I really shouldn't have watched Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains Episode 93 before writing this review. It's only going to make my experiences watching this episode even worse than usual since I've now had the chance to see two "dramatic" two episode battles play out and uh...one is clearly superior than the other. On a side note the last two episodes of Vrains happened to be the payoff to something that was hinted at since the new season (and the series itself) began which show just how patient the writing staff of this show are when it comes to this narrative. One of these days I should review an episode of Vrains in this manner. Maybe the season finale? Anyway onto boneless Yu-Gi-Oh!
We immediately follow up with people freaking out over Vanish Delete while Kai and Miwa call Ibuki out on being a dick compared to when they were kids more or less. Kai also goes on the offense with his cards but wisely passes on using Overlord's restand skill to save his hand which Kamui explains to Kyou...who doesn't understand this. Oh my god the damage is worse than I thought. Kyou's lost the ability to comprehend basic strategy and can only just blindly play cards and hope for the best! He's become a Dimension Police player! Well okay it's actually another effect of having his connection the game severed via Delete but here at The Blue Corner we always take shots at Dimension Police, Shadow Paladin and Bermuda Triangle when possible.
Ibuki rides Docking Deletor, Greion and deletes Dragonic Overlord in his usual edgelord fashion which causes Kamui to also join in on the "what the hell is wrong with you" train that's been chugging full steam this season. Kai also adds that he can sense hatred and abandonment from Ibuki's cards which brings us back to the topic of him being the one that taught Vanguard to the group. Ibuki expresses regret at doing so because the world of Vanguard comes with a ranking system that is endless and because of him Kai/Miwa have been drawn into it. Therefore he has decided to "free" them by severing the bond between Vanguard and Fighter.
Ibuki goes on the offensive and pushes Kai to 4 while aiming to finish him off with Delete End but to his surprise the person he's up against is competent and instead of trying to one pass someone who is known to critsack he just opts to perfect guard the Vanguard attack instead! On that note how often have we seen Perfect Guards in the V series outside of Protect Gifts? Now that I think on it most of the guarding plays have been done with triggers in order to make trigger sacking more dramatic. Regardless Kai survives the turn while Ibuki taunts him over the fear of his connection being severed. Kai says ofc since Vanguard gives him hope or that's what Ibuki deduces since he had lots of that as a kid before the shit with his parents happened and Kai confirms as such.
Kai rides Dragonic Overlord the Great and uses an ability to call Dragonic Neoflame out of the deck which makes me all the more curious to what his skill actually does. On place call 1 Neoflame from Deck or Drop Zone? Kai goes on the attack and we get a little more info on what his cards do as Neoflame gives Overlord a 5k Buff on attack while Overlord itself is Counter Blast 2 for +1 Crit and to restand himself + Neoflame with -1 Drive after discarding 2 cards. Ouch. Ibuki PG's the first swing and takes the second on the nose which Kai flips a crit on for the win...except Ibuki has been using PSY-Qualia this fight to Kai's surprise and pulls the 6th damage heal. Kai immediately demands to know how long Ibuki has had plot hax powers and we get an inner monologue from him about how the power and his Deletor deck came during his despair. Ibuki gets pissed after this and rides Waving Deletor, Greidhol.
Greidhol immediately Vanish Deletes Neoflame while Ibuki goes into villain mode about how he'll erase everything about Kai as he Deletes the Great and swings with a two crit Vanguard attack that gets no guarded. Kai remarks to himself as the killing blow is dealt that despite Ibuki's talk about resenting Vanguard that somewhere deep down a part of him still enjoys the game if he's able to manifest PSY-Qualia. That same power also allows Ibuki to experience some of Kai's memories playing Vanguard including those involving Ren and Aichi which for a short moment I think we see him think "Oh god what have I done?" before going back to being an asshole. Tetsu calls the shop to let Asaka know that Aichi is on his way to the Tatsunagi residence and that Ren and himself will be following. Ibuki immediately butts in saying that he'll be heading there as well and that Ren is his next victim. The episode ends with him leaving Card Capital after Kai says their fight was fun regardless while Naoki and Shingo arrive at the Tatsunagi mansion desperate for a way inside as Zombie Aichi arrives in the same room as Misaki and Kourin.
Uh oh.
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