Manga Snark

Yeah, I think it's about time for one of those. A little chat about how careless Yami has been putting all his thinking off until the eleventh hour is. Or rather, abandoning it altogether when his problems aren't immediately solved with the setting of a trap.

"You know we support you, but turning off your brain the moment you have to figure something out without using your little cardboard warriors doesn't help. It just makes things worse, dude."

The problem is, I immediately imagined Honda being the one delivering this intervention speech, and we all know no one ever listens to that guy for how often he's just stating the obvious. And so, with a sigh, I realize the future is probably filled to the brim with more of Yami's complete shutting down in protest to having to think outside the bounds of his games, what with a practically zero chance of KT being told that this is not the correct way for him to make his main protagonist seem less like a Mary Sue.



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The path to victory will be much easier to pave for Yami/Yuugi once that nuisance is gone. I can't wait to see how it's going to be done, too. Surely there's another card in Yami/Yuugi's deck that can take that sucker off the table. Catapult Turtle isn't any good, because a book isn't a fortress, but a pummeling is still in order, I think. Or perhaps a drilling. Too bad he can't just pave a LITERAL freeway through it, huh?



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Defenses aren't easy to set up or carry out. You have to present your research and ideas in a cogent, competent way while presenting yourself as a peer and authority in your field. Of course, Yami has that second part down, but that won't do him any good when he hasn't even DONE any research and shrugged his shoulders with the declaration that he'll figure it out in the eleventh hour. Whether you're defending your dissertation or defending your monsters, try not to be as unprepared as Yami, because a PERFECT defense is a bit beyond his reach at this point.



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It is? But I thought Thanksgiving (American brand, anyway) wasn't until Thursday. I know some people prep early, but I wasn't aware there was anything to do two days ahead of time. Maybe certain brines require a couple of days to soak into the turkey. Or are there still decorations to put up? I can't think of anything else that it could possibly be time for, but that may be because I'm hungry and I can't stop thinking of feasts during the upcoming holiday. There's probably SOMETHING I'm forgetting here...



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This title reminds me of all those reality game-show contestants who say, "I didn't come here to lose," or "I came here to win". No kidding, why don't you tell me something I DON'T know? Do they just not know what else to say about their motivations, so they come out with the most generic winner's phrase in existence? Is that what KT thought too? That he couldn't think of a good title to describe the chapter, so he just slapped a vague platitude that could describe literally everyone in this tournament on it?



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Woah, that title is evoking so many different images it's making my head spin. Chemistry, music, video game characters, pop-culture archaeology, as well as that very famous character who is representative of such; there's just too much here to even begin making a joke about all of it. Maybe... a scantily clad Indiana Jones with an electric guitar strapped to his back and studying a periodic table like it was a one of his treasure maps?

Actually, that image is awesome, I NEED someone to draw it for me.



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Being "legendary" suggests that there are legends concerning the subject, so I would like to hear the stories. What makes this swordsman so legendary? A unique fighting style? A unique sword? A run-in with some deity or other that made a pass at or bet with him? I hope at the very least he has three swords and a poor sense of direction.



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That's supposed to be a pretty difficult thing to do. Kids with the money and time often go on trips around the world lasting for months to figure themselves out. Adults spend years going through various careers, friends, families, and spouses, scratching their heads the whole way. Hell, this blog is my first proud internet undertaking, having run through a long string of pseudonyms and identities to try and find my place, and that's just ONLINE.

And we're expecting Yami to do it in the course of a single duel? Yeah. Right.



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Haven't we already been over this? First she's a siren without exhibiting any of the singing or distracting characteristics of one to our protagonists, and now we're calling her bewitching? She had better be playing a spell card that warrants this description during this chapter, or I'm going to be annoyed. Chapters need to stop referring to Mai in ways that are reminiscent of sexist descriptions of female allure, ESPECIALLY when they're not even relevant.

Because this first page isn't very promising on the relevancy front.



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On this, the eve of our glory, we raise our glass to all those that will be lost on the morrow! Fear not death, for you shall be honored upon your fall on the battlefield in the hereafter, and your story will be sung by all generations to come. They will sing of your courage, your bravery, your conviction in the face of the enemy, and will praise you for your great sacrifice! The sacrifice of your precious monster cards for FREEDOM!

Besides, they'll probably be brought back with Monster Reborn or something anyway.



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