Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game: The Chronicles

Okay so the goblin gang is basically Team Rocket and I am fully here for it. Loud idiots with a giant machine that gets wrecked in seconds. Their whole swagger evaporating the moment Poplar went big was comedy gold

That fire sequence when Poplar went full dragon is the best animation this short has done. You can see the flames actually moving like liquid. Konami Animation is quietly putting out better work than studios with ten times the budget

Goblin Riders really thought they had the ultimate weapon and Poplar just stood up and ended the whole fight in one blast. Team Rocket energy from the whole gang too. The goblin leader's voice work carried every scene he was in

I cannot look at Poplar the same way after the Snake-Eye format. Cutest war criminal in the game and they animated him like a little angel. My body remembers the pain even if my heart says best boy

They really ended the episode before Mazera and Diabellstar threw hands. Rude. Could have given us one exchange instead of blue balls at the doorstep

Diabellstar wanting to eat Poplar and then Poplar saving the entire day is the partnership dynamic of the year. The little chirps before the transformation got me

I keep coming back for these short lore drops and I keep getting mad they are only seven minutes. Diabellstar as the actual protagonist was not on my bingo card but I am fine with it. Just wish we got a little more of her history instead of just hinting at it

the way they turn the s/t zone gimmick into actual physics is weirdly smart. monsters get absorbed and shoved into the background architecture. whoever storyboarded that deserves a raise

poplar just standing there and then deleting the entire goblin mech with one shot. tiny pink creature that ends careers. the card game was warning us the whole time

Poplar absorbing all that magic and turning into a giant flaming monster was wild. Small pink blob to devastating dragon in like ten seconds. The animation on that blast straight up deleted the goblin robot

Seven minutes is criminal. The Sinful Spoils story is way too interesting to be crammed into these tiny episodes. I will still watch every single one though so maybe I am part of the problem

I need to talk about Reina Ueda showing up as Diabellze. The second that voice hit I sat up straight. Cold elegant rival energy and we only got a taste. The slow tease before the actual duel is going to kill me

nothing beats a mascot creature that looks adorable and is secretly a monster in the actual card game. the irony is unreal for anyone who has ever been terrorized by snake-eye in ranked

I could watch Poplar snore on Diabellstar's shoulder for an entire episode and be perfectly content. The little chirps got me. Also that transformation into the flaming dragon thing caught me way off guard

You know what got me? Diabellstar just sitting there sipping her water like a tired grump before the ambush. She is a menace in a fight and a total dork off duty and that contrast is doing a lot of work for me

The Goblin Bikers being total clowns was not on my bingo card but I am here for it. Big Gabonga just yapping while his giant robot gets vaporized in one shot is peak comedy timing

final part of magistus is awesome

That Thunder Force spell looked incredible when it just deleted the giant in the forest. You can really tell the animation quality is top tier when they show the mages using actual card effects like that

Seeing Endymion struggle with those nightmares made me feel so bad for him. I think Artemis is the only reason he can even keep going and her support is the only thing keeping him together

That opening with the giant eye and the flashback to Aleister was actually terrifying. The way they showed his trauma before he woke up really set the tone and made the nightmare feel real