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ygo-gx:

Final Events - Tag Force 3

tastes-like-ciel:

xoue:

im almost done watching gx lol

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johannandersen:

Johan Andersen || Happy Birthday Johan of the gem beasts!!!
           11/06/2015 || Keep on smiling forever~

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sapphiresring:

GX Episode 149

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sharkcruiser:

虹 | 青井とり [pixiv] 

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alicethedragonvalkyrie:

tastes-like-ciel:

Johan is a universal treasure.

#date him Judai

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explodia:

On my way to steal yo girl.

yasuda-yoshiya:

Looking back at this scene, it’s kind of really striking how Johan is so genuinely angry and frustrated at Judai’s hesitation here? Johan’s approach to Judai is really interesting in that way, since…well, it’s obviously the case that Johan is very invested in Judai, and puts a lot more effort into figuring him out and trying to understand him than his other friends ever have - but because of that, it feels like there’s also a sense that Johan is actually really disappointed in Judai at times, like he expects better from him than this.

And I really sort of love the way that Johan reacts to things like this, because…well, I think it says a lot about Johan himself, and the fundamental difference between him and Judai which he hasn’t really fully taken on board. If Johan was in this position, Cobra’s words wouldn’t phase him at all. “Uh, I’m not carrying any burden beyond the outcome of the game? Are you serious? How about protecting the school, and saving my friends who are counting on me, and being worthy of the spirits that chose me?”, etc, etc; Cobra’s accusation would be something he’d be able to laugh off in bewilderment and not even give a second thought. So it’s honestly sort of almost incomprehensible to him that Judai can’t do that, which is why we get this strong reaction; Johan just can’t understand how someone could possibly be in a situation where so much is obviously depending on them and not automatically feel the full weight of that responsibility, and be determined and motivated to live up to it.

And honestly, I think that’s one of the biggest things that makes their  relationship unsustainable in the long term without Yubel’s intervention; it’s not just that Judai is excessively dependent on Johan, but also that Johan isn’t really able to understand why Judai needs him to point out these things that should be ‘obvious’? The things about Johan that Judai finds so amazing and awe-inspiring are things that come so naturally to him that Johan wouldn’t really even think about them himself, so he’s not really capable of fully registering how hard they are for Judai - or how much it really means to Judai when Johan sort of exasperatedly puts forth that, well duh, of course Judai can do the same things he can.

While I definitely don’t blame Johan for that at all, it also makes it very easy for me to see why Johan’s attitude broke Judai so much, because…from Judai’s point of view, that kind of casual expectation on Johan’s part that Judai is essentially “like him” is a real burden. Rather than feeling like an achievement when Judai is able to make progress in terms of being a responsible and mature person, it’s more like he’s expected to be that way right away, and his falling short of that standard consistently elicits Johan’s obvious disappointment and frustration. The fact that Johan is so vocal most of the time about how much he believes in Judai and trusts him to do the right thing - how obvious it is that he regards Judai as a “good person” like him - makes it hurt all the more that he knows he really isn’t, and therefore fuels his desperation to try and emulate Johan as much as possible so that he can live up to Johan’s belief in him. At least by my reading, Judai’s main drive in the third season isn’t so much a desire to improve himself and become a better person, as I expected when I went into it - rather, it’s the need to escape from his fear. Fear of the possibility that he isn’t a good person, fear that Johan was wrong about him, fear that he won’t be able to live up to Johan’s faith in him - and that’s what ends up tearing him apart and crushing his whole sense of self-worth when he’s finally forced to accept that his fears were entirely justified, that he really is unable to be the person Johan thought he was.

I think GX touches on something really powerful there, in how it dares to really examine the implications of that common feelgood shounen sentiment of “I believe in you!” and “I know you can do it!”, and acknowledging how much of an emotional burden that can put on the person on the receiving end of it. Of course, it’s also definitely the case that that kind of encouragement can be genuinely supportive and inspiring - as Johan no doubt means it to be! - but GX’s willingness to seriously explore the other side of that, and the implicit expectation and pressure that it places on the other person, is something that I really have to admire a lot.

pendulumyuya:

Archetype: Gem Beasts

alicethedragonvalkyrie:

This scene looks familiar.

alicethedragonvalkyrie:

Fujiwara brought the human population of almost seven billion people down to four guys in not even a couple of days. I’m impressed.

se-to-oh:

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