09 Swing! Pendulum of Souls

When this theme plays in season 1: Opponent: "Yuya is about to entertain me!" When this theme plays in season 3 onwards: "Omg Yuya is gonna fucking murder me"

No way it's been 9 years since Arc V. That's crazy

Yu-gi-oh Arc V fans will: -get hype any time Yuya has trouble in a duel becuase they hope he'll go berserk. -be dissapointed 80% of the time because Yuya believes that dueling should be fun and tries to avoid sending everyone to the shadow realm -get their popcorn out everytime this song starts -start reciting words in sync with Yuya when this song starts

When this plays... You know things are about to get epic.

We can all agree that despite his arguments the professor was the main cause of Zarc being resurrected as if he didn’t start the dimensional war, zarc fragments (yuya yuto yugo yuri) would have never come into contact with each other - why no one in the show mentioned this is beyond me

Me and my friend were dueling once and he has a duel disk which he likes using whenever we duel. One time he felt the need to "dramatize" his draw and mimicked Yuya's drawing at the beginning there. Reality kicked in and his entire deck flew out of the dock and since I checkmated him, I just declared myself the winner of the round since I didn't want to wait for him to gather all his cards.

Unpopular opinion : I like Yuya Sakaki as a protagonist.

[WARNING: ARC-V SPOILERS AHEAD] --- (padding the comment out so spoilers will be hidden by the "Read More" bit) --- -Zarc explains near the end of the series that he created the Pendulum Summon mechanic as a means to combat Ray and the powers that defeated him (and split the world into 4 dimensions) before. -This theme plays for the first time when Yuya gets his first Pendulum Cards, including an evolution of Odd-Eyes Dragon...which was originally Zarc's monster. -This theme plays again at a seemingly inappropriate time, when Yuya first goes berserk and summons Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon for the first time...again, originally Zarc's monster. Conclusion: This isn't Yuya's theme, it's Zarc's.

Honestly the best theme in Arc V.

Shame the soundtrack didn't get an offical release, because whoever made these tracks were BRILLIANT! This gives a sound that is mysterious and new, which is exactly what pendulum summoning is! A new, mysterious summoning! The creator of this deserves a medal, or a cookie at the very least

"Yurero, tamashī no pendyuramu! Tenkū ni egake hikari no āku! Pendyuramu Shōkan! Arawareyo (Koi)! Ore no monsutā-tachi! (Ideyo! Waga shimobe no monsutā-tachi (yo)!)" Now I won't have to go look on YGO Wikia for the chant.

This ost will never fail to give me goosebumps

as a slight rewatch bonus for those who pay attention, take notice of which variation of the Pendulum Summon chant Yuya says when he's in Berserk Mode... THEN WATCH THE FIRST TIME HE DID IT IN THE PILOT!! listen carefully to the japanese words he uses, you should realize there's a good reason he didn't remember what he did, and how the wiki references it

You can really feel the power of the pendulum

"Swing! Pendulum of Souls! Draw an arc of light towards the ether! PENDULUM SUMMON! Appear now, my monsters!" - Yuya Sakaki

Literally the Clear Mind of Pendulums

the best theme of the series ... It heralds epicness

When the best summoning method came into existence

The sheer majesty of this track, words cannot describe such beauty.

(Yuya's eyes glow bright red and Kachidoki Isao widens his eyes in response) Yuya: My turn, draw. I activate the Action Spell "Mad Hurricane." This card returns every card on my field into the Deck. Announcer: Yuya Sakaki has no cards left on his field! Mr. Hiragi: Yuya... what are you doing? Yuya: With Performapal Fliptoad and Performapal Cheer Mole, I set the Pendulum Scales. ("Fliptoad" Scale 3, "Cheer Mole" Scale 5) With this, I can simultaneously summon Level 4 monsters. Swing, Pendulum of my Soul! Paint an arc of light across the sky! PENDULUM SUMMON! Appear, my monster servants! From the Extra Deck, Performapal Cameldown! And Performapal Silver Claw! (Everyone sits back and wonders what's next) Yuya: I use my Level 4 Performapal Cameldown and Performapal Silver Claw... to construct the Overlay Network. Fangs of pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression! Now descend! XYZ SUMMON! Appear now, Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! (ATK: 2500) Announcer: What's this?! A Pendulum Summon into an Xyz Summon?! Kachidoki: What...? (stares in confusion as everyone else except Reiji reacts in a surprised manner) Yuya: I activate Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's monster effect. By detaching 1 Overlay Unit, it can halve the ATK of one Level 5 or higher monster my opponent controls, then gain that lost ATK. TREASON DISCHARGE! (Idaten ATK: 3600 -> 1800; Dark Rebellion ATK: 2500 -> 4300) I detach the remaining Overlay Unit to activate its effect again. TREASON DISCHARGE! (Idaten ATK: 1800 -> 900; Dark Rebellion ATK: 4300 -> 5200) Battle. Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, attack Supreme Victory Star Idaten! (Dark Rebellion charges at Idaten) Kachidoki: (in a panic) I activate Idaten's monster effect! When it battles an opponent's monster with a lower Level, that monster's ATK becomes 0! Yuya: Xyz Monsters do not possess Levels. Therefore, the effect is negated. Kachidoki: (surprised) Hold on - if your monster doesn't possess a Level, doesn't that mean it's Level 0?! Yuya: REVOLT OF THE LIGHTNING, DISOBEY!! (Dark Rebellion impales Idaten and Kachidoki) Kachidoki: GWAHHHH!!! (LP: 0)