Heard Arc-V's dubbed first episode as well - but I think people are overreacting, because that wasn't bad whatsoever lol. Takes some getting used to, maybe, but nowhere near 'it sucks' (which many are quick to say, for the most flimsy of reasons)
And I say that after being used to 45+ episodes of the sub
@#29076 I have not seen a dubded episode yet so I can't make much an opinion about how the voice-acting is (while I think Yuzu's dub name is stupid, I'll have to admit their creativity on the Yuyas names). However, I do feel the dub opening is very unfitting for Yuya's character
Seconded to Clawfang. Bar possibly the original manga, this is easily the best installment in the series. In regards to the dub, the original had a similar start, one might note - Believe X Believe is just as unsuited as Can You Feel The Power, and the original didn't kick off properly until episode 7.
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Best Yugioh Yet
This show is the best Yugioh ever, surpassing even the original. It started off "meh" and then went to "awesome"... and kept going! I felt like I just had to keep watching until I ran out of episodes.
The writing is awesome. There is not a single filler episode in the entire first season. And Yugioh loves its pointless filler, but not here. Every episode either advances some part of the main story, develops the characters, or introduces a new character. It's highly serialized, the tight plotting and good pacing put this season above the others for the writing strength alone. Even the inevitable Tournament Arc, every duel we see has some value to the larger plot going on. Speaking of, the story is good, paying tribute to all that has come before while also telling its own story.
There's character arcs, good ones. The main trio evolve their decks by incorporating new strategies and monsters, and they grow and change as people. We have a female lead that does something! Yuzu gets to duel regularly and has a subplot dedicated to her learning Fusion Summons. Finally, Yugioh gives us a proper female protagonist.
I remember past series where it seemed duelists ran dozens of trap cards to negate attacks and/or draw cards so the writers can keep the duel going. Not here. Action Cards are nothing flashy, they usually just raise stats for one turn or negate an attack. It's the typical Yugioh Ass Pull when Yuya always finds Evade or Miracle just in time to stop an attack, but the trade-off is his main deck isn't saturated with cards for the same, and not every duel is an Action Duel so there's less Ass Pulls, anyway. Pendulum is a good mechanic, it supports existing archetypes instead of being one itself, and it's awesome watching different dueling styles clash, like Xyz vs Fusion. No other series has done this and it's cool.
Duels last only one or two episodes, and for the better. Duels are much more fast-paced and interesting because they don't take four episodes to complete, and we have much fewer gimmicky joke duelists, so duels feel more realistic and are thus more enjoyable.
The music is striking and memorable, sometimes it's happy and upbeat, other times dark and foreboding, and it's used well in the episodes.
Arc-V makes other Yugioh franchises look like a stumbling mess. After five series, they're finally doing everything right