Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 33
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cypsiman2So Principal Semajima is standing in his office, looking out at the stormy clouds as two of the Seven Spirit Gates have already opened. And then a video screen on Samejima's desk turns on, and its the old man who was talking to the Seven Stars and to Daitokuji; we can see his shadowy outline, and he's got some manner of breathing mask on, and lots wires hooked up to him, and there are water bubbles bubbling up too. Please don't tell me he's a cyborg or a robot, please? Anyway, Old Man wonders if it wouldn't be better for Samejima to just surrender the Spirit Keys to him right now and get it over with. Note that later revelations will establish that this proposal makes absolutely no sense at all for the Old Man to make. Samejima refuses, saying that the duels are not over yet, and that great turnaround combos turn up at the last moment. Old Man says that the Vampire could just as easily defeat all of them, and so he cuts the connection, and at no point will Samejima ever bring up the part where he's been in contact with the big bad all along. SAMEJIMA, PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR!
TITLE SCREEN! SHINE! SHINING FLARE WINGMAN! die, die fucking judai.
Back at the nurse's office, Judai is still an invalid, and Fubuki is still a vegetable. Asuka thinks of how terrible it is that just as her brother finally comes back to them, Ryou becomes the new victim of the Duels of Darkness. Then Fubuki's half of the mystical magical golden amulet begins to glow, and his hand starts to stir. Yes, Fubuki is waking up! And now we're back at just outside Camula's castle, where Misawa and Manjoume are standing around. Shou and Hayato are dragging Daitokuji out, saying that since he's the one who specializes in Duels of Darkness, he should be the one to go next and show how cool he really is the way Professor Chronos did, but Daitokuji is insistent that there's a world of difference between teaching and actual combat. Too much protest is too much protest, Manjoume and Misawa each say they should be next, and then Asuka shows up in a motorboat. I must have missed that episode where she took her motorboat driving class.
She says that the next opponent has been decided, and then Judai pops up from under some blankets. Wow, didn't see that coming. Shou is incredulous, Manjoume and Misawa are insistent, but we get a flashback back to Fubuki waking up as his half of the mystical magical golden amulet is glowing, and he starts to talk; even among the Seven Stars, she is one of the most ruthless, not that that's exactly going to be a hard measure to achieve, and that in order to counter her Duel of Darkness, you will need an Item of Darkness of your own, indicating his McGuffin. Back in the present, Asuka says that while they may not understand the theory of the Duels of Darkness, they know their reality is a fact, and thus they should leave it to Judai, who has an Item of Darkness. Because even though Camula is a vampire, Judai is stall far far more sparkly.
So yeah, Judai now has both halves of one McGuffin, and he has a another McGuffin, all around his neck, resting against his chest. Oh, and as he thumps his chest, the two halves of the first McGuffin bounce around, and there's a brief glow as they touch along where they've been split. Wow, I wonder what on earth THAT could possibly mean? So Judai, no longer the least bit winded, leads the way back into Camula's castle. Upon arrival, Camula declares that she'll commend Judai's courage by turning him into a lovely doll. Dare I hope that she would then set the doll on fire? Judai says he'll beat her, and the duel begins...wow, that was quick, even for GX.
So Judai goes first, and declares that he won't forgive Camula for pulling the strings of her Duel of Darkness like she did last episode, Camula wonders how he plans on not forgiving her, and then Judai does something very stupid; he plays fusion and sends Featherman, Sprakman, and Bubbleman to the grave to get Tempeseter. Even though he could have summoned Bubbleman, used its bullshit effect to draw two cards, and then played Fusion. Whatever, like I give a shit. Some pointless banter from the Peanut Gallery, and Judai sets a card to end his turn. Camula says that Judai has spunk, but what do you know, she's already drawn Phantom Gate; what, does she have 12 of them in her deck or something? So she plays it, repeats the bit about how her soul will belong to the Mythic Demons if she loses, but then her glows and she says she'll just use one of Judai's friends as the sacrifice instead. The Phantom Gate opens, and this time it releases a noxious darkness instead of waves of light like last episode, and Camula says she'll just go ahead and sacrifice all of Judai's friends and take all their keys at once; why she didn't this last episode if she could have, I've no idea.
Judai calls Camula a coward, Camula points out all he has to do is lose and his friends will be safe, and then, in one of the most gross displays of Deus Ex Machina to ever exist in a story, the two halves of the golden mystical magical amulet spontaneously combine into one and lets loose a huge wave of light, dispelling the darkness and preventing Camula from using her powers of darkness; boy, Judai almost had to make a difficult moral choice the way Kaiser Ryou had to. Good the writers dodged that bullet and kept their precious little Gary Stu safe, right? Judai says that Camula has no choice but to stop the activation of Phantom Gate, but she declares that she'll win that turn anyway, so the cost doesn't matter. And so Camula offers her soul, the soul of the proud vampire race, up to the Mythic Demons to activate Phantom Gate; she nukes Tempester and then summons it to her side of the field. Then she summons Immortal Werewolf, so if she gets both of her attacks off, Judai will lose. Camula declares her direct attack with Tempester, dealing 2800 points of damage to Judai, but then Tempester starts acting all shocked, the visual representation of Judai's trap card, Cross Heart; after he's attacked by a monster, he can take control of that monster.
In other words, if Camula had attacked with Immortal Werewolf first, she would have won; either Judai doesn't activate Cross Heart and is killed by Tempester, or Judai does activate it, in which case Camula destroys it with Immortal Werewolf, which is sent to Camula's grave after being destroyed, letting her special summon another one from her deck with an extra 500 attack points. Don't you just love it when the only reason our hero is able to win is because the opponent has an idiot ball shoved into their skull?
So Camula ends her turn, the Phantom Gate vannishes, and then Judai attacks Immortal Werewolf with Tempester, dealing 1600 points of damage, but Camula just special summons another Immortal Werewolf from her deck. Judai sets a card to end his turn, Daitokuji calmly analyzes this, Shou wonders if he's enjoying this, and Daitokuji protests too much again. Camula recognizes the suckyness of her situation, but she's confident that her ultimate servant will turn things around. She takes her turn and plays Pot of Greed, and draws both Vampire Genesis and Hurricane, AKA Giant Trunade. Camula declares that Judai is still unaware of the true terror of the vampire race, that vampires do not die, a statement that will show that the writers don't pay any attention or do even a token bit of editing. So she sacrifices Immortal Werewolf to summon Vampire Lord, removes him from play to special summon Vampire Genesis, and then she plays the permanent spell card Genesis Crisis; once per turn, while Vampire Genesis is on the field, she can add an Undead monster from her deck to her hand. Then she uses Vampire Genesis's effect to discard that monster, the level 6 Dragon Bone Ogre, AKA Ryu Kokki, to get back the level 4 Immortal Werewolf.
But that's not all! Camula knows full well about Tempester's effect, sending another card to the grave to prevent its own destruction by battle, so she plays Hurricane, returning all spells and traps on the field back to their owners hands. Misawa realizes that she's not just a Dark Duelist, she's calculated everything out thoroughly as well, Judai says he thought her duel with Chronos was suspicious, and then like she said before, she announces that through her glowing red eyes, her vampire bats informed her of everything, and don't even think of calling her a coward, the battle began well before the actual duel.
EYECATCH!
So Vampire Genesis destroys Tempester, the writers conspicuously avoid showing the life point decline like they normally do, and then Immortal Werewolf attacks directly, finishing Judai off once and for all as Camula does that stupid thing with her face...but Judai hasn't lost, and Camula demands to know why. Judai, being the irritating little prick that he is, says that its been an interesting duel, and reveals that when his trap card, Insurance, was returned to his hand, its effect was activated, giving him an extra 500 life points.
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OF ALL THE BULLSHIT SITUATIONAL BULLSHIT FUCKING INSIPID BRAINDEAD WORTHLESS CARDS TO EVER BE PLAYED, THIS IS THE FUCKING WORST OF THE LOT!!! WHO THE FUCK RUNS A CARD LIKE THAT? WHO? AND IT SURE IS CONVENIENT THAT CAMULA DIDN'T USE TORNADO OR HEAVY STORM OR DUST TORNADO OR ANY OF ANOTHER CARD TO DESTROY JUDAI'S FACE DOWN CARD, ISN'T IT? AND ITS NOT LIKE JUDAI'S DECK MAKES A BIG USE OF RETURNING CARDS FROM HIS FIELD TO HIS HAND, SO THERE'S NO FUCKING SYNERGY THERE AT ALL! WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THE DUELS SHOULD BE DRAWN AND QUARTERED. FUCK, FUCK, FUCKING FUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!
Well, at least it can't get any worse than that, now can it? So Judai still has 300 life points left, Camula declares him a persistent (cockroach), and so she activates Genesis Crisis once more, using its effect to take Despair From Darkness from her deck into her hand. The Peanut Gallery goes on about how complete Camula's combo is, how screwed Judai is, blah blah blah, and then Judai says that Camula's really strong even without the Duel of Darkness, so why bother with all that? Camula declares that winning a duel is nothing to her, and so we get the very sad story of Camula, complete with Sepia tone flashbacks, and minimal animation.
Yes, back in the Middle-Age of Europe, the Vampire race was at the height of its prosperity, living in isolation from the puny humans. But those mean old humans called them monsters and would not let them be, and so one by one the Vampires fell, and while it isn't called out it looks like Camula had a little girl at one point; no points for guessing what happened to her. Camula herself was sealed in a coffin to hide her, until one day when a man found her, awoke her, and told her that with the powers of Darkness her vampire brethren could be revived, presenting her with the Golden Choker she now wears. Thus, these duels are no mere game for her, she intends to use the souls that she traps in her dolls to revive the Vampire Race and seek revenge on the humans who destroyed them.
Umm, I feel so sorry for you? Yeah, between the fact that Camula is the one telling this and she can hardly be considered an unbiased source, and the fact that this is being revealed at the last second with no buildup whatsoever, makes this attempt at a sad/sympathetic backstory a pathetic pile of fail. Oh, and here's a fun fact; this same pattern of last-second horseshit backstory meant to make us feel all sympathetic to what had been up until that point a thoroughly vile villain, will be repeated again in Season 3, only there it will be much, much worse. Also, why doesn't Camula just drink peoples blood and turn them into vampires, instead of all this nonsense with the card games?
So Judai realizes the 'full scope' of the duel, and Camula declares that for her fellow Vampires, she must win. Judai has his own friends he must fight for, so he's not backing down one bit. He bets everything on this one last draw, and what do you know, its Pot of Greed, what a shock. Then he plays Dark Factory of Mass Production, Motegi's card, getting back Featherman and Sparkman into his hand, and then he activates Fusion Gate, removing Featherman and Burst Lady in his hand from play to get Flame Wingman. Then he fuses Sparkman with Flame Wingman, summoning Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman! Yes, you too can double fusion and be cool, just like Judai! By the way, Shining Flare Wingman's design is incredibly bulky and stiff looking. Just my opinion. Shining Flare Wingman has 2500 attack points, and Camula says that that card wasn't in the information her bats brought her, and demands to know if Judai realized that she had her bats spying on him.
Judai acts the functioning moron by being all 'oh, bats, that's what you was talking before, dur dur dur, isn't durling boring like that', and just as my rage is about to explode, Judai sets it off by saying that he was just thinking that since the duels have been dark lately, he thought he'd put a "bright" card in his deck, pointing out that his monster is "shining" as though we are all as stupid as him.
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So after I tear Judai's arms out their sockets and club him to death with them, Camula declares that Judai still can't beat her Vampire Genesis, and Judai reveals that for every Elemental Hero in his grave, Shining Flare Wingman gains an extra 300 attack points; there's Bubbleman and Tempester, so Shining Flare Wingman's attack power rises to 3100 attack points. Judai declares that the vampires are burned to ashes by the morning sun, doing a terrible job of cribbing off a Castlevania script, destroys Vampire Genesis, which also destroys Immortal Werewolf due to Genesis Crisis's effect. Then Shining Flare Wingman uses its other effect, dealing damage equal to the attack power of the monster it destroyed by battle, defeating Camula for good. Then the Phantom Gate reappears to claim Camula's soul for the Mythic Beasts, and her body turns to ashes, leaving behind the doll with Ryou's soul and her Item of Darkness, the Choker she was wearing. The Kaiser Ryou and Professor Chronos dolls then turn into their original bodies, which makes no sense but whatever, we're almost at the end this particular bit of epic fucking fail.
So, in the finest of Castlevania traditions, Camula's castle starts to collapse, everyone runs out, and so the castle returns back to the plot hole from whence it came, along with its master. And now the clouds clear up, revealing a bright sunny day. Why not!? Fubuki, still in bed, congratulates Judai, Misawa hands over Camula's Item of Darkness to Judai, and he intones that there are still more frightening guys yet to come. And so our episode fucking ends.
NEXT TIME! All the dudes head out to the big fancy hot springs, Judai whines that he can't get the Duels of Darkness out of his head, something about spirits, and EPISODE TITLE, A STEAMING SENSE OF ADVENTURE! THE BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON! And...something about Kaibaman? Do I even want to know?
Well, the whole "Vampire" thing was stupid as hell on paper, and in execution it was stupid as fucking hell. Just...what the hell was I watching? What, the goddamn hell, was I watching?
TITLE SCREEN! SHINE! SHINING FLARE WINGMAN! die, die fucking judai.
Back at the nurse's office, Judai is still an invalid, and Fubuki is still a vegetable. Asuka thinks of how terrible it is that just as her brother finally comes back to them, Ryou becomes the new victim of the Duels of Darkness. Then Fubuki's half of the mystical magical golden amulet begins to glow, and his hand starts to stir. Yes, Fubuki is waking up! And now we're back at just outside Camula's castle, where Misawa and Manjoume are standing around. Shou and Hayato are dragging Daitokuji out, saying that since he's the one who specializes in Duels of Darkness, he should be the one to go next and show how cool he really is the way Professor Chronos did, but Daitokuji is insistent that there's a world of difference between teaching and actual combat. Too much protest is too much protest, Manjoume and Misawa each say they should be next, and then Asuka shows up in a motorboat. I must have missed that episode where she took her motorboat driving class.
She says that the next opponent has been decided, and then Judai pops up from under some blankets. Wow, didn't see that coming. Shou is incredulous, Manjoume and Misawa are insistent, but we get a flashback back to Fubuki waking up as his half of the mystical magical golden amulet is glowing, and he starts to talk; even among the Seven Stars, she is one of the most ruthless, not that that's exactly going to be a hard measure to achieve, and that in order to counter her Duel of Darkness, you will need an Item of Darkness of your own, indicating his McGuffin. Back in the present, Asuka says that while they may not understand the theory of the Duels of Darkness, they know their reality is a fact, and thus they should leave it to Judai, who has an Item of Darkness. Because even though Camula is a vampire, Judai is stall far far more sparkly.
So yeah, Judai now has both halves of one McGuffin, and he has a another McGuffin, all around his neck, resting against his chest. Oh, and as he thumps his chest, the two halves of the first McGuffin bounce around, and there's a brief glow as they touch along where they've been split. Wow, I wonder what on earth THAT could possibly mean? So Judai, no longer the least bit winded, leads the way back into Camula's castle. Upon arrival, Camula declares that she'll commend Judai's courage by turning him into a lovely doll. Dare I hope that she would then set the doll on fire? Judai says he'll beat her, and the duel begins...wow, that was quick, even for GX.
So Judai goes first, and declares that he won't forgive Camula for pulling the strings of her Duel of Darkness like she did last episode, Camula wonders how he plans on not forgiving her, and then Judai does something very stupid; he plays fusion and sends Featherman, Sprakman, and Bubbleman to the grave to get Tempeseter. Even though he could have summoned Bubbleman, used its bullshit effect to draw two cards, and then played Fusion. Whatever, like I give a shit. Some pointless banter from the Peanut Gallery, and Judai sets a card to end his turn. Camula says that Judai has spunk, but what do you know, she's already drawn Phantom Gate; what, does she have 12 of them in her deck or something? So she plays it, repeats the bit about how her soul will belong to the Mythic Demons if she loses, but then her glows and she says she'll just use one of Judai's friends as the sacrifice instead. The Phantom Gate opens, and this time it releases a noxious darkness instead of waves of light like last episode, and Camula says she'll just go ahead and sacrifice all of Judai's friends and take all their keys at once; why she didn't this last episode if she could have, I've no idea.
Judai calls Camula a coward, Camula points out all he has to do is lose and his friends will be safe, and then, in one of the most gross displays of Deus Ex Machina to ever exist in a story, the two halves of the golden mystical magical amulet spontaneously combine into one and lets loose a huge wave of light, dispelling the darkness and preventing Camula from using her powers of darkness; boy, Judai almost had to make a difficult moral choice the way Kaiser Ryou had to. Good the writers dodged that bullet and kept their precious little Gary Stu safe, right? Judai says that Camula has no choice but to stop the activation of Phantom Gate, but she declares that she'll win that turn anyway, so the cost doesn't matter. And so Camula offers her soul, the soul of the proud vampire race, up to the Mythic Demons to activate Phantom Gate; she nukes Tempester and then summons it to her side of the field. Then she summons Immortal Werewolf, so if she gets both of her attacks off, Judai will lose. Camula declares her direct attack with Tempester, dealing 2800 points of damage to Judai, but then Tempester starts acting all shocked, the visual representation of Judai's trap card, Cross Heart; after he's attacked by a monster, he can take control of that monster.
In other words, if Camula had attacked with Immortal Werewolf first, she would have won; either Judai doesn't activate Cross Heart and is killed by Tempester, or Judai does activate it, in which case Camula destroys it with Immortal Werewolf, which is sent to Camula's grave after being destroyed, letting her special summon another one from her deck with an extra 500 attack points. Don't you just love it when the only reason our hero is able to win is because the opponent has an idiot ball shoved into their skull?
So Camula ends her turn, the Phantom Gate vannishes, and then Judai attacks Immortal Werewolf with Tempester, dealing 1600 points of damage, but Camula just special summons another Immortal Werewolf from her deck. Judai sets a card to end his turn, Daitokuji calmly analyzes this, Shou wonders if he's enjoying this, and Daitokuji protests too much again. Camula recognizes the suckyness of her situation, but she's confident that her ultimate servant will turn things around. She takes her turn and plays Pot of Greed, and draws both Vampire Genesis and Hurricane, AKA Giant Trunade. Camula declares that Judai is still unaware of the true terror of the vampire race, that vampires do not die, a statement that will show that the writers don't pay any attention or do even a token bit of editing. So she sacrifices Immortal Werewolf to summon Vampire Lord, removes him from play to special summon Vampire Genesis, and then she plays the permanent spell card Genesis Crisis; once per turn, while Vampire Genesis is on the field, she can add an Undead monster from her deck to her hand. Then she uses Vampire Genesis's effect to discard that monster, the level 6 Dragon Bone Ogre, AKA Ryu Kokki, to get back the level 4 Immortal Werewolf.
But that's not all! Camula knows full well about Tempester's effect, sending another card to the grave to prevent its own destruction by battle, so she plays Hurricane, returning all spells and traps on the field back to their owners hands. Misawa realizes that she's not just a Dark Duelist, she's calculated everything out thoroughly as well, Judai says he thought her duel with Chronos was suspicious, and then like she said before, she announces that through her glowing red eyes, her vampire bats informed her of everything, and don't even think of calling her a coward, the battle began well before the actual duel.
EYECATCH!
So Vampire Genesis destroys Tempester, the writers conspicuously avoid showing the life point decline like they normally do, and then Immortal Werewolf attacks directly, finishing Judai off once and for all as Camula does that stupid thing with her face...but Judai hasn't lost, and Camula demands to know why. Judai, being the irritating little prick that he is, says that its been an interesting duel, and reveals that when his trap card, Insurance, was returned to his hand, its effect was activated, giving him an extra 500 life points.
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OF ALL THE BULLSHIT SITUATIONAL BULLSHIT FUCKING INSIPID BRAINDEAD WORTHLESS CARDS TO EVER BE PLAYED, THIS IS THE FUCKING WORST OF THE LOT!!! WHO THE FUCK RUNS A CARD LIKE THAT? WHO? AND IT SURE IS CONVENIENT THAT CAMULA DIDN'T USE TORNADO OR HEAVY STORM OR DUST TORNADO OR ANY OF ANOTHER CARD TO DESTROY JUDAI'S FACE DOWN CARD, ISN'T IT? AND ITS NOT LIKE JUDAI'S DECK MAKES A BIG USE OF RETURNING CARDS FROM HIS FIELD TO HIS HAND, SO THERE'S NO FUCKING SYNERGY THERE AT ALL! WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THE DUELS SHOULD BE DRAWN AND QUARTERED. FUCK, FUCK, FUCKING FUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!
Well, at least it can't get any worse than that, now can it? So Judai still has 300 life points left, Camula declares him a persistent (cockroach), and so she activates Genesis Crisis once more, using its effect to take Despair From Darkness from her deck into her hand. The Peanut Gallery goes on about how complete Camula's combo is, how screwed Judai is, blah blah blah, and then Judai says that Camula's really strong even without the Duel of Darkness, so why bother with all that? Camula declares that winning a duel is nothing to her, and so we get the very sad story of Camula, complete with Sepia tone flashbacks, and minimal animation.
Yes, back in the Middle-Age of Europe, the Vampire race was at the height of its prosperity, living in isolation from the puny humans. But those mean old humans called them monsters and would not let them be, and so one by one the Vampires fell, and while it isn't called out it looks like Camula had a little girl at one point; no points for guessing what happened to her. Camula herself was sealed in a coffin to hide her, until one day when a man found her, awoke her, and told her that with the powers of Darkness her vampire brethren could be revived, presenting her with the Golden Choker she now wears. Thus, these duels are no mere game for her, she intends to use the souls that she traps in her dolls to revive the Vampire Race and seek revenge on the humans who destroyed them.
Umm, I feel so sorry for you? Yeah, between the fact that Camula is the one telling this and she can hardly be considered an unbiased source, and the fact that this is being revealed at the last second with no buildup whatsoever, makes this attempt at a sad/sympathetic backstory a pathetic pile of fail. Oh, and here's a fun fact; this same pattern of last-second horseshit backstory meant to make us feel all sympathetic to what had been up until that point a thoroughly vile villain, will be repeated again in Season 3, only there it will be much, much worse. Also, why doesn't Camula just drink peoples blood and turn them into vampires, instead of all this nonsense with the card games?
So Judai realizes the 'full scope' of the duel, and Camula declares that for her fellow Vampires, she must win. Judai has his own friends he must fight for, so he's not backing down one bit. He bets everything on this one last draw, and what do you know, its Pot of Greed, what a shock. Then he plays Dark Factory of Mass Production, Motegi's card, getting back Featherman and Sparkman into his hand, and then he activates Fusion Gate, removing Featherman and Burst Lady in his hand from play to get Flame Wingman. Then he fuses Sparkman with Flame Wingman, summoning Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman! Yes, you too can double fusion and be cool, just like Judai! By the way, Shining Flare Wingman's design is incredibly bulky and stiff looking. Just my opinion. Shining Flare Wingman has 2500 attack points, and Camula says that that card wasn't in the information her bats brought her, and demands to know if Judai realized that she had her bats spying on him.
Judai acts the functioning moron by being all 'oh, bats, that's what you was talking before, dur dur dur, isn't durling boring like that', and just as my rage is about to explode, Judai sets it off by saying that he was just thinking that since the duels have been dark lately, he thought he'd put a "bright" card in his deck, pointing out that his monster is "shining" as though we are all as stupid as him.
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So after I tear Judai's arms out their sockets and club him to death with them, Camula declares that Judai still can't beat her Vampire Genesis, and Judai reveals that for every Elemental Hero in his grave, Shining Flare Wingman gains an extra 300 attack points; there's Bubbleman and Tempester, so Shining Flare Wingman's attack power rises to 3100 attack points. Judai declares that the vampires are burned to ashes by the morning sun, doing a terrible job of cribbing off a Castlevania script, destroys Vampire Genesis, which also destroys Immortal Werewolf due to Genesis Crisis's effect. Then Shining Flare Wingman uses its other effect, dealing damage equal to the attack power of the monster it destroyed by battle, defeating Camula for good. Then the Phantom Gate reappears to claim Camula's soul for the Mythic Beasts, and her body turns to ashes, leaving behind the doll with Ryou's soul and her Item of Darkness, the Choker she was wearing. The Kaiser Ryou and Professor Chronos dolls then turn into their original bodies, which makes no sense but whatever, we're almost at the end this particular bit of epic fucking fail.
So, in the finest of Castlevania traditions, Camula's castle starts to collapse, everyone runs out, and so the castle returns back to the plot hole from whence it came, along with its master. And now the clouds clear up, revealing a bright sunny day. Why not!? Fubuki, still in bed, congratulates Judai, Misawa hands over Camula's Item of Darkness to Judai, and he intones that there are still more frightening guys yet to come. And so our episode fucking ends.
NEXT TIME! All the dudes head out to the big fancy hot springs, Judai whines that he can't get the Duels of Darkness out of his head, something about spirits, and EPISODE TITLE, A STEAMING SENSE OF ADVENTURE! THE BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON! And...something about Kaibaman? Do I even want to know?
Well, the whole "Vampire" thing was stupid as hell on paper, and in execution it was stupid as fucking hell. Just...what the hell was I watching? What, the goddamn hell, was I watching?
