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Jan 13

Episode 03: Romin's Secret | Rock the Rush Duel

In this post, I'll be comparing the original sub and the dub for episode 3 of Yugioh Sevens! This episode will be Romin's dueling debut, and will finally fully address the suspicions surrounding her.

Let's get right into it!

(A quick note before we begin: I have obtained the entamesubs version of this episode as well. (Thanks, Ritchie!) Since I have watched this episode done by both sub groups, I will do my best to cover both in this post! I do not see a ton of differences between the two subs so far, but in instances where I do, I will be denoting the entamesubs' sub as sub2. I am not here to analyze which sub translation is more or less accurate, merely to comment on any differences. In this post, Rook/Luke in the sub will still be called Rook.)

We start off with Romin looking at a card and her guitar case. Not much different here since there isn't any dialogue, but the only audio here in the sub is birds chirping, and the dub decided to...add some music over this scene?

I don't talk about music much on this blog, mostly because it would make analyzing each epiosde take twice as long, and each post would probably double in length and take twice as long to type. However, in this case, it just feels like such an odd choice, because adding any music at all just changes the feeling this scene has. So this time it feels more worth mentioning.

After this, drones are greeting citizens of Goha City in this new day. The sub drones just tell everyone to have a lovely day, while the dub drones put more emphasis on rules once again. The trend continues!

Speaking of trends that continue in this episode, Yuga rides his bike again in this episode.

I honestly don't remember this much bike riding in Sevens. The helmet edits are. Not good.

Yuga rides by Rook/Luke, who uses this Pauli Effect to make Yuga's bike stop working. Yuga complains that's it too early to Pauli him in both versions, and in the dub, adds a complaint that he's going to be late to school.

Yuga and Rook/Luke discuss that videos of their Rush Duel have been taken down, but duel disks can still transform to Rush Duel, meaning Rush Duels are still possible. Rook/Luke finds this strange, for different reasons:

-Rook thinks it's weird because Goha should already know about them (installing Rush Duels), implying that it's strange their accounts haven't been deleted. -Luke thinks it's weird that Goha is able to delete the videos but not able to discover their identities (as the ones who installed Rush Duels).

Both come to the same conclusion: Goha actually does know about them and is just watching them for now.

We see Romin take a picture of them from behind. She then continues ahead, telling them both that they'll be late for school. Rook thinks she's acting fishy; Luke outright calls her Goha's spy at this point. (Rook will be joining Luke on this later.)

Upon request, Gakuto/Gavin later gives Rook/Luke and Yuga info about Romin. This information is mostly the same, except the part where her band is discussed; Gakuto says that Romin's the lead guitarist in the elementary school's band, RoaRomin, but Gavin refers to RoaRomin as "a super popular band". The dub doesn't tie the band to the school, and if my memory is correct, this fact will remain consistent for the rest of the episodes of the show. (edit: Sub2's Gakuto actually says that Romin plays in an elementary school band. He doesn't specify that the band is tied to their school, but considering that Romin does go to their school, so I would say it's still implied that it's tied to their school.)

Since Rook/Luke already knows everything he was just told, Rook calls Gakuto unhelpful. Luke has a differently worded complaint: "What's the point of being the Prez if you can't get the dirt?" Gakuto/Gavin asks Rook/Luke why he's asking about Romin. Rook tells Gakuto that Romin is suspicious. Luke, meanwhile, proves he's a Gen Z kid.

After a flashback to Romin suggesting the use of Real-Time Duel Programming in episode 1, Gakuto and Gavin both concede something to Rook/Luke. Gakuto (sub1) concedes that for someone not interested in dueling, she sure knows some specific things about it, or (sub2) she's pretty knowledgeable about dueling. Gavin concedes that for someone not interested in dueling, she sure knows a lot about it.

After some thoughts on this difference, I prefer (sub1) Gakuto's line here. Gavin seems to think Romin is just a general dueling expert, which we'll see later is definitely not the case. However, it was pointed out to me that Romin knowing very specific things about dueling could easily overlap with her actual interest in, or any other possible hobby she might have. It would be very easy for her to happen to be around someone who knows about Real-Time Duel Programming who tells her about it, while still not knowing much about duels themselves. Gavin, on the other hand, is just...wrong? It'll be obvious later on she doesn't know a lot, because...she'll showcase later on that there's very basic duel rules that aren't specific to Rush Duels that she doesn't know. (for example, she can't play regular spells during her opponent's turn.)

Rook makes the connection here of Romin being a Goha spy, while Luke uses this as proof of his already existing theory that Romin's a Goha spy. We see a cute little stylized animation showcasing Rook/Luke's animation: imaginary sub Romin determines Yuga's weakness to be bell peppers, and dub Romin determines Yuga's weakness to be, more broadly, vegetables.

We still get an image of peppers here in the dub, though... Did the dub think kids don't know what peppers are? Because I know I did when I was the age of the general target audience? Or did they think the more broad category of vegetables was more relatable to kids?

Gakuto loudly tells Yuga that bell peppers are nutritious. Gavin loudly tells Yuga that he should eat his vegetables.

Sub Yuga tells everyone he wasn't listening to the conversation, while dub Yuga just asks why he's being yelled at. It's hard to say if the dub's trying to still give the implication that Yuga wasn't listening or not, I could go either way based off this dialogue.

Rook clarifies that they're talking about Romin being suspicious, while Luke tells Yuga he's being yelled at because Romin is a spy for Goha.

After a couple more flashbacks of Romin, sub Yuga agrees that she seems like she's hiding something. Dub Yuga more specifically asks why Romin's took their picture earlier. Rook/Luke agrees with Yuga's statements in both cases, feeling like Yuga's on his side. Gakuto is just worried about Yuga's reaction, it seems, while Gavin tries to defend Romin, saying there's no proof of her being a spy.

Overall, after Romin's duel knowledge is brought up, I don't think the rest of the conversation had overly meaningful changes; they're written here for documentation purposes, but there's not much to grab here besides dub Yuga possibly being more attentive than sub Yuga, Gavin defending Romin more than Gakuto, and the dub possibly thinking kids don't know what peppers are, or that dislike of peppers isn't relatable.

Been a while since I had any bell pepper, though. To be fair, it was mostly only my one grandma who ever had them around. I was picky about them, though, I would only eat slices of green ones.

In the next scene, after Yuga shoves his new 'road' (invention) in Romin's face, Romin asks what it is. Sub and Dub Yuga give different dialogue here, and I thought about these different lines a little too much:

Yuga (sub): My new road! It analyzes soundwaves, which lets it automatically determine if someone is telling the truth or lying! (speaking into the microphone) I love bell pepper! (negative sound effect plays) See?

Yuga (sub2): My new road! It analyzes soundwaves to determine whether you're lying. (speaking into the microphone) I love bell peppers! (negative sound effect plays) See?

Yuga (dub): Presenting my road to the truth! This is my Truthinator and it can tell if you're lying or telling the truth. (speaking into the microphone) I love veggies! (negative sound effect plays) See?

Ultimately, Yuga's explanation here gets the same point across, and each version calls back to the previous jokes about bell peppers/vegetables. Sub Yuga gives a slightly more thorough explanation on how it works, though. This could have the smallest implications on differences in Yuga's character between sub and dub; does dub Yuga simply think his classmates wouldn't understand/care about an explanation? Or is there some personal reason he doesn't care to tell how his road works? Does he like being more mysterious?

At the same time, dub Yuga does name this invention where sub Yuga doesn't. This won't be the only time this episode that dub Yuga names something where sub Yuga doesn't. Dub Yuga seems to be sentimental towards his roads in a way sub Yuga isn't. Or, alternatively, people say that giving something a name gives it power; maybe sub Yuga doesn't want his roads to become more powerful than him.

Romin is asked by Yuga if she's hiding something. Her responses are slightly different between sub and dub, but that difference is enough to have very different implications about Yuga's Truthinator.

In the sub, Romin responds by asking if it looks like she's hiding something. Yuga's lie detector initially claims this response is a lie, before rapidly switching between Romin's response being a truth and a lie, assumedly because she responded with a question instead of a statement that a truth or lie can be parsed from. Because the lie detector can't make this distinction, it breaks.

In the dub, Romin responds by saying of course she isn't hiding anything. Yuga's Truthinator initially claims this response is a lie, before rapidly switching between claiming it as a lie and a truth. Since it can't figure out the distinction, it breaks. In this version, it looks more like the Truthinator malfunctioned or wasn't built properly, rather than Romin accidentally breaking it with an unimpossible response.

On a side note, I really love how expressive Yuga is in this scene and just...how enthusiastic he is. It really shows how much he just enjoys creating things and not just Rush Duels themselves. He's so excited to show off his new road.

The rest of this scene plays out about the same in sub and dub, and ends with everyone going to his lab (named Road Research Lab in the sub).

Outside the Road Research Lab, Yuga just introduces the location to everyone as his lab, but the dub gives this exchange more flair:

Yuga: Here's my lab! This is where the magic happens! Luke: Whoa. Gavin: This looks like private property. Are you sure we're allowed to be here?

Ignoring Yuga's wording on that one, the real interesting bit is Gavin's dialogue. Gavin draws attention to the fact that the lab isn't at Yuga's home. This'll be relevant in several episodes, so this is a nice little teaser.

From here, we have two very different exchanges as a drone bursts out of Yuga's lab.

In the sub, the drone welcomes everyone to the lab. Gakuto freaks out because a drone is here, and the drone scans for their identities before recognizing Romin and asking for her autograph. Gakuto recognizes this drone was reprogrammed by Yuga. Romin asks for the drone's name to include in the autograph, and the drone begs Yuga to name him. Yuga gives the drone the name 'Kaizo', which the drone says is too literal.

In the dub, the drone identifies everyone as trespassers. Gavin screams that they've been found by Goha. The drone scans for their identities, recognizes Romin and asks for her autograph. Gavin recognizes this drone was reprogrammed by Yuga. Yuga, already calling the drone 'Kaizo', says he didn't realize Kaizo was a fan of Romin's. The drone asks Yuga to take a picture of just the drone and Romin, saying that Yuga must have a camera amidst his inventions. Yuga says he doesn't have one.

This kind of plays upon the differences on the Truthinator in the previous scene; dub Yuga names his roads, sub Yuga doesn't, only naming Kaizo because Kaizo asked for a name, and the name he picked being very literal.

When we enter the Road Research Lab, things play out fairly identically until Yuga tries to manipulate Romin into accepting his duel challenge. Romin gets mad that Yuga says that she'll lose the duel anyway, and sub Yuga is way more chill about his response than dub Yuga is.

Yuga (sub1): Ah, don't worry about it. Everyone hates losing, you know.

Yuga (dub): Chill out! Mastering Rush Duels isn't easy, unlike the guitar.

And, yes, I recognize Yuga's just trying to get Romin to duel him here. But dub Yuga, what is your damage?? As someone who grew up as a musician, mastering music isn't easy. But it's a fun exercise to look deeper into his brain on this; is he just saying that because he wants Romin to duel him, or does he genuinely believe what he says? Does he think music is easier than Rush Dueling?

Romin takes the bait either way and, with a borrowed duel disk and a borrowed deck, accepts the duel challenge.

In the sub, Kaizo offers to carry Romin's belongings. Romin refuses, and Kaizo points out her guitar case will get in the way of her dueling. Romin tells him it's fine. After Rook imagines the guitar case as holding high tech gear to help Romin spy for Goha, Gakuto tells Rook there's no way he's right, and Rook says the whole thing's suspicious.

In the dub, Kaizo offers to store Romin's guitar case somewhere safe. Romin refuses, telling Kaizo she doesn't want him to drop her guitar because he's got tiny hands. After Luke imagines the guitar case as holding high tech gear to help Romin spy for Goha, Gavin tells Luke that he's crazy, and Luke replies that he's 'crazy smart'.

I do like the dub giving Romin a slightly more specific reason she wants to keep her guitar case. Otherwise, there's not a huge difference here, but Rook/Luke is funny so it's worth noting.

As everyone walks outside for the duel, Yuga tells Romin that she'll do fine even if it's her first time dueling, because Rush Duel strategies are easy to pick up. There's not really a difference between sub and dub on this one, but I'm still noting it because I'm calling out dub Yuga. You literally said like a minute ago that Rush Duels are more complicated than playing music! Even if you probably were just saying that to manipulate Romin into dueling, I'm not letting you get away with it! Just give it to me straight!

(Obligatory 'No One in Yugioh is Straight' joke here)

Romin opens her guitar case briefly. In the sub, she silently fumes over Yuga calling her a beginner, while the dub actually gives the dialogue here to Luke, who says he can't see inside the guitar case.

Kaizo determines the duel order, and it's the same duel order in both sub and dub. However, in the sub he's more clear that he picks Romin to be first because he likes her more than Yuga. Dub Yuga takes Kaizo's disrespect of him less seriously than sub Yuga does.

Rook/Luke has his eyes on Romin's guitar case, for pretty much the same reasons in sub and dub: he's already suspicious of it, and Romin's left it sitting alone in the open. Rook monologues about this over some shots of Romin, Kaizo, and Yuga conversing. The dub, however, gives these shots dialogue:

Kaizo: It must also be charged up, wireless or battery. And I can see it is charged up! Yuga: You're being pretty thorough, Kaizo.

It's not bad detail at all; it's probably obvious that duel disks have to be powered by something, and any power source will be finite, but it's a neat little worldbuilding thing to me to acknowledge that. And to point to power sources being similar in Goha City as they are in the real world.

Rook gives Yuga credit here for keeping Romin distracted from her guitar case; Luke merely is excited to have the chance to look inside the case. He's stopped by Gakuto/Gavin, who wants to respect Romin's privacy, and the sub and dub give different reasons for Rook/Luke to be upset about this:

Rook: This is all for becoming the King of Duels!

Luke: But privacy is meant to be invaded, Gavin!

Rook's a bit more single-minded on his goal of the ultimate crown. Luke...remind me to never let him watch my stuff for me. What kind of thought process makes him think this way? Between this and the willingness to bribe classmates into silence, Luke is a lot shadier than I remember.

Sub Yuga says he'll explain Rush Duel rules to Romin. Romin says she already knows them.

Dub Yuga says not to get distracted with Luke and Gavin's duel when they have their own duel going. Romin says lets get this duel going then

Romin starts explaining the rules she knows for the beginning of the first turn, and Yuga confirms she has them right. But he's distracted by Gakuto/Gavin and Rook/Luke fighting in the background. Dub Yuga directly calls them out to ask what they're doing, sub Yuga does not, but both versions notice the attention on them and stop immediately.

Romin's first turn goes about identical in sub and dub. Since I'm keeping track of duel phase changes in the dub, there's no extra flair to her language this turn. After she ends it, when she questions what Gakuto/Gavin and Rook/Luke are doing as they approach her guitar case, the two backpedal. Gakuto announces that it is now Yuga's turn, while Gavin actually answers the question and says that he's stretching. (In both versions, he is visibly doing stretches during this dialogue.)

Dub Yuga does declare the start of his turn, and he draws, but does not verbally declare his draw.

Yuga summons out Sevens Road Magician, and Gakuto/Gavin and Rook/Luke have different commentary on the effect activation:

Rook: He immediately used it! Gakuto: Just like always!

Luke: Better watch out, Romin! Gavin: That's his move!

The dub puts this slightly more in the realm of trash talk towards Romin, but otherwise, it gets the same point across: Elemental Road (Sevens Road Magician's effect) is Yuga's signature move.

Sevens Road Magician attacks. Both the sub and dub are a bit vague about the attack declaration dialogue.

Otherwise, the rest of Yuga's turn doesn't have any noticeable or consequential differences. End of turn is declared in the dub standardly.

Rook and Luke make slightly different comments after Yuga's turn finishes.

Rook (sub): Consecutive attacks are always painful. Ah! But, it won't buy me any time!

Luke (dub): That means this duel is almost over, bro. Oh! So we better hurry up!

Kaizo yells at Yuga for being so mean to her in her first Rush Duel. Sub Yuga says he can't go easy on her even if it's her first Rush Duel. Dub Yuga says he feels like it's rude if he does go easy on her because it means he's not taking her seriously, but he is taking her seriously. Both mention that in a Rush Duel, there's always a chance for a comeback.

Romin's turn starts. Here, dub Romin prays for luck on the turn's draw rather than declaring the draw phase normally.

Now we've reached our next summoning chant! Again, I don't plan to do this for every summoning chant, but I'm interested in differences between summoning chants of important monsters, and Prima Guitarna is very important.

(Sub1) Let's start Live! A complete Dive! Patience at limit -> go overdrive! It's Prima Guitarna of Colorful Light! She finally debuts!

(Sub2) Starting a live with a full-body dive! Patience at the limit -> go overdrive! Prima Guitarna of the Colorful Light! Here with her super-awaited debut!

(Dub) Are you ready to get amped up? 'Cause here she is to rock the stage is Level Seven Prima Guitarna the Shining Superstar!

In comparison to the other two, the dub summoning chant for Prima Guitarna is kinda...lackluster. I want to give Romin a pass for this being her first ace summon, but...I don't think the dub summoning chant ever changes, if I'm remembering right. Sub1 and sub2 are expectedly pretty similar, but sub2 reads a bit more naturally to me, so I prefer that translation over the original.

When Romin declares that Prima Guitarna is her card, not Yuga's, Yuga has the completely opposite reaction to that information between sub and dub.

Yuga (sub): I knew it! You had such an awesome card!

Yuga (dub) Wow, that's awesome! I didn't know you had such a powerful card!

This is a really weird one. Why did the dub change it so Yuga didn't know about Romin's card when he originally did? Was there any reason behind this?

We see the flashback of Romin obtaining Prima Guitarna, and there's not much difference in these scenes, but in the sub, her admired musician refers to the card as 'her soul' while in the dub she doesn't give it that distinction.

After that flashback, Romin activates Prima Guitarna's effect. In the sub, before activating the effect, she makes reference to Prima Guitarna using up her very life to bring about the best musical performance, while in the dub, it's stated that Prima Guitarna performs best in front of a crowd.

Again, the dub's line here is a bit more lackluster. If you compare the sub line directly to Prima Guitarna's effect cost, it makes sense. However, examining that sentence outside that context makes me really concerned about what Romin thinks is required for a good musical performance. Burning away your life...

(Romin doesn't specify how many life points she pays for effect activation in the dub, but considering we see the life point counter, and Gavin's next line is "1,000 life points?!", I'll forgive this one.)

At the end of Romin's battle phase, the dub just has her state she's not done yet, while the sub has her state that being patient paid off. It's a nice bit of continuity from Romin's first turn, where she realized she couldn't summon Prima Guitarna yet and had to tell herself to be patient.

I think the sub is giving her an interesting bit of characterization here. Romin can be patient to do what she wants, but she doesn't like to wait for it.

Turn ending dialogue for Romin here is standard in both sub and dub.

When Romin asks Yuga how it feels to be on the other side of a comeback...

In the sub, Yuga forces a laugh as he says that this is the most exciting part of a Rush Duel. Gakuto tells Yuga this is no laughing matter. Rook tells Gakuto that Yuga's probably just acting, and Yuga's sweating too much to be genuine.

In the dub, Yuga laughs awkwardly as he asks "Is it cool if I come back to you on that?" Gavin tells Yuga to focus on his gameplay over his wordplay. Luke tells Yuga he's got this, and when Yuga's shown sweating, Luke says this is no time to feel blue.

Sub Yuga stammers out that Rush Duels are about comebacks, and declares his turn and draw. In the dub, Yuga says "It's true that you made a comeback, Romin, but that doesn't mean I can't make one too! Watch this!"

Interesting things to note from this exchange (between the end of Romin's turn and the start of Yuga's) here are include:

Rook (sub) seems more in tune with Yuga's actual feelings and mental state here than Luke (dub) is. This isn't the first time this has happened, here, either; in episode 1, Rook picked up on an interest in the King of Duel title from Yuga that Luke did not comment on. This isn't consistent, though; last episode, both Rook and Luke thought Yuga lost a duel on purpose when that was not the case.

Dub Yuga seems a lot more confident here than sub Yuga; we get the same visuals, but sub Yuga stammers out lines that dub Yuga gives us straight. And, once again, the dub gives Yuga more trash talk on a turn starting line that the sub just has a declaration of turn start on.

After some relatively unchanged commentary on the duel from Rook/Luke and Gakuto/Gavin, Kaizo trash talks Yuga. It's a bit different between sub and dub; in the sub, Kaizo calls Yuga a moron and tells him to reflect on his foolishness in the depths of hell, while in the dub, Kaizo says he didn't realize this duel was on easy mode and that Yuga should've raised his difficulty settings.

Yuga realizes he has a path to victory, however. The sub gives us the classic "Are you sure about that?", and the dub has Yuga declare the duel's not over yet.

Yuga activates Recovery Force from his hand. If I want to get really nitpicky, Yuga doesn't state in his deck that his deck is shuffled as part of the card's effect (the sub does), but we do get a visual of his deck getting shuffled in both sub and dub, so it doesn't really matter that much.

His goal here is to return Sevens Road Magician from his graveyard to his hand, so he wants to draw it now. But when he makes his draw, he expresses slightly different sentiments:

(sub1): Come! My ace!

(dub): Let's see where my road takes me!

He does draw Sevens Road Magician, and after he summons it and activates its effect, Yuga's the one who explains the bulk of the effect in the sub, while Gavin and Luke explain the bulk of it in the dub.

After the duel ends in Yuga's win, Gakuto and Gavin tell Romin different things, Gakuto complimenting Prima Guitarna while Gavin complimenting Romin's dueling skills:

Gakuto (sub1): The more monsters your opponent has, the more powerful your own monsters become... Prima Guitarna is a very strong card! If Yuga hadn't drawn Sevens Road, he would've lost.

Gakuto: Hey, for someone who says dueling isn't their thing, you dueled wonderfully, Romin. You played your Prima Guitarna card like an expert. Romin: Hmm. Luke: Yeah, totally, bro. If Yuga wasn't able to draw Sevens Road Magician, he would've lost.

These are both nice sentiments, but I like the dub's just a bit more. Prima Guitarna is a strong card, but that wouldn't mean anything if Romin didn't play her correctly.

Yuga follows up with essentially the same sentiment: no matter how little of a chance he had of winning, he should bet on it and carve his road to victory-- And Kaizo interrupts. In the sub, Kaizo interrupts to compliment Romin, and in the dub, Kaizo interrupts to tell Romin that Yuga only won because he was lucky.

Gakuto and Rook point out that Yuga didn't need to activate Sevens Road Magician's effect and attack Prima Guitarna to win, that he could've just attacked a weaker monster. Yuga responds that he wanted their ace monsters to do battle; when you see a strong show of power, you should respond in kind.

Gavin and Luke come to the consensus that Romin outplayed Yuga in every way in that duel. Yuga says as long as everyone had a good time, that's all he cares about.

Gakuto/Gavin drags away Rook/Luke; Gakuto does so silently, while Gavin makes the excuse that they both have to go tie their shoes.

Gakuto says it's clear Romin's not spying on them for Goha, and Rook says he'll drop it for now. Gavin asks Luke if he has any regrets on snooping on Romin since she's clearly not spying on them for Goha, and Luke says he has 'zero to none'. So...Luke still seems suspicious of Romin where Rook isn't?

Yuga approaches Romin, and says (sub) he thinks she always wanted to duel (dub) she really enjoyed dueling, because (both) of how happy she was when she summoned Prima Guitarna. Sub Romin says she only wanted to try it because they were dueling, and says not to get the wrong idea, while dub Romin says he would be happy too if he thought he was going to win, and says not to get the wrong idea. Both romins admit, though, that Rush Dueling was fun.

From here the rest of the episode seems to go the same, including our first sneak peek of Roa!

So, final takeaways from this episode that I'll be bringing into the future:

Goha City: The trend of the dub making the culture a bit more strict than the sub was continues! Didn't have much overall impact on the episode itself this time, but it was still there.

Yuga: Sub and Dub give Yuga quite a bit different personality in this episode. Sub Yuga is more likely to explain how his roads work, dub Yuga is more likely to name his roads where sub Yuga has to be prompted to do so. Dub Yuga is willing to trash talk music just to get a duel challenge accepted. Sub Yuga seems to have less confidence in himself than dub Yuga does, which makes sense given that last episode I noted sub Yuga being more self deprecating. Sub Yuga knew Romin had a cool card (Prima Guitarna) while dub Yuga did not. Also, an early teaser that Yuga's lab isn't at his home in the dub!

Rook/Luke: I think I'm getting a handle on their differences; Rook seems to have a bit more perception over how people really feel behind how they're trying to present themselves, while Luke is just...always very oblivious about these things, so far. I think Luke just also cares less about societal norms than Rook does.

Gakuto/Gavin: I think Gakuto still hasn't had his name said in the sub so far. When needing to pull an excuse for something, Gavin comes up with very silly things where Gakuto just...avoids the topic, it seems. Gakuto seems to note a duelist's cards where Gavin seems to note a duelist's skills.

Romin: The star of today's episode! Her band in the sub is connected to the elementary school, where in the dub, her band is just...a popular band. Sub Romin is very quickly characterized as someone who has to remind herself to be patient for what she wants. Dub Romin...is someone that appeals to luck, instead. Sub Romin makes reference in this episode to a musician giving their very life to give the best performance; this is also really interesting to me specifically.

Duels: The dub still trash talks more than the sub does, but there's also a lot more places where trash talking could be happening where it isn't. Also a couple of places where the dub's dialogue was a bit more vague regarding a card's exact effect, but we had visuals that filled in the gaps, so it's not as bad as it could've been.

The Two Subs: There weren't really a lot of differences between the two subs in this episode that I noticed.

I think that wraps up this episode! Until next episode, I hope you enjoyed the rush!

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