04-21-2007, 10:11 AM | #1 | |
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Yu-Gi-Oh!
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05-06-2007, 12:54 AM | #2 |
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Re: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yeah...I was never a big Yu-Gi-Oh fan...but while we're on the topic...watch Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series!
40 episodes in only 2 hours!
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05-06-2007, 03:41 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Yu-Gi-Oh!
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I never got into the series either. I just all seemed way to silly for it to be so "serious." I did catch an episode of GX last night and it was mildly more interesting. But still... its a card game people! |
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05-06-2007, 02:32 PM | #4 |
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Re: Yu-Gi-Oh!
If you take all the hours of Yugioh and put them together, I'd say that something around 80% of them add up to filler while only 20% are the actual meat and potatos of the kickass story and character development. You have to sift through a lot of junk to get to the treasure. That stated,
1) Yugioh has one of the richest, most touching treasures I've seen in an anime, and 2) there is something to be said for the filler creating the "high-tension atmosphere in duels" that fans of the series have come to love. After all, it wouldn't be very tense if every mystery the series presented you with was answered within 30 seconds -- which is what the plot-rich Yu-Gi-Oh! would require if you were to try and tell the 20%-core-plot without any of the filler. It'd become a 43-episode series with a ton of information crammed into each episode. I understand that for most people, it's not worth wasting a hundred hours of your life (literally! Over 200 episodes, people!) just to get to the rich plot which could have theoretically been told in just 40 or 50 episodes. But for those who are willing to endure it, I think they are amply rewarded. The Pharaoh (Yami Yugi) is just such an amazingly well-thought out character in my opinion, and he's just so damn pitiable with his silent death wish. "I don't belong to this era ... please, Yugi, ... put my soul to rest. " All while risking his container's life to save the world ... and, thus, his container's future. Very touching, very cool.
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