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Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 84
Oh, hey, Napoleon is all alarmed that Samejima's finally returned, and will no doubt fire him and Chronos on account of their rampant fuckwittery. Blah blah blah, Chronos and Napoleon try to blame each other for their respective fuckwittery, and then Samejima shows up. And of course, since Samjima is the worst principal ever, rather then find what the fuck Chronos and Napoleon have done in his poorly explained absence, he instead decides to gather everyone in the whole school together so that he can announce his stupid tournament.
TITLE SCREEN! GENEX OPENING GAME! THE FIRST TARGET! so basically this is all a glorified title drop. woo.
So everyone's seated, Samejima comes in, and somehow he doesn't seem to notice or care about the sudden change in dress code that Obelisk Blue has undergone. That, or he knew all about it all along and just doesn't care. Oh, wait, the according to the summary, he did notice, he just doesn't care. Right, because a brainwashing cult that wants to destroy the world is no big deal. Judai is excited, take a drink, and so Samejima exposits about the Genex tournament; i is to determine the number one duelist of the new generation, there will be duelists from Duel Academy's all around the world...or something like that...and also Pro Duelists will be participating. Also, if Judai gets any more excited, he will have to change his pants. Meanwhile, Shou wonders if Ryou will also be in the tournament, because his brother is the only person he cares about at this time. Samejima now explains the rules; the tournament will take place across the whole island, and all participants will be given a GX medal. You must duel at least once a day, and you can't turn down a challenge, and whoever wins takes all of the losers GX medals. When there are only two duelists left, they will duel in front of everyone, and the winner will receive a prize. Oh, ha ha, Shou and Kenzan imagine Judai beating the shit out of them, so they scoot away from him.
And now Judai puts his foot on the desk, and yells out to everyone that victory is his and the prize must be his. Because unlike Misawa, Judai is a humble figure who has no desire to be seen as strong so that he can have the respect and admiration of his fellow duelists...yeah, I could not type that with a straight face. Seriously, it is shit like this that keeps me from being able to take this show seriously; every time it tries to make some sort of semi-significant point, it grossly fucks it all up by virtue of the unceasing worship Judai "Gary-Stu" Yuki. Oh, wait, Judai is now in a state of suffering, since Shou has just pointed out that since this is Samejima's tournament, the prize will probably be a kiss from Miss. Tome. Well, it's not as good as if someone were to have pointed out all the raging hypocrisy, but it will have to do.
Now everyone's outside of the big lecture hall, blah blah blah, pointless scene is pointless and tells us nothing new, and apparently everyone is going to target Shou. Everyone. All at the same time. Because there are obviously no other weak looking duelists around. Obviously. As Shou runs in a terrified panic, Judai cares nothing for his best friend's plight, as he is just so excited about this tournament. Which, again, means absolutely nothing; Judai thinks everything is exciting, he responds to everything in the exact same fashion, like a goddamnded dueling robot. He has all the depth of a piece of lint. Incidentally, Judai would find a piece of lint drifting in the wind to be exciting.
And now we're at the Association of Light, and Saiou is playing the piano. RANDOM! Blah blah blah, Manjoume and Asuka say they'll get lots of medals for Saiou and make his name known to the whole world, and Saiou's all "okay, whatever". Asuka is concerned about Saiou's lack of motivation, Manjoume declares that they'll dye everything white, and Misawa still does not have the approval that he desires, what a shock. Gee, maybe if you were to actually speak up and not just stand there and grouse, maybe people would notice you then? Oh, wait, that would involve GOOD WRITING! Now we're in Samejima's office, Samejima going over lots of paperwork, and Saiou comes in. What does Samejima have to say to the man who's been brainwashing his students in his absence? Nothing at all, he just greets him. Saiou asks Samejima about the duelist he requested, apparently he is some sort of prince...something about the legendary D-Hero card that, if you'll recall was briefly in Saiou's possession and he never told Edo about this and for some reason Edo still hasn't questioned him on this point...anyway, long story short the prince will show up and that makes Saiou happy.
And now we're looking at a big helicopter plane thing-a-ma-jig. And inside is our prince, who is of course a pretty boy. Ah, why couldn't he be an ugly troll, like Chronos and Napoleon? He then turns to his suits, one of whom is in a pink suit, because a woman in a black suit would have just been silly, blah blah blah, and apparently his name is Prince Ojin (so, Prince Prince, the Prince formerly known as Prince?) the First of the Misgarth kingdom...so now we're just making up entire countries, are we? Of course we are! It's not like there aren't around 200 countries that could have been used, noooo! In any event, Prince Prince brags that no one can defeat his One Turn Kill. Gee, I wonder if Saiou is going to defeat him in one turn? Gosh, the suspense is killing me! Also, obvious shot of briefcase with handcuff attached is obvious. Oh hey, we get to watch a snippet of Shou dueling some random shmuck. Shou summons Jetroid, his opponent has Berserk Gorilla on the the field, and Shou thinks about how he's going to use Jetroid's effect to activate Magic Cylinder from his hand...well, Shou just explained his entire strategy, lets see how the random, faceless, nameless Osiris Red Schmuck counters it. Oh, he sacrifices Berserk Gorilla for Jinzo. I presume this isn't the same Jinzo that tried to kill a whole bunch of students in season one, right? Anyway, Jetroid is destroyed for massive damage, leaving Shou with just 400 points of damage. Shou takes his turn, noticeably nervous, and plays Pot of Greed. Now he summons Expressroid, using its effect to return Stealthroid and Drillroid to his hand, and then he plays Vehicroid Connection Zone, using Expressroid, Truckroid, Stealthroid, and Drillroid to summon Super Vehicroid Stealthroid Union. This lets him attack for the win, and now he brags, demonstrating that all that alleged development that Shou's gone through does not exist. Yeah, real respectful dueling you're doing there Shou; oh, wait, that would involve CONSISTENCY!
Oh, now we shift over to Kenzan. Yay. Anyway, Kenzan's opponent is a second rear Ra Yellow, and he's got a strong defensive line and a trap card that lets him deal direct damage to Kenzan. Gee, I wonder how Kenzan will get past this one? *Rolls eyes*. Oh, wow, Kenzan just drew Dark Tyranno, so he sacrifices his monsters to summon it, and uses its effect to attack directly. And now he roars, because that was such an impressive victory. Still, there is some good news in all this; THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL SEE KENZAN DUEL THIS ENTIRE SEASON! NO MORE OF THAT DINO DNA BULLSHIT, HOO RAY!
Oh, hey, Misawa's dueling now! And...wait, his opponent's an Obelisk Blue? But...I thought the entire dorm was converted to the Association of Light...CONTINUITY, DO YOU SPEAK IT, MOTHERFUCKERS? Anyway, with all the various cards Plot Hole Blue has on the field, he's got a monster with 2850 attack points, and if any of them are destroyed, Misawa will take 500 damage, which will result in him losing. Misawa plays Death Ritual of Lithmus, sacrificing Water Dragon in his hand to Ritual Summon Swordsman of Death Lithmus, Blue is shocked at such powerful monster being summoned in one more, but notes that Misawa still can't attack. And what is this continued bullshit about Misawa getting crushes on cards? I mean, really. Anyway, Misawa sacrifices his monster to summon Plasma Warrior Atom, who attacks directly for the win. Unfortunately, there's some bad news in all this; This, is the last time that Misawa will be dueling. Ever. For the rest of the series. *Plays taps on the brass horn*.
And now we cut to Judaik, who is fishing and bored about how nobody's coming to duel him...because, apparently his legs are broken? Because that's the only fucking excuse he could have to not just go after people and challenge them, considering that one of the rules is that you're not allowed to turn down challenges and you have to duel at least one opponent every day? Oh, wait, I forgot, Judai is an entitled lazy-ass fuckwit who never takes the initiative in anything! Right, because applying yourself is bad!
EYECATCH!
Judai is still bored as all fuck and far too lazy to go looking for an opponent to do anything about it. Apparently, he's waiting for someone to come in on a boat. Because, you know, his fellow students couldn't possibly provide him with an interesting challenge. Oh, now Shou and Kenzan are there to brag about the medals they won. Blah blah blah, Kenzan challenges Shou, and it seems the writers have already completely forgotten the part where you're not allowed to turn down challenges. Wow, what a shock. Judai, wipe that fucking smirk off your face, being a lazy entitled prick is nothing to be proud of!
Oh, look, Prince Prince just arrived. Oh, and now we get a close-up of the crest of the Misgarth Kingdom...it is a serpent coiled around the world. U-huh. Right. Of course it is. According to Shou, Misgarth is a small northern European country that's launched a satellite...that can destroy all life on Earth.
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The writers know nothing of physics, or international politics, now do they? No, they don't. Because if they knew of either of these things, they would never have written this in.
Anyway, Shou mentions that Prince Prince is also into Duel Monsters, and Judai decides that he totally wants to duel the guy who could kill everyone on the planet with the push of a button. As if we needed reminding that Judai has no brain. Oh hey, Saiou did something to make me like him forever and ever and ever; HE GOT JUDAI TO SHUT THE HELL UP! WITH A TOUCH! Manjoume and Asuka also show up, and Saiou goes on about how its such a shame that Judai's destiny isn't connected to the prince's, and Judai whines about how he totally saw the prince first, utterly oblivious and totally entitled. I'm going to have to stop using that word, because otherwise it will lose all meaning to me. Blah blah blah, something about the mandate of heaven or whatever, and Saiou just ignores Judai from this point on. Judai, shut the hell up, there are easily hundreds of other people you could be dueling, stop being such a spoiled brat! Ojin asks who has the connection to the Legendary D-card, Judai realizes he's talking about the D-Hero card, and Saiou says that yeah, he's totally that guy. Saiou's word is clearly good enough for Prince Prince, so he accepts, and my desire to drown Judai in the ocean grows ever stronger.
So Saiou and Prince Prince are about to duel, and suddenly Misawa is there, yelling about something, and Asuka tells him to shut up. Blah blah blah, the whole point of this scene is to remind us that nobody likes Misawa, for no particular reason. Really, the writers put the cart before the horse on this one; if people didn't suddenly start ignoring and disrespecting Misawa for no reason, he wouldn't have had to have become so desperate for approval in the first place! God, every fucking plot-line and pathetic excuse for a character arc on this show just pisses me the hell off. Anyway, Ojin declares that he's in a hurry, so he'll win this in no time, and Saiou says that the duel will end before his own turn even comes up. Bwaaah? What could Saiou possibly mean? Surely he is not suggesting that he is going to lose this duel? Hey, wouldn't that be a twist, if he let himself lose but use this as a way to possess Ojin or something like that? Well, that'd be way too interesting for this show, so lets see what they come up with instead. Only Manjoume still has confidence in Saiou, and Misawa is wallowing in self-pity. Because, again, bad writing. And so the duel begins, with Prince Prince taking the first turn.
He plays Pot of Greed, and then he plays Cost Down, discarding Rivalry of Warlords to summon Satellite Cannon without sacrifice. Ojin brags that this is symbolic of his nations actual satellite that can destroy the whole world, the controls to which are contained in the briefcase that's been handcuffed to the hand of his secretary. ...I'm trying to figure out what the joke here is supposed to be, because the notion that this is a serious plot point terrifies me to the pit of my soul. And since Saiou wants to destroy the world, he wants that Satellite. But, Prince Prince isn't done yet; he plays Charge to increase Satellite Cannon's attack power to 2000, and everyone goes on about how Prince Prince can't attack on his first turn, so Saiou will be getting his turn after all. But Misawa shows up, and says that there's still a way for Prince Prince to do what Saiou said he would. Indeed, Prince Prince plays Mischief of the Time Goddess, allowing him to skip to his next turn's battle phase. Thus, he is allowed to attack. Then he plays Limiter Removal, doubling Satellite Canon's attack power to 4000, enough to win in one attack. He does so, lots of sound and fury, and it signifies nothing, as Saiou's life points are untouched. For by discarding Arcana Force XIV - Temperance, he was able to reduce the damage to zero. Blah blah blah, unmei unmei unmei, Prince Prince, not to be deterred by the loss of his one turn kill, summons Satellite Base, which can't be destroyed by a level 5 or lower monster in defense position.
However, before Prince Prince's turn can end, Saiou discards Fate's Intervention; when the opponent summons a monster, you can discard this card to activate a spell card from your hand. The spell card in question is the familiar Ace of Sword. It rotates, Prince Prince stops it upright, so Saiou claims that the prince's power is already his and does damage equal to Satellite Cannon's to Prince Prince, defeating him. Judai is shocked by the One-Turn-Kill, and Misawa explains that this was actually a Zero-Turn-Kill, since Saiou's turn never actually came up. Whatever, does it matter? No. Unlike Yami Malik's love of using the Sun Dragon Ra's effects to achieve One Turn Kills, this doesn't mean a damn thing. And...Judai, you deserve to be yelled at. No, there's no excuse for that. You know damn well what's going on, and yet you're such a lazy fuck that you refuse to do anything about it, and no one ever calls you on it!
Anyway, now that Prince Prince is under Saiou's control, he wants to give control of the World Destroying Satellite over to Saiou. Secretary disagrees, but he just takes it from with barely any token resistance. Why aren't the other suits doing anything to stop their prince from something so insanely stupid? For fuck's sake, he didn't even bet the damn control on the duel or anything! Why the fuck is everyone just going along with this? Because the writers are STUPID!
So, as of episode 84, Saiou can blow up the world at any time he feels like. And how does Judai react to this, while the ominous music of ominousness plays? "Wow, that was so awesome! What kind of duels will I get? I'm so excited!".
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I'm sorry, my head spontaneously exploded for no discernible reason. Fortunately, I'm all better, and just in time for the end credits.
NEXT TIME! Blah blah blah, Judai is a dolt's dolt, and...no. no. No. No, you're not doing that. No. No. No! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! EPISODE TITLE, THE MAN WHO MANIPULATES THE GOD SUN DRAGON RA no no no no no no no no no card of the week is Satellite Cannon which was never released no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no...
I have no words for what just transpired, and what will transpire. None. At all.
TITLE SCREEN! GENEX OPENING GAME! THE FIRST TARGET! so basically this is all a glorified title drop. woo.
So everyone's seated, Samejima comes in, and somehow he doesn't seem to notice or care about the sudden change in dress code that Obelisk Blue has undergone. That, or he knew all about it all along and just doesn't care. Oh, wait, the according to the summary, he did notice, he just doesn't care. Right, because a brainwashing cult that wants to destroy the world is no big deal. Judai is excited, take a drink, and so Samejima exposits about the Genex tournament; i is to determine the number one duelist of the new generation, there will be duelists from Duel Academy's all around the world...or something like that...and also Pro Duelists will be participating. Also, if Judai gets any more excited, he will have to change his pants. Meanwhile, Shou wonders if Ryou will also be in the tournament, because his brother is the only person he cares about at this time. Samejima now explains the rules; the tournament will take place across the whole island, and all participants will be given a GX medal. You must duel at least once a day, and you can't turn down a challenge, and whoever wins takes all of the losers GX medals. When there are only two duelists left, they will duel in front of everyone, and the winner will receive a prize. Oh, ha ha, Shou and Kenzan imagine Judai beating the shit out of them, so they scoot away from him.
And now Judai puts his foot on the desk, and yells out to everyone that victory is his and the prize must be his. Because unlike Misawa, Judai is a humble figure who has no desire to be seen as strong so that he can have the respect and admiration of his fellow duelists...yeah, I could not type that with a straight face. Seriously, it is shit like this that keeps me from being able to take this show seriously; every time it tries to make some sort of semi-significant point, it grossly fucks it all up by virtue of the unceasing worship Judai "Gary-Stu" Yuki. Oh, wait, Judai is now in a state of suffering, since Shou has just pointed out that since this is Samejima's tournament, the prize will probably be a kiss from Miss. Tome. Well, it's not as good as if someone were to have pointed out all the raging hypocrisy, but it will have to do.
Now everyone's outside of the big lecture hall, blah blah blah, pointless scene is pointless and tells us nothing new, and apparently everyone is going to target Shou. Everyone. All at the same time. Because there are obviously no other weak looking duelists around. Obviously. As Shou runs in a terrified panic, Judai cares nothing for his best friend's plight, as he is just so excited about this tournament. Which, again, means absolutely nothing; Judai thinks everything is exciting, he responds to everything in the exact same fashion, like a goddamnded dueling robot. He has all the depth of a piece of lint. Incidentally, Judai would find a piece of lint drifting in the wind to be exciting.
And now we're at the Association of Light, and Saiou is playing the piano. RANDOM! Blah blah blah, Manjoume and Asuka say they'll get lots of medals for Saiou and make his name known to the whole world, and Saiou's all "okay, whatever". Asuka is concerned about Saiou's lack of motivation, Manjoume declares that they'll dye everything white, and Misawa still does not have the approval that he desires, what a shock. Gee, maybe if you were to actually speak up and not just stand there and grouse, maybe people would notice you then? Oh, wait, that would involve GOOD WRITING! Now we're in Samejima's office, Samejima going over lots of paperwork, and Saiou comes in. What does Samejima have to say to the man who's been brainwashing his students in his absence? Nothing at all, he just greets him. Saiou asks Samejima about the duelist he requested, apparently he is some sort of prince...something about the legendary D-Hero card that, if you'll recall was briefly in Saiou's possession and he never told Edo about this and for some reason Edo still hasn't questioned him on this point...anyway, long story short the prince will show up and that makes Saiou happy.
And now we're looking at a big helicopter plane thing-a-ma-jig. And inside is our prince, who is of course a pretty boy. Ah, why couldn't he be an ugly troll, like Chronos and Napoleon? He then turns to his suits, one of whom is in a pink suit, because a woman in a black suit would have just been silly, blah blah blah, and apparently his name is Prince Ojin (so, Prince Prince, the Prince formerly known as Prince?) the First of the Misgarth kingdom...so now we're just making up entire countries, are we? Of course we are! It's not like there aren't around 200 countries that could have been used, noooo! In any event, Prince Prince brags that no one can defeat his One Turn Kill. Gee, I wonder if Saiou is going to defeat him in one turn? Gosh, the suspense is killing me! Also, obvious shot of briefcase with handcuff attached is obvious. Oh hey, we get to watch a snippet of Shou dueling some random shmuck. Shou summons Jetroid, his opponent has Berserk Gorilla on the the field, and Shou thinks about how he's going to use Jetroid's effect to activate Magic Cylinder from his hand...well, Shou just explained his entire strategy, lets see how the random, faceless, nameless Osiris Red Schmuck counters it. Oh, he sacrifices Berserk Gorilla for Jinzo. I presume this isn't the same Jinzo that tried to kill a whole bunch of students in season one, right? Anyway, Jetroid is destroyed for massive damage, leaving Shou with just 400 points of damage. Shou takes his turn, noticeably nervous, and plays Pot of Greed. Now he summons Expressroid, using its effect to return Stealthroid and Drillroid to his hand, and then he plays Vehicroid Connection Zone, using Expressroid, Truckroid, Stealthroid, and Drillroid to summon Super Vehicroid Stealthroid Union. This lets him attack for the win, and now he brags, demonstrating that all that alleged development that Shou's gone through does not exist. Yeah, real respectful dueling you're doing there Shou; oh, wait, that would involve CONSISTENCY!
Oh, now we shift over to Kenzan. Yay. Anyway, Kenzan's opponent is a second rear Ra Yellow, and he's got a strong defensive line and a trap card that lets him deal direct damage to Kenzan. Gee, I wonder how Kenzan will get past this one? *Rolls eyes*. Oh, wow, Kenzan just drew Dark Tyranno, so he sacrifices his monsters to summon it, and uses its effect to attack directly. And now he roars, because that was such an impressive victory. Still, there is some good news in all this; THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL SEE KENZAN DUEL THIS ENTIRE SEASON! NO MORE OF THAT DINO DNA BULLSHIT, HOO RAY!
Oh, hey, Misawa's dueling now! And...wait, his opponent's an Obelisk Blue? But...I thought the entire dorm was converted to the Association of Light...CONTINUITY, DO YOU SPEAK IT, MOTHERFUCKERS? Anyway, with all the various cards Plot Hole Blue has on the field, he's got a monster with 2850 attack points, and if any of them are destroyed, Misawa will take 500 damage, which will result in him losing. Misawa plays Death Ritual of Lithmus, sacrificing Water Dragon in his hand to Ritual Summon Swordsman of Death Lithmus, Blue is shocked at such powerful monster being summoned in one more, but notes that Misawa still can't attack. And what is this continued bullshit about Misawa getting crushes on cards? I mean, really. Anyway, Misawa sacrifices his monster to summon Plasma Warrior Atom, who attacks directly for the win. Unfortunately, there's some bad news in all this; This, is the last time that Misawa will be dueling. Ever. For the rest of the series. *Plays taps on the brass horn*.
And now we cut to Judaik, who is fishing and bored about how nobody's coming to duel him...because, apparently his legs are broken? Because that's the only fucking excuse he could have to not just go after people and challenge them, considering that one of the rules is that you're not allowed to turn down challenges and you have to duel at least one opponent every day? Oh, wait, I forgot, Judai is an entitled lazy-ass fuckwit who never takes the initiative in anything! Right, because applying yourself is bad!
EYECATCH!
Judai is still bored as all fuck and far too lazy to go looking for an opponent to do anything about it. Apparently, he's waiting for someone to come in on a boat. Because, you know, his fellow students couldn't possibly provide him with an interesting challenge. Oh, now Shou and Kenzan are there to brag about the medals they won. Blah blah blah, Kenzan challenges Shou, and it seems the writers have already completely forgotten the part where you're not allowed to turn down challenges. Wow, what a shock. Judai, wipe that fucking smirk off your face, being a lazy entitled prick is nothing to be proud of!
Oh, look, Prince Prince just arrived. Oh, and now we get a close-up of the crest of the Misgarth Kingdom...it is a serpent coiled around the world. U-huh. Right. Of course it is. According to Shou, Misgarth is a small northern European country that's launched a satellite...that can destroy all life on Earth.
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The writers know nothing of physics, or international politics, now do they? No, they don't. Because if they knew of either of these things, they would never have written this in.
Anyway, Shou mentions that Prince Prince is also into Duel Monsters, and Judai decides that he totally wants to duel the guy who could kill everyone on the planet with the push of a button. As if we needed reminding that Judai has no brain. Oh hey, Saiou did something to make me like him forever and ever and ever; HE GOT JUDAI TO SHUT THE HELL UP! WITH A TOUCH! Manjoume and Asuka also show up, and Saiou goes on about how its such a shame that Judai's destiny isn't connected to the prince's, and Judai whines about how he totally saw the prince first, utterly oblivious and totally entitled. I'm going to have to stop using that word, because otherwise it will lose all meaning to me. Blah blah blah, something about the mandate of heaven or whatever, and Saiou just ignores Judai from this point on. Judai, shut the hell up, there are easily hundreds of other people you could be dueling, stop being such a spoiled brat! Ojin asks who has the connection to the Legendary D-card, Judai realizes he's talking about the D-Hero card, and Saiou says that yeah, he's totally that guy. Saiou's word is clearly good enough for Prince Prince, so he accepts, and my desire to drown Judai in the ocean grows ever stronger.
So Saiou and Prince Prince are about to duel, and suddenly Misawa is there, yelling about something, and Asuka tells him to shut up. Blah blah blah, the whole point of this scene is to remind us that nobody likes Misawa, for no particular reason. Really, the writers put the cart before the horse on this one; if people didn't suddenly start ignoring and disrespecting Misawa for no reason, he wouldn't have had to have become so desperate for approval in the first place! God, every fucking plot-line and pathetic excuse for a character arc on this show just pisses me the hell off. Anyway, Ojin declares that he's in a hurry, so he'll win this in no time, and Saiou says that the duel will end before his own turn even comes up. Bwaaah? What could Saiou possibly mean? Surely he is not suggesting that he is going to lose this duel? Hey, wouldn't that be a twist, if he let himself lose but use this as a way to possess Ojin or something like that? Well, that'd be way too interesting for this show, so lets see what they come up with instead. Only Manjoume still has confidence in Saiou, and Misawa is wallowing in self-pity. Because, again, bad writing. And so the duel begins, with Prince Prince taking the first turn.
He plays Pot of Greed, and then he plays Cost Down, discarding Rivalry of Warlords to summon Satellite Cannon without sacrifice. Ojin brags that this is symbolic of his nations actual satellite that can destroy the whole world, the controls to which are contained in the briefcase that's been handcuffed to the hand of his secretary. ...I'm trying to figure out what the joke here is supposed to be, because the notion that this is a serious plot point terrifies me to the pit of my soul. And since Saiou wants to destroy the world, he wants that Satellite. But, Prince Prince isn't done yet; he plays Charge to increase Satellite Cannon's attack power to 2000, and everyone goes on about how Prince Prince can't attack on his first turn, so Saiou will be getting his turn after all. But Misawa shows up, and says that there's still a way for Prince Prince to do what Saiou said he would. Indeed, Prince Prince plays Mischief of the Time Goddess, allowing him to skip to his next turn's battle phase. Thus, he is allowed to attack. Then he plays Limiter Removal, doubling Satellite Canon's attack power to 4000, enough to win in one attack. He does so, lots of sound and fury, and it signifies nothing, as Saiou's life points are untouched. For by discarding Arcana Force XIV - Temperance, he was able to reduce the damage to zero. Blah blah blah, unmei unmei unmei, Prince Prince, not to be deterred by the loss of his one turn kill, summons Satellite Base, which can't be destroyed by a level 5 or lower monster in defense position.
However, before Prince Prince's turn can end, Saiou discards Fate's Intervention; when the opponent summons a monster, you can discard this card to activate a spell card from your hand. The spell card in question is the familiar Ace of Sword. It rotates, Prince Prince stops it upright, so Saiou claims that the prince's power is already his and does damage equal to Satellite Cannon's to Prince Prince, defeating him. Judai is shocked by the One-Turn-Kill, and Misawa explains that this was actually a Zero-Turn-Kill, since Saiou's turn never actually came up. Whatever, does it matter? No. Unlike Yami Malik's love of using the Sun Dragon Ra's effects to achieve One Turn Kills, this doesn't mean a damn thing. And...Judai, you deserve to be yelled at. No, there's no excuse for that. You know damn well what's going on, and yet you're such a lazy fuck that you refuse to do anything about it, and no one ever calls you on it!
Anyway, now that Prince Prince is under Saiou's control, he wants to give control of the World Destroying Satellite over to Saiou. Secretary disagrees, but he just takes it from with barely any token resistance. Why aren't the other suits doing anything to stop their prince from something so insanely stupid? For fuck's sake, he didn't even bet the damn control on the duel or anything! Why the fuck is everyone just going along with this? Because the writers are STUPID!
So, as of episode 84, Saiou can blow up the world at any time he feels like. And how does Judai react to this, while the ominous music of ominousness plays? "Wow, that was so awesome! What kind of duels will I get? I'm so excited!".
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I'm sorry, my head spontaneously exploded for no discernible reason. Fortunately, I'm all better, and just in time for the end credits.
NEXT TIME! Blah blah blah, Judai is a dolt's dolt, and...no. no. No. No, you're not doing that. No. No. No! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! EPISODE TITLE, THE MAN WHO MANIPULATES THE GOD SUN DRAGON RA no no no no no no no no no card of the week is Satellite Cannon which was never released no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no...
I have no words for what just transpired, and what will transpire. None. At all.
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Also... *soul-rending scream* I'm hoping that whoever tries gets killed by Raa as he deserves.
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Someone is going to be horribly dead by the end of the next episode. I fear that it shall be the anthropomorphic personification of my sanity.