#Yami Bakura/Ghost Kotsuzuka

[yugioh-rare-pair-poll]

Round 1: Poll 2

Propaganda under the cut

Pairing 1: Identityshipping (Ryou Bakura/Rishid Ishtar | Odion Ishtar)

Propaganda: I know it’s pretty obscure but to be honest me and a friend got into it a while back pretty much just bc we love Rishid SO MUCH and him & Bakura are both traumatized sweeties who deserve the best. I think they’d get along well and be happy and kind… it’s a comfort ship basically

Pairing 2: Occultshipping (Yami Bakura/Ghost Kotsuzuka | Bonz)

Propaganda: Yami Bakura enjoys scaring Kotsuzuka, and while Kotsuzuka finds Yami Bakura terrifying, he also admires him for it. They could scare everyone, together!

Now, let’s keep things civil. This is a silly poll where we can share why we love our overlooked ships. There’s no need to be nasty to prove your point. Bashers will be banished to the Shadow Realm.

[mirpuzzle]

Fear them!

[enemyoflactose]

Blushy blush

Why'd my art style change for Marik 💀

[danthepest]

I kinda feel bad for these two

Ghost Kotsuzuka & Dinosaur Ryuzaki. Neither were really that bad but one got murdered by a psychopathic demonic spirit for shits and giggles while the other was turned into a massive asshole loser in the anime.

Kotsuzuka hasn't really done anything to warrant the "punishment" he got from Dark Bakura. He was a weak willed lackey of Bandit Keith and he just wanted to participate in the finals of Battle City. Then Dark Bakura came and outright killed him in the manga after their duel while in the anime he sends him (and the other two goons) to literal hell. Poor guy.

Ryuzaki wasn't that much of a jerk in the manga. Arrogant and cocky, sure, but what duelist isn't? He disappears from the manga during Jonouchi's duel with Esper Roba. There was nothing about him that would imply that he gets along with Haga or that he was an asshole even at the height of his fame. But the anime makes those two partners in crime and its just...I dunno.

Ryuzaki deserves better than that.

[heljay]

Art trade with @mirpuzzle! The request was some Occultshipping (Yami Bakura/Ghost Kotsuzuka) 👻💕

This was fun! It’s been ages since I’ve drawn Yami Bakura, his hair is a lot more fun than I remember. It’s also just nice to draw some card game stuff every so often, zombie boy is always a treat :’3

Thanks for the trade, Mirai!

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ROUND 2A! MATCH 4 OUT OF 8

Monster Stats & Propaganda Under the Cut:

Great Mammoth of Goldfine is used by Ghost Kotsuzuka ("Bonz" in the dub). Its stats are the following:

Attribute: DARK

Level: 6

Type: ZOMBIE / FUSION

Description (according to the anime): "The Snake Hair" + "Dragon Zombie"

ATK: / DEF: 2200 / 1800

Propaganda:

Bones bones bones.

Man-Eater Bug is used by Yami Bakura. Its stats are the following:

Attribute: EARTH

Level: 2

Type: INSECT / EFFECT

Effect Type: FLIP

Effect (according to the anime): "When Man-Eater Bug is flipped face-up, destroy 1 monster on the field."

ATK: / DEF: 450 / 600

Propaganda:

It instantly destroys a monster on Flip. Any monster. Man eater bug do not care what you got, it eats it. Very fun to flip on someone's big tough monster.

[kaibacorpstocksplit]

YGOctober Day 17: Ghost Kotsuzuka, Takaido, Satake, and Ryou Bakura

How nice of Yami Bakura to make sure Ryou had some friends waiting in the Shadow Realm!

[magpiejay1234]

So the rough list of possible one-off retrains for 25th Anniversary I have is basically this:

Malik Ishtar:

Gil Garth is the only Normal monster Malik has besides the cards he used while possessing Strings (Humanoid Slime, Worm Drake, Humanoid Worm Drake). All of his other cards exist as Effect Monsters in the OCG/TCG.

Malik has tons of unreleased cards, of course, but we aren’t concerned with those for now.

Mai Kujaku:

The only non-archetypal monster without a retrain she has is The Unfriendly Amazon, or Ally-Killing Swordsmistress in Japanese. She is basically her equivalent of Panther Warrior in the OCG/TCG, so that might be something.

Seto Kaiba:

Kaiba has two notable Normal Monsters from Duelist Kingdom, Grappler, and Swordstalker. Swordstalker technically has an effect in the animé, and Grappler is one the earlier Reptile monsters, so it appears in some card artworks, but that’s about it.

Yugi Muto:

Already discussed briefly, but the only ones that remain are Horn Imp, Blackland Fire Dragon, and Koumori Dragon. Of the three, Koumori Dragon is the most interesting, given its Japanese name, Devil Dragon.

Katsuya Jonouchi:

While he has multiple options, for Normal Monsters, Garoozis, and Tiger Axe remain the most likely, and interesting. For Effect Monsters, there is Little-Winguard, and Hayabusa Knight. Panther Warrior already has a Fusion in Barrett’s deck from ARC-V, and Gilford got recent support in Rush Duels.

Ryou Bakura:

White Magical Hat from the animé Duelist Kingdom deck would be an interesting choice. Doma the Angel of Silence will likely get some sort of Darklord retrain though, so I’m not really counting that.

Battle City Deck is kind of difficult, since the Decks against Yugi/Kotsuzuka, and Yami Malik are very different. I also don’t count Dark Ruler Ha Des as really his, since that card has an entire different mythology in the card game lore.

His final arc deck was never released, and generally marketing doesn’t focus on that arc, so RIP for those waiting on a Necro Soldier retrain when the actual card itself is still not in the game.

Ryota Kajiki:

This one’s really easy, since the only ones remaining are Amphibian Beast, Flying Fish, and Great White. Great White has the best shot in this batch, unless Megolodon gets finally released.

Pegasus J. Crawford:

His most notable non-Effect Monsters are Parrot Dragon, Bickuribox, Dark Rabbit, and Toon Alligator. They are all pseudo-Toon monsters (as in, the Toon Ability, not the Toon archetype).

For his effect monsters, there is Dragon Piper, and Jigen Bakudan.

Insector Haga:

This one is kind of complicated, since Haga’s Deck in the animé is far more sophisticated than in the manga. Therefore, I’ll be double-checking them.

For those who exist both in manga and animé, there is Basic Insect, Hercules Beetle, and Killer Needle.

Giant Flea only exists in the manga, and Kamakiriman only exists in the animé.

Animé Battle City deck also has Kiseitai, and Flying Kamakiri 1, Flying Kamakiri 2, Insect Soldiers of the Sky, Cockroach Knight, and Leghul. Flying Kamakiri 1 is one of the Attribute Summoners, and Flying Kamakiri 2 exists in Rush Duels, so they both would be out of this discussion.

Decks that can be retrained in almost entirety:

Bandit Keith (has several Normal Monsters)

Player Killer in the Darkness (has some of the earliest Fiend monsters in the game, and technically the inspiration for both Supreme Kings)

Ghost Kotsuzuka: Pumpking technically has Pumprincess, which makes me wonder why that isn’t an archetype, or even just a Series yet.

Rishid: Since he only has one moster, Mystical Beast of Serket.

Seeker(aka the Exodia Rare Hunter guy)/Pandora/Strings/Mask of Light/Mask of Darkness: All of these Ghouls have only few monsters anyway, retraining them won’t cost much slots. Pandora is kinda iffy since Legion was released in the previous 15th anniversary hype period.

Dinosaur Ryuzaki: His entire Deck is composed of Normal Monsters in the canon arcs, so...

Decks which are already retrained:

Isis Ishtar: All of her monsters have been retrained. 

Esper Roba: Only Cyber Raider remains unretrained.

Meikyu Bros. (already confirmed for Maze of Memories, the remaining monsters can be retrained)

*****

I’m not talking about characters who are not duelists in the manga (Ryuji, Anzu, Hiroto, Shizuka), or characters that don’t exist in the manga (Rebecca) for obvious reasons. I already talked about Anzu, and Fire Princess (used by both Shizuka, and Rebecca) might get a retrain if Fire Sorcerer gets one, since they are sort of counterparts. Ryuji will probably get more of his DDM monsters printed as cards (possibly including manga ones as well, of which there are many), and Hiroto might get like a dedicated Raremetal archetype or something. Shizuka’s Lady Panther might also get a retrain if Panther Warrior gets one. So there’s that. 

[arcatsk]

Art trade with the one, the only, the magnificent @mirpuzzle  <----GO CHECK HER OUT! Ghost Kotsuzuka (also known as Bonz in the dub) comforting Yami Bakura, who is haunted by the spirits of his past (poor guy.. he has to go through so much in his life TT) Since Kotsuzuka is familiar with the occult and ghosts, he's the only one brave enough to get close and comfort the guy.. Watch her wonderful part here:        https://www.tumblr.com/mirpuzzle/695495949291765760/to-protect-you?source=share        (I'm still screaming)

[bakugouisabitch]

Bakura in every DM duel: vs "Ghost" Kotsuzuka

"I’m getting chills... Just picturing the scared looks on your faces... makes my body tremble with excitement!”

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Second-Chance Bracket Round 3: Poll 1

Propaganda under the cut

Pairing 1: Occultshipping(Yami Bakura/Ghost Kotsuzuka | Bonz)

Propaganda: Yami Bakura enjoys scaring Kotsuzuka, and while Kotsuzuka finds Yami Bakura terrifying, he also admires him for it. They could scare everyone, together!

Pairing 2: Manipulashipping(Anzu Mazaki|Tea Gardener/Malik Ishtar)

Propaganda: I think this pair is a way to explore the really rich ideas of bodily autonomy and different ways people suffer (not to mention there’s something about the way that she’s briefly the last piece of him)… mostly i think this could be really good in a postcanon setting but that’s beside the point

Now, let’s keep things civil. This is a silly poll where we can share why we love our overlooked ships. There’s no need to be nasty to prove your point. Bashers will be banished to the Shadow Realm.

[mirpuzzle]

The spirit of the ring found comfort in the ghost's arms ♡.

RarePair Week day 3 - Hurt/Comfort Occultshipping (Yami Bakura/Ghost Kotsuzuka)

[enemyoflactose]

I ranked Yu-Gi-Oh characters based on if I think they could fix Yami Bakura

I'm also not tagging all of those characters. That's too many.

[millennium-puzzle]

Ep 79 color pallette appreciation post

Go watch this ep, it's wonderful (i focused on Bonzy here but Bakura? he is still the creepiest most beautiful man)

[mic-check-stims]

Hello! Can I have a moodboard for Occultshipping (Yami Bakura/Ghost Kotsuzuka (Bonz)), please? ♥

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[draconicmaw]

October 2020 Yu-Gi-Oh Random Pairing Challenge

Hello! Welcome to the first monthly Yu-Gi-Oh Random Pairing Challenge, where the pairs are rare and canon relevance doesn't matter!

Here I have a list of 20 random pairings. By random, I mean the character names were literally drawn from a hat to make them.

You can pick any pairing you'd like, or, if you are indecisive like me, you can ask me and I will randomly assign you a number from 1 to 20. And if you don't like that one, that's okay! Any participation whatsoever would be absolutely lovely. Some characters are selected from the first iteration commonly referred to as "Season 0." Some of the characters are "filler characters" from non-canon segments of the anime. If you don't like these characters, feel free to disregard the pairings that include them.

Below that is a list of 5 themes that my dorky IRL friends helped me brainstorm. These are simply an aid for you if you need some direction. Feel free to disregard them if they don't meet your fancy. Again, if you want to use one but don't know what one you want, just contact me and I will randomly assign you one.

And, last but not least, however you decide to express the pairing of your choice is completely up to you! Drabbles, oneshots, multi-chapter fics, fan art, any sort of creative expression would be appreciated beyond belief.

Pairings

Espa Roba x Isono | Roland

Mana x Vivian Wong

Priest Seto | Priest Set(h) x Yugi Mutou

Nosaka Miho x Kawai Shizuka | Serenity Wheeler

Pegasus J. Crawford | Maximillion Pegasus x Johnny Steps

Rebecca Hopkins | Rebecca Hawkins x Kajiki Ryouta | Mako Tsunami

Mazaki Anzu | Tea Gardner x Honda Hiroto | Tristan Taylor

Rishid Ishtar | Odion Ishtar x Dinosaur Ryuuzaki | Rex Raptor

Priestess Isis x Seto Kaiba

Rafael x Bakura Ryou

Ghost Kotsuzuka | Bonz x Amelda | Alister

Otogi Ryuuju | Duke Devlin x Dartz

Marik Ishtar | Kisara

Zigfried von Scroeder x Ishizu Ishtar

Yami | Atem x Valon

PaniK x Yami Bakura | Thief King Bakura

Mokuba Kaiba x Kujaku Mai | Mai Valentine

Mahad x Jounouchi Katsuya | Joey Wheeler

Insector Haga | Weevil Underwood x Bandit Keith Howard

Wild card! Contact me for a new randomly drawn pairing if you so desire!

Themes

Haunted House

Murder Mystery

Maze

Costume Party

Change

If you post anything for this challenge on any platform (Tumblr, Ao3, FFN, etc), I would love to hear about it! Feel free to use the tag #Yu-Gi-Oh Monthly Random Pairing Challenge, too. I will be selecting a pairing for myself to write for while I'm at it.

To those of you who even took the time to look through and read this whole post, thank you! I hope you participate.