Yu-Gi-Oh! Mysteries

By Kaehimi

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

"Hypothesis 2: Seto Kaiba's Trench Coat"

I have died. Kek the Egyptian God of Darkness heard my oath and struck me with a bolt of evil, ignoring my wish to abjure my promise. I am now typing this from the Afterlife. It's not so bad, actually. Of course, the haunting is quite annoying, with spirits hovering over my laptop trying to add in their little bits and pieces...

Ethelflaed - I tried to reach "Janime.biz", but every time I reached it, it either killed my computer or the image section would not work. I'm not sure if this is my computer's fault, and so am planning to go use my friend's computer. Aurora reached it for a while, but then spent the whole time looking at pictures of Bakura before happened, or so she tells me. I'm working on this... Anyways, I hear that the images are fabulous and I am going to try my hardest to get to it. Thank you for the link!

Now, let us start with the first and seemingly most popular theory: Starch!

I counted over seven people mentioning starch in their reviews, and have chosen the following to talk about.

"My guess is, Kaiba has many, many servants that all work together, spraying starch at his coats with a hose, especially the white one. He makes Mokuba carry an extra bottle of starch at all times (the real reason he's concerned with his brother's safety)."

- Random Thoughts

This one seriously made be laugh out loud. However, if one thinks about it, it starts to make more and more sense. Starch, which is actually a carbohydrate, C6H10O5, is commonly found in potatoes, turkey, and many other foods. It is not, however, just a simple linear polysaccharide chain as anyone who has taken Chemistry will tell you - it actually branches out! It is white, powdery, and amorphous - also tasteless to those who have never tried to eat it in its most common form. (Aurora was the one who tasted it, not I.)

The starch used for laundering purposes, however, is just vegetable starch prepared with water to stiffen clothes. Placed on the said garments while ironing produces crisp edges that not only look nice, but also absorbs dirt/sweat instead of letting it go directly into the clothing fibers! It makes washing so much more efficient and everybody happy. Except, perhaps, the poor children who are forced to dress nice and go to parties when they would much rather be playing in the mud outside.

While the starch might stand a chance of holding up heavy clothing in great amounts, perhaps it is far too impractical to waste so much material when the flaring ends are not even touching anything that could get them dirty. On the other hand, Seto Kaiba is very rich and could no doubt afford it. Perhaps it was always his dream while he was in the orphanage to spend lots and lots of money on starch and super expensive trench coats? Or maybe he's addicted to eating starch? (That was Aurora.) Hm...

For BLUE, there is a lot of rippling involved, so on to the mini fan theory! This, I believe, was the second most popular idea circulating, and hence the section dedicated to it.

"Lol, you should be one of those people that talks at fashion shows. Anyway, I think the reason for Kaiba's "gravity defying" trench coat is... LOTS AND LOTS OF STARCH! I mean, wouldn't that explain it? Either that, or he has some kind of tiny air blowing things at the ends of his coat to make his trench coat stay in mid-air."

- Silent Angel Dark Knight

Again, we see the starch pop up. It's like a mole. (Aurora's personal opinion.) I've never thought about pursuing a career as a spokesperson, but it's too late now. I am going into the science business industry. Aurora, however, is a completely different story - but I think she's going into graphics.

Almost went off on a tangent there, sorry. Fans. They are excellent for hot days, and not so great on cold days. They also are awesome people! (Aurora, again.) The only problem here is...

"I think he irons his trench coats a special way so that they do that. I mean, you don't see fans taped to the back of his legs do you? Besides, you can iron pictures on a special paper onto shirts, why can't you make your trench coat flare out by ironing it a certain way? That is, if he does it. It might be a freak accident that his maids do. *Shrugs* And, ABOUT TIME YOU UPDATED! "

- Red Roses2-chan

Perhaps they are mini invisible fans that are super small and lightweight and awesome! (Aurora.) Yes, my fellow friends, it seems we have reached a predicament! Oh no!

This will all be continued in the next chapter, "Hypothesis 2 Continued: Seto Kaiba's Trenchcoat", along with the Ironing Theory, the Telekinetic Artificial Intelligent Trench Coat (TAITC for short), and much much more!. Please add on more of what you think through reviews and stay tuned! Thank you for reading "Yu-Gi-Oh! Mysteries", brought to you by me, Kaehimi, my assistant, Aurora, and all the kind reviewers who devote their brain power towards achieving an answer!

Until next time, keep questioning anime!

Excuse of the Chapter: Finals, SATs, and all that jazz.