Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 145
Last time, Amon declared that he would sacrifice his one true love for the sake of fulfilling all his dreams and ambitions, and his one true love, desiring nothing more than to help him achieve these ambitions, willingly accepts. I'm still not clear on why exactly one would have to sacrifice their one true love to gain Exodia's power, but hey, this is Yugioh GX, season three, where everything is an exercise in manpain.
TITLE SCREEN! SUMMON EXODIOS THE ULTIMATE FORBIDDEN GOD i'm not sure that ultimate is a meaningful adjective when applied to "forbidden god".
Echo makes her way to the sacrificial circle while Edo yells at her to stop, and everyone else just stands around; apparently it would be unsportsmanlike to interfere. Echo looks at Amon sadly, Amon hardens his heart, and Edo lets Amon have it, saying that he doesn't love her, he's just exploiting her feelings for him to serve his own ends, how could he think of sacrificing her like this if he really loved her? This is of course a very good point, one that the writers will treat with nothing less than absolute scorn. Finally, Echo arrives in the circle, and then Exodia reaches out through a window in the door and grabs her whole body in its hand. She cries out in pain, and Amon explains the effect of Ultimate Unsealing Ritualistic Technique; he can return the Exodia cards in his hand or grave to his deck in whatever quantity he desires, so he sends Exodia from his grave back to his deck. Edo interrupts, saying that this duel is now invalidated and he'll play no more part in it all. But, as Amon reminds him, once the duel has begun it can't stop until there is a winner, and the loser will die. Resuming the card explanation, by discarding two Exodia cards, he can special summon from his deck Exodios the Ultimate Forbidden God. Which of course looks like a scaled-down version of Exodia, and Amon explains that it can't be destroyed, nor is it subject to spell, trap, or monster effects. Needless to say, the real Exodios does not have this effect. Furthermore, Exodios's attack power is equal to the number of Exodia cards in his grave times 1000; in the real game it's 1000 per normal monster in the grave. Anyway, Amon has two Exodia cards in his grave, so that's 2000 attack points. The real Exodia tightens its grip on Echo, and Amon declares his attack against Disc Guy. And unfortunately, the attack animation that they gave to Exodios is unspeakably stupid, so please imagine something more appropriate to the majesty of Exodia.
Furthermore, when Exodios declares its attack, Amon can send an Exodia card from his hand or deck to the grave, so now Exodios has 3000 attack points, Echo passes out, and Edo is freaking out over how things have turned out so quickly. Disc Guy is destroyed for 2700 points of damage, Edo drops to one knee, noise from the peanut gallery, and Edo says that there are plenty of other powerful monsters out there that don't require this sort of sacrifice, not that it makes sense for Exodia to be demanding this sort of sacrifice in the first place, so why this one? Amon does not respond. Edo brings up how his Force of Four stops Amon from being able to use Exodia's power, but Amon says that by becoming a Devil and sacrificing Echo, he can gain Exodia's power, which confuses Edo, and then he reveals Exodios's final effect; by sending all five Exodia pieces to the grave through its effect, he releases Exodia's power and wins the game instantly. Exodia bangs at the door, Edo realizes that since Amon's already got three pieces of Exodia in his grave he doesn't have much time, and Amon says that with the blood sacrifice of his love, Exodia will be released and made his. Edo says this is unforgivable, and Edo swears that he'll save Echo before Amon can sacrifice her for the sake of his power. Edo then takes his turn, and sets a card. Then he uses Dunk Guy's effect to discard Diabolic Guy and deal 500 damage to Amon, which produces nothing but derision from Amon as he declares life points are meaningless in this duel. Then Edo activates the Doctor-D card he'd sent to the grave through Diamond Guy's effect last turn, removing from play the Diabolic Guy he'd just discarded to special summon Disc Guy back to the field, once more activating its effect to draw two cards. Thus, he sacrifices all three monsters on his field to summon Dogma Guy with 3400 attack points.
Edo explains its effect, and then attacks Exodios, dealing 400 points of damage. But, Anime!Exodios can't be destroyed, so it's still on the field. Edo ends his turn, Amon takes his, Edo applies Dogma Guy's effect to cut Amon's life points in half, Edo goes on about how he needs to defeat Amon as fast as possible to save Echo, Amon declares his attack and discards the fourth Exodia card, bringing Exodios to 4000 attack points. Echo apparently wasn't quite entirely passed out, as she cries out in pain while Exodia continues to struggle to get free, and Dogma Guy is destroyed for 600 points of damage. Two of the chains sealing the door break, Exodia peers through, and for some reason we're focusing the camera on Judai, who's yet to say anything at all this episode.
EYECATCH!
Amon speaks to Echo, assuring her that it won't be long before he's free from the chains that have bound his will and thus become King, and Judai thinks that this makes Amon just like him, willing to sacrifice everything for power. While technically accurate, this does ignore that even now, Amon is still a far better and more appealing character. This is due to the fact that Amon possesses genuine character depth, while Judai only has pseudo-depth. Blah blah blah, Edo says he was right, Amon is just using Echo to gain power, Amon says he already has the power, he's just getting rid of his restrictions, Edo won't hear it, this is just murder in his eyes, and Amon says that's pretty much right on the nose, he's killing Echo for his own sake while his glasses glow Gendo Ikari style, and Edo is too enraged to see that Amon's just saying what he wants to hear. Edo's turn, he plays D-Mind, which lets him special summon a level-3 or lower D-Hero from his deck when he controls no monsters, so out comes Departed Guy. Then Edo removes Diabolic Guy from his grave to special summon another one from his deck, which he shouldn't be able to do since he'd already removed it from play earlier for Doctor-D's effect, but as we've long ago established, the duel composer isn't really trying very hard. Then he summons D-Cubic from his hand, and Edo sacrifices all three of his monsters to special summon Bloo-D to the field. Unfortunately, since Exodios is immune to monster effects, Bloo-D can't absorb it, so Amon says that summoning Bloo-D was nothing but a waste of time. But then Edo activates his face-down Drain Time, which can only be activated with Bloo-D on the field, forcing each player to skip their next battle phase. Thus, Amon won't be able to attack next turn. Amon says that Edo's just flailing around uselessly, and Edo doesn't care what Amon says, he's doing all he can.
Edo skips his battle phase, sets a card, and ends his turn. Amon's turn, he draws a card, and Edo activates his permanent trap card, Blood Roar; during the oponent's standby phase, if you control Bloo-D, place 1 Blood Counter on this card. Edo declares that Amon's forced to skip his battle phase, so Amon sets a card and ends his turn. Exodia bangs on the door, Echo cries in pain, and Edo begs her to hold out just a little longer. Edo's turn, and during his standby phase he activates Departed Guy's effect; when sent from the field to the grave, special summon this card to the opponent's side of the field. Naturally, Edo declares his attack against it with Bloo-D, but Amon was prepared for such a trick, and activates his permanent trap card Seal Protection Wall; while you control Exodios, you can negate an attack and end the battle phase. Edo then uses Bloo-D's effect to absorb Departed Guy, increasing its attack power to 2400, and Edo sets a card to end his turn. Amon's turn, a second Blood Counter is added to Blood Roar, and Edo reveals that once it has two blood counters, Blood Roar can be sent to the grave to destroy one monster on the field and deal half its attack power as damage to the opponent. Thus, if he can make it to his next turn, he'll destroy Bloo-D and win. Stock shot of Exodia beginning to make its way out, Amon declares his attack, and then Edo activates his trap card Blood Discharge; by destroying one Equipped card on the field, you can skip the battle phase. Thus, by destroying the Departed Guy equipped to Bloo-D, Edo intends to end the battle phase. Edo intensely thinks to himself, begging Amon to end his turn, and then Echo cries in pain one last time as her pendant with Amon's picture falls to the ground. I'm not sure how that's supposed to work, but hey, clumsy symbolism trumps all. And then Echo's spirit appears to Edo. She apologizes to him for having gotten him caught up in all this, all she wanted was the heart of the one she loved, a tiny little thing. Edo, being the stupid little boy that he is, still doesn't get it, and Echo says that so long as she and Amon know that they love one another, then she will be satisfied. Back in the real world, so to speak, Echo dies, her body vanishing into sparkles as dead bodies are wont to do.
Edo seems to resign himself to his fate, and then Amon activates Wrath of the Forbidden One to negate Blood Charge's effect, thus allowing him to take his battle phase. Thus, the final Exodia part is sent to the grave, ensuring Amon's victory. Exodia breaks the final chains on the door, the room is flooded with light, Exodia steps out, and the Yubel Demon arm that Amon's had for the past couple of episodes vanishes. Amon declares that he will become king, Edo sees his life points are rapidly declining, and runs protectively in front of everyone. Yes, because your tiny little shrimp body will surely protect everyone from Exodia. He yells at everyone to run, Chronos and Ryou drag Judai instead of just abandoning him to die like they should, Edo tells Judai to go save Johan, like anyone still gives a shit about that plot point, everyone resumes running, and Exodia does its classic attack. Blah blah blah, and Edo is dead. Transition, Judai's been abandoned on a hill, apparently, and Amon is riding on Exodia's shoulder. Judai is pissed at Amon for killing Edo, Amon says he won't waste his time dealing with the cast-off skin of the Supreme King, and he should just die in the gutter before moving on. Oh, there's Ryou, Shou, and Chronos. They were just randomly off-screen. Whatever. Final shot is of Amon holding Echo's pendant in his hand, and declaring that he'll tear out Yubel's neck in tribute to Echo. I approve of this plan. End episode.
NEXT TIME! Judai is in shock over Edo dying, Ryou duels Judai, and lots of wangsting over manpain. EPISODE TITLE, THE SEALED FUSION card of the week is exodios.
The relationship between Amon and Echo is fucked up. Deeply, intensely fucked up. And yet, it's the kind of fucked up that I can't help but want to see more of. I am cypsiman2, and I have a problem.
TITLE SCREEN! SUMMON EXODIOS THE ULTIMATE FORBIDDEN GOD i'm not sure that ultimate is a meaningful adjective when applied to "forbidden god".
Echo makes her way to the sacrificial circle while Edo yells at her to stop, and everyone else just stands around; apparently it would be unsportsmanlike to interfere. Echo looks at Amon sadly, Amon hardens his heart, and Edo lets Amon have it, saying that he doesn't love her, he's just exploiting her feelings for him to serve his own ends, how could he think of sacrificing her like this if he really loved her? This is of course a very good point, one that the writers will treat with nothing less than absolute scorn. Finally, Echo arrives in the circle, and then Exodia reaches out through a window in the door and grabs her whole body in its hand. She cries out in pain, and Amon explains the effect of Ultimate Unsealing Ritualistic Technique; he can return the Exodia cards in his hand or grave to his deck in whatever quantity he desires, so he sends Exodia from his grave back to his deck. Edo interrupts, saying that this duel is now invalidated and he'll play no more part in it all. But, as Amon reminds him, once the duel has begun it can't stop until there is a winner, and the loser will die. Resuming the card explanation, by discarding two Exodia cards, he can special summon from his deck Exodios the Ultimate Forbidden God. Which of course looks like a scaled-down version of Exodia, and Amon explains that it can't be destroyed, nor is it subject to spell, trap, or monster effects. Needless to say, the real Exodios does not have this effect. Furthermore, Exodios's attack power is equal to the number of Exodia cards in his grave times 1000; in the real game it's 1000 per normal monster in the grave. Anyway, Amon has two Exodia cards in his grave, so that's 2000 attack points. The real Exodia tightens its grip on Echo, and Amon declares his attack against Disc Guy. And unfortunately, the attack animation that they gave to Exodios is unspeakably stupid, so please imagine something more appropriate to the majesty of Exodia.
Furthermore, when Exodios declares its attack, Amon can send an Exodia card from his hand or deck to the grave, so now Exodios has 3000 attack points, Echo passes out, and Edo is freaking out over how things have turned out so quickly. Disc Guy is destroyed for 2700 points of damage, Edo drops to one knee, noise from the peanut gallery, and Edo says that there are plenty of other powerful monsters out there that don't require this sort of sacrifice, not that it makes sense for Exodia to be demanding this sort of sacrifice in the first place, so why this one? Amon does not respond. Edo brings up how his Force of Four stops Amon from being able to use Exodia's power, but Amon says that by becoming a Devil and sacrificing Echo, he can gain Exodia's power, which confuses Edo, and then he reveals Exodios's final effect; by sending all five Exodia pieces to the grave through its effect, he releases Exodia's power and wins the game instantly. Exodia bangs at the door, Edo realizes that since Amon's already got three pieces of Exodia in his grave he doesn't have much time, and Amon says that with the blood sacrifice of his love, Exodia will be released and made his. Edo says this is unforgivable, and Edo swears that he'll save Echo before Amon can sacrifice her for the sake of his power. Edo then takes his turn, and sets a card. Then he uses Dunk Guy's effect to discard Diabolic Guy and deal 500 damage to Amon, which produces nothing but derision from Amon as he declares life points are meaningless in this duel. Then Edo activates the Doctor-D card he'd sent to the grave through Diamond Guy's effect last turn, removing from play the Diabolic Guy he'd just discarded to special summon Disc Guy back to the field, once more activating its effect to draw two cards. Thus, he sacrifices all three monsters on his field to summon Dogma Guy with 3400 attack points.
Edo explains its effect, and then attacks Exodios, dealing 400 points of damage. But, Anime!Exodios can't be destroyed, so it's still on the field. Edo ends his turn, Amon takes his, Edo applies Dogma Guy's effect to cut Amon's life points in half, Edo goes on about how he needs to defeat Amon as fast as possible to save Echo, Amon declares his attack and discards the fourth Exodia card, bringing Exodios to 4000 attack points. Echo apparently wasn't quite entirely passed out, as she cries out in pain while Exodia continues to struggle to get free, and Dogma Guy is destroyed for 600 points of damage. Two of the chains sealing the door break, Exodia peers through, and for some reason we're focusing the camera on Judai, who's yet to say anything at all this episode.
EYECATCH!
Amon speaks to Echo, assuring her that it won't be long before he's free from the chains that have bound his will and thus become King, and Judai thinks that this makes Amon just like him, willing to sacrifice everything for power. While technically accurate, this does ignore that even now, Amon is still a far better and more appealing character. This is due to the fact that Amon possesses genuine character depth, while Judai only has pseudo-depth. Blah blah blah, Edo says he was right, Amon is just using Echo to gain power, Amon says he already has the power, he's just getting rid of his restrictions, Edo won't hear it, this is just murder in his eyes, and Amon says that's pretty much right on the nose, he's killing Echo for his own sake while his glasses glow Gendo Ikari style, and Edo is too enraged to see that Amon's just saying what he wants to hear. Edo's turn, he plays D-Mind, which lets him special summon a level-3 or lower D-Hero from his deck when he controls no monsters, so out comes Departed Guy. Then Edo removes Diabolic Guy from his grave to special summon another one from his deck, which he shouldn't be able to do since he'd already removed it from play earlier for Doctor-D's effect, but as we've long ago established, the duel composer isn't really trying very hard. Then he summons D-Cubic from his hand, and Edo sacrifices all three of his monsters to special summon Bloo-D to the field. Unfortunately, since Exodios is immune to monster effects, Bloo-D can't absorb it, so Amon says that summoning Bloo-D was nothing but a waste of time. But then Edo activates his face-down Drain Time, which can only be activated with Bloo-D on the field, forcing each player to skip their next battle phase. Thus, Amon won't be able to attack next turn. Amon says that Edo's just flailing around uselessly, and Edo doesn't care what Amon says, he's doing all he can.
Edo skips his battle phase, sets a card, and ends his turn. Amon's turn, he draws a card, and Edo activates his permanent trap card, Blood Roar; during the oponent's standby phase, if you control Bloo-D, place 1 Blood Counter on this card. Edo declares that Amon's forced to skip his battle phase, so Amon sets a card and ends his turn. Exodia bangs on the door, Echo cries in pain, and Edo begs her to hold out just a little longer. Edo's turn, and during his standby phase he activates Departed Guy's effect; when sent from the field to the grave, special summon this card to the opponent's side of the field. Naturally, Edo declares his attack against it with Bloo-D, but Amon was prepared for such a trick, and activates his permanent trap card Seal Protection Wall; while you control Exodios, you can negate an attack and end the battle phase. Edo then uses Bloo-D's effect to absorb Departed Guy, increasing its attack power to 2400, and Edo sets a card to end his turn. Amon's turn, a second Blood Counter is added to Blood Roar, and Edo reveals that once it has two blood counters, Blood Roar can be sent to the grave to destroy one monster on the field and deal half its attack power as damage to the opponent. Thus, if he can make it to his next turn, he'll destroy Bloo-D and win. Stock shot of Exodia beginning to make its way out, Amon declares his attack, and then Edo activates his trap card Blood Discharge; by destroying one Equipped card on the field, you can skip the battle phase. Thus, by destroying the Departed Guy equipped to Bloo-D, Edo intends to end the battle phase. Edo intensely thinks to himself, begging Amon to end his turn, and then Echo cries in pain one last time as her pendant with Amon's picture falls to the ground. I'm not sure how that's supposed to work, but hey, clumsy symbolism trumps all. And then Echo's spirit appears to Edo. She apologizes to him for having gotten him caught up in all this, all she wanted was the heart of the one she loved, a tiny little thing. Edo, being the stupid little boy that he is, still doesn't get it, and Echo says that so long as she and Amon know that they love one another, then she will be satisfied. Back in the real world, so to speak, Echo dies, her body vanishing into sparkles as dead bodies are wont to do.
Edo seems to resign himself to his fate, and then Amon activates Wrath of the Forbidden One to negate Blood Charge's effect, thus allowing him to take his battle phase. Thus, the final Exodia part is sent to the grave, ensuring Amon's victory. Exodia breaks the final chains on the door, the room is flooded with light, Exodia steps out, and the Yubel Demon arm that Amon's had for the past couple of episodes vanishes. Amon declares that he will become king, Edo sees his life points are rapidly declining, and runs protectively in front of everyone. Yes, because your tiny little shrimp body will surely protect everyone from Exodia. He yells at everyone to run, Chronos and Ryou drag Judai instead of just abandoning him to die like they should, Edo tells Judai to go save Johan, like anyone still gives a shit about that plot point, everyone resumes running, and Exodia does its classic attack. Blah blah blah, and Edo is dead. Transition, Judai's been abandoned on a hill, apparently, and Amon is riding on Exodia's shoulder. Judai is pissed at Amon for killing Edo, Amon says he won't waste his time dealing with the cast-off skin of the Supreme King, and he should just die in the gutter before moving on. Oh, there's Ryou, Shou, and Chronos. They were just randomly off-screen. Whatever. Final shot is of Amon holding Echo's pendant in his hand, and declaring that he'll tear out Yubel's neck in tribute to Echo. I approve of this plan. End episode.
NEXT TIME! Judai is in shock over Edo dying, Ryou duels Judai, and lots of wangsting over manpain. EPISODE TITLE, THE SEALED FUSION card of the week is exodios.
The relationship between Amon and Echo is fucked up. Deeply, intensely fucked up. And yet, it's the kind of fucked up that I can't help but want to see more of. I am cypsiman2, and I have a problem.