Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS/Characters/Others

Naoki Shima/Brave Max
He is Yusaku's classmate and loves Dueling, but he’s not too confident about his skills, and has never Dueled in Link VRAINS. He’s a fan of Playmaker.

Voiced by: Chiharu Sawashiro (Japanese)


 * A Day in the Limelight:Gets a good share of focus in #27, where he becomes determined to protect the netizens of LINK VRAINS from the Knights of Hanoi.
 * Artifact
 * Believing Their Own Lies: Ever since Brave Max defeated a Knight of Hanoi using Cyberse Wizard and his subsequent encounter with it’s owner, Naoki believes that he is Playmaker’s chosen one and his best friend. Even after his dismal Dueling ability was exposed by Ghost Girl, Naoki is still under the impression that he and Playmaker are soulmates as he boasts to Yusaku.
 * Butt Monkey:EVERY Yu-Gi-Oh! series has to have one, and guess who's the resident butt monkey of Vrains? Gets brutally roasted by Yusaku within the first ten minutes of the first episodes, is constantly getting snubbed by Yusaku and Aoi, the former being able to barely remember his name half of the time, made a fool of by main or important side characters almost every time he's onscreen. Yeah...Naoki is definitely the resident butt monkey of Vrains.
 * Bystander Syndrome:Despite calling himself a hero of Link VRAINS, Brave Max just stands idly by while some delinquent penguins harass some denizens
 * Distressed Dude: Got kidnapped in RL and forced into Link VRAINS by Faust to duel for Cyberse Wizard's data and potentially lure Playmaker in order to take his Ignis.
 * Expy:
 * He looks like Teppei from ARC-V
 * His design and personality wise and him being a Fat Best Friend and classmate to the main protagonist makes him similar to Tetsuo
 * Fat Best Friend:He is Yusaku's classmate and is very friendly with him much to Yusaku's annoyance and  is fatter compared to him him unfrotunately Yusaku is shown to frequently ignore him and refuse to return his friendship..
 * Fan Boy:mostly to Playmaker but he is also a fan of Go and Blue Angel as well as other charisma duelist
 * Gonk: He doesn't look good
 * Inadequate Inheritor:Brave Max quickly returns Cyberse Wizard to Playmaker, believing himself to be unworthy of carrying on Playmaker's legacy.
 * Insane Troll Logic: Brave Max's claim that "Metal Baboon" can't be returned to his hand because it's a Link Monster baffles both Ghost Girl and Blue Girl. The fallacy in his claim, however, is that his Monster is still a valid target for "Altergeist Silquitous's" Effect, only that it doesn't return to his hand, but rather, his Extra Deck.
 * I Just Want To Be Badass: Subverted. While he defeated a Knight of Hanoi not long after he entered LINK VRAINS for the first time, he ultimately considers himself unworthy of carrying on Playmaker's legacy, and quickly returns Cyberse Wizard to Playmaker after he arrives to confront Faust.
 * Locked Out of the Loop:Is completely unaware that his classmates are Playmaker and Blue Angel resepctively
 * Mr. Exposition: Explains to Yusaku and the audience about Another Syndrome, a recent phenomenon where people are forced into Link Vrains and subsequently gone into a coma. Unfortunately for him, Yusaku was already up-to-date with the information, meaning Naoki didn't have to explain it to him but already did for the viewer's convenience.
 * Mistaken for Badass:Emma and Aoi believe he must secretly be a great duelist if Playmaker is interested in him... only to find out that he's really an amateur, which annoys Aoi because she had set up a Blue Angel event in order to get him into VRAINS.
 * Online Alias: Initially went by Lonely Brave, but changes it to Brave Max shortly after he is congratulated by a few netizens for defeating a Knight of Hanoi.
 * Saying Too Much:Faust overhears Naoki boasting about being Playmaker's supposed chosen one, then punches him in the gut and holds him hostage.
 * Troll:Scoffs at Yusaku's decoy deck, describing it as amateurish. The Duel Club president calls Naoki out for it.
 * Saying To Much:
 * Faust overhears Naoki boasting about being Playmaker's supposed chosen one, then punches him in the gut and holds him hostage.
 * Ghost Girl warns Brave Max not to openly admit that he is best friends with Playmaker due to Playmaker being a bounty target in NEW LINK VRAINS.
 * Subverted in that he doesn't reveal that Yusaku was the one to save him in the real world while Playmaker saved him in VRAINS, instead only being frustratingly vague when Aoi asked him, which would have likely led Emma and Aoi to connecting the dots. Justified on Shima's part, however, as he legitimately doesn't know Playmaker's real world identity.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair:Green in this case

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Yamamoto/Frog
A Link VRAINS reporter.

Voiced by":Tomokazu Seki (Japanese)


 * Berserk Button: While you're in LINK VRAINS, don't address Frog as Yamamoto.
 * Butt Monkey:He and Pigeon can never catch a break
 * Crazy Prepared: After Playmaker upgrades his D-Board, Frog upgrades Pigeon's flight capabilities in order to keep up with his speed.
 * Do Not Call Me Paul:rog will blast at Pigeon if address him by his real name, Yamamoto, while in Link VRAINS.
 * Online Alias:Frog
 * Sempai Kouhai:Is referred to as "sempai" by Pigeon, implying that he is the more experienced of the two.
 * Skewed Priorities: In spite of the danger they're in while the Tower of Hanoi is on the verge of activating, Frog vows to obtain footage of Playmaker so that the pair's scoop will last a lifetime even if they get erased. Playmaker tries to warn them to leave, but the pair decline to do so.
 * Those Two Guys:With Pigeon
 * Yank the Dog's Chain:He and Pigeon never gets the footage they needed

Pigeon
A Link VRAINS reporter.

Voiced by":Tomokazu Seki (Japanese)


 * Butt Monkey:He and Frog can never catch a break
 * No Name Given:His real name is unknown
 * Online Alias:Pigeon
 * Sempai Kouhai:He addresses Frog as "sempai", implying that the latter is more experienced.
 * Those Two Guys:With Frog
 * Yank the Dog's ChainHe and Frog never gets the footage they needed

MC
A Link VRAINS commentator.

Voiced by":IKKAN (Japanese)


 * Combat Commentator: Reports on the events occurring in a Duel in LINK VRAINS, combined with bombastic delivery.
 * Large Ham:Wouldn't be an MC if it weren't for his bombastic delivery.
 * No Name Given:His real name is unknown.