#yuki juudai

[kechiarts]

Rewatching GX and dragging out the Copics for funsies

[judai-senpai]

It's been years since I've drawn this guy haha It's also been ages since I've been on Tumblr so Idk what I'm doing here xD

I've started rewatching GX again because I need my comfort series in my life again. It's been a mad year and I just wanna pretend that I'm 10 years old again and there's no worries to be had.

[spacedoutsheepy]

My pet analysis of Judai/Jaden which may or may not hold up to scrutiny is that he is a deconstruction of what a yugioh protagonist is expected to be. Judai was never trying to be a hero, or save the world. He never asked for everyone to rely on him to save the day, and was never chosen by fate or anything. He was just a kid who loved to duel.

Over the course of the show, all he cares about is that he loves dueling. He's happy, chipper, and stays upbeat even when Real Shit is at stake. He was abandoned by all his friends and family when he was young because his imaginary friend (who he was tortured into forgetting) kept putting people in comas, and so when he finally got to duel academy, you can see him just be overcome with zeal at finally getting to duel like he loves to. He saves the world several times, but it's clear that he doesn't feel like it's his responsibility or duty.

And in season 3 it feels like we get a whole new cast who would be right at home as the main characters in a more conventional yugioh story, and are everything Judai and his friend group are not. An actual rich kid with an over-the-top tragic backstory, as opposed to the very human and grounded Chazz/manjoume, dealing with the more relatable problem of not wanting to live in your family's shadow. A boy who can talk to spirits like Judai, but also possesses an ancient and magical deck, and the blessing of Maximilian Pegasus. A guy with a fucking ancient artifact in his eye. A serious and hyper-competent action hero. Compared to the crew who chills out in the schoolyard, these guys seem like capital P Protagonists.

And everything starts collapsing on him all at once. He saves the academy, like, 3 times in a single season, and people started looking to him exclusively to pull them out of problem after problem. Even the english dub acknowledged this, albeit with a joke. His friends, new and old, and even his teachers, were putting all the responsibility he never asked for or wanted on his shoulders, and kept looking to him to fix things. It gives off a vibe of like, he's just a kid in completely over his head, and the universe was just forcing all this on him, and ultimately, it just broke him.

The pressure of, well, being a yugioh protagonist was too much for this kid and his school friends, and it breaks my heart every time I think about it.

I've been following @overobsessedfanboy13 for a bit now, and after seeing their protag ranking today, I wonder if they agree with my analysis. He's my fave protag too, and gx is by far my favorite yugioh series for how it handles trauma and recovery.

[ygobigbang-archive]

Weaponless

PREVIEW coming soon

Artist: @capriciousbuzzsawshark Full version coming soon

Writer:  @starlistic Status: Complete Rating: Teen and up Characters: Judai, Johan, Yubel Ship(s): N/A Content Warnings: Temporary Character Death, amnesia Summary: After the loss of his memories, most of his power, and his once-beloved partner, Judai re-enrolls at Duel Academia to restart his experience as a meister. He and his new weapon partner, Johan, are a perfect match—but the entity that tore his first partnership apart is still on the hunt.

Available on AO3

[kixidust]

I was feeling dramatic

[t4tieflings]

In honor of pride month I’m out here not only supporting YuGiOh characters’ gay rights but also their gay wrongs. 

[thefigureresource]

Nendoroid Jaden Yuki [Yu-Gi-Oh! GX] from Good Smile Arts Shanghai coming August 2024.

[diaboundkernelz]

southview

[xxthefairywitchxx]

[pinkprimrose05]

FOLKS, THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

They did it.

They finally did it.

JUUDAI AND YUUYA SIDE BY SIDE IN OFFICIAL ART LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO!!

[moonlit-orchid]

Yusei's reaction to being told there's a bug on him

[more-than-a-ghosti]

i love them and i will make you love them too

[olivethetreebitch]

Aight, more for the fic I wrote about this morning at 2am.

Along with the motorcycle they drive, I think Judai would be the kind of person who skateboards and dances, there’s this TimmyTocker that I follow who would be the inspiration for his dances. They’re really cool and I put a link here to their page:

https://www.tiktok.com/@bgirlcocoa?_t=8XjrS4OCvoB&_r=1

So, I would think that this time around maybe Jaden would try to focus on his studies, like now they’ve gotten some actual experience in applying the stuff that would be taught at duel academy so…. Probably getting Bs and Cs, they’re passing this time. Also the fact that Atem probably taught both Yubel and Judai about Egyptian culture, literature, practices, eta. Atem wouldn’t leave this child (no he (Atem)does not have the memories and stuff) without some form of schooling, and it would probably be a way for Atem to reintroduce themself into their own culture.

Also the Yugi and Atem thing I should probably explain- So the two of them started out in the Season 0 timeline where Atem was cruel and Yugi was small(er). This is not a part of the GX fic but just worldbuilding.

Yugi figured out that “Hey there’s someone in here with me” and they met. No it was not smooth, but they figured out how to get along, “Yami” was always this shadow figure and didn’t have a corporal form/Yami Yugi form. After some proving that there was no ill wishes on both sides, they got along. They start working together and become friends, (Puzzleshipping is here, you can write it as platonic and/or romantic)

Around the Battle City Arc, Kaiba makes a device to trap “Yugi” in a duel with him, not knowing that it was ment to split the victim’s soul away from the body. (Meddling from Mav or Bakura it’s anyone’s guess) but because there were two souls inhabiting one body (they kept it under wraps really well) instead of sending “Yugi” (both Atem and Yugi) to the shadow realm, the universe went “Aight, time to reset” and sends them back to the pilot of S1, so, the universe went “That was a little dark let’s make it more kid friendly” and so Yugi and Atem (Still called Yami because of stupid memory loss) traverse the Duel Monsters show :D.

Judai makes a conscious effort to not show any of their powers/spooky shit that happens when they are around friends, and everyone thinks that Jaden is normal. Also Koriboh isn’t with him in card form, but is there in spirit knowing that Judai is the spirit successor (I would say it shows up around the 6th or 7th week of class)

Judai did the whole “Showing up late” thing on the first day and fought Crowler on the first day getting the Hero deck. Solidifying the “class clown” role he had the first time around. Vibes in the forest or on the rocks on the beach all the time if nobody is needing them, and is very good at deflecting when it comes to people asking about his backstory.

Judai also when pissed LOOKS like Atem from s0, like the parallels are ✨there✨ and yes he looks like his father. I love it. I’ll add more later and probably put a number on them so people don’t get confused-

[coffeecece]

a dear friend of mine said something recently, and I had an idea; so I wrote something for it that I’m proud of!!

[puddingvalkyrie]

I lost points on a test once because I used Juudai (as in Yuuki Juudai) as if it was a normal name because I knew how to write it in kanji when in fact it means teenager and my Japanese teacher was like 'the heck you mean here? What about teenagers?'

When I was younger I thought that the order of planets in the solar system was consistent with the order they appeared in Sailor Moon.

I failed tests. I still don’t know the right order.

[kitxkatrp]

❛ no one hurts you and gets away with it. ❜ // Jun/Chazz to either Johan Anderson orr your Judai?;;

No one huh?

Too bad it had already happened. It really was a shame. But well...he kinda liked the look on the other's face.

"...Careful, you might give me expectations if you say things like that to me~" He teased.