Yu-Gi-Oh! Sorcerer Kings

[jkBAKURA]

OK, not even five chapters into the story, and we're just getting silly. So much so, that I'm not even going to elaborate.

And just a thought, but why is the cat person instantly drawn to a Cat deck? There doesn't always have to be some occupational reason for a deck theme.

I've seen a High School wrestling champion who prefered Spellcasters, a precher's kid with a Raviel deck, and a video game computer nerd weilding Insects. Sometimes people just like a theme.

OK, this is. not meant as an attack, or even a complaint. It's just an observation that although there may be subtle preferences that influence a deck type, it doesn't have to be their whole life.

With that aside and looking at the chapter itself, I liked it. Several Cats such as Tiger Axe or Sleeping Lion were left out, but most of them aren't playable anyway. (Leo Wizard for example)

I liked the flavor of Dark Guys in armor with swords. It looks like a theme that will not get old quickly unlike, I fear, Yumi's might. That said, Zombyra felt oddly out of place. Maybe it's just cause he was featured so prominantly in Balance, but for some reason I found his appearance distracting.

So far though, between this and Mandate, it looks like you're using the same picture out of the coloring book, just different markers. Especially since we're essencially in the same location, different deck themes just aren't going to hold my attention if there's no story hook to keep me reading.

You have a good start, but I'm sorry there's just nothing new yet to make the story stand out.

Here's Hoping, JKB

[Hinoryu]

Hm. I gotta say, that cat deck seemed a lot more functional than my build of the same theme. I could never make it work; but then, I never included the Nekogals. They always looked more like insects than cats to me anyway.

That said, the whole cat fixation was... eh. It was okay, at first, but you sort of drove it into the ground by the end. By the time you got to the 'catnap' part, I was thankful that the barrage of cat puns was over. Cat people don't have to run a cat deck. For example, in my current side project, I have a cat-related person who runs Harpies.

As to Ren's deck, I'm just thinking 'booyah, I was right'. Well, sort of. A Dark Warrior deck should be fun to see in later chapters. Though we didn't get to hear the story behind the Hell Soldiers, I bet it'll be a fun one.

All in all, though, a good chapter. Can't wait for the next.