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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.

he didnt even set out to he just got assigned card battle manga midway through and still nailed it

Can we talk about how DSoD makes it seem like literally everyone was fucking the Pharaoh and miss him bad?

He’s doing it to win the card game.

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