Slow down, Road Runner!
Holy cow, the pacing is absurdly fast, probably due to how Rush Duels functioned, usually do not exceed turn 5, which basically either slow kills, or simply OTKs, sometimes, the episode just happens, and sometimes, you barely feel anything, yeah, the series started, as well as Rush Duels, there are good duels indeed, however, there will be always those forgettable duels and/or characters due not them being too related or just not introduced properly. It could be NAS' paranoia of more than 1 parter duels ever since VRAINS? I don't know.
Bitch, i ain't Duelin' cuz i Suck!
You guessed it, yeah, it's Romin, as the premise we got about her, so far, she's uninteresting as a character. Nothing from her stands out aside from "cute"? Seriously she would be waifu if she wasn't f*****g 11. being good at spotrs, as well as being the lead guitarist of RoaRomin, the Elementary School Band and few reactionary gags in few-far-between, something Gakuto also does, because, they have nothing else to do. At first, i was interested to see the whole "not being interested in dueling" goes with her, eventually, to bang a "i don't know what a Special Summon is" is dead end. Yeah, sure, lot of kids cannot understand a very complex game from the start, but the fact that we don't get her attempting to duel secretly given that she can easily learn it from Rush Duels, really baffles me, yes she did Duel, but it only took her to hear Kaizo explaining to her how to Tribute Summon, that alone, would probably set a precedent for her character for the rest of the series, hopefully not. Right now, she's just a forgettable character who people only remember her because "she's cute go brrrrrr".
Even when Luke was used for few gags, he did duel occasionally, but Gakuto so far, is basically Bastion Misawa, from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, he has barely any screentime, despite him having cornered Yuga almost to defeat him, he just remained for few gags here and there, which is a shame to see good characters have nothing to do other than to be relevant for few gags (mostly with Luke), don"t get me wrong, he is funny, and i do like him, but, just like Romin, he's barely used.
Because we're not Yuga, we've got nothing else to do, except for few gags.
Was Yuya's EGAO not enough for you? Here's BOKU NO ROADA
The only reason i know this guy exists, is because he's the main character, like other than "roads", hacking, other than that, he's just Yuya Sakaki from ARC-V, only lamer, and as gullible as Yugi, i won't dispute the wins and losses here, but ever since he opened the road to Rush Duels, what can you tell me about this character other than "being adorable cinnamon" and the intrusive plot points that drag him to duel that often tend to be filler, but that besides the point, he's basically like Jaden and Yuya combined waiting for something interesting to hit him like a meteor.
The obligatory Sevens Road Magician
If you think Five Headed Dragon looks stupid, think again. I'm not going to nitpick the design aspects, but rather, Just like Number 39: Utopia, this stupid monster keeps appearing at least twice in an episode, only with Yuga's duel vs Mimi, like, yes, we get it, it's Yuga's ace monster, Yusei Jaden and Yusaku's aces are celar, Junk Warrior, Elemental HERO Flamewingman, and Decode Talker, but they do use a variety of other aces in their arsenal, Hell, even Yugi and Yuya, have Dark Magician and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, use other than their own aces and they use pretty much everything else, yeah, we got Lightning Bolcondor, but 6 episodes, using Sevens Road Magician, not to mention the use of the same strategy, which we'll get shortly after, i think they're saving Bolcondor for Roa? I mean, it's fine to have an ace, but not to sit on their ass (if they have any) in every duel your partake.
The obligatory reused same strategy
As far as i'm concerned for Rush Duels, there's nothing much going on with the duels themselves, yes, all of the cards (except Sevens Road Magcician) 's design is amazing, but when it comes down to gameplay, you barely tell the difference, i know they're trying to the a theme with the types, but it's about time to diversify the strategies far beyond the linear spam of monsters, then Tribute Summon for game, this also affects the card game, yes, Rush Duels have began, but they can't remain that linear for the rest of the 3 years, right? Ironically, this contradicts the whole motto of "i think Master Duels are rigid and uncool".
As Shadi comes to explain the plot, he has nothing to explain!
Much like GX, just skip to season 2, and nothing of value would be lost, at least, if we don't get something new before then, just watch the few six episodes to establish the character's strength and weaknesses, then, just skip the filler that adds little to nothing to the plot, other than Goha attempting to destroy Rush Duels, which is weird, the little details of the plot made it sound like really nothing was going on. For now, SEVENS has that GX syndrome of having nothing new for the plot until the loose ends are tied, just bunch of forgettable characters and plot points that appear only once, except for Mimi.
Overall, i think Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS so far, is alright, it's nothing to boast about, nor to complain about, it just sets the main structure of how the story will go for the next episodes, i hope they expand more with the duel part, as well as character developments of the main cast, again, it's on-going, so i can't wait to see this. See ya.
ルーク（上城 龍久 かみじょう たつひさ） “Luke” Kamijo Tatsuhisa
