Another issue of Shonen Jump USA has come out, with more of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. This time it overlaps with the first episode of the dub.

Duel 35: Board Game Deathmatch. It's Yuugi vs. Mokuba in a game of Capsule Monster Chess, with the loser to face "the Experience of Death." Mokuba cheats the exact same way he did in their previous game, by rigging the random monster distributor to give him strong creatures and Yuugi weak ones. Fortunately for Yuugi, he's much better at strategy than the younger Kaiba. By exploiting the abilities of both his and Mokuba's monsters, (and a bit of luck) Yuugi is able to win.

Duel 36: Battle Beyond Hope. With his match against Mokuba over, Yuugi prepares to move on to the next level. Mokuba is unable to accept his loss, with good reason. Seto (via closed-circuit TV) chews him out for being such a loser, and activates the "Experience of Death." For those who might not recall, that's being stuck in a glass box, and bombarded by holographic images of horrific monsters attacking you. It sent Yuugi's grandfather to the hospital. Yuugi pulls Mokuba out of the box. When asked why, he states that he could not have won the match if he didn't have friends pulling for him.

Mokuba pulls out a picture of himself and Seto playing chess at the orphanage, and realizes how very wrong things have gotten. Meanwhile, Jonouchi and Anzu are being shown to their seats in the final arena. Jonouchi, his confidence boosted by Yuugi's easy win in the last chapter, acts cool and uses his pickpocketing skills to steal a goon's cell phone. He then contacts the hospital where Gramps was taken. Hey, a rare Hanasaki appearance! (Kid who's wimpier than Yuugi, big fan of American superhero comics.) The surgery isn't going too well, and Honda isn't answering his cell either.

Okay, we're finally into the first episode of the dub, so this part shouldn't need spoilers. Yuugi and Kaiba exchange glares, then shuffle and cut each other's decks. Yuugi leads with Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress (1400/1200). Kaiba counters with Hitotsu-Me Giant (1200/1000) in attack position. Winged Dragon easily smashes it, costing Kaiba 200 life points, but the young bazillionaire doesn't seem at all worried. To be continued....

When are the new episodes coming? Will it be when the WB unveils the new seasons of "Static Shock" and "Mega Man"?

Forget a movie...what about showing it a la Kajin Big Battel? Get actos to play the duelists, and guys in monster suits. Camp fun for everyone.

We get a new episode January 10th, the second episode in the block of Yu-Gi-Oh! that morning. (Which would be 10:30/11:30, I think.) "Noah's Secret".

(First episode in the block is the conclusion of Kaiba vs. Kentucky Fried Jinzo.)

In the spoilers I've been reading, it turns out Noah is dead, and Gozaburo only adopted Seto to give Noah a host body. Kaiba has a long battle with Noah, and Yugi takes over the battle with Kaiba's cards, and Noah turns all of Yugi's friends to stone during the battle. It ends up looking hopeless, Yugi has 100 lifepoints vs. Noah's 10,000. I can't wait until we get back to the Battle City Finals.

Yeah, the conclusion will bring a close to the Kaiba family for a while. However, the truth about Yami only begins to unfold. Plus we get to see the King cards during the Battle City Finals that and Joey's rematch with Kaiba.

Thanks again for the update, SKJAM! It especially helpful when there is a dry spell between new episodes!

Huh, I figured someone would've commented on today's new episode by now. I thought it was an all right episode. Finally got to see Marik again. I was wondering how long it would take for him to just say fuck it and go looking for Yugi. I'd like to hope that this was the last episode where we have to put up with the Big Five, but the issue of Tristan's body still needs to be resolved. RoboMonkey!Tristan got to rub his face in Serenity's boobages, leaving me surprised that 4Kids or the WB actually left that in. That didn't stop the HoYay, though. I was getting strong vibes from Noa and Mokuba.

What I didn't like was how easily Mokuba was swayed by Noa. Sure, Noa brainwashed him with the glowy red eyes, but Mokuba doubted Kaiba before Noa did that. Mokuba doesn't care that Kaiba beat him in a plot to take over Kaiba Corp., but one obviously fake image of Kaiba "leaving him" makes him doubt how much Kaiba cares about him? Terrible. The half-reveal we got about Noa's identity wasn't a high point for me, either, since I'd read spoilers long ago.

Yeah Leanan the Mokuba/Noah step broyay was really strong. I really don't understand why Mokuba would believe that that was Kaiba seeing that he knows that their in a VIRTUAL WORLD and Noah's been creating holograms of their pasts ever since they got there.

Anyways, was I the only one who was hoping that Jinzo would have taken over Kaiba's body? Even If it had only been for one episode? Because Kaiba with a southern accent would have just been comedy gold.

Leanan: I wondered if I was the only one who noticed Tristan's face in Serenity's cleavage.

Not a bad episode, overall. I thought the attack from four of the Big 5 was the real highlight. One thing kind of irked me though. If the duel monster cards and powers can be summoned outside of a duel, why the hell would Joey play a bunch of weak monsters against a bunch of guys that want to steal his body and identity? Probably just a personal nitpick of mine. I'd have loved to see Joey, Serenity, and Tristan go all out in a full-on battle with monsters, magic, and traps, but I doubt that would have flown with the network. Oh well.

At least we got to see SuperEvil!Marik again. I'd almost forgotten about the resident psycho for a while. His reappearance makes me wonder what's up with Odeon, Ishizu, and Mai on the blimp.

In the Japanese original, Tristan (Honda) talks about Serenity's (Shizuka) boobs a bit when he's the robot monkey.
(Anybody else notice Tea's (Anzu) changing figure? Sometime's she's Jennifer Love Hewitt, sometime's she's Jennifer Walcott. Sometime's she's just drawn by Jim Lee.)

In the Japanese episode Tristan/Honda rubbed his robot hair-boner right in her chest and said to himself her breasts were as soft as "Candy Floss". I guess you can't digitally turn Serenity's boobs into a dark energy disk or anything. Ah well. This was was of those "So.Much.Talking." episodes I can do without. Just fight, already!
Lantern, I know you have one of your hilarious recaps ready.
SuperEvil!Marik:"Fuck this waiting around shit. Where's the Pringles and the Sam Adams light? Do they have ESPN in this shithole, or not?"
"Ishizu, get your ass in the kitchen and make me some pie!" (CartmanSuperEvil!Marik)
Why injection fairy lily doesn't ride a rocket

These are a direct link to individual episodes on a webpage that's slow to update, somebody posted the main link about two months ago. The guy seems to be working on translations in a very odd order. Some of it is very spoilery, other than KidsWb! will undoubtedly change some of it to make it more "Kid" friendly. Link to Kaiba vs. Hillbilly Jinzo

Hee!

I figured the things Honda was saying were toned down/changed. At least 4Kids didn't digitally remove Serenity's breasts a la Mistress Centipede from Inuyasha.

Heh-Heh. Yeah I noticed it too. Since Tristen is "just a robot monkey", the censors probably let it slide. If he had been in human body with his face stuck in her cleavage, that would have gotten cut I guarantee it. :D



Well it was obvious that Joey was in a rush when he whipped those cards out so he didn't take to time to look for the more powerful ones. I have doubts that using more powerful ones would had made a difference anyway I believe. Even though the Big 5 are in the forms of Duel Monsters, their powers didn't seem to be limited to just the powers of their "host" monster.

Some episodes with Mai and Tea's ever shrinking shorts border on fetish Hentai.
Marik probably entertained himself by torturing "Shute" from SD Gundam.
"Taste the power of the Millennium Rod, nancy-boy!"
And watching episodes of "Boy Meets World".
Up until now, I thought maybe the secret of Noah was that he was one of those Culkin kids, you know, Home Alone 5, CyberSpace!

I like duels. Watching Noah (the added "h" is for "hellacious!") mindfuck everybody isn't that much fun.

Mokuba: I love my brother! He could whipped me like a rented mule, and I'd still-

Noah: (eyes light up) You do not love your brother.

Mokuba: I do not love my brother.

Noah: Those are not the droids you're looking for.

Mokuba: Whuh?

Noah: Old joke. Never mind.

I dunno how Part II of Noah's Big Exposition will make sense. Right now,I'm guessing that Kaiba's memories of Noah were wiped out, Weapon X-style. Or maybe Kaiba snapped Noah's neck and then repressed the memory. Who knows with this show?

Tristian: yeah, I laughed. What a pervert he is. Show some restraint, man!

Judging from the preview months ago, we got at least two battles ahead: Big Five lodging in Tristian's head, and Gozaburu taking on Kaiba and/or Yugi. And I guess Evil!SoDamnEvil!marik got tired of raping everybody else on the blimp, and decided to check things out. Ever read "24 Hours" from The Sandman? Marik probably did the same thing.

ETA: Almost forgot...I got inspired again

Seriously, Tristan, you have to buy her dinner and a few tequila-based drinks first. Also, don't run into the living room to watch "SportsCenter" immediately after copping a feel.
I'm guessing in the KidsWb! that Noah isn't going to be dead from being hit by a car, it'll probably be like he got trapped in cyberspace or something. Also I know a really unfair duel between Not!Tristan vs. Yugi and Joey is coming up, the Big 5 all take turns in Tristan's body, essentially making it five against two. And Kaiba fights Gozaburo , and he utilizes something called "Necross Exodia", which is not the instant win monster the regular Exodia is. Then Kaiba says (after the finals after over) "Fuck Duelist Tower. I'm redecorating. Call the Fab Five." And he blows the hell out of it.

Necross Exodia is a monster that can't be destroyed by any means. You have to have all 5 pieces in the graveyard. You can't hurt it, the only way to destroy it is to remove the pieces from the graveyard from play.

Wow no duels! I sorta were thrown there for awhile but I've always been about the story aspect of Yu-Gi-Oh than just the duels.

*Did like how Joey DIDN'T want to helped Seto because he right, Kaiba wouldn't give a damn about his butt. Still Duke coming out saying the same thing was lame. He only been around Kaiba a short time so he needs to SHUT THE HELL UP!

*Tristen I gotta give you the ole' thumbs up, buddy. Copping a feel is hard enough but noe that you're a cuddley monkey and Serenity is ok with it, then got for it!

*Noah partly hidden secret and Seto confusion were great! I guess not reading all the spoiler have made the episodes special for me.

*Mocuba you are too damn easy too manipulate! Geez, even w/o the hypnosis or whatever, you were still totally buying Noah bullshit!

*Duke and I can't say this enough, SHUT THE HELL UP! I was hoping something outta the water was gonna drowned your butt!

A pretty decent episode but KidsWB should've went with the 2 new episodes so the continuation could've flowed better!

Add that to the Yu-Gi-Oh! drinking game. Whenever Mokuba gets brainwashed, chug the bottle.
Duke Devlin is less annoying as "Otogi", at least from the translations I read. Still, I wonder if Japan's Hot Topic sells all that dice-themed gear. Probably in 20 years they'll sell Yu-Gi-Oh! shirts like they sell 1980's cartoon shirts now. Nah, by then the cool kids will be running around with strategically placed holograms on.
Global warming and all that making clothing unnecessary. Probably.

DoctorNeon, the recap/comparison site you linked to is being updated sporadically due to the living conditions of the site owner. She's dependent upon solar energy and some days there just isn't enough to get a recap done.

Cody adds new episodes as she can, trying to add new ones as KidsWB airs them and also fill in the blanks when she has time. She also adds summaries for new episodes from Japan as she gets the DVDs.

Mysteris

It was cool! I was like, Finally, why didn't you idiots decide to do this in the first place!
And I agree the Big 5 wasn't gonna let the duel monsters stop them that timw.


I like you, Doctor Neon. I think the ever-changing figure of Tea is used to draw in the male to the series. I've seen better but I'm not complaining!

Wow. I didn't know you could use solar energy that efficiently. Art Bell brags that his Parumph "compound" is partially energized by the desert sun. Any of you have a regions-free DVD player and buy the originals from Japan?

You be surprise what you can do these days.

If I could power my apartment with methane from my wicked beer farts, I'd have a lot of spare cash.
I never asked anybody here if they actually play duel monsters. I've watched a few games but don't want to shell out the $$$ to play the cards. The videogames are okay, though.

And now, thanks to Newtype USA, spoilers for Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes of the far future, aired in Japan in October 2003.

175-176: Yuugi continues his duel with Raphael. Raphael unleashes a monster that gains strength from the cards in Yuugi's graveyard. Can Yuugi overcome the darkness?

177-178: Kaiba joins the chase. He and Yuugi trace Dartz to a mysterious island, and start a duel with the enemy. The past is revealed....

And to keep up the "suspense", Honda/Tristan still isn't mentioned in the previews this month.

DoctorNeon I have a region-free DVD but the original you won't get. Instead you'll get some Yu-Gi-Oh vids that are translated rather badly or not at all and the quality will suck. I purchase such vids of anime imports from HK and these facts doesn't bother me. But a newbie will be bother..trust me.

I'm not sure how far along Japan is in releasing the DVDs, but those would be good quality. You wouldn't get any English subs, though. I stay away from Hong Kong imports. Just about everything is bootleg. If I want to see the original version badly enough, I'll just get the fansubs, and YGO! fansubs seem hard to come by. I remember one member was getting them from IRC, but I use Bittorrent for my downloading needs.

Hello, just here introducing myself,um......hi. I love Rishid (you will not catch me callin' him Odion...), Yugi, and PEgasus. I think the dub is doing a reeeeeally bad job, since they haven't come up with sumthin clever since Season 1. That's all. Anyhoo, hiyas all!

Today's episode: Most unfair duel, ever.
The Big Five want to duel Yugi, and they want to duel him all night long. Feista, forever. Joey picks a lot of cards that Mai would've used, Yugi breaks out the Aussie Super Scrunch, and "It's time to duel!!"
Meanwhile, Kaiba wanders around the abandoned set of Disney's "Hercules", and the broccoli he's been eating helps keep his coat fully inflated to full flatulence flutter.

So Kaiba actually listen to someone(a little) other than Yugi or his brother. Its cool seeing Tea stand up to the big guy and man, does Kaiba towers over almost everyone. I think he was about to listen until Evil!Tristen show up, he seemed almost aware that he was there or am I imagining things? Also Tea freaking out when Crump showed up was funnah!!!

I thought Yami and Joey dueling was great! Its nice seeing other tag-team with Yami other than Kiaba all the time(*remembering their duel with those lying twins and the maze*). At first, I was thinking a 3 way duel w/Kaiba in the mix, oh well. Dueling with his friend will help Joey from "pulling one outta his ass", I hope.

Like the mind-switch or maybe body-switch with the Big 5, it reminded me of the Yugi/Yami duel with Pegusas.

I've been liking this Kaiba Arc since it began, only one episode disappointed me so far.

It's not THAT unfair. There's Yugi and Joey, so that's two. Then there's Yami, which is three. And what the hell...count Evil Spirit of the Millenium Ring lurking in the puzzle, so that's four. Maybe Plain!Evil!Marik will hop from Tea's body to Joey's in order to even the odds.

Anyway, nice to see the Big Five stay on and flog us with their backgrounds.

Gansley: You boys have a lot to learn about the business of Duel Monsters! I will downsize you fuckers until you hit the unemployment line! Believe me, I'm the Chairman of the Board here! You're fired!

Krump: I've crunched the numbers, and I know that the odds of you winning are a zillion-to-one! And I'm take over your body and waddle to freedom!

Johnson: My name is Jonhson. Big Johnson. Giant, pulsating- oh, I can't use that here? Shit. Well, I'll prosecute the fuck out of you boys, throwing the book at you until judgement rules in my favor!

Nesbit: Poor meat sacks. Poor, pitiful sacks of meat and shit Know that machines rule all. Know that I will battle you. Know that not even a T-101 cyborg will save your meaty asses. For I am Nesbit.

Lechter: The fuck? I don't get any bold to show off my schtick? I forgot...I just made Mistah Kaiba's lil fella raw every few nights, and that was it. Well, Mistah Wheeler and Mistah Moto, I will defeat you! The South shall rise again! (making motions with his hands to suggest firing guns(

Meanwhile...

Serenity: Quick question...Trisitian thinks that the longer he's in that monkey body, the more monkey he becomes.

Tea: (rolling eyes) Uh huh...

Serenity: So why is he licking himself? I remember seeing a wildlife documentary right before I went blind, and I don't remember seeing that.

Tea: Actually, he did that to himself when he was human.

Duke: That's it. I quit. Get me the hell outta here.

(elsewhere)

Kaiba: (struggling) Can't...move...or talk...in normal...tone...vengance woody...unable to...move...stand up...(breathing hard) Gonna liberate you lil...ow...OW...

Lantern!Bwah!!! I guess a Pixel Challenge would be totally out of line? My big fat Vengeance Woody?

LOL Lantern7!

Joey didn't fuck up *too* badly, which was nice. I just wish the Big 5 pinheads would lay off the corporate/legal/technogeek speech already. It was annoying enough the first time around.

Oh and hey, they remembered Mai! How nice of them. Maybe next duel Yugi will do "win one for Ishizu!" kick.

He probably heard Tristan's body jerking along as the Big 5 argued over who gets to steer.





Makes even more sense when you know what he was like in the Japanese version...Krump had absolutely no illusions about what kind of body he was aiming for.

SKJAM: Ew. Nasty visual. So he wasn't just going for Tea's body out of convience, hmm?

Anyone notice how the women seem much better at standing up to Kaiba and his rampaging ego than the guys? Tea's put him in his place twice now (once at Pegasus's Castle and once today), and Serenity put him in check on the blimp. Maybe Kaiba needs a strong woman to tame that arrogance of his?

Kaiba/Ishizu pairing, anyone?

Yep, Krump was a dirty old man in the Japanese version. When Anzu chose Black Magician Girl as her Deck Master, he said something about two girls being double excitement. "Let me help you use this body." This didn't really surprise me. Japan is filled with vending machines that sell used schoolgirl panties, for crying outloud.

I'd be all for the Kaiba/Isis pairing. She'd have him cleaning the house in a frilly pink apron while she sat on the couch eating bon-bons.

SKJAM, I figure Krump was a prev! But who isn't. lol

Even if I didn't know(thanks again, SKJAM) it was obvious that penguins was totally on his mind *wink*.

Kaiba really needs a girlfriend(Ihizu) and get laid!

So far, it only looks like Kaiba gets turned on by really powerful cards. I mean, there she was, Ishuzu, big ol' child birthing hips and all, in that flimsy outfit of hers, and all he can think about was Winged Dragon of Ra. Is Kaiba a top or a bottom?

I think it would depend on who Kaiba hooks up with.

Being raised the way he was, I don't think he would EVER be a bottom to someone who wasn't more powerful than he was. So, I think that he would play bottom to people who can take him down, like Yami, Malik, Shadi, possibly Isis, and (god help me for saying this) Joey.

Anyone else, he'd top till the cows come home.

BTW, does anyone think that Kaiba's attitude, money, etc. is... overcompensating for something? ;)

I can imagine this scene.

Kaiba *dusting the mantelplace and thinking*: ~I can take her. She doesn't have the Millennium Necklace anymore. Let's see *her* mopping and dusting for a change!~ "Ishizu, I've had enough!" *throws down the duster* "You and me, let's go!"

Ishizu: *sighs, whps out duel disks*

Six moves and a couple of nerve pinches later...

Kaiba: "So...when I'm done dusting do you want me to clean your boots with my tongue again...Mistress?"

Please. Seto can win on sheer force of will. I can't see him being bottom for anybody...especially Joey.

Krump's a kook. I liked last week, when he manhandled Tiny Guardian. "Didn't expect that from a penguin, didya?" To which TG would have responded, "Dude, I have a marshmellow for a head. I don't expect ANYTHING!" And Tea's right..."sicko" covers Krump nicely.

Next week: well, Johnson has Judge Man, who can clean house for a mere 1000 points...a real bargain when you inflict 500 points direct damage per an opponent's monster. I know the deals of Judge Man, Nightmare Penguin (+200 boost to water monsters) and Jinzo (wipes out trap cards), but I'm fuzzy about Deep Sea Warrior and Robotic Knight. I do remember Joey can transfter attack points from Flame Swordsman to whatever monster he chooses. Dark Magician? I want to be surprised. I bet there's a fusion monster that can be made from Yugi and Joey's decks. Not Black Skull Dragon...Yugi has both Red Eyes and Summoned Skull.

Lantern7: Deepsea Warrior can reflect any attack by sacrificing two of the user's monsters. But it can't handle direct attacks on the user's LP. That's how Yugi beat Gansley before.

The Robotic Knight allows its' user to use "Final Artillery" anytime the user has three or more machine monsters. The blast does 500 points of direct LP damage (it might be up to 1500 LP of damage though, because Nesbitt was dividing the attack to hit Tristan, Duke, and Serenity in their duel).

Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman can be fused to Dark Flare Knight. A warrior magician knight that when attack the damage becomes zero. After its destroyed the Mirage Knight can be special summon to the field it only has 2800 attack, but it then adds on to what ever monster it is attacking. Like it it as fighting a Blue Eyes White Dragon, that would be 3000 added to 2800 for a 5800 attack.

Hey, it's time for another Yu-Gi-Oh! manga update courtesy of Shonen Jump USA. Turns out that while these chapters are contiguous with the first dub episode, they're not exactly the same, so the spoiler blanks will be used.

Duel 37: To the Death!

As you'll recall, Yuugi (Yami, really) won the first exchange of the card game with Seto, reducing him to 1800 points. Seto draws the Wicked Worm Beast (1400/700), and attacks the Winged Dragon. Luckily, the dragon has the ability of flight, and a 35% chance to evade. Gee, it works! Winged Dragon destroys the Worm Beast, but since they had the same Attack, Kaiba's Life Points aren't affected. But since Seto is ending his turn with no monsters on the field, he gets to place a "free" monster in defense mode.

Yami isn't sure what that monster is, so he places his own new monster in defense mode and ends his turn.

Kaiba boasts that he was a champion even before he started cheating, and switches Saggi the Dark Clown (600/1500) to attack mode. Then Kaiba uses Dark Energy to triple Saggi's Attack to 1800. Bye, bye, Winged Dragon!

Yami draws Right Leg (200/300), which isn't much help, and places Sangan (1000/600) in defense. Kaiba blows away Sangan and the unnamed monster placed previously.

Yuugi/Yami remembers Grampa's words of encouragement and trusts in the Heart of the Cards. Sure enough, he's able to draw Gaia the Fierce Knight (2500/2100). So long, Saggi!

Sadly, Kaiba finally draws his first Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) card and wipes out Gaia!

Kaiba taunts Yuugi with the fact that he still has two more BEWDs in his deck....

From the L.A. Times 2004 Movie Sneaks:

Yu-Gi-Oh! Yugi and his pals pursue their passion for the popular card game. Produced by Norman Grossfeld ("Pokemon"). Warner Bros., Aug 13.

(The release date is subject to change, yadda yadda)

Yugi's hair, ten feet tall! Now that's scary.

Edited to clarify that this came from their look at the movies coming in 2004.

I don't think an IMAX screen could hold Kaiba's raging ego, let alone ten feet. "This whole thing...the Egyptian pharohs, the God cards, the Rare Hunters...it's all a big plot to get ME ME ME!!"

Is this the aforemenioned Red Eyes plot that sucked so hard? Or is this something new?

Bwah!!



As far as I know, this is an entirely new movie. I'm wondering how they're gonna handle it, since the show's so heavy on continuity, but whatever.

Last post ran a little long, so the next manga chapter here:

Duel 38: The Terror of Blue-Eyes!!

Kaiba is at 1300 life points, Yuugi at 700, and Seto's drawn his first Blue Eyes White Dragon. Yuugi draws Imp (1300/1000) and places it in defense mode as a stalling tactic. BEWD slaughters it. Next up is Beaver Warrior, but Seto chooses to let it stew, and draws a second BEWD.

Yuugi is worried, but remembers Grandpa, and again believes in the Heart of the Cards. Sure enough, he draws Swords of Revealing Light, which prevent the BEWD from attacking for three turns.

Kaiba is ticked, but confident; he places another monster in defense mode.

Of the four cards in Yuugi's hand, three are seemingly useless junk. But then he remembers Grandpa telling him about a special monster, a puzzle that comes in five pieces. Too bad no one's ever been able to play it. But hey, Yuugi draws a fourth piece of Exodia...there's hope....

Kaiba draws Judgeman (2200/1500) and uses it to destroy Beaver Warrior. Yuugi counters with Dark Magician (2500/2100).

Too bad Kaiba is next able to draw his third BEWD, and blow away Dark Magician. And next turn, all three dragons will be able to attack.

Yuugi only has one chance left!

Today's episode just made me miss when we got two new ones in a morning. Not a whole lot moved along, although Kaiba found a virtual KaibaLand theme park, and his "backstage" security system is a chessboard where you "Checkmate" to get in. So Kaiba better hope that Bobby Fischer doesn't have a urge to break in and loot Kaibaland.
If Tristan ever gets his body back, he's got some explaining to do, about all his gratuitous face-in-bobbies maneuvers.
Joey was looking up to be smart last episode, now he's back to pulling it out of his ass, like drawing "Panther warrior", and not having a "Scapegoat" magic card or other monsters to sacrifice for it to attack. Luckily, he picked his own Jinzo this time. And Yugi temporarily looked to have his own brain fart.
All in all, I wanted more this morning.

Good episode. Two things stuck out in my mind...

The hilarious scene where Yugi apparently makes an amateurish move that appears to be an obvious trap. And Joey just about has a nervous breakdown. But then when Yugi's real plan becomes evident, Joey tries to pretend he knew all along.

It just shows what a good friend Yugi really is. He knew damn well that Joey didn't have a clue about what he was planing, but yet he made Joey look good in front of the others.

Seto uses a chess board as security clearance device?? So does that mean only Seto, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Big Blue the Super Computer are the only one's that can enter backstage at the park?? Seto's an evil Genius I tell you! :D

SKJAM, thank you once again for the updates! Keep em' coming!

Back to today episode..it was a good one with too much talking from the Big 5, though.

A big YEAH! for Joey not disappointing us by showing us he's not only a tool but still as clueless as ever! This is one of the reasons Kaiba gets so pissed at Yugi; he feels Yugi does nothing but covers Joey butt all the time. And he's right. Still I do like seeing them duel together b/c Joey makes it funny. lol

Who said Kaiba doesn't have a sense of humor? Man his one-liners at Noah were hilarious! Kaiba calling the guy a dork because of his outfit and then talking about Noah using that old film projector was freaking funny! I nearly fell outta my chair at the dork comment! LOL

I did like seeing Injection Fairy or whatever. I swear what she holding is supposed to be a needle but its funny how it doesn't look like a crayon but something entirely else! lol

Minus the talking but good episode! Between Kaiba'a one-liners and Joey being his regular self, this episode was pure comedy gold!

DN-- Bobby Fischer? Hahaha! Yeah I guess Kaiba knows something we don't. Neever seen a security system like that before. Also I get the feeling Serenity isn't a complainer but Tea would be kicking his butt!

Zerowing-- seeing Joey acting like a buffon was funny. All those hand gestures while trying to signal Yami had my rolling. I kept picturing Yami looking out the corner of his eyes and praying that Joey would SHUT.THE.HELL.UP! lol