Could you imagine if yugioh played off Jou and the Yami crew as like, potential futures for him? a martyr like Atem, a vengeance hungry seeker like Y Bakura, or a selfish sadist like Y Marik.
Jounouchi puts himself into danger quite often where he can die for the sake of others, he gets pissed the hell off if you touch his friends and hes got the brawling to back it up, and hes got the history of lashing out and violence thanks to his abuse father. Jounouchi should have had a lot more themes with how he represents potential through the red eyes black dragon connection and have him have to face BAD potentials. You could not tell me if things were just slightly different in Jou's life, he could not end up as any of them
Like could you IMAGINE if through shadow game bullshit yami marik learned about his dad and was like "ah i should have known you were a kindred spirit, perhaps since youve fought so well i'll finish the job for you" and have jou's fucking reaction to that especially if he goes apeshit in a way that has has some sort of symbolism to yami bakura? I'd go insane
