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They just recently released a new card that references this scene!!

This new card is 《Break The Destiny》 which I am guessing is what the Japanese translated Begone Destiny to 😅.

And features Bloo-D!!

THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME!

I love how they shouted out the attack together too. ;____;

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Lol, not me. I just can’t get up early in the morning, I’d rather sleep in. ^^;;;

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Oh it gets better.... the Vanguard anime runs off the motto Imagination = Power, where your strength in the cardgame is proportional to how deeply you can immerse yourself in the game.

When Kanzaki lost, he went "My Imagination is not Strong enough!! I need to Strengthen my Imagination!!!" "I KNOW!!!" "I will carve giant f**k off statues of my cards into a mountain somewhere as a hermit!!!!"

And thats what he did

For the next

Four seasons

.....I don't think they ever mentioned if he stopped.....

I dunno who that is, but Mystvearn is pretty evil so you’d certainly be justified in that. ^^;;

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I feel like this photo needs to be saved for every future instance Luke does something dumb😅

ROFL! WELL THAT’S DEFINITELY THE PERFECT WAY TO SUM IT UP YUGA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I love how Gakuto and Mimi are horrified and can’t believe this is happening but Romin pretty much saw it coming all along. XD

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I think this pokemon is a good fit for Edo, it gives off a knightly sort of aura with its design but its also a dark type to go along with the Dark Hero motif

I wonder what Pokemon would Ed and Saiou would have as their Partner?

Hmm, well I’m afraid I don’t know all that much about Pokemon beyond the 90′s anime since I never played any of the games. ^^;; I guess maybe Saiou would have a Psychic type though. Or maybe he can start out with an Eevee and it can evolve into an Espeon.

For Ed, ummm, I dunno… I kinda just want to give him a Bulbasaur since that’s my favorite Pokemon and it would be kind of hilarious to see him carrying one around. ^^;;

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Its fine.

Shun recently got a some new birds for his collection, so his appetite for new birds is sated for now.

(Fun fact: these new cards actually link Raid Raptors with Phantom Knights and Rebellion, so you can now effectively play a Yuto Shun Hybrid deck)

Oh cool, a new monster summons! That was a pretty neat one!

You better watch out though, Yuga, because I think Shun’s on his way to steal that bird from you.

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Imma just leave this here....

OH GOD SHE’S TURNED INTO A HUNGER DEMON 😱😱😱😱😱😱

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@theabcsofjustice you actually got everything correct except for 3.

Dark haired guy with Goatee is Cal Kolter, he is from Vrains, orginal name is Kusanagi Shoichi

Orange saluting kid is Ray Shadows from Zexal, orginal name Shingetsu Rei

Blue haired kid in Mask is Nelson Andrews, so known as Okudaira Fuyu, he is from Zexal

Asked a friend who never watched Yu-Gi-Oh! before to connect some dub names to the correct character and I’m,,

kinda loving these results,

If anyone wants to test their friends for more data points

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In regards to Yubel's new form I have 3 points to make:

1. As mentioned by the translators, Das Abscheulich Ritter is German for "the detestable knight"

2. My favorite detail, Das Abscheulich Ritter is actually gramatically wrong. German is one of the languages that practices gendering their nouns (they have 3 distinctions, Masculine, Feminine and Neutral)

Since "Ritter" (Knight) is masculine, it should be "Der Abscheuliche Ritter".

Das is meant to be gender neutral....

hmmm something tells me that this was delibrate

3. It's kinda sad that German Yugioh decided to follow the name of the english card Yubel - Terrorinkarnation (Yubel - Terror Incarnate)

GAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! O____O

SO YUBEL WAS ACTUALLY A DRAGON ALL THIS TIME??

I MEAN I SUPPOSE I SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING REALLY SINCE THEY DO HAVE DRAGONY WINGS IN HUMANOID FORM ^^;;;

Also kudos to Yubel’s voice actress for the pronunciation on that German phrase.

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There is a reason why among GX critics out there, they say that Season 3 is a massive tonal shifted. While it was effective, it might have been a bit heavy handed in driving the message across. There is no denying though that it created a memorable arc that stayed in the minds of Yugioh fans for years to come.

I am honestly curious now how you will react to Zexal, since looking back now it makes for an interesting companion piece to GX in the sense that they tackle "Childishness", though in very very different ways.

the-yugioh-theorist replied to your photoset “Well, it certainly shouldn’t be hard to wait it out until Yubel can…”

It’s interesting to me that, at this point, it feels like Judai is behaving more like Yami Yugi (or any other of the “serious” protagonists) than like himself. Of course I like them all, but it upsets me because from the start of the show he was established as being different from all of them because of his unique fun-loving nature. Now he’s lost that. �� I hope that doesn’t happen to Yuga Oudou.

Yeah, I miss Judai’s cheerfulness and how he was always able to have fun with a duel too. :\ He did kind of show a little bit of that excitement again when he was watching Ryou duel and remembering his past duels with him but unfortunately it didn’t last for long. I know he had to grow up and obviously everything he’s been through would make him more serious now, but I hope that he’ll be able to find his sense of fun again at some point….

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Yup! Also when Allen and Sayaka were introduced, many people thought that they were AU deaged versions of Tsukumo Haru, Yuma's grandmother, and Misawa Rokujuro, the owner of the Duel Sanctuary......

O.O MISAWA rokujuro????? I didn't realise your last name was Misawa!! I always just called you Roku! How did I not notoce this sooner.... You wouldn't happen to be Daichi's Grandpa would you?????

nightfurylover31 replied to your photoset “Yuya is used to doing all sorts of flips and fantastic stunts when…”

That’s the Duel Sanctuary, another reoccurring spot in Zexal.

Oh okay, cool! I didn’t realize it was a callback to the show as well.

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Cardfight Vanguard Episode 22

Ohhhhh Yeah I am so ready, though sorry Kai and Dragonic Waterfall, you are going to job so hard later.

Also this is for manga readers (i.e. those who know whats happening next). I read ahead and wow, it really is incredible how this Kai is simultaneously so much more worse off, yet grows that much more so much more quicky.

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Not likely unfortinately, Aromages were released in Arc V

Most synchro decks need a good amount of fine tuning and streamlining to function well, syncho decks usually have 2-3 different levels of syncho monsters they go into. Just starting out is going to be tough since the syncho pool you have access to is small. Doesn't help that with a small 3 monster board, extensive combo plays that defined the synchro era are tough and stardust dragon, level 8 that he is, will likely take your whole board to summon

Yeah, I’ve noticed the smaller field makes it a lot harder to Synchro summon. It’s fine for summoning things like, level 6 and below but once the level gets higher it can get trickier.

I managed to get Stardust summoned with just two monsters + a spell to make my Tuner level 4, but still, getting the cards to pull off the combo is frustrating to say the least.

On that note, I hope now that we have 5D’s world this means they’ll release the Aromage Synchro. o3o I could be tempted to build a Synchro deck for that one.

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That's actually a little off, the reason why they are calling it a riding duel is because thats what the localization team renamed them when they brought 5ds over to america (I guess to take away the inneundos?) And whoever was dubbing just deciding to follow the lingo of the dub

Heh, that’s right, all that talking before and he didn’t even think to ask her name until now… ^^;

Also it’s kind of funny that I’ll be seeing what a Riding Duel looks like in Arc V first instead of 5Ds. I mean, I’ve already seen him duel on his motorcycle before but that was against Yuto who didn’t have one. So this should certainly be different.

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The Line 《Steadfast as a Mountain》is also a reference to Sun Tsu's Art of War, this particular line holding particular reverence in Japanese culture as it was immortalized in the battle standard of Takeda Shingen, an extremely famous general from Japan's warring states period (the man pretty much invented the cavalry charge for Japanese military).

The standard, 風林火山 (Fuurinkazan), also includes the phrases:

《Swift as the wind》when moving

《Quiet as the forest》when hiding

And《Fierce as Fire》when attacking

The last phrase for Mountain being for defense.

This shows up everywhere in anime, hell there is even a Yugioh card named after the war standard. With Mr. Shingen's famous armor as the backdrop

What makes it even better is that Gongenzaka is practically a walking parody character. He plays Synchro monsters, a monster card type that was introduced in 5D's with its high speed riding duels, while standing completely still.

He plays a full monster deck, which is a nice call back to Joey's orginal deck back before Duelist Kingdom

On top of that his duel style is the Steadfast duel style (Fudou no Duel) with the Kanji for Fudou being 不動 or unmoving. But the name of Yugioh 5D's protagonist is Fudou Yusei (不動游星), with his last name having the same kanji as steadfast. And with the way Japanese grammer works, Steadfast dueling can also be misconstrued to mean Fudou's Dueling or Yusei's dueling.....Wow.....Just....wow.....I can't be the only one who thinks this is delibrate at this point.

And what a mountain he is! I love how he sets his foot more firmly in the ground and stands up straight and tall, ready to take on anything his opponent can throw at him.

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Tagged by @authoratmidnight

Rules: Answer 20(-ish) questions and then tag 20(-ish) people you want to get to know better!

1. Nicknames: Flok, an old teacher of mine read my actual name a bit too fast and i guess it stuck.

2. Height: Its been around since I last took my height but around 5ft 10.5

3. Orientation: Straight, though maybe slightly bicurious

4. Where I live: Singapore, its the tropics so it is hot and rainy all year. Might have the opportunity to relocate to France for studies next year.

5. Favorite Fruit: Mandarin Oranges

6. Favorite Season: Singapore doesn’t really have seasons outside of perpetual Summer, but if I had to choose it would probably be Autumn, nice and breezy and on the cooler side but not freezing

7. Favorite Flower: Hmmmm.... Ok really don’t know about this one.....The Chrysanthemum maybe??

8. Favorite Scent: Freshly cut grass and Fragrant Freshly Steamed Rice

9. Favorite Color: Blue and Grey

10. Favorite Animal: The Eagle

11. Favorite Instrument: I play the Erhu which is a Chinese String instrument similar(ish) to a violin. In terms of sound though, probably the Piano

12. Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate: Tea, though I am REALLY starting to appreciate Coffee’s ability to wake me up before a long day at University

13. How many hours of sleep: Uhhhh...trust university life to ruin your ability to keep a consistent sleep schedule. Probably around 5-6, though I want to aim for 7.

14. Cats or Dogs: Dogs

15. Favorite fictional character: Jin Kyousuke from Crush Gear Turbo and Ginoza Nobuchika from Psycho Pass.

16. # of  blankets I sleep with: 1, anymore and i would bake in the Singapore weather lol

17. Dream Trip: REALLY want to go hoping around the different European Countries (Maybe for a graduation trip?)

18. Blog Created: No clue how to check this one, but my first post was back in 30th October 2016, so I guess around then?

19. Followers: 13. Low, but how I have any in the first place is completely beyond me

20. Random Fact: Did 2 years of compulsory army training, yet somehow the only major injury I got was from the office. A 6 inch long gash on my left calf from a falling cupboard.

Tagging: @akiharashizuka, @arcvimagines @bnha-bitch @stealthrogue @smallstubby (I really don’t know that many people)

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Huh i though i might have been imagining it last week when i first noticed it but i Eri's horn did grow a little. My theory is that Eri's horn and powers increase with the intensity of her emotions. They were consistently strong in the enviornment of constant fear and pain she was in with Overhaul, and peaked with the strong surge of emotion that climaxed the Overhaul fight. After she was rescued, she was extremly emotionally drained which stunted her powers almost completely. Only to see a resurgance now that she is happy again.