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The Zanzibar copal universes ofYu - Gi - Oh!andDragon Ballare surprisingly alike . Fromhow alike Yugi and Goku ’s inception stories are , to the fact that Yugi powers up to a stronger version of himself before a ‘ engagement ’ like a Super Saiyan . And now , it seems there is one more law of similarity that can be bring to the ever - growing list , asYu - Gb - Oh!perfectly recreatesDBZ ’s most iconic gum anime moment .
InDragon Ball Z ’s Frieza Saga , Goku and some of the Z - Fighters find themselves on Planet Namek combat the evil emperor Frieza . While Goku train in his spaceship the entire way to Planet Namek , and proved knock-down enough to challenge Frieza , he still was n’t hard enough to kill him . However , afterFrieza murdered Goku ’s best friend Krillin , right in front of him , and then threatened the life of his Logos , Gohan , Goku went berserk and unlock an all - new strain : Super Saiyan . At that point , Frieza recognize he had his work abridge out for him , so he decided to give himself an Allied Command Europe in the hole . Frieza shot a blast of energy into the planet ’s core , which was mean to destabilize the planet and make it to explode . Frieza then implemented some psychological warfare against Goku by say him that they only had five minutes before the planet explodes – and Frieza held up all five finger in front of his face to drive home the point that that ’s exactly how much time Goku had allow to dwell .
Weevil Used the Same Methods as DBZ’s Frieza against Yugi in Yu-Gi-Oh!
InYu - Gi - Oh!episode 5 ( written by Junki Takegami , Masashi Sogo , and Shin Yoshida , and point by Kunihisa Sugishima ) , Yugi is on the Duelist Kingdom island during Pegasus ’ Duel Monsters tournament . Yugi is determined to win , as Pegasus steal his grandfather ’s soul , and beat him is the only way to get it back . The only way to duel Pegasus is to defeat all other resister first . So , Yugi challenged one of the good on the island : Weevil . Weevil lately won a regional championship and was the clear - cut favourite to win this tourney as well . However , Yugi decided to challenge him first anyway , as the two of them had some bare business . On the boat drive to Duelist Kingdom , Weevil throw Yugi ’s Exodia cards into the water to make his deck of cards weaker . Now , Yugi need to prove that he did n’t necessitate those cards to beat Weevil – though during the duel itself , Weevil did n’t make it well-to-do on him .
After playing his cards bright – as one would anticipate from a champion – Weevil caught Yugi in something of a trap , where every round that go by only made Weevil ’s monster stronger while Yugi could n’t do anything to stop it . Weevil tell Yugi that after a amount of five turns , his monster will have completed its transfiguration , and Yugi will be defeated . When Weevil said this , he go for up his hand and carry all five of his fingers , just to drive home the point that that ’s on the nose how much time Yugi had left in the tournament . understandably , this scene is resonant of how Frieza razz Goku on Planet Namek .
The visual of Frieza ’s five - fingerbreadth gesture is absolutely iconic , not just amongDragon Ballfans , but the totality of the anime fandom – and even beyond . So , when a character like Weevil ( who alone is a slimed , underhanded villain comparable to Frieza ) does the same gesture that in effect has the same substance , it ’s easy to see how likewise those two setting really are , whether they were mean to be or not . Either way , it ca n’t be abnegate thatYu - Gi - Oh!perfectly recreatesDragon Ball ’s most iconic anime moment .
