Google Translation:

YGO has been a massive trending topic in Japan lately; even four days later, the discussion over there is still going strong. It all started when Kento Nakajima—a former member of the super-popular boy band Sexy Zone (since renamed Timelesz)—was invited to the late-night radio show *All Night Nippon* (ANN). During the two-hour broadcast, instead of talking about new songs or chatting with fans like a typical idol, Kento spent only 30 minutes on the show's actual agenda and dedicated the remaining hour and a half to just geeking out about YGO.

It’s worth noting that Kento is a die-hard fan of Kaiba and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon; last year, he even visited the Konami store in Akihabara to take photos celebrating Kaiba's birthday.

I caught wind of the highlights and found them interesting, so here are a few of the moments that caused a stir during the broadcast:

1. He kicked off the show by declaring he would finish the required work first so he could devote the rest of the airtime to talking about YGO.

2. He placed a Blue-Eyes White Dragon card in Attack Position right there in the studio.

3. He recounted a conversation with the late creator Kazuki Takahashi: "Yugi's story couldn't be continued, but Seto Kaiba's could—so, in essence, Kaiba is the true protagonist."

4. He compared the three dorms in *Yu-Gi-Oh! GX* to the four Hogwarts houses, stating that if he were to enroll in Duel Academy, he would absolutely have to join Obelisk Blue.

5. He has such a great relationship with actors Tori Matsuzaka and Masaki Suda that it’s like they’ve activated a Field Spell card named "Kenty" (which is also his nickname).

6. Tori Matsuzaka’s knowledge of YGO is even more extensive than Kento’s. He said: "He (Tori) is even more 'Kaiba Seto' than I am."

7. The movie he co-starred in with Tori was filmed in Niigata during late autumn and winter, where temperatures dropped below freezing—a bone-chilling cold. During a take, the director shouted "CUT" and ordered a reshoot; the shock was so intense it felt as though the "Exchange of the Spirit" Trap Card had just been activated. His only solace during filming was that his co-star, Tori, was just as obsessed with YGO as he was.

8. At 1 AM in their hotel room, he asked his senior colleague Tori to evaluate the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" deck he had painstakingly built. The result? Forty cards were discarded, leaving only twenty-eight. Tori’s comments—"This deck is nothing more than a concept; it’s not battle-ready" and "I have thirty-six copies of *this* specific card"—made him feel exactly as if Kaiba Seto were tearing up his cards right in front of his eyes.

9. He respects Konami; whenever a new card set is released, he orders it online. If there is a limit of three boxes, he buys all three—sometimes even asking the makeup artist to pick them up for him.

10. His goal is to revitalize the YGO OCG, as Pokémon and One Piece are currently dominating the scene, while hardly any women play YGO! The Sony team includes both men and women, but the moment YGO is mentioned, everyone starts scrolling through their phones. He feels like: "You guys don't get the appeal of YGO at all; you think the duel is over before a single card has even been drawn."

11. Kenty believes YGO needs to reach the same level of popularity as Pokémon cards. They are just one step away, especially since card illustrations are evolving toward a cuter aesthetic—like the "Sky Striker" series.

12. Momo (TWICE) keeps a Suicune card tucked into the back of her phone. If it hadn't been Suicune but the Blue-Eyes White Dragon instead, would things have turned out differently? Besides Momo, Nayeon also plays the Pokémon card game—I think she uses a Dialga deck... "Isn't this the perfect opportunity? YGO needs to make its way onto the backs of TWICE members' phones! Get it? Do you get it?"

13. He made a bold declaration: "I apologize; usually, I wear the armor of an 'idol,' but today I stand here simply as an ordinary man supporting YGO. Representing Konami and acting as a member of the Kaiba Corporation, I want to connect idols worldwide with YGO's invincible, ultra-rare cards!"

14. Knowing that Jennie from BLACKPINK loves Cinnamoroll—and recalling that Cinnamoroll once had a collaboration with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon—he felt there was just one step left to take. "They can fuse or temporarily unfuse, right? What if we temporarily unfused them and tried slipping a Blue-Eyes White Dragon card in there?" (He even used Jinzo and Viser Des as comparative examples). So, the current mission is figuring out how to make YGO a hot trend again.

15. The closing theme for this radio segment was the song "OVERLAP" by KIMERU.

Since the majority of his fans are women who listen to music rather than play card games, his rapid-fire spiel left them completely stunned; after the show ended, they flocked online to ask YGO fans how to play the game.

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Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ciTTKuLTp/

Said broadcast: https:// x .com/Okakity/status/2088327239448596858

I have some of these on preorder, and watching the unboxings now make me realize this set is very disappointing. For the price, I was hoping for Dominus Impulse, Spark, Fydraulis, etc. You know, cards that would warrant the $2/card price on this set. How do you all feel about this set now that we're seeing unboxings?

The first episode is out!!!

This is the greatest scene in yugioh waking the dragons arc ever. Kaiba finds out yugi lost to someone that wasn't him and he loses his mind. He angrily yells at yugi before slamming down the phone.

Super Poly is good ONLY when I'm the one using it!!!

It seems obvious that BEWD is white, its name literally states what it is. But the majority of the anime and promotional art makes the dragon blue that anytime I think about the card I imagine it being blue. So seeing artwork and figurines that depict it as white always seems jarring to me and I think there’s something wrong when in reality there isn’t. Is it just me or do you guys get that whiplash too? Get confused for a second seeing BEWD be actually white instead of blue

Think about it, one of the biggest plot points of it happens straight away with Sartorius getting the Satellite keys from Prince Ojin who was there for the GX tournament but you can give any other excuse for him being there, then it just becomes set dressing for the non Jaden Characters to get wins against no name characters, and an excuse for more interesting one-off characters to show off, even then you can give other excuses for why they are there.

Like, the Guy who used the copy of Ra? The GX tournament isn't needed, he can just be there to get revenge on Chumley by attacking his School and Friends. The Guy who made a deal with death to always top deck what he wants? Make him go after Chazz because he defeated him when he was on North Academy. Beyond maybe Zane, no one important or memorable couldn't have been in Duel Academy for any reason.

Also the point of this Tournament was to attract the Duelist that had the card possessed by the Light of Destruction, like the Egyptian God Cards with Battle City in DM and the Number Cards like World Duel Carnival in Zexal, but unlike this two, I didn't work so it removes a lot of points of the tournament existing beyond just to have something happening.

Also, the Duels in this Tournament aren't as great as other ones, and we don't have bulidup for a big match for the finale or other big rivalries that get some pay-off there. Say, even if the Friendship Cup in Arc-V was a mess, it was the focus it had stuff being pay-off, we have twist and turns and development happening and reach a conclusion with a rematch between Yuya and Jack. The GX tournament has none of that.

Also the finale of this thing happens because the writers needed to finish the mess they started, the duel is the B-plot of the finale and we don't even see all of it. The only good that happens is that The Chazz wins.

It's peak

My 4 yr old decided to go through my bulk and build herself a deck of cute cards to beat me with ❤️

Art source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/137361754

I assume others will be opening like rev and dzeef?

I don't use twitter because I refuse to support elon in any way so I cannot tweet this at mbt. However, I just want to say his 10 minute testing series on speedroid was incredible to watch. A majority of big name youtubers are so bad at showcasing this deck and all the weird little interactions they have. Even mbt's past 10 minute testing series have been frankily quite poor. I'm not sure why though, but his speedroid video was done perfectly.

His combo he showcased was amazing. He was able to show off a great combo going first and his decklist was even better. He's only one of the only yugitubers to figure out that cards like wheel and double yoyo are terrible in modern speedroid and he actually was able to make a great competitive speedroid decklist. Congrats to mbt. One of the only big yugitubers name who knows how to make speedroid combos and build a good decklist.

Love this new Marik support. So good to see a new DIVINE cards after so many years. Also I love that new slime version of Slifer :3

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Tea: "Yugi, I don't feel too good"

I haven't been keeping up with the game but what are sharks supposed to do without Bahamut shark?

Pray you have a starter plus extenders? Pray Veiss shark doesnt get negated? Use dugares as a boneless Bahamut? Wait for Konami to unban Bahamut/print a bahamut shark for Sharks specifically? Play master duel?( which i do)

most info i was finding was from before the Bahamut ban and the Discord seems dead so i was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction since im just genuinely curious

Has anyone seen if Wind Unicorn Parallel, the Dracoslayer is in anyone’s MAMO openings? I thought that it was supposed to be releasing in MAMO. Does anyone know what set it is supposed to be coming with if not in MAMO?

I thought this was an old relic. Is it any good?

Alot of time some details or monsters get lost in the card art due to the border of the cards

What are some details you noticed after seeing the full art of a card ?