s1e48-49 Dungeon Dice Monsters, parts 3-4

In the not-so-thrilling conclusion to the Dungeon Dice Monsters mini-arc, we discuss how men love a big TV, the Ninja & Dark Magician buddy comedy spinoff we deserved, and... well, a long dissection of why Duke frustrates us so much. Sorry to his many fans. Plus, check-in recs on some current series we've just started on, and a particularly successful round of the ship guessing game.

SHOW NOTES:

- Can you believe we are DONE with season 1??? Please send us questions and comments (either by email or to our twitter) for our first season wrapup episode before we start Battle City!

- The manga chapters we will cover in next week's bonus episode are chapters 134-145 if you have the 3-in-1 volumes (or are looking at the original Japanese, I suppose); or Yugioh Duelist chapters 75-86 if you're on the Shonen Jump app with the renumbering.

s1e46-47 Dungeon Dice Monsters, parts 1-2

A mysterious transfer student arrives with a mysterious new game! Tune in for our potentially controversial opinions on Duke Devlin, dog costumes, and dice monsters. Plus chatting about our life updates and another anime convention visit report.

SHOW NOTES:

- You can check out the Ace Attorney fan musical adaptation on Youtube!

- Shout out to @zombiebasss the artist that Ellie bought some very cool Yugioh stuff from at a convention!

- Can you believe we are DONE with season 1??? Please send us questions and comments for our first season wrapup episode before we start Battle City!

s1e45 "Legendary Heroes (part 3)"

Can the Dark Magician fly? Can Kuriboh get a hug? Can Kaiba bring himself to say the words "thank you"? And can Yugi do taxes? All these questions and more we (& special guest Eli) will ask, if not necessarily answer, as we finish the Legendary Heroes mini-arc. Plus a wide smattering of media recommendations and a lot of shipping talk sparked by our guessing game.

SHOW NOTES:

- Our guest was @adrawer4ever!

- !!Spoiler Warning!!: Near the very end of this ep, from around 1:03:40 - 1:05:00, we talked about some stuff that happens in the upcoming season in a way that is probably too spoilery if you haven't seen it. If you don't know what Marik's general deal is and don't want to know, skip that bit.

- Want to hear Ellie talk about Sailor Moon on a different podcast? Check out the July 26th episode of Gays Gaze!

- It was a bit hard to hear so I'll reiterate that the name of the BL anime Eli recommended is Sasaki & Miyano.

s1e43-44 "Legendary Heroes"

Kaiba's been sucked into a virtual world and Yugi is the only one who can rescue him! A new special guest, listener Eli, joins us to talk about Kaiba's increasingly fragile psyche, duel monsters that ride on your head, and dizzyingly fast pacing. Plus, how Yugioh is Satanic and can lead you away from the church, and a diversion about ancient aliens.

SHOW NOTES:

- Our guest was @adrawer4ever!

- Read more about the yokai Niwatori no so (chicken monks) here!

- The chalk drawing from England that I forgot the name of is called the Cerne Abbas Giant

s1e41-42 "The Wrath of Rebecca / Ties of Friendship"

It's a game of two halves on this episode as we covered two major things: the final moments of Duelist Kingdom (along with comparisons to the manga version) and the subsequent duel introducing a new filler character. Tune in for discussion of iconic GIFs of Yami Bakura, two Bandit Keith related revelations, the correct level of annoying for a girl to be, and gay old men doing bad archaeology.

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s1e39-40 "Match of the Millennium / Aftermath"

The duel with Pegasus finally comes to a conclusion, but even then there's much more left to deal with before the gang can finally depart from Duelist Kingdom. We talk through a new fact about Pegasus's origins that unlocks everything about him for us, what dank memes lurk inside Yugi's soul(s), and the return of Our Best Friend Shadi. Also, some fun facts about Pegasus's voice actors.

Before all of this however, we did open on a sad note discussing the recent passing of the creator of Yugioh, Kazuki Takahashi. He will be dearly missed, but we'll always be celebrating his work and how much it brought us in our lives. <3

SHOW NOTES:

- I wasn't entirely accurate in my brief summary of it but you can & should read more about the guy who basically invented Tarot card readings on wikipedia.

- This is the silly Shadi AMV we mentioned that made the same joke as us.

s1e37-38 "Match of the Millennium (3-4)"

The final duel against Pegasus continues and it's a Shadow Game now! We discuss all the high stakes duel maneuvers and dark magic shenanigans in these episodes we quite enjoyed; plus some media recommendations and accidentally inventing at least one new AU idea.

SHOW NOTES:

- This episode was recorded before we heard about Kazuki Takahashi's passing on July 6th. :( In our next episode we do address this sad news.

- The fanmade Yugioh tarot deck we mentioned near the very end of this episode is Black Luster Tarot. The preorder closes on July 20th so you have a little while to check it out if you're hearing this on release!

s1e35-36 "Yugi vs Pegasus: Match of the Millennium"

The final duel of Duelist Kingdom arrives. How will Yugi face off against the power of Pegasus's mind reading, and what shenanigans will other characters be getting up in the meantime? We bring our Sleepover Energy™ to talk about dragon egg anatomy, brand-new powers of the Millennium Ring, Pegasus having Goop Vibes, and more.

Yugioh Go Rush (episode 1)

We may be about Duel Monsters over here, but for this bonus we sampled the most recent Yugioh spinoff series and boy... it went some places. Listen in to hear us (attempt to) explain the alien vs girlboss conflict, how to get an 8.8 million catboy cheer squad, what Rush Dueling is, and why this is all secretly Kaiba's fault. Plus we trip down a wikia hole and learn some strange facts about Yugioh Sevens as well.

SHOW NOTES:

- Since we record these way in advance we said that the dub of Sevens is "about to start", but as of this podcast's release date, Sevens has started airing and you can stream the first half of the season on Hulu.

s1e33-34 "Best of Friends, Best of Duelists"

The emotional stakes are high (at least for the characters -- maybe not for us viewers) when Yugi must duel Jonouchi for the championship of Duelist Kingdom. We talk about a show making an AMV of itself, discover the alternate universe where Pegasus is from France, and complain about pacing a bit. Plus some media recommendations for various tastes.

SHOW NOTES:

- Watch a clip of the "No Matter What" scene from the dub!

- We repeatedly say that the character who's known as Cecelia in the dub is called "Cynthia" in Japanese, but it's actually "Cyndia", sorry, I misspoke