Looking at the TV airdates, I must have transitioned away from the game around I was getting older, about to go to secondary school, and I was running out of people to duel with. The game, like so many things in my childhood, was essentially a craze, and something else must have come along to replace.
And so, that was that until late last year. I moved house and had to go through a lot of boxes. In one of these, I found lots of my old decks, and my memories came flooding back. I rarely recognised of the cards. Everything now appeared to revolve around playing archetypes in decks. Apparently, everyone now played Kaijus, Sky Strikers, Spyrals or Spellbooks—that was just what you did if you wanted to win.
Despite not knowing the game anymore, there was an itch I wanted to scratch, so I dove back in. I created decks with the cards I remembered, resulting in structures that must have looked archaic to those who still follow the game religiously.
Things have definitely changed, with all my opponents always opening with elaborate first-turn combos that last five minutes, always made up of the same cards. I joined forums to talk and ask questions to learn, and I was derided for being a casual player and a loser—for using the wrong cards and the wrong strategies.
A lot of the art is really cool, and the character and monster designs are awesome, but there are so many moments when it looks cheaply and shoddily made.
It did not look good when it was originally on TV, and it looks even worse in hindsight. So many advancements in animation technology having been made in the time since Yu-Gi-Oh! The relationship between the two and the way they interact with each other and others gives a lot of room for interesting character development for Yugi.
Most Western fans of Yu-Gi-Oh! Either that or it was thanks to 4Kids that they were became aware of the series. This isn't inherently bad, but 4Kids' dub has become infamous for a reason. While there are plenty of amazing English anime dubs out there, the original Yu-Gi-Oh! The acting is stiff and the voices are strange, sometimes with weird accents that don't quite fit the way the characters are drawn. On top of all that, the dialogue feels stilted and awkward.
Arguably, the famous Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series did a better job at dubbing and localization even if it's a parody. In the finale, Yami faces off against Bakura in order to save Yugi and his friends, in a showdown that is seeded from the very beginning of the series. The pacing in the series is really odd. Like a lot of anime, it can slow down scenes and dramatic moments, which serves to draw them out to take up more screen time and even encompass entire episodes, which is a trick seen in everything from Dragon Ball to Naruto.
But then conversely, Yu-Gi-Oh! It makes for a sometimes bizarre and tonally jarring watching experience. The 10 Best "Draw 2" Spells, Ranked. In her free time, you can find her eating hummus, riding the Haunted Mansion, or being suffocated by her cats, Moo and Mai Tai. Home Lists Yu-Gi-Oh!
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