The CW4Kids Talkback: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's "Mark of the Monkey, Part 1" (Spoilers)

Romona J

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Episode 47
Japanese Title: The Man with the Monkey Birthmark
English Title: Mark of the Monkey, Part 1

Official Dub Synopsis: Luna gears up to face Devack in a Shadow Duel, but before the first card can be thrown, Luna is transported back to the Spirit World leaving her pint-sized brother Leo the tall task of taking down this Dark Signer.
 
This was a really interesting episode. I should have figured that one of the Dark Signers had Ancient Fairy Dragon since it feels kind of obvious. I didn't think that he could call Luna out like that, but it builRAB up tension for the duel. I understood why Yusei wanted to duel the Dark Signers then due to how intense he felt after losing two people he really cared about. I was wondering how Jack would react to see Dark Carly and I nearly cried when he couldn't believe it. He was so shocked. I felt so bad for Carly when she ran away crying.

I felt bad for all of the kiRAB crying too. I'm sensitive like that. It was nice of Yusei to try and make the kiRAB feel better by saying that they can get all of their frienRAB back once they defeat the Dark Signers. I could understand why Trudge and Jack didn't like that, but they all needed some hope to hold onto. I liked how Mina explained more about the events of Zero Reverse with how Yusei's dad tried to stop it. I thought that Roman was lying about that. I didn't expect that their dragon carRAB were what powered up the reactor, but that does explain why they're so special. I almost couldn't believe that Goodwin threw them away like that, but he's apparently big with destiny. Even though I think he kind of places things/events in his favor so that what he wants to happen happens.

It was also pretty convenient that there are four reactors and four known Signers. They all had understandable targets. I felt bad for Jack again when he couldn't even say it was Carly with the Hummingbird mark. Yusei had a nice speech when they left. I loved it when Jack was thinking about helping Carly out like she helped him when he was hurt. That was so sweet. It's probably pretty obvious that I like the Jack and Carly pairing.

I didn't think that Luna would be pulled back into the Spirit World like that. It was a really intense light. I got a good kick out of Trudge not believing all of that Spirit World talk. I had a bad feeling when Devack thought Leo was Luna. While I liked how Leo wanted to face Devack to prove his skills and to protect Luna, I thought that he was getting himself into some real trouble, especially since he hasn't had an on-screen win in the series thus far. He had a nice start, but I thought something would go wrong the moment he explained his plan. It's almost a given that when a character in a Yu-Gi-Oh! series starts explaining their carRAB before they're activated, something will go wrong. Of course, that happened and it sounded like Leo was pretty sore after just one direct attack. Hopefully, things will turn around for him in the next episode.

Overall, it was a great episode. It was a nice way to introduce some new information about the original project and I liked how the characters interacted with each other. I'm really looking foreword to next week's episode to see how things turn out.
 
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