Are we all watching the same program?
Over on 2channel, the Kiryuu thread has been booming even in his absence, so much so that posters on other threads (notably Jack’s, poor thing) seemed envious. Now, in a rare turn of events, they seem serious, even gloomy. Meanwhile, Play The Damn Card is still laughing it up. It’s frustrating that I can’t stream video on my slow connection. But from reading 2ch, I am getting an idea of what happened. Remember back when Kiryuu first showed up, Jack explained to Carly in the helicopter that the other three had been friends from childhood. Then when Kiryuu came along, they just about worshiped him because he gave them aspirations for the first time.
Kiryuu didn’t bring any other friends with him. Those three must have been all he had. And he must have known that they valued him because he gave them a Cause. So he was afraid he’d lose them once the cause was accomplished, and didn’t want to stop, and kept looking for another Mission for them to go on. But it wasn’t the same, and he was losing them anyway.
The last time all three of them got together to face him, he must have thought they were getting back together. But from what I’m reading, it looks like Yuusei did turn him in to Security. Of course, he really was a criminal by then.
It’s a cruel twist that he had a mental breakdown just from wanting to have friends. THE THEME OF YGO IS ALWAYS FRIENDSHIP.
But after leaving us in anticipation for four months, I was hoping for a bigger payoff than this. I think some of the fans must have written better versions.