Even then, its not overally annoying. The suspense and mysterious nature just makes it all the more fun. And its nice that the show is very unpredictable.
From your review, I felt like this series share a lot of things with 5Ds Season 1: A strong protagonist, better female involvement in the plot, a strong myth arc and a dark tone. They even shared the same director! My guess is this is the series that Katsumi Ono signs up for when he did 5Ds, if not for extensive Executive Meddling, as well as uncontrollable events (Carly's VA involved in a cult). This series seems like that, with a better writing staffs who learned from the other series' mistakes.
From your review, I felt like this series share a lot of things with 5Ds Season 1: A strong protagonist, better female involvement in the plot, a strong myth arc and a dark tone. They even shared the same director! My guess is this is the series that Katsumi Ono signs up for when he did 5Ds, if not for extensive Executive Meddling, as well as uncontrollable events (Carly's VA involved in a cult). This series seems like that, with a better writing staffs who learned from the other series' mistakes.
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Worth the Wait
With a year of Arc-V out, I thought it prudent to re-review the series.
Arc-V is a very strong series. After a holding period of only a little bit of information, the plot starts moving in a big way, and keeps moving. You learn the pieces one by one, and while all of the characters hold a piece of the puzzle, none of them hold all of them.
That 'holding period' I mentioned earlier? Just because it doesn't whack you over the head with plot does not mean that it is useless. Some episodes are slower, or more subdued, but not one of them is a useless one. There is no filler in Arc-V, and pretty much every single thing is going to play a part, have a purpose.
Will the lulls annoy you? Yes. They will. But if you can hold on, know that it not only gets better, but holds its own with the best of the best of Yu-Gi-Oh, then you will be rewarded.
Also- let's not forget that every Yu-Gi-Oh! Series has its ups and downs. None of them are perfect, and we managed to like those ones just fine. ;)