Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 70

Aug 01, 2010 13:58

I will not be broken, I will not be broken, I will not be broken...okay, deep breath, you can do this...So. We open with Manjoume barging into Obelisk Blue, all the Obelisk Blues are all WTF, and Manjoume declares that he's going to make everyone wear white and join the Society of Light. Don't know why they're showing a bunch of Hallmark angels, Obelisk Blues proclaim their pride in the elite blue, and Manjoume proclaims that the Society of Light will shake the world, and now we see Saiou poised demonically over the whole world. Subtle, like a brick to the face. Blah blah blah, Manjoume challenges them all to a duel, the Obelisk Blues laugh him off, Manjoume proclaims that their wheel of fate has begun to turn, and now we see Saiou's aura right behind Manjoume. Huge motherfucking explosions, as Manjoume once more demonstrates his ability to sweep through countless mooks nigh on effortlessly. Also, Why the fuck did Manjoume wait until now to do all this? Why the fuck didn't he take over Obelisk Blue before Judai got his lazy ass back to Duel Academia? Oh, right, because the plot says so.

TITLE SCREEN! ASUKA VS. MANJOUME WHITE THUNDER lord satan, if you would but unmake this episode, i will build many churches in your honor.

Umm, okay, apparently Chronos has taken to narrating his own actions, and hitting some manner of pointer against the wall as he walks by. Why? Fuck if I know. Anyway, Chronos enters the classroom, and is shocked to find that there are no Obelisk Blue students at all. Thank you for this disturbing imagery show, it's most appreciated. And now over with Asuka, Junko, and Momoe, who've apparently just gotten back to Obelisk Blue after dealing with that Osiris Red bullshit...oh, and Judai, Shouk, and Kenzan are there too. Seriously, why are they even bringing Junko and Momoe back for this episode? It's not like they ever contribute anything to, well, anything! And apparently in a matter of hours, at best, the entirety of Obelisk Blue has been painted bright white. Hey, if buildings can be constructed in a matter of minutes, why can't they be painted in seconds? GASP, FUBUKI IS DOWN! MANJOUME, YOU MONSTER, YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! So Asuka runs up to her brother and asks if he's okay. He says that he tried to stop Manjoume and his goons from painting the dorm white, and now we see Manjoume is being carried on a palanquin, and yes, he's got everyone wearing white. Oh, and now Manjoume is insisting on being called Manjoume White Thunder. Seriously, guys, all this talk of White just makes me think of the Happy-Happy cult from Earthbound. Not exactly scary shit. I mean, you don't need to keep pointing out the whole 'white' theme, its a visual theme, the audience will catch on to it just fine.

Chanting from the goons, Manjoume proclaims that Saiou has ordered him to dye the school white, and everyone's all 'wait, isn't Saiou Edo's manager', and Judai still hasn't figured out that this is the evil bad-wrong Hippy Space Light that he's supposed to stop. Blah blah blah, Manjoume proclaims that Saiou will take over the world (OF COURSE!), and Judai asks if Manjoume's okay, he hasn't hit his head recently and gone onto any trips into Hippy Space, has he? Manjoume is shocked that his mad ranting has resulted in Judai questioning his mental health, and says that they're the ones who aren't okay, they're not even wearing any tinfoil hats! Manjoume wants a duel, Judai accepts, but Asuka interrupts! Asuka points out that this is an Obelisk Blue issue, she'll take care of it. Junko and Momoe asks to go forward in Asuka-Sama's place, but Asuka is not one to let others fight her battles for her, and Fubuki warns her that Manjoume managed to beat everyone else in Obelisk Blue. But Asuka is not to be intimidated, and so Manjoume accepts. Why do I get an ominous feeling about this? Judai gave up that duel way too fucking easy...probably because he read ahead in the script, the lousy shit-fucker.

So, back in the White Room of Mystery...which I thought was abandoned back in episode 68, but as we've established, continuity is for losers. Anyway, Saiou's messing around with his Tarot cards, he goes over how Judai defeated Edo like we're a bunch of morons who can't remember the trite events of two episodes ago, and then a card falls off of the table. It is the Hierophant, which is the symbol of guidance. This somehow convinces Saiou that it is Judai he needs and not Edo, even though it should make him question whether his cards are working at all. Welp, back to Duel Academia, and I brace myself for the duel, oh lord do I brace myself...Manjoume tells Asuka to accept the white, so that she can see the truth of things, and Asuka tells him off, asking him what the hell he thinks he can see. Manjoume declares that he can see people's fates, blah blah blah, bullshit fatalism is bullshit, and god, Asuka, just keep talking, show that dolt Manjoume what for, please, I beg of you, defy the script and show him what for! The goons chant, Asuka says she'll wake Manjoume up from his stupidity, and now the duel begins.

Manjoume goes first, and he activates the permanent spell card Hell's White, causing him to reveal his hand to Asuka. He goes on about how the Society of Light has no shadow and nothing to hide, and Asuka realizes that this has to be a trap of some kind. Manjoume summons Armed Dragon Level 3, and then he sets Cyclone to end his turn. Shut up Kenzan, no one asked you. Shou, you shut up too, Manjoume's obviously not revealing his hand for shits and giggles. Fubuki, you get a pass because you make me laugh. Shut the hell up Judai, you're the worst one of all. Fubuki, keep calling Judai naive, it makes my heart sing. Asuka's turn, and now Hell's White's other effect activates; during the opponent's standby phase, they take 600 points of damage. Ouch. Asuka summons Cyber Tutu, and then equips her with Angel Wing. She wonders why Manjoume doesn't use Cyclone to destroy Angel Wing, but she goes ahead and attacks anyway, since she knows he has nothing else up his sleeves. Cyber Tutu attacks directly for 1000 points of damage, and what the fuck was with that weak kick, that was nothing like the devastating strike to the chest used back in the duel against Titan. And now Angel Wing's effect activates, inflicting an additional 300 points of damage...that's a rather shitty card. Why the fuck would you give an awesome character like Asuka a shitty card like that? Oh, right, because the writers have tuna for brains.

Now Asuka sets two cards to end her turn, and now Manjoume proclaims that he'll be destroying that annoying trap card, and so he activates Cyclone to target the card on the right, Holy Life Barrier. However, Asuka has no problem with this, since her other trap card, Pure Pupil, will destroy Armed Dragon Level 3 when it tries to evolve into Armed Dragon Level 5. Thus, Manjoume's so called 'light' has misled him as to which card he should have destroyed. Manjoume's turn, he draws a card, but he doesn't use Armed Dragon Level 3's effect. Manjoume declares that he knew full well that Asuka was planning to use Pure Pupil to counter his monster's effect...that's right. Manjoume's pulling a Pegasus. For this episode only. Becasue this is the only way for Manjoume to...okay, deep cleansing breath, deep cleansing breath...Manjoume goes on about how the 'light' shines on everything, poor and inept use of symbolism and imagery, and Saiou, because why the fuck not.

EYECATCH!

Pointless banter from the peanut gallery, Fubuki says that what they do know is that Manjoume has managed to shake Asuka psychologically, expertly analyzing the full extent of the effect that Manjoume achieved by showing his hand. And now Manjoume plays his spell card Level Down, letting him summon Armed Dragon Level 5 from his hand without sacrifice. Armed Dragon Level 5 attacks Cyber Tutu for 1400 points of damage, Angel Wing's other effect activates to let Asuka draw a card, which still leaves it a shitty card. And you know what, this episode so horrific that this music cue is actually appropriate to it. And so Armed Dragon Level 3 attacks directly for 1200 damage, leaving Asuka with just 800 life points. And now Manjoume has lost Fubuki's approval, which permanently places him on the shit list, forever. And now we find out that Pure Pupil requires that Asuka control a monster with 1000 attack points or less to activate its effect, so now Manjoume gets to activate Armed Dragon Level 5's effect without issue, sacrificing it to special summon Armed Dragon Level 7, with 2800 attack points. The goons cheer for Manjoume, and Manjoume ends his turn.

Things are looking mighty grim, Asuka still got that fierce determination going on, and then Fubuki yells out to his sister! He knows that she is stronger then any fate, that when he went missing she came to Duel Academia to find him on her own, her strong will can explore fate to its utmost, and she is his pride! And it is official, Fubuki is now second best character on the entire fucking show, with Asuka as first best, just like Fubuki would want it. How such a great little speech made its way into such a terrible episode...but I get ahead of myself. Oh, shut the fuck up Shou and Kenzan, you two little shits have no fucking right complaining about Fubuki being embarrassing after spending the entire season worshiping Judai and licking his feet like the pathetic toadies you are. Shou and Kenzan are now officially the worst characters in the entire series, as well they should be. Judai, acknowledging the awesome that is Fubuki will not save you, you'd respond the same way to a ladybug flitting about the flowers. Asuka thanks her brother, and sets about creating her own fate! She draws her card, Hell's White inflicts 600 damage, leaving her with just 200 life points. She plays Pot of Greed, summons Cyber Petit Angel to add Machine Angel Ritual to her hand, and she activates it, sacrificing Cyuber Petit Angel and Cyber Prima to Ritual Summon Cyber Angel Dakini. Manjoume now gets to choose which monster of his gets destroyed, so of course he goes for Armed Dragon Level 3. And now...Asuka sets two cards to end her turn...huh?

Did...did the writers just forget that Hell's White will still inflict damage on Asuka's next turn? Maybe one of her face-down cards will do the trick...according to Asuka, she's accepted that she may not be able to win this match, but if Manjoume attacks, she'll activate Double Passe, causing both of their life point totals to hit zero at the same time, forcing a draw. And if he activates Armed Dragon Level 7's effect, she'll activate Angel Blast to negate and destroy it. Thus, Asuka has set her two possible fates...or Manjoume just ends his turn and lets Hell's White finish Asuka off. Seriously, did the writers just fucking forget that that card will still do damage? I guess. Also, were I to have been writing this duel, Asuka would have played Fusion to summon Cyber Blader, and since there are two monsters on Manjoume's side of the field, her attack power would double to 4200, which would let her attack and destroy Armed Dragon Level 3 for 3000 points of damage, winning her the match. Plus, this would form a nice parallel to Asuka's duel against Titan. But of course, meaningful parallels and references have no fucking place on this show, amirite?

Blah blah blah, more fatalism nonsense from Manjoume, Asuka denies his bullshit, Nietzsche would be proud of Asuka and that's damn high praise as far as I'm concerned, and more bullshit from Manjoume. Seriously, enough of the stupid pseudo-philosophy Manjoume, just win this rigged duel, it's the only kind of duel you can win at this point you twit. Manjoume's turn, he plays Magical Mallet, returning his two other cards in his hand to his deck to draw two new cards, and what do you know, one of them's Armed Dragon Level Ten. No Asuka, he's winning because the writers rigged this duel in his favor. In a fair match, you would have kicked his ass far, far, far away. So Manjoume sacrifices Level 7 to summon Level 10, and then he equips it with White Veil. Yep, the writers really did forget the whole damage clause of White's Hell. Fuck those fucking fuckers. Fuck, here it comes, fuck, fuck, fuck...Manjoume declares his attack, White Veil negates and destroys all of Asuka's face-down cards, and have I mentioned that today's duel has been brought to you by the sexist douche-bags who are still bitter about those mean girls from High School? Because it is.

Asuka loses, she collapses, everyone runs up to her, Manjoume's still going on about his fatalism bullshit, and if Nietzsche could rise from his grave and box Manjoume's ears in, I would be fucking ecstatic. Fubuki says that Asuka is still his pride, shut the fuck up Judai, and yep, Asuka's been brainwashed. And of course, Judai's still an oblivious dolt who hasn't figured out that this is the Hippy Space Light that he's supposed to be fighting. Of course.

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NEXT TIME! Blah blah blah, Judai's going to duel some Society of Light punk who's obsessed with the gradius games, coincidentally made by Konami which also makes the real life card game. Wow, what a shock. EPISODE TITLE! VS. GAME CHAMP! B.E.S. TETRAN TAKE OFF card of the week is Armed Dragon Level 10, confirming that I know exactly where I am.

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I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I AM IN HELL AND THAT IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN!

But really, what do you expect of an episode which dares to try and claim that Asuka and Fubuki are wrong? Really, what were these diseased, rhesus-monkey writers thinking? Oh, right, THEY WEREN'T!

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