I will admit that, but I have a hard time accepting it because…
It was a sad moment!
I saw the scene on YouTube, his friends; Yugi especially, were saddened and despaired thinking he died under the attack of Ra.
Luckily, he only passed out of exhaustion and got back as “Perfect Jonouchi”, but I can’t say he won in my opinion because of how despairful it was.
Look at Yugi, he cried over the idea of Jonouchi dying; believing that his best friend was gone!
What is the exact science here?
For why Jonouchi “won”
And why this became a meme; because seriously, Japanese standards seem to be different than Western standards.
And are you sure Yami Marik is a terrible Duelist? He had tactics so intelligent enough that he TORTURES his opponents. That kind of cunning sadism shows he is smart enough to defeat and torment his opponents.
And how he abused Monster Reborn to be brought back again and again to use Ra’s full potential. That was smart right there!