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2025 Yu-Gi-Oh! Big Bang completed!

Congratulations to each and every one of our participants for all of their amazing works and dedication to their craft! It's been an amazing journey with so much to show, so if you haven't yet, please enjoy this year's collections of fanfiction and fanart celebrating Yu-Gi-Oh!

S0/Duel Monsters

The Beginning Of Our Home by @winkle-pickers ↳ART by @raaorqtpbpdy [x] ↳ART by @sealedeyesblog [x]

Bloom of Blue by @iamallyetnotatall [x] ↳ART by @freakura [x]

My Superhuman by @over-roaming-waves [x] ↳ART by @card-shark3000 [x] ↳ART by @pumpkin-zenko-art [x]

Sands of Time by @mystical-flute [x] ↳ART by @pan-of-light [x] ↳ART by Schatten-Light [x]

turn to me at midnight by oxeyed ↳ART by @exit75 [x] ↳ART by @glaucidiumpasserinum [x]

GX

Chazzerella by @aberooski [x] ↳ART by @chivaleone [x] ↳ART by @thru-blue [x]

Dream Mirror of Chaos by @princesskayjay [x] ↳ART by @marblesmind [x] ↳ART by @stellartrishula [x]

A Ruby Heart by @kaiseryuki [x] ↳ART by @leafgale [x | Bsky] ↳ART (& beta) by @meda-princess [x]

Tales from the Slifer Red Girl's Dorm by @pcturtl [x] ↳ART by @4lpabet [x] ↳ART by @tiredgremlintime [x]

Ultra Duel: The Case Files of Tenjoin Asuka by @silvormoon [x}

When I See You Again by @seventhdoctor [x] ↳ART by @galaxygirl-katie27 [x] ↳ART by @puzzl-d [x]

5D's

It's a Whole New World We Live In by LuckyLadybug ↳ART by @neoasari [x] ↳ART by @viridian-snow [x]

Zexal

Forged in the Flames of the Hearth by IVMysteryNumbers - ↳ART by Sky [x]

Moonage Daydream by @scattered-irises [x] ↳ART by @sabellabella [x] ↳ART by @scumblies [x]

One of My Turns by @trickbuster [x] ↳ART by @laststrix [x] ↳ART by @warchord [x]

Seeking Salvation with Damnation by Zex ↳ART by @kira-hayashi [x]

VRAINS

take a deep breath. then another. and another. you'll be fine. by @talaofthevalley [x] ↳ART by @dreamydelite [x] ↳ART by @kyghostly [x]

Go Rush!

dear, samsara by aura [x] ↳ART by @darkyummy [x] ↳ART by @art-ember [x]

[Crossovers]

Cynet Backdoor by @kuriboo [x] ↳ART by @aliothbuzzsawshark [x] ↳ART by @nancelilspace [x]

2025 YGO Big Bang Ao3 Collection Here

Special thanks to our betas RheaLightning, Taruchinator, and @xsilverberryx!

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He was thinking of M.C. Escher, of stairs that led nowhere. Meals made at home. Useless trivia and soft voices, love made in the dark. What was it Anzu used to tell him? I can only come so close. All the things his greedy beast of a heart had hungered for, things imagined, things lost. He wanted it back. He wanted it all back. Ryou, Anzu, Atem. He wanted Kaiba to forgive him. Wanted his father to remember his birthday. He wanted to see more, to live in the world without disappointing strangers. He wanted to settle down. He wanted the chance to become someone else, so he could understand who he was.

My piece for the @ygobigbang , for Oxeyed's fic, Turn to Me at Midnight. This fic punched me in my solar plexus & gave me research ideas for art like i haven't had in years. It's amazing. It's devastating. It's painfully relatable. It hits deep. You should read it.

And the other artist, @glaucidiumpasserinum made this gorgeous piece! Look at it, it's beautiful.

I'm glad to have worked alongside both of you, & to have been a part of the Big Bang <3

Sketchbook pages & close ups under the cut:

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I. Have had. Enough.

guitar riff intensifies

Atem on his way to kill some suitors(^▽^)o Thank you to the YGO BB Discord for the good food (looks at @dreamymochapie ) + the hilariousness of casting the YGO x EPIC crossover.

this was supposed to be a sketch lol

Bonus:

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sketchbook pages

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'CAUSE I WILL GET BACK TO MY SON

AND I WILL GET BACK TO MY 𝙒𝙄𝙁𝙀

reference

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paranoia & derealization & depersonalization.

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OHMYGOSH THAT YAMI/ATEM YOU DREW IN AUGUST IS SO CUTE???? I LOVE HIS EYES AND THE WAY YOU STYLIZED IT

aw, thank you, anon :) i'm glad you like him

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shoujo Yami/Atem for u today🏵 open for better quality

(Kofi ☕️)

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your eyes, they shine so bright, i wanna save that light

(Kofi ☕️)

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lil shoujo Yugi for u today🌻 open for better quality

(Kofi ☕️)

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I was looking for a breath of life A little touch of heavenly light But all the choirs in my head sang no

as always, please open the pictures to see the best quality :')

untouched photo + details under the cut

☕️ko-fi

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Puzzlejune prompt: water lily (lotus)

references for uraeus and eyes:

Wikipedia for the realistic flower

Stele of Lady Taperet (3rd intermediate), in the Louvre

Tomb of Nefertari (19th Dynasty), in the Valley of the Queens

stylized lotuses from memory

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Puzzlejune prompt: Rose

(Kofi ☕️)

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You thought this Yugi was twink-y?

Well

And lest ye think he shouldn't be... uh... dripping cream.......

(apparently these are deep-fried Twinkies; I couldn't find the actual source [so many are using this], but @sesshy380 found it and generously sent it to me💀)

(Kofi ☕️)

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Grief is just love with no place to go.

Puzzlejune prompt: Poppy

Quote: Jamie Anderson

(Kofi ☕️)

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だれにも出せない答えが僕の中にある

There's an answer within me that nobody else has

Rambling under the cut:

So I do project onto Atem a lot, because I think if he came back, he would definitely have some identity stuff going on. He's not anyone he used to be; how does that feel? When all of that is taken away, what's left? Who are you? Some people may see it as an opportunity to discover yourself, but what if it leaves you feeling empty, uncertain, directionless? Even afraid?

This is something that I tend to deal with myself. There's lots of times where I have no idea who I might be. If I take away all my interests, for example, what's left? Who am I, really, underneath everything?

This comic isn't saying others can't help you with figuring it out (and we do carry pieces of our past selves, no matter what). But it comes down to each of us, doesn't it, to really look inside and figure out who we might be at our core. For people with identity disturbance, this is really difficult; when you feel you have no core self, you feel really lost. You can reach out to others as a starting point, ask what they may see, ask them to support you. And then you have to go in, yourself, because, you know, there's answers inside that only you can know.

(Kofi ☕️)