#that said Kaiba saving Joey in the most bare minimum effort way possible WAS hilarious

[kujakumai]

I’m making fun of it for being a little silly and improbable but Shizuka rescuing Joey was absolutely an improvement over the manga and a really genuinely great writing choice. It gives her a cool moment of agency and competency and adds to their relationship instead of her just being a generic object who exists to motivate Jou, and it’s honestly not really more silly or improbable than Jou being able to nab the sinking key himself. Granted, Shizuka never really gets to be that cool or competent again, but they at least tried to make her more than a two-dimensional cute macguffin. 

#anime writers said we WILL make shizuka pass the sexy lamp test #that said Kaiba saving Joey in the most bare minimum effort way possible WAS hilarious #meta