{{Manga}} Thoughts on reading YGO!D 114 & 115
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Volume 13 :: Duel One-Fourteen :: Combo of Despair!!
Last time, on YUGIOH! YnYuugi has accepted a challenge from a Marik-controlled Mime Doll, and in a few short turns he's stuck in Steel Cage as Slifer the Sky Dragon arises. By all logic, YnYuugi is screwed. (Or IS HE???)
Going straight into a sidebar - have we ever gotten any author explanation for the names of the three Egyptian Gods? Now, there's an entire OTHER sidebar I could give on the entire gigantic dragons = Egyptian Gods thing (and the characters certainly talk about them a lot like they're actual Gods.), but on the names themselves. The main one with the power over the other two Ra, the sun god. Fair enough, given he was supposed to be the god of gods so to speak. Osiris, another important god, lord of the dead. The thunder/lightning association the card has confuses me given that's Set's (Osiris's enemy and murderer) area, but it's passable.
Then there's Obelisk. ....what? I know obelisks are supposed to be pretty important, but how did that term end up as a name of a god in a trio with Ra and Osiris? Am I just blatantly missing a source point, or is this one of those let Takahashi slide topics?
I had a "duh" epiphany - in the legal use of the god cards (or at least Obelisk & Ra since there's no Slifer whhhhhhhhhhy), any card that doesn't directly target can effect the god cards, including cards that do target based on rules instead of player's choice (example, "the monster with the highest defense on the field" or "ALL monsters on the field are destroyed") leaving them a lot more vulnerable than the series implies. I thought that means the canon didn't have this drawback, and they just get effected indirectly, like if the card is focusing on a player or other monsters. But Slifer cannot attack while Nightmare of Steel Cage is active. That is a perfect example of that rule being used! Grant it, I could site examples of the opposite, but it's close enough for me to feel okay claiming the drawback for canonesque writing or rping~
Marik, you are like the perfect in-series example use of the opponent heckling you after x seconds of not moving in games.
numerous instances of bad dueling move complaints have been cut for the sake of repetitiveness.
Oh look, we close with a shot of Kaiba! He'll save the day, won't he?! Yay our anti-hero! (and does anyone else find that "KC" pendant mike rad?)
Volume 13 :: Duel One-Fifteen :: Combo of the God!!
These chapters want me to spend way too much time gathering the facts of how the Gods work in manga, anime, games, and legal use, just to compile the actually doable best merger of the options.
YnYuugi, I'd be complaining more about your multiple statements of "I'll bet on this last turn." "Everything on this next draw." "This move-" if I wasn't busy going "G'awwwww, manga Kuriboh!" Waityoujustsacrificedhim noooo.
Now my question becomes, is there a real point to pumping up Slifer's attack to astronomical levels? Grant it, if the pharaoh had one of the other god cards or ran a LP gain deck or something it might be really helpful, but Marik should know neither's true. And in most cases, 10,000 attack points is more than enough to get any job done. Especially in a 4000LP start duel... course, I say all that, but I fully realize it's an intimidation factor. x3 Personally I find the Lightning Shot effect, shown just before, so much worse.
But, on something else, I must be silly. But I wonder if the Divine and God points tagged to all this conversation is supposed to be Marik saying he considers it all ACTUALLY divine (plausible, given the importance put on those three cards), or if it's just a haha it is perfect superiority thing. ...it's both, isn't it?
I have never played/fought against Revival Jam. It doesn't actually block attacks for other monsters/traps, right? If it did I'm sure I would see more of it.
Wow. The page of "I am boned." YnYuugi makes me really happy. I shall have to fly back to the rest of the series to check, but this is the first real time we get a ";a;" reaction from him from a disadvantage, right? The closest thing I can think of is him struggling to think up a counter or thinking of whoever he's letting down. The first he figures it out fast and the second he's pissed. Unlike this... yay, character development!
Also the marlicksmirk the page before makes me think he really does need a white fluffy kitty is pure schemer.
Also hello Kaiba what took you so long? ...and I'm assuming "God" use is pure superiority on your end.
Volume 13 :: Duel One-Fourteen :: Combo of Despair!!
Last time, on YUGIOH! YnYuugi has accepted a challenge from a Marik-controlled Mime Doll, and in a few short turns he's stuck in Steel Cage as Slifer the Sky Dragon arises. By all logic, YnYuugi is screwed. (Or IS HE???)
Going straight into a sidebar - have we ever gotten any author explanation for the names of the three Egyptian Gods? Now, there's an entire OTHER sidebar I could give on the entire gigantic dragons = Egyptian Gods thing (and the characters certainly talk about them a lot like they're actual Gods.), but on the names themselves. The main one with the power over the other two Ra, the sun god. Fair enough, given he was supposed to be the god of gods so to speak. Osiris, another important god, lord of the dead. The thunder/lightning association the card has confuses me given that's Set's (Osiris's enemy and murderer) area, but it's passable.
Then there's Obelisk. ....what? I know obelisks are supposed to be pretty important, but how did that term end up as a name of a god in a trio with Ra and Osiris? Am I just blatantly missing a source point, or is this one of those let Takahashi slide topics?
I had a "duh" epiphany - in the legal use of the god cards (or at least Obelisk & Ra since there's no Slifer whhhhhhhhhhy), any card that doesn't directly target can effect the god cards, including cards that do target based on rules instead of player's choice (example, "the monster with the highest defense on the field" or "ALL monsters on the field are destroyed") leaving them a lot more vulnerable than the series implies. I thought that means the canon didn't have this drawback, and they just get effected indirectly, like if the card is focusing on a player or other monsters. But Slifer cannot attack while Nightmare of Steel Cage is active. That is a perfect example of that rule being used! Grant it, I could site examples of the opposite, but it's close enough for me to feel okay claiming the drawback for canonesque writing or rping~
Marik, you are like the perfect in-series example use of the opponent heckling you after x seconds of not moving in games.
numerous instances of bad dueling move complaints have been cut for the sake of repetitiveness.
Oh look, we close with a shot of Kaiba! He'll save the day, won't he?! Yay our anti-hero! (and does anyone else find that "KC" pendant mike rad?)
Volume 13 :: Duel One-Fifteen :: Combo of the God!!
These chapters want me to spend way too much time gathering the facts of how the Gods work in manga, anime, games, and legal use, just to compile the actually doable best merger of the options.
YnYuugi, I'd be complaining more about your multiple statements of "I'll bet on this last turn." "Everything on this next draw." "This move-" if I wasn't busy going "G'awwwww, manga Kuriboh!" Waityoujustsacrificedhim noooo.
Now my question becomes, is there a real point to pumping up Slifer's attack to astronomical levels? Grant it, if the pharaoh had one of the other god cards or ran a LP gain deck or something it might be really helpful, but Marik should know neither's true. And in most cases, 10,000 attack points is more than enough to get any job done. Especially in a 4000LP start duel... course, I say all that, but I fully realize it's an intimidation factor. x3 Personally I find the Lightning Shot effect, shown just before, so much worse.
But, on something else, I must be silly. But I wonder if the Divine and God points tagged to all this conversation is supposed to be Marik saying he considers it all ACTUALLY divine (plausible, given the importance put on those three cards), or if it's just a haha it is perfect superiority thing. ...it's both, isn't it?
I have never played/fought against Revival Jam. It doesn't actually block attacks for other monsters/traps, right? If it did I'm sure I would see more of it.
Wow. The page of "I am boned." YnYuugi makes me really happy. I shall have to fly back to the rest of the series to check, but this is the first real time we get a ";a;" reaction from him from a disadvantage, right? The closest thing I can think of is him struggling to think up a counter or thinking of whoever he's letting down. The first he figures it out fast and the second he's pissed. Unlike this... yay, character development!
Also the marlicksmirk the page before makes me think he really does need a white fluffy kitty is pure schemer.
Also hello Kaiba what took you so long? ...and I'm assuming "God" use is pure superiority on your end.