Forgiving Murderers 101
Satellite. The Final Frontier.
Is it the reason that Yusei, Jack, and Crow are so able to accept Kiryu as their comrade again? It could be. Let's get right down to it.
So what exactly is common in Satellite? It's never explicitly said, but given the state of it, it wouldn't be unheard of to think that murder is a commonplace thing. We already know that, even if there are good intentions behind it, theft is fairly common by those can finish the job successfully. What happens in the shadows? Via Crow and Pearson respectively, it can probably be assumed that without proper looking after, kids in Satellite die off fairly easily. Without his discovery of Duel Monsters, Crow himself probably would have ended up a corpse in a trash pile somewhere - which means he'd also probably have seen that kind of thing before as well, or at least heard of the possibility.
Furthermore, remember that while Yusei was off hanging with Rally and the others and Jack was off becoming King in the city, Crow was living in B.A.D., which is the extra-awful part of Satellite that even Security doesn't think is worth going to. That could be because the especially bad people live in B.A.D., because there are so MANY people there that any Security would get swarmed, or because B.A.D. is just a place with no laws, even by Satellite's standards. There are a lot of possible reasons, but what it ultimately comes down to is that even the gung-ho Security officers, who are all set to capture criminals, don't dare go there, and Crow refuses to let his kids out of his little base - most likely his reputation is one of their only means of protection when he's not there, along with the random dog they have. So while Yusei and Jack experienced enough to be able to forgive Kiryu, Crow has most likely experienced worse, especially given how many times he's been in and out of the Facility.
Also, remember that when Jack is describing Kiryu and Team Satisfaction to Carly, he doesn't talk about Kiryu like a dark person. Even then, he, Jack Atlas, can only talk about Kiryu like this grand, glorious, amazing person who changed and saved his, Yusei, and Crow's lives by bringing them together and forming Team Satisfaction. And let's not forget how full of pride Jack can be. What's more, even right after Kiryu killed the Security officer, even though Yusei thought that what Kiryu did was wrong (as seen by their fight), at the same time, Yusei doesn't want Kiryu thinking he betrayed him, he still, even then, wanted to be on Kiryu's side.
In fact, throughout the entire Dark Signer arc, except through flashbacks, the fact he killed someone isn't really brought up - the issue everyone seems to have with Kiryu is that he did bad to his friends, and that Kiryu felt the same about his friends. Betrayal, in a nutshell, was a big theme. This, again, points to the fact that murder is just something that is accepted in Satellite, or at least it happens enough that it isn't as bad as if it happens in, say, the city.
Of course, then you might ask, why didn't Crow forgive Bolger when he discovered he murdered Pearson? There are some key differences there - for one, Pearson was like a father figure to Crow, whereas the Security officer, while maybe not deserving of death, was still the enemy. Secondly, who's to say Crow didn't? While riding his upgraded BlackBird, he talks about how he'll be dueling for not only his kids, but both Pearson and Bolger. Does he just accept that Bolger's desicion to kill Pearson, like Kiryu's insanity, was a weakness of the mind? Or has he not completely forgiven Bolger, but is on the way regardless? The latter is most likely, or perhaps even a combination of the both.
No matter what it is, it's doubtful characters from other situations would be so accepting of assistance from the companies of murderers. And again, back to Kiryu, there's also the fact that he was ready to kill himself AND was feeling the guilt of far larger crimes, which maybe had something else to do with it, in addition to the rest - though then again, Crow and Jack, who came to help Kiryu and Yusei in Crash Town, didn't really seem to know much about what was going on beyond "Kiryu is in trouble", at which point they went running to his aid.
Perhaps the most simple way to say it is that, if you were raised in Satellite, friendship is thicker than murder. Or something.
Is it the reason that Yusei, Jack, and Crow are so able to accept Kiryu as their comrade again? It could be. Let's get right down to it.
So what exactly is common in Satellite? It's never explicitly said, but given the state of it, it wouldn't be unheard of to think that murder is a commonplace thing. We already know that, even if there are good intentions behind it, theft is fairly common by those can finish the job successfully. What happens in the shadows? Via Crow and Pearson respectively, it can probably be assumed that without proper looking after, kids in Satellite die off fairly easily. Without his discovery of Duel Monsters, Crow himself probably would have ended up a corpse in a trash pile somewhere - which means he'd also probably have seen that kind of thing before as well, or at least heard of the possibility.
Furthermore, remember that while Yusei was off hanging with Rally and the others and Jack was off becoming King in the city, Crow was living in B.A.D., which is the extra-awful part of Satellite that even Security doesn't think is worth going to. That could be because the especially bad people live in B.A.D., because there are so MANY people there that any Security would get swarmed, or because B.A.D. is just a place with no laws, even by Satellite's standards. There are a lot of possible reasons, but what it ultimately comes down to is that even the gung-ho Security officers, who are all set to capture criminals, don't dare go there, and Crow refuses to let his kids out of his little base - most likely his reputation is one of their only means of protection when he's not there, along with the random dog they have. So while Yusei and Jack experienced enough to be able to forgive Kiryu, Crow has most likely experienced worse, especially given how many times he's been in and out of the Facility.
Also, remember that when Jack is describing Kiryu and Team Satisfaction to Carly, he doesn't talk about Kiryu like a dark person. Even then, he, Jack Atlas, can only talk about Kiryu like this grand, glorious, amazing person who changed and saved his, Yusei, and Crow's lives by bringing them together and forming Team Satisfaction. And let's not forget how full of pride Jack can be. What's more, even right after Kiryu killed the Security officer, even though Yusei thought that what Kiryu did was wrong (as seen by their fight), at the same time, Yusei doesn't want Kiryu thinking he betrayed him, he still, even then, wanted to be on Kiryu's side.
In fact, throughout the entire Dark Signer arc, except through flashbacks, the fact he killed someone isn't really brought up - the issue everyone seems to have with Kiryu is that he did bad to his friends, and that Kiryu felt the same about his friends. Betrayal, in a nutshell, was a big theme. This, again, points to the fact that murder is just something that is accepted in Satellite, or at least it happens enough that it isn't as bad as if it happens in, say, the city.
Of course, then you might ask, why didn't Crow forgive Bolger when he discovered he murdered Pearson? There are some key differences there - for one, Pearson was like a father figure to Crow, whereas the Security officer, while maybe not deserving of death, was still the enemy. Secondly, who's to say Crow didn't? While riding his upgraded BlackBird, he talks about how he'll be dueling for not only his kids, but both Pearson and Bolger. Does he just accept that Bolger's desicion to kill Pearson, like Kiryu's insanity, was a weakness of the mind? Or has he not completely forgiven Bolger, but is on the way regardless? The latter is most likely, or perhaps even a combination of the both.
No matter what it is, it's doubtful characters from other situations would be so accepting of assistance from the companies of murderers. And again, back to Kiryu, there's also the fact that he was ready to kill himself AND was feeling the guilt of far larger crimes, which maybe had something else to do with it, in addition to the rest - though then again, Crow and Jack, who came to help Kiryu and Yusei in Crash Town, didn't really seem to know much about what was going on beyond "Kiryu is in trouble", at which point they went running to his aid.
Perhaps the most simple way to say it is that, if you were raised in Satellite, friendship is thicker than murder. Or something.