Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 96
Oct. 21st, 2010 03:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cypsiman2So we open with Misawa being mopey and whiny, because the writers hate him and have utterly assassinated every last bit of his dignity in a fit of petty jealousy, and then Einstein shows up. They're going to call him Zweinstein, but that's so stupid that I'm just going to ignore it and call him Einstein. Einstein goes on about how logic and reason run the universe, and this gives Misawa hope that Judai's Miracle Draws can be overcome, and then pointless pratfalls. Because the writers have no idea what actual comedy looks like. Meanwhile Saiou has just drawn the Hermit, the sign of inward contemplation, and Prince Prince are goes on about how that stands for Einstein, who is in his family's employ and the winner of the Nobel Prize for his work in Duel Physics for ten years, which really sounds like something that the 4Kids dub would make up, and surely he will be the one to defeat Judai and recover the satellite key that can be used to destroy the world.
TITLE SCREEN! RELATIVITY FIELD! JUDAI VS. THE GENIUS DOCTOR given this show's anti-intellectual streak, is there really any doubt about the outcome?
Hey, remember how Shou almost died last episode? Well, he's all better now and all he's worried about is his brother. Because that's realistic character development! Judai praises Shou for such a great duel, and then Chronos is on the PA system, telling Judai to get to the physics class for his make-up test. Oh, wait, it's all a trick by Prince Prince using a recording device with Chronos's voice on it. That's not needlessly convoluted or improbable at all! And even though Judai is well established to be incredibly lazy, alternately sleeping through his classes or just plain skipping them to go stare at the clouds, he somehow finds the notion of having to do a make-up test highly suspicious. Oh, that's right, he's Gary Stu, and as such is always right, even when he has no good reason to be. Suddenly Kenzan and two badly drawn Osiris Red goons show up to drag him to his test, since Judai is the Ace of the Osiris Red dorm and him failing this test as opposed to the countless others will somehow damage Osiris Red's reputation. Judai's whining falls on deaf ears, and he gets dragged off and shoved into the Physics classroom. It is dark, spotlight, and oh, there's a shock, there's Einstein waiting to duel Judai. Why was this ridiculously convoluted plan to get them to duel necessary again? Anyway, Judai is excited when he realizes he's going to get to duel, and somehow Misawa knew to be here to watch Einstein duel, because the plot said so. Einstein notices Misawa, promises to show him the power of logic, and Judai is as usual a clueless dolt.
The duel begins, Einstein takes the first turn and plays the field spell card Relativity Field, and now it looks like they're in outer space. You know, it would have been a lot more clever if they were inside a giant elevator, since that would actually reference Einstein's thought experiments, as opposed to the lazy and shallow parody that this episode is. Cut outside the classroom, Kenzan and the Osiris Red goons are plotting to help Judai cheat, Chronos shows up, blah blah blah, they realize something's up, open the door, and shock at the sight of outer space. By the way, if it seems like I've been rushing through the above, that's because I have, owing to the fact that I accidentally clicked away while working on this post, and lost everything up to this point. Yay. Anyway, Einstein ends his turn, Judai is confused about him not playing any other cards, and in a supreme act of telling instead of showing, Misawa is in awe of Einstein's logical universe. In many ways, I wish I were watching the show that the writers were telling me about, as opposed to the one they'd actually written; it still wouldn't be a good show, but at least it'd be vaguely tolerable.
So Judai takes his turn, plays Fusion, and summons Flame Wingman. This prompts Einstein to activate the effect of Singularity Fiend from his hand; by discarding it and one spell card from his hand, he can negate the special summon of a monster, and destroy it. Boom goes Flame Wingman, and Judai sets two cards to end his turn. Misawa makes some sort of commentary that the summary I'm working off of has garbled so badly that I can't even begin to parse it, and Einstein takes his turn. He plays Schrodinger's Pernicious Cat, which given that it is being played by Einstein is such an epic failure to do the research, that I can't help but laugh at the writers with scorn in my heart. In any event, so long as this card is on the field, whenever he draws outside the draw phase, he can return those cards to his deck to draw new cards. So he plays Pot of Greed, blah blah blah, Misawa is impressed at how Einstein worked the odds to get the cards he wanted, Einstein sets a card, and now he summons Laplace Demon World Mathmatician, with 1000 attack points. He attacks, Judai activates A Hero Emerges, and what do you know, the last card in his hand is Neos, what a shock. Einstein ends his battle phase, sets another card, and plays the spell card Dimension Hole; this removes from play one monster he controls until his next standby phase. And now that Laplace has been removed from the field, its effect activates, dealing 300 damage to Judai for every card on the field. There are now six, so Judai takes 1800 damage, which now activates Relativity Field's effect; when you lose life points, your monsters lose an equal number of attack points, so Neos is now down to 700 attack points...which is rendered moot when Einstein activates Dark Hole to destroy Neos. Which, really isn't at all that logical, but the show pretends that it is. Einstein goes on about how logic is the only way, and Judai goes on about how he'll prove that depending on miracles and refusing to plan or think is the only way, needlessly hammering home the anti-intellectual themes of this show.
EYECATCH!
Long moment of nothing happening, and then the two badly drawn Osiris Red goons just walk away. And down in Whoville they say, not a single damn was given that day. Judai takes his turn, but Einstein activates his trap card Draw Paradox; from now on, each player will draw during their opponent's draw phase as opposed to their own, so Einstein gets to draw a card and Judai is left with nothing. Misawa is in awe of Einstein's flawless "logic", again with the whole telling as opposed to showing, and Judai is forced to end his turn. Einstein's turn, now Judai gets to draw, and now Laplace returns to the field. And now Einstein will do the most horrific thing anyone could ever do to Judai, making him my new favorite character until he inevitably screws the pooch, and declares he will lecture Judai. Needless to say, Judai is aghast at the horror of someone older, wiser, and more knowledgeable wanting to educate him, while Misawa is excited to be able to learn. But really, what could you expect? Judai is Gary Stu, he is by definition already perfect and as such not only does he not need to learn, implying that he ought to learn, grow, or change is an affront to the very sanctity of the universe. Unfortunately, Einstein's lecture is both short and extremely stupid, basically amounting to "Monsters, spells, and traps must all come together for victory". The results of ten years of research and introspection, ladies and gentlemen. And now Einstein plays his spell card, Dueling Consistents, removing from play Laplace (a monster), Shrodinger's Pernicious Cat (a permanent spell), and Draw Paradox (a permanent trap) to summon Brain Dragon from his deck. Oh, and Laplace's effect gets to go off while the other cards are still technically there, so Judai takes another 1200 damage, reducing him to just 1000 life points.
Gee, now that Draw Paradox is gone, that'll let Judai draw a card on his turn, effectively giving him an extra draw. And Relativity Field is still present, where it won't do Einstein a lick of good, but will be able to let Judai win through a really situational combo. What are the odds? Einstein declares his direct attack, and what a shock, Judai's last card is Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, so he gets out Winged Kuriboh and is saved for one more turn. Blah blah blah, Judai talks to his imaginary friend, which is to say Winged Kuriboh's spirit, and Einstein proclaims that not even Judai's game breaking luck can save him now, and Misawa is in awe at how Einstein is using "logic" to show the weakness of relying on luck and chance as opposed to hard work, effort, studying, self-improvement, all the things that Judai ignores in favor of stuffing his gut.
Oh wow, what a shock, Judai draws and summons Bubbleman, letting him draw two more cards with its bull anime effect. Judai then equips Bubbleman with Bubbleshot, raising his attack power to 1600, and then he plays the one-episode wonder Hero Dice. Because, you know, we've got to work in that crack about how God does roll dice with the universe, even though Judai's never used this card before and will never use it again, making it utterly contrived, forced, and without meaning. This isn't like how Jounouchi would frequently use chance cards that only work part of the time as a symbol of him being poor and unable to afford the good cards, it's just stupid. In any event, Hero Dice rolls a six, which means he gets to attack directly, which means that due to Relativity Field's effect Brain Dragon drops from 2800 attack points to 1200. Wow, the opponent played a field spell card that screwed him over? That's never happened before, he said as he used up the last bit of sarcasm in the universe. Oh hey, you know what never goes out of style? Old people jokes! Yes, all the low notes are hit, from the old man landing on his hip, to his dentures popping out, the writers sure show it to those stupid old people! How dare they grow old and wise and have their bodies betray them at inconvenient moments, let us mock them for no good reason! So, in addition to being anti-intellectual, this episode is also ageist. Wow, the GX writers sure have a lot of explaining to do, don't they?
Now we're back to Einstein's turn, and he activates Brain Dragon's effect, allowing him to draw two more cards, but then he needs to return two cards to the top of his deck. He goes over his cards, decides that he doesn't need to worry about Judai performing a fusion summon since he won't have enough cards for it, because obviously no one ever bothered to fill him in on the Contact Fusion that he's been using all the time in front of everyone, and so he decides to go with Cyclone, using it to destroy Bubbleman's Bubble Shot, and so Brain Dragon attacks and destroys Bubbleman for 400 points of damage; note that if Einstein had never bothered playing Relativity Field in the first place, Brain Dragon would have had its full attack power, so he would have done 2000 points of damage, and won. Once again, terrible misplay of cards allows Judai the opportunity to win, and the writers are, as usual, utterly oblivious. Einstein suggests that Judai surrender, Judai says he's worried about the old man's health, and lucksacks into just the card he needed. First, he summons Glow Moss, and then he activates O Oversoul to summon Neos back to the field. Oh hey, wow, Contact Fusion to summon Glow Neos, this is treated like its some sort of miracle despite the fact that the V-Z machine monsters were doing very nearly the exact same schtick back in the original series, and now Judai activates Glow Neos's effect, destroying Relativity Field to let him attack directly, and thus win.
Blah blah blah, Einstein says that was 99.99 percent impossible, when it was in fact 100% impossible if Einstein had played his cards properly, and Judai is all 'durr, that's what makes dueling so fun', and at no point does he express even the slightest bit of curiosity about why Einstein was there in the first place, waiting to duel him. I mean, he couldn't possibly be so stupid as to think that was the physics test, right? right? Einstein is in a state of misery as he's apparently wasted the past ten years of his life or something like that, and now we cut to Saiou. Yep, The Hermit failed to get back the key from Judai, and Prince Prince, who's just standing around and looking really awkward all the while, says he'll go and deal with Judai himself. And then Saiou draws The Emperor, the archetypical father figure and all that that entails. This somehow reflects Prince Prince, I guess, blah blah blah, unmei unmei unmei, pretentious dialogue is pretentious and doesn't mean a thing.
And now Chronos bursts Judai's bubble, saying that Judai's make-up test is scheduled for after the GX tournament, and now Judai realizes that this duel was all a set up, and wonders who the heck could have set this up...and now it occurs to me that Einstein never got around to telling Judai that if he lost he would take the Key from him. Which, strictly speaking, would mean even if Judai lost, Saiou wouldn't have gotten his damn key back. Wow, no wonder Judai doesn't realize that Saiou is behind all this, even his Gary-Stu powers can't break through that kind of stupidity. Suddenly, Misawa shouts "Eureka!" and takes off all his clothes! Apparently he realized that he didn't need the white uniform to shine, and that it is the combination of logic and intuition that is the true unified dueling theory. Breaking out the capslock for a second, NO DUH! Well, at least he doesn't need a sandwich as badly as most of the cast. He finds Einstein out by the cliffs, swears to take up the mantle of completing the complete unified dueling theory, and then more stupid prat falls that are designed only to make Misawa and Einstein look stupid. End episode.
NEXT TIME! Apparently there's going to be a match for the title of world champion. Since neither person is Kouyou Hibiki, I don't care. EPISODE TITLE, APPEAR! THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD CHAMP card of the week is Glow Neos
Well, that was about as stupid as you would expect from an anti-intellectual, ageist pile of drivel. Also, Misawa's been freed from the Association of Light, and none of Judai's friends give a damn. Because the writers hate Misawa.
TITLE SCREEN! RELATIVITY FIELD! JUDAI VS. THE GENIUS DOCTOR given this show's anti-intellectual streak, is there really any doubt about the outcome?
Hey, remember how Shou almost died last episode? Well, he's all better now and all he's worried about is his brother. Because that's realistic character development! Judai praises Shou for such a great duel, and then Chronos is on the PA system, telling Judai to get to the physics class for his make-up test. Oh, wait, it's all a trick by Prince Prince using a recording device with Chronos's voice on it. That's not needlessly convoluted or improbable at all! And even though Judai is well established to be incredibly lazy, alternately sleeping through his classes or just plain skipping them to go stare at the clouds, he somehow finds the notion of having to do a make-up test highly suspicious. Oh, that's right, he's Gary Stu, and as such is always right, even when he has no good reason to be. Suddenly Kenzan and two badly drawn Osiris Red goons show up to drag him to his test, since Judai is the Ace of the Osiris Red dorm and him failing this test as opposed to the countless others will somehow damage Osiris Red's reputation. Judai's whining falls on deaf ears, and he gets dragged off and shoved into the Physics classroom. It is dark, spotlight, and oh, there's a shock, there's Einstein waiting to duel Judai. Why was this ridiculously convoluted plan to get them to duel necessary again? Anyway, Judai is excited when he realizes he's going to get to duel, and somehow Misawa knew to be here to watch Einstein duel, because the plot said so. Einstein notices Misawa, promises to show him the power of logic, and Judai is as usual a clueless dolt.
The duel begins, Einstein takes the first turn and plays the field spell card Relativity Field, and now it looks like they're in outer space. You know, it would have been a lot more clever if they were inside a giant elevator, since that would actually reference Einstein's thought experiments, as opposed to the lazy and shallow parody that this episode is. Cut outside the classroom, Kenzan and the Osiris Red goons are plotting to help Judai cheat, Chronos shows up, blah blah blah, they realize something's up, open the door, and shock at the sight of outer space. By the way, if it seems like I've been rushing through the above, that's because I have, owing to the fact that I accidentally clicked away while working on this post, and lost everything up to this point. Yay. Anyway, Einstein ends his turn, Judai is confused about him not playing any other cards, and in a supreme act of telling instead of showing, Misawa is in awe of Einstein's logical universe. In many ways, I wish I were watching the show that the writers were telling me about, as opposed to the one they'd actually written; it still wouldn't be a good show, but at least it'd be vaguely tolerable.
So Judai takes his turn, plays Fusion, and summons Flame Wingman. This prompts Einstein to activate the effect of Singularity Fiend from his hand; by discarding it and one spell card from his hand, he can negate the special summon of a monster, and destroy it. Boom goes Flame Wingman, and Judai sets two cards to end his turn. Misawa makes some sort of commentary that the summary I'm working off of has garbled so badly that I can't even begin to parse it, and Einstein takes his turn. He plays Schrodinger's Pernicious Cat, which given that it is being played by Einstein is such an epic failure to do the research, that I can't help but laugh at the writers with scorn in my heart. In any event, so long as this card is on the field, whenever he draws outside the draw phase, he can return those cards to his deck to draw new cards. So he plays Pot of Greed, blah blah blah, Misawa is impressed at how Einstein worked the odds to get the cards he wanted, Einstein sets a card, and now he summons Laplace Demon World Mathmatician, with 1000 attack points. He attacks, Judai activates A Hero Emerges, and what do you know, the last card in his hand is Neos, what a shock. Einstein ends his battle phase, sets another card, and plays the spell card Dimension Hole; this removes from play one monster he controls until his next standby phase. And now that Laplace has been removed from the field, its effect activates, dealing 300 damage to Judai for every card on the field. There are now six, so Judai takes 1800 damage, which now activates Relativity Field's effect; when you lose life points, your monsters lose an equal number of attack points, so Neos is now down to 700 attack points...which is rendered moot when Einstein activates Dark Hole to destroy Neos. Which, really isn't at all that logical, but the show pretends that it is. Einstein goes on about how logic is the only way, and Judai goes on about how he'll prove that depending on miracles and refusing to plan or think is the only way, needlessly hammering home the anti-intellectual themes of this show.
EYECATCH!
Long moment of nothing happening, and then the two badly drawn Osiris Red goons just walk away. And down in Whoville they say, not a single damn was given that day. Judai takes his turn, but Einstein activates his trap card Draw Paradox; from now on, each player will draw during their opponent's draw phase as opposed to their own, so Einstein gets to draw a card and Judai is left with nothing. Misawa is in awe of Einstein's flawless "logic", again with the whole telling as opposed to showing, and Judai is forced to end his turn. Einstein's turn, now Judai gets to draw, and now Laplace returns to the field. And now Einstein will do the most horrific thing anyone could ever do to Judai, making him my new favorite character until he inevitably screws the pooch, and declares he will lecture Judai. Needless to say, Judai is aghast at the horror of someone older, wiser, and more knowledgeable wanting to educate him, while Misawa is excited to be able to learn. But really, what could you expect? Judai is Gary Stu, he is by definition already perfect and as such not only does he not need to learn, implying that he ought to learn, grow, or change is an affront to the very sanctity of the universe. Unfortunately, Einstein's lecture is both short and extremely stupid, basically amounting to "Monsters, spells, and traps must all come together for victory". The results of ten years of research and introspection, ladies and gentlemen. And now Einstein plays his spell card, Dueling Consistents, removing from play Laplace (a monster), Shrodinger's Pernicious Cat (a permanent spell), and Draw Paradox (a permanent trap) to summon Brain Dragon from his deck. Oh, and Laplace's effect gets to go off while the other cards are still technically there, so Judai takes another 1200 damage, reducing him to just 1000 life points.
Gee, now that Draw Paradox is gone, that'll let Judai draw a card on his turn, effectively giving him an extra draw. And Relativity Field is still present, where it won't do Einstein a lick of good, but will be able to let Judai win through a really situational combo. What are the odds? Einstein declares his direct attack, and what a shock, Judai's last card is Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, so he gets out Winged Kuriboh and is saved for one more turn. Blah blah blah, Judai talks to his imaginary friend, which is to say Winged Kuriboh's spirit, and Einstein proclaims that not even Judai's game breaking luck can save him now, and Misawa is in awe at how Einstein is using "logic" to show the weakness of relying on luck and chance as opposed to hard work, effort, studying, self-improvement, all the things that Judai ignores in favor of stuffing his gut.
Oh wow, what a shock, Judai draws and summons Bubbleman, letting him draw two more cards with its bull anime effect. Judai then equips Bubbleman with Bubbleshot, raising his attack power to 1600, and then he plays the one-episode wonder Hero Dice. Because, you know, we've got to work in that crack about how God does roll dice with the universe, even though Judai's never used this card before and will never use it again, making it utterly contrived, forced, and without meaning. This isn't like how Jounouchi would frequently use chance cards that only work part of the time as a symbol of him being poor and unable to afford the good cards, it's just stupid. In any event, Hero Dice rolls a six, which means he gets to attack directly, which means that due to Relativity Field's effect Brain Dragon drops from 2800 attack points to 1200. Wow, the opponent played a field spell card that screwed him over? That's never happened before, he said as he used up the last bit of sarcasm in the universe. Oh hey, you know what never goes out of style? Old people jokes! Yes, all the low notes are hit, from the old man landing on his hip, to his dentures popping out, the writers sure show it to those stupid old people! How dare they grow old and wise and have their bodies betray them at inconvenient moments, let us mock them for no good reason! So, in addition to being anti-intellectual, this episode is also ageist. Wow, the GX writers sure have a lot of explaining to do, don't they?
Now we're back to Einstein's turn, and he activates Brain Dragon's effect, allowing him to draw two more cards, but then he needs to return two cards to the top of his deck. He goes over his cards, decides that he doesn't need to worry about Judai performing a fusion summon since he won't have enough cards for it, because obviously no one ever bothered to fill him in on the Contact Fusion that he's been using all the time in front of everyone, and so he decides to go with Cyclone, using it to destroy Bubbleman's Bubble Shot, and so Brain Dragon attacks and destroys Bubbleman for 400 points of damage; note that if Einstein had never bothered playing Relativity Field in the first place, Brain Dragon would have had its full attack power, so he would have done 2000 points of damage, and won. Once again, terrible misplay of cards allows Judai the opportunity to win, and the writers are, as usual, utterly oblivious. Einstein suggests that Judai surrender, Judai says he's worried about the old man's health, and lucksacks into just the card he needed. First, he summons Glow Moss, and then he activates O Oversoul to summon Neos back to the field. Oh hey, wow, Contact Fusion to summon Glow Neos, this is treated like its some sort of miracle despite the fact that the V-Z machine monsters were doing very nearly the exact same schtick back in the original series, and now Judai activates Glow Neos's effect, destroying Relativity Field to let him attack directly, and thus win.
Blah blah blah, Einstein says that was 99.99 percent impossible, when it was in fact 100% impossible if Einstein had played his cards properly, and Judai is all 'durr, that's what makes dueling so fun', and at no point does he express even the slightest bit of curiosity about why Einstein was there in the first place, waiting to duel him. I mean, he couldn't possibly be so stupid as to think that was the physics test, right? right? Einstein is in a state of misery as he's apparently wasted the past ten years of his life or something like that, and now we cut to Saiou. Yep, The Hermit failed to get back the key from Judai, and Prince Prince, who's just standing around and looking really awkward all the while, says he'll go and deal with Judai himself. And then Saiou draws The Emperor, the archetypical father figure and all that that entails. This somehow reflects Prince Prince, I guess, blah blah blah, unmei unmei unmei, pretentious dialogue is pretentious and doesn't mean a thing.
And now Chronos bursts Judai's bubble, saying that Judai's make-up test is scheduled for after the GX tournament, and now Judai realizes that this duel was all a set up, and wonders who the heck could have set this up...and now it occurs to me that Einstein never got around to telling Judai that if he lost he would take the Key from him. Which, strictly speaking, would mean even if Judai lost, Saiou wouldn't have gotten his damn key back. Wow, no wonder Judai doesn't realize that Saiou is behind all this, even his Gary-Stu powers can't break through that kind of stupidity. Suddenly, Misawa shouts "Eureka!" and takes off all his clothes! Apparently he realized that he didn't need the white uniform to shine, and that it is the combination of logic and intuition that is the true unified dueling theory. Breaking out the capslock for a second, NO DUH! Well, at least he doesn't need a sandwich as badly as most of the cast. He finds Einstein out by the cliffs, swears to take up the mantle of completing the complete unified dueling theory, and then more stupid prat falls that are designed only to make Misawa and Einstein look stupid. End episode.
NEXT TIME! Apparently there's going to be a match for the title of world champion. Since neither person is Kouyou Hibiki, I don't care. EPISODE TITLE, APPEAR! THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD CHAMP card of the week is Glow Neos
Well, that was about as stupid as you would expect from an anti-intellectual, ageist pile of drivel. Also, Misawa's been freed from the Association of Light, and none of Judai's friends give a damn. Because the writers hate Misawa.
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Date: 2010-10-22 12:46 am (UTC)*kicks GX writers* I'm not using honorifics for any of you, either. Yoshida, Yoshida, Yoshida! >D
Sorry, that's all I've got in reaction to these past few episodes.
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Date: 2010-10-22 12:57 am (UTC)Heh, the next couple episodes might be a bit better, though that's probably wishful reminiscence on my part. But what is objective is that Season 2 is almost over, and with season 3 comes Johan, the male Mary-sue!
Incidentally, would you like to hear some spoilers regarding the latest chapter of the GX manga?
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:00 am (UTC)Well, that's something to look forward to! If we're going to be subjected to bad writing, there should at least be humorously sparkly Mary Sues for us to poke fun at in the process.
And spoilers would be most appreciated!
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:16 am (UTC)Heh, okay, here goes...basically, the American exchange students have used their Planet Cards to defeat everyone but Judai and Manjoume. Manjoume is still in his duel against O'Brian, while Judai is dueling Fubuki, who has been possessed by Tragoedia. Manjoume manages to pull out a win, but Judai loses...again! Seriously, Manga!Judai has lost like a third or a fourth of his duels thus far, which makes me wonder if the author is being too mean to Judai...
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:21 am (UTC)Thank you! *points to icon* I'm Jasmine, and you're that Ampharos ^^
Heh, maybe the writer for the manga has the same issues you did with the anime and is thinking that a few losses would do him some good? ;P All joking aside, it sounds like a good thing. Bad things are happening, and Juudai isn't defeating everyone left and right and thus removing all tension...
*hugs manga!Juudai*
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Date: 2010-10-22 01:27 am (UTC)Ah, huggy hugs, I love those!
Oh believe me, there's a ton of tension! You genuinely don't know where Kageyama-sensei is taking all this, because every other time something conventional is supposed to happen...it doesn't! But it still manages to make sense in the narrative anyway! Any clod can just ram in unexpected plot twists, but it takes an artist to make them work.
Poor manga!Judai; even when this is all over, he still has your fic to deal with.