Dark Magician Girl in 2014 - By Baneful

 

We can classify this as a rant.  Recently, there was a COTD for Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight.

 

As far as gameplay mechanics go, I agree with the reviews.  Good stats and strong effects but utterly invalidated by being a standard Fusion (situational and logistically illogical).

 

One place where I'll disagree with is the art direction. Some reviewers praised it,while I deemed it sexist.  Dark Magician Girl is not a bad character at all, but she was definitely made as fan service through a male-centric lens.

 

A literal picture of DMG with a sword riding on a obscured dragon is not very creative. But I do think fans give it a pass because they've been wanting to see well-known monsters fused together for a while.

 

COTD reviewer Terrorking gets it though.  In his review questioned why DMG wasn't wearing any pants.  Is it truly practical for a knight to armor themselves like that or was it the fact that people found find DMG sexier when her legs are revealed?

 

I've mentioned that Konami does have a gender problem in my "Konami's Card Art" article before.

 

Okay, why is this important to me? Well, as a gamer and a duelist, I want us to move away from the whole perverted-otaku subculture stereotype.

 

Cards like Gemini Elf and DMG aren't purely abstract expressions existing in a void away from our cultural standards.  Nor is the exact way they're designed essential and core to the YGO experience.  They're just part of a harem fantasy where the strong knights are surrounded by sexualized women.

 

Dark Magician Girl was made 10 years ago. Ten years later, Konami hasn't changed a thing. It's sad how ignorant they can still be.

 

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