So I’ve been rewatching 5ds and I honestly love how Yusei and aki interacted and developed. It was such a deep, emotional relationship. Aki was born an anomaly and was treated like a hideous witch. Nobody cared for her or liked her, this caused her to go insane and make her feel as if the world was evil. She felt like a monster and felt unworthy of love. Even when sayer showed her slight compassion, he still emotionally abused her and put her down a dark path. He took advantage of her anger and power. Aki was sad, angry, and alone. She felt the world needed to pay for how it treated her, she felt she needed to be the monster the world thought she was. But then Yusei came, Yusei showed aki there are good people in the world. He showed aki compassion and kindness even at her lowest points. Yusei saw her pain and related to it as well. Yusei was a signer from the satellite and knew the mistreatment she went through in his own way. He took her anger head on and confronted it. Yusei’s kindness allowed aki to open her heart and leave her dark past behind. She left sayer’s organization and embraced her true loving nature that she always had deep down. She grew to like herself and others, especially Yusei. Yusei saved her. Similar to how Yusei saved aki, aki saved Yusei to. Aki never gave up on Yusei and cared for him deeply. She loved Yusei. She always helped Yusei through his internal struggles by betting caring and supporting. Yusei really appreciated this and fell in love with aki. They even express these feelings to eachother. After the end of 5ds they go down separate paths. Aki leaves the city to become a doctor and Yusei stays to be a scientist. Although the anime doesn’t show it, aki does say she intends to see Yusei again and tell him how she really feels in the final episode. The voice actors even say that they feel they get together in the end.
Also the ending theme of the anime literally shows Yusei and Aki tenderly holding each other. It’s painfully obvious the writers wanted them to be a couple.
@@oisinlynch6181 they will never finish dubbing it no matter how hard you ask it. The company(4kids) was caught scamming Japan of its money resulting in nearly $4 million dollars of damages. Why would they trust the US anymore? Its why Japan terminated their YGO license in the first place.
Kids: “Hey Dad, how did you and mommy meet?” Yusei (With a smirk): “Your mother blew up a stadium and whiped me multiple times.” Kids: 😳😰 Aki: (blushes and exasperated, speechless) Yusei: (smirk wider) “True story.” I can see it going something amongst those lines.🤣
Dark Glass Society made her a monster, so ironically they got one. it's not her fault that she was born this way, with powers that destroy. it also doesn't help when ignorant masses keep antagonizing her for something she simply has no control over...
Seriously. Rose Tentacles had to be one of Akiza's best cards. Especially when she can combo it with Ivy Shackles, and a number of Plant-type tokens on the opponent's field.
And no shitty censorship, no cringy jokes, no cut content, and none of those stupid moments where they interupt the scene to explain what each card does with a big picture of the card when the anime already explains the cards without those scenes.
Well I still think DM is better but 5Ds is indeed not far behind to me. But that's just my opinion. I respect yours that you think they are equal 😀 5Ds was indeed very creative and the first season was indeed amazing in both quality and execution
They could of made this way more graphic like instead of wrapping it around his body just wrap the vine around yuseis neck and lift him up that way, I know thats extreme but it plays into akizas character of being a sadistic girl who enjoys the suffering of others due to her own suffering.
I would say a sadist. She enjoys inflicting pain on others because she herself was stigmatized. Divine shaped her into thinking it is enjoyable to show others how pain and desperation feels like. Later on she changes her ways
+Son Goku She wasn't really out of breath. Prior to be converted into a likeable character and becoming friends with Yusei she was literally getting off from hurting him and enjoyed seeing him in pain
Son Goku Oh yeah it does, but that's why it's my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! series. Jaden and GX was too kiddie for my taste. 5Ds was as dark as the original, I'd say it surpasses it in that category even and Yusei was like a more relatable version of Yami Yugi but being equally as badass as him if not a little bit more cool.
+N KatZ Actually, this was back when Yusei's deck still sucked ass. It wasn't that Aki was any good, it's that he didn't have much he could do with the cards he had.
Huh? Yusei actually whooped her ass in this match more than one way. He just wanted to save her from the turmoil of being a psychic duelist. The episode when Yusei won explained it all.
rose tentacles can attack once for every plant monster on the opponents side of the field and deals damage to the opponent every time it destroys a plant monster. this complements the field spell black garden.
can some answer this question i had for a while now the question is when some one gets attack directly in this show they get knock back and acted like it hurts?
@@x7y2k12 No it's not that. Soilid Vision is still holograms. They cannot cause pain per se although it is hinted in the original Yu-Gi-Oh that someone with a weak heart might get too worked up with them (similarly to our virtual reality stimulators require for the people who get in to be of good health so the sudden sounds and images will not harm them) While yes the solid vision at high rates can "kill" someone, it is mostly with how hyper-realistic the holograms and the effects are, causing damage to someone who is not of good health plus the extra effects like the wind waves and such In this case Izayoi Aki is a psychic duelist, a duelist that can turn soilid vision into reality so what Yusei is going through is a real while what he plays is still normal solid vision. Aki gets only the normal "damage" aka no physical damage per se from the duel but when she calls her monsters, the monster gain flesh and blood in a way. [Spoiler], this is why when she loses her powers and calls upon Rose Tentacles to catch her before she has a nasty fall, she goes right through the creature because it is now normal solid vision/hologram and not a real creature like the ones she used to call upon
I don't understand why Aki feels the need to keep reviving Black Rose Dragon to nuke the field just to destroy Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis to deal damage when she could've just stalled until she draws Mark of the Black Rose, or some other card that would've helped her. Since Stardust Dragon obviously couldn't attack Phoenixian because it's the only thing on the field, (if she decides to stop special summoning Black Rose Dragon...) and would be suicide for Yusei to attack it. ORRRR, you know... Just use BRD's second effect on Stardust like she did with Junk Warrior a few turns ago... P.S. That aside, I still get chills from this scene every time Aki attacks Yusei 5 times lol... It's a good thing she didn't have Rose Flame active at the start of the duel when those Ivy Tokens were summoned lol!
I think it was supposed to be a parallel to her as well, how she usually destroys everything around her to inflict damage but the strategy eventually backfires at her, the same much that Yusei shows her that causing destruction is not always the solution. Black Rose Dragon is also kinda a parallel to herself like Stardust Dragon is a parallel to Yusei. So they kinda showed their personalities and philosophy through their strategies I guess plus they needed to show that Black Rose vs Stardust in their duel
@@katerinaaqu Original post aside. Don't you think it's beautiful how the Signer Dragons reflect their respective Signer's personality? Black Rose Dragon is all about destruction, which is what Aki embodies (via her psychic powers). While Stardust Dragon is all about protection, which is what Yusei embodies (via his desire to help others by standing up for what's right). In this duel, it's obviously clear that Aki didn't need to keep using Black Rose Dragon's nuke effect every time Stardust Dragon is on the field. Because clearly, that strategy wouldn't work, considering Stardust Dragon will just counter it every time by sacrificing itself and then come back later. Aki was blinded by her own self-loathing due to her psychic powers, and hatred for society by labeling her a "monster" and "witch", that it affected her overall performance in her duel where her shortsightedness was what costed her from a potential win. In short, Aki ultimately gave in to being the very thing society despises her as because she was blinded by anger from both herself and society. Thus, she believe if she kept nuking the field with BRD, she could end everything. Her suffering, and those that hate her. Aki LITERALLY wanted to kill everyone in the stadium thru her duel against Yusei. Which is symbolic to what BRD tried to do in the duel had Yusei not kept trying to stop that from happening.
@@katerinaaqu I loved how every time Black Rose tried to self-destruct and Stardust sacrificed itself, it looked like Stardust was trying to hug the rage out while Black Rose was attacking them. Not only is it symbolic of what Aki and Yusei are trying to do, but it's also kinda funny because it looks like someone trying to hug an angry cat. *Black Rose:* "I WILL KILL EVERYONE IN THIS STADIUM AND MYSELF!!!😡😡" *Stardust:* "Don't worry! I'll hug all your rage out!🤗🤗" *Black Rose:* "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"
@Morrigan Eris le Fay That was the concept indeed. And it happened to the original series as well. For instance Yugi and Atem had a creature of darkness as their favorite monster while Kaiba a creature of light but the overly destructive and domineering power was Blue eyes and not Dark Magician showing that darkness and mystery are not necessarily evil and that light can be also destructive just in a super straightforward way. Here is the same. Stardust Dragon's pattern is self sacrifice in an essence of altruism (which is what Yusei does for most part of the series even if it doesn't always work, like it didn't work with Kiryu) and Black Rose is about self sacrifice out of anger, to bring everything down along with itself like Aki who knew what she was doing was self-harming but she was too filled with anger to care.
My god! If she had Rose Flame set and activated, she could've literally dealt HUGE damage that won her duel... Let's see here she just destroyed Turret Warrior, which was 2100 with her Rose Tentacles, which was 2200, so that's... 100 damage. Now, let's see here... Aki's turn... (Turn 1) Normal Summons Ivy Wall in face-up defense position sets two cards (Rose Flame and Cursed Ivy) and ends her turn. Yusei's turn... (Turn 2) Normal Summons Speed Warrior and attacks Ivy Wall. Ivy Wall's effect activates summoning an Ivy Token on Yusei's side of the field. Aki activates Rose Flame inflicting -500 effect damage each time a Plant-Type monster is summoned onto the opponent's side of the field (Yusei's life 4000 - 500 = 3500). Ivy Wall is destroyed. And with that, Yusei ends his turn. Aki's turn... (Turn 3) Aki activates the continuous trap Cursed Ivy special summoning Ivy Wall back from the grave, and with that, she ends her turn. Yusei's turn... (Turn 4) Yusei tributes Speed Warrior for Turret Warrior, it's effect activates, when it is tribute summoned using a Warrior-Type monster as sacrifice it gains attack equal to that tributed Warrior-Type monster's attack (Turret Warrior's Atk: 1200 + 900 = 2100). Turret Warrior attacks Ivy Wall for the second time, Ivy Wall's effect activates again, special summoning a second Ivy Token on Yusei's side of the field, Rose Flame activates dealing another -500 damage to Yusei's life points (Yusei's life 3500 - 500 = 3000). With Ivy Wall destroyed while equipped with Cursed Ivy, it's effect special summons 2 more Ivy Tokens onto Yusei's side of the field, activating Rose Flame again inflicting -500 damage each (500 x 2 = 1000; Yusei's life 3000 - 500 - 500 = 2000). Yusei's field now consists of (Turret Warrior and 4 Ivy Tokens). Yusei ends his turn. Aki's turn... (Turn 5) Aki activates Seed of Deception, special summoning level 2 Dark Verger from her hand. She tributes it for Rose Tentacles and attacks Turret Warrior (2200 - 2100 = 100 damage), (Yusei's life 2000 - 100 = 1900). And just when the fun doesn't end there Rose Tentacles effect kicks in letting it attack a multiple number of times for every face-up Plant-Type monster there is on the opponent's side of the field hitting for -300, plus for every Ivy Token destroyed -300 more for a whopping total of -600 each destroyed. So let's see... (600 x 4 = 2400) holy shit that's a shit ton of damage. With Rose Flame, that's like about what? -4500 damage she could've done to him? To him?
Peridorito The Green Nerd Gasp! Oh yeah, definitely! I had that calculated into the equation before on the side in one of my calculated scenarios. Let's see 2800 x 4 = holy shit! *gasp* -11200? Lmfao, and that's not even counting the initial attack on Turret Warrior -100 lol... And if we factor Rose Flame at the beginning of the duel, that would be... 2000. the first from Speed Warrior -500, the second from Turret Warrior -500, and the other two tokens from Cursed Ivy -1000 total. So that's... -13200! -100 damage from Turret Warrior. That's -13300! *jaws drop* Wow! xD This is what would've happened if Aki had Rose Flame and Thorn of Hatred as her initial field setup.
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Yusei: ok I know that you are kinky but we gotta establish a safe word next time!
I’m no expert on BDSM, but if one participant is getting violently slammed into the ground, then I think you might not be doing it right.
Akiza: Ok how about this word?
Whiplash!
@@mask938 that's why you need a safe word
@@firepuppies4086 I think they might need more than a safe word.
*And that kids, is how i met... Your Mother*
So I’ve been rewatching 5ds and I honestly love how Yusei and aki interacted and developed. It was such a deep, emotional relationship. Aki was born an anomaly and was treated like a hideous witch. Nobody cared for her or liked her, this caused her to go insane and make her feel as if the world was evil. She felt like a monster and felt unworthy of love. Even when sayer showed her slight compassion, he still emotionally abused her and put her down a dark path. He took advantage of her anger and power. Aki was sad, angry, and alone. She felt the world needed to pay for how it treated her, she felt she needed to be the monster the world thought she was. But then Yusei came, Yusei showed aki there are good people in the world. He showed aki compassion and kindness even at her lowest points. Yusei saw her pain and related to it as well. Yusei was a signer from the satellite and knew the mistreatment she went through in his own way. He took her anger head on and confronted it. Yusei’s kindness allowed aki to open her heart and leave her dark past behind. She left sayer’s organization and embraced her true loving nature that she always had deep down. She grew to like herself and others, especially Yusei. Yusei saved her. Similar to how Yusei saved aki, aki saved Yusei to. Aki never gave up on Yusei and cared for him deeply. She loved Yusei. She always helped Yusei through his internal struggles by betting caring and supporting. Yusei really appreciated this and fell in love with aki. They even express these feelings to eachother. After the end of 5ds they go down separate paths. Aki leaves the city to become a doctor and Yusei stays to be a scientist. Although the anime doesn’t show it, aki does say she intends to see Yusei again and tell him how she really feels in the final episode. The voice actors even say that they feel they get together in the end.
@craig taylor man have you ever watched the final episode if not then go watch it
@@shadownight9956 I just wish they finished dubbing the series😭
@@oisinlynch6181 agreed
Also the ending theme of the anime literally shows Yusei and Aki tenderly holding each other. It’s painfully obvious the writers wanted them to be a couple.
@@oisinlynch6181 they will never finish dubbing it no matter how hard you ask it. The company(4kids) was caught scamming Japan of its money resulting in nearly $4 million dollars of damages. Why would they trust the US anymore? Its why Japan terminated their YGO license in the first place.
it is insane that this video was uploaded while 5ds was in its first year of airing, and now here we are 13 years later
Now 14!
13 years later. STILL the Best YGO series even today
@@VixXstazosJOB i would agree, for me vrains is a close second
@VixXstazosJOB umm...sir its been 15 now
@@korowong22 indeed, in a few years this video will reach adulthood
Ah yes, one of the best "How I met your mother" jokes ever created.
They're gonna have a rough time explaining that to their kids.
@@mask938 mmhm
Kids: “Hey Dad, how did you and mommy meet?”
Yusei (With a smirk): “Your mother blew up a stadium and whiped me multiple times.”
Kids: 😳😰
Aki: (blushes and exasperated,
speechless)
Yusei: (smirk wider) “True story.”
I can see it going something amongst those lines.🤣
Man. Yusei must of felt that in the morning lol
True.
Poor guy just can't catch a break.
Morning wood indeed
I find it funny that he says something that sounds like "Oh my" when he sees her smiling at 3:38.
+ChocoKitty201 ...It's "omae". It means "you".
yeah but stil lXD
It's like... Oh shit.. and then she drops him
@@ghostwarrior3878 I wouldn't say dropped so much as violently slammed into the pavement.
"OH MY, SHE IS HOT"
This is the scene that made me both aroused and terrified of Aki at the same time. She is definitely best girl.
Dark Glass Society made her a monster, so ironically they got one. it's not her fault that she was born this way, with powers that destroy. it also doesn't help when ignorant masses keep antagonizing her for something she simply has no control over...
I've seen enough Hentai to know where
This is going.....
Im confused How is this scene dirty? explain
+ david Lewis I kinda get that part why the tentacles were wrapped around him but I did not understand the facial expressions....
@@Chibimoon_9834 aki is a psychic duelist, she makes cards real.
Jokes on you, because I haven't watched any Hentai
@@Chibimoon_9834 she enjoyed causing pain and destruction
Yeah...she's crazy.
Yusei should be paid because he managed to fix that kind of mental and emotional damage.
Amazing how he turned this black rose back to it's red color.
3:20 I've seen enough hentai to......nevermind ^^
that fart noise LMAO😂😂😂
4:36 Aki's bedroom face
Lmao
Oh no.....
Oh God no...
She sounds like she had a good time
@@ghostwarrior3878 You can't tell me you don't want that looking down at you lol
Seriously. Rose Tentacles had to be one of Akiza's best cards. Especially when she can combo it with Ivy Shackles, and a number of Plant-type tokens on the opponent's field.
i better not be the only one who thinks this but anyone else think that chick looks just like the girl from code geass
She kinda does.
You aren't - I've noticed it too.
Her name is Kallen, BTW.
Whats even more funny is the fact that he moans whenever the tentacles grabs him xD
Especially at 2:52~
Aki theme 💗 🌹
Love Yusei and Aki favorite male and female protagonists in all of Yugioh
3:34 En ese momento Yusei sintió el verdadero terror
Moraleja no hacerla enojar a aki xdxd
3:38
just to remind you, the subs beat the hell out of the dubs, the music rocks.
And no shitty censorship, no cringy jokes, no cut content, and none of those stupid moments where they interupt the scene to explain what each card does with a big picture of the card when the anime already explains the cards without those scenes.
Man, Yusei is so cool
And then she never uses this again.
I love seeing the main protagonist suffering, the painful agony of crashing to the ground thanks to a few tentacles, mwhahahaha.
+Roy Mustang I thought I was the only one o-o
love the fact that Aki was able to push Yusei into a corner, even if the guy did have a 98% win ratio in the series.
Roy Mustang Yea :D
+Crow Hogan you mean 99%
yeah almost a perfect record, if only he didn't lose to Kallin.
3:36 Okay, maybe i should use incognito
many doushinji's and fan arts were made after this
What's amazing is how he escapes ANY injury at all.. Also, subtitles pleaaaase?
Yusei put a lot of points into his durability stats.
3:16 There.
Man . 5DS and ygodm...
Are pretty much a tie in production quality and delivery.
Well I still think DM is better but 5Ds is indeed not far behind to me.
But that's just my opinion. I respect yours that you think they are equal 😀 5Ds was indeed very creative and the first season was indeed amazing in both quality and execution
Oh yeah they’re really close in my opinion, although I didn’t really like DM as much after season 3
The last season of DS was def a bitt odd xD
kickass music. THORN WHIPO FOOUUR!!
“It was right about when the vines grabbed me that I knew I would love your mother till the day I died”
"Is that also why your bones have so many hairline fractures, Dad?"
That's gonna hurt like a bitch in the morning.
oh no son tentaculos! YUSEI CORRE Y PROTEGE TU VIRGINIDAD!!!!!!!!!
They could of made this way more graphic like instead of wrapping it around his body just wrap the vine around yuseis neck and lift him up that way, I know thats extreme but it plays into akizas character of being a sadistic girl who enjoys the suffering of others due to her own suffering.
This is still a kids show. There's only so much they can get away with.
Is it me or Is Aki a Psychopath in this scene
She isn’t. But Divine/Sayer turned her into a monster.
Until after the duel, she enjoys inflicting pain, Yusei calls her out on that
I would say a sadist. She enjoys inflicting pain on others because she herself was stigmatized. Divine shaped her into thinking it is enjoyable to show others how pain and desperation feels like. Later on she changes her ways
Ow thats going to hurt in the morning, Aki is one mean girl
I'm surprised Yusei was still concious after that. Then again, he did tank through several electrical shocks in the Prison Arc.
Aki - Uses Rose Tentacles' effect
Yusei - Reveal Trap Card: Take Fall (User takes half damage from attacks and effects for one full turn)
Doro, monstar cardo
Why was she out of breath XD
+Son Goku She wasn't really out of breath. Prior to be converted into a likeable character and becoming friends with Yusei she was literally getting off from hurting him and enjoyed seeing him in pain
TheShapeH31 sweet jesus this show gets dark thats why jaden is my fav lol
Son Goku Oh yeah it does, but that's why it's my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! series. Jaden and GX was too kiddie for my taste. 5Ds was as dark as the original, I'd say it surpasses it in that category even and Yusei was like a more relatable version of Yami Yugi but being equally as badass as him if not a little bit more cool.
TheShapeH31 how could you like someone who never smiles XD
TheShapeH31 maybe upbeat isnt for everyone
What's the OST name at 4:08?
Aki: Germany
Yusei: Russia
I think its the other way because germany had an inital victory them russia made a comeback
I don't know why I wrote that. EDIT: I corrected.
anyone know the name of the song playing in the background from 4:08 to the end?
+insaniac64 Big Quake
What’s the soundtrack that plays after yusei gets slammed into the ground?
That's got to hurt.
At the end of this episide, does anyone know the title of this song in the Japanese version?
Akiza was such a badass back then. In a way, Yusei made her softer and weaker. It would have been better if she became some sort of frenemies.
+N KatZ Actually, this was back when Yusei's deck still sucked ass. It wasn't that Aki was any good, it's that he didn't have much he could do with the cards he had.
you must be so badass with your deck thinking how you could stop her then XD
Huh? Yusei actually whooped her ass in this match more than one way. He just wanted to save her from the turmoil of being a psychic duelist. The episode when Yusei won explained it all.
Aki* You fuckwit , [:
whats the name of the soundtrack thats playing right as the video begins?
5ds OST confrontation
no subs, how is yusei taking damage if the tokens are in def mode? unless they're like the ojama tokens
i saw this a long ago and can't remember
rose tentacles can attack once for every plant monster on the opponents side of the field and deals damage to the opponent every time it destroys a plant monster. this complements the field spell black garden.
@@lunerblade13 Yep, 300 burn dmg per destruction.
@@fortidogi8620 Plus the Ivy Tokens inflict 300 when they're destroyed, so he took 600 for each attack.
Soundtrack of 2:11? please
Akiza's theme in the Japanese Dub or Izayoi's Battle (Same thing really)
can some answer this question i had for a while now the question is when some one gets attack directly in this show they get knock back and acted like it hurts?
becuz aki is a psychic duelist and she deals real damage to her opponent. against others i dont know why
Because it's Solid Vision, not holograms. On it's highest setting, it can kill people.
@@x7y2k12 No it's not that. Soilid Vision is still holograms. They cannot cause pain per se although it is hinted in the original Yu-Gi-Oh that someone with a weak heart might get too worked up with them (similarly to our virtual reality stimulators require for the people who get in to be of good health so the sudden sounds and images will not harm them)
While yes the solid vision at high rates can "kill" someone, it is mostly with how hyper-realistic the holograms and the effects are, causing damage to someone who is not of good health plus the extra effects like the wind waves and such
In this case Izayoi Aki is a psychic duelist, a duelist that can turn soilid vision into reality so what Yusei is going through is a real while what he plays is still normal solid vision. Aki gets only the normal "damage" aka no physical damage per se from the duel but when she calls her monsters, the monster gain flesh and blood in a way.
[Spoiler], this is why when she loses her powers and calls upon Rose Tentacles to catch her before she has a nasty fall, she goes right through the creature because it is now normal solid vision/hologram and not a real creature like the ones she used to call upon
Is that the new season of highschool DxD ?
No, it's from an episode of Yugioh 5ds.
Soung ? 0:07
What episode is this?
Episode 24-25 season one (name:clash of dragons)
Me = Germany
Yusei = Brazil
Aki Isayoi oO
4:44 You can hear a fart lol
True
Who farted
Subtitles at least ;-; I don't speak Japanese .-.
excellent
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
if the titles in English
The video should be too.:D
No no no no the English dub is terrible :c
+Fluffkin not when at least you saw the _idk_ *main point of the video* anyways XD
+felix josue velazquez the 5Ds dub is pretty great...
+Chibi Prussia
Unless it's Crash Town. Nobody talks about Crash Town.
+Burraku Dusk She taunts him in the dub..
2023
Misplays?
play fang of critius with this
👌❤❤❤❤❤
Those are rookie numbers
New record
best sub. Eng sub in this anime sucks
Why do the designs sucks?
Anyway, the Techno song is cool
The designs are amazing. What are you on?
@@Bombastic_daioh I agree, me from the past, what were you on about?
@@dubbyplays Lmao 💀
First comment xD its gonna be the only comment xD
Your comment aged like milk.
Aki = Germany
Yusei = Brazil
HAHAHAHAHA
@@dubbyplays ma ti trovo ovunque
Brazil is never going to live that down are they?
@@francesco_05games33 gerry Scotti mangia biscotti
No because Yusei wins this duel
I don't understand why Aki feels the need to keep reviving Black Rose Dragon to nuke the field just to destroy Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis to deal damage when she could've just stalled until she draws Mark of the Black Rose, or some other card that would've helped her. Since Stardust Dragon obviously couldn't attack Phoenixian because it's the only thing on the field, (if she decides to stop special summoning Black Rose Dragon...) and would be suicide for Yusei to attack it. ORRRR, you know... Just use BRD's second effect on Stardust like she did with Junk Warrior a few turns ago...
P.S.
That aside, I still get chills from this scene every time Aki attacks Yusei 5 times lol... It's a good thing she didn't have Rose Flame active at the start of the duel when those Ivy Tokens were summoned lol!
I think it was supposed to be a parallel to her as well, how she usually destroys everything around her to inflict damage but the strategy eventually backfires at her, the same much that Yusei shows her that causing destruction is not always the solution.
Black Rose Dragon is also kinda a parallel to herself like Stardust Dragon is a parallel to Yusei. So they kinda showed their personalities and philosophy through their strategies I guess plus they needed to show that Black Rose vs Stardust in their duel
@@katerinaaqu Original post aside. Don't you think it's beautiful how the Signer Dragons reflect their respective Signer's personality? Black Rose Dragon is all about destruction, which is what Aki embodies (via her psychic powers).
While Stardust Dragon is all about protection, which is what Yusei embodies (via his desire to help others by standing up for what's right). In this duel, it's obviously clear that Aki didn't need to keep using Black Rose Dragon's nuke effect every time Stardust Dragon is on the field. Because clearly, that strategy wouldn't work, considering Stardust Dragon will just counter it every time by sacrificing itself and then come back later. Aki was blinded by her own self-loathing due to her psychic powers, and hatred for society by labeling her a "monster" and "witch", that it affected her overall performance in her duel where her shortsightedness was what costed her from a potential win. In short, Aki ultimately gave in to being the very thing society despises her as because she was blinded by anger from both herself and society. Thus, she believe if she kept nuking the field with BRD, she could end everything. Her suffering, and those that hate her. Aki LITERALLY wanted to kill everyone in the stadium thru her duel against Yusei. Which is symbolic to what BRD tried to do in the duel had Yusei not kept trying to stop that from happening.
@@Evil_Beauty Wow, that's pretty deep.
@@katerinaaqu I loved how every time Black Rose tried to self-destruct and Stardust sacrificed itself, it looked like Stardust was trying to hug the rage out while Black Rose was attacking them. Not only is it symbolic of what Aki and Yusei are trying to do, but it's also kinda funny because it looks like someone trying to hug an angry cat.
*Black Rose:* "I WILL KILL EVERYONE IN THIS STADIUM AND MYSELF!!!😡😡"
*Stardust:* "Don't worry! I'll hug all your rage out!🤗🤗"
*Black Rose:* "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"
@Morrigan Eris le Fay That was the concept indeed. And it happened to the original series as well. For instance Yugi and Atem had a creature of darkness as their favorite monster while Kaiba a creature of light but the overly destructive and domineering power was Blue eyes and not Dark Magician showing that darkness and mystery are not necessarily evil and that light can be also destructive just in a super straightforward way.
Here is the same. Stardust Dragon's pattern is self sacrifice in an essence of altruism (which is what Yusei does for most part of the series even if it doesn't always work, like it didn't work with Kiryu) and Black Rose is about self sacrifice out of anger, to bring everything down along with itself like Aki who knew what she was doing was self-harming but she was too filled with anger to care.
My god! If she had Rose Flame set and activated, she could've literally dealt HUGE damage that won her duel... Let's see here she just destroyed Turret Warrior, which was 2100 with her Rose Tentacles, which was 2200, so that's... 100 damage. Now, let's see here...
Aki's turn... (Turn 1)
Normal Summons Ivy Wall in face-up defense position sets two cards (Rose Flame and Cursed Ivy) and ends her turn.
Yusei's turn... (Turn 2)
Normal Summons Speed Warrior and attacks Ivy Wall. Ivy Wall's effect activates summoning an Ivy Token on Yusei's side of the field. Aki activates Rose Flame inflicting -500 effect damage each time a Plant-Type monster is summoned onto the opponent's side of the field (Yusei's life 4000 - 500 = 3500). Ivy Wall is destroyed. And with that, Yusei ends his turn.
Aki's turn... (Turn 3)
Aki activates the continuous trap Cursed Ivy special summoning Ivy Wall back from the grave, and with that, she ends her turn.
Yusei's turn... (Turn 4)
Yusei tributes Speed Warrior for Turret Warrior, it's effect activates, when it is tribute summoned using a Warrior-Type monster as sacrifice it gains attack equal to that tributed Warrior-Type monster's attack (Turret Warrior's Atk: 1200 + 900 = 2100). Turret Warrior attacks Ivy Wall for the second time, Ivy Wall's effect activates again, special summoning a second Ivy Token on Yusei's side of the field, Rose Flame activates dealing another -500 damage to Yusei's life points (Yusei's life 3500 - 500 = 3000). With Ivy Wall destroyed while equipped with Cursed Ivy, it's effect special summons 2 more Ivy Tokens onto Yusei's side of the field, activating Rose Flame again inflicting -500 damage each (500 x 2 = 1000; Yusei's life 3000 - 500 - 500 = 2000). Yusei's field now consists of (Turret Warrior and 4 Ivy Tokens). Yusei ends his turn.
Aki's turn... (Turn 5)
Aki activates Seed of Deception, special summoning level 2 Dark Verger from her hand. She tributes it for Rose Tentacles and attacks Turret Warrior (2200 - 2100 = 100 damage), (Yusei's life 2000 - 100 = 1900). And just when the fun doesn't end there Rose Tentacles effect kicks in letting it attack a multiple number of times for every face-up Plant-Type monster there is on the opponent's side of the field hitting for -300, plus for every Ivy Token destroyed -300 more for a whopping total of -600 each destroyed. So let's see... (600 x 4 = 2400) holy shit that's a shit ton of damage. With Rose Flame, that's like about what? -4500 damage she could've done to him? To him?
Peridorito The Green Nerd Gasp! Oh yeah, definitely! I had that calculated into the equation before on the side in one of my calculated scenarios. Let's see 2800 x 4 = holy shit! *gasp* -11200? Lmfao, and that's not even counting the initial attack on Turret Warrior -100 lol... And if we factor Rose Flame at the beginning of the duel, that would be... 2000. the first from Speed Warrior -500, the second from Turret Warrior -500, and the other two tokens from Cursed Ivy -1000 total. So that's... -13200! -100 damage from Turret Warrior. That's -13300! *jaws drop* Wow! xD This is what would've happened if Aki had Rose Flame and Thorn of Hatred as her initial field setup.
Wish rose flame was a real card
Birds of Prey Wish most of her cards were real cards... but instead we get more garbage bws...