE to the end to say that Z-one NOT being Yusei works better altogether in the end...
@@redtigergaming1467 not really. have you seen Agents of SHIELD ? they used at least 4 different types of time travel (most prominent closed time loop in season 5) and that could have been a cool moment.
Z-ONE claiming they are in a closed loop. just like it happened to Yusei, Z-ONE appeared in the Z-ONE we know's timeline. Z-ONE (back then as Yusei) defeated him, but everything Z-ONE predicted happening.
A broken Yusei became Z-ONE and traveled back in time willing to break the time loop this time. But this playing out constantly across timeloops. that the current Z-ONE we are watching is Z-ONE number 27 or 52 or x number.
Especially if at one point "Z-ONE" (future Yusei) describes perfectly the card Yusei drew, the hand he currenlty has, the remaining cards he has in his deck, and the strategy he is planning to use almost like if he had read his mind.
especially if Z-ONE says that was what happened to him in the version of the timeloop where he was Yusei.
Which would make it more of a shocker if the summoning of Shooting Quasar Dragon had made Z-ONE realize "Yusei broke the timeloop and is changing fate" (as he as Yusei never summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon).
@@ianr.navahuber2195 THEY HAD THE SET UP FOR THAT WITH COSMIC BLAZAR DRAGON. Z-ONE legit mentions Yusei having Cosmic Blazar as the "ultimate Synchro" or whatever, and the current Yusei summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon instead. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO COOL
I actually like that they didn't go with the final villain being a currupt future version of the hero trope. I always liked the idea of Z-ONE dawning the guise of Yusei who was an iconic hero and trying to use his image, charisma, and dueling talents to lift the people up, only to fail and be pushed to even further extremes. Though I do get your perspective, good list too.
1. All of them
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5. Zarc
@@nexo8580 i mean hes not wrong. arc v just... its concidered the blacksheep of the series
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Leo losing before he do anything is really the highlight of that duel, unironically.
1. all of them
2.
3.
4.
5. Zarc
6, Ai
I mean the whole "I'm future you but evil" trope is pretty tired if you ask me, so I was actually fine with Z-ONE not technically being Yusei. If anything I found it even more disturbing seeing him transform is body to appear like Yusei. Also, I like how not even the "the legend" of Yusei Fudo was enough to save the world in Z-ONE's future, which hits our Yusei's confidence that much harder in that final duel.
I fully agree. With how they set up the timeline in that show, it's just impossible for Yusei to be Z-ONE. Too much time will have passed by the point in time that they get everything set up, even if he's surviving off of super future technology, you can't keep the human body alive much longer past the point it was to expire. So having someone who decided to sacrifice himself to become a hero to guide the people only to fail and realize that the only way to stop this tragedy was to go backwards in time was a lot better than "hey, I know the future, the things that happen and I'm evil now, because reasons! Yusei, I am what you will become! So I have come back in time to let you see that!" kind of plot.
Indeed, and with Yusei winning thanks to the cards of his friends it showed what mistake Z-one did when he tried to save the world with ”power of Yusei Fudo”. He didn’t have the power of team 5ds.
Zone wasn't future Yuesi just kill his character completely
This duel last too long
Plus, his philosophy being an almost anti-Yusei gave away that this wasn't Yusei in any meaningful way; his speeches, even before battling Aporia, suggesting an absence of the hope and trust in bonds that was literally Yusei's entire motivation . . . just doesn't fit. At all.
The Zarc duel best moment was best boi Sawatari's turn!
Preach!
I really wish sawatari won that duel.
@@Danyrodriguez115 It would have been the most shocking win in the history of YGO! xD
@@Za_Lup the beat
Sawatari should have beaten yuya in the tournament
Duel Monters is kinda weird with last arc having almost no duels.
Kinda love that about it, but I don't consider it having a final boss in terms of dueling xD
The original Yugioh series is about multiple games. Yugioh means Game King. The king of all games. Duel Monsters isn't weird. the spinoffs are weird because they only focus on 1 game, which is not what Takahashi envisioned when he created the series and started the manga. Duels do not = card games. A duel is between opposing sides. The duel can be about any game.
@@rob19ny I know that, man. Bur after almost two decades of the anime and manga turning into card games only stuff, you look back and it is a little weird xD
@@rob19ny it was kinda boring tha last arc of the first Yu-Gi-Oh tho
@@Za_Lup hi lup its me chaos of madness i had to create a new account because something went wrong with my other account
@@silverkronos2397 Hey man! So that's why I haven't seen you around! Hope everything's good! What do you think about next episode?
zone is like reverse flash in my i see similarties at least would def be cooler if he was future yusei tho
Yusei is Superman Same exact backstory. Did you notice that?
Interesting pick and list.
For me it goes:
6. Judai Vs Darkness. I honestly wasn't a fan of the duel, and Darkness himself. He looked menacing and dangerous but just never really meet my expectations.
5. Zarc Vs Lancers. I actually liked Zarc, well what we know of him. I thought he was cool, but he was handled poorly just like everything else in that arc. The duel itself was handled poorly too. I enjoyed watching the beatdown he was giving but it was not really as good as it could be.
4. Yusei Vs Zone: I am not a fan of 5Ds like most so I'm not crazy about this final duel either. Quasar was pretty cool, but that's all that really hit me.
3. Yugi Vs Bakura. It was a great moment for Yugi, and it didn't bother me how they kind of sidelined it because it wasn't the main attraction of the arc. Plus, it kind of added tension.
2. Playmaker Vs Ai. Basically everything you said. Except, I kind of figured Yusaku would win. It's usually how these animes go. XD
1. Yuma/Shark Vs Don Thousand
This was duel that truly had me in the edge of my seat. It was honestly amazing and I loved Don Thousand as a villain. He played EVERYONE, both his ally's which turned to be his pawns and his enemies. Don Thousand to me is the coolest YGO Villain, along with Dartz.
I agree because Don Thousand is basically a God and possesses the capabilities to make the infinite possibilities of Yugioh as we know it.
What got me with Zone was at the end he reflected on what he did to his friends chose to sacrifice himself because of his sins and saved Yusei. I didn’t see that coming. Not any other villain did the right thing at the end he was a unique villain who ultimately saved Domino city, because he realized he was wrong.
But Dylan, Sawatari beating Zarc was the highlight. He bypassed Zarc’s strategy completly.
Zarc had to actually play the bullshit factor to survive sawatari’s legitimately earned direct attack
@@mohwe1007 Yes, it would be such a delight to see him beat Zarc.
"Z-ARC vs. Lancers" Don't you mean "Z-ARC vs. Pretty Much Every Single Relevant Character"?
Z-arc vs everyone but Ray dies in turn one
Z-ARC vs. no one because everyone just gets bodied.
@@racerlord2329Jack actually survived Zarc's first turn against him thanks to Gongenzaka playing the tank role so well.
@@cameraredeye3115 too bad it couldn't last longer tho as they needed to make Z-ARC look threatening
1. Ai: really meaningful, 2. Don: absolutely crazy, 3. Zone: entertaining but kinda long, 4. Darkness: kinda boring after a while, 5. Zarc: predictable but had Reiji, 6. Bakura: least threatening/scary but very built up
"but had reiji"
you take my like
Z-ARC's big battle being #6 is perfectly understandable. This whole duel was executed poorly, the last few turns of the duel were HORRIBLY rushed, and in the end, like you said, Dylan, he lost to the SAME EXACT CARDS he was supposed to beat this time. You want to talk anti-climatic? That ending is literally the apex of anti-climatic. The fact that 9 of the 11 people Zarc faced started at just 2000 LP (because of the stupid Intrusion Penalty) while he had 6000+ for most of the duel was really unfair, and worse, none of them did anything significant until Reiji started laying into him -- but even HE went down in 1 turn! Like, Sawatari actually had it right from the get-go, but even he didn't get to shine, which made this duel still worse. I think many people can sympathize with this.
Judai vs. Darkness at #5? Okay, sure. I can see why that would be the case. Like, aside from all the stuff Dylan mentioned, all you really needed to do was give Judai a Jinzo and the bulk of Darkness's control strategy would be gone forever. He'd have to bring out Darkness Neosphere to deal with it since his traps would be null and void...
Yugi vs. Bakura is actually a great test for the innocent little Yugi we've all come to know and love, and the fact that it literally came down to a Heart of the Cards moment with the final topdeck just made Gandora's appearance all the more awesome. (Side note: Kenichi Hara, the star animator for Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, also animated the episode in which Gandora appeared, and he did quite the good job of it.)
It was kinda tough seeing Yusei vs. Z-one at #3, especially since it didn't seem like any of Yusei's efforts in Synchro spamming were of use until he whipped out Shooting Quasar Dragon. Z-one literally nullified EVERYTHING Yusei did in the duel up until that point, but seeing Yusei strike back with his friends' dragons as one entity was quite satisfying, and well worth the wait. It also had a bit of a reference to Gurren Lagann (Anti-Spiral vs. a multiversal scale Giga Drill Breaker) behind it, which was cool.
Don Thousand at #2 is well justified. The fact that Mizael faced him first and didn't see him do shit, yet still got YEETed by his own cards, was a bit hilarious and also makes for one of the biggest WTF moments in Yu-Gi-Oh anime duel history. It wasn't until Yuma tried to summon Utopia on turn 2 of the big duel with D.T. that he and Nasch finally got some info as to how D.T. was able to just rewrite Mizael's card that would have forced a tie into something that made him commit suicide, and even then they STILL were not guaranteed to win. Why? Because from the moment Don Thousand started actually making use of his turns, he was breathing down the heroes' necks with the threat of lethal damage on EVERY TURN! That whole duel was a mighty fine way to solidify Don Thousand's power as an actual god.
Now, Ai vs. Playmaker as the Grand Battle (yes, I said GRAND BATTLE, because it's that damn good) of Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS was just amazing to see. Poor Ai did not deserve to go through any of the heartache and misery he experienced over losing his entire Ignis family at Bohman's final defeat. Every time he dueled up to that point, he let bits and pieces of that misery slip out here and there, but when it finally came time to face his former partner (who would never have survived up to that point if not for Ai's own help), he was finally free to let it all out. The fact that both Bohman _and_ Lightning got into his head didn't help things at all, and the moment he whipped out The Arrival Cyberse @Ignister was one of the most emotional summons ever. And the last turn... HOLY SHIT that brought me to tears, as did the ending. Being forced to kill a beloved partner just to save the world and bring an end to the story is a choice no one should ever have to make, and is also a straight-up reference to Elfen Lied (which had an inherently sad ending as well). Great pick for the #1 spot, Dylan.
The intrusion penalty wasn't necessary on ZARC fight. Like, why?
And why the hell is reiji's brother all of a sudden becomes I-dont-remeber-what and just wins?
Technically Zarc survived the Deus Ex Machina cards, but Yuya finished him off.
Of course Playmaker Ai No.1
Also i'm kinda annoyed that the one character who actually got to damage Zarc was Crow of all people. He already stole Akiza screentime in 5Ds and of other legacy and new characters in ArcV, i think that'd be enough!
Honestly, if they let the lancers deal damage to Zarc and then had him increasingly lose control of his body until the Yu-boys wrestle it back would've been better.
Because the actual final duel should've been Yuya vs Zarc at the very least, if not the four Yu-boys vs Zarc.
Come on, are you telling me that the MC doesn't get the actual final duel? Seriously??
Honestly, I never cared much about Yusei vs Z-One. Him summoning everyone's dragons was the highlight for me. And yeah, I would have cared more if he was Yusei, because it would have showed that Yusei wasn't flawless.
Imo, sephiroth was the highlight
But yusei is flawless and the GOAT
no cap
Seeing Yusaku use all of the different non-effect Cyberse monsters that he got throughout the series was dope and it was always my favorite duel because of it
Ranking every *"CEREMONIAL BATTLES"* in Yu-Gi-Oh!
6.Yuya vs Declan
5.Judai vs Atem
4.Yusei vs Jack
3.Yugi vs Atem
2.Yusaku vs AI
1.Yuma vs Astral
(Yuma is only one who litterally sucked in fueling,so final duel is pretty much to show how much experience Yuma got and how he turned out as final product,it was a duel of student vs master or more precisely zero-to-hero vs Legend
@@igorurban6080 Yuma arguably has the best character development in the entire franchise
@@bigguccimilli6186 yea to me its like this
Yugi(got more confident)
Jaiden(Picked up depression and trauma but he got out of it)
Yusei(Not much devolpment but he learned about his past abd future and didnt let it get to him)
Yuya(Almost none at all thats why Arc V sucks)
Yusaku(Got from a cold revenge seeking almost heartless person to sweet loving caring and understanding person by beating his trauma and opening himself to others)
Yuma(Litterraly went from child to a man,he got grom annoying childish,stubborn,stupid,head rushing idiot,to a guy who cares for his friends,watches and thinks about his actions,duels with both mind and heart,and can forgive even the worse persons)
@@igorurban6080 yeah I agree yusei really doesn't have alot of development I feel like he has it early on them most of the protags he's more quiet and badass in the beginning (pre satelite mark) and then he opens up and is more friendly and cherishes his bonds and then learned about his past and pretty much his development stops there but he's still one of my favorite protags my top 3 would be yusei Jaden and Yuma Yugi was cool and I like Yuya his deck is one of cooler ones of the protags he just has no development 😂he just shouts smiles and have fun in duels for the rest of the show 😂🤦🏽♂️
@@bigguccimilli6186 What about Yusaku,alsi yea Yuya's message is kinda stupid to me i mean i get the enjoy and have fun dueling thats the same message Jaiden send but when you are fighting demons,devils,evil that wants to destroy the world just saying to them hey lets smile and forget this is kinda stupid
I agree completely that Playmaker VS Ai was the best! Because it's so different from other Final Boss Battles. Like you said, it's also the Ceremonial Duel tied in, we've known Ai since the beginning, and we did not know how it would end. It's also the only one where the Final Boss wasn't a villain. Unlike the others, his goal was not destruction, but a twisted way to stop that. Everything Ai did was to set up a stage where Yusaku would have to fight him, and defeat him. It's also the most heartbreaking because you watch the guys become close, and it hurts to see them duel as adversaries. And Ai just revealing all his motives as the duel continues, that he'll die no matter the result, his existence ending humanity, and ultimately Yusaku's own death.
I really wish they both got the happy endings they deserve, but this duel was also a great ending, and a great way to show how much they truly care for each other.
The Z ARC duel was just a yami marik 2.0 duel where the villain pulls a new effect out of thin air for plot convenience.
Big difference between them, though, is that Yami Marik nearly lost to Joey despite that shit, while Z-ARC was never in any danger until Ray showed up with the four "En-" cards at the end, and even then it still took Yuya fighting off Z-ARC from within and playing Smile Universe just so Z-ARC would lose...
All I wanted was for the timelords to have a lore..like how did Z-One obtain them. I wanted to see a backstory on the angels
The summoning of Quasar was badass. Haven’t seen a greater summon of your ultimate boss monster than that in my opinion 👍
1. A.i.
2. Z-ONE
3. Darkness
4. Don Thousand
5. Bakura.
6. Z-ARC
overall Yugioh's strength almost never relies on the final "boss" or "villian" imo.
It’s more about the main heroes journey and development then the big boss. Hopefully in sevens we can see two duel disk mechs fighting. That would blow my mind.
@Ute_Yuto and @Yugioh Everything *4me it's... and my reason(s) R*
1) Ai. Decode -- Talker vs Dark Knight, both Link 3 and 2300 ATK
2) Bakura -- Yugi's 1 Lucky Draw that turns the outcome of duel 2 his favor...
3) Don Thousand -- Rule Breaker on card(s), that Number 1000 and its Ci form also
4) Darkness -- 2 Defensive, bearly does anything. though I like that field card "Darkness"
5) Z-ONE -- Loses 2 cards like Skill Drain (Default) since 0AD monsters except Sandaion
6) Z-ARC -- Wasn't the real Z-ARC, Poor Leo Akaba loses B4 Z-ARC gets his turn...
One thing about the zone fight that disappoints me, the final ed, future colors (one of my favorite yugioh endings ever) had a scene where Yusei and Aki were together looking up at a monster shrouded in light, and the silhouette looked like a card called Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon, which is the manga equivalent of Quasar, so that kinda made me hopeful zone would pull that out
imagine if that ending had actually been canon.... but in Z-ONE's timeline (in the case he had really been future Yusei). that that (Stardust Sifr Dvine Dragon) is the monster HE used to beat the Z-ONE in his version of the time loop. And that accroding to that other Z-ONE, that is how the duel played out over and over across many continous time loops.
while also having a flashback to his version of AKi and the rest of 5D's team.
So when Yusei summoned Shooting Quasar Dragon, it was at that moment where Z-ONE realized this Yusei finally broke the time loop and was truly changing fate
Problem is that Sifr Divine doesn't have the right kind of effects that would be required to take out Timelords given their destruction immunity...
6. Zarc VS Lancers : Smiles saves the day
5. Darkness VS Judai : Agree with you on this duel
4. Don Thousand VS Yuma and Shark : Really cool and unique interactions in the duel itself
3. Yami Bakura VS Yugi : Great for Yugi's development, although I could see this and number 4 being swapped
2. Z-One VS Yusei : Great thematic during the duel, the duel itself is long but keeps my interest
1. AI VS Playmaker : This is an emotional and fitting end to AI and his witty banter. Can't wait to watch this duel again once it gets dubbed.
Nice video :)
Top ten non-duel moments attempt 2
If dyl does top 10 none duel moments and if akira pressing the button isn't one the list I'm going to crap my self
6-Darkess vs Judaai; no payoff poorly constructed leadup to it
5-Zarc vs Lancers; not 6th just because the battleroyale mechanic
4-AI vs Playmaker; emotional payoff but, as you said in a previous video, there was no love for Vrains, so the aftereffects of it fall flaat to me.
3-Don Thoousand vs Yuma and Shark; honestly just because the sheer numpers (badabum tss) trown in this duel
2-Yami Bakura vs Yugi: Before DSOD this was one of the best character moments for little Yugi.
1-Z-One vs Yusei, although I do agree that Z-One is not tthe best boss (that title goes to AI), the duel is just broke from the beggining. Each time I seee it I find myself saying the chants and the attaks. Is perfectly executed IMHO
ik the other protags arent in the arc v universe or whatever but i think z arc vs old protags would been goated ngl
With yusei vs zone, you have to remember the entire city was watching him save the world. The pressure of thousands of citizens watching him save their life from afar and watching everyone evacuate is what made it spectacular, still AI vs Playmaker #1
Yusei didn’t save the world at the time he saved only neo domino city, he saved the world though when he duel Godwin
Yuesi vs Zone was way too long and extremely boring. Also annoying
Imo Zone was probably the best villan just because we see a lot of build up on him and his reason to why he wanted to change the past leading to the future. With Aliasters 3 emperors all being the same person from different parallel times and become Aporia, Zone was a Master planer using Aporia as a scapegoat so he can get on with his plans to change the future he dreams.
Well darkness at least says that he will comeback..any other villain dies or give up but darkness says that was just 1 duel
I agree with you playmaker vs ai being the best one i freaking love that duel
That giant rat at the start lol but great video!
1. Ai: Most emotional battle. solid build up throughout the whole series.
2. Darkness: I freaking loved the darkness archetype and eventhough the character was rushed, the whole duel had by far the best atmosphere. Darkness is a god in that world and felt like THE ultimate threat.
3. Bakura: This duel is one of the few times, where yu-gi is kind of a badass (when he summons gandora). Bakuras deck was really interesting and I love Yami-Bakuras cruel character. Second best atmosphere
4. Zone: A nice duel, but I'm not that big of a fan of timelords and Illiaster always felt like a minor problem compared to the dark signers.
5. Don: Completely over the top. This duel is like bad fan fiction.
6. Zarc: Same problems the video already mentioned. And there is nothing worse for a final duel, when you can predict almost every move.
Last duel from Studio Gallop was a great way to say goodbye
@Lup sucks 2 hear V-RAINS not getting it's own manga aside from the spin-off version...
@@Inn1 Yeah, it would have been really cool to see the direction they would've taken.
At least the SEVENS manga looks interesting with Rook as protagonist
@@Za_Lup yep.
1. VS Ai. Really emotional, Ai had a great reason to do what he needed to do, and even though we didn't get our boi original Firewall Dragon, the duel was exciting. I want to re-watch Vrains just to be invested on the series overall.
2. VS Z-One. Yes, I was one of the people who would have preferred Yusei being Z-One, but watching this again, changed my perspective. I also like this idea of someone else becoming one of the heroic known symbols of the world and still failed to do so. This failure did trigger Z-One to desperately do as much as he can, along with 3 others, to save the world one way or another. I've grown to accept this idea, as I see both ideas valid of what 5D's wanted to conclude on. This was my first, until I saw Vrains's ending.
3. VS Bakura. The back and forth scenes between Yugi's duel and the pharaoh's battle against Zorc didn't distract me, as they're both combating against the same enemy. It's also satisfying to see Yugi complete this duel since being mostly at the side.
4. VS Don Thousand. Sure, it is ridiculous to see this foe in a ridiculous series with ridiculous rules, that I'm not even sure if there are any more ways to make it ridiculous. Activating Traps from Deck? Zexal? Completely restructuring your Main Deck?
5. VS Darkness. Pretty much a final villain that could have been built up better. At least the reason what would have happened if all 12 levels of different monsters were fused.
6. VS Zarc. I would have liked to see original Zarc, and then slowly mutate into this demon guy. I also, as you suggested, would have liked if all opposers of Zarc use each other's cards to strengthen their comradery. I wish Arc-V didn't trip so much in the 2nd half.
Well, there's this thoughts of mine.
Ai Vs Yusaku whas my favourite out of the boss Duels
Same here, although Don Thousand's boss duel was quite entertaining too 😉
@@cameraredeye3115 from that Duel I just love how much fun the makers had with the ATK points and the fact Yuma and Shark had to team up to beat Don Thousand
My rankings on Final Bosses based on their cards:
*6. Nightshoroud/Darkness:* Not a fan of using gimmicky Traps that are vulnerable to destruction.
*5. Z-ONE:* Does rely on Traps to summon Timelords but the monsters make up by being versatile in effects.
*4. Yami Bakura:* He never plays the same strategy twice making him unpredictable.
*3. Ai:* Pretty balanced in terms of Final Bosses. How trivial @Ignisters are in having Onomatopoeia names much like Yuma's cards.
*2. Z-Arc:* The Destroyer of Worlds, Master of all Summons. He's Kamen Rider Decade of Yugioh.
*1. Don Thousand:* Does your Duel Disk accept cheat cartridges?
I like how unique your rankings are compared to most others I'm seeing xD
Z-arc : i master fusion, synchro, xyz and pendulum summons! nothing can stop me!
Me : Ritual summon
Z-arc : *surprised pikachu face*
A.I. used all summoning method in the anime except Pendulum.
Can you do "How Yugioh arc v Should've ended"
My ranks
6 zarc vs Lancers (if we exclude the akabas sawatari was the best part of that duel he almost beated zarc)
5 jaden vs darkness
4 Yusei vs zone
3 bakura vs yugi (this is higher than Yusei vs zone because of nostalgia reasons and because I like Yami bakura more as a villan)
2 Don thousand vs yuma and shark ( I am actually surprised that this is my second favorite final villan duel I really liked Don thousand more than I thought I will the duel was great to and the best part is when the ghost of Kaito returns to help shark and Yuma)
And number 1 is playmaker vs the legend himself AI
In my view:
0. Yuma vs Nash. (I understand why Don Thousand is seen as the final boss, being the mastermind behind the scenes, but Nash's parallel to Yuma was impressive and this is just one of the best duels of Zexal)
1. Yusei vs Z-ONE (This duel is just epic, with many twists and turns and a lot of meaning to it.)
2. Playmaker vs Ai (Another great duel between parallels, like Yuma and Nash. The monsters and effects are really cool, but some of the scripting annoys me)
3. Yuma and Nash vs Don Thousand (great 'invincible final boss' feel, extremely cool deck combinations, but Don 1000 doesn't feel like much of a character)
4. Zarc vs Lancers (Epic duel, bad ending, enough said)
5. Yugi vs Yami Bakura (Great character development, not really 'boss'-like. Mill is a bit annoying as a strategy)
6. Judai vs Darkness (Boooring, Darkness' deck is not very interesting.)
Yeah, Zarc versus Lancers was epic. It's the ending where it falls apart on.
That’s the only thing that was meh in my opinion but everything was ok at best and honestly there are other final boss duels(villains) that better in terms of execution.
Yuesi Zone really boring
1. Judai vs Darkness
2. Yuma vs Don Thousand
3. Yusaku vs Ai
4. Yusei vs Z-One
5. Yugi vs Yami Bakura
6. Zarc vs Lancers
@@milesstorzillo1039 o wow, huge brainfart
I literally can’t stop watching the final season of 5ds and the Zone fight is epic
I COMPLETELY agree with number 1. It was so emotional! Amazing!
idc about the other duels , i'm just here to see ai vs playermaker nail the first place and i wasn't disappointed.
I like the detail in the thumbnail that Ai was in the center, almost symbolysing his number 1 spot
AI was just very understandable I think for why he would be a villain. We saw all the loss he had to endure, and we were with him the whole series to bond with him. And of course, the way he went was so sad 😭
Yeah what I liked about Zexal is how they like their numbers very high (literally), especially in the Barian Arc. I’ve never seen any duel more intense (ofc this is just my opinion)
My only complaint is that I don't even consider Bakura v Yugi to be a final boss duel. Maybe it was just me, but Atem and Yugi seemed destined to duel each other once Atem was established as a separate character and not a split personality. Thematically, Atem being Yugi's final boss is perfect. Yugi has to overcome his dependency on Atem, who is the King of Games, has all three Egyptian Gods, and can draw whatever card he needs from his deck at will.
in yugioh DM series. the decks each opponent uses in Duelist Kingdom Arc are like dungeons while the main characters decks are like a RPG party. and when the party manage to get the upper hand, then they fight the boss that is used by the opponent. its a little imagination i have thought of
This was a surprising list for me because, aside from #1 and #2, I would have ranked them in the same order. I think the fact that Yuma had Shark as a partner for that final duel made the choreography much more exciting, but I do agree having such a lovable opponent as Ai nade it more personal and heartbreaking.
I am partial to Zexal's final duel, but Vrains' does make me want to place it in first place.
Thank you for another video, Dylan.
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I understand what they were doing with Zarc but it felt like things got rushed and just fell through. Like when you think about it, Zarc himself has a lot of neat references to GX that really could have been expanded more. He was someone people really liked who went bad, his main archtype is "Supreme King" and he turns into a human dragon monster. He is basically an amalgamation of Judai and Yubel, but they never went anywhere with it. So what would have been neat for his battle is if after fusing his parts he basically turns into the Supreme King but with Yuya wearing the armor with yellow eyes. He would start calm and dark and one by one OTK each person with his individual dragons. Finally when Reiji comes in, he actually is able to fight back which angers Zarc so he then using Super Polymerization to fuse his dragons and himself which corrupts him and turns him into the dragon form. Finally once Ray joins, she begins playing a bunch of cards that have seeming no purpose and just stalling. After a couple turns, her cards suddenly start going off and she adds En Flowers from the graveyard and plays it. Zarc negates and destroys it again but Ray does the combo again and adds it again. Zarc finally realized she has him trapped because she created an infinite loop of effects that lets her bring them back as many times as she wants. Zarc burns away all his cards and all his life points trying to negate them over and over again but in the end En Flowers goes off and ends the duel. In the end, she would make a comment about how if he had simply accepted defeat for once he might have survived the En cards but in trying to fight back, he destroyed himself and lost everything.
Imagine a video about the sweetest and happiest moments in each series.
I have the exact same ranks !. That's the first time it happens, ^^'.
I agree with everything you said about the Yuugi / Bakura being chopped in bits. And I was also very disappointed that Z-one wasn't future Yuusei and that duel was so long i remember hoping that it would just end soon xD. Playmaker vs Ai was so heartbreaking, I can't even re-watch it just now but I loved it!
Great video 👍 I haven't seen Vrains Yet, that's why I may preffer Don Thousand
That Zarc duel should have ended with Zarc vs the Yu boys
I just love yusei vs zone, the battle is perfect and the music is killing it
Ohhh... can't wait to see where you ranked the Zarc one (cause that's the one everyone cares about :D)
Wow Dylan I was expecting us to disagree on a couple duels just because of how subjective this topic is but we actually got the same exact list, you're reasoning was really good too and all around this is a video I'll be showing others to answer this question. Keep up the amazing content!
Keep the good work
Best part of vrains, no long as hell tournament arc
Judai vs darkness is the best because it gave us the most iconic Judai quotes, “arigato ore no decki”
Playmaker vs Ai really is the best final boss duel.
A video suggestion, Top 10 best (or coolest) monster summons
If I could change one of these, it would be Zarc. I would extend each duel by another episode or two, and as each individual enters, they start remembering their alternate self, and later, when they're about to lose, they find cards they didn't have in their decks before. Those cards being ones from their other self like Kite drawing Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and the spirit of Mizael giving him Tachyon Dragon, then the duelist evolve even further, combining their power into something even larger, like Kite summoning a Rank 12 or higher monster using all three Neo Galaxy-Eyes Dragons, or Jack summoning Red Super Nova Dragon or another powerful dragon monster. I would still have Zarc defeat each one to show just how powerful he is, but he would have to work harder to do it, rather than OTKing everyone. To defeat him, those four cards wouldn't beat him, they would summon doors. Through those doors would be the previous protagonists, and they would put everything they had into defeating Zarc. As they fought, other characters from each Era that weren't in Arc-V would appear for a turn, assist however they could, and die to Zarc. The four protagonists would duel Zarc until they were on the edge of defeat, but as Zarc laughed at their efforts having gone to waist, he would reach for a card only to discover none left in his deck.
Zarc gets angry, but before he destroys anything, he freezes. In his soul, the four that he split into have challenged him. As the duel goes on, the four use each other's dragons to summon more powerful versions of their own, and in the end, Yuya defeats Zarc and regains control of his body.
This would probably have to be another season entirely, but I think it would have been awesome.
Oh my god, I've read this kind of things too many times ever since arc-v ended
Why do people thing that bringing four characters that have NOT been stablished in the story (the previous protagonists) to beat the villain is a good ending?
It would be a cheap nostalgia rush and nothing more!
Nostalgia rushes are cool and all, but no thanks; I would like to instead not change anything about the Duel itself, but rather look inside. Remember how in the arc after ZARC, its shown there is good in him yet? (Or in the dubbed version, that he didnt want Ray to perform the first Dimension Split?) I want there to be an inner Duel; Z-ARC VS Yuya, or the Yu-Boys VS Z-ARC, or it could even be Z-ARC and the Yu-boys VS Yuya. Regardless of which, one thing remains consistent: Z-Arc would have his Original Dimension appearance, Deck and temperament, whatever it may have been; Same goes for Yuya, he'd have his Performapals, his Magician duo as well. Though not his Odd-Eyes; Z-Arc possesses that card now. No Pendulum cards. At the end, of course Yuya actually wins, giving Ray the chance to use her Natural Energy cards.
Z-Arc talks on his own, although his actions are no longer his to make; His body gained a mind of its own, yearning for brutal Duels.
The Yu-boys, if they appear, are still Awakened.
And im starting to run out of ideas-
Thoughts and opinions, if i may ask?
Thats a cool analysis man. The Don1000 duel is also visually great and closely tied in to the overall "Number" theme, just want to add in what you already said haha
I'm one of those who genuinely likes the Z-ARC duel. It wasn't perfect like most, Z-ARC's characterisation could be better developed, the bracelet girls could've had some action, a bit predictable, Leo could've done so much more but it had great moments; Shingo nearly beating Z-ARC, Noh Gil Boh's animation of EP 138, Reiji naturally, music, summoning of Supreme King Dragon Z-ARC, showed lots of action between users of each summon methods, Ray got some decent action at the end with the En cards and the final moments with Yuya and Z-ARC was good etc. Moments like that is what makes it fun to watch.
Anyone agree with me to a degree?
bladersmosh I hated the en card thing. zarc created pendulum to counter the en cards, to counter ray but in the end he lost to the same four cards while reira didn‘t even play a special combo to outwit zarc.
To a degree but I felt mostly disappointed and let down given how it all began.
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Shingo trying to oust Z-ARC was actually the best part of the duel IMO. The rest, aside from Reiji laying into Z-ARC a few turns later, was really a convoluted mess of bullshit that ended up being rushed at the end.
Plus, literally EVERYONE aside from Edo and Sora got nerfed heavily by the goddamn Intrusion Penalty while Z-ARC had 6000+ LP for most of the duel, that in addition to Z-ARC's arsenal of bullshit summons and effects.
That and Z-ARC even said he created Pendulum to get revenge on Ray and her "En-" cards that kicked his ass once. Well guess what? He lost to those exact same cards, AGAIN. And as for Ray "getting some action", well guess what? She didn't even get her original body back, which was stupid. That and it took SMILES, RUSHED WRITING, and PLOT ARMOR OUT THE ASS to beat Zarc.
Sorry bud, but to say this duel was "not perfect" is the understatement to end all understatements.
Okay, I understand your frustration and I respect your opinions like any person and maybe I was being to generous but I'm saying it's not as bad as lots say. As I said, it had lots of fun if not amazing moments and tried to do something different compared to previous boss battles.
So sorry if my opinions of this duel and why I try to defend it annoyed you but that's just the way it is. I'm not a negative person, I'm just optimistic. It could've been better admittedly but it's not the worst thing the series did. Just try not to get angry at one comment trying to highlight the standout moments of a duel that at best received mixed reactions from fans. Also, sry if I might've accidentally offended you in the process.
Hey Dylan, could you make a ranking of all the ceremonial duels sometime in the future ?
Gauntlet duel was badass, Jack/Crow and Kaito vs Zarc? Yes please!
I always enjoyed the Don Thousand duel as The way they throw of the attack to 204000 attack and someone coming back from the dead
And yes I do like Kaito (Kite in the dub)
Nice video where’d you get your yugioh themed logo
Was not expecting the donthousand duel to make it say high on the list
Great vid 👍 maybe next time you can rank the best friend characters like Joey Syrus etc
And to top it off, Ai was created based on Yusaku himself. So, it's not just Yusaku having to kill his best friend, his companion, but also, a "part of himself"
Gonna be honest, when I first saw Z-ONE without the mask my first thought was ‘raisin’
Yusei vs Z-One é incrível...!!!
Z-One ao contrário dos outros vilões, era um cara aleatório do futuro, que buscou em Yusei à esperança de mudar esse futuro, não apenas copiando seu poder, mas sua aparência, para aqueles que o olhassem, veria o mesmo herói anos atrás trazendo esperança para todos, Clear Mind podia controlar a energia do momentum e foi isso que ele fez em umas das cenas, o erro do Z-one foi achar que um herói sozinho poderia mudar o futuro e ele falhou, no momento que ele sobrevive a explosão seu capacete é danificado, ou seja, a personalidade do Yusei e a sua própria se uniram e por isso ele surtou, perdendo a esperança. Mas é no duelo contra Yusei que ele entende que o futuro só pode melhorar graças a todos e não um herói apenas.
O vilão que é o próprio herói no futuro é legal, mas já existe bastante, agora um que sacrificou seu próprio corpo para ser um, é original 🤔
The thing I love about Zarc is his dub voice. It is so stupid but I love specifically for one interaction
Professor: Zarc!
Zarc: WHAT?
It made me laugh so much harder than it rightfully should have
Zarc was such a fun villian to watch beat all the duelists we have seen to a pulp one after another i just wish the ending wasnt just Dues ex machina
immagine if during the Zarc duel after the professor got taken out Kaiba just shown up while decklan takes him down
9:32 Don Thousand is the final boss of Zexal. Yuma vs Shark after DT is the equivalent to Atem vs Seto after defeating Zorc in the manga (this was switched in the anime).
Ai was cool but super rushed in seeing the king and jack not do much. Would have been cool to get more.
Bakura and his whole thing was great to see an enemy grow as the main does throughout but lots of plot device to keep him going.
Zarc was cool if we got him a better ending. Him blasting all the heroes over and over again was amazing but ending ruined it.
I don't know much for zexal on t 1000 bur design is nice.
Zone I actually liked more getting older being a fan who wanted to bring happiness to the world like yusie did but fail as he is a fake and even losing his friends was so heartbreaking. If put in any other story him and his group would be viable good guys trying to save thier world by changing the issues that happened. Ending was fine saving yusie and seeing his friends again as his life faded.
Been watching Arcv for the first time and been loving how risky they were, don’t seem like they’ve been holding back with Shay vs Sora, etc. Upsetting to hear they may not keep that momentum.
And idk how that’s not future Yusei.
Don was just completing his weekly objectives in duel links lmao
Yusei VS Z-One is my favorite by far.
It's was very boring
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Interesting to think 2 shows ended with a dual between the rival and protagonist (5ds and ARC V) 3 ended with a ceremony style dual (Yami vs Yugi and Yuma vs Astral and Playmaker VS Ai) and then there is GX which was basically fan service
A.i vs playmaker is my favorite because of how it plays out as The first turn was playmaker’s and the last turn was A.i’s, the first battle phase was dark Templar beating decode talker and the last battle phase was The reverse with Decode talker beating Dark Templar. And so on as there is so many details in the duel
I was hoping it wasn’t just final bosses. I really loved Yami vs Marik and Yami vs Dartz
I think in Ai's case it also helped that we saw him duel a lot more than the other big bads (except for bakura) so we know he's a credible threat instead of being told he is. He dueled all of the important characters of the show (if we count the clones who dueled soulburner and revolver) except blood shepherd and ghost girl. Also i would have loved to actually have seen his duel against spectre, faust, baira and genome, even if it was a quick duel like his duel with queen, because i'm sure for Ai it must have been rather cathartic being able to beat the knights of hanoi, since they spent all of season 1 trying to kill him.
I agree pretty much, maybe zarc above darkness, but I think this is great.
please do a secondary villain duel ranking like Yuri, Vector, and Vetrix they were all secondary villains in their shows or something like it
Darkness was the embodiment of the fear of change and the future that the entire season had been building up until that point. IMO, Darkness was around for the perfect amount of time to establish what it represented, force Judai to struggle with the escape it offered, and see him overcome his fears and steel himself to face the future. This one duel was the climax of a season of buildup, but Darkness was never designed to stand as a character in its own right, it is far too simple for that, as it is nothing more than the embodiment of a singular type of fear.
My favorite boss duel is Don thousand because Yuma is friends shark and Kite is side defeat strong monster.
I feel what makes vrains fuel work but not arc-v was the connection between the characters are almost polar opposites. The lancers outside of one mention of yuto are about yuya and no one else which really sucks for the weight we’re supposed to have seeing the other dragons but with playmaker and Ai we’ve seen their relationship throughout the whole series which is what makes the link six and access code talker so meaningful. You feel how close their bond has come while in arc-v it’s bogged down by being all about yuya(kind of symbolic of the second half of the show as a whole of you think about it). Still got nostalgia vibes for Yugi vs bakura, gives me chills every time.
Yuya just dragged the rest of the cast down and it shows just how much it hurt the rest of the show
The kid-friendly softhearted chronology of the Yu-Gi-Oh series: Yu-Gi-Oh duel monsters. Yu-Gi-Oh GX. Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds. Yu-Gi-Oh zexal Yu-Gi-Oh arc-v. Yu-Gi-Oh vrains Yu-Gi-Oh sevens. Yu-Gi-Oh Go Rush
Also Dylan can we get a reaction from you on this duel specter vs vector it’s hilarious and awasome along with darts vs don thousand
The duel with Yugi and Yami Bakura for me don’t feel like that end duel, since the real end and the real big bad guy was Zorc/Bakura in Egypt, and this duel with Bakura felt to me just a plus to the ending and season than the real duel that when it ends gets everything resolved
Good choices n I'm not going 2 lie I'm going 2 put the Don Thousand duel in the same spot kuz that duel alone set records that will never be seen again love ur videos n content keep grinding bro much love
Sawatari doing astronomically great just to get finessed by something that wasnt his fault really had me like "damn my boys really never getting that W let alone a god tier W"
I knew the zarc duel would be last. I just knew it would be lol
My favorite goes to Zone vs Yusei(just him synchro summoning so much and sometimes with nothing to keep going under pressure then summoning quasar was just mind blowing) don thousand next cause like you said it was insane how much they threw into that duel like I was on edge while watching it the first time,third would be yugi vs bakura because it was like a test to see if yugi can duel without atem, fourth would be jaden vs darkness I do love heros and neos but that duel felt nothing to me but it was still a good duel, lastly was the duel with ai and playmaker idk after ai turned bad the duels became predictable or maybe it was like that the whole season. I meant to put the Zarc duel before the jaden duel because although it was rushed it was really cool how they each fought and zarc just said no
For the Vrains endings it was a good/sad ending until you’ve watched past all the credits rolling.