Yu-Gi-Oh OCG STORIES - Ch. 34 - Prince of the Kingdom

[MangaDex]

 

[kuma]

yu-gi-oh and corruption, name more iconic duo!

 

[hikarimew]

Like, I get it, better to put your kid in a coma for 50 years than for there to not be a world in 50 years.

But also, fuck off Endy, what the fuck bro

 

[Sakuyadorf]

finally Verre has arrived

 

[DarkeLourd]

This never would have happened if Endymion just had six Spell Counters on the field. Maybe eight, with his trusty Mythical Beast Jackal King at his side.

 

[Antinomy]

They better explain why Verre became perfection.
Also, Genni has an Endymion card herself. Is that just her undercover or did she actually defect originally?

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Thanks for the TL

 

[talihem]

It's not as bad as the Sky Striker one, but man is this a disappointing way to interpret the lore. Going from "Endymion and La Maison having ideological differences that result in conflict" to "prophecy says there's a bad thing coming, people say Endymion has to be an asshole, but nobody stops and talks for a a minute and things just escalate" is depressing. All the more so because the lore is entirely up Yoshida's ally.

 

[KuroeNekumi]

It's not as bad as the Sky Striker one, but man is this a disappointing way to interpret the lore. Going from "Endymion and La Maison having ideological differences that result in conflict" to "prophecy says there's a bad thing coming, people say Endymion has to be an asshole, but nobody stops and talks for a a minute and things just escalate" is depressing. All the more so because the lore is entirely up Yoshida's ally.

The fact they established that Endymion already tried diplomacy with the Spellbook tower but they had issues with it for so long that instead of waiting, they decided to just try to take them by force, is certainly a bit interesting. It implies that the events of the Prophecy cards already happened and Fool already went through their journey, if anything, but leaves us wondering about when Augodies will start fucking shit up, or if Aleister is somehow going to be reanimated to become the Invoker, and start the calamity Endymion is worried about, AND THEN turn into Augodies.

Also did they even mention anything with La Maison? Besides seeing Genni seemingly infiltrating Endymion (and, from this perspective, either already having defected to the Witchcrafters, or instead being set up for brainwashing into the Servant of Endymion later on) and Verre going herself there (but with Genni also there, it can't be the reason why we see Haine put into a leading position for the card storyline), there's not much indication of what level of hostility there is between there, besides maybe a cold war or sorts.

Kinda frustrating they're putting a new, fully unknown character as the main protagonist of this though. And worse, it is the "fully immersed in the evil empire and believes they're fully right, while being the cockiest dumbass in the world" archetype. So we can only hope for it to be filled with the usual tropes and be boring because he's our main POV character, or him to turn into a unrepentant PoS and be frustrating because he's our POV character.

 

[hlben10]

Can't say I like this development. I know this manga is to help promote/sell new cards but out of the 3 mages the only one I'm interested in is Aleister and they pretty much skipped all of his Invoked lore...

 

[IronicWeeaboo]

Yall talking bout Endymion as if we didnt already know he becomes a giant asshole
The bigger problem is why the hell is normal summon man dead?

 

[blablablub]

finally Verre has arrived

The smug loli is upon us.

 

[IronyLover]

When my friend told me we were getting a Witchcrafter manga, i thought it will be pretty cool, but man, this first chapter was a bit of a letdown. Also genuinely would have preferred for madam Verre to be it's own entity like a successor of the Magistus one, considering how much younger and smaller she looks in comparison. Hopefully this prince won't do anything to our witches and we get more screen time of them instead of him in the future.

 

[nhvn0710]

Sorry I can't help but to defend my admired king's actions here. This could unintentionally spoil the story for some people, but if you want to understand the story during the timeskip, I think you should probably read Master Guide books, listening to the lore synopsis videos, or continue through my yapping wall of text here.

Like, I get it, better to put your kid in a coma for 50 years than for there to not be a world in 50 years.

But also, fuck off Endy, what the fuck bro

What exactly was the problem here? Up until the very moment the plan was revealed to Regulus, he still treated him dearly, even asked him for what his son would do in his position. Even then, Endymion didn't say anything about him agreeing with the plan nor threatening Regulus; his indecisiveness is apparent. I guess the only thing you can be angry about him is firing a bombastic energy blast toward him and Verre, but obviously that wasn't him trying to hurt them by any means. So he was just trying to be intimidating toward Regulus. Not to mention Verre's nonchalant actions during that scene there.

Yall talking bout Endymion as if we didnt already know he becomes a giant asshole
The bigger problem is why the hell is normal summon man dead?

When exactly did Endymion "becomes a giant asshole"? He was a great guy when he was young, he stood against his tyranny brother who terrorized the country, and becomes a king beloved enough to have commons and servants who admired him, also Selene specifically. He was also not impressed by Regulus when he tried to take down the sacred eagle, because he's aware of his people. And now he's trying to stop a great calamity by uniting the power from each country. The first thing he did is always negotiation. It takes at least 5 years of that for him to use military forces.
About Aleister, the reason he ended up as a living magical battery is written in the Master Guide 6 as "during an experiment, ended up partially merging with one of those gods or spirits" making losing himself more and more. Not entirely clear, so I'm hoping the following chapter will explain this, since the calamity about to happen is probably about Invoked Augoeides, since La Maison is still operating as normal.

 

[Keranendy]

So like, who is Rogue of Endymion?
It being a hilariously bad card released for post-support Endymion which is a competent deck aside, I don't see the reason why there needs to be some close up panels specifically on them, unless they are a known character.
I was suspicious of that guy since the first promotional image was published, which includes the three magistus mages, because between then was suddenly this Rogue guy, instead of someone significant like Zoroa or one of the Prophecy ruler.
My best bet is Ropo, but that still seems unfittingly.

Also, it is 150 years or 115 years, since a translation says that it is "115 years passed" in the fifth page.

 

[talihem]

It implies that the events of the Prophecy cards already happened

That'd be worse than just watering it down to what it seems to be. Taking two factions that canonically have a big fight, then saying that fight already happened and here's a second, different one that wasn't in the lore just sounds so pointless.

Also did they even mention anything with La Maison?

La Maison would be the Prophecy/Spellbook faction. Can't exactly call them "The Grand Spellbook Tower" since I'm referring to the organization, not the building.

Kinda frustrating they're putting a new, fully unknown character as the main protagonist of this though.

It's a bit understandable because the story has to follow somebody who has fresh eyes and can go on a journey through all three factions. There isn't anyone who fits that. It could, of course, have a structure following multiple characters equally, but that'd be a break from the manga thus far.

 

[hikarimew]

What exactly was the problem here? Up until the very moment the plan was revealed to Regulus, he still treated him dearly, even asked him for what his son would do in his position. Even then, Endymion didn't say anything about him agreeing with the plan nor threatening Regulus; his indecisiveness is apparent. I guess the only thing you can be angry about him is firing a bombastic energy blast toward him and Verre, but obviously that wasn't him trying to hurt them by any means. So he was just trying to be intimidating toward Regulus. Not to mention Verre's nonchalant actions during that scene there.

It's just me, but I am not a fan of self-sacrifice for the greater good. I am even less a fan of sacrificing other people for it. That Endymion is indecisive still means he considers it a valid option, and I do not like that.

 

[stavekoff]

I'm so salty we're still in this world magistus sucks i hate all of them and wouldn't mind them getting raigeki'd

 

[TristhaniaGevra]

VERRE IS HERE