Ode to Seto Kaiba: The Most Extra, Extravagantly Fashionable, Rich 2-D Jerk

Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Seto Kaiba is always on that flex game. Wardrobe, wallet, attitude, and obsession always on 100.

Can you name a more rich, fabulous asshole in anime than Seto Kaiba? Who has the same skills? The same style? The incredible amount of cool, even in the face of an insurmountable amount of duress? No one can defeat this man in terms of sky-rocketing self-esteem. And do you remember his ability to rock a trench coat/cape mix? Do you think you could rock his Battle City outfit? You and I both know the answer to that. His style, which I’d argue reflects a futuristic, gender-fluid, androngynous look, matches his interior ability to produce the kind of cool we mere mortals could only dream of. Kaiba and his ambitions knew no bounds.  Unfortunately, this just revolved around beating some short dude at a card game and occasionally taking care of his little brother. BUT WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE GREATNESS? I also have to give a shout-out to the voice actor Eric Stuart, who voiced the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh!. He was able to capture the perfect tone of this icy anti-villain. I know for many of my generation, their first anime crush was Sesshōmaru. Before him, maybe it was Misato Katsuragi. But for high school Oona, my first anime crush was SETO KAIBA. I was a HUGE Serenity Wheeler x Seto Kaiba Fan Fiction shipper. I AM NOT ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT, EITHER. I READ THE FUCK OUT OF THOSE ROMANCE FANFICS. THEY WERE CUTE. YOU KNOW, THE OPPOSITES ATTRACT, SISTER OF THE ENEMY, HEART OF ICE GETS MELTED BECAUSE OF SWEET LOVE-INTEREST; IT WAS AWESOME. *clears throat* Anyways. This article is only her…

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