#ALSO WAIT MORE THING TO SAY........... I forgot seto was the first to point out the similarity with ardbert's soul HELLO?

[deejadabbles]

Heres some post-canon-Atem-stays-AU headcanons bc I will forever be in denial that the ending of ygo ever happened.

First off can we all address the fact that Atem would have an accent!?! He knows Japanese bc of Yugi but once he has his own body back, his muscles and brain are used to different speech patterns, therefore we get an accent! The first time the gang hears him talk and this (adorable) accent they're floored but love it, it kinda helps further cement that he really is his own person apart from Yugi (not that the gang really needs that but still).

I think this would also lead to Yugi asking Atem to teach him some Ancient Egyptian. He says it just because he's interested but really he wants Atem to feel slightly less alone now that literally no one else speaks his language.

Also. Contrary to what some (*cough*Kaiba*cough*) think, Atem knows how to work modern tech. Like, come on he shared Yugi's body for years, he knows how to work a phone and computer. Now, he may be a bit of an old man and prefer not to use some modern things, but he's competent at least.

(okay okay but can we entertain the idea of Atem making "back in my day" jokes bc he thinks it's funny and Honda n Jonouchi take to calling him "old man" and it's just a big running joke between everyone?? that'd be great.)

Another misconception I think Atem would prove wrong is that he actually doesn't have all too much trouble adjusting to being a "commoner" and having to live a normal, rather un-luxurious, life. Again, he spent years watching Yugi interact with the world and live in it as someone who wasn't royalty, or even rich, and did that with no context of his previous life.

So yeah when Atem returns to earth with his own body he doesn't like...expect to have everything provided for him, or be waited on hand and foot like some ppl expected since he was royalty. Sure, he may not actively think "oh, I have to get a job in order to live now" on his own (mostly bc I think he's just still amazed he's alive at all, a lot of things don't come to mind), but when the subject comes up Atem isn't astonished or taken aback by the idea or anything weird, logically he knows he has to provide for himself now and knows at least the basics of how to accomplish that in modern times.

Okay but seriously can we all take a minute imagining Atem getting a fast food or clerk job to get by until he figures out what he wants to do next. Jou and Honda thought he'd be too prideful to "stoop that low" as ppl say, but Atem's fine with it. If dishing out fries to shitty customers or ringing up cigarettes at a gas station ensures that grandpa and Yugi don't have to carry him through life he's fine with it.

That being said, I can see Atem just being...forgetful that he has to take care of himself sometimes. He's not ignorant of the modern world, but he also has his memories back now, so I can see him laying in bed for a good 10 min before he finally remembers "oh yeah servants aren't coming to dress me, okay lets do this". And sure he knows the basics of life from his time with Yugi, like cooking and doing laundry for himself. But there's times where he just runs out of clean clothes bc he forgot to do laundry, things like that, but hey that's stuff even us non-ex-royals do as Adults so that's okay.

My point is that Atem adjusts to the modern world and not being royalty really well. He's just a forgetful dork sometimes.

Okay but going back to my "Atem gets an entry-level job" headcanon. Now I'm thinking about Kaiba finding out that Atem got a fast-food job instead of coming to him for work. Next thing Atem knows Kaiba storms in (probably cutting the line because of course he would) and starts this melodramatic speech about how no one has the right to employ the rival of Seto Kaiba besides SETO KAIBA himself.

Atem, who was already chewed out by a customer for getting the wrong sized drink, is having NONE of this and is completely ignoring him, trying to serve the next customer in line. When all Atem will say to him is "sir if you wont buy anything please leave" the petty giraffe known as Kaiba slams a pile of bills on the counter ....this then leads to Atem matching his pettiness! You know that tiktok, it's basically that. Atem takes the entire stack of bills, looks Kaiba dead in the eye, and tells him to get his own chicken nuggets.

Next thing we know Atem's managers are trying to pry them apart because Kaiba hopped the counter. There are nuggets and fries everywhere, someone threw a large coke, the customers are filming. It's a big mess.

OMG imagine the headline "Local billionaire has melt down at McDonald's"

Okay, moving on from that, sorry I just had to get that outta my head.

Once again I'm going to drive home my "touch starved Atem" headcanon by saying that Atem actually likes not being royalty in his 2nd life because Yugi and his friends aren't afraid to show him affection. This boy craves touch so much and is loving the fact that no one thinks it's offensive to hug him. Atem's the type that once he's comfortable with someone, expect hugs for every hello and goodbye. He's also known for putting his hands on shoulders and sometimes playing with hair (only if the other is comfortable with it of course!).

The hair-playing thing is because he has these precious memories of brushing and styling Mana's hair when they were younger (and once or twice being able to beg Mahad to join their hairstyling sessions). Now he loves doing it because he equates it with affection and unconditional friendship. He especially loves playing with Ryou's hair since it's so long and soft, and even bought Ryou these tarot card themed hairpieces just so he could style his hair with them.

After experimenting with alcohol a bit, Atem finds that he likes some wine cooler-type drinks but sometimes he'll crave a beer, since that was the drink of choice in ancient egypt. He weirds ppl out though because he prefers them warm, cold beer is too harsh on his sensitive teeth and he's just not used to it. Also, it took a long time to find a beer brand he likes because most aren't up to the quality he had "back in his day" lol.

At first Atem only knows how to cook basic things (again, what Yugi knows) but he soon realizes that he enjoys cooking. He gets a Pinterest account just so he can save recipes he wants to try (he starts saving other things though, he likes aesthetic boards and interior design!). The whole gang ends up loving this because he cooks meals for them sometimes and they're so good! While they're still in high school he makes Bentos for everyone about once a week and it's the highlight of their week <3

He does get a bit sad though, when he tries to recreate meals from his culture and they just don't taste quite right.

oKaY I WAS going to go on about what career I think Atem would eventually pursue, but they got really long and this is already long so I'm going to put them in their own post. All I'll say right now is: college student Atem and later, professor Atem.

That's all for now, expect more in the future though because I will never not support Atem stays AUs <3

#atem #yami yugi #atem headcanons #atem stays au #I'm just really bitter about the ending and i'll never be okay with it #ygo #also I'm just obsessed with the idea of atem working a fast food or retail job and not taking any ones shit #yami yugi headcanons

[steve0discusses]

S5 Ep 14: So If You Put a Fraction Into a Duel Disk, the Card Explodes

We left on quite the cliffhanger last episode, so I’ll fill you in:

I did not get the haircut.

Like I seriously considered getting a Zigfried for a cool 3 or 4 minutes there, but then I decided to wait a couple of days and I basically forgot.

But, back to the arc finale, Seto has decided to walk, not run, to the Kaiba lab in order to fix the virus rapidly eating his entire company.

I just want to point out that Zigfried went through a LOT of work to get Seto Kiaba to go “uggggh” turn around, and pretend to calmly walk away. I’m used to Seto losing his nut kind of a lot and blowing things up but this season he’s like “be chill be chill be chill” so that the entire world doesn’t think he’s a spaz on TV.

And little aside about Seto’s design choices here, I fell down a hole of interior design videos, and can I just say: apparently these wood frame things on the wall are back in style? Good on you, 2002(3?) Seto Kaiba. Don’t think that current designers are painting them purple but...we’re halfway there to Yugioh fashion.

Meanwhile, Pharaoh decides to remind everyone that these stakes are hella low. The worst that happens is that Zigfried deletes the plane that Yugi needs to fly home...which would be an impressive virus.

Like it’s hard to tell if Yami even has a solid concept of “capitalism” and whether or not he cares about or understands the makeup of Seto’s company (which up till now has operated like a small country and not a business...which is a little more Pharaoh’s understanding. Either way...hard to tell if Yami would shed two tears for the loss of Kaiba corp.)

And, despite what I say in the caps, I feel like Leon and Zigfried are the first villains we’ve ever had that Yugi and Pharaoh didn’t unintentionally disclose that they are 2 people to. Zigfried and Leon are just...completely oblivious to how effed up Yugi’s bean is. They think that’s just a normal kid and lol no dudes...y’all got distracted by Seto Kabia but you have a literal Egyptian God just hovering around in the background and dating 3 people by accident.

Like when the show shelves the main storyline, it is very funny how it’s all “And we’re gonna put the Pharaoh crisis on hold--just put a pin in it. No one will notice this child is two nervous wrecks stitched together” and then Yugi and Yami just kinda hold it in and watch all patiently until it’s their turn to get off the bench.

(read more under the cut)

In the giant computer tower, Seto Kaiba shouts out a string of orders and numbers, admired the many sonar detector looking windows open on every monitor, and then sat down at his desk to like...check the firewall, I guess?

The virus is past the firewall. It’s um...it’s inside the firewall, pretty sure that was the point, but youknow, it’s a kid’s show so they’re just throwing out computer stuff that has no meaning to the writers of this show.

Mokuba thinks fondly of how Seto Kaiba has never screwed him over (which I mean...maybe not on purpose, ((except for that one time he did screw him over on purpose to get Gozaburo Kaiba to accidentally give Seto Kaiba the company, but you could say that was a grander scheme that he knew Mokuba would see through, which...)) but Seto certainly has screwed Mokuba over accidentally. At least once.)

And meanwhile, Yami fixes everything through card shenanigans.

So here’s the shenanigan this episode: I don’t go over cards here but this one requires a limited amount of explanation.

So every round the golden castle deletes half of Yugi’s cards. So he was like...I’ll just draw down to one card. They can’t delete half a card...so that means the card must delete one of the two cards on the field which means it must delete itself.

...which is like the closest Yugioh will probably ever get to abusing a glitch to do a speedrunning tactic like GDQ.

Anyway, like I stated in the title: there are no fractions allowed in Yugioh. If you do that to your priceless one-of-a-kind card you got from winning one of Pegasus’ murder tournies, it will irreparably bust the card.

I’m sure at least one of you will correct me with the proper way to insert a fraction into your duel disk. Cuz like...as I say multiple times so we never forget, I barely pay attention to this card game and I’m just flying by the seat of my pants.

I want to say Seto and Mokuba were in the hacker chairs for like...3 minutes maybe before they realized “oh...Yugi fixed it...” and walked the half a mile back to the duel arena.

and also, as I’m looking at Seto’s glasses here, I just realized...all of Kaiba’s team wears sunglasses all the time. Inside, outside, night, or day...

They haven’t outright said this...but what if those aren’t sunglasses?

Is Roland and that other Roland wearing fancy cyber glasses? They are, right? Because they wear them indoors?

Damn, they can’t take a piss without being on call with Kaiba Corp, can they?

Now the problem is...Yugi played all of his cards (he has two in front of him face down, but none in his deck) and after milling himself, this means he’s now basically a sitting duck for Leon to take the title of “King of Games.”

Leon insists that he defend whatever scraps are left of his card honor and not duel a person who is carrying no cards and Yugi was like “COME AT ME BRO THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I KNOW I’M ALIVE.”

He didn’t even have to do a horror on Leon, he just...played cards good? I skipped it, I’ll be honest, but overall Leon’s card honor was...saved? Maybe? I mean he also go destroyed when his competitor had not a single card in his duel disk so...

...Leon will have to work on his card honor off screen because he’s pretty well humiliated at this point.

But stumbling onto the playing field like he’s half dazed/daydrunk, Zigfried is like “You forgot I already won, bastards!”

Which is when we find out that Zigfried’s “delete all” virus failed to press “enter” and deleted basically nothing. Just like when my Mom attempts to send something in Gmail but doesn’t press “Send” and tells me that Google is down and broken.

Sorry my bro has informed me that he ALSO has had to help my Mother locate the “Send” button and I just...I know she absolutely did that but I’m in denial that this Riddle of the Sphinx has happened to her multiple times.

Honestly, the pep talk we get from Leon at the end to cheer up his bro was a whole lot of “we will pick ourselves up and we’ll do better next time. Together.” and sure you can translate that as “we’ll be honest next time” or you can translate that as “next time we will be not nearly as obvious about inserting a virus into their computer until it is done doing the job, bro.”

Just like Dartz, we didn’t really get a whole lot of retribution or closure when it comes to Zigfried. But, unlike Dartz, Zigfried didn’t do too much murder, so I guess this is fine. He tried to cheat in a card game...

...and I guess tried to delete Kaiba Corp but youknow...

...people let him have that. The police saw the ticket of “this man tried to delete Kaiba Corp” and they just...didn’t arrest him. The judge saw that ticket and didn’t put out a warrant. They just let Zigfried have this, almost like “better luck next time, ya?”

And then Roland clocked out for the day and went home, thus ending this arc.

Look at all these characters, most of which we never saw duel even one card.

We also got one shot of Mai for some reason although she was not in this arc.

AAAHHHH. Every time I’m like “the show is done screwing geography” we get another freakin geography spook!

But we went back to California in order to get a scene of these guys in an airport to get a flight to Japan...

which means Rex and Weevil just...were they shipped home by the Kaibas? Because way to ditch getting arrested by the American Government, hot damn. They are...literally terrorists who destroyed a Caltrain in a plot to kill everyone in the world so like...really surprised Rex and Weevil are in public...but maybe all the FBI were dead at the time so they just didn’t know?

Meanwhile, Duke has to go back to Death Valley and call a tow truck for his car, RIP.

I sure hope he got PTO during this stunt and isn’t going home to a pink slip.

I’m not sure of Dukes life or anything going on with Duke. I’m sure the thing about Serenity is him joking because we have all forgotten about that girl by this point...but also...is Duke...still living in the Tenderloin? The crime rate is very, very high and the ground isn’t solid, so it will liquefy if there’s an Earthquake, but it is one of the few places in the Bay Area that doesn’t light on fire every year. He has that going for him.

I just really hope Duke moves out of the Tenderloin one of these days, he needs a better life.

Meanwhile, Rebecca does one last crime.

This is like a post-epidemic reaction to a hug, but in 2002(3?).

I don’t think I’ll miss Rebecca too much. Wanted to like her more, but she was under-utilized, like most of the characters on Yugioh. Not even just talking girl characters here--most characters on Yugioh are super under-utilized, just Tristan Wallflowers doing nothing, but also being selectively OP as hell about very specific things they never, ever need to do.

Speaking of the devil:

Yugi...just saved his entire company...

But Mokuba is just has to make sure to make it seem like they owed Mokuba and not the other way around. Just in case.

So off they go on this massive plane. It’s probably more to do with the length of the trip as to why the plane is so big but also...

This plane is overcompensating.

But before we analyze that, lets close the book on Seto Kaiba’s very short therapy arc. Overall, it was a nice distraction, but I can see why people call it a filler arc, as it really doesn’t affect...anything going on in the major plotlines, which makes me think it could have been a movie or a game or something. But overall, it’s not bad, it’s just not what you’d expect if you were a Western audience.

Like I’m preaching to the choir, but typically, Western stories are entirely plot focused, and so our arcs always give or take away from that plot. But in a Eastern story arc, it may instead be character focused, where the climax is a character evolving or coming to some sort of cathartic realization, which this arc was, in a big way. We still had some plot, because this is a Shonen, but overall it was about characters, and specifically whether or not Leon and his bro would reconcile or change--which they did.

We did get to see a little more growth on Seto in that he...didn’t go bonkers and hallucinate during a card game. It’s been a while since we’ve had him not do that. Seto was very chill this arc, which makes sense, it was a very chill slice of life arc for everyone involved.

So, next we move on to the next one, which bro has informed me...is

still not Bakura.

According to Bro, the next arc didn’t even air in the Japanese version of the show? Like he’s got a lot of spicy Yugioh headcanons so he could be wrong (He did tell me that he thought that Zigfried was Seto Kaiba’s ex boyfriend when he saw this as a kid which...that sure is a way to interpret this arc, and it probably wasn’t just my little brother who went down that thought tube there...)

(Bro Note: To be fair, I didn’t watch much of this arc as a kid.)

But he says the next arc was originally a movie. But they released it in the States as episodes to be part of S5, just to put more episodes in there. Which, if he’s correct, makes it seem like we’re getting like the Mulan 2 experience kind of shoved in between this arc and the next

But um..

according to bro it has virtually no card games.

.......

I’m so used to only capping 10 minutes an episode, what?

Anyway, until then, here’s the link to read the rest of these from the start in chrono order:

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

I’m kinda itching to do a Season Zero, it’s been a hot minute--so those take a little longer to do, especially since I need to go to a different site I haven’t...checked out yet...I’ll be back...eventually? I just know that at some point in Season Zero they fight it out with yo-yo’s and I want to see it.

#yugioh #yu gi oh #ygo #S5 #Ep14 #Seto Kaiba #zigfried von schroeder #leon von schroeder #Yugi Muto #Joey Wheeler #Tristan Taylor #Mokuba #Tea Gardner #Duke Devlin #Rebecca Hawkins #recap #photo recap #episode recap

[savagematchmaker]

violet poppies (deaf!Shintaro AU)

@rxxshintaro i wrote you a lil something! (lil meaning like 4k hahah.) hope you’ll like it! this is the first chapter:

also found at: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25107196

Kano was having a bad day.

     Really, it was that simple. It had started with him waking up because of a damned mosquito, which had managed to get itself into his room at some point during the night before proceeding to incessantly buzz at his ear only when his palms were too far away from the fiend for him to utterly destroy that fucker. And, of course, when he went downstairs there were no mosquito repellers left. And, of course, that when he went to the coffee shop at six A.M. they were out of cocoa, therefore unable to satisfy his hot chocolate cravings. And, of course, that on his way back home, a random dude wearing noise-cancelling headphones would block his way. Of course.

     So yeah. Kano was having a bad day.

     “Excuse me?” he tried for the third time, still keeping his polite smile on. He was way too tired for conflict.

     The teen before him remained silent, staring at his phone’s screen as he took multiple pictures of some poppies on the side of the road- he was probably even unaware of Kano’s presence.

     Sighing, Kano contemplated inching past the boy. But no, if he tried passing through he’d most likely end up in the other’s personal bubble, squeezed against the other- which he definitely did not want to accomplish. Which meant there were only two options left for him:

Turn around and take another route home. The exercise would do him good anyway.

Get the other to notice him via (shudder) human contact.

Turn around and take another route home. The exercise would do him good anyway.

Get the other to notice him via (shudder) human contact.

     While option one was very tempting and probably the more advantageous option of the two, it also meant admitting defeat. Although Kano didn’t know the boy before him, a part of him bristled in indignation at the thought of giving in to the other’s despotism. No. Kano would not give in— he would bypass his usual mentality regarding his aversion to human contact and he’d (shudder) pat the other’s shoulder to get his attention.

     A sigh.

     “Excuse me?” he asked once more, this time lightly tapping the teen’s shoulder while ensuring that the rest of his body was a healthy distance from him— wary of giving the other the wrong impression, whatever that would be.

    It was just a light tap, even by Kano’s standards, yet the boy violently flinched away. Confused, Kano took a careful step back, his hands lifted in a nonthreatening manner; the other took a deep breath, his frame relaxing when the distance between them lengthened. Kano waited for him to take off his headphones, yet they remained on. Instead, the stranger just pocketed his phone, then, with his fist, made a circular motion on his chest.

    Once, then twice.

    It was during the third circle that Kano realized what was happening. His bad mood suddenly disappeared, replaced by burning regret, and he agitatedly shook his head.

     ‘No, I’m sorry,’ he signed to the other.

     The black-haired teen lightly smiled and stepped aside, clearing the way for Kano. Signing a small ‘Thank you,’ the blonde passed him and continued his walk back home, shoulders slightly hunched as he attempted to fight off the lingering embarrassment.

Shintaro regretted many things, starting with him getting in the accident that led to his deafness and ending with him letting Ayano convince him to come visit her home.

     A terrible decision, really. He came off as dark and brooding at best and misanthropic at worst; there were few exceptions to this general rule, like Momo or Ayano.

     Ayano, who was currently grinning at him as if he’d just told her he was getting married. Not a very good comparison, but still. Weren’t her siblings sixteen? Didn’t teens that age hate absolutely everybody and everything? Or was that thirteen? Shintaro could no longer remember, but his belief did not waver. Ayano’s siblings would for sure hate him; that meant that Ayano would soon hate him too.

     Taking a calming breath, Shintaro hit the breaks in his spiraling. Everything would be fine. He’d live for a couple of months in his room until people forgot his face— he could ‘borrow’ from Momo’s dried squid reserves.

     At his side, Ayano was still smiling, slightly facing him at all times to make sure that he could read her lips. They’d abandoned ASL after some disastrous accidents rooted in Ayano’s attempts to learn it, and although lip-reading wasn’t that accurate, there were very few people who knew sign language well enough to communicate with him. Stifling his swelling apprehension in face of the imminent awkwardness, Shintaro fidgeted on the spot.

     “I’m home!” called Ayano as she toed off her shoes. A couple moments later, her siblings showed up, all of them hosting wary expressions bar one. The familiar blond’s eyes were wide in recognition.

     ‘Hey,’ signed the blond. Beyond his cheerfulness there was defensiveness Shintaro was pretty familiar with, piled upon what was probably fierce protectiveness of his sister.

     Shintaro decided not to get into either of them. ‘How come you know ASL?’ he asked instead.

     ‘Was bored,’ replied the other, grinning dismissively. Then, his eyes suddenly flicked away from him and towards a green-haired girl; someone had asked something and Shintaro had missed it, <strike>as always. Torn between reading the girl’s lips and the blond’s, Shintaro hesitated for a moment before settling for the boy. “...met him yesterday, on my way home. Want me to introduce you guys?” the blond said.

     Shintaro felt Ayano tense up at his side. He knew her well enough to know that she was feeling jealous for not being the one to introduce Shintaro and hating herself for it. Probably a lot too. 

     Pulling in his usual reservation, Shintaro comfortingly took her hand in his. She tensed up, then relaxed and smiled at him. Reassured, he turned back to her brother. 

     He was staring at them strangely, but went on and signed anyway. ‘I’m K-A-N-O.’ He pointed to the green-haired girl. ‘K-I-D-O.’ Then to the tall boy. ‘S-E-T-O.’ And the small, white-haired girl hiding behind Seto. ‘M-A-R-Y.’

     ‘Nice to meet you,’ replied Shintaro, trying his best to smile politely. Damn his awkwardness and social conventions. The latter most of all.

     Why was he here again? How should he handle this? Did normal people even ask themselves these things? What was ‘normal’ though—

     Ayano elbowed him and his spiral screeched to a stop.

     “Anyone want to play Mario Kart?” she asked, her eyes sparkling in fierce competitiveness. “I’m really good at it now.” As a rare show of caring, his competitiveness reared its head at the statement.

     ‘I want to be Princess Peach,’ he declared, slightly smiling. Really, he’d smiled a lot today. Weird.

Competitiveness brings out the worst in people. This is known well enough by countless people everywhere: professional or amateur, young or old. Kano supposed that their game of Mario Kart was proof of that fact. Kido, as Luigi, had been kicked off-route so many times that she’d finally huffed in exasperation and blamed her lack of proficiency on her remote. She dumped it in Seto’s lap, then got up to make lunch. Seto was relaxed, Ayano was fierce yet three laps behind. And Kano and Shintaro… Kano and Shintaro were the living proof of the aforementioned universal truth.

     Once more, a shell knocked into Kano. Once more, the air around Shintaro started stinking with smugness.

      Kano was gonna destroy this bastard.

      Easier said than done. For the third time in a row, Shintaro won first place, Kano second, Ayano third, and Seto a very much left behind fourth. He didn’t seem bothered by it. Only smiled at Mary and handed her the remote, asking her if she wanted to try playing.

     Just as Kano opened his mouth to demand a rematch, from the corner of his eye he glimpsed Shintaro turning to Ayano and signing ‘Should we help your sister?’. 

     Ayano seemed surprised by his offer. “No, she usually does it herself— she really likes it. Once, she kicked me out of the kitchen, saying that I was too clumsy to help her cook,” she replied, laughing at the last part. Shintaro’s shoulders slumped in relief.

     So Kano’s initial opinion of Shintaro had been true. The guy really was a selfish bastard most of the time. 

     He’d have to keep a close eye on him.

To protect his sister, of course.

#fanfic #ao3 #kanoshin #kagerou daze #mekakucity actors #kagerou project #mekakucity daze #mekakucity project #kano #shuuya #shintaro #kisaragi shintaro

[ayma-nidiot]

In the White Light - Prideshipping fic Chapter 8

Also on AO3. 

Chapter 8 – A Smile On Each Face

“Seto!” After a full two days of searching for his elder brother, Mokuba found Kaiba fighting off a bunch of Orichalcos Soldiers – lowly servants of Dartz – with a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. “I’m so glad you’re okay!”

“Mokuba!” Kaiba accepted the hug Mokuba gave him. “If you had gotten here but a few minutes ago, the Flame Swordsmen would have sliced you to ribbons. What are you doing out here, instead of being with the others like I told you?”

“But you see, the others aren’t too far from us! And… um… Something really big and terrible happened! Come on!”

“Ow!” Kaiba winced a little as Mokuba led him to a lonely alley with a fence – against which leaned two sleeping people. “Care to explain what was so important that you had to nearly pull off my dueling arm?”

“Kaiba!”

Tristan would have punched Kaiba right then and there if Téa had not stopped him. “It’s… It’s Joey. He… Mai… Valon… Duke… Rebecca… They’re all gone.”

“‘Gone?’”

“They got their souls taken, dumbass!” Tristan answered. “If you didn’t just leave to fight by yourself, then…”

Téa cut in, “Kaiba, I know you hate the idea of friendship, but now is not the time to act like a lone wolf! You’re one of the strongest duelists we’ve ever met, and we really need your help. If only to save your company… Please.”

“Very well, since you begged…” Kaiba looked around, and had just remembered how Yami Yugi fled the hospital two days ago without telling anyone. “Wait a second. Where’s the pharaoh?”

“Um, yeah, about that…” Mokuba spoke up. “When we found Joey and Valon here, the pharaoh got so mad that he decided to storm Dartz’s building all by himself.”

“That moron!” Gritting his teeth, Kaiba took off his Duel Disk and put it on the ground.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” Tristan exclaimed. “Don’t tell me you plan on running through hordes of monsters without your Duel Disk?”

“No. I’ve got a much more efficient way to get to Dartz’s building.”

It didn’t take Mokuba long to figure out what Kaiba wanted to do. “Seto!”

Ignoring his younger brother’s plea to stop – and the others’ reactions of shock – Kaiba concentrated on the light inside himself as it grew. When it dissipated, it revealed him in dragon form.

“Dude… That’s rad.” Tristan had no other words.

“Seto, be careful… Don’t let Dartz get to you.”

“Go help the pharaoh. We believe in the both of you! We’ll be right there, okay?”

Kaiba nodded as he picked up his Duel Disk with his claws and flew off. Only a few minutes later – thankfully, peaceful minutes with no monster fights - he found a building with an odd logo on the front. Heh. That didn’t take long. Still, there’s no way I’m going to blow my cover to Paradius. But where can I land without being noticed? Oh!

A hidden wall ladder conveniently led to the ceiling, and upon landing on it Kaiba transformed back, catching his Duel Disk before it could fall. “Maybe if I climb from the ceiling down, I won’t get noticed as easily.”

“Hah! Is that what you think?” spoke a voice Kaiba had not heard before.

“Who is that?” Kaiba climbed the ladder faster, and he nearly beamed at the first person he saw when he got to the top. “Pharaoh! Wh-Whoah!”

The odd sight of five Kuribohs bouncing around the battle arena nearly threw Kaiba off the ladder. “What’s with the circus act?”

“That’s what I said,” Rafael, Yami Yugi’s opponent, spoke nonchalantly.

“Kaiba!” Yami Yugi wasn’t as glad to see Kaiba there. “Get out of here, or you’ll get hurt!”

“So…” Kaiba glared at Rafael. “You’re the one who defeated the King of Games.”

“Interesting… Now I can take two strong souls in such a short amount of time, and our god the Great Leviathan can rule the world in peace once again!”

“You will not!” Kaiba tried to run in the middle of the playing field, until Yami Yugi stopped him.

“This is my own battle… Don’t interfere. This is the man who’s responsible for stealing the souls of Mai, Duke, and Rebecca.”

“That’s right, Seto Kaiba, don’t interfere. Watch as I defeat your beloved pharaoh and claim his soul for the Great Leviathan!”

Kaiba didn’t have a proper response to “beloved pharaoh,” and just bit his lip.

“You aren’t fooling anyone! I heard from Alister all about you! You love the pharaoh even more than your own company. You were flying all around Domino City as a dragon just to fight me and Dartz.” Rafael walked up to Yami Yugi. “By the way, I’m going to make you pay for what you did to him. After I’m through with the pharaoh, I’ll take your soul too!”

“Rafael, do you really want to do this? Dartz is just a coward who’s using you to fight his battles for him!”

“I don’t care. If I can help bring peace to this world, so be it. If anything, you’re the coward for hiding behind that boy Yugi. But today… You’ve got nobody to hind behind. One of us will walk free, and the other will become prisoner to the beast. But go on with whatever silly move it was you were making.”

“My Five Kuriboh Brothers now become Kuribandit! And before you start laughing, I use Dark Magic Curtain! At the cost of half of my life points, I special summon the Dark Magician – my ultimate monster! Say goodbye to your Guardian Elma!”

“She’s not going anywhere, pharaoh! Reveal Guadrian Formation! Elma moves to the back row created by the Seal of Orichalcos!”

He may seem like a coward, but that was an impressive move… Kaiba thought. He’s very knowledgeable about the Seal.

“This is the turn that I’ll end you just like I did in our last duel! I special summon Guardian Eatos, and give her the Celestial Sword Eatos! Now, Eatos, attack-”

“Not yet you don’t! I sacrifice Kuribandit! Now I can draw five cards but keep the traps and spells only.”

“Yugi, you imbecile!” Kaiba called out. “You do realize that in doing that, you’ve just made the Eatos’ attack power at 7000?”

“Thanks for the boost! Eatos, attack the Dark Magician!”

“Eatos will lose her power just as soon as she got it! One of the monsters in my graveyard was Electromagnetic Turtle. My Dark Magician is not only safe, but your Eatos is also back down to 3000 attack points.”

“How dare you mock my Eatos!”

“No, you’re just betraying her, and it’s backfiring. And I would know all about betraying monsters. I will summon my Big Shield Gardna in defense mode and switch my Dark Magician to defense mode! One card goes face down and I end my turn.”

“Now, this time for sure, your Dark Magician is-”

“Going to be hidden with my Magical Hats trap! Try finding him now!”

Even with a 3-in-4 chance of attacking Dark Magician, Rafael still failed. “Grr… I can still activate my Rod of Silence to summon Guardian Kay’est. You’re good at one thing, pharaoh, and that’s stalling for your inevitable doom!”

Yami Yugi activated Graceful Charity, and upon drawing his three new cards, he hoped, Heart of the cards, guide me… Aha! “But my doom hasn’t come yet! I will play the Eye of Timaeus, fusing him with my Dark Magician to create the Amulet Dragon!”

“But he’s still no match for-”

“Ah, but it is! You see, Amulet Dragon gains 300 ATK points for every spell card in my graveyard! That means he has 5300 attack points – enough to destroy your Guardian Eatos!”

“Eatos…” Rafael knelt, shedding tears for the monster he just lost. “Eatos… Come back! I still need you!”

“Rafael?”

Rafael’s cried quickly turned into cackles. “Hahaha… Dear pharaoh, you forgot about Eatos’ special ability! When she’s destroyed, she’s replaced by a creature of darkness, the Guardian Dreadscythe! She gets 500 attack points from my Guardian Eatos, plus extra points from my monsters that I sacrifice to her! Your so-called powerful Amulet Dragon is no more!”

“Rafael…” Yami Yugi cringed as his life points were down to 300. “I thought you hated having monsters in your graveyard… Now you’re sacrificing them all to Dreadscythe?”

“But I hate you even more! Now come, show me your futile efforts to keep your soul intact.”

“I use Card of Sanctity so that we may obtain up to six cards in our hands… Now I special summon Watapon, and tribute it to summon Dark Magician Girl, defense mode! I set a card face-down. Your move!”

“Should have kept her in attack mode! I use Obedience to put her there! Now, your time is finally at an-”

“Reveal my Magical Pigeon!”

“Haha… More magic tricks?”

“Magical Pigeon is a card that can only be used on Dark Magician Girl! She turned into a pigeon this turn to avoid your attack.”

“Just let me put you out of your misery already!”

“Rafael, listen to yourself! I know deep down, you are a kind man who is just tainted by the Orichalcos! This Underworld Circle card will make you see that!”

Kaiba watched as the entire playing field became engulfed in smoke. “Great, now I can’t see what’s going on!”

It didn’t take long for the duelists to come back, for when the smoke cleared, Yami Yugi spoke, “I special summon my Dark Magician, place a card face down, and end my turn. And since yours just started, I can also special summon my Jack’s Knight!”

“Then, I’ll start by destroying your Dark Magician – for the third time now!”

“Not with my Zero Gravity trap!”

“I counter your trap with Spirit Hunting so my Dreadscythe goes into attack mode! Now both of your monsters are gone! Come on, which one will you summon next before I finally finish you off?”

“Dark Magician Girl, that’s who! I will also use Altar of Restoration to special summon my Eye of Timaeus, fusing her with Dark Magician Girl! Take flight, Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight! Using her special effect, I will destroy your Dreadscythe!”

“But not for long! If I discard a card from my hand, Dreadscythe can come back!”

“Yugi!” Kaiba called out just as Yami Yugi was starting to feel a bit lightheaded. “You better not lose to this guy! Only I’m allowed to beat you, understand? Now nip this duel in the bud already!”

“Kaiba…” Yami Yugi smiled and stood firmly on his feet. “Your words… they give me hope.”

“Pharaoh! Cut it out with the flirting and take this duel more seriously!”

“Oh, but I am. I summon Queen’s Knight during your turn!”

“And in response to that, I use Sword of Sealing so that my Dreadscythe can defeat your Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight!”

“Gah…” Even Kaiba could feel the effects of Dreadscythe’s powerful attacks. No… He can’t lose… not like this… Eh?

Yami Yugi panted as he somehow still managed to stand. “I… I still have… 10 life points. My Reduction Barrier reduced your attack to 10%! Now I summon Big Shield Gardna and use my magic card Spider Web to use your Monster Reborn! And… you’re going to regret the horrible way you’ve treated your Guardian Eatos.”

“What do you… Wait, don’t tell me…”

“I summon Guardian Eatos! Using my newly forged Goddess Bow, I’ll attack your Dreadscythe until you can’t revive her anymore!”

As Rafael’s strongest monster had now left the field, Rafael fell to his knees. “So… So this is how it’s going to be, huh… Then I’ll summon my Guardian Grarl… and use Soul Charge… which summons all of my other monsters from the graveyard.”

“But why, Rafael? You’re no match for the Goddess Bow.”

“I just wanted my monsters to be free of the graveyard…” The Seal now glowed around Rafael, and Yami Yugi knew what would happen next. “Even if my actions cost me the rest of my life points.”

“Rafael…” Yami Yugi could feel tears in the back of his eyes as the Seal had appeared to have taken Rafael’s soul.

Yami Yugi reeled backwards a little, but before he did, Kaiba ran up and caught him. “Pharaoh…

“Kaiba… Wait, look out behind you! The Dreadscythe is coming!”

Not scared of this enemy that came out of Rafael’s deck of her own volition, Kaiba unfurled his wings, cutting the Dreadscythe to pieces. “Go back to the darkness where you belong!”

“Ah… Th-Thank you.”

“Are you okay now?” Kaiba asked when he retracted his dragon features.

Yami Yugi turned around, and with his face buried in Kaiba’s chest he cried softly, “I know I’ve won many comeback duels, but… I was so afraid that I would lose… and be apart from you forever!”

Kaiba could now feel Yami Yugi hug him even more tightly. “Pharaoh? What’s going on?”

Instead of answering his question, Yami Yugi pulled Kaiba’s head closer to him to steal a kiss.

Am I… dreaming? At first taken off guard, Kaiba bent his back and drew Yami Yugi even nearer, holding him there until Yami Yugi abruptly pulled away. His short-lived happiness now gone, he spoke softly, “Pharaoh… Quit playing with my feelings like that. I’m not a deck of cards that you can just do whatever you want with.”

Yami Yugi stood there for a time, trying to still his heart before turning back to Kaiba. “But I’m not playing with you, Kaiba! I’ve… I’ve finally realized that… I-”

“Heeeeey!” A familiar voice called out, silencing Yami Yugi’s next words. “Oh, thank goodness you’re safe! So how did the duel go?”

“T-Téa!” Flabbergasted at the appearance of Téa, Mokuba, and Tristan, Yami Yugi needed a minute before he could think of what to say. “Um… I… I won… and then the Seal of Orichalcos took Rafael’s soul.”

“I wouldn’t bet on that! Look!” Tristan pointed at the spot in which Rafael had initially disappeared, and sure enough, a conscious Rafael sat there.

“Rafael!” The three friends knelt at Rafael’s side.

“You’re the real Rafael, right?” Tristan asked. “Soul and all?”

“Yes.”

“I think I know what happened…” Yami Yugi spoke up. “The Seal feeds on the anger of others. Since you did such a noble thing, it couldn’t take your soul.”

“That’s right…” Rafael looked to the clear sky with tears of joy. “Father… Mother… My dear siblings… All of my departed family, I am now free.”

#yugioh #prideshipping #kaiba x atem #kaiba x yami yugi #ygo #fanfiction

[ohmaiwhathavewedone]

Setting Mina's phone back on the counter near Mina, whispering "I'll be right back", slipping away before the boys could noticed. Leaning up against the wall of the shop, she waited for Kaiba to arrive. To her surprise he drove up himself.

Mokuba jumped out if the Ferrari's front seat. "Hey Mai! Oh man, were we... suppose to wear pajamas?" Looking at her genuinely confused.

Rolling her eyes at the young Kaiba. "These are not pajamas. Is a girl not allowed to be comfy?" shooting him a glare.

"Whatever floats your boat!" Mokuba replied, running off inside, leaving Mai to face Seto.

Thinking about how exactly she wanted to word her apology to him for the 100th time. 'This should not be so hard. Besides he is more than likely gonna be a jerk about it anyway.' She thought to herself, collecting her thoughts now as Kaiba stood before her.

Arms crossed leaning on the car, looking unamused, giving Mai a once over then breaking the silence. "What's with the homeless look?", managing a sneer.

Taking a deep breath now. "So I've been told the line was crossed the other day. That it cut into you deep and set something off." Cocking her head slightly to the side, matching Kaiba’s agitated stare. Releasing a sigh but before he could answer a hand rise to silence him. "Well whatever the hell happened later that day also hurt Mina. That doesn't settle well with me. I am sorry, what I thought would be a harmless thing turned out to be an insecurity or whatever." Studying the other face now for any sign that he may actually be listening. "I know I can say things without thinking and even caring about the consequences. You do realize the way you carry yourself would lead one to believe you couldn't be bothered by anything."

Pausing again and hardening her expression. Sighing, she continued "Even though I am wasting my breath, at least I know I'll feel better in the end. Look Seto, I get it, we ALL have battles nobody knows about. Ones we wish would go away as if they never happened. Trust me I know. Bottling it up is going to destroy you and everything you love. For possibly the first time in your life you have people who actually care about you." Passion burning in her eyes, relaxing her body. "I'm as much of a fan as the "F" word as you but this group has grown on me. I'll say it, we are all family now" a small grin formed on her lips as he cringed at the F word. "You also now damn well there is not another soul on earth worthy of Mina." Looking at the ground now "I will be more mindful now, I guess I forgot you are a part of an internal fight club also… and I know we don't talk about it." Feeling uneasy now as painful memories flooded her mind. She just wanted to somehow get through to him so he wouldn't look right through her. To remind him that he is only human. "Next time I say something that triggers you just challenge me to a duel, think of it as our safe word, so at least I know and don't find out from an upset Mina. Speaking of her she is probably resisting the urge to make sure we aren't killing each other. So tell her whatever you want happened out here. I'm done wasting your time."

Turning away from Kaiba she could hear him let out a slight laugh. "I'll tell her everything is fine." Voice relaxed, the tone of annoyance long gone.

Mai was pleased with that, 'so he did listen.'

"I was worried you were going to give a sobby friendship speech like Tea." Poking fun at her now. Spinning around arm raised pointing at him "DON'T YOU DARE." She admired Tea and her loyalty but could not stand her speeches. Whipping herself back around storming up the stairs.

#ficin #@thefutureismina @livingherdreams #@thefutureismina #thank you for editing this disater

[fuckyeahkagepro]

more... Kagepro (theories)? + it turned into a fic somehow

( CANON-BASED THEORIES COMBINED TO BECOME FIC SOMEHOW ) ( NOTE: IT GETS LENGTHY I APOLOGIZE ) Imagine: you’re Hibiya Amamiya. A “boy” from the “countryside”, who has a “weird sounding name” which means “TO ECHO”. 

You began this story simply as “that boy” “from the countryside”. During the summer break, you made up the excuse that you were going to “study for” “summer classes” “in India” so you could go into the big city with the “girl” you “liked”, Hiyori Asahina.

Name: Amamiya Hibiya: After being told that she wants to go to summer school to prepare for the middle school entrance exams, he is half-forced into staying for a summer in the city by Hiyori, who he has (unrequited) feelings for. They visit Hiyori's sister Ayaka's home, but because Hiyori falls for a boy they meet there, Konoha, he's hit by intense feelings of jealousy. In the middle of it he gets involved in a traffic accident while shopping with Hiyori and comes into contact with the Kagerou Daze. He is possessed by the snake of the "Eye Focusing" abilities, and acquires the power to perceive objects and details that are far away from an aerial (bird's eye) view. Name: Asahina Hiyori Ayaka's younger sister, and a little girl who admires the big city. She's incredibly active and also stubborn, and was the person who dragged Hibiya to the city with her. She's popular among her classmates, but not interested in such things, and even Hibiya is only considered a "convenient classmate who listens to what she says." She is dragged into the Kagerou Daze with Hibiya, but her whereabout since are unknown.

You also had one other major goal: “BUY” “A” “PHONE” You claim to “yourself” it’s because you want to “exchange messages” with Hiyori Asahina, the girl you “love”.

In reality, there’s another reason. You just didn’t know it. BECAUSE YOU FORGOT. (Or did you?)

The date is August 15th (or was it August 14th?) when you woke up upon your bed and in your phone, right there,

WAS A VIRTUAL CYBER GIRL CALLING HERSELF “ENE”

AND CLAIMING SHE WAS REAL. (NOT-VIRTUAL.)

^ Summertime Reload.

“ PLEASE HELP US ” “ YOU CAN’T FORGET ”

“ YOU’D BETTER NOT FORGET . ”

You, with phone in hand, go out into the “big city” except, this time, YOU DO IT VOLUNTARILY. YOU SCARILY KNOW YOUR WAY AROUND THIS “BIG CITY”

--- PERFECTLY.

Not because you had the excuse of “wanting to send messages” with the girl you like.

You find out: YOU’RE CAUGHT IN AN ETERNAL TIMELOOP.

Your name is Hibiya Amamiya. If you remember everything, you still die. If you forget? You still die. If you take ONE STEP out into the “big city”. You. Die.

Hiyori Asahina does, too. Repeatedly. (Weren’t you childhood friends once? Somewhere??)

No matter how many times you possibly attempt to save her.

Along the way, you meet another boy. A “white-haired boy” with a “strange-sounding name”. A “tall” boy who “does things at his own pace”. You claim to “hate” this boy because this boy

“ JUST STOOD THERE ” “ AND WATCHED ”

-- As Hiyori Asahina died.

[ Kagerou Daze / - In a Daze - ] Later on, you meet that boy, again. He tries to befriend you, but you reject it.

You don’t want his help.

You still die. Over and over and OVER and ----------

You try to ask for (or, give?) help. First, you interact more with that “girl” “with the red muffler” ( who is trying to recruit you ... ) But, that “girl with the red muffler” -----

Something changes. Suddenly, SHE’S TRYING TO KILL YOUR FRIENDS, TOO.

You decide she’s not a good person to ask. Or help. In some timelines. Possibly.

You try to (discreetly) (or maybe you genuinely don’t remember?) (“everything”?)

(^ “The Missing Children”, Kido speaking to Shintaro re: Hibiya)

( “ I don’t even know what’s going on ... ” ) --- recruit the help of someone else. An “idol” with “Captivating Eyes”. She can draw everyone’s attention towards her. It might be useful?

You become possessed. AGAIN. You push her off of the rooftop. AGAIN You killed her. AGAIN

She was YOUR         F R I E N D .

You WAKE UP, more and more desperate. The blue cyber girl can only help so much. The red muffler girl can only help so much. The Captivating idol can only help so much.

You don’t want to ask “the white haired boy”’s help.

You go to the next best option.

“Help us.”

“You’re trapped in this, too.” “Don’t you want to [   LIVE FOREVER   ]??” “Please, stop it.” “Just help us already.”

“ What’s in it for me ? ”

“Eternal life ? ” “In the end, won’t you, in actuality, LIVE ? ”

The being contemplates.

“Hmm~ you have a point.” “ If we keep the Kagerou Daze going on ETERNALLY ----- ” “You live ,” “ I live ”

“That’s right.”

“But aren’t THEY trying to stop me, too?”

“ I’ll keep them out of the way. ”

“Hehh~~ you have guts.”

“ Fine, then. Since you can’t ask my “Queen” to REPEAT THE TIME FOR YOU ,

I will . ”

Time repeats. And repeats. And repeats. And --------

A girl awakes upon her bed.

“ I failed this time, too . ”

Your name is Hibiya Amamiya.

You began this story simply as “that boy” “from the countryside”. During the summer break, you made up the excuse that you were going to “study for” “summer classes” “in India” so you could go into the big city with the “girl” you liked, Hiyori Asahina.

You also had one other major goal: “BUY” “A” “PHONE”

“ Are you anxious ? ”

--- You encounter a “white-haired boy”

--- Do you have something you want to --- CONVEY --- To this boy??

                                                   ( “ Yes ” )

[ “ I’m sorry ” ]

[ “ I didn’t mean it when I said ” ]

[ “ I hate you ” ]

YOU NEVER SAY IT.

You keep dying .

“ Today, too, I’ll surely see my dream.

Until you encounter me again, SETO. ”

- Mary Kozakura . ... ... ...

In the seemingly blue painted sky, the white clouds stuck closely together. Although it really seemed like a lie, could it be I couldn’t admit it as the real thing?

The overwhelming sunlight scorching the asphalt shook the atmosphere to and fro. But I couldn’t feel the heat, or even smell the asphalt. “You’ve realized already, haven’t you? You can’t exist here anymore. In a world without a QUEEN, you have no worth.” “Ah, you again? I wonder what makes you think that…….” Is this a conversation? Or am I talking to myself? It’s been a surprisingly long time since I’ve come to an understanding like this. Yet if I go back, I’ll forget everything, right? I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed that I started to speak considerably slower than I used to. At a break in the row of hillside trees in front of an intersection, a girl with an empty expression walks unsteadily down the crosswalk. How many times have I seen this scene before? How many times have I let this scene pass before me? I reach out my hand. It’s just within reach. “It’s useless. This isn’t your world. This is already "their” world. If you can’t figure it out, you have no control.“ The signal is flashing, but the girl doesn’t notice. She’s already right before my eyes. I’m close enough to embrace her. But I can’t touch her. My outstretched hand slips through her, and I grasped the sky without feeling anything. "Why……. Tch!” At that moment, it was already drawing near with a deafening roar. Then, the scene before me dissolved into darkness, as if it were a video encountering an error. Looking down, my body ceased to exist. “It appears that it’s already been decided. This is the end. Becoming hopelessly lost, acting this recklessly, and yet you’re still existing here–don’t think that it’s due to your own strength.” “This is your power, isn’t it? To give me such a strong body; how nice of you.” “It’s the body you WISHED FOR, nothing more. Don’t misunderstand. Now, I’ve got to get going.” “Ah, wait, one last thing before I die. Could you tell the other me something?”

“What is it?” “ⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹ.” “……..I can’t promise it.” “Even so, it’s fine. Thanks for everything.” This is probably the end for me. Up until my very last moments, I was so gullible. Ah, if I could have one last wish granted, it would be to tell that girl who would always hit the gullible me….. - Konoha’s State of the World (Haruka’s POV), Novel 1

“’Everyone from the Mekakushi-dan, whom had accepted Konoha, were surely going through a horrible time at the moment. Thinking that it all had been brought about by Konoha… made me helpless.’

“Really, there’s nothing more frustrating. Ever since Konoha was possessed by ‘Clearing’, I became completely unable to see the other side’s situation.””

- Summertime Reload, Haruka Kokonose speaking/thinking.

“ Obviously, there was also the boundlessly callous fact that “Konoha-kun’s body would get thrown into that world”. Still, since Konoha-kun was being possessed, “ it was    not    as   if    he were      dead ”. ”

^ Kousuke Seto’s thoughts - Kagerou Project: Summer Time Reload (Final Novel / Novel 8) - Children Record -side No.3 (2)- (translated by dennou-translations)

- Summertime Reload (fuyuyuu’s summaries / later half)

“ BLUE “ and “ RED ” are the colors of the “ KAGEROU DAZE ”, [so   Hibiya   became BLUE ] and [  Hiyori  became RED ... PINK ]

- SIDU, (ONE OF THE MCA) INTERVIEWS re: their concepts

^ old Sidu fanart for wannyanpuu’s 2011 fanmade pv (“”non-canonical””)

^ very not related (official art of Clearing Eyes’ new form in COLOR) [ pls ignore the chibi style it’s all we have rn ]

^ “Mary’s Imaginary World” mini-manga (Mary speaking)

^ HIBIYA

^ Hiyori

(red: “ ??? ”) (AYANO? AYAKI? “   AWAKENING   ”? SOMEONE ELSE ?)

(YELLOW: K O N O H A ) (alternate accordingly)

(“Friend” “her” = ???” ) ( HIYORI ??? ) ( OR..... ) [ ENE SEEMS TOO EASY AND I HIGHLY SUSPECT @ JIN ] (ALSO SEE: MANGA ROUTE 2 + “FRIENDS’) (WILL GET BACK TO THAT)

^ Kagepro novels index “ - in a daze - ” (NOVEL 1)

BONUS:

#fuckyeahkagepro theories #fuckyeahkagepro posts #fuckyeahkagepro fic #fuckyeahkagepro writing #hibiya theories #kagepro: theories #kagepro: fic #hibiya fic #konohibi #hibimomo #hibihiyo #hibiya and saeru #heat haze hibiya #long post #very long post #(I'M SORRY BUT I'VE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THESE THINGS FOR AN ETERNITY CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SCREAM WITH) #(I'M SORRY IT'S LONG BUT IT MIGHT BE HARD TO READ UNDER A 'READ MORE') #(YOU CAN BLACKLIST 'FUCKYEAHKAGEPRO FIC' OR 'VERY LONG POSTS' IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IT) #(THIS ISN'T EVEN GETTING INTO RETAINING EYES THEORIES BUT SHE PROBABLY MESSES A LOT OF THINGS UP TOO) #(THERE'S SO MANY EARLY KAGEPRO THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AGAIN LIKE EVERYONE LITERALLY JUST FORGOT) #(I HAVE A LOT OF ORIGINAL!HIBIYA FEELINGS I DON'T MEAN JUST JIN'S HIBIYA OK I MEAN ORIGINAL!HIBIYA AND !! HIYORI !!! TOO) #(EVEN IF MY 'HIBIYA WORKS TOGETHER WITH CLEARING' THEORY IS WRONG YOU STILL SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO HIM) #(IT COULD ALSO ALWAYS BE 'HIBIYA OR HIYORI WORKS TOGETHER WITH AYAKI') #(GUESS I DIE) #(THIS ENTIRE THING ASIDE THERE'S A SETOMARY THEORIES SIDE TOO BASICALLY) #('IF YOU LET THEM KILL SAERU' 'YOU HAVE NO VILLAIN' 'SO HOW COULD THERE EVEN BE' 'A FUTURE EDITION') #(YOU CANT !!! HAVE KAGEROU DAZE !!! WITHOUT !!! THE 'KAGEROU DAZE' !!!!!) #(I'LL LET YOU DECIDE HOW TO SEE THESE THINGS AS OK DON'T @ ME) #(I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN INTO THE HIBIYA'S CHANGING PHONESTRAPS KEYCHAINS SUBPLOT YET)

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Mekakucity Talkers: Chapter 35

Kido and Ene gathered up in the chat. From a conversation left in the chatroom log, they start reminiscing to things from a few months back, however...?

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Mekakushi-dan Chatroom

Ene: Everyone, oissu the~re! Today, too, this hyper miraculously pretty virtual girl Ene-chan will rouse up the chatroom~!!

Kido: Aah. It’s you, Ene?

Ene: Huh, Danchou-san, isn’t there anyone but you here? You’re being a cool beauty as always, huuh. Isn’t it okay for you to at least reply with “oissu”~?

Kido: What’s that about replying with “oissu”? For starters, why did this become a thing? It’s an abominable custom.

Ene: You don’t have to be so against it... E~rm, let’s see~, it seems Master started saying this back when we started using this chatroom.

Kido: Isn’t that from over half a year ago already?

Ene: My~, thinking about it this way, we sure use this chat a lot, huh? One way or another, isn’t everyone making practical use of it~?

Kido: Indeed. I won’t deny that it’s convenient.

Ene: When the chat was opened, I’d thought that we’d soon get tired of it anyway. Unexpectedlyt, we make plans to go have fun in this chat and we’re enjoying it, huh~?!

Kido: This group has many members who prefer to be indoors, so that’s good sometimes. I didn’t have many chances to see the logs, but there are quite a few conversations left.

Ene: Someti~mes it’s interesting to look back on them huh~? Aah, but the first times were terrible. Master and Kano took those terrible photos in a meadow. They’re dangerous people.

Kano: Eh? You called?

Shintarou: Being popular is trouble. We end up in the center of any topic.

Ene: I didn’t call you. I’ve thought this every time, but you wait for the timing to come in, don’t you?

Shintarou: No one could talk in this chat if we were gone.

Kano: Exactly.

Kido: You guys are really free at all times.

Kano: Well~, but until now, a lot has happened, huh?

Shintarou: I get nostalgic seeing the logs.

Ene: No, in your case, isn’t it mostly dark history?

Kido: Shintarou, you... took obscene pictures in a meadow... did something foul in a park filled with flower-viewing attendees... ordered me to go to your toilet with toilet paper...

Ene: Uwawawah... that’s an unholy pervert.

Shintarou: Whoa there, can you quit using terms that create misunderstandings? Besides, Kano was with me when I took the obscene pictures.

Kano: Hold on, hold on; don’t talk like I’m an accomplice. I was just frolicking a bit back then...

Shintarou: Right, summer made us go crazy.

Ene: No, it wasn’t summer back then.

Shintarou: You say that but what about you? Don’t you have one or two examples of dark history?

Ene: No, no, I have left only tales of bravery! I swiftly rescued a helpless boy who was seeking salvage with this genius brain of mine.

Kido: And, with that as the trigger, Hibiya decided to live in the woods...

Ene: No, no, that was definitely not my fault, right!?

Kano: It was mainly Seto’s. It’s great that Hibiya-kun was able to safely go back to being a person.

Kido: He was close to leading life in the wild, after all...

Kano: Being able to talk to people who are far away the chat’s real thrill.

Shintarou: No, no, wait, wait. Ene is also supposed to have a magnificently dark history too.

Ene: Eeh~? Isn’t that impossible~?

Shintarou: What’s with that suggestive way of talking? Could it be that you...

Kano: I see. It’s also possible for her to manually erase the chat’s conversations.

Kido: Meaning that she erased her dark history herself, so to say...

Shintarou: That’s dirty...!

Ene: Huhuhu... I’m not stupid enough to leave behind any embarrassing convos. I’m not Master, after all.

Shintarou: Kuh...

Kido: But with this, it’s explained. Logs were vanishing in unnatural ways every sometimes because someone was deleting them manually.

Ene: Ah~, there are times every now and then that they disappear without a trace!

Kano: When we’re talking, too, there are times when I go, “Huh? Something’s off”.

Kido: Well, if you’re living, mysterious things are bound to happen.

Ene: That’s right~

Kano: Right~?

Shintarou: No, your level of adaptability is too high! Don’t “right~?” me. Be more bewildered.

Ene: No, you can’t say that to me. Because if I start digging into mysterious things, I’ll end up at, “What even is my existence in the first place?”

Kido: You’ve been too familiar with this form lately, to the point you’re serving as an AI assistant.

Ene: Kuuh~, spicy~!

Kano: Yo! Leader!

Shintarou: I’m numb~!

Kido: It was a joke.

Ene: Yeah, yeah, this! This is it!

Shintarou: What?

Ene: Danchou-san carefreely telling a joke like this is thanks to us continuously having conversations in this chat!

Kido: Indeed, the conversations have increased in comparison to a while ago...?

Shintarou: We might’ve grown used to these exchanges.

Kano: True, we’re all poor talkers. We can’t speak looking at the other party in the face, so these situations where we’re able to chat like this might be vital.

Kido: You talk non-stop on your own accord, don’t you?

Kano: I don’t mean that~

Kido: Well, I get what you want to say. The chat is useful. Like for asking Seto to get stuff that we forgot to buy when he’s clocking out of his part-time jobs.

Shintarou: That?

Ene: But thanks to this chat, it’s certain that we got to know unexpected sides of everyone, huh?!

Shintarou: You have a point. At first, I was like, “To think that I’d be in a chat with people I can go see anytime”, but when I look over the conversations left in the log, it makes me realize that memories pile up like this.

Ene: master’s wwwww sorrow wwwww

Shintarou: You bastard.

Kido: Now, Shintarou has summarized things with a gross feeling to it, shall I go start preparing dinner or something?

Kano: Do your best~

Kido: You should help out sometimes too.

Shintarou: Then, are we dismissed?

Ene: Huh? Everyone, you’re leaving already?

Kido: What? It’s rare for you to talk like you’re trying to stop us.

Shintarou: Even you have a bit of cuteness in yourself, huh?

Kano: We’ll soon come back either way to talk about silly stuff like always. This is what this chat is about, right?

Kido: No doubt.

Ene: Well~, this is a bit hard to say with such a timing, but...

Shintarou: What is it?

Ene: It seems this chatroom’s administration will end next week, y’know?

Kano: Eh?

Kido: Ha?

Shintarou: HAAH!?

#kagerou project #kagepro #mekakucity actors #mekakucity reload #ene #kido tsubomi #enomoto takane #kano shuuya #kisaragi shintarou #mekakucity talkers #kagerou daze #my translation

[real-life-pine-tree]

Leo Will Never Know: Getting Stronger (4/?)

In an alternate timeline, Yugi indirectly prevented the events of Arc-V from ever happening. But how could this small change have an impact on a few selected people? A spin-off of the Arc-V Aftermath series. Based on the hilarious comic by @justanotherotakuandartist​. Co-written with @violetganache42​.

Within a few days, Ray had regained enough strength to go on the Domino City field trip. She has been looking forward to it before falling victim to the Society of Light because she gets an opportunity to visit her father and see how he's been doing the past few years. Michael admitted that it felt weird to be heading back to their hometown for a visit, but it was also remarkable to walk in the streets of a city where some important historical dueling events took place involving his idol Yugi Muto. He never forgot those words of advice to stay true to himself and he still cherished that memory to this day.

Ray noticed Michael's happy expression. "What got you smiling?" she asked.

"Before we met, I got to talk to Yugi Muto himself," Michael said. "He encouraged me to follow my heart and stick to my beliefs. He's the reason why I'm sticking to my Dueltainment dreams."

Ray remembered him telling her his dream to be a Dueltainer and was honestly impressed to learn how much he idolizes Yugi and was the reason for his future. She then began to ponder about her own future…again. While recovering in the nurse's office, she kept thinking about her possible dream to be a fashion designer. Her simple modifications to the female jackets led her to becoming an idol around campus and open up her own uniform repair business. Earlier that same week, the non-converted students were devastated to learn about her being manipulated into joining the Society of Light and the aftermath that followed, which explained the service's sudden hiatus, but they were all relieved that she's alright and that she'll be heading back to fixing up clothes in a little while. She didn't mind her abrupt popularity, but she has come to understand their undying respect, loyalty, and admiration for her, regardless of her being fooled into "embracing the light". Her talent for sewing and modifying clothes contributed into the life she was now living and left a positive impact on the dress code, and quite frankly, she was highly content with that. She hoped that her dream will leave an influence in the fashion world when she gets older.

"Michael, if you manage to become a Dueltainer, can I design your costumes?" Ray asked.

"Really?" Michael asked in response.

Ray smiled and nodded. "During my time in Duel Academy, I have become well-known for being a fashion designer. What if that's my true future?"

Michael definitely knew how much Ray was admired for her fashion skills. It would be awesome if she does utilize them to pursue her dream to design and fix clothes. He even imagined what costumes she would make for him to wear for his Dueltaining career.

"Sure," Michael said. "Can't wait to see what costumes you have in mind for my performances."

Ray's face became happy upon hearing those words of support. It was obvious that everyone adored the clothes she made and repaired, so being a fashion designer was officially going to be her future.

Not long after the two's discussion, the Duel Academy students arrived at Domino City. Everyone scattered all over the city; most of them gave themselves tours as they went to locations where important events occurred from Battle City while Sartorius headed towards KaibaCorp to talk to Kaiba about something. As for Michael and Ray, they walked down the streets together, talking about how it felt nice to be back in their hometown. She mentioned how she knows what her dad's hours are, so she'll visit him after he's done working. As usual, knowing the couple, they always unintentionally come across Jaden with his friends; this time, they saw him at the pier with Syrus and Hassleberry, who were both arguing about Yugi's duel against a mind-controlled Joey and—not surprisingly—who is worthy of being Jaden's best friend.

"Have you noticed something is a bit off with that Hassleberry guy?" Michael asked.

"Aside from having dinosaur DNA?" Ray asked.

"Not just that," Michael clarified. "It's how he treats Jaden."

"What about it?" Ray asked.

"He seems a little more chummy towards him," Michael said. "He even calls him 'sarge'."

Ray immediately knew what Michael was talking about. "You don't think...?"

"Probably," Michael guessed. "I never saw him express an interest in girls."

Even if Hassleberry doesn't have a preference for females, Michael and Ray both agreed that he wouldn't be the right fit for Jaden. Maybe it was for the best for him to be just his friend.

Later on, as Jaden, Syrus, and Hassleberry went to Kame Game Shop, Michael walked by KaibaCorp. As he looked at the building's structure, he reflected on how this gaming company was run by someone who ruined his girlfriend's old life. He was glad that she's moving on from it and looking towards the future. Just then, he heard a growl from Odd-Eyes Dragon, almost like he was eager about something.

Michael took out the card. "What's that, Odd-Eyes?" he asked. "You're sensing someone in there?"

Odd-Eyes growled out "Yes", leading to his owner to head to the window where he was sensing not someone, but rather something. It was a Duel Monsters card, leading to Michael to read its statistics. His name was Starving Venom Fusion Dragon and he was a Level 8 DARK Dragon Monster with 2800 ATK and 2000 DEF, requiring 2 DARK monsters—except Tokens—as Fusion Materials. On the turn he was Fusion Summoned, he can gain ATK equal to a special summoned monster the opponent controls until the End Phase. He can also target a Level 5 or higher opposing monster and obtain its name and effects, but it can only be done once per turn. If he was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, his owner can destroy all special summoned monsters the opponent controls.

"Wow!" Michael exclaimed, impressed. "I never saw a card like that before!"

He heard Odd-Eyes enthusiastically roar, as if he may have found a new dragon to include in his owner's deck. Michael wasn't sure if it was for sale or available in stores, but he did hear him call out to him.

"What do you think you're doing?"

Michael turned his head to see where the voice came from and it was none other than Seto Kaiba himself, the same person who was not only Yugi's self-proclaimed rival, but also ruined Leo and Ray's lives. The Obelisk Blue student couldn't believe he was actually meeting him…at first.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Kaiba, sir!" Michael exclaimed. "But it felt like that card was calling out to me and-"

"Say no more," Kaiba interrupted. "I want you to come with me."

Come with him? Was there something important going on? Does it involve the Society of Light? Regardless, Michael listened to what Kaiba instructed and followed him.

"A few years ago, I never believed in fate," Kaiba said. "But then certain events occurred that made me realize things happen for a reason and it's not random."

"What are you saying?" Michael asked.

"I'm saying that if you really think that card called out to you, you can have it," Kaiba answered.

Michael was left stupefied but excited at the same time and thanked Kaiba for the offer. He was finally going to get a second dragon in his deck and Odd-Eyes his first dragon friend. "Wow, thanks!" he happily said. "I was actually trying to find another dragon!"

"Don't get too excited," Kaiba informed. "I'm only doing this because Sartorius told me about what happened to your girlfriend. I'm aware that it's my fault she ended up siding with him, but I had to make sure Solid Vision wouldn't cause the holograms to become self-aware. Leo Corporation going bankrupt wasn't my fault. People just happened to become fast fans of Duel Disks."

It was starting to become clear for Michael about why Leo and Ray ended up going broke. It was partially Kaiba's fault, but the general public was to blame for it. The CEO explained that he had to tell him because he feared she wouldn't believe him.

"You do have a good point," Michael said. "Ray has a tendency to be stubborn."

"So think of this card as my way of apologizing to the Akabas," Kaiba said. "After all, if you two are thinking about freeing the other students from the Society of Light, you're going to need a lot more powerful cards."

Michael immediately knew that Kaiba sensed something fishy was going on with Sartorius and the Society of Light after he spoke to the Arcana Force user. He was then informed about how security was keeping an eye on things at Kaiba Land after the CEO gave Sartorius permission to use the theme park.

"By the way, he also mentioned something about missing a card," Kaiba added. "He didn't seem to mind, but do you know anything about that?"

Michael remembered seeing the card a few days earlier when he was looking for Ray. He still had it with him and took it out from his deck. He explained that Arcana Force VI - The Lovers was originally supposed to be used to describe the couple's future together. It was unknowingly dropped and Sartorius used a different card to lure her into the Society of Light and mentally abuse her into becoming "the perfect Duelist".

"Then perhaps you can give that card to her," Kaiba suggested. "Ray might put it to good use."

"You think so?" Michael asked.

"Seems fitting since you're getting a new card," Kaiba explained. "Just don't waste this new power."

After staring at the Arcana card, Michael thanked Kaiba for the assistance. The two walked over to the display case and the latter unlocked it before handing Starving Venom over to the former and reminding him to take care of it. He said that he will and then exited the glass doors, leaving KaibaCorp.

The onion-haired teen ran through the streets to find his girlfriend and saw her near the city center. He then told her what Kaiba said about how the public's vast support of the Duel Disks was what caused Leo Corporation's downfall; she then face-palmed out of realization because she was so stupid to blame someone for her and Leo's poverty. She was reassured of how she had every right to be upset and was reminded on how Action Duels were rejected because Solid Vision with mass could make the monsters sentient and lead to global doomsday, making it Kaiba's fault for his decision, not the bankruptcy. She softly smiled after hearing this, making it a sign that her grudge against the CEO has lightened or maybe even faded away.

Michael then gave Ray a monster card. She asked what it was and he explained that they were given these two powerful cards to help them in their fight against the Society of Light.

"Wait a minute..." Ray said. "This is Sartorius' card!"

"Not anymore," Michael explained. "This was what he initially drew when he apparently read your fortune, but he must have lied in order to get you to join him."

Ray read the given information of Arcana Force VI - The Lovers. It was a Level 4 LIGHT Fairy-Type monster with 1600 ATK and DEF. When it is summoned, she must toss a coin to activate one of its two effects; if it lands on heads, she can treat it as 2 tributes for tribute summoning an Arcana Force monster, but if it's tails, then she can't tribute summon Arcana Force monsters. The effects seemed meaningless to her because she doesn't have that archetype, but Michael interpreted this card as a symbol for what her future was supposed to be: a bright and happy marriage with him.

"You really think so?" Ray asked.

"Of course," Michael answered. "You might have had a rough past, but it looks like fate wants us to be together."

Ray looked at the card again. "This could actually work," she realized. "Hope Dragon Flower's secondary ability allows me to special summon a LIGHT Fairy-Type monster from my deck or hand."

She may have found a new strategy she can use with the dropped card. She also pointed out on the card Michael was holding in his hand and he said Kaiba let him have Starving Venom Fusion Dragon because he felt a connection between them. As a bonus, this also made him Odd-Eyes' first dragon friend.

"Are you sure?" Ray asked.

"Of course," Michael answered. "I can hear him as well. He really likes being in my deck."

If that was the case, then Ray was proud of Michael gaining a new dragon partner. Now their next task was to find useful and powerful cards to battle against the Society of Light, so their best bet was to check out the card and game shops around town. Although they weren't able to assist Jaden and Aster due to their card search, it still didn't change the fact their mission to defeat Sartorius and free the students from his influence was necessary.

Not long after the Domino City field trip, the Genex Tournament was beginning shortly because Chancellor Sheppard was returning to announce it. During his absence, he has been giving various and professional Duelists one Genex Medallion to participate. Shortly after the tournament began, Dr. Crowler had called Michael and Ray into his office to speak with them about something important.

"Thank you for coming," Dr. Crowler said. "I wish for you to handle the professional Duelists who are participating in this tournament."

The two Obelisk Blue students were surprised by this request. "How come?" Michael asked.

"Because they are giving the more inexperienced students a hard time," Dr. Crowler explained. "I feel that it is an unfair disadvantage. I have already asked Damon and Belowski for their help and, as the two best Obelisk Blue students in your class, I wish for you to do the same."

"Thank you, Dr. Crowler," Ray said. "We won't let you down."

The best part is they can try out their new strategies now that they got Starving Venom, The Lovers, and some new cards they bought back at Domino. They were both given the last two Genex Medallions to let people know they're participating: one for Michael and one for Ray. They left the office and went outside to the island to start dueling the professionals. Some of them like Mathmatica and Maitre'D make the students afraid because they wish not to duel them due to how strong they are with their skills, but the couple won't back down from a challenge, even if they are from pro Duelists.

"Well if it isn't the rumored Obelisk students of Duel Academy."

The two students turned around to see a figure standing behind them. They recognized the red suit and the light blue and black striped mask anywhere. It was the legendary and infamous Arkana, who was one of Marik's Rare Hunters hired to defeat Yugi during Battle City and tricked into reuniting with his beloved Catherine. Since that day many years ago, he never forgave his former master for deceiving him like that, but he still has his Dark Magician and is no longer a cheater.

Michael stepped forward. "You're the illusionist Arkana," he said.

"Correct," Arkana said. "The one true Dark Magician user."

Michael smirked at that. "As if," he said. "That title goes to Yugi Muto."

"How would you know?" Arkana asked.

"Do you really think you're the only one who likes magicians?" Michael asked, revealing the magician cards in his deck. "I bet my lovely magicians can beat yours."

"You dare challenge me?" Arkana asked.

"Sure, I could kill some time," Michael answered.

The two activated their Duel Disks to initiate the duel and to see if Arkana's Dark Magician can handle Michael's Magicians and Sorcerers, especially the surprise he has in store for his opponent. While that is going on, Ray wished her boyfriend good luck before heading off to find another pro Duelist to duel against.

"Well what do we have here?"

Ray stopped waking to see the person standing in front of her. It was Rex Raptor and his brown hair with purple-dyed strands on his forehead were a clear giveaway. Ray has heard a lot about him since she was a kid and she knows that he has high dueling morals and plays fair despite his arrogant and tyrannical personality.

"So you're the one with the Hope Dragons," Rex commented.

"Indeed," Ray happily replied. "You want to see them in action?"

"Whaddya think?" Rex asked as he readied his Duel Disk. "I love a good challenge, but don't get too cocky. My dinos have gotten stronger over the past few years."

Naturally, he was one to talk because he was cocky. Ray also prepared her Duel Disk as well as she was about to start Crowler's assignment of dueling the professionals along with Michael. If she was going to be honest, she didn't expect legendary Duelists like Rex and Arkana to show up on the island, but it makes the tournament more fun to take part in.

So far, the couple have been fairing really well as they gained more Genex Medallions by defeating many pro Duelists. They spotted Damon and Belowski, who were both exhausted after dueling for a while, so they picked up the pace and dueled more professionals, including those that were defeated by their classmates and Alexis (since she still showed respect and pride for her Obelisk Blue companions). While they continued to search for any more pro Duelists on the island, they spotted a duel was going on and ran to where Jaden, Aster, and Hassleberry were standing. From what they saw, it was a battle between brothers with Syrus going against Zane, who looked and acted much differently than he normally did.

"Weird..." Michael said. "Was Zane always that cold?"

"Probably," Ray answered. "But Syrus seems...off."

Well, they weren't exactly off. Jaden and Aster overheard their curiosity and filled them in on what was happening. After his defeat at the Pro League, Zane soon became sadistic and disrespectful towards his opponents after his duel with Mad Dog. Syrus doesn't like his brother's new personality, so he decided to duel him to try and reclaim the latter's old persona. He was also "off" because of the shock-amplifying devices they were wearing, which electrocutes the Duelist whenever they lose Life Points; Zane was used to the shocks, but Syrus wasn't. He was using a continuous Trap called Life Force where he can reduce the Battle Damage to 0 at the cost of 400 LP.

Ray was absolutely horrified, her hand immediately reaching up to her neck. Despite her recovery, she could still feel the shocks she received during her time in the Society of Light. Why would Zane do such a thing?

Michael instinctively place his hands on Ray's shoulders to calm her down while reassuring her that it was going to be okay. Jaden and Hassleberry recalled hearing the story of the mental abuse Sartorius gave her while she was regaining her strength.

"Sarge and I heard about what happened," Hassleberry said. "Didn't even known that was goin’ on."

"None of us knew," Michael pointed out. "Sartorius imprisoned her in a room and prevented her from escaping."

"You feelin' alright, Ray?" Jaden asked.

"It still scares me from time to time," Ray answered. "But I think I managed to make a full recovery."

"That's the spirit!" Jaden encouraged, doing his signature pose to get Ray to smile.

Ray always saw Jaden's pose whenever he won a duel against someone up to where she can instantly spot it, even at a far distance. It undoubtedly helped her relax and crack a smile on her face. "Thanks Jaden," she said, knowing how he could still remain so calm and happy during dramatic moments.

The Slifer Red student pointed out that he'll do anything for a friend, a fellow classmate, or a student regardless of rankings. The five Duelists watched from the sidelines as the Truesdales' duel progressed. At one point, Syrus fell onto his knees after getting shocked and draining his LP down to 1600 due to Life Force, with his glasses falling off as well. It was nearly impossible for him to respect his older brother when he's like this, but Zane harshly claimed that there's only enough room for respecting victory, even if it means disrespecting his opponents. Hearing this cruel irony shocked Michael, Ray, Aster, and Hassleberry, but not Jaden.

"Syrus, no!" Jaden exclaimed. "It's not true! Don't listen to him! He's wrong, fight it! And don't forget: Zane isn't himself! You need to remind him about respect! Respect for his cards, respect for his opponent, and respect for himself!"

Syrus stood up and put his glasses back on face before drawing a card, which was revealed to be Power Bond. He wasn't expecting to find it in his deck and looked at Jaden until he realized that his friend went to his dorm room to look for it and shuffled it with the rest of his cards. Michael had to muffle a laugh when that was revealed.

Ray asked what was so funny until she spotted Power Bond and Syrus' comprehended expression. She could've sworn he was afraid of using that card yet the look on Jaden's face said that now was a good time to use it and to help remind Zane about respect.

As Cycroid and the Equip Spell Training Wheels returned to the field, the Vehicroid user used Power Bond to Fusion Summon Pair Cycroid with its ATK doubled to 3200, but was decreased down to 2700 by activating its effect to remove 500 ATK in order to declare a direct attack. Zane activates Power Wall and sent 27 cards to the Graveyard to nullify the attack, resulting in his younger brother to play a face-down. Power Bond's final effect would cause Syrus to take damage equal to Pair Cycroid's original 1600 ATK, but thanks to his face-down Mirror Guard, that damage is redirected to Zane, who activated Fusion Guard to cancel the effect by sending one Fusion monster to the Graveyard.

Once the Cyberdark user drew a card to start his turn, he used Warp Bean to reduce Cyberdarks Horn and Keel from 2800 to 800 ATK by sending Infernal and Exploder Dragons to the Graveyard and removed 200 more ATK on both monsters to attack his opponent directly. Life Force was activated twice, bringing Syrus' LP down to 800, and he used it a third time after Cyberdark Edge attacked directly through halving the Battle Damage, lowering it down to 400. Zane activated his face-down Rebirth Judgement to declare all monsters in both Graveyards as Dragon Type; he then used Instant Fusion to Fusion Summon Cyberdark Dragon by using Horn, Edge, and Keel as Fusion Materials. By using Cyber End Dragon's first effect to equip itself onto the special summoned monster, the ATK ricocheted from 1000 to 5000, and because there were 38 cards in his Graveyard, Cyberdark Dragon's third effect gives it an ATK for every discarded card x 100, making its total ATK 8800.

Zane targeted Pair Cycroid, but Syrus played Emergency Provisions to give himself an extra 1000 LP by discarding Mirror Guard and activated Life Force again to reduce the damage to 0 by costing 400 LP, bringing it down to 1000. He thought he won because that meant there were no cards left for his older brother to draw, but in an unexpected twist, De-Fusion was used and Cyberdarks Horn, Edge, and Keel were on the fields with 800 ATK each. They all dealt a direct attack to deal 2400 damage to him, causing the devices to electrocute him once more as his LP dropped down to 0 and he collapsed onto the ground as a result. Aster was left speechless at the duel's outcome while Michael and Ray were terrified; Hassleberry shouted out to Zane as he walked away while Jaden ran towards Syrus to see if he was okay, only to see his friend pass out. It was clear he needed to be taken to Nurse Fontaine's office right now.

"I don't know what's worse," Michael said as Ray was panicking due to the duel still reminding her of Sartorius' abuse. "The Society of Light or a deranged version of Zane."

Already knowing Ray was in a state of panic, Michael hugged her as much as she could to help regain her senses. Just witnessing the duel led her to become so terrified that she stated she might not be feeling well. This was a sign of her suffering from PTSD, and the shock-amplifying devices sending electricity to the Duelists were the triggers.

Michael started stroking his girlfriend's hair. "I see you hiding all alone," he started singing. "Crying oh so softly. Eyes looking down, feeling low." He started speaking normally. "Come on, RayRay. You love this song."

The song he was singing was the song "99%" by BOWL. He wanted to sing this to remind that despite the struggles she's been suffering, there will always be someone to help her through life's hardships.

"Rethinking all those memories," Michael continued singing, now having to separate from the hug to try to get her to dance with him. "Sadness comes across you and casts a frown. But things are more than they seem."

A small smile started to appear on Ray's face. "When darkness turns to daybreak," Michael sang. "Go out and seek for your sake. The people of this world may share with you your pain. But when a wall surrounds them, discourages and drowns them, they get up. So why don't you do the same?" As he sang that last part, the onion-haired teen booped his girlfriend's nose.

There was no point in resisting as Ray gave in and started dancing to the song. Michael may be dorky sometimes, but she was glad that he was her dork and she didn't want anything about that to change.

Ultimately Michael stopped singing and the two embraced in a sweet hug. "Thanks, you big dork," Ray said.

"Don't mention it, sweet princess," Michael replied.

For the rest of the school year, they continued participating in the Genex Tournament. They eventually lost all their Genex Medallions to non-Society students, but that moment meant they were now officially ready to take on the Society of Light. They joined Chazz—who wanted to make amends for his actions during his time at said organization—and a group of Obelisk Blue students as they freed most of them from the Society's grip while the dark-haired teen now possessed their Medallions. Ray felt this was an interesting way to take out her grudge against Sartorius, who was now under complete control by the Light of Destruction and dueling Jaden with the fate of the world at stake.

Just as Chazz was getting ready to declare himself the winner of the tournament, a disguised Blair Flannigan showed up who wanted to win this tournament and get into Slifer Red. Even though she soon lost and her opponent was officially the Genex Tournament Champion, she was still able to be accepted into Duel Academy as a Slifer Red student. It was also good timing too because Jaden defeated the Light of Destruction, freeing Sartorius from its control and disbanding the Society of Light for good.

#Arc V Aftermath #yugioh arc v #Zarc (arc v) #Ray Akaba #GenesisShipping #ZarcRay #Leo Will Never Know

[musicprincess655]

“Recognize: Blue Beetle, B22. Recognize: Impulse, B23.”

Haruichi let out a sigh of relief. Bart and Jaime had left the Cave hours ago, claiming a need for some fresh air. While he couldn’t blame them, Haruichi also couldn’t leave, not when he had to be on top of so many different things.

But when they hadn’t returned when he’d expected them, he’d started to worry. Not even Ryou assuring him they were fine had calmed him.

“Left them in the dust!” Bart was saying, laughing triumphantly.

“Left who in the dust?” Haruichi asked. “And what do you have?”

Bart held up some kind of device, grinning.

“Souvenir!” he said proudly.

“Souvenirs are kind of Kid Flash’s thing,” Jaime said, before he seemed to realize what he’d said. Haruichi kept his face impassive, but he knew his lip was jutting out in a pout. He missed Kuramochi.

“What happened?” Ryou asked, voice just a little too silky to be trusted.

“Aqualad attacked us with Icicle Junior, the Terror Twins, and a ninja girl I didn’t recognize,” Jaime explained. “Blonde hair, dressed in all black, kicked enough ass to put this guy on his ass.”

“Hey!”

“She got you down twice, ese,” Jaime continued. “Your whole thing is supposed to be avoiding traps with speed.”

“She was good!” Bart protested.

“Focus,” Haruichi tried to bring them back in. Jaime and Bart were both American, and both could be a lot on their own, which meant they were even more to handle together. “What is that thing?”

“They were using it to track Jaime,” Bart explained, still looking completely pleased with himself. “Not anymore, though!”

And that. That right there was why speedsters weren’t supposed to be out on their own. They tended to make impulsive decisions without thinking things through. It was why Ryou had assigned himself as Kuramochi’s partner so early on, although not why he’d kept the designation. Haruichi made a mental note that Jaime no longer counted as supervision for Bart.

“So you brought foreign, alien tech into the Cave?” Ryou asked before Haruichi could, voice no longer silky but hard as steel. “Give it here.”

Wakana and An both could’ve done a better job of analyzing the device, but he also didn’t want to wait to call either of them in to check out whatever Jaime and Bart had dragged back. Wakana would be deep into her work in Gotham, and knowing An, she was probably in the lab. The Cave could check the device for threats well enough for now.

Ryou had only just put it up for analysis when an alarm went off, and Haruichi realized their mistake.

“Get ready!” he shouted, but not before something crashed into his back, sending him sprawling. Haruichi sat up to see Furuya hunched in on himself, eyes squeezed shut in pain.

Pain?

Furuya was nearly indestructible. Most hits didn’t even scratch him. There was precious little that could hurt him. That is, as long as he had all his powers intact.

The inhibitor collar around his neck could take all of that away.

Haruichi pulled out his bo staff, extending it to full length and standing protectively over Furuya. This wasn’t ideal, but he could do it. He could defend his teammate.

He barely jerked the staff up in time to block a flying kick. Whoever had kicked him swept his legs out from under him, and it wasn’t until a collar was settled around his neck that he got a good look at his attacker.

It was the new mysterious ninja girl, looking triumphant.

“This doesn’t work on me,” he said, just a touch smug. “No superpowers to begin with.”

He kicked his legs up, just long enough to wrap around her neck and twist her off him. Haruichi sprang to his feet, trying to see how Ryou, Bart, and Jaime were fairing, when a jolt of electricity brought him to his knees.

“That’s not all the collars are for,” the ninja girl said, smirk obvious in her voice.

“Enough! Stand down!”

Haruichi recognized that voice, and wished he didn’t. Seto was here too, and obviously in charge.

“Traitor!” Jaime accused, pointing both laser guns at him. He was the only one still without an inhibitor collar on. Ryou crouched nearby, looking murderous.

“Stand down, Beetle,” Seto said, sounding almost bored.

“How about no?”

“This is a bomb,” Seto said, shrugging. He opened the duffle bag he was holding, revealing a bomb bigger than his torso. “And this is a dead man’s switch.” He held up his hand. “You’re familiar with the concept? My finger comes off this trigger, for any reason, and this bomb goes off. Mount Justice gets blown to dust.”

Haruichi glared, furious and frustrated. In a fair fight, Jaime could win. He was older and more experienced. But not with a bomb in the mix.

Furuya made a small sound, drawing Haruichi’s attention. Without thinking, Haruichi reached out, resting a hand on Furuya’s shoulder, trying to reassure him. Trying to reassure himself.

Slowly, ever so slowly, Jaime descended from where he’d flown, laser guns disappearing. He held his hands up, face twisted in anger. One of the Terror Twins clapped an inhibitor collar around his neck.

“Wise choice,” Seto said. “Everyone, take samples from Blue Beetle and Impulse.”

“What about these three?” Ninja girl asked.

“Leave them, Diana,” Seto told her. “As Robin already said, he has no powers, and neither does his brother. Superboy is a human-Kryptonian hybrid. Neither of those is of any interest to our partner.”

“I’ll make you regret this, Aqualad.” Ryou pulled himself to his feet, staring Seto down. Haruichi leaned even further over Furuya. If he knew that look on Ryou’s face, everything was about to go to shit, and Haruichi could only get to one of his teammates right this second.

Seto stalked closer to Ryou, standing taller than Ryou and looking down his nose. Without any warning, he drove his fist into Ryou’s stomach.

“Hey!” Haruichi protested as Ryou doubled over, coughing.

“I think I’ve outgrown the name ‘Aqualad’,” Seto sneered as he walked away, Diana in his wake. “As well as anything resembling regret. The bomb is your souvenir. Treasure it fondly or don’t, it makes no difference to me. Just remember that the dead man’s switch has a five mile range. I wouldn’t pursue, but then, I guess it’s your call.”

Haruichi watched in helpless frustration as needles were shoved into his teammates necks. Furuya tried to stand, but Haruichi held him back. With the inhibitor collar, he wouldn’t have his powers, and experience dictated that it made him less than useless. He’d grown too used to being indestructible, and he threw himself at enemies whether he was actually indestructible or not.

“Move,” Ryou said, arms still wrapped around his stomach in pain.

Haruichi stared curiously. Even if there had been no getting out of taking that punch, Ryou knew how to take a hit without getting hurt. Had he really believed Seto wouldn’t actually hurt him? But that didn’t make sense, either. Ryou believed the worst of people, and he always had.

“What?” Furuya asked.

“Move, now,” Ryou growled. “We don’t wanna be here when that bomb goes off.”

“But he said the dead man’s switch had a five mile range,” Furuya said, eyebrows scrunching in. “He left.”

“And you believed him?” Ryou asked, snorting derisively. Haruichi narrowed his eyes. If Ryou knew how to evade punches, and Ryou definitely didn’t believe Seto wouldn’t hurt him...he’d let Seto hit him at full strength on purpose.

Why?

Or...was he actually in pain? He wasn’t hunched. He just hadn’t moved his hands from his stomach.

“Robin, we need to go!” Ryou shouted. Haruichi shook his head. Ryou was definitely right about one thing. The bomb was probably going off, and he didn’t want to be here when it did.

Haruichi hit the alarm on his way out, syncing up the Cave’s intercom with his comm.

“Everybody get out!” he called. “We have a bomb. Get to the nearest evacuation point.”

There weren’t many people in the Cave tonight, everyone out taking care of all the problems they were trying to fix. Haruichi never thought he’d see the bright side to the Justice League leaving them all in the lurch.

He’d just felt the first kiss of fresh air on his cheeks when the explosion sounded behind him. It threw him forward, sending him reeling hard onto his hands and knees, but he was alive.

He’d made it out in time.

A hand descended on his shoulder, and Haruichi didn’t even bother trying to fight. He just scrambled away, trying not to scream. He couldn’t, not now, he couldn’t defend himself now.

But it was only Nori, holding up his hands and backing away. His mouth moved, but Haruichi couldn’t track the words. His ears were ringing too hard.

Nori tried again, reaching out, and this time, Haruichi let him.

“Are you okay?” Nori asked. Haruichi nodded mutely. “I saw the explosion from town. What happened?”

Haruichi felt like crying.

I trusted the wrong person, and now my team is homeless.

Haruichi could return to the manor. He did it all the time. But Furuya, Okumura, Chris...plenty of his teammates didn’t have other homes to go to.

He’d promised them a place they could be safe, and he’d failed.

“Nightwing, Superboy!” Nori seemed to have realized that he wasn’t going to get an answer out of Haruichi, so instead, he’d turned to Ryou and Furuya. “Are you both okay?”

“I’m fine,” Ryou said. “I got Superboy out of that inhibitor collar, so if he’s not fine now, he will be soon.”

“I got Bart,” Jaime said, hauling himself to his feet. “Turns out the scarab could deactivate the collar the whole time. It conveniently forgot to mention that.”

“We need to get you all out of the open,” Nori said. “Somewhere safe, somewhere defensible.”

“The Hall of Justice has some openings, I hear.” Haruichi didn’t know how Ryou could even joke about that.

Nori turned back to Haruichi, helping him to his feet, but Haruichi moved away immediately. He could walk on his own.

It wasn’t until they got to the Hall of Justice, tucked away in the section reserved for living quarters, finally safe in the only way they could be right now, that Haruichi put together all the pieces that had been bothering him about Ryou.

His brother had found himself a vantage point where he could watch all the video feeds monitoring the entrances. Haruichi just hoped that Furuya wasn’t listening, or if he was, he wouldn’t understand.

“What did Seto give you?” Haruichi demanded. His voice was pitched low, almost calm, but Haruichi felt anything but.

“What do you-?”

“Don’t.” Haruichi took a deep breath. “Maybe the Cave was just a place to you. Maybe it was worth sacrificing to you. But it wasn’t to me. So I want to know if what you got out of it was worth losing a home.”

Ryou had the decency to look guilty.

“I can’t tell you yet,” he said. Haruichi felt his mouth twist into a snarl. “It’s not because I don’t trust you. I just can’t, yet. Believe me, I will soon.”

Haruichi squeezed his hands into fists. If this was some kind of backwards protective thing, he was going to find a way to kick Ryou’s ass. Everyone in his family tried to protect him. His mother had focused so hard on self-defense in her training that he couldn’t help but panic when he got stuck in a real fight. Even Sanada tried to keep the worst of his villains away.

But Haruichi was a hero too.

“I want an honest answer from you, then,” Haruichi said. “Whatever you and Seto are doing...are you sure he’s really on your side?”

“This is Seto we’re talking about,” Ryou said softly. Haruichi felt a thrill of victory. Ryou would admit this much. But it was overshadowed by his sudden fear.

“I know that,” he said. “But he went through a lot. He lost Aquagirl and found out his father is Black Manta in a few months. Isn’t it possible that he’s really a traitor? A triple agent?”

Ryou looked down at his hands.

“He took samples from us,” Haruichi continued. “Members of my team. My friends. And he destroyed the Cave. We could have died.”

“Had to make it look good, right?”

“I’m just saying.” Haruichi sighed. “A lot of my teammates lived in the Cave. The Hall of Justice can hold them for now, but they’re homeless.”

“We can rebuild the Cave when this is all over.” It was an olive branch, but not one Haruichi felt particularly inclined to take.

“No it can’t,” he said. “It was supposed to be the one place we were safe. Now we know it can be taken away from us. So whatever you sacrificed it for, you better make that worth it.”

“Haruichi.” Haruichi started. Ryou had never called him by name when they were in masks. “I’m trying to do the right thing. Believe that.”

“I have to,” Haruichi said. “Otherwise, what’s the point?”

Haruichi went to find the members of his team. He could at least try to get them settled in. It looked like for the foreseeable future, this was home. Whatever Ryou was trying to do, it would have to wait.

For now, they just had to lay low and recover, and pray nothing else was coming for them.  

#kuraryou #miyusawa #daiya no a #dna #my writing #dc!au #inv

[xoxo--me]

April Fool’s Post

I kind of forgot to post the April Fool’s chapter on Tumblr once I deleted it from A03. If anyone is unfamiliar, I basically just wrote the Reader into YuGiOh: the Abridged Series.These are just some vignettes/scenes. 

Your eyes slowly fluttered open and you mumbled thanks to Téa for waking you up before class. You sat up and quickly used your sleeve to rub your mouth before anyone else saw the drool.

What a weird dream…

Looking around the classroom, you made sure that everything was as it should be. Yugi and Joey were playing Duel Monsters (and since it did not have any cool holograms, the game did not really matter to you), Tristan and Téa have gathered around, watching.

That weird white-haired kid was somewhere in the corner, or whatever. He was like some mentor in your dream.

Kaiba was reading a book.

Kaiba…

You furrowed your brows and studied him for a moment. Kaiba was obviously one of them forever alone types and you could not imagine him ever being remotely romantic.

But he did have lots of money. And that meant something to you.

Formulating a plan, you nodded to yourself. You were going to marry the sonnavabitch and have his fortune. Yes.

But other than your lifelong ambition, there was nothing really out of place. You were still a Japanese teenager with a Western name and inappropriate accent to contract with Joey’s equally inappropriate Brooklyn accent. Téa still sounded like a guy who was desperately trying to sound like a girl. And Tristan…

Tristan was still Tristan.

Perfectly normal.

You were pulled from your thoughts at Yugi addressing you.

“Are you even listening?” he asked. “Are you going to come and see the super special awesome chocolatey fudge-coated sugar-sprinkled mega ultra rare super card with us after school?”

The economy revolved around card games, so it sounded like a good adventure. But there was one problem.

“Don’t we have cram school?” you asked.

“Cram...school?” Joey asked, blinking in confusion.

“Cram school,” you repeated and looked at your friend’s confused expressions. “Are none of you guys looking to go to college?”

“Isn’t that adorable?” Yugi asked Tristan and Joey. “A woman, trying to learn.”

“Speaking of which,” Joey continued, “how is it that we’re friends again?”

It seemed as if everyone turned their heads to Joey at that exact moment in bewilderment

You never felt more offended in your entire life.

“You don’t remember?” you questioned. “We’ve been friends for years! I’m like the contrast to Téa especially because I’m voiced by a female. While Téa will constantly be called useless and universally hated by the fans for being a good friend, she will be labeled as a dirty whore for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Meanwhile, I’ll be the beloved female character who tries constantly to get into Kaiba’s pants and steal his fortune, but no one will think anything of it. Not only that, but I complete the Five-Man Band trope.”

As you continued, you pointed to each member of your group, announcing their roles. “Yugi’s obviously the leader. You, Joey, are the Lancer. Tristan is the Big Guy. I’m the Smart One, and Téa is the Chick. Duh”

“I do say, that is an interesting assessment, but what about me?” the white-haired guy with a British accent asked.

“Um...Who are you?” Yugi frowned.

“I’m Bakura. We’ve also been friends for years,” he insisted.

“Never heard of you,” Yugi waved a dismissive hand and turned back to his friends with a dramatic eye roll.

“Bye, future husband!” you called to Kaiba’s retreating back. He paused for a moment, looked back at you with a horrified expression before he began to walk faster towards the exit.

“That Kaiba kid needs to get laid,” Grandpa declared.

“Big time,” Tristan agreed.

Well geez, it was not as if you were not trying! This was your first day. Kaiba would come around…

Instead of being overly concerned that your two friends had just jumped overboard, you were more concerned with what you were missing on the Paint Drying Channel.

You were just going to remain huddled in the corner as a stowaway. After all, your hair was not even remotely crazy enough to be on this ship.

“I wonder if Tristan was really right about the sun coming up in a few hours…” you mused.

You were so pissed off at Joey right now. You thought you had been friends, but when he shoved you aside and challenged your future husband to a children’s card game instead of you in order to protect your honor…

Well!  

“Kick his ass, babe!” you called out.

Joey gave you a thumbs up. You folded your arms like the petulant teenage girl you were. “Not you, him! Go Kaiba-babe~! <3”

Kaiba just ignored you.

That was fine, he could pretend you did not exist. You were in it for the long con.

Besides, you were going to raid the shit out of that helicopter once he left. That way, you could learn about him and trick him into liking you!

Or maybe you could ask Joey for driving lessons. If he could teach you how to drive, he could certainly teach you how to pilot a helicopter. After all, he totally owed you for stealing the spot as Kaiba’s most hated person.

Douche.

“Kaiba, wait!” you called out, running towards him dramatically. Looking at you, he seemed ready to just jump so he would not have to deal with your shit.

You decided not to risk it.

“Before Yugi kicks your ass again, could you do one thing?” you asked.

Kaiba closed his eyes before exhaling deeply. “What do you want?”

“Sign this,” you were not sure where you got it, but you were glad you had this. Just in case.  

He snatched the paper from you and could not help but widen his eyes in surprise before he glared down at you. “A marriage form”

“Yes,” you confirmed. “If you’re going to kill yourself. Why not leave your fortune to someone who matters?”

Kaiba tossed the form over his shoulder and into the ocean.

"You shoulda just pushed him in the ocean," Joey said once you dejectedly rejoined your friends. "'Den your character might have been useful for once."

"Kaiba must die!" the Pharaoh proclaimed and the duel continued.

“What are you doing here, Mai?” Yugi asked once they found a familiar face in the virtual world one Seto Kaiba was being held in.

“I’ve been beta-testing this game for KaibaCorp?”

You only saw red and lunged at the harpie. Luckily for you, 4kids censored how badly

you got your ass handed to you.

Mokuba nearly darted for Kaiba the second he found him. Before the kid could get away (and get himself in trouble,) you grabbed a hold of his shoulder.

You were not going to have anyone unchain Kaiba. Not when he was so...vulnerable.

“Hold on a second,” you said to Mokuba. “This is obviously a trap. Let me handle this.”

As you approached, Kaiba turned his head away from you and refused to look at you. That was fine. You could play this game.

“Hey there,” you greeted in your best sultry voice. You put your hand under Kaiba’s chin, but he stubbornly fought against your attempt to force him to look at your sexy leather outfit. You even had a whip.

Undisturbed, you ran your finger down his jawline. “You realize that there is only one way you’re getting out of this, right?”

“Are we really just going to watch while she molests Kaiba?” Mai asked.

“Someone’s gotta do it. Might as well be the crazy bitch in leather,” Yugi answered.

“Um...You guys,” Mokuba tried but only was told to shut up in unison by everyone in the room. Including the Witty Phantom.

“We should probably do something about him, huh?” Joey asked while cracking his knuckles.

“If anyone asks, I never screamed and agreed to marry anyone,” Kaiba warned as soon as the virtual pods opened.

“I freakin’ hate filler arcs,” you muttered. “Nothing is ever canon.”

“Shouldn’t we be concerned about altitude sickness? Or like, hypoxia?” you asked the moment you stepped out of the elevator to the dueling field.

“Never question mein Führer!” one of the offensive stereotype bodyguards quipped.

“I’m too rich to be concerned about the lives of commoners,” Kaiba replied. He raised his voice so the others could hear him. “This is the ultimate test for duelists. At 20,000 feet, we are subjected to frigid temperatures of the upper stratosphere where the slightest bit of turbulence can send any of us spiraling to our untimely deaths.”

“I mean, shouldn’t we have oxygen tanks or something?” you continued, wondering what kind of doctor or legal team thought this would be a good idea.  “At this altitude, we are getting only like, thirty percent of the oxygen we would on the ground and furthermore--”

“If you’re so concerned, then why don’t you save some of your oxygen and shut the f-ck up?” Kaiba snapped.

“...Hypoxia,” you muttered but the sound was lost in the wind gusts at such a high altitude.

“Oh please, what’s the worst that can happen?” Joey asked, slinging his arm around you and leading you away before Tristan could call you a witch for using such complicated language.

"Shouldn't we be wearing our space suits?" Tristan asked, not noticing any witchcraft, after all. 

“Kaiba, he is about to interrupt the duel,” Mokuba warned.

“That’s fine, as long as no one looks at my boner right now,” Kaiba replied while looking up at the Egyptian God card.

“How is it that he is able to have a boner while wearing pants that tight?” you asked out loud.

“Ah-ha! I always knew Kaiba had an extremely small penis!” the Pharaoh laughed much to Kaiba’s chagrin.

When the blimp hit the water, you all lost your balance and went hurling in random directions. Unfortunately for you, it meant a six-foot tall teenager in a heavy coat and buckles toppled right on top of you.

“Is that all you got Poseidon?” Joey challenged.

“Stop pissing Poseidon off, Joey!” Since Kaiba was pretty much laying on top of you, it made it so you had no idea who that came from, but were pretty sure it was Téa.

“I know you don’t want to die a virgin, but at least buy me a drink first, you groaned since more than one of Seto’s buckles was digging right into your side.

It took Kaiba a few tries to stand up, but not without touching your boobs.  By the time he faced the green-haired plot device on the screen, his face was uncharacteristically red.

Kaiba REALLY needed to get laid...

Mokuba pushing Seto into a hole made it so he was knocked back into you, causing all three of you to fall into the same hole.

Fuck your life, you wanted to ride the hole with Yugi. His bullshit main character powers would have protected you.

You now had no choice but to follow Kaiba and Mokuba around while they went through their past. It took less than half a second before Kaiba used Mokuba’s vest to blindfold you.

“At least buy me a drink first,” you muttered while Mokuba dragged you along their childhood memories.

You really wish you were with your actual friends. They were probably having more fun than you were.

Little did you know…

“Can I take off my blindfold now?” you questioned when you heard the fight between Tristan and Kaiba.

“I always knew Kaiba was into some kinky shit. Duke Devlin approves.” With the theme music, you knew exactly who said that.

“Hi Duke,” you greeted in the direction the music was coming from.

“Hey babe. Lookin’ good. But I think you would look better with all of that clothing on the floor.”

After Kaiba started getting his ass kicked by a guy with a stick and Joey had to use Tackle, you decided you were just going to take the blindfold off.

You did so just in time to see Mokuba getting kidnapped. Kaiba then grabbed your wrist to drag you off to grab another motorcycle.

“Eat it, nerds!” Kaiba called out while racing past your friends.

“Okay, when did this show get awesome ?” Yugi asked.

“Couldn’t you have left me with my friends?” you called over the roar of the motorcycle’s engine. You would hang on for dear life, but were kind of afraid to wrap your arms around Kaiba. You might contract Virginitis.

“You have Mokuba’s vest,” Seto retorted. “That and you know too much about my childhood. I can’t possibly risk you telling that to Joey. Or Yugi. Especially Yugi.”

You thought a moment. “Maybe just pay me not to tell anyone? Like a normal person?”

“What about trying to marry me?” Kaiba asked. “Isn’t that the only part of your character?”

“Oh, yeah. That. I kind of forgot about that,” you admitted. “It’s been awhile since Season One, so that idea got axed since it’s more entertaining for us to have a hateboner for each other.”

“It’s not that big of a hateboner,” Kaiba grumbled.

“Kaiba,” you called. “My crotch is pretty much right against your ass at this point because I don’t want to fall off this bike and die. I have seen your erection through your leather pants. I think I know a thing or two about hateboners at this point.”

Silence.

“So you have no interest in me whatsoever?” Kaiba was not ready to let this subject drop. “That was all you used to talk about.”

“If I am going to be perfectly honest, you have been kind of a little bitch. That’s kind of a turn-off for me. Also, most of our problems are your fault.”

Duelist Kingdom was because Kaiba cared about a card more than his company and that created the mess with the Big 5. If Kaiba never hosted a tournament, then Marik would not be that much of a problem. If Kaiba did not kill his stepfather, then you would not be trapped in this virtual world.

Again.

“That, and your outfit has kind of sucked since Duelist Kingdom. I just can’t take you seriously anymore...But we can still be friends, right?”

Kaiba was silent and you were pretty sure he wanted to turn you into road kill. Instead, he fiddled with the radio until his theme music came on.

Yeah, he was lame. Maybe you would be attracted to him during the Grand Prix arc. Men in suits were hot.   

You barely had time to think before Kaiba leaped over a gap and crashed the bike. You both skidded and once again, fell into a compromising position.

This time, he quickly leaped to his feet and brushed himself off.

“So you mean you’ll tag team duel with Yugi, but you won’t tag team with me?” you demanded.

Kaiba just stared at you until you realized what you said.

“Oh right. I’m doing phrasing now.”

“Phrasing,” Kaiba retorted.

At least Leichter was patient enough to wait while you two talked. Truly, he was a southern gentleman

During that exchange, you were in the middle of choosing your deck master. N’tss was an obvious option but was too much of a spoiler. So you were going to have to go with Fencing Fire Ferret. Because you were a girl and it was cute.

“God, I hate cute,” Kaiba shook his head when you first selected him.

“Lord of D ?” you questioned. “Like you’re not compensating for anything?”

“Boy, I say boy. I do declare that you just got told,” Leichter retorted.

“Thank you, Leichter. I’m glad someone around here had manners,” you beamed.

Good thing your deck was full of Internet memes and references. Leichter did not stand a ghost of a chance.

You were both losing.

“Oh hey, Kaiba. Are you losing so bad that you needed a girl to help you out?” Yugi asked.

Kaiba fumed.

“Did you already lose so bad and you are too shy to admit it?” Yugi continued. “It’s okay, because I already beat you enough times that you losing is just natural.”

“I never lose!” Kaiba declared before you had to suffer through another flashback. During this, you saw what he was doing and nodded in approval.

Revenge of the nerds: the memes strike back.

“Hashtag: Winning.” Kaiba declared once Leichter destroyed himself.

Téa was beginning to worry everyone, she sounded hornier than you. And that was saying something.

“It’s really disconcerting,” Yugi mused.

“You guys, I’m fine….But I think my mouth tastes like fish!” Téa blanched.

“Those are...very nice,” Kaiba said while looking down at Téa’s breasts. “But I am not interested. I going after Noa on my own terms.”

“But does he have these?” Téa questioned, holding her arms out so her breasts were thrust in front of her.

“God, I hope not,” Kaiba concluded.

Before you could grab the nearest projectile and eviscerate your only female friend, Joey and Duke held you back. Normally, you would be happy to be held down by two good-looking guys, but you were going to murder Téa.

It took the Pharaoh insisting that no one wanted Téa’s body before you calmed down. Which was good since Joey kind of needed his hands-free in order to duel.

You spent the majority of the duel insisting that you were just trying to protect Yugi by

ensuring Téa hit on no one else but Yugi.

Just listening to Kaiba insult and make fun of a dead ten-year-old. It showed how much of an asshole he was.

And yet...watching him get turned into stone hurt more than you could ever imagine.

...Dear God, you were in love.

Wait. 

Did Kaiba drop his wallet?

You decided to just ignore the touching reunion between the Kaiba brothers. After all, you were not going to let Kaiba think that you were happy to see that he wasn’t permanantely a statue within a virtual world designed for a dead ten year-old.

Also, you were not going to be anywhere near him when your friends inevitably ratted on you by telling Kaiba you stole his wallet.

You really wanted some nachos and you were pretty sure that your parents were going to ground you the moment you got back home. Which meant no nachos for you.

You decided to just ignore the touching reunion between the Kaiba brothers. After all, you were not going to let Kaiba think that you were happy to see that he wasn’t stone.

Also, you were not going to be anywhere near him when your friends inevitably ratted on you by telling Kaiba you stole his wallet.

You really wanted some nachos and you were pretty sure that your parents were going to ground you the moment you got back home. Which meant no nachos for you.

#Black Magic and White Rum

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S4 Ep38: Awkward Hugs Episode

Remember how excited I was about the good storyboarder? Well this episode has the opposite of that. It looks a lot like they hit some sort of crunch and this entire episode got shipped to Singapore so that some other animation studio could deal with their problems. It’s got some jank.

And like listen, animation is hard, there’s a billion moving plates, there’s a lot of office politics and deadlines, this season in particular is very long and complicated, and I don’t know exactly what happened this episode, but it just...wow it’s a lot funny poorly animated moments and I was here for it.

So first off, Dartz died! I didn’t even cap it because it happened so quickly. He was standing there, a portal opened up, and then the Great Leviathan kind of munched him up in 3 frames of animation, and then dissolved away back into the portal. It was card shenanigans anyway, and I don’t go over card games here--just trust me he played cards, he lost, he died.

Once Dartz died, this happened, in the one place Roland thought he was safe.

Roland has spent a good amount of this time debating whether or not to go inside and now he’s got a situation. Is it safer in Soul Hut than...whatever this is?

I wouldn’t know either.

So he just decides to uh...look directly at it while everyone else deals with orb hell.

The three knights of Atlantis decide to revive the respective owners of their cards.

So Pegasus just has to sit back, relax, and find some other unsuspecting orb person to share his fanfiction deep cuts with.

PS, that was not an exaggeration on the lazy PowerPoint spiral-in transition--this episode was a marvel of “Oh crap we ran out of time!” last-ditch effort animation and I approve.

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And if you thought they were done being orbs now that we’re on a physical mortal plane--nah.

This is the closest Pharoah and Yugi have ever gotten to a physical hug. Just throwing it out there that this is the only time they’ve touched in any way as two separate entities. Also--I like that this is the same way Yugi holds his necklace when he’s talking to Pharaoh. Cute little parallel there.

And as I mentioned, there were a lot of people just hugging it out as if it’s the last episode of the season. First off, one of the most huggy people on this show, which I’m still surprised is the Kaibas.

(he did legitimately pretend to be asleep by the way, because as he was spiraling out of hell he was like “whaoooahahhh”)

So I guess if Mokuba, Tristan, and Tea woke up without being orbs first, then that really does mean they never died 2 episodes ago.

Fine. This is fine. I’ll append my headcanon.

...so Dartz really was just so tired of them that he decided to make them take a nap, huh? That Mokuba was so annoying he was just like “I’m turning them off ok? Not like OFF off, not killing them or anything, that would be rude--I just don’t like small one.”

Meanwhile Tea has a Yugi appreciation moment where she’s reunited with her very confusing relationship. Which is how she likes it best. Undefined in nearly every sort of way. A relationship made entirely out of subtext.

(and honestly, relationships made entirely out of subtext is like 75% of the teen dating experience, which I may have mentioned before, but I do not remember if I have because 2020 has wiped my memory of just so many things.)

I vocally, out-loud, went “Ahhhh!” at the screen because I FORGOT how big his eyes are. They are so wild usually, but with the animation B-team at the helm, I was just not ready for the eyes to return. Yugi’s eyes are just...an abomination in every way and I forget when I see them consistently. I get used to them, I get over it...But when I go an entire season without these hell eyes staring directly at me every five seconds, then it’s like I’ve seen them for the first time.

I’m glad he’s back but man his eyes.

Those eyes.

Anyway, on for some more awkward hugs. First off, Yugi’s visceral reaction to his pretty-much-a-wife-at-this-point giving him a...hug?

(she’s kneeling, by the way. Bro mentioned that it looks like she picked him up and held him entirely by the neck--that would have been great, and I would never doubt Tea’s strength, but she had the decency not to do that.)

And then to Yugi’s just overall confusion to whatever Joey Wheeler defines as a hug.

I am 5 feet 0 inches tall, much like Yugi, and can confirm that yes, some people do hug me like this.

This type of hug should be illegal, it’s very disorienting.

Then, Yugi got to do what he does best.

The FIRST THING he does from coming back from death is immediately hold back information. Mm. Yugi at his finest.

At the point that you’d assume that someone in this room would indicate that maybe this hell vortex is like...a situation...Roland comes in the room screaming for Kaiba to come outside and tell him what the hell to do with his life.

So they go outside and the city of Atlantis is popping out of the sea and flying directly into the air--which...sure, it doesn’t really go in the air usually...but I’ll take it.

And in case you’re like...wait, I thought Atlantis was in California, not in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, don’t worry, it’ll get even more confusing later on.

Also, this happened.

Most of the human race freakin died so like...not sure what we should be concerned about here. Gotta get that one last guy in Florida to board up his house, I guess.

I like that Tea is contractually obligated to beg Yugi to stay behind so she doesn’t have to live without him when...it’s like...Tea, your relationship is already a big ass question mark, and Yugi actually dying did not even mean you were living without him. He’s been around this whole season as Pharaoh, my dude. You have the only boyfriend who will not only never officially date you but will also officially never go away.

So like...earlier in the season it was mentioned that Florida had the pieces of Atlantis shoved in a museum so like...is Atlantis off of Florida now? Because the Battle of Atlantis was in the Bay Area, and Dartz lives in San Francisco, and they went on a helicopter and flew out to the sea so...

We GOTTA be in the Pacific, right?

Anyway, it could be that they’re worried it’ll hit the East Coast of Japan--which, yes--it would. That would also be way more pertinent to our cast of people who live in Japan, it’s just that if you’re doing a show in English that takes place in the USA and you say the “East Coast” it only means New York.

I don’t think the translation team got the memo, it was a very weird line.

Tea wishes Yugi luck instead of Pharaoh for once, and Yugi was like “I don’t know why you want to talk to me instead of the version of me with the fine ass.” and his confusion was kind of cute, but they didn’t actually go into any more deets than this.

Valon and Mai were almost making out with each other’s dead body like ten episodes ago, so maybe the team felt like they had enough practice to maybe almost approach something happening with their flagship couple? Almost.

But also...Yugi just has no idea that a few days ago Tea was trying to get Pharaoh to talk to her on a Caltrain by talking about wearing little swimsuits on a Florida beach date, and then Pharaoh got so upset he went to the tiny area between trains and started sobbing while punching a wall. Yugi doesn’t know this. I don’t think anyone will ever tell him.

And like...will anyone tell Yugi that Pharaoh woke up in Tea’s bed? Like no one, right? Like no one even knows that happened? The irony of how cautious Yugi is with this relationship after Pharaoh was just slicing and dicing for this entire season is great. It’s also probably unintentional, but I can still laugh at it.

Anyway, inside soul hut, Yugi got a little lost, and then his puzzle started glowing and brought him to the Macguffins from last season. Would have been really inconvenient if these got doused in the sea, honestly, and I don’t think the Ishtars would have appreciated it.

Also, this puzzle sensor would have been really, really useful in S2.

Meanwhile, I think Seto and Joey just stared at this glowy gate of hell thing being all “Do you know what this is, Kaiba? I was dead” and Kaiba being all “Hell if I know, I was also dead, I don’t know what this thing is.” And Joey being like “Well Yugi doesn’t know what it is, he was also dead.” and Kaiba being like “The only one of us alive was the dead guy who lives in Yugi’s imagination?”

And then Joey being like “Also, where the hell are we?”

So, frustrated that this obvious trap was simply too confounding, Dartz decides to explain to our dumb as hell cast what a “door” is.

Where we can then admire the sights of Atlantis! Which is mostly brick buildings and giant gates with snakes on them.

Also it would just be COVERED in dead fish but we’re gonna skip that and save it for what would be an extremely ill-fated Netflix live-action series that they will probably eventually make of Season 4. Netflix can’t help itself, you know it can’t. This is a spicy series. It would be terrible in gritty live action. Make it happen, Netflix.

I feel like the artist was trying desperately to fix Joey’s bangs and I feel that on an emotional level. We all want to fix Joey’s bangs. Why did they stop at Joey?

They find Dartz in some weird Gazebo which...OK. It was a whole lot of weird concept art that I didn’t cap because it’s like...nothing is terrifying about a Gazebo...

I straight up don’t understand Atlantis culture.

So, Dartz decided that he could just...use himself to raise the Great Leviathan. He had only one more soul he needed, and he was just as powerful as Yami--so lets just do it, lets just raise the snake!

MAN I just realized what a euphemism this season is.

Good job, Dartz.

Course this is how he spun his story to us, but he seemed pretty surprised when the Great Leviathan gobbled him up in the first 10 minutes of the episode.

But this is the story Dartz is sticking to. He, himself, will raise the Leviathan, himself, and he is very happy with his decision that he made all by himself. I mean, Dartz has been alive for 10,000 years, and maybe he got bored of immortality.

Dartz could have done this from day 1.

What’s up, Sephiroth? Nice little uh final fantasy thing we’re doing with this lizard’s face. I really can’t unsee these uneven man boobs (like what is that angle?) but it’s fine. Dartz doesn’t need hands or...legs...he’s a dragon now, like he can just bite stuff and fly around and stuff. Can’t be that bad.

But for reals, what is the dragon’s angle here?

what is it gonna DO?

Like after everyone’s dead. Is it just gonna...float around? Fly around outer space? Enjoy the sunrise?

Like what do dragons...DO?

Anyway, I’m sure we’ll never get the answer on why the Leviathan wanted to leave the core of the Earth so stinkin bad, but maybe--just maybe--this season might actually end next episode? Maybe?

Will I actually finish this season in 2020! I might! Y’all I MIGHT!

And for anyone reading these for the first time, here’s a link to read these in chrono order

#yugioh #ygo #Yu-Gi-Oh #recap #photo recap #episode recap #yugi muto #gets back from his sabatical #joey wheeler #wakes up from the weirdest nap #seto Kaiba #is unphased by being totally dead for like the 3rd time #tristan taylor #tea gardner #hugs #five seconds of implied romance #mokuba kaiba #Dartz #is a dragon now #congrats Dartz Seto has wanted the dragon dream for so long #atlantis #s4 #ep 38

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Yugioh Ep33 S4 pt 1: Deus Ex US Military

Been a little distracted but was reminded--yo--I gotta finish S4 of Yugioh this year. I think I can do it. There’s like...what...two episodes left? Three? Like I don’t want to tempt 2020, but like...I think I can finish this thing.

That and a bunch of my Photoshop files corrupted, I don’t know why, I’m very scared for my hard drive, and I need to do a big ol defrag and hope that’s enough. Really hoping this is my bad and not my computer’s bad. I’m pretty hard on this computer when I paint digitally.

and I was immediately gifted by the anime gods because yo, it’s my favorite storyboarder! They're back to carry me through my election burn out, every episode they touch has so much style and no matter how freakin weird or confusing the plot is, this storyboarder/animation team doesn’t seem to care. They will this kids show about cards with this attention to detail. They just have a lot of enthusiasm and that’s a thing about anime that I really like to see. No matter how weird it is, you gotta go 150% without any shame. Love it. Love to see em back.

First off, that earthquake from last episode?

Just a little bigger of an earthquake than I originally thought, coincidentally, this is when Roland shows up, only to realize that he’s like...10 minutes to late.

Well, maybe a little longer than 10 minutes when you consider that Mai freakin died and Yugi almost died, and Joey is absolutely dead and being carried across Tristan’s back.

Anyway, Roland just walked into a whole lot and is just trying to process his life. Roland is all of us in October/November of 2020.

If Roland only knew how many times Seto and Mokuba have totally biffed it when he wasn’t looking.

Like for reals...how is Roland still alive? Like...I don’t think the guy has ever died. Not even once. Maybe that’s Roland’s superpower as the secret FourthKaiba, by just being the only one to stay very far away from the constant BS strewn at this family.

Roland is just...too inept to die. He’s always too far away, he comes after the big bad has already murdered a few people, he’s just...too bad at his job to ever be a target. Live long, Roland. The Kaiba who was the smartest of all by actually being the dumbest.

Also, look at him parking far enough away on the actual helicopter landing pad. He is the only ‘Kaiba’ that follows the law. This could also be the other reason for his secret to longevity.

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Faced with a stairwell between their freedom and this weird earthquake chasm that just opened on the top story of this building, Yami decides it’s his job to carry...................

...................Raphael.

(Never forget that we know the exactly weight of Yugi Muto.)

And like Yami is weirdly strong because of magic powers but like...maybe Yami should take Joey and then Tristan should pick up Raphael? I’d say Tea could also pick up Raphael, but I feel like she just wouldn’t want to.

TBQH maybe the reason that Yami is carrying Raphael is because literally no one else feels like it? Like no one likes this guy?

Just kinda feels like Yami is holding onto Raphael out of a sunk-cost fallacy. He’s already done so much work to this guy, can’t lose him now. Gotta save Raphael to make up for killing Gurimo, Weevil, and Yugi. Can’t fail a fourth time.

Anyway, you know what else this storyboarder is good at?

How did they even get reference for drawing this? They didn’t, right? They’re just so good at art that they were like “I can draw ANY person in ANY outfit straight up the crotch, I dare you.”

Seto decides to...not help out, much like virtually all of Yami’s other friends, who also just kinda...yelled and cried at this situation instead of...helping.

Which is fine, because the stairwell gave out and then Raphael decided to uhhhh throw this directly at me.

Just one more yeet for the road. Youknow this guy has yeeted the Pharaoh not once but twice in one season, and both times he just chucked him like he was made out of foam core. (Also, please admire the millennium puzzle in this shot going out at like a 90 degree angle. Just...A+, this storyboarder is hilarious)

At first, I really thought Yami was dabbing his way over that ledge.

In a moody shot with his hair and his jacket swaying in the breeze, almost designed for you to lift and stick into your Youtube AMVs, Seto looked onward and seemed...kind of bored because no one’s throwing any cards. And like who can blame him, he has been on the top of so many ledges and so many buildings that he’s seen Yami make this same speech of “DON’T DO THIS DAMN LEDGE THING I SWEAR TO GODS” like...so many times.

He just immediately accepts Yugi died and is like “Well I guess that makes me king of games.”

And Raphael, after like several minutes of begging Yami to just let him die, decides to let go of that ledge on his own, because this is Yugioh, and you gotta fit in that suicide within the first 10 minutes of the episode. Which, PS, is not the weirdest thing that happened this episode.

And because Roland is freakin late to everything, he showed he could have done this the entire time. Honestly I think Roland just didn’t want to deal with Raphael. We can blame this on Roland, right?

PS we never see this building again in this episode.

I don’t know........why they bothered showing this. If anything it makes the next plot twist more weird because it’s like...what was the point of the random ass earthquake and the random ass concept art building if we, in fact, aren’t coming back here???

I mean I guess it’s a nice shot for your Artstation portfolio, good on you, Yugioh background artist.

Unfortunately this chip contains Seto Kaiba’s greatest weakness. (SanDisk card? Jump drive? Which PS--if they had jump drives this whole time, why was Seto using floppies earlier in the season? Like what happened there?)

And then, with the hatch of their helicopter just wide open, no one in a seat belt, and walking away from the destruction of one of the largest buildings in San Fransisco, finally the cops showed up. Real cops this time, not possessed cops. Also, it’s the Marines.

Am I going to get my Monty Python ending? I mean...if cops can recognize these kids in this universe...I might get my Monty Python ending. :) :) :)

For some reason, back on the mean streets of San Fransisco with no people left alive in it, Rebecca just kinda started losing her mind. Maybe this was to make up for the 2 seasons I had to watch Duke Devlin flirt with a 12 yo? That now we have to suffer Duke saddled with this small crazy person?

This small crazy person who is painted as this intolerable person next to Duke Devlin, but is also a love interest for the main character? Like Yugi’s into some weird ass angry girls.

PS the orcs were no longer needed for the plot so they have turned into streams of light in order to join with the Leviathan mass. So now Rebecca and Duke Devlin will just have literally nothing to do for the rest of the season. I guess they can go to Ghiradelli square...someone’s gotta eat that ice cream before it melts.

Also this happened.

In case you were like “Wow Rach, you didn’t update the Death Count, how dare you”--it’s because I uh...completely forgot that the Oricalchos crew is immune to fall damage. Raphael’s just fine now. He fell down 50 stories...and then 50 stories fell on him...but don’t think about it.

Meanwhile, on the back of some aircraft carrier, far into international waters, the kids get recruited into the military of a foreign country and it’s just as weird as you think it is.

Hey guys.

So, Bandit Keith was weirdly in Hell this season for no reason, right? What if he died offscreen because, earlier in the season, the US military threw him at Dartz because they couldn’t get a hold of Yugi or Kaiba? What about that headcanon? What if that’s why his angry ghost wanted revenge?

Anyway, they join the ranks of Shadow T. Hedgehog, which makes sense because...these guys look like human OC’s of Shadow the hedgehog already.

Sorry I just had a moment because Shadow uses guns a lot despite not needing them at all so “people won’t get uncomfortable with how powerful he is” while in Yugioh they can’t even...show a gun. That really is...you ever think about how weird that is? That Shadow the Hedgehog, a strange remix of a 90′s sega mascot, has a million giant guns but Kaiba’s actual gun (which, apparently he does have in the Japanese version of this show) got edited out completely?

Sometimes it just dawns on me and I have a moment.

Now the US Military just hand delivering them to Dartz is so wild because their reason for the USA not doing anything on their own with their fleets and fleets of ships is:

Have you MET the US? I live here, and if we were like given the choice to shoot the ocean...or just die...we’d be like “wait...for reals? So no one gets hurt, we just shoot guns at the water? You mean we finally found our true calling? For REALS? I just shoot this water bucket!??? FOR REALS????” and it would become a national holiday. All pop songs would be devoted to it. Our ancestors would make movies about it.

I mean, our dumbass president considered nuking a hurricane in 2019...in case you forgot because damn, it’s been a STUPID 4 YEARS. (And you better have voted already because for reals do not make me go through 4 more years of this. I do not think this blog would survive it...or the hurricanes that will keep getting nuked.)

Also....the show actually threw the word “proof” out there. Seriously show? You OK?

I figured the mind control situation would be a better reason not to arrest Dartz other than “Dartz is just so good at covering up his tracks” when the TRACKS have a broken down Caltrain on one side of them, and the other side of the tracks have the rest of that same Caltrain at the bottom of a river.

Seto is not amused but he never is. He will take this Nobel Peace Prize and step up to the microphone at the UN and be like “I WANTED IT TO BE A CARDS PRIZE.”

PS--we HAVE a map already, right? Raphael died to give us this map--and then didn’t die, but it’s not like anyone else here knows that. So like...why did we need the US Military to show up at all? Why is this scene important? Other than to look cool, I guess? Like...

...why is the US military here we already have a Deus Ex Machina delivered by Raphael? At least that one was deserved--the whole point of that duel was to get this MAP.

A map that we are never going to use.

...There’s a good chance that two writers wrote this episode in two different buildings and just...glued the two halves together. Animation is wild. Weird ‘Cinema sins’ things like this happen...all the time. This one though, this one is kind of funny because it’s a ton of wasted effort on the very best storyboarder.

Anyway I broke this up into two segments because I’m tired, and also, while a lot of people like long posts, the smaller posts are kinda easier to read. More will be upcoming in like...I dunno it really depends on a lot of things right, now, I’ve been having a time, but at least Yugioh is always there to enjoy. Maybe I’ll need so much distraction you’ll get an update tomorrow? Good things can happen, and it’s not like I get to do anything else for Halloween.

Happy Halloween Y’all! Lets make the most of it!

(here’s a link to read these in chrono order)

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

#ygo #yugioh #recap #photo recap #humor #seto kaiba #yami muto #yami #the military??? #helicopter #roland #mokuba kaiba #tea gardner #tristan taylor #rebecca hawkins #duke devlin #Ep 33 #S4

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Yugioh S4 Ep 9: Denial on so Many Fronts

I’ve managed to have a pretty open timeslot this holiday, where I decided I was going to do lots of catch up work. (I have instead filled up my Background Music Playlist with lots of youtube piano covers of Castlevania.)

So of course I find myself back at this blog to fill the leftover time, it being so many weeks (months, actually) since I was able to do a double update weekend (spoiler, I did not finish a second update  :) ).

This episode, Yugioh decided to legitimately enter romance territory and y’all it is something. And I don’t mean it in a “Ain’t that something!” sort of way, I mean it in the “That is...something.” Kind of way. And for the first time in forever, I actually have to talk about romance today. For once that is actually something this episode is about. For about 5 entire minutes. It’s staggering.

So lets get into it because the stance the show decides to take against the only valid romantic relationship it’s had outside of Pegasus sure is something.

Duke has managed to get inside Pegasus’ facility/Place Duke works at every single day. Incredible that he finally made it inside of his actual workplace. Whether he just found an open door or Metal Geared up a trash chute is undeclared, since that was all off screen between episodes, but maybe he has to do this like...all the time? Like heaven forbid Duke ever leave his phone at the office because this place seems iron clad and apparently there is absolutely no one he can call to let him in.

Like for reals isn’t Duke upper level management or something? Like a team director for an entire model of card game? Wtv, I guess he got demoted at some point and now he’s at the same level as a Google temp.

Duke used to air on international TV, just throwing that out there. He used to be a very big deal. Course, for all we know, maybe he also got locked out of his game store all the freakin time?

Anyway, he finds some random room he’s decided is the security room and uh...

Starts just mashing buttons.

I assume that he was just mashing the entire time it took for this duel to last, PS, because we all know that password, but does Duke? Is Duke, in fact, the only character left on this show that doesn’t know Pegasus’ password because he wasn’t there in most of S1?

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As Joey is playing Mai, he’s noticed that she is freaking out, but only intermittently. She’s going in between personalities like Yugi and Pharaoh.

In the show it makes it seem like she’s “Snapping out of it” as far as the Orichalcos’ effects go. But like...becoming a stumbling crying mess in between card draws is sort of like...not making Joey look like a good guy.

In fact, this episode goes out of their way to try and paint him a hero but they didn’t accomplish that. They start to. It starts to look like that. As Mai is breaking down, she loses her weird Oricalchos ability to no longer feel fear, and Joey takes the opportunity to try and get her to away from the dark side.

Thing is, the duel has already started so it’s kind of moot now since neither she nor Joey really know how to end the duel without killing the other. So it’s like he’s trying to reach out to her the only way he can since this duel wasn’t his choice anyway, but it is in a way that is killing both of them. Symbolism, I guess. 

You know, it seemed like the show just needed a way to put a timer over Joey’s head and this was the only excuse they could give because the right thing to have done is just not play anything.

And that whole thing last episode where Pharaoh was like “there is ONE way out of this situation” I assumed would be about a tie. I kind of just assumed a tie would take place like between Kaiba and Alister...instead...it got weird.

First off, Valon--out of all people, Valon the drug card pusher of the wacky accent--decided to be more heroic than any of our heroes who are currently just gawking at a force field.

It’s been like 4 seasons since Yugi jumped and hung off the edge of a clocktower, only holding on by the point of his pyramid puzzle, and I keep seeing situations where we could see Yugi impress us yet again and instead he keeps his feet planted firmly on the ground while random ass Valon just shoots into the air like a rubber band.

Why didn’t I just assume that when Pharaoh said “I know how to beat this.” he meant to punch it directly in the face?

I’m pretty sure it’s an allusion to the fact that Oricalchos takes away your sense of fear that these three are constantly being huge idiots and jumping off ledges and out of airplanes but like...

...they are wearing a lot of padding, to be fair.

(I joke about Joey getting possessed as if he hasn’t been already)

And so Valon, this evil as hell villain who’s probably killed countless numbers of people up until now just starts freaking out about Mai. Like, a lot for this show. Like we even get a really awkward death squeeze. And like she ain’t even dead.

Almost like Severus Snape in that awkward Harry Potter Movie flashback, but Valon actually dated her once (I could go off about the Harry Potter movies but I’ll spare you.) It’s just every time Mai passes out there will be some man crying over her that she doesn’t even seem remotely aware of when she’s awake.

Like remember how Mai got engaged and she forgot? At the time I thought that was super weird but I’m starting to realize she probably just took a nap or something and then boom.

So although none of this is Raphael’s business, he’s so annoyed at Valon for possibly pissing off Darts that he decides to deflect his anger onto Pharaoh--who wasn’t even participating in this duel.

I mean Raphael wanted to kill Pharaoh anyway but it still feels like kind of a reach.

Speaking of reach...I miss our really good storyboarder. Check out that foreshortened hand. Man Yugioh, the whiplash from good to eh. It’s so much whiplash.

So, in a burst of green light, the three bikers vanish.

And I guess now they can just use Mai’s bike whenever, because it’s not like she’s gonna use it. But I doubt very much Tristan will remember that.

And so, this is about where this episode’s romance goes a little weird because Joey just...

Am I supposed to want Joey to break up Valon and Mai? Like I know one time Joey attempted to take a fireball for her (but didn’t, that was Pharaoh, who isn’t currently crying about Mai despite taking a fireball for her), and then another time Joey dueled Marik for her (and lost.) But like...then Joey lost touch with her for over a year and legitimately didn’t seem bothered until just now when she showed up.

Valon not only seems at least 2 years older than Joey, he’s also stuck around with her for longer than a week, which is much longer than the amount of time that Joey Wheeler has spent with her (while she was conscious). And listen I don’t ship, you know me, but I feel like the show isn’t doing a good job to convince me that Valon is anything but loyal to Mai. Just throwing that out there.

It just comes off that Joey is jealous and unable to cope with Mai being around another guy, when it’s like...Joey...Mai was gone for over a year. You can’t claim dibs anymore. It’s possessive this episode to a degree I don’t think the writers wanted to go. It feels like an accident that they wrote him like this.

I guess, story wise, Joey needs a reason to duel and be on this show--but why must it always gravitate around a girl who’s actually just fine without him?

Like Mai right now is a mess but she wants to be this mess. Personally I think he should respect her decision and give her space but I guess this show really wants to go the angle of “If your friend goes off the deep end, dive after them” to which I would like to say “or don’t.”

Like I think this is all on a case by case basis, but...Mai’s MURDERED people (and a gas station). Although one of them was Pegasus, who doesn’t count, this is still a situation where you should maybe avoid your friend and just call the cops already. If there has been a murder, especially if there’s been over 20 murders, it’s OK to finally call the cops. Mai is a SERIAL MURDERER, which should never mean “she can come back.”

I mean it’s not like any of these kids decided to start hanging out with Marik, right? And I mean they kinda all decided unanimously that maybe they should hold back chilling with Bakura? This should be old hat for them now. They’ve had to deal with the murderous betraying friend so many times. Why must Mai be so special?

But I guess that is Joey’s whole shpeal, isn’t it? That’s Joey’s magical superpower? He wouldn’t be friends with Yugi if he was bothered by his friend occasionally going Pure Asshole. And Joey did have a darker background himself (which is something the show keeps telling me but I have never actually seen because we haven’t seen it in Season Zero. Which honestly means I should do a Season Zero next because how long am I going to wait to watch that Joey backstory?)

So I guess I should stop being so practical about it, this is a fantasy story, and the fantasy of Joey Wheeler is that he can actually try to keep the people in his life from going topside and it actually works. The most magical person in all of Yugioh if that’s true because you ever try and change a drug addict? There’s a reason why they have therapists for that.

Speaking of topside,

Kaiba just shows up in the middle of a Joey meltdown and youknow what? He’s barely even that surprised that these guys are in San Fransisco crying on the floor of his ex-competitor’s lobby. He’s just so used to this.

And so, we’re all going to ignore Joey and just try not to notice Rex and Weevil and instead talk about cards.

Ps in the show Mokuba says his brother “swept the floor” of Alister when like...Seto nearly died multiple times. Mokuba’s so ready to lie his face off to save his brother’s face when like...no one asked. He just volunteered this information.

That and Mokuba might not actually know how this game is played (NO ONE REALLY KNOWS) and legitimately thinks his brother did really good in that card game. We still don’t know entirely what the title “Battle Commissioner” even meant and knowing this company it was probably a secret job made to hide lots and lots of illicit insider trading. Because we all know Mokuba wasn’t playing cards.

So, Yugi remembers that he has this key card that is a card with a key printed on it, and figures...it probably opens a door or something. That maybe they should do that thing they came to California to do, and since all (counts on fingers) 9 of them (10 if you count Pharaoh) are here, they may as well all do it together.

Meanwhile, every animator in that studio cried a single tear over the amount of bad hair they will have to shove into every frame between 9 of these people. Crowd scenes wow.

And what’s great about this next shot is that you have no idea which way Joey’s head is pointed. I dare you. take it in.

And so they all go up to the top floor with Duke Devlin while these two are just...still here.

Rex and Weevil are still here. Despite everything.

(forgive me if this is a joke I forgot I read off of tumblr once. I’ve been reviewing this show so long I just...I don’t remember what jokes I’ve already made)

(Also, I can’t believe they stuck in Rex and Weevil but didn’t put in Mokuba into this shot.)

So they open the cryptic door with the cryptic Keycard and enter...Pegasus’ room of toon suits.

I imagine he just pulls these out whenever there’s an event in the city, just like “Hell yes hell yes it’s Bay to Breakers time to be a parrot with boobs for some reason.”

(fun fact, despite the weather, SF is home to 3 clothes-optional beaches. You can see two of them from the Bridge.)

And so Pegasus decides to tell everybody what we already know. Rex and Weevil have overheard this, but they’re busy like...looking for trading cards in all these mascot suits. Whatever makes it easier for this team of animators. Like you never really think about it, but kid’s shows have just a hell ton of crowd scenes. Worse than a Marvel comic right here.

PS, if you are designing a comic or a drawn story of any degree--just never allow a party to be more than 4 people at a time, Kill off anyone you have to in order to make this happen, you’ll thank me later. Never EVER a draw a crowd scene. Once you do, then other people will think that you can draw crowd scenes, and you never, ever want anyone to know that.

It was nice of Pegasus to let Arthur Hawkin’s take the fame for Atlantis, I guess. But like...Pegasus just...he really doesn’t seem to care about the fate of humanity unless it inconveniences his card game.

Bro brought up “how much do you think Pharaoh even knows about America other than it’s a place across the sea that Rebecca lives? Like do you think that he has a good grasp on there being 7 continents?” and I’m guessing...not much. Course this is like a weird America with mesas and deserts in Napa so...I don’t know if the animators have a good grasp even.

Anyway, where do you think the key is?

And What do you think the key is?

So in the show Kaiba sees this card and goes “It’s a worthless card” (because I dunno maybe he forgot for the zillionth time that this was how he got turned into a playing card) and then Pharaoh replies “Maybe to you it is.” and like...

...You know the thought crossed Pharaoh’s mind.

To just put a little Seto in there.

Youknow, it took me 4 seasons but I can deffo see why and how Pegasus did it. If I were in Pegasus’ shoes, how long would it take me before the Kaiba kids are paper? Like 10-20 minutes tops? Especially with how completely insane Kaiba acts this episode?

And speaking of endless denial, Joey still hasn’t quite caught up to the plot.

He’s getting there, but he’s mentally still crying on the floor of the lobby.

Just Joey going all ham about a girl he hasn’t thought about in over a year. And then from the other side of the room, Kaiba is still coming to terms with Ep 2.

Like you have to hand it to Duke Devlin that not once in this entire series has he had a denial meltdown. Even Yugi had a denial meltdown (at several points) but Duke? Duke’s just winging it. Dukes just has no idea what’s happening or what he’s doing and is just winging it every second he’s been alive. He’d fit right into San Fransisco.

Like remember Duke hangs out in the bad parts of the Tenderloin for some reason, he deals with PG&E just deleting your power willy nilly and still making you pay for it, Comcast, Bay Area traffic, and, of course, the entire North Bay lighting on fire once a year, so he’s totally fine when it comes to cards.

And so Yugi, just unable to think of any solution to Kaiba being a wall just holds this up

And so with that, Kaiba has joined the party. I guess.

Well, back to eating this large stack of holiday cookies. Hope y’all have a good one--happy holidays! 

It’s been a very weird year, but we’ve had some good news here in the States recently, I’m sure you all heard about it, that Inktober is legally unprofitable so now that means there will be nigh an Inktober ever again, and I am so stoked. I am so excited that the decade of hellish Inktobers is finally over.

That and the other stuff that happened but we won’t get into that ;)

Hopefully I’ll do another post before 2020 but I’m sort of in denial that 2020 is happening so I’m doing my best not to look at the calendar.

And if you just got here, this is where you can read my recaps in Chrono order from S1 Ep1

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Yugioh S3 Ep22: Mokuba Gets Murdered

So today’s is...a long update, I may half it, but I’m gonna be away from my computer a whole bunch for a few weeks so like...if I half it you’re gonna be waiting on that other half for...kind of a while and by then I may have sort of forgotten what was happening in the first half. So I dunno, maybe I’ll just make this a huge ass...59 cap post.

honestly it’s mostly 59 caps because, surprisingly, no one dueled this episode.

I KNOW.

When I saw that “To be continued” last episode I really thought I’d have to deal with more paper-form BS but Noah finally plopped over at the beginning of this episode so I guess he’s just officially done playing cards now. Everyone has been turned back from being stoneware with absolutely no consequential brain damage. Probably because you could not do any more damage than what has been previously done.

But don’t worry he’ll get some more brain damage in by the end of this episode.

Remember the plot point that Tristan was slowly becoming a real monkey? I think he forgot about that because he’s been a monkey for...a realllllly long time and he kinda like...continues to just be Tristan. Maybe Tristan was nearly a monkey to begin with?

We also get a rare sighting of an actual real deal hug on this show and it was from the last person you’d ever expect.

Surprisingly heartwarming for this show.

If that duel disk goes off, both of them are super dead. Hugging in a duel disk might be the most dangerous sport either of these boys have ever done.

Anyway, because Seto and Mokuba were the first ones to go, they have no idea that any time has passed at all.

He seems pretty OK for Yugi just nonchalantly taking his dragons but this is VR and...the cards aren’t...actually here. So like...Yugi didn’t actually steal anything? No proof, no crime.

To be honest, no one should have any cards in any of their decks right now, but the show kind of forgets that these digital cards need to be drafted each round. It’s fine.

Anyway, in the wake of losing a card game, Noah just remembered that he’s a freakin god of this universe so he decides to just go for plan B, which you would think would be most people’s plan A.

(more under the cut)

Ya Noah could have peaced out at any point in this show, but because he was trying to impress Daddy he just...didn’t?

Not like it mattered because the integral plot device was like “oh yeah guys, I’m in this show, too, completely forgot. Oops, is it too late? It’s already episode 22? Eh, better late than never.”

and don’t be deceived by the cap, it showed like...every millennium item for some reason. You’d think it wouldn't show the rod because Yugi doesn’t have that, but apparently Marik up there on the ship was like “the hell is this going off for?” and then just shrugged it off.

Noah gets...mostly this image of a well waxed Pharaoh while Yugi gets images of Noah’s memories, where he finds out each of Yugi’s friends and Yugi himself were stuffed in little sci fi VR pods. You’d think that they wouldn’t need to access Noah’s memories to realize that. Should’ve been the first thing they realized when they got here. In VR.

Like, think about it, the only other person that got kicked out of here was Pegasus. And to kick out Pegasus it took all of Yugi’s friends except Bakura. Apparently this time all Yugi needs is for Pharaoh to focus (and Bakura to be just...youknow...present, I guess. Assuming the writers haven’t forgotten that Bakura’s still in there)

I think they mostly did this memory exchange as an excuse to give us a review--thing is there’s so much weird stuff to review it feels a lot like exposition. Like I don’t remember seeing these big boys before:

There is just...a lot of design put into this robot you only see like a couple of times. Some concept artist when all ham so I wonder...was this his OC? I’m so glad his weird OC sleepytime bot got into Yugioh. Good for him.

So at this point I kinda turned to my bro and was like “this feels a lot like the Matrix, doesn’t it?” and then in rolls in the bright purple cloud of “you don’t even know.”

I’ll just leave this here.

back to Yugioh.

Yo I kinda forgot in the mayhem that Kaiba’s Dad was clearly here this whole time. I figured we’d run into him, I didn’t really think he’d Castlevania it up in the sky in order to do it.

So this show presents these two brain orb AI monsters as being pretty well...alive...in that Orb because we’ve only heard this explanation from two AI beings who are pretty sure they never died. But, are they alive, really? Did they really transcend to a higher plane like Noah thinks? Or was this a thinly veiled murder/suicide? Did Gozaburo Kaiba kill his son because he could not allow him to be crippled, seeing an opportunity test out this crazy orb AI that needed a human brain in order to function--knowing full well what he was doing? And then later kill himself after losing everything to Seto?

Like, I’ve heard that in the Japanese version, Gozaburo commits suicide and in the English version he does not. But, at least from where I’m sitting...I think he commits suicide in both versions. Like, maybe it’s because I’m an adult watching this and not a child, but it feels like Gozaburo did this in order to set a trap for Seto as his last screw you before he left this mortal plane.

Either way, Noah’s kind of an idiot and so he still has not caught on. What followed was the three very worst Kaiba boys just kind of shouting at eachother for 5-10 minutes but, like, on completely different wavelengths, every single one. The lack of communication between these dumbasses right after Gozaburo drops this horrifying bomb of “and then I killed myself to kill all of you” was actually pretty low key hilarious.

The dub then got very confused as to when Noah died. Really confused, I’m not going to analyze that too much, it’s dub problems. Dubs do that sometimes.

Also, this is a new Noah outfit. Huh. shame we never got to know it.

Anyway, as the truth comes out, suddenly this accidental Kaiba family therapy

sesh everyone else in this High School class is privy to just starts escalating.

OH OK, KID’S SHOW.

Yo, remember how many jokes I made that Kaiba was raised in Outer Heaven? Apparently I was WAY closer than I realized.

And speaking of Metal Gear:

Anyway, remember that random idea that Noah dropped on us to consume the world with VR tech? I knew it would come back, just not quite like this. Not with a nice Power Point slide show via the sky from the Most Evil Mufasa.

And that was how Kaiba’s Dad decided “I was once scorned by a rude 12 year old, lets destroy every human on Earth and extinguish all civilization.”

So basically the entire freakin ocean is just filled with these robots? Just completely polluted with nighty-night bots?

Yo.

So like this whole time we’ve been following Marik, who’s trying to destroy the world, and keeping babysitting tabs on Bakura, who’s trying to destroy the world, but Kaiba just wants to be the best and show everyone else up so he just decided to set in motion the entirety of humanity’s destruction BEFORE THIS SERIES EVER STARTED.

*coughs* I can’t believe Yugioh just did the Matrix better than the Matrix.

Now listen, I know what I said--and I have to tell you, the Matrix was one of my favorite movies when it came out when I was wee middle schooler and watched it secretly at my friend’s house. It was rated R for absolutely no reason, and so I wasn’t supposed to watch it--but I did anyway and it was very thrilling to break the law like that. Keanu Reeves did a middle finger--yes, that was the cuss that put it into R territory--and I was like “wow, he is crazy!”

But, while it’ll always hold a place in my little tween heart, that one did not age well. Mostly because, once it stepped away from the cave allegory you have to start asking questions like “so...how did everyone get trapped in the Matrix?” and it was like “because the robots needed batteries. So like...humans...became batteries...rather than..........actual batteries.” which makes a lot of sense when you’re like a child and you don’t know how batteries work, but as an adult it’s like “...so they’re not very smart robots, then?”

But, Matrix came out about 1999, and because it was super cool, it influenced everything. This show was about 2001, and Kaiba’s wearing a floor length coat--I really think there may have been a bit of an influence?

And I think they may have explained how all humanity would get placed in the Matrix better than that movie series that was like 3 movies and a bunch of video games and a very violent cartoon. And like, the Yugioh explanation is still balls insane, but hey, at least this motive makes sense.

And then, at this point, Mokuba’s Stockholm Syndrome came back, but this time it’s just plain old fashioned Stockholm Syndrome, no weird brainwashing on the part of Noah was necessary to make any of this happen.

Like I really think Moki’s finally snapped. It’s finally snapped. He doesn’t know have any idea what is going on anymore and desperately needs a nap. A nap that will last like 5 days. Moki needs to go to the beach and just...not move for about a straight week to recover from the mess of this tournament.

Most people at this point would be like “yeah I think maybe Noah isn’t trustworthy” but this group of kids--this is the only group of kids that sees a cackling undead digital ghost dude hunched over like this who has already tried to kill them on multiple occasions--straight up just 10 minutes ago--and says “he’s probably much better now.”

Just 10 feet away from them, Marik is desperately trying to finish the arc he started, but keeps running into filler problems. Which is this door.

This X-men door, the most powerful filler villain in the Yugioh universe.

I can’t believe they explained away Marik--super powerful evil villain that bested Bakura--by using one singular door that kept him occupied for like 20 episodes.

Apparently the bedtime bots are equiped with Huge Lasers.

Which kind of defeats the purpose of keeping everyone alive to send them to the VR realm?

But whatever, they have huge lasers, but little do they know, Marik can shoot lasers out of that necklace he stole off Bakura, and he didn’t actually do that and it’s kind of a bummer. Instead he reflects the lasers with the rod. Which then makes you wonder--is that why Bakura didn’t use his laser attack then? Because of the reflection issue?

Sorry I can’t believe I even entertained that idea. Clearly they completely forgot about S1 at this point. It feels like it’s been so many years since things were simple and you could shoot lasers out of your eyeball/necklace.

And then, canonically, Marik gave up on this door. This normal ass door. The only foe he has ever stepped down to.

This door has faced the ultimate evil, it has stared down an actual fallen god born of anger and violence, who, after thousands of years steeped in an abusive tomb, has risen to consume the entire world, but, this door, using all of it’s bolts and joints you can buy at your local Home Depot, sent that fallen god back whence he came. Which was a blimp. Marik came from a blimp.

This door should be the 4th God Card.

(I want y’all to know that I originally wrote “5th” god card and bro corrected me because I literally thought there were 4 this entire time.)

The amount of time that Mokuba was not kidnapped after Yugi and co just saved him? I want to say maybe 10 minutes. He got one hug from Seto, and then went back to the kidnap zone.

Apparently, Noah decided to trap everyone else in their old memories--which is an interesting way to recap what happened in S2. The trap doesn’t trick them very well because these guys are missing a fair amount of memory at this point, so they basically got served a bunch of weird nonsense.

So while those guys are going to go down their very, very short memory lanes, Noah takes Mokuba to the same exact Dave & Busters that Tea and Yugi went on a date to back in like S2. Like this is the same exact one. And what’s nuts is I think they even redid the backgrounds, but definitely used S2 as reference. It’s quite the devotion to detail.

Noah tried to invent some sort of weird mystery doorway but then Mokuba was like “yeah it’s in the game right? Don’t say no, because I am hankering for some arcade time--don’t touch the other stick though, I want to play solo.″ and then Mokuba just proceeded to play this 2 person arcade game by himself while Noah just...watches.

In Dukes memories, Tristan looks the same as Duke’s always perceived him.

There’s just a lot to take in here.

But don’t worry, it gets weirder than three cultists on one small toy monkey, because here comes some romantic development that had absolutely no basis in reality. This is just so freakin weird, get ready for it.

They definitely almost run over Duke and Serenity--Joey’s sister--and Joey does not not seem to have any reaction to nearly running over his little sister on the road, because one second later, this is happening.

And that was how Noah managed to insert his JoeyxMai fanfiction into Joey’s head and tried his damnedest to make it canon. It’s wild. I can’t believe Noah was a shipper this whole time. Like, who else has he been secretly shipping???

Noah had a split second to use his fabulous orb brain to deal with Joey, and while he used actual memories from the other kids, when it came to Joey, he sort of stopped and went “oh yes, my OTP!”

So then, in this split second Noah kinda turned to his pile of Joey fanfic he keeps stashed in the corner of his Orb Brain Consciousness and was like “well I have this really good one I wrote where Mai wasn’t in the coma yet, and there clearly aren’t enough romantic sunsets, and like...what if they were getting married? Oh man I love this AU! This is so good, can’t wait to upload it to his brain, OMG, he’ll love it. What if they were in Hawaii or something!? OMG they’re so freakin cute.”

Like everyone else on this show who has a canon relationship had to go through some type of sweet hell terror memory but Joey--just Joey--got to go on a date or something and then seal his love with a ring. Like we’ve seen many indicators that Noah is a small child but this was probably the biggest indicator we’ve seen of Noah’s maturity level when he was like “this is how relationships work.”

Again, Yugioh just writing your fanfiction for you--did you want an AU where Mai and Joey’s age wasn’t an issue and she also wasn’t in a coma yet and was uncharacteristically like “lets run off and get married?” because usually you’d have to search Google for that content, but now it’s just here and given to you on a silver platter.

At about the same time they were fully convinced none of this was a real memory, they all ended up back here, minus Kaibas. Joey apparently took the longest amount of time although he had the most bizarre set of memories. He probably just wanted to see where that fic would pan out, but like most fic’s, it kinda stopped updating at about chapter 3 so he gave up on it.

Just a few blocks away, Mokuba and Noah’s playdate from Hell is going according to plan, and Noah is just biding his time before snatching a body. But, before he does, I guess Noah did want to see what happens in this arcade game Moki’s playing because he’s just been standing here admiring Mokuba’s work.

Even Noah at this point is surprised at how deeply Mokuba has Stockholm Syndrome. Noah was just not prepared for how low Mokuba’s expectations are regarding his evil and pathological brothers.

Actual line of the show through this whole ironic experience, Noah just saying “wow...I almost feel bad”

Anyway remember that DDR game--that huge screened DDR game where Tea had a dance fight with Johnny Steps during her date with Yugi?

Did you ever think it would, one and half seasons later, become the scene of a horrific crime?

Did you ever think that the crime that would occur on the inane DDR machine that Tea once had a dance fight on against a guy wearing fringe moccasins would later be the scene of a family betrayal where Mokuba got murdered by his own dead secret older brother?

Because I sure didn’t.

Anyway, now equipped with his ultimate form--a very small kid with hair that weighs more than the kid itself, Noah rises from his grave.

I kind of love evil Moki, not going to lie.

Apparently Moki’s evil in Season 0 so I’ll probs have to go back to that season eventually to get more of that evil Moki fix.

I hope this is the type of scene that will end this entire show, TBH, just a crazy ass Moki cackling over the bodies of every other card player. That would be such a good way to end this series.

Anyway, I don't know whennnn the next update will be. I may update on that later--maybe not, but until we meet again, we’ll just leave evil Moki here in this nearly abandoned SeaQuest, laughing his face off over the sweet tunes of some Plantasia.

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Yugioh S3 Ep 25: We Finally Address the Dead Bakura in the Room

It’s been a long while guys, a long wait. We had a lot of filler. That filler ended up being just a hell ton of characters, and since the show knew they would only be filler characters, every single one of them had to die. So, now that they are all absolutely dead (at least until we’ll need more filler later) we can finally get back to what we were trying to accomplish since S2, to finish this one single tourney that has been going on for a week in the show’s timeline but about a year and a half in the timeline of anyone watching from home.

It’s finally here, we’ve finally made it to...

A tower that Kaiba really did make in just that shape.

Sometimes you can really tell that this kid is a 16 year old. (who is occasionally 18 whenever it’s necessary. But only occasionally.)

I want you to know that it was probably this image that got this post flagged from my drafts folder. This show and getting me flagged, I swear. I’ve now reached a point, that the moment I click “Save” in my drafts folder, I get an automatic flag. Just automatically. Maybe once you’re tagged enough times, they just start putting you into a special group? I dunno. I’m not concerned about it since this blog is quite kosher, it’s just kind of funny to me that this will probably continue to happen whenever I post from here on out, and the massive dick tower Kaiba made is not helping my cause.

In case you are wondering, Kaiba and Mokuba are completely over losing their only surviving family. They act as if getting trapped in a VR nightmare where your Dad is trying to control all human life is something that is completely trivial and something that everyone goes through at one point. They’re completely over it. Most people would cancel the tourney after seeing the horrors they just witnessed but...Seto still wants those God cards, so, no one has spoken a lip about Noah at all. And probably never will ever again. RIP, Noah arc.

This episode (as well as the next one, since I’ve gotten in the habit of doing these two at a time for weekend updates) is pretty short. This is mostly because they’re recapping S2. Luckily for you and I, this is not really necessary since this is a recap blog and I can just...scroll down...to see what happened in S2 (and I did have to do that because I forgot...a lot)

But, I imagine kids who started watching this show who with the Noah Season and just kinda walked into this situation aboard the blimpjet from Hell were...hella confused at all these rando characters and Egyptian curses coming out of nowhere. The Noah arc and the Real arc are like two completely different feeling arcs.

(Read more under the cut)

They were probably also super confused at this random blonde lady in the hospital who is Joey’s friend but also, if I had not actually seen this show before, I’d just assume was his own mother because she’s drawn so much older than him.

Joey and Mai are now like...basically dating. Honestly, this is probably the best relationship Mai has ever had, and it’s taken place entirely when she’s in a coma.

On the other side of the Blimp, Marik is also checking up on his own beloved coma patient -- but by checking up on him, Marik actually intends to kill him.

Still trying to kill Odion. How many times are we gonna get this guy hovering over Odion’s bed with a knife (that they leave the tip off of in the English version) ?

What follows is a bizarre scene of Marik threatening to kill his Sister but never actually doing it. Honestly, this would be them until the end of time. Marik is never going to kill his Sister. It would be too much effort. He couldn’t even kill Odion when Odion was just asleep right in front of him.

And this is probably there as a sign that Marik still has a slightly less evil side in there somewhere but also...Marik is a villain that doesn’t like actually doing the work required to be a villain, which is how that entire Noah arc happened, youknow? Everyone should be dead by now. It’s been DAYS.

Honestly this whole scene was freakin weird, but not as weird as the next scene.

That’s right, the thing I’ve been waiting for for so long. That thing I’ve brought up every freakin episode for 25 episodes. We’re finally going to talk about it. We’re finally going to address it. I can’t believe it’s actually happening, I honestly thought this wouldn’t get addressed until S5.

It is amazing how many times Yugi’s friends have walked into Yugi having a freaking melt down with himself and how many times Yugi’s friends have been absolutely cool with it. They’re just...used to this now, I guess. They’re just used to Yugi crying at the top of his lungs with the lights off in someone else’s empty room. Completely normal Yugi behavior.

And then...this happens.

For absolutely NO REASON AT ALL, Yugi decides to lie.

I mean if I had a quarter for every lie Yugi says in this show, we’d be drowning in loose change, but it still surprised me a whoooole lot that Yugi would bother to lie about THIS. This thing that you could so easily debunk. This would be so easy to catch on to. The fact that no one wonders “wait, how is he getting air if the jet is still in the sky?” or the fact that when they’re outside, getting some air later in this very episode no one wonders “wait, Bakura’s not even here?”

Like why does any of Yugi’s friends even trust him at this point? Yugi is constantly lying and he’s not even good at it.

And maybe it’s because Yugi thinks that if he says Bakura died, then everyone would get their confidence shattered by Marik and would become too weak to fight back but like...they just witnessed half of Kaiba’s family die and now Yugi thinks they can’t handle Bakura--their shadiest asshole friend--getting killed by the same serial murderer that put two other people in a coma?

He doesn’t even tell the Kaibas “hey, so Marik killed one of your duel champions, do you maybe...need to do something about that?” No. He just...lets it be. Why tell Kaiba? Why tell the guy in charge of this tournament that one of the people in your tourney killed the other tourney people? Why even threaten Moki to threaten to enforce the rules for once his life?

Yugi, I swear.

God bless the storyboarder.

It’s been a while since I praised the storyboarder, mostly because I forget, but man, seeing this pose from this angle is such a good joke. Kaiba just committing to his signature pose until the camera cuts away.

And then, they step off the blimpjet and unanimously agree that Kaiba has deffo brought them here to murder them all and hide the bodies.

Admire this hell hole and then remember that Yugi told everyone that Bakura went outside for “fresh air” and they didn’t immediately ask “you mean in the dump? The literal trash compactor that’s outside? You said Bakura just walked out into the piles of weapon’s factory and rusty sharp metal and is just...waltzing around out there?”

I mean, at this point they should have put two and two together but it’s this team so...I guess they’ll just never know the truth.

And then Joey decided it was time to fight club again.

Marik really did leap up here and go like, “man, this is SO pretty” and it’s supposed to be taken as a sign that Marik loves destruction, but honestly? I don’t think Marik has any idea what things should look like above ground in the first place. He might think this is what normal above-ground people like.

Then, Marik patiently asked Mokuba what the duel order would be and that’s when Mokuba lost his freakin gourd just out of nowhere.

I mean Mokuba doesn’t really like talking to Marik, I get that, but how much of an asshole do you have to be before Mokuba doesn’t like you?

Anyway, they all enter the tower and learn about a whole new mode of playing the game. It took a very long time, and since I don’t go over card games here, is another part of the reason why this update is mercifully short.

They go on these...elevator cars????? And, as they attack eachother they sort of get pushed to the top of the tower, and whoever gets there first, is the first to duel and so on.

They make a very big hullaboo about who they want to duel in the finals. Every single person here. We spend like 5 minutes in everyone’s head wondering about what their strategy will be in this mini game that makes really not much of a difference.

There’s not even guard rails, they could’ve just given him a little push.

I take that back, there are guard rails on these things, but because none of these people ever sit down, the guard rails that are a foot and half off the floor of their cabin will make absolutely no difference.

Like please notice that every single one of their weird duel cars has a padded seat that none of them will even use.

Overall this looks like a whole lot of dueling and I’m looking forward to skipping it. Honestly it’s nice, when was the last time I had a 25 length cap post? S1, right? Like all the way since S1. Ah, good memories.

Anyways, if you just got here, this is a list of the other recaps of this series, starting at S1 Ep1 and moving forward in chrono order.

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Yugioh S2 Ep 33:  ᵇˡᶦᵐᵖ ʙʟɪᴍᴘ  BLIMP ԀꟽI⅂ꓭ

I usually don’t really do these during weekdays but lets just say today was a day where I felt the need for a healthy distraction.

Ah, it is episode 33. There are...so many episodes in a Yugioh season, guys. I was just not aware. But, here we are at episode 33 and we are finally going to start the finals.

For reals this time, no one’s going to get engaged, no one’s going to randomly murder a bunch of people. We are officially starting the finals this episode.

Sort of.

Man, Kaiba and his butterfly-wing shoulderpads. Sometimes it just looks like he’s just going to gently flutter away.

Also in this stadium with Kaiba and Mokuba is Marik and Odion, who is just as confused as to where the hell everyone went and why the hell Mai just flew by being carried off by a ninja in a jet pack. The hours it must have taken to wait for Yugi’s crew to walk 2 single blocks was enough time for Marik to formulate yet another back-up plan. I want to say this is plan #9.

It’s a good thing Pharaoh can’t read anymore, considering that Marik’s just walking around in a crop hoodie with a tattoo that just reads “SEASON 2 SPOILERS, PHARAOH, DO NOT READ” in hieroglyphs.

But if you wait long enough, even Yugi and his friends will accidentally wander the correct direction and actually show up.

(read more under the cut)

Not a joke, this is actually an unfinished public works project, congratulations, Kaiba Corps, there is nothing that Kaiba won’t try and then fail at, at least once.

Anyways, this shady-as-hell unfinished stadium seems kind of like a good place to get murdered and then tossed into a cement slab. Which honestly, would have been a very likely end to this season, considering what we have been through so far.

Marik decides to sneak around the bleachers, probably on all fours so no one would spot him, jump out a window, and then come in through the front door like he’s not been here this entire time. As he did, apparently he made everything very, very windy. In fact, everyone with a millennium item brought with them a spooooooky gust of wind except I think Yugi, who is probably too short to pull that one off.

Yugi did manage to get the vibe of “something bad is coming” before Marik entered the field, but like...there’s so many bad things at this point, Yugi. So many people that could be. It feels like that might be half the cast. You could say that at any given moment in this season and be absolutely right.

So, after possessing Tea for a second, for...some reason? Did she need threatening? Anyway, after doing that, Namu is in with the gang because literally nothing will prevent Yugi from becoming a friend with you, especially if you are trying to hide the fact that you just tried to kill him by drowning him in the ocean.

Funny how instead of them asking how the hell Namu got away from cultists, they have to fixate on the mystery of “is Bakura good at cards!?” because, and I kinda forgot about this, I guess they don’t remember the last time they saw Bakura play. How far up their own ass is Yugi and Joey to assume that just because Bakura doesn’t brag about cards all day, that Bakura hasn’t been equally good at cards? They kind of deserve this.

Yeah and PS Kaiba absolutely did not check the satellite to get the DL on why the hell Bakura got so many cards. Dayjob Saruman I guess went home for the evening so...although that shadow game was definitely being recorded on a computer, we’ll never know what that mess looked like on Kaiba’s end. Like there’s just three duel disks covered in ectoplasm hanging out in the cemetery and no one seems to have noticed?

Like for a competition that was huge about security and tech, they only seemed to watch the God Cards players and then Mokuba randomly monitored Joey Wheeler for some reason. That was it. That was all the people the Kaiba’s cared about.

So although Marik and Odion and Bakura could probably take on everyone right now. Like riiiight now. They decide not to because, well, I nearly forgot about someone that I was really looking forward to seeing again, that’s right, my favorite boy!

AW THERE HE IS!

to quote one of my actual favorite earworms,

Where has this big boy been hiding!? He’s freakin ginormous, but apparently he was just hiding behind a soft cloud or something, in anticipation of this grand reveal in a very sketch unfinished stadium that’s probably being used to bet on bum fights.

Mokuba gets excited for the first time since...I don’t remember if Mokuba’s ever actually been excited before. Like I’m digging through my memories here and no, Mokuba’s been mostly abducted, angry, bored, or scared, this is the first time he’s exuded that pure pre-teen energy.

PS a blimp’s max flying height is 1500 ft, and what surprised me the most about this was realizing that this entire time we’ve been watching this show, we’ve been getting measurements in US metrics. Didn’t realize that before today.

Also, on my wikipedia deep dive into blimps, I found out that like...this is probably not a “blimp,” but actually a semi-rigid airship but...I’m gonna keep calling it a blimp. Don’t @ me, blimp fandom on tumblr.

It’s so good to see more Blimp. Even though...probably the worst place to throw a tourney? Like...how many people are you even gonna fit in there? Like...is this televised? I mean I don’t know how Kaiba’s marketing works for this, honestly, he took over every TV in the city to get people to join this tourney, and now that it’s in full swing no one can watch it?

Whatever, it’s a blimp.

Duke Devlin is still here, despite the fact that I don’t think he’s going to do anything for the rest of this season. I guess they had to promote that gameboy game so his face will just be in the background always although as a dice player he um...he has no purpose here.

In fact it makes no sense, he works with Pegasus who straight up killed Mokuba and Kaiba like a month ago, why are they just letting him on their airship? Whatever.

I dunno, maybe there’s more that Duke will do eventually, but he just seemed like a replacement for Bakura at first--and Bakura’s back now, so why’s he still here?

Ishizu is here, and while every other time we’ve seen Ishizu, she’s been talking our ears off, the one time she should probably say something, she instead decides to lock herself inside her bedroom and avoid everyone.

I guess she was mostly avoiding Marik so they don’t have a sibling laser fight in the hull of a Blimp. That would have made things so awkward for Yugi and Bakura. Especially Yugi, who still doesn’t know that thing around his neck shoots freakin lasers.

Props the background artists who had to draw billions of small little buildings AKA the worst background in the world to draw. I will go through hoops to avoid drawing even a single building, but to have to sit down and paint just a whole page of buildings that someone’s going to smack a foreground on anyway? Mad respect. If you look closely you’ll see that this artist had to use a ruler and perspective and other annoying tools that take up time and energy. Even using editing tools like using blocks of black color to imitate the look of rooftops and crowded structures, it probably took them a few hours to make the background that went in a .2 second scene.

They’ll probably reuse these buildings later, don’t get me wrong, but oi, I feel for them in my carpel tunnel bones.

Seto keeps telling Yugi that they’re rivals but I don’t think anyone on this show other than Joey thinks of Seto as much of a rival at all. You almost feel a little bad for him, like he’s in a weird...hate triangle, but very much on the loosing end of it.

Next we get a good look at Kaiba’s interior design decisions, and much like his mansions, it’s a lot of very unexpected soothing pastels. Like this is a lot of seafoam blue. How can someone so angry make something so grandma-zen? Is it actually Kaiba’s grandmother who is just slapping down all these paint chips when he’s not looking? I mean it’s got muted pink stools even, with a makeup station.

Tea, Tristan, and Duke have no rooms to go to because they aren’t actually part of this competition, so they’re just squatting around until they’ll probably all end up crashing with Mokuba, the only other person who is not dueling in this competition. Reminds me a lot of the first week of college, where everyone is just coasting dorm room to dorm room and there’s like 10 people there who actually don’t actually go there but want to hang out with their high school friends and they just end up sleeping in your room for 7 days until they read your other friend’s diary, get hella indignant, and then storm off back to California. My apologies to my Freshman year roommate who had to put up with all that girl drama.

And because it’s this show, the men and their bottomless stomachs decide to raid the smallest little mini fridge and you wouldn’t believe what takes up about 1/4 of it

There is so many cheese wheels in this Japanese show, guys. So, I felt like doing a quick google search of Japan and Cheese and it’s just a bunch of ex-pats talking about how the European cheeses most of us are familiar with is harder to find in Japan. So, maybe that’s why? It's a status symbol that he can find round cheeses?

But even if you can only get your hands on a 30$ Swiss wheel every so often (because that really is just Swiss cheese, like lets be real.) how much Swiss cheese can one man eat??? Especially since, looking closely, there is not a single baguette here. No man can eat that much cheese without a bread!

Sorry, stuffing your face full of free cheese you pulled out of your friend’s mini-fridge is also giving me vivid flashbacks to my Freshman year of college.

Also little edit--just realized that flag is flipped 90 degrees from French so that’s probably a Holland flag? Although I looked up European flags and there is...none that have that color order so I don’t know which country they were originally going for.

YO I just realized there’s no curtains on any of these pelvis-height level windows. So, you can’t sleep because of the lights, and you can’t change into pajamas because like--the whole city will see.

Kaiba does seem like the type that would on purpose not install any curtains on any of the windows he’s ever owned, though.

Keto is gone, and now we just have Roland, who is probably too terrified to ever abduct the Kaibas by picking them up by the neck with one arm.

Anyway, in case you were wondering--since the show has decided to make a huge fuss over card prep time--how can they prep for a card game if they only have the cards they brought with them and they don’t know what the other people are even playing or which person they’re playing first?

Kaiba did nothing. He sat there and thought “If Yugi doesn’t even put that God Card in his deck this entire tourney will be absolutely pointless.”

Mai took little sips of milk. Probably paired it with Swiss cheese. Just a huge bite out of a wheel of Swiss cheese.

Odion never found the refrigerator.

Marik took a nap on this bed that looks like it’s just made of foam. Why is this the only one on the show who’s like “Youknow, I should sleep at some point.”

And Yugi’s prep involved talking to himself a whole lot, which explains why none of his friends wanted to stay here for that. I doubt very much Yugi kicked him out of the room. He was probably like “no, stay, stay” in that high pitched-low pitched voice combo until they were like “nooooo I don’t want to be present for your daily seance checkup byeeee.” while slowly backing out of the room.

Yo remember that time we were worried about Bandit Keith stealing the puzzle?

Apparently...Pharaoh could have just sort of done that dizzolving thingy and appeared right back on Yugi’s neck.

And remember that time Yugi handed that puzzle to Joey?

Apparently...Pharaoh could have just sneezed and then bam--right back around Yugi’s neck.

Like remember any time this season that we’ve been like “Oh no, the puzzle! We’re gonna lose it!” no that...that was never a problem.

I mean to be fair when it’s dismantled it might not work but um--apparently you can’t lose an item after it’s decided it likes you. At all. Which is kind of weird because Pegasus totally lost that eyeball, and aren’t all these items property of Pharaoh anyway?

I’ll try not to think about it as this rule seems to only really apply to Bakura. 

Anyway, next week--I’m pretty sure the finals are indeed actually starting next week. I could be wrong as I have been every single episode but maybe--probably--the finals are actually going to start. We shall see.

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