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Of course, as soon as Jonouchi Katsuya, whose point of view takes up a majority of the fiction itself found out about this little fact, things began to spiral into [[Hilarity Ensues|something else]]... ...Including [[Cosmic Horror]], [[Dreaming of Things to Come]] (Among things) with [[Power Incontinence]], intensive shows of [[Darker and Edgier]], and that's all before we finish off with the Duelist Kingdom. Needless to say, it's far more than a 'puppyshipping' fanfic, and definitely more than a re-write of the series.

 

 

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* [[Absurdly High Stakes Game]]: It's even worse here if that's possible.

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Legendary Heroes, by ''far'' given that what was originally only three episodes of anime ended up taking ''seven chapters to complete''. Even more so when you consider that the author makes it a personal rule for ''all'' duels to last a maximum two chapters, meaning that she crams five episodes into two chapters at times. It's fairly evident how much expanding there was to be done.

* [[All Girls Like Ponies]]: Averted- When Gozaburo tried to give Noa's old one to a younger Seto in fact, it attempted to trample her.

** Strangely enough, the horse lover in the family is [[Chekhov's Gun|Mokuba]].

* [[Amusement Park of Doom]]: Death-T, of course.

* [[And I Must Scream]]: Each and every penalty game Dark Yugi inflicts (that Jonouchi or another whose point of view is accessed knows of) is described in detail worthy of nightmares, but this has nothing on Pegasus.

*** The fate of the Big Five moreso; {{spoiler|rather than be killed, Noa leaves them to the program's whims. It's implied that the programs in turn left them floating as scrambled data in cyberspace rather than destroy them.}}

* [[And This Is For]]: Kaiba does this in an [[Tranquil Fury|eerily calm]] manner to the Big Five at the end of the Legendary Heroes, {{spoiler|calmly unplugging each cable hooked up to their VR pods and leaving their bodies to rot}}

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Probably the only reason why Mokuba didn't completely lose it after his own sister tried to kill him in death-t After which she had her soul [[Cruel Mercy|shattered by Dark Yugi's mind crush]].]] Thank you, Jonouchi.

* [[Big Fancy House]]: The Kaiba Mansion. Not only does it have three floors with countless bedrooms, it also has its own stables, a ballroom with size comparable to a football field, a rec. room of comparable size, and ''four acres of land to spare.'' Recall that this is in a shore-line district of Tokyo Japan.

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Played with. To be fair, Jonouchi was technically hired by ''Mokuba'', and ''against'' Seto's wishes for security in general.

** Straightened out before Battle City, when Seto's recently flushed staff list makes Jonouchi the only trusted back up.

Seto: That wasn't a compliment. }}

* [[Can't Have Sex Ever]]: While sex in general is something that the author already said she would avoid, particularly with the main relationship, it's quite likely given that one is crossdressing... Permanently.

* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Ryuzaki mentions being a part of the kendo club shortly after leaving for lunch with Jonouchi after his and Roba's duel. {{spoiler|He later goes on to challenge Yami Malik using his duel disk in the place of a sword, fighting and}} [[Let's Get Dangerous| {{spoiler|WINNING}} ]] {{spoiler|with those very techniques.}}

* [[Compressed Adaptation]]: Since the majority of the fanfiction is from either Kaiba or Jonouchi's point of view, it's very rare that anything that only affects Yugi is written in full. This is lampshaded during the Anzu-Yami date, when the boys follow them to the arcade and sit outside… Missing the entire scene involving Anzu and the DDR machine.

'YES.' }}

** Seto later returns the favor before her fight with Yugi, and even screams at him for getting himself comatose in the first place. {{spoiler|Yugi saw this.}} [[Love Epiphany| {{spoiler|He also saw her crying.}}]]

* [[Die for Our Ship]]: Subverted; characters such as Rebecca and Mai are treated quite fairly- Mai in fact, holds a status of [[Cool Big Sis]].

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Dark Yugi early on. Topped by Yakou in the Yu-Gi-Oh R arc; {{spoiler|turns out he knew Yugi didn't kill Pegasus the entire time.}}

* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Jonouchi finds out Seto's a woman by attempting to break into her house to find out what was in her briefcase that was so important she asked ''him'' to get it for her. [[Naked People Are Funny|She was naked by the way]].

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The 'evil influence' of the Millennium Eye was given a physical form for the fanfic and we don't like it.

** Topped off by the form of the Millennium Rod, {{spoiler|along with a good reason why the items should never have access to human emotion. Ever.}}

** It doesn't heal either; in fact, after waking up, she actually ends up with a relapse when her body suddenly realizes her arm has nerves again. (They burned off in the game)

* [[Finishing Each Other's Sentences]]: Doesn't happen as often as actual visions do later on, but it certainly shuts Seto up for a few moments.

'''Jonouchi:''' -Too much of a loser to stand on his own two legs. }}

** As the story progresses, the frequency increases.

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: During the Legendary Heroes Arc, Yugi's 'archer' costume upgrade includes goggles in the place of what was some sort of headband.

** Later inverted, when those who participated in the Legendary Heroes ( {{spoiler|Except for Jonouchi}}) wore the same costumes they left the game with for Noa's Virtual World Arc; Yugi's initial battle takes place completely underwater at one point, and he needs the goggles to see his opponent.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Jonouchi has them fairy often- {{spoiler| enough that they've become plot devices}}.

* [[Horsing Around]]: Noa's old horse Kuma refuses the company of ''anyone'' after his master dies… And even attacks a younger Seto when he's almost pawned off to her.

* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: The Author (who's aiming for character design as a career it seems) had fun with this during the Legendary Heroes arc. Examples included, but certainly weren't limited to, Ninja-Mokuba, ''Miko''-Mai… And even a steam-punk worthy Yugi/Yami Yugi duo.

** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the Virtual World Arc with the addition of costumes and additional variants for each deckmaster- '' {{spoiler|including the Big Five versions of Honda.}}''

* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]: The ''entire'' 'storming the Black Castle' scene in the Legendary Heroes arc. Jumping from monster to monster through the sky, killing other monsters as you go? [[Big Yes|YESSSSSSSSS]].

** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] during Noa's virtual World.

** Lampshaded in the same instance by Mokuba, who tells him that he's never letting him watch Monty Python movies again.

* [[Love At First Sight]]: ...Without clothes.

* [[Mind Screw]]: Pegasus' actions during the re-done Duelist Kingdom arc pretty much sum this trope up.

** Even better- The reason why Kaiba wanted Jonouchi to get her briefcase was ''because'' it had pads inside.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: There are a number of times ''hinting'' at this concerning Kaiba, such as her reaction to the christmas present from Jonouchi, the ''entire'' Valentines day arc… But the most blatant one is right in her soul, when she finally snaps from being unable to speak to the others while literally piecing her mind and soul back together.

** {{spoiler|And later after Jonouchi enters his coma from the duel against Yami Malik, an entire scene is made up of her screaming at his body while seemingly alone in the room.}}

** There are quite a lot of OC's actually; mostly relatives or employees for the sake of plot, and often attaining [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] status.

* [[Petting Zoo People]]: Starting with the Panther Warrior AKA… [[Species Surname|Panther Warrior]]. A fair number of the duel monsters apply in the same way.

* [[Reality Ensues]]: The author seems to have a lot of fun with this.

** So does everyone else; the phrase [[This Is Reality]] is almost amusingly common.

** {{spoiler|Played for [[Rule of Funny|laughs]] when lines from actual cannon referencing the implied [[The Not Love Interest|relationship]] between Yugi and Kaiba appear... And are spoken by Pegasus.}}

*** Even better when Seto herself uses one of those lines.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The author's notes are full of these, to the point where they take up a ''quarter'' of the already lengthy chapter.

** Humorously subverted when a little known character trait Jonouchi has was recognised by a reader; after being congratulated on putting in the fact, the author embarrassingly admited that she had completely forgotten about the canon involved and given the trait to Jonouchi because '[[Sure Why Not|It suited him]]'.

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