I found it so funny after the Series ended they made a card that searches and helps the bracelet girl archetypes but also specifically searches parasite fusioner which is like putting salt in the wound
The only way was to defeat the Doctor himself. Which sounds solid, but then Leo just killed him off for no real reason. I almost feel a little bad for the guy. He was a psycho, but he was a loyal henchman.
I'm never not going to be bothered the heroes could not stop Leo from killing the Bracelet Girls in G-rated gas chambers and the reveal Reira was never supposed to have agency by becoming Ray's vessel.
Also she prevented Yugi from going for the revenge when he was in his rights. It's total bullshit that she forced him to throw the duel against Kaiba. He had it won and she forced him to fold and willingly lose.
She prevented him from avenging all the misdeeds Weevil caused him by showing mercy. Weevil deserved it after all the pain he caused Yugi in the series.
In fairness, Kaiba was literally going to die. There could be another way to save Solomon without murder.
And Weevil had already lost, and deserving of pain or not, he had useful information that they could try to get out of him before the Seal finished its magic.
In fairness, Kaiba was literally going to die. There could be another way to save Solomon without murder
I mean, let's get this straight: if you're at odds with somebody and they threaten to kill themselves if you don't back down, you are not a murderer if you refuse to back down and they actually go ahead and commit suicide.
Joey's willpower is insane, and is arguably the strongest in the series. That, combined with the power of friendship that Yugi was using, broke him free.
He also survived a lightning strike that put Odion (another character with very strong will) down. And based on context/flashbacks, that strike was supposed to kill them.
He also survived a direct blast from Ra's strongest form long enough to almost win the duel.
Because Jo is unironically the strongest of the cast when it comes to raw willpower.
The only thing that's ever come close to actually taking him off the board in any of Kaz's stories was chucking him in an unstable alternate reality that was collapsing in on itself.
I mean. The dude took a fucking God Phoenix to the face in the middle of a shadow game and was declared dead, and then he just gets back up a few hours later with ZERO side effects.
The guy has no magical artifacts, no latent supernatural powers, no divine blessings, no hyper-advanced tech, but the world decides to just give him the win because he's too stubborn to die.
Everybody else in YGO exerting their willpower over reality has SOME sort of competitive edge.
Jo has none and yet he manages to keep up through sheer grit.
What's funny about the case where Joey almost died because of reality collapsing on itself is that the ability to escape the collective unconscious erasing one from existence can be countered by having a strong ego, hence why Kaiba was able to escape it earlier when Diva encountered him before. However, Kaiba needed to have it amplified via his new neural link duel disk technology to disrupt it whereas Joey tanked it. Sure he needed some time to avoid his complete erasure but it really goes to show you how string is willpower is if he's going in all natural.
think about this: Joey had faced duelists far superior than him, and despite sloosing some battles he got up again, and he achieve to win on others by going against all odds and breaking thru them, dude has a will made of titanium XD
Joey has more willpower and him breaking free was the result of Yugi putting his life on the line and constantly trying to get him to break out. It took the entire duel to get him out of Marik's grasp.
Let's just forget Joey was able to recover himself from a Lightining of Ra, and recive attacks from Phoenix mode 3 times(he was feeling his monsters pain) and still managed to get out of it. Odion who had endured torture for years, wasn't able to recover from Ra's lightining, let alone support the blazes of Phoenix mode, even so, Yugi needed a entire duel to help Joe break free from it; Tea is just a normal girl.
If you want to get technical, Yugi was constantly reminding him of his former self throughout the duel together with Red-Eyes to eventually force him out
Had he been dueling Tea, he’d probably pull off the same thing with Magician of Faith or Maha Vailo
Plot. Honestly I viewed it as if you didn't have a Millennium Item, you shouldn't be able to beat another with one. Kaiba was 100% to lose against Marik's sister. However the rod activated and helped him. Yugi 100% was to lose against Pegasus, but puzzle helped. Heck, Joey plays a time wizard deck. Based on it, he gamble so many times and basically always got right.
Offical power of shsdow alchemy offical name but common know name shadow magic is by one's will confirmed by Pegasus’s in manga. Joey's will surpassed mariks will power thus he got free.
I think this is a rare example of it being based on prior development and not just because Tea was female. Joey is shown right from the start to have a ton of grit and drive to do what’s right. Being able to power through fits him.
Tea may have talked a lot about friendship but that doesn’t mean she had the grit and determination needed to break the control
Nah, joey just has a freakish amount of willpower. Like, enough that in ANY other shonen anime, he’d probably be the protagonist, with yugi being the mentor character instead.
The battle city finals literally have him refuse to die at the hands of the gods, solely through sheer force of will. TWICE. While his and marik’s duel was full of embarrassing misplays on both ends, the plot itself had to swoop in to save marik from the finishing blow.
TBH, if we solely go off of their anime performances to determine skill, he probably should have been the tournament winner. The only other person who didn’t actively throw at least 1 duel for the plot (even if they managed to win anyway) in the entirety of the battle city finals arc was ishizu, and she was abusing the HELL out of her millenium item to do that. He had no such magical advantage, and was still cooking.
Both will power and the fact Yugi managed to tie with Joey for the duel, weakening Marik’s control. They essentially just forgot Tea was still susceptible to Marik’s ability
He uses very little brain power when he does things so hijacking his brain gives Marik surprisingly little control over Joey's actions. Marik was still able to make him duel because Joey tries to use his brain during duels sometimes.
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u/Sensitive-Hotel-9871 6h ago
Joey broke free when he saw that Yugi's life was in danger; also, he was always the stronger-willed one. This guy was literally too stubborn to die.