"Any card—so long as it exists—has a power that is needed."

justanotherotakuandartist:

||Parallels||

Aka another set of drawings that have been collecting dust in my drafts until now. (⌒.−)＝★

homura-bakura:

At the risk of sounding like a broken record…it’s gotta be Yuya

Originally posted by entermates

there are so many incredible character arcs in this show, of course, and let me give a small nod to Sora, Dennis, and especially Reira for their very touching arcs as well.

But like. Yuya’s the main, so of course he has the most important, and the most resonating, arc.

I’ve never been quiet about the fact that I relate heavily to Yuya.  Especially at the time I first met him, I found myself feeling pretty trapped and like I had to fake a smile, fake being ok, for the sake others around me – and for myself.  I still get into those places, too, where I fake it, even as a detriment to myself, because I want to make sure other people are happy and not bothering themselves with me.

Yuya’s a lot of the same.  He fakes happiness so that he doesn’t have to deal with the consequences of not being happy.  He has a goal he wants to achieve, and he mistakenly thinks that he can achieve it being the current person that he is, without addressing the roots of his problems first.

It’s unfortunate that his coming of age had to come through an interdimensional war, but he really did come into his own power through it.  It forced him to reexamine his beliefs and values, to come out of his own head and listen to other people to compare to his own ethics system, and to confront head on the ways he held himself back before tearing down those obstructions and coming out a new and better person.  He really, really struggled, too.  There were steps forward followed by two steps back.  There were huge relapses that shook him and made it even harder for him to start going again.

But he always did.  He always got back up.

He’s grown so much, but I think the real strength of his arc is that, for all the progress he’s made, it’s still clear that he will always have more to learn.  He’ll keep growing.  He won’t reach a destination and stay there – no, that’s what he learned not to do.  He’ll keep on journeying, changing, and evolving, and now that’s a journey looked forward to with excitement rather than fear.

It’s something that hits close to home, and I really can’t be grateful enough for this boy’s existence.

(via theabcsofjustice)

orasforlife:

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strawberry-tala:

There is one in particular that has stayed with me ever since I first saw the scene…

“No matter how many you bring out…”

“Insects are insects!”

The combination of Yuya’s voice acting, the animation, the music, just everything, made this one of the most badass and threatening moments in the whole show to me.

Berserk Yuya already had a very sinister aura to him, but he didn’t have a real hard-hitting line until this moment. The double meaning between the multitude of monsters his opponent has and that Serena joined Ruri against him. No matter how many people go up to fight him, they’re nothing but weak, puny insects. Numbers won’t do anything, and that ended up being shown in the final duel against Zarc. Their numbers did nothing.

This moment just hit me really hard, with the explaining of the game being used to build up the tension, the gradual reveal of how the moment this line was out of Yuya’s mouth, Serena and Ruri had undeniably lost.

It’s just a very cool and well-written line, delivered frighteningly well, with everything coming before and after it driving it home further and further.

(via theabcsofjustice)