Fun Grandpa DL interactions so far:
Pegasus apologizes for putting his soul in a little TV and Grandpa accepts on the condition that Pegasus sign something for him to put in the shop. At no point during this conversation does Grandpa acknowledge that Pegasus should be dead.
Mokuba tries to kick Grandpa out until he starts talking about capmon chess at which point he's immediately Grandpa's bestie. Also contains a translation error where Mokuba refers to their family as the "Setos" instead of the Kaibas. which. lol
Grandpa asks Honda about Miho (who in the manga dumped him shortly after getting Grandpa's help to ask her out) and he doesn't want to talk about it, okay
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Goodness! This exchange is everything. Takes place when these two lose against your team in the new Tag Duel Tournament (2024). The actual eng translation is typed up and shared here. Very thankful to them since I don't play the game and rely on gameplay videos.
As always, imo the official translators don't do a very good job. Adequate at best... (The pre-duel dialogue is fine). The way Duel Links is translated in eng comes off as very "summarized" to me. Nuances and call backs are lost, if not altogether cut, which is unfortunate. Tbh the real villains of YGO are the translation/localization team.
BAKURA: Hehehe... We lost, Yugi. Is this what you wanted out of a fair fight?
ATEM: There will always be a winner and loser in a competition. But when it comes to us Duelists, there are acceptable ways to win and lose! You have something that's of value (lit. important) to you like that, don't you, Bakura? Like when we had our own duel (aka the first BC match)!
BAKURA: ... Keh! Whatever... I'll tell you one thing. That naivety of yours will get you killed (lit. will prove fatal) in the coming battles... Hyahahahahahahahaha!
So ok!
Atem throws Bakura the same phrase Bakura used when he forces a switch back to get Ryou out of Osiris' attack.
BAKURA: I have my own preferences when it comes to winning...!! (lit. I have ways I like and ways that I don't when it comes to winning...!!)
The manga in general uses speech/thought bubbles weirdly, but it's safe to assume Bakura isn't saying this out loud, considering what's happening in this scene (Atem doesn't actually hear him say this). So it strikes a nerve in Bakura because lmao Atem is on point!
Atem's like, "hey remember when you were a big softy for your host"
And then Bakura's immediate reaction is that of a man who's undeniably guilty as charged,
This face is such a tell. It says so much lmao! It hits home he can't even hide it! Because "That naivety of yours will get you killed". Bakura, is that from experience? 🤭
Here, Atem comments that even if Bakura is an evil entity, he and Bakura aren't different in the aspect that they are meant/destined to protect their respective Item bearers. They have to, even if it comes down to sacrificing themselves.
Yugi initially says that it's a little different between the Yugis and the Bakuras, but ultimately, Yugi agrees with Atem at a fundamental level (as seen here in his conversation with Jounouchi). I think the jp title of that chapter is fitting too. 絆のために!! "For the Sake of Bonds!!"
Look, the chapter where Bakura protects Ryou was released in the March 2001 issue of Shounen Jump. It'll be 23 years since then soon, and Atem still won't let Bakura live that moment of "naivety" down 🤣🤣🤣
I love the Bakura/Atem dynamic (in reference 01, 02)! They're the "bad friends", the vitriolic best buds trope if you cut their historical animosity towards each other. Being AIs programmed by Seto gives them this freedom, I suppose.
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Ya know how Paradox in Duel Links had a redemption but it was really subtle? Like, by the end of his event, he definitely understood he went too far in Bonds Beyond Time and he's no longer doing THAT anymore but otherwise, he's the same snarky yet determined bastard he is in the movie. His motive of preventing the apocalypse remains the same. He's just taking a more relaxed approach and he's also not weirdly chummy with the protags or team 5Ds. His reason for duelling Z-One during the Z-One event was wanting to see the future team 5Ds would create. It was completely separate and distinct from the other characters and was rather chill in general, since, to him, this is just him and his long time friend having a slight disagreement.
Yeah... that's one of my favourite kinds of villain redemptions. They don't always have to be friendly with the protags in the end, they can just be that one chill sassy quiet guy in the corner who speaks up only to roast ya.
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love that DL is firmly and unapologetically in the manga canon and constantly references even its most gruesome events but also exclusively uses dub names and insists on writin' out dat new yawk accent every time Joey opens dis mouth or somethin', so it ends up feeling like a spin-off game for a version of ygo that doesn't exist. a cursed object from another timeline.
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God I love the the for this event so much, I was expecting something heavier but nah, there's Good Tunes(tm) playing over the speakers at arc cradle as we speak. Top ten beats to rewrite history and divorce to
THE MUSIC IS SOOOO GOOD IN THIS EVENT it actually almost makes me a little emotional because it sounds SOO similar to music from the Tag Force 6 Soundtrack
same sort of synthy funky upbeat flavor.....anyway the sheer thought that Konami could in fact be very well doing an homage to the 5D's tag force games all these years later makes me soooo ;___; duel links is such a love letter to the franchise in so many ways.
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*hyperventilating*
I've seen this from sum friends and had to see it for myself.
What do u mean when u said that, Serena? Please. Reveal more abt Yuri :333
Sum of us would be very pleased if ull do so ;3
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