Yugioh GX 34

[tempestuously]

All right, these screencaps are an exercise in restraint. I warn you that not all of them are going to be pretty. Sure, there are some excellent nostalgic moments going on, especially for dragon lovers like myself. But there is also a heavy WTF factor. Just so you have a bit of hope, I do promise a reward. Just be patient and don't skip ahead like a CHEATER!

Yeah, I corrected some things thanks to franthenut.



First, say hello to the new god cards.


Obelisk V. 2


Ra V.2
Why a creature of fire and sun is now associated with ice is anyone's guess.


Osirus V.2
He's a lava boy.


Just because I really like the new Osirus. Look at his shimmering eyes.

All right, OP over. Sum up of storyline. So Juudai and his posse are hanging at the hot springs. Juudai just had a freaky dream about some scary duelist attacking him with a dragon that shot blue energy (might cap this later). He's worried about his friends. Some of his friends have already fallen to misfortune. While, he's swimming about and stealing people's towels because he's a dirty little perv, his creepy angel Kuribo leads him to another part of the springs. Juudai is immediately sucked into the world of the Duel Monsters.


This fellow is Manjoume Jun. I think he wants to be Kaiba. But then again so did Ryo. He's slightly less pissy. He's one of the elites in Kaiba's Duelist Academy.


Here's Manjoume again with main character Juudai (voice by my lovely KENN who plays Yuuta in TeniMiyu). You must wonder what they're looking at...


DUN DUN DUN KAIBAMAN!
No, I'm serious; this is actually what they call him. The duel monsters love him and call him Kaibaman-sama.


Personally, I'm all hot and bothered over his sleek new duel disk. Gimme!


As you can see, your standardized Kaibaman comes complete with all the typical Kaiba accessories such as the Battle City jacket, the tight black muscle shirt, the needless arm buckles, and the nifty leg buckles as you will note in later pictures. But he's been enhanced with black gloves (that remind me of Batman with what looks like studs (or retractable claws? 0_o), and sexy red vest.


Close up. Really ought to do something about that nose.


Oh yes, Kaibaman also has hair, lots of flowing hair. Why's it red btw? Moving on...


Of course, no Kaibaman could be complete without his pride and joy.


As an extra bonus, today's Kaibaman includes the ability to copy himself. Two Kaibamans for the price of one.


But as any duelist knows, there's one thing better than Kaibaman: BLUE EYES!


Ohhh memories.


Look, the lovers bestest best buddies in the world get their own eyecatch.


Kaibaman doesn't play around with Juudai the way he once did with Yuugi. No, this one's out for the kill. Introducing the Blue Eyes Destruction Burst Magic Card. It can simulate the Blue Eyes' attack perfectly, unfortunately for dear Juudai.


There are some ugly buggers in the GX. Manjoume thinks so too.


Another old friend takes the stage.


And our Kaiba clone does what Kaiba does best. Gloat and rant. Thatta boy, Kaiba.


Time to call in the rest of the family.


And the classic smirk of smugitude.


Ha ha. Juudai thinks he's actually has a chance. You don't take on the throne, pipsqueak.


Just reminding everyone what the final score will be when this match is over.


Ok, the Kaibaman's just taken Kaiba's penchant for wearing tight clothes to a whole new level. He looks like he has man boobs!


Here, have the rest of the dragon clan to clear your mind of that comment. Wait, three Blue Eyes. You know what this means.


BLUE EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON!


Yes, Kaibaman, that entitles you to another smirk.
Actually he's smirking because Juudai's all confident about his ability to win. Pssh.


Launching Ultimate Burst Spray. Look at the lovely backdrop.

Interlude to explain things here. So Kaibaman and Juudai's monsters are both going at each other. Juudai's monster has been given a boost to make it stronger. It seems Kaibaman will lose for sure.


But you know our boy, always one step ahead.


Loo-sa-errr!


Happy Kaibaman. You suck, Juudai.

So then Juudai and Kaibaman talk. I can't understand Japanese so I'll be a good little fangirl and not make random speculations. As franthenut pointed out, "Kaibaman gave Juudai a peptalk."


Still knows how to exit with the cocky walk of his.

OK, who's still with me? We now have one last special treat.




The real deal this time.


Hee. His hair is in his eyes now.
How old is he? 20? How many years after Duel Monsters does this take place?


*continues to have joygasm*

Few things I noticed about this episode. One, Yugioh GX has seemed to have merged with Pokemon because the duelists like talking to their duel monsters and they appear in an alternate dimension like the yamis used to. Two, the new duel monsters are kind of pussies pathetic, especially Juudai's. Bubbleman? Give me a break. I do hope that I get a little more about Kaiba in the next episode. Maybe something's going down at his academy and he's going to have to bust some skulls. Well, probably not. But just a few minutes of him talking would please me too.

Comments

Re: With a calmer head, explanations and minor corrections.

[franthenut.livejournal.com]

I orginaly decided to watch it because I was already used to mocking AE [I was calling it the Train Wreck cause it was so bad but I had to watch it. :)] and I wanted to make fun of it. I mean, heck, the first 5 eps I didn't bother learning anyone's names really. :) Juudai was Main character boi or Mushy [cause my friend said his hair looked like a mushroom] Asuka was Kaiba-Girl, Shou was Baku 2.0, Manjoume was Chickenhead [still is alot of the time. :D] Daitoguchi sensei I still call Nya-sensei cause holy hell his name is a mouthful, ect ect. So many jokes were tossed about about how Shou was somehow Yuugi and Bakura's offsping, Asuka was somehow Kaiba and Jounouchi's kid, Kaizer Ryou was Kaiba and Bakura's kid, ectect. [even wrote a gag fic about parent day at the school.]

When they have chara-centric stuff, it's pretty cool. Like the Shou & Ryou section, the parts with Manjoume and his brothers, even the Camilla smidge was pretty cool, but most of it is crack. Juudai vs the Psychishocker that the occult group from Blue conjured up with an oujiaboard, Juudai being sucked into the Gravekeepers section of DuelMonsters land, Juudai and Shou vs Maze Brothers [Of all the bloody crossover charactesr... WHY the most annoying? ><] Manjoume's crack ep where he winds up being more or less shipwrecked on this island with the most oncrack du eling school ever and gets a fanclub who takes his obsessive correcting of his name as a chean [He kept going 'It's Manjoume-SAN!' 'Manjoume-san da!' San da sounds like Thunder. So now he's just called Thunder. And his ego has swelled. @_@] while Ojama yellow starts following him around.

Basicly, if you know anything about First Series, you know what GX is like. :) ONly it's less neon. I don't really have too many hopes for the plot (even if the op looks like they may stick with it) because they do crap like tossing random DuelMonsters into reality or vice versa.

So, my advice: Watch it for the characters and if they happen to have a plot, hey cool. But don't expect anything too choneant for more then an ep or so. Their contenutiy is pretty bad like that.

And yeah, it does seem like all the bizzare ass filler that the orginal did given more life. [RPG arc had the DM intraction as well.]

Pardon my tired ramblines. :) If you have any questions, I can probally answer about half of it. ^^