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The Pharaoh's ability is fundamentally cheating and the story says "this is cool and good" and it's correct (Pegasus's ability is also cheating and framed as bad but thats what you get when you turn people into trading cards)

I have a lot of issues with Millennium World (I know Takahashi was apparently sick but still) but the actual ending arc is absolutely perfect.

dipped my toe into some of the other cynical product advertising anime (buddyfight, vanguard, etc) expecting they'd at least be a copy. it's so interesting how YGO would still be better if the only thing it did was have actual characters

he was one of the best at combining aesthetics he enjoyed. the part in the manga where he just creates his own spawn to gush about it is so charming. pegasus is another one I think about a lot.

Genuinely one of the greats lost before their time. He died saving three drowning swimmers in a rip current, man was a legend through and through.

i think of just how fucking good you have to be at pacing to make card battle manga work and he fucking does it

well to be fair kaiba's throwing the entire time because he wants his husband back

He’s doing it to win the card game.

Cheating is the cornerstone of the game. “You can’t do that” “I just did!”

ill never get over the dsod ending scene where he doesn't even let Living get in the way of just one more duel with him

I legitimately read your first post and was like "why the fuck would kiaba do some weird cheating stuff in a duel. Not my seto kaiba!" Because I forgot that in season 1 he was trying to save Mokuba instead of just doing life and death duels because he loves dueling.