#yugo and yuri being brothers

[shitpostingkats]

There's a lot of old unfinished works on my phone, and it just occurred to me that I want them archived somewhere! Have two years of old sketches, designs, and paintings! Remember not to judge yourself just by the drawings you finish, your skill is also equally built on all those abandoned projects sitting in your gallery somewhere <3

[cyberdragoninfinity]

whole buncha miscellaneous arc-v Not-Lawrence/college AU notes i cant remember if i've jotted down here or not:

yuya zuzu and sylvio go to a performing arts high school. ("like in Victorious") their mascot is the hippos OF COURSE!! yuya is getting really nervous about rapidly approaching decisions he needs to make about college <3

You Show is a small local children's theater Yusho and Skip Boyle founded together (before Yusho fucked off to go do big Vegas stage shows. thats it's own kettle of fish)--yuya and zuzu work there over the summer/volunteer when theyre not busy with school work.

gong works for his dad's appliance repair business ❤

yugo's mom married yuri's dad like four years ago and now they are step-brothers and yugo and his mom get to live in yuri's house and he's being such a fucking brat about it STILL.

yugo and yuri are both college freshmen--i dont think yugo knows what he wants to do with his life other than 'drive motorcycle' but he's got time (he neeeeeeds to stop skipping class though.) rin aint got time for college, she works at the same car repair shop syrus and anna and yusei and crow work at that i REALLY NEED TO NAME SINCE IT'S BECOMING AN IMPORTANT LOCATION.

lulu is in grad school for veterinary medicine :^) i think im gonna give her pet pigeons too. she oversees the NLBA (Not-Lawrence Birding Alliance) with shay 🐦

yuri is suffering from "former gifted kid no longer smartest student in room and struggling bad" among like seven other things. he wants to get into some botany-related bio field <3 his dad is also a college professor!

declan is a college freshman too and he's got so much shit on his plate right now and his dad may have fled the country but don't even worry about it. celina is declan's cousin and im not sure what she's up to you. i think she dated anna for a while.

yuto is a game design major who recently graduated and he's so fuckign stressed about student loans but it's fine. he's chill. he's fine. he fumbled a bad bitch recently (lulu) but he's gonna be so brave about it. he fucking love ttrpgs.

dennis is a freshman theater major who's already pounced on a coveted mentorship program slot. :) his mentor is atticus :) they are THE most annoying friends in the world <3

dennis and yuri met at a fucked up conservative summer camp that was maybe actually a front for a money laundering scam and/or cult but thats a story for another time 🤸‍♂️

[angeat]

@arcvmonth day 18

"an earnest unrequited love, wanting to make it bear a little happiness" reference

i have posted about my au a couple of times, it's not specific to arc v though it involves yuya and yuri so i shall take this chance to ramble

to introduce. an excerpt of a ramble about my au: "i have my focus sort of split between yuri and yuya's yanhomo weirdness pov v.s. bakura trying to not kill punch beat the shit out of worship marry johan while anzu takes an irritated drag from her cigarette pov" so it's a whole Every Yugioh Crossover and a part of the premise is everyone is at least mildly to severely out of character johan and mokuba are quite different for instance. there aren't relevant arc v characters aside from the aforementioned two but i can mention some. also little extra designs

yugo is yuya's older half brother on yoko's side (likes motorcycles per her influence), they don’t visit each other often but they do talk regularly, yugo tries supporting yuya and being a proper big brother as much as he can. yuto is yuri's estranged older brother but yuri has no memory of him because he was too young when they were separated and yuri was adopted by leo (yes reiji and reira are his siblings. the akabas continue to be the most dysfunctional family ever) yuzu and gongenzaka are yuya's best friends per usual. yuri ran away with yuya for their survival since it's no good to stay in the same spot with a billionaire ceo guy (seto kaiba) tracking them and a jail escapee (kyosuke kiryu) but also just because he wants to have yuya alone

(yuzu and gongenzaka look about the same so just the yu’s and yo)

i frame my au yuri with a lot of yandere shit just because i think it's fun and he does stalk yuya + sometimes treats him like something of a boyfriend but he isn't really in love with yuya? yuri loves and admires himself above all but he sees himself in yuya. literally physically because he thinks they have similar faces and yuri has always unconsciously wanted something of a normal life and family so seeing yuya have that meant projecting on yuya became his favorite hobby. and now because of their situation they're in he uses this new forced closeness with someone for the first time to act out everything he's never experienced (a friend, a parent, a lover)

despite how much yuya might be creeped out or uncomfortable, since yuri has been the real reason he's been able to survive, he feels like he doesn't really have the right to reject yuri in any sense, by all means he's dependent on him in this situation and he can't just leave and go to anyone else unless he wants to put them in danger. also helps that he's scared shitless of him both because yuri is armed, merciless, and he would hurt yuya himself if he wanted to as he only needs yuya alive beyond that yuri doesn't really care how he is physically or mentally. the arrangement is a bit of a nightmare though coming to understand the way he thinks and acts, yuya genuinely pities yuri for the way that he is so he wants to help him be more normal and genuinely befriend him in return for everything he's done to protect him and starts to treats this as something of an obligation but yuri makes it hard to do anything nice for him

(since yuri is a solider baby and views socialization through a power hierarchy he sees these attempts of being kind and friendly as yuya acting above yuri, which he obviously doesn't take very well since he refuses to be below anyone except for leo, his dad. the only reason yuri acts the familiar way he does with yuya is because he sees them on equal footing since in his perspective yuya is essentially an extension him but he still by default treats yuya as someone below him, so yuya can't reciprocate acts of familiarity without yuri being the one to initiate them)

also the au is a future diary au. forgot to mention. yuya and yuri are two of twelve people trying to kill each other and have diaries that tell the future. it follows nothing about future diary outside of that basic premise, yuya and yuri are not the main characters.

clothes concept + notes + etc because you know. i might as well while i’m at it i doubt i’m sharing these any other time

this is test thing of a noncanon scene i had in my head there's the rest of it in script because i could not be damned

[fluffalpenguin]

@arcvmonth day 24: the manga

oh man oh MAN it's vj day!!!!!

it's pretty funny how all my gifs are mostly yuri-centered huh

Under the cut:

revisiting my review of the manga from last year

Headcanons and fic/comic ideas

rambling about an old WIP

small playlist! (with write-ups!)

First of all, here's the 3,000 words analysis/blog thing I wrote last year when I first finished it.

One and a half years later, I still largely agree with it! There's some headcanons I wrote in there that I completely forgot about, lol, so I'm glad past me posted it somewhere for current me to relieve it again! (The rants were also kind of funny to re-read too)

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Next, headcanons!

Lately, I found myself wondering about Yuto and Yuri's outfits; specifically-

...Why are they walking around Maiami with dramatic red/black capes?

After some time in the kitchen, I decided that when Yuya was younger, he was really into good versus evil roles when rehearsing his dueltainment lines. And who else better to serve as his practice opponents than his two brothers who aren't off busy making rounds at the stadium on a D-Wheel?

Tying his own fluffy, white towel around his shoulders, Yuya throws a nearby black blanket to Yuto. The oldest is initially a little embarrassed about the notion, but no one can ever say no to the baby of the Sakaki family, can they? (He'll just have to live the shame down from the twins later on... They barely even respect him as they are right now, anyway) In the middle of the duel, Yuri walks in onto the two of them after having finished his homework (or tweaking his deck). He raises an eyebrow at Yuto's appearance, but gets the gist of the situation when he sees their duel disks activated and Yuya standing on top of the sofa in a similar attire. As Yuto steals Yuya's schtick and becomes a tomato, Yuri pouts about being left out and quickly leaves to hunt for something that will allow him to join the fun. When the duel ends, Yuto passes the baton to Yuri. As he watches the two rattle off silly, goofy lines like, I will destroy the planet, the universe, all the worlds! and, Never! I'll stop you, fiend!, Yuto sighs in relief. At least Yuya now has Yuri to LARP with. Maybe Yugo would volunteer too, once he returned from driving practice and hears about it. Though, he'd likely ask to play the part of the hero himself. Anyway, Yuto's already almost in middle school; he's getting a little too old to play with costumes now. Then afterwards, at dinner, with an angelic smile Yuya says, "Yuuto, can we play like that again sometime? You look so cool with a cape!"

Yuri on the other hand, always had a tendency for the melodramatic, his own personal spin of the theatrics he's seen from his dad! Deep down he really loves playing the villain.

(This was meant to be a short description but I couldn't help putting some fic-like sentences in there tehe also yes that's a reference to the conversation between Yuya and G.O.D./Eve)

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(warning: angst ahead)

Another headcanon I have that I want to write/draw something for is that in the postcanon where Reiji, Yuya, Isaac and Ren travel through space and time together, Yuya has moments where he falters to his grief.

He's used to his brothers commenting and nagging him on almost anything and everything (A midnight snack? Think about your complexion, Yuya!) and his world is suddenly a lot more quiet. In his hurt, he starts to avoid Ren, not wanting to be reminded of what he's lost (He doesn't feel good about it).

Eventually Reiji intervenes and Yuya opens up a little. He's been unable to properly let himself grief for his brothers. All he wants to say is that he misses them.

But he doesn't feel like he has the right to do so, having being the one to seal their fates by personally destroying the one method of bringing them back to life. He doesn't regret his decision of course, but he's unable to stop himself from feeling this way too.

It has a happy ending; Reiji convinces Yuya to talk to Ren. Yuya shares stories about Yugo at Ren's request, making the both of them laugh. Yuya realises that there are other methods of bringing back people to life, too, even if only momentarily.

But it is enough.

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Misc hcs:

Yuya's charisma and attitude is a combination of his three brothers fawning over his cuteness from birth and Yuya being so star-struck with Yusho's performances he attempted to replicate the movements ever since he could walk.

Being the oldest, Yuto feels a sense of responsibility for his brothers and pledged to take care of them in place of his always-missing parents. However, he oft times finds himself not having to do much because Yugo and Yuri are so determined to win over Yuya's heart (and be proclaimed 'favourite brother') that they also make sure to set a good example for the youngest when possible. This causes Yuto a little bit of an identity crisis (/j it's just for fun) until he settles into his role as the househusband cook.

"All of us... are connected by... the arc of destiny!"

Reiji and Yuya are supposed to be silhouetted by their fathers, so Yuzu is meant to seem like she's looking at Yuya, but is in fact looking at Yusho. I also think VJ Yuto should be allowed to smile more!

This drawing is meant to be my love letter to the manga as a whole, and ESPECIALLY the last duel between Reiji and Yuya. I talked about it a whole ton in the review linked above already, so go check that out if you haven't!!

I was really happy with the composition when I first made this, especially with Sora/Ren/Isaac Versus the Yus mirroring their duels! (Well, okay, I know Isaac didn't duel Yuto but.... just give this to me)

Anyway I really wanted a fun and positive energy for it! Every month I think about returning to this but I get slightly demotivated when I realise I have *zero* colour references for both Ren and Isaac... Please send in your headcanons...

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Last but not least, last month I got brain worms for another animatic/hand-drawn MV for Eve's Fight Song! I'll never ever have to time to go back to it, but I wanted to take the chance to talk about other songs that make me ill when I think about them with the manga.

1. Myth & Roid - TRAGEDY:ETERNITY

Don’t give me an eternity Even if that’s all I can believe Press pause on the flow of time In the shadow of the blink of an eye I don’t wanna fall into a sleep ‘Cause now you are my remedy Now knocking on, knocking on, knocking on my brain Even for the temptation of a nightmare Fate demands a costly reparation for its fare

Translated lyrics mostly from lyrical-nonsense, but I made some changes for better rhyming and flow yahoo!! This song is what I imagine the OP would be in my dreams when it received an anime adaptation, I've always dreamed of making my own animatic to it!!

Not just the chorus, but the ENTIRE SONG (pleeeease go take a look at the lyrics) feels like it's made for the manga please please go take a look

2. MYTH & ROID - -to the future days

I cast my wishes to the future days If we can meet on the other side of eternity… I cast my wishes to the future days What should we talk about first? Sadness and even joy will, eventually Will sleep together That's the way life is If such a world could be granted Would nobody feel hurt anymore?

Yeah I like M&R quite a bit, how'd you know

If T:E was the hypothetical OP, this is my pick for the ED theme, like AAAAAAAA for me it encompasses the yu's story so so so so so so so well, though

And:

Both despair and also life come to end eventually Take this future into your hands and let it run its course Spin it ’round…… The hands on the clock spin around Like flowers, petals falling and fluttering Once we blossom, we dissipate in the moment THE BRIDGE THE BRIDGE THE LYRICS ARGHHHHHHHH This is definitely for me, the moment when the three yus start to fade during Yuya's battle with Eve, their last conversation they have with yuya..... *lies onto the ground in a pile of misery*

Rest of the lyrics HERE shoves it into your face

3. MAISONdes - Tokyo Shandy Rendezvous

It's no joke, no it's not! Tokyo Shandy Rendezvous Even when the time comes nothing will come of it Vague truths only become melancholy Come on and snatch me away now, take on me!

This is a fun one, when I watched the PV and in the chorus Lum was spinning I instantly went wow what if that was Phantom.. and then the lyrics bared their claws and sunk them into my brain and hasn't really let go since

Unlike the above two songs, not all of the lyrics are a perfect match, of course, but I adore how in general the whimsical yet lonely nature of the song feels like it fits Phantom so well!

4. Eve - Fight Song

As the night still refuses to end, let’s dream

Last but not least the song I posted the above storyboard for! CSM fans (as well as Eve fans, lol) are probably already familiar with the song, and full lyrics here, though like the song above, only parts of the song (particularly the chorus) really resonated with the vj brainworms in my head lol Even for me, y’know Let’s make a break for the future Towards the verge of death like we pray for A boy that gave his word Today, just like back then As if there’s no more future ahead

Sigh.... Yuto, Yugo, Yuri................ Just let out your voice Let’s take it easy We don’t even know common sense, so we know the world through wise eyes These overflowing feelings, behold Greet me with an applause

I love the first half a lot, I can easily imagine Yuya saying it to the other three... and of course, the latter, from him to the world! (or perhaps even G.O.D...)

As always thanks for reading GOODBYE I GOTTA GO DRAW SOME ARC-V OCS

[enter-the-performapals]

@arcvmonth Day 24: Oh. My. G.O.D!

Heck yeah, manga day! One of the first ever posts I made on this blog was a redesign of manga Yuya (which id love to redraw as my art has improved heaps since then). I wanted to do something little with him and my redesign of Yuzu- which I haven't shared before.

I personally don't think a teenage boy (well, technically 4) who lives by himself would really want to cook that often. And the Maccas staff wouldn't rat you out for being on the run like your supermarket would.

Scattered thoughts on the manga under the cut:

I headcannon the cast to be a little older in the manga, Yuya and Yuzu to be around 16. I felt like I needed to give them redesigns because of how different they feel from their anime versions.

I haven't read all of the manga, but what I have read I really like. Mentally, I tend to think of them as Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, because Diamond version deals with the legendary Pokemon of Time- as manga Yuya is from the future- while Pearl Version deals with the Legendary Pokemon of Space and I feel like the anime's dimension hopping follows that theme. And also Yuzu shares her English voice actor with the Dawn, the female protagonist of those games X3c

I really like how in the manga Reiji feels more like an actual rival, hunting down Yuya. Yuya is also fantastic, still being cheerful and friendly while having an air of maturity that his anime version doesn't have. While also being Batman. And I love that he can swap out with Yuto, Yugo and Yuri whenever they need. Them being supportive older brothers who don't want him to learn the truth to not devastate him is also super bittersweet. A big reason I use their anglicized names (Hugo, Ute, Joeri) is to mentally differentiate them from their manga versions.

While I think some characters are awesome in this version, there are a couple I don't like. Yuzu feels very vain and surface level. She practically forced Yuya to be managed by her. Shes concerned about money, which can sometimes make an interesting character, but they don't really give her anything else? Like, other than judging Yuya for using Uni and Corn because they were feminine looking but swooning over his more masculine cards, which gave me a huge ick.

Another I don't like in this version is Shun. They massacred my boy. He's such a cool and complex character in the anime, but in this version he's just kinda... Boring. Being angry because you want to be the very best at a children's card game doesn't make you a cool character, it makes you a goddamn redditor.

I still haven't finished the manga (I will one day!!) That's my thoughts on what I have read. If youve somehow made it this far, you're an absolute trooper, thank you for the support. Thank you also to everyone supporting me though my slowdown in art throughout this event, it really means a lot!

[blastthechaos]

Say whatever you will about the ARC-V Manga and it's ending but the scene in which Yuri, Yuto and Yugo without hesitation or even discussion use the only capsule left to save Yuya, knowing they all gonna die and while sad about it, take the end of the world in stride because they know their little brother will live and have their last words being "Happy Birthday Yuya!" Is masterfully done and atomized my heart.

[miraivelgear]

I did an Arc V hunger games. Here's the highlights

The first two dead were these bitches

Yuto unable to kill his love. Reira killed both Yoko and Yuri btw

The big OOOF of the run, Reira asking Ray to kill her and Ray doing it.

My OC Mirai's lover killing her adoptive brother, RIP to Zarc

Shun unable to handle seeing his beloved upset because of him killing her brother, so he kills himself. Mirai just fake being happy at this point.

Ruri made it all the way to second just to die of hypothermia, and Dennis won

Dennis and Yugo were out for blood

[healeroflightanddark]

Dancing With the Dragons, Chapter 5: Plans

Yuya woke up the next day in his hotel bed to the sound of quiet talking. He sat up in his bed and yawned, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He could make out the words being spoken from just outside the door to his bedroom.

“He’s going to be so excited! Are you sure we shouldn’t just wake him up?”

“Nah, let him wake up on his own. He probably won’t be much longer anyway. He’ll wake up in time for breakfast.”

Yuya got out of bed and walked over to the bedroom door. As he opened it, he saw his brothers and father sitting together around a kotatsu table piled high with breakfast. When they saw him, they smiled and waved him over. “See, I told you!” Zarc said to Yugo.

“Yuya, we have pancakes!” Yugo said happily. Yuya lit up and hurried over to the kotatsu table and sat down to eat. Pancakes were his favorite breakfast food, and these ones had blueberries in them! Yuya squealed when he saw the blueberries, and eagerly began eating.

“Are they good?” Yuto asked, smiling at Yuya. The tomato-haired boy nodded, his mouth too full of blueberry pancakes to speak. Yuri grinned. “Are they as good as Mom’s?” Yuya thought for a moment, then gave a shrug.

Yusho chuckled, and ruffled Yuya’s tomato hair. “We’ve got the whole day planned out. After we eat breakfast we’ll head to the hotel’s pool and swim for a bit. Then we’ll head out to watch a movie at the local theater. Then we’ll have lunch at a nice restaurant, and go sightseeing. Then we’ll go play some games in the arcade, and then have dinner in the hotel’s restaurant. How does that sound?”

Yuya swallowed his mouthful of blueberry pancakes. “That sounds great!” he said excitedly. “I can’t wait!”

[universestreasures]

Yuya Sakaki/The Phantom Manga Verse Bio!

Yuya Sakaki is the youngest of the four Sakaki siblings (Yuto, Yuri, Yugo, and Yuya) and was born to Yusho Sakaki and Yoko Sakaki over twenty years into the future. Prior to the World Illusion, he was an aspiring entertainment duelist, wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father. In order to hone his skills, he enrolled as a student at the Shu Zo Duel School, a successful dueling school ran by his childhood friend Yuzu Hiiragi and her father. There, he honed his craft, much to the delight of everyone. Some even said he'd make a good teacher someday.

Yuya was very close to his older brothers as well; some might even saying they were inseparable. He always supported his brothers and their interests, like cheering on Yugo during his turbo duels. He was their sunshine, their ray of hope, and always made them smile, even during the tough times.

On the day of the World Illusion, Yuya's older brothers sacrificed themselves in placing him inside the only escape pod remaining. After the pod took him to his father's secret lab below their home, his father explained to him the situation and provided him with a single mission: to find out the origins of the Genesis Omega Dragon card and in turn, destroy it. Without any more information than that, Yuya is sent back to the past, to a time before he was even born...

Such travel did not come without any hiccups, as one would expect. The process of being sent back via the World Illusion had several side effects on Yuya, ones that affected him physically and mentally.

The first of which was that his memory was shattered, forgetting many important facts including his family other than his father in addition to his history with Yuzu. He only remembers he is from the future, the mission his father gave him, the relationship between his father and Reiji Akaba's father, and that Genesis Omega Dragon destroyed his era. Everything else is either foggy or suppressed.

Relating to this, the second effect the travel caused was for the spirits of his brothers, who died in the World Illusion, to be reborn inside of his body, becoming his 'personalities' and always protecting him while keeping their true identity as his brothers a secret. They didn't want to cause Yuya any more pain than he has gone through already.

The third and final big effect is the event caused a third of the Adam Factor, a power from his future self who calls himself 'Adam', to be reborn inside of his body, the power causing one of his eyes to turn green permanently. The Adam Factor is a power that doesn't give Yuya any particular abilities he can harness, but one that is needed to fully awaken Genesis Omega Dragon. The other two-thirds of the power were reborn in Reiji Akaba and Yuzu Hiiragi, making all three targets for Eve and her organization.

Following his arrival in the past, Yuya became a Solid Vision hacker under the alias The Phantom in order to gather more information about Genesis Omega Dragon from various sources. As such, he is being hunted by Leo Corporation, who will do whatever they can to get their hands on him. He also, as fate would have it, reunites with Yuzu Hiiragi, despite neither remembering one another, and is roped into being a teacher for the failing Suzho Duel School.

He uses an Entermate deck focusing on Pendulum Summoning, and his ace monster is Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon. However, due to his brothers being inside of him, they are able to take control of his body at any time, and thus, have their cards and strategies at his disposal. He is also able to manifest things related to dueling (monsters, equipment, Yugo's duel runner) physically via Solid Vision, making him a rather unpredictable but powerful individual on and off the dueling stage.

[chibi-taylormoon]

I think it was you who mentioned HCing that Rin was stronger than Yugo. How do the other pairings fair?

Rin is for sure stronger than Yugo, she's good with the heavy lifting in the garage! As for the other parings:

Yuya and Yuzu: Yuzu is stronger than Yuya, she has the brute strength that Yuya is on the other end off when he needs a smack. Yuya is fair, he's got some muscle from action duels though. Yuya would like to pick up Yuzu when they duel to show off how strong he can be.

Yuto and Ruri: Yuto and Ruri are even in strength, although one time Ruri gets mad at Shun for being nosy and shows off some hidden strength when she throws something at her brother. Ruri can't lift Yuto though, she tries once and it was cute. Yuto can lift Ruri easily and carry her so she'll smile and laugh.

Yuri and Serena: Yuri discovered Serena's strength when she tried to smack him with her duel disk. She's strong, definitely stronger than he is. If there's any heavy lifting, Yuri doesn't feel like using his energy, he can't lift Serena that well. He tried and struggled because she bet he couldn't. Serena can easily lift Yuri like Rin can lift Yugo.

[infolane]

ARC V MONTH DAY 7 - Of Amores, Per the Prophecy

@arcvmonth​

Ruri x Sora :D I’m not great drawing romancy stuff, so instead have them in fan EGO as part of a projmoon crossover au :3

Ruri wields Maxwell’s Lammergeier. Sora wields Rabbit Born in this World.

So, at first we wanted to do something Yuya x Yuto x Yugo x Yuri because we love them so, so much... especially in the context of them learning to work together as a system post series :3 in the end, tho, we decided to draw Sora/Ruri instead, since roleplaying their dynamic is very very fun.

Let’s talk about this ship, then!

Ruri has much interest in Sora as a fusion soldier, to begin with, and quickly notes that he understands her metaphorical remarks- and more than that, he is interested in knowing what she means and responding with his own honest opinions, for once.

Ruri feels seen- truly seen, without carrying the weight of being in her brother’s protective shadow. It’s like she’s finally getting to choose something without weights pulling at her. In return, the obliqueness of their conversations gives Sora space to be a little more like himself, as much as possible when he knows his memories can be seen by Academia.

On the other hand, sometimes their conversations sound like it’s fucking Hannibal. Which is hilarious.

Shun does Not approve of this but Ruri will eat a table before letting her brother’s opinion weight on her like this.

[moonlit-orchid]

Okay, I have looked into this, and bear in mind my knowledge of this is poor and this is mostly a spoiler but:

The basic premise is that Yuya has travelled back in time to fix something, and there he befriends a girl named Yuzu. Also Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri are Yuya's brothers who have died and their ghosts are now possessing Yuya, in a sort of Yugi/Yami Yugi situation.

Point is, Yuya's from the future. Yuzu isn't. So when they meet, they become friends and they do have some ship-teasing moments, and Yuzu does have feelings for Yuya, but Yuya, from what I've gleaned, doesn't entertain them back.

And the most important part: Yuzu doesn't know who Yuya is. She doesn't know that this boy is her future relative at all, forget her future son. And I believe Yuya doesn't know who Yuzu is either, but he guesses who she is so won't let anything develop.

Then, at the end, when Yuya returns to his own time, he gives Yuzu a card, and Yuzu keeps thinking of him. Then Yuzu ends up meeting someone in the street: the teenage Yusho.

That's how she ends up being Yuya's mother. It's time travel. Yuya went back in time to when his mother and father were teenagers, but only met his mother, and neither of the two knew that they were mother and son in the future. Yuya I believe also had memory loss, Yuzu genuinely didn't know.

So yeah, in the manga Yuzu and and Yuya aren't even from the same time, Yuya's literally known as The Boy From The Future. They don't have a romance beyond slight feelings because neither of them knows who the other is. I personally believe it's supposed to be a little irony or twist in a way. Anyway, to me it's a lot less weird when you know the plot because I see it as an ironic twist, but I understand if other people hate it because it's on the borderline of weird.

100th reason why I should have deleted twitter eons ago: Just found out apparently Yuzu, Yuya's love interest, is like... Yuya's mother in some random ass universe???????

AND THIS IS ENDING OF THE ARC V MANGA???????

God why oh why I couldn't just live on without that knowledge...

My mind is forever ruined if it wasn't already i'm never touching arc v again

[tiredgremlintime]

sometimes I forget that my brother’s arc-v rewrite isn’t canon and that Yuto and Lulu aren’t friends with Yuma and his gang and that Yusei isn’t actually Yugo’s and Rin’s big brother figure

[starlightshadowsworld]

Experiment ZARC AU where Zarc is an experiment made by Leo Akaba and his scientists.

To achieve something more than human, more than monster. The ultimate existence some would say.

... And ended up with a very happy lil dragon boi.

That Declan and Ray just basically adopt, like our sibling now. Without really knowing his true origins, why he's in the lab in the first place until its too late.

Both of them are split apart into 4 but because of Ray's protective nature in regards to Zarc, all of the bracelet girls find the Yu boys. Drawn to them, to protect them.

The bracelets letting them know when they are in danger or hurt.

Yuya and Yuzu are raised as siblings, Yushou hecked off leaving Yoko with Yuya to look after and Syuzo took in Yuzu. Both of em are close friends and co-parent.

Yugo and Rin are both from an orphanage in the commons, Yugo was always getting picked on by the older kids for his jokes and them seeing him as nothing and Rin was very quick to retaliate. And than tell him off for getting into trouble, they said quickly become inseparable, best friends.

Yuri and Selena, even with the watchful eye of Leo Akaba on them become close. He says he finds her irritating, having found her seemingly by accident and she knocks him down a few pegs. But both are lonely, and there's an unspoken protectiveness and civility in their banter.

Yuto and Ruri were friends bought together by Shun, being his best friend and little sister respectively. The two of them tease him to no end, becoming like family to each other. She even refers to him as her second annoying brother. Which made him just smile for the rest of the day.

They grow of course into their own selves, but that connection never wavers.

[entamewitchlulu]

Yuto & Ruri: wow Yuto is SO down bad lol

Yugo & Ruri: ldsfja;fsdlkfj;fsdf i'm losing my mind; i expected him to do the RIIIIIN thing but i wasn't ready for Shun to elbow his way into the scene and go big brother mode on him. I do wish that he hadn't pretty much taken over the interaction, though, because I want to see more of Ruri and Yugo ;w; they seem like they'd be so funny. yugo has way more energy than most of the people Ruri hangs out with so i feel like she'd be a little baffled by him lol XD

Yuzu & Ruri: pretty generic, what i expected of a first time convo between them. It is so nice to see them on the same screen together tho ;w;

Ruri & Selena: oh i'm so so so so so so glad i get to see my yuri otp on the screen together again T_T I also love how this interaction really reinforces how socially awkward Selena is; she has to have Ruri explain to her why Yuzu wanted Shun and Yuto to see Ruri first before she gets it and she's like "oh! Yuzu's so smart." it's so cute. I love them.

There's no scene for Ruri with Gongenzaka or Sawatari :(

Ruri & Reiji: okay this is half because Reiji is my favorite but this one got my gears WHIRRING. First, we have the incredibly pure and understanding Ruri, who when Reiji apologies for Leo's actions, goes "well, it's not your fault, you're not responsible for your family's actions, and also, I completely understand why Leo did what he did, because Shun and I felt the same being separated, so him wanting his daughter back makes sense to me." She comes from a place of such genuine understanding, and a desire to find a path that will bring everyone happiness. And her pure feelings seem to touch Reiji, too, as he mentions that he'll keep the idea of finding a path that gives everyone a happy end in mind - i feel like maybe my boy hasn't done that very often ;w; I also love right at the end he's like "if you need anything I will be there to help" he's so chivalrous and soooooo devoted to making amends even though they're not for his own mistakes i'm soooo obsessed with him

Ruri & Sora: This one was very very sweet, similar to the Dennis one without the personal investment. Ruri is once again the sweetiest of pies. And I like Sora bringing up that Yuzu and Selena also think they can solve everything with dueling, it's a cute way to characterize them (though I think Selena's particular brand of thinking she can solve everything with dueling is more of a "i can kick your ass and now you have to agree with me" rather than a "we get to know each other through dueling :)")

Ruri & Shun: the reunion :') I like that this is the only interaction where a bit of Ruri's more combative side comes out, she has an expression here I think she only uses for Shun from what I can remember of the others, a sort of smug smile when she says she's not a kid anymore and doesn't need to be babysat. I can just feel the sibling vibes.

I'm not going to post screencaps of all of the interactions cause i'm sure everyone will be doing that. but I will be sharing my thoughts!!!!!

Yuya & Ruri were really really cute. And I love the realization here that Ruri is kind of the originator of Yuya's egao philosophy! He got it from Yuto, but Yuto got it from Ruri, and Yuya acknowledging that and saying he wanted to meet her is sooooo sweet. While his initial desires for entertainment duels came from Yushou, and so did Ruri's, to a point (through Sayaka), the idea that Ruri was the origin of his convictions is so so sweet and they're finally meeting, two students of Yushou who truly internalized his teachings and want to learn how to spread that joy of dueling themselves, in their own way. they would make an amazing tag duel team ;w;

[healeroflightanddark]

Family Ties, Chapter 1: Adopted

Yuya sat in his room with his counterparts one morning, opening booster packs that the four of them had bought that day. It was a little strange having them sitting with him in his room instead of being part of him, and honestly none of them were quite sure how they ended up separating and getting their own bodies back. All they knew was that a few days ago they had awakened in the morning to find themselves all in their own bodies.

Yusho and Yoko had decided to adopt Yuto, Yuri, and Yugo after some discussion. Yoko had immediately suggested it when she met them, but Yusho had only agreed after talking with the four counterparts to make sure that they would all be happy with such a development. Of course, Yuya was immediately excited at the idea of having brothers, and his counterparts were excited at the idea of having a family, so they had all immediately agreed.

Now Yusho and Yoko were out at City Hall, wanting to have the adoption legalized. The process was taking longer than the boys had hoped, since there was a lot of paperwork that had to be done, but the parents weren’t about to let the lengthy adoption process get them down.

Yuri ripped open a booster pack and eagerly looked through the cards inside. He’d been hunting for an Ultra Rare for the last five minutes, but so far he hadn’t found any. “Oh, come on!” he whined as he found a third Kuriboh in a row. “How many of this card are there in these packs? I want an Ultra Rare!”

“That is… an oddly high number of packs in a row with Kuribohs…” Yuto said, looking at the card. “Just how many of them are there in our purchases?”

Yugo shrugged, ripping open another booster pack. “I don’t know, but that is a little weird,” he said.

Suddenly they heard the sound of Yusho calling from the front door, “Boys, we’re home! And we’ve got ice cream!”

“AW HELL YEAH!” Yuri yelled, scrambling to his feet and running out the bedroom door. “ICE CREAM!” It seemed that most people from the Fusion Dimension loved sugar and sweets, not just Sora. Then again, the strict Academia probably never let them have sweets. Yuto, Yugo, and Yuya grinned at Yuri’s excitement and got up to follow him.

Yusho placed a big bucket of Neapolitan ice cream on the dining table and opened a box of ice cream cones while Yoko got an ice cream scoop out of the kitchen drawers. The two parents put double scoops of ice cream into six cones, passing four of them to the boys who eagerly began enjoying their frozen treat.

“We have some great news!” Yoko said, smiling at the boys. “The adoption has been finalized! You three are legally our sons now!”

Yugo cheered, nearly dropping his ice cream from the cone. Fortunately he managed to save it, and went back to licking it. Yuto and Yuri were much calmer physically, but it was obvious that they were as excited as Yugo. Yuto hesitantly asked, “So does this mean we can call you guys Mom and Dad?”

“Of course!” Yoko replied, smiling warmly at him.

“You know, Yuya’s always wanted a brother,” Yusho chuckled. Yuya nodded happily. “And now I have three!”