s1e16 "The Scars of Defeat"

Kaiba returns on a path to revenge with a new duel disk system. Boy I hope this doesn't awaken anything in Jonouchi. Anyways we also spent a bunch of this episode talking about smells and our controversial shipping opinions

s1e14-15 "The Light at the End of the Tunnel"

It's all about staying calm under pressure this week when Yugi must confront a threatening Player Killer... or "PaniK" if you're 4kids and legally cannot say the word "kill". The threat of burning alive, a delightful musical interlude, and some of the most ridiculous card strategy really helped this one shine for us. Plus some mundane life updates and a return to the Crunchyroll comments sections.

SHOW NOTES:

- If you want to see the two-in-one cut of the PaniK episodes, the version of the show on Yugioh.com has it as episode 14, and then their episode 15 is... the uncut episode 15. Someone did not bother to check this. If you want the complete first episode it's on Netflix and probably the various other streaming services that have Yugioh

s1e12-13 "Evil Spirit of the Ring"

It's the first Bakura centered episode of Duel Monsters and oh boy, the Lore is going to drive us off the deep end in this one. We also discover some surprising dub/sub differences and really wish we were camping in the woods. Plus, chat about other manga that you might enjoy.

s1e11-12 "The Dueling Monkey" / "Trial By Red Eyes"

Joey proves himself in a match against dino duelist Rex Raptor and debuts one of his iconic cards. We talk about whether the friendship message in this episode worked, possibly too much cardgame rule minutia, and which Yugioh character is the most like Shadow the Hedgehog. Plus Jenny's life updates and pro medical advice.

SHOW NOTES:

- There were some technical difficulties while recording this ep so if there are parts around the middle where the audio seems to cut out or we talk over each other, bear with us (I think it flows OK now but trust me I had to go to great lengths to get it there)

- yeah we recorded this in early January so we talk about ~the holidays~ a bit even though it's releasing in late February, whatever y'all

s1e09 & 10 "Duel with a Ghoul" / "Give Up the Ghost"

A whole lot going on in this one. Good thing we have our guest Kry back to help us walk through extremely realistic #Hacking, musical interludes, and the bizarre lore implications of this duel's opponent (both sub & dub versions). Plus some media recommendations and talk about how our tastes in characters have changed since our childhood YGO nostalgia.

SHOW NOTES:

- Our guest was @Krypkaktus!

- (because of recording difficulties, there's some minor echo-y sounds in this episode; sorry about that but I don't think it's too bad)

- Sadly, "Music to Duel By" is not available on Spotify

Our twitter is @battlecitybroad.

s1e08 "Everything's Relative"

Who could this mysterious child stealing people's star chips possibly be?? The Kaiba brothers return and we also brought back one of our past guests, Kry, to help us dissect the internal workings of KaibaCorp stock, critique Pegasus' snack choices, and chat a bit about other anime.

SHOW NOTES:

- Our guest was @krypkaktus!

- The other series we talked about Kaiba's VA starring in is Acca-13.

Our twitter is @battlecitybroad!

s1e07 "Attack from the Deep"

This week we DIVE on in to a very nonsensical duel against the top ocean duelist, Mako Tsunami. There's a lot of unpacking of when & why this season's inconsistent dueling rules do or don't work for us. Also we discover three equally acceptable backstories for one character, and play another round of our ship guessing game.

SHOW NOTES:

- Jonouchi does the "creepy chin face" in this episode

s1e06 "First Duel"

It's Joey's first tournament match, against Mai Valentine, which gives us the opportunity to discuss whether Joey knows any math, if women be sniffing, and even more Naruto references than we normally make (which is a lot). Also some Jojo's Bizarre Adventure thoughts and fun facts about Mai's voice actors.

s1e04 & 5 "Into the Hornet's Nest" / "Ultimate Great Moth"

It's bug time! The first duel of the tournament, Yugi vs Weevil Underwood, taught us plenty of new things about bizarre rules, how to duel with honor, and exactly what noise a moth makes.

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s1e03 "Journey to Duelist Kingdom"

This week we say hello to some new rival characters and GOODBYE TO EXODIA as Yugi &co make their journey to the Duelist Kingdom tournament. No one is surprised that this show is at its best when there is no actual dueling in the episode.

SHOW NOTES:

- As promised, you can find links to the uncut dub of the first few episodes here.

- The referenced panel of Yami being sad on the school roof

Our twitter is @battlecitybroad.