But when I lost the duel, the one who was hurt instead of me… The one who stood between me and Kaiba and actually suffered was… My Other Self. I never realized that. Actually, I didn’t want to see that my other self’s strength compensated for my weaknesses. That’s what can be seen but remains unseen!
“Why are you crying?” “These are not my tears. This rotted figure… it’s almost like a puppet of dirt. Despite that, the soul of a great Pharaoh still lives within it, prevented from its eternal slumber. The lamentation of its soul becomes tears within me.”
Season 0, Episode 5 - “Now Revealed! Yugi’s Secret”
nobody ever wants to talk about this and it makes me upset.
a few things about this:
Judai being really excited about the idea of blowing up a stage
a demonstration of how Judai can just explode things at will
Judai continuing to be very happy after blowing up the stage as people run around screaming
Yubel scoffing as if they are disappointed that this is all they got to do - as if this is the most meager, trivial use of their power ever conceived
the sheer joy in Judai’s voice as he shouts for people to run for their lives
Yugi and Yusei only looking ever-so-slightly concerned (Yusei has a friend who is a psychic duelist so he can probably surmise what’s going on, but it’s anyone’s guess what Yugi’s thinking)