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Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 107
So yeah, the duel's on pause apparently, and there's that shrimpy pale little Ra Yellow boy who will obviously be of no significance whatsoever. Bye tiny pale boy. The transfer students continue to shill for the Gem Beasts, while Judai's excitement continues to be hollow and meaningless.
TITLE SCREEN! THE NEO-SPACIANS VS. THE GEM BEASTS so basically judai vs. judai.
PROFESSOR COBRA is pleased with his lava lamp of PURE EVIL, and that thing is growing in really weird way. But enough of that, back to the duel that is surely not going to play right into his evil scheme. Johan, who I'm now noticing seems to use "Ore" instead of "watashi" or "boku", summons Amethyst Cat to the tune of that wretched track that I honestly did not expect to hear again. Oh hey, the pink cat is a lady. Wow. Really working those thinking muscles of yours, eh writers? Also, Amethyst Cat seems a bit possessive. This, horrifyingly enough, will be something of a theme. And now Johan plays a spell card, Gem Guidance; when there are two Gem Beasts in his spell/trap zone, he gets to special summon a Gem Beast from his deck. This is pretty much going to be how most of his spells and traps work, requiring the presence of Gem Beasts in the spell/trap zone. Also, because the anime can't help but be nice to Judai 1.0, the anime version of Gem Guidance will let Judai draw a card. Anyway, Johan summons Topaz Tiger from his deck, and once again, more chatter. Also, when Topaz Tiger attacks the opponent's monster, he gains 400 attack points, rising from 1600 to 2000. Topaz Tiger attacks and destroys Topaz Dolphin for 1400 points of damage, and now Johan activates Amethyst Cat's effect, reducing her attack by half to attack directly. Judai gets his face clawed up, noise from the peanut gallery, and Johan sets a card to end his turn.
Straight away into Judai's turn, he draws and summons Flare Scarab, which does not get the super fancy summon like all the monsters in the last episode. You don't suppose the animation budget's already been exhausted, do you? And somehow, the contact fusion for Flare Neos looks even cheaper than before. And now Judai activates Neo-Space, and with Neo Space, Flare Neos is able to use its effect to reach a total attack power of 4600. You know, in all honesty, he didn't need all this big flashy summoning; Flare Scarab would have had 1900 attack points by its effect, so Judai could have had it attack and destroy Amethyst Cat for 700 damage, have Gran Mole return Topaz Tiger to Johan's hand at no damage since we're going by its real world effect now, and then have Neos attack directly for the win. But I suppose we need to show off how sparkly our cards are, don't we? Johan pulls a Judai, big shock there, and Amethyst Cat chides him for this. This is terrifying. Judai declares his attack, and Johan activates his trap card Last Resort; when the opponent declares an attack, Johan gets to activate a Field Spell card from his deck, but if the opponent already had a field spell card out, they get to draw a card. Boy, Johan sure likes to help Judai draw cards, doesn't he? Eh, fits in with that whole "I is wanting to sees your whole powah" spiel from last episode. Anyway, Neospace goes away, and out comes Ancient Rainbow City - Rainbow Ruin. Rainbow Ruin? No sense of subtlety from these writers, not that that's anything new. Anyhow, this causes Flare Neos's attack power to drop to 3700, and since there are at least two Gem Beasts in Johan's spell/trap zone, he can cut the damage he takes from this attack in halve. This means that at the end of the day, Johan has 1650 life points left, and now Amethyst Cat is in his spell/trap zone. Note that if Judai had done what I'd said, Johan would have only had 1050 life points left, and he would still be able to keep Neos on the field, while Flare Scarab would have risen to 2300 attack points. Just another reminder that Judai duels like a moron. Because he is a moron.
Blah blah blah, Judai switches Gran Mole to defense, and now Flare Neos returns to his deck as Judai ends his turn. More shilling about what a great duel this is, and Samejima wonders where on earth PROFESSOR COBRA could be? Certainly he's not doing anything evil, since he's clearly not a villain of any sort. Over to PROFESSOR COBRA, it seems that the lava lamp of PURE EVIL has taken its final shape, and he laughs evilly as all those fools are unaware of the evil that they are un-wittingly helping him carry out. Back to the duel, Johan takes his turn and plays Rare Value; when he has at least two Gem Beasts in his spell/trap zone, he sends one to the grave to draw two cards. Wow, so much for his Gem Beasts never leaving his field, huh? Well, he sends Emerald Turtle to the grave, and one of the cards he draws looks to be Monster Reincarnation. Weird. Anyway, he summons Amber Mammoth, and then has Topaz Tiger attack Gran Mole, prompting Judai to activate its effect and return both cards to their respective owner's hand. This leaves Judai with nothing on his field, so Amber Mammoth steps on his face, leaving him with just 300 life points. More noise from the peanut gallery, and oh hai PROFESSOR COBRA. When did you get back? I trust you weren't doing anything involving PURE EVIL while you were out, right? PROFESSOR COBRA makes noise about how Judai and Johan use their decks like they're their arms and legs, and he can only hope that the other students are inspired by this. Wow, I didn't think that PROFESSOR COBRA would admit his evil scheme so quickly. I mean, turning everyone into clones of Judai and Johan? Truly this man is a devious monster who must be stopped? Oh...you mean that's not his evil scheme? That's his cover story? Huh. That's disappointing.
Oh, according to PROFESSOR COBRA'S MONOLOGUE OF EVIL, he's gathering up their "duel energy" to make his wish a reality. The lava lamp of PURE EVIL has something to do with this, and now we've got that roiling cloud and eye with the lady talking about her beloved Judai and how she will see him soon. Wouldn't it be kind of weird if it turned out to be his mom or something? But enough of that, back to the dolt without a clue. Noise from the peanut gallery, and suddenly, Edo's voice! Followed by Edo's crotch! Followed by Edo himself. He claims that Judai has never faced anyone like Johan before, which I can believe since I doubt Judai would ever duel his own reflection, and when questioned about what he's doing here, Edo says he's still technically a student here. Yeah, sure you are Edo. Really, in terms of the narrative he's just here to drop more exposition about Johan, but honestly, I've no idea in terms of character what he's doing here. I mean, the earliest he could have heard about this duel was an hour ago, and seeing as he was stated to have gone back into the Pro League, I don't see how he could have flitted off to watch some exhibition match. Blah blah blah, Kenzan asks what Edo meant when he said that Johan was different from everyone else Judai had ever faced, and so Edo goes into his exposition; he repeats Johan's spiel about how the Gem Beasts are like Johan's family, and if you're hoping that the writers are ever planning on going into what happened to Johan's actual family like with, say, Rafael from the DOMA arc, you will be disappointed. We're just supposed to accept that it is perfectly normal for someone to regard their cards as their family. And...that's it. Wow, Edo, that was certainly worth seeing your ugly mug again.
EYECATCH!
Oh, wait, Edo has more exposition, and this time it's going to be something we haven't heard before. See, Edo got to speak with Pegasus this one time, since Edo had just won a tournament sponsored by Industrial Illusions. And here it is, Pegasus's obligatory cameo. You can hear how dead he is inside as he has to deliver these lines. Pegasus says that Edo ranks in his personal top five duelists ever. Unprompted, Pegasus lists them off; number one is Yuugi, number two is Seto, number three is Jounouchi, and fourth is Edo...Edo ranks ahead of Mai. Of course he does. Because the writers are pricks. Oh, wait, the fifth is Johan. Well, this entire list is invalid then, isn't it? And now we've got a flashback INSIDE of a flashback. That doesn't seem right, now does it? Apparently, years ago in Europe, the moment Johan started to duel, the Gem Beasts that Pegasus just happened to have brought with him for no particular reason started to glow. Yeah, like Judai, Johan doesn't even need to do anything to demonstrate his worth or qualities of character, just existing is good enough for the cosmic powers that be. And so yeah, Pegasus gave the Gem Beasts to Johan, blah blah blah, and he thinks that Edo will have to duel the Gem Beasts one day and boy does he look forward to that, end all flashbacks. Blah blah blah, lots of non-thinking, and Judai spontaneously asks Johan if he still hasn't played his ace card yet. Johan wonders how he could have known, he was being so subtle about it, and really, why is everyone acting so shocked? Of course hasn't played his ace yet, which card did you think his ace was? Anyway, Johan acts like Judai is such a...something positive, and declares that when the seven Gem Beasts merge, their ultimate form shall be shown, Rainbow Dragon.
Really, Rainbow Dragon? Wait, I've already done this gag. Moving on! Judai really wants to see Johan's dragon, and I can't say that with a straight face. But Johan will not do so, for Rainbow Dragon is really, really special and should not be brought out before the third date, at least. Judai's all "oh, you!", and takes his turn. He plays Convert Contact; when he controls no monsters, by sending a Neo-Spacian in his hand and in his deck to the grave, he gets to draw two cards. So he sends Gran Mole and Flare Scarab to the grave, draws two cards, and plays Cocoon Party; for every Neo-spacian in his grave, Judai gets to summon a cocoon from his deck. There are three, so he gets three ugly-cute cocoon monsters. Johan calls them weak, and Judai activates Contact so that he can sacrifice them to summon their full grown counterparts. So now Judai has Black Panther, Glow Moss, and Air Hummingbird. Judai uses Air Hummingbird to recover 1000 life points, and then equips Neos Energy to Black Panther, raising its attack power to 1800. And so he attacks Amber Mammoth, and Rainbow Ruin's effect kicks in, meaning Johan only takes 50 points of damage, and now he's got a third Gem Beast in his spell/trap zone. Blah blah blah, Judai ends his turn, and he really wants Johan to whip that dragon out. What? But, Johan thinks to himself "if only it were that easy", and now he summons Sapphire Pegasus, who's easily the best of the Gem Beast cards. 1800 attack points, and when summoned he gets to take a Gem Beast from his grave and put it in his spell/trap zone. In the real game, you can also take the Gem Beast from your hand or deck. And rather then activate Rainbow Ruin's effect to draw one card now that he has four Gem Beasts in his spell/trap zone, Johan instead activates Ruby Carbuncles effect to special summon it from his spell/trap zone to the field. Ruby Carbuncle does not actually have this effect, but it does have the next one; when special summoned from the spell/trap zone, Ruby gets to special summon as many of the other Gem Beasts from there as well.
So yeah, Johan's swarmed the whole damn field, and he's pretty much got this all won. He has Sapphire Pegasus attack Black Panther for a mutual kill, and then he has Amethyst Cat use its effect to attack directly, which is rather stupid, since Johan can and will be clearing the rest of Judai's battlefield, so using her effect is completely pointless. Anyway, Judai takes 600 damage, Cobalt Eagle destroys Air Hummingbird, Amber Mammoth destroys Glow Moss, and Ruby Carbuncle attacks directly for 300, leaving Judai with just 400 life points. Note that if Johan had not used Amethyst Cat's effect, he would have won. Hell, he could have had Amethyst Cat be the one to destroy Glow Moss, and used Amber Mammoth to really, really win. And of course, everyone acts like this is such a great play, meaning the writers are incompetent. Blah blah blah, Judai gives his spiel about how he never gives up until the very end, which would mean something if either of these chuckleheads were half the duelists the writers want us to believe they are. Seriously, misplays on both Judai and Johan's part? What a bunch of mooks.
Judai's turn, he plays Fake Hero to special summon Neos from his hand. Then he plays Contact Soul; with Neos on the field, he can special summon any Neo-spacian from his hand, deck, or grave, but at the end of the turn he has to return all his monsters on the field to the deck. Judai goes for Air Hummingbird, Contact Fusion for Air Neos, and now he activates it's effect; when his life points are lower than his opponent's, Air Neos gains attack points equal to the difference. This gives Air Neos a total of 3700 attack points, so all Judai has to do is attack, and he'll win. Wait, what ho, Johan is about to summon Rainbow Dragon...nope, he's just screwing with everyone because he's an asshole. And so Johan is forced to admit that Rainbow Dragon isn't actually in his deck. Nobody thinks this is funny, but Johan elaborates, saying that according to those bullshit ancient roman documents that the writers made up last episode, there is supposedly a tablet for the seven gems, but that tablet has yet to be discovered. Well, it's not like there's a lot of places it could be, the domain of the Roman Empire was pretty well established. Apparently Pegasus won't make the card until he finds the tablet, and Johan says he'll totally show everyone Rainbow Dragon then. Have I mentioned the part where none of this drivel about Ancient Rome makes the least bit of sense? Because it doesn't. Well, everyone thinks that Johan is a total asshole, and PROFESSOR COBRA walks up to applaud Judai and Johan for playing right into his vague evil plan, which gets everyone else to do so. And now those wrist bands that Judai and Johan are wearing start to glow. This is pleasing to PROFESSOR COBRA and he announces that this was just the opening match to the real combat, the disclosure duels.
Shou notes that this sounds like Death Duel, and has a bad feeling about all this. And then it turns out that that's not PROFESSOR COBRA'S hair, it's a space station. But at some point in the middle of PROFESSOR COBRA'S crazed ranting, Judai and Johan left to go find a closet to go make out in. Or, you know, they're up on the roof, laying out their cards and discussing the duel they just had. Shou, Kenzan, Manjoume, and Edo are watching, because apparently Asuka and Rei don't count. Edo notes that they're now burdened with another dueling moron, and he leaves to go back to the Pro Leagues, since he has no more exposition to deliver. Meanwhile, PROFESSOR COBRA is back at the lava lamp of PURE EVIL, and I believe that's another new track. Weird, seasons two and four were so lazy about that. Anyway, he laughs about what a great duel that was, suggesting that he was watching a different duel from the one we got to see. And now the episode ends.
NEXT TIME! blah blah blah, what is a disclosure duel, and Shou becomes jealous over Johan taking all of Judai's attention. EPISODE TITLE, PROFESSOR COBRA'S ASSASSIN. card of the week is air neos, and again, not one of the gem beasts.
So yeah, Johan is pretty much Judai 2.0. Will he be as irritating as the original? Let's find out!
TITLE SCREEN! THE NEO-SPACIANS VS. THE GEM BEASTS so basically judai vs. judai.
PROFESSOR COBRA is pleased with his lava lamp of PURE EVIL, and that thing is growing in really weird way. But enough of that, back to the duel that is surely not going to play right into his evil scheme. Johan, who I'm now noticing seems to use "Ore" instead of "watashi" or "boku", summons Amethyst Cat to the tune of that wretched track that I honestly did not expect to hear again. Oh hey, the pink cat is a lady. Wow. Really working those thinking muscles of yours, eh writers? Also, Amethyst Cat seems a bit possessive. This, horrifyingly enough, will be something of a theme. And now Johan plays a spell card, Gem Guidance; when there are two Gem Beasts in his spell/trap zone, he gets to special summon a Gem Beast from his deck. This is pretty much going to be how most of his spells and traps work, requiring the presence of Gem Beasts in the spell/trap zone. Also, because the anime can't help but be nice to Judai 1.0, the anime version of Gem Guidance will let Judai draw a card. Anyway, Johan summons Topaz Tiger from his deck, and once again, more chatter. Also, when Topaz Tiger attacks the opponent's monster, he gains 400 attack points, rising from 1600 to 2000. Topaz Tiger attacks and destroys Topaz Dolphin for 1400 points of damage, and now Johan activates Amethyst Cat's effect, reducing her attack by half to attack directly. Judai gets his face clawed up, noise from the peanut gallery, and Johan sets a card to end his turn.
Straight away into Judai's turn, he draws and summons Flare Scarab, which does not get the super fancy summon like all the monsters in the last episode. You don't suppose the animation budget's already been exhausted, do you? And somehow, the contact fusion for Flare Neos looks even cheaper than before. And now Judai activates Neo-Space, and with Neo Space, Flare Neos is able to use its effect to reach a total attack power of 4600. You know, in all honesty, he didn't need all this big flashy summoning; Flare Scarab would have had 1900 attack points by its effect, so Judai could have had it attack and destroy Amethyst Cat for 700 damage, have Gran Mole return Topaz Tiger to Johan's hand at no damage since we're going by its real world effect now, and then have Neos attack directly for the win. But I suppose we need to show off how sparkly our cards are, don't we? Johan pulls a Judai, big shock there, and Amethyst Cat chides him for this. This is terrifying. Judai declares his attack, and Johan activates his trap card Last Resort; when the opponent declares an attack, Johan gets to activate a Field Spell card from his deck, but if the opponent already had a field spell card out, they get to draw a card. Boy, Johan sure likes to help Judai draw cards, doesn't he? Eh, fits in with that whole "I is wanting to sees your whole powah" spiel from last episode. Anyway, Neospace goes away, and out comes Ancient Rainbow City - Rainbow Ruin. Rainbow Ruin? No sense of subtlety from these writers, not that that's anything new. Anyhow, this causes Flare Neos's attack power to drop to 3700, and since there are at least two Gem Beasts in Johan's spell/trap zone, he can cut the damage he takes from this attack in halve. This means that at the end of the day, Johan has 1650 life points left, and now Amethyst Cat is in his spell/trap zone. Note that if Judai had done what I'd said, Johan would have only had 1050 life points left, and he would still be able to keep Neos on the field, while Flare Scarab would have risen to 2300 attack points. Just another reminder that Judai duels like a moron. Because he is a moron.
Blah blah blah, Judai switches Gran Mole to defense, and now Flare Neos returns to his deck as Judai ends his turn. More shilling about what a great duel this is, and Samejima wonders where on earth PROFESSOR COBRA could be? Certainly he's not doing anything evil, since he's clearly not a villain of any sort. Over to PROFESSOR COBRA, it seems that the lava lamp of PURE EVIL has taken its final shape, and he laughs evilly as all those fools are unaware of the evil that they are un-wittingly helping him carry out. Back to the duel, Johan takes his turn and plays Rare Value; when he has at least two Gem Beasts in his spell/trap zone, he sends one to the grave to draw two cards. Wow, so much for his Gem Beasts never leaving his field, huh? Well, he sends Emerald Turtle to the grave, and one of the cards he draws looks to be Monster Reincarnation. Weird. Anyway, he summons Amber Mammoth, and then has Topaz Tiger attack Gran Mole, prompting Judai to activate its effect and return both cards to their respective owner's hand. This leaves Judai with nothing on his field, so Amber Mammoth steps on his face, leaving him with just 300 life points. More noise from the peanut gallery, and oh hai PROFESSOR COBRA. When did you get back? I trust you weren't doing anything involving PURE EVIL while you were out, right? PROFESSOR COBRA makes noise about how Judai and Johan use their decks like they're their arms and legs, and he can only hope that the other students are inspired by this. Wow, I didn't think that PROFESSOR COBRA would admit his evil scheme so quickly. I mean, turning everyone into clones of Judai and Johan? Truly this man is a devious monster who must be stopped? Oh...you mean that's not his evil scheme? That's his cover story? Huh. That's disappointing.
Oh, according to PROFESSOR COBRA'S MONOLOGUE OF EVIL, he's gathering up their "duel energy" to make his wish a reality. The lava lamp of PURE EVIL has something to do with this, and now we've got that roiling cloud and eye with the lady talking about her beloved Judai and how she will see him soon. Wouldn't it be kind of weird if it turned out to be his mom or something? But enough of that, back to the dolt without a clue. Noise from the peanut gallery, and suddenly, Edo's voice! Followed by Edo's crotch! Followed by Edo himself. He claims that Judai has never faced anyone like Johan before, which I can believe since I doubt Judai would ever duel his own reflection, and when questioned about what he's doing here, Edo says he's still technically a student here. Yeah, sure you are Edo. Really, in terms of the narrative he's just here to drop more exposition about Johan, but honestly, I've no idea in terms of character what he's doing here. I mean, the earliest he could have heard about this duel was an hour ago, and seeing as he was stated to have gone back into the Pro League, I don't see how he could have flitted off to watch some exhibition match. Blah blah blah, Kenzan asks what Edo meant when he said that Johan was different from everyone else Judai had ever faced, and so Edo goes into his exposition; he repeats Johan's spiel about how the Gem Beasts are like Johan's family, and if you're hoping that the writers are ever planning on going into what happened to Johan's actual family like with, say, Rafael from the DOMA arc, you will be disappointed. We're just supposed to accept that it is perfectly normal for someone to regard their cards as their family. And...that's it. Wow, Edo, that was certainly worth seeing your ugly mug again.
EYECATCH!
Oh, wait, Edo has more exposition, and this time it's going to be something we haven't heard before. See, Edo got to speak with Pegasus this one time, since Edo had just won a tournament sponsored by Industrial Illusions. And here it is, Pegasus's obligatory cameo. You can hear how dead he is inside as he has to deliver these lines. Pegasus says that Edo ranks in his personal top five duelists ever. Unprompted, Pegasus lists them off; number one is Yuugi, number two is Seto, number three is Jounouchi, and fourth is Edo...Edo ranks ahead of Mai. Of course he does. Because the writers are pricks. Oh, wait, the fifth is Johan. Well, this entire list is invalid then, isn't it? And now we've got a flashback INSIDE of a flashback. That doesn't seem right, now does it? Apparently, years ago in Europe, the moment Johan started to duel, the Gem Beasts that Pegasus just happened to have brought with him for no particular reason started to glow. Yeah, like Judai, Johan doesn't even need to do anything to demonstrate his worth or qualities of character, just existing is good enough for the cosmic powers that be. And so yeah, Pegasus gave the Gem Beasts to Johan, blah blah blah, and he thinks that Edo will have to duel the Gem Beasts one day and boy does he look forward to that, end all flashbacks. Blah blah blah, lots of non-thinking, and Judai spontaneously asks Johan if he still hasn't played his ace card yet. Johan wonders how he could have known, he was being so subtle about it, and really, why is everyone acting so shocked? Of course hasn't played his ace yet, which card did you think his ace was? Anyway, Johan acts like Judai is such a...something positive, and declares that when the seven Gem Beasts merge, their ultimate form shall be shown, Rainbow Dragon.
Really, Rainbow Dragon? Wait, I've already done this gag. Moving on! Judai really wants to see Johan's dragon, and I can't say that with a straight face. But Johan will not do so, for Rainbow Dragon is really, really special and should not be brought out before the third date, at least. Judai's all "oh, you!", and takes his turn. He plays Convert Contact; when he controls no monsters, by sending a Neo-Spacian in his hand and in his deck to the grave, he gets to draw two cards. So he sends Gran Mole and Flare Scarab to the grave, draws two cards, and plays Cocoon Party; for every Neo-spacian in his grave, Judai gets to summon a cocoon from his deck. There are three, so he gets three ugly-cute cocoon monsters. Johan calls them weak, and Judai activates Contact so that he can sacrifice them to summon their full grown counterparts. So now Judai has Black Panther, Glow Moss, and Air Hummingbird. Judai uses Air Hummingbird to recover 1000 life points, and then equips Neos Energy to Black Panther, raising its attack power to 1800. And so he attacks Amber Mammoth, and Rainbow Ruin's effect kicks in, meaning Johan only takes 50 points of damage, and now he's got a third Gem Beast in his spell/trap zone. Blah blah blah, Judai ends his turn, and he really wants Johan to whip that dragon out. What? But, Johan thinks to himself "if only it were that easy", and now he summons Sapphire Pegasus, who's easily the best of the Gem Beast cards. 1800 attack points, and when summoned he gets to take a Gem Beast from his grave and put it in his spell/trap zone. In the real game, you can also take the Gem Beast from your hand or deck. And rather then activate Rainbow Ruin's effect to draw one card now that he has four Gem Beasts in his spell/trap zone, Johan instead activates Ruby Carbuncles effect to special summon it from his spell/trap zone to the field. Ruby Carbuncle does not actually have this effect, but it does have the next one; when special summoned from the spell/trap zone, Ruby gets to special summon as many of the other Gem Beasts from there as well.
So yeah, Johan's swarmed the whole damn field, and he's pretty much got this all won. He has Sapphire Pegasus attack Black Panther for a mutual kill, and then he has Amethyst Cat use its effect to attack directly, which is rather stupid, since Johan can and will be clearing the rest of Judai's battlefield, so using her effect is completely pointless. Anyway, Judai takes 600 damage, Cobalt Eagle destroys Air Hummingbird, Amber Mammoth destroys Glow Moss, and Ruby Carbuncle attacks directly for 300, leaving Judai with just 400 life points. Note that if Johan had not used Amethyst Cat's effect, he would have won. Hell, he could have had Amethyst Cat be the one to destroy Glow Moss, and used Amber Mammoth to really, really win. And of course, everyone acts like this is such a great play, meaning the writers are incompetent. Blah blah blah, Judai gives his spiel about how he never gives up until the very end, which would mean something if either of these chuckleheads were half the duelists the writers want us to believe they are. Seriously, misplays on both Judai and Johan's part? What a bunch of mooks.
Judai's turn, he plays Fake Hero to special summon Neos from his hand. Then he plays Contact Soul; with Neos on the field, he can special summon any Neo-spacian from his hand, deck, or grave, but at the end of the turn he has to return all his monsters on the field to the deck. Judai goes for Air Hummingbird, Contact Fusion for Air Neos, and now he activates it's effect; when his life points are lower than his opponent's, Air Neos gains attack points equal to the difference. This gives Air Neos a total of 3700 attack points, so all Judai has to do is attack, and he'll win. Wait, what ho, Johan is about to summon Rainbow Dragon...nope, he's just screwing with everyone because he's an asshole. And so Johan is forced to admit that Rainbow Dragon isn't actually in his deck. Nobody thinks this is funny, but Johan elaborates, saying that according to those bullshit ancient roman documents that the writers made up last episode, there is supposedly a tablet for the seven gems, but that tablet has yet to be discovered. Well, it's not like there's a lot of places it could be, the domain of the Roman Empire was pretty well established. Apparently Pegasus won't make the card until he finds the tablet, and Johan says he'll totally show everyone Rainbow Dragon then. Have I mentioned the part where none of this drivel about Ancient Rome makes the least bit of sense? Because it doesn't. Well, everyone thinks that Johan is a total asshole, and PROFESSOR COBRA walks up to applaud Judai and Johan for playing right into his vague evil plan, which gets everyone else to do so. And now those wrist bands that Judai and Johan are wearing start to glow. This is pleasing to PROFESSOR COBRA and he announces that this was just the opening match to the real combat, the disclosure duels.
Shou notes that this sounds like Death Duel, and has a bad feeling about all this. And then it turns out that that's not PROFESSOR COBRA'S hair, it's a space station. But at some point in the middle of PROFESSOR COBRA'S crazed ranting, Judai and Johan left to go find a closet to go make out in. Or, you know, they're up on the roof, laying out their cards and discussing the duel they just had. Shou, Kenzan, Manjoume, and Edo are watching, because apparently Asuka and Rei don't count. Edo notes that they're now burdened with another dueling moron, and he leaves to go back to the Pro Leagues, since he has no more exposition to deliver. Meanwhile, PROFESSOR COBRA is back at the lava lamp of PURE EVIL, and I believe that's another new track. Weird, seasons two and four were so lazy about that. Anyway, he laughs about what a great duel that was, suggesting that he was watching a different duel from the one we got to see. And now the episode ends.
NEXT TIME! blah blah blah, what is a disclosure duel, and Shou becomes jealous over Johan taking all of Judai's attention. EPISODE TITLE, PROFESSOR COBRA'S ASSASSIN. card of the week is air neos, and again, not one of the gem beasts.
So yeah, Johan is pretty much Judai 2.0. Will he be as irritating as the original? Let's find out!