#bulba posts

The belt choker. The thick eyeliner. The open, slightly messy uniform. The dyed, spiky hair with bleached bangs. It's loud and expressive and defies the more homogenous standards of being a Japanese student.

In the manga, it's shown in an early volume that Yugi is a poor student. When class rankings are posted, he and Joey turn it into a game of sorts instead of looking for his scores. He only seems interested in friends and games. (Which, like, fair.) So a really cool detail about his main outfit is that his coat is the school uniform coat but styled to be more dynamic and fashionable. Yugi is not trying to conform to a standard for students and instead uses what's given to make it his own and stand out.

This is also the case with other outfits. Despite Atem being in this photo, this styling and accessorizing is all Yugi. It's clear he has a specific visual aesthetic he cultivates on his own, and I enjoy the way he expresses it. I think the fact he's just a shy and sweet nerd really adds to this too; a lot of people that participate in alternative punk fashion are people like Yugi that are super nice and just want to more boldly express themselves and rebel against tge norm through their appearance.

These visual elements don't mislead the readers about who Yugi is either. He's a sweet lovable punk dork and that information is communicated well through his design. I think it's why this design, with it's anime hair, has continued to stick with me years later.

Atem would dress as a depressed college professor if he had the choice to.

Picture it. Button up, thrifted blazer, khakis, eastons. Goodwill messenger bag and everything. All in "Fuck my life I dont get paid enough to be here" neutrals.

(based off of @doubleca5t's series on youtube, only includes duel monsters because that's the series I follow the most)

Peachshipping (Yugi x Anzu/Tea): You are heterosexual.

Revolutionshipping (Yami Yugi x Anzu/Tea): You are extremely heterosexual.

Puzzleshipping (Yugi x Yami Yugi): I put you in two categories.

Either you're here for lovey-dovey yaoi and want them to kiss and cuddle and call each other aibou, OR you're here to explore the most unique, mindcrushing relationship dynamics that links romance, surrealism, psychological horror, and tragedy. Basically you feast whenever an account like @rocketbirdie posts.

Rivalshipping (Yugi x Seto Kaiba): You're in the same vein of people who would ship Deku x Bakugo in My Hero Academia, but watered down.

Prideshipping (Yami Yugi x Seto Kaiba): You had a field day watching Kaiba's gay breakdown over Atem in Dark Side of Dimensions.

Wishshipping (Yugi x Jonouchi/Joey): You believe there is no bond stronger than two best friends being best friends and all the ensuing complexities of best friends in love.

Puppyshipping (Jonouchi/Joey x Seto Kaiba): Your ideal relationship dynamic is enemies AND lovers. You want that married couple to bicker.

Trustshipping (Seto Kaiba x Isis/Ishizu): Unlike the previous ships, you love Kaiba being forced to work with a woman who is eternally unfazed with his bullshit.

Heartshipping (Yugi x Bakura): You believe Bakura was incredibly underutilized as a character, especially in the anime. I also have a feeling you headcannon either Bakura, Yugi, or both as trans.

Tendershipping (Bakura x Yami Bakura): Either you are a big lover of enemies to lovers and slowburn or you are very familiar with the tag "dead dove do not eat".

Thiefshipping (Marik x Yami Bakura): You are a simple person. You like your men gay, mean, and twinky.

Polarshiping (Mai x Jonouchi/Joey): You want to be beat up by a hot woman.

Buddyshipping (Jounouchi/Joey x Honda/Tristan): You are a certified morosexual. You are attracted to dumbasses and dumbasses exclusively.

Chaseshipping (Honda/Tristan x Otogi/Duke Devlin): You got so annoyed with these two pining for Serenity/Shizuka that you just want to slam them together like two barbie dolls and have them kiss instead.

Mystshipping (Anzu/Tea x Isis/Ishizu): I do not know how you, a yuri fan, got into this series, but godspeed. You are stronger than most. This goes for any yuri ship in this series. Why are you here, but also hello!

Thanks Yugi lmao