@Yliaster oh, sorry, i don't think they changed akaba's voice actor! i meant he got sick and that's why akaba was sidelined during most of the synchro arc. he doesn't have much dialogue at all. it doesn't seem like a stretch to think they had originally planned to do more with him in synchro.
iirc the memory wipe happens at the very end of the episode where akaba and shun make that deal, after the lds trio duel. it's almost in passing, so it seems like a lot of people don't remember. it stood out to me at the time because i was a fan of another show where a noncon memory wipe happened and it was Very Controversial lol.
@Yliaster yes, after the lds trio duels shun, akaba wipes their memories in order to embed shun with them for the tournament. in my opinion he could've at least tried to explain part of his plan to them first, before deciding if that was necessary.
i know someone who thinks they might've been going for a sort of gendo ikari-type character but had to change course because the voice actor got sick during synchro. what do you think?
@Yliaster i always wondered the same thing. it really felt like they were wanting to do something more complex with him, especially juxtaposed with how he starts out manipulating shingo and wiping the memories of the lds trio without their consent!
@Yliaster oh, sorry, i don't think they changed akaba's voice actor! i meant he got sick and that's why akaba was sidelined during most of the synchro arc. he doesn't have much dialogue at all. it doesn't seem like a stretch to think they had originally planned to do more with him in synchro.
iirc the memory wipe happens at the very end of the episode where akaba and shun make that deal, after the lds trio duel. it's almost in passing, so it seems like a lot of people don't remember. it stood out to me at the time because i was a fan of another show where a noncon memory wipe happened and it was Very Controversial lol.
@Yliaster yes, after the lds trio duels shun, akaba wipes their memories in order to embed shun with them for the tournament. in my opinion he could've at least tried to explain part of his plan to them first, before deciding if that was necessary.
i know someone who thinks they might've been going for a sort of gendo ikari-type character but had to change course because the voice actor got sick during synchro. what do you think?
@Yliaster i always wondered the same thing. it really felt like they were wanting to do something more complex with him, especially juxtaposed with how he starts out manipulating shingo and wiping the memories of the lds trio without their consent!