#Yugioh Bonz

[mirpuzzle]

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

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

[viviraptor-art]

okay last comm thing for a while, i swear. i liked these matching icons so much that i wanted to post them on their own! look out for some of the shortest duelists on the block... seriously. you'll trip over them.

commissioned by @pan-pan-traviii!

[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.

[amararala]

yugioh shrimps femme-butch scale

[yugioh-rare-pair-poll]

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.

[yu-gi-poll]

ROUND 1A, MATCH 6 OUT OF 16

Monster Stats & Propaganda Under the Cut:

Pumpking King of Ghosts is used by Ghost Kotsuzuka ("Bonz" in the dub). Its stats are the following:

Attribute: DARK

Level: 6

Type: ZOMBIE / EFFECT

Effect Type: TRIGGER / CONTINUOUS

Effect (according to the anime): "Increase the ATK of other Zombie-Type monsters you control by 10% the turn it this card is Summoned and the start of each of your turns."

ATK: / DEF: 1800 / 2000

Propaganda:

[None Submitted]

Maha Vailo is used by Seto Kaiba and by Anzu Mazaki ("Tea Gardener" in the dub). Its stats are the following:

Attribute: LIGHT

Level: 4

Type: SPELLCASTER / EFFECT

Effect Type: CONTINUOUS

Effect (according to the anime): "This card gains 500 ATK for each Equip Card equipped to this card."

ATK: / DEF: 1550 / 1400

Propaganda:

Good in equip spell decks. Also for years and years I thought it had no arms.

[creature-of-the-week]

Pumpking, the King of Ghosts from Yu-Gi-Oh! (1996)

[pan-pan-traviii]

little doodles of the shrimps + bonz!! <33 i love characters that show up for 4 episodes and then never come back, but i’d love to think that after bakura left everyone got brought back from the shadow realm.

ALSO BONZ AND REX AND WEEVIL WOULD BE SO CUTE TOGETHER PLEEEAASEEE theyre all autistic and gay and non-binary and they infodump to each other and jokingly argue constantly over which is the best movie: a bugs life, jurassic park, and the nightmare before christmas !!!

even if they didn’t date i still think rex and weevil would be friends with bonz :3 love them sm

[sweetiepie08]

Suddenly remembered 3 minor joke antagonists got dragged to actual, literal hell in yugioh.

[mirpuzzle]

I've been really curious about this, who are your top ten Yu-Gi-Oh characters?

Hello! 🌷 Usually, I only have a few favorites. So, aside from the first three, the rest is constantly changing. I'll try to put them in order (all under the cut).

♡. 10 ── Carly Nagisa (5Ds)

What's not to love about her? She's funny, pretty, and a complete mess of a person. She gets in all sorts of trouble, all because she's trying to make a living. I like it when she gets screen time.

♡. 9 ── Noa Kaiba (DM)

He was my favorite as a kid, so I still have a special place in my heart for him. His story made me cry. He did not deserve that. He only wanted others to understand him. You're valid, Noa.

♡. 8 ── Yusei Fudo (5Ds)

It's rare for me to favor a protagonist. That's how you know he's good. This man is a blessing to Yugioh. He has a natural charisma that's impossible to ignore. He's perfect.

♡. 7 ── Bandit Keith (DM)

...I think. I have mixed feelings toward him. I don't even know why he's on this list. I keep going to him in games where Kotsuzuka is not there. So, that must mean I like him, right? I'm confused.

Cross Duel showed me he can be really nice to you if you help him win. I appreciate how he helps other duelists fortify their decks, using the themes they originally had instead of giving them a completely new deck. He cares.

While there's no excuse for what he did to Kotsuzuka and the boys, the fact that, behind that 'bad guy' front, there's a sad, broken man makes me feel bad for him. He deserves to heal.

♡. 6 ── Ryou Bakura (DM)

The anime doesn't do him justice. The more I learn about him through other fans and Duel Links, the more I like him. He's a precious cream puff who likes spooky stuff and is treated terribly by almost everyone. He deserves better (friends).

♡. 5 ── Divine (5Ds)

This man is terrible in every way, and that's the point. I hate that his character was designed to be hated. He gets no backstory, no redemption arc, no nothing. He's just there to be blamed for every bad thing that's ever happened. I pity him. He's the worst. I love this guy.

♡. 4 ── Thief King Bakura (DM)

PLEASE give this guy a break. He has gone through enough. The way he pulled himself back up after all that tragedy is impressive. Imagine how one skillful Thief became a Pharaoh's major threat. A Thief who brings up important moral questions that society seems to ignore (deliberately). He deserves to be heard.

♡. 3 ── Kiyoshi Takaido & Satake (DM)

They share third place because I can't have one without the other. I automatically started loving them because they're close friends with Kotsuzuka. I like that they care about him. These guys have so much potential to explore, and it's a shame we see so little of them.

They're not 'Keith's lackeys'. They're duelists in their own right. They have ambitions and aspirations. They just didn't get to be in the spotlight.

♡. 2 ── Yami Bakura (DM)

Sometimes switches places with Takaido and Satake but usually stays in second place. He's wickedly perfect. From his gorgeous design to how he pretends everything is part of his plan, even though he's literally dissipating into nothingness. He has the nerve to make empty threats that he never carries out. And I love him for that. No one can deny that he looks cool when he shows how evil™️ he is.

There's something beautiful about this ancient evil spirit dedicating his existence to fulfill his objective - all while showing us that he can enjoy normal human activities, like playing games. The complexity of his character captivates me. You can study him for hours, and it will still take you a while to figure him out due to his confusing lore. I like reading what other fans have to say about him.

The way he makes others suffer causes me to have mixed feelings. Sure, I love angst. I just wish there were some feelings involved.

Seeing him make enemies with almost everyone he crosses paths with makes me think he wants to keep everyone away, and that's sad. I want him to care about someone other than himself. I want someone to care about him.

♡. 1 ── Ghost Kotsuzuka (DM)

Yes, that one guy who's known for using Zombie-Type monsters. That short, spooky 15-year-old who walks around hunched over pretending to be a ghost, not realizing he's too cute to be scary. That naive boy who trusted the wrong person and then was unlucky enough to cross paths with the main antagonist. He's my favorite.

I love him. The way his eyes light up when he talks about the things he likes is adorable. I could listen to him gush about ghosts for hours.

His character tends to be frustratingly misinterpreted and overlooked. It's sad that some people think of him as nothing more than collateral damage to Yami Bakura's 'mischief'. He deserves better than that.

When you see past his 'side antagonist' role, you realize he's a precious little guy who's trying his best. Behind that ghostly, mischievous smile, there's a lost youth looking for guidance from a 'big bro' figure he can look up to, whether he realizes this or not.

Despite the differences in his characterization between the manga, anime, and games, one thing remains consistent. He grows into someone who wants to prove he can duel by himself.

But what does he get? Nothing but pain. Betrayed, deceived, ending up dead or lost in the darkness, condemned in almost every canon, with only his sentient Duel Links data to remember him by.

He only wanted to duel.

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I'll stop here. Otherwise, I'll be talking about Kotsuzuka for hours. Thank you so much for the ask! ♡ Sorry that it took a while. I was struggling to organize what I wanted to say for some of the characters, and I wanted to add some art :3

Keep in mind that I've only seen Duel Monsters and the first half of 5Ds, so there are many characters I don't know yet.

[ygoartreviews]

The Thing in the Purple Mirror

"Folks...do you know the term "purple mirror"? If you know, be careful. If you remember it passed 20 years, then you..."

Today's card is based on the urban legend of the purple mirror. The card's own text explains about half of it; expanding on this, it's basically that if you remember this phrase by the time you turn 20, you die, because the phrase itself is cursed. This card version of the legend seems to expand upon this curse by suggesting that this sinister being lurks within the purple mirror (although that doesn't explain how the phrase itself could do anything to you). Just what exactly this being is or how it came to be is a mystery, however (the actual Japanese name seems to imply that it's more of a "person" than a "thing"). Based on appearance alone, you could say it's a ghost or a demon, or even just a weird gaseous monster. I'm questioning the choice to have weird yellow gas streaming from under this monster's eyes. It kinda seems out of place to me but idk... Speaking of color, I can't actually tell if the mirror is purple or not; the case itself looks more purple than the mirror, but maybe that's just the effect of 90% of this card being, well, purple.

Rating: 6/10, I'm immune to the curse now, but if you're under 20... Sorry

[bakorrra2]

I never thought that I'll see Kozuka calling Yami Bakura "Mister Occult Deck", as well as seeing Keith being kinda scared of him, but this Wave duel event changed it all

[enemyoflactose]

Look at this that I made in driving school while my instructor talked about how covid ruined everything and how America sucks dick and balls.

The hand is whoever you'd like it to be. It can even be yourself.

[mrtoptenlist]

It's the month of Halloween, so let's do a couple of spooky videos! Well, Yugioh zombies can be more silly than spooky, but they're zombies, so the fit the theme of the month.

[hauntedtotem]

i know the entire ygo fandom clowns on duel links but I actually miss playing duel links so much 💔