#yu gi oh series

[kurose-kurosaki]

First post of the year.

Originally made them for stickers, but now I see them, I feel they lack cuteness, but now I will go for the antagonists, and then I will return to the protagonists... maybe.

[sonicasura]

Watching Yu-Gi-Oh GX it will always make me laugh that Kaiba's pettiness toward Yugi will forever be a thing since he made Slifer the worst dorm and Obelisk the best dorm.

I hate you Kaiba but I love you Kaiba

just a little observation

It's Kaiba. Of course he's gonna be petty as fuck. This is practically him throughout the entire OG series.

[poyo3106]

I found Yugioh mini figures at the Dollar Tree and made this Time Wizard into a keychain :)

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

Original title: 遊☆戯☆王.

[doyouknowthischaracter]

DO YOU KNOW THIS CHARACTER?

[whoishotteranimepolls]

"Who's Hotter?" Somebody's Comfort Characters

[thefigureresource]

Nendoroid Seto Kaiba [Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters] from Good Smile Company coming December 2024.

[conjunction-of-crows]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Sketch dump! old and new. Felt it was a shame to never share some of these, I really need to work on my instinct to never post anything that i don't feel is "completed" even when I never intend on taking those drawings past the sketch phase.

[starleska]

the code has been cracked 👀🌹🐰👑💜✨

[askstrangeweird]

"I’ve given this friendship speech a thousand times already. Hasn’t it sunk in yet?" <3

This took me a while but i finally got to draw Tea Gardner / Anzu Mazaki from the original series of Yu-Gi-Oh! Writers should have done more with her! She has a ton of outfits i wanted to draw but i chose these 3 for now lol.

[sonicasura]

Also sort of had this idea for later in the Zexal Crossover but I think it would be funny if Phos were too battle a certain Gimmick Puppet User and the XYZ Monster Phos brought out too battle was Gimmick Puppet Of Leo

2 No. Gimmick Puppet Monsters facing off against each other.

I have an more insane idea to put on top of that. You know those two new Gimmick Puppet XYZ based on said user? Fulvina decided to be sheer troll and give Phos Fanatix Machinix to use against him.

An opener that provides them a Rank Up card to bring out Leo. Especially if Quattro tries to Puppet Lock Phos out of Special Summoning. It would be super funny.

[danthepest]

Can we appreciate how much of a fucking gremlin Seto Kaiba was in his first appearance?

[howlingday]

Cinder: Nobody fucks Cinder Fall! Do you hear me?! I have never been fucked! There's not a single time in my life where I've been fucked by anybody! I am easily the least fucked person in this entire world! And that one time with Ruby doesn't even count, I don't think anyone was even there to see it! So just to clarify; Cinder Fall, never been fucked! EVER!

Cinder: ...Oh god. Emerald, please don't tell me my scroll was on live to all of Remnant this whole time.

Emerald: Er, yes, ma'am. I'm afraid so.

Cinder: Okay... Uh... Find a way to blame this on Arc!

Emerald: Yes, ma'am. I will let everyone know that Cinder Fall has been fucked and Jaune Arc was involved.

Cinder: Yes, exactly right- WAIT, NOOOOO!

[27-orange-lily]

Martin's Super Special Awesome Birthday - A LittleKuriboh Tribute Zine

February 3rd is Martin Billany / LittleKuriboh's birthday!

To celebrate Martin's birthday, 20 artists came together to pay tribute to him and his work in the form of a zine containing illustrations, comics and even a 3D render!

You can look through the zine online on issuu or get the PDF file! If you enjoy the zine, make sure to check out the links to the artists' social media accounts!

[seventhdoctor]

A Trapezoid of Foils: Judai/Yubel and Amon/Echo

I'm back on my bullshit, and my bullshit is yelling about the trashfire that is Judai Yuki and Yubel. This post is a collection of thoughts on how Amon and Echo were clearly meant to reflect Judai and Yubel in some way or other, and how it feels like it should be neater than it is. The parallels are there, but it's not fully symmetrical and some of the angles are kind of weird...so yeah, kind of like a (non-isosceles) trapezoid!

(Geometry Tumblr do not @ me, I'm doing my best with this metaphor)

Spoilers for GX season 3, naturally. I haven't said it before, but for this post as well as previous ones I'm basing all information and characterization on the sub version of GX rather than the dub (which drastically changes Yubel's backstory and motives).

Yubel and Amon

This is the most obvious one, because Yubel spends two whole episodes and honestly some of their most iconic monologues trying to tear Amon down after building him up the whole season.

They're both antagonists willing to cause harm to the one they love for their goals. For Amon, that goal is the power to build a utopia. For Yubel, the harm is the goal - or at least, the metric by which they will have achieved their goal (showing their love for Judai).

Yubel, of course, claims that Amon is more selfish in his use of harm. Pain is love in their philosophy, but it's mutual pain - dishing out the pain without taking any back would only be mere cruelty. This of course misses the nuance that Echo wanted Amon to use her as a sacrifice, while Judai didn't welcome any of Yubel's twisted affections.

Still, from what I've seen most people agree that Yubel comes across as more "honest" one way or another. And to understand why things feel that way, it's important to look at their backstory and motivations, as well as how their motivations change.

Yubel dedicated themself to Judai's past life, tying themself to him through lifetimes, and in the present remained true to that devotion in unwanted ways. When Judai sent them to space and it ended up being Oops! All Torture, Yubel developed their sadomasochistic philosophy as a coping mechanism and an attempt to reconcile Judai's past promises and present actions.

Upon their return to Earth, they planned to return the "favor": by sending Yubel to the pain and isolation of outer space Judai made them stronger (i.e., infected by the Light of Destruction, with all that entails), so they'll give him his own painful experience (all of season 3) to make him stronger (awaken his power as Supreme King). Then they'll reunite, having both demonstrated their love for each other, and [this part is where the Light of Destruction really twists up their thinking]. Everything they do is in the name of this motive*, whether Judai really likes it or not.

Amon dedicated himself to the Garam conglomerate with Echo by his side before being replaced by his younger brother Sid, the sole blood Garam sibling. He nearly murdered Sid before changing his mind and dedicating himself wholly to his brother instead, a decision Echo and Yubel both describe as willingly chaining himself to their service. Even when given an opportunity to become the heir (all it'd take is watching his brother die to illness, not even murder) he rejects it, and begs for a way to save him.

And yet, when when given the opportunity he made a deal with the devil to break the chains he put on himself and abandon that same family. Then when he gets the chance to obtain power by sacrificing someone he loves, he does exactly that. Then he plans to become king of a utopia free of suffering, and always remember Echo.

So then, what are Amon's motives? Is he somebody who got tired of being abandoned or unappreciated? An ends-justify-the-means idealist? Just a power-hungry hypocrite? It's hard to tease out a consistent character and ideology from him. And in a show where people wear their hearts in their decks, I think this part of why people hate him - and so does Yubel.

Yubel hates Johan because he's terrifyingly like Yubel in some ways, focused and protective and dear to Judai.** Yubel hates Amon because he can't be like Yubel at all, resenting the brother he dedicated himself to and sacrificing the person he loved for power in an empty world forever devoid of that same person.

No way Yubel can be that kind of person, right? Otherwise, what was it all for?

* To be fair, you don't know all of Yubel's backstory by the time of their final duel with Amon. However, even removing the context of their past life that duel together with Yubel!Johan vs. Hell Kaiser establishes Yubel's central motivations more coherently than they do Amon's.

** Help, I know there's been other essay segments on this topic, text and video alike. But I saw a lot of them back in early 2023 when I was mindlessly going through GX material in a haze of hyperfixation and now I've forgotten all the other good sources.

Yubel and Echo

If Yubel's parallels with Amon are about their dedication, Yubel's parallels with Echo are about who they're dedicated to. Both believe in their loved one's destiny to become a king, and take actions to make them that king.

Yubel has historical basis in that Judai is quite literally the Supreme King, bearer of the gentle darkness. To help him achieve that role, Yubel enacts a plot to break Judai until he awakens his Supreme King side. It fits neatly into their schema of things: this is how they make the person they love stronger, so that they will thrive and survive. Make Judai stronger and awaken his old power, and all will be as it was meant to be.

Echo just believes that Amon is amazing enough that he would make a better king than anyone. When the chances arises to help break his chains and give him a world to rule, Echo takes it.

...And boy does she.

Both Yubel and Echo believe their loved ones are meant to be a king. Both give their lives in support of their loved one, and become weapons wielded in their service.

No wonder Yubel was shaken by Echo's devotion remaining within Exodia for just a moment - it's not all that far from their own.

Unfortunately Yubel's only direct interaction with Echo is goading her attack on field-Yubel during the final Amon duel. Otherwise they only speak of Echo as someone used and abandoned by Amon - which in itself has potential, given Yubel's own feelings about Judai sending them away.

I think GX could definitely have explored this connection a bit more. There's space to fill here.

Judai and Amon

As noted above, Judai and Amon both have roles as kings - at least, in the eyes of their single most loyal people. Judai holds the title of Supreme King as the wielder of gentle darkness, and while not confirmed his past life sure looked like a prince. Amon simply has ambition, talent, and an ideal world in his mind.

And in operating with the ambition of kings, they both do terrible things to achieve power. Judai lays this out explicitly in the Edo vs. Amon duel:

Amon lets his need for power get in the way of his other relationships and priorities, and sacrifices the ones he loves to obtain Exodia similarly to how Judai sacrificed his friends and eventually uncountable innocents for his own goals - finding Johan, and then ruling as Supreme King. Straightforward, right?

But I think there's another parallel between the two that's a lot more interesting. Or...most of a parallel. Namely, their relationship with their other halves and the responsibility of a loyal follower who would give up anything for you, be it their life or their humanity.

What do you do when the person you love most dedicates their existence to you - to the point of throwing everything else away, even their very life?

Of course, the Judai-Yubel and Amon-Echo situations aren't exactly the same even putting aside the issue of reincarnation. (For the purposes of this essay I'm not making huge distinctions between Judai and his past life, but if you want to get into the details I've written about that previously.)

Yubel went ahead and made their sacrifice without Judai's input, and all he could do was decide how to respond. He chose to dedicate himself back to them so hard it crossed lifetimes, so hard he chose to risk his own existence for them as well in his next life.

Amon, on the other hand, is the one who proposed Echo sacrifice herself for him. Echo agreed to it, and even by the end she stood by her decision. But Amon loaded the gun and pulled the trigger.

He tries to honor her sacrifice, of course. He's always mindful of Echo's sacrifice and what it means. But in the end, he did choose to sacrifice her, ultimately using her as a pawn. Their love never trumped his own objectives.

And I think the example of Amon and Echo leads to the question: if Judai had the choice of letting Yubel become a dragon or stopping them, what would he do? When it was explicitly their will?

This is another missed opportunity, one that could have solidified the parallels neatly. But GX never asks that question, so the answer is unclear. What could have been a parallel is just kind of...askew.

Judai and Echo

Okay, I admit there isn't a lot here off the top of my head. Probably the best parallels between them are in relation to their other halves, as the people "harmed" by their villainous partners, and how they respond to that harm.

Judai rejects Yubel's torments as unwanted attention, until he remembers the past and flips to understanding why Yubel did they did and makes moves to unite the two of them forever. Echo, meanwhile, understands Amon's motives from start to end and...lets herself be sacrificed, the end.

I don't know about this one. Really, ultimately Echo is supposed to be a willing participant in her own sacrifice but in the end I still don't feel like the narrative gave her a strong sense of agency in the matter and it really weakens my attempt to write this section.

In Conclusion

Some of these connections are stronger than others for sure, but I argue that they're all there in some way or another. They're very uneven and overall I'm not entirely sure what you're meant to take from the parallels, and I wish I could give something neat and concise for this section. Instead, it's a bit messy and misshapen - hence, the trapezoid metaphor.

Still, I think there's interesting room for thought in this awkward space. I was certainly thinking about these parallels while working on the latest chapter of Need (accidental last-minute plug?) and trying to figure out exactly what the prince felt while Yubel was in the middle of dragon surgery. What must it be like, to be in these relationships of sacrificial devotion?

[evilbalwan]

YGO protags relationship between them by me~

Yugi/Judai- Yugi is actually one of few people Judai really respects, and won't go against without a very good reason, Judai kinda wants to act like a protector to which Yugi smiles politely; Yugi doesn't understand why Judai respects him to that point, but he remembers and will use it if the situation calls for it; they actually talk to each other and one day Judai will tell Yugi about the Dark world if only out of shame and wanting to be judged.

Yugi/Yusei - Yugi feels weird about Yusei, because while Judai respects him, Yusei seems to worship him, the chance of genuine connection getting lost somewhere. For Yusei, Yugi will always be ultimately a duel monsters legend and he won't be able to completely shake it off.

Yusei/Judai - they are very good friends! Enough that Yusei will open up about feeling bad about killing murderous robots and much later Judai will tell him about Dark world in details, they mostly spend time hanging out, Yusei likes telling Judai about his hobby even if Judai doesn't get it.

Yuma/Yugi- there is, thank god, no worshipping involved, because while Yuma knows of Dark Magician, he never cared to learn about old duelists, they are very casual with each other, Yuma reminding Yugi of Jounouchi, which makes him easy to hang out with. Neither really talks about their problems, but if they feel down, they will seek each other, the acknowledgement of both Atem and Astral is silent and beside basic info, neither of them finds more.

Yuma/Judai- Yuma finds Yubel much cooler than Judai, sorry, anyway, he can't shake the feeling that Judai would make a very good Barian, so he tries to cheery him up whenever they meet, they exchange their catchphrases and pull of pranks; Judai likes Yuma, he doesn't really remind him of anyone else (even if he is kinda similar to his friends, Yuma ultimately is too different).

Yuma/Yusei: they... Like each other. And that's basically it. Yuma sometimes uses Yusei as his personal tree, but Yusei's issues aren't ones Yuma usually gets caught up with and vice versa. They mostly know of each other and maybe they would be able to go for small talk, but anything more? Meh.

Yuya/Yugi- Yugi feels like an old man around Yuya; as a guy who never liked moving much, entertainment duels as an idea are beyond him and magic tricks were more of Atem's thing than his; Yuya thinks Yugi is cool, but doesn't seek contact with him.

Yuya/Judai- that's a. Complicated one. They both tried to like each other, but Yuya breathes every mental issue possible inside and acts and no matter what happens, Judai can't really get to him, which is very frustrating. Even if Yuya listens for a moment, he quickly gets possessed by egao again. Having Haou title doesn't help; Yuya is actually genuinely scared of Judai, because talk no jutsu doesn't work, ever, which is a bad sign. He also uses fusion, another bad sign; they're arguing fairly often.

Yuya/Yusei- Yusei doesn't mind people not knowing how Satellite or Neo Domino City work, but he minds other people telling him they know better, which is a situation with Yuya. He likes listening about other Crow and Jack; Yuya wants to get along with Yusei but somehow, he messes up their every single interaction so he stops trying.

Yusaku/Yugi- Yugi can sense right away that Yusaku is hurting very badly, so he tries to befriend him, fortunately he's a gamedev, so they bond over that - Yugi has ideas and Yusaku has to code, it works very well, because this is completely different kind of programming, forcing him to focus and expand his horizon, at some point Yugi gets from him the story about Ai, and in return Yusaku hears something of Atem, but will never find the whole truth. Yugi will just smile when he asks.

Yusaku/Judai- Judai is kind of cool uncle figure for Yusaku, he appears and disappears, brings gifts because he doesn't know what to do, especially that Yusaku is salty Judai has Yubel and his general idea is just to support Yusaku in whatever he's doing, without overstepping.

Yusaku/Yusei- they work well together in like, professionally, though Yusei is more of hardware guy than software, they don't speak to each other often beside their projects, but there is mutual understanding between them; though, sometimes Yusaku really gets feed up with Yusei's attitude, but he won't mention it aloud, ever. Yusei reminds him of Earth, actually.

Yuma/Yuya- Yuma firmly believes in I can fix him with Yuya. Unfortunately, Yuya is Yuya, kattobingu and egao are constantly fighting; they're somehow good friends if they don't mention their beliefs, but they bring up it often... They even started making powerpoints to convince each other. Yuma doesn't believe Yuya that arc v Kaito exists.

Yuma/Yusaku- Yuma sees Yusaku's pain right away but he doesn't really know how to approach it? So he kinda awkwardly hovers over Yusaku, brings him food, offers him talking, asks for duels (unless he notices it's a bad idea with Yusaku) and really tries to be friends without bringing up Astral/Ai although it's very obvious for him; it's not so obvious for Yusaku tho so while he doesn't mind Yuma, he really doesn't understand what's his deal is and wants it to be over

Yuya/Yusaku- so. Another problematic egao case. Yuya believes in dueling and smiles, something that Yusaku lost hope for a long time ago; Yuya still tries, shows him the best duels of his, talks about Pendulum and is very persistent about that he can change dueling for Yusaku if only he let him try; Yusaku wants goddamn vacation