#He and Yuya are so nice to each other!!!! They’re bros :)

[tiredgremlintime]

Oh wow Yugo gets to remember everything

[itsybitsylemonsqueezy]

Hey, I haven’t had a chance to mention, so here’s some other Yakuza shit I ship: 

Daigo/Mine (Ryuji and Shinada are nice, but I would die for Mine. He’s fucking insane and I love him. Please ask me about my Mine Yoshitaka feels.)

Saejima/Baba (I’m sorry have you SEEN Y5? Baba completely reverses his entire life over Saejima! He has an entire mental breakdown on screen! Like other people I could name. I mean. Shit. Wow.)

Date/Sudo (Date is an exhausted ancient gay who cannot even deal with all these assholes and their Drama™. Fortunately, his husband is very patient and understanding.)

Yuya/Kazuki (Look me in the eye and tell me the managers of the Stardust aren’t married. Do it. I dare you.)

Kashiwagi/Kazama (Absolutely no one would put up with Kazama’s shit this fucking long if they didn’t love him.)

And while I’m at it, some other shit: 

Kage and Majima are excellent roommates, they’re bros. But Kage has Had It Up To Here with Majima’s attempts to seduce Kiryu. That man would fund their wedding personally if it meant he never had to hear another damn word about Kiryu’s soulful brown eyes or rippling biceps or thunder thighs. 

Unfortunately, nothing will save Kage from the gratuitous shit that happens in front of his cameras. 

Had Ryuji lived, he would have hit on Majima. Once. 

I am sad every day that Y3 deprived us of Mine and Majima interactions because they would Absolutely Loathe Each Other. 

They’re secretly the same person (unhinged maniac obsessed with good boy chairman) and would lowkey need to Out Obsession each other in some weird contest of who is more devout. 

Actually, Majima doesn’t even hate Mine, he just thinks pissing him off is funny. 

Mine, on the other hand, would rip Majima apart without a second thought and relish it. 

Majima also finds this hilarious because absolutely no one will let him. Also: Try It Bitch. 

Daigo has to have separate meetings with Majima alone because he’s tired of wiping blood off every surface whenever Mine and Majima are both in a room together.

[calvinwatchesstuff]

Let’s Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V: Episode 3

Once again, no time for an intro; let’s jump right in!

Last time on Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Yuya looked like a goddamn idiot trying to Pendulum Summon (which I reluctantly admit I can relate to), and now some asshole is after the Pendulum Cards I think.

Also, I just noticed how impractical the school building is. Seriously, what’s with the tube? How does the area with the cage stay in the air?

Ah, so here we have the obligatory training montage. I’m a little disappointed we didn’t get to see more of it, but I like how they’re effectively having him try to reverse-engineer the method of Pendulum Summoning.

Okay, Gongenzaka is growing on me a little bit.

Wait, now the city is called “Maiami”? Okay, it was definitely Miami in the last episode, but sure, they changed it I guess.

OH MY GOD YUYA WHAT ARE YOU

“Sh…should I make up an excuse?” I like how self-aware he is about this.

“Dark Town - The Stolen Pendulum Summon” Well I guess we know what this episode’s gonna be about, don’t we?

I love how Yuzu just barely reacts; I wouldn’t either.

Oh, he’s one of these assholes. That’s nice.

“What were they called again? Those cards you used?” Well, considering the summoning method is called Pendulum Summoning, and a giant pendulum appeared on the field, take a wild fucking guess.

‘This couldn’t possibly be some sort of trap! I accept!’

Oh, I get it. So this guy’s like the male version of Chloé from Miraculous Ladybug. I now understand everything I need to know about this character.

Okay, I just saw a sign for something called “Fire! Fire! Duel School”. Is…is that a Beavis and Butthead reference? I mean, I can’t imagine it is, but I also can’t think of any other context for that name.

I like how there’s just some guy randomly doing really weird push-ups in the lobby.

Again, it’s kind of ridiculous how seriously everyone is taking Duel Monsters- the fact that there are not one, but SEVERAL schools based on it pushes my suspension of disbelief quite a bit- but I’m willing to let it slide for now.

“Meaning they have everything You Show Duel School doesn’t!” OH SHIT LITTLE GIRL IS FUCKING SAVAGE

WAIT WHAT

Holy shit, they’re actually acknowledging the existence of Fusions, Synchros, and Xyz! (And Ritual Monsters, but those have always been just sort of lurking in the background.) Okay, while I find it kind of ridiculous that each one of these has a separate class to learn, I’m now legitimately impressed; I was fully ready for Pendulums to start overriding everything like Xyz and Synchros did in their respective series. Good on you, ARC-V. Good on you.

And now we have a kid with blue hair and a lollipop. Can’t imagine he’s significant in any way, especially with that dramatic sting they just played over him glancing at Yuya.

Yeah, that’s a…pretty big stadium, alright.

Oh no, who could possibly have seen this coming except for literally everyone?!

And of course, now the mastermind is getting screwed over because Asshat Whose Name I Didn’t Care Enough To Memorize doesn’t want to hand over the Pendulum Cards anymore.

Or he could be totally fine with it. That’s cool too.

And now for no apparent reason Asshat decides to take Yuya’s friends hostage. I guess he realized Yuya could probably beat the crap out of him if he wanted.

Seriously, this is kind of fucked up for so early in the series. I mean, this is basically a Shadow Game we’re dealing with, and we’re still in the first few episodes!

Oh gee, I wonder if that spider card is going to be relevant at some point in the duel.

For some reason the “Action Duel” speech happened twice: once before the commercial break, once after. Why? The other episodes didn’t do that.

What was up with the random slow-mo shot?

I’m just glad he didn’t start out by summoning that damnable hippo again.

Well that was a pretty cool shot, even though I’m not at all certain how it worked.

Damn, for all that talk about diverging plans, Sawatari (I figured that by now he’s threatening enough for me to learn his name) sure seems to be absolutely fucking terrified of the guy behind this all.

Oh, and of course he has fucking dartboard monsters.

Wait, so Action Traps are a thing now?! How does that even work? Action Spells need to be played by the finder in order to be activated, but Action Traps activate the instant they’re picked up?

THE QUESTION MARK OH MY GOD

Welp, there goes the bridge.

“Big Bro Yuya doesn’t cry, so I won’t either!” Um…have you met the guy? He’s cried at least three times in the series so far. I mean, I’m not criticizing him for that; I’m just saying, that statement the kid made was factually incorrect.

Oh hey, a holofoil card! Not sure I’ve ever seen one of those in the anime before.

NO BACKSEAT DUELING, NOT-KAIBA

Oh, that’s probably not good.

I love how not-Kaiba is acting out the Pendulum Summoning process in his office. That is an amazing image to me.

Huh. There was no actual pendulum during that summon; I guess that’s only when Yuya does it.

And suddenly Lollipop Kid comes back for the end of the episode.

Well, this series is certainly ramping up faster than I thought. This makes me incredibly curious what the hell the rest of the series is going to be like, if this is the third episode. Well, tune in tomorrow for the conclusion of this duel, in which we figure out what the hell Lollipop Kid has to do with anything.

[pendulumprince]

Get ready, it’s all downhill from 143

“Zarc…”

“Zarc…!”

Okay looks like everyone in the audience just collectively remembered that ol' double horned son of a bitch

AYU STARTS SCREAMING, AND—

After the opening!

THAT’S RIGHT, YUYA

HE HAS A FLASHBACK OF HIS TIME AS ZARC

He askes what happened to Reira…

And Himika shows them over the projection screen

Reira’s a baby now!

Gasp!

Shock!

Reiji’s talking about the En cards

That’s a… mighty blank stare Reira’s sporting there

Blank stares and babies aren’t a good mix

So he’s talking about Yuzu…

And Arc V!

Himka stays stuck on Reira’s smile

Everyone in the audience watches on in intriguge

Reiji and Yuya discuss Yuya’s entertainment style

And how it’s thE ONLY THING THAT CAN MAKE REIRA SMILE NOW

Okay they’re talking… they’re talking… I understand nothing…

Okay Yusho’s on the screen now

Staring Yuya down

Reminding everyone that Yuzu still needs saving (or does she? Who knows.)

In the audience, Yoko stands up!

SHE GRABS THE MICROPHONE FROM SHUZOU

STARTS YELLING AT YUYA

SHE’S TALKING ABOUT EGAO

AND YUYA

SNAPS AT HER

OH SHIT

HE TAKES HIS TURN

HE SWITCHES BOTH ODD EYES AND DISCOVER HIPPO TO DEF

SETS A FACEDOWN

ENDS HIS TURN

Okay Yuya’s still struggling with the whole Zarc thing, it looks like

Yoko gives up on him?!

I mean, knowing her? Hell no she didn’t.

But that’s what the visuals are telling me

Gon chan takes his turn!

Summons a 900 ATK monster

He goes in for the attack!

He then has his other monster attack Odd Eyes!

And a direct attack!

Yuya roller blazes over to the Action card!

Takes it!

Avoids the attack!

Gon chan…!

SYNCHRO SUMMONS

A DEMONIC TRAIN AT 4800 DEF

WOW I’M WITH SHINGO HERE, THIS MONSTER IS WILD

GON CHAN MOVES TO ATTACK YUYA DIRECTLY

HE ALMOST RUNS SHINGO OVER IN THE PROCESS?? I THOUGHT Y’ALL WERE BROS MY BRO

YUYA GRABS AN ACTION CARD

IT SAVES HIS ASS

BUT GON CHAN

GRABS

AN

ACTION CARD

“NO ACTION”

SO YUYA, WHO’S ABOUT TO VEER OVER THE EDGE OF A CLIFF

ACTIVATES HIS TRAP CARD

YUYA DRAWS

IT’S SWORDFISH!

HE STOPS GON CHAN’S ATTACK!

BUT GON CHAN ISN’T DONE YET!

HIS MONSTER ATTACKS YUYA ANYWAY?!

BRINGS HIM DOWN TO 700 LP

FUTOSHI HAS A SHIVERS ATTACK

NICO GRABS HIS MICROPHONE BACK FROM SHUZOU ON THE SLY

HE CONTINUES TO NARRATE

YUYA AND GON CHAN ARE YELLING AT EACH OTHER?! OR AT LEAST SPEAKING VERY STERNLY

SHUZOU IS CRYING

I FEEL YOU MY DUDE

GON CHAN BUILDS SOME TRACKS OVER THE LEDGE HE AND YUYA ARE OVER

THEY CROSS IT

THEY’RE IN THE ROMAN RUINS SECTION OF BATTLE ROYALE NOW

YUYA TAKES HIS TURN

HE PENDULUM SUMMONS ODD EYES

GRABS AN ACTION CARD

HAS ODD EYES ATTACK GON CHAN’S MONSTER?? WHAT YOU DOIN BRUH

4800>2500?!

OKAY SO HE SUMMONS A MAGIC CARD

THAT BRINGS GON CHANS MONSTER DOWN TO 2400 ATK

ODD EYES ATTACKS

AND

AND

WILL IT GO THROUGH??

IT DOES

GON CHAN IS DOWN TO 800 LP

HIS MONSTER IS STILL ON THE FIELD THOUGH

IT GOES BACK UP TO 4800 DEF

YUYA ENDS HUIS TURN

GON CHAN DRAWS

HAS HIS MONSTER ATTACK ODD EYES

YUYA GRABS AN ACTION CARD

AND IT BRINGS GON CHAN’S MONSTER BACK DOWN TO 2400 DEF

THE ATTACK CONNECTS, AND GON CHAN GOES DOWN TO 600 LP

HE GRABS AN ACTION CARD!

AND IT TAKES OFF EYES OFF THE FIELD!

IT ALSO BRINGS YUYA DOWN TO 500

GON CHAN’S MONSTER GOES BACK DOWN TO NORMAL

HE ENDS HIS TURN

YUSHO’S BACK IN LDS WITH REIJI, TRASH TALKING HIS SON NO DOUBT

YOKO, MEANWHILE, HAS TAKEN IT UPON HERSELF TO RALLY THE TROOPS IN YUYA’S FAVOR

YAAAAAS I KNEW MY LADY COULDN’T HAVE ABANDONED HER SON

AW SHIT

I REMEMBER THIS MUSIC

YUYA TAKES HIS TURN

BRINGS ODD EYES BACK

YUYA HAD ODD EYES ATTACK

GON CHAN RUNS LIKE HELL TO GET AN ACTION CARD

THEY SPOT THE SAME ONE!

GO FOR IT!

YUYA GRABS IT!

GON CHAN’S MONSTER IS DOWN TO 2400 DEF

ODD EYES ATTACKS!

GON CHAN IS DOWN TO 400 LP

HIS MONSTER GOES BACK TO NORMAL

THIS IS THE MOST REPETITIVE DUEL IN RECENT MEMORY OMG

GON CHAN TAKES HIS TURN

THEY’RE IN THE WINTER SECTION NOW

HE GOES IN TO ATTACK ODD EYES

YUYA GRABS AN ACTION CARD

SAME SHIT REPEATS

GON CHAN IS DOWN TO 200

GON CHAN RUNS FOR AN… ACTION CARD?? HE RUNS SO FUNNY OMG

HE TAKES ODD EYES OFF THE FIELD

HIS MONSTER ATTACKS YUYA

HE’S DOWN TO 300 LP

GON CHAN’S MONSTER IS BACK TO NORMAL

THEY’RE BACK IN THE VOLCANO AREA

YUYA SUMMONS ODD EYES

GOES IN TO ATTACK

THERE’S ONE ACTION CARD

WHO WILL MAKE IT??

OF COURSE YUAY DOES

GON CHAN IS PISSED

HE’S JUST OUT OF PRACTICE, IS ALL

GON CHAN’S MONSTER GOES BACK DOWN

GON CHAN… SMILES?! YOU’RE ABOUT TO LOSE MY DUDE

THE TRAIN STOPS

GON CHAN SPREADS HIS ARMS

PRESUMABLY INVITES YUYA TO ATTACK

YUYA GLADLY COMPLIES

THE ATTACK CONNECTS

GON CHAN IS DOWN TO 0

YUYA WINS!

So… the field spell is gone

They're in plain old Maiami City now

Gon chan goives YUya some last words of encouragement

Back in the stadium, everyone is cheering Yuya on!

Nico’s about to say something, but

REIJI INTERUPTS

HE COMES BY ON HUS HELICOPTER

REMINDS YUYA AND GON CHAN OF WHAT THE LANCERS WERE

And he takes Yuya to some giANT BLUE VORTEX

THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT

“XYZ Dimension…”

WELP

LOOKS LIKE IT’S TIME TO REUNITE THE LANCERS FOR ONE LAST WORLD TOUR

OFF TO GO FIND THE GIRLS

OH YES

YUYA ROLLS INTO THE VORTEX

AHHH

ITS PRETTY!

AND

ON THE OTHER SIDE

DENNIS IS WAITING FOR HIM HAHAHA OH HELL NO

Preview time!

Dennis looks like he’s aged 5 years, at least

HE

HE’S STILL EVIL

AND HEARTLAND IS STILL IN RUINS????

NICE. NICE.

WHAT A FUCKING BASTARD.

ZARC OR NOT:

RIP HIS FUCKING HEAD OFF, YUYA