Which Yu-Gi-Oh! series is Your favorite?

[! Cinnamon]

List from the best to the worst (and the reason, if You will)

1.-DM - Not the best in accuracy to the TCG, but it's Yugi and Kaiba

2.-5Ds - Best protagonist in My opinion, and some awesome duels (the nordic gods, omg)

3.-VRAINS - Good protagonist, not much to say until now, Speed Duels remind me of Riding Duels

4.-GX/Zexal - Don't hate it, some duels are very good and nice to see, I like the characters a little bit

5.-ARC-V - Just . . . that fat kid . . .

[Lil Oldman]

1- VRains: Loved everyones deck and their characters (Even those AI that fight soulburner)
2- Zexal: Enjoyed it when I used to watch it in netflix.
4- GX: Watched the dubbed episodes on youtube and Enjoyed mostly the sartorius arc
3- DM: by default because I havent seen the rest, not my favorite to be honest
4- 5ds and Arc-V: Never watched them.

[KTeknis]

Back with your rapid-fire posting huh? It's ok.

Tbh I don't watch the anime often, but I do like the 5D's.
I also like GX mainly because of Yugioh Tag-Force.

[troglyte]

Here are my rankings:
S: Season 0: this is yugioh in it's purest form. no over-commercialized tcg's to worry about. Not to mention, there is so much variety and depth with each shadow game. It's not a show bound by a formula that other installments have to deal with.
A: 5ds and GX: I put both of these together because they have some of the most beloved characters and monsters in the franchise. GX was also a very experimental time in the franchise's history. This is also where the duels themselves really hit their stride. There are some great duels from both of these shows.
B: DM: I put this lower mostly because of the duels. A lot of them are just...silly. The writers hadn't quite figured out how the rules were supposed to work, a fact very apparent in Duelist Kingdom. These problems are worked on throughout the show, but not fully until GX and 5ds.
Also B: Zexal: I haven't finished this one, but from what I saw, it was actually pretty good. XYZ is probably the most balanced mechanic in the entire franchise.
C: Arc V is basically the yugioh version of kingdom hearts. I do like how they give representation to every major mechanic throughout. Even Rituals get a few duels! And yes, Yuya sucks. Watch this show for literally anyone else. The story really sags in seasons 2 and 3. Can I also mention some of the music from the sub is breathtaking?
D: VRAINS: Despite it's low ranking, I actually really like the story for this one. A group of AI's struggling to coexist with humans is actually really compelling. But I only really remember 1 or 2 duels from this entire show. One of them was Naoki vs the Hanoi grunt, that was absolute gold.Cyberse and Link Summoning was a mistake. Links are a poor man's Synchro. I feel like if you just took out the yugioh part, this would be a genuinely engaging sci-fi story.

I'm not gonna rank Sevens because it's not finished. But it has Noodle Ninja Aliens. So naturally, it's S tier.

[DarkPhenix]

Duel Monsters is my favorite because the amount of cheating that occurs is simply hilarious

GX is my favorite because who knew a card game could be so emotionally touching.

[Razyeon]

5Ds will always be my favourite. It came out when I was starting my junior year in highschool, a time during which I was actuallymore/less happy with my life, in spite of its many flaws. That series truly resonated with me in a way that no other peiece of media has done since (besides Portal 2.)

I thought ZeXal was awful at the time, but it's admittedly grown on me in recent years. Even tho' the Barian Onslaught arc was dreary and exhausting to watch, it atleast made me feel something at all. I was deeply depressed during that time, for other reasons.

GX is a mixed bag for me. The first two seasons, as we can all agree, were objectively weird. Seasons 3 & 4 were pretty good imo, albeit darker than F*&#%ck. The biggest flaw of GX was how none of the other characters got the screentime they deserved. I wanted to see Judai's friends succeed, especially Chazz and Syrus. While their respective storylines got closure in Season 4, it wasn't truly "satisfying". (altho' I must admit, Chazz beating Aster with OJAMA MFING YELLOW was rad as all hell.)

I have no connection with DM. If they ever decide to reboot it (here's hoping) I, like many other fans, want to see Joey win against Yami Marik.

ARC-V was bleh. It did nothing for me, not even the 5Ds fanservice. All it did was capture the weirdness of GX like the writers were trying to do (probably.) Also, Pendulums should not exist. They were too far ahead of their time.

Link VRAINS started out very promising, but when they had that change in directors during Season 1, I stopped caring. But I still watched the rest of it. Furthermore, part of me wanted to like Soulburner and his Salads monsters, but again, nothing.