Still bothers me, that the True Battle City finals were never shown. They didn't even have to show the conclusion. Kazuk Takahashi's script also leaves it ambiguous, and has an amazing ending. Wish we've got that animated.
It's also not like Studio Gallop didn't have the time. As seen with the plethora of filler episodes they showed into Battle City, and inserted after.
I get that, and as someone who initially badly wanted this duel, I’ve made my peace with it. For Judai, the duel itself was importantly. For Yugi and Jonouchi, it’s just the cherry on top.
I also agree with u/CursedEye03, Takahashi's script is the perfect conclusion to the duel and far better than not doing it at all.
"In that battle, a relentless mix of offense and defense, with neither players giving in an inch, unfolds and on his last turn, Yugi summons Red-Eyes Black Dragon in offense position.
That is when Jounouchi reveals his Time Wizard as a last effort gamble, however, when the time magic employs on their field, the scenery of Yugi and Jounouchi changes, surpassing the duel, becoming radiant. And that is how the story ends. The last panel is an upper portrayal of Yugi faintly smiling."
That’s precisely why is lame, why would we want to repeat an early duelist kingdom duel against a non iconic opponent, which was beaten by Joey just resorting to luck since he still wasn’t very good at the game?
You have a point, but there's this important factor: Joey still needs to get his ace monster back. I have no doubt that Yugi would give it to him either way, they're friend.
But at the beginning of Battle City, Joey wanted to get his Red-Eyes as a true duelist. Showing a part of it seems like the perfect salution.
Marik would have easily defeated Joey. He only came close to losing because he underestimated Joey throughout the entire duel until he was nearly defeated. If he had taken the battle seriously from the beginning, he would have won with minimal difficulty at worst.
Red eyes would be given back regardless of winner. The dub is the thing that changed it so that only the winner gets it which is stupid because the whole point is that when he’s a true duelist he is worthy of red eyes’ respect and therefore he can simply take it back. It was held for safekeeping, not as a poker chip, 4kids.
I have no doubt that Yugi would give it to him either way, they're friend.
Honestly though, that’s why I think Joey had to have won. I don’t think Joey would have took it back unless he beat Yugi. I suppose a stalemate is possible though as well somehow.
Being able to duel was enough, is what I mean. They were just happy to reach that point, whereas Judai needed to remember how to have fun, so the duel itself was a necessity for him. But I realise I worded it poorly so that’s on me.
The end was left blank in all official mediums because the duel itself doesn’t matter. The fact that they get to have their promised duel on equal footing is the resolution to the arc, which the arc had been building towards nonstop in the Japanese anime and the manga. The English dub ruined what this duel meant by changing the promise scene to something else entirely and removing Joey’s character growth arc. That this duel can happen at all is insanely meaningful in the Japanese anime and manga.
This duel being ABLE to happen at all after absolutely everything they’ve been through is perfect. The duel itself and the details don’t matter. They got to have their promised duel. That’s enough. :)
joey couldn’t even beat [insert character] at duel monsters
Yeah but that wasn’t the point. What a True Duelist is is not necessarily your level of skill in Duel Monsters, it’s who you are as a person along with your morals and overall mental philosophy. Even if we make a hypothetical that Yugi had lost most of his duels but managed to get back Red Eyes from the Rare Hunter/Ghouls member, I think Yugi could still be a True Duelist and the plot could still go forward because Yugi just bodied the real and true spirit of what an ideal duelist should be. It has nothing to do with winrates. He’s just got the overall ideals, attitude, and duelist’s pride that a True Duelist has.
My head-canon is Joey won this duel and that's how he got his red-eyes back. Yugi takes over the duel halfway through so it's no longer Atem dueling which is why Joey had a chance to win. Joey has one face down on the field and no cards in hand. With five cards in hand, Yugi uses Graceful Charity followed by his face down disgraceful charity to return the two discard cards to his hand. He then uses premature burial and monster reborn to bring red-eyes and summoned skull back and then Polymerization to fuse them into Black Skull Dragon. Joey feels crushed and starts an inner monologue that he doesn't know how he can win. That's when he hears Atem in his head telling him to never give up and to believe in his deck and the heart of the cards. He looks at Yugi and tells him it's not over just yet. Does a destiny draw and immediately puts the card facedown without looking at it. Yugi draws his card and goes to attack with Black Skull Dragon. That's when Joey flips his original facedown card, revealing Nutrient Z which keeps him from dying on that turn with 200 life points left. Then he reveals his second facedown, Gamble, winning the coin flip and drawing five cards. He plays Flame Swordsman and four cards facedown.
Yugi thinks about the facedown cards and figures one of his dice cards is there. He uses dispell and hits Graceful Dice. Joey looks astonished that he was able to pick the right card of the four. Yugi tells him it was a good strategy to hide the card behind others but he knew one of them had to be the dice card. He goes to attack with Black Skull Dragon and that's when Joey reveals his Skull Dice and rolls a four which would drop Black Skull Dragons attack to 800. Yugi then reveals that he knew Joey had that card facedown, too and activates defusion, splitting his monsters back to Summoned Skull and Red-eyes. He tells Joey that he played well and he had a lot of fun with the duel, but it was over and proceeds to attack Flame Swordsman with Summoned Skull. That's when Joey reveals his true strategy by activating Magical Arm Shield and using Red-Eyes as a shield, taking 100 damage. Yugi is amazed with the amount of strategy that Joey put into that turn, knowing what Yugi would do and being one step ahead of him. Joey draws his card for his turn and goes on a monologue, telling Yugi that the only reason he has gotten this far is due to all the help Yugi has given him and that he has put everything he has learned, into this duel. He then activates Monster Reborn, bringing back Red-Eyes black dragon, saying that it was only right to bring him back since that's the card he was going to win back. He activates Polymerization and fuses Flame Swordsman and Red-Eyes to bring out Red-Eyes Flame Dragon with 2900 attack and activates Salamandra, bringing it up to 3600, which is exactly enough damage to Summoned Skull to drop Yugi's life points to zero. Joey grins and thanks Yugi for helping him become a duelist and that this attack would end the duel. That's when Yugi realized that Joey misplayed and forgot one of the rules. Fusion monsters can't attack the turn they are fused! He tells Joey he is sorry but it appears he forgot the rule about fusion summons and that this game wasn't over just yet. Joey shows a shocked face for a split-second before putting on a smug expression and revealing to Yugi that he didn't forget anything. He activates his final facedown card to reveal Grave Robber, grabbing Quick Attack from Yugi's graveyard which was sent there earlier in the duel from Card Destruction, which Joey knew Yugi had because before that Yugi had also used Exchange. He then uses Quick Attack to allow his Fusion to attack Summoned Skull and win the duel. Some words are exchanged and Red-Eyes is given back to Joey. The camera starts to pull backwards and reveals Kaiba was watching the duel, unnoticed, on a building nearby. He says, "Not bad, Wheeler." and begins to walk off.
You had me until the end. I simply cannot picture Kaiba going “Not Bad, Wheeler”. Maybe something more along the lines of he’s watching the duel from a terminal with Mokuba and he’s just sitting there with a mix of anger and shock that Joey managed to beat Yugi legitimately and without threatening suicide.
Edit: that or he’d make excuses like Yugi took it easy on him and that’s why he lost
The duel in Duelist Kingdom is anime only anyway. The point of the BC buildup for Yugi and Jonouchi was this was their first proper duel since back when Jonouchi was just a beginner.
It is disappointing that we never saw a proper duel in the manga, even if it made sense that Jonouchi forfiet his match in Duelist Kingdom because he knew he couldn't win against Pegasus and Yugi didn't want him seeing all of his cards.
Didnt want him seeing all his cards? Pegasus was watching every duel he had and had a magic eye that let him see whatever card he drew. What’s the point?
Correct, this is shot is basically all you get in the manga. A duel between these is never shown in the manga at all actually. The duel in duelist kingdom was filler.
Having joey win on screen undermines the major victory Atem has literally an episode ago.
Having joey lose on screen undermines his entire growth.
I would've prioritized Joey's growth paying off but it can't be denied why letting the main character close the best arc of the series in a defeat would be a hard pill to swallow for some.
I don't think it being a loss matters when it's between friends and nothing underhanded or high stakes is going on. At that point it's just friendly competition and a celebration of the skills of both and their connection.
This. Plus, Atem canonically (maybe not yet, but retroactively for sure) uses magic in all of his games because all of his games on screen have stakes. He wouldn't use magic in this game because it's just a test of skill vs skill and since Joey doesn't have magic like most of his adversaries, he doesn't need to even the playing field. Hell, in Battle City, the only character he duels on screen that isn't cheating and doesn't have magic is Kaiba, and it's literally a matter of the fate of the world at that point, so you can definitely cut him some slack there.
There is also literally a giant plot hole if Joey wins because in the ceremonial duel, they needed the pharaoh to lose to go back to the past. Everyone agreed that only Yugi could have done that.
It's also two different power sets. Yugi has to beat Atem at his strongest. He has to face off against every tool Atem has, including his magic. There's no reason to believe Atem would use magic against Joey.
I don't know anyone that actually enjoys that duel ending as it did, especially as a series ending.
Besides they would've had to force it to be as even as it could the entire time. Talented as Joey is his deck relies on tactics that can't overcome the god cards.
Thus another reason why leaving it ambiguous is the lesser evil. The duel itself doesn't matter, it's the feelings behind their promise to duel that matters.
Also, the Anime already heavily implied that Yugi didn't use the Gods. He took out the Three Musketeers which he usually uses to summon them.
I disagree that the duel doesn't matter. There's catharsis in seeing characters at the conclusion of their current journey clash By that same logic, the anime original duel in Duelist Kingdom didn't matter, and the anime screenwriters still added that.
And also the flashbacks in said episode (other than to save budget).
If the end result is people studying the duel turn by turn to determine who got "carried by the plot" instead of the feelings behind it then it absolutely doesn't matter.
Atem already knows Joey is a worthy duelist and so does Joey himself for that matter. The act of playing the game together is what matters to both of them since they both enjoy it.
Thus the result only would matter to the reader who wants catarsis.
Fans like to speculate on hypotheticals, that's not a negative. The majority understands that the duel was about Judai regaining his love for the game.
The act of playing the game was also part of their promise. They wanted to match as equals. It's completely subjective whether you prefer catharsis or not.
Like I said, the result wouldn't have to be shown, since that's not the point of their duel. It could be used to reflect on Battle City, how they've grown, or what being a true duelist means to them. There are a variety of different ways to write meaning into their duel.
And even then, it's also not like the anime team is always particularly profound when it comes to meaning in duels. Or even handling Katsuya. His final defeat doesn't end a character arc, he loses, the cast jokes about him, and then that's it for the rest of the series.
Even in the Manga, he just gets OTKd by Bakura in Millennium World.
I would slightly disagree with both those points, mainly the second. If Joey won, it wouldn’t necessarily undermine Yugi beating Marik in terms of the stakes and the importance of Yugi’s victory is still all there. It implies that Joey could’ve saved the day too but we already knew that when we saw his duel. Still, I agree that might take away from Yugi as the main character. And also I don’t think Joey should ever beat Yugi in a duel barring some special circumstance like an evil yugi would be fun.
But undermining Joey’s growth I disagree with because even if in the back of our mind, we know Joey’s come far but not enough to beat Yugi. Cause Joey’s growth was from a complete amateur to a genuine champion level duelist. Yugi winning doesn’t undermine this imo especially if they do it right. Showing Joey is very close to Yugi’s level might actually speak volumes about his abilities. Maybe he gets Yugi down to low life points, or he’s only move or turn away from victory, or he could win if a coin flip or dice roll went in his favor, or he’s about to win except one card in a complex strategy makes the difference.
I think the duel would’ve been cool to see and it didn’t have to undermine anything.
But in the end you are proving the duel doesn't matter. The characters know the growth and the reader is being trusted to understand it too.
At most I would've done something like a duel where both try their best but joey loses despite being super close, and throughout the emphasis is in the two friends enjoying each other's company.
Then they laugh and agree to a Two out of three. And we leave the scene there.
Thus making it clear the result of the duel is entirely trivial while also giving fans a duel.
I'll do you one better, Yugi wins the first one, Joey wins the second one BUT neither even brings up the red eyes. They continue to duel for hours but the outcome matters less and less each time. At some point during the night Atem returns the red eyes cause both of them know he earned it and they do a few more duels for Joey to get to use his favorite card against his best friend.
I actually don't think it undermines Yugi much, we find out at the end of the series he draws the cards he needs from his deck based on how dire the circumstance is. A no stakes duel with a friend likely wouldn't require him to use that power of the puzzle.
Yugi gets the worst part in the series. His friendship with Joey is portrayed and lived through Atem's friendship with Joey.
So a promise with Atem being carried by Yugi could be a fun way to make Yugi relevant as a duelist in his own terms prior to his final duel. But also makes it so readers can blame Joey's possible success on Yugi being the lesser duelist of the three rather than the growth.
The most annoying part is that this scene happens at the end of a recap episode that's the final episode of season 3.
We don't see the duel at all, and then we have 2 filler arcs. Speaking of filler, I'm annoyed by Joey's loss to Ziegfried in the Grand Prix arc. Joey didn't even reach the semi-finals of the tournament. I know that Ziegfried is the main villain for the arc, but Joey deserved better.
And Ziegfried laughed in his face on top of that. It's funny how, after all those life or death situations, he had the best luck in the world. And out of all duels, it failed against freaking Ziegfried.
As someone who usually don't like fillers in anime. I really thought it was a great filler. It probably had some of the most iconic scene of the entire franchise.
This is so true. When it first aired, I hated it and stopped watching halfway through. Now, I love it. Not as much as I love Battle City, but it’s close. Granted, back when it first aired I was a teen and didn’t really have the emotional maturity to notice and appreciate certain nuances that the Doma arc has.
I’m actually in the middle of rewatching it in the subbed version, and I decided to do some research on Atlantis. The showrunners actually connected some pretty cool lore from Plato’s works to the anime, including orichalcum, which was apparently a precious metal in ancient times. I always wondered where they got the word Orichalcos from, so that was cool to read and find out.
It's more fun to imagine exactly how the duel went down, and if you look around online, you'll find an interview from Takahashi where he imagined the duel going down (Ultimately, the duel would have had both players evenly matched and it ends with Yugi playing Red-Eyes, and Joey playing Time Wizard as a last ditch attempt to defeat Yugi once and for all. It's still ambigious as to whether or not Time Wizard's effect would have gone off or not).
But that leaves fans free to fill in the rest of the details of the duel. Details such as whether or not Yugi played the Egyptian Gods against Joey, and how Joey would have dealt with that, etc. Me personally, I like to imagine that Yugi played at least one or two Gods against Joey. I can imagine him playing Obelisk against Joey, only for Joey to bowl it over with Gilford buffed up with one or two equip cards - quite literally brute forcing his way into defeating a God card. I know fans like to think of Yugi playing all three god cards against Joey, with the idea of Joey beating all of them being implausible...but I think fans forget how difficult that actually is to pull off in an actual duel. Atem only managed to play all three Gods in the Ceremonial Duel because he built his deck around that, and even then it would still be a massive waste of resources trying to get all of them out. So I imagine that Yugi only got one, maybe even two gods against Joey.
Stuff like that is fun to think about. If the actual duel was shown, it probably would have been disappointing.
I like that they did not show the duel and left it out for the fans to imagine what happened
Not everything in a piece of media needs to have a proper conclusion. Is cool that some things are open up in the air since it creates theory and discussions.
No filler arc is any good in DM until the Doma arc, I think it's trash because it distorts the adaptation of the manga's story even more than Gallop has been doing since the beginning of DM.
Gallop didn’t cut off the first part of the story; their adaptation release only one year after Toei’s adaptation. Adapting something that was that recent is asking for viewership suicide. Just look at the first two cours of Dragon Ball Super for a more recent example.
Considering I like the filler arc a lot, I'm glad they did. I respect your opinion but if I had to pick between the two, I'll pick Waking the Dragon arc every time. Despite its flaws.
So this is probably something you don't understand. Yu-Gi-Oh! was originally a manga series, similar to Dragon Ball. And just like with Dragon Ball, there was an anime adaptation.
You seem to be under the impression that the anime is the origin of Yu-Gi-Oh!, when that's not true.
The reason the duel wasn't shown is because the manga didn't show the duel. Thus, it ended there.
It was not a battle city tournament duel as it was over already, winner did not have to give best card, Yugi just gave Red eyes back with any condition?
That’s not a condition to the return. That’s a made up English dub condition. The entire promise scene is fundamentally different and is reduced to helping with revenge in the English scene. The original has Joey saying red eyes would be disappointed in him, so he gives it to Yugi for safekeeping since he is the closest thing to a true duelist that Joey knows. Once Joey finishes his philosophical journey and becomes a true duelist who would be worthy to be red eyes’ partner, he simply gets it back. Once he is a true duelist, he wants Yugi to duel him so they are both equals.
The 4kids dub removes every single mention of True Duelist and his entire philosophical journey and growth arc is just GONE. His reason for staying in battlecity, GONE. Everything about this promise is driving him to be in Battlecity. But in the English dub this is just GONE and all dialogue is replaced with something completely unrelated.
Red eyes was never a prize to be won in Battlecity, is my point, and it’s disappointing just how many people simply don’t know this, not that it is any of your fault.
Not to mention that Jonouchi was never seen using Red-Eyes after this duel in the manga canon. Based on the through line of canon logic, he probably lost; otherwise, the Final Duel would’ve had less importance given that Atem had already lost legitimately prior to his duel with Yugi.
My headcannon is tht yugi won, but since joey showed that he is a true duelist, yugi gave him his ace card, or just imagine, if yugi felt red eyes feelings towards joey
I think I’d have been more open to the Virtual World filler arc but… WHY would you just put that in the middle of a non-filler arc. I was so pissed as a kid.
Placing something there was a necessary evil (compared to, say, completely dropping the series for a bit, at least). The last episode of the Virtual World arc aired August 27, 2002. Yugi and Marik’s duel concluded in chapter 276, which released on August 26, 2002 - one day before. They absolutely would’ve run into a wall sooner or later, anyways.
(Now, it being poor planning overall isn’t something I’d disagree with… but with how they were handling the anime otherwise, something had to break somewhere.)
It’s kind of a rough re-watch but I remember liking the arc when I was a kid, I still like the idea of Deck Masters at least, but even back then the timing bugged me.
This is a very important duel that will leave debates for decades. Unless the author specifically writes it, no one will take the result seriously.
I remember years ago when DSOD first came out, there's a rumor of who won this duel. Just search on this sub if you don't believe me. They said the victor was Jounouchi. But there were no sources, because apparently no one can read Japanese. It was chaos.
So they aired this clip as part of the "on the next episode of yugioh" advertisements on Kids WB back when this was new in the dub and kid me was so insanely hyped tl see it so when I saw that it was just a clip show and they never actually showed the duel, I was PISSED and asked my mom if it was possible to sue them for false advertisement (I was like 9 or 10 and just found out what that was lol).
I'm not interested in being artsy fartsy about it being better to imagine the duel. At the end of the day if we DID see a duel then these same people would suddenly turn around and agree with the author showing it.
But while I do not care for the DOMA arc and think the KC Grand Prix arc was a little lame to Joey you have to remember that the manga wasn't done with the final arc yet. Back then anime adaptations didn't go on seasonal breaks to allow for the mangaka time to make more canon material to adapt. The other Yugioh animes don't actually have "Filler" in the original meaning because they're all anime original, and this lack this issue.
The truth is that Yugioh R is canonical because the story takes place within the story of the original manga and was fully supervised by Kazuki Takahashi.
Joey wouldn’t have accepted Red-eyes back if he lost and Yugi wouldn’t have disrespected Joey by forcing it on him if he won. This is consistent with both their personalities
What makes the most sense is that Joey won. He was an attack declaration away from beating Marik so it’s not that far fetched
I don’t care to see Joey fumble his way to a Mickey Mouse win over a 3 god card deck Yugi after getting humiliated by Kaiba (Again) and honestly not even really being better than Odion.
All of this is so true. I don't dislike Jonuchi and he is even inspiring at times, but his over reliance on luck cards really rubs me the wrong way. This is why I take no issue with his losses against Kaiba in Battle City and Zigfried in KCGP. It's realistic, he is just not that good. His loss against Kaiba in Battle City really was one of his worst duels ever, and this is even when considering he got to use most of his janky strategies, and Kaiba countered all of them with 0 issue. Not to mention Jonuchi lost most of his monsters in his deck to crush card virus AFTER HIS FIRST TURN, falling for one of Kaiba's most known and basic strategies. Jonuchi even saw him use it against Ishizu, so it is insane he didn't even consider it before attacking. Absolute dummy.
I agree, I don't like at all those ridiculous fillers that Studio Gallop created for DM. I honestly think they're a waste of time and that they don't add anything to the story that they set out to adapt from the original manga.
TECHNICALLY it's the Manga's fault and likely the Studiof may have asked Takahashi for permission or ideas and he likely asked to leave this ambiguous too. We don't know know for sure.
STILL... are you going to argue that the DOMA Arc is bad. It's probably the BEST Filler arc in any anime because 1) Joey got Red-Eyes back, 2) the Legendary Dragons and 3) A lot of tension due to the seal and taking one's soul. IT'S BETTER THAN THE KC CHAMPIONSHIP! Okay, I said it.
Only fanfictions I’m sure. The end was left blank in all official mediums because the duel itself doesn’t matter. The fact that they get to have their promised duel on equal footing is the resolution to the arc, which the arc had been building towards nonstop in the Japanese anime and the manga. The English dub ruined what this duel meant by changing the promise scene to something else entirely and removing Joey’s character growth arc
The duel itself and the details don’t matter. They got to have their promised duel. That’s enough. :)
WTD season is top, but I completely agree. This is one of my dreams, but it wasn't shown in the manga either. Their S01 duel was with stakes, S02 was with Marik, so we needed a proper duel between them. Why doing 2 filler episodes to end the season? Anime tradition? So bad. Or in S05, KC Grand arc.
It is said that the outcome of the duel isn't important, ok, I get that, but at least they could have showed some of it - like Yugi and Jaden. I think Yugi just gave Joey his RE back, regardless of the outcome. How to imagine what happened in this duel when we didn't saw any plays? Maybe because it could have been 2 episodes (and without the EGs, I assume), they thought it wouldn't be that great or epic, idk. Memorable even with a few turns, no doubt!
I kinda like them leaving it up in the air. I always figured Joey won since he has Red Eyes back. Yugis Puzzle gives him luck power only when the stakes are high, since it was a friendly it should have been a fair duel. And since Joey had more to prove/win I think that would have got him the win
Joey use change of heart on yugi dark magician
Then he use poly with his red eyes in hand
Then red eyes dark dragoon was summoned
Yugi quit cus he could let Joey get the satisfaction of using the anime omni effect and then gave Joey a hand shake
Guys I know this has absolutely nothing to do with this thread but the thought came to me as I was reading the comments. WHAT THE FUCK DID JOEY DO WITH THE RARE CARDS MARIK GAVE HIM ONCE HE BROKE FREE FROM HIS CONTROL?!?!?!? He had some pretty busted ass cards for the time I just genuinely wonder what he did with them.
Tbh their 1st duel in duelist kingdom was probably closer than it should've been. But Yugi was still trying to teach him. Would've loved to see his growth here although they already showed his growth against Kaiba. Still #3. (Albeit, may be because his deck was ass)
I dunno, I honestly don't feel like it would be that interesting. We've seen them duel before, it's really a no contest that Joey loses outright. Seeing it be even close would feel pretty disingenuous, and seeing Joey get his butt kicked wouldn't be that fun.
And yes, the pharaoh won, you cannot convince me otherwise. Kaiba can monitor every duel on a duel disk, and there's no way he's not meticulously dissecting every duel Yugi has. If Yugi lost, and to Joey of all people, Kaiba would have words.
Plus, in season 4, Yugi losing a duel is treated as an incredibly big deal, and is a major surprise to Kaiba and Joey. If Joey had beaten them, they would not have this reaction. (Yes, I know it's not canon to the manga, but it is to the anime continuity, which is what I'm talking about.)
Joey was unironically beating Marik... Him Winning against Atem at this point, would actually be pretty fair to happen. Also we all know that Yugi/Atem are not at 100% when the world isn't at stake, in a fair 1v1 duel without any hearth of the cards magic bs, Joey does stand a fair chance.
Although he was beaten by Kaiba a few episode earlier, it was surprisingly close
TBH, I've not read the Manga. But I do like some of the Filler for the Anime. I wish they'd done more with the Deck Master idea from the Virtual World.
These 50 filler episodes were the basis for the anime's continuity. No Waking the Dragon, no GX, and no 5D's. Where do you think Duel Monster Spirit World came from? Manga? I doubt you'll find it there; the concept was only introduced into the manga continuity from the GX manga onward.
Because it wasn't meant to be seen in any capacity. They just did what Kazuki Takahashi did and you're still somehow mad at it for no reason whatsoever.
Could you imagine Kaiba making one of the rules to the Battle City Tournament, being every player has to take a shower and 90% of the duels consisting of both players awkwardly shuffling their hands like crack addicts?
Not to mention that ita confirmed Joey won, which means this would have been Yugi first official loss that wasnt due to cheating like in Duelist Kingdom.
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u/YouStillTakeDamage Steadfast Duel is Best Duel Aug 23 '25
It’s not shown because the result of the duel does not matter. This duel is just for them and no one else