#SO THEY GET A PROPER SHIP NAME BUT MANJOUME AND JUDAI STILL GET A SEQUEL-SOUNDING ONE HUH

[yusei-clownington]

*puts aluminum foil hat on* Let’s talk Kingcrabshipping.

(This is obviously just my take on it. You’re welcome to disagree or share YOUR views as well!)

I personally think Jack has an unrequited crush on Yusei. Nothing he would act upon. But it’s there, at least I believe it to be there, and I think it’s really cute.

"Look at them. They're probably shipping us as we speak."

Elaboration under the cut.

So the first time Jack and Yusei interact in the series, it’s evident that jack, the guy who wouldn’t stop reminding us he was king every waking moment of his life until he wasn’t that anymore, seemed to think of Yusei as somewhat of an equal. Sure, he seemed to be certain he was going to win, but he never failed to show his acknowledgement of Yusei’s skills.

At the time, that was all there was to it. Jack was obviously the rival character, and that’s about it. Maybe he wasn’t as gay for the main character as Kaiba and Manjoume were.

Oh but he was.

And he is.

And he will be.

Hear me out on this one.

The first time I thought Jack’s crush was showing was during the helicopter scene, in which Carly deliberately disrespected Yusei to lure Jack into speaking.

WHICH FUCKING WORKED.

It basically went

Carly: *says something bad about Yusei*

Jack: UM NO *goes on an exposition monologue about yusei’s backstory and how there’s more to him than meets the eye*

Wasn’t it a bit weird that the first time we hear of Yusei’s backstory, was through Jack?

Unlike with crow…which I’m gonna make a whole post about later, I can’t see Jack having purely platonic feelings for Yusei. There’s a bit of a crush mixed in too.

And another thing that stood out was the fact that it was Jack who snapped Yusei put of his misery as he briefly wallowed over kiryu. I mean he did it by punching him, but it seemed to work. After all, Jack knows Yusei well.

NOW HE'RE ANOTHER GAY SITCH

When Yusei is occupied with his and Bruno’s program, we get to see a more jealous side of Jack. It’s honestly what confirmed the crush thing to me.

Crow didn’t seem to mind it as much, although he’s supposedly the more hot-headed one. Rua was pretty chill with it, even pointing out that they were “like lovebirds”. And Ruka was cool as well.

But Jack and Aki? Oh they were N O T very fine. They were pretty pissed at this new pretty blue-haired boy Yusei’s been ignoring them for.

Rua seemed to only point out Aki’s jealousy, but I think that just goes back to his sister’s earlier comment, which kinda pissed me off, “You only say that about a man and a woman”

Had she not said that, I think Rua may have been able to conclude that Jack was jealous as well. But that’s besides the point.

What also seemed to stand out to me was Jack’s constant violence and aggression towards Bruno, more so than with the rest of the gang.

We’ve already established that Bruno is…far from platonic with Yusei. At least far enough not be labelled a “just a friend”.

Did that have anything to do with Jack’s behavior Towards him?

I choose to believe so!

What about yusei? Do I think he has a crush on Jack as well?

I would have to say no. I doubt he does. Yes, he cares for him a lot, but I can’t help but think he views him as a friend. A really close one, but that’s about it.

When comparing the way Yusei acted with Kiryuu, or even bruno, with the way he acts towards Jack, It seemed very platonic in comparison, no? Though I am way too biased towards Treasonshipping, so maybe that's that side of me speaking.

But the other way around, Comparing Jack’s interactions with everyone, including Carly may I add, to his with Yusei, a very loud part of my head screams UNREQUITED CRUSH UNREQUITED CRUSH.

So uh to end this. JACK HAS A CRUSH ON YUSEI, BUT I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING BEYOND IT.

BAM HAVE THIS SCREENSHOT ANYWAY.

#Oh right and that one time jack looked into the distance thinking about Yusei #jack atlas #Yusei fudo #kingcrabshipping #SO THEY GET A PROPER SHIP NAME BUT MANJOUME AND JUDAI STILL GET A SEQUEL-SOUNDING ONE HUH #OKAY #yugioh 5d's #For clarification I see crow and yusei as literal brothers so- nope not romantic to me