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

[Light Lucario]

I though that this week's episode was okay. I was wondering if Yuna had given Yudias his duel disk back off-screen or not. She still comes off as rather annoying, but at least she did give it back. I wonder who was telling her to give it back to Yudias though. It could have been Rovian, but I don't think that they would have left it vague if that was the case. Yuna also mentioned that she got the wrong one, so I don't know if that's also a hint for something down the road. I kind of figure that Yudias would get his duel disk back eventually since it is important as it was most likely given to him by Yuga and gives him a distinct duel disk from the rest of the cast. Plus, they've never explained where people get duel disks in this universe, so I didn't think that they'd just get him a new one instead.

The new minor character was gimmicky as could be, but that's to be expected. I'll give the show credit in that his whole training plan for Yudias was so stupid it actually did make me laugh a bit. It was just so over the top with its stupidity that I couldn't help it. Asaka continuing to pay people off to stop complaining and Yuamu getting eager to take up the job at the sight of money was a bit annoying though. The latter just continues to make the whole argument that Yudias was making in his match against Rovian a bit harder. Yeah, Yuamu still cares about helping people, so she isn't just into getting money, but I feel like using this gimmick so soon after that match just weakens the message a bit.

The duel itself was okay. Although, I was really confused over the whole bit that Yudias shouldn't transform into his alien form in front of people. Based on what Asaka said, it does seem like the general public know that they're flying through space right now. The new gimmicky character knew that they were flying in space and that was causing his rocks to be thrown off balance. So if they know that the whole town is a giant flying spaceship, why panic over them learning that aliens exist? Wouldn't it be pretty easy to accept that aliens exist if your entire town turned out to be a spaceship? How could they explain that they're flying through space and no one think that the spaceship was something left behind by aliens? Do they really think that it was technology created by Asaka's company or the government?

More importantly, how are aliens considered a secret to the general public at this point? Really nothing about how aliens have been presented in Go Rush has made me think that they are this well kept secret from the general public. I know that most of the aliens have human disguises, but they aren't really treated as if their presence is a secret in spite of that. Yuhi firmly believed that an alien took his Earthdamer even before he met Yudias and was blaming each alien they came across until he met the kappa alien. Manabu's motivation for joining the MIK was because he thought an alien took away his dog friend and he was a really little kid in that flashback. Granted, you could say that everyone else the main cast has come across since meeting Yudias was either an alien or had already met aliens, so they wouldn't see it as a big deal, but my point is that aliens aren't really treated like this new development. Instead, they're treated more like an accepted aspect of their world. Aliens can be living on earth for generations based on what Manabu said when he first talked to Chapu. There is a really good chance that I'm just overlooking into this detail and that this is just bad world building for Go Rush, but something just does not add up in my opinion. It's the same reaction I had when Yuamu said that she wasn't convinced at the existence of aliens until they met Yudias. It raises a lot more questions than it probably should.

It didn't really care for the new character's deck design wise, but he did have some unique combinations and the emphasis on balance with his monsters' levels was interesting. Although, I really wish that they actually explained where characters are getting their Equip Spell cards. There were implications as to how Yuhi and Asaka got their Equip Spells. Asaka could have easily had access to these cards as president of her family's company or paid Yuna to give her one. Yuna could have easily given Yuhi his new Equip Spell card too. It was still kind of annoying to not explain it, but at least there were plausible explanations. I don't know how a random nobody like this new character could have gotten one. I understand they need to plug more Equip Spells for marketing, but when the previous arc established Equip Spells were new to Rush Duels and up until Yudias' match with Rovian, the Rovian Bandits were the only ones with these new cards, it's more frustrating for characters to just suddenly have these new cards with no in-universe explanation.

Yudias' new monster was pretty cool though. It had a nice design and while its effect seemed a bit too powerful, it is balanced out by having relatively low attack points. I actually really liked Yudias being so confident when explaining why the new character lost. He was so focused on his own balance that he didn't recognize how Yudias battles and thus lost the balance of the battlefield. It was a nice moment since it showed how Yudias has become a better duelist. He's a lot more confident and capable than he was at the start of the series where he had to get everything spelled out for him. It isn't amazing development, but it's nice and Yudias being a more confident duelist generally works.

Asaka just appealing to him with a gem stone does make the match feel a bit more moot. It doesn't make the episode pointless when Yudias still got his duel disk back, the new character will probably be helpful down the road and it felt like there was a bit of setup with Yuna, but when even the main characters wonder why they were needed when the problem could have been resolved sooner, it doesn't really help. It kind of felt like the episode suddenly stopped too, but I might have been expecting either more setup for stuff later on in the arc or a lead way into the next episode.

 

[zoombie]

How much money does Asaka have? This whole trip is going to bankrupt. She is such a lousy driver, but driving a space ship is not easy, so I can understand her prospective as well.

So Yuddias being a alien is suppose to be a secret? That was spawn on all of a sudden, of that suppose to be part of the joke that he is so earnest and up front that he can't do. Besides that is only for the populists, not the actual other characters. Though after the duel at the end of the first arc that was broadcast all over town, I think the cat is out of the bag.

 

[Light Lucario]

How much money does Asaka have? This whole trip is going to bankrupt. She is such a lousy driver, but driving a space ship is not easy, so I can understand her prospective as well.

She is probably cartoonishly rich given that she has no limit on how much money she gives away. Her issue was less about how difficult it is to drive a spaceship and more like she just didn't want to deal with anyone complaining to her. Asaka is more cocky and arrogant as opposed to dealing with any real hardships at the moment at least.

So Yuddias being a alien is suppose to be a secret? That was spawn on all of a sudden, of that suppose to be part of the joke that he is so earnest and up front that he can't do. Besides that is only for the populists, not the actual other characters. Though after the duel at the end of the first arc that was broadcast all over town, I think the cat is out of the bag.

It didn't feel like a joke, although it could kind of work showing that Yudias isn't really capable of keeping a secret like that. I don't think he's dueled in his human form either, so bringing up the idea that he shouldn't transform in front of people in the third arc of the series just seems so bizarre to me. I'm still confused as to how people would accept that their town is a giant spaceship and that they're flying in space right now, but they can't know about aliens. It just makes me wonder how they accepted being in space or where they thought the spaceship came from in the first place.

I do recall Manya trying to present the Zwijo match as just being the magic of television where anything can happen, much like what happened during the duels at the TV station, but it still feels weird that would work. Even if they're trying to hide the existence of aliens from the general public, that still feels such at odds with how aliens have been handled. Even the twins or the UTS adults weren't shocked over finding out that aliens were real when they met Yudias. They haven't been treated as a big secret or huge discoveries whenever the cast met a new alien, especially in the first arc, but just something that they accept in their universe. The UTS adults knew about the Alien underground city before the main cast did. I'm still not sure if I'm overthinking this detail, if it's just bad world building or both. It's probably both, but moment like this and Yuamu saying that she wasn't convinced about the existence of aliens until they met Yudias really doesn't add up with how they've treated aliens in the series.

 

[Light Lucario]

I thought that this week's episode was really bad. The premise from the start was already rubbing me the wrong way. Yuamu being so set on getting campaign rewards just because they're free is pretty pathetic. Again, it really makes Yudias defending her from Rovian fall flat when her motivation for most episodes in this arc basically boil down to getting money or getting stuff for free because she's cheap. It doesn't necessarily contradict the notion that there's more to Yuamu than being greedy, but cracking up her gimmick up to eleven shortly afterwards really doesn't help the message they were going for during that part of the match.

Admittedly, Yuamu going into angry customer mode when she got to the bakery only to find out that the plates were gone and that Zwijo was the manager was kind of funny. Zwijo deciding to sell curry bread because he hates it was also pretty funny. It was kind of weird she didn't pick up on at least the lady in the back being a giant until she stood up. At least with Zwijo, he has a humanoid disguise much like Yudias does, but she didn't and you'd think that with just seeing her hands, it would be easy to notice that she was huge.

The duel itself was pretty terrible. Dueling to get a plate is easily one of the dumbest reasons for a duel that I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure that at least Sevens and maybe Zexal had worse excuses for duels, but this would rank pretty high up on the list. It's such a pathetic reason to duel and it was such a weird choice for Zwijo to come back in a really comedic episode. Even he had a gag with not eating much for the past three weeks.

I've never really cared for Yuamu, but this episode really puts her in an even worse light for me. Not only was she making a huge deal over nothing, but even she realized that Yudias gave her a fake sticker and thus didn't actually earn her precious plate, she decided to keep going on with the duel because of what they promised her beforehand. It really made her come off as shallow and dishonest, or at least kind of underhanded. If this was for something more important, then maybe it wouldn't be too bad, but going this far for a stupid plate is just ridiculous. I didn't really care for her new monster and I still find it annoying that they haven't explained where these Equip Spells come from. It's reasonable to assume that Rovian gave Yuamu and Yuchi their Equip Spells, but they don't confirm that and after establishing Equip Spells as brand new cards to Rush Duels, you'd think that they'd provide an in-universe explanation.

I was practically cheering for Zwijo to win because Yuamu was just that unlikable and insufferable. Once he got down to a hundred life points, I kind of figured he would win. Yuamu had no good reason to actually win and they needed to give Zwijo a proper victory anyway. While I'm still not into his deck, I thought his new ace monster was a bit of an upgrade. It was still a bit bulky, but I liked the color scheme at least. Zwijo having his own Equip Spell is fine since he gave Yudias the Equip Spell earlier, so they didn't need to explain how he got his own. It was so satisfying to see Yuamu lose that I started clapping. She was just insufferable to me this entire episode.

Wanting to keep their location a secret from the MIK was an understandable request. We still don't know why they're selling bread, but I assume that there's a reason. The fact that Yuamu could be so easily convinced to keep this secret with a plate made her easily one of my least favorite characters in this series. At least she didn't end up getting the plate because Zwijo dropped it. I assume that she'll still keep their location a secret. Yuidas being so naive about making his own campaign and creating a paper plate replacement for Yuamu was one of the few good moments of the episode. It just showed why he's a likable and endearing lead when he just looked and sounded so happy to help out people.

The pacing for this arc is already terrible. We're four episodes in and aside from some minor setup, nothing has really happened, which is weird given that they're traveling through space. This episode was the worst of all thus far. Even the anime episode had some entertainingly stupid moments to make it tolerable. This was just plain terrible and reminded me of the quiz episode way too much in that this episode was a complete waste of time. I can't even say that Yuamu learning about where Zwijo is and keeping it a secret from the MIK, as well as her friends I assume, is going to lead to anything huge. I can't really see it leading to a falling out from Manabu or causing a rift within the main trio when I don't think they'd go that far with this development, especially when the reason was completely comedic. The premise of the episode was bad, Yuamu was so insufferably annoying that she makes me question if I prefer Kotori from Zexal over her and despite something huge like finding out where Zwijo is, it felt so minor.

At the very least, I think I can safely say that Yuamu is a major downgrade from a female lead after Romin for me. I had a lot of problems with Romin in spite of her being my favorite Sevens character, but her personality was generally fun, likable and she had great chemistry with the rest of the main cast. I can't really say the same about Yuamu. She has always rubbed me the wrong way, but this episode just makes her look so incredibly bad.

I don't think that the episode is bad because it's filler or that filler episodes are necessarily bad. I think it was bad just because it was annoying and stupid from start to finish. If it was entertaining or had something interesting going on, then being filler wouldn't necessarily be a problem. I do think that it's a big problem that there has been such little progress with the arc's storyline due to the thirteen episode structure. The last couple of episodes did at least provide a bit more setup for the future, but both this and the anime episode were pretty much filler. They don't need to make huge plot progression in every episode, especially when I still don't think Go Rush is plot driven exactly. But when each arc has already had pacing issues, I don't think that they can really afford from taking their time or that the arc's pacing won't suffer as a result of these filler episodes.

 

[zoombie]

I was torn on who should win the duel at first, I thought Yuamu was in the right until I found out about the fake stickers, if it wasn't for that, Zwijo wouldn't have a leg to stand on, but Zwijo is a former main antagonist, he took the main character to the limit (and may have let him win), going from that to losing to a side kick would totally make him look like more of a loser. What is next, Zwijo going to be losing to Manya? I know his role as main antagonist is over, and he would be losing more, jobbing to new antagonists to build them up, but you have to protect him a little bit. I know I am talking in wrestling terms so sorry.

Yeah it is a silly episode, but I did like Yuamu and Zwijo interaction, the nonsense of it, is something. And someone like Zwijo open up a bakery, there is something charming about that.

 

[Light Lucario]

I was torn on who should win the duel at first, I thought Yuamu was in the right until I found out about the fake stickers, if it wasn't for that, Zwijo wouldn't have a leg to stand on, but Zwijo is a former main antagonist, he took the main character to the limit (and may have let him win), going from that to losing to a side kick would totally make him look like more of a loser. What is next, Zwijo going to be losing to Manya? I know his role as main antagonist is over, and he would be losing more, jobbing to new antagonists to build them up, but you have to protect him a little bit. I know I am talking in wrestling terms so sorry.

Even before the fake sticker was discovered, I don't think that Yuamu had any reason to actually win the duel. All she wanted was a free plate, which is such a ridiculous reason to duel. She was being rude, selfish and impatient. She wasn't in the right for demanding her free plate. She was going practically full Karen mode, right down to demanding to talk to the manager, and couldn't accept no for an answer. Ignoring that fake sticker in order to still get her free plate from winning the duel made her look even worse, but Yuamu looked pretty terrible from the moment this episode started for me. Plus, when she was pushing Zwijo into a corner and unable to defeat him with piercing damage, I figured that he was planning a comeback. She got virtually nothing for her imposed campaign queen self title and that's exactly what she deserved.

While he did take Yudias to his limit in their match, I would say that Yuamu is a stronger duelist than Yudias, especially during the first arc, so I don't think pushing the main character that far is necessarily that huge deal compared to other main characters. It was heavily implied, if not outright confirmed, that Zwijo did let Yudias win though. Losing two duels in a row would have seriously hurt his credibility, especially when this match was just stupid with no real stakes involved. Most fans tend to see the twins as fellow main characters due to their Yu names, but sidekicks might be more fitting when Yudias is the main character. I'm not sure about Zwijo losing to other antagonists to hype them up. That certainly could happen since they've done that with other villains and rivals in other series. I'm just not sure about them doing that with Zwijo anytime soon when it doesn't feel like his time as an antagonist is over. He hasn't been the main threat for awhile, but he's still been mysterious, we still don't know much about his plans and I don't see him becoming part of the friend group for the main cast that soon either.

Yeah it is a silly episode, but I did like Yuamu and Zwijo interaction, the nonsense of it, is something. And someone like Zwijo open up a bakery, there is something charming about that.

There were some funny moments, but I don't think it was enough to make up for how annoyingly bad the episode was for me. I do wish that Zwijo's bakery was the reason why people have Equip Spells though. Since he already is capable of making Equip Spells somehow, the thought that he was giving them out to the general public in his curry bread would have been the kind of ridiculous stupidity that I could get behind. Granted, I don't know if there would be a good reason for Zwijo to suddenly give out cards to random people. Giving some new cards to Yudias at least made sense when he was already trying to revive him and made him more mysterious, but it still would have been an in-universe explanation for the sudden influx of Equip Spells.

 

[zoombie]

Well let's be honest this arc has been really awful. Sevens had a couple of arcs like this well, with just a bunch of nonsense happens for 10 episodes or so, before we have a big battle. They really are set with this 13 episode structure, and if an arc is just about one big duel, we get a lot of filler.

 

[Light Lucario]

Well let's be honest this arc has been really awful. Sevens had a couple of arcs like this well, with just a bunch of nonsense happens for 10 episodes or so, before we have a big battle. They really are set with this 13 episode structure, and if an arc is just about one big duel, we get a lot of filler.

Sevens had some bad arcs and episode too. I still think that the Asana arc is my least favorite one and I don't recall liking much of the Goha Employee arc up until they were building up to the reveal with Swirly either, but as a whole, I think that the series generally made better use of the thirteen episode arc structure than Go Rush has so far. There were filler episodes, but I would say they were fairly minimal in spite of Sevens' comedic tone and not being particularly story driven. It didn't feel like they were often padding there way to get to thirteen episodes like Go Rush has. The pacing wasn't amazing and I do think the arc structure became more of a problem for Sevens during season two when Luke started to get a lot of attention, but it was generally fine. It felt like most episodes provided some setup for the arc's storyline, advancing said storyline, introducing new characters and/or spending some time fleshing out the main cast. It definitely had filler episodes, but it wasn't a frequent issue like it has been with Go Rush.

Go Rush, on the other hand, has struggled to get to thirteen episodes since even its first arc. They were stretching things out at the beginning and end of the Rovian arc and so far for this arc, they've only done minimal setup despite traveling through space. It just doesn't feel like it's making use of its time or characters as well as Sevens did. Sevens introduced a lot of gimmicky characters, but most of them were still present enough throughout the series that they couldn't be easily removed. The minor characters introduced during the first arc even helped out during the climax. The noodle ninja kid from Rovian's Bandits could have easily been removed by comparison. He did nothing but stand around during the climax and his duel with Manya was pure padding.

It is interesting in a way to see these series handle the arc structure differently when they share the same head writer. I've wondered why it generally worked in Sevens while it hasn't for Go Rush. Aside from not making better use of their time, I think that Go Rush doesn't lead into its characters as much as Sevens did. The group chemistry among the main four was easily one of Sevens' biggest strength and I think that they lead into that more with the comedy and character moments. The group chemistry with the Go Rush trio isn't bad by any means. It has improved over the first few arcs, but I don't think it's a highlight of the series or something that the series focuses on in particular. Both series are comedic and the humor in Sevens didn't always work for me either, but I think it knew what kind of show it wanted to be. Go Rush doesn't seem to know if it wants to be a slightly more serious plot driven series or be extremely comedic, which is best shown in the Zwijo match. I would also say that the humor in Go Rush is more annoying, but to be fair, I hated most of the running gags in Sevens too. Outside of Yudias and maybe Manabu, the character focus feels rather lacking to me too.

I feel like part of this issue could be avoided if they weren't just set on the thirteen episode arc structure. I'm not surprised that they're set on doing so when Go Rush is following the same general structure laid out in Sevens, but if they had more freedom to create longer arcs, or at least not keep everything down to thirteen episodes, then they'd have more freedom to make filler episodes without necessarily making the arc feel like a waste or make it feel like they have a shorter amount of time to actually tell the arc's storyline.

 

[zoombie]

Well at the very least, could get some scenes of the villain just being menacing at the beginning and end of each episode just to remind us what is in store. I am legit excited about the end of this arc if that is when we encounter this character.

I am just saying there are some parts of the plot that doesn't fit a 13 episode structure. And this seems to be one of them.

And next episode two loud mouths over bearing characters dueling virtually, doesn't sound promising. And I just realized almost every female character on this show as the same personality. Loud and over bearing in their own ways. Sevens had so many good female characters. Yeah Tiger was over bearing, but everyone else I liked. This series is the complete opposite.

 

[Light Lucario]

Well at the very least, could get some scenes of the villain just being menacing at the beginning and end of each episode just to remind us what is in store. I am legit excited about the end of this arc if that is when we encounter this character.

I am just saying there are some parts of the plot that doesn't fit a 13 episode structure. And this seems to be one of them.

I think that would be another case of a tone problem for this series. Going from something as ridiculously stupid as Yuamu dueling for a plate to the Great King of Terror being mysterious and menacing would feel too jarring. We don't even know if the being we saw at the end of the previous arc was the new villain. It probably was, but we don't know that for sure at the moment. I would assume that we'll see the Great King of Terror before the end of the arc, if only because they'd probably want him to win at least one duel before he is inevitably defeated.

And next episode two loud mouths over bearing characters dueling virtually, doesn't sound promising. And I just realized almost every female character on this show as the same personality. Loud and over bearing in their own ways. Sevens had so many good female characters. Yeah Tiger was over bearing, but everyone else I liked. This series is the complete opposite.

To be fair, I often thought that the Sevens female cast was over hyped a bit, at least from what I've seen from fans. I really like Romin and Asana was probably the best written female character in the cast, if not the most consistent, but most everyone else were gimmicky characters. Mimi and to a lesser degree Tiger had moments that showed that they were more than just their gimmicks, but they were still largely defined by them and they were kind of annoying. Mimi felt more like an honorary member of the main cast, but I wasn't really into her and I didn't think she was anything to write home about. She was basically a joke character. Tiger was too loud and annoying to work for me. I appreciated that her anger wasn't treated as a flaw because she's a girl though. It often felt like se was a strong duelist not because they wanted her to be strong, but because they wanted it to be more impressive when other characters defeated her. All of the other female characters were minor gimmicky characters who I barely remember.

I wouldn't go as far as to say that the Go Rush female characters all have the same personality. I'm not going to mix up Yuamu with Asaka or the MIK Director with Rovian. That being said, every female character thus far does come off as annoying and/or have some unappealing personality trait. I think Yuamu won the prize of being the least likable female lead in the franchise for me with just this one episode, Yuna is incredibly annoying, Rovian being such a hypocrite is really frustrating too and Asaka is extremely full of herself. Go Rush feels like a huge step down from Sevens in a lot of areas and this is probably one of them too.

 

[zoombie]

I wouldn't go as far as to say that the Go Rush female characters all have the same personality. I'm not going to mix up Yuamu with Asaka or the MIK Director with Rovian. That being said, every female character thus far does come off as annoying and/or have some unappealing personality trait. I think Yuamu won the prize of being the least likable female lead in the franchise for me with just this one episode, Yuna is incredibly annoying, Rovian being such a hypocrite is really frustrating too and Asaka is extremely full of herself. Go Rush feels like a huge step down from Sevens in a lot of areas and this is probably one of them too.

Well Yuddas is such a nice earnest guy, and almost every girl has either manipulated him, or take advantage of him,or just be rude to poor Yuddas.

I know you won't agree with and hate this idea, because you don't like Yuna that much and believe me I ge it, but I wonder if we will have a Yuna / Hiramaru focused episode, in which they either duel or go on an adventure together. There roles are pretty much the same, The sidekicks and right hand women / prudential love interests to the former main antagonists. And I am a big fan of Hiramaru character design, she is not much of a character, though she very polite in this episode, which is I can't say for a lot of female characters on this show. But yeah a Yuna . Hiramaru bonding episode might do some good for both of them. Hiramaru a chance to be more of a character and Yuna to be more likable.

Anyway next episode we are getting one of the things I was hoping for, some London and Rovian backstory, I don't know how this connects to the characters dueling in the episode but still, something we need. Maybe we will find out how they are related.

 

[zoombie]

You know I have been thinking what the connection between Go Rush and Sevens. I think the Go Rush universe is the Edolas of Sevens. I think these Go Rush characters that have the same voice actors as Sevens characters, they are not related to those characters, they are those characters in an alternative universe. If you remember the Edolas arcs in Fairy Tail, there world and counter parts were not completely the same.

I think Yuhi and Yuamu are Yuga's children and they are from the Sevens universe, UTS are from the Sevens universe, and they are the characters from Sevens grownup. Memory alteration might be involved. How the girl at the tv station who was part of the newspaper club in Sevens is connected I don't know.

And when I say Yuhi and Yuamu are Yuga's children I am not saying they are his biological kid, they might be adoptive. Though I don't see how Yuamu is not connected to Yuka Goha, they look too similar.

Just a theory I have we will see.

 

[Light Lucario]

You know I have been thinking what the connection between Go Rush and Sevens. I think the Go Rush universe is the Edolas of Sevens. I think these Go Rush characters that have the same voice actors as Sevens characters, they are not related to those characters, they are those characters in an alternative universe. If you remember the Edolas arcs in Fairy Tail, there world and counter parts were not completely the same.

I've been talking about how Go Rush is most like an alternate universe separated from Sevens for quite some time now. Initially, I thought it was a traditional sequel series initially, but over time, that theory made less sense. Manabu's backstory and pretty much everything about Yudias vs. Yuna in particular contradict a lot about what was already established in Sevens. This can't be the same universe if Yudias' duel disk, which is the same model used in Sevens, was unknown and no one knew about Sevens Road Magician either when Yuna played it.

It's possible that these characters with similar names and matching voice actors are supposed to be alternate universe versions of characters from Sevens. I'm not sure how that would work for the twins, but that could work for Manabu, Manya, Rovian and London at least. It feels like it would be easier to just say that this is a different universe and these characters are just nods to Sevens characters though.

I think Yuhi and Yuamu are Yuga's children and they are from the Sevens universe, UTS are from the Sevens universe, and they are the characters from Sevens grownup. Memory alteration might be involved. How the girl at the tv station who was part of the newspaper club in Sevens is connected I don't know.

And when I say Yuhi and Yuamu are Yuga's children I am not saying they are his biological kid, they might be adoptive. Though I don't see how Yuamu is not connected to Yuka Goha, they look too similar.

Just a theory I have we will see.

I don't really know how Yuhi and Yuamu could be from the Sevens universe. Despite the presence of aliens and giant spaceships, I don't think that they're going to introduce universe hopping or that the twins are from another universe altogether. There's no sign that there's something different with the twins. They seemingly have some kind of psychic link, but that is most likely due to them being twins as opposed to beings from another universe. The UTS adults just feel like nods to minor Sevens characters as opposed to those characters all grown up. It wouldn't really work when the characters from the TV station are nods to the newspaper club kids and they are considerably younger than the UTS adults. It feels like an overly complicated kind of idea when it makes more sense for these UTS adults to be different versions of those Sevens characters.

Aside from having long brown hair, Yuamu and Yuka don't look alike to me. I have seen people theorize that Yuga and Yuka got together earlier in the series, but that was before Yuna Goha was introduced. That theory never made sense to me anyway. If the twins were the children or descendants of one of the Goha siblings, one would think that they'd be managing the Goha Corporation instead of a smaller unrelated company. Plus, I never thought that Yuga and Yuka had any chemistry. Yuka was barely a character, was only memorable for being the token girl of the Goha siblings and the one noticeable moment she had with Yuga was being disappointed that he wasn't related to them because she thought it would have been fun to have Yuga as a brother.

 

[zoombie]

Did you notice how in sync this show is with the Sevens dub. For example this weekend, when Disney XD is airing episode 31 of the Sevens dub, episode 31 of Go Rush will air. I wonder how long they can keep this up?

 

[Light Lucario]

I thought that this week's episode was okay. Yuhi asking what exactly is the Great King of Terror really feels like it should have happened at least a couple of episodes ago. Not everything that has happened so far in this arc has been filler or pointless, but the setup has been pretty minimal and two episodes have been basically filler. While they have been traveling through space to confront the Great King of Terror before he gets to Earth, I'm really not a fan of them trying to establish higher stakes here. They just had two largely comedic episodes and the previous episode had Yuamu dueling for a free plate. It might not be as bad as using Yuhi for toilet humor during the Zwijo match, but I do think it's a similar kind of problem.

It feels like they want Go Rush to be both comedic and slightly serious, which can work. Plenty of shows, including other series in this franchise, have had largely comedic episodes alongside some more serious moments and episodes. The problem is that Go Rush goes way too far with its comedy that trying to play up the potential threat of the Great King of Terror falls flat, especially when its comedic tone is far more standard for the series. There is no sense of balance between the two tones to make this work or having more serious stakes established early enough into the series. It's just really hard to take this plot seriously right after Yuamu dueling Zwijo for a plate. I don't think it would have been much better if this episode happened after the introduction of the rock kid, but coming after such a ridiculous episode really doesn't help. It would be like GX went from the ridiculous Tarzan episode to the first duel against Darkness or Camila.

We did get a brief flashback to Rovian and London as little kid and I guess Yona went to the same school that they did for some reason. Given that she has a similar hat in the flashback and somehow knew of the Great King of Terror beforehand, I guess Rovian had her alien hat even when she was really little. They did confirm that Rovian and London are cousins, which I figured was the case. Their voice actors voiced Romin and Roa respectively and given the nods to Sevens throughout this series, it would make sense to have them be cousins in this universe too. Plus, they didn't refer to each other as siblings, which tends to be the case in anime featuring siblings. I couldn't care less about the character traveling with London.

Admittedly, I agreed with the MIK Director that taking a town into space is ridiculous, but she lost me pretty fast after that. The duel itself was okay. There was a bit of charm in having them setup a remote Rush Duel with clearly outdated technology, even though they were flying through space. I also did get a bit of a laugh from the screen being frozen. Given that they're in space, it's a miracle that they had a connection at all. While I'm still not a fan of Asaka, I liked how she pointed out that it wouldn't be fair for the others to help her out while the screen was frozen. It felt really out of character for everyone else to be upset with her decision though. I can understand why Yuhi suggested it when they wanted Asaka to be the leader instead, but it doesn't really make sense for Yudias, Manabu or even Yuamu to be on board with cheating. The MIK Director just drawing on the screen really made her look pretty immature and more unlikable. Not as bad as Yuamu in that department, but it just made her look pathetic and I kind of wanted Asaka to win right when that scene happened. At least Asaka just put on headphones to cancel out all of the noise. The fact that it eventually just devolved into everyone dueling randomly was kind of funny, but also made everyone look like idiots.

The duel wrapped up fairly quickly after the connection came back. I kind of figured that Asaka would win. While the MIK Director wanted to be the leader, I don't know how much control she could have reasonably have when she's still on Earth. Asaka is actually right there. She still might not be ideal leader material, but she can actually take control of the ship and fly it through space. Plus, even with the MIK Director improving her skills off screen, I didn't think she would get a victory just yet. I don't know if it will be a running joke that she'll always lose like it is with Manya, but that is possible too.

The Advisor to the Great King of Terror is voiced by the same person who voiced Neil back in Sevens, so that was pretty neat. I liked his design and I thought that we'd get a better look at the Great King of Terror here at least. I'm still not a fan of them trying to build tension and suspense with this new villain. It really clashes too much with the comedic tone of the series. It really felt like they were playing catch up with the plot by cramming in more setup and establishing more about the Great King of Terror. It feels kind of late to have this much setup five episodes into what I assume is going to be another thirteen episode arc. If this was the second or third episode of the arc instead, maybe it would feel a bit more natural, but it just feels like they took too long with minor setup to deal with the bigger plot threads of the arc. The pacing just feels surprisingly bad with this series too. The pacing in Sevens wasn't great, but it wasn't a problem either, so it just feels weird that the pacing in Go Rush is one of its bigger problems in my opinion.

 

[zoombie]

I know we are long way from it, but you think if this gets dubbed, the Sevens voice actors will come back and voice their counter parts.

 

[Light Lucario]

I know we are long way from it, but you think if this gets dubbed, the Sevens voice actors will come back and voice their counter parts.

It's pretty likely. I would assume that so many characters sharing the same voice actors from Sevens characters is going to be more important than just Easter Eggs. We're at least a couple of years away from a Go Rush dub if the release of the Sevens dub is any indication though.

 

[zoombie]

You know in this down time that we have had, I am surprised get any real Manya / Rovian interaction. Especially the latest episode in which the duel was paused because of technical issues.

So the voice Ranrun Nanaboshi also voiced a character named Ranze Nanahoshi in Yu Gi Oh Sevens, who was Ranze I don't remember. Was it one of the robot girls?

 

[Light Lucario]

You know in this down time that we have had, I am surprised get any real Manya / Rovian interaction. Especially the latest episode in which the duel was paused because of technical issues.

I'm not sure why we'd have interactions between Manya and Rovian. It doesn't really seem like they'd have much in common or to bond over. The technical issues for the duel was more about having some more gags and giving a bit of time to setup the Great King of Terror as opposed to having more character interactions.

So the voice Ranrun Nanaboshi also voiced a character named Ranze Nanahoshi in Yu Gi Oh Sevens, who was Ranze I don't remember. Was it one of the robot girls?

No, Ranze was one of the twins who were part of the student council. They were followers of Gakuto's family and would dress up as ninjas to help/support him during some of his duels. I can't blame you for not remembering her since she was one of the more gimmicky supporting characters. I mainly remembered her for her Ranze eyes gag where she'd fall in love randomly with other boys.

 

[Light Lucario]

I thought that this week's episode was okay. The opening was a bit odd with the town covered in snow. I realize that it was due to the Great King of Terror's spaceship, but my first thought was wondering how snow could even form in a town when they're in a dome traveling through space. It was also weird to see Sky Fisher randomly showing up. They already showed him at the end of the previous episode, but prior to that, it wasn't clear where he was.

The Great King of Terror being the Go Rush version of Luke wasn't too surprising. I had heard some speculation on that beforehand, but seeing the name The Luge still made me laugh for some reason. I like his design. His body is completely blue and makes him look like a living icicle. I would say that the Go Rush version of Luke being an alien makes it more likely that this is an alternate universe. Luge can't be Luke's kid or descendant unless he or someone in his family got together with an alien, which seems unlikely given that their technology is still not advanced if Mutusba Town is any indication.

Luge being so calm and laid back when they were expecting something more intense was funny. Having a tournament setup makes me wonder why we wasted time on these filler episodes even more. Granted, I'm not sure if it would really be a tournament arc regardless when it's just two teams dueling against each other. I guess it wouldn't be inaccurate, but it isn't really what I imagine when I think of tournament arcs in this franchise. I still think that they should have met the Great King of Terror at least a couple of episodes earlier in the arc. Yudias hearing Luge's name before but unable to place it is going to come up down the road.

The duel itself was okay. Luge having an ice themed deck was pretty cool. When they said that London gave him this deck, I was confused as to how they knew where London was going off to in the first place. They might have established that back when he betrayed Rovian, but I genuinely don't remember. I thought that they kept his destination and plans vague, but I could easily be mistaken. Given what Nyandstar thought, it doesn't seem like this deck was given to him by London.

Rovian had been looking forward to fighting the Great King of Terror, so seeing him being so laid back and unimpressive causing her to go into her anger mode made sense. While I'm not into Rovian's deck, I did like her new ace monster. It just had a bit more personality with its pirate outfit. They obviously wanted Rovian to regain her life points while Luge got down to just one hundred life points so that his comeback would look all the more impressive. Using two Equip Spells was also to show that Rovian wanted to defeat Luge quickly.

Luge's ace monster was also pretty cool. It looked like a shiny version of Luke's Dragiagas. It was also kind of neat how Rovian's initial plan to cause effect damage on her first turn by forcing Luge to discard his hand ultimately led to her defeat. The fact that even Luge has Equip Spells is rather weird. Although, since he is an alien who has traveled through different planets, I hope that this means that they'll finally explain where Equip Spells come from in this universe. It was still pretty satisfying to see Rovian lose. While she didn't go on about Luge using duels for personal gain or something like that, I still don't like her for being such an annoying hypocrite. The fact that Yuna keeps gushing all of her poems also makes me dislike both of them even more too. Rovian getting upset that she lost to a beginner in his first duel also doesn't make her look particularly good. I understand that would be a shock and training to duel against The Great King of Terror only to lose to him might have intensified it too, but it just made her come off as kind of shallow.

I have mixed feelings on the ending, even if I think they ultimately are more negative. Freezing Rovian so that she doesn't feel sad does further explain his Great King of Terror nickname. After seeing that he is the Luke stand-in, I just assumed he was using the title for melodramatic flair. Luke kept going on about the demon inside of him like the dramatic little eleven year old boy that he was. It also explains more of Nyandstar's behavior. She has been looking more serious and intense for the past couple of episodes, so I assume that she had a bad experience with Luge and that we'll get her backstory at some point. London hiding away during the match could also be due to what happened to his background character friend. He was most likely also frozen after their duel.

But on the other hand, I don't think that Go Rush has earned a twist like this. Rovian was crying over her defeat to the point where she was writing her poem with her tears. Given that Yuna knew what she was doing, this wasn't the first time it happened either. It wasn't even a sincere moment of emotional vulnerability, but just over the top crying so that Rovian could write out her nonsense poetry through her tears. It's another example of why I think that the tone in this series is kind of all over the place. Going from Rovian comically crying from her defeat to being frozen is too jarring. It really feels like Go Rush wants to be both light hearted and serious when it needs to be. That can be done, but there is no attempt to balance out these two different tones, so it just falls apart. I can't really buy into the looming threat of characters being frozen when just a couple of episodes ago Yuamu was dueling for a plate.

I am curious as to why Luge is freezing people though. Despite being the antagonist for this arc, I don't think he's evil or actively wants to hurt others. He enjoyed his first Rush Duel and even when froze Rovian, he was doing it under the notion that it would make her feel better. He comes off as more naive and stupid as opposed to a huge imposing threat.