Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 115
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cypsiman2We recap with Judai being an abject coward, saving himself from the death he does deserve while condemning Professor Satou to a painful one. Because he's such a hero. Also, all this whining about "What is it I duel for?" should be really easy to answer; to stop idiots like PROFESSOR COBRA and Kagemaru from wrecking the place so that everyone can live in peace and have a good time. But, even though this was good enough for over one hundred episodes, the writers have arbitrarily decided that that's no longer the case. Now we cut over to Team Asuka, blah blah blah, and Kenzan and Karen both go nuts. Uh oh, those magic Electromagnetic-Waves must be acting up again! And then they knock themselves out. That was weird, random, and utterly without point, which means it perfectly matches the tone of this series! So yeah, they're all better now, meaning that Jim could have just punched Kenzan in the face a few episodes back and saved everyone a lot of time and effort. Meanwhile, Amon is still being an awesome super-spy, and realizes that the increase in Dis-Duel energy means his time is running short. Austin O' Brian is still working on escaping, and PROFESSOR COBRA finds that Judai's duel energy is totally the best. Because he's the main character, duh. And then PROFESSOR COBRA tells the lava lamp of PURE EVIL to be patient just a little longer.
TITLE SCREEN! GIESE THE SPIRIT HUNTER he was kicked out of the ghostbusters, because no one wanted to call him when there was something strange in the neighborhood.
Ayukawa has no staff, apparently, so Chronos is pitching in to help patch everyone up. Also, random fanservice shot of Ayukawa's boobies. That was inappropriate. Ayukawa wants the seriously injured students to stay at the Obelisk Blue dorm, Chronos agrees. But Napoleon enters and says that won't be necessary, the arrangements have already been made. Okay, who the hell is this ugly little troll, and when did he kill and replace the previous ugly little troll? Because after Season Two, you're not going to get me to buy that this is the same nasty worthless little creep from before. Also, Napoleon managed to contact Samejima, blah blah blah, and the magic electromagnetic waves are jamming the PDAs. But not the outside lines. Somehow. MAGIC! Back to Judai, he is haunted by Satou's dying words, as well he should be, and then Johan wakes him up. NOT LIKE THAT! Honestly, who do the writers think they're kidding when they're making use of such suggestive animation? Sora/Riku and Axel/Roxas WISH they were this obvious. Then Judai asks where Shou is, and Johan says that he went to get water for Judai, so they only have a few minutes to get their groove on. More flashback, blah blah blah, Judai needs to rest, and then he asks Johan what it is he duels for, explaining that he only duels for fun and thus has no idea what having an actual motivation is like. Johan wonders what's with the sudden question, but proclaims with confidence that he has the perfect reason to duel. Hold on a second, let me get some popcorn, some soda-pop, 3D glasses...and go! Well, before Johan met the Spirit Beasts and thus had no family, apparently, he met some kid named Tom. So Johan's just walking down the street for the sake of walking down the street, when he sees the Duel Spirit of Jerry Beans Man just floating around. Really? Jerry Beans Man? Writers, you're idiots, but we already knew that. Johan investigates, and finds "Tom" passed out on a pile of his own cards. Johan wakes the kid up, asks him what happened, and the kid says that his Jerry Beans Man card was stolen. OH NOES! Blah blah blah, big scary man forced him into a duel in the apparently empty city, and the kid disturbs me when he calls Jerry Beans Man his "dearest of dear friends". Attention writers, this isn't Pokemon, nor is it Digimon; having characters say this sort of thing makes them come across as being in poor mental health and in need of treatment.
Also, judging from this dialogue, it wasn't even that this kid could see the damn spirit, he really thought that a piece of cardboard was his bestest best friend in the whole wide world. This is scary. Anyway, Johan's alleged point with all this is that this led him to "realize" that even if you can't see a spirit, you can still form a bond with one, so he duels to defend that. That was incredibly stupid, but there's no time to spend on that, someone's revving up a motorcycle. Wait, what? Johan runs over to the door, Sapphire Pegasus and Topaz Tiger appear, and somehow they get whipped, even though they are incorporeal spirits. Even Judai questions how such a thing is possible, despite the fact that he didn't see it, and then...Pegasus gets caught in a big plastic capsule thing. Again, incorporeal spirit. Then the guy on the motorcycle says that the hunt for the spirits has just begun, and drives off. I don't think he understands what beginning a hunt means. Johan recalls Topaz Tiger in the fashion of a pokemon, tells Judai to wait for him, and Judai has no choice, owing to the fact that he's still wasted. Johan catches up to the man, who says he's been waiting for Johan of the Gem Beasts, because apparently just walking up to him when he first showed up in the show would have just been rude. Johan demands to know who this guy is and how he knows him, the guy says that Johan is "famous", and his name is Giese Hunter...really? Giese Hunter? That's the kind of name a loser who's trying to be a badass gives himself. Anyway, stupidly complicated contraption, and Giese has been waiting for the chance to take the Gem Beasts. Johan continues to demand, wanting to know what's up with the capsule and why, if Giese can see Spirits, he's doing all this. Giese says something about "That Card", and then challenges Johan to a duel. Of course. Blah blah, and the duel begins.
Giese goes first, and summons Lure Phantom in defense, with zero defense points. He then sets three cards to end his turn. Johan's turn, he summons Amethyst Cat, activates its effect to attack directly, but Giese activates Lure Phantom's effect, returning both monsters to their owner's hand, calling this "catch-and-release". Hah hah, how clever. But before Amethyst Cat can return to Johan's hand, Giese activates his trap card, Hunting Net, capturing Amethyst Cat.
EYECATCH!
Giese explains that Hunting Net activates when a monster is returned to the opponent's hand, placing it in his spell/trap zone. Giese insults Amethyst Cat, and Johan sets two cards to end his turn. Giese's turn, he summons the Lure Phantom that he returned to his hand last turn, blah blah blah, and then Giese activates Dark Auction; this returns Amethyst Cat to Johan's hand, but deals damage equal to Amethyst Cat's attack power to Johan. He takes damage, Amethyst Cat runs along, and then Giese activates another Hunting Net, reclaiming Amethyst Cat. Giese mocks Johan, and then sets another card to end his turn. Johan's turn, he sees that Sapphire Pegasus is in pain, and Giese explains, showing another capsule with another weak-ass Duel Spirit inside. These capsules isolate Duel Spirits, making me wonder where the hell he got them from? Johan really, really, REALLY wants to know why, and Giese ignores this to say that a Duel Spirit can't survive long apart from it's card while outside the spirit world. Oh, we're going to bring that bullshit up again. Joy. Blah blah blah, Gokipon dies, and Giese is just evil for no particular reason. A real let-down after the tragic heroism of Professor Satou. Oh, but apparently he doesn't want Sapphire Pegasus to die just yet, he just needs Johan to rush ahead without thinking. Okay, Johan's arms shaking like that? Fucking hilarious. It probably has to do with how we can hear his card flapping back and forth. He summons Amber Mammoth, Giese mocks him for falling into the same trap twice, and activates his trap card, Capture Trap; shenanigans with Amethyst Cat, and now Amber Mammoth is captured. Blah blah blah, hunting philosophy is dull and uninteresting, and this just really, really, REALLY drags on, and the sooner Giese shuts up, the better.
Elsewhere, Shou is running along with a big banana leaf full of water, and is attacked by Karen. Wow, a zero on the laugh-o-meter. Who would have thought? Blah blah blah, people reunite, and for better or worse, back to the duel. Giese's turn, he sacrifices Lure Phantom for Hell Gundog, which despite its impressive name is an absolute wuss, possessing only one thousand attack points. Even for a regular four star monster, that is pathetic. It should be twice that, at least. He attacks directly, blah blah, and Johan activates his trap card, G-Force! Wow, I wonder if there will be an E card, an M card, and a GEM card? Anyway, G-Force special summons a Gem Beast from his hand and forces the opponent to attack, so Johan special summons Cobalt Eagle, which is stronger than Hell Gundog, but Giese activates Trap Jammer to negate and destroy G-Force, so Cobalt Eagle doesn't get to play. Johan takes 1000 damage, and is a total wuss about it. And since Hell Gundog did battle damage, Giese gets to destroy a card in the opponent's hand, so of course it is Cobalt Eagle. But this just results in it being sent to Johan's spell/trap zone while Cobalt Eagle just blathers on like anyone gives a damn about it or the rest of the Gem Beasts, and Giese says something about Rainbow Dragon using the Gem Beasts as bait or something like that, I don't care enough to pay all that close attention. Johan, again, demands to know, this time about what Giese knows about the Rainbow Dragon, and Gieses says he's looked into the Rainbow Dragon using whatever means necessary, which I can only imagine to be politely walking up to people and kindly asking them questions, since who in the hell is going to be so secretive and protective over some stupid random card? Oh, right, GX. Anyway, Giese says he knows where Rainbow Dragon's tablet lies, it is where the rainbow lies, in between worlds!
Writers, that's not where a rainbow lies, nor is there a pot of gold at the end. It's just water droplets in the sky refracting light. Also, why is the negative reversed? It just looks stupid, but that's nothing new. Blah blah blah, Giese is certain that Johan wants the Rainbow Dragon so he can sell it, just like him, Johan insists that they are tied together by their bonds, and by god, is this boring as all fuck. Blah blah blah, Giese's attempts to be Johan's evil counterpart are really tedious and dull, and PROFESSOR COBRA commands Giese to keep it up. Honestly, his plan has become so contrived at this point, it's not even funny. Oh, and Judai is still passed out, and is thinking of Johan without any clothes on. End episode.
NEXT TIME! The most boring duel in the world continues, and in an epic display of contrivence, Giese is the guy who stole Jerry Beans Man. But, the kid said that the guy was big and scary, and Giese is neither. EPISODE TITLE, THE GEM BEASTS VS. HELL GUNDOG card of the week is hell gundog, never released.
Well, not only is Giese's dueling lackluster, but he is also boring as all hell. Combined with the tedium of Johan, and I have difficulty keeping my eyes open.
TITLE SCREEN! GIESE THE SPIRIT HUNTER he was kicked out of the ghostbusters, because no one wanted to call him when there was something strange in the neighborhood.
Ayukawa has no staff, apparently, so Chronos is pitching in to help patch everyone up. Also, random fanservice shot of Ayukawa's boobies. That was inappropriate. Ayukawa wants the seriously injured students to stay at the Obelisk Blue dorm, Chronos agrees. But Napoleon enters and says that won't be necessary, the arrangements have already been made. Okay, who the hell is this ugly little troll, and when did he kill and replace the previous ugly little troll? Because after Season Two, you're not going to get me to buy that this is the same nasty worthless little creep from before. Also, Napoleon managed to contact Samejima, blah blah blah, and the magic electromagnetic waves are jamming the PDAs. But not the outside lines. Somehow. MAGIC! Back to Judai, he is haunted by Satou's dying words, as well he should be, and then Johan wakes him up. NOT LIKE THAT! Honestly, who do the writers think they're kidding when they're making use of such suggestive animation? Sora/Riku and Axel/Roxas WISH they were this obvious. Then Judai asks where Shou is, and Johan says that he went to get water for Judai, so they only have a few minutes to get their groove on. More flashback, blah blah blah, Judai needs to rest, and then he asks Johan what it is he duels for, explaining that he only duels for fun and thus has no idea what having an actual motivation is like. Johan wonders what's with the sudden question, but proclaims with confidence that he has the perfect reason to duel. Hold on a second, let me get some popcorn, some soda-pop, 3D glasses...and go! Well, before Johan met the Spirit Beasts and thus had no family, apparently, he met some kid named Tom. So Johan's just walking down the street for the sake of walking down the street, when he sees the Duel Spirit of Jerry Beans Man just floating around. Really? Jerry Beans Man? Writers, you're idiots, but we already knew that. Johan investigates, and finds "Tom" passed out on a pile of his own cards. Johan wakes the kid up, asks him what happened, and the kid says that his Jerry Beans Man card was stolen. OH NOES! Blah blah blah, big scary man forced him into a duel in the apparently empty city, and the kid disturbs me when he calls Jerry Beans Man his "dearest of dear friends". Attention writers, this isn't Pokemon, nor is it Digimon; having characters say this sort of thing makes them come across as being in poor mental health and in need of treatment.
Also, judging from this dialogue, it wasn't even that this kid could see the damn spirit, he really thought that a piece of cardboard was his bestest best friend in the whole wide world. This is scary. Anyway, Johan's alleged point with all this is that this led him to "realize" that even if you can't see a spirit, you can still form a bond with one, so he duels to defend that. That was incredibly stupid, but there's no time to spend on that, someone's revving up a motorcycle. Wait, what? Johan runs over to the door, Sapphire Pegasus and Topaz Tiger appear, and somehow they get whipped, even though they are incorporeal spirits. Even Judai questions how such a thing is possible, despite the fact that he didn't see it, and then...Pegasus gets caught in a big plastic capsule thing. Again, incorporeal spirit. Then the guy on the motorcycle says that the hunt for the spirits has just begun, and drives off. I don't think he understands what beginning a hunt means. Johan recalls Topaz Tiger in the fashion of a pokemon, tells Judai to wait for him, and Judai has no choice, owing to the fact that he's still wasted. Johan catches up to the man, who says he's been waiting for Johan of the Gem Beasts, because apparently just walking up to him when he first showed up in the show would have just been rude. Johan demands to know who this guy is and how he knows him, the guy says that Johan is "famous", and his name is Giese Hunter...really? Giese Hunter? That's the kind of name a loser who's trying to be a badass gives himself. Anyway, stupidly complicated contraption, and Giese has been waiting for the chance to take the Gem Beasts. Johan continues to demand, wanting to know what's up with the capsule and why, if Giese can see Spirits, he's doing all this. Giese says something about "That Card", and then challenges Johan to a duel. Of course. Blah blah, and the duel begins.
Giese goes first, and summons Lure Phantom in defense, with zero defense points. He then sets three cards to end his turn. Johan's turn, he summons Amethyst Cat, activates its effect to attack directly, but Giese activates Lure Phantom's effect, returning both monsters to their owner's hand, calling this "catch-and-release". Hah hah, how clever. But before Amethyst Cat can return to Johan's hand, Giese activates his trap card, Hunting Net, capturing Amethyst Cat.
EYECATCH!
Giese explains that Hunting Net activates when a monster is returned to the opponent's hand, placing it in his spell/trap zone. Giese insults Amethyst Cat, and Johan sets two cards to end his turn. Giese's turn, he summons the Lure Phantom that he returned to his hand last turn, blah blah blah, and then Giese activates Dark Auction; this returns Amethyst Cat to Johan's hand, but deals damage equal to Amethyst Cat's attack power to Johan. He takes damage, Amethyst Cat runs along, and then Giese activates another Hunting Net, reclaiming Amethyst Cat. Giese mocks Johan, and then sets another card to end his turn. Johan's turn, he sees that Sapphire Pegasus is in pain, and Giese explains, showing another capsule with another weak-ass Duel Spirit inside. These capsules isolate Duel Spirits, making me wonder where the hell he got them from? Johan really, really, REALLY wants to know why, and Giese ignores this to say that a Duel Spirit can't survive long apart from it's card while outside the spirit world. Oh, we're going to bring that bullshit up again. Joy. Blah blah blah, Gokipon dies, and Giese is just evil for no particular reason. A real let-down after the tragic heroism of Professor Satou. Oh, but apparently he doesn't want Sapphire Pegasus to die just yet, he just needs Johan to rush ahead without thinking. Okay, Johan's arms shaking like that? Fucking hilarious. It probably has to do with how we can hear his card flapping back and forth. He summons Amber Mammoth, Giese mocks him for falling into the same trap twice, and activates his trap card, Capture Trap; shenanigans with Amethyst Cat, and now Amber Mammoth is captured. Blah blah blah, hunting philosophy is dull and uninteresting, and this just really, really, REALLY drags on, and the sooner Giese shuts up, the better.
Elsewhere, Shou is running along with a big banana leaf full of water, and is attacked by Karen. Wow, a zero on the laugh-o-meter. Who would have thought? Blah blah blah, people reunite, and for better or worse, back to the duel. Giese's turn, he sacrifices Lure Phantom for Hell Gundog, which despite its impressive name is an absolute wuss, possessing only one thousand attack points. Even for a regular four star monster, that is pathetic. It should be twice that, at least. He attacks directly, blah blah, and Johan activates his trap card, G-Force! Wow, I wonder if there will be an E card, an M card, and a GEM card? Anyway, G-Force special summons a Gem Beast from his hand and forces the opponent to attack, so Johan special summons Cobalt Eagle, which is stronger than Hell Gundog, but Giese activates Trap Jammer to negate and destroy G-Force, so Cobalt Eagle doesn't get to play. Johan takes 1000 damage, and is a total wuss about it. And since Hell Gundog did battle damage, Giese gets to destroy a card in the opponent's hand, so of course it is Cobalt Eagle. But this just results in it being sent to Johan's spell/trap zone while Cobalt Eagle just blathers on like anyone gives a damn about it or the rest of the Gem Beasts, and Giese says something about Rainbow Dragon using the Gem Beasts as bait or something like that, I don't care enough to pay all that close attention. Johan, again, demands to know, this time about what Giese knows about the Rainbow Dragon, and Gieses says he's looked into the Rainbow Dragon using whatever means necessary, which I can only imagine to be politely walking up to people and kindly asking them questions, since who in the hell is going to be so secretive and protective over some stupid random card? Oh, right, GX. Anyway, Giese says he knows where Rainbow Dragon's tablet lies, it is where the rainbow lies, in between worlds!
Writers, that's not where a rainbow lies, nor is there a pot of gold at the end. It's just water droplets in the sky refracting light. Also, why is the negative reversed? It just looks stupid, but that's nothing new. Blah blah blah, Giese is certain that Johan wants the Rainbow Dragon so he can sell it, just like him, Johan insists that they are tied together by their bonds, and by god, is this boring as all fuck. Blah blah blah, Giese's attempts to be Johan's evil counterpart are really tedious and dull, and PROFESSOR COBRA commands Giese to keep it up. Honestly, his plan has become so contrived at this point, it's not even funny. Oh, and Judai is still passed out, and is thinking of Johan without any clothes on. End episode.
NEXT TIME! The most boring duel in the world continues, and in an epic display of contrivence, Giese is the guy who stole Jerry Beans Man. But, the kid said that the guy was big and scary, and Giese is neither. EPISODE TITLE, THE GEM BEASTS VS. HELL GUNDOG card of the week is hell gundog, never released.
Well, not only is Giese's dueling lackluster, but he is also boring as all hell. Combined with the tedium of Johan, and I have difficulty keeping my eyes open.
