Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS/Heartwarming: Difference between revisions

*Episode 83 "Irregular Meeting": Yusaku, Ai, Takeru, and Flame's heart-to-heart moment at Stardust Road. Yusaku believes he is at fault for what happened to GO Onizuka, but Takeru manages to tell him otherwise. Yusaku then tells Ai to live their lives in hiding from bad humans who would try to use them for nefarious purposes. Ai and Flame are moved by the fact that they have lives. This moment shows off Yusaku's character development profoundly as he cares about Ai and smiles the most he had ever did.

*Episode 84 "Past That Cannot Be Quieted":

**Yusaku allowed Takeru to duel Ryoken because Yusaku wanted Takeru to sort his feelings out; Takeru would not be able to work with Ryoken if he still held ill will. In other words, Yusaku strongly implied that he no longer holds ill will toward Ryoken, the leader of the Knights of Hanoi.

**After Ryoken revealed his identity, Yusaku stepped in and revealed that Ryoken was only eight during the Lost Incident and that he in fact saved them. Proving that even after all this time and all that has happened, Yusaku is still grateful to Ryoken.

**Takeru realizing that Revolver calling him to the meeting despite not being a programmer was Ryoken's way of apologizing for what had happened back then. He compliments Flame and tells him that he understands humans much better than himself. The whole moment was heartwarming since Flame is usually the hot-headed one of the two, so their roles had switched.

**This bit of dialogue before the Tower of Hanoi was reactivated is quite interesting. In other words, Yusaku STILL wants to find a new future with Ryoken in it and Ryoken even considered the possibility. Looks like Ryoken really is starting to warm up to Yusaku!

***Yusaku: "We believe in different futures. But by working together on this plan, we may find a new future."

***Ryoken: "I'll remember that."

**Bohman and Hal's interaction. Bohman considers Hal to be special to him for he is his little brother. Hal thinks otherwise since he was ordered by Lightning to be his younger brother despite being created before him. Hal seems to be developing emotions that he cannot comprehend because of Bohman.

*Episode 85 "True Tears":

**While Playmaker, Soulburner, Blue Maide, Revolver, and Spectre are on their way to Mirror LINK VRAINS, Blue Maiden almost falls off her board...but she's saved by Playmaker who proceeds to tell her to be careful, not knowing what will happen to her if she gets lost in the void between Mirror LINK VRAINS and Old LINK VRAINS.

**The episode delves a little further into Bohman and Haru's relationship. After Haru is instructed to duel Blue Maiden to buy Bohman time to get ready for the upcoming battle, he stops by to see him one last time and Bohman advises him not to duel Aoi not because he doesn't have faith in him like Lightning, but rather concern for the fate of his brother. In general the episode showed that Haru was ordered to be Bohman's younger brother despite being created first and once Bohman's consciousness was perfected, Haru was ordered to be his servant instead and seemed as if he genuinely liked the idea that he and Bohman were brothers. Despite Lightning orders and knowing full well what their relationship really is, Bohman still considered Haru his younger brother and wanted to protect and make memories with him as an older brother would do for his younger sibling. Meanwhile, despite Haru's indifference to how Bohman felt, he genuinely did enjoy being Bohman's brother, and his defeat/deletion brought Bohman to tears assuring Haru that they'll always be together

**A special mention goes to Blue Maiden who when Haru tried to write off her relationship with Akira as not a real sibling relationship since they aren't blood related. Aoi retorts that even if her and Akira aren't blood related they still had each other when they had no one else, they made memories together, genuinely enjoy being around each other and that their hearts are connected even if they are step-siblings, a speech that leads Haru to the realization that he and Bohman are brothers since they bonded in a similar way, regardless what Lightning said. **Extra points for AOI ZAIZEN for feeling that way and calmly explaining that to Haru when most likely S1 Aoi/Blue Angel would've been immensely rattled/bothered by that comment and lashed out at Haru for it which shows how much she's grown since then.

*Episode 86: "Wisdom of the Deprived"

**A subtle one from both Spectre and Playmaker. When being confronted by Lightning, Spectre mentions that he felt an emptiness in his chest when he sensed Earth's death 10 episodes prior, Playmaker describes what Spectre felt as losing a part of himself and Ai immediately asked if Playmaker is saying that he is a part of him since he was created from him like Earth was for Spectre, to which Playmaker of course rights off. Regardless of Spectre's alliegence to the Knights of Hanoi or Playmaker's at times insistence that he and Ai aren't friends, both of them do care about their Ignis in someway since they are essentially a part of them since they were created from them.

*Episode 87: "Chain Destruction"

**A subtle one, but after Spectre is defeated the shock and concern in Revolver's voice as he watched him fall and Spectre apologizing to Revolver for losing is heartwarming in the sense that you see that Revolver genuinely cares about Spectre and that they are really friends since we don't get many moments of them interacting outside of business.