This is the primary reason. The secondary reason is its a super srs show about a damn card game.
The only thing dumber is Beyblades, but that was already laughed out of the room over a decade ago. (disclosure: I owned multiple beyblades growing up)
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this is the real answer. if it wasn't censorship, it was the constant commercial breaks.4Kids butchered the majority of the serious moments in Yugioh.
The show where a dude literally threatened to kill himself if he lost a card game and where the start of the story's conflict was an oldman being sent to the hospital as a result of losing that same card game to a teenager. And where the script by my knowledge NEVER points out how silly the premise is.I mean I don't think it's anything like Beyblade level of dumbness and should be seen as any other shonen, not some super serious show is what I meant
Yu-Gi-Oh before it became about Duel Monsters was something that was worth taking seriously. But it evolved into a kid's series about people taking a card game way too seriously. Like honestly, there's a whole season or two about how they play card games on motorcycles. It ain't friggin' Schindler's List.
the season zero stuff is amazing, but it's not really any less absurd than the card game stuff, and that's a big part of why it's fun. And 5Ds early stuff is probably the best series has ever been. Absurdity isn't a problem for Yugioh, it's honestly the series strength (this is part of why Vrain's ended up being shit)Yu-Gi-Oh before it became about Duel Monsters was something that was worth taking seriously. But it evolved into a kid's series about people taking a card game way too seriously. Like honestly, there's a whole season or two about how they play card games on motorcycles. It ain't friggin' Schindler's List.