So, imagine. You’re getting up for work in the morning. You have a twelve-hour shift ahead of you, sure to be full-to-bursting with sick patients and annoying coworkers. You drag yourself through your morning routine, have your coffee—but then, your eyes alight on a pair of Yu-Gi-Oh! Blue-Eyes White Dragon Echo Crocs, waiting for you by the door, the legendary Duel Monster alighting with grace and beauty upon the electric blue and white shoes. We all must submit to the working class slog, but we can ride a wave of 2000s nostalgia while we’re doing it.
Yu-Gi-Oh! and Crocs have released four new pairs of clogs, complete with unique Jibbitz featuring characters and objects from the anime. As aforementioned, we’ve got the badass Blue-Eyes White Dragon Echo Clog, the Dark Magician Echo Clog, the Seto Kaiba Classic Clog, and the Yami Yugi Classic Clog. I’ve already waxed poetic on the Blue-Eyes White Dragon Echo Clog, but the Dark Magician Echo Clog is no slouch either. It rocks the same rich purple as Yugi Moto’s go-to Duel Monster, complete with the Dark Magician himself wielding his staff on one clog, and his iconic conical hat sticking out like a little horn from the other.
The Seto Kaiba Classic Clog is black with a white tread. It has a red interior, and blue Duel Discs on the heel as a testament to one of the greatest anime anti-heroes of all time. There is a charm of Kaiba, the man himself, along with a Duel Monsters card charm and the KaibaCorp logo. The perfect footwear for a day at KaibaLand! Last but not least, there’s the Yami Yugi Classic Clog. I think this one is the coolest. Check out the necklace chain on the front of the clog, with the Millennium Puzzle dangling from it. The eight-year-old Yu-Gi-Oh! obsessive inside of me is losing their mind. Crocs drops this collection on September 9th. The Echo clogs are both retailing at $89.99 USD, with the Classic clogs selling for $69.99. If it calls to you, make sure you don’t get banished to the Shadow Realm before September 9th!