Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! News and Discussion Thread

[zoombie]

I've seen similar reactions because of how huge she is. I personally don't get it, but I never understood people getting excited over how tall that lady vampire in Resident Evil is either.

Is just me, it has been a while since I seen her in alien form, but does she sound like an old lady when she in that form? I tell you it is intentionally, they want her to be as un attractive as possible in her alien form, it is part of a gag.

 

[Light Lucario]

Is just me, it has been a while since I seen her in alien form, but does she sound like an old lady when she in that form? I tell you it is intentionally, they want her to be as un attractive as possible in her alien form, it is part of a gag.

They showed her alien form during that brief flashback when Yudias dueled her. I don't recall her voice sounding that much like an old lady. I don't know if it's part of a gag when I don't think that she looks that attractive in her human form. She isn't unattractive, but it's hard for me to see it as part of a gag when fans are putting more attention to her design than the show is at this point.

 

[Light Lucario]

I thought that this week's episode was okay. I had a feeling that Yudias turned into a blanket after being exhausted from climbing up the tower. Yudias was a ball of light when he first appeared and he can change forms, so it wasn't a huge stretch. It was weird that he turned into a blanket of all things, but I'll give them credit for that. It checks out with what has been established and there was still a misunderstanding when neither Yuna or Rovian could explain the situation before the twins dueled Rovian. I could have done without the random crab robot girl being in their bathroom. It wasn't quite as bad Yuhi farting during the Zwijo match, but it still felt like a bit of random toilet humor, or at best too much wacky humor. It still felt a bit at odds with the rest of the episode's tone and still makes me think that tone is the biggest issue with this series.

Rovian and Yuna wanting UTS was a bit sudden, but it did explain why they decided to randomly come to their house. Admittedly, Yuamu telling Yuhi not to get all excited when they showed them an expensive rock was pretty funny. Yudias agreeing to the terms if they dueled, but still not wanting something for himself would appeal to Rovian. It still feels like they're potentially overlooking that she has ulterior motives for this duel. That may come up in the second half of the match, but considering she got upset at Yuhi and Yuamu for dueling for themselves, it seems odd for them to not point out Rovian being a hypocrite. Granted, I still think that the notion of Rovian protecting the smiles, freedom and passion of Rush Duels makes no sense when the system she put in place underground means that there is personal gain in every Rush Duel in the underground.

The first half of the duel was pretty good. I really could have done without both sides having cheerleaders, but seeing Yuna and the noodle kid with pom poms was especially pathetic. Yuna gushing over all of Rovian's poems continued to be annoying too. Yudias having a smaller field as a result of the spaceship being damaged kind of made sense, but it also felt like a bit much. It felt like they just wanted to make it all the more impressive when Yudias inevitably defeats Rovian by giving him a smaller field. It isn't necessarily a bad thing and they didn't really have time to fix the spaceship between their attempts at reviving Yudias and him suddenly being restored, but it just felt like a bit much to me.

I did like Rovian's combo. It allowed her to deal both effect damage and weaken Yudias' monsters so that she could destroy them. He still managed to protect himself with that Trap card, but it was an effectively way to show off Rovian's skills as a duelist. Yuidas's new monster was pretty cool. Yudias having his own Equip Spell card was expected. I kind of figured that was one of the cards that he reacted to at the beginning of the episode. Plus, I kind of thought that being sealed away in that blanket would led to Yudias getting an Equip Spell. I don't think that Zwijo giving the card to Yudias means that he isn't a villain anymore, but ever since his duel with Yudias ended, they've been hinting that he isn't completely evil either. Since Yudias was able to deal some damage with his new monster and Equip Spell and the duel has another episode left, I assume that there will probably be more surprises with Rovian's deck, as well as with Yudias' new cards.

Yuamu wondering about why Rovian would want the Space Treasure was interesting. She said that it was a story passed down in her family, but at the same time, Yuamu was not convinced that aliens existed until the start of the series. It's such a telling line that stands out so much because it makes no sense. Nothing about how aliens have been treated in the series thus far makes it seem like they're a new development or newly revealed to the public. Yuhi was a bit more excited over meeting an alien when they first met Yudias, but Yuamu herself was pretty calm about it from what I remember. Aliens have been living on Earth for generations given that Manabu mentioned the Earth badge, or something along those lines, to the cupa alien. Manabu's entire motivation for joining the MIK was to find the alien who he thought kidnapped his dog friend and Manabu looked roughly the same age as Yuamu was in her flashback. I have a hard time believing that the MIK could be a secret to the general public just because they are not subtle. This might have been a way to make their meeting with Yudias more important since the twins hadn't met any aliens before then, but the line still grabbed my attention to be both interesting and baffling at the same time.

I was not expecting Rovian's hat to actually be one of those hat aliens. That genuinely surprised me. I've been thinking for awhile that Yuhi's one solo duel in this arc felt tacked on or the most expendable episode out of the arc. A part of me is second guessing that when these hat aliens seem to be coming from another galaxy or something and they have an Earthdamner, but I also wonder if they couldn't have introduced them in a different way. It's also possible that Rovian has been helping this alien, which could mean to her that she isn't dueling for personal gain.

We also finally got to see London again. He and a random background character introduced in this episode found the Space Treasure under UTS. That could explain why Rovian wanted UST. My guess is that London used this whole quest to find Yuna Goha as a distraction so that when the two groups were fighting over UTS, he could somehow claim the Space Treasure for himself. I don't know how he could have known about it there when even Yuamu didn't or what he expected to do with what looks like a giant spaceship, but that was my first thought.

 

[zoombie]

So what is going on, is this just about space treasure or some alien invasion?

Tell me, London's spy, did we meet him before? I don't remember him? Heck are we dealing with twins, with one working for London and the other one working for Rovian, I never saw the guy leave the duel location. If he is a spy, he is good slipping into the background like that and slipping away.

So next episode, we know Yudias is going to win, but will he actually win for real without his opponent just going on easy on him and giving him the win for reasons. I don't see any reason for Rovian to do that, so should get a legit win this time.

 

[Light Lucario]

So what is going on, is this just about space treasure or some alien invasion?

It's probably both, especially when the Space Treasure looked like a spaceship to me.

Tell me, London's spy, did we meet him before? I don't remember him? Heck are we dealing with twins, with one working for London and the other one working for Rovian, I never saw the guy leave the duel location. If he is a spy, he is good slipping into the background like that and slipping away.

No, we never met him before. They even kept his silhouette where they show Rovian and her gang members black until this episode. I think that they only mentioned his name once at the end and he didn't have any speaking lines. I wouldn't consider him a good spy when he felt more like a random background character until the end of the episode. I doubt that there are twins working for London and Rovian.

So next episode, we know Yudias is going to win, but will he actually win for real without his opponent just going on easy on him and giving him the win for reasons. I don't see any reason for Rovian to do that, so should get a legit win this time.

I'm not sure why Rovian would go easy on him, especially when it seems like she and her group were trying to help the hat aliens, and she does want to have UTS seemingly for the Space Treasure as well. I still hope that they'll address that she is dueling for personal gain, but I wouldn't be surprised if they try to justify it by saying that she's dueling for the hat aliens instead of herself. Since they've been hyping up Rovian for awhile, including having her defeat Yuamu and Yuhi in her first duel, I don't think it would make sense her to just let Yudias win. Since they went as far as to make Yudias have a smaller field, they'd want his victory to be more impressive than that.

 

[zoombie]

No, we never met him before. They even kept his silhouette where they show Rovian and her gang members black until this episode. I think that they only mentioned his name once at the end and he didn't have any speaking lines. I wouldn't consider him a good spy when he felt more like a random background character until the end of the episode. I doubt that there are twins working for London and Rovian.

Yeah re watched it and it is one guy.

 

[FTPC]

it has got interesting But
I dislike the penalty system

 

[zoombie]

Good finale to the arc, I like the way Yudias turned it around on Yuamu and Yuhi true motivations and Rovian's opinion of them. And while it was a very one sided bet, the UTS company vs an apology, but fits Yudias character.

So the whole town is a space ship, that is something, I wonder how much MIK knew, granted they seem as surprised. And what is London's true aim, we still don't, heck we don't know him and Rovian relationship, are they siblings, are they cousins? Though we know he is not heartless, he didn't Yuamu too get hurt.

So Yudias won, and gained Rovian's respect. I wonder could they develop a deep enough of a friendship, that fans might ship them. I mean Yuna already has an antagonistic relationship with Yudias, could they evolve that to her just being jealous of Yudias. Regardless, I see this arc as this show version of the Asana arc.

And speaking of, so far the two arcs have been more character driving, introducing new characters, rivals, and allies, and the very end we see what looks like to be the true villain of the series, at least the first true villain of the series. And listen I have no evidence, just my knowledge of watching anime, and know tropes. My prediction, I think this guy is Yudias' brother. Yudias always came off as being a prince of his world, having all those followers, and Zwijo wanting Yudias to have fun dueling. My guess he was molding Yudias for some great role some day. And a common trope for when the protagonist is a prince or an heir, for him to have an jealous evil sibling.

Also the other two protagonists are siblings, so we have other sibling relationship to compare, plus supporting character in London and Rovian that obvious have some family issues.

Just because we saw the first big bad, he might not play a big role in the next arc, Sevens first three arcs of "introducing rivals / allies" before they got going. So the next arc's antagonist might be like Zwijo and Rovian type of characters who aren't completely evil and have malice intentions.

And next episode after we see this menacing figure, let's make some manga. Though I am curious to see Manya's feelings on London's actions.

 

[Light Lucario]

Good finale to the arc, I like the way Yudias turned it around on Yuamu and Yuhi true motivations and Rovian's opinion of them. And while it was a very one sided bet, the UTS company vs an apology, but fits Yudias character.

So the whole town is a space ship, that is something, I wonder how much MIK knew, granted they seem as surprised. And what is London's true aim, we still don't, heck we don't know him and Rovian relationship, are they siblings, are they cousins? Though we know he is not heartless, he didn't Yuamu too get hurt.

Considering that the technology was from ancient times based on what Zwijo said, I doubt that the MIK knew anything about it. Otherwise, they probably would have looked more into the Space Treasure themselves. Given that Rovian and London's voice actors also voiced Romin and Roa respectively in Sevens and Go Rush is following a similar structure from Sevens, I assume that they're cousins. We don't have any confirmation yet, but I'd say it's pretty likely all things considered.

So Yudias won, and gained Rovian's respect. I wonder could they develop a deep enough of a friendship, that fans might ship them. I mean Yuna already has an antagonistic relationship with Yudias, could they evolve that to her just being jealous of Yudias. Regardless, I see this arc as this show version of the Asana arc.

I don't think that they'd need to develop a deep enough friendship for fans to start pairing them together. You can find pairings of practically any pair of characters in this franchise. That being said, I think that there will be more people pairing Yuna and Rovian together. I can kind of see comparisons with this and the Asana arc, particularly since Rovian's group will probably become allies for Yudias in the future, but I'm not sure how well it works either.

And speaking of, so far the two arcs have been more character driving, introducing new characters, rivals, and allies, and the very end we see what looks like to be the true villain of the series, at least the first true villain of the series. And listen I have no evidence, just my knowledge of watching anime, and know tropes. My prediction, I think this guy is Yudias' brother. Yudias always came off as being a prince of his world, having all those followers, and Zwijo wanting Yudias to have fun dueling. My guess he was molding Yudias for some great role some day. And a common trope for when the protagonist is a prince or an heir, for him to have an jealous evil sibling.

Also the other two protagonists are siblings, so we have other sibling relationship to compare, plus supporting character in London and Rovian that obvious have some family issues.

Honestly, I don't think that I'd consider these arcs being character driven, especially the first one, but they are following the same mold established in Sevens. Sevens introduced new characters, rivals, and allies throughout a thirteen episode arc, wrapped it up within a two part match and ended with at a look at the next antagonist for the next arc. I don't recall if they did that with Neil, but I clearly remember them establishing Asana's group and the Goha siblings in a similar manner. I'm not sure if the first Go Rush arc ended with teasing Yuna since I'm pretty sure it was the MIK Director instead who was more of a new minor character introduced properly in this arc.

Yudias having a brother wouldn't be a stretch and could be an interesting development. I feel like he would have mentioned having one earlier if that was the case, especially when his friends are siblings, but it wouldn't be out of place when we only know a bit about his home life. Yudias feels more like he just a promising solider to me, but I could kind of understand the prince vibe too. Plus, important sibling relationships has been a key aspect in this franchise from the start. Pretty much every series has at least one pair of siblings.

Just because we saw the first big bad, he might not play a big role in the next arc, Sevens first three arcs of "introducing rivals / allies" before they got going. So the next arc's antagonist might be like Zwijo and Rovian type of characters who aren't completely evil and have malice intentions.

And next episode after we see this menacing figure, let's make some manga. Though I am curious to see Manya's feelings on London's actions.

I feel like he might play a big role given the glowing eyes in a hole in space seems too mysterious for him to not play a big role in the next arc, but it's hard to say for sure right now.

Anyway, this episode was pretty good. Honestly, Rovian's actual plain made way more sense to me. This whole notion that she protects the smiles, freedom and passion of Rush Duels made no sense to me for a few reasons. The system she created didn't really encourage any kind of freedom in dueling and she actively didn't want anyone below the Macho rank to enter her castle. The fact that she was using the energy of the gravity field to find and power the Space Treasure made way more sense. It still makes her look like a hypocrite, but I'm glad that they did at least address it since something didn't add up with Rovian's plans and her characterization in mind. The fact that London basically betrayed everyone also made sense. Using the main cast to get to the Space Treasure was expected, but he was being too mysterious and gone for too much of the arc to not betray Rovian as well.

Seeing the building and ground transform right before everyone's feet was still pretty cool. Yudias instantly wanting to go save Yuamu was actually pretty nice. The duel had UTS on the line, but that didn't matter as much as the safety of a friend, which just felt nice and believable. Yuhi hearing Yuamu's voice was a bit weird. That did happen during the Zwijo match, but I could roll with that since Yuhi's soul had basically been put into a monster through the vague plot device that is the Earthdamer. I guess that they just have special twin powers if they can hear each other's voices when they're just far apart. It's a bit weird, but I assume that they'll expand on that in the future. At least Yuhi did go off to save Yuamu after encouraging Yudias to continue the duel.

I really like how Yudias called Rovian out for what she said about the twins earlier. I don't even really like Yuamu or Yuhi, but I just thought that Rovian's whole bit about how they make Rush Duels cry for their motivations made no sense and made her look like a hypocrite. Getting on Yuamu for wanting the Space Treasure is even worse in retrospect knowing that Rovian really was going after it herself. Yudias pointing out that both Yuamu and Yuhi are helping other people and aren't just self centered was nice and felt justified. Admittedly, even if they were more self centered with just wanting money or a promotion, I still don't think it would be that bad. They still wouldn't be actively endangering anyone by dueling for themselves like that, but it's still important to note that they are still willing and able to help others even with their desires in mind. Yudias wanting Rovian to apologize for what she said to them was honestly pretty sweet. While I still don't think that the chemistry between the main trio is as strong as it was between the Sevens cast, they still have a believable friendship and they care about each other, so Yudias wanting to duel for an apology works. It also felt satisfying to me that the show called Rovian out on this since getting on the twins' cases for dueling for themselves didn't make sense to me at the time, so I'm glad that the show didn't ignore it.

Rovian getting into her anger mode was expected, but it's still so weird to me that she said that she hates people who duel with ulterior motives. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be part of the gag or if it's to show that she is a hypocrite, but Rovian herself has been dueling with ulterior motives this entire time. She wanted to get to the Space Treasure, set up a dueling system in place within the underground to use the gravity energy to find it and wanted to get UTS for herself because she knew that the Space Treasure was there. It was entirely selfish ulterior motives from the start. I'm also starting to wonder if Rovian herself is an alien because of the energy waves from her anger mode actually affecting Yudias. Maybe it was just easier to roll with the hair and eye color changes, especially when they didn't really explain Romin's eye color change in Sevens, but when she's engulfed in red energy, it is hitting Yudias and they're in a universe where aliens exist, it's kind of harder to write it off as just a character gimmick without something else in play.

Yudias using his new Equip Spell on his ace monster was pretty cool. I was expecting him to get two Equip Spell cards instead since he had three cards in the previous episode, but since Rovian had just used two Equip Spell cards herself, it might have been less of a surprise. The Equip Spell having a different effect on Galactia Oblivion still made sense given its name and worked as a twist. He was still in a tight spot with having a smaller field and not being able to power up his monster further. Yudias's desire to win the duel causing the remaining piece of the spaceship to kind of worked. It was a way to make the last turn more dramatic, but it also connected with the big twist with the whole town being a spaceship. I thought that they still had the missing piece, but the fact that it was still back in Rovian's castle would also explain why they didn't fix it before.

Honestly, the Alien Residential Area being the remains of aliens who had come to Earth during ancient times and the entire town being a space ship made way more sense than I was expecting from this series. It would explain why there was weird gravity levels underground and the town being an ancient space ship might explain why there are aliens everywhere. Since all of the duel disks were glowing just like the last piece of the spaceship, I kind of wonder if the technology made to create them was also ancient Valgear technology. Yudias' desire to enjoy and win the duel caused the town shaped spaceship to reactivate and leave orbit. Zwijo wasn't surprised by the developed since he had expected that was the case. It was still pretty satisfying for Yudias to win the duel after how frustrating Rovian had become.

It was good that Yuhi caught Yuamu when he did and they were both saved with those giant mattresses from Askana. I didn't think that London would be okay with potentially see Yuamu die, but it was good to show that he wasn't heartless all the same. He's mysterious and we don't know what his motivation is, but he didn't want to hurt anyone or see Yuamu fall. I was kind of hoping that Yudias would get his duel disk back after the duel, but I assume that will happen in the next episode or at least before his next duel. Rovian was pretty happy with the duel as well, so telling Yuna to give Yudias his duel disk back out of good will seems possible. It's possible that Yudias could get a new Duel Disk instead, but since it was most likely given to him by Yuga, I think that they'd rather have him get it back instead.

There is some interesting setup at the end too. Not only do we have this mysterious being, who might be the Great Terror the alien hats were talking about, but just having the town go into space seems like a pretty big deal. I would assume that they'd have enough food and resources to help the town survive, but they're still separated from the rest of the world and venturing out into space. That does seem potentially dangerous. Although, with the giant field creating a sky illusion, they'd probably just try to fool the general public about their situation for awhile. That would make more sense than what they did with trying to downplay aliens during the first arc and would feel a bit more justified in order to avoid mass panic.

Despite my major issues with this arc, I do think that it's a noticeable improvement from the first one. There was generally a clearer objective for the main cast. They were searching for Yuna and even after they found her, they still wanted to uncover the truth about what was going on. The first arc felt a bit more aimless to me by comparison. It might not be a fair comparison when the first arc was introducing the new characters and setting, but it just lacked a clearer focus beyond that. There was a slow buildup for Yudias vs. Zwijo, but that wasn't a clearer objective for the main cast until the last couple of episodes of the arc.

Yudias vs. Yuna is honestly the best episode of the series thus. The world building and the huge implications that this is an alternate universe from Sevens are big reasons for that, but I think it also does a good job in showing why Yudias is a likable lead. He can be naive, but he is genuine and fully believes in helping others, which helps to make him more endearing. Yudias vs. Rovian was also pretty solid. It continued to provide some good character moments for Yudias, make the bond between the main three pretty feel more believable, had some satisfying explanations for Rovian and Matsuba Town and had some pretty interesting setup for the future. It kind of reminds me of Yuga vs. Neil. I had my fair share of issues with that arc, but buildup for that rematch, as well as the duel itself, helped to improve the arc a bit for me.

I think that one of the biggest issues for this arc was the pacing. It's far from the worst pacing I've seen, but I don't think it was designed well for thirteen episodes. It felt like it was stretched out a bit too much at first. Having a full episode building up to them meeting Sky Fisher seemed a bit much in retrospect. It made sense with how they made the informant out to be mysterious and why he'd be more impressed with Yuamu discovering them, but it just felt like a lot of setup for a pretty minor character. Yuhi's duel against the alien with the alien hat still feels like the most expendable episode of the arc. It may not be pointless filler when the alien hats might be more important down the road, but beyond that setup, it seemed like it just exists to give Yuhi a victory for the arc, as well as a new ace monster like all of the other prominent characters did.

The pacing seemed especially off to me during the last stretch of episodes. Having the twins lose to Rovian to hype her up was fine, but going from that to meeting a new minor character who wanted to prevent them from sneaking into the castle felt like the order of events had messed up a bit. Given how important the Space Treasure turned out to be, it was introduced really randomly and pretty late into the arc too. Both Manya's duel and the episode where they tried to revive Yudias felt mostly like padding. They weren't filler since they still had some important events by the end, but having two episodes in a row late into the arc that felt too much like padding is still a bad sign. I feel like this issue could have been improved upon if they weren't set on making the arcs thirteen episodes long. It was a double edge sword for Sevens too, especially during season two, but based on these first two arcs, I don't think that it works for Go Rush. If they had another episode or two, that might have given them more wiggle room for this setup.

I still think that tone is a big problem with the series as a whole too. Fortunately, there wasn't anything quite as bad as using Yuhi for a fart gag in one episode and having him in life threatening danger in the next one, but I still feel like the show goes too far with its comedy to make the more serious moments work. Yudias actually being a blanket for a few episodes felt like it was setup for a joke, but then you find out that he was actually kind of in danger this whole time. Yuamu falling from the spaceship feels a bit odd when just a couple of episodes ago, they were planting the Yudias blanket in the ground and trying to grow him back. This probably wouldn't be that much of an issue if they didn't go so far into such ridiculous comedic moments.

I also didn't really care for much of the new characters. Sky Fisher is one of the more unique aliens they've met, but he doesn't do much for me beyond that. The MIK Director and the Jersey Devil aliens exists. Yuna was interesting in her debut episode, but now she's just annoying gushing over everything that comes out of Rovian's mouth. I'd love to give them credit for making Yuna so openly queer coded with her crush, but the fact that she's so annoying and I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a running gag more than anything else really makes it less noteworthy in that regard. Rovian has a cool design and I do like how they showcase her skills as a duelist, but her being such a hypocrite is way too annoying for me. That might have been the point, but that makes her less of an interesting antagonist and more of an annoying one for me, especially when she still says she hates people who duel with ulterior motives despite being one herself.

I do think that the two part arc finale being pretty solid combined with the interesting setup and reveals improves the arc a bit for me. It doesn't negate all of the problems I've had with it, but ending on a good promising note with this duel and the setup actually makes me curious as to where they'll go next in Go Rush, which is way more than I can say for the end of the first arc.

 

[zoombie]

I compare it to the Asana, not because the main antagonist is female, who I think could be a prudential love interest for the main character, but mainly because in terms of introducing characters, it just as much about the group as it is the main antagonist.

It just as much the antagonist group, and their bond and belief in their leader. Rovinan Bandits believe and care about her, just as much as the Heavy Cavalry Club cares and believes in Asana.

And it while it was one of the dumbest arcs of the show (kids forced to go to another school by other kids, is just silly) the Asana arc is one of my favorite arcs of Seven and my favorite arc of the first season.

How the Rovinan arc will rank, only time will tell. Also I thought Asana was a good character and that helps, Rovinan as a character time well tell. I thought she was one of the better characters in the series so far, but I can't honestly say I like her as much as I did Asana.

And don't get me wrong, I am not putting the Asana arc on the level of the Dark Singers arc, that is my gold standards, and nothing comes close to that.

 

[Light Lucario]

I compare it to the Asana, not because the main antagonist is female, who I think could be a prudential love interest for the main character, but mainly because in terms of introducing characters, it just as much about the group as it is the main antagonist.

It just as much the antagonist group, and their bond and belief in their leader. Rovinan Bandits believe and care about her, just as much as the Heavy Cavalry Club cares and believes in Asana.

Honestly, that feels a bit too surface level for my tastes. Yeah, both antagonist groups believed in their leaders, but with Rovian, it arguably feels way more one sided than it ever did with Asana. Asana at least came off as a leader, while Rovian really doesn't. Aside from Yuna, the Rovian Bandits are pretty bland. Granted, Asana's friends were all one note gimmick characters too and up until they were trying to get her memories restored, I didn't think that there was much of a bond between them either, but I really don't see a bond between Rovian and her group. Asana is an annoying fangirl, the noodle ninja kid has not interacted with her, London betrayed her and the background character with London didn't interact with Rovian before betraying her either. Since Rovian was introduced fairly late into her arc compared to Asana, I don't think that there was any time or interest in really showing a bond between her and her bandits. Most of them were pretty much background characters.

Plus, Asana actually overcame her conflict by the end of her arc. Admittedly, I think that conflict was really weak. It made sense with her personality and upbringing, but it was such a pathetic reason for her to be the main antagonist for the arc and the solution was so painfully obvious. Even so, she still learned to embrace modification for her machine. Rovian didn't really overcome any personal conflict. If anything, she still feels like she hasn't realized that she is dueling with ulterior motives, which means she hasn't learned anything besides having a fun duel with Yudias.

I also can't really see Rovian as a potential love interest for Yudias. I understand getting that impression from Asana, but she also had more time interacting with Yuga in her arc. Yudias has only interacted with Rovian in two episodes. You don't necessarily need a lot of time between characters to ship them, but I'd need to see more interaction and chemistry between Yudias and Rovian before I could understand the appeal of their ship.

And it while it was one of the dumbest arcs of the show (kids forced to go to another school by other kids, is just silly) the Asana arc is one of my favorite arcs of Seven and my favorite arc of the first season.

I feel kind of the opposite about the Asana arc. I thought it was the weakest arc in Sevens. Asana's motivation was incredibly weak and I thought that made her the weakest antagonist in the series. Romin's one token duel of the arc was incredibly pointless and she had no role within the arc to make up for it. All of the new characters introduced besides Asana and Tiger were incredibly bland gimmicky characters. I can remember their gimmicks, but not any of their names. I agree that kids being forced to transfer to another school was pretty dumb and raised a lot of questions about where their parents were to boot. Yuga vs. Asana was one of the few two part matches in Sevens I didn't enjoy. It wasn't a bad duel, but it felt like such a step down after Yuga vs. Nail.

My favorite Sevens arc is a toss up between the Nail arc and the tournament arc. I think that the main aspects of the Nail arc that I liked were the first Yuga vs. Nail match, the buildup to the rematch and the rematch itself. I don't recall enjoying most of the earlier episodes of that arc. Both the whole accounts being banned upon losing and saving Kaizo's data were pretty weak forms of tension too. But Yuga vs. Neil round two is such a terrific duel, easily one of the best matches in the series. I love just describing it as Yuga forming a robot via the power of friendship to fight against a giant three headed plant monster on top of a building. It just sounds awesome, so that does give the arc some bonus points in my book.

The tournament arc is a bit more solid by comparison. I like most of the beginning and end of the arc. Romin vs. Yuga is terrific, I liked the setup for Yuga with his second match against Otes and the conclusion to the tournament itself was pretty solid. I didn't care for the middle stretch with the Goha 66, it didn't seem like Yuga got much to do despite his teammates being Roa and Nail and due to the arc's length, it barely felt like a tournament. It was more of an excuse to have a specific three-on-three match, but since those matches are pretty good, it isn't too much of a problem. It was also a fitting way for the first season to end. The first arc ended with a three-on-three match and the first season ended with a different three-on-three match. Yuga vs. Luke was one of the best duels of the series too.

How the Rovinan arc will rank, only time will tell. Also I thought Asana was a good character and that helps, Rovinan as a character time well tell. I thought she was one of the better characters in the series so far, but I can't honestly say I like her as much as I did Asana.

And don't get me wrong, I am not putting the Asana arc on the level of the Dark Singers arc, that is my gold standards, and nothing comes close to that.

I don't feel that Rovian is one of the better characters in the cast thus far. To be fair, aside from Yudias, Manabu and maybe Zwijo, I don't really care for most of the characters in Go Rush. They aren't necessarily bad or unlikable, but I don't care much for the twins and pretty much everyone else are gimmicky minor characters. Yudias and Manabu have likable personalities with some effective character moments to make them more endearing. Zwijo hasn't had a lot of screentime, but I like how he is a foil to Yudias, particularly in their first duel, and he is mysterious to where I'm curious what his true plans and motives are, especially when he showed that he isn't completely evil either. The other characters aren't that interesting or likable enough for me to be invested in by comparison.

I liked Asana too, but I thought she worked way better once she joined the main cast as opposed to being antagonist. The same could happen with Rovian. I have my doubts when my issues with Rovian are about her characterization makes her annoying to me instead of the problem being her motivation like it was with Asana, but it is possible.

 

[zoombie]

Well Rovian has prudential, let's give her time and see what happens. I am interesting to find out some Rovian / London back story. And I am sure they will duel each other at some point. Though on the surface, Rovian should have the edge, she was a boss of an arc, while London only duel was a distraction duel.

Though London he does give me a bit of a Dennis from Arc V vibe, he might be holding back and you never know what he has up his sleeves. Though London already not wanting Yuamu to die or get hurt does make him a little less psychotic than Dennis when he really wants to be bad.

 

[Light Lucario]

Well Rovian has prudential, let's give her time and see what happens. I am interesting to find out some Rovian / London back story. And I am sure they will duel each other at some point. Though on the surface, Rovian should have the edge, she was a boss of an arc, while London only duel was a distraction duel.

I don't see much potential in Rovian at the moment. This could change in the future, but based on this arc, I'm really not into her character. The best things about her are her design and being a good duelist. I find her hypocritical stance on dueling with ulterior motives way too annoying to find interesting or anything like that. Finding out more about their backstory could be interesting and a duel between the tww would be pretty cool. Rovian does have more skills not because she's the boss of an arc, but because she actually got to show off some pretty solid combos in her duels. London has had only one duel where he was a distraction. That may not be the most accurate indication of how skilled he is though.

Though London he does give me a bit of a Dennis from Arc V vibe, he might be holding back and you never know what he has up his sleeves. Though London already not wanting Yuamu to die or get hurt does make him a little less psychotic than Dennis when he really wants to be bad.

I can kind of understand that comparison when they're both kind of wild card kind of characters. London being a spy for another group of aliens could also be why he betrayed Rovian. I would definitely not call Dennis psychotic though. Even when he revealed his ties to Academia, he wasn't really being evil or had over the top facial expressions like Sora did. He talked about how he started the invasion of Heartland once he found Ruri, but he wasn't happy about it. He didn't even want to do it because it would mean that his performance would end. Dennis lacked the courage and support to break free from Academia like Sora and Serena did. He couldn't make that choice even when Yusho offered him the chance to fight back after his duel with Kaito. Dennis wasn't this psychotic antagonist. He was a brainwashed kid who couldn't fit as an Academia solider regardless of his efforts and was too afraid to embrace his true self until the end of the series.

It would also be really weird if London didn't react to Yuamu being in danger. He's been mysterious and absent for most of this arc, but that doesn't mean that he'd become this heartless monster who wouldn't care about an innocent person getting seriously hurt or killed because of what he did. Not to mention it would probably contribute to the tone issue of Go Rush quite a bit.

 

[zoombie]

So next episode, I wonder if the next episode is about creating a manga character based on Yudias. Maybe the story is re creation of the Yudias / Zuwijo duel.

 

[Light Lucario]

I thought that this week's episode was okay. I really could have done without the reintroduction of Chupa since he's one of the most annoying characters introduced thus far. Granted, Yuna might be even worse for me, but I would have been fine with leaving him behind after the first arc. Yudias still seeing him as an eternal friend was nice though. It still comes off as being a bit too naive, but that's one of the aspects that makes Yudias endearing.

The whole motivation to make a Meegu-chan anime was extremely weak. There has been no sign that Chupa's duel back in the first arc affected Meegu-chan's popularity or image with the general public. Everyone watching the duel in the TV station, as well as in that restaurant, fully believed that it was all the magic of TV where anything can happen. People even believed that they were watching something in CGI right in front of them. I understand that this was basically just a flimsy excuse for this joke plot to happen, but it just felt really weak. I know that Yuamu agreeing to the job because of money is one of her gimmicks, but it does feel weird to do that right after Yudias said that there was more to her than just being money hungry. It doesn't contradict Yudias's statement, but the timing just feels a bit weird to me. Not to mention I'm not sure why she'd really need that extra motivation. UTS has taken on basically any job in the past, including trying to get a lost cat.

Admittedly, seeing them cover the different stages of how an anime is made was kind of interesting. The whole setup of having a small crew working on a short tight deadline is way too fitting for the anime industry, along with all of the countless redraws. Yuhi still being treated as a joke despite saving Yuamu's life in the previous episode was expected too. Yudias's pure happiness and excitement over how cards are created in the duel layout was rather sweet. Yuamu not being able to draw was also kind of funny. Even Manabu and the MIK joined in to help. An alien cat trying to draw an anime is the kind of hilariously stupidity that I can behind in this franchise.

There were some funny moments with the actual anime they produced. All of the comments on the narration and still frames were kind of funny. There were a lot of cut corners with stuff like having little, if any, animation during the frames, a lot of telling instead of showing, poorly drawn backgrounds and spending a lot of time on the transformation sequence. I wonder if working on this stretch of the episode was easier for the animators since they could get away with bad artwork and animation given the in-universe explanation for it. The whole plot of the Meegu-chan anime was just weird, particularly with the stylist calling the card tomboyish. A fluffy sheep girl monster wearing a pink dress is practically the opposite of tomboyish.

Yuhi being so genuinely excited to see that frame he worked on despite only being on screen for one second was actually pretty nice. I also got a good kick out of those Sailor Moon references. The transformation sequence was an obvious callback, but even the stylist calling out Refresh after being attacked was quite similar to what happened in Sailor Moon too. Chupa being so excited over improving Meegu-chan's popularity that he thought that he'd rise up as the best producer in the world was pretty stupid. At least they did confirm that the town is indeed flying through space at the moment. I just wonder if the general population of the town knows about it yet. Chupa not knowing it because he was in prison is believable enough, but what about all of the people who were watching the anime? I liked the pop version of the ending theme. It has a bit more energy than the original version and I believe the voice actors for Yuamu and Yuhi were the singers. Having voice actors perform the opening or ending themes is always a major plus in my book.

I was expecting this episode to be stupid and it definitely was, but it had a few more funny moments than I was expecting. Despite that, I'd also consider this episode a complete waste of time. Aside from confirming that the town is flying in space and maybe reintroducing Chupa depending on what role he'll have in this arc, nothing of note happened. Having a filler episode after the recent two part match is not necessarily a bad thing. It would give a bit of breathing room for the characters and the audience after the big reveals from the previous episode. I think that starting off the new arc with a filler episode is just not really a good note to start with. The first episode for the Rovian arc felt mostly like padding, but it was still setting up stuff like the new underground location, London being mysterious as can be and starting the find Yuna Goha plot. This episode does virtually nothing. It's also more of a problem because of how the arcs are structured. They've been following the Sevens model from the start with introducing new characters over the course of a thirteen episode arc. Because this episode was absolute filler, they now have less episodes to cover the arc's storyline, which I'm sure is going to impact the pacing of the arc too.

This wasn't the worst filler episode in the series. I still think that the quiz episode was far worse since it didn't even have any humor to make it a decent watch. This episode was more entertaining by comparison, but that's a pretty low bar to reach and I'd still describe it as a waste of time in spite of having a few funny moments.

 

[zoombie]

So the woman that works at the TV station, is suppose to be the grown up version of the girl from the newspaper club?

 

[Light Lucario]

So the woman that works at the TV station, is suppose to be the grown up version of the girl from the newspaper club?

No because Go Rush can't be set in the same universe as Sevens. Nothing adds up, especially with Manabu's backstory and Yudias vs. Yuna in mind. It's heavily implied that this is an alternative universe. They do have characters who look and sound similar to Sevens characters. Most of the UTS adults look like older versions of minor Sevens characters and the woman from the TV station does look like an adult version of the girl from the newspaper club. But they aren't the same characters.

 

[Light Lucario]

I thought that this week's episode was okay. For some reason, I thought that the MIK Director was still in Mutsuba Town when the spaceship took off, but they're still back on Earth. It seemed awfully early to have a nod to the first episode of the series. I kind of understand why they did that when they wanted to make it feel like the town was still normal, but it just feels way too early to have a call back to the first episode. The series hasn't even been going for a full year yet.

Yuhi being the only one freaking out over their situation made it clear that it wasn't going to be treated seriously. I kind of figured it wouldn't anyway with the series' weird tone, but everyone else was pretty relaxed about it. Admittedly, I was wondering how much food and water they'd have while traveling through space too. It seems like that would be a big cause for concern, but I'm not surprised it was quickly brushed aside.

It's kind of weird that they didn't show Yudias' space ship merging together with the town spaceship. Or maybe it did and I somehow don't remember it. Yuhi wanting the spaceship so that it could be his Duel Disk was a bit much. I understand that refusing to repair his old Duel Disk was suppose to show how much of a bond he has with the Valgear spaceship, but it felt more impractical to me, especially when I initially thought that the Valgear spaceship needed to help guide the Mutsuba Town spaceship through space. Not to mention between the three of them, only Yuamu has a Duel Disk currently.

I did like the brief flashback showing Rovian apologizing to the twins for mocking them. It was a weird apology with the way she talks and I'm still not a big fan of Rovian given her personality in general. They still haven't addressed her being a hypocrite for dueling with ulterior motives either, but it was nice that she apologized after losing to Yudias. She also wants to fight the Great King of Terror. I could have done without Yuna whole bit about how the main cast could join the bandits if they begged her, but that is within her character.

It was really weird for them to talk about going to Asaka largely because I do not believe that she has really properly met the main cast prior to this episode. She showed up at the end of the Zwijo match and basically saved the twins' lives by catching them at the end of the Rovian match, but despite that, Asaka has not really interacted with the other characters. The kappa alien has interacted with her more to provide more exposition. Given her position in town as head of the Mutsuba Heavy Machinery, I can believe that she'd be well known to the general public, but they kind of acted as if they had met her before or had more familiarity with her despite her limited screentime.

I was not expecting a talking pigeon. There is Nyanstar, but at least she looks a bit different from a regular cat with that star mark on her forehead. The pigeon looked a bit too simple to really pass for an alien before it started talking. This episode does basically serve as giving more insight into her personality and Asaka does not leave a good impression. She came off as rather cocky and full of herself, claiming that she is the top of the elite and that everything in Mutsuba Town belongs to her because of her family company. I'm sure that was the point and it does make her the polar opposite of Asana from Sevens, but that kind of attitude can be a huge turnoff for me. It isn't necessarily a deal breaker since Jack is one of my favorite characters in the franchise and he can definitely be a cocky jerk. It usually works better when it's clear that there is more to them beyond that and so far, I don't get that impression from Askana, It could change of course, but the first impression isn't really that good for me. I suppose pushing Yudias' people to a breaking point should also be considered bad, but since they're all just nameless extras, it's hard for me to care about that.

I was wondering about Manya would feel about being stuck in space for who knows how long. Askana really is rich if she was willing to pay off people any kind of money they want. Although, that does make me wonder if the general public knows that they're in space. So far, only the main and supporting cast knows the situation. Askana claims that some people complained, but we only saw Manya and Bochi coming to her. It might not be necessary for the general public to know that they're in space, but I just wonder if they'd be as easy to pay off as Manya was. There was also a brief scene of Zwijo apparently setting up a bakery. That was kind of weird, but I assume that will be important down the road.

The duel itself was okay. Asaka's machinery Duel Disk was so hugely impractical. It looks tough and imposing, but it takes up so much space. Yuhi using a regular duel field against a Duel Disk added some charm to the duel. It's kind of nice to see characters use regular duel fields. The UTS adults dressing up in place of his monsters would have been more touching if they didn't feel so bland and forgettable. I'm still positive that most of them have barely had any lines. I did kind of like the costumes though. It's kind of stupid, but it is charmingly stupid and at least still made Yuhi's side of the field more visually interesting.

Asaka's cards didn't really impress me that much. Her regular monsters felt bland and her ace monster felt a bit overly designed. It might grow on me over time. Yuhi's new ace monster was pretty nice and I liked that Yudias got involved with the costume. I assume that Rovian gave Yuhi his new Equip Spell. It would have been good to explain that at some point during the episode, but since Yuna shows up in the next episode, maybe they'll save it for then. Yuhi doing the last bit of damage with his weak monster was a bit surprising though.

I kind of assumed that they needed the Valgear spaceship to keep the main spaceship on course, but according to the kappa alien, they're already going fast enough. It does give Yuhi his Duel Disk back effectively. It still feels like they're moving a bit too slow with the storyline for this arc. Stuff did happen in this episode, some bits of potential setup were planted and Asaka was given proper focus for the first time, but it still felt a bit too little for me or it was just too uninteresting for me to be invested in.

 

[zoombie]

The one thing that bugs me about this whole town in space thing, what happens when they run out of food. You can't supplies from outside of town anymore. This town is going to starve eventually.

 

[Light Lucario]

The one thing that bugs me about this whole town in space thing, what happens when they run out of food. You can't supplies from outside of town anymore. This town is going to starve eventually.

The start of the episode basically had the UTS adults explaining that they still have food and water, so they'd be fine traveling through space for now. Plus, I'm still not sure how much of the general public know that they're in space either. Realistically, they would have a limited supply of food for the town's people, there's no guarantee that they could find resources to feed an entire town in space and they don't know when or if they can get back to Earth, so food should be a bigger issue.

I just don't expect them to treat it actually that seriously or that they're all in danger of potentially starving when the tone has largely been too comedic. Even if they do make it a bigger deal down the road, it would probably feel too jarring to work. Going from making an anime special for Meegu-chan to everyone starving to death a few episodes later wouldn't really work.

The more I think about it, the more I'm kind of annoyed that they didn't explain how either Asaka or Yuhi got their new Equip Spells. I guess it wouldn't be hard to believe that Asaka paid to get her from Yuna or would have access to these cards as president of her family company and Rovian could have given Equip Spells to Yuhi and I assume Yuamu as part of her apology. I understand why they'd want more characters to have Equip Spells when they need to promote new cards and support cards for new archetypes. They don't always have to explain where new cards come from either, but it's a bit more jarring when Equip Spells were brand new in the previous arc and so far, there has been no clear explanation as to why more characters have them now. Even Sevens explained why even random one note characters would have access to Fusion and Fusion monsters after that card was introduced into Rush Duels.