Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS



Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS (rhymes with "brains") is the sixth series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. It will begin airing in May 2017 as part of the Spring 2017 Anime lineup. A TV special, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! LABO'', aired on April 5 to introduce its characters and setting.

There is a city where network systems have evolved: Den City. In this city, with the advanced network technology developed by the corporation "SOL Technology", a Virtual Reality space called Link VRAINS has been developed, and in this VR Space, people became excited over the latest way to Duel. They are called Charisma Duelists. However, in Link VRAINS, a mysterious hacker group that hacks via Dueling has appeared: The Knights of Hanoi. Their goal is to annihilate the AI World known as Cyberse that exists somewhere in the depths of the Network.

However, there is one Duelist who stands against the threat to Link VRAINS. His name is Playmaker. He has become famous in the Network World for crushing the Knights of Hanoi in fierce Duels, without mentioning his name. But the true identity of Playmaker is an Ordinary High-School Student and a hacker named Yusaku Fujiki, who doesn't like standing out. He pursues the Knights of Hanoi that appear in VRAINS in order to find out the truth of an incident that happened in the past.


 * Action Girl: Aoi is these
 * Alternate Appearance Aura: All the VR duelist have completely different appearance in real life
 * Anime Hair: Like other series most of the characters have this hair
 * Central Theme: As the Tagline says: never surrender and try something new.
 * Cool Board: Charisma Duelists ride one in VR Duels.
 * Cyberspace: VR Duels are set in a cyberspace constructed with the latest technology.
 * Darker and Edgier: In contrast to ARC-V its main themes are, ironically, happiness and entertainment. VRAINS makes it clear that it's at least darker than ZEXAL and has the potential to become even darker than ARC-V, judging by its Closer to Earth approach and Cyber Punk themes as well as having a Kid Detective main character who hunts down a group of Cyberspace busting maniacs.
 * Defrosting Ice King: Yusaku started out as a person who doesn't like standing out due to him being a hacker but changes when he tried dueling for the first time.
 * Determinator: Enforced as with ARC-V; the show's main theme is "Take a step forward and try!", the premise being that kids should try things out instead of giving up at the first try due to being overwhelmed by information.
 * High School:The shows setting is in high school with majority of the main cast being high schoolers
 * Magic Versus Science: VRAINS has heavier focus on science and is more of a scientific them than the previous entries, even more so than ARC-V.
 * Naive Newcomer: Yusaku is the first protagonist to be new in duel monsters.
 * Omnicidal Maniac: The Knights of Hanoi's main objective is to annihilate the VR world, but their reasons are yet to be revealed.'
 * Ordinary High School Student: Yusaku and Aoi are these.The shows primary setting is in high school
 * Online Alias: All Charisma Duelists have one.
 * Portmanteau: The title is actually a combination of "VR", "Vrai"note, and "brains".
 * The Power of Friendship: In this case, VRAINS deals with how friendship can make a person stand out and try new things.
 * Real Place Background: Part of Den City, the setting of VRAINS, resembles the 109 building in Shibuya.
 * Something Completely Different: The series runs on pure science, has a main character who is NOT a gamer (initially), and has two new Dueling rules.
 * Split Personality: Most of the Link VRAIN duelist when they are in Link Vrains they have completely different personality in real life and when they are in Link Vrains.Best example is Aoi who is calm and quite in real life but when she is in Link VRAINS she is very active.
 * Tron Lines: VR forms have these.