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Melodious

"Melodious" (げんそう Gensō) is an archetype of LIGHT Fairy monsters used by Zuzu Boyle in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime. The archetype has a sub-archetype, "Melodious Maestra".

Melodious
"Elegy the Melodious Diva" and "Aria the Melodious Diva" in the artwork of "Melodious Concerto".
Japanese
  • げんそう
  • 幻奏 (base)
  • げんそう (ruby)
  • Gensō (romanized)
French
  • Musique
  • Music (translated)
German
  • Musikalisch
  • Musical (translated)
Italian
  • Melodiosa
Korean
  • 환주
  • 幻奏 (Hanja)
  • Hwanju (romanized)
Portuguese
  • Melodiosa(o)
Spanish
  • Melodiosa
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DesignEdit

AppearanceEdit

 
"Aria" and "Sonata the Melodious Diva" in the anime.

"Melodious" monsters are colorful feminine creatures wearing flowing, regal clothing that makes heavy use of decorative musical notes and music sheet-like stripes. Similar to "Lunalight" and "Lyrilusc", the low-level "Divas" and "Songstresses" appear as young girls while the higher-level "Maestras" take the form of older women, although the "Choirs" that serve as bosses of theme instead look child-like, perhaps in reference to angels being sometimes potrayed with the appearance of babies in classical art.

The "Melodious Choir" monsters also incorporate floral motifs, reflecting how Zuzu Boyle's bracelet represents the flowers of the "four beauties of nature" concept of Japanese tradition (flowers, birds, wind, and the Moon).

EtymologyEdit

The archetype's Japanese name, "Gensō" (げんそう), is a word play; it is "illusion" (げんそう) written with the Kanji of "playing music" (そう). It is also a pun on the Japanese word "ensō" (えんそう), which means "musical performance". The monsters' descriptions also have similar word plays; the "oto" (おと) from "Otome" (おと, lit. "Maiden") and "Otohime" (おとひめ, lit. "Young Princess") are written with the Kanji of "sound" (おと).

The "Melodious Diva" monsters are named after famous styles and themes of music, "Melodious Maestra" monsters are named after composers of classical music, and "Melodious Songstress" monsters are named after vocal ranges and featuries of songs.

Title Melodious Name origin
Choir Bloom Diva Diva
Bloom Prima Prima ballerina/prima donna
Composer Bloom Harmonist Harmony
Diva Aria Aria
Canon Canon
Elegy Elegy
Opera Opera
Score Score
Serenade (OCG: Serena) Serenade
Sonata Sonata
Tamtam Tam-tam
Grand Choir Flowering Etoile Danseuse étoile
Maestra Bacha (OCG: Spectacular Bach) Spectacle + J.S. Bach
Mozarta (OCG: Prodigy Mozart) Prodigy + Mozart
Schuberta (OCG: Meisterin Schubert) Meisterin + Schubert
Shopina (OCG: Laureate François) Laureate + Frédéric François Chopin
Songstress Couplet Couplet
Refrain Refrain
Solo Solo
Soprano Soprano

Playing styleEdit

"Melodious" is a theme focused on Special Summoning monsters to the field to gain various benefits and achieve wins through their Fusion Monster boss monsters. Several monsters in the theme have effects that allow them to Special Summon themselves or other monsters in the theme, such as "Sonata the Melodious Diva" and "Mozarta the Melodious Maestra", while other monsters give benefits to Special Summoned Melodious monsters such as "Aria the Melodious Diva" and "Elegy the Melodious Diva".

The later duo, notably, form a strong lockdown strategy that gives all "Melodious" monsters you control immunity from battle, effect destruction, and being targeted by card effects when both have been Special Summoned; however the targeting protection includes being targeted by your own card effects so be aware of this. The theme carries with it many different ways to Special Summon both Aria and Elegy to the field; from the Spell Cards "1st Movement Solo" and "Ostinato" to the theme's Link Monster "Bloom Harmonist the Melodious Composer" and its effect to Special Summon 2 Melodious monsters with different Levels from the Deck. Through this Aria-Elegy Lock, players can stall out opponents and amass their resources for a more explosive play once all the pieces have been gathered or further disrupt the opponent with cards such as "Archlord Kristya", the only notable outs to the strategy being non-targeting, non-destruction removal options or piercing battle damage. However, the main way the deck can achieve wins is through the explosive power of their various Fusion Monsters.

"Melodious" Fusion Monsters come in two main varieties; the first being members of the "Melodious Maestra" sub-archetype that require any 2 "Melodious" monsters to Fusion Summon and able able to grant the deck stronger monsters as well as good disruption effects, such as the effect of "Schuberta the Melodious Maestra" to banish 3 cards from either player's GY. The second set of "Melodious" Fusion Monsters are the "Melodious Choir" monsters, Fusions that take at least 1 "Melodious Maestra" monster as well as 1 or more other "Melodious" monsters to make and are typically the backbone of the theme's damage output, able to summon monsters such as "Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir" which takes no battle damage from the opponent's monsters and is able to inflict damage to the opponent equal to the difference of its ATK to the monster it battles.

With their wave of support from Legacy of Destruction, "Melodious" gained access to a set of Pendulum Monsters that provides the theme with further consistency as well as new Fusion Monsters "Bacha the Melodious Maestra" and "Flowering Etoile the Melodious Grand Choir" that provide more powerful disruption effects and help to secure games quicker.

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