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Yusaku Fujiki/Playmaker

A first-year high school student who doesn't like standing out, Yusaku is convinced to try VR Dueling. Uses a Cyberse Deck. As a Charisma Duelist, he is known as Playmaker.

Voiced by:Shouya Ishige (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Ambiguous Disorder:Yusaku has No Social Skills; he is very blunt and direct and doesn't seem to realize that he comes off as rude this way; his emotions don't show on his face or body language even when he verbally states he is enjoying himself; and he has a tendency to list things in carefully ordered categories (of three), going so far as to stretch two ideas to fit three bullet points. These are all potential symptoms of autism.
  • Aloof Ally:As Playmaker, he has been praised by other Charisma Duelists for his skill and talent. Not that he cares.
  • Anime Hair:The common hair style for every Yugioh protagonist
  • Amnesia:Subverted, he lost his memories long ago, but has lived long enough to get a have a stable personality, albeit one that's a Jerkass
  • Anti Hero:Yusaku is neither Hot-Blooded nor an All-Loving Hero, but a standoffish, serious, and distant Ice King.He would even go so far as to give the Knight of Hanoi a very brutal The Reason You Suck Speech, which is something that only Kaiba archetypes would usually do.
  • Achievements in Ignorance:Justified. He knows how to use a hover board and do speed duels on his first try, but he figures out right away that he must've done both of these things prior to losing his memory.
  • Awesome By Analysis:Said to be a genius duelist and hacker who excels at reading people. See EstablishingCharacterMoment below.
  • Badass Baritone:Sports a deep voice.His voice is much deeper than any other Yu-Gi-Oh protagonist even being deeper than Atem and Yusei.
  • Badass Boast:"Knights of Hanoi. Wherever you choose to run rampant, I will appear. My name is Playmaker!"
  • Badass Bookworm:He's a hacker who gains fame in the Network World for defeating the Knights of Hanoi in fierce Duels.
  • Badass in Distress:Playmaker gets captured by Ghost Girl so he can be interrogated regarding Aoi/Blue Angel's comatose state.
  • BFS:His Decode Talker wields a greatsword.
  • Big Damn Heroes: As Playmaker, he saves Blue Angel from being erased by Cracking Dragon.
  • Beginner's Luck:Justified. He knows how to use a hover board and do speed duels on his first try, but he figures out right away that he must've done both of these things prior to losing his memory.
  • Bishonen:See his anime design he looks much more attractive and taller than his predoocseeors
  • Broken Bird:Most likely, as whatever the Hanoi Knights did to him and Shoichi's brother is driving him towards revenge.
  • Brutal Honesty:Playmaker doesn't mince his words when he dismissively remarks that he is disinterested in GO and Blue Angel.
  • Catch Phrase:Some variation of three reasons when analyzing situations or reading people.
  • Cyber Goth:Yusaku uses the Cyberse archetype, which all fit this theme.
  • Dark Is Not Evil:His Decode Talker are dark monsters
  • Deadpan Snarker:Doesn't say much when he responds to the AI in Naoki's Duel Disk.
    • -->AI in Naoki's Duel Disk: Hello there.
    • -->Yusaku: Yeah, hi.
  • Defrosting Ice King:Towards Ignis he was very mean and a Jerkass to Ignis when he first met him and find him nothing more than a annoyance as the show goes he gradually soften up to Ignis and comes to care for him deeply and when Ignis came back he Smiled and Playfully teased him for coming back as hostage
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: In-universe and lampshaded by Revolver, after Playmaker defeats a Knight of Hanoi.
    • -->Revolver: Playmaker... to think he'd be such a dark horse...
  • Establishing Character Moment:Yusaku's first appearance is when he's woken up by Naoki at the end of their class. In quick succession Naoki shows off his Duel Disk, discusses Link VRAINS and asks Yusaku if he wants help improving his Dueling skills. Yusaku (who doesn't even know Noaki's name despite being in the same class for a month) has already analysed him by this point and replies no, because there are three reasons he thinks Naoki is a mediocre Duelist. . He talks about his new Duel Disk but not his deck, 2. He hasn't been to Link VRAINS (suggesting a lack of confidence) and 3. "What kind of Duelist judges someone by appearance, anyway?.He does add that he also picked up three reasons Naoki is a good person, but by that point Naoki is too miffed to care.
  • Expy
    • Appears to be this for Yusei], being a cool-headed economically troubled Teen Genius and all, but his Playmaker account resembles a Darker and Edgier version of Yuma's first ZEXAL form.
    • His Decode Talker looks like an odd combination between Buster Blader, and Elemental HERO Sparkman. It also serves a similar role to Yusei's Junk Warrior, being a secondary ace monster with 2300 ATK.
    • Shares a few elements with Shark, both being orphans with a Mysterious Past to the audience, someone they want to get revenge on, a Jerk with a Heart of Gold personality, and wanting so help/save someone who has a younger sibling bond with a main cast member.
  • Genre Savvy:Yusaku carries around a casual LIGHT deck in case another duelist wants to see his deck, and so he doesn't blow his cover.
  • Good Is Not Nice:To unbelievable degrees. He's a hacker, a No-Nonsense Nemesis and a cold-hearted Jerkass who wants to Revenge make the Knights of Hanoi pay the price for their involvement in the "past incident".
  • Good Old Ways:Downplayed, but he uses an older modeled Duel Disk which requires physical cards, as opposed to Duel Disks which can utilize cards in data format.
  • Golden Super Mode:As Playmaker, Yusaku's hair changes color, with the dark blue part becoming magenta, the bright blue part becoming a yellow-ish gold, and the bright pink parts becoming hot pink.
  • The Hero:of VRAINS
  • Hidden Heart of Gold:
    • He isnt a Jerkass deep down and he has strong sense of justice and will help anyone in need who gets hurt by Hanoi even Revolver also noted this.
    • Other than Hanoi Yusaku doesnt hate or have grudge on people who he doesnt consider them as his enimes and he forgived Akira easily despite the latter giving him a Cold Blooded Torture
    • He is caring deep down even if he doesnt show it.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard:Subverted. Playmaker's Summoning of Stack Reviver while Cracking Dragon is present on the Knight of Hanoi's Field would've costed the former the Duel if his Monster boasts an original ATK of at least 400 (Playmaker had exactly 400 LP left at the time he Summoned it)
  • Ice King:He's aloof and is not the type of person whom other people can easily approach to.
  • I Just Want to Be Normal:Prefers to be this until his first play in VR Dueling.
  • Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons:One of his Link Monsters is Firewall Dragon, but it is a Cyberse-Type instead of Dragon-Type.
  • Irony:He doesn't like to stand out but his account name is "Playmaker" and becomes well-known in the Network World for dealing with the threat the Knights of Hanoi poses.
    • Justified. He only cares about not standing out at school and in real life, since as a hacker he could get in a lot of trouble if anyone connected his online persona to his real identity.
  • Jerkass: According to Naoki, his attitude is really "unpleasant" despite being indifferent to each other. He even attempts to use Ignis as a bargaining chip during his first on-screen act as Playmaker. At least he's not as sour as Kaiba.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold:
    • Immediately after he told Naoki how his analysis defined him as a weak Duelist, he also tells him how is defined him as a good person.
    • He describes the battle against the Knights of Hanoi as a life-or-death situation, and out of concern would prefer to keep GO and everyone else from getting involved rather than recruit allies.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Jerk:While Playmaker saves Blue Angel from an attack by a Knight of Hanoi, he dismissively remarks that he is uninterested in her as she shows up to confront him in a Duel after he defeats the same Knight of Hanoi, and logs out of Link VRAINS
  • Kid Detective:He is a hacker who solves mysterious in cool manner
  • Kick The Dog:What Go thinks of him showing up and "snatching" the spotlight (even if it's unintentional). In Playmaker's defese though, he didn't ask for fame in the first place.
  • Light Is Good:His Firewall Dragon is a LIGHT Monster.
  • Limited Wardrobe:Apart from his digital avatar, he's only seen wearing his school uniform, possibly because he can't afford any other clothes.
  • The Magic Poker Equation: His Skill, Storm Access, allows him to randomly add a card found in a Data Storm to his deck. Naturally, the first time he uses it he gains Decode Talker, which is perfectly suited to winning him the duel.
  • Meaningful Name:Yusaku's surname, Fujiki, is Japanese for "wisteria tree".
  • Memetic Hair:His hair is often associated with that of a wisteria; see also Meaningful Name.
  • Multicolored Hair:He has dark blue hair, complete with light blue bangs and traces of pink.
  • Mysterious Past:To the audience. As of episode 4, what happened to him is a major mystery for the viewers.
  • Mysterious Protector:His role as Playmaker. He doesn't even bother revealing his secret identity to others.
  • My Significance Sense Is Tingling:Appears to have he power to "sense" things. Though he might know how it works, the audience doesn't. So far he's used it to:
    • Comprehend and decrypt parts of an extremely complex (and original) algorithm after just a few days of studying it
    • Sense when Revolver's digital presence is nearby (while Yusaku is in the real world
    • Determine that Go isn't a real Knight of Hanoi
  • Naive Newcomer: He's far from naive and he uses Duel Monsters as his personal weapons but he's likely new to Speed Dueling.which Yusaku himself lampshades by questioning whether or not he already knows how to Speed Duel.
  • No-Nonsense Nemesis:He is not dueling for fun but for Revenge
  • No Social Skills:Kinda. His idea of getting close to Aoi is stalking her around the school, and see BrutalHonesty.
  • Not So Stoic:In Episode 6, he gets a bit agitated as Ignis reads off the inflammatory internet comments about Playmaker not accepting Blue Angel's challenge. Ignis teases that contrary to his attitude, Yusaku does care what other people think of him.
  • Online Alias:Playmaker
  • Ordinary High School Student:Acts as one but has been working as Playmaker for a while
  • Pet the Dog:
    • Spends episode 8 trying to help Aoi/Blue Angel, from taking her to the hospital when he finds her comatose body to willingly walking into a trap to find the computer program that could cure her.
    • In episode 10 he showed genuine concern and worry to Ignis after he was deleted by Revolver's "Fire Prison"
  • The Reason You Suck Speech:Playmaker dismisses the Knight of Hanoi he defeats in Episode 2, in that the latter has no right to call himself a Duelist.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni:The quite and emotionless blue oni to Ignis's red
  • Rei Ayanami Expy:In a male version of this trope he certinely qualifies being her expy Like Rei he is very stoic and emotionless with No Social Skills and has a Mysterious Past
  • Revenge:Vows to avenge his and Shoichi's little brother's as-of-yet unknown past.
  • Rule of Three:Has a habit of listing three things about a given situation or person.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Go and Blue Angel attempt to confront Playmaker in a Duel after he defeats a Knight of Hanoi, but dismissively remarks that he has no interest in either of them, and proceeds to log out of Link VRAINS.
  • Serious Business:He treats Dueling as a means of hunting down the Knights of Hanoi.
  • Sherlock Scan: In his Establishing Character Moment, he deduces Naoki's personality and skill level in dueling just by listening to him talk about duel disks and VRAINS. This carries over into his duels, where he's very good at analyzing the field and makes moves that seem poor to onlookers, but serve a greater strategy Yusaku is working towards.
  • Shrinking Violet:Averted the reason why he doesn't like to stand out isnt because he is shy or timid but because he is a hacker
    • Played a little straight in #6, where he has no idea how to approach Aoi, and gets nervous before entering the Duel Club room.
    • He was this as a child as a child he was very shy and timid and didnt have confidence in his ability after getting encouragement from an unknown individual he became the confident badass he is today
  • The Smart Guy:Said to be extremely smart and clever
  • The Stoic: Prefers to distance himself from others due to his Playmaker business.
  • Stop Having Fun Guy:In-universe; he doesn't Duel for fun, and only sees it as a means of hunting down the Knights of Hanoi
  • Sugar and Ice Personality:Yusaku is generally cold,aloof,standoffish and distant with No Social Skills and he may be the first protoganist who is an anti hero but he isnt a bad person deep down and he is actually very kind hearted,caring and has a good heart deep down even if he doesnt show it.He only shows his icy side to everyone else but sugar and kind side to Kusanagi
  • Teen Genius:Said to be an incredibly smart person, good at reading people, and quick-witted.
  • Theme Naming:Like the other protaganist he has kanji 遊. Unlike the previous main protagonists, however, his name has three syllables as opposed to two.
  • Tron Lines:His VR body suit has these
  • Tsurime Eyes:Highlighting his aloofness.
  • The Unchosen One:Yusaku is neither The Chosen One (Yugi,Jaden,Yusei,Yuma) nor an Apocalypse Maiden (Yuya.He just happened to capture Ignis by chance.
  • Vigilante Man:Hunts down the Knights of Hanoi and is branded as an Ensemble Darkhorse by the Charisma Duelists, but SOL Technology Inc. sees him as a hacker.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair:Most of his hair is blue with pink shades

Ignis

A mysterious AI program, sought after by the Knights of Hanoi and SOL Technology Inc., that Yusaku captures by accident.

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese)

  • A Dog Named "Dog":Ignis is given the name Ai by Yusaku because he's an AI.
  • Amnesia:Before he could escape, a Cracking Dragon devoured most of his body, leaving his memories heavily fragmented or outright gone.
  • Artificial Intelligence: One that Yusaku captures by accident, and is sought after by the Knights of Hanoi and SOL Technology Inc.
  • Beware the Silly Ones:After the Knight of Hanoi is about to blow himself up...Ignis transforms into and Eldritch Abomination...and devours him.
  • Butt Monkey:You can't help feeling sorry for the poor thing after everything that happens to him. UpToEleven And that is after just one episode.
  • Catch Phrase:"Take hold of the wind, Playmaker!"
  • Chew Toy: Literally! He barely escaped after being followed and almost devoured by a Cracking Dragon.
  • Cosmic Plaything: Despite of him dismissing the idea of prayer, he is obviously hated by the Universe.
  • Cowardly Lion
  • Cry Cute:A comical variant, where he tears up over his Embarrassing Nickname.
  • Deadpan Snarker:Even more so than Yusaku being an AI doesnt stop him from being snarky
  • Distressed Dude:In the first episode he is targeted by both Knights of Hanoi and SOL and later he gets taken to hostage by Yusaku
  • Embarrassing Nickname:"Ai", courtesy of Yusaku.
  • Eldrich Abomination:Shapeshifts into some sort of monstrosity to consume a Knight of Hanoi who was about to blow himself up to eliminate Playmaker.
  • Expy
    • He like a trickster version of Astral and his personality is similar to Orbital 7.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes:Claims that his own people dislike him.
  • Foil
    • To Atem,Yubel and Astral.Unlike any of them, he is much more goofy and amiable. Also, his purpose is immediately made clear upon his introduction, unlike his more mysterious predecessors.
    • His attitude makes him one to Yusaku.
  • The Gadfly:Being an AI doesn't make him any less capable of teasing Yusaku for being unable to talk to girls.
  • Heroic Wannabe:
  • Humiliation Conga:The first episode alone has him go through all kinds of trouble, but Yusaku capturing him is definitely were humiliation after humiliation keep happening to him.
  • Keet
  • Lovable Coward:After everything he has been through in just the first episode, his cowardice is entirely Justified
  • MacGuffin:Both the Knights of Hanoi and SOL consider him as this for unknown reasons
  • No Name Given: Before the premier it's only referred to as a "mysterious lifeform".'
  • "No Respect" Guy:Everyone is after him, but no one takes him seriously
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni:The jokissh self centred red oni to Yusaku's blue
  • Spell My Name with an "S": Is his Embarrassing Nickname "Eye" or "Ai"? The anime goes with the latter.
  • What Measure Is a Non Human:Most people only see it as a tool. Yusaku's poor treatment of it comes from the fact that he doesn't think it can feel or actually think, just that it's programmed to keep itself out of anyone's control.

Shoichi Kusanagi

A hacker who shares the same motives as Yusaku.he Mysterious Hot-dog Vendor: He works as a hot-dog vendor in the city. However, that is merely a cover, as he is actually a skilled hacker who supports Playmaker in Dueling.

Voiced by: Subaru Kimura (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

SOL Technology Inc.


Akira Zaizen

Head of SOL Technology’s Security Division A high-ranking SOL employee who oversees the security of the city and the VR Space. He protects the city from hackers.

Voiced by: Shouma Yamamoto (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • The Ace:A high ranking officer in SOL Technology
  • Aloof Big Brother:Subverted in regards to his relationship with Aoi. He is described as indifferent towards her, yet advises her to quit Speed Dueling out of concern for her safety and shows legitimate concern for her after she enters a comatose state..
  • Cain and Abel:The Able to Aoi's cain
  • Cold Blooded Torture:Engages in a hostile interrogation against Playmaker, demanding that he explain Aoi/Blue Angel's comatose state.
  • Defrosting Ice King:Towards Playmaker at first Akira developed a bitter hatred towards Playmaker for stealing Ignis and for thinking he was responsible for putting his sister in coma upon learning the truth that Playmaker was not responsible for putting Aoi in coma he started to trust him and shows concern to him during his duel with Revolver
  • Easily Forgiven:Even after a hostile interrogation, Playmaker doesn't resent Akira likely because Playmaker's hatred of Hanoi outweighs any possible hatred towards Akira.
  • Expy:
    • Of Reiji, as another cool-headed young man holding a very high ranking position in a company specializing in cars-game card-game related tech.tech that has a hidden purpose. Both Reiji and Zaizen often send others to duel for them while they analyzes the situation from video surveillance. Time will tell if Zaizen takes after Reiji in other ways, though both are introduced to the audience as morally ambiguous characters with mysterious motives.
  • Gratuitous English: Addresses Go as "Mr. Onizuka".
  • Improbable Age: Can't be older than his twenties due to his sister's age, and he basically has Godwin's job from 5ds.
  • Knight Templar Big Brother:Is not above using pragmatic methods (such as attempting to interrogate Playmaker Through torture until The Reveal from Revolver) and making sure any hostilities are as good as dead for Aoi's sake
  • Parental Abandonment:He and Aoi’s parents are dead.
  • My God What Have I Done?:He is horrified when Revolver admits that Hanoi is responsible for Aoi's condition, not Playmaker.
  • Not So Stoic:Normally putting on a stoic front, he loses his cool when he is unable to forcibly end the Duel between Playmaker and Blue Angel.
  • Parental Neglect:Since their parents died, he's been Aoi's guardian, and while his job lets her live comfortably, he has no time to spend with her, so he doesn't notice her emotional problems, him being the major cause of them.
  • Promoted to Parent: After their parents died, Akira took care of Aoi, gaining his job in order to support a stable life for her.
  • Technicolor Eyes: He has cold pink eyes
  • Workaholic:He values work more than anything else
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair:His hair is teal and blue

Bishops

One of the higher-ups of SOL Technology Inc.

Voiced by:IKKAN (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Chess Motif: Communicates with a hologram of a literal white bishop piece.

Knight

One of the higher-ups of SOL Technology Inc.

Voiced by:Masaaki Yano (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Chess Motif: Communicates with a hologram of a literal white Knight piece.

Rook

One of the higher-ups of SOL Technology Inc.

Voiced by:Koichi Makishima (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Chess Motif: Communicates with a hologram of a literal white Rook piece.

Den City

Aoi Zaizen/Blue Angel

A classmate of Yusaku's who uses a Trickstar deck. As a Charisma Duelist, she is known as Blue Angel.

Voiced by: Yuki Nakashima (Japanese)

  • Action Girl:She is also a very skilled duelist and she can put her opponents in big disadvantage during her duels
  • Amazon Brigade:All of her Trickstars are females
  • Ambiguous Disorder:Out of Vrains her lack of emotion and suspicion of others (if not for good reason) bring up a few possible ailments, among them depression.
  • Angelic Beauty:Her Trickstar deck and VR forms are these
  • Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance:Her blazer is designed to look like her tie has blue wings, and her stage name is "Blue Angel."
  • Badass Adorable:She is kawai and cute as Blue Angel.As Blue Angel she has most of her cute movements
  • Big Brother Worship:Has a brother complex, and wants to admit to him that she Duels.
  • Big Damn Heroes:Saves Playmaker by launching his D-Board back to him with an energy lasso after he falls off.
  • Bifauxnen:She is a girl and wears skirt but she looks more boyish.Averted as Blue Angel where she is a girly Idol Singer.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing:Deconstructed and justified, as she shows great disdain towards others over her relation with Akira and SOL Technology Inc. instead of wanting to personally get along with her.
  • Boyish Short Hair:Her hair reaches down her lower nape averted in her VR form where she has long hair and is tied into Girlish Pigtails
  • Break the Cutie:She ends up getting corrupted by Specter and her duel with Playmaker has made her humilated in front of the audience
  • Breast Expansion: Blue Angel has noticeable bigger breasts than Aoi in real life. Either Aoi has Buxom some big knockers under that thick sweater or she deliberately added a bigger busom to her Blue Angel avatar to play better the Idol persona.
  • Cain and Abel:The cain to Akira's Able
  • The Corruption:Afflicted by this by the appropriately named Dark Angel card that Specter slips into her deck, making her go berserk.
  • Convenient Coma:Ends up being one after her duel with Playmaker
  • Curtains Match the Window:She has light brown hair and eyes
  • Dark Action Girl:Became this tempory when she was under the influence of Hanoi spell card and she came extremly close to defeat playmaker even if she lost
  • Dangerously-Short Skirt:Its short as Kotori from zexal
  • Death By a Thousand Cuts:One of the Trickstar's main focuses is dealing small amounts of burn damage under certain conditions.
  • Death Glare:Gave a stern creepy one to Naoki when he started barging to Yusaku about her brother
  • Emotionless Girl:She is stoic and emotionless as Yusaku in real life compared to her Genki Girl self as Bue Angel
  • Empty Eyes:While Brainwashed and Crazy Her eyes lose all luster, marking her possession.
  • Expy: She's usually seen as a Bifauxnen amalagamation of Anzu, Asuka, and Aki. Her first name even starts with the letter "A".Her being a orphaned Lonely Rich Kid makes her similar to Mai
  • Facial Markings:As Blue Angel, Aoi has a clover on her cheek, as part of her idol image.
  • Feather Motif:White feathers fall and scatter while she is trapped in her mind due to the Knights.
  • Genki Girl:As Blue Angel her personality is this being happy and cheery who gets excited so easily contrast to her Aoi personality.
  • Girlish Pigtails: As Blue Angel, her hair is tied up like this.
  • Hair Decorations: Her twintails in her VR form are held up by dark blue bows.
  • Idol Singer: In addition to resembling a Magical Girl, Blue Angel also takes on the appearance of an idol.
  • Lady of War: Her Trickstar Lightstage are this fitting her calm and quite personality
  • Lonely Rich Kid:She lives in a well-to-do apartment, essentially alone due to her step brother's constant working.
  • Magical Girl: Blue Angel take on the appearance of a blue-haired magical girl with twintails and angelic wings marked with hearts and purple four-leaf clovers.
  • Meaningful Name: Her online handle, Blue Angel, references the fact that she uses a Trickstar Deck, which is composed of Fairy-Types.
  • Multicolored Hair: As Blue Angel, her blue hair sports light blue highlights.
  • Online Alias: Blue Angel.
  • Parental Abandonment:She and Akira's parents died in a accident when they were young
  • Split Personality:As Aoi she is serious,quite,calm and collected who hates standing out like Yusaku but as Blue Angel she is cheery,energetic,upbeat and perky
  • Stepford Smiler:Her bubbly and cheerful personality in LINK VRAINS is actually a facade and the reason why she is so bubbly in LINK VRAINS is because she hides her sadness while in the chaos of LINK VRAINS.
  • Strong Family Resemblance:Looks like a younger version of her mom
  • Slipknot Ponytail:After her defeat by Playmaker, her twin-tails fall out as she falls.
  • Sugar and Ice Personality: she's cruel underneath her energetic surface. This is reflected in Holly Angel's counterpart, Trickstar Sweet Devil, who uses a staff lined with thorns to attack, but is a LIGHT monster.
  • Tall Dark and Bishojo:Oh yes
  • Trauma Conga Line:Basically the latter half of Episode 7 is this for her. First, she learns that her Gradual Grinder strategy allowed Playmaker to use his game breaking skill to get the monster he needed. Then she starts feeling the effect of the "Dark Angel" card which messes with her mind. After that, she realizes that Playmaker is about to OneHitKill her and tries to reduce him to 0 LP before he can do so, only to to be stopped and forced to use the "Dark Angel" card. This results in her getting MindRape from Hanoi's program. Finally, she loses anyway and is put into a coma in the next episode. To top it off, this was all streamed live to both her fans and her brother.
  • Troll: The Trickstar's secondary focus is to mess with her opponents by forcing them into a serious disadvantage. For example banishing their entire hand and making them draw a new one thus thinning their decks or suppressing one of their Set Cards and forcing them into sending the card to Graveyard if it can't be activated during End Phase.
  • Well Done Daughter Girl:More like "well done, sister" girl, but she strongly desires to be acknowledged by her older brother.
  • Winged Humanoid: Sports a pair of white wings engraved with hearts and purple four-leaf clovers in her VR form.
  • Wings Do Nothing: Blue Angel sports white angelic wings, but are only there for show.
  • Whip It Good:Uses an energy lasso to launch Playmaker's D-Board back to him.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair: As Blue Angel, she sports blue hair with light blue highlights.

Go Onizuka/Go 鬼塚

A Duelist who uses a Gouki deck. As a Charisma Duelist, he is known as Go 鬼塚.

Voiced by: Daiki Hamano (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Attention Whore:His first spoken line in the series is to complain about Playmaker supposedly taking his spotlight, hinting that he has a big ego dispite his friendly demeanor.This is Deconstructed at the same time: Go grew up in an orphanage and as thanks, decided to become a Charisma Duelist so he earn money, could repay their kindness, and make children happy.
  • Blown Across the Room:Gets blown out of the room he was testing Speed Dueling on by a Data Storm.
  • Dark and Troubled Past:He used to be an orphan with money issues, and Playmaker stealing his fame by accident is Serious Business for him.
  • Digital Avatar: Averted; he sports the same appearance both online and offline.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: His Gouki monsters are EARTH Warrior-Type Monsters.
  • Expy: He's basically a hunky Giragi and his dueling style is similar to Jack Atlas
  • Friend to All Children:Don't let his looks and Attention Whore attitude fool you, as he's really nice towards children and doing his Charisma DUeling job to give them a better life.
  • Full-Body Disguise:Disguises himself as a Knight of Hanoi to lure Playmaker into Dueling him.
  • Graceful Loser:Laughs as he acknowledges his defeat at Playmaker's hands.
  • Gentle Giant: Despite his stature and build, he has a friendly and kind-hearted demeanor outside of LINK VRAINS.
  • Humble Hero: As a result of his orphaned upbringing.
  • It's All About Me:Boasts that he is King of Link VRAINS, and is not happy with the fact that Playmaker has become widely discussed after protecting Link VRAINS from a Knight of Hanoi.
  • Manly Tears:Subverted, but he is moved regardless when the orphanage children continue to acknowledge him as the champion of Link VRAINS even after losing to Playmaker.
  • Nice Guy:The closest thing to series would get to a genuinely friendly character so far.
  • Online Alias: Go 鬼塚.
  • Real Name as an Alias: His online handle is based on his real name, and is written in a way that it's homonymous.
  • The Rival:Views Playmaker as this
  • Shout Out:He's one giant homage to ProfessionalWrestling. His Gouki monsters are wrestling-themed anthropomorphic animals, Go himself looks like a wrestler, his debut episodes include a lot of references to wrestling, and his story (orphan who got into dueling to support himself, donates his winnings to the same orphanage and is a hero to the kids there) is straight from a wrestler's Kayfabe backstory while also echoing the real life charity work they do.
  • Worlds Strongest Man:Has a reputation for being the strongest Duelist in LINK VRAINS. Even after losing to Playmaker, the orphanage children continue to look up to him as the champion.
  • Yokai: In this case, Japanese ogres.


Naoki Shima

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)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Artifact
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Troll:Scoffs at Yusaku's decoy deck, describing it as amateurish. The Duel Club president calls Naoki out for it.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair:Green in this case

Ema Bessho/Ghost Girl

A mysterious woman hired by Akira to defeat Playmaker

Voiced by: Yuna Kamakura (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Alliterative Name: Her Online Alias, Ghost Girl.
  • Bait and Switch:Disguises herself as Blue Angel to lure Playmaker into Link VRAINS and capture him for interrogation.
  • Biker Babe:Seen riding (and jumping off of) a motorcycle in the OP.
  • Blood Knight:Very interested in dueling Playmaker, though Akira makes it clear she is to find his identify instead.
  • Cool Mask:Ghost Girl covers her mouth with a black mask.
  • Hired Guns:She's a mercenary duelist, hacker, and investigator that works for Akira, but also takes jobs for others in SOL Technology.
  • Ninja:
  • Online Alias: Ghost Girl
  • Our Ghosts Are Different:Although the actually archetype is made up of spellcasters, the Altergeists are made up of poltergeists from around the world
  • Something About a Rose:She throws a rose at Playmaker's feet to spring a trap on Playmaker.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Multiple shades of pink and purple


Knights of Hanoi

Revolver

The enigmatic leader of the Knights of Hanoi.

Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Anti-Magic:A variant. His Fire Prison Field Spell functions as an anti-Cyberse card, in which it can negate the effects of all Cyberse-Type Monsters on the field, hand, and Graveyard, prevent them from attacking, and cannot be targeted for attacks (although this doesn't stop either player from attacking directly) or by card effects. At least two Cyberse-Type Link Monsters on the field are a prerequisite to activate this effect. As demonstrated in his Master Duel against Playmaker, this, too, affects Ignis, causing him to malfunction and fade away.
  • Arch Enemy:Unlike Kaiba and his successors, whose rivalry with their respective main characters are mainly out of respect, Revolver is openly hostile to Yusaku.
  • Badass Baritone: A deep voiced man in charge of Knights of Hanoi
  • Badass Boast:Claims that he is capable of taking down the entirety of Link VRAINS should he have a reason to
  • Badass Longcoat: Returns to this tradition which was broken by Reiji
  • Big Bad: He leads a group of Cyberspace busting maniacs.
  • Blow You Away:He is capable of manipulating Data Storms.
  • Char Clone:The first Kaiba Expy who is not only outright evil, but is also actively working with the villains.
  • Cool Mask:He wears a mask that looks like a visor of sorts.
  • Death By a Thousand Cuts:The effect of their Cracking Dragon involves reducing the ATK of a Monster Summoned by the opponent equal to their level multiplied by 200 (as long as exactly one Monster is Summoned at a time), and inflicts the lost amount to the opponent as Effect Damage. Needless to say, Link Monsters are unaffected by this Effect since they don't possess levels.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones:Shown caring for his hospitalized father.
  • Evil Counterpart:Physically to Yusaku and his Playmaker alter ego. Made sense that Revolver is wearing white clothing in stark contrast to the latter's black.
  • Expy
    • Arguably to Kaiba in the Death-T arc: He's the opposite of the main character, has a dragon-like ace monster with 3000 ATK and an opposite attribute, and is introduced as a villain.
    • His Topologic Bomber Dragon is the Cyberse equivalent of Jack's Red Daemon's Dragon.
    • Aside from being Kaiba expy
  • Foil: To Reiji He and Reiji are opposites to each other: the latter is a Well-Intentioned Extremist, leads the Lancers in an attempt to stop the Arc Area Project (which ultimately resulted with the resurrection of a Satanic Archetype Omnicidal Maniac), and is quite respectful towards Yuya, while the former is just as villainous as the likes of Marik and Placido, leads the Knights of Hanoi in his campaign to annihilate Link VRAINS, and is openly hostile to Yusaku.Furthermore, Reiji's goal is to stop his father's schemes, while Revolver's is to accomplish his father's dream.
  • Hypocrisy Nod:Doesn't care that the Topologic Bomber Dragon he acquired is a Cyberse-Type, and gloats that it's fun to fight poison with poison.
  • I Have Your Wife:Holds Aoi hostage through a virus to force Akira into compliance, and to a lesser extent provoke Playmaker's sense of justice.
  • Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons:Uses a Vullet deck which is composed of DARK Dragon-type monsters. He also has his Cyberse-type Topologic Bomber Dragon.
  • Irony:The Knights of Hanoi are out to destroy the AI World that is Cyberse, yet Revolver possesses Topologic Bomber Dragon, which is a Cyberse-Type Monster. He claims it is because it is fun to fight poison with poison.
  • Light Is Not Good:In contrast to Yusaku's Dark is Not Evil attire, Revolver's outfit is primarily white.
  • Magic Poker Equation:It is revealed during his first Duel against Playmaker that he, too, can utilise Storm Access
  • Meaningful Name:Revolver may either refer to "revolt" or the six-rounded handgun.
  • More Dakka:Uses an energy lasso to launch Playmaker's D-Board back to him
  • New Media Are Evil:He holds this opinion, not liking how VRAINS basically lets people lie to each other, seeing it all as a falsehood before life and breath.
  • No Name Given:His real name is not known
  • The Rival:As opposed to Go's Friendly Rival, Revolver is actually Yusaku's main (and downright bitter) rival.
  • The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Interrupts Akira's interrogation of Playmaker, threatening to destroy the entirety of Link VRAINS if Akira doesn't comply with Revolver's request to Duel Playmaker.
  • Taking You with Me: Invoked in his Speed Duel against Playmaker. Revolver Summons Condenser Deathstalker to the Main Monster Zone pointed to by Topologic Bomber Dragon's upper Link Arrow so the latter can destroy all cards in both players' Main Monster Zones, and take advantage of the former's effect to force a tie between him and Playmaker.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair:Multiple shades of red

Specter

A member of the Knights of Hanoi. He serves as Revolver’s assistant. He calmly analyzes the events in LINK VRAINS and reports them to Revolver.

Voiced by: Kajimoto Daiki (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Cool Mask:Averted; Specter is (so far) the only member of the Knights of Hanoi that doesn't wear one.
  • The Dragon:Is Revolver's right-hand man.
  • Undying Loyalty: To Revolver

Dr Kogami

The enigmatic scientist that works alongside the Knights of Hanoi.

Voiced by:Takayuki Sugo (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Anti-Villain:He honestly sees his actions as something needed to be done for the greater good.
  • Beard of Evil: Zig-Zagged, as it is dubious how evil is he exactly.
  • Dark and Troubled Past:Heavily implied to be the case.
  • Establishing Character Moment: See Offing the Offspring below. Talk about Well-Intentioned Extremist...
  • Knight Templar:Staunch supporter of the destruction of the Cyberse.
  • Labcoat of Science and Medicine:Wears a white lab coat just to hammer in that his role in the plot is science-based.
  • Mad Scientist:: Not really. He is calm and level-headed, but still believes that destroying the Cyberse is a necessity for humanity.
  • Mysterious Past: Oh, yes. Given that it is stated to be related to the mysteries of the Cyberse, his past will probably have to be elaborated on much, much later.
  • My God What Have I Done?:Implied to be the one responsible - or at least among the ones responsible - for the creation of the Cyberse. For unknown reasons, he greatly regrets it in the present.
  • Offing the Offspring:: Invoked this trope when he metaphorically compared destroying the Cyberse to a parent killing its own child.
  • Science Is Bad: Downplayed, as he specifically targets only one product of science.
  • Villainous Friendship:The cryptic conversation between him and Revolver had a formal tone, yet Revolver still expressed some sympathy toward Dr. Kogami due to the latter's past. Dr. Kogami in turn assured him not to worry about it and just focused on the task at hand. Revolver even apologized to him when he needed to suddenly leave due to his father's health needs. Overlaps with Intergenerational Friendship.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: The most straightforward example so far. He genuinely appears to believe that the destruction of the Cyberse must be carried out for the greater good.

Other Characters

Shoichi's brother

Shoichi Kusanagi's younger brother and a friend of Yusaku.It is unknown what happen to him but he and Yusaku were involved in a incident at past and he dissapeared before the start of seroes

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • The Ghost:He has been mentioned by Yusaku and Kusanagi multiple times since the start of show and has yet to appear in person.
  • No Name Given:We dont know his first name.Yusaku often refers to him as Kusanagi's younger brother or Kusanagi's brother even Kusanagi himself doesnt refer to his brother by his actual name and only refers to him as my brother.

Yamamoto/Frog

A Link VRAINS reporter.

Voiced by":Tomokazu Seki (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Pigeon

A Link VRAINS reporter.

Voiced by":Tomokazu Seki (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

MC

A Link VRAINS commentator.

Voiced by":IKKAN (Japanese)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
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