Yu-Gi-Oh: Unpopular Opinion (Peachshipping)
I figure with all of the new things being discovered with DSOD, I’m going to post some thoughts I have that are probably not as popular in the fandom. I hope I don’t get smacked. ^_^;
Opinion: Yugi and Anzu/Tea do not work well as a romantic couple.
I’m sure most people who have seen my blog know that I am not a fan of Peachshipping. I never have been and I doubt I ever will be because of how I’ve watched the characters interact with one another. Yugi and Anzu are great characters in their own right. I just don’t believe they would make a great couple. Here is why.
1. Most if not all of the romantic feelings are one sided. Yugi believes that Anzu is his world. He absolutely adores her with all of his heart. Anzu, however, doesn’t really feel the same way about Yugi. In fact, she didn’t really look his way at all until Atem showed up. They are friends and she had every intention of it staying that way if Atem never set things in motion.
2. Any two sided romance inklings seemed to have an ulterior motive and was forced. Anzu really did try hard to like Yugi. She even went as far as to deny the Pharaoh being sent out and decided to bond with Yugi. However, no matter how much time they talked, you could tell that he just didn’t tantalize her taco like Atem did. Even after Atem is gone, she tries to push herself into Yugi, probably hoping that somehow, a spark will light. But, the more she tries to fill the hole Atem left, the less she really appreciates Yugi for who he is.
3. Their communication needs some work. Sure, Anzu will tell you if there is an issue with something, almost overly blunt too. Yugi, however, will keep quiet if it means it keeps the peace. That can be a very volatile combination if the more submissive role doesn’t speak up. Things fester and morph into resentment until it blows up and then everything goes to Hell in a Millennium Handbasket.
4. Any time I think about the two of them getting together, I can’t help but feel that Anzu is settling. As I stated before, Yugi doesn’t really turn her head like Atem did and doesn’t put a spark in her cock socket. But, he is stable, good to her, and she could live with that. Would that grow into love later? Possibly. At the same time, with Anzu’s strong personality and go getter drive, I don’t think she is one to really settle for anything and that could lead to heartbreak. (ie. Relationship fizzles out, Cheating)
Now, several birdies on the wind say that the author confirmed that Anzu and Yugi end up marrying after she comes back from New York. Others say that he stated it would happen “if they still felt the same way about each other.” I have no evidence confirming or denying either statement so, I’ll just provide what I think would go down after the canon series has ended.
Anzu goes to New York to become a dancer. Though she struggles, she loves it and decides to continue her dream. While there, she meets her partner in the theater crowd. They have the gentle nature of Yugi but are able to command an entire room if it so calls for it. (After all, being in theater, it requires a lot of confidence.) After a year of off and on contact, she agrees to start dating him. He becomes her rock overseas and she becomes his muse.
Yugi continues to work in the game shop in Japan. He designs games and also does some dueling events if he is asked to do so. He continues to teach kids about games and has some of them beta his new ideas. His partner appears during one of those betas, wanting to know more about gaming in general. Though slow and steady, Yugi falls hard and fast for this person but is reluctant to commit because of Anzu, hoping that maybe she’ll come back to him.
The two still talk to one another and there are occasional visits. Yugi sees how happy Anzu is with the new guy and decides to offer her his full support as her friend. In the meantime, he decides to go out on the market himself, hoping to move on from his former crush.
Things….don’t go so well after that.
Anzu’s jealousy rears its ugly head and she becomes passive aggressive toward Yugi and his new partner. Appalled, Yugi and Anzu get into several discussions of “What could have been.” and “What is.”. Frustrated at Anzu’s double standard, Yugi finally snaps, revealing all of the bitterness and anger he felt at being second place to Atem. He never had the courage or confidence to do so before but, in his anger, he managed to find it. This results in a temporary fall out of their relationship and they don’t speak for several years after.
After their fall out, Yugi and Anzu happen to meet when she returns to Japan. She is married, has a successful dancing career, and has thought about starting a family. Yugi, on the other hand, is also married and has several little Yugi-lings running the store with him. Knowing that her jealousy was what drove them apart, Anzu apologizes and the two catch up over coffee, rebuilding their friendship and maintain a lifelong relationship after that.
I’m probably overthinking the whole relationship but this is just how I see it going down. I do love Yugi and Anzu both for what they contribute to the series. I just don’t believe that they would work well as a couple together. To me, they’re more like the best exes that never were. :P
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