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Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 111
Recap of the last episode, PROFESSOR COBRA can't allow Amon Garam to live, and EWWWW! Tyranno Kenzan, you put your shirt back on this instant! I don't care that you're in a coma and you're hooked up to all kinds of medical equipment, you've not earned the right to go without a shirt. Also, why does Jim get to keep his hat if he can't keep his shirt on? And for that matter, why hasn't anyone asked about those bandages over his eye? Blah blah blah, The Dis-belts drain your energy when the duel is over, and Asuka says she didn't feel anything like that in her Dis-duels...Of course she didn't. After all, she is merely, as she so eloquently put it, IN LOVE WITH DUELING! WHY ON EARTH WOULD SHE BE CAPABLE OF HAVING A PASSIONATE DUEL AND CONTRIBUTING HUGE AMOUNTS OF DUEL ENERGY FOR THE LAVA LAMP OF PURE EVIL? And speaking of Asuka and dueling, she's not going to get to do any this season. And don't get your hopes up over Rei getting to duel either. Also, this will hardly be the only cause for feminist rage in this season. Believe me. Of course, the writers want us to think that it's because of those magical 'electro-magnetic waves' that PROFESSOR COBRA is creating, but we all know the real reason. Seriously, "Electro-magnetic waves", what is this, the 1930's? Also, for some reason we're focused on the crocodile Karen, who is most definitely not a pet.
TITLE SCREEN! MANJOUME AND AMON OF THE CLOUD DECK lucy in the sky with diamonds this ain't.
Well, Ayukawa has just informed Chronos and Napoleon of the situation, and in a shocking display of competence, they recognize that this is a serious situation. Napoleon is especially worked up and wants the Dis-Duels stopped regardless of the ultimate cause of the fatigue. Chronos notices this, Napoleon insists he's just worried about all the students, I roll my eyes, and PROFESSOR COBRA enters the room. Blah blah blah, just wait a month or so and I'll turn all the duelists into warriors, and then he cuts off Ayukawa to go talk to a problematic student. Napoleon then takes off, and it is totally not suspicious, so Chronos is just being unduly paranoid when he asks Napoleon where he's going. I mean, god, haven't you ever had to tell people that you just remembered there was something you needed to do, in those exact words? PROFESSOR COBRA is now on the roof, where Amon Garam happens to be for no particular reason. He's talking into his tape recorder, and oh, he was called here by PROFESSOR COBRA, that's why he's on the roof. PROFESSOR COBRA asks if Amon's been in a Dis-Duel yet, or does he just have something against his manly teaching methods. Amon says that he hasn't, but that's because he's been going over "Duel Theories". Needless to say, neither of them are buying anything the other is saying. PROFESSOR COBRA says that he'll be posting the results of the Dis-Duels next week, so if Amon doesn't get around to doing a Dis-Duel by then, he'll have to go back to the East Campus, and he most certainly does not want to disgrace a member of the Garam family. Remember, by 8 PM Friday, hint hint. Amon "thanks" PROFESSOR COBRA for his advice, and now we transition over to the Ra Yellow dorm.
Napoleon is hiding in the bushes, and Rei is talking to some kid named Martin. Who is running from her, Jesus Christ what the hell? Martin stops, and it's that really pale kid we've been seeing every so often. Rei demands to know why he's not eating the "stamina lunch" she made for him, and unlike with the incident Judai, I don't roll my eyes here, as Martin is clearly in need of a lot of sammiches. Martin turns around and says he's full, but Rei calls bull on that, he's exhausted all the time and pale as all hell. Martin insists he was born with his face like that, and that just makes me want to stuff a sammich down his throat even more. Rei, don't bring up Judai, you're ruining this scene. Oh, wait, it was already ruined when Napoleon showed up to spy on Martin. I'd guess that Martin is Napoleon's son, except that brings to mind thoughts too horrifying to contemplate, so that can't be right. And now we're in an air vent. It is O' Brian crawling through the air vents, and need I mention that real air vents are not big enough for people to crawl through? He uses this to sneaks into PROFESSOR COBRA'S empty office, pokes around, and finds a map of the island with the SAL lab circled. Because we really need to remind people that we're drawing on the Duel Monkey episode for continuity. Meanwhile, in the appropriated SAL lab, PROFESSOR COBRA gazes into his lava lamp of PURE EVIL, and notes that while he's gotten more duel energy than he'd expected, most of it came from Judai's duel with O' Brian and Kenzan's duel with Jim. Of course. We've got to keep hammering home how special and sparkly and just plain better the main characters are than the extras, right? Blah blah blah, if the Duel Academia staff puts two and two together his big plan will be in trouble, but regardless, once Amon starts his Dis-Duel PROFESSOR COBRA will raise the extraction rate to maximum, killing him. Because a corpse isn't going to draw any attention, amirite?
It is nighttime again, and Amon contacts Submarine Lady. She sends him the results, and yes, Amon knows that the Dis-Belt's energy extraction rate can be changed at a distance, and that if it is set to max, it could kill you. Thus, he knows exactly what PROFESSOR COBRA is trying to do to him, and can thus prepare his counter. And now it's daytime again. Judai and Johan come down the steps of the Osiris Red dorm, having finished a very long and hot night of sex with plenty of lube, and Judai asks Asuka and Shou what's up. Asuka asks what Judai's plans are for the party tonight, and Judai has no idea what she's talking about. She and Shou hold up invitations, which everyone in Blue and Yellow got. Which means that Judai is the only one who didn't get an invite. SUCK IT RED! Also, apparently the party is being hosted by Amon Garam, who's Shou speculates donated a lot of money to the school. Also, Manjoume is listening in from the shadows for some reason, rather then coming out into the open. Blah blah blah, the party will be taking place in the Obelisk Blue Party Room, and Judai is a snitty little brat. Seriously, why are you so insistent on being in Osiris Red? None of your friends are in it, so why even stay? Oh my god, even Shou points out that Judai is just being a whiner. What the hell is going on here? Now, apparently Asuka will be helping Ayukawa instead of going to the party, because having D-cups full of justice means that you have to be all nurturing and medical and shit. Shou offers to throw a party for Judai in the Osiris Red dorm, and Judai's first response is that they should steal food from Amon's party to make their party better. Our hero, ladies and gentlemen! Shou thinks that Judai's being a cheapskate, but Johan thinks that that's cool, and he and Judai put their arms around each others shoulders, and walk off in that incredibly awkward and uncomfortable posture. I have to imagine that a lot of Yaoi fans are feeling really pandered to at this point.
Manjoume closes his door, and looks up Amon Garam on Google. Unfortunately, he forgot to set the safe-search to "On", and so is swamped with bestiality porn. And because this scene was in danger of not being annoying as all hell, the Ojama Trio show up. Also, it would appear that Manjoume got an invite to Amon's party, which means that Amon specifically excluded Judai. If this keeps up, I am going to have such a huge man-crush on Amon. Blah blah blah, Amon Garam, in addition to being number one at the East Campus is also the son of the Garam Finance group, which is in the top 5 of the world. Garam Finance invests in petroleum, heavy chemicals, and IT industries. Unfortunately, that's all that Manjoume can find before he starts running into 405 errors. That seems like a rather clumsy way of saying "Hey, we're hiding stuff! Please find it and use it to blackmail us! :D". Seriously, they could have just set up a password system, or not clutter their site with broken links, but no, they have to be obvious about it. But yeah, Amon is as rich as sin, while Manjoume is only rich as hell, which is much smaller. Blah blah blah, Manjoume goes on a rant about how he's totally not jealous, he just can't stand that while he reached the top of Duel Academia through his blood and tears, Amon's just buying his way their, and he won't stand for that. Truly, the Ojama Trio were so important to that scene. That night, at the party, Rei is continuing her efforts to stuff Martin full of food, making me wonder if she's secretly a wicked with out to fatten Martin up so that she can eat him. Idle speculation aside, Amon comes out and welcomes everyone to his not-at-all suspicous party, where they will not be used as decoys, guinea pigs, and sacrificial lambs so that he can save his own hide or anything like that. In fact, he'd like everyone to get into a Dis-Duel competition right now, the winner of which will receive a gold and jewel encrusted duel disk.
Unable to resist the temptation of the shiny, Rei insists that Martin duel her, but unfortunately we will not get to see that duel, for the writers are made of dumb. We are now out in the woods with O' Brian, who has reached PROFESSOR COBRA'S evil lair. Blah blah blah, PROFESSOR COBRA is surprised that Amon would risk everything just to spy on him, and feels sorry for whatever fool duels with Amon, which reminds me that PROFESSOR COBRA'S plan calls for two corpses at the least. Truly, we should all be reading from the book of PROFESSOR COBRA for all our military strategy needs. And just as PROFESSOR COBRA declares that he'll raise the extraction rate to maximum, Amon declares the start of all the Dis-Duels in the party. Very brief snippets of monsters being summoned to beat each other up, and Amon walks away, thanking everyone for taking his place. He's walking along, thinking he should find an opponent for himself before too long, and PROFESSOR COBRA is shocked by the sheer volume of duels going on, and realizes it will be very bad for him if he leaves the extraction rate at maximum.
EYECATCH!
No sooner does Amon leave the Obelisk Blue dorm then he is confronted by Manjoume. Also, Manjoume somehow arranged for helicopters to come and lift him and Amon up into the air on plastic platforms. And I thought Seto Kaiba was a loony about high-flying duels. Judai, Johan, Shou, and Asuka emerge from the shadows, mildly confusing me, since didn't she say that she was going to be with Ayukawa that night? Whatever. Judai and Johan take the position that theft is okay so long as none of the victims are aware of the theft, and Asuka expressly wonders what the hell she's even doing there. It is the most hilarious thing ever, hearing a character expressly ask out loud why they're even there. Unfortunately, the petty theft will have to wait, we've got a high-flying duel to watch. Amon now wonders what Manjoume's doing with all this, and Manjoume responds that as the sons of rich financial groups, they have a score to settle. Amon's all 'and if I refuse?' and Manjoume says he'll cut the wires and drop Amon into the water. Amon does not much care for Manjoume's methods, but he knows that he's not much better himself. He notes that if PROFESSOR COBRA keeps the extraction at maximum there will be carnage, and since Manjoume is the winner of the Genex tournament he'll make a good-enough opponent. Blah blah, the duel begins, and Amon will go first. He starts with Lucky Cloud; if he summons two monsters of the same name this turn, he will get to draw two cards during his end phase. He notes that the weather is clearing up, and activates Summon Cloud; so long as this card is on the field, when he controls no monsters he can special summon a level-4 or lower Cloudian monster from his hand or grave, though it gets destroyed if he uses it to summon from the grave. Anyway, he uses this to summon two Cloudian Sheep Clouds in defense position, which are level-1 with zero defense. Having fulfilled Lucky Cloud's conditions, Amon draws two cards and ends his turn.
Noise from the peanut gallery, and Manjoume takes his turn. He starts with the spell card Different Dimension Hanger; he takes three level-4 or lower Union monsters from his deck and removes them play. Then, if he summons a monster that any of the removed Union monsters can combine with, he gets to special summon them. The monsters summoned in this fashion can't attack or be sacrificed. So he summons V-Tiger Jet, which lets him special summon W-Wing Catapult. He removes them both from play for VW-Tiger Catapult, and the clouds pass in front of the moon once more. Subtle. He then discards X-Head Cannon for VW's effect, switching one of Amon's Sheep Cloud's to attack position. And now Premature Burial, special summoning X-Head Cannon from the grave for 800 life points. Which means that with Different Dimension Hanger Manjoume gets to special summon Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank, all of which get removed from play to summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon. Manjoume proceeds to attack both of Amonn's monsters, dealing 2800 points of damage in the process. Noise from the peanut gallery as Johan says something very, very stupid, and now the clouds are moving away from the moon again. What ho? There are now four monsters on Amon's side of the field. Manjoume demands to know WTF, and Amon explains that when destroyed and sent to the grave by battle, Sheep Cloud's effect activates, allowing him to special summon two Sheep Cloud tokens. Manjoume goes a little nuts as he asks if Amon plans to sacrifice them for a high-level monster, and removes XYZ and VW to summon Voltron...err, I mean, VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon. Which is totally not Voltron. As you know, in addition to having 3000 attack points, this beast can once per turn remove from play a card on the opponent's side of the field. Blah blah, he gets rid of Summon Cloud, Shou and Asuka are impressed, and Judai gives Johan a primer on Manjoume's character and nickname. Johan says that Amon's not just another rich guy either, making how the hell he would know that. Seriously, he knows lots of things he shouldn't, and no one ever questions it. And then Manjoume sets a card to end his turn, finding that even though he's got a massive lead in this duel, he can't help but worry, and Amon is perfectly calm. End episode.
NEXT TIME! The duel continues, Manjoume's doing great, but Amon is still calm. EPISODE TITLE, THUNDER VS. EYE OF THE TYPHOON card of the week is the voltron rip-off.
Well, the scenes with Rei and Martin were unexpectedly cute, and Amon is definitely doing a better job of being a magnificent bastard than anyone else on this show. But aside from that, solid mediocrity.
TITLE SCREEN! MANJOUME AND AMON OF THE CLOUD DECK lucy in the sky with diamonds this ain't.
Well, Ayukawa has just informed Chronos and Napoleon of the situation, and in a shocking display of competence, they recognize that this is a serious situation. Napoleon is especially worked up and wants the Dis-Duels stopped regardless of the ultimate cause of the fatigue. Chronos notices this, Napoleon insists he's just worried about all the students, I roll my eyes, and PROFESSOR COBRA enters the room. Blah blah blah, just wait a month or so and I'll turn all the duelists into warriors, and then he cuts off Ayukawa to go talk to a problematic student. Napoleon then takes off, and it is totally not suspicious, so Chronos is just being unduly paranoid when he asks Napoleon where he's going. I mean, god, haven't you ever had to tell people that you just remembered there was something you needed to do, in those exact words? PROFESSOR COBRA is now on the roof, where Amon Garam happens to be for no particular reason. He's talking into his tape recorder, and oh, he was called here by PROFESSOR COBRA, that's why he's on the roof. PROFESSOR COBRA asks if Amon's been in a Dis-Duel yet, or does he just have something against his manly teaching methods. Amon says that he hasn't, but that's because he's been going over "Duel Theories". Needless to say, neither of them are buying anything the other is saying. PROFESSOR COBRA says that he'll be posting the results of the Dis-Duels next week, so if Amon doesn't get around to doing a Dis-Duel by then, he'll have to go back to the East Campus, and he most certainly does not want to disgrace a member of the Garam family. Remember, by 8 PM Friday, hint hint. Amon "thanks" PROFESSOR COBRA for his advice, and now we transition over to the Ra Yellow dorm.
Napoleon is hiding in the bushes, and Rei is talking to some kid named Martin. Who is running from her, Jesus Christ what the hell? Martin stops, and it's that really pale kid we've been seeing every so often. Rei demands to know why he's not eating the "stamina lunch" she made for him, and unlike with the incident Judai, I don't roll my eyes here, as Martin is clearly in need of a lot of sammiches. Martin turns around and says he's full, but Rei calls bull on that, he's exhausted all the time and pale as all hell. Martin insists he was born with his face like that, and that just makes me want to stuff a sammich down his throat even more. Rei, don't bring up Judai, you're ruining this scene. Oh, wait, it was already ruined when Napoleon showed up to spy on Martin. I'd guess that Martin is Napoleon's son, except that brings to mind thoughts too horrifying to contemplate, so that can't be right. And now we're in an air vent. It is O' Brian crawling through the air vents, and need I mention that real air vents are not big enough for people to crawl through? He uses this to sneaks into PROFESSOR COBRA'S empty office, pokes around, and finds a map of the island with the SAL lab circled. Because we really need to remind people that we're drawing on the Duel Monkey episode for continuity. Meanwhile, in the appropriated SAL lab, PROFESSOR COBRA gazes into his lava lamp of PURE EVIL, and notes that while he's gotten more duel energy than he'd expected, most of it came from Judai's duel with O' Brian and Kenzan's duel with Jim. Of course. We've got to keep hammering home how special and sparkly and just plain better the main characters are than the extras, right? Blah blah blah, if the Duel Academia staff puts two and two together his big plan will be in trouble, but regardless, once Amon starts his Dis-Duel PROFESSOR COBRA will raise the extraction rate to maximum, killing him. Because a corpse isn't going to draw any attention, amirite?
It is nighttime again, and Amon contacts Submarine Lady. She sends him the results, and yes, Amon knows that the Dis-Belt's energy extraction rate can be changed at a distance, and that if it is set to max, it could kill you. Thus, he knows exactly what PROFESSOR COBRA is trying to do to him, and can thus prepare his counter. And now it's daytime again. Judai and Johan come down the steps of the Osiris Red dorm, having finished a very long and hot night of sex with plenty of lube, and Judai asks Asuka and Shou what's up. Asuka asks what Judai's plans are for the party tonight, and Judai has no idea what she's talking about. She and Shou hold up invitations, which everyone in Blue and Yellow got. Which means that Judai is the only one who didn't get an invite. SUCK IT RED! Also, apparently the party is being hosted by Amon Garam, who's Shou speculates donated a lot of money to the school. Also, Manjoume is listening in from the shadows for some reason, rather then coming out into the open. Blah blah blah, the party will be taking place in the Obelisk Blue Party Room, and Judai is a snitty little brat. Seriously, why are you so insistent on being in Osiris Red? None of your friends are in it, so why even stay? Oh my god, even Shou points out that Judai is just being a whiner. What the hell is going on here? Now, apparently Asuka will be helping Ayukawa instead of going to the party, because having D-cups full of justice means that you have to be all nurturing and medical and shit. Shou offers to throw a party for Judai in the Osiris Red dorm, and Judai's first response is that they should steal food from Amon's party to make their party better. Our hero, ladies and gentlemen! Shou thinks that Judai's being a cheapskate, but Johan thinks that that's cool, and he and Judai put their arms around each others shoulders, and walk off in that incredibly awkward and uncomfortable posture. I have to imagine that a lot of Yaoi fans are feeling really pandered to at this point.
Manjoume closes his door, and looks up Amon Garam on Google. Unfortunately, he forgot to set the safe-search to "On", and so is swamped with bestiality porn. And because this scene was in danger of not being annoying as all hell, the Ojama Trio show up. Also, it would appear that Manjoume got an invite to Amon's party, which means that Amon specifically excluded Judai. If this keeps up, I am going to have such a huge man-crush on Amon. Blah blah blah, Amon Garam, in addition to being number one at the East Campus is also the son of the Garam Finance group, which is in the top 5 of the world. Garam Finance invests in petroleum, heavy chemicals, and IT industries. Unfortunately, that's all that Manjoume can find before he starts running into 405 errors. That seems like a rather clumsy way of saying "Hey, we're hiding stuff! Please find it and use it to blackmail us! :D". Seriously, they could have just set up a password system, or not clutter their site with broken links, but no, they have to be obvious about it. But yeah, Amon is as rich as sin, while Manjoume is only rich as hell, which is much smaller. Blah blah blah, Manjoume goes on a rant about how he's totally not jealous, he just can't stand that while he reached the top of Duel Academia through his blood and tears, Amon's just buying his way their, and he won't stand for that. Truly, the Ojama Trio were so important to that scene. That night, at the party, Rei is continuing her efforts to stuff Martin full of food, making me wonder if she's secretly a wicked with out to fatten Martin up so that she can eat him. Idle speculation aside, Amon comes out and welcomes everyone to his not-at-all suspicous party, where they will not be used as decoys, guinea pigs, and sacrificial lambs so that he can save his own hide or anything like that. In fact, he'd like everyone to get into a Dis-Duel competition right now, the winner of which will receive a gold and jewel encrusted duel disk.
Unable to resist the temptation of the shiny, Rei insists that Martin duel her, but unfortunately we will not get to see that duel, for the writers are made of dumb. We are now out in the woods with O' Brian, who has reached PROFESSOR COBRA'S evil lair. Blah blah blah, PROFESSOR COBRA is surprised that Amon would risk everything just to spy on him, and feels sorry for whatever fool duels with Amon, which reminds me that PROFESSOR COBRA'S plan calls for two corpses at the least. Truly, we should all be reading from the book of PROFESSOR COBRA for all our military strategy needs. And just as PROFESSOR COBRA declares that he'll raise the extraction rate to maximum, Amon declares the start of all the Dis-Duels in the party. Very brief snippets of monsters being summoned to beat each other up, and Amon walks away, thanking everyone for taking his place. He's walking along, thinking he should find an opponent for himself before too long, and PROFESSOR COBRA is shocked by the sheer volume of duels going on, and realizes it will be very bad for him if he leaves the extraction rate at maximum.
EYECATCH!
No sooner does Amon leave the Obelisk Blue dorm then he is confronted by Manjoume. Also, Manjoume somehow arranged for helicopters to come and lift him and Amon up into the air on plastic platforms. And I thought Seto Kaiba was a loony about high-flying duels. Judai, Johan, Shou, and Asuka emerge from the shadows, mildly confusing me, since didn't she say that she was going to be with Ayukawa that night? Whatever. Judai and Johan take the position that theft is okay so long as none of the victims are aware of the theft, and Asuka expressly wonders what the hell she's even doing there. It is the most hilarious thing ever, hearing a character expressly ask out loud why they're even there. Unfortunately, the petty theft will have to wait, we've got a high-flying duel to watch. Amon now wonders what Manjoume's doing with all this, and Manjoume responds that as the sons of rich financial groups, they have a score to settle. Amon's all 'and if I refuse?' and Manjoume says he'll cut the wires and drop Amon into the water. Amon does not much care for Manjoume's methods, but he knows that he's not much better himself. He notes that if PROFESSOR COBRA keeps the extraction at maximum there will be carnage, and since Manjoume is the winner of the Genex tournament he'll make a good-enough opponent. Blah blah, the duel begins, and Amon will go first. He starts with Lucky Cloud; if he summons two monsters of the same name this turn, he will get to draw two cards during his end phase. He notes that the weather is clearing up, and activates Summon Cloud; so long as this card is on the field, when he controls no monsters he can special summon a level-4 or lower Cloudian monster from his hand or grave, though it gets destroyed if he uses it to summon from the grave. Anyway, he uses this to summon two Cloudian Sheep Clouds in defense position, which are level-1 with zero defense. Having fulfilled Lucky Cloud's conditions, Amon draws two cards and ends his turn.
Noise from the peanut gallery, and Manjoume takes his turn. He starts with the spell card Different Dimension Hanger; he takes three level-4 or lower Union monsters from his deck and removes them play. Then, if he summons a monster that any of the removed Union monsters can combine with, he gets to special summon them. The monsters summoned in this fashion can't attack or be sacrificed. So he summons V-Tiger Jet, which lets him special summon W-Wing Catapult. He removes them both from play for VW-Tiger Catapult, and the clouds pass in front of the moon once more. Subtle. He then discards X-Head Cannon for VW's effect, switching one of Amon's Sheep Cloud's to attack position. And now Premature Burial, special summoning X-Head Cannon from the grave for 800 life points. Which means that with Different Dimension Hanger Manjoume gets to special summon Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank, all of which get removed from play to summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon. Manjoume proceeds to attack both of Amonn's monsters, dealing 2800 points of damage in the process. Noise from the peanut gallery as Johan says something very, very stupid, and now the clouds are moving away from the moon again. What ho? There are now four monsters on Amon's side of the field. Manjoume demands to know WTF, and Amon explains that when destroyed and sent to the grave by battle, Sheep Cloud's effect activates, allowing him to special summon two Sheep Cloud tokens. Manjoume goes a little nuts as he asks if Amon plans to sacrifice them for a high-level monster, and removes XYZ and VW to summon Voltron...err, I mean, VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon. Which is totally not Voltron. As you know, in addition to having 3000 attack points, this beast can once per turn remove from play a card on the opponent's side of the field. Blah blah, he gets rid of Summon Cloud, Shou and Asuka are impressed, and Judai gives Johan a primer on Manjoume's character and nickname. Johan says that Amon's not just another rich guy either, making how the hell he would know that. Seriously, he knows lots of things he shouldn't, and no one ever questions it. And then Manjoume sets a card to end his turn, finding that even though he's got a massive lead in this duel, he can't help but worry, and Amon is perfectly calm. End episode.
NEXT TIME! The duel continues, Manjoume's doing great, but Amon is still calm. EPISODE TITLE, THUNDER VS. EYE OF THE TYPHOON card of the week is the voltron rip-off.
Well, the scenes with Rei and Martin were unexpectedly cute, and Amon is definitely doing a better job of being a magnificent bastard than anyone else on this show. But aside from that, solid mediocrity.