Welcome as we review episode 3 of YuGiOh! Sevens. This episode is all about Romin Kirishima. The main female character in the group. Starting off, I really enjoyed that every episode so far has been highlighting every one of the main cast. This gives us a quick introduction to every character and their relationship with the show.
The episode starts pretty quickly with going in detail with the character. Romin is someone who could be compared with Alexis Rhodes from YuGiOh Gx. Romin does well in her academics as well as proficient in sports. She is in a rock band where she plays the guitar.
The episode also incorporated different aspects; Showing Romin playing her guitar in a youtube video while showing the various thumbnails and clips as to compare to a YouTuber.
Rook is already suspicious of Romin because of the constant picture taking that she has been doing of Yuga. Rook tries to do some investigating and find some information on her. It is interesting to think that these kids are so curious about the world and what encompasses is. Yuga is always about his “roads” and creating what he hasn’t seen yet while we have Rook, who is interested in a girl that he knows nothing about.
Along with Gakuto, who is also quite curious, the group comes together to discuss the unknown reasons for what Romin is doing. While Gakuto and Rook talk about Romin, Yuga is tinkering with his inventions. Compared to Yusei Fudo in YuGiOh 5ds, Yuga is seen tinkering with his “roads” (designs). In retrospect, the ace monster of Yuga is called Seven Roads Magician, which connects with his philosophy.
After bonding over a girl, the guys decide to develop a solution to confront Romin and figure out what is her prerogative. From the pictures to the hovering around these characters. What’s funny is that we see Yuga using another one of his inventions, which is a lie detector that’s suspended from a fishing pole.
Of course, it doesn’t go well because when you’re playing around with technology, things don’t always work out. The innocence that these characters have seems very pure because when the ‘lie detector” blows up in Romin’s face, the group has a faint shock reaction.
It’s also safe to say that Yuga makes the statement that he calls his inventions Roads rather than inventions like how Romin says. Because of the failed tech that Yuga created, Romin shows interest, and Yuga invites her (along with Rook and Gakuto) to his research lab to look at more tech. Rook teases Yuga along with Gakuto about how he is asking a girl into his lab. The comedic moments in the episode could be very hit or miss, but it goes to show more personality and how immature these characters are because they’re kids.
What usually happens when children enter an unknown place full of things to explore is they touch and play. Seeing Gakuto and Rook inspect the different tech that Yuga possess continues to speak to their curiosity. During this, Yuga gets Romin to duel him as a way to have fun.
So far, the show moves at a steady pace. From giving the audience some background of what Romin currently do as a student to piquing curiosity with our fellow characters. While also providing some dives into their characteristics and childlike humor.
Leading up to the duel between Yuga and Romin, Rook and Gakuto believed that she is working for Goha Corp. The show already can predict that the audience will be well aware that either Rook or Romin is a spy, and it is already being addressed. Knowing this, Romin already explains how she doesn’t like to duel, but Yuga, who is also curious, lures her into duel even if it meant using a trial deck.
So here we start the duel and Yuga’s Autobot, which he hacked into during episode 2 and this robot, which he ended up naming “Kaizo” because this robot is a fan of Romin and her band. Bringing a human aspect to the robot gives it more life and meaning. We have seen this a lot in the Yugioh franchise, Roboppi, and Orbital, for example.
During the duel, Kaizo explains the rules to Romin, and she already picked up on what to do. Using the trial deck that was given to her by Yuga, the cards that they both use are identical. Having already known about Yuga and his ace monster, Romin has her time to shine where she uses her own ace monster. Her main monster, “Prima Guitarna of Colorful Light,” is a lucky charm that was given to her by an artist who had the card for good luck. She wasn’t a good duelist but in a concert wanted to spread the chance to someone and she tossed it into the audience and Romin had kept it in her guitar case for good luck.
With the background story of Romin, she gets a massive lead with her ace monster and putting Yuga into a corner. The duel being very immersive really focuses on the main characters ace monster rather than the archetype (or lack of) really early on, which connects us to them so much more. With Romin’s ace having the power to boost all her monsters with the amount Yuga has, she gains that upper hand and destroys Yuga’s ace monster. Throwing Yuga off, we see how realistic a duel like this can be. Yuga finds a way to recover his Sevens Road Magician and resummons it due to Rush Duel mechanics and pulls off a win.
Not surprised Romin lost considering the main character already missed the last episode, and having him lose a second time doesn’t seem accurate. Even though it is focused on Romin and her role, it’s funny how they didn’t address the reason (in detail) about her taking photos or any clarification if she does work for Goha Corp or not.
The episode ended with a pan to someone. It is related to the character in a dark schema in the opening. They flick through the pictures that we have seen Romin taking and realize what that she has been sending them to someone, and before a voice emerges, the episode ends.
Overall, the episode was a little give and take. It focused on Romin and told us what she does and how “Prima Guitarna the Colorful Light” is her good luck charm. They did an excellent job bringing the other characters along by giving them similar curiosity towards Romin. Leading into the duel, we find more about Romin and her backstory, which left room for development and exploration. The duel was more impactful due to the idea that Yuga could lose, but its already telling that the main character doesn’t lose within two episodes. This episode was informative and contextual while remaining silly. As a result, leaving some questions left to be answered.
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