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I'm sorry but this episode felt kinda forced and rushed in some aspects by just judging the visuals...

We knew that Yudias and co. would meet Epoch - but Yuhi being with her? Felt like the writers know they don't have much time so Yuhi's reunion with the others has to be at the same time as Epoch's.

Also maybe that's just me but I'm rather annoyed about the Yudias and Yuhi reunion moment being interrupted by Epoch who then went for the hug despite Yudias looked like he was initially going to hug Yuhi. I get she missed Yudias too but come on girl, let him hug his bestie first. (man, I had a feeling they would screw their moment up...) I know Yuhi and Yuamu got an emotional reunion moment instead but that's the least they could do.

Then we get to the duel where we first expected just Epoch vs Yudias but it turned out to be Epoch and Yuhi vs Zwijo and Yudias. Maybe we should've seen the tag duel for this episode coming since Galactica of Eternity is released on February 8th so we had to see the Chaos fusion either in this episode or next but since next ep would be the Ryugu's vs NOT Yudias, it had to be in ep 142. And honestly, the debut was so boring? Like you would expect it to be special but didn't feel like it. The tag duel felt forced just to show off Chaos Oblivion before GoE is out like how did Yudias even get the chaos fusion card in the first place? Idk how even ZwiYudi fans can enjoy this ep since those two could've done more as a team imo. The duel in general was just boring. (poor Yuhi getting another L due to tag dueling tho)

The only "interesting" aspect to me was Zwijo having some sort of flashback after the duel. Like why did that happen? Is he gonna die *again*??

Next ep, the gang meets Otei Usu and the Ryugu ancestors who look like copy paste versions of GR era Ryugu brothers. Only difference is Phaser's counterpart being in his dragon form. Right now it's seems to be Otei Usu vs both Ryugu's but since the spoilers mentioned Four Dark Generals... It's gonna be Sabyuas, Bruyea, Zeyet and Fukamura, won't it...

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There's something funny in having a person blocking you because you dared to write posts where one of their fave characters got "criticized" then they remove the block because they started to hate the character way more than you actually do (I don't even hate that character tho, just the way the writers write them) and then you write a non offensive reply to their post why they hate their most hating character so much and they block you again. I guess you aren't allowed to say anything besides joining the hate huh.

Maybe I experience that shit somewhere else too and not just in the y*o fandom but I'm too stuck there.

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Watched episode 2 of the Go Rush dub:

- Nyandestar's dub voice is nice.

- Barret Leddy returned to voice Manabu (whose dub name is indeed Maddox Sogetsu) but when he talks as him, he sounds closer to how he sounded as Akira Zaizen than Gakuto imo. Idk if this was necessary considering in the jpn version, Manabu sounds pretty much like Gakuto unlike for example when you compare Rovian to Romin.

- MIK got changed into the Secrecy (not a fan of it since removing the MIB joke).

- No chemistry/cat puns (despite that's a big part of Manabu's personality) unless ep 2 was just an exception and we hear some later.

- Manabu's lie of wanting UTS to find his dog being changed to them looking for his pet anaconda. Considering we later get to hear how Manabu joined MIK to find Bochi (a dog alien), his lie could've been taken as foreshadowing but that's now clearly gone in the dub.

- If the guy narrating the episode at the start is supposed to be Kuaidul's dub voice then I'm not liking it much so far. Could change when Kuaidul actually shows up tho. (Yuhi and Yuamu definitely sound better in the anime than in DL)

And that's a general thing but Go Rush being another ygo show without lyrics in the dub OP sucks. (I prefer it over the Sevens dub OP but the bar is low) Also is it just me or the guitar and the shouted GO RUSH in the end give off some Power Rangers openings vibes?

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Well, they did the thing huh.

Daifuku and Satoru do transform but in their movie "cure" outfits. Guess that was easier than creating new ones. A little disappointed tho how freaking short the transformation scene was.

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Well, I guess my worries over Manabu being clowned on were for nothing (thank God) but this episode was still pretty meh. Like wtf did they turn Gakugen into...

I already disliked it in Sevens when they made Gakugen suddenly a silly dude, dancing to stop a war - but that's nothing compared to the shit they made him do in Go Rush now. Like farting? We really go back to freaking fart jokes after we left them back in arc 1???

Also the duel in general was pretty boring. Gakugen losing to deck out might have been a little surprise but that also means that Manabu didn't really beat him by himself imo. Which sucks should this be Manabu's last duel of the show.

Btw: I think Gakugen was doing "gakutengu" and not "gakuting"? So what is that supposed to mean? This is really just an alternate/parallel universe? Well, I hope so.

So apparently it's time to see Otei Usu next and the preview shows the group seeing Epoch again? I mean that girl has her ponytail and I doubt they would bother bringing up a sengoku era version of Epoch now considering Yudias and co. want to find her anyway.

Also what's with Zwijo eyeing Yudias during the duel and even smiling? Does he expect him to play Diskarma again or just being "more brutal" in general?

At this point, I'm just interested to see where the heck Yuhi is...

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I want Manabu to defeat Gakugen but Gakugen's first duel being a loss would look kinda meh for him so I guess I could accept Manabu losing - as long as he's not being turned into a total joke.

Like seriously, please have ep 140 being an exception and not Manabu getting clowned on regularly again. Ngl, I'm not a huge fan of season 3 but Manabu being treated decently was one of the good things. At least so far...

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So WanPre really went with THIS twist which I and others had in mind for a while and tbh, I'm not that thrilled about it?

So the Gaou we had here has always been Subaru, his human friend. And Zakuro has always known that and loved him despite the fact that he's a human being which she used to hate. Idk but her being "all humans bad" just to reveal she's always been in love with one (even if he was siding with the wolves) is a bit meh imo.

Also this just makes the big bad a human. Humans killed the wolves aka did a bad thing so another human decided it's his right to avenge his wolf friends by destroying Animal Town and endangering the humans there aka doing a bad thing as well. So humans stay the real issue here. Maybe they went with that so no animal will be seen as "bad" even though the real Gaou would've been justified to be angry at humans since they killed him and his pack.

Next episode will likely be the one where Subaru sees how much the bond between Komugi and Iroha reminds him of his with Gaou, he will eventually realize that not all humans treat animals like shit and then go to the afterlife or so (along with Zakuro) where he meets Gaou and the rest of the wolf pack again.

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Ep 140 is over and there's something I really hated which most people won't care about since most people don't care for this character...

And that's Manabu being back to being treated like a clown. First he's stuck in the river and Yudias drags him out instead of carrying him or at least properly helping him getting up. Then Manabu is once again close to falling down. Next is YUAMU accidentally activating a trap and while Yudias just cares to save Yuamu, Zwijo only grabs Nyandestar which leaves Manabu being the one getting caught and hung upside down. Why? Why couldn't freaking Zwijo not grab Manabu instead since Nyandestar was on his shoulder so she would've been saved too anyway? And the whole time, nobody gives a shit to free Manabu. Nyandestar might have kept an eye on him but she was just panicking instead of, Idk, free him with her claws or bite off the rope? And even after the duel, everyone just leaves while Manabu can just scream and he's freed off screen. In general, he was often just shocked or screaming which was really overdone imo.

I know barely anyone will care and just see it as simple comedy but it's just frustrating to me that Manabu is treated like that again after season 3 was giving him some respect back till now.

We know that Manabu's dueling Gakugen next episode and honestly? I think he's gonna lose. He already had a big W against Zwijo last arc so him also beating Gakugen next is something I doubt.

Besides the Manabu bs, we had Yudias angry again when summoning Diskarma. Oh and Rinkage said "Rush Duel" instead of "Go Rush" at the start of the duel so he's doing it the Sevens way. Idk if that means Otei Usu is really Otes from Sevens. (or Yuga is there somehow)

Also the stream I was watching was lagging badly but the characters didn't really talk about Yuhi who hasn't shown up yet? I just remember Yudias mentioning him when also talking about Otes. So maybe I did miss a part but nobody wondering where Yuhi is especially after seeing Zwijo (who was holding Yuhites' hand when TM went crazy) just feels strange. We know he's alive but it's convenient enough that 4/5 of the main 5 were at the same place but somehow not Yuhi...

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We just got new spoilers for Go Rush. (I honestly forgot it's time for them again)

After the Rinkage duel, we already get Gakugen vs Manabu. I kinda worry that Manabu's gonna lose here since his last duel was a win against Zwijo and Gakugen already losing wouldn't look so good. Tbh, Gakugen showing off frivolous behaviour sounds rather weird - unless the Gakugen there is what Gakugen was in Sevens after creating gakuting. Or well, he could be just different because different universe and nothing deeper.

Otei Usu - that's just gonna be the Otes of the sengoku era, won't it... Idk how to feel about him being Gakugen's lord tho. Also him using Rush Duels to create peace just proves again that this is a different world/universe since in Sevens, Gakugen was the one securing peace through gakuting.

The Princess of Beasts - maybe the sengoku era version of Meeeg-chan?

I didn't expect to get counterparts for the Ryugu brothers.

Otei Usu's Four Dark Generals... I'm gonna laugh if they end up just being Ko Girls variations since Otes in Sevens also had them working for him.

"The Yudias incident" could either be some stupid comedic episode or something actually serious happens with him.

Ngl, I'm not that excited about the upcoming episodes. But first halfs of arcs are often kinda *shrug* to me.

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Well, some already talked about their opinion on this arc or even the whole season so far and I guess I can too because I have nothing better to do rn.

Arc 11 was boring. I'm glad for Manabu getting his big W against Zwijo (because he deserves that) but other than that? Meh. Zwijo was nothing than a dog for Yuamu first and then Yuhites. Yuamu did nothing to stop Yuhites, Yuna or helping Yudias until Kuyamuya was suddenly in danger too - THEN she stepped in to duel Yuna. I don't even know anymore how to feel about the multiverse...

The arc final was (to me) not emotional enough. The Darkmen are gone? Okay, I honestly don't care because the show failed to make me care about them. I already talked about how their introductions were kinda meh and later, they (minus Fukamura who later wasn't doing much either tbh) were reduced to dumb cheerleaders (Bruyea only got a single duel while the other Darkmen all dueled at least 3 times, he was *that* irrelevant) whose last useful acts were first protecting Kuyamuya and Kuaidul and then protecting Yuamu from getting sucked into TM - all in the same episode. Too bad their sacrifice became irrelevant because TM got Yuamu eventually anyway. Wow, so Sabyuas, Zeyet, Bruyea and Fukamura's sacrifice was for nothing.`Or wait, weren't they just sucked into TM? So maybe despite the Dark Matter Empire being gone now, these 4 could still return somehow. Because yugioh. Same for Kuyamuya who only talks properly when the writers are in the mood for that. Her getting a human design? Why does it matter if she's killed off right after that being shown? To make us feel "worse" for her because "cute girl dead"?

I really had wished for Yudias reaching Yuhi after he got defeated and them getting an emotional moment together + everyone being happy about the return of the Velgearians. But instead, we get Zwijo reaching Yuhites and calling him "the best something" or whatever before TM goes crazy and magically only takes the main 5 to the sengoku era. Like couldn't they have time travelled at the start of arc 12? I can already guess how Yudias (and Yuamu) meeting Yuhi again will be probably done rather quickly because someone/something is gonna interrupt them.

Btw: Yuhites might have been the arc final opponent but the real main antag of the arc was Yuna who used Yuhites for her own selfish goals. Yudias deserves to crush her in a duel but we will likely not get her as an arc final opponent anymore. The least the writers can do is her NOT meeting Yuga again because that would just feel like a reward for the trouble she caused.

I doubt arc 12 will change my mind about season 3 and Go Rush in general being another ygo show full with potential but the potential was wasted. Since there are still no news about ygo 9, Go Rush *might* get more episodes but likely not too many since they talked about it being at its climax and you wouldn't say that about a show that gets another full year.

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...Idk how to feel about this arc final. I was ready to be emotional but I wasn't...

So as expected Yudias gets to Ritual summon, we see RItual Rainac which was played by Kuaidul first and Yuhites gets defeated.

Now I had also expected to see some emotional moments between Yudias and Yuhi or at least one? Especially after the Velgearians are now all back? But nah, Yuhites sits on the ground and then gets his hand grabbed by Zwijo and suddenly time machine goes crazy, we switch scenes and later, we just see Yuamu and Yudias having already landed in the time of Gakugen. The one person observing them with glasses was either the Ranze or Rinnosuke ancestor and the preview even shows them both properly.

The preview also reveals that Zwijo, Manabu and Nyandestar are in the past too. Ngl, I had thought Zwijo and Manabu would stay behind but nope, there are there as well. I could've seen it for Zwijo (since he was close to Yuhites) but how did Manabu and Nyandestar manage to time travel? Speaking of Yuhi(tes): There was no sign of him in the preview but we already know he should be back to normal after his arc 12 outfit was revealed along with the ones for Yudias, Yuamu, Epoch and Yuna. So maybe he got captured or is simply somewhere else than the rest of the main 5?

It's interesting that we see someone sitting who wears Otes' clothes but seems to be older? This is either gonna be the "real" Otes from Sevens or this is just another Otes.

Oh and we got to see Kuyamuya's "human self". Idk why we needed that but alright.

I guess arc 12 will be about the main 5 chilling in the past until they brought back Epoch and Yuna? God, I wouldn't even be surprised if Yuga's gonna show up there too. Heck, the Otes we saw might be even *him* somehow...

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No ygo 9 announcement which is pretty weird. Like I can't imagine Rush anime being over already when we only had 5 years so far.

There's another panel on Sunday but if there is nothing either... Then weekly ygo anime might be done for real and we only have the lore anime which is apparently gonna be once per month.

That or Go Rush gets another year but then all the talk about it reaching its climax was bs.

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No ygo 9 info yet (which I kinda expected since it's gonna be announced when the UTS trio's VAs are there) but some bit for Go Rush arc 12:

So this doesn't seem to only confirm that Yuhi's back to normal after the duel with Yudias but they travel to the past judging the clothes of the UTS trio? They seem to try finding Epoch and Yuna whose outfits look kinda "old" but also futuristic if this makes sense? What if Yudias and co. even meet Gakugen somehow? The UTS trio seems dressed like they're from his era.

More info for arc 12 probably comes in the next panel with the GR VAs but this bit alone makes me wonder how they will wrap up everything properly in like 12 episodes.

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So now that Go Rush season 4 isn't happening anymore and we're heading towards a new show, these are some points I could see happening for ygo 9 (not necessarily everything what *I* want to see):

getting the first female protag (if Pokémon could do it after 20+ years so can Yugioh but we're probably stuck with another guy)

protag being "red themed" again after Yudias was "blue"

protag having green or blonde hair (bonus for both)

protag being "more serious" compared to Yuga and Yudias

protag having a sibling or looking after kids

ygo 9 taking place in a parallel universe of Sevens and Go Rush (and it's either looking very futuristic or ancient)

ygo 9 being in the far future of Sevens aka still Goha City as the main place but the city is divided (kinda similar to 5D's)

ygo 9 cast being older if not that much like maybe most are like 13/14 at the start of the show (I'd be rather surprised if the protag was 16 or even older)

ygo 9 main cast getting together as a team because they were "chosen" (kinda similar to 5D's)

if the whole deal about Otes isn't resolved in Go Rush, it's definitely going to be in ygo 9

the main summon method is Ritual

references to Sevens and Go Rush but (hopefully) just minor things and NOT actual characters showing up there

I was also thinking about potential names for the protag.

For a guy: Yurei, Yuta, Yuzo, Yushin, Yukito, Yuito, Yuno

For a girl: Yume, Yumi, Yui, Yukari, Yura, Yuko, Yuno

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The final Go Rush Sound Rush CD got announced for March 19th 2025.

Which means Go Rush season 4 is definitely NOT gonna happen. YGO 9 is coming!

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Apparently, many people still believe in Jump Festa announcing season 4 for Go Rush? And I have to ask why when:

the one article (about the Go Rush dub iirc) saying it's gonna have 151 episodes which would fit considering the 2 breaks after ep 139 and ep 151 would be on March 30th, the last Sunday of March and first April week is usually for the start of a new show

the current ED giving too much "the show's ending" vibes

there is nothing really left to fill a whole year again imo?

Right now, we have Yudias fighting Yuhites, Yudias likely will win this duel and Velgearians should be back then if they weren't lying about Yuhites' defeat should revive them all. Should something happen with Yudias, there's still arc 12 to handle that along with bringing back missing people like Epoch and Yuna and maaaybe conclude the whole Otes story. (at worst this is dragged into ygo 9) Yeah, 11 episodes aren't much but tbh, Rush anime isn't new to rushing things.

I doubt that a season 4 would care to focus more on the Go Rush cast. Season 3 is already pretty pushing the Sevens stuff especially in the latest episode. So what would season 4 be about? Full on crossover with Sevens where the Sevens cast magically visits the Go Rush cast? If you aren't a big fan of both, Sevens and Go Rush, I doubt you really want this.

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I've seen plenty of negative reactions about Go Rush ep 138 and I can understand why people are annoyed/fed up.

But as someone who likes Sevens (more than Go Rush tbh, don't freaking kill me for that), I'm between:

'Yes, the amount of Sevens content in Go Rush sucks and GR would be a better show if it was free from it because I wanted a ygo show with focus on aliens and not Sevens' and

'Could people please not call one of my favorite ygo shows shit/trash just because Bridge can't stop pushing it into GR?'

Idk if anyone else is in this situation because many people watching GR are GR onlys and they ofc don't care about Sevens so it's easier for them to bash it (and Yuga, honestly the boy gets a lot of unnecessary hate when the worst shit was done by girls who just decided to do things for his sake while he's not even there to say anything about it) but on the other hand, you will also have GR watchers who are Sevens fans and they will take any 7s content without complaint because they enjoy it.

Whatever ygo 9 is, it better NOT be pushing down Go Rush scenes (or maybe even Sevens again, you never know with those writers) as much as GR did with Sevens scenes. There is showing a reference/easter egg and there is focusing way too much on past stuff, the present show suffers from it.