This is probably the best episode from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX up until this point. Even though this three part episode arc began rather slow and dumb, however the last two episodes were simply sublime! I'm not even gonna waste a single word and get straight into this episode and tell you why it's so good! Ready? Nah... me neither!
The story of this three episodes picks up right after Adrian goes off with his Exodia and Jaden feels pretty bad about everything he's done as the Supreme King. He sees everywhere only memories of what he's done and above all he recognizes Polymerization as the card most responsible for all the destruction. So he gets into a duel with Zane which is cancelled quickly. However after doing that he goes on a walkabout through the desert and Syrus follows him. He then meets one of his former servants as the Supreme King. He duels him and wins without playing polymerization. In the mean time at the site where he and Zane tried dueling Jesse appears through the big door that was laying there the whole time. He proceeds to duel Zane and what comes next is simply one of the best duels in Yu-Gi-Oh history! The quality of the duel for more than 90% of the time is so high, even duels from ARC-V don't come close to topping that. The back and fort between the two guys and the emotion that goes into this episode is incredible. Jesse's new cards are quite interesting and the way he uses them is great and keeps you guessing all the time, even though there are times where Zane attacks him directly with 2 monsters and only during the second attack does he reveals his trap card which begs the question "Why activating it only then?". Zane on the other hand has his old deck back. It's a nice touch that just how Jesse went from Crystal Beasts to Advanced Crystal Beasts, Zane went from his more dark and underground used deck to his old style which also reflects the character's journey back to his roots and becoming more or less his old self. It's a nice touch. And even though Zane loses, the episode is clever enough to set up a scenario in which he only gets defeated by his own card Power Bond which takes 4000 life points from him before summoning Cyber End Dragon with 16000 ATK. It's a nice way to show that Jesse was in danger of losing up until the end. It also made the duel interesting and unexpected up until the very end. And that's another thing I love about this episode, is that you're never sure who is going to win at the end. That shows great writting there. The ending and Zane's farewell from Jaden echoing his first farewell from season 1, as well as his farewell from Syrus saying that he made him pround almost made me cry. Simply superb! Also, the idea brought up by Jubel that the 12 Dimensions will have to unite together is also a small hint and foreshadowing at what's to come next between her and Jaden by the end of the season.
It's small things like that and the emotional journey ad payoff that make this couple of episodes simply outstanding in this superb season 3, which holds up just as well as the first time I enjoyed it. Simply great! 10/10.
The story of this three episodes picks up right after Adrian goes off with his Exodia and Jaden feels pretty bad about everything he's done as the Supreme King. He sees everywhere only memories of what he's done and above all he recognizes Polymerization as the card most responsible for all the destruction. So he gets into a duel with Zane which is cancelled quickly. However after doing that he goes on a walkabout through the desert and Syrus follows him. He then meets one of his former servants as the Supreme King. He duels him and wins without playing polymerization. In the mean time at the site where he and Zane tried dueling Jesse appears through the big door that was laying there the whole time. He proceeds to duel Zane and what comes next is simply one of the best duels in Yu-Gi-Oh history! The quality of the duel for more than 90% of the time is so high, even duels from ARC-V don't come close to topping that. The back and fort between the two guys and the emotion that goes into this episode is incredible. Jesse's new cards are quite interesting and the way he uses them is great and keeps you guessing all the time, even though there are times where Zane attacks him directly with 2 monsters and only during the second attack does he reveals his trap card which begs the question "Why activating it only then?". Zane on the other hand has his old deck back. It's a nice touch that just how Jesse went from Crystal Beasts to Advanced Crystal Beasts, Zane went from his more dark and underground used deck to his old style which also reflects the character's journey back to his roots and becoming more or less his old self. It's a nice touch. And even though Zane loses, the episode is clever enough to set up a scenario in which he only gets defeated by his own card Power Bond which takes 4000 life points from him before summoning Cyber End Dragon with 16000 ATK. It's a nice way to show that Jesse was in danger of losing up until the end. It also made the duel interesting and unexpected up until the very end. And that's another thing I love about this episode, is that you're never sure who is going to win at the end. That shows great writting there. The ending and Zane's farewell from Jaden echoing his first farewell from season 1, as well as his farewell from Syrus saying that he made him pround almost made me cry. Simply superb! Also, the idea brought up by Jubel that the 12 Dimensions will have to unite together is also a small hint and foreshadowing at what's to come next between her and Jaden by the end of the season.
It's small things like that and the emotional journey ad payoff that make this couple of episodes simply outstanding in this superb season 3, which holds up just as well as the first time I enjoyed it. Simply great! 10/10.
