I've read some very convincing arguments that The cult is probably only partially at fault for the rewrites, and that Crow was made more important not because blackwings were good or he was popular with fans, but because one of the lead writers really liked him and wanted him to have a bigger role, which is why he was also given such an undeservedly big role in ARC-V.
Has compelling plots, world building, character designs, and writing
Alexander Wright
Josiah Russell
No youre right 5Ds was good and somewhat close to DM. For ranking its DM=Season 0>5DS>GX and the rest is trash.
Easton Phillips
They changed the story for crow and gave it relevance over Luna and Leo, wich fucked up the pay off from other arcs, heck apparently the next Arc was Akiza centric and crow stole it from us with a forced rewrite followed by an emergency rewrite.
The cult shit was just a blow they couldn't recover after changing the script so we got Yusei is awesome the show.
Asher Morgan
>They changed the story for crow and gave it relevance over Luna and Leo, wich fucked up the pay off from other arcs
Noone in their right mind would dispute that. It's just unlikely to be because blackwings were good.
DW tho, I hate crow just as much as the next guy and wish he never existed. The gladiator beast guy was one of my favourite parts of ARC-V for the sole reason that he killed crow. (and because he used gyzarus, but the crow thing is a much bigger reason)
Nathaniel Cox
Maybe it's just age but I don't remember the old shows shilling the cards as much as sevens
"wow rush duels are so cool and fun" 5x an episode