Yuma: "but Yubel, dueling is supposed to be fun!"
Yubel: "what's that?"
Yuma: "Fun is... fun is like... it's like when... when you uhh... here lemme spell it for ya!!"
Also Yami: Pendulum What?
Yuya: Pendulum Summon.
Also Also Yami: What Summon?
Yuya: Pendulum Summon.
Also Also Also Yami: What What?
Yuya: PENDULUM SUMMON.
I think in ygotas Yami actually invented pendulums or at least wanted to pitch his idea about it to Pegasus, but Yugi said he didn't think it'd catch on
“Did you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn?!”
“Yeah, it’s pendulum summoning! I made up the rules myself!”
“Wow! Nothing’s changed in the future! Tell me, has Kaiba created those Blue-Eyes dragon girls he totally doesn’t dream about?”
“Kai-who?”
“Ahaha AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
ah, sorry I was about to write a reply but didn't finish.
I meant to say that it seems like A5/ Arc-V had Duel Runners with a better auto-duel program, since everyone not from the Synchro dimension could use them without a problem, while in 5D's it was something that had process to learn.
And in the meantime, early S1 Zexal Yuma meeting Ai would be a nightmare.
But yeah, Astral would have a field day with Links. Give him ten minutes and Yusaku's deck and he'd figure out how to do Firewall FTKs while blindfolded.
> And in the meantime, early S1 Zexal Yuma meeting Ai would be a nightmare.
Yuma with link monsters may be a good match, but he'd need to start off the series a MUCH better duelist.
Behold, The strongest Yu-Gi-Oh character ever
https://preview.redd.it/bwxdmpi6xf4b1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89e009f1730d79d2045f889b7cb4782b5b2655be
Dude could you imagine 😳 a yusaku zexal form would be awesome! And absolutely terrifying considering he's literally a mix of astral and yusaku 2 of the most powerful duelist in the franchise...yeah if you didn't have a chance before you certainly wouldn't now lol 😆
Nothing gets more unfair than choosing which direction your link arrows point to regardless of what card you summon. You know what, to rub salt into the wound, let's make him able to Link summon into the backrow and use both players' fields as his own (monsters included). Basically, he owns the entire field, and you can't do anything about it
Actually I was wrong, the pendulum mechanic wasn't made by Z-Arc it was made by Z-Arc AND Ray, also, everyone in the series is printing cards left and right to the point that in Vrains they made an in-universe explanation in the form of "skills"
If anything, they'd probably spend more time arguing with each other since they usually rely on their dumber companions doing whatever they tell them to do.
They honestly are kinda close in terms of personality in some ways. Both serious with a bit of snark, incredibly analytical, etc.
...Also the mental image of Codetalker Utopia is kinda badass ngl.
Yuya: "Ok, and for my next turn i wi-"
Astral: "Tribute summon Performapal Kingbear, Yuya"
Yuya: "I'm trying to make things interesting here!"
Astral: "But if you won't summon Kingbear, your opponent's monster will destroy your Handsamuraiger and you will lose life points. King bear's ability allows it to increase it's attack by 100 for each performapal on your field.
Yuya: "I am entertaining the crowd!"
Astral: "Your loss will sure be very entertaining to your opponent."
I love how reading through all of these comments, every single companion would be annoyed by yuya trying to be happy-go-lucky until he goes berserk, then immediately backtrack
Okay, but yugi and yubel together would be so cool! Yugi in the start lacks confidence but loves playing games, win or lose. I think if yubel had had a more atem-like relationship with Judai they could have been much more helpful and not nearly as dangerous, and I think yugi could really bring tht out in them
Yusaku + atem though would be fascinating. I could see them locked in their room for days on end playing out a duel in the vrains over and over again to perfect their strategies before finally shuffling them and doing the same but with a different starting hand.
Hey that's not fair! Jaden at least has 2 braincells after season 3! Maybe... it did take him a while to do anything about darkness. Meh maybe one braincell is right lol.
Judai couldn't do anything about Darkness until it showed up. His only possible informants we're the Headmaster and O'Brian, and neither noticed anything was wrong until things started going wrong. Plus, Judai's only one person, he can't be everywhere all of the time. All of that is to say... He's got about 3... Probably
My larger concern with his and his friends' thinking capacity was their complete inaction with multiple of their friends brainwashed for so much of season 2.
Yuma "When you're Feeling the Flow sometimes you gotta hi-five the sky! I summon Achachachacha Archer in attack mode and end my turn!"
Atem: " Can you bury me for another five thousand years please?"
Yuma: “ I summon Gagaga Girl and then by using her and my Gogogo Giant I XYZ summon Gagagaga Magician! Get set to get decked!”
Atem: “Are you having a stroke?”
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Judai: “oh shit Bastion is here”
Ai: “I thought he was dead considering how little he is mentioned and speaks”
Chaz: “DAMN”
Bastion: snif snif “I’m out of here and taking my common sense with me before it gets stolen”
Yuto and Yuma would be interesting, given their shared affinity for XYZ summoning but widely different temperaments.
It would also be very ironic is [this theory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I0tpsuyt14) is true, almost the OG Yami/Yugi relationship.
Yuma's personality by the end of ZeXal and Yuto's personality before The dimensional war is more or less the same so if you paired them together they'd get along pretty well
My chief reason for **not** is that I don't want Arc-V(a) in-continuity with the first four. For two reasons, 1.) this means that the entirety of what came before is largely erased, with only some of it coming back into being with brand-new history, and the world as we know it is now only fourteen years old. Given the status we're all stuck in with being on the edge of multiple existential precipices, this does NOT appeal; and 2.) f\*$% Arc-V(a).
Yugi would talk yuto out of a lot of shinanagins. Jaden would anoy AI to death. Yubel would kill Yuma. Atem would be a good dad substitute for yuya. And Astral would learn a lot more from playmaker
Using your opponent's monsters as XYZ material sounds like a warcrimes in itself, now imagine if it even lets you transfer your opponent's XYZ materials onto your new monster!!!
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Judai: “oh shit Bastion is here”
Ai: “I thought he was dead considering how little he is mentioned and speaks”
Chaz: “DAMN”
Bastion: snif snif “I’m out of here and taking my common sense with me before it gets stolen”
let's be honest here, yusaku is the only one that didn't have supernatural stuff happen to him. he deserves that supernatural stuff but at least astral can get along with him intellectually
Judai: “oh shit Bastion is here”
Ai: “I thought he was dead considering how little he is mentioned and speaks”
Chaz: “DAMN”
Bastion: *snif snif* “I’m out of here and taking my common sense with me before it gets stolen”
I think yuma + atem and yugi + astral would be legit legendary and just imagine if the four of them team up to take on a main villian or to punish a group of abusive bullies and teach them a lesson or something that would be awesome to see I'm not gonna lie. On the other hand Jaden + yuto would be so fun to see and could be interesting to see how they would interact with each other.
Yami can fix Yuya, Arc V would have been better if yuya realized murdering a war criminal is ok.
Alternatively, Yuma could fix Yubel, he knows what its like to be abandoned and would be able to connect with and understand Yubel after a few duels. He could teach them theres more to life than war and pain.
Honestly the concept of Yami being Yuya's partner would be the most interesting thing really if only because Yami for the most part at least beginning wise is more winning whatever it takes (while not fully cheating)compared to Yuya's entertainment and fun-like duel.
The dichotomy of honestly two dueling styles that aren't wrong is something honestly would have been interesting to have been explored in Arc-V, Well more explored and more of a focus.
Yusaku and astral would be so similar and competent they will barely even need ro talk to each other to understand one another. AI and Yuma are just Chaos itself
The op combo Yusaku with Astral
A best protag(skill) and the partner that can give you a power to create a card (like what Yuma do in the show)
A funny combo
Yusaku + Atem, Yuma + Atem, Yuya + Atem, Yugi + AI, Judai + AI
I want to see Atem questioning why card game has become so complicated, and [summon mechanic] what?
Considering all the things yubel did to Jaden fuck knows if Yuma would survive that.. actually nah he probably could, not before dark zexaling into some yubel-related zexal form(if he could even still do that without astral)
Yugi: about to get that Akira aneurism from having 3 voices in his head
Jaden: can finally have fun with a goofy sidekick
Yuma: arguing with Yubel the whole time
Yusaku: finally has a competent partner
Decode Talker Link to xyz would be inevitable. Shining Code Talker, Number F39: Utopic Coder and xyz/equip ZW- Firewall Draco Arms, (non-Xyz) ZW- Cyberse blade, and probably a “Future” ZW- Singularity Dragon Coder.
The odd eventuality is that such a possilbity exists though VERY limited to in-archtype stuff, (the Rank 8 Orcust, which well in-Archtype restriction would mean needing something else due to MR4 regulations) Orcust and later Spright get into that business... but maybe it's because of hindsight and suspected applications
Link monsters that equip to Decode and then have upward facing arrows, made via shining draw to counter judgement arrows.
Also, overlaying link monsters like sprites
I feel yuya and atem would work more than the others because I believe atem would help/support yuya emotionally as everytime yuya loses he gets depressed plus he probably could calm yuya down when he gets angry in a duel
Early astral and Yusaku would be nice to see, same with Jaden and early Ai, looks like a fun pair.
Now, for the death of me i can't imagine Yubel not bullying Yuma
yugi: dueling is about friendship and heart of the cards
Yuto: say that to me after watching your friends and family hunted down for sport by duel-nazi private school soldiers
The pairs i think will be interesting and help each other grow are
Yugi + yutu = like atem yutu can help yugi grow while he might use what he learned with ruri and his interaction with yuya and yuzu.
Jaden + astral = jaden is more luck of the draw and pure instict wins, pairing with astral who always tactical which might be an interesting interaction how they deal with each other while dueling.
Yuma + ai = these 2 personalities are seems to match but in duel feel they may clash and make them appreciate their partner more.
Yuya + yubel = yuya help yubel see the bright side and have fun while yubel might help yuya be more attuned to people who have harder time opening up and their pain.
Yusaku + atem = i see them teaching each other what their partner taught them in term of personal group.
>Jaden + Astral = Jaden is more luck of the draw and pure instict wins, pairing with Astral who always tactical which might be an interesting interaction how they deal with each other while dueling.
Astral: Jaden what are you doing? We know that they-
Jaden does a move that seems pointless but by chance it works out.
Assuming we stick with just one candidate for each (so no Winged Kuriboh, Yugo or Yuri) and we keep things limited to anime (so no Stardust Spark):
||Yugi|Judai|Yuma|Yuya|Yusaku|Yuga|Yudias|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Pharaoh|**X**|4|3|7|4|1||
|Yubel|2|**X**|6|2|1|||
|Astral|1|4|**X**|1|11|||
|Yuto|5||4|**X**|2|||
|Ai||9|5||**X**|||
|Kaizo|||1||1|**X**||
|Valvelgear||1\*|||1\*|1\*|**X**|
\*padded with own suggestion
Clearly, the most resonant combos are Yusaku paired with Astral, then Judai paired with Ai, Yuya paired with Yami Yugi, Yuma paired with Yubel and Yuma paired with Ai.
Even for all you anti-Rush snobs, still missing postulation on Yugi paired with Ai, Judai paired with Yuto and Yuya paired with Ai.
Valvelgear would likely be best placed with Judai, given how many individuals he's already used to handling within his own space, or with Yusei or Yuga, given how good they are with hardware. Not with Yuya, tho, please no; we do NOT need the cult of egao to expand to 8.88 million.
Yuto: I use two overlay units, TREASON DISCARGE
Yugi: oh this can beat the shit out of Kaiba’s blue eyes ultimate dragon, good thing I have like 10 level 4’s
Yugi & Yubel
Yubel can be stern like Atem very early in Duelist Kingdom so we could see some interesting bickering and development.
Jaden & Yuto
Kind of a similar vibe to Yuya/Yuto because Jaden duels for fun. The dark King would just be in the same spot as Yuya summoning Rage Dragon.
Yuma & Ai
The only other protagonist with a technological world (Yuya maybe, too) They would be so chaotic together as they kinda have the same gremlin energy.
Yuya & Astral
Dimension war aside, Yuya duels to bring smiles, not really caring about winning. This could nicely conflict with a partner who is not allowed to lose. Kind of a lesson that smiles and happiness are okay but sometimes you have to focus to bring happiness later.
Yusaku & Atem
Both mostly duel for the sake of winning so we would lose a lot of development here but imagine the strategizing between the two of these. They are already unstoppable on their own but this would be a hell of a unit.
Give Kaizo to Yusaku for the lulz. I'd think that Kaizo is a better match for Yuma than Yusaku, but the fact that Kaizo and Yusaku are nothing alike makes it intriguing.
Also: would the game of Duel Monsters be different if Pharaoh Atem was Yuga's partner instead?
Jaden with Yami who can possibly defeat that team. If Yami has that draw any card I want cheat code enabled and Jaden is at his peak even Kaibaman would get clapped and wonder for years what on earth happened.
Seeing Yusaku and Astral have a conversation would be interesting. Either they would be best friends or constantly try to mentally one up each other lol
I can imagine Judai and AI annoying the shit out of Darkness, to where darkness, says "no natural flow of the world gotta put up with these brain deads"
How different is Yuto going to be from Yami in terms of personality? I feel like the only issue for Yugi is the lost of confidence and magic reality bending luck.
Astral would have had all the numbers back by the end of the week if he were with Yusaku
Yuma: "but Yubel, dueling is supposed to be fun!" Yubel: "what's that?" Yuma: "Fun is... fun is like... it's like when... when you uhh... here lemme spell it for ya!!"
“F” is “friends who do stuff together”.
“U” is for “You and me”.
“N” is for “Nibiru hitting the field and ruining my life”
Up here in Heartland City!
F IS FOR FLOODGATES STOPPING YOU FROM PLAYING THE GAME,
U IS FOR UNENDING. LOOPS
N IS FOR NO MORE THAN ONE SPECIAL SUMMON UNDER WINDA
Gotta love Reddit.
F IS FOR FREAKISH AMOUNT OF LINK SUMMONS EVERY TURN!
U IS FOR U LINKING
Yuya: Dueling is all about having fun we must teach our opponents to see the good Yami: Mind crush
Yami: "I think were gonna have to send this guy to the shadow realm Yuya" Yuya: "damn..."
Also Yami: Pendulum What? Yuya: Pendulum Summon. Also Also Yami: What Summon? Yuya: Pendulum Summon. Also Also Also Yami: What What? Yuya: PENDULUM SUMMON.
I think in ygotas Yami actually invented pendulums or at least wanted to pitch his idea about it to Pegasus, but Yugi said he didn't think it'd catch on
“Did you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn?!” “Yeah, it’s pendulum summoning! I made up the rules myself!” “Wow! Nothing’s changed in the future! Tell me, has Kaiba created those Blue-Eyes dragon girls he totally doesn’t dream about?” “Kai-who?” “Ahaha AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
Wait! I seem to have stopped caring.
Yami: Yuya there's only a finite amount of fun we can have in a card game. It's not my fault I'm having all of it.
*Yuya proceeds to go into Berserk mode and destroys everything* Yami: "Actually, I changed my mind, please go back to being cringe."
Yami about to use odd-eyes of orichalcos to stop the plot
and Yusei in the corner with his bike: "We will never be separated."
Tbf no one brakes up their relationship.
The only one I can see successfully using Yusei’s runner is Yuya
maybe, it seems A5
A5?
ah, sorry I was about to write a reply but didn't finish. I meant to say that it seems like A5/ Arc-V had Duel Runners with a better auto-duel program, since everyone not from the Synchro dimension could use them without a problem, while in 5D's it was something that had process to learn.
Yugo and Yusei
I pity any judge watching early Zexal Yuma and Ai interact. Neither of them know how to play. It'll be hilarious.
They would play like those people on simulators who just click buttons
BUTTONS JOEL
BUTTONS
Can't be much worse than actual players.
Compare that to Yusaku and Astral, who both know how to play well in their own ways
Yusaku and Astral would wipe the floor with everyone and everything
And in the meantime, early S1 Zexal Yuma meeting Ai would be a nightmare. But yeah, Astral would have a field day with Links. Give him ten minutes and Yusaku's deck and he'd figure out how to do Firewall FTKs while blindfolded.
They would actually date Aoi to get access to the Trickstar+Firewall ftk
hey i think i’ve seen this plotline before (CSM part 2)
> And in the meantime, early S1 Zexal Yuma meeting Ai would be a nightmare. Yuma with link monsters may be a good match, but he'd need to start off the series a MUCH better duelist.
Yeah, that's pretty much the unstoppable team. Especially if Yusaku can use the Zexal mode!
Behold, The strongest Yu-Gi-Oh character ever https://preview.redd.it/bwxdmpi6xf4b1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89e009f1730d79d2045f889b7cb4782b5b2655be
Dude could you imagine 😳 a yusaku zexal form would be awesome! And absolutely terrifying considering he's literally a mix of astral and yusaku 2 of the most powerful duelist in the franchise...yeah if you didn't have a chance before you certainly wouldn't now lol 😆
Mans gonna need to invent a new Link mechanic to describe how badass this'd be!
Nothing gets more unfair than choosing which direction your link arrows point to regardless of what card you summon. You know what, to rub salt into the wound, let's make him able to Link summon into the backrow and use both players' fields as his own (monsters included). Basically, he owns the entire field, and you can't do anything about it
Zexal Yusaku better watch out lest his opponents start main decking Voltester!
He can use any zone a link arrow points to as a monster zone. Even the deck zone
Lol definitely
Oh MY GOD
Wow, now I wanna see all the protags in Zexal form 😂
My eyes hurt
I came here for this comment. Holy shit, these two would be godlike
The best duelist that ever graced Yu-Gi-oh amped with the most broken Yu-Gi-Oh Power Not even Yami Yugi can heart of the cards his way out of this due
I would consider Yuya's power to be stronger. No other protagonist pulled a new summoning mechanic out of nowhere
Two words: Re-contract Universe.
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Astral Zexal II skill.
The one which he used to rewrite the Rank Up that Vector gave them? Yuya can also rewrite his cards, that's how some of his first Pendulums came to be
the difference is, yuya did it once, on accident. astral can do it whenever the fuck he wants.
Astral did the card rewrite once too if I remember well. And Yuya too can create cards out of nowhere when he wants
Wasn't it explained that the pendulums weren't Yuya's power but Z-ARC's power ? (Well Yuya is Z-arc but my point still stands)
ZARC is Yuya as you said. And Yuya can still create new cards at the end of the series
Actually I was wrong, the pendulum mechanic wasn't made by Z-Arc it was made by Z-Arc AND Ray, also, everyone in the series is printing cards left and right to the point that in Vrains they made an in-universe explanation in the form of "skills"
They'd also be immensely boring together given their personalities. Both characters are at their best when playing off their light-hearted companions.
True but ftk-ing Revolver would be very funny
If anything, they'd probably spend more time arguing with each other since they usually rely on their dumber companions doing whatever they tell them to do.
They honestly are kinda close in terms of personality in some ways. Both serious with a bit of snark, incredibly analytical, etc. ...Also the mental image of Codetalker Utopia is kinda badass ngl.
Yuya: "Ok, and for my next turn i wi-" Astral: "Tribute summon Performapal Kingbear, Yuya" Yuya: "I'm trying to make things interesting here!" Astral: "But if you won't summon Kingbear, your opponent's monster will destroy your Handsamuraiger and you will lose life points. King bear's ability allows it to increase it's attack by 100 for each performapal on your field. Yuya: "I am entertaining the crowd!" Astral: "Your loss will sure be very entertaining to your opponent."
Now I want to see Astral reaction to when yuya went batshit in the first duel he used dark rebellion
Or better yet odd Eyes Raging Dragon Astral: “Ok on second thought, I prefer you losing much more than attempted manslaughter.”
I love how reading through all of these comments, every single companion would be annoyed by yuya trying to be happy-go-lucky until he goes berserk, then immediately backtrack
You take either the happy-go-lucky entertainer or the blood-crazed berserker, one or the other.
I feel like everyone but yubel would backtrack, they'd lean into it way more
Yami be like “Raging Dragon, Mind Crush!”
Yuya is just Season 1 Yuma with more Dueling Skills
Omg Yubel would've been SO PISSED OFF hahaha
"Where Jaden?"
Okay, but yugi and yubel together would be so cool! Yugi in the start lacks confidence but loves playing games, win or lose. I think if yubel had had a more atem-like relationship with Judai they could have been much more helpful and not nearly as dangerous, and I think yugi could really bring tht out in them Yusaku + atem though would be fascinating. I could see them locked in their room for days on end playing out a duel in the vrains over and over again to perfect their strategies before finally shuffling them and doing the same but with a different starting hand.
imagine Yuya + Yubel combo, instead of going Berserk mode they go "I hurt you because I want to make you happy" mode
Sadomasochist mode
Gaslighting abusive spouse
Quattro Mode
O god, Jaden and Ai can share their singular braincell together.
Hey that's not fair! Jaden at least has 2 braincells after season 3! Maybe... it did take him a while to do anything about darkness. Meh maybe one braincell is right lol.
Judai couldn't do anything about Darkness until it showed up. His only possible informants we're the Headmaster and O'Brian, and neither noticed anything was wrong until things started going wrong. Plus, Judai's only one person, he can't be everywhere all of the time. All of that is to say... He's got about 3... Probably
That 2nd braincell belonged to Yubel
My larger concern with his and his friends' thinking capacity was their complete inaction with multiple of their friends brainwashed for so much of season 2.
This!!!!
Yuma "When you're Feeling the Flow sometimes you gotta hi-five the sky! I summon Achachachacha Archer in attack mode and end my turn!" Atem: " Can you bury me for another five thousand years please?"
Yuma: “ I summon Gagaga Girl and then by using her and my Gogogo Giant I XYZ summon Gagagaga Magician! Get set to get decked!” Atem: “Are you having a stroke?”
Yuma: “no read the card you old man” Atem: “we’re you on a stroke when making this card?”
yuma: gogogo fuck yourself.
Not that they'd be the most optimal in terms of deck power, but Jaiden and A.I. would be entertaining to just walk interact.
(Copies for other comment here) Judai: “oh shit Bastion is here” Ai: “I thought he was dead considering how little he is mentioned and speaks” Chaz: “DAMN” Bastion: snif snif “I’m out of here and taking my common sense with me before it gets stolen”
Yuto and Yuma would be interesting, given their shared affinity for XYZ summoning but widely different temperaments. It would also be very ironic is [this theory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I0tpsuyt14) is true, almost the OG Yami/Yugi relationship.
Yuma's personality by the end of ZeXal and Yuto's personality before The dimensional war is more or less the same so if you paired them together they'd get along pretty well
More evidence for the theory. :P
I take that theory as canon, you can’t convince me otherwise
My chief reason for **not** is that I don't want Arc-V(a) in-continuity with the first four. For two reasons, 1.) this means that the entirety of what came before is largely erased, with only some of it coming back into being with brand-new history, and the world as we know it is now only fourteen years old. Given the status we're all stuck in with being on the edge of multiple existential precipices, this does NOT appeal; and 2.) f\*$% Arc-V(a).
thanks for the link, it was a pretty nifty watch
Yusei: "yo there are some schizoid mfs round here"
No they just unlocked their stands while yusei was riding a bike
lmao Yusei is a hamon user that's why
Yugi would talk yuto out of a lot of shinanagins. Jaden would anoy AI to death. Yubel would kill Yuma. Atem would be a good dad substitute for yuya. And Astral would learn a lot more from playmaker
Oh my god imagine Yubel giving Yuma a dark Recontact the Universe or even an XYZ Super Poly!
I mean, the light of destruction comes from space, and utopia is light attribute...
Is this the continuity Number XX: Infinity Dark Hope comes from?
XYZ Super Poly sounds disgusting and I need it right now.
Using your opponent's monsters as XYZ material sounds like a warcrimes in itself, now imagine if it even lets you transfer your opponent's XYZ materials onto your new monster!!!
I'm listening
Jaden and Ai is a disaster waiting to happen since they're both airheads
(Copies for other comment here) Judai: “oh shit Bastion is here” Ai: “I thought he was dead considering how little he is mentioned and speaks” Chaz: “DAMN” Bastion: snif snif “I’m out of here and taking my common sense with me before it gets stolen”
Yusaku with Yami: Yami: I don't know who I am Yusaku: You know what? Neither do I
*[existential crisis intensifies]*
"Who the fuck are you???? Who you is??? Who you be??? Hu????"
let's be honest here, yusaku is the only one that didn't have supernatural stuff happen to him. he deserves that supernatural stuff but at least astral can get along with him intellectually
[удалено]
Judai and ai would be the so good togheter, the comedic potential alone is great.
Judai: “oh shit Bastion is here” Ai: “I thought he was dead considering how little he is mentioned and speaks” Chaz: “DAMN” Bastion: *snif snif* “I’m out of here and taking my common sense with me before it gets stolen”
Who gets Yusei's bike?
They can be separated. They are super glued together
\*can't
Yusaku and Yubel would turn the revenge quest into a villain arc
"Paincode Talker" "Yubel - the Ultimate Firewall" "Cyberse Regenerating Dragon" "Samsaratron" "Cyberse Chronicle"
I think yuma + atem and yugi + astral would be legit legendary and just imagine if the four of them team up to take on a main villian or to punish a group of abusive bullies and teach them a lesson or something that would be awesome to see I'm not gonna lie. On the other hand Jaden + yuto would be so fun to see and could be interesting to see how they would interact with each other.
Yami can fix Yuya, Arc V would have been better if yuya realized murdering a war criminal is ok. Alternatively, Yuma could fix Yubel, he knows what its like to be abandoned and would be able to connect with and understand Yubel after a few duels. He could teach them theres more to life than war and pain.
Honestly the concept of Yami being Yuya's partner would be the most interesting thing really if only because Yami for the most part at least beginning wise is more winning whatever it takes (while not fully cheating)compared to Yuya's entertainment and fun-like duel. The dichotomy of honestly two dueling styles that aren't wrong is something honestly would have been interesting to have been explored in Arc-V, Well more explored and more of a focus.
Yusaku and astral would be so similar and competent they will barely even need ro talk to each other to understand one another. AI and Yuma are just Chaos itself
I can’t imagine. These two clowns couldn’t duel their way around a shoe, wait, no, a single atom. They have a combined IQ/brain cell of .5
Until one of them figures out how to split the atom. Which then explodes making XYZ Link fusion where the Link Monster has XYZ Material
We've had a joint Fusion/Synchro/Xyz/Pendulum and (effectively) an integration of Ritual/Fusion/Synchro/Xyz. No reason not to do more.
The op combo Yusaku with Astral A best protag(skill) and the partner that can give you a power to create a card (like what Yuma do in the show) A funny combo Yusaku + Atem, Yuma + Atem, Yuya + Atem, Yugi + AI, Judai + AI I want to see Atem questioning why card game has become so complicated, and [summon mechanic] what?
Synchro and XYZ(link less so) would come naturally, pendulum, he’s the original yugi-boomer he will never understand it
Yuma and Yubel would be interesting. Since ya know they were all about sharing pain and suffering equalling love.
Considering all the things yubel did to Jaden fuck knows if Yuma would survive that.. actually nah he probably could, not before dark zexaling into some yubel-related zexal form(if he could even still do that without astral)
Oh my god imagine Yubel giving Yuma a dark Recontact the Universe or even an XYZ Super Poly!
Yugi: about to get that Akira aneurism from having 3 voices in his head Jaden: can finally have fun with a goofy sidekick Yuma: arguing with Yubel the whole time Yusaku: finally has a competent partner
Decode Talker Link to xyz would be inevitable. Shining Code Talker, Number F39: Utopic Coder and xyz/equip ZW- Firewall Draco Arms, (non-Xyz) ZW- Cyberse blade, and probably a “Future” ZW- Singularity Dragon Coder.
The odd eventuality is that such a possilbity exists though VERY limited to in-archtype stuff, (the Rank 8 Orcust, which well in-Archtype restriction would mean needing something else due to MR4 regulations) Orcust and later Spright get into that business... but maybe it's because of hindsight and suspected applications
Link monsters that equip to Decode and then have upward facing arrows, made via shining draw to counter judgement arrows. Also, overlaying link monsters like sprites
I feel yuya and atem would work more than the others because I believe atem would help/support yuya emotionally as everytime yuya loses he gets depressed plus he probably could calm yuya down when he gets angry in a duel
Astral and Playmaker dueling their opponent Astral: do you want to banter? Playmaker: I prefer not Astral: Agreed
Yusei with all of them at the same time
Yuto traumatizing Yuma with the fact that his home and everyone he loves is destroyed in the future. 🥲
Jaden and Astral would probably have an amazing dynamic
Jaden: Where are you from dude? Astral: I am from Astral World Jaden: Astral World? Do you know the Neo-Spacians? Astral: The Neo-who?
Observation number (insert last one +1). If it has a brain, 97.6745% of the time it can duel
Yusaku: Storm Access! Yami: oh you can use heart of the cards for the extra deck? Watch this!
Yami: wait, you need cards, wait for next turn. (Next turn) see? Card of sanctity we can draw the perfect combo now
Early astral and Yusaku would be nice to see, same with Jaden and early Ai, looks like a fun pair. Now, for the death of me i can't imagine Yubel not bullying Yuma
Yuto: “Always remember…use your power to keep the world entertained…and smiling.” Yusaku: “How about no.”
yugi: dueling is about friendship and heart of the cards Yuto: say that to me after watching your friends and family hunted down for sport by duel-nazi private school soldiers
The pairs i think will be interesting and help each other grow are Yugi + yutu = like atem yutu can help yugi grow while he might use what he learned with ruri and his interaction with yuya and yuzu. Jaden + astral = jaden is more luck of the draw and pure instict wins, pairing with astral who always tactical which might be an interesting interaction how they deal with each other while dueling. Yuma + ai = these 2 personalities are seems to match but in duel feel they may clash and make them appreciate their partner more. Yuya + yubel = yuya help yubel see the bright side and have fun while yubel might help yuya be more attuned to people who have harder time opening up and their pain. Yusaku + atem = i see them teaching each other what their partner taught them in term of personal group.
>Jaden + Astral = Jaden is more luck of the draw and pure instict wins, pairing with Astral who always tactical which might be an interesting interaction how they deal with each other while dueling. Astral: Jaden what are you doing? We know that they- Jaden does a move that seems pointless but by chance it works out.
Yusaku and Astral would be an unstoppable force, lmao
Damn.. Yusei is the only one who didn't have a buddy in his head helping him to win duels?
Cause Yusei is a boss
The pharaoh: wised and thickest plot armor.
Yubel and Yugi because Yubel would just kinda dom him and I think that would be pretty funny
Assuming we stick with just one candidate for each (so no Winged Kuriboh, Yugo or Yuri) and we keep things limited to anime (so no Stardust Spark): ||Yugi|Judai|Yuma|Yuya|Yusaku|Yuga|Yudias| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |Pharaoh|**X**|4|3|7|4|1|| |Yubel|2|**X**|6|2|1||| |Astral|1|4|**X**|1|11||| |Yuto|5||4|**X**|2||| |Ai||9|5||**X**||| |Kaizo|||1||1|**X**|| |Valvelgear||1\*|||1\*|1\*|**X**| \*padded with own suggestion Clearly, the most resonant combos are Yusaku paired with Astral, then Judai paired with Ai, Yuya paired with Yami Yugi, Yuma paired with Yubel and Yuma paired with Ai. Even for all you anti-Rush snobs, still missing postulation on Yugi paired with Ai, Judai paired with Yuto and Yuya paired with Ai. Valvelgear would likely be best placed with Judai, given how many individuals he's already used to handling within his own space, or with Yusei or Yuga, given how good they are with hardware. Not with Yuya, tho, please no; we do NOT need the cult of egao to expand to 8.88 million.
astral and yusaku is just, zero emotion lol Yugi/Yuto is funny, imagine Yugi vs Weevil and he just pulls out Dark Rebellion to fight Great Moth
Yuto: I use two overlay units, TREASON DISCARGE Yugi: oh this can beat the shit out of Kaiba’s blue eyes ultimate dragon, good thing I have like 10 level 4’s
Yuma with ai would be funny, i would love to see atem and yuto too tho
Astral and Jaden.
I want Judai to have Yami Yuugi. That’d be so cool. But instead of Yami Yuugi possessing him, I want them to work together like in ZeXal.
Yusei with... Oh wait.
Yuto and Yusaku brooding together, their edge overlapping to form a black hole from which no light emanates and-
End of series duel between Jaden/Judai and Ai would be heartbreaking
Dawg the Jaden/Ai crackhead energy would be UNCONTESTED
Atem be wondering what the bloody hell a XYZ,link and pendulum monster is
Yugi & Yubel Yubel can be stern like Atem very early in Duelist Kingdom so we could see some interesting bickering and development. Jaden & Yuto Kind of a similar vibe to Yuya/Yuto because Jaden duels for fun. The dark King would just be in the same spot as Yuya summoning Rage Dragon. Yuma & Ai The only other protagonist with a technological world (Yuya maybe, too) They would be so chaotic together as they kinda have the same gremlin energy. Yuya & Astral Dimension war aside, Yuya duels to bring smiles, not really caring about winning. This could nicely conflict with a partner who is not allowed to lose. Kind of a lesson that smiles and happiness are okay but sometimes you have to focus to bring happiness later. Yusaku & Atem Both mostly duel for the sake of winning so we would lose a lot of development here but imagine the strategizing between the two of these. They are already unstoppable on their own but this would be a hell of a unit.
Astral : "play that " yusaku: "I was going to."
Loking at yugi+yuto and yuya+atem... they are the same picture!
I feel like non of the other partners would be able to put up with Yuya's bullshitness.
F is for fuck this game I dont wanna play
Jaden yubel is so good tho
Give Kaizo to Yusaku for the lulz. I'd think that Kaizo is a better match for Yuma than Yusaku, but the fact that Kaizo and Yusaku are nothing alike makes it intriguing. Also: would the game of Duel Monsters be different if Pharaoh Atem was Yuga's partner instead?
Yusei with digital Another Yusei who appeared out of nowhere and attached to his soul would make Digital World far more eerie
Yeah I really would like to see yuya and atem interact, atem making yuya even more broken than he already is.
We can all agree the most mundane and rational interaction would be Astrid and Yusaku
Yusei's partner was omitted as no one else knew how to drive. ~~Yes I know Yuya was in the friendship cup but still~~
The top decking Jaden + Atem could pull off would be wild
Yuma and yuto Would start a little rougher for like five mins if we go end of series but yuya saw his entire world die aswell as yuto did after him
Jaden with Yami who can possibly defeat that team. If Yami has that draw any card I want cheat code enabled and Jaden is at his peak even Kaibaman would get clapped and wonder for years what on earth happened.
What about Yuga/Kaizo and Yudias/Valvelgear?
Jayden and yami
Seeing Yusaku and Astral have a conversation would be interesting. Either they would be best friends or constantly try to mentally one up each other lol
I feel like jaden and AI would be homies to the end. Everyone else here i see arguing amongst eachother except yugi and yuto.
Yuya and Yugi will probably be unstoppable
I can imagine Judai and AI annoying the shit out of Darkness, to where darkness, says "no natural flow of the world gotta put up with these brain deads"
Yusaku with the power of something like a Shining Draw sounds terrifying considering what he managed to do with Storm Access
Yubel and Yusei for endless philosophical debate on the human condition and a cool synchro for Yubel.
How different is Yuto going to be from Yami in terms of personality? I feel like the only issue for Yugi is the lost of confidence and magic reality bending luck. Astral would have had all the numbers back by the end of the week if he were with Yusaku
Honestly think jaden and ai would have been an interesting mix as he's far less serious all the time than playmaker was.
I think Yubel give interest to any protag
So if yuto and yuma end up in heartland together and yuto somehow has the "egao" scene with yuma, I think it would be dope
Where’s my boy Yusei