I will say this. The Synchro Dimension having a different form of oppression from Neo Domino is interesting. Neo Domino's oppression was a strict caste system, where Satellite inhabitants were basically forced to accept there was no vertical movement. The Synchro Dimension, or City I guess, gives a false sense of hope. They use Jack as an example of vertical movement to make the Commons more complacent with the system. I just fond that interesting
While I agree it was an interesting take on the 5D's original Caste System storyline, it unfortunately lost a Lot in the way the Main Cast was treated by the Writer's. In the Friendship Cup, Gong lost to Crow not because Horgan had the better Deck(I've ran both Deck's through over 200 AI Simulations and I can say for a certainty that Crow losses in all but 50 games), but because of the Nostalgia pop going on. And what makes it funny is that they couldn't even get that right as Crow wasn't acting in the way he used(even if Jack had abandoned him in The Commons, what happened to Martha's Orphanage and his "kids"?!)....
Not to mention the fact that TWO SEPARATE OPENINGS used during the synchro arc kept teasing a big clash of dragons between yuya and yugo You know. Two characters who basically never interacted throughout the entire show. And also never dueled. Or anything Learning how many problems there were behind the scenes really puts a lot of things into perspective 😔
I think the weirdest handicap the season gave itself was having the losers go into the minefield. It created a scenario where losing is actually harmful to the story as why would the Council send the literal best defenders the city could get from Academia. The Obelisk Force could have overran the Synchro Dimension like it did the XYZ dimension. The only person who stood a chance was Sergei who was Roger’s man. They could have made a better dichotomy of the Council deciding, “will we side with Academia and offer them the Lancers or will we acknowledge the Lancer’s strength and fight Academia with them.”
As an extend to Casswury's response: the council didn't seem to believe Reiji from the get go about the invasion stuff, which is why they give the lukewarm condition that if any of the lancers win the cup, they may cooperate in "whatever" Reiji wants.
I think the point the synchro arc went downhill (to me) was Yuzu vs Sergei (I think his name was), where she hedged her bets on Bloom Prima, when Bloom Diva absolutely *could* have won the duel. And she then became just another damsel in distress from that point on in the rest of the series. This all being said, I had an overall positive experience in the arc personally (jack vs yuya and whatnot), and I'm excited to see how you (and others in this comment section) feel about the arc in an analytical sense.
I actually analyzed that duel due to the perception. My final verdict was... Maaaaaybe she would have won. Bloom Prima was actually a sound idea on paper as her monsters were stuck in thorn bondage, unable to attack or change position, and would have burned Yuzu at the end of her turn. Bloom Prima is the only Melodious fusion (that we know of...) that can be formed with more than 2 materials. Bloom Diva would leave 1 of the melodious monsters (most likely Mozarta) out in the open. Sergey could just have attacked her and swung for game since he needs less atk points on his Fusion monster to do the job due to the burn. THEN AGAIN, would he do this? Since it's implied he's going off, there's a possibility he would attack Bloom Diva instead to see as many ladies bound in thorns as possible, rather than consider her previously shown effect. Still, Bloom Prima got Yamcha'd and it has to be the worst ace monster debut I've ever seen.
@@BloomBox36I shouldn't be surprised to find you here (I arrived from the second-most-recent Progression Polls vid between Noajenk and Goldennova, he mentioned this video).
Man the worst victim of the Synchro Arc’s terrible writing to me was definitely Yuya. He went from a complex character suffering from anxiety and inferiority issues to the Patreon Saint of Smiles who just thinks saying Egao and thinking of Yuto will fix any issue. The last good moment of Yuya was during his duel with the Sector Security guard in the Friendship Cup where he duels like Z-Arc and immediately is dejected by the crowds approval.
I think yuya was one of the best in my opinion as he directly opposes the rules that the synchro dimension enforce, and it's seen most obviously by the contrast of yuya and the firendship cup commentator. I think crow was the worst in the synchro arc as he constantly flip-flops between ally and enemy as soon as yuya makes one little mistake, I think this arc is only the second worst as the xyz arc felt underwhelming considering this was supposed to be where duel academy first attacked and it had been built up throughout the series, but it's more focused on legacy characters and duel academy
I absolutely started hating Yuya after this arc, it's as you said, he was a complex character that became a cry baby fixated on Yuzu. A truly waste of a potentially good season...
@@AuthorTheIdiot ok while i will yield that is a cool scene, its cool because of how well animated it is and how sick raging dragon is as a monster. As a scene thematically or as development for the character, its pretty bad.
I like this analysis on Arc-V, since recent Yugioh animes don’t get analyzed a lot bc the Big 3 (DM, GX, and 5D’s) tend to hug all the attention. Keep it up.
And even then, GX and 5D's get any attention only after each and every frame of DM has been analyzed by everyone and their mother, squeezing any amount of content out of the tiniest of specs.
Longevity was a huge factor in the downfall of this arc plus the concept seriously going from one tournament arc to another was not a good idea in hindsight if i were to restructure the episode count for each arc I'd give 20 episodes for each dimension making up (80/148 episodes) 20 episodes for the z-arc and ray arc (100/148 episodes) 20 episodes for the restoration of the yu boys and bracelet girls (120/148 episodes) *yes I'll have an entire arc about them they deserved better* 15 episodes for the pendulum dimension (135/148 episodes 5 episodes for the yusho vs yuya duel (140/148 episodes) 8 episodes for the epilogue (148/148 episodes) Oops this became sort of a tangent okay if i were to restructure the synchro arc I'd probably not have that sector security vs yuya duel and have Yuzu win her duel against Sergey plus have Yuri remain a mysterious figure throughout the arc or just not appear again until the fusion arc
Arc-V was such a victim of Gallop's behind the scenes problems especially after the Dark Side Dimensions movie. Synchro Arc could've been wrapped up in about 20 episodes max not a whole third of the show.
@@KaiserNetwork not really, they have nuances that are really clear with their decks. Dennis has the role of evil counterpart, mirroring Yuya's entertainment duel with his similar deck theme. Sora has the role of the innocent looking guy being actually a psycho, shown by his innocent plush deck turned to nightmarish monsters. But that last part of his character just gets completly scrapped after his return.
I knew it wasn’t going to last the _entire_ series, but I wish that they would have at least taken time to develop his character. He said something about realizing that Yuya and Yuzu/Zuzu were the first people who really cared about him *_EXPAND ON THAT_* Seriously, it would have been so cool to see that internal struggle of him needing to choose between the people who he grew up learning were the “right side to take” or the only people who saw him as more than a powerful duelist AKA weapon of mass destruction Thank you for reading my rant
By the last few episodes i was still waiting for him to betray Yuya, but the fact that he didn't made me realize that the writers actually thought people would buy a face turn for Sora after all he did and nothing really happened to make him change his mind.
Personally this arc was only interesting when yugo and yuzu were on screen Which considering neither Are in the main character and the show spent more time keeping yugo and yuya as separated as physically possible than they did writing the intire second half of this show Wasn't that much
I never truly realized just how many "bad" episodes were written by the same writer, despite how much Yugioh I've watched. Certain episodes always felt like they were written by somebody else, who didn't really understand the characters they were using, like when Bronk gets mad at Yuma (twice) in season 1 of Zexal. Those episodes were both written by the same guy, and the tonal shift compared to the previous episodes was noticeable, but until I looked it up, I hadn't realized that they were in fact, completely different people writing episodes for this show.
I would like to add a few things here. The Lancers are a complete joke. -Why did Reiji think Sawatari was a good pick to be a Lancer? The guy was barely any good before he got Pendulums, and if we include the questionable things he did, he would not be a good pick. Not to mention, he lost in the FIRST ROUND! If we were going to add back members who already lost in the tournament, then that makes the reason for the tournament completely obselete since Reiji could just handpicked themselves, and that's not even counting the fact that only half of the Lancers are from Standard, two of them being Reiji's choice. I would have personally loved to see some characters returning such as Masumi (Hokuto was carded and Yaiba was hospitalized, so they couldn't join) and considering how she knows Fusion, she was already better than Sawatari. Just imagine her with Fusion! -One of the advantages the Lancers have is the Pendulum cards and Action cards. Then why did Reiji give Dennis a full deck of Pendulum cards when he knows he is a spy and had Gongenzaka on his team? Ya know, the guy WHO DOESN'T USE SPELLS IN HIS DECK! He was basically giving the enemy more ammo to work against them! Not to mention, with the exception of Yuya Sawatari and Dennis, the others only have like, two Pendulum cards in their decks! I know that adding too many Pendulums could have thrown the balance off the deck, but instead of Reiji making Dennis Deck full Pendulum, he could have made way more Pendulum cards for the others. -And some big team this is, in the first round of the Friendship Cup, 5 out of the 8 Lancers either lose or don't participate at all. Second of all, who is the antagonist in this arc? Roget? The Council? The entire Synchro Dimension? They keep jumping back and forth between antagonists and none of the supposed conflicts are resolved. The final duel between Jack and Yuya while Duel-wise is amazing and one of my favourites, story-wise it doesn't make sense. So yes, it has been stated before that Duels are the only thing uniting/keeping the City together, hence why when Jack duels, everyone is captivated by it, even if the Commons all bitch about it later on. I still don't understand how Yuya and Jack Duel just supposedly united everyone and made everyone come together to fight Roget. Like, did the Commons just decided to forget the oppression they suffered for years? Did the Council just decided the way they were thinking was wrong? Did the Tops suddenly decide they weren't superior to everyone else? None of this is explained and they just moved past it and make Roget the final villain with the worst conclusion i have ever seen. And im not even going to address the huge dump of character development characters like Yuzu got. Seriously, her duel with Sergey is THE LAST FULL DUEL SHE HAS! SHE DOESN'T DUEL FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES! Correction... SHE DOESN'T DO JACKSHIT FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES! That said, i feel the need to defend a few things here. -Just because Reiji could just bust out, doesn't mean he should. Like you stated time and time again, they are in a war, which means Reiji needs to gain as much comrades as possible. Unlike most characters in Arc-V, Reiji thinks things logically and knows that if he did anything to upset the council he would lose a Dimension as an ally. That said, given how the Council only seems to care about themselves (they literally stated the City would fall if they disappeared, like they are the pillar of the society) and doesn't give two shits about the City, i would question of Reiji just didn't go to Jack Atlas instead. -At first, Sora didn't betray Academia. He was still loyal to Academia and was still going to complete his mission and retrieve Serena. However, he was now loyal to his friends and didn't want to hurt them, hence why he saved Yuzu. He said that if the Lancers give up Serena, he could talk with Professor and have him back off Yuzu. Yuya obviously disagrees and i think he manages to convince Sora to defect from Academia. I think that's how the conversation went since it's been a while. -Reira sudden fear doesn't seem too farfetched. Don't forget, he comes from a nation that was in war. Obviously, he would have some sort of PTSD. It probably didn't surface due to him not being in battle for too long, but as the fight progressed, more and more of his mental state would go down, making him relive horrible memories. P.S: Any chance you might do one in regards to the other arcs? I would like to see your input on that.
I mean with Gong, the use of pendulums gives ways into his synchros and essentially gives him continuous spells that don’t interfere with the No S/T style of his deck. Though granted if they were to be milled or sent from hand to grave then yes they would be a detriment due to being identified as either a monster or spell while in there.
The show says that Sawatari is one of the best duelist at LDS (he did make it into the Maiami City Championship after all). But the show then refuses to give him an on-screen win in a one-to-one duel.
In Sawatari's defense, he beat ZARC, or would have, if not for really shitty asanine levels of plot armor. He was the only one who actually outplayed ZARC. And honestly, waste of a moment. His gag was getting bitched by each Yu boy, until he didn't get bitched by Yuri. Let's assume be did,and Yuri was especially sadistic about it, cause he clearly gets off on that shit. Imagine Sawatari learning from it,and whopping ZARC, who is unsaved by plot armor. That would have been fucking awesome. We kinda got that....but plot armor ZARC
Finally... After all this time... We finally know what Noa was going to say next after talking about Sergei's weak body. 10/10 would double subscribe if I could.
Ono's raging boner for 5D's really dragged the show down in that portion and Kamishiro's inconsistency. Awesome video as always Noa. Glad you got a channel again.
They should have picked a different VA if the one they pick can't show up much. I get its good in using famous/amazing VAs but if they can't show up much which leads to the story(and their character) getting messed up, then don't fucking bother with them since its not worth it.
Sames goes for why Mieru was dropped after looking like she's be a major supporting character. No way in heck they can afford Aoi Yuuki for a long-running anime.
Happy to have You Back! Gis I was si invested in A5 back in the day and it's downfall still stings to this day. Yuzu, Yuto and the entre cast deserved so much better.
Reiji had no choice to wait for half the arc, he had to wait for about 5 other people and he was setting up his combo's, this is obviously a joke, nice work on the video man welcome back
At long last, he had returned to RUclips. Welcome back Noajenk. I look forward to your vid and even though I like the Synchro arc despite it’s obvious flaws, I respect your opinion as anyone should. Even if you don’t like it, there’s still lots of great moments such as Shun vs Dennis, Yuya vs Jack (both duels especially their rematch), Jack vs Sergey (a personal favourite of mine), Reiji’s infinite loop and even Jean Micheal Roget I found pretty entertaining as villain to some degree and next to Yuri, the best villain of Arc V.
Gues who is BACK!!! I missed your channel MAAAAN!!! Ask people to share and Dylan i think would be very happy to do so!!! I am just soo happy!! You have such a special voice! plss continue the great and amazing work!!!! i have another name on twitter but i am basicly the guy who constantly wanted the Arc V video, and here it is!!!!!!!!!!
I was so pumped going into the Synchro arc when it was airing only to get shot down so epically. Really sad how people couldn’t put the problems of the entire dimension above the social problems of the City
I didn't even get to see the synchro Arc because Nickelodeon (in America) decided to skip season 2. And begin season 3 by giving a 20 second overview of the Synchro Arc.
Oh, that's messed up granted. That's a problem, Nickelodeon. When it comes to every anime, they get their grubby little hands on. Like ZeXaL, for example, they keep showing episodes all the way to the world duel Carnival and go back in an endless loop despite ZeXaL having more seasons and arcade to show, hell I don't even think Nick got to the faker duel. I swear Nick had this weird thing with anime
First off... HOLY SHIT, HE'S BACK!? Second... I dunno if I ever said this about Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V but in retrospect, this particular series was always too ambitious for its own good. And you only have to look at the first part and the Miami Championships 🏆 There was a LOT being put into place, different characters like Shun & Yuto from XYZ, Serena from FUSION, and Yugo (NOT YUUUGO) from Synchro appearing. Reiji setting up this tournament for some big purpose. There was also just a variety of duelists with very interesting new archetypes and some callbacks too. I honestly look back at this portion of ARC-V and think: _How did we ever think that this could ever be topped with the same level of consistency?_ People might have complaints about situations like with the Battle Beast... But I'd argue that he wouldn't be _as_ ontroversial if the Synchro Arc didn't eat up SO MUCH of the run time and suddenly "Oh uh, we're running out of time!" And the production issues only exasperated the... Well ... _ISSUES_ XD Also, RAY (not Sky Striker Ace _Raye_ kekw) is one of the biggest disappointments in Yu-Gi-Oh! history... Man, I REALLY hate how the Bracelet Girls (and even the Yu Boy's) were treated.
I think the reason arc v is my favourite Yu-Gi-Oh us because it is too ambitious, I much prefer this compared to vrains and sevens which are just mediocre (aside from the new mechanics that they introduced). The characters and decks in arc v are also very solid such as yuya's Odd eyes/Performapal deck or yuto's phantom knights
@@benjoman8252 I can't speak on Sevens much (I do know that the female characters like Romin are treated MUCH better than others in the past) but Vrains imo had loads of potential but MAN... It's not just the last season that left people wanting but so much unfinished story beats. ARC-V isn't my all time favorite in the series because of just how messy the series became but damn, the characters are ADORED to this day. Serena/Celina is my second favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! girl of all time and I still carry and play Lunalight since 2016's Shining Victories. I even do her Fusion hand gesture when I perform the Fusion Summons. ✊ Fans LOVE Sora and his Fluffal/Frightfurs (they fit together like a glove), Shun/Shay and his rebellious dark birds of prey Raidraptors, and heck... Someone out there must love Shingo and his Yosenju and Abyss Actors. XD I just wish the story wasn't so all over the place. At times, it just felt LOST and/or was paced awkwardly at time. And the less I have to talk about the ending... Yeaaaah. But damn, it's truly a blessing AND a curse for ARC-V. Oh yeah, I forgot everyone's favorite quote from Princess Peach Yuzu/Zuzu: *YUYAAAAAAAA!!*
Weeelll, what comes after Synchro Dimension is much, much worst. It sours my appetite for Arc-V that I want a reboot of it. Of course thats maybe just me.
I felt the Synchro Arc could have still been Social Class Division but with the Fusion dimension still involved. An example, Roger and a few Upper Class people have Obelisk forces on their side yet keep the other Upper Class members from Rebelling against Akaba's forces. Yet, some of the Upper class are funding the lower level duelist to fight back against this nee threat with Jack holding the Flag. Would kept with the theme of Arc V and actual progression with the Synchron Dimension fully joining the Base Dimension forces.
Honestly, I enjoyed Arc-V in, nearly it's entirety. I actually never particularly saw issues with it while I was just enjoying myself. Granted, that does not necessarily excuse things not making sense when looked at closely, and I can't really argue against anything presented here. In fact my love of Arc-V makes me want the best for it, and I'm glad at the very least it's not being ignored at this point. Good work on the video, I see good stuff here!
One of the worst arcs in Yu-Gi-Oh, ruined by pacing and production issues caused by working on DSOD simultaneously. Ironically it had one of the single best Synchro Summons ever, that of Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend (in Japanese, dub fucking ruined it). And most badass rescue entrance ever with Crow swopping in with a goddamn thunderclap and lighting bolt summoning his ace at the beginning of the arc. Also, I wonder if ARC V was meant to be longer, and each dimension story was intended to be like the Syncrho Dimension, building up legacy and new characters while making a recapture in Xyz, and full on invasion in Fusion. And the greatest flex in Yu-Gi-Oh. Reiji's infinite loop against Roget.
Glad to have you back, Noa! I do agree that the Synchro arc ran way too slow. I would have loved to have more exploration from the Xyz arc, but I got let down there.
Aw Yugioh arc v, the series with an amazing opening arc & then… well great video on the topic! When I watched arc v first time around, I grew to loathe the synchro arc. It went on way too long & the lancers… the Lancers aren’t a group. Had it not been for Moonshadow they would have screwed like 3 times over & it’s crazy to think he never got a win (at least I don’t remember him ever winning). I HATE how Shinji was so stupid in believing Yuya was somehow working for Rogeat (idk how to spell his name). Shinji felt like a yusei proxy but a million times worse. The synchro arc just felt like it had no goal and was heading nowhere . It had good moments, I really liked the end of yugo vs slyvio , slyvio seeing the parallels between yugo & yuya. Having already experienced and lost to another Yu boy in yuto it was really cool. But then there’s a bunch of filler & no end goal
I've always joked about how Arc V could have been the Hunter x Hunter of Yu-gi-oh if the story was developed differently... AND NOW YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THE HEAD WRITER WORKED ON HxH ADAPTATION! i can't belive it! 😂
I saw the same theme in Arcane-League of Legends, but they did it better. After the Miaimi Championship, it should have gone through another rewrite. I also have a problem with that scientist using those insects to control the girls. if the professor wanted them so badly to get his daughter back, why would he go through that detour. The three out of four boys would have came after them anyway.
Honestly the best way to fix synchro arc is just make it shorter we don't need the team separation stuff or the tournament cut either of those make fusion the predominate treat instead of the class war bullshit I'd also just have the lancers as a team split in 2 one half goes to recruit synchro the other goes to support xyz so we have equal attention to both plot especially with the mole revelation and especially lose Jack and Crow they completely take over the show for no reason and derail the plot with their presences.
It would have been better if the Lancers went to the manga version of Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds and at the start of the story and have make that story a little different.
This is one of the reasons why Yugioh Arc V only has one Season aka the standard Dimension aka the Duelist Alliance era. The rest is just really bad fanfiction material that butchered and assassinates the main themes and characters in Arc V. Such a shame.
I can remember that I stopped watching the show the moment Yuri showed up in Syncro and then just...never finished watching it because people said the second half is pure garbage and multiplies the issues that already started to form in Syncro prior to that point. Though, while lame, I never really took offence to Sora just joining. From context, I just thought it was a huge misunderstanding behind the scenes. Academia wanted to capture Zuzu and then she vanished, making everyone think they succeeded. Sora did not like that development and went back to Fusion to inquire on what is the goal here. They had no idea what the heck he's talking about since they didn't catch her, but he would have thought that they are just lying because they are unwilling to disclose the info to him, so he says "Yeah no, this ain't right. I can't consider Academia allies after this mess".
The moment that bad animation of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon hitting the motorcycle looking more like its foot slipped was when I realized things got bad.
See for the longest time I had a Mandela effect going on, where I swear down Yuya and Yugo had a duel In this arc, that led to Yugo being sent to the fusion dimension after via Roget who kidnaps him. This was also when we learned how Roget was from the Fusion dimension. I even remember the duel being interrupted by Fusion dimension, the guy who was after Serena, who came to fight Yuya and thats how it led to the fight where he gets possessed by ZArc for a bit. But no, he doesn't duel him. And I had this fake memory for at least 2 years
I liked the way they handled the Commons revolting against the Tops via Shinji; with 5Ds and Yusei it was very noble, but the angle of rebellion and revolution were among the few darker aspects I felt Arc-V consistently got right. I also enjoy a tournament setting because it gives multiple characters a chance to shine. Arc-V is a messier show than most any other Yugioh arc, and that is part of what continues to let it stand out from the rest. This arc was a speedbump.
-_- This season is one of many reasons why I REALLY do not like Arc V. They REALLY had a lot of potential with Yuya and Yuzu, but INSTEAD, the former gets reduced to "Egao" the character and the latter is reduced to a typical damsel in distress screaming Yuya EVERY 20 Seconds (That one hurts most because I was liking Yuzu's development into her own character and I have a soft spot for her archetype :) SO MUCH POTENTIAL.... but the writers just had to jump the shark ; . ; Or in Nostalgia Critic's words: "Jumping the shark, coming back, shooting it in the balls, r#%^ng it, eating its flesh, consuming its soul, mounting its head on a wall, AND DOING THE SAME THING TO TWELVE MORE FUCKING SHARKS JUST TO BE SAFE"
Personally I don't think going through one dimension at a time was a bad idea. If the execution was done right then it would have worked with the Standard dimension being the setup & introduction to the invasion issue. The Synchro dimension should have been about winning over a neutral dimension as an ally, the setting a little more serious/mature, & having the Friendship tournament serve as a continuation/conclusion to the interrupted Maimi tournament. Instead of dueling against unimportant side characters such as Shinji & his gang, duel chaser 227, or Chojiro they should have just limited it to Jack, Crow, Yugo, Sergey, Sora, & Barrett as the new contestants. It would have kept things more interesting & kept the plot moving. The Xyz dimension should have been set as the beginning of the pushback against Academia & overall an even darker/serious tone to the series with some of the characters getting thinned out in the fight to liberate Heartland. They should have brought in the Hell Kaiser for that season arc as they were originally considering. Finally the Fusion dimension would of course have been the final ultimate struggle where everyone (the lancers, synchro, & the xyz resistance) comes together in an Avengers End Game like fashion to have the final showdown against Academia. In the amount of episodes that they were given it well could have worked if they had just dropped unimportant subplots such as the class division in the Synchro Dimension or the Lancers constantly being separated, and most importantly if they had kept the overall amount of characters introduced in each season to the utmost minimum then the seasons wouldn't have dragged out for so long as they originally did. I personally liked the bringing back of legacy characters from previous series and I wouldn't have changed that but minor side characters such as Shinji & his gang, Chojiro, all the kids in each season that served no purpose, the Doctor & the Battle Beast in the Fusion Dimension, ect. should have all been left out of the show in order to save time
Honestly, even in the first season of Arc-V you could see a lot of the issues that would codify the later arcs start to show up. The main reason why season 1 seems better is because it was the foundation, but it STILL chose to immediately sideline the interesting and well-received LDS characters and storm through a bunch of irrelevant and stupid duels (like the entire prelims segment which included the quiz duel), and one of the recurring sins of Arc-V of introducing a ton of boss monsters with no setup just to advertise the card game only for them to be completely forgotten after one use. What we end up with in season 1 is a massive accumulation of SETUP but the arc itself is not really much special, the quality of Arc-V season 1 is kind of reliant on the setup leading to a worthwhile payoff. Synchro arc was just when the chickens started to roost and the issues that were building up started snowballing.
I wonder how much Reiji dueling in the Friendship Cup, or getting any on-screen duel prior to the last episode of the arc, would have done for his representation during it, let alone perceptions of it. P.S. I've tried to reckon with the idea of more dimension-hopping, but generally face difficulty with the resultant scale of events.
Question: Despite your disliking of the Synchro arc, is there anything from you like or even love? Weather it’s duels (notably both Yuya vs Jack duels and Shun vs Dennis), character moments, stand-alone scenes, some awesome animation from the likes of say Noh Gil Boh or anything really. Just curious if you find anything positive from the arc even if it’s not much and not the 100% train wreck you think it is.
Oh Chojiro was awesome. I love his style of duelling and Flower Cardians are really cool design wise. Love the Hanafuda references. Both his duels were fun to watch. Koi Koi Koi!!! ENJOY!!!
That one is indeed a fan favourite and a great duel to end the arc. Plus, the last part of it was animated by Kenichi Hara who didn’t animate a YGO episode since 5DS I think.
I'm a child of the 80's and 90's, so I do have some Nostalgia for Jack, Crow, etc. But my main grip of the Synchro Dimension story is that it tossed all of the Lancer's character development in favor of Nostalgia. Gong's loss to Crow was absolutely an ignorant writers decision (the actual archetype's would state otherwise). It was purely Character Assassination at it's core... As an aside: I actually liked Rogue(*spelling?*) Ancient Gear deck.
With all due respect, while I do understand your opinion on why you believe the Synchro Dimension to be an awful arc, a long way back I decided to rewatch the specific arc all the way through as well, and while it had it's issues and contradictories, I thought the Arc was OVERALL fine. What mainly were the MORE noticable issues with ARC-V as a show, was near it's end and not the Synchro Dimension Arc. The stuff that happens in the Arc that you would consider stupid or unnecessary, was pretty much just for the purpose and sake of "plot". The reason why Reiji was stuck with the council members was because as a character, Reiji was definitely recognized as the most capable of all of the lancers, and was definitely the most overpowered at the time, and having him roam around the scene during the Friendship Cup, the arc would have probably ended pretty quickly, considering the viewer would be pretty confident in him resolving the issue of Michel Roger controlling the City in very quick fashion. He was pretty much confined within the council for "plot" and that's it really. As a writing decision, I do agree it is poor execution and I'm not trying to use that as an excuse or anything as to why that issue should slide, but of why it should be understood that it was to basically "nerf" Reiji over anything else. And of course with the contradictory of the writing staff with the different writers, THAT is really the main default as to why the arc had it's many issues and should be put to blame on the creative differences of the staff. Overall I just realize the spectacle of what makes the Synchro Dimension Arc pretty good, with it's societal division, the drama, action, exciting riding duels, animation, dark moments, it far surpasses any of the bad moments the arc may have had. Also in one of the comments, I noticed you replying to someone that the only Duel you that you had really found as a highlight was Enjoy Chojiro. And yeah again......while I can respect that opinion, to say it's the one of the few highlights? What about, Jack vs Sergey, Shun vs Dennis? Those seemed to be just as much worthy examples of great duels that happened during the Cup. Arc-V had it's flaws sure, but it is definitely the most ambitious out of any of the Yu-Gi-Oh series with it's unique concept, which had potential, and it's inclusion of Legacy characters. For now it's hard to even say if we will ever get a show like ARC-V again. It did not stick the landing in the end, but I still appreciate it to this day for what it was trying to do. You laid out the facts about the production of what went wrong, so that's a lot of credibility there, but in my personal opinion as an Arc, while me disregarding it's mistakes, the Synchro Dimension Arc was alot more fine than you think it was I believe.
I personally think you're being too hard on this arc. It has flaws yes, the Standard arc was defiantly better, but compared to the next two arcs, Synchro is still better than them. Here's how I view the four arcs of Arc V: Standard: Good arc. Sychro: A decent arc, it has flaws, and there are things that could have been done better, especially around the ending parts, but still an okay enough arc. Xyz: Had a decent start, but we wasted two episodes in the Fusion Dimension and the ending with Aster(Edo) convincing everyone else to switch sides made no sense and sucked, Aster himself changing sides made sense based on his character and his duels with Yusho in flashback and Yuya which legitimately convinced him to switch sides, but him being able to convince all the other troops so easily and quickly made no sense. Fusion: The arc was shit. Now there were some good and decent moments with some fun duels, but those moments were usually eclipsed by the much large moments of terribleness and wasted potential, I mean really why bring in the Battle Beast to take down Lancers instead of either a returning GX character or Barrett getting to do it. Not to mention that Egyptian God awful ending. Again, the Sychro arc does have problems, but it isn't as bad as those other arcs that came after it. For one this arc still let Zuzu(Yuzu) and Celina(Serena) have Duels and still let them being involved in the plot, whereas in the Xyz and Fusion arc they were either just damsels in distress or just mind-controlled and working for the bad guys. The Sychro arc still gave most of its cast stuff to do and decent Duels, but after it, the other arcs started seriously shafting characters, I mean Gong's last win was in the Sychro arc against Dennis and after that, he didn't get to do much. So for many characters, the Synchro arc is their last hooray, not the best hooray of course, but it's better than nothing which is what they get the next two arcs nothing. Also, I'd argue that the Lancer's need to participate in the Friendship Cup makes sense, as they both need to gain the peoples trust because the Synchro Dimension hasn't been invaded yet so they don't know about the war so the Lancers need to convince them and show the people they are indeed strong enough to fight with them, and they also need to confirm that there are enough strong Dduelists here to fight against Duel Academy so they have to Duel these people to test their skills, I mean the Lancers saw first hand during Standard how strong Duel Academy was with how they decimated so many Duelists and even pushed our heroes pretty far so they have to make sure the Duelists of Sychro are strong enough to fight others wise they won't last long. Now they don't have to do this for the Xyz arc because the war already came to Heartland so the people already know about the war and know they need help, and with Shay(Shun) on the Lancers he can vouch for the Lancers so they don't have to earn the peoples trust and can join forces right away, and the Lancers, in turn, don't have to test the skills of these Duelists because these are Duelists who have been fighting Duel Academy in war for a while, if they have survived this long that means they are either really skilled Duelists or just really great escape artists. So competing in the Friendship Cup makes sense. Now the tournament itself defiantly dragged on too long and could have been shorter, but its inclusion made logical sense. I'd also argue that Sora's change of heart doesn't completely come out of nowhere, as he shows in his conversations with Yuya and later Zuzu(Yuzu) that he considers them his first real friends and wants to help them but also wants to remain loyal to the Fusion Dimension, but they eventually convice him that he has to choose a side which he does during the Yuya vs Crow Duel. Now it still could have been handled better, but I thought it was decent enough. Also, Declan(Reiji) waiting to act makes sense as he likes to feel the situation out, gather info, and wait for the right moment to make his move. Now he could have acted a bit sooner and he definitely should have left the Council Room the minute the Invasion of Sychro began to join in the battle and help his Lancers, but him waiting for a bit was still in character. Overall, the Synchro arc, while flawed, still gave us some pretty cool Duels, managed to give all of its cast decent screen time and contribution to the plot, some decent character development for characters like Sora and Yuya, and really excellent character development for characters like Shay(Shun) and Riley(Reria). So it's still a decent arc, not just to me, but to several others since when people make Arc V Fanfiction rewrites to make the series better, they usually keep most of the Synchro arc the same, only changing things around the time of the Fusions Invasion of the Sychro Dimension, since that's when the arc really started to fall apart since the Lancers should have gotten back together than to work together to fend off the Obelisk Force and have some good character interactions, also Leo should have sent an actual army to invade Synchro and not just 20 Oblieks Force, Barrett, and Yuri. I mean seriously, Leo sends an entire army to invade Xyz, but only a hand full of troops for Standard and Synchro, really?
Which arc was that? The only arc I remember that was good in 5Ds was the signers’ arc. Otherwise, the anime pretty much fell down after that. Not to mention so many of the characters got sidelined (cough cough Aki). I hate how dirty she got done 😡
So there IS an out-of-universe explanation for Yuuya's mood swings doing the Synchro arc. One episode he was wallowing in absolute despair and hopelessness at the cruel reality in front of him, the other he is hopeful and optimistic and _[egao intensifies]_ , and then it just rinses and repeats constantly and continuously. I've always just chalked it to him fully embracing his status as a pendulum
![Was Yuri About To Defeat Berserker Yuya? [Relentless]](/img/1.gif)
Ironic that the pacing loses momentum in the Synchro arc of all things
Rev it DOWN!!!
Riding Duel, DECELERATION
@@darthvader7888 I laughed at this harder than I should 😂
Yeah, expecially if we consider the fact that 5DS was known for being very fast paced (in the first half)
I'm NOT feelin' the flow!
...Wait a minute.
I will say this. The Synchro Dimension having a different form of oppression from Neo Domino is interesting. Neo Domino's oppression was a strict caste system, where Satellite inhabitants were basically forced to accept there was no vertical movement. The Synchro Dimension, or City I guess, gives a false sense of hope. They use Jack as an example of vertical movement to make the Commons more complacent with the system. I just fond that interesting
Sadly execution is 1000x more important than good ideas
While I agree it was an interesting take on the 5D's original Caste System storyline, it unfortunately lost a Lot in the way the Main Cast was treated by the Writer's.
In the Friendship Cup, Gong lost to Crow not because Horgan had the better Deck(I've ran both Deck's through over 200 AI Simulations and I can say for a certainty that Crow losses in all but 50 games), but because of the Nostalgia pop going on. And what makes it funny is that they couldn't even get that right as Crow wasn't acting in the way he used(even if Jack had abandoned him in The Commons, what happened to Martha's Orphanage and his "kids"?!)....
Excellent work, as always. Seeing how things went down on the production side is always so eye opening!
Probably the best reason for how things turn to Sh*t, Just like how 5Ds went down!
Not to mention the fact that TWO SEPARATE OPENINGS used during the synchro arc kept teasing a big clash of dragons between yuya and yugo
You know. Two characters who basically never interacted throughout the entire show. And also never dueled. Or anything
Learning how many problems there were behind the scenes really puts a lot of things into perspective 😔
The arc was too long. Biggest disappointment is probably not giving us Yuya vs Yugo at the finals of the Friendship Cup.
I think one of the reasons why that didn’t happen was cause Yuya had no counter to Crystal Wing.
@@Nephalem2002 An action card would've done the trick for Yuya like many of his important duels.
@@Nephalem2002 You forgot that he can make new cards on the fly because main protag powers.
They even teased it in the third Japanese opening.
@@demonfigs3309 Arc-V in a nutshell. Biggest potential yet completely wasted halfway through.
I think the weirdest handicap the season gave itself was having the losers go into the minefield.
It created a scenario where losing is actually harmful to the story as why would the Council send the literal best defenders the city could get from Academia.
The Obelisk Force could have overran the Synchro Dimension like it did the XYZ dimension. The only person who stood a chance was Sergei who was Roger’s man.
They could have made a better dichotomy of the Council deciding, “will we side with Academia and offer them the Lancers or will we acknowledge the Lancer’s strength and fight Academia with them.”
As an extend to Casswury's response: the council didn't seem to believe Reiji from the get go about the invasion stuff, which is why they give the lukewarm condition that if any of the lancers win the cup, they may cooperate in "whatever" Reiji wants.
When Ono forgets he's directing Arc-V, and not 5Ds.
That’s why Ono should never direct another Yugioh series ever again.
@@Alzilla09 what are you gonna do bout it
why would you say this? what do you expect them to say?
I think the point the synchro arc went downhill (to me) was Yuzu vs Sergei (I think his name was), where she hedged her bets on Bloom Prima, when Bloom Diva absolutely *could* have won the duel. And she then became just another damsel in distress from that point on in the rest of the series.
This all being said, I had an overall positive experience in the arc personally (jack vs yuya and whatnot), and I'm excited to see how you (and others in this comment section) feel about the arc in an analytical sense.
I actually analyzed that duel due to the perception. My final verdict was... Maaaaaybe she would have won. Bloom Prima was actually a sound idea on paper as her monsters were stuck in thorn bondage, unable to attack or change position, and would have burned Yuzu at the end of her turn. Bloom Prima is the only Melodious fusion (that we know of...) that can be formed with more than 2 materials. Bloom Diva would leave 1 of the melodious monsters (most likely Mozarta) out in the open. Sergey could just have attacked her and swung for game since he needs less atk points on his Fusion monster to do the job due to the burn. THEN AGAIN, would he do this? Since it's implied he's going off, there's a possibility he would attack Bloom Diva instead to see as many ladies bound in thorns as possible, rather than consider her previously shown effect. Still, Bloom Prima got Yamcha'd and it has to be the worst ace monster debut I've ever seen.
She is more useless than Sakura Haruno
@@BloomBox36I shouldn't be surprised to find you here (I arrived from the second-most-recent Progression Polls vid between Noajenk and Goldennova, he mentioned this video).
@@EthanKironus8067 oh hello! Small World, eh?
Man the worst victim of the Synchro Arc’s terrible writing to me was definitely Yuya. He went from a complex character suffering from anxiety and inferiority issues to the Patreon Saint of Smiles who just thinks saying Egao and thinking of Yuto will fix any issue.
The last good moment of Yuya was during his duel with the Sector Security guard in the Friendship Cup where he duels like Z-Arc and immediately is dejected by the crowds approval.
Kh-khm.
Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon scene.
I think yuya was one of the best in my opinion as he directly opposes the rules that the synchro dimension enforce, and it's seen most obviously by the contrast of yuya and the firendship cup commentator. I think crow was the worst in the synchro arc as he constantly flip-flops between ally and enemy as soon as yuya makes one little mistake, I think this arc is only the second worst as the xyz arc felt underwhelming considering this was supposed to be where duel academy first attacked and it had been built up throughout the series, but it's more focused on legacy characters and duel academy
I absolutely started hating Yuya after this arc, it's as you said, he was a complex character that became a cry baby fixated on Yuzu. A truly waste of a potentially good season...
@@AuthorTheIdiot ok while i will yield that is a cool scene, its cool because of how well animated it is and how sick raging dragon is as a monster.
As a scene thematically or as development for the character, its pretty bad.
@@benjoman8252 i fully agree though i do have a soft spot for the xyz arc because of the tyler sisters and kite/aster.
I like this analysis on Arc-V, since recent Yugioh animes don’t get analyzed a lot bc the Big 3 (DM, GX, and 5D’s) tend to hug all the attention. Keep it up.
And even then, GX and 5D's get any attention only after each and every frame of DM has been analyzed by everyone and their mother, squeezing any amount of content out of the tiniest of specs.
Longevity was a huge factor in the downfall of this arc plus the concept seriously going from one tournament arc to another was not a good idea in hindsight if i were to restructure the episode count for each arc I'd give
20 episodes for each dimension making up (80/148 episodes)
20 episodes for the z-arc and ray arc (100/148 episodes)
20 episodes for the restoration of the yu boys and bracelet girls (120/148 episodes) *yes I'll have an entire arc about them they deserved better*
15 episodes for the pendulum dimension (135/148 episodes
5 episodes for the yusho vs yuya duel (140/148 episodes)
8 episodes for the epilogue (148/148 episodes)
Oops this became sort of a tangent okay if i were to restructure the synchro arc I'd probably not have that sector security vs yuya duel and have Yuzu win her duel against Sergey plus have Yuri remain a mysterious figure throughout the arc or just not appear again until the fusion arc
Arc-V was such a victim of Gallop's behind the scenes problems especially after the Dark Side Dimensions movie.
Synchro Arc could've been wrapped up in about 20 episodes max not a whole third of the show.
Sora's "I don't like Academia now" was so out of nowhere, I was expecting his betrayal the entire rest of the series, but it just never happened.
Because Dennis exist, they would have two characters that share the same role.
@@KaiserNetwork not really, they have nuances that are really clear with their decks. Dennis has the role of evil counterpart, mirroring Yuya's entertainment duel with his similar deck theme. Sora has the role of the innocent looking guy being actually a psycho, shown by his innocent plush deck turned to nightmarish monsters. But that last part of his character just gets completly scrapped after his return.
I knew it wasn’t going to last the _entire_ series, but I wish that they would have at least taken time to develop his character. He said something about realizing that Yuya and Yuzu/Zuzu were the first people who really cared about him
*_EXPAND ON THAT_*
Seriously, it would have been so cool to see that internal struggle of him needing to choose between the people who he grew up learning were the “right side to take” or the only people who saw him as more than a powerful duelist AKA weapon of mass destruction
Thank you for reading my rant
Sora not carding Dennis suggests to me he wasn't supposed to be an ally so quickly....but somehow he changed off screen.
By the last few episodes i was still waiting for him to betray Yuya, but the fact that he didn't made me realize that the writers actually thought people would buy a face turn for Sora after all he did and nothing really happened to make him change his mind.
Also, the worst part of this arc is how STUPID Roget’s plan was.
Personally this arc was only interesting when yugo and yuzu were on screen
Which considering neither Are in the main character and the show spent more time keeping yugo and yuya as separated as physically possible than they did writing the intire second half of this show
Wasn't that much
I never truly realized just how many "bad" episodes were written by the same writer, despite how much Yugioh I've watched. Certain episodes always felt like they were written by somebody else, who didn't really understand the characters they were using, like when Bronk gets mad at Yuma (twice) in season 1 of Zexal. Those episodes were both written by the same guy, and the tonal shift compared to the previous episodes was noticeable, but until I looked it up, I hadn't realized that they were in fact, completely different people writing episodes for this show.
Wtf? For real
I’ll never forgive Arc-V for the Assassination of Yuzu’s character, especially her duel with Sergey.
Agreed.
She deserves to be Yumas love interest, despite that Yuya and Yuzu aren’t my thing for their couple.
I liked it, the prison moment was good, Cardians just being itself in an anime was so funny to me, I feel pity for the VAs
I would like to add a few things here. The Lancers are a complete joke.
-Why did Reiji think Sawatari was a good pick to be a Lancer? The guy was barely any good before he got Pendulums, and if we include the questionable things he did, he would not be a good pick. Not to mention, he lost in the FIRST ROUND! If we were going to add back members who already lost in the tournament, then that makes the reason for the tournament completely obselete since Reiji could just handpicked themselves, and that's not even counting the fact that only half of the Lancers are from Standard, two of them being Reiji's choice. I would have personally loved to see some characters returning such as Masumi (Hokuto was carded and Yaiba was hospitalized, so they couldn't join) and considering how she knows Fusion, she was already better than Sawatari. Just imagine her with Fusion!
-One of the advantages the Lancers have is the Pendulum cards and Action cards. Then why did Reiji give Dennis a full deck of Pendulum cards when he knows he is a spy and had Gongenzaka on his team? Ya know, the guy WHO DOESN'T USE SPELLS IN HIS DECK! He was basically giving the enemy more ammo to work against them! Not to mention, with the exception of Yuya Sawatari and Dennis, the others only have like, two Pendulum cards in their decks! I know that adding too many Pendulums could have thrown the balance off the deck, but instead of Reiji making Dennis Deck full Pendulum, he could have made way more Pendulum cards for the others.
-And some big team this is, in the first round of the Friendship Cup, 5 out of the 8 Lancers either lose or don't participate at all.
Second of all, who is the antagonist in this arc? Roget? The Council? The entire Synchro Dimension? They keep jumping back and forth between antagonists and none of the supposed conflicts are resolved.
The final duel between Jack and Yuya while Duel-wise is amazing and one of my favourites, story-wise it doesn't make sense. So yes, it has been stated before that Duels are the only thing uniting/keeping the City together, hence why when Jack duels, everyone is captivated by it, even if the Commons all bitch about it later on. I still don't understand how Yuya and Jack Duel just supposedly united everyone and made everyone come together to fight Roget. Like, did the Commons just decided to forget the oppression they suffered for years? Did the Council just decided the way they were thinking was wrong? Did the Tops suddenly decide they weren't superior to everyone else? None of this is explained and they just moved past it and make Roget the final villain with the worst conclusion i have ever seen.
And im not even going to address the huge dump of character development characters like Yuzu got. Seriously, her duel with Sergey is THE LAST FULL DUEL SHE HAS! SHE DOESN'T DUEL FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES! Correction... SHE DOESN'T DO JACKSHIT FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES!
That said, i feel the need to defend a few things here.
-Just because Reiji could just bust out, doesn't mean he should. Like you stated time and time again, they are in a war, which means Reiji needs to gain as much comrades as possible. Unlike most characters in Arc-V, Reiji thinks things logically and knows that if he did anything to upset the council he would lose a Dimension as an ally. That said, given how the Council only seems to care about themselves (they literally stated the City would fall if they disappeared, like they are the pillar of the society) and doesn't give two shits about the City, i would question of Reiji just didn't go to Jack Atlas instead.
-At first, Sora didn't betray Academia. He was still loyal to Academia and was still going to complete his mission and retrieve Serena. However, he was now loyal to his friends and didn't want to hurt them, hence why he saved Yuzu. He said that if the Lancers give up Serena, he could talk with Professor and have him back off Yuzu. Yuya obviously disagrees and i think he manages to convince Sora to defect from Academia. I think that's how the conversation went since it's been a while.
-Reira sudden fear doesn't seem too farfetched. Don't forget, he comes from a nation that was in war. Obviously, he would have some sort of PTSD. It probably didn't surface due to him not being in battle for too long, but as the fight progressed, more and more of his mental state would go down, making him relive horrible memories.
P.S: Any chance you might do one in regards to the other arcs? I would like to see your input on that.
I mean with Gong, the use of pendulums gives ways into his synchros and essentially gives him continuous spells that don’t interfere with the No S/T style of his deck. Though granted if they were to be milled or sent from hand to grave then yes they would be a detriment due to being identified as either a monster or spell while in there.
@@cyberdragoon1432 pendulums are only treated as face up spells while on the pendulum zone
The show says that Sawatari is one of the best duelist at LDS (he did make it into the Maiami City Championship after all). But the show then refuses to give him an on-screen win in a one-to-one duel.
@@elijahharris1113 they're jerks
In Sawatari's defense, he beat ZARC, or would have, if not for really shitty asanine levels of plot armor. He was the only one who actually outplayed ZARC.
And honestly, waste of a moment. His gag was getting bitched by each Yu boy, until he didn't get bitched by Yuri.
Let's assume be did,and Yuri was especially sadistic about it, cause he clearly gets off on that shit. Imagine Sawatari learning from it,and whopping ZARC, who is unsaved by plot armor.
That would have been fucking awesome. We kinda got that....but plot armor ZARC
Had potential to be the best yugioh honestly sad it was treated like this
I never thought I would heard Symphogear name-dropped during a video about Arc-V yet here I am. Great work as always.
I think Yuya’s development with Jack and the fun decks make it enjoyable enough as an arc.
The head writer also worked on what is considered the worst season of Symphogear at the same time? That could explain a lot.
Finally...
After all this time...
We finally know what Noa was going to say next after talking about Sergei's weak body. 10/10 would double subscribe if I could.
Ono's raging boner for 5D's really dragged the show down in that portion and Kamishiro's inconsistency.
Awesome video as always Noa. Glad you got a channel again.
Reiji's case of inaction is due to the inavailabilty of the VA (schedule issues)
They should have picked a different VA if the one they pick can't show up much.
I get its good in using famous/amazing VAs but if they can't show up much which leads to the story(and their character) getting messed up, then don't fucking bother with them since its not worth it.
@@nightshroud9671 they only change VA if they found replacements, and if it's feasible
@@Magna_Dragon My point is they should have went with a different VA at the start.
Sames goes for why Mieru was dropped after looking like she's be a major supporting character. No way in heck they can afford Aoi Yuuki for a long-running anime.
@@730Flare Damn sad to hear that I honestly like her more then Yuzu given she's the only person to use rituals and flip monsters of all things
Happy to have You Back!
Gis I was si invested in A5 back in the day and it's downfall still stings to this day.
Yuzu, Yuto and the entre cast deserved so much better.
Is This a Dream?
God We Waited So Fucking Long For Noajank Returns With Videos
Reiji had no choice to wait for half the arc, he had to wait for about 5 other people and he was setting up his combo's, this is obviously a joke, nice work on the video man welcome back
At long last, he had returned to RUclips. Welcome back Noajenk. I look forward to your vid and even though I like the Synchro arc despite it’s obvious flaws, I respect your opinion as anyone should. Even if you don’t like it, there’s still lots of great moments such as Shun vs Dennis, Yuya vs Jack (both duels especially their rematch), Jack vs Sergey (a personal favourite of mine), Reiji’s infinite loop and even Jean Micheal Roget I found pretty entertaining as villain to some degree and next to Yuri, the best villain of Arc V.
Gues who is BACK!!! I missed your channel MAAAAN!!! Ask people to share and Dylan i think would be very happy to do so!!! I am just soo happy!! You have such a special voice! plss continue the great and amazing work!!!! i have another name on twitter but i am basicly the guy who constantly wanted the Arc V video, and here it is!!!!!!!!!!
Jack Atlas aka the king was the only reason why i watched Arc-v
I was so pumped going into the Synchro arc when it was airing only to get shot down so epically. Really sad how people couldn’t put the problems of the entire dimension above the social problems of the City
What do you expect from a deeply divided society? It's realistic
@@Diamondr11Blue I expected people to try to survive, if not for the whole dimension, just for themselves
RETURN OF THE KING
And I'm not just saying this because Jack was brought back, because *good god,* he was not done justice here.
I didn't even get to see the synchro Arc because Nickelodeon (in America) decided to skip season 2. And begin season 3 by giving a 20 second overview of the Synchro Arc.
That's a crime!
Oh, that's messed up granted. That's a problem, Nickelodeon. When it comes to every anime, they get their grubby little hands on. Like ZeXaL, for example, they keep showing episodes all the way to the world duel Carnival and go back in an endless loop despite ZeXaL having more seasons and arcade to show, hell I don't even think Nick got to the faker duel.
I swear Nick had this weird thing with anime
First off... HOLY SHIT, HE'S BACK!?
Second... I dunno if I ever said this about Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V but in retrospect, this particular series was always too ambitious for its own good.
And you only have to look at the first part and the Miami Championships 🏆 There was a LOT being put into place, different characters like Shun & Yuto from XYZ, Serena from FUSION, and Yugo (NOT YUUUGO) from Synchro appearing. Reiji setting up this tournament for some big purpose.
There was also just a variety of duelists with very interesting new archetypes and some callbacks too. I honestly look back at this portion of ARC-V and think:
_How did we ever think that this could ever be topped with the same level of consistency?_
People might have complaints about situations like with the Battle Beast... But I'd argue that he wouldn't be _as_ ontroversial if the Synchro Arc didn't eat up SO MUCH of the run time and suddenly "Oh uh, we're running out of time!" And the production issues only exasperated the... Well ... _ISSUES_ XD
Also, RAY (not Sky Striker Ace _Raye_ kekw) is one of the biggest disappointments in Yu-Gi-Oh! history... Man, I REALLY hate how the Bracelet Girls (and even the Yu Boy's) were treated.
I think the reason arc v is my favourite Yu-Gi-Oh us because it is too ambitious, I much prefer this compared to vrains and sevens which are just mediocre (aside from the new mechanics that they introduced). The characters and decks in arc v are also very solid such as yuya's Odd eyes/Performapal deck or yuto's phantom knights
@@benjoman8252 I can't speak on Sevens much (I do know that the female characters like Romin are treated MUCH better than others in the past) but Vrains imo had loads of potential but MAN... It's not just the last season that left people wanting but so much unfinished story beats.
ARC-V isn't my all time favorite in the series because of just how messy the series became but damn, the characters are ADORED to this day.
Serena/Celina is my second favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! girl of all time and I still carry and play Lunalight since 2016's Shining Victories. I even do her Fusion hand gesture when I perform the Fusion Summons. ✊
Fans LOVE Sora and his Fluffal/Frightfurs (they fit together like a glove), Shun/Shay and his rebellious dark birds of prey Raidraptors, and heck... Someone out there must love Shingo and his Yosenju and Abyss Actors. XD
I just wish the story wasn't so all over the place. At times, it just felt LOST and/or was paced awkwardly at time. And the less I have to talk about the ending... Yeaaaah.
But damn, it's truly a blessing AND a curse for ARC-V.
Oh yeah, I forgot everyone's favorite quote from Princess Peach Yuzu/Zuzu: *YUYAAAAAAAA!!*
And the Dimension Dragons were handled poorly too.
YESSSSSSS NOAJENK my inspiration is back! Ima download this and watch it in the morning!
Was awaiting for you to get a channel just to sub, great content Noa, hope this one does not get take down.
Ya know I think my biggest gripe is that the synchro arc was too long and it made the XYZ and Fusion arcs suffer cuz they were too short
I’m currently watching Arc-V right now. And I just finished the Xyz arc (which was like 12 episodes or so). Onto the Fusion arc now
Weeelll, what comes after Synchro Dimension is much, much worst. It sours my appetite for Arc-V that I want a reboot of it. Of course thats maybe just me.
Interesting info, I always though Arc V went to shit because they took half of the production team to make Dark Side of Nostalgia
And oh yeah! Gotta thank them for fukin spoiling half the movie too 😂😭🤦🏼♀️. IN THE FUKIN ENDING SONG
That remark from the animator reminds me of how Z-Arc was shadowed out for so long because nobody wanted to decide what he looked like.
I felt the Synchro Arc could have still been Social Class Division but with the Fusion dimension still involved. An example, Roger and a few Upper Class people have Obelisk forces on their side yet keep the other Upper Class members from Rebelling against Akaba's forces. Yet, some of the Upper class are funding the lower level duelist to fight back against this nee threat with Jack holding the Flag. Would kept with the theme of Arc V and actual progression with the Synchron Dimension fully joining the Base Dimension forces.
the first half of the synchro arc was pretty good tho. i still don't understand why they dragged the second half
Way too long
Arc V felt it was in decline during the synchro arc. Also, glad to see your channel back on RUclips
Love this kind of intellectual video work from you!
Worse. Someone could change this arc. Instead of rehashing, Yusei, Jack and Crow would have a different arc.
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Honestly, I enjoyed Arc-V in, nearly it's entirety. I actually never particularly saw issues with it while I was just enjoying myself. Granted, that does not necessarily excuse things not making sense when looked at closely, and I can't really argue against anything presented here. In fact my love of Arc-V makes me want the best for it, and I'm glad at the very least it's not being ignored at this point. Good work on the video, I see good stuff here!
Holy shit, a psychic duelist must have come across a Monster reborn card!
Glad to see you back, man
The Return of the King.
Someome be sure to download all the videos in case shit goes down again >_
One of the worst arcs in Yu-Gi-Oh, ruined by pacing and production issues caused by working on DSOD simultaneously.
Ironically it had one of the single best Synchro Summons ever, that of Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend (in Japanese, dub fucking ruined it). And most badass rescue entrance ever with Crow swopping in with a goddamn thunderclap and lighting bolt summoning his ace at the beginning of the arc.
Also, I wonder if ARC V was meant to be longer, and each dimension story was intended to be like the Syncrho Dimension, building up legacy and new characters while making a recapture in Xyz, and full on invasion in Fusion.
And the greatest flex in Yu-Gi-Oh. Reiji's infinite loop against Roget.
Glad to have you back, Noa! I do agree that the Synchro arc ran way too slow. I would have loved to have more exploration from the Xyz arc, but I got let down there.
Xyz arc felt like it got rushed due to how short it was
@@narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256 agreed.
Even if this arc has a pathetic character development, it gave us, at least, a lot of incredible duel
My favorite ygo anime channel back, with a theme that i have already discussed with friends. Thanks golden nova for warning us about your return!
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Aw Yugioh arc v, the series with an amazing opening arc & then… well great video on the topic!
When I watched arc v first time around, I grew to loathe the synchro arc. It went on way too long & the lancers… the Lancers aren’t a group. Had it not been for Moonshadow they would have screwed like 3 times over & it’s crazy to think he never got a win (at least I don’t remember him ever winning).
I HATE how Shinji was so stupid in believing Yuya was somehow working for Rogeat (idk how to spell his name). Shinji felt like a yusei proxy but a million times worse.
The synchro arc just felt like it had no goal and was heading nowhere . It had good moments, I really liked the end of yugo vs slyvio , slyvio seeing the parallels between yugo & yuya. Having already experienced and lost to another Yu boy in yuto it was really cool. But then there’s a bunch of filler & no end goal
I've always joked about how Arc V could have been the Hunter x Hunter of Yu-gi-oh if the story was developed differently...
AND NOW YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THE HEAD WRITER WORKED ON HxH ADAPTATION!
i can't belive it! 😂
"How would one fix the Synchro Arcs issues?"
Me: Do you want the short answer or the long one?
I saw the same theme in Arcane-League of Legends, but they did it better. After the Miaimi Championship, it should have gone through another rewrite. I also have a problem with that scientist using those insects to control the girls. if the professor wanted them so badly to get his daughter back, why would he go through that detour. The three out of four boys would have came after them anyway.
Honestly the best way to fix synchro arc is just make it shorter we don't need the team separation stuff or the tournament cut either of those make fusion the predominate treat instead of the class war bullshit I'd also just have the lancers as a team split in 2 one half goes to recruit synchro the other goes to support xyz so we have equal attention to both plot especially with the mole revelation and especially lose Jack and Crow they completely take over the show for no reason and derail the plot with their presences.
Half of this season should’ve been in the Synchro, the other half in the Xyz dimension.
It has been too long since I’ve seen the Noajenk pngs, also must comment for the algorithm
5:23 they also already talked about that in yugioh 5ds the series that the synchro dimension is based of
It would have been better if the Lancers went to the manga version of Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds and at the start of the story and have make that story a little different.
The other problem I have with the whole social division plot is that it's basically a much worse written retread of 5D's.
This is one of the reasons why Yugioh Arc V only has one Season aka the standard Dimension aka the Duelist Alliance era.
The rest is just really bad fanfiction material that butchered and assassinates the main themes and characters in Arc V.
Such a shame.
I Actually Kind Of Like the Friendship Cup...
I can remember that I stopped watching the show the moment Yuri showed up in Syncro and then just...never finished watching it because people said the second half is pure garbage and multiplies the issues that already started to form in Syncro prior to that point.
Though, while lame, I never really took offence to Sora just joining. From context, I just thought it was a huge misunderstanding behind the scenes. Academia wanted to capture Zuzu and then she vanished, making everyone think they succeeded. Sora did not like that development and went back to Fusion to inquire on what is the goal here. They had no idea what the heck he's talking about since they didn't catch her, but he would have thought that they are just lying because they are unwilling to disclose the info to him, so he says "Yeah no, this ain't right. I can't consider Academia allies after this mess".
The moment that bad animation of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon hitting the motorcycle looking more like its foot slipped was when I realized things got bad.
Ever feel like you’d do an arc v rewrite ? Also glad your back
hm.... maybe if there's interest
@@noajenkYGO I would, and I think I will.
i mean it literally just repeated the first season of 5ds
See for the longest time I had a Mandela effect going on, where I swear down Yuya and Yugo had a duel In this arc, that led to Yugo being sent to the fusion dimension after via Roget who kidnaps him. This was also when we learned how Roget was from the Fusion dimension.
I even remember the duel being interrupted by Fusion dimension, the guy who was after Serena, who came to fight Yuya and thats how it led to the fight where he gets possessed by ZArc for a bit.
But no, he doesn't duel him. And I had this fake memory for at least 2 years
Id love to see a video where you focus on fixing this arc .
It had the biggest hype but felt like a big wiff
Welcome back Noa!
If RUclips takes this or any of your Yugioh content down again im gonna be mad.
Also hear me out I actually really liked the synchro arc
You are seen, friend.
Good for you. You are stronger than all of us
My only problem is they stayed there waaayyy too long
Yeah, I'm not done, but it's almost like he didn't watch it fully.
@@elijahharris1113 I’m just making a statement
Not even 5 seconds in and I'm already subscribing. That Arthur sound effect had me rolling
11:42 I straight up thought this was Blue from Pokémon for a hot sec.
Welcome back to youtube duelist.
I FOUND YOU! I couldn't find your duel dissection series anymore....almost thought I imagined it or something 😅
I liked the way they handled the Commons revolting against the Tops via Shinji; with 5Ds and Yusei it was very noble, but the angle of rebellion and revolution were among the few darker aspects I felt Arc-V consistently got right.
I also enjoy a tournament setting because it gives multiple characters a chance to shine. Arc-V is a messier show than most any other Yugioh arc, and that is part of what continues to let it stand out from the rest. This arc was a speedbump.
-_- This season is one of many reasons why I REALLY do not like Arc V.
They REALLY had a lot of potential with Yuya and Yuzu, but INSTEAD, the former gets reduced to "Egao" the character and the latter is reduced to a typical damsel in distress screaming Yuya EVERY 20 Seconds (That one hurts most because I was liking Yuzu's development into her own character and I have a soft spot for her archetype :)
SO MUCH POTENTIAL.... but the writers just had to jump the shark ; . ;
Or in Nostalgia Critic's words:
"Jumping the shark, coming back, shooting it in the balls, r#%^ng it, eating its flesh, consuming its soul, mounting its head on a wall, AND DOING THE SAME THING TO TWELVE MORE FUCKING SHARKS JUST TO BE SAFE"
Personally I don't think going through one dimension at a time was a bad idea. If the execution was done right then it would have worked with the Standard dimension being the setup & introduction to the invasion issue.
The Synchro dimension should have been about winning over a neutral dimension as an ally, the setting a little more serious/mature, & having the Friendship tournament serve as a continuation/conclusion to the interrupted Maimi tournament. Instead of dueling against unimportant side characters such as Shinji & his gang, duel chaser 227, or Chojiro they should have just limited it to Jack, Crow, Yugo, Sergey, Sora, & Barrett as the new contestants. It would have kept things more interesting & kept the plot moving.
The Xyz dimension should have been set as the beginning of the pushback against Academia & overall an even darker/serious tone to the series with some of the characters getting thinned out in the fight to liberate Heartland. They should have brought in the Hell Kaiser for that season arc as they were originally considering.
Finally the Fusion dimension would of course have been the final ultimate struggle where everyone (the lancers, synchro, & the xyz resistance) comes together in an Avengers End Game like fashion to have the final showdown against Academia.
In the amount of episodes that they were given it well could have worked if they had just dropped unimportant subplots such as the class division in the Synchro Dimension or the Lancers constantly being separated, and most importantly if they had kept the overall amount of characters introduced in each season to the utmost minimum then the seasons wouldn't have dragged out for so long as they originally did. I personally liked the bringing back of legacy characters from previous series and I wouldn't have changed that but minor side characters such as Shinji & his gang, Chojiro, all the kids in each season that served no purpose, the Doctor & the Battle Beast in the Fusion Dimension, ect. should have all been left out of the show in order to save time
welcome back, hope to see the old vids return as well
IMO Yugo should have won this tournament
Honestly, even in the first season of Arc-V you could see a lot of the issues that would codify the later arcs start to show up. The main reason why season 1 seems better is because it was the foundation, but it STILL chose to immediately sideline the interesting and well-received LDS characters and storm through a bunch of irrelevant and stupid duels (like the entire prelims segment which included the quiz duel), and one of the recurring sins of Arc-V of introducing a ton of boss monsters with no setup just to advertise the card game only for them to be completely forgotten after one use.
What we end up with in season 1 is a massive accumulation of SETUP but the arc itself is not really much special, the quality of Arc-V season 1 is kind of reliant on the setup leading to a worthwhile payoff. Synchro arc was just when the chickens started to roost and the issues that were building up started snowballing.
The prelims are overhated imo.
God did I miss your voice in video essays
The video is back, I am so happy!
I wonder how much Reiji dueling in the Friendship Cup, or getting any on-screen duel prior to the last episode of the arc, would have done for his representation during it, let alone perceptions of it.
P.S. I've tried to reckon with the idea of more dimension-hopping, but generally face difficulty with the resultant scale of events.
Question: Despite your disliking of the Synchro arc, is there anything from you like or even love? Weather it’s duels (notably both Yuya vs Jack duels and Shun vs Dennis), character moments, stand-alone scenes, some awesome animation from the likes of say Noh Gil Boh or anything really. Just curious if you find anything positive from the arc even if it’s not much and not the 100% train wreck you think it is.
theres some fantastic animation for sure. i'm not a fan of most of the duels. enjoy chojiro might legitimately be my highlight.
jack vs yuya round...2? was very good though.
Oh Chojiro was awesome. I love his style of duelling and Flower Cardians are really cool design wise. Love the Hanafuda references. Both his duels were fun to watch.
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That one is indeed a fan favourite and a great duel to end the arc. Plus, the last part of it was animated by Kenichi Hara who didn’t animate a YGO episode since 5DS I think.
I knew I’ve seen you somewhere. It seems you are starting from scratch again. I wasn’t subscribed to your previous channel, but I’ll subscribe here.
I'm a child of the 80's and 90's, so I do have some Nostalgia for Jack, Crow, etc. But my main grip of the Synchro Dimension story is that it tossed all of the Lancer's character development in favor of Nostalgia. Gong's loss to Crow was absolutely an ignorant writers decision (the actual archetype's would state otherwise). It was purely Character Assassination at it's core...
As an aside: I actually liked Rogue(*spelling?*) Ancient Gear deck.
Um...you know that 5D's was a late-00s show, right? Being a "child of the 80s/90s" doesn't really factor into nostalgia for shows at that time.
RETURN OF THE KING LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOO
8:17 I'll be damned a yugioh video that mentions the *behind the scenes* reasons why the arcv synchro arc was trash. You have earned a subscriber sir.
Yuya vs Yugo in the opening.
With all due respect, while I do understand your opinion on why you believe the Synchro Dimension to be an awful arc, a long way back I decided to rewatch the specific arc all the way through as well, and while it had it's issues and contradictories, I thought the Arc was OVERALL fine. What mainly were the MORE noticable issues with ARC-V as a show, was near it's end and not the Synchro Dimension Arc. The stuff that happens in the Arc that you would consider stupid or unnecessary, was pretty much just for the purpose and sake of "plot". The reason why Reiji was stuck with the council members was because as a character, Reiji was definitely recognized as the most capable of all of the lancers, and was definitely the most overpowered at the time, and having him roam around the scene during the Friendship Cup, the arc would have probably ended pretty quickly, considering the viewer would be pretty confident in him resolving the issue of Michel Roger controlling the City in very quick fashion. He was pretty much confined within the council for "plot" and that's it really. As a writing decision, I do agree it is poor execution and I'm not trying to use that as an excuse or anything as to why that issue should slide, but of why it should be understood that it was to basically "nerf" Reiji over anything else. And of course with the contradictory of the writing staff with the different writers, THAT is really the main default as to why the arc had it's many issues and should be put to blame on the creative differences of the staff. Overall I just realize the spectacle of what makes the Synchro Dimension Arc pretty good, with it's societal division, the drama, action, exciting riding duels, animation, dark moments, it far surpasses any of the bad moments the arc may have had. Also in one of the comments, I noticed you replying to someone that the only Duel you that you had really found as a highlight was Enjoy Chojiro. And yeah again......while I can respect that opinion, to say it's the one of the few highlights? What about, Jack vs Sergey, Shun vs Dennis? Those seemed to be just as much worthy examples of great duels that happened during the Cup. Arc-V had it's flaws sure, but it is definitely the most ambitious out of any of the Yu-Gi-Oh series with it's unique concept, which had potential, and it's inclusion of Legacy characters. For now it's hard to even say if we will ever get a show like ARC-V again. It did not stick the landing in the end, but I still appreciate it to this day for what it was trying to do. You laid out the facts about the production of what went wrong, so that's a lot of credibility there, but in my personal opinion as an Arc, while me disregarding it's mistakes, the Synchro Dimension Arc was alot more fine than you think it was I believe.
I personally think you're being too hard on this arc. It has flaws yes, the Standard arc was defiantly better, but compared to the next two arcs, Synchro is still better than them. Here's how I view the four arcs of Arc V:
Standard: Good arc.
Sychro: A decent arc, it has flaws, and there are things that could have been done better, especially around the ending parts, but still an okay enough arc.
Xyz: Had a decent start, but we wasted two episodes in the Fusion Dimension and the ending with Aster(Edo) convincing everyone else to switch sides made no sense and sucked, Aster himself changing sides made sense based on his character and his duels with Yusho in flashback and Yuya which legitimately convinced him to switch sides, but him being able to convince all the other troops so easily and quickly made no sense.
Fusion: The arc was shit. Now there were some good and decent moments with some fun duels, but those moments were usually eclipsed by the much large moments of terribleness and wasted potential, I mean really why bring in the Battle Beast to take down Lancers instead of either a returning GX character or Barrett getting to do it. Not to mention that Egyptian God awful ending.
Again, the Sychro arc does have problems, but it isn't as bad as those other arcs that came after it. For one this arc still let Zuzu(Yuzu) and Celina(Serena) have Duels and still let them being involved in the plot, whereas in the Xyz and Fusion arc they were either just damsels in distress or just mind-controlled and working for the bad guys. The Sychro arc still gave most of its cast stuff to do and decent Duels, but after it, the other arcs started seriously shafting characters, I mean Gong's last win was in the Sychro arc against Dennis and after that, he didn't get to do much. So for many characters, the Synchro arc is their last hooray, not the best hooray of course, but it's better than nothing which is what they get the next two arcs nothing. Also, I'd argue that the Lancer's need to participate in the Friendship Cup makes sense, as they both need to gain the peoples trust because the Synchro Dimension hasn't been invaded yet so they don't know about the war so the Lancers need to convince them and show the people they are indeed strong enough to fight with them, and they also need to confirm that there are enough strong Dduelists here to fight against Duel Academy so they have to Duel these people to test their skills, I mean the Lancers saw first hand during Standard how strong Duel Academy was with how they decimated so many Duelists and even pushed our heroes pretty far so they have to make sure the Duelists of Sychro are strong enough to fight others wise they won't last long. Now they don't have to do this for the Xyz arc because the war already came to Heartland so the people already know about the war and know they need help, and with Shay(Shun) on the Lancers he can vouch for the Lancers so they don't have to earn the peoples trust and can join forces right away, and the Lancers, in turn, don't have to test the skills of these Duelists because these are Duelists who have been fighting Duel Academy in war for a while, if they have survived this long that means they are either really skilled Duelists or just really great escape artists. So competing in the Friendship Cup makes sense. Now the tournament itself defiantly dragged on too long and could have been shorter, but its inclusion made logical sense.
I'd also argue that Sora's change of heart doesn't completely come out of nowhere, as he shows in his conversations with Yuya and later Zuzu(Yuzu) that he considers them his first real friends and wants to help them but also wants to remain loyal to the Fusion Dimension, but they eventually convice him that he has to choose a side which he does during the Yuya vs Crow Duel. Now it still could have been handled better, but I thought it was decent enough. Also, Declan(Reiji) waiting to act makes sense as he likes to feel the situation out, gather info, and wait for the right moment to make his move. Now he could have acted a bit sooner and he definitely should have left the Council Room the minute the Invasion of Sychro began to join in the battle and help his Lancers, but him waiting for a bit was still in character.
Overall, the Synchro arc, while flawed, still gave us some pretty cool Duels, managed to give all of its cast decent screen time and contribution to the plot, some decent character development for characters like Sora and Yuya, and really excellent character development for characters like Shay(Shun) and Riley(Reria). So it's still a decent arc, not just to me, but to several others since when people make Arc V Fanfiction rewrites to make the series better, they usually keep most of the Synchro arc the same, only changing things around the time of the Fusions Invasion of the Sychro Dimension, since that's when the arc really started to fall apart since the Lancers should have gotten back together than to work together to fend off the Obelisk Force and have some good character interactions, also Leo should have sent an actual army to invade Synchro and not just 20 Oblieks Force, Barrett, and Yuri. I mean seriously, Leo sends an entire army to invade Xyz, but only a hand full of troops for Standard and Synchro, really?
YAY YOU'RE BACK.
I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
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It feels good to be back 😅
Just like the second arc of 5Ds
Which arc was that? The only arc I remember that was good in 5Ds was the signers’ arc. Otherwise, the anime pretty much fell down after that. Not to mention so many of the characters got sidelined (cough cough Aki). I hate how dirty she got done 😡
So there IS an out-of-universe explanation for Yuuya's mood swings doing the Synchro arc. One episode he was wallowing in absolute despair and hopelessness at the cruel reality in front of him, the other he is hopeful and optimistic and _[egao intensifies]_ , and then it just rinses and repeats constantly and continuously. I've always just chalked it to him fully embracing his status as a pendulum